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GARRISON ABAN, O i D
GUNS AND OMR
WHY
Troops From Warships Were Landed West of the
City, Ottoman Shore Batteries Destroyed.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
-Details of,,; the surprisingly swift
Russian descent upon Trebizond and
of the strategy that forced the Turk-
ish defenders precipitately to abon-
don the city, which, with German
assistance, they had made every effort
to convert into a stronghold impregn-
able against Russian attack from the
sea or land, are coming in from dif-
ferent sources, According to the
latest despatches, a decisive part in
the Russian operations was played
by the Black• Sea fleet, which, after a
severe bombardment of the city and
the destruction of the great Turkish
shore batteries, landed a. considerable
number of troops and further threat-
ened the surrounded city.
• Employing the same tactics as they,
had repeatedly used with success in
their progress along the littoral, the.
Russian warships moved forward for,
some distance beyond their objective
and sent troops ashore considerably
to the weetward of Trebizond, threat-
ening to entrap the Turkish garrison.
This move was carried out in con-
cert
oncert with the advance of the Russian
las:.d forces;, which, since' the capture
of the Turkish positions at Kara Dere,
had penetrated to within striking dis-
tance of Trebizond without meeting,
serious resistance, and was accent -
Partied Ey a steady bombardment from
the sea.
.As soon as the Turks witnessed the
Russians preparations to land beyond
Trebizond they gave up all resistance
and scattered pell moll in the two di-
rections -open to them -one, the
route along the coast, and the other,
the road south-west toward Erzingan.
Trebizond contained a garrisdn of
between 50,000 and 60,000. A consist,.
treble amount of war booty, including
a large number of the latest type Ger-
man, heavy guns, was left behind; for
sincthe fall of Ereerum, Trebizond
has been the chief base and provision-
ing centre for the Turks operating
in this theatre.
With the fall of Trebizond',.: the
Turks lose the second of their two
principal fortified points in Asia
Minor, and will in the future have to.
depend solely upon improvised de-
fences and the natural difficulties of
the country to prevent the westward
sweep of the Russian - Caucasian
armies.
Trebizond never before surrendered
to Russians arms, although it was
threatened from Baiburt in 1829, and
the moral effect of the' victory, it is
considered here, will be enormous.
For centuries Trebizond has been the
chief trading centre for Asia. Minor.
with the important caravan routes
into the interior of Turkey and Persia.
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Ct:ar'er o.' a Million to be. Rushed to
the 'Western Theatre of
War.
A ,' .. -,;tteh from Paris says :-The
arri ; l of the transports which
1:+-'ouolit the Russian troops sent to join
the Ent `Irl;e forces on the western
front have been expected since Tues-
day, )en a heavy storm in the Medi -
t rrnn,ae delayed their reaching Mar-
seines until Thursday. Every pre-
caution .for their protection had .been
taken tit eg to -reports that hostile
d matinee were operating in the
vfteiitc i nen, but the voyage was
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The most important piece of news Trebizond is 185 miles from Lrzer-
during the week was the announce um, and the difficulties to be sur-
,tnent 'oil Thursday of the arrival' at mounted were great, but the Grand
•
Duke pressed on and with -1;11e help
Marseilles of a strong force of Rus- 'of the Russian Black Sea fleet cap -
elan soldiers. The news came as a
dramatic'surprise, and the first in-
timation that there had been such a
movement Came in the orders of
General Joffre to the French troops
•wherein he expressed his appreeia-.
tion of Russia's action in thus show-
ing her determination to keep up the
• fight. along with the Allies for the
common cause. There was no an-
Considerable Losses Are inflicted on nouncement as to what the .strength
of the Russian force was.
Enemy. The Russian capture of the Turk-
ish seaport of Trebizond on the
Black Sea was another piece of news
A despatch from London says: The
followingofficial communication was ;which came quite unexpectedly.
Since the capture of Erzerum on
issued on Sunday night,: ;February 15 by the armies of the
"Last night we made a successful Grand Duke Nicholas but little had
been heard of any further move -
raid against the enemy's trenches meat of this force. It was known
southwest of Thiepval. Thirteen pris- ` ;that the Grand Duke was giving the
oners were captured and a number of I .Turks little time to regover from
casualties were inflicted on the enemy tlie• less- of • tY`eir-.. Caucasiesn .. town.
by our men bombing their dugouts.
Our casualties were very slight. 0 000 GERMANS
"Mining activity continues in the
Itohenzollern sector. To -day there
were artillery actions about Hebu-
cenelud,a without the development of f terns, Neuville-St. Vast, Souchez and
any unteevad incident. The protect- I Carency and about, the Ypres-Comines
in ; f ila included a number of Canal
.lap�: ar ships, "Our artillery dispersed an enemy
The e _ :ing of Russian troops to working party in front of St, Eoi this
lha wr',:t;.rn front has been talked of afternoon.
by m I : t n. y people for two or three "Friday night the Ding's Shropshire
rola tl1 . The reason, as now ex- Light Infantry recaptured a trench
p,l lined, is that it is easier for Russia ; on the Ypres-Langemarck road which
to •':m and supply fighting material: was lost the night of April 19. Our
to Russian troops on the western line there is completely re -establish -
front than on the eastern. Russia ed."
still ha:; many hundred thousand more 44
men under training than she can use e ;
on her fighting lines because the Rus- PIRATE
sign problem continues to be not how
IS DECORA ID
to get .men, but munitions. The al-
lies can obviously provide complete
equipment for Russians more easily
in France than by shipping to Russia.
Possibly a quarter of ainillion men
will be sent into France this Spring.
SEEDING IN ALBERTA.
Spring Operations Never Faster ht
U Boat Which He Commanded Was
Not Sunk, as Reported.
A despatch from Paris says: In-
formation was received from reliable
sources on Wednesday that Emperor
the Province. William has decorated the commander
ofthe submarine which torpedoed
A despatch from Calgary says: the'Sussex. It is understood Wash -
"Seeding is 20 per cent. done in South- ington has been informed of this de -
ern Alberta, more than 10 per cent. velopment. The award of a decora-
complete in Northern Alberta, and go- tion would make it, 'perhaps, impos-
ing ahead over all the Province with
breakneck speed," was the statement
made Wednesday morning by a high
official of the Alberta Farmers' Co-op-
erative Elevator Company, who has .
just returned to Calgary from a trip
through many parts of the Province.
"Never -did spring operations go fast-
er," he added.
The man who is sure of his own
ability never has to brag ,about it,
sible for Germany 1,o punish him, in
case such a. demand' were made by
the United States Government.
.14
Preliminary View.
"Hubby, I am going to town to-
suorrow to see some new hats.
"My dear, to -morrow is Sunday, and
the shops wil be closed."
"Who said anything about shops?
I am going to church." '
"HOLLAND MAY BE AT WAR
MEN NEXT EIGHT DAYS"
Remarkable Article Published in the Rotterdam
Socialist Newspaper Volk.
A' despatch from London says: The
Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily
Mail cables that the crisis in Holland
centinnes to cause, great anxiety. It
ia understood that Germany has in-
formed
formed iHollan.d that Great Britain in-
tended to attaek her and proposed to
send German 'troops to. Holland.
The Socialist newspaper Volk,
k"h;tlt protested against 17uteh
military measures, especially the stop.
page of Easter holidays to the troops,
now writes in a different strain, say-
ing
itAfter an interview between a
Socialist leader and the Premier we
hold that these military precautions
are very nepessary. The people must
support the Government and must re-
cognize that Holland May be at war in
eight days,"
tured the town in the early part of
this week,
The importance ofthis capture by
the Russians cannot be overestimat-
ed. Tt practically means the loss of
Mesopotamia to the 'Turks, but the,
Iuunediate result will probably be
that the pressure on General Town-
shend's force, shut in. in Kut -el -Am-
ara, will be lessened. Sir Percy
hake's relieving force is having a
ard time in its advance along the
Tigris, not only on account of the
opposition of the Turks, but because
of the flooded state of the river. The
`Turks are putting up a strong fight
and in an attack On April 1T-18
they forced the retirement of the
British division on the south bank
to a distance of 500-800 yards.
A new offensive by the Allies in
the Balkans is looked for as soon as
the armies there are got properly
together., . Deapite Greege'.s.nrotest,
more men are being massed on Sudaa
Bay, and last Tuesday • a force ot
Sthere.erbians joined. the other _A11les'
The fighting around Verdun has
lost all appearance of a general as=
'Atilt .on the defences of the town.
Scattered attacks here and there by
the Germansshow that the warfare
there has now partaken of the. na-
ture of trench warfare. Both to the
east and the west of the Meusethere
has been a series of artillery duels
with but few infantry attacks. The
British forces in the neighborhood
of St. >r,1oi were attacked at the end
of last week by the Germans, but
they regained what little they lost,
and in addition went some distance
'through the German lines.
The Italians have begun a new
offensive aginst the ..Austrians, and..
have been successful in capturing
Monte Fume Pass and Monte An-
eora, a commanding height on the
front. Several other positions have
been taken, the Italian 'artillery
lending great.assistance in breaking
down -the Austrian defences,
11s
WISH TAK
ON VERR11 FRONT AFRICAN TOWNS
Enemy Has Thus Far Made Use of
Thirty Divisions of Troops.
A despatch from Paris says: In
their attempts to take Verdun the
Germans up to Saturday had made
use of 30 divisions of troops, amount-
ing rotlghly to 600,000 men, accord-
ing to an official statement issued by
the French War Office on Sunday.
The statement indicates that more
than this total have been used, since
some of the divisions have been re-
organized, their depleted ranks . filled
out, and they have returned to the
front several times.
"It is worthy of note," the official
statement says, "that the German
command seeks to conduct the opera-
tions with the smallest number of
troops possible, but to maintain them
and keep them on this front, until
they are completely used up. As losses
Eire suffered, ib re-forms the units
with reinforcements and sends them
back to the attack barely reconstitut-
ed. It `is thus that certain divisions
have\reappeared on the front as
many as three and even four times"
French surprise attacks were car-
ried out 'successfully on Saturday
night against German listening posts
in the: Bois d'Avocourt west, of the
Meuse. This is the only infantry act-
ivity reported in the Verdun region on
Sunday. The Germans have not re-
newed their attacks on the Bethin-
court brook, Le Mort, Hotnine front,
where they were twice repulsed with
considerable losses 'on Saturday. The
German artillery was active on Sun -
General Smuts Advances Into the
Interior.
A despatch from London says:
Amazing progress has been made by
General Smuts in his campaign in
German Ease Africa, and a great bat-
tle is now in progress at Kondoa
Irangi, over 150 miles across the
frontier from British East Africa. In-
stead of striking along the Tanga
railway General. Smuts has pushed in-
land at a tremendous rate, penetrat-
ing the Umbugwe and Kondoa Irangi
districts. Umbugwe and Salanga are
in British hands. It is not generally
known that a considerable force of
Abyssinian troops are attached to
Gen. Smuts' forces.
'REEKS
IN BIG
co.
ASSACRED
Smyrna district several Greek vil-
lages were raided,:. 200-persnna.boieg,
killed and many wounded. Constan-
tinople was likewise the scene of
serious massacres, no figures pertain-
ing to which," adds the correspond-
ent, "are available. All the mas-
sacres occurred on April 11."'
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WILSON'S -NOTE.
NOW DELIVERED
Ambassador Gerard Hands Message
on Submarine Issue to Ber-
lin Minister.
A despatch from Berlin says
The.American note in regard to sub-
marine warfare is now in: the hands
of the German Government. It was
delivered on Thursday evening to
Foreign Minister von Jagow in the
usual manner, with no attendant cir-
cumstances to mark the unusual im-
portance of the occasion. Owing to
the length • of the note and the ap-
T pendix and to the delayed• arrival of
T one section of the note, it was not
ready for presentation until 7.30
o'clock. Ambassador. Gerard then
• Hundreds - Slain in Adrianople, Con- rolled the document in a• magazine I
to protect it from a light rain which •
stantineple aid Smyrna, was falling, and walked across the
A despatch :from London says; 'quare to the Foreign Office. The i
Ambassador was .received immedi-1
Wholesale massacres of Greeks at
Adrianople, Constantinople and Smyr- ately. The Foreign Minister read
rat are reported in a Saloniki despatch the note, and a short, general conver-
to the Morning Post, "In Adrianople Batton followed.
and Demotica, Turks and Bulgarians
acting together," says the despatch,Duluth, April 25. -Wheat -No. 1
"killed 400• and wounded 800 Greeks northern, $1.15% to $1.17%; No. 2
after pillaging their houses. In the northern, $1.12% to $1,14%.
pay against Hill 304, else important
ARMENIANCHAIN HI LS
osition on the west bank of the ,!�Vi
Bethincourt brook, and there also was
fitful bombardment of the French
positions on the east bank of the
Meuse and in the Woevre,
Au attempt by the Germans on Sat-
urday night to capture a initrailleuse
which was causing them trouble west
of Vauquois, in the Argonne, failed.
GEN. VON DER GOLTZ DEAD.
Organizer of the Dardanelles De.
fences Passes Away.
A despatch from Amsterdam says,:
--•Baron Folmar von der 'Goltz, com-
mander-in-chief of the Turkish army,
died Wednesday of spotted fever at the
lieadqugrters of his Turkish army,
according to an official announcement
received here from Berlin, He had
been ill: ten days.
CAPTURE BY THE RUSSIANS
Troops Brought From (tallipoli ,Annihilated
Hundreds of ,Ottoman' Dead Left on Field.
A despatch. from Petrograd says
-While the nortkiern armies of the
Grand Duke were completing the eon-
quest of Trebizond the other Rus-
sian army advancing from Erzerum
gained an important victory. In the
region of Aschkala, west of Erzerunii,
the Russian troops Eby a night assault.
eatried' a chain of high bills
whe
n
had been strongly organized. They
eapteieed four Turkish officer and
more Quin 120 'men, The enemy left
hundreds of dead an the field. Some
enerityelements which had been re-
cently brbnght from Gallipoli were an-
nihilated, while the other Turkish
troops which participated in the fight
sustained heavy losses through the
Ru, ian fire and bayonet charges.
the. Black Sea a Russian sub-
anari e, although attacked by au en-
emy firman, succeeded in sinking a
steam tand a sailing ship near the
entran&e of the Bosphorus under a
heavy flag from the Turk batteries,
lYarkets off"
Iikeadatuffn.
¶oronta, April 25.- Manitoba wheat
No. 1 Northern, $1.137/6; No `2�
Northern, $1,130'6; No, 3 Northern,'
$1.08%, in store Fort William.
Manitoba oats. --No. 2 G.W., 46%e;
No, 3 C.W,, 441%; extra No. 1 feed
441,sc; No. 1 feed, 431%. in store Fort
Willi,zm,
American coin --No. 8 "yellow, 86ee'
track Toronto.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 44 to
45c; commercial, 43 to 44e, according
to freights outside,
Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial,
$1:00 to $1.02; No. 2 commercial, 98e.
to $1.00; No. 3 commercial 95 to 97e;
feed wheat, 86 to 88c, according to
freights outside.
Peas -No. 2, $1.60; pear, accord-
ing to sample, $1.20 to $1.50, accord,
ing to freights outside.
Barley -Malting, 62 to 63e; feed, 59
to 62c., according' to freights outside«
Buckwheat -69 to 70c, according to
freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 90 to 91c;
rejected, according to sample, 86 to""
88c, accordin • to freights outside,
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bag, $6,50; second patents, in
jute bags, $6.00; strong bakers', in
jute bags, $5.80, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, $4.15 to $4.25, track Toronto;
$4.30 to $4.40, bulk seaboard, prompt
shipment,
Miillfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, per ton, $24;
shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per
ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.60 to $1.70,
Country Produce:
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 29 to
33c; inferior, 25c; creamery print.,, 35
to 36c; solids, 33 to 34c.
Eggs -New laid, 24c; do., in car-
tons, 25 to 26c.
Honey -Prices in 10 to 60-1b. tins,
181/4 to 14c. Combs -No. 1, $2.75
to $3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40.
Beans -$4. to $4.40, the latter for
hand-picked,
Cheese -Large, 19c; twins, 191c.
Maple syrup -$1.40 per Imperial
gallon.
Poultry -Chickens, 21 to 22c; fowls,
18 to 20c; ducks, 24 to 25c; turkeys,
25cc.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario $1.65
to $1.70, and New Brunswicks at
$1.80 to $1.85 per bag, on track.
Montreal ' Markets.
Montreal, April 25.-x-Corn--Azneri-
can No. 2 yellow, 86 to 87c. Coats -
Canadian Western, No. 2, 54/c; No.
3, 53c; extra No.1 feed, 53c; No. • 2
local white, 501 to 51c; No. 3 local
white, 49/ to 50c; No. 4 local white,
481/ to 49c. Barley --Manitoba feed,
68 to 71c; malting, 75 to 77c. Flour
-Manitoba Spring wheat . patents,
firsts, $6.60; seconds, $6.10; strong
bakers', $5.90; Winter patents, choice,
$6.00; straight rollers, $5.30 to $5..40;
do. bags, $2.45 to $2.50. Rolled oats
-Bbls, $5,10 to $5.20; do bags, 90 lbs.,
$2.40 to $2.45. Bran, $24. Shorts,
$26.. Middlings, $E8 to $30. Mouillie,
$30. to $35. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car
lots, $20.50 to $21. Cheese -Finest
westerns, 181/4 to 184c; finest east -
erns, 17% to 18e. Butter -Choicest
creamery, 33 to 3814c; seconds, 30 to
314c. Eggs -Fresh, 26 to 26c. Po-
tatoes -Per bag, car lots, $0.75 to
$1.80 .
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, April 25. -Cash prices-
Wheet-Nc. 1 Northern, $1.15%; No.
2, do., $1.11%; No. 8, do., $1.07%;
No. 4. $1.05%; No. 5, 96%e; No. 6,
88e,ec; feed, 83%c. Oats -No. 2 C.
W., 461/4; No. 3, do., 441/4c; extra No.
1 feed, 441,4c; No. 1 feed, 425%; No.
512, do., 42c. Barley -No. 3, 68e; No, 4,
58e; rejected, 55c; feed, 55c. Flax•=-
No. 1. N,-W.C., $1.87%; No. 2, C.W.,
.84'
Live Stock Markets,
Toronto, April 25s -Choice heavy
steero, $8,b0 to $8.75; butcher st:ers,
choice, $8.00 to $8.25; do., good, 57.90
to $8.15; do., medium, $7.35 to $7.50;
do., common, $6.50 to $7.00; heifers,
good to choice, $7.75 to $8.25; do.,
medium $7.25 to $7.50; butcher cows,
choice, $6.50 to $7,25; do., good, $5.75
to $6.50; butcher bulls, choice, $23.50
to $7.25; do., good. $5.50 to $6,00; do.,
medium, $5,00 to $5.50; do., roegh
bologna, $4.40 to $4.50; feeders, 900 to
11000 lbs., $7.00 to 57.40; _ do., bulls,
$5:50 to $6.00; stockers, 700 to 800 lbs.
$7.00 to $7.40` de, med, 650 to 750
lbs., 56.75 to 57.00; ,do., light, 000 to
650 lbs., $5.00 to $50; canners, $4.00
to $4.25; cutters, 24.50 to $4,75; m ilk
ors, choice, each, 560.00 to 585.00;
springers, $60,00 to 85.00; calves, veal,
choice, $9.00 to 511.00; clot, .medium,.
$6.00 to $7.50; do., common, $500 to.
$5:50; lambs, yearlings, $10 to "$18.50;
culled lambs, $7.00 to 57.25;. spring
Iambs, each, 57.00 to $12.00; ewes,
light, 50.00 to $10,00; sheep, heavy,
and bucks $6.50 to $8,50; hogs fed and
watered, $11.15; do.,:f.o.b,, $10.75; do.,
weighed off cars; $11.50,