HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-01-12, Page 2FRENCH FEAR GMAN DASH
OVER NEUTRAL RITZ
LAND
Distinguished French Writer Urges Britain to Take Over More
of Western Fron:,.:8,,?.France play Be Prepared For
.Any Lightning Stroke From von Hindenburg,
A despatch from Paris says:
France fears a dash by the German
armies across neutral Switzerland, in
a desperate attempt to turn the
French and Italian lines, and relieve
the pressure of the allied forces.
For months the possibility of an in-
vasion of Swiss territory has been
talked of in Paris as a possibility. To-
day, in the opinion of the French
press, it has become a probability.
Germany has called to the colors
another class of recruits which will
reinforce her active armies by more
than half a million men. With her
military forces now at their maximum
she is preparing for her supreme
effort of the war.
Of one thing France is certain:
that under Field Marshal von Hinden-
burg Germany is mustering all her
resources for the decisive stroke, and,
if the past is to be a guide for the fu-
ture, she will deal this blow with the
same lightning -like speed with which
shea
1 unehed her legions across neu-
tral Belgium in the opening campaign
This view is expressed in La Vic-
toire by Gustave Have, the famous
Fre,ieh publicist, who devotes his lead-
ing article to the subject.
Britain must take over a stall
greater portion of the line now held
by the French; M. Reeve declares, in
order to free a sufficient body of
French troops to permit the forma-
tion of an "army of manoeuvre" -a
mobile force which will be ready to
reinforce any part of the west front
line menaced by the German attack.
M. Nerve also points out that Ger-
many has mobilized the classes of
1919, giving her six hundred thousand
additional men, while her civil mobil-
ization will liberate a force variously
estimated at from 500,000 to 2,000,000.
This force, while it will be used chief-
ly for service at the rear, will free
a corresponding number of younger
troops for the purpose of the first
line.
"At what point will they strike?
M. Herve asks. "Hindenburg's pet
objective is Russia, the article con-
tinues, "but a grand offensive on that
front is out of the question until April
owing to weather conditions."
BEAT THE ENEMY
IN EAST AFRICA
British Take Strong Positions
and Indict Heavy Casual-
ties on the Foe.
A despatch from London says :-
The following official communication
was issued by the War Office on'
Thursday night:
"In East Africa our forces, in the!
vicinity of Kissakis, south of the Ulu -1
guru Hills, assumed. the offensive New
Year's Day. They stormed the- en -1
envy's strongly -entrenched liners in
the Mgeta Valley, inflicting heavy
casualties and capturing several guns
and howitzers. Pursuing the en-
emy we approached, I,anuar 8
go ,
the : Tio+ d
n cry A+'Ti`. •:✓kY'Ir'�
northwest of ' Kibambawe." .
REACH GERMAN
PHU DEFENCE
Successful Daylight Raid By
British on Wide
Arras Front.
A despatch from London says :-
Sir Douglas Haig's troops have car-
ried.. out another successful daylight
raid south-east of Arras. The British,
entered the German trenches over a
wide front, and penetrated to the en-
emy's third line. Many dugouts were
destroyed and extensive damage oc-
casioned to the defences. A similar
raid was attempted by the Germans
south of Wytschaete, but the attack-
ers were driven off in disorder. The
British captured two hostile posts with
their occupants.
ENGLISH FIRM'S BID
UNDER ALL U. S. RIVALS
A despatch from Washington says:
-Despite demands upon British muni-
tion plants because of the war, Had -
fields, Limited an English concern,
outbid United States Companies in
proposals opened on. Thursday for
16 -inch and 14 -inch armor piercing
projectiles for the United States navy.
Not only are the English Company's
figures more than $200 per projectile
below the nearest American competit-
or, but the time is cut in half, the
shells to be. delivered in the United
States duty paid.
RUSSIANS, TAKE -
500 PRISONERS
German Attack
A. despatch r1jt`°'e ogred'-
-The War Office re orts:° fenr
attacks against ourpositions between
the Tirul marsh, the Rivet Aa, and
south of the village of Kainr
in
RUSSIANS CH
TEUTQ
Have Given Battle f4uce ss ally
To' invaders' in
Wallachia, c>„
A despatch from London says: Ai -
though the Teutonic allies have made
further advances in Roumania, • both
in their operation driving Weastward
from the mountain region, and north-
ward from Wallachia into Molcavia,
the Russians and Rumanians at vari-
ous points are giving them battle, and
at several places have met with suc-
cess.
Between Fokshani and Fundeni the
Russians made a strong attack over a
front of about 16 miles. They, gained
ground near Obilechti, says the Ger-
man War Office, but elsewhere were
repulsed with heavy casualties, The
Petrograd official communication,
however, says the Russians re-estab-
lished their former position near Ka-
patuno, north-west of Fokshani, made
an advance in the vicinity of Raspit-
za Lake, and in a surprise attack cap-
tured trenches to the northevireet in
the Oituz Valley. ,z,
Admission is made
that the Russians ani, on
the upper reaches of tza
River retired before the; 5'x1_
vaders, while Berlin sap Veen
the Oituz and Patna dez.
fenders were pushed bae , '
wards the plains. Mount c p
stormedby a German: detach
captured.
RAS WILL-..
STATE
Peace Conditions T�
Known to Pres ke
®Nilson. 'k's
was
S
lade
A despatch from Ani terdal 1 * _`
The Frankfurter Zeitung ' u1e3 ;=•,,
the report of a speech • d '' ' by
former Hungarian Pr 'ount
Julius Andrassy, on New. _
The Count says: "If the4, s t`et
our offer of peace only :be
they assert„our offer "creno
meant ztndls .,
BRITISH ARMY IN SUEZ REGION
TO DRIVE THROB PALESTINE
Will Join' Russian Array That Has Moved South Fromm. the Cau.
easus and Cut the Bagdad Railroad.
A despatch froze Washings s says:
The Holy Land may be the next int-
portant theatre of war. Official de-
spatches received here indicate that
the British force in the Suez region
are preparing for a drive through Pal-
estine. The object of this niove un-
doubtedly is to join the Russian army
that has moved south from the Cau-
casus, cutting the Bagdad railroad
and ending Germany's dream of an
Eastern empire.
It is not permitted to reveal the na-
ture of the despatches which convey
this information, but the conclusions
drawn from them are amply support-
ed by the facts of the present mili-
tary situation of the belligerents,
The Russian offensive in Asia Minor
last Spring, which took Trebizond,
Erzerum and Mush, has been halted
far short of its goal. The British
campaign from the Persian Gulf up
the Tigris -Euphrates valley ended in
disaster at Kut -e1 -Amara. But the
British forces at Suez recently captur-
ed El-Arish, '75 miles east of Suez,
and have pushed on beyond there, how
far is not known, The British to -day
are farther east of Suez than at any
time sin'1~e the war broke out. The
Czar's army in the north has been re-
inforced, and the Tigris army has been
reorganized, and is pushing up the
valley. 'Everything points to excel-
lent chances of success if a combined
effort from three directions is made
against the Turks.
The Turkish censorship has closed
down tightly on all news from Pales-
tine, particularly from the Lebanon
district, where it is evident prepara-
tions are being made to resist such a
move.
BRAILA, . MANIA
CAPTURED BY HUNS
Virtually all the River Danube
in Possession of the
Invaders.
A despatch from London says :--
The Rumanian province of the Dob-
rudja is now in the hands of the Cen-
tral Powers, whose armies continue to
advance through Great Wallachia into
Moldavia.
Braila, an important commercial
city in Great Wallachia, and on the
west bank of the Danube below
(;`alatz, has been captured by Ger-
man and Bulgarian troops. Several
villages on the outskirts of Braila
also have been occupied, and Field
Marshal von Mackensen's troops have
taken 1,400 prisoners in their latest ,
success. •
Virtually aof the River 'Danube, "
;from its source to its' mouth, is now in
,elle hands. of the Teuton forces, who
'Control 2.11 of the eastern bank end all
'llut a i , tiles of the:West si bank!
#lx>tlac d `... ., • .i•,th ref -Braila '.
.em, were
repelled by our fire. During the bat-
tle south of Lake Babit and south of
Riga, 500 Germans were captured. in
the region of the town of Retchni,
north-east of Veleiki, an enemy aero-
plane landed. The aviators, an of-.
ficer and a private, were made pris-
oner."
300 PERSONS KILLED
IN FORMOSA EARTHQUAKE
A despatch frons Tokio says
Three hundred persons have been kill-
ed and many injured in a disastrous
earthquake in Central Formosa, ac-
cording to special despatches from
Taihoku, the captial of Formosa. It
is estimated that one thousand houses
have been destroyed. The city of
Nante has been damaged extensively
by fire.•
2,000,000 BRITISH SOLDIERS
ON THE FRENCH NCH FRONT ALONE
['his is Entirely Exclusive of the Forces Employed in Seven Other
Theatres of the War.
A special despatch from the British
front 1f France says:
"Gee. Sir Douglas Haig to -day com-
mands the largest army Great Britain
ever levied on her soil. The number
of efl'ectives in the British army in
i ranc:e on Jan. 1 was nearly 2,000,000
rnen, completely trained and ready,
' day or night, to receive orders from
their commander-in-chief.
"This figure only refers to the Brit-
! ish forces in France, and is exclusive
of those employed in the defence of
Great Britain, Ireland, India, Saloniea,
Egypt, Mesopotamia and Africa."
tree'
SSI TRANS Or PI& MIA
SUNK I I I DIERANEAN
r Officers, 120 Soldiers and 33 of the Crew Are Officially.
Reported as Missing..
A rieepatch from London says: The
British transport Ivernia has been
sunk by a submarine, it was officially
announced on Thursday night. The
text of the report reads: "The Ivernia
wan sunk try an enemy submarine in
ihii Mediterranean on January 1, dur-
f ing bad weather and while carrying
troops. Four military officers and 116
eoidiers, as well as 83 of the crew
are missing. The surgeon and chief
engineer are among the missing of-
ficers."
.frem Pres
qq will be communicat .,
not appear -immediately
fore we must battle furth
with all mu. strength and
possible for our enemies
steps in theedirection of°'
Andrassy's;. ticech it .31 peace 'ast
some sort ofcommunication of the
leged terms will now be made to Wil-
son, The Frankfurter Zeitung' says
the allies' refusal arises apparently
from the fatal error of supposing the
present position, is only temporary
and does not correspond with the ac-
tual relative strength of the belliger-
ents. It concludes by saying: "No-
thing remains for Germany but to
break open the 'door of peace seith the
sword end." • Cs;
MAKIMILIAN HARDEN4
MAKES PLEA FOR PEACE.
A despatch from London says:
40:aximilian Harden, editor sl?ie
Zukunft, delivered a speech,,e Orlin
Saturday, pleading for l pea ;flay
agreement, according to Reuter' r4n=
sterdam correspondent, who quotes
the Berliner Tageblatt. After")ref'er-
ring to the enemy miscalculdin.• of
Germany's strength, Herr lilted=
warned his hearers not to allow them-
selves to be deceived about the en-
emy's strength. Russia's resources
cannot be exhausted," he said, "for,
indeed, the war proceeds only on the
edges of this World Empire, Eng-
land's hunger, moreover, is only a
catchword, for which there is no
foundation, while France's lack of
men can be balanced by British
troops."
raft ,�. 't era
l irisse the Dobrudleoby ilia corn=
dined Bulgarian, Turkish and German
orces, it is reported semi -officially
from Berlin, leaves : a larger part of
these forces ready for other employ-
rnent, and closes the Dobrudja path-
way to Constantinople to Russia.
TWO ZEPPELINS BURNED
IN SCHLESWIG SHEDS.
A despatch from London says: Two
Zeppelins have been destroyed at Ton-
-dem, Schleswig, by a fire due to de-
fective wiring in a recently construtt-
ed double shed, says a Reuter de-
spatch from Copenhagen, quoting the
Ribe, Jutland, Stilts Tidende.
PRISONS ARE FULL
OF HUNGRY PEOPLE.
Trouble in Vienna --Why Germans
Advertise for Swiss Servants,
A despatch from Geneva, says: -
The Burgomaster of Vienna, Dr.
Weiskirchner, threatens to resign if
Hungary . continues to refuse to send
food to Vienna,. according to reports
here, He is quoted as saying that
the prisons are filled chiefly with wo-
men and children convicted of having
stolen food, while housewives are
afraid to go shopping for food even in
the principal` •streets owing to rob-
beries and assaults.
The Swiss and : German •papers are
erowded with advertisom ,nts for
Swiss servants to go to Germans•, the
reason being that every
Germany is allowed to rcer:'i-ae from
home weekly ten pounds of foodstuffs.
FRENCH COMMANDER
SURE OF VICTO'
Gen. Nivell's General Order to
the Troops at the
Front.
A despatch from Limoges, France,
says: La France Militaire on Friday
publishes the following general order
to the troops, issued by General
Nivelle:
"At a time when another year of
the war is ending you can be proud
of the work accomplished. At Verdun
you broke the most powerful blow
• Germany ever struck against any of
her adversaries. On the Somme, emu-
lating the courage of our British al-
lies, during a long series of attacks,
you have given proof of a tactical su-
periority which will continue to im-
prove. Never has our army been bet-
ter trained or more brave or possess-
ed of more powerful means.
"It is under these brilliant auspices
that the- wort .of 1917 begins- You
y at of victory. In thin
G;zrc ;v u
gid,zn
r nor yep_
OCCUPY ,GERMAN CAMP
IN EAST AFRICA
British Troops Reach the North Bank
of the Rufiji.
A despatch from London says :-
The British official statement on the
campaign in German East Africa, is-
sued on Sunday night, says: "Our
columns pursuing the enemy in the
Rufiji Valley occupied a German camp
on the Tshogowali River and reached
Kilhama%ve, on the north bank of the
Rufiji, on the horning of January 5.
The enemy still holds the south
bank."
CT .S FROM NITS STATES
FOR THE BSI ISIS HOPI ALS
Will Fill the Places of Young English Surgeons 'Who Desire to
Go to the Front.
A despatch from London says: Ac -
reeding to the Daily Telegraph ar-
rangements are being made to replace
a number of young surgeons in the
British hospitals by Americans, in or-
der to enable the Britishers to enter
the army. There are hundreds of doc-
tors of military age in home hospitals
who wish to join the army, says the
Telegraph, but hitherto they have
been denied that honor owing to lack
of substitutes.
With a view to meeting the diffi-
culty, the Daily Telegraphcontinues,
the army authorities some time ago
enquired of the medical authorities
in the United States whether they
could send to England detachments of
Markets of the
New No, 1 .Nor
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Toronto, ,Ian 0. -
, Manitoba •w
2
2,073; No, 3. do„ 32.085; NNo. .o. 4 w
1,075, track, Bay ports, O}d Trop
ng 4o above new croft,
BaY
anitobaports: oats -No. 2 C,W., 72e:
Amerin or -N, 3 yeuow,,'21
track Torcaontoc, sunbjeooto embargo.
Ontario oats ---No, 2 white, 64 to 6
acco
nominrdal;ing• Noto, 3 white,freights 62
outsideto 650;„ n°1111°,
Ontario wheat -New No, 2 Winter, pe
car lot 31.74 to 31,70; No, 3, do., 31,7
to 81.72, according to frelgh,ts outside.
Pods -No., 2, $2,80, according to',,
freights outside,
Barley-1V,Caltin , 31.16 to $118,' now'
o eRigu 1 heat - 31.25 tsi according te.
freights outside,
to
Ryefresg h-Nois, 2. $1,outside,33 to 81,35, aocorcting`"
Manitoba flour -first patents,;: in jute
bags, 39,70; 2nd do„ $9,20, 'strong bak-
ers', do„ $8,$0, Toronto
Ontario flour -- Winter, •aecordizi;g' to
sample, $7.80 to 37,50, in bags, track Te-,
Tonto, prompt shipment.g
Millreed-Car lots -Delivered Ment -
real freights, bags • included, bran,: per
ton, $82; ehorte, do., $37; good'' recd
flour, per bag, $8.70 t0 $3.80,
Hay -No, 1, ger ton, $13 to $13.50; No,'
t2rack Toronto, do„ $9 to $11,, track Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per tort, $9:,50..to'310,
Country produce--Wlzoleaale.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 41,to 42c;
creamery prints,, 45 to 47a; solids, 43 to
4310,
Eggs -No. 1 storage, 39 to 40e; stor-
age, selects 42 to 43c; new -laid, in car-
tons, 66 to selects,
out of cartons, 60 to 02c,
Cheese -Large, 253 to 26c; twins, 26
to 263; triplets, 263 to 265o.
fowlLiv, e12 poultryto15e. - Chickens, 10 to 17c;
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 21 to 22c
fowl, 16 to 180; ducks, 20 to 22c; squabs,
per dos., $4 to $4.50; turkeys, 25 to 30o
geese, 16 to 18c.
Honey -White clover, 23-1b. tins, 1400 u
5-1b. tins, 13 to 133e;:10 -lb, 123 to 13o•�;
60 -lb. 12 to 13o; buckwheat, 601b. tins t
9 to 93e. Comb honey -extra fine unci
heavy weight, per doz. 32,75; select, $2.50
to 32.75; No. 2, 33 to 32.35.
Potatoes - Ontario, per bag, 32.10;
British Columbia. Rose, per bag, 32 to
32.15; New Brunswick Delawares, per
bag, $2.25 to 32.35.
Beans - Imported, hand-picked, per
bush„ 36; Canadian, hand-picked, per
bush., $6.50 to 37; Canadian primes, 36
to $6.50; Limas, per ib., 9 to 10c.
Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 25 to
26c; do., heavy, 22 to 23c; cooked, 34 to
36c; rolls, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 25
to 270; backs, plain, 26 to 270; boneless,
28 to 29c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to
183c per lb.; clear bellies, 18 to 183c..
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 213 to 213a;,
tubs, 213 to 22c; pails, 22 to 225c; com-
pound, 163 to 17c.
Montreal Markets,
Montreal, Jan. 9. -Oats, Canadian
Western, No. 2, 71c; do. No. 3, 69c; ex-
tra, No. 1 feed, 69e. Barley, Man, feed,
31; malting, $1.30. Flour, Man, Spring
wheat patents, firsts, 39.30; seconds,
$9.30; strong bakers', 39.10• Winter pa-
tents, choice, $0.25; straight rollers,
:0 to 38.80; do. bags. 34.10 to 34.25,
Rolled oats, barrel, 37.25: do., bags, 90.
lbs., $3.50. Bran, 332. Shorts, 335.
Middlings, $38 to $40. Mouillle, 343 to
348. Hay, No, 2, per ton, car lots, 313.
Cheese, finest westerns 25e;,:; do., east
earn' }� t
to 4-'31'0; o., ..
fresh, 60 sale
400; No. 2stock, ator.
car' tots, $1.76 to
Winnipeg Grain -
Winnipeg, Jan. 9, -Cash prices: -
Wheat -No, 1 Northern, $1,835; No. 2
Northern, $1.805 No. 3 Northern, 31.765;
No. 4, 81.685. Oats -No, 2 C.W., 553c;
No. 3 C.W., 6550; extra No, 1 feed, 053;
No. 1 feed, 533e; No. 2 feed, 623e. Bar-
ley -No. 3, 993c; No. 4, 933c; rejected,
73e; feed, 73e. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C.,
32.593; No. 2 C.W., 32.663.
'United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Jan. 9. - Wheat --- May,
$1.92,3 to 31.933• 3311299
uly, $1,88332.00%
33• to $1,834;
cash, No. 1 hard, 31.993 to 32.005; No, 1
Northern, 31.933 to 31.963; No. 2 North-
ern, to $1.063. Corn -No, 3 yel-
low, 94 to 943e. Oats -No, .3 white,
543 to 54.5c. Flour unchanged. Bran,
$27 to $27.50.
Duluth, Jan. 9.--Wheat-No, 1 hard
31.953; No, 1 Northern, $1.943c No. l
Northern, $1.563 to $1.893; Mlfay, 31.925.
Linseed -To arrive, $2.873; May, 32.915;
July, $2..903..
Live Stook Markets,
Toronto Jan. 9. -Choice heavy steers,
39.50 to $10; do.. good, 39 to $9.25;
butchers' cattle, choice, 39 to 39.25; do.
gd. 38.50 to 88 35 m
$8.2oo6; dc, common, do. $ 7.25mediuto $7,7588to;
butchers' bulls, choice, 37.40 to 48; do.
good bulls, $7 to 37.26; do: rough bulls,
$4,85 to 35.10; butchers' cows, choice,
$7.26 to 37.50; do good, 36,75 to 37; do.
medium. 36.25 to 36.50; stockers $6,25
to 37; choice feeders, $6.50 to $7.25; can-
ners
hicerr eacotters,
h t $ 50 $to36 3100; 5db,' milkers,
and medium, each, 540 to 360; springers, •
50 to 3100; light ewes, $9.26 to $10;
beep, heavy, $6 to $7.60; calves, good to,
1oice, 311.75 to $13; lambs, choice, $13
hogs, fed' and as erea 3],2 50 to 412.60:
o,, weighed orf cars. $12.75; do, f.o.b..,
11.76.
Montreal, Jan. 9. -Choice -steers, $9
good steers, $7.50 to 3b 25; butchers':
lulls, $7 to $S; butchers' eov;s, 35,50 to
7,50;- canners, bnlL , $5,60; canners,.'
rws, 35.40; grass-fed calves $5.50;
lis -fed calv(,5, 310;` herbs, 312 00
3.50; select ho 512.75 fa $13.50,.
THE CHILDREN OF BELGIUM.
re Suffering From hardship, and
Disease.
young American doctors.
Hundreds of young doctors in the el
United States, according to the Tele- t
graph, have volunteered to serve in d
the British army, but could not re- $
ccive a commission because they were 1
not British practitioners. There is $
no barrier, however, to their practis-
ing hi Great Britain, says the news-
paper,
news-
paper, and they are exactly the ma-
terial required to fill the places of 1
English doctors who desire to go to
the front. The newspaper does notI.A
say how many Americans are likely
to come, but asserts that they "may I
not run into many hundreds." It adds,.
however, that those who do come will
be welcomed.
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There are 2,575,000 child'eii;
elgium enduring the has dshi
hieh a heartless invader has foe
on then, and .of these; 1,500,000
tirely dependent upon charity
od. Of the remainder Inary
be partly fed by the Neutral
ission. An American specialis
ent three months investigatir.
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Kitchen Utensils, Door Plates and Door Knockers Included in
The Governor's Decree.
A Reuter despatch from Amster-
dam to London says that tho Maas-
tricht newspaper Les Nouvelles:, is au-
thcrr•it f«:'flet rtcn;,:rit. that. the
Governer ••. c,' '.i•al of I3eledien has is-
sued a.'decrce ordering the seizure of
lgium states that 'tuberculosis
easing rapidly among the'old'e
en of the working classes
ckets with the younger eh
at every tuberculosis sanita
lgium is crowded, and that
rn now weigh less than the
fore the war.
all household goods made of brass,
copper, tin, nickel or bronze, includ-
ing kitchen utew il5, door r letee and
door knockers. The oolnlnu;tee have tin
1)0011 ordered to -assist in the col-
lection. of
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