Zurich Herald, 1917-01-26, Page 7WIIY TIIE TURKS MUST BE
EXPELLED FROM EUROPE
British Foreign Minister Sends a Long Letter to the President
of the United States.
�i despatch from Washington says:
The entente allies, in a note address-
ed by Arthur Balfour, Britisb Foreign
Minister,. to Ambassador Spring Rice,
and delivered to the State Depart.,
merit, amplify the reply to President
;Wilson's peace note, by explaining in
detail why they believe it impossible
at present to attain a peace which will
assure them such guarantees as they
consider essential. The note also ex-
plains why the allies demand the ex-
pulsion of Turkey from Europe, re-
storation of Alsace-Lorraine to
France, of Italia irredenta to Italy
and the other territorial changes set
forth.
Those who think the future peace
of the world may be ensured by in-
terinational treaties and laws, the
note says, have ill -learned the lessons
taught by recent history. After charg-
ing that German influence in Turkey
had resulted in conditions as barbar-
ous and more aggressive than were
known .under Sultan Abdul Hamid,
and that it had been shown Germany
cannot be expected to•respect treaty
• obligations, Mr. Balfour says:
"So long as Germany remains tho
Germany which without a shadow of
, justification over -ran and barbarously
ill-treated a country it was pledged to
defend, no State can regard its rights
COL MACDONALD
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as secure If they have no better pro-
tection than a solemn treaty."
Belgium Not Only Victim.
Asserting that Belgium was not
Germany's only victim, and that
"neutrals were intended to note out-
rages which accompanied its con-
quest," the note recites the "reign of
terror" attendant upon Gerinany's
method of warfare, and in that con-
nection says:
"The war staffs of the Central
Powers are well content to horrify
the world if at the same time they
can terrorize it."
The people of Great Britain, Mr.
Balfour says, share President Wil-
son's desire for peace, but do not be-
lieve it can be durable unless based
on the success of the allied cause.
Such a peace, it is argued, cannot be
expected unless these three condi-
tions are fulfilled: Existing causes of
international unrest shall be, as far
as possible, removed or weakened;
the aggressive aims and the unscru-
pulous methods of the Central Powers
should fall into disrepute among their
own peoples; and, finally, that behind
international law and behind all
treaty arrangements for preventing or
limiting hostilities some form of in-
ternational sanction should be devised
which would give pause to the hardi-
est aggressor.
a third arrest was made, when the
man alleged to have given the signal
for the engine to run through the sta-
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TORONTO tion was
ar to e.n into custody on a
Four Others Injured by Engine
Shrouded in Steam.
A despatch from Toronto says:
Colonel William Campbell Macdonald,
brigadier of the 1st Brigade at the
Exhibition Camp, was crushed to
death on Sunday night beneath the
wheels of an engine which backed
into a large crowd of people who
gathered at the Union Station to wit-
ness the departure of an Army Ser-
vice Corps draft for -an eastern point.
Fatly other spectators were" injured,
tnalfvwhom,is not expected. d
to re -
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ilr'a score
ore of
otheis w
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e
stet* by the toc ootive,but • were
fortunately hurled clear of the`tracks
and • escaped with a few bruises and
Minor hurts.
The accident is said to have been
due to the severe gale and snow-
storm which raged nser the city dur-
ing the day. Driven by a strong wind
the snow swept across the railway
tracks, completely covering the rails,
and the crowds thronging the station
platforms gathered across the tracks,
believing that they were standing on
tho platforms. While the engineer
rang his bell as the locomotive ap-
proached, the cheers of the specta-
tors as they bade good-bye to their
friends in khaki and the swirl of the
wind prevented them from receiving
any warning of the impending danger.
Following the accident a hurried
investigation was made by Acting De-
tective Walter McConnell, of No. 1
Police division, which resulted in the
engine crew being taken from the en-
gine and placed under arrest on a
.,charge of manslaughter. At midnight
BRMSH MAKE
FURTHER GAIN
LEADING MARKETS BRITISH FORCES ON KRIS
CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS
Inandetnelta
Toronto, San, 38 ••-Manitoba, wheat
Track, bay ports, 13'o. 1 northern. $a.0,i;
No, 2 northern, $2,00; Noi 6 northern,
$2.023; No. 4 wdleat. $1.88: (Old crop
wheat, 40 ht hpr,)
Manitoba CatserTraoic, bay ;Ports, to,i
a p.w., 7a0; Nq, 8 (7.'W'„ Osie; extra No,
1 feed, Oslo; No, 1. feed, 070,
shiptlznmeericanntin p80orn•-days, aNO. 3 Yel
l
ow, $132'
Ontario Wheat -Winter, new crop, ISO. .a
2, 51.81 No. 51,83 88,' ac, nowprtp, f8x zehL� ` A .despatch from London says: The erny. Further progress has been made
iz1.s1. i War Office communication issued on against the enemy's trenches on the
ottOi e)io nominal—No.(white, b9 ii "prlda r night Concerning the opera- right bank southwest of Kut-el-
Ontario
No. _a white, e3 to 66c. eons in Mesopotpmia says: Amara"
"The enemy has been expelled from Renewed attacks by the British east
small strip on the right bank of the of Kut -el -Amara on the Tigris have
Buckwheat—$1.28 to 51,30.Tigris in the bend of the river north- been repulsed, Turkish army head-
Eye—No. 2, new, 51,40 to 51.42.
Manitoba Flour•--lPlrst patents, in east of . Kut -el -Amara. The whole quarters announced in its statement
jutenb bags, 59.00; seconds,
,5in te, 9.40; trench system on a front of 2,500 of Jan. 19. Heavy looses were sus-
Ontario P'lour—Winter, new, track, yards to a depth of 1,100 yards is now tained by the British in these opera-
mT ,ireo, 1' 7 QO to i7 60 nin jutedibassp- n our possession, and the right bank tions and in an attack by Turkish
57,26, export grade, bulk, seaboard.
of the river from Kut -el -Amara down- cavalry on a British cavalry brigade
Millfeed—Carrots, delivered ltit0ntreal fatream has been cleared of the en- on this front,
freights; Shorts, $38; bran, �88; good'
feed flour, per bag, 92,70 to 32.80
Flay --Track, 'Toronto, No. 1. 518; ex
str w d 512 s. 512.50; mixed, 59 to $11 �Y a �� IO NEAR I GERMANY
Straw --Carrots, 0 to $9.60. AY A1,9�
Cereals—Rolle oats, •carlots, per at
of 90 Lbs., 53.50; small lots, $3.76, Wino
sorvto rolled
Oatmeal 10 per gentADMITTED BY DIET LEADER
over rolled oats. Cornmeal-�.='elloi"? 98-
lb.
8 lb. sacks, In carlots, 58.06: small; So . r •.
53.25, track, Toronto. Rolled wheat, 104 .;
ab. barrels, 55.25.
• Country Produce.
"1, holesalers are selling to the trade
plggs--New-1a1d, cartons, 60 to d
do., ex -cartons, 56 to 60c; storage •;1
loots, 46 to 60c; storage, No. 1. 42 r
Butter--Creamery prnts, freak bn'
44 to 46c; creamery prints, storacj3;
to 43c; creamery, solids, 41. to'.
dairy prints, 36 to 37e;
choice dairy prints, 38 to -39c, bakera"or,� !patch from London soya: "The rural population is not yet
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330,
twins, 26 to 264e triplets, '6 , a :