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FALI. OF ST. QUENTIN AND LHON NEAR
ALLIES TAKE STRONG POINTS
British in Tremendous Smash Advance Several Miles, Occupying
Numerous Villages -French Push Germans Back.
London, April 1, -The two wedges
driven into the German line north
and south of the important base city
of St. Quentin may force its evacua-
tion within the next few hours.
Despatches from British correspon-
dents on the western from report that
the Germans have destroyed a large
part of St. Quentin by fire and 'explo-
sives. They add that the Germans
have routed all the treasures from pri-
vate houses, museums and picture gal-
leries. It is believed, according to
theseadvices, that the cathedral up to
the present has not been damaged.
The city is menaced by a vigorous
onward sweep of Field Marshall Haig's
troops south from Peronne and an
equally determineUrench advance in
force upward from Ham and Gummed.
The rate of speed which these two
armies have shown in the last few
days seriously threatens St. Quentin
on three sides. An improvement in
the weather resulted in a tremendous
increase in the intensity of the fight-
ing .,1l along the line.
The British have swept forward
more than three miles over a seven -
mile front toward the city, while the
French were battling along headed for
the same goal, and both allied forces
have penetrated very close to the per-
manent German defence line. On
Saturday the British took five villages
and towns, including the important
centre of \rermand. The others were
Heudicourt, Steemille, Marteville and
Soyecourt; and following the capture
of Heudicourt, the British forces made
considerable progress east of:_ that
point, capturing prisoners and ma-
chine guns, and rested for the night.
Heavy fighting took place Sunday
west of St. Quentin, resulting in the
capture by the British of the village
of Savy. Later, British troops at-
tacked Savy wood, about a mile from
the village and only two miles from St.`s
Quentin, and occupied that position.
S ROU ED
IN HOLY LAND
Army of 20,000 Crushingly De-
feated by British
Force.
A. despatch from London €ays :-
The defeat of a Turkish army of 20,-
000
0;000 Tien and the capture of 900
soldiers, including the general corn -
mending the enemy's force and the
entire divisional staff of the 53rd
Turkish division in Palestine was of-
ficially reported on Thursday. The
battle took place near the hstoric city
of Gaza. Heavy casualties were in-
flicted on the enemy. Gaza is 20
miles north of the Egyptian -Syrian
b undary and about 48 miles south-
west of Jerusalem.
"The New Crusade."
The newseapers comment en-
thusiastically on the British victory,
which naturally opens the way for
much Biblical and historical reference
and comparison. "The New Crusade",
nd `r.Fighi� for
ADVANCE IN ERACE
NORTH OF SOISSONS
In Touch With Foe on a Long
Front.
A despatch from London says: All
reports now indicate that contact is
everywhere established between the
opposing armies along the Hindenburg
line. But there is a distinct lull oc-
curring while the advancing armies
are bringing up their heavy guns and
supplies and generally consolidating
their positions.
IThe weather has certainly hamper-
ed operations in the last few days,
but in any circumstances the allies do
'not intend to make a big attack until
they are again able to out -gun the
enemy.
Despite this the, British gained an
!important success on Friday, captur-
ing the village of Ruyalcourt, which
brings their line more than eight miles
east of Bapaume. The official British
report epeaks of shs.?'n•figh tat -1 11
ruined in some quarters to be the im- ;
mediate objective of the invaders. '
Other commentators, however, think
the British aim first at securing the
whole coast of Palestine.
In any case the newspapers con-'
sider the blow dealt the Turks near
Gaza will seriously cripple the effects
o. Emperor William's visit to Pales-
tine ani his entry into Jerusalem 19 ;
years ago. Of this the Times says:
"The political dreams which led to
that visit are now in the process of
being •'..atterotl. The Holy Land, it
would „_.e}n, is on the eve of being
rescued from the regime which'.
thrn,.,h centuries has held it in
bondage."
The manner in which the British!
have lits -h cl railroads across the i
desert i. tr,'r_idered a remarkable
achievement. Apparently hundreds
of mile, of railroad have been con-
structe.! across the desert since last
August-
RU' ff '1'() wEsT.I?RN L ANDS.
Fig:'res fon' the Week Double Those of
t.);.. Same ;Week Last Year.
A close tt:h fl't ni Win tllreg says :-
Permanent immigration let() i.'a.iada
for the ,rose'•; c•r liitp; Meed: 7 more
than :1"r.lbles the returns for the same
week ?seri• year, according to figures
issued or Thtrrii'1 a;, i'y Daminion Im-
migrat: ':1 +f ivials. During the week
just ended 1,25.1 pereeme entered the ,
country t..' settle .n1 'Western lands, as
compared with fil.1 lest year. They
b:',ui.ht with them :sinal cash total-
lipg, $ISi5.tl81, Last year's figures
show teeth amounting to only $91,058.
Of the tete( number of people entering
d r n„ the week t 1:1 were farmer, and
farm Welecrs,
a s -. ..'r x.„-, +Ma ler-south 'i}l,,t..._�
e fi.'`''._ eu' xcourt, where a
batch of German prisoners were
brought in. The villages of Sorel -le -
Grand and Fins, on the line toward
Cambrai, have also been occupied by
Haig's troops. A German counter-
attack flung at the new British posi-
tion at Neuville-Bourjenval, captured
on the '28th, was beaten off with loss.
MANY AME3 ICANS
KILLED ��'' Y SUB
Two British Vessels Sunk- With-
out Warning --Official Re-
port to Washington.
Washington, April 1. -Two British
steamers, the Snowdon Range and the
Booth liner Crispin, both with Ameri-
caus aboard, of whom a number are
unaccounted for, were reported to the
State Department yesterday to have
been sunk without warning by a sub-
marine.
On the Crispin the torpedo, which
struck the engine room, killed five men
two of whom are believed to have been
Americans.
NORTH SEA DANGER ZONE
EXTENDED BY BRITAIN
London, April 1. --The British Ad-
miralty announces that, in view: of the
unrestricted use of mines and sub-
marines by the Germans and Ile sink-
ing of .:.erchantmen without any re-
gard for the safety of their crews, the
"arm of the North Sea which is ren-
dered dangerous to all shipping by
operations against the enemy will be
extended on and after April 1."
22 RUSSIAN AEROPLANES
RAID RUMANIAN PORT
Bnial1Ss, Were l)x'ti pod 1n the Piers and Dock,, ai Braila, and
Great Fires Caused.
Peer egred, April 1,---A sgaadron of
I�ua: iedr, aorc;planes; eii;:,sistinl; r,f 2'2
t
in ac i i.es, made a raid on Braila (tau -
Bombs lar a.l. were dropped ori piers,
cruris t aalrl s:toren, causing groat fires.
Tlaras,scrl by the aer.'.lplane% boat ; left
Braila :tail -'ailed up th I)atlrlbe.
After making rerpcattd at Leeks Aus-
trian t''lrces yesterday were successful
in penetrating the Russian trenches in
the region of Kirlibaba, in the South-
eastern Carpathians, says the Russian
official statement i44suerl to -day, but
they were ejected by a Russian coun-
ter-attack, and the position was re-
stored. Near Odobechti, Southern
:'Moldavia, a Teuton airship was de-
etroyed by Russian aeroplanes and
anti-aircraft guns.
Markets of the World
13rea.detuS'e
Toronto, April 3 -Manitoba wheat -
No, 1 Northern, 32.09; No, 2, 32,06b; No,
3, 3199; No, 4 wheat, $1.90, tract, llaY
ports.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C,W„ 76o; No, 3
C.Mr„ 73c; extra No,1 feed, 723et No, 1
feed, 713e, all rall delivered,
American Corn -No, 2 yellow, $X.2`9,
track Toronto, subject to embargo.
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 67 to 690,
nominal;, No. 8 white, 66 to 080, nominal,
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 3 Winter, per ear
lot, 31.87 to 31.89; No. 3 do., 31.86 to
31.87, according to freights outside.
Peas -No. 2, nominal, according to
freights outside, •
IngBarley -Malting, $1.21 to 31.23, accord -
to freights outside.
Buckwheat,,- 31.32, aecordtng to
freights outside,
Rye -No. 2, 31.51 to 31.53, according.
to freights outside.
Manitoba tiour-First patents, In jute
bags. $10; beeoncl patents, in jute bags,
$9.50: strong bakers' in jute bags, 3ti1.10,
'i'oronto..
Ontario flour -Winter, according to.
sample, 37.75, in bags, track Toronto,
prompt shipment; $7.35, bulk seaboard.
expport grade,
la4illfeed-Car lots, delivered Algnt-
*real Pt sights, gage included -•Bran, ilex
ton, $38 singrts, per ton, $40; good` reed
flodi, per bag, 32,10 to $2.80.
lzay - 1.7xtra No. 2, per tan, $x1.60 to
$12; mixed, per ton, $8.50 to $11, -track
Toronto,
Straw -Car lots, per ton, 37 to $7.60,
track Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale. ,.
Butter -Fresh dairy', choice, 3'3 to
40e; creamery prints, 43 to 450; solids.
42 to 43c,
Eggs -New -laid, in cartons, 400;` out
of cartons, 38c.
Live poultry -Fowl, lb., 20 toa,25c:
chickens, 20 to 25c.
Dressed. poultry -Chickens, 23 to 26e;
fowl, 2u to 22e; ducks. 22 to 25e; sgaaabs,
per doz., $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys, 2.5 to
240; geese. 13 to 20c.
Cheese -New, large, 26b to 27c;
otwild, ns, 27large, to25r, 273te;wins, 28 triplets,to 27328ic. •to 278e;
Honey -White clover 23-1b tins, 14
to 143 5-1b. tins, 1•ic; 10-11),, . 131o:
60-1b.,,13; buckwheat, 60-1b. tins,9! to
10c. (-barb honey-ery•a fine and heavy
weight, per doz., $2.70; select, 32,50. to
32.75• No. 2, 32 to 32.25.
Potatoes -Ontario, per bag $3',25;
New it unswick Delawares, per bag,
$3.4r1 to 33.50; Albertan, per bag, $3.25.
Deane Imported, hand -looked; per
bush., 36.26; Canadian, hand-picked' per
bush, 37.35 to 37.50; Canadian prunes,
$7.0U to $7.25; Limas, per ib., 123. to.,13e.
Provisions -Wholesale
fiuroked meats -Hams, medium, 2.3 to
27c; do.. heavy, 23 to 24e; cooked, 37 to
Sic; robs 23 to 9le; breakfast bacon,,
29 to 82e; backs, plain, 21 to 32c,,,;,,bone-
less. 33 to 84e,
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 23 to '233c;
bs 23 t., 23%c'
GERMANS EVACUATING ALSACE
SAY ADVICES FROM ZURICH
Generally Believed That Here, as on the Somme, Front Will be
Withdrawn.
A despatch from London says: A
Daily News despatch from Rotterdam ;
says that persistent reports are being
received from 'Switzerland that the'
Germans are evacuating Mulhouse
and other places in Alsace.
The Zurich correspondent of Nieuwe
Rotterdamsche Courant states that
information has reached Zurich that
the' Germans have been busy
some days o:. this operation.
Many officials have left Mulhouse,
and machinery has been taken away
from the factories. It is stated that
the population is going to the Black
Forest in groups at a time.
The whole. of the Baden bank of the
Rhine, as well as the district of Lau-
fenburg, has been declared a war
zone. It is generally believed that
here, as on the Somme, the German
front will be withdrawn.
SANG AS THEY
WAITED DEATH
British Soldiers Uphold the
Tradition of • the
Birkenhead.
A despatch from London says: The
British transport Tyndareus, with a
battalion of the Middlesex Regiment
aboard, struck a mine on February 9
off Cape Agulhas, the southernmost
point of Africa. The men were par-
aded on deck, and after roll -call began
to sing while they waited for the ship
to sink. The Tyndareus, however, was
saved and the troops were transferred
to two rescuing steamers, having up-
held, as expressed in the official Ad-
miralty report, "the cherished tradi-
tion of the Birkenhead."
NAVAL CANDIDATES
MUST APPLY AT ONCE
100,000 MORE MEN
BY RE-EXAMINATION
Legislation With This Object
Made Necessary by the
Military Situation.
A despatch from London says: A
bill giving the military authorities
power to order re-examination of,men
previously rejected for military ser-
vice and also of men who already have
served and been discharged in conse-
quence of wounds or illness, was
moved in the House of Commons on
Thursday on second reading by Chan-
cellor Bonar Law. The Chancellor
said the bill was an absolute neces-
sity owing to the military situation.
Arrangements were made last
August which it was hoped would
give the military authorities the men
required, but owing to the submarine
menace it had proved impossible to,
obtain the men expected from agri-
culture or from the Admiralty and the
A despatch from Ottawa says:- shipbuilding yards. The recruits ale -
Young Canadians who wish to take ad- tained, he said, had fallen short of the
vantage of the arrangement for the number estimated by not less than
t. mpound. tier cr s; '
173 to173d "' special entry of cadets in the Royal 100,000.
c nreri meats Long clear bacon.. 20 to Navy must have their application In view of the definite arrange -
forms, properly filled in, together with ments made, not only by the British
other documents required, in the hands Commander -in -Chief, but in conjunc-
of the officials "of the Department of tion with the French, the Chancellor
the Navel Service before April 15th, continued, such a falling off was most
if they are tb receive consideration , serious. To a considerable degree the
gc. r'et lt', clear bellies, 123 to roc.
Montreal Markets
Montreal. April 3-Oats-Cb.nadrain
western, No. 2. 763e; do., No. 8, 75c;' ex-
tra No. 1 teed, 75c. Barley ---Man. feed,
51.06; malting, $1.80. Flour -Man.
;prlug reheat patents, firsts, $x0.10; 1
seconds. S9.iu; strong bakers', 3.9.30 tills year. Candidates, who must be; shortage has been made good by a
Winter piatents, choice. 39.25 straight between seventeen and a half and change in the employment of men in
r l •� SS -D 8.30•. 5 4.1,0 to
O lel , v .C, tU $ . do , bs$ $
rs'n 13o11ed oats-1;duels, $7:20 to eighteen and a half years of age, will the army itself, and by using behind
$,.4,'- c3G• bags3 9G 11)3„ 33.533 ,to, $ ,60. °he interviewed in Canada by a Board the lines, to a greater y extent than
�.3tee.4 r 11�� �° qi" 4 1 I �' b a ,
Begs -_F r e:.h, 38c. potatoes, nor Brag, I women behind the lines, but never -
car lots, $s..,„ to $3,10. CONDUCTED BY BOAT. theless the bill was absolutely neces-
>31axr to S 8hgrtw, +
mit?ttdlYr,' 2 o lilt 1 . . e
,reit 3.4.. a ,. a,
-, o >;l IST' officers, 511perv15e .. ,.... �, Y ... .. ...
d by ever be or , mQ.,n, laxrftt to 0 on tYi.
0.::14e} ` . o> ra6 if°ect" the Naval :fnin l�'ie '.T iofta a .h ,,,r,b en
�'rticsa 'westerns, 26� to
c
x%`25 to 26c,;utter-tiltoaesti made good further by employment of
;caster
l c tear lery, 430; seconds. 40 to 41e, 'IONTREAL FUNERAL
, ; sa1y,
Winnipeg' Grata
Winnipeg,1 ril 3 Cash i
do., 31.87$: 4o. 3, do 31,514; No. 4,
81.723; No, 5, 21.5:1,1; No, 0, 31.219;
8,r d 0.,46 c;t'e. ti a No. 1 feed `V.0lic; No. 1
feed, t,1 �c No. 2. du., Clue. Marley -No.
J, 31.173: No.4, 31; rejected, 87c: feed,
87, Flux -No. 3 N. i ,-32.6'3; No, '2
c'.\v.. 32 593.
i
A despatch from Montreal says:: The Chancellor said it would enable
Streets flooded by the Spring thaw ne-
cessitated a funeral in Tercet, a sub-
urb of Montreal, being conducted in
boats on Thursday. -The police, who
assumed charge of the funeral ar-
rangements, secured the boats and
took them to the home of the deceas-
ed. The boat conveying the casket
was rowed through the streets till
higher ground was reached by the of-
ficers, and was followed by ten boats
containing the mourners.
p as n rr cos- the military authorities to deal with
at _Ni'. 1 Northern, $L913; 1\io, 2,
•
United. States Markets
llinrrr rpolls April 3-�-tVlreat- -l3ay,
$1.008 to 31.011511y, $1.53,1 Cash-
Wi n. 1 lit t1. 32.';o5=.111 Ln 32.003: No. 1
!Northern, u 3 1.084 to 32.026 No. 2 North -
!ern, 31.043 to 52.023.
Corn-No. 3 yel-
low, $1.101 to 31,184. oats -No, 3 white,
0"7 o, 6270. Flour unchanged. Bran
335.00 to 330.50.
Duluth April 3--Wheat---No. 1 hard,
31,953No, 1 Northern, 31.74 No. 2
!Northern, 31.383 to 31903, May. $g1.903r
I.7uly, 31.848 asked. Linseed, $2,891;
1tuy, 32.008; July, 32.92.
•
Live Stock 11Garkets
Toronto, April 3---•-Fanc.y baby beeves,
1313 to 314: choice Blaster steers, 311.75
In 31 ; choice heavy steers, $11 to
411.511: goori heavy steers, 310.40 to
310.60: butcher,' cattle, choke, 310.40
to wars: do., good, 310 to 310.15; do„
medium 39,50 to $9.76; do... common,
.38.0'1 to $9: butchers' bulls, eholee, $9,60
to $,n: do., good bulls, 38,86 to 39; do
`nualiunr bulls, 37.75 to 38.2..; do., rough
!buil,. 3)1 to 36.40; butchers' cows, choice,
$t+,,,0 to 310; do.. good, $8.60 to 58.85;
1,10., medium, 37 to s7.25; stockers. r s, 37,50
!to 50.35; feeders 3`'.25 to 310..45; can-
ueri' and cuttr'rri, $5.25 to 35.50; milkers,
I goof-- to choice, $85.u0 to 3117.00; do.,
cern. and med„ each, 340 to 380; spring -
ern, 3511 to 3110; light ewes, $10 to
$13.60; sheep, heavy, 38,50 to $9.50;
calves, good to choice, 312.50 to 313;
lambs, choice, 314.25 to $15.35; de,
medium, $10.311 to $12.5u; }rags, fed and
watered, $16.25 to $16,50' Cia, weighed
off ears, 416.50 to 316,7x; do . f.o.b..
31n.5o.
Montreal, April 3 --Steers, $3 to 311;
bulls, $7 10 $10; rows $7 to $0; caarrdi
nets' cows, 36 60: rales, 37.50 to $18;
net
e,K 1" 410: lambs 313
1 hops,, 315.60 to 310.50 for good selects
off eats: sows, $13 to $13.50.
RAILWAY WORKERS
TO TILL THE FARMS.
Arrangements Perfected With Rail-
way Companies in the West.
A despatch from 'Winnipeg says:
Realizing the seriousness of the fat+m
labor shortage in the West, the rail-
ways have made a joint arrangement
by which hundreds of track workers
will be available for work on the
farms this Spring. The railway coin -
panics included in the scheme are the
Canadian Pacific, Grand Trunk Pacific,
(Canadian Northern, and those of the
McArthur interests, the latter inched-
ing the Hudson Bay contract work. It
11as leen decided by officials of these
lines that during the work of Spring
seeding, or tither necessary fal'1i1
work, aiming toward more production,
the railways will not attempt any
work along the lige of improvements
or betterments.
FLOUR SUBSTITUTE
GERMANY DISCOVERY
A despatch from Berlin says: -Ger-
man chemists have discovered a
method for making a flour substitute
out of linden and beechbuds. They
claim that the substitute has the nutri-
tive valve of barley flour, with four
times its fat percentage.
WOMAN A FRENCH ATTACHE.
Mlle. Jeanne Tardy First of Sex to
Hold Position.
A despatch from Paris says: --M.
Metin, Under Secretary of the Min-
istry of France, has appointed Mlle,
Jeanne Tardy as an attache in his de-
partment, This will he the first time
in the history of France tin t a woman
has held such a position. Mlle. Tardy
holds university degrees in letters and
law.
1,000,000 men, and they estimated that
at least 100.000 amen would be avail-
able within the next three months.
They here proceeding on the principle
that every fit man should go on the
firing line.
HUN CANNOT
STARVE BRI AIN
Teuton Hopes Are Illusory, Says
the First Lord.
A despatch from London says: In
answer to questions from the repre-
sentative of the Associated Press con-
cerning German submarine activities,
Sir Edward Carson, First Lord of the
Admiralty, said:
"German statements are exaggerat-
ed, but no one suggests that the sub-
marine warfare does not cause very
serious damage, both to neutrals and
belligerents. The losses, however, do
not exceed the estimates on which we
have based our policy, and after the
most careful consideration it is abun-
dantly clear that German hopes of
starving us out are quite illusory. So
far neutral countries have suffered
more from German methods than have
belligerents."
FRENCH WIN IN CHAMPAGNE
POSITIONS LOS i MARCH 28
"We Threw Out the Enemy and Captured 63 Prisoners,'" Says
Official Report.
A despatch from Paris says: -The
French troops in Champagne in a
counter-attack have expelled the Ger-
Mans from positions they captured
March 28, according to the French of-
ficial communication issued to -night,
North of the Somme and between the
Somme and the Oisc the Germane
bombarded French positions. The
conemnnication says:
"To the west of Weems de Cham-
pagne a spirited counter-attack by our
troops permitted us to throw out thelinto the city. reside at Livaclia, in the Crimea.
j enemy from the elements of trenches
i in which he took a footing on the 28th
1of March. During this action we.
1captured 08 prisoners."
401 Shells Thrown into Rheims in One
Day.
A despatch from Paris says: The
city of Rheims for the pest few days
has been the object of special attack
! on the past of German ,artillery, On
j irediaesday 401 shells were thrown
5,000 FARM
WORKERS WANTED
Britain to Organize for Produc-
tion to the Last Ounce.
A despatch from , London says:
thousand skilled American
farmers on English soil would go a
long way toward combating German's
plan to starve us into submission.
through her submarines," Sir Arthur
`Lee, head of the ne'3vly-formed Food
Production Department, told the As-
sociated Press correspondent, "I told
you recently," Sir Arthur continued,
"that we intended to bring from
America some two thousand tractor
ploughs for night ploughing. We need
the skilled American farmers to sup-
plement them,"
Sir Arthur Lee was British Mili-
tary Attache with the United States
army during the Spanish-American
war, and later Military Attache at the
British Embassy in Washington. He
has seen service in the present war.
13is present post is an outgrowth of
the intensified submarine warfare be-
gun on February 1. Sir Arthur is
charged with the gigantic task of
making every available foot of soil
produce its maximum amount of
food.
"I hope that we may be able to at-
tract to these shores at least five
thousand skilled farmers from the
'United States," said Sir Arthur. "We
will, of course, get some skilled agri-
cultural help from Canada -from the
great northwest -and we are already
benefiting to some extent by the
labor of Canadian farmers who have
come over to fight for us. But we
cannot have too many. Skilled farm
labor is our crying need at this
moment."
Sir Arthur said the introduction of
the American tractors on the large
scale contemplated would also wit-
ness the more universelee employment
of women on the lane' "I hope to
see," he said, "as many of our wo-
men cultivating the soil as I saw
French women on the land of glorious
France during one of my recent visits.
There I saw nothing but women. They
were everywhere. The picture spoke
volumes for France's efforts. O'er
women are just as patriotic and will
fill the gaps on the land if only they
are shown the way."
British Will Not Make General
Attack Until These
Arrive.
A despatch from London says :-
The Germans are now entrenched
along the front over which the French
and British have been advan'lr} ac-
cording to a statement on Thursday
by Major-General F. D. Maurice, chief
director of military operatic :, at. the
'War Office.
He st id that whether the positions
taken up by the Germa7.s fci'xned the
mr ch advertised Hindenl'urg line
would not be revealed until the French
and British armies had brought all
their heavy artillery.
"Our advance has slackened, owing
to the difficulty of fee'ling the troops
in the devastated country," said Gen.
Maurice. '"We are also suffering
from the fact that we nnist cover the
Somme battlefield, while our allies
have -clearer ground. They also have
the advantage of not coming into
touch with the 'enemy in as short a
distance as our forces, for in making
a straight line, the Germaias had to
withdraw to a greater depth on the
French front than • n out's.
"While we. are still engaging the
Germans in the open there is no doubt
they have reached a trench line. fror•1
which they are not; likely to withdraw
until we bring ep war trench destroy-
ing guns. Hoare we are hardy like-
ly to know •.vhether this forms the
much -advertised Hindenburg line un-
til we arc prepared to assault it. In
the meantime our forces aee.not great
enough, nor have they had' t'rrie en
ough to build an oppos v ; line of
trenches."
DOUICIIOIiORS WISH
TO RETURN TO RUSSIA
The,, Russian provisional Goveen-
ment, says a Reuter's despatch from
Petrograd, is disposed sympathetically
toward the wish expressed by the 10, ,
000 I)oukbobors in Canada to return to.
Russia, The question of their liability
to military service Will be determined
by the judicial committee of the pro-
visional Government.
GR A NTF,D PERIS'USSION-
TO LIVE IN ('lUMEA-
A despatch fromPetrograd says:
The Government has granted the re-
quest of Maria Feodorovna, the form-
er Dowager Empress of Russia and
the mother of the .deposed ]tmporor, to