HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-05-04, Page 7CANAJ ANS TAKE STRONG POSITIONS
HOLD GAINS AGAINST TEUTONS
Capture Village of Arleux Between Dawn and Seven O'clock on
Saturday Morning—German Line Occupied
After Desperate Fighting.
Canadian ITeadquarters, April go,—
Once again the Canadians have driven
-German picked troops from carefully
.prepared positions which they were
confident of holding, and are now. in
possession of Arleux.
The bite taken out by the Cana-
dians Saturday morning was about
2,600 yards in length, with the pene-
tration of the enemy's line at the
deepest point of 1,800 yards. • A fes
tore -of the action was a procession
of our stretcher cases across the open
plain, borne by German prisoners.
They came across the fire -swept zone
carryinte either our wounded, who,
even when badly hit, enjoyed the
triumph of being thus served by the
enemy, or their own seriously wound-
ed. The punier of prisoners who have
already passed through unwounded
is about 200, while over one hun-
dred wounded enemies are being
cared for by our surgeons. These
figures are liable to be increased.
In the grey dawn of Saturday
morning, after an artillery bombard-
ment of great intensity, the troops
advanced uncle.' the protection of a
barrage which swept the ground
through. which they had to pash with
a hail of steel, and attacked the vil-
lage of Arleux.
Going forward in steady waves,
each, like an incoming tide, encroach-
ing on the defences of the Germans
further than that preceding, our men
passed through the remains of what
a few days ago were exceedingly
strong wire entanglements erected or
strengthened since the Battle of
Vimy by the continual labor of thou-
sands of the enemy.
DR[`"S-I ARMY
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Army in Palestine Advances
Through Grain and
Fruits.
A despatch from British Forces in
Palestine says: It is over two months
since. fhe British troops entered El-
Arish, which geographically and his-
torically is the gate of Palestine, and ,
the continuation of the advance has
now put them firmly on the soil of
the IloIy- Land, •
Progre a from the sands of the
desert to the sovm land was gradual
and was marked by throe separate
stag es. The first ended at EI -Burg,
bringing tine troops to the region of
,Gras Alter a year of yellow sand
the gee*. vitas were soothing and
l;efre: hing to the eye, especially with
the relit. ( tforded by the tamarisk
trees, r lain between'the sand dunes.
The scccmJ stage was from El -Burg
to Shcll Ztiweid, marking the transi-
tion .from the green Meadows to a
tax r; o4lde, •
eike .aeweid is a muchvillage; but
o^_.ty i •frultfui - orchard with a cac-
tos heiie, such as surrounds every
pima, of fruitfulness in Palestine. The
'oi hl:; hleesoras were a 'joy to the
eysia et .h•,'.t •ands of men who had
seen no . cif spring for two years
pat.t.
Tb •:. I i i.t 'go, o£ this transition
wee :m el elk-Zoweid to Rafa, and
marle 1 the c:.try into the country of
The grass was
wheat. no longer
foult;l it patellas, but stretching
aevey° i! r .r.'_'i:siting plains, like the
dow;t.: o;' Susr;ax and Hampshire in
Engla nrh
With tim missing of Rafa the Brit-
ish army Iseein the Britiaih occu.pa-
tic; et Palestine, and opened a new
era in thr. history of the East.
AN"s"'z-( ON C'lolpTION MEN
112.VV N IN NEW ZEALAND
Wellinrtom New Zealand, April 29.
—All the ',.:?writes who opposed con -
seriatim: its, have e been defeated in the
municipal k : aione in New Zealand,
.-'S.
One stroke with sharp harrow
teeth flutes as much good as two with
dull points.
CONCUSS VOTES
FOR
corm'
_SIN
Administration's Bill to Raise
Army by Selective Draft
is Adopted.
Washington, April 29.—By over-
whelming majorities both the Senate
and House passed late last night the
Administration bill to raise a war
army by selective draft.
The final roll calls brought into line
behind the bill many Senators and re-
presentatives \,-ho had sought for the
volunteer system until routed by deci-
sive defeat of volunteer amendments
earlier in the day in both Houses, The
Senate, which had voted down the
Markets of the World
Bread f1
Toronto, May 1—Manitoba wheat—No,
1 Northern, $2.81; No. 2 do, $2.761 N.g,
8 do., $2.71, nominal, track u'ay aorta.
Ivianitaba oats—No. 2 p,'VSr., 842c; No.
3 C,W,, 838e; extra No. 1 feed, 830; No,
1 feed, 820, all rail delivered.
Arnerlean corn—No. 8 yellow, 81,61,
nominal, subject to embargo. track TO -
von to.
o-vonto,
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 76 to, 780,
nominal; No, 8 white, 76 to 770, nomi-
nal, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, peva car
lot, $2,58 to $2,00; No, 3 do„ $2.66 to
$2,58, according to freights outside.
Peas --No. 2, nominal, according to
freights outside,
Barley :Malting, $1,35 to $1.37, ac-
cording to fl'ei hts outside.
Rye—No, 2, $1,88 to $1.20, according to
freights outside.
Manitoba flour-13'irst patents, in lute
bags, $12.80; second patents, in jute
hags, $12,80; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $11.00 Toronto.
Ontario .lour—Winter, according to.
sample, $11.10 to $11,20, in bags, track
Toronto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, hags included—Bran, per ton,
$48; shorts, per ton, $45; middlings, per
ton, $48; good feed tour, per bag, $3,00,
Hay—Extra No. 2, per ton, $11.50 to
$12.50; nixed, per ton, $8.50 to $11.00,
track Toronto.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, $8 to $9,
track Toronto.
Country Frodnoe—Wholesale
13utter—fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41c;
creamery prints, 48 to 45c; solids, 42 to
43c,
Eggs—New-1aofcartons, 86cid,. in cartons, 33 to 39c;
out
Dressed poultry—Chickens, 26 to 28c;
fowl, 24 to 25c; ducks, 22 to 26c; squabs,
per doz., $4,00 to $4.50; turkeys, 30 to
3.
Cheese—New, large, 2711c; twins, 28c;
June, large, 284c; twins, 29c,
Beans—,Japanese, hand-picked, bushel,
$6.26; prince 35.75; Canadian, hand-
picked, bushel, $7.26; prime, $6.75,
looney—Tins„ 24 -ib., 15a a lb.; 5-1b.
tins, 143c a ib.; 10-119, tins, 14c a ib.;
60 -ib. tins, clover, 13e to 133.0 a Ib.
Comb honey—Selects, $2,40 to $2.75; No.
2, $2 to $2.15. Buckwheat honey, 60 -Ib.
tins, 103c to 11c a pound.
Maple syrup—Pure, 81.63 to $1,75 per
Imperial gallon.
Live poultry—Chickens, fat, 20a to
22c; fowl, fat, 21c to 23a; chickens, or-
dinary, 220; fowl, ordinary, 20 to 22c,
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats—. -lams, medium, 29 to
30c; do., heavy, 25 to 26c; cooked, 39 to
40c; rolls, 25 to 20c; breakfast bacon,
30 to 35u; backs, plain, 34 to 35c; bone-
less, 36 to 38c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 251 to 26e;
tubs, 26 to 263e; palls, 264 to 264e; com-
pound, tierces 20 to 20. c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 31 to
32c per lb; Blear bellies, 20 to 2060.
Montreal Markets
'Montreal, flay 1 --- Oats --- ("dirt Ilan
volunteer -4' estern, Sac; No. 3, 311c; extra
plan 69 to 1$ passed the ti
, : o. 1 feed, 41 #c 1>urleylianitoba reed,
bill by a vote. of 81 to 8. In the i $1.14. Jl'lcur M,tultuha prang wheat
patents, titsts, $h3.•1 • seconds, 812.30;
House the vote against the volunteer strong bakers', $12.70; Winter patents,
plan was 313to 1.011, and that by which ; choice, $ 3 0•
the bill itself was . passed was 897 to
24.
TWENTY STEAMSHIPS
- RUN ',U-I3OAT BLQCKADE.
• A despatch from New York says:
The Associated Press says twenty
steamships, runners of the German
submarine blokade, arrived at this
port one Wednesday, and thus made
available about sixty thousand tons
of space for caro to Europe. Fou
of these ves..ela are among the largest
merchantmen afloat. The 82,120 -tot
paseonger ship, built for the Holland-
. Line in England. and taken
:'.merit 3 to e
over by the 1i, it:: h Government in
1914 for war purposes, arrived under
a White Star Line name.
I'1SHEliMEN 11AS,SACREl)
L,1.' HUN SUBMARINE
Sixty-three Children Orphaned When
21 en Were Slain in Cold Blood.
Paris, April ?0.—T\a'enty-one mean
1 t1 atraiglat rollers, 812.30 to
oats y F91Is. $S 5 to $1S.90; lo� bags, 90
1bs., $•1.00 to $4.25. Bran, 5.3.00. Shorts,
546.00. Middlings. 845.00 to $49.00.
1fouillie, $51.00 to $57.00. Hay—No. 2,
per ton, car lots, 513 59, Cheese—Finest
westeins, 254 to 26e; finest easterns, 243
to 25e, Butter -Choicest creamery, 42e;
oldtl£,-.$3 tre 40c.' Ilk".gs--`u,'electe(1, 36
to 370; No, 1 stock, 84 to 35c., Potatoes
—Per bags car lots, 53.75 to $4.00.
•
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, May 1 d'asli price,: Wheat
--No. 1 ?vorthoi'n. 82 30'' Ra. 2 :North -
r
ern, $�.u6, No. 3 N, rtrtarn $2,30Z• 1'':ed
I
13,. spc+sal t2.rr4a t)Lts \n,
(. V1 i NO 3 L \l,. 73ric t' tri No.
Foul 11 feed 74:+c No. 1 t , d, , r 11,tt ,\,
1._-1`,0 , C.\4 1:
91.,1 No. 4 teen, $11:.';
rejected, $1,..).0; i', r, ,1.110 FL' -No.
1 1 1.\' .C., $7.l i:�,'' No. 2 c.1V.,
rutted States rsar'1 e(s
;ltr tt th' i ,lay 1 .- Wheat
-Jiay
$2 4 5,Ti to k2a 16 1!111 $2.35T,; ';, cash, No, 1.
lard52.0 6:. $1.:1 No. 1 Northern,$2.t4 to e1 .o: No. 2 Northern,
$2.6n to
32.70. t`r�rn -.Nn. 3 yellow, $1.lD'# to
$1.5i3 00.t'—No. 3 whit,'. 71, to
Flour —Pane potent::. f::,13,20; tu'st
Clears $11.3o; other gratls's unehangnd.
l:rmi-9'i1.S'l to 9.10.ea,
Duluth, May 1--\!'he.t...-N,• 1 hard,
$2.39111, No. 1 Northern. 82'.7!' to L F;
No. 2 Northern $2.50; to
$2.504; July, $2.3111. 1 it n., it §3.313 to
843.23,: Mn'.43.34,14: ltly,5ap-
tember, $3.11; ((vtoie. , $2.'!.
Tsive Stock
Toronto. Aia• 1 --Extra , Ilni,7e heavy
steers, $11.75 10 $12; eholee heavy steers,
$11,"5 tr, 911.35; l h icy atter,,
J,ut_I "•;:' , l.iie. ehotee.,
$11.35 to $11.1;,-.; i
,-,; t .. good;;11,53 to
;10.76; do., medium, 4:+.7a to 81'(.13; en.,
common, 58.75 to $:+.11; hoteliers' bulls,
choice. $10 to 510.50 l ,, t ,•n'i Mills.
$3.2, to 96.75; do., nt.d'uut hulls, 5$.25
to 55.75; do., rough bull $1.412 1,., $0,60;
batch*rs' coed ?, ,'it,,hi 93,,5 to 110.,10:
do.. good. 9h.75 t„ $.”.311: ea., Ine'iti m. $7
t.
10 $7,25; stb 1 , . '•
97.50 to $:i. ' :
ers, $9.50 to $1 n._.,' t a11'tol•. and Butte r$,
55.50 to $0.'25; milkers, gond to do;tee,
$19 to $110: do., rout. and med., Klett,
to $60; 1'i m; ors. !,70!,70t„ 811',: light
ewes, $12 to $19sheep, heavy.$8.5o to
$10; calves, gond to Choke, 811.'25 10
$12.80; spring minas. r'a'h, ;cg to 913;
lambs, ohnir , , 514.2 to 816: do.. medium,
51+),50 to $12.30; hogs, ed tn.i watered,
810,53 to 511,.6 ,; du., \ elghed off ,'ars.
310.75 to 5111.29; do., 1',']', 515.75 t0 $16.
bers of the crews of two French fish-
ing boats who tock refuge in the rig-
ging after their craft hirci been attack-
ed by- a submarine off Audienne were
.shot to the last man, according to a
Nantes despatch to The Gaulois. The
French Maritime League immediately
opened an emergency subscription foi
the. sixty-three children who were left
orphans.
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Stories of Wondrous Displays of Bravery by British
Airmen ---One Aviator Goes Up and Humbles
Three Teuton Machines.
A despatch from the British Armies
in. France says: The German airmen
had one of the greatest surprises of
their lives late on Thursday. The day
had been heavily overcast until near-
ly 6 p.m., when the clouds suddenly
thinned and the -sun broke through.
A few German machines had been
sighted well back of their lines dur-•
ing the obscured period, but when the
sun shone out several enemy squad-
rons, which had been housed all day,
Caine out to stretch their wings in the
slanting afternoon's rays.
They had scarcely taken the air
when the British machines pounced
upon- them, and in the after -teatime
fighting that ensued several German
machines wore seen to creel and
eight others to be driven dowr com-
pletely'out of rolltrol, which are be-
lieved to have been destroyed,
Between 6 and 8 o'clock the air was
filled with • wonderful incidents of
deeds of daring. There were run-
ning fights and general melees, One
distinguished young Britisher, who
but recently returned to the air after
several months of rest, deliberately
"sat over an enemy airdrome" and
watched six enemy machines. leave the
ground and begin to climb towards
him. He was sitting at 18,000 feet,
and calmly remained there until the
leader of the challenging planes had
attained about (3;000 feet.
In the meantime he had noticed
that one of the hostile birds was
something of a stranger. It had a
very long tail and a very short nose.
The Britisher, however, did not stop
to worry about it, He dived at the
highest of the climbers and gave him
two bursts from his machine gun.
Down went the German in a crash
just outside a bit of wood.
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HAIL BENDS NEW GERMAN LINE
TRIUMPH P NORTH OF SCARPE
Torus Oppy Line and Threatens Oppy Village itself—Prisoners
Total 976—Strong Trench System Taken.
London, April 29.—The British have
broken the deadlock at Arras, and de-
spite' a German resistance still stub-
born and reckless have advanced at
praetieally every point on a wide
front north of the Scarpe. The at-
tack began yesterday morning, and
heavy fighting is continuing, with
every prospect of more success for
the British before it ends.
After two days of fighting Field
Marshal Haig's troops have turned the
Oppy line, outpost of the Wotan
line, from the north, and are threat-
ening the key position, the village of
Oppy itself. Arleux-en-Gohelle, north
FOE EXHAUSTED
FRENCH MASTERS
• Germans, Failing in Counter-
attacks, 1 Terve Allied'•
Troops Alone.
A despatch from London. Saye; A
pause has settled upon the great bat-
tlefield east of Arras—apparently a
pause of utter exhaustion on the part
of the Germans, who are obliged to
rest without recompense to show for
their appalling sacrifices of the • last
-five days, while the British methodic-.
ally refortify the objoetives won in
the thrust begun on Monday.
The German reactions died out in
front of Gavrelle last night,
German bulletins to the contrary not-
withstanding. To -day there were .
no attacks whatever and the Brit-
ish sappers were able to work undis-
turbed, save for bursting German
shells. What fighting there was
shifted. southward on the line running
down to St. Quentin. Last night also
marked the climax of the German
counter-attacks upon the new French
line.
The renewed German efforts twice
Thursday night to loosen the French
grip on the Chemin-des-Dames around
Cerny, westward of Craonne, wilted,
then died away, under the stubborn
resistance of the Ft:each. Strong (Ger-
man forcer were thrown toward the
French positions about nightfall
alolik a 2,000 -yard front, where the
Fr'enrh, as a result cif their fera"erd
push last week:, virtually dominate the
valleythrough which the Ailette
streere runs.
i Fra ther along townrds Craonne,
; a hick Fits on the read, and eom-
mande the main road from Rheims to
Lanm on the platy spreading east-
ward, lies Ht:rtiehise raven, ;which
shares with Cerny cons tent Geem-rn
tttez:tinn, in consequence of it.i situa-
tion near Craonne, the t»i tiineed pos-
...s..ien of which is of 'treat imr:ort-
r.nre to the. Gerinnus The opposing
ertill: , ies fight an ince::..._^t duel in
this rector, and the Germans tere do -
her their punnet 117 holding ceeemne
to thr_ eten the French advance across
the fiat lands towards Laon.
of ,Oppy, has been stormed and parts
of the Oppy line on a front of two
miles north and south of it. South
of Oppy the British have also forged
Lhead, so Oppy itself is pocketed, and •
a desperate fight is going on for the
village.
Another trench system—a barrier
to the forward march of Field Mar-.
shal Haig's forces toward Douai—has
been taken over a front of a mile in
most sanguinary fighting. The new
position lies south of. Oppy, and runs
almost to the outskirts of Gavrelle,
Since Saturday morning the British
have taken 976 prisoners, including
16 officers,
T,I UCH EVERY PHASE GEN. PERIN TIE
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OF AID FROM . a
British War Commission Spends
Day in Conference With
American Officials.
A despatch frons Washington says:
—The British War Commission on
Thursday entered upon its first day
of uninterrupted work with a wide
series of conferences touching every
phase of American participation in the
war.. Experts in all lines set out in
earnest on the various paths prescrib-
ed by Foreign Secretary Balfour as a
result of his preliminary conferences
with American officials to learn how
most effectively the British mission
could be of service.
Mr. Balfour himself passed a
strenuous day. The morning he de-
voted to writing .lie first report to
England, which, it is stetted, will be
made public later.
Attorney -General Gregory called on
Mir. Balf;,ur in the afternoon and is
understood to have discussed with him
the many kinds of legislation needed
to protect public safety in war -time
and to prevent aid and comfort reach-
ing the enemy.
M. Vivian, head of the French com-
mission, also called on Mr. Balfour to
snore closely co-ordinate the work of
tile, , •two commissions. • Chas M.
Snt.a'e4ebr„president of the. Bethlehem
Steel Company, also paid his respects
to Mh. Balfour, after a visit to the
French commission.
'
There is one line in which over-
production never takes place. This is
eor31.
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FRENCH ARMY
"Defender of Verdun” Placed in
Highest Position by Decision
of the Cabinet.
Paris, April 29.—General Detain,
who commanded the French army de-
fending Verdun during the critical
stages of the battle in February and
March, 1916, is to be appointed Chief
of Staff at the Ministry of War. The
Cabinet decided upon this thitr after-
noon. The Cabinet meeting was pre-
sided over by President Pc•ir.care, and
was held after a session of the War
Committee. After a general discats-
sion it was determined to j'estcre the
post of Chief of Staff at the Ministry
of War and confide the post to Gen.
Pett.in .
GERMAN SUBMARINE
SUNK BY U.S. STEAMER.
A despatch from London says:
Captain Bice, of the American steam-
ship Mongolia, 13,038 tons, which hes
arrived at a British port, told the As-
sociated Press on Wednesday that the
Mongolia had fired the first gun of the
war for the United States, A sub -
marine was abaut to attack the liner
in British waters on April 19. Th
naval gunners on board made a clean
hit at 1,000 yards. The peri .cope was
seen to be shattered. Cliff W:3 seen on
the water after the su1•ntarine (l:sap-
neared
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A'despatch from Washington says:
—Conferences between member's of
the French war mission and American
tiovernmeat officials for exchange.; of
views regarding the conduct of the
war against Germany began here on
Thursday after the leading commis -
'inners had paid official cells upon
President Wilson, Vice -President
Marshall and Secretaries Lansing,
Baker and Daniels.
Of foremost ihnpo,tnnre wail a long
taik between ' Marshall Jeff're and
members of his staff and Secretary
Baker, Gen. Scott, chief of staff, and
several other American army officers.
Fran.. is known to desire the send-
ing of an American expeditionary
farce to co-operate with her armies,
and i'4arehal :foil re crime to the Milted
States prepared to give re:—ons fx
the opinion ca l'rcn: h nlilit<lry ex -
i" 1't3 that the sending of sli"h foree
10 advisable. Inre?1'ill'itir.:it regarding
the sleeting 1.<i the military
larder's was with'.ateld.
Soon after the iionelesion of ilia cies-
:femme Renet ize-Pr'inier of
fererct. � z ';ti, ,..d 4
Fr'anc'e. lrc•nd of tine psi; .=ion. made a
statement, in which he de%lnr'ed that
the co -o lelaticat of the United St:ltcie
in the \"ll'' tv,itld ram':net o:,i a
victory for France wh::1 ,'li'e :1 \Nal ,
assured, but IA victory of morality aml
right, which will "forever sec re tme
existence of a void in \Thi: h ell our
children shall draw -free breath in full
peace and undi'.t..z,'bed puissant of their
labors."
Killed, Wounded and P'ris,oners
Are Estimated at
235,000.
A despatch from Paris says: The
extent of the German losses ill the re-
cent desperate fighting along the
Aisne (not including those in the Ar-
ras area in which the British are fight-
ing, where the German losses are
probably 100,000) is partially disclos-
ed in the reference in Friday's official
statement' to the capture of 130 guns,
of which a considerable number were
of heavy calibre.
The German losses in men are es-
timated at more than 200,000, with
the probability that the total reached
235,000. These figures include killed,.
wounded and prisoners, and consti-
tute one of the most formidable totals
of the present war,
COE :3 WITHOUT A 11
All Efforts of Germans to Recapture Positions Meet With Bloody
Failure. Territory Gained by .British.
A despatch from London
The ,British artillery, which, in the
second week of the Battle of Arras,
used up more shells than ever had been I
used in one action in the history of
modern warfare, continues its deadly
and destructive work, while the Ger-
man 7 rtill.ery answers here and there.
Apparently this is the lull before the
next great clash. An effort of Crown
Prince. Eupprecht's troops to recap -
tura positions taken from them by
the B''itish, have met with bloody fail-
ure, South and north-west of St.
Quentin, that strong and important
link he the German defence system,
Britisilt troops have hurled back Ger-
t,9 rI
siaan
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Sea.
'.lthc:', h seeio.i lir hanilieanned 1 y
the meant shortage of lelmie C'1,..-. io's
.teietic and nrogressism fennel's are
doing their beet to e the situa-
tion." Day aftertiny' T'refeeeor C. A.
;ale' r 17 :'i-ic : ural
!., - its^. 0, t.,e (\Jnisa aJ A,;,, ,C. t.
( 13o 7e h: besieged lee mail end tele-
+ 1'hc'1:: with i.tu. ,t ir$t111 to hew beet
the problem ems bs met:. Whet lire
the i Bet,, vaeletiee of seed for Onta7 i•)?
.:haat six,uld the farmers of O^lyric
tie? Whee is tits beet time to do it
and what h:; the beet methyl? a 1te e
ere .:,niri1 .,1 of the itiit'si'tn1' tired tit
the 1', .,i . eor of filrl Ineil',',n.lt'y .and
;11,.1'F..%' of fiend c; 'c:,l,l'-:at ,
Production of food is net lamming
pee() with eot,u1ill'ti'rn. he member
of ltr0drict?1S of 11!tt'icuituri l reird lna•
t..held+, in c'om rnri on with the Iron-
_ .,ih'cin g C1 1isti'!ners, i'7 rapidly ;le -
creasing, 1; , an:1 a eerioos sineehion ;lea
hem b, ought abont by the w:ar.
75.000 IMMlIGEANTS
D1-'R17"G L.AS'l' YEAR
man counter-attacks with. heavy
Iosses. in local operations along the
Arras-Caanbrai road and northward
the British have gained some ground.
'Over the battle -line and behind the
German positions the wasps o" the
air, the aeroplanes, have been busy
aiding the artillery in finding its tar-
gets.' British birdmen, .have battled
desperately with German aeroplanes
to secure information which only they
call obtain. In numerous fights over,
behind and in front of the entrench-
ments the British atviators have
brought down ten German airmen and
sent down twelve others -damaged or
out o'f,control, .
Of Total Number Omer )3(,C.1t1 ,.';line
From U.S. and 83is) front
Britain.
A de:apat h from Ottawa .guys: --.A
total of 7505 immigrants were ad-
mitted to Canada during; the fr:-,al
year 1916-17, Ilan, 1')r. Roche told Dr.
I'aquet, of t'Islet, during the question
hon.• in the Commons on Thursday.
Of the number 61.889 came from the
United States, 8,282 frons Great Brit-
ain. and 2,935 from Continental Eur-
ope. ful'iulg the same period 17,088
persons proposing to settle. in the
Dominion were denied admission at
the International boundary lin(' be-
tween this country and the United
States, 172 were rejerted at seaports,
•and 605 immigrants were deported, In
the fiscal year 10,246 Canadians were
repatriated from the .United States, as
compared with 11,084 -in 1:115-16;
011 in 1914-15, Old 1""1,638 in 11313-14.