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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-01-31, Page 7j HOMY CONCEDES ONE POINT TO THE GERMANS Will 'Continue NegOtiations at Brest -Litovsk Answers Quibbles of Enemy Representatives. iLtusterdam Cable. -Lon Trot•sky, the Bolahevild Foreign Minister, at the conferonee at BrestZitovsk yesterday, said that in order not to leave any possibility in the fight for peace unutilized, the Russian delegation accepted the demand that the negotiations be continued at Brest -Litovsk. The chairman of the Russian delegation said that, in full accord with their former resolution, the Russians desired to continue the peace negotiations, quite apart from the fact whether or not the En - tent° Powers participated. Trotsky said he had noted the statement of the Centraa.Powers that the basis of a general peace as formulated in their declaration of Deo, 25 was null and void and added: "We adhere to the principles of democratic peace proclaimed by us." Referring to the abjection raised by the Central Powers that the transferring of the negotiations to Stockholm or some other neutral point, as request by Russia, raiglxt enable the Entente nations to in- terfere, 111. Trotsky said the Bolsheviki Government had been con- sistent and independent in its peace policy, and that there was no reason to assume Entente diplomacy would be able to oppose the conclusion of peace more successfully on neutral soil than in Petro- VW - As for the fear Of the Central Pow - Ors that the Entente nations might endeavor behind the scenes to hinder the conclusion of peace, M. Trotzky (teetered the Bolsheyiki policy was conducted without the secret methods of the old diplomacy, which, like many ether things, had been abol- ished by the Russians in their %notor- ious revolution of October. It was the opinion of the Russettn delegates, he said that neither political nor techni- cal circumstances rendered it neces- sary to aontinue to hold the sessions at Brest -Litovsk. Moreover, M. Trotzky continues, the Russian delegation could not nese over another point, which had been men - timed 'by the -German Chancellor, Count von Healing. "I refer," he said, "to the portion of Ceuut von Ifeetling's statement (before the Reichistag math commit- tee), in which he referred, in addition to Germany's just intentions, to Ger- many's powerful position (elachtstel- lung) The Russian delegation cannot deny, and does not intend to deny, that its country, owing to the policy of the classes until recently in power, has bend weakened. But the world position of a country is not determin- ed by its technical apparatus alone, but also by its inherent impossibilities—as, Indeed, Germany's eccnomic strength should be judged by her present con- ditions and means of supply." M. Trotsky consiaered that the great forces of the Russian people had been awakened and developed by the revolution, just as the reformation of the sixtecuth century and the revolu- tion of the eighteenth century had vitalized the creative foeces of the German and French peoples. He added; wile Russian Government, however, wrote the word peace at the head of its programme. The great syMpathies of the Russian people fcr the peoples of the Allies strengthen the desire to attath the speediest peace based on an Understanding among the peoples. "To remove from the Quadruple Al- liance a pretext for breaking off the . peace negotiations on technical grounds, the Russian delegation ac- cepts the demand to remein in Brest - Litovsk, in order not to leave unutil- ized any possibility in the fight for Peace. In renouncing its proposal re- garding the transfer of negotiations to neutral soil, the Russiaa delegation Proposes continuation of the negotia- tions." M. Trotsky said he coneidered it ne- cessary to remove e misunderstaeding which had arisen. He referred to the statement made at tile previous sitting by Dr. von Kuehirnahn, the Crean= Foreign Minister, that the semi-often- ial Russian news agency had dissem- inated a fictitious account of the mei made at the sitting of Dec. 28th by M. Joffe, of the Russian delegation, at, Trotsky said the official account tf the sitting, as published in the Ger- man newspapers, reproduced accnrate- ly the speech of M. Joffe ,and that the Russian delegation was entirely ignor- ant or any real or fictitious telegrams on the subject such as those to which Dr. von Xuehlmann referred. The speaker said the matter would be in- vestigated, and in the meantime be expressed regret for a misunderstand- ing which was in no way connected with the work of the delegation. As for the protest made by General Hoffmann, in the name of the Ger- man. chief command, against Russian wireless messages containing appeals of a revolutionary character to the German troops, M. Trotsky stated that neither the conditions of the armistice nor the character of the peace negotia- tions limited freedom of press or speech. Dealing with the declarations at the PreViotts Session by Dr. von Kuehl - mann and by Count Cumin, Austro- Inttngarian Foreign Minister. respect. lug the failure of Russia's allies to participate in the negotiations, which vitiated the peace offer of the Central Powers .and resolved the dis- cussions to a question of a separate peace with Russia, en. Trotzky said: "We are in full accord with our for. mer resolution. We desire to cone tinue the peace negotiatious quite apart front the question whether or not the Entente Powers take part, "We note the statement of the Quadruple Alliance that basis for a general peace formulated in their de- claration of Dee, 25th is null and void, as the Entente coatitrios in the period, Of tete days allowed them did not jobs the peace negotiations. We, On Our side, adhere to tbe nrinciples of a democratic peace proclaimed by The desire of the Russians to true - for the negotiations to neutral mit, M. Trotsky explained, arose from their Wish for equally favorable et:M- (1MM% on both sides, Re continued: Voile opinion in Russia, moreover, takes umbrage at the feet that the Russian delegation Is conducting the negotiations in a fortress occupied by German troops, especially as they in- volve the fate of peoplee. The Inas- elan delegation does not believe the technical difficulties entailed by the transference of tbe negotiatione to neutral Oil constitute a valid 0,4ei t- ion, any more than it resegnizea as valid the fear of Entente intriguee, against which Russia knows how to protect herself." Dr. von Kuehlmanu, with the assent of the meeting, declared that tne question of separate representation for Ukraine would first be diecussed among the delegations of the Quad- ruple Alliance, and that further con- sideration would be reserved for a plenary sitting. On the proposal of the president it was decided to hold private delibera- tions between the delegations of Aus- tro-Hungary and Germany on the one hand And of Russia on the other. The delegates of Russia, Germany aint Austria-Hungary agreed to form a committee to discuss political and ter- ritorial questions, and a second com- mittee of exports for a preliminary discussion of economic and legal ques- tions. The former committee had a meeting. M. Bolubowysch, Ukrainian delegate in elaborating the Ukrainian peace policy, said that any annexa- tions or the surrender of territory without the consent of the peoples in- volved was inadmissahle, as likewise were war indemnities. Material as- sistance should be extended to small states which had suffered from the de- vastating effects of war. Inasmuch as the Russian council et peoples' commissioners did not re- peeeent Ukraine, he said, any peace which might be negotiated would be eluding for Ukraine only if accepted by it. The same principle, he added, epplied to the other Russian repub- lics.. KRYLENKO'S CALL TO ARMS. London cable: The call of Ensign Kryienko, the Boisheviki commander - In -chief, for volunteers for tt Russian army, according to the Bolsheviki Telegraph Agency at Petrograd, was iFstted in the form of an appeal to the soieders an -i workmen, and as a reply to the German peace proposals. The appeal .refers to Germany's rejection ef the proposensaframed previously, end their open talk of annexations. In the et cat of a separate peace, the call declares that the Russian republic and its ceenells will be surrounded on all sides by (mimics. lerelenito explains that the old army ie exhausted and that a new one must he created with the Red Guard as a romieus, and it must be subject to rigorous revolutionary discipline. Tae supeal concludes by declaring that there w' 1 he no cumpulsion in recruiting. end appealing to the com- radee in the Illtrains to respond to the call in order to defend liberty. VICTORIA CROSS TO 1 CANADIANS For Heroism in Recent Western Front Battles. Eighteen All Told Won the Highest Honor, A, London cable: The heroic deeds of Canadians in the recent fighting on the western front, was described dur- ing the King's award of Victoria Crosses to seven Canadians, out of 18, decorated to -day. How Capt. J. O'Kelly advanced his Command at 1,000 yards after the orig- inal attack failed, took two enemy positions on the crest of the hill un- der heavy fire, and then personaly or: ganized and led attacks against "pill boxes," capturing six with 100 prison- ers and ten machine gun, was graphi- cally gazetted. Another hero was Corp. Colin Bar- ron, who, single-handed, rushed ene- my guns, killed four of the creWs, and then turned the captured guns on the retiring enemy, causing severe casual- ties. -Sergi George H. Mullin captured a "pill -box" single-handed, rushed a snipers' hest in. front of him, destroy- ed the garrison with bombs, and. crawling on a "pill -box," shot two gunners with his revolver. Mullin's clothes were riddled with bullets front the rapid-fire guns directed against him, but 'ho did not falter, Other heroes, equally daring, charged "pill -boxes," killed, captured or silenced the enemy, and cleared the way for the advance of troops and saved the lives of many of their coin - resift They are Captain George n. Pearkes, and Ptes. Thos. W. Holmes, Cecil J. Kinross and James P. Robert- son. The accounts of the deeds for which the Victoria Cross was award- ed embrace events which must have been as thrilling 448 any during the war. Capt, Robert Gee, of the Royal rusilieret, When the enemy pierced the Dritalt lints, and captured brigade headquarters and an ammunition dump, finding himself a prisoner, kill- ed One of the entity with a tinned stick and sucteeded niescaping. Ito then organized a party of the brigade staff, With which he attacked the enemy, clearing the locality. After estAbilshing a defensive flank, Gee, with a revolver in each hand, rushed and Captured an enemy ma. chino gun, killIng eight members of Its crew. Sergeant C. E. S. Neiman, of the Border Regiment, and Corporal It Menleath, of the Seefortli Highland. ers, also were awarded the Victoria Cross for capturing enemy machine guns, together with their crews, singlehanaed. an:Beath put five ma- chine guns out of action, capturing an officer and thirt ymen Who had taken refuge in a dugout. ROBBER KILLS FOUR In Looting Array Bank in Texas. Camp Funston, Kelvins, report says: Four men were killed and one serious- ly injured last night when the army bank here wan robbed by a men dress- ed lu the uniform of a captain of the United States army. The bodies of the dead men are said to have been lit- erally hacked to Pieces. The dead are: C. Futter Winters, Vice.President of the National Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Mo ; John W. Jewell, of Springfield, Mo., editor of the Camp Funston Trench and Camp, and associate owner, with his father, IL 5, Jewell, of the Springfield Leader; Cail Ohieson, 19, Kansas City, Mo., and --. Hill, clerk in the bank - Kearney Woman, cashier of the Army Bauk, was seriously wounded. When the murders and robbers' were discovered he was the only one of the five victims conscious, but he has not yet beeu able to give a lucid story of the occurrence. Williant efuttig, President of the Na- tional Reserve Bank, of Kansas City, said he could not give the exact amount of money on hand in the rob- bed bank, but said that generally it was eI0,000 to $11,000. HOW THE FLIER READS THE MAP Training at Toronto 'Var- sity is Very Practical. Finest Map of Its Kind in the World. Perhaps not the most romantic and fascinating, yet still the most import- ant part of the flying man's duties at the front is the control of gunfire from above the lines of the enemy. Anyone visitine the School of Military Aeronautics at the Toronto University can measure the importance attaching to thie branch of the Flying Corps' work by the elaborate and interesting course laid out for training cadets in aerial observation. Since it is impos- sible to take a whole class of cadets four or more thousand feet into the air, the instruction has to be given in Specially arranged class rooms- In one of these class rooms a ground map covers the floor—the most re- markable map of its kind in the world. It is made of sand colored to cor- respond with the actual colors of the ground .and dotted with miniature buildings, trees, rivers, roads—all accurately located and representative of the actual appearance of the ground from an altitude of 4,000 feet. The aviators -in -training look down on this map from a gallery. The in- structor flashes tiny electric lights which are embedded in the sand to indicate bursting shells. Cadets, watching these bursts and the small maps with which they are supplied, send down to the instructor wireless codes advising him how to correct his fire. It can be seen. that this neces- sarily calls for a quick and alert brain, an eagle eye and a thorough grounding In wireless telegraphy. Yet this splen- did training is butone of the many phases of the aviator's preparation. Apart from actual flying he must also learn something of fighting tactics, bombing, engine and aeroplane con- struction, machine guns, aerial phe• tography, map -reading, ma,teorology. It can be safely said that the courses followed by cadets at the School of Military Aeronautics ensure that no aviator is given his wings at the front without having as his best equipment a thorough practical training in all these branches of the flying man's Graft. ene* WINNIPEG HAS A- $1,000,000 FIRE Enderton Block, Portage Avenue, Destroyed In the Heart of the Shipping District, •••....• roma* Me - Winnipeg Report.—A disastrous fire destroyed the lendertoa block On Portage avenue in the heart of the shopping district, causing financial loss estimated at more than a million dollars. Three firemen austathed minor injurice. The elarm was turn- ed in about 4.30 a.m. At 1d30 aan. the fire was still burning fiercely. The building is occupied on the greund floor by big stores and on the upper floors by physiciane, architecte, etc. The fire has gained a firm kohl crt the building by the time it wit.; dis- covered and with the temperature twenty below zero the work on the firemen was seriously hamperel. 1 he bailding is valued at $80'J,000. the Hamm(' Shoe Company esti- mat's its loss at $100,000; the Liggett ((lordon Mitchell) Drug Company at $150,000; Parker nt Son, men's 'cloth. lug, at 30,000, A conservative esti- mate of the Value of stoke and furni- ture of the other occupants of the building is placed at $000,000. PLANTS tONP1SOATED. London, Cables -A Petregiad des patch to Iteuteen United, here, eaten tithe the Italettevikt nevernment has m- aned a.Weer PO of conftetemthen againet the great Puttlaft Steel ac Gun Works iii Petregred, "mein to the indebteeinees of the cenlrieny." The ?teeter ear evelkshope of the rho ternational Sleeping Oar Cerapenv Mee have boon eenfiactted "traina, to the re - Neal of the rnanagrinent la continuo work," CREAMERY MEN TO PASTEURIZE, THE i'JARtillifiG In Order to Secure Continu- ation of the Govern- ment Grant. THE BAIRYMIN Eastern 'Convention Hears 1VIcre Experts On Their Business. A Perth report: The Morning ses- sion of the Eastern Ontario Dairy- men's Aesociation convention to -day was devoted to the hearing of reports of the past year's work of cheese and cutter factories and addresses by ex- ports in the worn et butter gracing anti work connected with and distribution of dairy pr!)oldi)uucutse,ciAont least 00 per cent, of time total make of cheese this year, has graded first- class, a matter for congratulation, ac- cording to the report of la G, Publow, chief dairy inspector for Eastern On- tario. A thorough grading of system has been forced on the cheese industry owing to the sale of cheese this year at a, set price, according to grade, This result of war conditions will worn a lasting benefit to the industry as man- ufacturers are making stronger do - mend for a high-quality raw meter_ thl. The inenortance of high quality in the raw cream was emphasized by the speaker, who urged a serious consider - titian of some modified form of grad- ing suitable to Eastern Ontario condi- tions, Pasteurization, he said , will do much toward increasing the keep- ing qualities of butter. but it will not overcome the defects which are actu- ally present in the cream. Joint H. Scott, official butter - grader for the Provincial Government, who carried on his work in Toronto this year, said that 50 creameries other than those in the regular grad- ing service had sent in samples of butter for grading at intervals, the number of samples amounting to 259. By the regular patrons of the service 3.299 samples were sent in for grad- ing; of these 82 per cent. were placed in the first grade, securing over 92 points. A score of 94 poiuts or over was made by 28 per cent. In all only 17.83 per cent. of the samples re- ceived score less than 92 points of a possible 100. Mr. Scott said that the results of the season's work in buttei grading have shown most dis- tinctly the weakness in the Ontario butter trade, namely the existence or a large number of creameries in cer- tain sections that are making no effort to improve the quality of their product, their mistake being in ac- cepting all the cream they can get and paying the same price for all re- ,gardiess of quality. MUST PASTEURIZE. • Mr. G. A. Putman. airector of the dairying, speaking with regard to Mr. Scott's findings, and remarks by Mr, Geo. H. Barr, who Pointed out that pasteurization was necessary to ensure the keeping of good butter in storage, said that it was up to the creamery men of Ontario to Lima° to pasteurize their cream if they are to expect a: continuance of the Gov- ernment grant, which provides the butter grading service. The need of exactness in reeking butter was the important point of an address delivered by L. A. Zufelt, superintendent of the Kingeton Dairy. School, who gave reasons for following such practice as he rem:a- mended with regard to temperature ofDearierally i'Commissioner J. A, Rud - duck. before proceeding to deal with the work of the Cheese Commission, referred to the conditions which made the appointment Of a commis- sion necessary, because, he said, some of the dairymen have looked upon the appointment of the com- mission as en act which had the ef- fect of preventing the price of cheese going as high as it would otherwise have done. This view, he said, was erroneous. That instead of being the means of preventing high- er prices, the appointment of the commission and the handling of cheese through that channel had placed many millions of dollars in the hands of the Canadian dairy- men. Everything was done that was Possible under the circumstances to protect the interests of the :Canadian cheese producers. Proof of this was found in the fact that the Ministry of Food has jut concluded a further bargain with the New Zealand cheese factories to take their surplus output for the current season of 1917-18, at a, price which will net them only be- tween 19 and legi cents par pound. Mr. Ruddick pointed out that there hag been no fixed price for ch eese in Canada. The British food authorities fixed e maximum price for the retail sale of cheese in the United Kingdom, hut there has not been .nor Is there at this moment, any regulation or other legal obstacle to prevent a Can- adian cheese exporter or producer from selling his Cheese at a higher' Price than the commission to paying if he Can get it. The ceminission re- cognized three grades of cheese, and a definite spread in value was fixed between No. 1 and the lower grades, therefore' 21 3-4 cents was paid only fel. No. I grade, the prices for No. caeriiditaN, ores3peebetigle2`.14 1and 20 1 -it The number of cheese handled by the commission from June I. to Dec. 31, 1917, by provinces was: Ontario, 1,027,359; Quebec, 775,390; P. E. I., 17,488, a total for the Dominion of 1,1161,237. In handling this immense quantity the CoMiniesion was strongly impressed With the advisability of standardizing the size of cheese made of diameter. Mr. Itudaick favors legislation prohibiting the use of ane hoops except those of a standard size, giving, the users of odd sizes a reason- able time to get new ones. lithe cheese front each factory bore a disiine- lave number and complete lists of the registration were publiehed, It would greatly facilitate the tracing of parti- cular lets of cheese to their proper origin. Tho dairy indillitiat in Caneda is not declining and has shown no aigna of doing se for yeara past. Wean: CF CIllettnal tlenetilleentleiN air. Jewett Algearitler, of MontreaL the chairman of the Cheese Comninn sin, folloa ed Mr. Thnlrlirk, furter. explaining the work of the commis. Won end the litieessitY of appointing the came. To the British navy no gave credit for making it possible fOr the work to go on. Mr. Ruddick explained that there was a wrong understanding of the situation of the cheese industry in connectioum with the condensed milk and milk powder factories, Were the price of cheese advanced to any height the condensoriea wonid still outbid the cheesemalter for the raw product, as the 'median of the cendensel ilk manufacturers le guaranteed lit any event and time cheese price, lie said, N not fixed Mr. A. A. Ayer, a produce Merchant Of Montreal, was the next epeaker. Hie address took the form of an appeal for greater proauetiou, He said that he is in favor of the (Worn:Met Peet:eating thinexport of milk and milk preaucts except to Great Britain, OPPOSED TO OLEOMARGARINE. Asked by Mr. Gleudenniug, of 'Man- illa, to express his opinion regarding oleomargarine, Mr. Ayer said hewas abeointely opposed to its introduction, because it interfered with the dairy industry, He also claimed that it was not to be compared with butter as a health food. Restate of experiments in dairying at the 0. A. College relating tit farm work, creamery butter making anti the making of cheese were brought before the meeting by Prof. IL IL Dean, who said that the conclusion reached front testing various coagu- lants of milk for cheese making was that a good brand of commercial ren- net :should be used hi cheese fee tories, but if this hi not possible pepsin or preferably a mixture of pepsin and rennet may be need, care being taken to see that the Pepsin sotution has not lost its strength, Which it has a tend- ency • to do after being held for over three months. He advised the coating of cheese with paraffin when they are to be held in storage for any length of time, as the canting of shrinkage that results will offset the cost of the work and the cost of paraffin, which has doubled in price since a few years ago. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture nave figures showing the increased crap production that has taken place 'In Ontario since three years ago, algal in face of the very serious labor shortage. He made mention of the ealuable service on farms rendered by High School boys and eome city peo- ple last year ann.. expressed the hope that more of such help will be forth- coming next seasoa. Confirming on this line of providing farm help be suggested a job on a farm for every -- body except the Chinamen. With re- ference to the hog production cam- paign Me. Bailey said the country must be willing to put up with such small inconveniences as °Mattel ley the keeping of bogs in small towns and villages. MILK THE ONE ESSENTIAL. A strong plea for increased con- sumption of milk was made by Prof. H. II. Dean, who called milk the one essential food and a good buy at re to 16, cents a quart in these times of high cost of production. The idea that disease germs are carried very widely by milk, he said, had been over- emphasized of late, yet he insisted on the use or clean milk, and admitted that to be absolutely safe the product should be pasteurized. The women who buys oleomargarine and teeds it to her children is doing them an in- jury that cannot he offset by the Bar- ing of 7 or 8 cents per pound, he said. He deplored the introduction of the article as detrimental to the creamery iritereets. A benefit from its introduc- tion might result, however, he admit- ted, by the reducing of the bad butter supply, thus adding to the value of the better quality article. The professor had a good word to say for the toed value of cheese. The directors of the assoelation who officiated in 1917 'were re-elected un- animously, CLASS 1 MEN TO THE FLYING CORPS Men Called Under M. S. A. May Apply, Brain, Not Brawn, the Great Need. Men called up in Class 1 under the M.S.A. win be allowed to apply for enlistment in the Royal Flying Corps. The usual exacting standards of this branch of the service will be main- tained. It has been found that only men of certain qualifications can wise- ly be accepted in the flying service. Chief among these is youth. The avi- ettor meet have the gift of acting in- stantaneousIy—there is no time for second thought in air fighting. Ex- perience shows that it is clearly in 'young Men that this quality is obtain- ed. It has been found that as a rule a .ntan of twenty makes a better aviat- or than the man of 22, and he again better titan the man of 25. Physique is not a prime coneidera- tion—lithe, wiry frames are More inn portant than stocky build, Nerve ra- nter than strength is required in carrying oat an aviator's duties. In addition he must have the aviator's sixth sense --a perception of "ban ance." In the early stages men were accepted by the Royal Flying Corps without any tests as to a nuta's sense of balance, with the consequence that some hives were lost. But to -day orate tests have been devised to es' tablish a man's fitness for flying ser- vice. Every applicant tinder the M.S. A. must submit to these tests. Of course, it is assumed that an aviator has plenty of courage, is animated with a keen spirit to do geed work and make progress. Ordinary intelln gence and education is demanded, much depending, of Course, On a Man% aptitude. Thad° Men who ttt's fortunate en- ough to be able to mitaeure up to 10', C. etendarde Wilt find they will isiS entering a period of training packed with incident, full of fascination, Pro. motion is in many cases startlingly rapid—depending entirely on his anti - tulle end diligence. While training for commiseion as Flight Lieutenente, eadette will reteive the usual rate of pae-----e1.10 a day. .---e• 40 JAP-hl XI OAN N 540TI AT I ON S, Plicitte Wert, (eatik—A. Japanese rhim,tarryine a nettelett neat by Pres!. mew warranza, of aTexico to Japan foe tee :dinged puretee of negotiating a t mall/ 1-,5tn r•ors Ircottattlen, Ind torangitirl Or the rurebeee by Minden ham Japan or arms and antraltralen far time, aNteltlean army. has strived in pert here, atcord. ion to 0. local ti.lt,(S'. HUNS MUST AP 13 FOR PEACE DIRECT 10 FRENCH NATiOlki France Will Have No Deal- ings With Them On Any Other Terms. A Paris cable: That Prance does not 'moose liave anything to do with the peace negotiations at Brest - 'Litovsk between the Boleheylki and the Teutonie allies, anti that she will nano no peace dealings with the ene- my until they shall make them direct, was stated In the Chamber of Dope: - Hee last night by Stephen Pichon, .Minister of Foreign Affairs. The statement of M. Mellon Was Made g - tor Marcel Cachin and Albert Thomas, Socialists, had demanded that the Government issue passports to Social- ists desiring -to proceed to Petrograd, and that the Entente Powers make a joint declaration of their war aims. "We refuse to participate in the ne- getiatione engaged by the usurping government at Petrograd, or be in- volved with them in any manner whatsoever," said M. Pidgin. "It would be playing into the hands of the Germans, We repeatwhatMr. Bailout' finia some time ago, 'the day when We shall be offered peace pro - Positions direct by our enemies, we will examine tbem in concert with our allies." The chamber, by a Vote of 397 to 145, gave precedence to a motion pre- sented by Victor Attgagneur anti ac- cepted by the Government, expressing conflaelice in time Goverweient over a motion presented by M. Thomas, M. Renaudel and other Socialists, Pro- claiming the adhesion of the Chamber to the words of David Lloyd George, the British Premier, and President Wilson, and inviting the Government to insist on the meeting of an inter- national diplomatic conference to el- aborate conditions for a tanking organ- ized peace, such as set forth in Presi- dent Wilson's address to Congress. OalginaraVOMPA‘""4.0106=,6211.5t2"21"1,0 SEVERE FIGHTING BETWEEN MAXIMUM' An iiiiRAINIAN 4' Don Cossacks Are Reported No hiAsTE NOW I Divided as to Their Future Policy, AT THE MON Fine Example is No. 1 Can- adian General Hospital, While the Iden Are Splen- didly Cared For. (Written for the Canadian Press, Lim London, Dee. 20.—(By man)—The- Wed, by Walter Curran.) amount of material whieh was wasted and is now being saved by the army is almost beyond belief. lit 1014, good manufactured meter this were thrown away with abandou; In 1017, they are saving the grease off the army dirty water. This saving spirit is not localized to any particular unit, but is general, and one unit would serve as well as another to illustrate it. On a recent visit to No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, France, commanded by Colonel R. M, Simpson, of Winne - peg, the writer saw a very good ex- ample of the system, The patients in the hospital are ex- ceedingly well fed, at a cost of one shilling and two pence per day.- The dinner diet consists of soup, fish, chicken, hot meat and dessert. It was the sort of meal that a man would re- quite after a strenuous day's work. All the hones, gristle and other un- usable portions of the Meat were put into pots and the grease boiled out. All used water is vut through a ser- ies of seepage tanks and the grease secured. Used cotton batten, bandages, etc., are sent to be sterilized, and then go on to be used in making gun -cotton. Old tins are collected, all refuse is in- cinerated, and all the metallic slag lett in the incinerator ens sant back for munitions. In this way mit- tens of dollars worth of materials are salvaged for further use in the war, When men come into hospital front the front, all their clothing is sent straight to a sorting room. There, such things as leather buttons or anything else that will be destroyed iw heat is removed. The clothes ere then put through a sterilizer. The good clothes reissuedare el)rs. and the rest sent to Paris br i Incidentally the men themselves are sterilized. Their arewashed with a solution of acetic amid which kills the Uitts, with coal oil which exterminates the lice, and if anything still lives a special report Is submitted. When all signs of life are gone, the men are given a bath, One hundred and forty men have been put through this pro- cess in an hour. With reference to the commissariat of all hospitals in France, it would be unfair if one failed to mention the splendid contribution which the Na - penal Egg Gift Collection Society, 154 Fleet street, give. This society sends fourteen hundred eggs a ween as a gift to patients in this hospial. Major Orr, by the discovery of the germ which causes army jaundice, or Wile's disease, has brought distinction to the hospital. One of the most noticeable and important characteris- tics of this hospital is the splendid spirit of the staff. Neither Colonel Simpson nor any of his staff have over put in a request for comforts for the officers, But they have put up some hard fights for improvea coudi- times for the patients. Colonel Simp- son's stand is that the doctors are in good health and have an equal chalice, while the patients are in a weakened condition, as a result of fighting for their King and country. And oven on this ground he does not always get what he deems necessary. And pati- ents have been compelled to live in Cold tents (In spite of all he could do) I long aftet rho time when able-bodied men were ordered into billetIn Eng- laiTite Canadian Red Cross is doing excellent work at Number One, as elsewhere. The Recreation Hut, un- der two oharming girls, Amerte Thomas, of Montreal. anti Miss Alice 13e11, of Victoria, is a very attractive spot for the convalescing lads. DEIBRUECK SAYS HONESTY PAYS 41.000..= Amsterdam, Jen. in, Addreseing the Polleb St.tt2ty, of 11( Ili% Professor Hans Delbrueek, of the teniveleity of Berlin, who has on (imolai occasions made importaut statements regarding . future peace, said that Germany might completely renounce territorial aequi- .sitions both In the east and west. Ioneety, ha added, Was -deatrable, not pacific, grounds, but on thoeeof higher wallies:I engaelty. The wadi - eat proof of the -earreetteee of Ma eetiteption,liecontemieel, n -es t.m ho found in the ettreese ef t be Britieh Inlicy with reepeet to notilh Aileen Petrograd cable: Fighting lasting seven hours has taken place between afaximallat and Ukrainian troops near nachmatch, in the -Government of itchernigov, according to advices re- ceived here. The fighting is said to ea:ye resulted in severe casualties . COSSACKS DIVIDED. London cable says: Reports from southern Russia received in Petrograd, acconding to a Reuter despatch from the Russian capital, say there are two opposing policies among the lead- ers of the -Don Cossacks, General Kaledines, the military leader of the Don Cossacks, who is supported by a majority of the troops and the educat- ed classes, is described as being averse to intervening in Russian internal af- fairs, while determined to oppose to the utmost any Alaximalist aggression against the Don territory. On the other nand. Generals Alexi- elf, Korniloff, Denikine and Erdelli favor making the Don the centre of a campaign against Boisbevilti gener- ally. Generals Alex:loft and Kernileff ore former commanders -in -eater of the Russian army. General Denikthe is a former chief of staff of the Russian army, while General eerdelli was mili- tary governor of Petrograd until be was arrestel by the Kerensky govern- ment early last September *I* FATAL STACK FALL. •••••••••• Several Believed Killed in Lynn, Mass., Mishap. A Lynn, Mass., report Sever:al vete sons are believed to have been killed and others injured when a chimney extending thirty feet above the Sprague box factory on Bond street was blown over in a gale to -day. The falling bricks crashed through the rear of the three-storey building, In which many men and women were at work, Six persons had been taken to lo- cal hospitals within a short time after the accident, and the police were dig- ging in the ruins to release others, whose cries for help could be plainly neard, At least 200 persons were at work In the building, and police nil reports indicated that probably a store had been killed. Three bodies had been recoverel from the ruins at 9.30 o'clock. Two of these were women, mangled beyond recognition. The police were still searehing for ether bodice. REBUILDINP ,01 I N crik Wonders (7;17 -War Stir - TE gory of To -day. Fingers Are Replaced, and ; Muscles Also, TERROR RUES OVER RUSSIAN 1 INTERIOR NOW Battles, Riots and Killings of Upper Classes Are Common, OUT OF THE WAR British Ambassador Says as an Ally Force, She is Done. London, Jan. 14.—Thi lateen news received in Petrograd, according to a Reuter -despatch from that city. null- cates further lighting in the interior of Russia. A newspaper despaten front Kharkov reports that efter the Mena. realists opened fire- with machine guns, the second Ukrainian regiment surrendered, with 7,000 rifles end 1,3 machine guns, The commander of the regiment was arrested. Twelve capitalists,resident of Khar- kov, were ordered tie donate 1,000,000 roublee for the unemployed. The awn was dispersed by the -municipality. A despatch from Rostov says that Dabalzdovo•station, on the Kkat:)rinos. lay line, changed hands three times in the fighting between the Cossacks and the Bolsneviki, The struggie was re- newed on Friday, after both Blau had been reinforced considerably. - It is reported than General Kale - dines, the Cossack leader, is proceeding toward the north. The city of Ufa. in Eastern Russia, is said no be in the hands of the Bolshevik!, who seized the banks and Government buildings. They are sending forces, including ar - tillery to Tchelyabinak, on the trans Siiberilsatexpected. where 15erious fight - big Hunger riots have occurred at Kel- owna, in the Government of athecow, resulting in the killing of twelve per- sons and wounding of. 120. The Bol- shevik' have occupied the Moscow shtevadosCl.ilarterS of the Union of Zorn. Idle soldiers in Petrograd are jour- neying to the Provinces and bringing back to the capital publications which, they are selling to the inhabitant sat exorbitant prime. A despatch to the Times front Odes- sa describes time disorders of Sebasto- pol, in which 62 naval officers were killed as a result of two days' butch- enroisntof g,in leach the 'horrors of Knott stadt were me -enacted. It is said that m those killed were membi of the committee which in 1912, under time old regime, held an inquiry late the rebellious . sailors' revolutionary union, mi mm iuml'et. in the °eye: - lion of many sailors and the exile of o.hers. The affair, apparently forgot- ten, bits now been brought up against those responsible, who were regarded as meriting death. It is reported in Odessa that the number of officers killed is greater than 62. The town of Kills, at the Mouth of the Danube, which has been called the Russian Venice, a despatch to the Times says, was looted during the Christmas holidays by soldiers sta- tioned there, assisted by hoodlums, Much of the town was burned, the rioters firing the buildings after the houses and shops were sacked, The work was done :systematically, show- init hatpreparatiou had been made beforehand. The population fled in terror. Some eressed into Ito mania, while others scattered into the surrounding coun- try, where they are destitute. Still others came to Odessa by steamer. The perpetrators of the outrage also came to Odessa. whcire they were al- lowed to take trains north without be- ing molested. The superior court of national corn- imssaries, according to a Reuter de- sratch from Petrograd, has drafted a :let -tree declaring null and void all national loans issued by the imperial ind bourgeonie (levolf-Kerensky7) Governments. All domestic loans held by out reservation. The only loans to te foreigners are to no annulled with- out valid are sheet term loam; and the series of the National Tree- ItUnalA OUT OF WAR. London, ran. 14. Sir fieerge W. iteettanan, British A mbaseatior to ituteta, in an amerview at Stockheita with a correepondeut of the Daily NeW6, `,Ilys that the situation in itne. tie Is so uncertain that nobody caa knoa et one tiny what will happen the next, but the Boisheviki are in snail mm etreess position that no other party resent is able to turn them out, IC said tile Bolshevik' will be the rui- ng power as long as they are able to :eel) their promises to the people. tnikee whether the Entente Allies *ere likely to recognize the 1301811;1- nd, nir George replied that they euld not be recognized as repreeen- etive of whole Russia, their support- rs being only in ties north. South lassie, he said, was going its own icy. The Bolshevik' had. sammonee he Constituent Assembly, but the cal rulers of the country would be be Councils of Worknimile and Sel- lers' delegates. Sir George declared that Foreign ithister Troteity was working whole- eartedly for peace, and of the sante :no fighting the Germans with their We weapons. Ills propaganda in me German army certainly tmeJ hen a ortain mount of success-, although lie Cermens denied it. Whatever bappene,d, Sir George, wile is rot treing to 'Louden es leave be. that role as an active pertici- eitauneteiatif 1117es, said he Wai eenvineed "Tnerwas , Z;(..J.e‘t. lio.Vs-P‘rILtX1. sol - were li.ito (leered the h /nil of the Den rierr cm' trot ne et Veterel 14Z 'lima gaining poseees:on of isnoortitet teal fields, if is announced ()Melons. They also have reptured nlbaterins- eirtv. In the operations in the Den region tbe Tiolehevien loel tan killed tad in en ty wended. Goverument him in. lrmenia that it supperts their right firmed the Armenians in Turkish 1,1 ncl!-'toVnitlon. Tee French Consul-tioneied in Pin. !,nd announce4 t hat lila OtIVerpratlit reetteeteit tbe PI:41t1, :41.1..":1411t5r.1 nnosbliigtote todflon 4fu4t Uonmeta IrSe the Attlee to Deeennia Philand. .1.** Among wenderful things that ortbo• paedic surgery is doing for wounded soldiers the following are officially ra, corded by the English authorities: A Man lost the greater part of one of his thumbs, and was thereby hilt - tiered in earning his livelihoed. Fart I of one of the 'engem of his other hand was accordingly grafted onto the ' stump, so that ter tome time the two t hands grew together, the half-anme- -mod finger being nourished jointly h by blood passing through both arms. e Finally, the finger was completely it amputated am' the grafting to the t thumb stump ectuipletee, To -day the , man possesses a seeend thumb, seri ' cable for all ordinary purprein. In other cues the Invades on the upper shie of the wrist have been lee- =T4brl.vcirl u ;: time e!litd e bare ac- cordingly been brcught round and re- ettriehed on the upper side. These men are now extending the hand by the very muscles whith they formerly need to close it. Great rare is taken over time elbowe ( uf the wounded. man is often ask - ell to choose- whether he will have a weak, flexible elbow or a strong, ri- gid one, and the anewer generally -de- t pelvis on the kind of work he mm 'ghee 1 to do. l'or ince,t kinds of heavy wale t it is foundbest to fie tile forearm at . a right angle, tut there are exeep'10. t Per example, a men engaged in ' had the ellow set et mm I.C.trt,”'Wtt't tale a &LIJ.W. in nit LA.';1.At le;_ 0 1'001 Th11.1)." utliter of the cow,