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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-02-14, Page 7t ..-, • --- ennareenee * •" nenearre• eee NSP .-17104.4, Di Ot(wMAtIant1c ert an Float:With- a li7rootfiqig,inHer liontuncemel Made by Chairman of U. S. Naval6(onsuitiog Board New York., Web, 10. -William L. natavy ship tosees were to be expect- auuders. Chairman of the Naval I ca uP to that time. Secretary Baker has inseeted before the Sen- ate Committee that a million and a Milt Amerman troops . could - be taken to France and kept supplied during 1918. His replies to the questicne es to where the tonnage toe the tesit teas to come from have Coesulting Board of the tinned States, speaking last night at the an- nual dinner of the TruivereitYof Penneylvania, Club of New York at Delmonico's, announced that the Un- ited ntatca GovernMeut beta equipped indicated that there was some formation At hand winela he dal n t care to disclose. Without discussing any of the new implements that may base been de- veloped to a meet the submarine menace. navy officials have point- ed out that all of the lino of effort started when the United States en' tercet the war are now on the point of bearing ,fruit. Additional de- stroyers and patrol craft are be - gamma to come forward rapidly. Lu seine casee more than a year's time hine been saved in destroyer tenant:non. !Natter, more heavi- ly armed vessels, fitted with every device that has been evolved, are being reehea to the support. of Vice - antral Sima flotilla. Wins the connilete mobilization of all of these agencies against an eeentin already severely hampered by the skill and daring of' American anti British patrol fleets, it is point- ed out that greater repression of tile submarines is certain to follow, even it no master weapon has been. evolved. At the same time, bow - its first military transport with a system of air and watertight cells which Makes it almost impossible to sink a ship, so equipped, with. tor- pedoes. The ship, which has been fit- ted out and which is now in an At- lantic port, is the Verifier Agetriau liner Lucie, a 9,000 tou vessel, which, under tatother name, ltaa entered the oversees% transport service of the Un- ited States. Mr. Saunders said that the ex- perimentation which led to the fit- ting out of the Lucia was ,initiated by the Naval Consulting Board more than eight months ago. Tito Lucia is fitted, he added, with 12,000 of these airtight cells or boxes, and in the event of a torpedo attack she will have the bouyancv at a, lumber -laden, wat- er-logged schoenen In, opening his address Mr. Saunders said: "What I ant going to say will in nowise be of aid or comfort to Geis - many, On the contrary, it will, or it should be, decidedly discouraging to that Government and people, in a cer- tain Americen pent at this ailment there is berthed a trans -atlantic ves- sel, one, of -the Mica caviled by the ever, it is evident, even without air, United. tale., tiovernment. I refer to Seundern statement. that various , the stea,men Lucia, formerly of the Auetrian line, welch was taken over by this Government when we eleclared war with that country. The Lucia is now so equipped that it is praetically impossible to sink her with torpedoes. "You all know about the .bulk- head system of ship protection aelatat sort of protection has not made good in this war, as in the case of the Ill- fated Titanic. The Lucia is a steel veneel of about 9.600 one, and On has been equipped with la.000 small eells or boxes. each an independent unit. These units have been inserted inside of the akin' of Ilia ship below Latest Official Report of British Admiralty. important mechanical devices have been brought to a high state of per- tection and will play a large part in the warfare. ••••-••••••••••••••• 166 TUSCANIA MEN MISSING the Waterline and are main to the framework. Each unit is absolutely watea and air -tight, and the Manna (tenacity of then units is sufficient to keel) the shir from sinking when he Is loaded and waterlogged. " LTFEBOATS ALSO SAFE. - 'Should water enter all, parts of the ship there will be still enough buoyancy, due to the presence of these units no keep her from going down to a depth of more than two feet below the decks. The system which the Gov.-. ernment has installedon the Lucia is the result of experiments made by a distinguished tonne engineer of New York, and it means that we are now in a position to se equip our overseas transports as to reader them sate. even though they are hit by two or even three torpedoes. No matter how vicious the attack, the vessel would. remain afloat for hours. I may add that the lifeboat on the Lucia, which are 100 feet long, are, like the ship, also eguipped with a proper number of noatable units." "What effect dues the installation of thin equipment have on the cargo carrying capacity of the ship?" Mr. Saunders was asked. "Each ship so equipped," he replied, "loses from 15 to 20 per cent, of Its cergo space, but no more." Asked it the Oneernment is to equat its entire transpore fleet with the. de- vice. Mr. Saunders replied that Wash- ington -would have to answer that queation. In answer to another clues - tion, he said that had the Anchor liner Tuscania been so equipped, that vessel, in his opinion, would have e- inalatea afloat and might bave been towed to safety. The marine engineer who is re. eponsible for, the new system, Mr. Saunders said, is William T. Don- -nein', a membra of the American- So- ciety of Marine and Naval Architects, ant the builder of eeme of the navy's greatest arydocke. DOUBT IS EXPnieSSEil). • A Wohington despatch hist night said: "The so-called non -Sinkable trans - pert Lucia, Berteribcd .at the Peen- sevania dinner by Mr. Saunders, is not regarded as a success in naval Minion The details of her eonstruo- tion haeo been guarded from peti- tio(t), heretofore, but it is known that the Shipping Board detailed a special bond to witneas tests of the ship, and this board made a report against the device. The Lucia was; therefore not accepted ee a euccessful and practical non -sinkable. vessel. We information was -obtained here tonight in a rennin* quarter." GMT) Olt ELTMINATE SIMS. 'Worthington, P. C.lFeb. 10. --An. untmement byVice-Chairman Satin - tier, of elia Nears? Coneulting Board, that means' had acne Wend to melee troopshipe practitaly unsinkable !male new meaaing td time eir of ttenfidente with wine -1100th !American and British naval autherinee are rating their reteh of nicaringalie 413 of Uneats. Recent statementelby Anntiral /aloe, form. erly First 'Sea Lord of the British, Admiralty, by aaeretar othernoftecials, lia'te indicated that A c =Piga as 11'11 milaped oat an I the instrtallorittlyies developed which are petit to: snail) if not eliminate filf the sobina. nee lent:rely within the fleet few in uthe., Memo& of tante des nee des ei tin ed is deplored kw officials horn. Ili s'etigittio/iSi and .-7e2iperinAiti ..1.1s•ts• beet( gutted ealonelee Melt era elate havel lean freentat aiOatt, it'lt' ately, however. their belief:ITO the 17 -beats 0110elted Isign eientb,' lty to'vr', reuramar IN,. insure ft ste.aly lox n 1 •Ailieriva tro ore ad sppial t ir(w incidents slat ea th"t 'of the Tilt. ranla anti/yenta, fIAC} 014rt ai 'S /OAT NT. atti ral Jet lisoe wont_ 'farther than any mber tearticlui ptlidicq- lug llt.rtItto Enmi tkrIch awit1flt •1-e hivIlted" b AuauAr" lomit time, however. • ha anted that • ' U. S. Captain Refused to Risk Men's Lives. Glasgow Gable, --An Englishman,' who survived the Tuscans disater. has arrived here, He says that in the midst of the commotion following the torpedoing of the liner, a large Party 'Jho outbrealt teem eireest with, vut • warnatten • Int aaarienrieris tailor taie anthorittes aterepreperiesen aneatie road pro pa Linn been blown up Ana care of coreata tp&t eapteenees were 'ablitee befoin ainythitig n'U•rd Wari Araticipateit. In. tieta'outrikirts n littenee: Airen tile atraltara•, Vara, anntienlarlya.. 'nye. Twenty . 'elven atititrads ot wheat arta explosives' 'waren tionfoyee by tire. - • Militery forces -were disadnien- tageously located to eime with the motion. They were garrisoned loealities far removed from the centres of disorder. The quick aestraetion of rateroed eraelte in all parte of time emantry areventea Mobilization of the crones. The eituation was chaliacterized by tloVerninent °fie:late here as "gravo" to -night. lament: Gereernment action is axpeeterl. •••••-• ••••••11•••11,*.•*" I WW. PLOTTERS ifty-rive to Stand Trial at Sacramento. Sacramento, , Cale Wire. ---An %- eta:allot enaraeug Ob persons with. conspiring witn 'William D. Haywood, secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World, and others, to abider the execution of !awe of the United States in the prosecution of tim war with -elermarty, was rettuned to -day by the Federal grand jury. Forty-six of the persons indicted are held in custody here.. Nine others reside in or aboutSanFrancisco, Separate Mete:entente charge Wil- liam Hood and. (1, V, Votter,. name(I in the conspiracy .Indictment, with Illegal transportation of . dynamite. These men were arrested in counen tion with the atteMpted arateniting of Governor Stepherie. tome recently. Soon afterward 1, W. Nen iteadoaar- tens "was raided, anti before tae Polio were through:55mcii bad been arrest- ed, ' Tile investigation was it direct re- sult ofthe recent attempt to blowup the Governor's .vesidence at Sacra. mote,' of American soldiers were singing a comic ditty, of which the refrain was. - "Where Do We Go From London. Feb. 8. -The British Admir- alty to -night informed the Aeseeinted Press that the latest figures available on the Tuseatia disaster showed that 2,235 persons had been saved, and that about lee were missing. The saved, it was added. ineluded, '113 American officers and 1.917 Am- erican men. REFUSE TO RISK HIS MEN. An -Irish Part Cable -A small fish- ing trawler returned her this morna Mg without the 342 Americans it set out from her to take off front the barren northerly shore, which the Americans had reached in three life- boat, 14 hours after the, ruseania was sunk by a German submarine. The skipper of the trawler told the British commodore here that the Arta- erican eaptain in (large of the party refused to embark his Men • on the trawler, • because the little vessel did not carry lifeboats eufficient to hold all the troops In case the trawler was torpedoed. This party, according- to the Op thin of the trawler. Consists of two captains and 140 men. who reached the shore a short distance front the Mint where the bodies of 44 Allied - cans were washed up yesterday. The trawler had made a perilous journey to reach the Americans. The sea was choppy, but the trawler kept her courae until the point 'where the Americans are marooned. On the arrival of the trawler the British authorities sent a larger steamer to bring the Americans to Glasgow, The vessel has sufficient lifeboats to take care of the men in case it should rem foul of an. uirder- water boat, STRIKE RIOTS IN ARGENTINA Railway Hands 'ire or Blow tip rood Trains. Caught;.Authorities lin aWares—Troops ••••••••••••,.. • e' Iluenos naves, Feb. 10.--A . general errairead *strike, eras called yesterday threugnaut Argentina. Immedi- ately, upan.seluitting work the Milk - ire begaa le' wild atarchistic dolma Mention tairougbout the .country. nrairie w wrinited, traeite de- nroyeti, tette laden with wheat were huldleti and wires cut, ,Prevnilting no5,14 frgin the iaterlor from teacning tbe'• city. rantliptians Waite are. not malty ansrengen .and cereal trailer frac stalled at veateum pointe in the tepatliee !Income are being rtialien to ateints I of areal.e3t ',Leonid centrai Are I gentian .. Tha "large verde In the. ontsltirte 13tfertos.-Atres. which e.vver twenty-two city Meeks, were int on fire by . the' atrihdrs, who .1Fouglit off the firentepv all ,ty'esterday mut nlris. gxnleidine tank ears aolfeenflitgrarrii, $4..' • The strUis in ft f11***4 outbreak of Ike labor troubles which have be::n lerinunt s'.nee, last Oeteber, ia eta. rrra WOOls MEN. Grower a_n_dManufaCturer to Probe. Situation. 'Demote, Feb. 0, -At an Infornial meet- ing between the delegates to the Wool, - grovels Conference and .the Wool Com- mission of the manufacturers held yestsr- day afternoon, it was decided that a joint committee should be formed to invest - gale and rop,ort noon the witch question of fixing of prices -and illsit,osktion of the Canadian wool crop. The manufacturers had a proposal that all Canadian wool should be embargoed and that the combing weal shouldbe ex - Ported in bond to the United States, to be combed and Teturned to Canada as tops. This was met with the statement from the growers that they had already decided to offer all their wool to the Canadian Government for its own U.se for war purposes on a basis of the 1917 tho' rivi.nuaettirers asked on what basis the growers would consider Ming a price, and were tem that they might consider. It If on the committee er Commission appointecl to fix a price there was an equal representation of -wool-A.0w rs and manufacturers, and that If the price for weer was fixed the ,rix' for the manufacturer's product should be fixed also, George Telfer, a direiitor of the Can. adian Co. -Operative Wool Crewel's, Lim- ited, moved, and Ur. Caldwell, one of • the manufacturers., seconded, and it 'WAS carried, that a. committee of equal num- bers from the weol-growers and nutuu- feeturers he. envoi/lied to discuss the whole matter. ..11STROYEO SUB, WITH WHOLE CREW ••••••.••••••••••••••••• Seaplane Located It On Bot- tom of Sea • , •••C I....1,', And Brought Fleet to Finish - It. London Cable says -British vessels Which came into pore to -day gave an interesting description of the destrun tion of a -German submarine.. A sea- plane spotted the U-boat Tying on the seabed and seat a wireless monger to a destroyer and trawlers, 'Which were ten miles away. Then the plane -circled around until the British naval :craft appeared. - They included four trawlers, which were formed in quad- rangle and got out sweeps, steaniing toward each other. As the trawlers met wires from them engaged the bow and stern �f the sub- marine and began to prose under her, The U-boat released WO mitten which the trawlers ignored, one of the offi- cers remaraing: "Her eggs can wait a en airal. - "Article 7 -The centraeting parties uzidertake mutually and without delay inateef K if ACE UFUKRAINE BUT A JOKE • -•••• ••• Provierien tor tire retina to their homes or pergolas affeeted by thy treatea Treatment of merchant veaseisi in enemy halide. The Breet-Isttovsir deseateh ore that the text of the supplementary agreements must be withheld fen the Proeat to avold overerowelina the telegrapt wires. Tiellalla OW ATISSINO ARTIOLla Lourlon, beta 11.-alle peace treatY alsb.eviki Laugh at thi, Lietween the. liaraine and tne Central .""'" Powers providers -that the ratified dome. Treaty Signed at Brest- meats Blinn be exchanged in Vienna Litovsk. as sot:Mats poesible, an Exchange Tele. graph despatch train Copenhagen says. Article 7 stipulates, the dopetch eontinuee, that there shall be Mutual Ili, TERMS STATED exchange of earplug agrieultural awn ' . ihriustrati products or import:thee tic. fore July el, rartia through the Gov. ernments coneerned and' partly Ily Germans Evidently Take atone of free. sale, the detaile to be arranged by a epeelal conualesion. the Negotiations Very I 'nui a final agreement has been Seriously. London. Feb. 11. -Nothing front any Rennin source has been received in. London regarding a peace treaty be- tween the Ukrainian, and the Cen- tral Powers, The foreign -correspon- dents in Petrograd are as silent on the subject ilk) the Bolshevik! Govern- ment itself, anti equally as silent on happenings in the Russian capital. • The official' Russian wireless news agency circulated a statement that Kiev has been in, Delsheviki hands share Web, 8. when the nada forces Were captured er,eled, The stetement co4nAoti ludsea;` .m. Fridayey nOthinn remain-, edrof the Rada, but a sad memory. It ie now dear that the delegation from the Rada at Brest-Litovsa le repro - seating a aon-existent authority," TnInVIS OF PEACE. Amsterdam, Feb. 1.1.-A deenatelt from Brest -Litovsk via Berlin, giv- ing the details of the conference an vanich the peace trceter between the Central Powers and the new 'Ukraine tan republic was signed, hen been re- ceived here. The treaty is entitled.: "A' 'treaty of peace between. German. Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and TUT - key -on one part and the 'Ukrainian Peoples' Republic on the other." ,. Time names of all tae pleuipotenti- art%) engaged in the negotiations are set forth and they are declared to have reaelted agreemnt on the fon lowing points: fearticie 1 --Germany, Austria-Hun- gary. Bulgaria and Turkey on time one hand, and the Ukrainian People's Re- public on the other, declare that the state of war between them is at an end. The contracting parties.. are re- solved henceforth to live id peace and friendship with one another. "Article 2 -Between Austria-Hun- gary on the one hand and the Ukrain- ian Peoples' Republic on the • other hand as far as these two powers bor., der one another, those frontiers will exist which ealsted before the out- break of the- present war .between the Austro-litingarlan monarchy and Russia, Further north the frontier of the republie beginning at Tarnegrad will in general renew the line of Bil- gerey to Sroezelsorzszyee laraenostan. Pugasxce, Radzyn, Mesitiretschei, aar- naki, Selnik, Wysekelitowsk, Knmiet- slitewsle, Prushany and to 'eVydozciev- altycsce. This will be fixed in detail by a fixed eommissiop, aceording to ethnographical conditions, and with a regard to the desires of the popu- lation. Should the 'Ukrainian People's Itepualic, yet have common frontiers With another ef the polymer of the quadruple alliance social agreements will be made Aliefeon. "Article ne-Tae evacuation of oc- ettpied territories' will begin immedi- ately after the satisfaction of the present treaty. 'The manaer of darry- tng out the evacuation- Dna transfer er. the evabuatea territories will be deteraiined by the plenipotentiaries of the interested parties. s "Article 4 -The diplomatic and cone sulor relations between the contrast- ing parties will be entered upon im- mediately after the ratification of the reaee treaty. trlie Widest poesible ad. raittance of the respective parties to consuls be for a special g • "Artiele-5--The contraeting parties mutually renounce the reimbursement of their war coets-that is to say, the state expeliditure. for carrying on the war, as well as intlemnineation for Iarnages-that is to say, those dam- ages Suffered by them and their sub- iects in the war, .as through military measures including all requisitions made in the enemy's countries. "Artiale 6 -Tae respective prisoners • of war wIll 'as' permitted to return home as far as they do not desire, with the apaioval of the state con- cerned, to remain in its territories or proceed to another oountry. The regu- latter; of the questions connected here- with will 'follow by means of separate treenail provided for in its Article FInaner the trawlers held the 'under. to enter into economie, relatioas and erganize an exchange for goods on the sea craft with their cables. When the asis of the following prescriptionst German attempted to get free the sea o etroyer replied: "Thanks; we'll give and private legal reintions, the ex- "Article 8-altestoration of 'Public (Section wiping here). plane signalled: "Got him." The de - breathe, but no longer." change of prisoners of war and W- him five minutes IC Conte up and moved. The destroyer wigwagged a nesty and. the question of the trea- ter: Time passed arid Fritz lead not lied. civilians, the question of am- Time and one of the trawlers slipped meat of Merchantmen in ertemy hands a small tin of high explosive to one win be regulated in separate treaties trpon the hull of the suinnafine. A sent peace treaty slide clown With the tiltraiontit peoples' reptilian to form an essential part Of the pre of the Mat wires and let it ening kw was phessect and 4 grey ; which 50 fat as muffled explesion, The seaplane practicable will take effect slinultane mound' of water Was followed cushy therewith. by a on tile surface and then notified the 1,11"0Airet:cle 0 --The agreements made In circled trviee around the patch of Oil this peace treaty form an ilitiMsable The gunner In the 'plane Chen turned Of this treaty -the German and Intrain. "Article 10 -For the interpretation adtersot4oya.er that the eiltuly was do. lan texts are authoritative in regard lir twNoni,tlislinae:nind of cartridges ttt to the relations between Germany and reledeed by tlie taboat, the Ukraine, the German, Hungarian the first being destroyed inmost in and 'Ukrainian texts for relations be - Manny, and the !remind Milo:ling a tween Austrienlungary and 'Ukraine, few Pounds later. ' ... the Turkish and Ukrainian texts for .. relations between Turkey anti Ilk- - gomBING RAID raineP . The ebncitaling part of the treaty . . : pra,Tviadeest: resent peace treaty will be 1140 ttilmANy ra.tgitzeitaatalfiscodoidiocau5mevtoitstiaall lAitle e • • far as 'there are no provisione to the eentraey, the peaee treaty glint come into force on Ratification." Loudon, Wen. 10. --An official etta- The, tupplementary treatice provid- riaeni On Matfett aerial "operations( re- ed for In article vitt also -were sign - parka atineanishil reeomelistiatete S ma ad. They cover the following points: day aretthi bomblnannettnenty tar.'Is Restoration of earanier relations. On enema- Mat:bine was dinalaed, Retterinianeof note treatien one atria:eh iflatkille IS 11101$1111, rtt AttlatiOttlt Of civil law. "A Successful banfigtig laid .; InderonifleatiOri for earn damages Gent:mat wad aitrrieti,.7ont ScttOdjv 4aused by'raes of war or by acts can., Wenn" site* S atatArlent, Vary .to friternatitillai leen felin-of vtodosilfa ittotretli,opil'Al on lexellange or war rprisoners *at li- en Important railway janetion and on rned''eltriliens. eldlnite at Coureelleial ente-Mets, eolith tiara °termini grounde of thoee fall, . in in enemy territory. reached, and in ease for six menthe after the conciusioa of world peens, economic relations between German; and tine Ukraine (shall be based on the Reese -German agreements of 1891 anti 100e. Trade Met not be hampered la export prohibition. aneasm :non of goods shall be permitted. naliwite. traffic shall be resumed as soon ar, possible. EAST GALICIA TO UKRAINE. London, Feb. 11.- Infoemation, which is aprareutly authoritative, ban been received in Stockholm, according to the Times correspondent there, that the peace terms agreed to by the Gen. tree Powers with Ukraine provide for granting to Maine a considerable part of eastern Galicia, whether in re version. or immediate possession is not clear. The Rada also in to receive immediately a large loan to be seemed by mineral lands, for the development of which Lull faellities are to be granted to the Central Powers. out of CAILLAUX IN THE B010 TRIAL Ex -Premier of France On the Stand In Case of Man Accused of Treason. ..1,••••••••••••••••••••••1.1. Paris, Feb. 10.- Beyond the ex- pected appearance of ex -Premier Joseph Cailiaux, the trial of Bolo Puha 'on a charge of. treason, Satur- day was aarren of sensation, and virtually none of the evidence was materially damaging or otherwise. The cross-exemivation of M. Call- laux brought out the doleration that en-Mialster of Sttbsistence. Maurice Violiette, had told him in September, 1917. that it was believed in Parlia- mentary circles that the third War Commit whieh is now trying Bolo, had about-deeided to nolle prosse the ease because of lack' of evidence. The attorneys for Bolo Pasha im- mediately attempted to call M. Viollette ae a witness to corroborate this statement, whereupon the State made a violent protest. After a stormy scene, the court ruled against hearing M. Viollette. Who had been hastily summoned on a chance that he might testify. al. Caillaux was ,Called as a wit- ness for the defence. His appear- ance was easily the sensation of the trial, He gave his address as "Sante Prima in a clear tone. 'npeaking with almost passionate intensity, M. Call- a= defended his acquaintance with Bolt. He said he met him through an introduction by Silage Fernand Mon- ier. The direct testimony lasted scarcely 'ten minutes, Answeritig his cross-examination at Caillaux denied any knowledge of Bolo's acquisition of Le Journale or his trip to America. A jeweler who often sold gement() Bolo Paella, including one necklace costieg 70,000 francs, testified: • * "Bolo was the -only customer I had to whom I never presented a bill twice." ••••*••••• •••4 4•41•••••*••••••.• ULTIMATUM TO RCUMANIA BY MACKEN SEN Demands Opening of Peace Negotiations Within r our Days. CLINET RESIGNS 41•0 ••••••X ••••••••' ssia eelares ' Amstertlani, ab 'il.,--attssia has declared the Slate of Wan to be at an end, and has ordered demobilisation of Russian forces on alt fronts, according to despatch received here to -day, date4 Brest - Litovsk on Sunday. The despatch follows; The president of the Russian delegation at to -day's (Sunday's) sitting stated that while %TWA was desisting from signing- a, formal peace treaty, it declared the state of war to be ended with C4ermany, Austria,aungary, Turkey and °Bulgaria, simultaneouslr giving orders for complete demobilization of itussian forces on all fronts. THAI UKRAINE'. PEAOS, 1 IA London, Feb. 10. - Joybells were landji tibaleY rung In Berlin' and there were reiole- I ro t: .a 4 II Inge at Vienna over the conclusion of I .. s a separate peace with the Kiev Rada, 1. while Leon Trotsky, the noishavilet Foreign Minister, was still disputing the right of the Raga to represent Ukraine at tae Brest -Litovsk negotia.- non and while 'Ukraine is still torn by civil War. Berlin oficiallY report's that the agreement was signed Sateir- Arty. Nothing le yet diselosed concerning the terms of peace thus secretly ar- ranged, but they are supposed to in- clude the cession of the Ruthenianpor- tion of Galicia to Ukraine in return for some sort of Austrian protector- ate and it is airetty safe to assume that trade and economic relations will enter largely into the new peace 'ar- rangement, 11; is alscr Marred that tie Central Powere have made an offer or military assistance to the Kiev Rada in Over- coming the Bolsieevilti inaasion. Hoes' far that Invasion boa been successful, QV whether the Kiev Rade, represent - lug the moderate Socialists, will be able firmly to establish its authority egainst the Bolsheyiki, is unknown. There Is little news of the progress Of the fighting in the Ukraine, the re- ported capture of the town of Mohnen and of Ensign Krylenko, the Bolshe- vigi Goramender-inaChief, reete entire- ly on German reports; no continuation is fortheoraing from any Russiaii or independent source. One weenie first results of the new peace has been a German ultimatum -aimed at forcing R.oumania to take a Similar stop, and clearly German pelisy is being devoted to using peace with Ukraine as a. lever to bring pres- sure to bear on Trotzky. The signing of peace has been re- ceived with greater enthusiasm at Vienna than at Berlin. This is due to the fact that it removee the menace to Austria's frontier and, raises expecta- tions of relief of the food situation from Ukraine grain inserves. Time leaders of -the Ukrainia,n (Ruth- representativen in the Austrian Parliament have sent congratulations to. Emperor Charles on the signing of Peace with the Ukreine,•says a Vienna deepatch, and enpressed confidence that the approaching peace "would also bring the Ukrainians of the Austro- . Hungarian monarchy full national, po- litical, freedom," The armistice between Roumania and the .Central. Enmires -expires Within a day Or two. Roumania must either renew it, break- off relattons anesv, or take-ap actual peace negotia- tions. It is known that Roumania was of- fered a section, of Beesarabia Russian Province) as a reward for joining the Ukrainians' in opposition to tilletoBu°m1salineilelskia'rmy of a quarter of a million men is intact and splendidly organized. Possibly it is able to crush the Raglans in that neighbor - hoed, unless the Bolsbevildepropa. gatitia has had a greater success among the Roumanians than has been supposed. This peace, important or otherwise, AS events may shaw, is the filet to be signed by any of the bellig- erents. How far the Teuton plan may prove successful' seems i'tte depend upon the Measure of control the Rada has over the territory -of the so-called Ukrainian republic, win. embraces rich gram -growing s, Such control lathoely disputed by the Bolsheviki. At a, -resumed meeting rot tie tercet -Litovsk conference on Wear nesdity, according to an Amsterdam despatch to the Central News, after a. disettesion an the right of the Poles, Di. Richard von Ituehirriann, the German .Foreigh Secretary, an - Pounced that in accordance With the wishes of the Russians an adjourn- ment would be taken so that the tvorit of the Onnuitto could undergo review, ' Discussing the peace negotiations, the Nord Deutsehe Aligemente Zen 'tang says that no further conces- sions to the Russians will be per- mitted. Should the peace negotia- tion with 'Ukraine materialize, the development of "peace negotiations with Trotsky may be a matter of in- difference to us," the paper adds. Vorivaertz says this means. that Trotsky will be confronted with an un- timatum requiring. them fully to recognize the German demands of December al, Including the question of self-determination, .for tie Rim. slim border people as the German Government conceived it. Otherwise war against linssit will be re- do not know What Trotzky' will reply," says Voerwartz, . "but if thb negotiations are wrecked we know the German Dapple will inquire very thole Mighty into the question of who is to blame," Bolsheviki Expected to Dis- own Pact ,Between 'Ukraine and Huns. Basel, Sveitzetainni, Feb. 10. -Ger - Man newspapers arriving here say that Wield alitrearel voh Altvekenoon sent an urtimatuin to the Roam/tittle Governinent on February 0, demand- ing that peace negotiations be begun Within four darn, The Retireallian Cabinet thereupon resigned, NOWS IS CONFMNIED IN LONDON. London, Feb. 10. -The Associated. Press earns that emarrination has beee received is Russian quarters in Lan- don of the sending by Germany,of an ultimatum to Roumania. These ad - Vices tray the atitintatuae was presented word that the atattnitinian Cabinet re., Tuesday and Mired yesterday, signed Friday. The Woreign Mien% has received The Nene‘Zurieher neitting says the Germans have eueeeeded in repairing anti again working the petroleum wells in tionmanitt, which the British Ian retreat. Meanly damaged before the Rottman-, The petroleum Wells in rteumania were destroyed by a British military Mission 'noting 'under instructione from headquarters. In a %twat g a Meeting of the ROUntartian Commen- d:reed Oil Fields Company, held in Londeri. Deeember 28th, 1016, Win. W. Rutherford, metnber of Parliament for the What Derby Division of Liverpol, LORD REAVERBROOlt. •••••••••••••*••• Canadian Enters the British Cabinet. London, Feb, 10.-13aron Cewley 'has resigned the Cluateellorsbip of the Melly Laneaster. The official announearnent seas etade to -night. Baron Deaverbreoat has been ap- pointed to succeed him, and will also take charge of 'the propaganda de- Partnient, of which Sir Edward tar. son wan recently the head. - Lord Beaverbrook, more familiarly known as Sir Man Aitken (Sir Wil- liam Mhxwell Aitkelil, was at 'one ttrinotoepse.yleiwe itwnasessbowrinthinthemo'CvatmurdunitIst! wie in 1870, and is the son of a Roted Scotch minister, the Rev. Win. Ait- ken. Ka was knighted in 1011, hud created a, baron in 1016. Said the probable 'value of the oil ..........4.4., to 1 fields, destroyed by the Alires eitlyre• "..1. tinned eltild dreads the fire," gated 430,000,00k lie Auld that oil emoted that:Wise Guy. "And senerallY wells of the Oerrnens also had trawlin,,orrico no insurance." added the destroyed. farhul) Nies. AR11 BY 4 h )0 HAL' Capt4ves Starved, Beaten and Shamefully A.bused All Over. LYN UE FLIES Are Getting Worse ;Usage Now Than Even British Prisoners. London, Feb. 10.-Iteuter's Line ited has received copies of carefully verified sworn statement from Brit - telt seatters who leave returned tram eiennan prison camps and hospitals rot,-at'uing systematic ertnatity ' lanc- e:Lea ey the nations upon Icarian imamate: These repOrts emanate not trout Coo part:earth* centre may, put come trout titer a uozon itatereat p5m.i. o t*ormany, Tito atto been contained by, iii.d,eptuttent tesamony. 'roe reports are ail 01 recent Origin, as ate Soicilofs who gave the testimony loft Uermany only recently, a majority of teem having been. released from erieoa camps about a. month ago. Regarding ren camp. at "Angell - salsa, Saxony, evidence ails been re. eeired from more than a dozen in- dependent sources. in November about two thousand Italian prisoners wore brought in and placed" in a separate part of the camp behind barbed wire, According to the reports they were unnecessarily -.knocked about by under -officers and guards, who. struck them with rifte.butts and sceb- oards. The Ititlimina seemed 'famished, and used to rush for their: soup, The Ger- mans, however. etabbed ahem with sworda .and bayonets. killing or wounding many of them. One Italian testified that he had been fifteen days on the journey to the camp, and had had only three meals daring all that time. There is a setting feeling among the English prisoners tha.t something should be done for the Italians, who are dying at the rate it six or seven a cay through entree:aim and dysentery. From the aDeinfen, ,Westphalia, comp there are reperts from many independent witnesses condemning the way the Italian prisoners are treated, It is stated that the prisoners were marched all the way from Italy with no other food than bread, They ale.) were knocked about and starved and otherwise treated with inhunaanity. Engliali prisoners gale them their German rename One witness said that three or four weeles before he left Delmen two or three hundred Italian prisoners ar- rived there, All of them were virtu- ally starving, "I saw A. German ntry draw his bayonet against these men and bent them," said this witness. In Cassel it is reported that the Italians are treated „worse than the British, being pushed About or struek by German oarporals. At Mattrtheini the same, brutality is regularly prat. tised. One witness said the Italians travelled twelve days on thtee issues Of sOtiP. The Italians rushed madly for the soup, anti some ot them wore bayoneted. The Germane, this report said, were giving them only half rations. At Munster, IL was testified, the behavior of the Germans to the Ital. fans bas bezerao reueli worse elm -ice the recent large capture of Italians. The prisoners suffered vera Much from the cold, and were wrapping thernselvea in. biankate whenever they could. This bullying on the part of the Germans set in only reeently. One witness said he saw the Italians knocked down frequently, and else lilt with the butt end of rifles. This treat- ment was not due pattiolarly to bad coded on the part of the prisoners, but simply tecause they were Italians. These Men have one ration Of spun and bread daily. gamer evidence eenees harm Zorbst, Anitalt, where Italian pris- oners after five days' journey without food were driven back by tille Gerinatis with drawn awords us they wore going to get their soup altowance. Another witness testified that at the Remain camp the Italians were nearly sterved, and fought amongst themeelves tor it piece of bread thrown to them by Bela lab. prieenere. At Friedriehsfelde, Province of 13rannenburga the treatment of the Italians were equally berbarous. Here sentries shot Italians for trying to get food trent the British prisoners. Venially revolting stores come from Haminelbergb, Stendal, Proltam.tini berg and Hamburg. ••• ••••••4410 •••••••• BROTHER% SHOT FATAL. "Windsor, Boum.- laneble to rally from the Mimi* following an opertaien erfornual to remove a bullet, Herr Gib- at ten years, dice, at Rotel Diett Tektitid:11Xfilt11.;,7Wlit: accidental:41 thot by an older profiler [sat 8cturilay whtir• ihe latter WAn (dean,. lug it title. Tlic bullet tIttotted throttah a thick deuble nail cf the (31bIlion st.rIktn:r Iiarry tahaon, who stood out. ts. it the allies now. or lattie ou she bide some 211, fcvt aiousncc, t Rpssism hae gOt to fight Gertnarty linalt;tritggont taos.afilhglistixbeenrgettolOsn, teiler's.itti3hrothe -- Mephis rerfinvircliti Appetit. CTIVITY ON WAR FRONTS INCREASING Maly Infantry Raids, and Artillery More Busy All Along. SHELLiNG BRITIA t lioulitalst Wood, North of Ypres, Southwest of Oambrai. London, Feb. 10. -The military acti- vity In the malor theatres of the war daily continuo to increase. From the North Sea all along the lite in Bel- gium and Franee, and on the northere Italian front, from the region of Lake Gonda, eastward toward the Plane River, there have been clashes be- otenaseapnoionatIss,osaiandg Ilinormanbatrrydrnmeenn t satorvaerxt ex- tremely violent proportions on tanner - :rue sectors, The Germaim artillery again has be- gun an intensive bombardment of British positions in the nelebbarbooe of the Houtimist Wood, north of Yearns, and southwest of Cantbral, while vio- lent duels' are in progress between the Germans and the larenclt around Nieu- Port, in the Champagne, en the Vera dint sectoi . and in the Vagges Mourn teius. nitcept for several attelunted raids by the Germans and. ,Airetrians on the Northern Italian front the big guns on both sides are doing all of the Wink. BRITISH REPORTS. London, Feb. 10. -The report from Field Marshal I -184's headquartem in France to -night, reads: "Early last night a hostile raiding party wee repulsed with loss, south at Hootholet torest. "The enemy attillery was active south-west of Gambrel to -clay." is Saturday nigars report read: "The enemy raided, one of our posts north-west of St. Quentin early this morning. Two men are missing. The hostile artillery increased its activity in the neighberhood of the Bapaume- Canabral road. "During the day clouds and rain lie terfered• with flying; but our awn- spalafney.”sdropped a few bombs on anis- cellaneoue targets. One hostile me chine was brought down by gunfire . behind our lines, Our night -flying 'machines dropped bombs on hostile aerodromes and billets. All returned el Sunday afternoon's report said: "The British front is unehank"Theed, There has been successful counter - battery work. ' "There was considerable air ac- tivity ia' the ppt week. Fifteen enemy =chines evvere shot down tad another Was brought down out of con- trol. One balloon was burned. We lost one -Machine." FRENCH REPORTS.. Paris, Web, 10. -The War Office au- nouneementato-night reads: e "Violent artillery actions occurred on both sinciant the Meuse and in the 'Vosges, in the s,ectors of La. Bon lIc.mme aud Viola. An enemy reed ou one of our emalleposts in the regional' Boureuilles, in the Arganue, failed un- der hoesurfutired.; T afternoon report said: 'The activity of the artillery was rather violent in the regions of Wien. port and auvincourt and in tile Cham, pagne in the region of Moronvillers. North of Creenne, in the direction of the Cheppy Wood (Argonne) and at three points in the Vosges time Ger- mans launched raids against French posts, all of which were arrested by the French fire. Froch troops pene- trated German trenches in the Cham- pagne east of the Teton and carried out successful patrols, notably in the vicinity of Badonvillers. • The French ' captured a 'lumber of prisoners in the course of these expeditions, "Nothing important occurred on the remainder of the front." ITALIAN REPORT. Rome, Feb. In --Sunday's 'War Of - flee report said: "The fighting activity along the v. -hole front yesterday was confined to artillery actions, whielt were mein intense and frequern in the eastern sector of the enago Plateau and in the area. West of Monte tareere. During Priday evening two raids at tempted by the enemy south if Dame Chien failed under the heavy fire of our watchful advanced pests. "A strong naval seaplane squad- ron bombarded with very good results the enemy's shelters at Iteredoll, at the mouth elf the Piave." Saturday's mart said: "There were Healy artillery dente and eOneentratians of fire in Val Brenta, and Monte inelago and Monte Asoione areas. Helene patrols, at- tempting a surprise attack against nee, of our pattols, were repulsed by head grenades. Between Posina and AM:CO and along the Oast our reconnoitring parties effectively harassed the etre, my's outposts." •r•-•194•0••••••••*. BROKE *ARMISTICE. Hun Moved Seven Divisions to the West. r *I... London, Web. 10.-A British offie Mai communichtien calls attention to the German -Russian arreistice stipu- lations signed on December 15, that no German troops should be trate- ferred to the west frent save move- ments already begun. It has been de- finitely ascertained from prisoners captured On the West front, says the statement, that seven named divisions from Vilna, Lemberg, Tarnopol, Pinsk, Warsaw Riga. and Novogorod left, the east Irina between December 16 and al end arrived on the 'west recta between December 11 and an nary ?th. i A FINISHED DIPLOMAT. •(ralfe) Rokus-go iti thi dtpleilialle seri vies. eli?* Aelk ha. is tolin•utly fittal for 4 rtattill-lrettitOtie i ,*? 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