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V tETABIS
GROWERS OF
THE PROVINCE
.Annual Convention in To
Tonto liears Advice of
Experts,
SPRAY J SONE
Xartonville Man's Pointers
On IYIldwinter Cault.
flowers.
Toornto detotatch: The preeldent of
the Ontario Vegetable Growers' As-
eociatiote 3. S. Davie, London, in his
endress a?t the animal coever.tirn hettt
yesterday, said there is it footle; in
eome quarters that greeneouses
ahould be Owed derins War ti10.04 be-
geuse their products are luearees. fl
this regard xe ontewied that mane
toner ledustrtee would Ave tie be
Aiscontinued it luxuries are ta be (M-
atted ea anythipg teat we oould
manage to aqueeze along without.
As. a result of the president s re -
merge, a resolution was adopted pro,
testing aga,inst any curtailment oe
the greenaouse industry. A- motiott
LQ respectfully urge upon the tore-
etneleat the neceesity acinlittillg,
zree ef deity, ali comMercial lertito
;era now wed in the production of
vegetables end farm crops. Was also
carried.
decretary ,T. Leckie Wilson reoorted
LC pot year es one ot success tor
veeetables growers, ttotwieustatot-
mg that many had .been, e•liliged to
discontinue tneireintenstve operations
Under glass and that they hau to coin -
Path With the greatly increased Inure,
ber of home gardens. He said that,
owing to war COnditioris, solam Weir
cuity had been experienced n ecur-
in0 S1APP1ie9 of vegetable setae from.
Europebet that for the fettire the re -
Mitred, seed cart be gron in Cantata..
SLI. jonneton, B. S. A.. Yegetabis
apecialist for the province, expressed
orditioa that the production cam-
Itaign. which had encouraged Lome -
wetting of vegetablee had nelmed tee
preitessionel gordeeere WA° had aco
lusted their Iist oroduets m raver
of the staples, and had routed geed
demand tor these in nearie all eaaee.
hie reported considerable success in
tontrolling the onion rneggot by the
nee ot corrosive sublimate. and that
tles 1917 Work with this treatment had
eustified his belief- that it la effective.
Oe tte. other hand, efforts to control
adieu bUgbt. bave not been4sticcess-
fel where attempted on a large scale,
and in 14ome distriets the disease has
•eereed very rapiclie.
THE POTATO BLiGHT.
'The ass ef dust eprays for central
• Datato bligbt has been proved a sue.
erees Moine the past year, and Meeting
eseth de per teat. euiphur aria le Per
emit, arsenate of lea4 had been found
effective- against the poteto beetle.
laxperiraents in sterilizing trolls to de
troy plant disease germs will be un-
deetaken t?y" Mr, jahnston in the cora.
ing SeaSesn„ •
Rev, reporting' on the
'llrogrese et the sure' of Ontario
.vegetable growing, sald one of the
troublet found ire conducting the sur-
vey was that not one per ceet; ot the
growere Can give any definite data of
wet et. prodnetion or their crape. Such
remount of returns ia nate:teary, he
isatetl, bore tbe grower een be in a
poeition to eliminate snob crops as do
aik pay for the rowing, As a sole -
teen, of the labor problem, he euggested
that a. number of garileners in one
seetion altould specialize in one crop
and saift the ganga of Men from one
plies to apother.
Prof. L. Caesate O. A. C. in hie
athleess on "Insectleides aid Fenge
hiaite," reminded the vegetables grow-
ers that spraying naterla th liaely to
be abort, and he advieed them to secure..
aunties early. Paris green and arsen.
ale 9f lead, the two poisons used most
extenalvely in controlling insect pests
ee advanced greatly in peice,
peaated out. For this reason lie gave
an account of the sticoes obtabeeel by
the uee of sodieut areenate, whtcla can
he home made, arta is relatively
cheaper had -cafe if esed with Iterdeauy
mixtme.
Many matters of spaclal interest to
growers were teethed on by the ser
eral espeolatiests who addressed ate
atternoon ineetime addresses being
given on growing vegeta.bleit under
glass, onion growing, r.otato culture
Itindred subjeces. Mr. T. e. Davie,
in dealing with the cultivation of
tomatoes under ghtee, pointed out title.
It Is netessare to hand pollenize the
. bloesoms.. Being asited if bees could
not be toed fer the work, he said that
bees will not work on. tomatoes, either
indoero er in the field. a -ad that in the
fled the wind earria tee pollee.
• GROWING. CAULIFLOWERS,
ItIr. Charles Syer, ot Bartonville,
explained hie neelme �t proeucing
taelleflowm in midwinter. By ids
eeetem the plazas are teinovect froin
to open erOund late in the fall, wittle
the had are ne larger than 50-ceue
plecre. The plante are trten replanted:
ea a hotbed and kept from treezing bY
r &eking the cutside of the bed with
nurture. des evidenee el: tee seesees,
of his method. Air. nyer digplayed
Mrs ceuliflower that lied beea replant•
ed et the. end of Oetober and nal vetted
test recently et a time when the hod
Wats Worth 2,4 cents ee are farm,
eCcapparettvo tierket Gardeeingh
rata the atibtetet of an a Utah; he Mr.
George Itusa, o thereher %KY,
bee W. E. Dewar gave ten aceoutle
ot the, methode 'need be a Leanfington
co eperative stemodation in demoeing
et the prooltice of ite menibeite
W. Bert Itoatinoveti. asputy UM-
fetert Agriculteee, Mahe an appeal
resitlerite tit all chive towel and,
village; of the emirate, to orgaufee f 9r
%realer aroalletioe of NePtable3 this
coming erinimer, HO that the men °err.
two may be givett the tell benefit of
the staple produces ot the farma The
wore:, het said, is good •education ter
those who telgag e ht It and ewe; to
cetebileh better citizenship,
wee /fere 6;, et the ZiOventm*tit
Farris riupleterient litr eme tiekvd •ths
vegetable gtowerg to snake known
the'r wade fee term ben ani nrieenheirl
tast 1,000 elr's meet b inunel f werk
irt tile Rar'o1 tienrr eiene nf
the &rim ha, e 1o(1 eNzph.ii n•ti It
11144441.h1 eroe'lrer while • eznItio • tor
the free. rewire tart yert. and quite
rn tele hay* eV:teed their attilltY te
beadle a hers* at tenth warh es cult
tteleting,
OFFICERS 1414:0TED.
thee follOwitts officerwere abided:
• Preendent, .1. 3. Davie, Lendoa, It, 7;
Firth VIce-Preeldelit, E. K.• PerdY,
Citteraqui; Secend. Vice-Presieent; M.
May„ Tectinteelt; Secretary -Treasurer
mut Editor, 3. Leckie Wilson, To•
Executive -J, I. Devi% Londoe,
R. R, It E. K. Bartle, Cateraqui; Mau-
rice May, Teeunisehe 3, Locitie
Toronto; F. F. Reeves; number Bay;
Thos, Delwortie Weston. Repreeenta-
tire to Canadian National Exhibition,
Jett. Deueridge, diumber Bay; Repro,-
tientative to Central Canada Vochlbl•
time 3, J. Davis, London; I. A. Far:
(gamma, Agliner. Auditor, 'D. IL
Madame; 'Mont°. ,
TROOPS TRUST
MARSHAL, HAIG
•••••.•••••••P*Toca.....fintatwast
The Army Depends On His
Leadership.
Talk of Staff Changes
Continues.
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• London cable: The rumors of the
compulsory retirement of Gen. Sir Wil-
liam Robertson as ehief of staff, which,
began after tho Daily genre at-
tack on him and Field Marshal Haig a
few days before the meetiug oe the
Supreme War Council at Versailles
and constituted the subiect of a large
• Dart of the debate in the House of
Cotenions this week, continue to be
discussed by tke newspapers. The
Tliries takes the potet of view thet eo
one cares a rap what first-class soldier
is selected for this or that great nails
tary appoiatmeut. It says tnisfin*,16
• confidence is reposed -in 4V4:trshal
tHalge because the army trusts Ws,
'leadership, which is a vital factor in
tbe array's morale. But as .to the
work of others, in the nature of Wage,
aext to nothing can be known.
In a letter to the Morning Pest,
the Butte et Somerset takes a strong
stand, saying: "It is apetteeut that
an attempt is being tnade to tette tre
command. of on.r armies out of the
liands of our generals wile have so
successfulle carried on the war and to
put ignorant civilians in actual (won -
mend of our forces. We cannot ato,
ford zilch a disaster."
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DUCHESS LOSES
HER
Sunderland Iloilo Seized by British
-Government. Meatless of Marlborough
given only a week to quit. Sunderland
House,. the home in the Mayfair dis-
trict of the Duchess of Marlborough,
who was Mesa Consuelo Vanderbilt, of
New York, has been commandeered
tor the htse of officiate at the Inter -
Allied Muncie according to the Daily
Mita. The Duchess was giveat only a
week's tinae to quit the bouse, the
newepaper eays, but elle etlickly pet'chaed a stiall liorne1. Devonshire,
Where site expeete to 'be settled in a
few (Nye.
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BELGRADE BUT
di? OF RUINS
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Better Part City Destroy
ed by Shells
waa.derom.•••••••••••.••••••••11.
And Balance Wrecked by
• nun. Looters.
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N. SIR WM. ROBERTSON
AS CHIEF OF STAFF
opt Post At Versailles Sr
*Wont of Hi 3 Powers
14i..Wils3o%Socceptis irnIuch
" ;Crtticism iii attain,
Reitise
elk h.
ti.en
tondoa, rd. re, Geleersa Sir Wm,. „ to have become febseure4 by the teatfle
Robertson. Chief ofethe etrItielt reaper*, a iMiltieal Manoeuvres. hhose wino
MI Steff, hag re/gone, .it wan offieilli, i Mlle teat their at ter Fluglatut *lad
JY Announced.- last evening. eleeerel 1 treedom Wive only tectir Ideate left,
Wileott. tutb-chiet of staff, tektre the I and ther feel it acutely when these are.
vacated place,eitOWn to be eopromised 'with the
General Robertson 8V" unable, tlle m
1 elemertts et a lower plane. Thee ifeok
statement Barer to aecept a Dosiyal or leadership worthy a the true flout
as militate, representative on the our a the wer le onaracter, tono and
PreMe Wur hCouncil ' et, Verseilles, or ePiration
to contine VW Obief ''Ot, the IMP.irial e„it i •
s as an exponent of ideallern
'General Stahl With: limited power.
ANUNCEME,NT. that Mr. Lloyd George lies gained a
OFFICIAL NO
The official aanottucanteitt in l hold otx the imaginetion of the
eettatrv. II* meet see to it that his
tteetiou with the resignation of Gen. Government does not dieeourage that
hir Itobertsin. Cltiet ot ale allegiance by entenglemente with
British Inmerlal Staft, what is more earthlY-with personal
"The extension et the functions nt I
_ - .ambition In714 eater torces not ot the
the permanerit rePrelienta-
tive elecideci on be the Sunfetne
wee firet moral rank,"
Coun.cil at their last meetiug •R.EIVOLT AGAINST CABINET.
Versallteeleas necessitated the Mitt- I The weekly n.ewspaper, Natioaal
talon of the special power e hitherto Newer saye it has .been intormed
exercised by the Chief o tb 11tLp5:1,11 Gen. Biz* WitIlam Robertson, whose
General Staff be virtue of the order- ; resignation .as, ewer
othe Britieli
In -Council of January tri.,191.0. Imperial Staff was officially aanottneed
t
"le these circumstances the Govern- I last nista, that he had not resigned.
tneit thought it right to offer General I Gen. Robertson, interviewed by a
Ser William Robertson the choice or repreeentative ce tbe Sunday Times
becoming the BrItish military retires I
i tale residence at 8 o'clock last aught,
septative on the Supreme War Cou.ecil
at Versailles, or continuing oa Chief o am have. not- reifIgne'l- The only
the Imperial General Staff under liew 'statement Ihave to make is that it is
conditione. rquite true that I will not aceept elther
'General sir whilam Robertson, toe poeition," referring to the Poets. of
reasons ivOich will be ealilained in a Chief ot the Imperial General Staff and
statement which will be made by the British representative of the euPrerae
Prime Minister ht the Howie of Com- ' War Column at Versailles.
mons as early as possible in the *Lute
ing week ,did not see his way to av-
emit either position. end the Govern -
rent have, with inueli regret, accepted
his resiguation.
• "General Sir HenrY Wilson has tit-
eepted the positioa • of Chief of the
traperlal Gerteral.Staff. The appoint-
ment of the British, permanent repro-
aentative at Versailles will be announ-
ced in a few days."
• NO SURPRISE TO PUBLIC.
• Most of the London morning pavers
tail to corameat editorially on the of-
ficial announcement• ot General Sir
William • Robertson's resignation se
•chief of the British Imperial Staff. ow-
ing te the tact that it wee published
• euch a late hour last evening, How-
ever. the news, columns virtually
agree that it will not amines the pub -
lie.
That the Premier's •audiente web
the King yesterday wee regarded as
Preening such action was intimated
by one of the eveeing papers irt lete
edition, which, which, after referring
to the audience, coaduded with elm
Paragrapli:
• "It coiricidences go tor anything, it
was SaturclaY inornine that Lord,
Flatter (First Sea Lord) resisted."'
• Parliament, will undoubtedly he
OE storm _centre lor the -next few
days, 'Whether the storm• will Oe -
gin to -morrow. or not mail • Tues-
• day, when the military estimates is
.the•order of business, and wlien, it
is believed, the Premier will take
advaatage of the oceasion to melte
his promised statement, remains to
be seen.-
COkFUSES StTUATION.
The view' .of several papers, not-
ably the National News and the
Sunday Times, weich publieh aate-
meats to the effect that amerce
Robertaon did not resige. further
Confuses the situation. Indicative of
the feeling which the incident apt
to cause, the National News ha as
Leader to -day. which apparentle was
• written before the announcement of
General Robertson's resignatioo and
• Is headed "Our Chief of Staff." SM.
after referring to latrigues, cabals
and conseiracies. which "in -some
qu.arters are developing dangerous di-
mensions." that • "thank God for it.
the effort to drive out from the ser-
vice of the State the Gillet of the
Imperial General' Staff, Sir William
Robertson. has failed of ite purpose.?
The paper adds that aliY thought
of chavieg General Robertson's DO
.4 -
sition: or curtailing hie plater%
'should be put out of mind at once.".
On th.e other band, the • Weekle
Despatch, under the captIon "The
War Situation Now," appearing Me
the front page directly atter the offi-
cial announceraent of genera. I Rob.
armies' reagnation, says that "the
most fateful creels ef the war" has
• been readied, and adds:
MISCHIEF MAY RE TN)IVI,
Lotman, cable: DMUS of'emclie
done prevailing in Sereta under enemY
rule are contained ,in articles hi the
PI agate Jotirnai Pravo IA41 by Gustave
liebermatn, a Czech deputy to the
Austrian Iteichsreth, and a mernber of
the delegation appointed to visit the
Serbian capital by the Austro-litinetua
Lon. Ministry of Foreign Ahealee, De.
teraitrig the vielt to Belgrade in the
eerie deter of tlan eear Iluberreann
este): -rho latter:Ariel quavter of the
city le in ruing;
not ono etone Is left
standing. Itt better Merle of the
town. too, one eeeg the terrible hevec
wrottglit by gun. Few baildingroh.avo
been. tieared. Ali that had not fallen
prey to Phalle, leille-te, *tett the fury of
greet raletlug /aye been deetroeed
Ole looting or tho ,trittor.
'"hlie German erray eeerelee,a the
es•eallej right to pluneer, whereby
it was nnthortzed during two, whole
eteco te grim the geode and Property
of the inbatitants of ter; elate etken
• be twee et tittn3 In Serb:a. The arm
him made extertelve .ume of this right.
"Public. Ltildings, retch Li the Royal
Pae. the theatre. the Ifonee of Par,
• liementsand the Minintrle hew been
looted to sreh sr extent that trale the.
leer v dies *re 1, -ft."
1-4.•-•••••
t lintepei lea that elsisl
The political correepondent. of the
Sunday Times says: ,"Gen. Robertson
honsiders he .lots peen dismissed,
hear that before the suceession (on
the Imperlat General Staff) was given
to Gen. Sir Henry • atehison, it was
offered to and declined by Gee, Sir
Herbert Planter (commander of the
British forces in Italy), and it. is entice
pated that other members of the mile
tary blerarchy will follow Gen. Rob-
ertson into retirement.
"The generals have, in fact, re
-
vetted against the Cabinet, and the
giavity of ;their action can hardly be
overeatirimeede T,he weakness of the
eoldiers, position es that they cannot
agree among' themeelves. It is not
anticipated that the defection of the
genermis will' wreck the Governments
as, apart trout a couiparatively small
section ot militarists, there is no great
sympathy with the attitude of the sol.
diem"
The correspandent adds that the
Earl of Derby: may resign as Secretary
of State tor Way. , •
The infirenee to be dreeve from
the 13t1tis) ot1u1al atatement regard.
ing General rReberteonal resignatiou
seems clearly to eat that the Supreme
War Councilhae heat given the
Dowers wideheete netrei frepliese and
that it will be in fact the direeting
bead of all the allien Military oper-
ations.
There have emen many romore re-
ceutly that • General • Robertsoa wee
to retire as Ottfel • of the British
staff, and be reelaced. be Major -Gen -
oral Sir Henry* litighet Wilson, the
sub -chief • of ' the staff and British
depresentative on the Su-
preme War Council. The •suggestion
was, howeveer, That should aria
change be made, General Robertson
would exchanee places with General
Wilson and becotae the 13ritish • milt -
Mew member of the Versailles Come
tee
, REMARK..).13LE CA.REEIL
Sir William Robertson hag had
(tee of the Most rezharkable careers
in the British ariny. He enlisted
in the 9th Lanceeslat the age of 19
and after studeite hard to obtain
an eduction he received a corn-
rniselon in. the 3rd Dragoon Guards
at the age o 29.• Four years after
becominghtn officer he won the dis-
tinetion of beteg attached to the
intelligence branch of the Serelee tu
India. There lie studied Indian lan-
guages ono, atter another until he
became ane titthe expert linguists
• of the arroy. Against heavy odds he
won his way steadily forward • with-
out innuence by .sheer bard work.
Durine the South African war he
served on the staff of the Medi-
tionary force and won the approval
tor Lord* Gitelieter Lor his faculty
of getting things done. Following
wbieh w. that et dalle 10MW, a Ma.
• nerhi apprentice, wn0 Waa btit1e4
CbIlll.01 Rental at Medlar. Under
the title ot Sir ljoh e Biter. 11:4.14,
Second weir be eomigelest to kilt
Dugas Heim the pollitlen et Sir WM.
Robeetterri efeeerne neeeeleare threagh.
the Ow Problerns Whlett hiel to be,
he the Dreamt war, iWWI
eelected for the postai:et b 14er4
Kitchener week cen1re. itetect
an orgeetteer br InetincL Durbag the
• war tee work whtch Sir Wallont hats
aceonapliatted la regarde4 tbeoughout
the arme *a the most brillItOt Meets
et scientitie mauageatent ot -Material
• that the 'wer IAIS ever aeOn-
Lletit.-Gen. Sir lieery Iltighes
$on. is an. Irielmeae. easrd
•of age, ot fine Physique One. soltlier-
Mee beariug. While hie actiettles
have chiefly been divertea bite ettett
eel' he has Itati dietimeisislted
MiliterY career, anti potutesee ell thole
(*matinee whign emineetty at himfor
letteershim ••
Rehire the present war Geneeal
Wilson saw active serViee 1. Burma
an &tattle Africu.. where he won ale
D.B.O. Following the South ailfrlain
campaign be Was made Director -Gen
oral cif hfilitere Operations at the War
Office., and in 'this poeition tliade hie
marh as an adminestretor, reuitiering
valuable service to Lord Haldane
when he was orgardzing tae expedi-
tionary' force.
When the war broke out in 1914 he
was appointed Depnty. Chlet 'of the
enters,' Staff in France, 'aka* beeono
Ing Chief Liaison, Officer at Vreneh
headquarters. In 1916 he went to Pet -
regret' as British reinter: raenibei• ot
the Frauco-Britisn Mission to Rustsitt,
"WhIle pacifiate and unti-Lioed the South. African war Ile received
Georgeites in Parliament are talking, this eppointineet of eorarnandant of
the Oerritans are bripging up dire. the staff college wItere he continued
sion after division as tar as their
rolling Stock Can. bring them trove
the LaSt. 4Thrs militery fact, -and
• not any perepeal isatee Visit% cat
tit the untortImate Versailles contro-
versy, a atapter elach is ended by
his etude Of lenguages in French
and Getman in4 04454 the close
study contineatal art:ales. Ills
adminIstrative abilities while in
charge of the seaff college inarked
a new titioch there.
the resignation of Genera Robert- On the otabreale ef war Sir Wie-
sen, and the aeriolutrttent it hie place limn was director of military train
-
lit General Wilson, le tho thing that
mattera. . . It is ot the titmoet
importaneet that ein. Meeting this
blow 'instant • decisions .-eheal be
token. The old, lieettettnel way of
referring for instenctiona Pavia,
Ing, awl he teed Wide to do with
the preparation of the British ex-
Deditionary forte. He wont td
Vritece querternIaster - general,
and his %Motet in that aepartnient
/ea To nig appoleteaent as chief a
London end Rothe, meerte ,dellberr staff, under WhOse direction all
atele handleaPPing the AllieS 'e01214* branches tit the arM7
Sir Wililatn served during the
Chitral etumpalgo, 'where be was se-
verely wounded, and in which he
ter etretteate BY the titlet the ine
etteletioes ere etietevech the misdate
may be done." '
TIM Sunday Observer's, Military
einett gen, i was Mentioned in despateltea and
nerrespondent setae that
Robertson's return trope Versaillea 1 reeeived in additieu to tile cam -
i maga medal enth two elating the
"It bas been an open iteeret that,
ettough os a stood eOldier he at- Distingttigned thergice Order. In the
quieseed zn the directions ot the
War Council, after.% they had been
adolited, he eld not, etatroVe of then),
and had he remstieed in office, he
would hetVe beell Mettle illeagrceablo
• position Ot having to *lye. effect to
e procedure With which he . is not
In aympathr."
ertrthiewto WEATHER. FOB' co's'
lalIPTAITCNT."
It ifr tignificent, in this eonticce
Hot', that tne Observer's 'cede to-
day plots out the. tact amt. the
opening days of the new session of
Perliament have brought "broken
emitter for the Goaernment."
Tint Obeerver belevee, however,
that the present trouble will not
take lot* to dispel, if enerifY and
decisiOn cenne to the rescue. Th
South Afrietin wee be Was prottiot-
ed to the rant or lieetenant-c0100,01,
reentione4 in the tleepetehee, and
awarieed the Service Medal with
Lour claspe. Ile was prordoted to
tbe reek oi, brigadier -general et
Aldershot ip 1007, and passel the
staff college in 1608.
Argengethe (tattier war"servicit tea
ploits of this distinguished °Meer
were the eliranel and Meek MOuntitin
expeditIone in 1801, duriter Whiell he
acted as transpintation otficer.
o CAME FROM RANKS.
The most remarkable fact In the
career of Sir Wanton Robertson is the
fact that be has risen from the ?alike,
educiateel bieteelf end otabtripped in.
the race for wcornotion men Who ap•
geared to hove evert poisitil advert -
mettle thee, not refer to Get. Robert, teltb tivfilitrit in The way of ucetion.
seal cr any particular contrevereee 1 A. born eoldier. there leas 'heart but
brit talc "Secaral ineIlients have 1 one exanliele, of proves** from the
itappeart. If elm 111;n1 betiete If oak he chili the ronnir4's bettet‘i ranks v 1 !ch CM In any evey rompare
psalm. Ta4 tdoilx of the war seem with the ttarecr t) the theft ot Steff,
tbetk Jer man.
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PICK GF ENEMY
1?1 SiCTOR
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Canadians Pace the Best of
the German Troops, g
As Shown by Raids of the
Past Week.
BRITISH PATROL CUICIAS8ED
BY THE GERMAN WAR HP
•
ut Drifter :Fleet 'Upheld "I"' -1711ISONER'S Afe HOSTA,GER.
11111hditiOlhid Or the rieet. toroes are already bear
Coligentreed In Lsitra.ne Atka..
um esteeeterattoectiording to a Sere
Dover Canto; The weather Wail deaDate4 to the ',1314, and aeclariettots
thick and are night Was very claret tooking to the ACM 0 proeecation e
waen the German deetroYere dashed nthotorthwitarusA.arinitalAto twheweittoillmaeltiakio
upon BMW% patrol veseels let the,
teeriin negt melt,
• Strait et Dover early Friday morning The Gamma atitnetritiee aro Auto,.
And sant: eight ot there. 'I'he pathel regardiag, tee tate et German xylem
veerele, heillf eguiPired only With liSat ere in mirth itheeitt. witOrn ta 11.0
Armament for antiestinenarlite Worle sereeki Deo tieleing ne eestage;t an
• did wit bare a Owego once the Ger* erne, Berlin clespatehea Say, ill
Vt = I,
nhasegrotikadtitobnuli the 14 oharea by killed. if the leo1ehevik1 are olriven t
Operate:el lierleu hast aireat
great nuenbere et trawlera awl drift,. . ' '
Ors, opereting in all Weathera mid 'at serve4 uotice eu the Bolsbevial a
au houm. yet the proportioo a wear thereat, at elle 'will extreme reiP'
es 01 Ina s t beenhela treeamt a rot t4etebaloyi ()sun i at Al le.
„ewe -.armed.
sale if the German prisoner e a
bore thereaves watt elm Barna C001- Count qzernin, the A.uatrO•Hurtge
• nese and courage that, drlfter Mon iOn rOreign Minister has mitai
have aixown Ir. Iimetreerable 4troura., Berlin that Austritto troops must n
StaneeloOf danger and difficulty. In be reed against Milian, to support ar
One noteworthy Incident, e drifter was policy which Austria hae not approve
abetted at close quarters by two Ger- but only for purPoses of eeltelefent
Mart destroyers, WbAute thirtY-DOtInd agailist maravding bands,
simile killed all of the crew, except ARMISTICE AT AN END.
tteo,
and set the drtfter atire. The „ap, oittetat klatement Leaned hi tl,
two eurvivors, eeelug their cratt ablaze •
and belleVing it would auk. launched '4'4 re4e. 441J/".41.1 ultvernmeln eta"
a boat. They had not rowed far """ We re"'"184:1 ("neva/4'411 b3. "
veleen they saw the *asset was still vonuuct ieta L.:Lammed:I tue armee,.
afloat and the enemy retiring. They 411104 lza.,3 "44 14 eX/61:enee' on t..
returned, put out the fire and brotight et-usetan 4.ron- Thoii- dettounceineut
the drifter to port, • regarded as int,ing occurred Feb, 10.
GERMAN VERSION. In conforintor taerewith, ate *thee
• Berlin, Feb. 10. via. London. -The stateraent says, -tee Gerraan clover.
Admiralty to -day macte the following merit must, atter a tepee of seven day
announcement: (.,
"On the night of heb. leth our tore •
erre notice ed the termination as pre
aotftaCeakiztalon4 ;tiled for under the treaty and resere
• redanectret.$ma. undeeraceQuini:raielled e free hand in every direction.
An. Ancterdam despatch says:
Channel between Ceelais and Dover on
strong forces guarcling ate English "The German pantie is beteg pr
the north. and Cape Gry-Nez and
Folkestone on the south. A large
guardship, numerows armed Willing
steamers and geveral motor vessele
were foreed to five battle, the largest
or damage, All rethireled."
part of them being destroyed.
"Our torpedo boats sutferett no lose
.a•••••1••••••.... '
Canadiart Army Headquarters
France, cable says: The Canedlane On
Wednesday morning raided the enemy
lines near Hill 70 and in front of Lae%
capturing a total of ten prisoaers and
two erateleine gune. At expprogirdately
the same time. far south at Hargicourt,
other Canadians again . croseed 1.000
yards of No Manes Land, took 18 Oriel.
oners and two maceine guns, de-
stroyed four trench roortarS, and
bombed both the enemy's 'froet and
support lines.
The raid in the Hill 70 iecter was
supported by a heavy barrage front.
our artillery. to -wheat the anemy re-
plied 'with straggang artillery fire. Ha
also offered strang resistance with mee
<Mine gun and rifle are; Wet aux vet-
eran troops broke lete ten line, re-
turning with six prieteinere :'ant two
machine guns as proof of. the .succese
at the operation, •
At 6 o'clock Thursday morning. le
front of Lane, Canadian troops, operat-
ing in two parnettegave - the nerVous
enemy anoth.er decilitre testa of Cann.
Man mettle. -• •
These raids confiree tile pretence
of crack German trohee opposite
the Calladians, the pilitaners takes)
belonging to the First Gateeds' Mtge.
IlieLuatie tlxis morttbeg' Captellse need.
quartere was the scene oen pleasing'
eereinOnr, in which • Biltilins. letee
oring-the Canadian comer. gave '
striking appreciation og value of
Canadian services at. Paeschondaele
and in other bistorie combat) in thile
• salient. Fourteen , Caoadhan officers
were decorated by. :Gene. Sir H. El,
Horne, commanding the 'First ArntY,
with the Belgian CroboDe-Guerre. The
same decoration hes, heen ate arded to
six other officers and 187 ettea-commis-
stoned Officers 'and men,
DOPE NEEDLE
IN 'TORONTO
Young Girl, Found in Car-
ious Circurnstances,
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liad. Been Very Badly Ital.
treated.
•
Toronto despateb.: A etrange eaee
at ltidnapplitg which' coraPletelY telYst
titled the police was brought to light
during the early beers ot yesterday benefit -the Polishrarnly-bida fair to
be turned against Mem.
A etatement from the Brltish
Oita Yestertlatt said seven drifters and
one trawler had been sunk by Gerzean
destroyers' whieh deturned to the
northwardbefore they could be en-.
gitged.
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Pi.:LES PERI!.
CERMAN PLAN
AS TO A
Legion May plook Threat.
ened Drive Against
the Bolsheviki.
tJflNOSAGIS
"Reds" Are iresting Ger-
mans in Ruiata, Threat-
ening MiSiacres.
BerlIn, Feb, 17. -An official state -
molt issued to-day-bythe German
army headquarters stiff reads:
• "Eastern theatre: !Op the great
Russian front 'the armistice expires at
noon to -morrow."
• London, Feb. 17. -Germany sudden-
ly has found herseit iavolved LA a
raass of difficulties on the eastern
front and in danger he losing all the
large benefits she was &dully prepar-
ing to realize from her peace with the
Ukraine and the Rolshevilo withdraw-
al from the war.
Poland. which so frequently in the
eourse 'ot history, has.eroved a thorn
• dn the side of military conquerors, is
threatening to constitute . herselr the
rock on which the Germatt hope ot
peace and.gainful espansion in the
east may be shattered. Embittered
by the tearing off ot a etrip of their
territory to be olvett the Ukraine fig
breaking away from the Bolshevik'
and signing a peace with the Central
Powers. the Poles are in what appeaes
to be virtually a state of revolt.
POLISH SOLDIEIRS BITTER.
Ftven the very wage= wbich Ger-
Mane and Austria were at ouch palms
to forge in hope of deriving nalitarY
Morning, tvlien Mise Innis Young,.
about 21 Years of age, who lives at 42.
Lewis street, was remit:tired to the Gen.
eral lioepital lit an. lincoriselous con.
dition. She 'wee totted, scantily dad in
ragged garments and lying on a anew.
bank in an unereantented street, by a
belated pedestrian. The mati was
attempting to caryy- the unfortunate
girl to a .nearby 'mime 'when ee met a,
policeman, to whom he turned over We
anconatioue charge. -
Atter being admitted to the hos-pare
bliss Lyons remained uneonecious ,for
about aa hour, later when he
vied suftioiently to taIlt she told a
etrattge story of misadventure, wise&
involves an tinkteran Man itt a eteriolie
crime. Miss Lyons atated that she *as
standing at a drug ceunter when thie
man brushed agitenet her rather heav-
ily ott passing. A ehort tittle tette
menumw left her, and she lately go.
thing more Until she recovereddoze
sciousne,se at the hospital.
When Miss Lyons eases eleown the
elothes In Which Etho Was fouud, she
declared that they did tot belong to
her. She stated thee after having ea
-
feted a lapse et netalory she Must
have been eonveyed to some cleee,
Where Inte clothe Were exchanged tor
the old rags *he was. wearing When,
• foetid. The Mlle' part of her taimeat
she einild cia1tn Were tbe coat utid
het,
The Medical atentialthel shoeted
that tliSS T-170114 bad been badly mai.
treated.
601-91411VIKi ATIFINSTING HUN44,
rdem, thrible.ehteretert leeldente
of listilonia and Livonia are living berg
ots,..,t by. the Tiol•Iteviiii otomontis Mem
it 14 eeserart by 'the rtokel An:eager, of
Berlin. Get/hart nobility timre aro 4e -
dared to under eusnicion fuel Pelee
arrlf t Red ertertenertlia.
At Itevai 3,000 omelettes hetet betel
rtIded, end tre ennie onititione
vat' at limpet end ie teller retie'.
Atizeistr Comentis that the
matt floveintomit take :Mille" lotion t
4etailet05 11.2ivt tho Nogales,.
16rIda wire4 tforare a AIL even when
tellote hale in twee.
Reporte itt Gertnan newspaperee
which express disraey awl alarm over
the Polish, situation, indicate that
Polish legions, tiove m effective mili-
tary force, are on the side of the pre-
valent POlish sentiment of bitterness
against the Central. Powers. °The sit-
uation has grown ito serious that the
Military are patrolling 'Weasave
streets, whero a general strike has
been ordered and the papers are print-
ed with black borders.
AuStria-Hungary 'is particularly 1. -
volved in the difficulties because of
the prominmxt parr which it was ex-
pected she Would Play iti future goV4
ertunent or Poistude Polish elements
tied those sympathizing with aleni itt
the Dual elontrohy are tip hi arratt
over the situalion and further in-
ternal troubles are threatened,
ENVOYS QUIT PETROGRAD.
Turning to the tdorth, it already has
been reported. that Germany proposes
reeuneing Military operatione against
Notthern Aussie, and Otte report gable
color be the anriouneetrient that the
colataissiOns renres.enting the Central
Powers le Petrograd have left the
Itassien eapital and passed within the
Giernlan military lines,
The probable Gerreatt Purpette to et.
tack the Bolelseviki is 'also indicated
in 5 Vienna deepatele declaring that U
GerteAnir deelded ho rennet inilitarY
mieratIons against Resale. "the eta.
tude of Atietria" would tiot be influ-
enced thereby. This 'would teem to
Mean titat Metria intetele to leave
Geri:fetter to tiglit the battle alone itt
north BOWL
Aellussiart Government wirelest des
Patch received here *tve 5 metiellge
from Leon Trotzky to the Genstar,.
Governittent, dated Feb. 17. It alike
vrttether the etatement rcenteen, to the
effect that Gen, Madan, an Feb. le
dedired that a stele of war would
be resumite tit neon the leth betweeu
Germany and Ruses, wee correct. "be
• elitus(! it seems a prOvotative ace to
glve fettle twO days' notice insteid of
*even, as etatulated ia the arnelistIce
alfrataltat,"
eared for action bv the Ceatral Power
Against the Bolehe.ilti. The Nor
Deutsch Allgemeine Zeitung veherf
inlay condems the aotion of the Bo
sheviki itt Finland, Etboairt ar
Livonia. and cays that the Finnive
representative at ' Berlin has talto:
pstienpsiantito win Germany's interest fo
'A Vienna despatch to the Berlin
Tigeblatt indicates that it may be
come neceseary for the Central Pow
ere to give aid to Ukraine, even o'
the ground alone of only- sateguardinr
the eXclutrige ofcommodities.
'The Socialist' Vorwaerts says tbs.
the first important subject with whin'
alto impending gessionof the Reich
stag will deal is the peace treaty wit,
Ukraine. Thie will be followed by the
budget debate. which will probably be
oerbyouttray e2r6u.in;nwitlhlisspeadekbaot
• e,
gin
nteat linoiellyi Y'rB fru
Paye. rtheg
e Imperial P°1°1,Y:1 e "Cdla a} in Her
lore on internal affairs.
WHOLESALE BUTCHERY.
• "The Boleimeilti are making whole
sale arrests of Germansrin Russia, and
holding them as bostagee, according e
a Riga despatch received by Way 0!
Berlin. Three hUndred' Germans ani
many pro -German Esthonians at Dar
pat nave been arrested and transter,
red to Kronstadt, All the, food in thf
Dorpat distria hue been confiscated
and it is alinost "impossible to feed th,
German women and children.
"The lives ot those arrested, as Wei
as Germans ard German supporterf
who have not yet been arrested, ar•
hourly in great danger,' ade the de
patch, as the Solehettikt threate.
vholesale butchery.. The Bolshevik
has offiethilY, deelared.the 13altie
biiity eutlawee
Discussing 'the ituzeling relations 11(
tween Germany and Rtieeia, the Koel
nische Zeitung .says: ' "Our brele
peace with the 'Ukraine Is Lhreaeene?1.
rigb.ting between. the BoIsheviki an:
the Rada already heel brought the
Rada Government into Buda peril the'
It has been transferred. from Kiev te
Zhitomir, and thlosuburbs of Kiev al
ready are in ate ludo- of the Boishe
viki. This fighting not only endan
gers the Rada Goverument, but the
supplies of food in the country. The
Bolsheviki are retelling troops to rein,
force the anti -Rada forces, includint
the 19th infantry divisions and parts
of the second guards corps. Furthei
fieuting le to be expected which has
a serious character for us."
GRAIN EGPERT DEAD.
Chicago, Feb. 16. -Edward M. Illte
gins, grain expert, wIth an Internet
tonal reputation, died at his home here
last eight of heart disease. He wati
58 years old, and a sou of one of Chi-
cago's first packers. While Presi-
dent of the Armour Grain Com -
he was credited with a prominent
part in =eating the so-called Leier
wheat corner in 1908.
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uliUaIN wmu-ABLEti
SHIP DATE
at.••••-•••avaimisa,a•Va....a.
No Scheme to Justify Its
General Use.
U. S. Naval Consulting
Board to Study It.
<1r
TWO KUM
UPON LONDON
BY FOE PLAN
)nly One Succeeded Satur-
day Night, and One Hun
Machine Was Lost.
SECOND RAM ON
ut Bach Attack rinds Oap-
ital's Defences .Are
Better.
London, Feb, 11. -Six German alt -
raft crossed the Kent coma of toe
.aamee eaue.re anout 10 o'clock lea
-young anct proceeded towards Lou -
on. Unix' one of the aeropienee au*.
eeded itt reachnik the mite', it is
sanounced oggiciallv. This raider
trotted one bomb in tbe southwest
iistrlet. Which caused four easualtiee.
tn aeriai ratc1 DoVer WaS repelleti
3.Y Britian pflots, wliti engaged the
.ermans over the Kent coast. One
arge natter is reported, to nave mesh-
Attetata
tni°tliles:roa.plartes again raided
.ouctop, to-nigne - lazed French.,
.ander of t11e. haute totem reptiles
hostile aeroplanes came in over the
themes- estuary alertly after tee
emelt to-aigna . and proceeded te-
hen dropped in treIneb
capari.bTshebretalride)
.arcts Lonaen.
s ant In progresti."
With the advent of the • new moon
urther air raids were, not tine*.
aected in Loudon. Police walsties
•.verned the people, and except for
,tray oranibuses and nutomobilee
are and there the streets through -
tut -the cite were nearly deserted.
•Everybody had •• taken cover when
a barrage In tne outer defences was
• 4tarted, Lees gunfire was heard in
• ate metropolitan aistrlet than on Pre-
vious raids. but in the distance it was
(131TitheahtetativeZberznans are finding 11
• nore difficult . each time they try to
reach tile capital is indicated by tho
act that orny One raider succeeded
eaturday In penetrating the defences'
if London. and it is pointed, out that
tis expermine was not a pleasant one,
Is he was forced to drop most of his
iombs on the way in to lighten his
machine and to dodge the anti-ebe
raft guns and pursuing British Mee
men.
Compare(' with.: other raid,s this,
pertlaDs :Was the mildest yet, al-
tiough the, night was ideal for flying,
there being moonlight and starlight
tad little Wind.
As.tne new. Moon period is only
amebic Londoners expect more ex-
utement M the next seven or eight
tights, but all ,agree that the meat
mcitemeee eill be kept for the many
eimselh wheae enances of killing a
taw nonseembithias and demolishing
e few houses tettre beeomiug retuda
Nis than is` hie own personal danger.
The difficiate to which the invad-
ers are sulateeted In attempting to
'each London is Shown by the report
.4 an ineldents in the direction of
he Theme. eauery, where a Gotha
rainly attemetee ;to break through
. barrake elate enemy machine
rag cauehe inha circle of fire which
at could notelule until the moon-
•eght waned . Meantime the aviator
vas forcedt'bonteanally to circle an•d
hp and • dei other hair-raising stunts.
• When fleetly he extricated Women
'rotn the eircle pf fire he disappear -
t1 seaward amid a parting showet of
'311."11e,r,H1I OPFJOIAL REPORT,
• The text of -the official report
ream::
"About sig erieMy aeroplanes ap-
proached tbe Mauth of the Thames
apout o'clock last nigbt and
.arriect out an attack against Lone
4011. All were turned back seve one
yvnich penetretect the capi-
tal along the line of the river and
aroppea a oineter, bomb in the gentle -
west distrietetbout 10 o'cloek.
"This bomb demolished a house
and burial an *invalided officer mid
nis wife and two children. Several
itner bombs 'were dropped by the
raider in the eastern outskirts on its
way in, but ne serious -casualties or
aamages ha,ve been reported.
"An attack Which was delivered
against Dover . about 10,46 o'clock
was driven off, some bombs being
aropped in open country.
"Several of our pilots engegeti
Lha enemy. One of them fought an
section ever the Kent coast, and
shortly htterward a large enemy
madame Was glen from the shore to
crash Into the sea. Police reports of
the ce,sualtles end damage have hot
Vet been received, but apparently
they were light,"
- 4* a.
Washington, reb. IO. The Naval
Cossetting Board will meet here to-
rtiorrovr to discus, raziong other sub-
jects, experiments Made with the
former Austriat eteeiner tette, de-
signed to make her unsinkable. Vice-
thairmeut Swindells. of the board, rn-
nouneed last. Saturdey at New York
that the effort had been successful by
"honeycombing" the elati's interior
with bueyttat eeparate compartmeats.
The plan Was proposed by William
T. Donnelly, and work has been in
progress several months on the eblp, a
5,000 -ton craft,
Nadal ()Pinion generally, as far as
call be learned, (Mee not agree ar,ith
her. Saunders, as to the practicabtlite
of the plan. llteductIon of camel
epee% time, necessary for ecinetructlen
of this character and several other fit.
tore are regarded as working against
its general adoption for the trantmort
service. 'There appears to be no doubt
thee a VIrtually non -sinkable ship
could be built In one of sevrel vraya,
Neither the Allied Powers nor the tete
ited Stetee his as Yet found, however,
any seberae So far as knovoi, that
would justify its general use.
Time and cargo epece are vital
elentetts in the ever that Mutt goVern
wliatever le done.
to e
The Coei eituation may be a bur i -
Ing theme, but ere tan% mate it any
better by getting het Athena it.
23 FOE PLANES
BROUGHT DOWN
AM.
British Fliers Had a Good
Day Ort Saturday.
Tons of Bombs Dropped On
German Bases.
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London, Feb. 17. -Great aerial ems
tivIty ou Saturday is the subject of
an °racial report isetted to -night
eancerning thia operatione of Brit-
ish airmen.
"Over rive tons of Lambs 1". ere
• dropped on various targets;' tbe
statemett says. "There was much
air fighting. Fourteen German nue'
obinee wero brought dowr. and
eevea others ',ere disabled, while
British anti-aircraft guns shot
down two other machines, one of
which, a large bombing machine.
telt Weide the 11.1tish lines; its tout
occupants Were taken prieoner,
"Another German aeroplate, mak-
ing the seventeenth, accountet1 for
during the day, in addition to those
disabled, landed near a t Meath'
aerodrome. Its oceupants were cae-
lured. Phe Britith emehires ttre
mitsine.
•
"Iler:ree the night of Paturooe.
• zaieder onr weeetines droppe,1 40)
kupicik Aiti` hosnlo aeredromee in the
e•oloeiesel elient. Tee:trial.
:ata i LAW, r,t11.(ipy idatio'n and
:A eminent( tiro were SUN
ressfally beetheti. All bur MacWrite
returned.
•