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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-03-07, Page 7k RUSSIANS TRYING HARD TO CHECK THE INVADER Destroy Railways, Bridges, 4Roads, Send Many Troops Interior of Russia .00 dares Strongly for War, Belated despatches from Petrograd say the Bolshevik' are de- stroying strategic( railways, bridges and roads and are sending large forees to the fighting frozit, The (termans are said to be within 80 miles of Petrograd on the ieuthwest, and are approa.ohing Orsha, on the /lame meridian of longitude as Petrograd, and 300 miles west of Moscow. Vitebsk, 75 milesdkocril of Orsha, also is threatened. In the Ukraine the advance of the de'rmans and Austrians, who now halve joined their ally in driving theliolshaviki from the new repub- lic, gees on rapidly. Kiev, the capital, which has been in Solsheviki control, is in danger.- Vienna< reports the surrender of 10,000 Rus - slams and the captiu.e of Much war Material, and railway rolling < stoek.4 Vologda, Russia, Oib1e.:--4(By-the Associated Press.) -The in- terior of Russia, following the example of Moscow, declares strong' ly against a separate peace with Germany. Workmen's and_,3o1- diet'sCouncils in many provincial centres are issuing mobilization orders proclairnings a fight to the finish in behalf of the revolution. EXPLOSION SLAUGHTERS HUNS. Amsterdam Cable -In the caplure of Pskov by the Germans ono of the German battalions suffered heavy losses through an ex- plosion caused by the retreating Russians, according to a Berlin despatch. printed. in the Volks Zeitung of Cologne. WHY AUSTRIA. ENTERED -4- UKRAINE. of the Austro-Hungarian Government „GERMAN TERMS An Amsterdam cable: The decision 1 to r-iild troops into Ukraine was ex- I plalned yesterday in the Upper House of the Austrian Parliament by Prem.- ler von Seydler as having been taken LICEPTEU BY in reponse to an urgent request for . aseistance from the Ukrainian Gov- erreneut. The request was made. he 'said, In consequence,. of events in Ukraine, which, threatened' to inter- fere with the transportatieu of food- s stuffs. • "In these circumstances, he con- tinued, "we could not refuse our help. The necessity has arisen for peal- eipation by the monarcitY in an ac- tion whieh bas not the least connec- tion witif any act 'or war, and which pongees no political character what- ever. It rather constitutes solely an act of legal administrative assistance rendered at the request of Waiter - !date, In the interest of -'that state. NatUrally, this assistance cannot bb given except by the employment of limited military forces." - TUE AUSTRIAN REPORT. A. Vienna cable, tiespateh (via Lon. den,. aiarch 2) -The -text of to -day's statement on military , operations reads: "In response to repeatod appeals by the Governments' and the popula- tion,' which have been - especially ressing uring tba last few days, General von Boehm?Ermolli's troops yesterday entered Podolia, for friend- ly ititerventions. Theyhave reached the line of Novo Sielica-Chotin and Kamenete-Podolsky., Detaaments ad - 'Mau along the rallsroads and lin- pertant roads have been instructed to re-eatablish order in' the regions through whichthey pass, and to pro- teetotommercial routes tiaeded for im- portation. , "So far about 10,000 Ituealins 'have hitt 9wit their .-aithia, and. conaider- able ''.uantities-Of ..ammintition, with carte said rolliag. stack, have been sari/ed."' ' t: .. • A sant-man!' ,the f eregoingofficial statementareporting the beginning of the *Ausitt-I-lungarian .advance into Ilussia, and of the Capture or prison- - erg And materials, was telegraphed •fronLyieuna last night. ' • • • . „ we have resolved to sign the treaty 1HE BOISHEViiii Peace Treaty is Signed Giv- ing Still More Territory Away. LAtia) FOR TURKS Huns Announce End* of In- vasion—Drive in Ukraine Still On. Petrograd, March 3.--A German air. man bombed various pasta of the city.. Three pereons were killed and five wounded. The material -datnage was unimportant. • London, _March 3. ---The peace treaty between Germany and Russia has been signed, "By reaeon or the ateaing of the peace trealy with Russia," says the official •communication from German headquarters to -night, -"military move- ments in Great Russia have e eased." .The.Russian delegation at Brest- latovslt actepted all German peace conditions without discussing the con- tents of the treaty, although they were aware tha:4 he demandhad been in- creased, a 'cording to a telegram sent by them, ''rein Brest -Litovsk' to the Smoluy Institute at Petrograd. 'The message, - which was addressed to Premier Lenine and Fareign Minister ,Trotzky, 'follows: . "As we auticitrated, deliberations on a treaty of peace are absolutely use- less and could only make things worse in 'comparison with the til:i. matum of Feb. 21. They mights even aaaume the character of leading to the -presentation of another ultimatum. "In view of this fact and in .conse. quEncs af the German refusal to eease military action until peace is signed, Grive Error to Give Her a •Partner in Siberia. TY S'•.'llag....T:lands. Full— Mut Trust Ally. .SA L endon %Ole. "Saran 'a hor own interest,. eannet remaiii a mere spectator Of the-evenfs'which are place Rua* under the complete subjec- • „troll nte,... Germany eud impevilieg „ . Japan's' aexIefeeted," .seaka et diplomatic • , • *cotregendent of tho"Dally Chronicle; • •"Japienais the .naighboring,power to • Eastern .Siberia," Mee Chronicle's dip- , Toinatie correepondent continues, ".-alid her possessions' .are -hi. danger from either Bolshevik' anarchy or encroach.- • .faents of, the •German enemy. MOre- • ever, by our treaty with Japan, the • 'latter lauthorisedeustedian of law .and art:TeX-in the Far East.- That is _very impOrtant,'aild gives her the right . to- net; nor does the talk of American participation there at all change or be- . little the importance of that role. • ganerica, indeed, has her hands full oft the western front, and any attempt to divert. rifen"and mUnitions and ton- *. nage &Om that great objective is to be corldenuied.- -Again, any linking t f • leaneeetca with.japnin tilia vast enter - :e prise iebuld be resented --of that I am • sure -by japanese opinion as a mark "of distrust in her ability af.d her Ms- - Intereatedness Isi p.trforming such a twat. •• "To•give Japan a partner in this : great military,..ilaterprise would be • . ane, error from a MOW and practical point cif view. It would cause .disap- pointment, and even chagrin, in Tok- Jet, nor has it the 0:cease of necessity. "rhere !should be no artificial "'mite sof • .10 the exatt se.ope of the undertakitig, 4 s they cannot he foreseenand must "be. subject to developments. Japau"dopted "rejecting the •co dill •44trObahlY in as good Pozitiott as .ef peace whin, have been ttecenpanity° • paw of her allies to give effect to anY army, .1 Weak Majority of the central 'exeret, • .• egeeiefee projeet. Iler etandirig Fele V, efttIr i, pitehea tiattio, in Whielt Ole tete' eilenteltiee woo ropooto here Veil CON eillea tend 7,000 AntbaSsailar French' has reeeived word that the British and French Antbaseadora bare left Petregrad. Petrograd Is quiet, and the DolehevIki authorities are doing their utmost to create an effective Red army, accord- ing to advice a received here this after. noon. ,„„ it MIRK° IS DZAD. Montenegrin :Prince Who Fa,vored Teutons, Amaterdanik March 4. --Prince Mirka, second son of King Nicholas ,a tenegro, died in it sanitarium at Itlea- na Sunday of hemorrhage of the Juana. Ito entered the eanitarlum tWo veers ago. , ,• Prince Mirko, wh wawa" years 04 remained in Montehogro,arter the al family fled ironic the,.Austriun. lit. vaders. He' attempted to enter luta separate peace negotlatieris with Atus- tria„ but bis efforts word of no avail. It was hported in .January, 1917, that Prince Mirk() was to be 'Made the ruler of a itew smith Slavonle state to, he created by the Central Powers. We wife was Prince Natalie and, they hall three sons. FOILED. TII$ HUN.. without discussing its contents Mid' leave after we heve :1-U:tolled our sig- natures. We therefore have request- ed a train., expeeting td sign te-day and -leave afterwards. "The most serious feature • of the new demands compared with those of Feet. 21 is the following: . "To detach the regions of ;Kara. band, Kars and Eatoum frem Russian territory on the pretext of the right of peoples to self-determinatIon." The Teutonic advance into %the Ukraine, under - the German corn. mender. Gen. von LinsIngen, has beet one of considerable rapidity, the new invasion having been begun on Feb. 18th, .the distance. of aPproximately 200 miles to Kiev from the former Gellman front, having thus been cov- ered in but little more than ten days. There .1.e Mall evidence of resistant:0 to the German progress, however, al- though the Boleheviki threatened a determined' fight for the retention of .Kiev. . the Interval between the break- ing up of the first Brest-Litevek meeting and the one held late last week, the Central Poweizt added ma- • teripily to the demands which. Were outlined' when the new fatuous "Hoffman line" was drawn by the comntander of tile German forees On the eastern !rent, Tarkey was the beneficiary of these -Changes in the peace terms . The new &Viands included that Ruesla relinquish the regions of Batoum, Kate and eNeraband (Kara- bagh) to the Turks, Theo regions are In Transtaueasist and markll con - Bidet -able addition to the Sultan's do. minions in that section. of the worle.. _The doctrine of the right of peoples lo self-determination was; the pretext upon. which the new terms were added to the treaty, It is probable that the Dolsheviki delegation no - to th0 new demands, A.t.a.eonEerenee Of the Social /WWI- letienaries or the Left a resolution British Fleet Stopped Raid On Brazil, Chicago, Ills., Mar& 3,---jultan B. Arncld, an Englishman, who has served in diplomatic, eireles and who la said to have been it tented States Attache at Pekin at one time,' stated in an address to -day before the Irish Fellowship pub that an twined at. tempt of Germany in BM to talcs possession or Brazil • was foiled by the drastic measurea of the British fleet. which blocked the way of tue, German battleship% in. the English . Channel and gave thein three hours to turn back. The attempt was Made at that time. said Mr. Arnold. because Ger many seeing. the 'United States at war with Spain, believed the Ameri ean Covernment powerless to halt aer programme against Brezil. ATV. Arnold paid that _he received his information from a ;British naval officer while he ,ava.e near 13ortamoutb, England. • . "This officer was suddealk ordered to join his ship, and when he re- turned five days later lie 'told me," no said, "that news had &tome to of. ficials London that Germany ,.vits preparing to send her fleet to Brazil, and the British avarshipewere ' or- dered out to enforce a demand that. the German ships turn back within three hours, wh.lch the? did:" -woo— ALL GERMAN LEAVE ENDS. ifo.vre, mart:113.—A, report received from the frontier says that all German officers raid men who were on leave:were undcr enders to return to the front yes- terday. It Is also reported that ordinary pas- senger gervice between Cologne and Ber- lin has been considerably reduced. " on the two years' servlee basig, gives ' her sufficient strength and equipmeitt, • " for any demands. lf the guardianship rfr-ilte.trrans-Siberial railway eiiould take 500,000 Ian, they would be forth - earning, together with tho neccsatry • -tonisage, , MIST'OOK THir sihN. • cmisLington star) "So yeti favor govetnment Owner. kexIalined the frItsvid, "WM Fluid t favor Metter si gene or Cymbal:a. s • -wee, eon et emit 'speech ve, erten!: tiV*0 committee," -ad callilid-ou tit* proletariat to "defend the P.ustslan and nternational res 'station agaitat raPa. iietis German iniperiellste." The Tetitonle tampaign against the eolstiteelei in the l'kraine still gees In, Itic-,•„, the, t7kralitiart capital, has leen OeCt11):0.1, The German War ---ItLat announced tile "libt;Yatiort" ot toward which aerman forces lave beeu advancing, oetensibly at -he rpluest of the Ukrainian rada with villa the Central Powers voncluded letetrate peat* for the Ukraine Iasi centre 'Kiev ha.1 hem '1.0.1:7;11:st,4,1`,KIN mg„ .itt mitiession for some time. i.hr •• IF 'O. • d the l'Itraintans on • tittili ft Ira 11;1 f -• A WONDERFUL •HEN. • Chatham, Marsh lotmi hen Is set- ting' a record for egg -laying. She has deposited two eggs day on most qf the days since the first of the year and has never missed at least one egg. Yes- tereay she laid three eigts in six hours. A poultry c=xpert from the Foist has paid .$4 each for six e;s.,,gs. The hen has beat - ea all records so far made. t not Only &Wiens tito Water hut tIOUblee the oiesns. ing power of seep, oriel rnaketa everythifyi sanitary anti ngeuese StifietTIVOTES.11 MANY RAIDS BY he rlohreeuutsunivraomvitiosan.4 rfeistablithell t "4aat of the TAM, a Ciforreal. attack wrthl checked tinder our fire. Southwest ot the liutte du Mosul', tilers Wad a Vicill'at bombardment ail night. During these Sati011ii int Frew% inflicted serioutt lasso upon the enemy and took a aumber .ot nrisonerti. • the Dirt bank of the Meuse there ;yds Weal artillery activity Whicti was (IWO lively In the Ilaucourt seetor. On the right hank, in tip region of Vaux les Palamelx, Freneli patrols took Inieeneril. • "Two enetny rattle, jl.i Lerraine, and In the Vosges, south p VaVett Were Oomilletelv ebeelted." pmrYac°ecIlleath°bPy" an 111°Itsteenfori°viict'' b o nitthaweadli- • ,T* 111:0VeliTeTatri,ii040.YeeilHeAelesitrelTreineL tho inent en a front of three thoustind "foredch War Office SuudaY yardli and delivered, In ceneiderable1 "In the neighborhood of Rheims Ana IPM ALON. lowed. the eneMy succeeded in entering -.am' • . strength. In the fighting which f_01.- 11!. Champagnee Alm enemy artlibily G wi our innermoat trenches and adenred •• :eyed °ell f eeble activity during course, of the day. Our troops l prisoners , bet was quickly end WESTER' severatme o t • FROWcompletely driven out b e mp e e s re-estabLehed their y the counter- • icte at La Ponmelle. The Germen attack of the Portuguese selmorting treend, etteek direeted against the point last "In other raids attempted by him uight was carried out by two batteVons. 'The cannonading. wan quite spirited the enemy was rePuleed in certain $orae of Them Heavy eases after sharpfighting' , 1 ` g /11 tba right bank of the Meuse, at Hill 344. end north of Dezonvaux; it Ives Enough to Be addition to a number of prisoners Small „ left In our hands. suffered conside intermittent ou .the rest Of tho front Battles. erable lostes. AMERICANS AGAIN RAIDED. All OMEN OFF Though in Som.e Cases They Entered the Allied . Trenches. • "During the day the hostile :Idle. "Another German raid on the Amer " lery has shown some activity in the lean line was made at 10,30 o'clock last I 1 tl Che Atter sharp fighting the enemy retired • leaving lour prisoners, two of whore sveriS wounded. 'rite Americans los:. some killed and a number slightb wounded or raining: All are Neu Tenglanders," Sc arpe valley . nIgtt a mIn-cies-Dames eeetez London, March 3. -Fifteen or twenty German raids were attempted against the British and French lilies on the Franco-Belgian front Saturday and Sunday, but none of -them met with any success. Both British and French took prisoners from the Germans in these encounteas, and for their part successfully raidea German trenchea near Armentieres. Interesting details are given in the official reports: PRISONERS FROM POLYGON WOOD The report from Field Marshal Haig's headquarters in France to -night says: • "We captured a few prisoners last night in a patrol encounter northeast of Polygon Wood. There is nothing eof especial Interest to -day," IN, ST, QUENTIN REGION. Sunday afternoon report from Brit- ish headquarters read: "We carried out a successful raid last night ekainst the enemy's trench- es southeast of Armentieres, Hostile reels were 'repulsed before reaching our lines northwest of St. Quentin aud ,east of Arleux-en-Gohelle. A third party of the enemy:attempted to raid our trenches fn the neighborhood of Pontrun (St. Quentin region), but eves met by our patrons and suffered con- siderable casualties in hand-to-hand fighting. We captured a few prison- ers in these various encounters. "The enemy's artillery was active yesterday evening against our position west of Lens. DRIVEN OTJT BY PORTUGUESE. "In the course of Friday night the enemy's raiding parties displayed great activity all along. • the British front," said Field 'Martha' Haig's re- port from Prance Saturday night. "In addition to the six nude reported in this morning's commanique other at- tempts were made by the enemy dur- ing the night against our positions east of Polygon Wood. In these at, tacks his troops were driven off by rifle and =chili° gun fire. We se- cured a feet prisoners. "A raid was carried out by the one - CO-OPERATIVE Methods Adapted Tramp TO DEBOUCH. Strong efforts by German troePa to debouch from the Neufchatel salient, northwest of Rheinue were frustrated, the French 'War Ofriee announces. The enemy failed to reach the Ponmelle fort, sueeeed ing only in gaining a foothold wia email detaehmeuts to the West of its A French counter-attack stopped n German advance on a half -mile front in the Champagne. The text of the statements follow: "The artillery battle reported yea+ terday at several points on the French front front the Chemin-des, Dames to the Meuse continued ell night with marked intensity, ac- companted bY very lively Infantry actions in course of Which the French troops retained the ' advan- tage. "Enemy raids on small French posts southeast of Barisis anti south of juvincourt, were repulsed. °The aggressive enemy action manifested itself notably in the re- gion -northwest and southeast of Rheims until the end of the ,day. German troops attempted to debauch from the salient of Neufchatel. The French fire, directed wits, preeleion, disorganized the attacks, Portions of German detachments which succeeded in penetrating French advanced positions . were driven out by French eountentate tacks, At the same time (6.40 p. ine enemy detachments attempted to approach the French lines before La Pompeii% but under the Freud, fire were forced to return premise tately to the trenches they had left FAILS TO REACH FORT. - "After this first repulse, the en- emy launched a new and more viol- ent attack in thes same region, ia spite of his repeated efforts he Wat. unable to reach the fort of La Pompdlle. A few enemy elements succeeded in gaining a foothold nortb of a small work situated to the west. of the fort. At the same time an exe emy attack more to the east. south et La Bretonnerie, obtainel no' result. "in the GhamPagno. the enemy attaelted tho French 'lines at two noInts without obtaluing the slightest sauces. Near CarnilletAn attack de- livered on a front of SOO metree. found the French trenches; evacuatei, by orders. Energetically returning to the trenches, French troops drove back "—Tees" INSURANCE OF LIVE STOCK On the Continent—Part The system of co-operative Insur- ance of live stock against losses by death or compulsory slaughter exists in almost every*, continental country, and in many it iseevidespread. The methods adopted, however, vary very considerably, In some quatters, such as Holland, Insurance societies have grown up without official interventioa or state aid, elsewhere, as lit France, for ex- ample, mutual insuranee has only gained ground since the State begen. to foster and encourage its' develop- ment. Whateirer malted may have appeared most suitable to the special eircunistancest•of the community eon, eerned, to attempt. to protect igniters against the Unexpected tosses °cos - lolled. by the death of their cattle ap- pears to have met with very consider- able Success. It has usually been the case that these insurance societies are recruited from. among Mall farmers' to whom the advantages offered na- turally appeel with the greatest force. There are in England to -clay sever- al thousan•d pigclubs and cow clubs or societies, averaging a membership of about one hundred to each society. The subseription to these societies is usually a fixed amount, such as, say, a, dollar per head per annum, in the case of cows, regardless of utile, and this sum, together with entrance fees,. Is found suffloient to pay eonte pensation a,t the rate of 75 per cent. and to accumulate a reserve fund. The average number of .tleetlis during the year may be, for instance, in a par- ticular cottlitY, 3 per cent. In the ease .of hog clubs, about 2c a Week per hog is meetly Paid, but an extra charge le made- tor :breeding sows, while sucking pigs are not insured. A more detailed account of the methods atd advantages detived from these elubs must be reserved for another Oecasioll, The compensation 'paid, It may, be mentioned, varies froni three- fourths to the full value. HOW TUE SOCIETIES' ACT. 'The insuratee of live stock has been 'gellerallYeatlepted itt these dis- Diets where sutall breeders predom- inate,' and althottgli attempts to cen- tralize them have been made at ilit- rerelit times, tiles% have not met with any stleeeea. The advantages of the local over the erintral type are held to consist in its itexpensive adminis- tration, Whieli is usually quite honor - dry, and in the eontrol -which mein - hers meexercise over aiteh ether when the o' perations are Walled to a, stilitt 'area: - •••• , As has been stated, the soeieties are usually eenfined to a very limited district, tucit as, a fevr adjacent vil- lages or townships; it le thus possible noLertl,y for all the 'members to know each other, but also for the cost of matur*ement and administration to be rtelt,t to a mlnimui71. The see? - tary of the society occasionally re- ceives some stheall remuneration for hie trouble, but usually his out-of- pocket expenses are paid, and this is also the case with valuators and other officers. One objection, of course, where on- ly a small area is covered by a so- ciety, is that in the ease of great mor - Welty, such as an outbreak of some contagious dieease, the society maY get into difficulties, and in this case a rule could be made that eompensa- tion• in such a contingency, be not Paid. Thie difficulty could, of course, be sairmoutited if desired by re,insur- anee, bet this, it appears, is seldom done. PROVISIONS TO PREVENT FRAUD • Various provisions ean be made to prevent fraud, and no tompensation Is paid, if the death of the animal is in any way due to neglect; most in- surauce secieties also require the par- ticipants to inatire their cattle above a certain age, except cattle fattened for slaughter. Ohly healthy cattle are insured and many societies oblige their members to consult a veterinar- ian in case of sickness among the cat- tle and to give notice to the manage- ment; Veterinery aid is not. usually furnished free, but some associations refund part of the cost. Some asso- ciations, too, reserve the right to take over an 'insured animal and slaughter it. Further, Various provisions are made with respect to the payment of *coMpehstition for Certain diseases. Thus it frequently happens that no compensation Is paid for cows which die of a second or third attack of milk -fever, or for animals which die within a certain time after castration, or for animals which die of anthrax in a field where it ease of this disease has ocetirred' shortly before, or after, two miscarriages. s Sotleties for differeht classee intim:Us are usually distinct. IfOltSEI INSURANCE. Most of the local flails only iasure horses et one year and Upwards, and there i3 often a ;Malian= and Mini- nittut 'Mine, T110 xtn1nt1s are exanlin- ed and valued for this purpose by a committee, which Once a year or oftener vielts all the meMbers for the purpose of ihsering new horses' and re -estimating the valtte of those al.. ready insured. In some the: rale is that members bring the •ani - vials together at a certain plate 011. speeitied dates. Or the examlnationv may be carried out by a paid expert.. „ • Horses are Usually valued at their - free market value, and from 70 Ice (Al- per -cent. of this is paid as compen4 satin, though sonte .soeleties only pay 50 sad some as mach aa Of Per tint. • t The necessary !Amity fs collected, bY. render premiums en the insured*Val-, ne or by a contribution acetyl -titre toi ••• 0'*•4101;j,J. of. * ov• Ay vp, • • .11'. • • r. W ".* • , One—By P. -C. Tilleti the loss sustained, or by a combina- tion of the two. The premium varies from 1.1. to 3,e,' per cent. of the in- ured Value. There may also be an eatrance foe, either a percentage of the value, or a fixed sum per animal. No large reserve funds are accumu- lated; the societies usually prefer to eetlace their premiums. CATTLE. The cattle insurance associations usually ittsure all kinds of horned cattle above a certain age. but some societies confine themselves exclusive- ly to mulch cows, The system pf ex- amination and valuation is much thie. same as that adopted for horses, but the percentage of compensation Cs csitally lower. Pig insuraitee societies generally ac- cept all pigs • above the age at from two to sit weeks, The compensatfon In case of death is determined after death; the animal is weighed or val- ued, and a certain percentage of the value Is paid for. The requisite Mon-, ey is collected by levying a, fixed pre- mitun per month per pig aad amonets as already mentioned, to 2e a week or one dollar es, year for each. earned. A NEW PLAN OR COW TESTING, The time has como when a Change of plat for the cow s testing work seetns to be imperative. - The Dairy Record Centre* have ' served their purpose; but a more comprehensive' scheme, whereby the whole tounttv will be coltered instead of areas, AMY 14801XlS to be neeeeeary. This is all the more important in view JA the liesirabilitY of increasing produetion As ninth as possbile, and there is no sintblbr or •easier way of increasing productIon us Mach as pos. Bible, and there is no simpler Or ease ift` Way of increasing dairy production' than to improve thelyieldeot the dairy herds. The Dairy Record Centres will Cease to exist and the persition of the DaiWReeorder will be abolished after Mity iN-1.07.8.Th'place of sit& orgeniz- anon the Department will enlist the services of photon -takers, butterrnalt- era and Other qualified persons to test sareples of milkeeleetilig stifficrants to make it worth. while for anyone to give twine atteatioa-to it. 0•• By traneferrIng the -Work of the Dairy Iteeoraerp to,a large number of pertione Who are Already ettployed sante thirty Men will be released for Marlc 5; s trilo average yield of milk per cow has ,lacreanaci 1i4lyi 110 per (mit, in recent years, but thete Is still nein for imptqement. Ity this ittit'v Mari wd hope to reach a large, limber of milk producers who hitviii`he Ver been keeling gee ctoortilesr,:ndimworthasevogive tal hV furter anillas ' The Canardien Oeuntrymiln, ,e-10.1tvoif.,tvatv 7- „Ae. . WILL ROUMANIA tICEPT 'EMS? PLAIN TALK IN THE REICHSTAG War Programme of Ger- many Infamous, People Not .A.11ovied to Xnow Truth. London, March 3. -The r„lertnark onv evnincfani ";nfamon3 war eulieY" wes esetallea in the Rai's:listen itt the eouree uf ',many s debate ba. herr Vogtherr, .txtixwepeuneat ;socialist. areerding 1*1 110:1121 xtttw las fient from A.4s,cr1ton tne Reuter corresnoimeat Were. -Tao vermeil ui,aniatum is not cai- matte,1 to eirsani cuauitions 01 peace and friendelaip wi.n Resole," Herr viettierr ,uvaarea. "In tile case of 140 Laraine et:ace Gertlaany anst Aus- 4xa =May are quarrelling peer tee „nesse. else war we now are wagtug 121 tteteneezess Itueela serves only the pro- pertied classes of the disputed Ora- tory. In Lithuania, we have made no moral eon(' wet% The Lithuanians lotig to.°m N;ericitin rtenontitstiljlilt. owed to knew the truth. The Fatherland party is pur- suing a • bloodthirsty propaganda caste. We a:e pursuing an 1114m:tee war police." acg o,a rlrin uns ig)t tit fwiaaregg'eegssn countries. We are sold body ena soul to the militate, insistea (=tonna his speech. caned the speaker to erder, but ba At this mita the Viee-Presiaent duetry," Herr Vogtherr declared, "axe infolt.he. hme munition 'no si keeping workmen In goad temper 14 the illtereStt• of cersy.ng on the war. The Imperial Chancellor has food sem( to him from Bavaria, thereby ihfrieg. laawo n"ther interruption. the Sieptity accused an edratral and a cittgra:mandnmliee a.t at Swineunde of : propriating confiscated fpodstuffs, add. ii "We must abolish the wbole of this Michaelis-Capelle management. The. Dittmann case (Dittmann was a Radi- cal Socialiat member of the Reichstag itemised, in connection with the German naval mutiny) . ought to give the Reichstag cause for reflection. A gen• eral who rune wild can, by arresting obnoxious representatives of the peo- ple, decimate the Reichstag." The Polish deputy, Von Trameezire ;ski, declared Poland is b.eing treatel wore thatoan enemy country, where- upon Under-Secretary Lewald said the Germans have done "an immense amount of work in behalf of kultur in Polanie" in the way of school adminis• tration, etc, He admitted. however that, "the hearts of the people there are with Russia." King Refuses Thera, Says - One Despatch, While Huns Claim an Ac• ceptance. London, March 3.-A Copeuhagen despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company, under date of Sunday, says peace negotiations at Bucharest fail- ed, King Ferdinand having refused the conditions laid down by the Central Powers. An Amsterdam deapateh announces. that Field Marsnal von Macitensen will deliver a rapid offensive against the remainder of the unconquered Roumatian territory if the negotia- tions fail. ACCEPT BASIS, DECLARE CEN- TRAL POWERS. Amsterdam, Match 3.-Semeofficial German and Austrian statements re- ceived here to -day Set forth gleams of forward steps toward peace between the Central Powers and Roumania. The Berlin despatch quotes a Buch- arest message, under today's date, de - Oaring that ens Roumanians have ac- cepted thp beats for negotiations pro-. posed by "the Central Powers. and will ;send representatives to deliberate up- on the conclusion of peace. The Vienna despatch states that word has been received from Buchar- est that the negottatIons with the Roumanians are progressing favor- ably. The Austrian official statement reads: "The armistiee with Roumania came to an end yesterday. The Roumanian Government declared itself ready to enter upon a fresh armistice, prepara- tory to negotiations • in connection with peace parleys on the basis of 'conditions fixed by the Central Pow- ers." BOTHA'S FINE STAND. NO Doubt of His Loyalty to Britain. A Cope Town, South Africa, cable: (Reuter Despatch.) -The Union of South Africa Assembly has adopted General Betha's motion to grant Gen- • eral Smuts leave of absence by a vote of 78 to 22. The miaority of consisted of nationalists. Premier Botha defended General Smuts against criticisms for ac- quiescing in decielons On minor war questions. affecting South Africa. The Premier emphatically declared that South Africa,, as an letegtal part of the British Empire, had to do things which ordinarily might not be” dreamt of. He challenged the Nationelists to. say that they were tot a Dart of the British Empire. They might either do their duty or establish a republic. He intend- ed to stand bY thd Empire because he realized that South Africaeo titre depended upon it. (Loud* cheers.) GERNim LOSES THREE VESSELS ACTRESS WAS AIDE FCR HUN Member of Bernhardt's Company is Arrested And Many Involved by 1 Disclosures. DiSORDER ENDS IN ERNS ISLE Strong Action by Govern- ment Quells Trouble, Paris, alarch 3. --The , Arrest ,of the actress Burney Dopey, who has played a minor role at Sarah Bern- hardt's theatre, on 'charges of main- taining relationwith the enemy, has caused it sensation, because of the important connection's of her alleged meomplices. One of them, an Austrian. named Rosenberg, who was prominent 'on. the Paris bourse and whose Parts hank is under se- questration, fled to Switzerland ar the opening of hostilities. He or- ganized a bank and information bureau at Zurich in asseciation with another Anitrlan named Bettie - beim. according. to the Mettle The newepaper says Mathias Erzberger, a member of the German Reich- stag, nad a large' account with the firm and drew heavily' oit it to carry on a propagauda in Switzerland. Another of the aceused, Louis Bordier of Paris, formerly director of the Casino at Lugano, was fol- lowed into Switzerland by. Frehch detectives to the doors of Rosen - berg's establishment Matin declared. in Zurich, the Emile Guiltier, husband a SumeY Depsy, end former manager of Sam McVey, the zugilist,- had beeii em- ployed during" the war by a Manu- facturer of artificial limbs to visit military and Red Cress hospitals to teke ,orders from maimed soldiers Maurice Trembles. a bank em- ployee and a representative of Ros- enberg before the war, also was tra.eed to Zurich, according to the Petit Parisien, and is mid to have tna.de mysterious trips along the French coast in an automobile. ' ••••••••••••••••-*,0* Torpedo Boat and Two Mine A: HUGE SUCCESS. Sweepers Sunk Italian War Loan Now Over By Strildng Mines Off Holland Coast, 5i000,000,000 Lire, .11 London, March) 2. -An Amster- dam despatch to the Mail aays that at Otte o'cleck on Frleay morning a Germ In torpedo boat and two Ger- man mine sweepers ran into mines off Vlieland Island, In North Rei- land, and 'ever° blown up. „A Ciermen vessel which was in the vicinity It:leered a boat to save the crews, but the high seas made it Ira- • possible to reach the clews of the wteeked vessels, and the boat drifted to the island. The despateh says it Is learned front Ymuidep that a Dutch fishing Nat aItto sfrtrit a mine, all on board being loge According, to„The Hague Hamlets - bled, lieWvyguhtirit was heard iti Ole • teoutv Friday nisli!t. TRAIN HIT' TrtoaAY. "Voughlteensie„N. Y., ittarelt 4, -- Telephone advice!! from Kingston, N. Y., early this forenoon, Intileated that ,tifo t Mons hat been killed and ti „Opal kilAters littiousiy itjared Oen la train onethe Wien Strom Rail -real '44fr4efled info 0, -loaded trolley car, • " 0.11011011, Prominent Sinn Feiner Ar rested by Police. 1,1,11 Loam, Wiwn of ilia tioyerament in increasing the military force and proelaiming county elate as it special military area nailer lila Detente of the Realm Act has been ef- fective in restoring public order and everniarig is reported quiet, lir Manta the tailitaxY patrols have been removed and replaced by armed P04100. Civil law is still in operation and the population is resuming his usual occuPations, undisturbed by imitties. Since Tuesday no persoil has beep allowed to enjer or leave tee county without a military PUB. Orders nave been Issued prohibitting all min- ing, wearing of uultoims or holding of meetings er 'processions witheux special permission 'previously obtanv- ed. All printed raatter is subjected to censor:3We. Sir Bryan Isiaben, Commander -14 - CW%; In Ireland, visited Ennis and conterred with Gen. Burnett OA twee - sues for restoring order, It is as- sumed that he dictated the orders, wnieli wore coneictered neceasa.ry to meet the situation. The arrest. of Ertninan, the Decal Sinn rein leadertor making violent speeches, seems to be accepted com- placently. Arthur Grifftth WAS to have addressed a meeting, but found soldiers billeted in tee Itunding Where he had arranged to speek. and the meeting was abandoned. Dublin ae- thorities say thet while there has been no actual bloodshed there have beet, a few truncheon charges by the police In different parts, but no teriug ty troops. The Martinis of Salisbury will move in the House or Lords on ThUrsday that as the present situa-. tion in Ireland has become a danger to the Empire anu a menace to tho successful proSeeution of the -war and tne security of life and prop- erty, it is incumbent on the Gov- eranaent to enforce the law in that countrY. Major Newman will ask the Priam Minister in the House of Comroons e.hether he has a statement to make concerning the measures which the Government is about to take to aid the Irish Executive in the restoration or law and order in° the three seuthern provinces. According to the Globe, Field .Marshal French. commander of the bome forces. and his staff arrived in Dublin till -day: Sinn Fein 'outlawry has given birth to a form of internatioaal So- cialism or Bolshevism which has got beyond the control of the Sinn Fein leaders. • It is revolution aimed to destroy Government autheritr throllgh- out the country, to ignore all, and to get control of food production arid distribgution. It is regarded as an off- shoot of I. W. W. ism, and it is be- lieved that the responsible elements have outside financial connections. It is a movement directed by a sectet cable. Though the Sinn Fein officers hesi- tate to boldly declare it, these (lister - dem in the west have been carried on without their sanction and even in de- fiance of the policy and instructions issued from headquarters. The Sinn Fein extremists are in the saddle and the situation daily beecenes more sin- ister. Capt. Bowen-Colthurst, the British officer who eaused to be shot and killed F. Sheehy Skiffington, the editor of the Irish Cittzen, Thoinas Dixon and Fred McIntyre during the 1916 upriss ing in Dublin, is now in it private semi. taxi= for the treatment of nervous diseeses. A court-martial found lilni guilty of murder, bul ' insane, and he had .been confined Since then at Broadraoor. Rome. Sunday, March 3. -The eur- rent Italian war loan nese aggregates more than five billion lire. Mumma Minister Nitti told the Senate yester- day that when he deckled to float the loan atid ask for Ede billion lire. etti. lnent financiers obleeted that. on account Of epeeist eircumstandea, it Would net bring as Much as pros/last issue% which hati Inever exteeded three bililoti lire. The ellnleter, how- I ever, decided to appeal to the publie, and yesterday subscriptions passed the five billion mark, and the success of the loan was assured. Ministef Nltti said this demonstrated the country's resolution and boWer. The nation. he !aid, had tioen to the eteasien because it knew that sit billion lire was rentred. Senatet Ruffinis urged that effortit be made to attract foreign eapit,al to tt IY ' JUST LIKE SAVAGE& tWashington later.) "Wages will trade vest tracts of laaa fersaestrine Of bootie." vottlimi Mute Ceiyenne.."I Inures n teen Whe Weang evAntsg cloth/in and entries n emir, and he /id the tette, thine. Fir Uerit broko ttilut to o.i.y for IL plarl tti•eidaee." GERMANS WANT LADIES' ViAtK Would Take It at Any Cost, Say French. 'Real Meaning of Many Rece14 Raids. Paris, March 3. -Though the Ger- man artillery bembardment continues extremely heavy all along the front and raids are beeonaing more numer• aua, it is reported that the French high etneinatd does net think tbe Germans are launching an offensive. The ericant inteation of the enemy Is to find out what le .the strength of the opposing Vorces and to capture prisoners from ,vhom May be obtain- ed informatioa as to the allied oper- ations. By their continued attacks in the eharapteene district the Gerttans seeM to want to take the faitoes Che - rain des Dames at any toet. With the Chemin des Dames in their possession, the enemy would he able to direct future Operations from there. AISC+ this part or the line being in French. hands Means' that the poilua are able to discern the Germans' movements! By their attacks on Pert Pompelle, southweet of Rheims, the Germane show that they want to envelope tbe city, while all the attacks farther east are made against the Freneli positions on nitportatit mounds. Prom the•German point of View the retap- ture of these high, positions is indis- pensable for future operations. The rumor that tite. Central Panpires launch a combined offensive on tile British. Preneli, Atneriean and flatlet fronts is again gaining tarrency here. Prisoners cantered by the FrePea 41a!" that the important table canied mit in the iast two or three da -8 are the first of a series .and that Mere lin. tiOrt.ant ones will folio* all along the front before the start of the big of - Ile ha.i aitl.ed her realer for her hand, ',De you think You are in a paisition to !support a family; To. mended the old gentleman. "I dud - dud -don't -rant your whole fatnilv; mint want YOirtr dui -dad -daughter 1 Dolly " stammered the astonished . youth. •