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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-06-20, Page 7GREAT AUSTRIAN ASSAULT nen the liOetile attaCk wee first "In the early litters of Yeaterday, launehed, Invaluable assietanee both in 'Mantle' awl artillery wan 11111110-. MAKEs VERY LITTLE GAIN i(inilitrlicili.'aproavliAcdthltisl tatifiLtianl(rs largely respausible for bringing the , • tea "Hold At Any Cost," Italian Battle -Cry, is Being Mostly Made Good British Front Was Pierced, But Defenders Soon Recovered All Loss June 16.—There were sconce of great enthusiasm in the Chamber of Deputies to -day when the :Minister of War, Gen, Zupolli, announced the tsuccess of the Italian troops and tee repulse of the externs', despite his num- erical superiority on the greater part of the front. The whole House role and applauded, The War Minister said that the capture of 3,000 prison- ers was proof that the Italian troop were truly heroic. Isondon, June 16,—The Italian and Allied armies are bravely sustaining the weight of the ..austrian forces whiob: are attacking along the front of the Italian theatre from the north- west Of the Asiago plateau eastward to the Piave River and thence along that stream to where it joins the headwaters of the Adriatic Sea, a front of nearly 100 miles. Having made extensive preparations for the drive by bringing up strong reinforce- ments in men and guns, many of them brought from the former battle line in Roumania and Galicia as a re- sult of the debacle in the east, the en - env la using them awithout stint in Order to debouch from the mountain passes and cross the Piave River and gain the Venetian plains.. . Everywhere the fighting is of an ex- treneely sanguinary character, especi- ally east of the Asiago plateau. in tho Brenta valley, and on Monte Grappa. an the initial struggle the enem extra ceeded in capturing eeveral front -lino positions in the mountain region front the British, and also in crossing the Piave. Counter-attacks have. how- ever restored all the positions in the mountains, including territory to a depth of 1,000- yards along o, 2,500 - yard front captured from the British. At last accounts the Allied troops el/en-where were strongly holding the enemy, and King Victor Ernmanael's men were gallantly striving to throw back the invaders across the Piave. The Italians have taken more than 3.- 000 Austrians prisoners, among them 89 officers. As yet the Vienna War Office has given oaly brief mention to the battle. saying that the Austrian armies had invaded the Sette Comuni plateau, ly- ing at an altitude of 3,400 feet north- west of Asiago,, and that up to noon Sunday more than 10,000 Italian, Eng- lish and French soldiers and a con- siderable number of tains had been captured. STATEMENT BY PREMIER. Rome, June 16.—The Austriane began a great offensive at 7 o'clock Saturday morning on the Italian front from the Asiago plateau to .tee sea. e'e This anuotincement was, made in the Chamber ot Deputies yesterday by Premier Orlando, who added: "Our troopare everywhere re- sister magnificently. Nearly the whole •of our front is engaged, us the offensive extends with extreme vio. lence from Astico to the Brenta, from the Brenta to the PIO% and along the Piave everywhere, involving the Astico plateau, the Mount Grappa motor and the plain." Premier Orlando declared that the Austrians had failed to achieve even the preliminary results which usually followed a molting offensive. 'Describing the operations the Pre- mier said: "A. very violent bombardment began at 3 o'clock, and at 7 o'clock* an Innen. try attack was launched along the whole line, The latest news which has reathed me summarizing the situation Is that our 'troops have offerea mag- nificent resistance." A mezaage from the front to the Preenter concludes as follows: "A compaelson of all reports re- celeed shows that the offensive wae premed ouiy in the first zone Di rezintance, and not even at a feu Points has It -obtained the effect which the enemy must have hoped for from his powerful bombardment and the enormous offectives launched—an at tack against which', our troops are re- sisting magnificently." The Austrians, after °a iolent bombardment. attacked the French Positions. but the very efficacious fire of the French broke down the thrusts of the Austrian infantry. The enemy casualties were liertvr, and, in addition, he left numerous prisoners in the nands of the French. The battle is in progress along the Whole of the front. NO SURPRISE'S. Italian Headquarters, in Northern Italy, June 15.—The Atsetrian gen eeral offensive continues strong, being particalary vigorous on the 65-mi1e front Atom Val Stagna to the sea. With the greatest pressure un th Asiago Plateau. MOnte, Gram and along the Piave River, At mans points the Italians forestalled the of feneive. Nowhere has thesti been any surprise of the Italians by the enemy Deserters and prisoners captured during the past few days all pee- sessed informatiOn that tho offensive was set for Saturday. Three Austriane airplanes were brottglit down over the Piave to-dae by one Ttalian filer. "HOLT) AT ANY COSI"' Italian Headquarters in Northern Rely, June II —"Hold at any cost." is the word that has been passed to elle Rattan troops as the Austrian OfferisiVe apepars to develop all along the line of 17 miles, with the use or Os and v.pecial liquid bombs and •every other means of attack, to ;weaken the defenees. The long comparative silence by the Austrians was broken precisely At 2.05 'o'clock thtis morning by a. Vio- keit Cannonade (the sounds of whieb reached the eities or Verona, Vrcenze. And Vence, all long distances from Cie front. aVhlie the exact geographic Wee. stives of the Austrians as yet are con - Odessa, it Peons evident Met their tall:set Attack wae heaviest against the- softiti,ene lit the upper Bretton !River Valley, in tee Val Sugana ore- sion, where the Brevrte, flotra toward Bassano. It is considered possible ,clatt Austria is following Field Mar - a1 Conrad von Hoetzendorre old plan of .etriteag at, the Italian attains t hrough the Tye:Alma destrect, of sebich the 'first classic meve consists 'to obtaining possession -of Val Stag- na, Monte eTonetsa„ and Monte Grap- Pa, followleig the Brenta Rival- to the plain's, and then at't'acking With ;three .columns westerly along the Ivalleye ot the Rivene Adige and As - /taco and also en the Asiago Plateau. Summi•ng up the situation jt. Weemsto be a renewal of ahe great laattle for Italy's Alps, which was left oft' last November, with ,the keya to ale miglatiest fortresses of Europe Meld by the Italian% who have spent the entire Winter fortifying with ex- araordinary care Val Stagna, Mente co -ow, Monte Tembaand other nesitions. ITALIAN REPORTS. Rome, June 16—A battle of great Aloience, in which large masses of .,niattery are being used by the Aus- , trians in an attempt to break through the Italian Ines, aartictilarly in the eaatern sector, of Asiago plateau, in he Brenta Valley and on Monte .Grappa, is deeoribed in the °Metal eepore from Italian headquarters to- day. The enemy's attacks were met at .the advanced detensave area. The atalian forces are firmly holding the easiago front. They have completely caeocupted their original' p.osttions 4111 Asolone and Monte Solarola, and ,n!re olosely pressing the enemy, who crotesed 'the Piave. More than 3,000 Delsences, including 89 off:tens, have abeen thus Tar counted. The text ,of tbe °Motel statement reauss "A great battle has been in pro- -vele tc.n cue front •tetnee 3,esteratte. "After a.el•:-..Cry prepa,ra teen, Wire t It wes exceptionally intense on accoent of the *violence of tate fire and The nunter ,ea guns emplo•yed, the enemy il is begun 'ilia expected offensive by 'launching large masses of avain•ery Io attack our rositicens in ehe saster' sector of Aelago eteatea•u, at tne end of the Brenta Valley, and an Monte terappa, by attempting at several leoints to force the Piave. and by kaetryling mit heavy lecal demonstra- tion extents on the eemalnder of the I. rent. • "Cur infantry and that ,of the allied leontihgents !earl:testy bore the temp -- lest of deteruetive fere, and, suppeeted .1.41 a 'bferage a their own artillery . which had already prudenely antici- feated the enemy's preparation with a aimely and deadly counter -preparation eminbardenent, beavely smtained the &enemy's ons' aught an the advanced defensive area. Cu the 150 -Kilome- tres' front mare intensely attacked, vile powerful storming columns of the enemy occupied in 'their initial rash forward only a few front line posi- tions in the Monte al val Bella re- gion in the Asolone area, and tet the head of the Monte Salm-eta salient. "Some troops succeeded in passing to the right bank of the Piave River in the Nervesa area, and in the Fagare-Musile region. "During the day our t000ps initiat- ed along all the front attacked ener- getic counter-attacks, which succeeded hi holding back the powerful pres- sure of the enemy and in regaining a good portion of the. positions tempor- arily yielded, on some of which, how- ever, isolated detachments had with great valor continued to remain at all costs. "The struggle did not diminish in violence during the night and in con- tinuing fiercely. But our troops are firmly holding the front along the Asiago plateau; have completely re- occupied their original positions on Asolone, and at the Monte Solarela salient, and are very closely pressed the evenly infantry which has passed to the right bank of the Piave. '"rhe number of prisoners so far counted is more" than 3,000, including 89 officers. "Our own and the allied airmen are taking a strong part in the battle by bombarding -the crossing points on the Piave and by attacking the enemy's massed troop z with machine- gun fire. Thirty-one enemy airplanes have been brought down." THE BRITISH REPORT. London, June 16.—Austrian troops on Saturday penetrated the British line on the Italian front to a maxi- mum depth of half a mile, and were on Sunday driven back and the Bri- tish line completely re-established, ac- cording to the statements of the War Office concerning the operations of the British army in Italy. Saturday night's communication read: "A heavy bombardment by Aus- trian guns opened along the entire front from the sex to the Adige at three o'clock this morning, folloWed by infantry assaults throughout the day. Four Austrian divisions at- tacked the British forces. "On the right theeettack failed cons- Pletele the enemy losing heavily. On the 1 ft, the enemy penetrated our front line on a width of 2,500 yards and to a maximum depth of 1,000 Yards. He hats bben firmly held here all day. "Plying has been impossible for sev- eral days owing to the weather. Te- tley was unsuitable for flying except very early in the morning, when ev- en hostile machines were destroyed and balloons were sent to earth in flames. Our flying squadrons in the afternoon continually engaged in ina- chine-gun atttaolts on marehing columns and bombed enemy bridges and transports on the lower Piave, do- ing great damage at low altitudes.' TIM' POCKET cLigArtEn. Sunday'a statement reads: "The pocket in the British front mentioned in the communlque of last night has been cleared of the enemy during the night and the early hours this morning, and we are now again established. en our original front line. "Over 250 prisoners have been emitted, and we have , iii addition, captured two mountain guns and a eelleiderable Ault:Ater of machihe Aueerian Infiltratiell ea an immediate halt. "Meavy fighting is continuing in Many places along the Plea% On the eastern and of Monte Bello heights, ana itetrIcle the Brenta val- ley, "Three additional erterny airplanes were Cleetrand in air fighting Yee- terclay, seven having previously been repor'tcd. The clouds remain- ed low, and distaat recennaissancee were impossible. The energy et our air service has been mainly confined to attaeks , on bridges far treeps, which the enemy wee attempting t throw acmes the Piave In these attacks the aviators tave been VerY suoceseaul." 10,000 FRISONERS. Vienna, June 16. --Ten thoueand Italian, English and French pris- oners have been., taken, by 'the Aus- trians in tbeir gyeat offensive, ac- cording to the eleacial communica- tion from headquarters to -day. Tho Piave River has been croeeed. "Our armies this morning broke in•to the enemy lines on the Pla•teau of tho Sevea Communes Bette Comuni) and On crossed the Piave. "Up' to mid-day reports have ar- 'rived reporting the capture of civet ten thousand Italians, English and French. The capture in guns in con- siderable." The Austrian official communica- tion received in London by wireless to-nigatt says: 'Yesterday morning our armies, after artillery fire lasting several hours, attacked the Italians. and their allies on the Piave, and on both eides of the Brenta. "The arm.y group ef Field Mar- shal von Porevie forced crossings at numerous points over the high - flowing Piave, General Wurms' corps, after overcoming a desperate defence near Sandona. took an en- emy position on the Playa aed on both sides of the °Elmo -Treviso railway on a bread front." / HUNGRY BULGAR HATES GERMANY Unrest in Army is Growing Alarming, People Are Turning Against Rulers, London Cable — The correspon- dent of the Daily News in Geneva says that serious political and economic discount if reflected in the latest 13ulgarian newspapers reaching there. So violent are some of the attacks against Germany thee the censor has felt obliged to interfere. The food shortage is most acute, but the Gov- ernment newspapers assured the peo- ple there is no fear of.a famine and call for the public hanging of Social- ist agitators. The Athens correspondent of the same paper telegraphs: "1 have visi- ted ad° Bulgarians who were taken prisoner at Skra di Leghon and brougbt here fretia Saloniki by spec- ial train. They are ill -fed and are living -evidences of the conditions of the Bulgarian army. "An expressed themselves strongly against the Germans and Czar Fer- dinand, and regretted that the con- spiracy against his life last Winter had failed. They sympathized with the Russian revolution and wished tho same revolt had occurred in Bulgaria. • "Desertions are so frequent in the Bulgarian army, they said, that the "nen have to get especial written per- mit even to visit anetber Company en- ly a 'few yards away. Great uprest seems to reign in the interior of Bid- garia, but the authorities make eyery effort to present ueWs disaffecting the soldiers." ALLIES' LINE IS 70 MILES LONG German Drives Have Had One Bad Effect. Foe Reserves Hit, but Still in GFood Shape. London, June 16.—Writang in the. Chronicle, 'Mater -Gen. Maurice points out that as a result of the German offensive there has already been a sevete drain on Foch's reserves, the allied line having been lengthened by about 70 miles since the middle of March. Allied vitals—Paris and the Channel ports—aro still threatened, and the enemy Ina the priceless ad- vantage of being able to choose which of these vitals he will attack. - Gen. Maurice continues: "All ac- counts agree that Von Ilutier's last at- tack was made in tho first In- stance with 14 divisions, and that he Was heavily reinforced after the first day. The lowest eseiMate puts the number at divisions which he used at 21 and of these not less than 15 must have conic from the reserve. There- fore, the Crown Prince has employed at least 43 divisions from -the total re- serves In the west at Hindenburg's disposal in order to get as near to Paris as he has. This would mean that of 10 divis- ion' available in the latter half of May only 27 aro left, but while the Crown Prince has been righting hard. Prince Rupprecht on the 33ritish front has been quiet, and we bust reckon that he has Ikon able to wfthiraw for rest, training, and refitment it certain number of divilions from his front line, which was thiekly held at the close of his battles. It also le pos- sible that one or two more divisions may have been brought over front the east, so it would not be Safe to reckon that the German' reserveS, new fit to take part in another great battle, are less than 40. Hindenburg Ls thus in a position to make another attack at any time at least equal in power to the 'Crown Prince's last two efforts taken together. -oevee ataxy a Whew ien't sat!s.flea to have a pull. Ho wants a boost, toi . CABBAGE . PLANTS; of all leateng tarty and late varieties. 450 per hundred, mall prepaid, teelS per time:and, (metres colet. Awe cautifiewer, Brueeels Sprouts and onion Plante. Plants are being ellippel successfulle to all pales of Canada. Ask for price list. Dept. "II," HEROLD'S FARM, Fruitland, Ont. Niagara Dietrict MONSTER PLANES. Bigger the Easier to Get," Italian Motto. s Headduartere Italian Army, June 13.—Three of the monster typo of Austrian hydroplanes recently have been brought down almost Intact, and with their occupants are now behind the Italian lines. They are called the K211, K 383 and IC e88, All of these K -type 02 machineare enormous structures with three motors of 400 - horse -power, carrying three men and 1,000 pounds of bombs. The K 388 was the last to be cap- tured after it had made an early _tern ing flight of observatien neer 'Venice. Crossing the. Piave lines, just baek of Venice, the hag car seettered bortilts on the camps and sprayed its ma- chine gun on the men below. But it fortunate shot from an anti-aircraft gun put a hole through the motor of the big Machine. It immediately struck out to sea, but in its wounded cmdition it struck the water with a crash and capsized. • In the obecurity the wreck floated for some time without being ideated, but the cries for help from the drown- ing aviators at last brought a rescue Party from the Italian lines, All of the operators were wounded, two of them seriously. The big machine was towed into the naval base, where it joined tbe growing collection of tro- phies of war. RAIDER'S CHIEF WAS iN U.S. NAVY Captain of U -Boat Served There Five Years. Vesses Has a Crew of Sev- enty -Six. ' New York Report—The command- er of the U -15I, one of the- Gerinan submarines which have been operating off the American Atlantie coast, leas been identified as Captain Neusticlt, and he served five years at a gunner's mate in the United States navy, ae- cording to affidavits of officers atd sailors of the schooners Hattie B. Dunn, Edna and Hauppauge, viotints of the submarine. file documents were brought here to -day by naval re- serve officers arriviag from Cuba. The submarine is mite led by a craw of 76, is 210 feet long, 29 teat wide, has a shell of 3 -4 -inch eteel, two "5 -9" - inch guns mounted fore and aft, is equipped with two perie.eme.s, one over the conning tower and the other aft; has four stationary rapid -rite guns on deck, below decks, itt. reeks, carries 100 rapid-fire rifles, and had aboard 18 torpedoes, accordiag to tee affidavits. Captain Neudidt tot lila eaptivea, 'they said, that his vessel left 'Kiel Ap- ril 14, and up to June 2 had sunk 15 ships, six of which were American. Front the schooner isabera Wilier the captain declared he took enorgh feed to provision his craft ter eix Weehs. The U-boat skipper professed relne- tance to sink American vessels, but said he had no alternative, as he "had been erdered by wireless from Kiel to get busy or come home." TROPS QUELL IRISH RIOTERS Who Tried to Rescue Two Arrested Men. • Many Counties Co, Under Special Law. London .Cable--The arrest' of two men at Batlygar, County Galway, Ire- -land on Friday, led to a prolonged conflict between a crowd of snaps,- thizers and the police. The police mien their clubs, and the sympathizers any 'missile that came to hand. In the meantime other sympathizers bar- ricaded the roads by felling trees and stringing barbed wire. Some tele- graph wires were keit. Later the men under arrest were er- mined in a local court nn charges of llegal drilithe, and committed to the Sligo jail. The rioting ocorred during their removal to the jail, aud the police wee() unable to quell it. A bayonet charge was ordered, and after several persons in the crowd had beten injured, the sympathizers were die- nersed, NEW LAW FOR COUNTIES. Dublin,Cable—Th'e Dublin Offic- ial Gazette proclaimsthe counties GC Clare, Cork Galway, - Kerry, Limerick, Longford Mayo, ROS - common, ,Sligo, Tipperary, Tyr- one and Westmeath and Queen's County under a special laW providing, for change of venue and trial by spec- ial jury, All the counties earned exc.ept Tyr- one are in the central and western parts of Ireland, mostly in the provin- ces of Connaught and Munster. County Tyrone is in the Province of :Ulster, .4.40 TEUTON CRISIS. Open German -Polish Breach May Be Healed. Amsterdam, June 17—The ilipeete.I turn in the Auetrian pollticel eituatioe by ininiliterial melee over the weeee did not tretterialize, peui!ing a Metier: ineetirer of the Pelleh parte, announce! for June 21, to reconstuer the (react w resolutiotee which were n apirml for ihe indet.endence ef Poland mut ito suetuation from Auetria and the Haps- burg clynnette 11 'a believed. aecorditta to news ail- Victis. here, that en op 'i oilman Pol. 1111 C.r4:Selt AI III not Noire, eve.. eimulti the Cravew 2t.so1ittlun4 le, upheld and tin- eituation lamelna? undetected anti; emit time no the mettles tan came to tertile, GERMANY DREADS THE MENACE OF TRADE WAR BY THE AWES BRITISH MOVES WORRY GERMANS ••••••••••- • •11.4. Constant "Nibbles" Alarm the Foe Leaders. His Attack FridaiEnded in (By Herbert Russell, Staff Corres- pondent, Reuters, Limited). British Headquarters in France, Cable --- The Germans are appar- ently much concerned over our Pro- gressive successes in the ,Strazeole sec- tor, and have shelled' our frontline po- sitions and places in the Hazebrouk area, considerably, • Early this morning the enemy launched an infantry attack with the object of restoring the situation. A party of about 100 stosstruppen suc ceeded i1i drtvitig out the garrison of a new post, but our vigorous counter- attack regained it and secured about ten presoners. Our cesualtics were light. The French in their attacks of yes- terday en the enemy positions in atidgewood took prisoners of one of- ficer and 40 men, but later had to re- linquish the captured ground, The liostile artillery is again most active in the Scarp° Valley, Farapoux being heavily shelled with gas shelle and high explosives. U. S. LINES INTACT. Heavy German Attacks Completely Repulsed. Washington Itepoot.—Corwlete re- pulee of enemy attacke north-west of Chateau Thierry with heavy lessee for the Germans was rerorted to -night in Clen.• Pershing's communique. The American lines ac.vanced 'yester- day by tie:ing the last of the German positionsin the :Belleau Woel. The communique follows: "Yeeteruay afternoon our troops north- weet of (Thirteen Thierry e*.ptured the last of the German positions in the Bel- leau, taking GO prisoners and a nurnber of machine t,uns and trench mortitts, in addition to those on the, prece2ing day. "Barly this morning the enemy launeh- ed heavy attacks on a front of more than 11/4 miles on the line of : ,nean. Bouresches. The attacks; which were preceded by intense artillery preparation and accompanied by a heavy barrage, broke down completely. leaving our po- sitions intact. The losses of tho en- emy were very severe. "Last night our aviators brimbed With good effect the station of Dommary, Baroncourt, north-west of Metz. All our machines roturned." CRUCIAL POINT OF VAR REACHED No Use Minimizing Gravity, Says Asquith But Allies Will Go On to the End. London Cable—Speaking at a luncheon of the Aldwych Club to -day, former President Atquith said ,that there was no use in cloaking the fact, or minimizing its gravity, that the Allies had reached a most critical Point in the fortunes of War. But nothing that had happened on Hee western front since the last week of ltlarch, he added, would in the slightest denree weaken British allegi- ance to the great purpose for which the British people were frghting or their determination to preee on to the final accomplishment of their aims. ° Mr. asquith evoked cheers, when, in speaking of the strain of the present period, ho said that this afforded oP-, portunities for the "cruder forms a sensation mongering which found a ready market among people of low in- telligence and high credulity." ee. • 17,000,000 PEOPLE 'Safely Escorted by Navy During War: Lendon Cob1e.----1An entitle° of the routine work tarried out by the British Admiralty during thp 3 1-2 years of war is shown in the fact that despite Germany's submarlites, 17,006,- 000 passengers have been conducted In military transports backwards and forwards to the various theatres of war. , The number of animals eon - vested exceeds 2,000,000. The num- ber et vehtcles carried was more than 409,000, -and the quantity of stores traneported was in excess of 37,000,000 tens. • In addition, considerable as- sistanect in transport has been given .by British ships to other allied na- tions. Ulm British Admiralty has carried nearly 1,000,000 tons of stores for the itailan GoVernMent, atm' also about 3,600,000 tons of coal for Italy in re- quisitioned steemers. OVER 800,000 US. IN FRAKCE Washington Despatch American troops sent to Prance now number more than m),00a, con. Merch, chief of staff, announced to -day, The number of troops now bointh, transported, Gem Marclt said, is iim itha only by the 'capacity Of the :tips available to carry them. "and we will continue to ship them a'oug thia line," he added. The Immo flanve includes all branchet of the service neeegary to make up a complele army, both com- batant and tom etanbatant unite, Gen. alarele tald. AM War Dessaranent Giotto regarding troops sent across will be given Out 011 thiebasiL Expert 1 Grave Dam- ageElA (1111Done—Foe Has No 0oUnter, London Cable—The Westminster Cazetto putliehes es summery of "The Deenomic Weer," issued by the. Royal Institute for Navigts.Sion sand Coetneree in Ike University of Kiel, with .a general introduction by Pro- t:co:Pr Pr, Bernard Harms. Profess- bor Hamel has most to say oa the general subject of a, trade warfare, which will "endcesvor so .tle injure Cermany in her ecciaomic life that the ecnsequencee will be vielible tor many yeare to ceme, or, indeed, stover capable of removal." He deettattes the armee' available in thee epecies of eonfilet as eilacke 11ete, o nnulatera tc Wit tra,cts„ aaeonte and cepyrights, Ito winding up of eenpuleere admi•nietratien, ote., and among therliVelluse and meattureo di- rected leward tate exploitiag and ex, - elusion ,of Germany from the world's markcte for thebenefit e,f /Great Bri- tain's ewe. domes:etc productive sour - 006, ea tact independence •of Getarlen ,supp II es inIlY be achieved and sue- .c‘e,esfm ut cr.ectition ensured ee'ter ehe 1arr., j • reofeiwer Harms notes that the Al- ike ere band in bend with England in easi•s sort of warfare, anti that nihe enemy helve created a mated •ecencemic front, in addition to the milecy recut eiltiele attaaks or de' 'fends as the .eircurneitanees and the. olseect In view de:mend," He gives enemy 'readers a gratify- smg assurance that the effect has been leowe-rfully Mt, and bas inflicted 'ser - arm henry en German economic life e.t ecree Red abroad. Coermenting en the foregoing, -the W e:emertst e r (4 az et te' says: "We cc our side have no reason to -cavil at Professor Harms' islet of the situation. The economic weapon is, be enefident, finally the meet po- tent in the armory of the Allies nncl von Hindenburg and Ludendorff aate no counter to it in tbetr ar- cenal, The right enurse for the Al- lies as to rs, y to -Germany, quite t'ii!rniy, :I.t" et so long es site ireaste in iplultgieg Ferepo into,strife, and re - Clercs to conform to the legal, civi1- 1;rd irtictinatienal order, we will not give her .10 the raw material tliat we t:r•nirol, or prime; her to trade into our lenes. Eut if sae comes in and glees guarantees of bonnet coaform- ity. WO no inoro WWI to prolong a trade rel. llitn e war of mental tierces." . t - ELEVEN VILLAGES Won Recently From Bulgars by Allies. Paris Cable.—Thursday's War Of- fice report, referring to operations in 111/1•Iliastern theirtre, said: "The operations on Mount Haze and Lentil, were continued Vitt/ SUCCOSS. • Op the right our advanced forces progresed on the Crete and Coratop as far as the source of the Skumbi Blve.r and on lifrtk- ti. In the cewtre we have .penetrated S7nipreate and captured numerous food and munitions supplies. We have or- ganized the ground taken. The ad- vance made is along an extent of 18 kilomettes. We have occupied 11 vil- lages and the number of prisoners tak- en is 310." • . MEATLESS WEEKS FOR BAVARIA. London, Cable—It will be necessary to introduce ineatiese weeks in Bavaria owing to a serlouS Sherteg'e of food, Ow Home Secretary has announced, ac- cording to a Copenhagen despatch to the )exchange Telegraph Company. Ac - 00 ding to a report from Augsburg, stocks of cattle are much deleted and there is a lack of .other important pro- visions there. GETS FIVE *EARS MORE. Report—J. G. Sheldon, the youth who, .on May 26, took French leave from the county jail here while serving; a eenterice for thefts and who during the two days of temporary freedom stole two bicycles and broke into the C.N.B. station at Thurlow and stole a suit of clothes atid other aeticlee„ WEIS to -day trj before Magistrate Masson far sen- tence. He was sentenced to complete his term in the country jail, after ,.vhich he will serve five years and six months in the penetentiary for the various of- fences coMmitted. HUN MINES OFF NEW ZEALAND Wellington, New Zealand, Cable.- -Two enemy.raines have teen de- stroyed off North Cane, the northern eistremity of New Zealand, according to an antouncement made* here. It is most likely the mines found floating off tte berth coma Of Now Zealand were laid by a German commerce) raider. They Probably were sowed by the raider Ee,sadier, rormerly the Aramaean ship Pass, of Palma ha, tab fah, after roa ming'. the Pacific meet for seven months, prey- ing on American and alliea shipping, was strended on one of the Society Islands. BRITISH RAI,p A SUCCESS. Lemke Cabled,— Field Mai shit! Malg's report from 13ritie1t headettarteis In Fiance to-elght rays: -in a successful minoe operation car- ried out by us last night in the neigh. hothead. of Merrie. we captured 48 Prisoners, SIX machine guns And trench mortars. "Exceet for noinral activity on both slave in -the different sectors, there is nothing further to report." G. A. STUDENTS? PFFIGERS. • Toronto Beport.—At the annual Meet- ing of ihe Chartered AccOuntants Stu-, clones' Association of OntariO, held at the Y. en, C. A. the following affleers were elected for 'the veason 1418-11: Mill A. Hilburn, art siclent; J. V. :nape, \dee- preeldettt: A. 3, P. Care, seeretary-. Tr( m 111'011 W. A. Title; IAN erten. Ex- ecutive: (I. K. Archer, I. W. Archer; A. D. Keen, C. It, Pelting. UKRAINE AU ONLY HOPE. Londone— ntn_eut membee of th tas e made the vioina), 1 i fellowinte etatentent to a tepteeentative of the newspaper, Cie Zeit. a emy of whirl, tete been reeelvel here: "rnfortenetely Vienna, wave give up lye e of eee'er food cenditions during tio, Summer. The Ukraine is our only It ior June." ' LUNATIC KILLS PARISIAN. rases ceb1e.-1/r. Pozei, fernier *P. at or anti a Member of the A.eitdoiny of Music, wan attaeleed evening at tesidenco by an emeloyee of the Losses! neeemse Teem:Mune who fired time resolver 1-hote 111[11 IInt1 tion (i.(4./u1 '.0.1111( 1}1.1111%Ilets1,'°!allni tIvietItim phooey ilftcrward8 at a 110Relta1. Tho aesaSeitt Is believed te have bean Menne. LAUGHS AT ANY 1110AT BLOCKADE OF OUR COAST British First Sea Co -rd Says Move is Only Bluff to Scare America Will Fail of Effect—Must Fight U -Boat in the Narrow Sea Zones ••••••14 London Cable (By the Asso- ciated Press)—German eubmar:ne ac- tivity off the Atlantic coast of ilia United States s1ioe#0 net be talent very serieusly„ as the Germans pro- bably will not attempt a blockade of the Canadian and 'United States shines. This is the opinion et Vice - Admiral Sir Rossiya Wemyss, First Sea Lord of the nritlea Admiralty. The Admiral believethat there is only one submarine operating off the American coast and that theepurpese of its trip across the Atlantic was to frighten the Americans. The German ruthlessnees at sea, the First Sea Lord declared, must be met by centralized warfare in :he North Sea Mediterranean. Admiral Wemyss paid tribute to the co-operation of the American naval forces In European watere, lie seid the American ships not only were stationed in the North Sea, but were also opereting in the Mediter- ranean and off Gibraltar. The apeparance Df the German sub- marfnes off the Allieriean coast ie an infeeesting development from what- ever paint oS view it is studied, and opportunity was given this weak to Archibald S. Hurd, the British naval welter, to obtain from the Bridal) First Sea Lord his opinion upon this new departure an the part of the Germans, and its eletect upon the naval situation generally. Secrecy is an essential element of success in all warfare and rarticularly in naval warfare, but there are times when a chief of staff can speak .with neces- sary reserve without giving informa- tion to the enemy. In democratic countries the leaders of the fighting forces mhst carry public opinion with them. a hat has been the policy adopt- ed in increasing measure by the pre- sent board of the Admiralty. Tao -First Sea Lord Wai bending over a table at work when the inter- viewerentered the room. He had cast aside his coat and waistcoat, owing to the heat of the afternoon, the win- dows were open, and there was about the admiral it frceh-air atmosphere. • rhis development should not bo taken very seriously," he said, in reply co a gcneral inquiry as to what im- portance he attached to the German sinking of shipping off the American coast. • "lf I were, inel:netr to bet, I should say there has not been more than one submarine off the American coast. I may be wrong, but that is - the Ira - Pression I have formed. That con- clusion fits in with my interpreta- tion of the enemy's object. "The Germans cannot hope to main- tain anything in the character of a blockade. The distance istoo great from their bases. "The enemy has merely lade a de- monstration with the hope of causing us to decentralize our efforta to put down the submarine. His object is to frighten the American people, in the hope that they may exert their influ. ence on their naval authorities. "The Germans, you may be sure, have been studying the chart, and in sending one of their so-called sub. marine cruisers to the American coast thee- thought to ratite an outcry in the United States -against the policy which is now being pursued of fight ing the sumbarines In the narrow seas, "WC11, I judge both DA= official in- formation and cable .despatches in the newspapers that they have al- ready Tailed in their purpose. at leas as the -ugh they had merely breugat %the weir tome to tile Amer- ican peeple, rot: ending them in Ilia dramatic way that the seas are all ei.ee, and tlocit they havo a common :.atterept werh us and the other Alliee an (mei:Wing the power which c et cd l'e er,odern form of piracy. net ieprotents another defeat or the Ceetnane. "We e':all have to wait an cvm's before +ritual judgment We be formed cc to el:ether the extent* will per - test In this new polley. I am •not !neared to take the butt:boss moue- ly. It cr amt be earicals 4n ecleetion to nhe immense volume of sea &g- ale .tetween the _Unitel anetee and Europe, Itut I must enter one -caveat, The prepor policy le. as 1 Neve cited, k (41 r oi effort tc slo- c'ea 0 1*(c.q, the narrow wateie tarctath a hit% ell eubnnielnee„ wlita- ther antenatal to cruise oaf ,orr Da rr eff the..ammican ceteet, must peos. "That is the right matey, ea every 1.esintei stall. I ani sure, agree, but eas1'; dense not wean Oat no tubular- tho can escape and cross the atlantic No 'sigh guarantee ran be given. "What then should te done? r see it as weported that American costet belled tratrie will be convoyel. 12 et to the .cace the, Vall..3 (11 pie will be edrelod as has aeavel sue- itetaibi during ',he past -year et: 80, tent this eeeimee secondary ef- fort, I imagine, Milo, accordieg Je es'eten,sesmade by the Naval i.erretery n Waslingeon, the Amer- te. a s fl r t tl are center:iced :hat 1 the aul marine is to be master- ed, it 'man Le mastered in the eiaaa wow MIS." "1 winter how many people real!ze that the decision of the American naval authorities in sending; ships 8,- 000 or more miles acroes the Atlanta: to defend American interests reve- seats a unique triumph of it fintda- mental etrategic principle? The nsval historian, when his time ecmce 00 write, will net be blind to this notable action, and there *steins no doubt lie will be .able to add that the Navy Department was supported whole- heartedly by public opinion. "And thnt ieminds me to emphaeize the fan that the object of the Ger- mans in seneing eubmarines 10 the American enast to aink saipping was to weaken the concordat between ex- pert and civil epinion in the 'MUM States. On that matter there is no shadow d deuls " TWO e;AVIESI AR rThIE. Dieeuseing the relatione if the twa Tyrone And Westmeath and •Quomv* navies, Admiral Wemyse said: "On the broad lines of strategic pol- icy complete unanitre• exiets. AsItnivr- roda3esislissciTe danil atIc;'1ZdieNrila,gr nua4vael 17ane. No officers could have exbibite ea keener appreciation of the naval situation. I find it difficult to espreze the gratitude of the British service to these officera, and to Admiral Sinus fon the support they have given us. "The day-to-day procedure is of Lte simplest. Every morning I hbld coo- ferenee with the principal officers of the naval staff, awl Admiral Sims is present as the representative of tan) United Rtatee fleet, joining freely in the discussion of the various subjeots which arise. I need net add that I keenly appreciate his help. "At sea the same .spirit of cordial co-operation exists—extremely cordial. I should like to say we have, fortun- ately, a common language and com- mon traditions, which have done Wue'; to assiet *le In working together. ' This eunitarine business will not have any effect on a transport moVee Ment, whicb, judged from tlae stand - 'point ef a seaman, has no parallel In We:ore. A year ago the enemy was, beasting that his surtnari•nes woula prevent American troops beingmoved to Europe. I do not know -whether*" that statement was ever believed ift Germany, or whether it was merely Put about in the belief that it 'would 'make the Americans nervous, but. 'whichever it was, neither the threata 'nor the performances of the U-bu thavn affected the movement. "That is a reiaarkable fact which, judging by the O'errnan newspapers, is producing a groat impression in Ger- many. Not eo long ago the falling off' in sinking of tonnege, was ex - Veined by the, enemy as being due to the fact that there were few ships to attat "And'inow, in the face of that:state- went, American troops are doming across the 'Atlantic week by week by tens of thousands, and moving up to the firing line. At the Sallie time war supplies in great variety are being brought across the Atlantic witiveom- paratively small losses, and the food situation in the British Isles is ac- tually- more satisfactory to -day than it was a year ago. In spite of the submarines we have got rid of queus. Tho people are contented, and the general situation, so far as it h influenced by the naval efforts, ha; improved, although the enemy is making his maximum attack on every ?ship afloat, British, Allied and neu- tral. • "Those results have been achieved by adherence to the onlyesound strate- gic principle—concentration of effort" WHICH FORCE TO RUSH FARTHEST Problem to Be Solved On Western Front. Huns at Last Awake to Menace of U. S. • Paris !Cable—The Immediate ques- tion regarding the Compiegne battle is which adversary will be able to push home farthest and most strongly the advantage gained on the wings—the Germans in their drive against Com- piegne or the French by tightening their strangle hold on the German right in the direction of Moutdidier1 rile absence of further German at- tacks on Mery leateau is held 10 inuicate that the Germans momentar- ily at least have, Lief:Med to make the pest of a bad job, cententing them - :Alves with their meagre dearly bougat gains towards Villers-Cotterets. Mean- while the (swift French ceunter-blow on the Metz River, forcing the ermin' back Demise the stresun'is regarded as another proof of how thoroughly Clem Foch has the situation in hand, and how quickly Ito was' able to recover whatever, tor the moment, must be etterificed. News of repeated American sue- cossee at Belleau wood, coincident with the anniversary of the arrival of the first contingents of the American forces in France, made yesterday a raepdp-rle eettiear to. day for Am of erica, the signifi- cance whiell the preese deeply With the slackening or the offelleiVe France realizes more•ctrongly than ever what an enormous asset Is piling tip, thanke to the inflow of American troops, hor Te, are also mane paseofs that the Ceemans realize what this means for the oft -heard phrase, "Stabilization of the front" again crepe up, thio time from the Berlin correspondent of an important Swiss Paper, Rumors are also crossing the frontier that the German supreme comniand. fully real- izel it is no longer poesible to force a decision before America has time te say her word, and that the projTst of beingIng Austrian troops to the west- ern trent can hardly be tontemplatel, FLOATER IN DETROIT RIVER. etemieor Iteport.--,The Initial elV" Tt." engraved on a gold vetteh ease ft the COY eitie eo the identity of the body t upet.te seteneiCsh tioint lt. l:i''; alteyesterdey hs the mew of elle ruited Settee mail boat. The hoz.;y Is in bad condition. The re. maths are attired in a Mach overcoat. hlue verge suit, blue etriped cotton ehtet. e Mach patent leather pilots with gree tops. black seche, led nee: Ole, bip buckle with inities "D." The boar is that of a men apparently between 23 and el )(wit of age. It is being aela at Ile Morgue here. "With these high prices," said the customer to the grocer, 'yon must be making A lot of money." "No, replied Ithe grocer. "Ten not making any inore money! My customers merely out inc more."--Detrett l'ree Prete.