The Exeter Advocate, 1916-2-17, Page 3GERMANY WILL WAGE WAR
WITHOUT MERCY OR QUARTER
Priilu?valState of Civilization `Will be Restored,
Man Will Pace Man With Wolflike i-erocity
A despatch from London says: Ger-"If the -world insists upon despis-
man newspapers which reached hero k ing the Germans, then the word
Wednesday publish.' long extracts 'Europe' will lose all its sense and
from the, speech made. l;y Maximilian , meaning, Europe can still be rescued.
Harden, editor of the Zukunft, at a % It isonly the attidute of our enemies
public meeting in Berlin on February which conjures up the .menace of de.
5. He is quoted as saying: struction. I£ the rescue, however, is
"We are yet unconvinced that we attempted at the expense of the Ger-
are fighting with our backs to the man empire, then let the world not
wall. As soon as we reach this con- deceive itself for a moment into think -
elusion, there will be war without trig there will be any means whatever
mercy or quarter. The primeval -let the world think what it
state of civilization will be resbored. pleases -which the German people
Man will face man with wolf -like will note joyfully turn against its
ferocity. foes."
RUSSIANS (URL
NEW ONSLAUGHT
Promises to Extend to the General
Initiative Along the Whole
Line,
A despatch from Petrograd says:
Although a general revival of activity
is officially reported along the entire
Russian front the only developments
of more than local and temporary
importance are the Russian avdanee
in the Stripa region, south-east of Ise-
brofi, where the Russians succeeded
in capturing heights commanding the
district in whieh runs the main rail-
way line between the Chodorov and
Stry rivers, and the occupation by the
Russians of the heights cast of Tche-
merine.
The progress in the latter district,
which is bebween Rovno and Lutak,
is another sign of the resumption of
the Russian offensive, which came to
an abrupt halt a month ago, when the
Germans apparently succeeded in
erecting such firm fortifications that
further attempts at an advance on
the part of the Russians became a
waste of energy and ammunition.
It is considered significant that a
new and more formidable Russian of-
fensive is being launched against the
.same posibions, and with initial suc-
cesses. This is explained by most of
the military obserers as due to the
new power and effectiveness of the
Russian artill'ei.'y; which recently has
'shown marked improvement on all
fronts.
The Germans, evidently surprised
by the fierceness of the new Russian
onslaughb, Which promises to extend
to a general initiative along the whole
line, have been forced at several
points in Galicia to retire to their
second line of defenee.
The Czar has arrived at the front.
ZEPPELIN REPRISALS
WOULD BE A CALAMITY
A despatch from London says: The
Lord High Chancellor, Baron Buck -
master, speaking on Saturday night
at Keighley, strongly condemned the
suggested reprisals for Zeppelin
raids. He said: "There could be no
greater tragedy in the black tragedy
of this time, than when we had con-
quered the Germans, we should have
moulded ourselves and our behavior
upon the very model we set out to
break: This is not merely a war of
armies, but of ideals."
FRANCE CERTAIN WAR
WILL END THIS YEAR
A despatch from Bordeaux says:
The -French Line steamer Rochambeau
arrived hereon Thursday. Among her
passengers was Maurice Damour, head
of the French commercial mission
which recently visited the United
States to organize trade relations be-
tween France • and that country: A
*our will be made by M. Damour to
the' principal industrial and commer-
cial centres of. France to prepare for
* 'visit to .thein by an American and
Canadian' delegation of business men
next Spring.
KING'S (PROCLAMATION
GOES TO BACHELORS
Machinery for. Enforcement of Con-
scription Set in Motion,
A despatch from London says:
Governmental machinery for the en-
forcement of the conscription act was
set in motion on Wednesday. The{
King's proclamation calling upon all I
eligible bachelors between the ages of
20 and 30 years to report for service,
beginning March 3, was placed in the
mails. In London alone 40,000 copies
of the proclamation were distributed.
Simultaneously large posters with i
final recruiting appeals appeared in
Trafalgar Square and other prominent
places in the city. They read: "Will 1
you march too, or wait until March.
two?" The day was marked by a
lessening of activity among the re-
cruiting sergeants. The big Strand
recruiting offices near Charing Cross
were eloped at noon.
CALGARY WILL HAVE NO
GERMAN EMPLOYED
Big Restaurants Wrecked by Mob
of Soldiers
A despatch from Calgary, Alta.,
says: A mob of several hundred sol-
diers completely wrecked the White
Lunch Restaurant on Eighth Avenue
east on Thursday nighft, following up
the work of destruction by wrecking
the premises of the same concern on
Ninth Avenue. A rumor that the
manager had dismissed returned sol-
diers who had been hired as waiters, j
and had replaced them with Germans
was responsible for the attack. -The
place was owned by the White Lunch
Company, and F. Ti, Naegel is the
manager. Mr. Naegel denied that he
had dismissed any returned • soldiers,
or that he had hired any Germans,
but said that he had occasion to dis-
• miss a man who had a long time been
a soldier, but was not now with 'the
• overseas forces.
EXPECTS BIG INFLUX
OF AMERICAN SETTLERS
Persident Scott Confident of Success
in Combating Anti -Immigration.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Hon.
Walter Scott, Premier of Saskatche-
wan, was in Ottawa on Thursday en
route to Regina, after attending a
conference of Canadian Immigration
scents at Chicago. Premier Scott
says that the measures taken to com-
bat the recent publicity campaign in
the States against immigration to
Canada on account of fears of con-
scripion, etc., would undoubtedly be
successful. •He was confident that
next spring would see a big influx
of the most desirable class of Amer-
ican settlers to the Canadian west.
BUYING FAT AND WOOL
IN SWITZERLAND
A despatch from London says: A
despatch to the Morning Post from
Berne says: "German agents, es-
pecially women, are buying large
quantities of fat and wool in Switzer-
land preparatory to asking the Gov-
ernment to allow their exportation,
which is now forbidden. It is ,suggest-
ed that Switzerland's refusal to ac-
quiesce would cause Germany to de-
cline to allow Switzerland to receive
coal, sugar and :soda from Geri/miler."
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OVER 240,000 TROOPS HAVE BEEN
RAISED IN THE DOMINION
Figures for January. Show an. Average of One Thous-
and Men a Day.
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s a eta from . p t . i`rom Ottawa says:
milting : figures for January show an
average of practically 1,000 inen per:
day for the full Month: -CCommand-
Ing: officers of each division say that
the men are enlisting now at a most
satisfactory rate. The .continued
keeping up of the flow of men to the
colors is all the more remarkable in.:
view of the fact that up to the end
of last ,year Canada had already en-
listed. about 210,000 men. The total
number recruited to date, including
officers, is now over the 240,000 mark.
To the total number . the 1st mili-
tary District (London) has contribut-
ed a little over 20,000 men,;' the 2nd
District (Toronto) about 64,000 men,
tha: 3rd''Districtr . (Kingston) 11• little
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Germany's Drcailnont ht ar tlxu air. the ,Vokker bi-plane, with its twin
bullet-proof bodies,. it; powortc1l otagines, it' four machine gens, snit
its great, spreading framework and wings. They will parry 27 men.
Their one drawbac7. is that their altitude limit is about 6,000 Xeet,
wherefore British aviators do not fear thein.
Britain to Use the Distilleries
for the Manufacture of Munitions
A despatch from London says: Thedistilleries in the country for use as
Daily Chronicle of Monday states } munitions factories. The Chronicle
that the Government will immediate- adds that the Government intends to
ly requisition all the large whiskey prohibit the importation of barley
for distilling purposes.
All Single Men in Britain called to the Colors
A despatch from London says: The!
bentral News is authority for a re-
port that all single men are to be call-
ed on to enlist next week. A Royal'
proclamation shortly to be issued I
notifying all single men to attest, the
Central News states, attributes the
unexpected speedy summons to the
many recent consultations betwen the
Minister of Munitions and the War
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Markets of the World
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Feb. 15. --Manitoba wheat
-In store at Fort William, No. 1
Northern, $1.23; do., No. 2, $1,20%;
do., No. 3, $1.18.
Manitoba oats -In, store at Fort
William, No. 2 C.W., 43%e; No. 3
C.W., 401/2c; No. 1 extra feed, 413/ed;
No. 1 feed, 39%c.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, 801,4te,
Canadian corn -Feed, 74 to 75c.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 winter, per
carlot, $1.12 to $1.14; slightly
sprouted and tough, according to
sample, $1.08 to $1.12; sprouted or
smutty and tough„ according to sam-
ple, $1 to $1.05; feed wheat, 90 to
95c. •
Ontario oats-No.:3 white, 43 to
44c; commercial oats, 42 to 43c.
Peas -No. 2 nominal, per carlot,
$1.80; sample peas, $1.25 to $1.75,.
according to sample.
Barley Malting, outside, 64 to 66c;
do. No. 2 feed, 57 to 60c.
Buckwheat -Nominal, '76 to 77e.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 92 to 94c;
rejected, 83 to $5c, according to
sample.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $7.20; do., seconds, $6.70;
strong bakers', $6.50, in. jute bags.
; Ontario flour -New, winter, $4.80
to $5, according to sample, seaboard
or Toronto freights, in bags.
Millfeed-Carlots, per ton, deliver -
over -25,000 amen,' ' the '4th , District._
(Montreal) about 22,500, the 5th'Dis-
trict (.Quebec)„ about .5,500, the 6th
District (IMlaribime Provinces) nearly'
23,000, the 10th Military District
(Manitoba and Saskatchewan) about
46,500,_ the .11th District (Alberta)
about 23,000, and the 13bh District
(British Columbia and the' Yukon)
nearly 23,000.
During January the Toronto Dis-
trict recruited over 8,000men, the
Maritime•Provinces about 2,000, West-
ern Ontario about 4,000, Eastern
Ontario about 3,00'0, Quebec about
2,000, Maritime Provinces about 2,000,
Manitoba and Saskatchewan over 5,-
000, Alberta 3,000, and "British Col-
umbia nearly 2,000.
ed, Montreal freights: Bran, $25;
shorts, $26; middlings, $27; good
feed flour, bag, $1.75.
Other unofficial quotations were:-
Spot- Manitoba. wheat No. 1
track, %
lake . ports, $1.45; No. 2,
$1.43%; No. 3, $1.40%.
Cornmeal -Yellow, 98-1b. sacks, in
carlots, $2.20; small lots, $2.35 to
$2.50.
Rolled oats-Carlots, per bag of
90 lbs., $2.50; in smaller lots, $2.60
to $2.75. Windsor to Montreal.
Linseed and '.Oil Cake Meal -Lin-
seed meal, No. 1, $4.75 per cwt.; do,
No. 2, $3.75 f.o.b. mills. Oil cake
meal, $38- per ton. Gluton feed, $30
per ton.
Country Produce.
Butter, Fresh dairy, 27 to 30c; in-
ferior, 23 to 25c; creamery prints,, 34
to 86c; solids, '32• to 34e.
Eggs -Storage, 28 to 29c per doz.;
selects, 31 to 32e; new -laid, 33 to 35c,
case lots.
Honey -Prices, in 10 to 60-1b. tins,
12 to 121/se; comb, No. 1, $3; No. 2,
$2.40.
Beans -$4.20 to $4.40,.
Poultry -Spring chickens, 47 to
18c; fowls, 13 tos14c, duekq, 17 to 18e;
geese,.`XS.:to 10c; turkeys, ,g
, 2 6
Cheese -Large, 19c; twins, 19%c•
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios,
$1':75- to $1:80, and new . SrainsWiclts
at $1.90 to $2 per bag, on track.
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Provisions:.
Bacon, long clear, 16? to 161 c
per lb., in case lots. Hams -Medium,
19 to 20c; 'do., heavy, 15 to 17e; rolls,
16 to '161/ac; breakfast bacon, 21 to
24c, backs, plain 25 to 26c, boneless
backs, 28c.
Lard -The market is unchanged;
pure lard, tierces, 13% to 14e; pails,
14%c; compound, 12% to 12%c.
United States Markets,,
Minneapolis, Feb. 15. -Wheat, May,
$1.26% to $1.261/2; July, $1.24%;
No. 1 hard, $1.33%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.27% to $1,301/4; No. 2 Northern,
$1.23 to $1.271/. Corn, No. $ yel-
lew, 76 to 77e, Oats, No. 3 white, 45
to 461c. Flour unchanged. Bran,
$19 to $20.
Duluth, Feb. 15. -Wheat, No. 1
hard, $1.127%; No. 1 Northern,
$1,26%; No, 2 clo., $1.23% to
$1.24%; No. 2 Montana, $%1.23%;
May, $1.263.; July, $1.25%. Lin-
seed, cash, $2.29;. May, .$2.301/4; July,
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Feb. 15. -Choice heavy
steers, $7.75 to $8.25; Butchers' cat-
tle, choice, $7.50 to $7.75; do., good,
$7 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.15 to
$6.75; do., common, $5 to $5.65;
butchers' bulls, choice, $6.50 to $7;
do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6.10; do.,
rough bulls, $4.50 to $5; butchers'
cows, choice, $6.75 to $6.85; do.,
good, $5.75 to $6; do., medium, $5 to
$5.40; do., common, $4 to $4.50; feed-
ers, good, $6.25 to $6.85; stockers,
700 to 900 lbs., $6.10 to $6.75; can-
ners and cutters, $3.25 to $4.50;
milkers, choice, each, $75 to $100;
do., common and medium, each, $35
to $60; springers, $50 to $100; light
ewes, $7.25 to $8.25; sheep, heavy,
$5:25 to $6; do., bucks, $3.50 to
$4.50 yearling lambs, $7 to $7.75;
lambs, cwt., $10 to $12.50; calves,
medium to choice, $7 to $11; do., com-
mon, $4 to $4.50; hogs, fed and wa-
tered, $10.25; do., weighed off cars,
$10.25 to $10.60; do., f.o.b., $9.90 to
$9.95.
Montreal, Feb. 15. -Butcher steers,
$7 to $7.50; good, $6.50 to $7; fair,
$6 to $6.50; medium, $5.75 to $6;
rough, $5.50; butcher bulls, best, $6
to $6.50; medium, $6.50 to $6; can-
ning bulls, $4.25 to $5.50; cows,
best, $6.50; good, $6; fair, $5.50;
rough, $4.50 to $5.25; canners,
$3.25 to $4; milking cows, $60 to
$80. Sheep, 5 to 7c lb.; lambs, 8 to
94,c lb. Hogs, selected, $10.25 to
$10.75;; roughs and mixed lots, $8.50
to $10.15; common, $9.25; sows,
$7.75 to $8 per cwt. Calves, milk
fed, '8 to 9y c per Ib.; grass fed, 41
to 5%c per lb.
COSSACKS CAPTURE
BIG ENEMY OFFICIALS
A. despatch from Petrograd says: A.
despatch from Teheran says that As-
sim Bey, Turkish Ambassador to Per-
sian, has been captured by a patrol
of Cossacks. near XCeredj. Three
who were teiken prisoners at
,the same time as the Ambassador,
have -proved to be the Austrian mili-
tary attache ,and two Austrian pri-
soners -of -war who had escaped from
the Russians some time ago.
AMBULANC RECEIVED'
FROM ILLINOIS SOCIETY
A despatch from Ottawa says A
large, Well apointed ambulance given
by :the 13;-itialk5Empire Association of
Illinois -ion "tbe 'British Red Cross So-
ciwtyehmd Ottawa, on Wednesday,
and at• noon on Thursday was form-
ail' :-landed over to the soviet ire
pr eseiiied br H. 11 H. 'bile Duke of
Connaught, The presentation was
matte on, behalf of the Illinois aszoc.i-
atioti by, John Crerar, of .Chicago.
HOLLAND IS A WAREHOUSE
FOR SUPPLIES FOR GERMANY
Dutch. Cities Swarm With German Merciuinta,
Agents and Spies, 1 riding Freely
A despatch from London says: The
Daily Mail recently sent, an investi-
gator to Holland, as it had previously
sent one to Scandinavia, to ascertain
the effect of the British blockade.
This investigator contributed a
':hree-column article to the Daily Mail
on Monday morning, the gist of which
is that the correspondent, after pa-
tient and careful enquiry, has cone
to the conclusion that Holland is be-
ing used by the Germans as a ware-
house from which geode are taken
daily to the German factories, cities
and troops.
He asserts that the Netherlands
Overseas Trust, established under a
i pledge to control the imports so that
'Holland would import only for her
;own needs has been a failure.
"The Dutch cities," he says, "are
swarming with German merchants,
agents and spies, trading freely.
Dutch commerce is inextricably en -
Jangled with German interests and
# Oerman capital."
The correspondent supports his con-
tentions by statistics and other evi-
dence.
CALGARY TROOPS
ION THE VERGE
ATTACK HOTEL o OF STARVATION
Demolish the liar of One House In
Belief That German Was
Owner.
A despatch from Calgary, Alta,
says: Another riotous outbreak on
the part of soldiers belonging to the
garrison here occurred on Thursday
night and for two hours the author-
ities, police and militia were power-
less to cope with the mob. Riverside
Hotel, a two-storey brick and frame
structure in the Riverside district,
north of the Bow River, was attacked
by a crowd of about 500 soldiers and.
civilians and thoroughly wrecked.
The windows were smashed, frames
and all, and most of the furniture
pitched out into the snow, where is
was broken to bite by the shouting
crowd. The bar was raided and the
stock passed around among the riot-
ers,
ers, who speedily grew to about 2,000
strong, at least half being civilians,
and under the influence of the liquor
orgy of wild destruction followed, The
building was reduced to a mere shell,
ARMED VESSELS
Indisputable Evidence That the Ger-
mans Are Suffering for Want
of Food,
; A despatch from London says:
While the German newspapers are
telling of the Kaiser and his armies
marching on from victory and are re-
lating daily new exploits calculated
to stir the people to enthusiasm, the
fact that Germany actually is on the
verge of starvation is becoming daily
more apparent. This conclusion is not
founded on, the statements of alleged
"neutrals," whose impressions Hetes
: eerily are biased, but is based on re -
!ports of the actual conditions as re-
lated by the Gerinar. press.
The theory is advanced that the
Berlin Government encourages the
publication of alarming reports on the
food situation with a view to mis-
leading the enemy. This is obviously
absurd. The German press is filled
not only with reports of a most seri-
ous food crisis, but with advertise-
1, ments of substitutes for missing ar-
ties of scientists seeking to discover
new foodstuffs.
titles of diet and the feverish activi-
ARE WARSHIPS SICODA ARI4IS FACTORY
SERIOUSLY DA. MIAGED
U -Boat Commanders Are Notified
to "Treat Them Ac-
cordingly."
A despatch from Washington says;,
Germany and Austria have formally
notified the United Sbates that begin-
ning March 1 commanders of their
submarines will consider armed mer-
chant ships of the Entente allies to
be warships, and will treat them ac-
' cordingly.
I Under such instructions commie-
tiers would be at liberty to sink with-
out warning any aimed vessel, wheth-
f etpassenger or freight carrying.
Tho notifications were presented
orally to Secretary Lansing by Count
von Bernstorff, the German Ambassa-
dor, and Baron Erich Zwiedinek,
charge of the Austro-Hungarian Em-
bassy here. Notes from their Gov-
, ernments are to follow.
GERMAN TROOPS POUR
INTO TURK TERRITORY
A despatch from London says:
There has been a large influx of Ger-
man troops into Turkey, according to
a Bucharest despatch to The Times.
About 25,000 . Germans arrived last
week at Rusbchuk, Bulgaria, and pro-
ceeded to Shumia, which is fifty-five
miles west of Varna, and, it is under-
stood, will continue their journey to
Turkey.
MAY USE PRISONERS
ON ROAD CONSTRUCTION
A despatch from Quebec says: It
was learned on Thursday on good
authority ab the Parliament that ne-
gotiations are going on to employ
alien enemies interned in Canada on
the improvements to the roads lead-
ing to the Valeartier camp.
Publication of News of Disaster Not
Permitted in Austria.
A despatch from Bucharest to the
Balkan Agency at Paris, which was
delayed for five days, states that the
damage of the Skoda armament fac-
tory in Bohemia was more serious
than at- first announced. Roumanian
official circles, the despatch adds, have
received confirmation from Vienna of
the destruction of all the cannon
which were in course of manufacture,
as well as all the plans and drawings
in the draughting offices. The dead
number nearly 300, and several hun-
dred were injured by the explosion
which caused the disaster, and which
is said to have been the work of crim-
inals, who employed melinite for the
purpose. The despatch adds that the
Austrian military censorship has pro-
hibited the publication of news of the
disaster in Austria-Hungary.
ITALY IS INVITING
WAR WITH GERMANY
A despatch from Rome says: Al-
most coincident with the arrival of
Premier Briand of France in Rome
an absolute prohibition of the intro-
duction of German imports into Italy
has been proclaimed. It is evident
that the decree, which is unmistak-
ably a hostile act, was made purposely
with the object of provoking Ger-
many to a declaration of war, The
most prominent statesmen and mem-
bers of Parliament in Italy openly pre-
dict a declaration of war on Germany,
which will be no longer delayed, be-
cause it is- now indispensable to clear
up the situation, both with respect to
allies and enemies.
Two Large German Banks Fail
A despatch from Geneva says: The have gone into liquidation, with total
liabilities of $125,000,000. Thousands
of depositors, the paper says, were
the largest banks in South Germany ; ruined,
Gazette de Lausanne reports two of
Serbian Army Numbers .76.000
A despatch from London says: The The statement says that the Serbian
Athens '.correspondent of the Daily army totals 76,000 men newly°equip-
brail reports that the Serbian. Legs ped and armed. Transportation of
tion has received an official telegram ,men from Albania still continues and
stating that there are 64,000 Serbian there will shortly be 80,000 Serbians
troops ,at;Corfu and 3,800 at Salonica at Corfu.
on
Britain to Feed Cameroon Refugees
A despatch from Paris says: The
Spanish Government is 'sendiii'g a. re
giment of marines to Spanish r Guinea
to guard the 000 Germans and .14,000-
German coloial ,troops who took refuge
there when driven• out of the. Germa
s
colony of Cameroon by the British
pursuit, according to a IIaves des-
patch: from Cadiz on Wednesday. The
Germans will be brought to Spain.
The .British steamer 'Cataluna is tak-
ing on board a cargo of food for the
hungry fugitives,