The Exeter Advocate, 1917-2-1, Page 3GREAT BRITAIN TO REQUISITION
NECESSARY FOREIGN SECURITIES
Voluntary Mobilization Scheme Having Failed, Compulsion is to
be Applied olclers.
A despatch from London says: 'i,'he
O111cial Gazette announcesthat by
new 'order -in -Council the Treasury is
empowered under the 'Defence of, the
Realm Act to requisition any foreign
securities which may be required to
strengthen GreatBritain's financial
position and also to require holders of
cu
such-serities to make a return `on
them to the Treasury,
The order further forlaids-the trans,~
fer or sale of such securities outside
the United Kingdom. The order does
not apply to securities owned by per-
sons not ordinarily reaidente of. the
United Kingdom.
The list of securities required by
the order will be published within a
few clays, and at an early date 'all
holdere will be required to make a
full return of their holdings. The
terms and conditions` under which the
securities are requisitioned will be
identical with those existing in the
voluntary mobilization scheme, whish,
despite the extra, two shillings in-
come tax levied, apparently failed to
bring in sufficient securities, and.hence
the application of, compulsion.
$25.f30 FOR
A LETTER
CAN YOU WRITE ONE?
Thirteen Prizes to be Awarded
Some years ago the Dr, Williams'
Medicine Co., Of Brockville, Ont.,' of-
fered 'a, series of prizes to residents
of Ontario for the best letters des-
cribing cures wrought by the use of
Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Hundreds undreds of .letters were
submitted in this competition, and
yet there must have been thousands
of other users of the pills who did
not avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity to win a prize. To all these
another letter writing competition is
offered: Thousands of cures through
the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
have never been reported. These will
furnish the materialfor the letter to
be written in this contest. There is
no demand upon the imagination;
every letter must deal with facts and
facts only. '
THE PRIZES
The Dr. Williams' Medicine: Co., of
Brockville, Ont., will award a . prize
of $25.00 for the best letter received
on or before the 17th day of Febru-
ary, 1917, from residents of Ontario,
on the subject,., "Why, I Recommend
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." A prize
of $10.00 will be awarded ' for the
second best letter `received; a prize
;hof ,$5.00 for the third best letter, and
,in a
Letter Writing
Competition.
ten prizes of ;$2.00 each for the next
best ten letters.
THE CONDITIONS:
The cure or benefit from the use
of Dr.'Williams' Pink Pills described
in the letter may ,be in the writer's
own case, or one that has come an -
der his or her personal observatiodast
More than one cure may be de
scribed in the letter, but every state-
ment must be literally and absolutely
true.
The letter should be not ` longer
than is necessary to relate the bene-
fit obtained from the remedy in the
case described.
Every letter must be signed by the
full name andcorrect address of the
person sending it. If it describes the
cure of some person other than the
writer of the letter, it must also be
signed by the person whose cure is
described as a guarantee of thetruth
of the statement made.
The writer of each letter must
state the name and date of the paper
in which he or she saw this announce-
ment.
Fine writing will not win the prize
unless you have a good case to de-
scribe. The strength of the recom-
3nendation and not the style of the
letter will be the basis of : the award.
It is understood that The Dr. Wil-
liams' Medicine Co. shall have the
right to publi'sh any Ietter entered
in this contest if they desire to do so
whether it wins -a prize or not.
The contest will close on February
17th, 1917, and the ,prizes will
P be
awarded as soon as possible there-
after. Do not delay. If you know
of a cure write your letter Now. Ob-
serve the above conditions carefully
or your letter may be thrown out.
Address all letters as follows:
The Dr.- Williams' Medicine Co.,,
:Brockville, .Ont.
Letter Contest Department.
•
$3(10,000 IS PAID FOR
AWESTERN T'CItN IA.it14I.
A d r,s )ate
from as
h
1 Saskatoon says:
The V 4 eltzen
farm, situated eighty
-miles from Saskatoon, on the Elrose
(C,N,R,) Line, has been sold to' the
Scottish Wholesalers Co-operative So
piety for $3000000, all cash. The farm
comprises ten thousand acres,. eight.
g t
thousand of which are 'under cultiva
tion.
. ,
WILL ARE FOR 200
I
I3EL + `
GAN I AI1tILII;S,
)from despatch Brantford andsays:—
Brantford Brant county will un-
dertake the care of two Inn -aired 'Bel-
Ian families at a cost of
$5
00 m
on
t
h-
I,dvublin%theirprevious pronuse,
owing topub11t sentiment answering
to the appeal.
I
PREPARING DRIVE
FOR FARM HANDS
Two Thousand Workers Will Be
Secured in the United
States.
1 A despatch from Toronto says: An-
othel*. "drive" for farm hands is to be
made in the .United. States this'Spring
by the officers of the Ontario Depart-
ment• of Colonization and Immigra-
tion. Arrangements have just been
completed,to send five agents into the
states, three into New Yost= State and
two into Michigan. The start is being
made over a month earlier than last
year and the work will be continued.
for three months.
In that time, it is confidently ex-
pected, from fifteen hundred to two
thousand farm hands will be secured
to meet the pressing scarcity in On-
tario. The department's agents will
travel all over the two States, adver=
tising in Local papers and using any
method that suggests itself to attract
men. They are authorized to guaran-
tee -farm work at $35 to $40 a month
for experienced men and $15 to $25
for inexperienced men. Last year
about six hundred men were brought
into the province as a result of a six
weeks' campaign.
Although but Winter work is be
ing done on. the farms now the de-
' mand for -workers is so large that two
hundred applications have been receiv-
ed from farmers- anxious to get first
call on the men gathered up:` Moat of
them are prepared to sign good men
on at once.
MILLION DOLLARS
IN BANKS UNCLAIMED
Balances in Cash or Unpaid Cheques
or Drafts Total' $1.131,269. t
)k
DIVIDING .BRITAIN
IN SIX DISTRRICTS
Civil 1VTarshalling of Forces ` to
Carry On War at -Iigh
Pressure.
A dospa.tch from New York says
The Sun op Thursday-nlorning publish-
ed the Yellowing special cable from
London under Wednetxdays date;
The first steps toward civil mobi-
lization indicating Great Britain's
adamantine determination to fight to
a finish and to victory haye crowded
out any diseussion of the attitude of
the United States toward distant
peace league schemes.
'Labor's support, expressed at the`
Manchester eonference, has greatly
gratified the Government and will
pave the way for Neville Chamber-
lain's fast -maturing plans fur mobi-
lizing all industries and cutting down
the number of men working in non-
essential trades to the minimum ' and
increasing to the Maximum the effi-
ciency of all the vital' trades.
Mr. Chainberiain's scheme contem-
plates dividing Great Britain into eix
districtsWales and Scotland each
constituting a division, the other cen-
tres being Leeds, Manchester, I3irm-
ingham, and Bristol, With these
points as basis, he intends to push all
the war work and food production to
the limit of the laborers' capacity and
maintain high speed until the war
ends.
The first call foe volunteers under
the National Service rule was ,made a
few clays ago. There is no age limit,
and both men and women are accept-
ed. Speakers are spreading all over
the country to carry out a campaign of
recruiting similar to the early days of
the war, when soldiers for fighting
were recruited. As fast as recruits
are gathered they will be drafted into
battalions according to their fitness
for various kinds of work, the strong-
est women becoming members of the
Land Service Corps and the weaker
ones joining the munition -making
army.
PARIS IS IN THE GRIP t
OF ARCTIC WEATHER.
A despatch from Paris says:
France is in the grip of the severest
cold weather for many years. The
thermometer in Paris registered ; 17
degrees Fahrenheit on Friday and
even in southern cities like Marseilles
and Bordeaux there were several de -1
green of frost. The number o.. deaths'
from cold and the sufferings • ofKthe.
Parisians have been aggravated by
the coal shortage. Edouard Herriot,
Minister of National Subsistence, has
taken energetic charge of the situa-
tion, co-operating with the city au-
thorities. M. Herriot has decided to
sell a large part of the reserve stock
of fuel to the public and has lent
military auto wagons to carry coal to
he small dealers who have no convey.
A despatch from Ottawa says:— antes. The cold has brought packs
'Several thousand people scattered of wolves into the department, and
throughout Canada have carelessly bears are ravaging the fields in the
forgotten that they -have more than Loir Valley,
one million dollars, all told, in the «:
chartered banks of Canada. The high
cost of living, the demands for war
contributions, and even the increased
taxations have not reminded them of
it.
The annual' Blue Book giving the
list of unclaimed bank balances was
tabled in the Commons on Thursday
afternoon by the Minister of Finance.
It shows an aggregate of $960,035 in
unclaimed balances, and $171,234 in
unpaid certified cheques or drafts,
•ivhieli have been ;in the hands of the
banks for five years or. more without
anyone claiming ownership. The
amounts' of unclaimed deposits vary
from a few cents to upwards of ,$4,000.
Since the last report the total. of un-.
claimed balances had increased by
$55,00Q.., The Bank of Montreal has
the largest total amount of money in
its coffers which nobody seems to
want. Its total is $111,279.
DIET OF PRUSSIA
BOASTS OF FUTURE.
A despatch from London says: The
President of the Prussian Upper
House, in a speech at the opening of
the session, expressed hope that the
present year, "despite its disappoint-
ing beginning, might bring peace, ac-
cording to a Berlin despatch to Eeu-
ter's by way of Amsterdam, After
commenting on the rejection of Geir-
rnany's peace proposal by the Entente,
the President said: `":Phe fateful hour.
of the German Empireisapproaching:.
For the second time war has been de -'l.
clared on us and to -day we, a more
serious and matured people, accustom -1
ed to victory, are standing behind the
I SERBIANS ENSLAVED
BY: BULGAR CAPTORS.
A despatch from Paris says: The
following statemeni'from the Serbian
Press Biireau is forwarded from Corfu
by the Havas correspondent:
"Toclor e •
J i esca
peel from ,
Bulgarian slavery, has readied our 1
'
lines.:He recounts that he, with other
peasants, was deported by force before
the Bulgarian retreat and compelled
to -labor in trenches under_ the artil-
lery fire of the Serbians and 'their all
Ties. Every male above boyhood was i s
talcen from all the villages into slav-
ery. Fifteen hundred were so taken
from'Souhodol, under control of Ger-1
man officers." Javanovitch complain-
ed of poor :food and hard labor, and I
said numerous deaths resulted. $
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LEADING MARKETS
Ereadetufte.
Toronto, Jan 30. ---Manitoba wheat--
tieW No. 1 Northern, $2,02; No. 2 do,,,
$2.03; No. 3 do., $1,98; No. 4 wheat 11.86,
truck Day a ort :Old crop trading 4c
Y p s 1 S
above new crop.
'Manitoba oas—No, 2 C. 4C'., 771e ; No.
8 C.W„ 673c; extra No, 1 feed, 673c;
No. 1 feed, 67c, trnok, Bay ports.
American corn—No, 8 yellow, 31.13,
shipment within 30 days.
Ontario :oats ---28c, 2 white, 64 to 66c,
nominrl1 ; No. 5 white, 68 to 65e, floral.
nal, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, per car
lot, 11,80 to 11.82 ; No. $ c'to., $1,7S to
31.80, according to freights outside.
Pas --No. 2, 32.05, according to
freights outside.
Baxley—Malting, $1.20 to $1,22, ac-
cording to freights outside. ,
Buckwheat -31.28 to 31.30, nominal,
according to freights outside,
RYe`--No. 2, 11,40' to 31.41, aacordieg
to freights outside.
Manitoba flour—Fit,et patents, In jute
bags, $9,90 ;' second patents, in jute
bags; 39.40 ; strong bakers', in "jute
bags,' 30.00, Toronto,
'Ontario flour—Winter, ,according to
sample, 37,40 to 37.00, In bags, • track
Toronto, prompt` shipment; 37.226, bulk
seaboard, export grade.
Millfeed--Car lots, delivered 'Montreal
freights, bags included—Bran, per ton.
$84 ; shorts, per ton, $38 ; good feed,
our, per bag, 12,70 to 12,80.
Hay—No. 1, per ton, 212 ; extra N.
2, per ton, $12 to 113.50 ; mixed, per
tong $10 to $11.50, track Toronto.
Straw' --Car lots, per ton, 19, track To-
ronto.
Oonntry Produce—Wholesale,
Butter—Fresli dairy, choice, 37 to 39e:
creamery: prints, 44 to 40c : solids, 43
to 433c,
l;ggs—No. 1 storage, 42 to 4.3c ; stor-,
age, selects, 44 to 46o ; new -laid, In
cartons, 58 to 50e out of cartons, 55
to 57c.
Cheese—Large, 25, to 26c : twins 426
to 26ic triplets, 36l to 261e.
Dressed ~poultry—Chickens, 22 to 24c;
fowl 18 to 200 ; ducks, 20 to 220 ;
c<luabs, per doz., $4.00 to 3.4.50 : tur-
keys, 25 to 30e ; geese, 16 to 13c.
Live poultry—Fow1,„ti6 to 17e ; chick -
ons, 17 to 20o.
Honey—White':clover, 21 -lb. tins,' 14a ,
5-1b. tins, 13 to 132e ; 10-1b,, 12i to
1Sc 60-1b„ 12 to 13e ; buckwheat, 0 -Ib.
tins, 9 to 9Oe. Comb honey—extra flue
and .hews weight: per dos.. 32.75 ; select,
12.50 to 12.76 ; No, 2, 12' 101 12.25.
Potatoes—Ontario, er bas, 32.50 to
$2.60 ; British Columbia, nor bag•, $2.60
to 32 , 5 1 New Brunswl'ck Delawares,
per. bag, $2.75 .to 33.00.
Beans --Imported, hand-picked, per
bush., 36.25 ; Canadian, hand -Picked, pet
bush..37.00 : Canadian primes, 36,00 to
sass , Limas, per Ib., 10 to'101c.
1Pro visio na--Whotoo ale,
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 25 to
2Gc ; do., heavy, 22 to 23c" ; cooked, 34
to 37c ; rails, 10 to 20c ; breakfast
bacon, 25 to&8c; ,basks, plain, 26 to
28c ; boneless, 29 to 32c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 213 to 213c;
tubs, 213 to 22c ; palls, 22 to 223c
compound, 1011 to 17c.
Cured rneats—Long clear bacon, 18 to
1.860. Per lb• ; clear bellies, 18 to 181c.
Montreal 8'inskets
Al:entreat, San, 30 —Oats--Canadia,n
S\r€ stern, No. 2, Ole ; No. 3, 69c : extra
No, 1 feed, G80. Farley—Manitoba feed,
11.03 ; malting, 31,80, IPlow- Slaail-
toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 310 ;
seconds, 39.50 strong bakers',59.30 •
Winter stents r,.hoice 19.25 straight
'oilers,8.50 to 38.90 do., bags, 14,10
to '34 2i, Rolled oats 81bis 37;05 to
37.25 ; do., bags, 90 lb.., $0.40 to 33.50.
Bran, $333.00. Shorts, 136,00.. Middlings,
28,0.0 to 340 00 'rouillie, $43.00 to
49.00. Hay—No 2, per ton, car lots.
18.00. Cheese—1. ~nest westerns. 253c ;
ilnest easterns 20c Butter—Choicest
creamer b ' y to 421c ; seconds 893 to
40;c. l8ggs--Fresh, GO to'56c ; selected,
4c ; 'No. 1 'stock. 400 ; No. 2'. stock,
6c. 'l7ot'.atoes-Per bag, oar. lots, 32.25
032.50..:
'Winnipeg' CFra3n.
1'1'lnnlpeg, 7an.. 30-5�'heat -No. 1
Northern, 31,7`1 ; ilo. tie, $1:.753 ;
\o ,.3; ; No. 4, '$1,553 ; No, 5,
1.er; , N0, fi, $S.Oe3 ; Peec1, 712 Qat —
A`o 2 C.W.. 57e • 'No 3' do 550 '- extra
\o, 1 feed, 55c No. 1 teed, 64c • No, 2,
o.,. 53c 'Sauey—No 3, 98e , No. 4,
3e ; r e lotted r1c„: Seed, 79c. Flux---
�o. 1 N. W.C., $2.631 , No. 2 (..'.81'
IRISH -CANADIAN RANGERS 0
ARE C1LF'EREI) IN DU BL1iN. 1
2.801.
A despatch from Dublin says: The
I? y
Duchess of Connauglrt's Own Irish-
Canadian Rangers,' 700 men. and 28 e
officers, arrived in Dublin. Thursday
afternoon anti marched through the
princijial streets to Wellington Bar- I j
racks: Crowds of workers - watched ; t
them march along the quays. When
the battalion turned into Westmore- I
r
land Street the music of the bands T
brought large numbers of people from J'
United States Markets
7?l.nnca.polis Tari. OO.- F1'he tt-.-S4tty
foxed $1 S'i 2uiy closV.6101.
d 11.502 : axsiay
o. 1 hirci, 25.863 to $1.96
ZVorthe.t zi 31,815 to $1.901 No 2'Norl:ti
ro,1.R,11$ t0 61..902:: 'Corn --No. 3 yes-
ow, 97 to 98c, Oats—No, 3 white, 551
o -5030. Flour unchanged.' Brun, 129
o $29.50.
Duluth, ,Tan: 30.-�St7hoai. No 1. hard,
1.39 No 1. Northern • 31,88 • ;'fro. 2
ortheir) $1,.82 to. 81,80 ; slay, ;11.86,
-
inaaed To arrive, $3,9011: May, $9,991;
u1v, 32.943;
shops and warehouses. The fine .ap-
'eve- stack BTar1'etm
pcerande of the men created a favor-'
T0a'orttri, Jati, 3b:—C.biicc e" a,vy steers,
able impression. el.lsn at College ;3,10 to 316.75; ahoiee hcan•w steers, $10.
to 31.0.90 T do.. good, $'9.50.•t0 $9,75
!butchers' cattle, chola., $5;75 to 110,00 ;
rio., '4;8.!;i0
'39,10 to 39,00: do„ un0e1l:uur,
5.50 to 3.4.80 ;'c do,. coalmen, 57.73. ter
$3.1,0, hitchers bulls Oleo, 13.25 )e,
Green and Great George Street crowds
collected. From here until Welling
ton Barracks were'reached the men
were heartily cheered.
Emperor. Our iron will shall turn'
I
to deeds and the sharpsteelof '
al,leati ,
13ItTT�t,IN f,''INrINCII�+
sword in our hand shall hew the a.t
ti� Y [IT+IIISL41i-1+ AND SL1., t+.ri.
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;o. a more prosperous future." . }.
1, despatch fromr
.
A cic,�pt tc London says: Sir
FRENCHMAN BAGS Felix Schuster, s etckiia oil �'ednes-
p g h.
f
27 GERMAN PLANES dayat the annual meeting v the
g f
Union o1 London and Srnith''s Bank,
Limited, of, which he' -le the Governor,
discussed tlhe`British, financial satia-
tion, Regarding operations in elle
United States, Sir Felix said: "in ad-
dition to loans, a great many Ameri-
can securities have been solei; It has
been estimated that 5i3a0,000,000 o.1
Americas~ securities have beat sold,
but it is irnpo30ible .to'•apeak with cer.-
tltinty or alio' fhguros which,'however,
are vel'y large. Ft niti5t be eminent -
bored -we 'are
anent-bored`we'aie financing not• only our.
r,>
own, but our rallies' requirements."
A despatch .from Parie says:' An of-
ficial statement' issued' ort Thursday
says:
"
P,
Lieut. Guyli fuel on Wednesday
brought down his second German air-
plane for this" day near the railroad
station at Chaulnes. This brings up
to' twenty' -seven the number of enemy
airplanes destroyed by this 'pilot.
Lieut; llerteaux on the same clay
brought down his seventeenth air
n ane which crashed l ect to the ground
clear Parviliel's.
30,00 , do., good bulls .$ ,.,0. ttr $8.00 ;
do., i'out;h hulls, 35.15 to $0.35 ; l;utcher
cows choice, 31./6 t0 38.25 ; do good,
i 37.25 to 37.40 do., rnecliunt, .13{06. 10
{ $0,60 ; stockers, 36.25 to 37.25 :1( chr)jre
rereaders,.`,,72 to 38.20 ; canners attd cut-
{ tors, 34,76 to 30.20 ; 91,11Icers, choice,
I
rads, 370 to 3100 ; do eoln. aaad' nett„
'moil, 140 and 360 ; springers, 151/00 to
3100 ; light .ewes, 89.25 to .:310 "heet~,
.'
I,rcttp; 30 lo $7.50.; c'slceti; Vida e
I c hot0 , $1'1.75 to 314; huni r ehd) e,
1 3.11.611 10 315 ; do,, rnediunn; $9.72:1,1
i 310,25 ; hors, ,fed aha ti*n,teted, 314:23';
tin , weighed ' off (..';1.1:5. 161'2 60 ; do., i`, 0; 5.,
i $114,90.
3trintr,:0l, ,l a.n 140.•---(al010 , c •
J e steers, .v
, 3) b
C
to 310,50 good, $9 to 311 • choice
1tnlChtu'S' cci}v, cy , 32.
�, � te. ,„ 5,50 , good, 37 10
37,50 ~aline~'.;, 10 ; r•ltdicO Lillie/lore'
hutls:.8s,,,5 to :39 ; 800~1, 3, 10 1,5: can-
nc.rs, y5 50 to y6 ; calves, 15 to $6.1
intik-fled 31,0 to 111: 111;las 31$ .to
.114 : 1190l,e Sriec1 hogs, 01'1 rias, 314,50
10 Ill 'i
airships
t itteelis only were llcilt,
•built by :Wit* ern the ou7,b,t.ealt of. the 1
BRITISH FOODDIRECTOR CUTS
AMOUNT OF BEER TO BE
,AFD.
Only Half The Output of the Year Preceding the' War Will Be
Allowed.
A despatch from London says: In
order to reduce the consumption of
foodstuffs, by breweries, Baron De-
vonport, the Food Controller, has de-
cided that the quantity of beer to be
brewed for the year beginning in
April shall be restricted to 70 per
Sent. of the output of the previous
year. This means that mile- 18,000,000
barrels of beer will be produced, about
half the output of the year receding
P g
the war. Baron Devonport in ex-
plaining the object of his order, said
the restriction must; not be deemed a
measure of temperance or of social
reform. •
"The fact is," the' Food Controller
continued, "the barley, sugar and
other ingredients used in brewing are
required for food. In fact, it is really
a question of bread versus beer."
The order of the Food Controller
will withhold from breweries 286,000
tons of barley and 36,000 tons of
sugar, which otherwise would be used
in making beer. The order will also
effect a large saving in mercantile
tonnage and land transport, and in-
crease the available supply of labor
for industries ea national i 1 t i
n por'a'Ice.
HALF MILLION SPENT
IN RELIEF WARRANTS.
Government Gave $100,000 For Fire
Sufferers, $400,000 For Seed
in Weet.
A despatch from "Ottawa says: A
statement of expenditure under Gov-
ernor -General's warrants during the
current fiscal year tabled in the Cern-
mons on Thursday shows that the'
Government appropriated and expend-
ed $100,000 for the relief of .stiffer-
ers by forest fires in Northern On-
tario' last summer, and $400,000 for
the purchase of seed grain for farm-
ers in distress in' Manitoba, Alberta
and Saskatchewan.
WAR TO END INAUTUMN.
..
Sir Gilbert Parker. Says Economic Col-
lapse of Germany Pending.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Six Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist,
and member of the British House of
Commons, arrived in Montreal on
Wednesday. from New York, where he
landed prom a steamer on Sunday.
Sir Gilbert predicts that the war will
end next autumn, if not a little earlier
than that. The end will come, he says,
through the economic collapse of Ger-
many and the smashing of the Ger
man Iines on the western front by the
Anglo-French rench forces.
GREEK GOVEEN14MENT
APOLOGIZES TO' ALLIES
A. despatch from London says :--
In
—
In compliance with one of the demands
I of the Entente Ppwers recently agreed
to by Greece, the Greek Government
on Thursday handed to the Entente
Ministers a note formally expressing
(regret for the events of early last.
December, when Entente forces at
Athens were fired on by Greeks.
I RA ti CE TO ADVANCE
FARES ON RAILROADS
A despatch from Paris says :-Pre-
liminary steps toward increasing rail-
road .rates fifteen per cent. were taken
Wednesday when the consulting com-
mittee of the French companies and
Minister of National Subsistence and
Labor Herriot approved the proposed
measures. A bill to increase the rates
will be introduced in the Chamber of
C eputies shortly.
PEACE WITH VICTORY
IS ONLY SOLUTION.
A despatch from London says: The
Bishop of Sheffield, presiding at a
diocesan conference recently and mak-
ing reference to President Wilsotl's
address, said he believed with his
wliole heart �iit ultimate and complete
victory in the war. He lead no be-
lief 'whatever. in peace without victory.
it was • a poSittvely ludicrous impos-
sibility.” The bishop deprecated the
taik of making compromises with evil,
1,430 GERMAN PAPERS
SUSPEND PUBLICATION..
A
despatch ci;from
London says: The
Cologne Gazette says no fewer. than
1.,420 German newspapers and peri-
odicals are iso longer able to appear.
To Indeeinify Losses
by War.
The ••C
A..rlespatch ,from :Pali.,: says; lht'
Chamber of Deputies has unanimottc.ly
adopted a' bill providing :for the iri-
hnnnificetion of persons whose 11'ouseo
Intl prone,irties suffered damage by
rca5ori of. the war.
war..
'ADMIT LOSSES
OF 2
,000,000
But Berlin Paper Claims That
Germany Still Has 8,000,000
Available.
A despatch from Berlin says: Esti-
mating the total German losses in the.
war at about 2,000000, the National
Zeitung, of Berlin, says that there are
available sufficient forces to carry on
the war for several years more. The
newspaper gives available, figures of
casualties, and continues:
"The first impression obtained from.
these lists is that the number of dead
is relatively small in view of the`fact
that so many: powerful offensive 'Cam-
paigns have been•,undertaken, as well
as the defensive actions • of unheard of
difficulties, such as that of the Somme.
This shows that the Germans are
more sparing of their forces than one
believed.
"Nevertheless, the losses mean an
enormous bleeding of the nation's
body; but it is not so great that Ger-
many will not be able to carry on the
war for several years more. If the
total losses are calculated at about
two ' ,million the German reserves
would still number 7,000,000 out of
the 9,000,000 with which the war was
begun: On the other hand, large num-
bers of young men have reached the
age of military service during the
war. According to a conservative
calculation Germany has Fiad in this
way an addition of 1,500,000 to her
forces."
The National Zeitung says , that if
the soldiers who have passed the age
limit for military service have been
retained with the colors the net loss
as a result of the war thus far would
be perhaps 650,000, or at the most
one million, and continues:
"Germany still has at least 8,000,000
men to use on the front or for the
navy, and therefore we do not over-
state the case in pointing out that
Germany, by comparison with the for-
mer date (date not given), has `uamuclh
larger number of men on the .front.
For a long time to come it cannot bet
expected that by any possibility the
compulsory military service will break
down, provided the difficulties of ali-
mentation do not become so great that,
the soldiers on the front also have
to suffer from them,."
NEEDS OF BRITAIN
TO I3E FIRST SUPPLIED.
A despatch from Londonsa Y -s: The
sh C4overnment llas refusedp er-
mission to the Midfields, Limited,- to
proceed with work on the contract :for
;
r he}la fo:r the ;Anlei•can na
long as the, exigencies of 14vai' 0051-
tinue." The announcement is made in
the form of an oflicial notice by Dr.
Christopher Addison, the Minister of
Munitiorki, in which attention is called
tot -the fact, that the entire steel utit
Pot 13 snider his control.
SEVEN TURKISH -VESSELS
,:
DESTROYED BY RU$ 1,\N,3
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„ czci'
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submarines sank 'foto- selooters near
the Bosphorus. Three ee rosier,
schoon-
ti that t ve ,
t 1
. er a
rK t .t L
Illti.i;':1r
by the salt-,
mat'ille were obli'tled " to ' i:tti:Yt tltcif4� .
solve
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;Sy g i,ip itl p'eV:A1l.i;Y.;.`x'
;4toLzit." "