Exeter Times, 1915-12-2, Page 6•
ii0,060 SERBIANS F IGIIT ON
TAKING HEAVY TOLL OF ENEMY
Los.ses Thus Far 35,000 Killed and Wounded and
20,00o Prisoners -Allies 1 -lave Surprise in Store
A despatch front Athens eays: The
nrwepaper Hestia publishes an inter-
view with the Serbian Wer
who is a Stiloniea,in whieh the Min-
ister said:
"Although we have lost 35400
killed or wounded and 20,000 taken
prisoner, the operations are anything
but ended. Our forces now number-
ing 200,000 are still intact. We are
only deficient in heavy artillery. The
merale of the troops is unimpaired.
The commissariat is working splen-
didly, thanks to the French organ-
-Nevertheless, the situation is diffi-
cult, though not hopeless; from a
strategic standpoint, and as regards
munitions we shall remain on the de-
fensive, hablieg the passes and wear-
ing down tie enemy until the Anglo-
French forces are sufficiently strong
to enable us to resume the offensive.
"The participation of Itay meets
with difficulties owing to the diver-
gence of views regarding Albania.
Russia's intervention will be effected
after the concentration of the allied
armies in the Balkans, and it is ex-
pected that this will produee a change
in Roumania's attitude.
"I can assure you that France and
England are preparing surprises in
the Balkans."
• ONLY 10 MILES SOUGHT TO CUT
11011 BAGDAD FRENCH LINE
•
General Sir John Nixon's Army With-
in Sight of the Famous
City.
A deepatch from London says; A
telegram from Gen. Sir John Eccles
Nixon, commander of the British
anew in Meeopotamia, reports that sive and threw back the Bulgarians,
Gsn. Townseed'a troops were in POS- taking a majority of the positions lost
session of the battlefield, while the on the Krivolak-Cerna-Rajec line. The
Turks were reported to be retiring on Bulgarians had tried to force the
ten miles above Ctesiphon, and
the so.= distance from Bagdad. Gen.
Townsend was engaged in clearing the -
cold of wounded and prisoners.
"At first it was stated that 800 pri-
soners hadbeen taken. It now ap-
pears that no less than. 1,300 have
h.cen marched back to Lajj.
The Bulgarians Were Driven
Leaving Many Dead and
Wounded.
Back,
The Salonica correspondent of the
London Daily Mail telegraphs as fol-
lows: The French retook. the offen-
French lines with full strength, and
had left in the rear no covering
troops, so that a vigorous French
counter-attack forced them to with-
draw hurriedly, leaving a considerable
number of dead and wounded.
A small squadron of French aero-
planes bombarded the Bulgarian vil-
"Our wounded are reported to num- lege of Strumitsa with great success
about 2,500, of whom. 1,800 were and reached its base uninjured.
leaving that .day by steamer for The Serbian army is continuing its
Basra. The number of killed has not retreat in the new direction and has
yet been reported. attacked the Bulgarian forces cover -
"Gen. Nixon praises the excellent ing Prilep. The Austrian forces are
handling of the troops by Gen. Town- marching on Uskub.
send, and the splendid spirit shown British reinforcements are eontinu-
by
them after their severe losses and ing to disembark. The Bulgarian
hardships from want of water and press is unanimous in declaring that
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'The Week's Developments in the War.
The Balkan States and the Austro -Italian front have held the chief interest in war developments during the
week. After four months of terrifIc fighting with heavy losses in a mountainous country where operations
were extremely difficult, the Italian armies are reported to have captured their immediate goal of Goritz.
This news has not yet been officially confirmed, but if it proves true, the 'Italian victory is one of the glee es
t
importance. An immediate advance against Trieste may be expected.
In the Balkans the Austro -German and Bulgarian advances have continued, the Serbian army making a
masterly retirement. It is now pretty definitely believed that the Serbian army has escaped the trap set for it,
although both sides suffered terrific losses. Large farces of French and British troops are now in Serbia, and
the defence is becoming very much stronger.
At the Dardanelles the Turks have made desperate efforts to drive the British and French into the 1.eeae
evidently depending upon the reports that the Allied forces there have been greatly weakened to provide re-
inforcements f • theBalkan campai
Russian armies, thoroughly equipped, are now concentrated near the Rumanian border, and will be fighting
in Bulgaria next week. Greece has complied with the dementia of the Entente nations, and after the Allies
have succeeded in checking the invader, it would not be at all surprising if both Rumania and Greece should
assist in driving out the enemy forces and in punishing Bulgaria for her part in the war.
On the Western front winter conditions. prevail, and fighting has been largely restricted to artillery duels.
The Eastern battle -front is almost entirely -unchanged. Considerable naval activity has been reported in the
Baltic, a squadron of the latest British submarines having passed though the Cattegat, according to repeated
reports. A German super -dreadnought is reported to have been sunk by e mine.
brought its mission to an enc, but
One of the most severe surprises
the Turks were given in this war was
d f • h sac
rifices the advantage Breadstuffs.
Bulgaria in no way is disposed to -
B 1arian
on the Persian Gulf,, where they found war which
their offensive forestalled by a British .is
not pp •
invasion: public opinion seems uneasy at the
ofnresence Turkish forces in Thrace.
• Turkey had shown her hand since
the last of Auguste 1914, and Russia
and Great Britain were ready for the
events leading up to and subsequent
to the 30th of October, when Islam
jeined Teuton.
By the beginning of November the
British in the Gulf of Persia, were
.ready. Thee Government of India had
esrt the Poona Brigade, under Brig:a-
!ier-General W. S. Delamam, to Bah-
rein.
Thrix brigade. contained the 2nd Dor-
the 20th (Puneab) Infantry, the •
leith (Wellesley'el Rifles, the 117th
Mahrattas, and the 23rd (Pershawur)
and the 30th Mountain Batteries. On
November 7th the force reached the.
har of the Shat -el -Arab, *here the •
Village of Fao, with its Turkish fort, •
amtmg the flats and palm groves.
The gunboat Odin bombarded the fort
and troops landed and occupied the
village. The brigade then sailed 30
miles up the estuary, passing the re-.
finery of the Anglo-P.ersian Oil Com -
tante at Aberdan, and _disembarked
at Saniieh, on the Turkish bank,
where it prepared entrenched camp,
and sat down to wait for the rest of
the British force.
URGE PROVINCIAL LEVY
FOR PATRIOTIC FUND
A despatch from -Winnipeg says:
The Union of Manitoba Municipalities,
represented by over two hundred
ectves and councillors, in annual con-
vention at Stonewall, resolved to peti-
tinn the Manitoba Government to levy
a tax of one mill for five years on all
assessable property in the province
for the Manitoba Patriotic Fund, in
aid of the soldiers' dependents.
34
AUSTRALIA WILL HAVE
300,000 MEN IN KHAKI .
A despatch from Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, says: The Commonwealth
Government has decided to raise an
additional 50,000 men. This will
bring up the • Australian contingent
for the war to 300,000.
Five Turkish divisions are at Sufli,
one at Mustafa Pasha, one at Varna
and one at Burgas.
On the other hand the Turkish
press states that the question of
Thrace will be definitely settled with
the support of Germany, for Thrace,
contrary to the declarations made by
Premier Radoslavoff, of Bulgaria,
should fall to Turkey.
STARVE IN WARSAW;
GERMAN FOOD SCARCE
A. despatch from Amsterdam to the •,
Exchange Telegraph Company says: ;.
Food riots are frequent in Poland. The
shortage of supplies is so great in the
towns around Warsaw that even the
wealthy are unable to obtain sufficient •
food. .As consequence, outbreaks
are of almost daily occurrence, and ,
involve fighting between civilians and •
the German troops.
The situation has been made worse
by the refusal of General von Besse -
ler, 9overnor-General of Poland, to
alloy; the Polish 'Relief Committee to
work except under German control, to
which the committee declines to as-
sent. The mortality among children
has doubled since the cold weather
began.
GERMAN SOLDIER ARRIVES.
Tells U. S. Immigration Authorities
He is Weary of War.
• A despatch from New York says:
Heinle Schultz, late a private in the
German army, reached New York, a
deserter and a stowaway aboard the
Dutch steamer Noorderdyk. He wore
a uniform which bore the earth stains
of the trenches, and said he had
grown weary of war. If he is denied
admission, he probably will be held
here indefimtely, as to deport him
would result in his capture by the
British. Schultz deeerted, he said,
after his father and brother had both
been killed.
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BRITISH JACPES ESCAPED
WITH THE SERBIAN ARMY
Naval Brigs
grade ileard From
Toronto,Nov 30. -Manitoba wheat
-New crop, No. 1 Northern, $1.11%; j
No. 2 Northern, $1.09; No. 3 North- i
ern, $1.05, track lake ports,
immc-
diate shipment.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 48c,
track lake ports.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, 771-se.c,!
track Toronto.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 76c,
track Toronto.
Ontario oats -New crop, No. 3
white, 38 to 39c; commercial eats, 37
to 38c, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lots,94 to 90e; wheat, slightly
sprouted and tough, 90 to 93c,accord- i
ing to sample; wheat, sproutd, smut-
ty and tough, 75 to 88c, according to
sample.
Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots,
$2.25; sample peas, $1.50 to $2, ac-
cording to sample.
Barley -Malting barley, 56 to 58c;
feed barley, 49 to 52c, according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat --Nominal, car lots, 75
to 77e, according to freights outside.
Rye -No. 2, nominal, 86 to 88e; rye,
tough, 80 to 83e, according to sample.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $6; second patents, in jute
bags, $5.50; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $5.30, Toronto.
Ontario flour -New Winter, $4.40
to $4.35, according to sample, sea-
board or Toronto freights in bags,
prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, per ton, $22;
shorts, per ton, $23; middlings, per
ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.50.
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 30c; in-
ferior, 22 to 24c; creamery prints, 32
to 340; do., solids, 81 to 32c.
,ggs- g , 80 to32eper doz-
en; selects, 35 to 813c; new-laids, 43
to 45e, ease lots.
Honey -Prices in tins, lb., 10 to
11e; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $2.
Beans -$3.50 to $3.75.
Poultry -Chickens, 14 to 16c; fowls,
11 to 13c; ducks, 15 to 16e; geese, 14
to 16c; turkeys, 30 to 32c.
Cheese -Large, 17%c; twins, 18c.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario quot-
ed at $1.20, and New Brunlwicks at
$1.40 to$1.50 per bag, on track.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 154 to 16c per
lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium, 17%
to 18c; do., heavy, 14% to 15c; rolls,
15%, to 16c;breakfast bacon, 21 to
23c; backs, plain, 24 to 25c; boneless
backs, 26 to 27e.
Lard -Pure lard, tubs, 14c; com-
pound, pails, 12c.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Nov. 30. -Oats -No. 2
local white, 46%c. No. 3 local white,
which Assisted in D4fence of Bei. 451/2e; No. 4 local' white, 441/2c, Bar-
ley -Manitoba feed, 65c; malting,
A despatch from London says: The
safety of both the British and French
naval brigades whieh. recently were in
Belgrade is now: assured. The French
lection arrIved at Monastir, near the
Greek leeee.er, a few daya ago; a
telegra ht is been received from Ad-
mit 1 1.1 ibridge commending the
•
561/4c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 78 to 80c,
Flour-IVIanitoba Spring -wheat. pat-
ents, firsts, $6.10; seconds, $5.60;
t • In k e $5.40; Winter patents,
!'Britirli brigade, dated from Mitrovit- choice, $0; straight rollers, $6.30 to ,
za, November 20, stating that all was $6.40; do„ bags, $2.50 to $2.60. Roll-
s •
ed oats-Bhls., $5.20 to $5.25; do.,
British and French naval brigades Iggst 0 ,,.0 .i6
90 lbs $2.45. Bran, $92,
took part in the fighting against the M"eouritIsl je,"$'.20 toMiddlings,$$2. to1‘4)lay-No, 2„.
i were sent to Belgrade last fall and
per ton, ear lots, $17.50 to $18.50.
Germane and Austrians, preeeding the Cheese -Finest westerns, 1714 to
evacuation of the capital by the Serbs 17%c. finest easterns 3.6% to l'ic
• • I
ITALIANS TAKE
PODGORA P
AK
Capture o.f Heights Crowns Five
Months' Campaign Against
Fortress,
A despatch from Rome says; After
five months of fighting the .italiana
have taken the Podgora heights, the
key to Goritz, now known to the Ital-
ian soldiers as IVIonte Calvario, be-
cause .of the heavy losses suffered by
them in their efforts to conquer it as
well as by the Austrian defenders,
These heights, just west of Goritz
and. on the opposite bank of the
Isonzo, command the stronghold.
Their capture means that virtually
the last step in the taking of Goritz
has been accomplished.
The Italian official statement con-
taining the announcement of this, the
most important victory won by the
'bailees in many months, follows:.
"On Monte Calvario (Podgora
heights), west of Goritz, our attacks
continued, and we reached the Sum-
mit, which we held under the furious
and concentrated fire of the enemy.
. "On the Carso plateau, after re-
pulsing weak night attacks, the oper-
ations were vigorously resumed in
the morning, and a strong entrench-
ment was taken near the San Martino
Church. A total of 7 officers and 86
men were taken prisoners."
Following their success in the cap-
ture of the heights of Podgora, the
Italians are now storming the heights
of San Michele, on the edge of the
Carso plateau to the south of the Aus-
trian stronghold .on the Isonzo. These
heights form the only important forti-
fications south of Goritz, and the Ital-
ians have been making desperate
efforts to occupy them for several
weeks.
In the official report, it was an-
nounced that General Cadorna's forces
succeeded in occupying the fourth line
of entrenchinents near the summit of
the mountain. This victory was
achieved after a terrific ,bombard-
ment of the Austrian positions lasting
all night. When the artillery fire
ceased, the infantry charged from the
district around the church of San
Martino. The Austrians were unable
to retreat in time, and most of the de-
fenders of the fourth trench were
made prisoners.
Since the beginning of the Italian
offensive, which is now known as the
CZAR'S MESSAGE
TO THE SERBIANS
Reported to Have Promised Their
Presence in Bulgaria a Week
Hence.
A despatch from London says; Tho
Russian Emperor has addressed a
personal telegram. to the Serbian Pre-
mier, M. Pachitch, according to a
Salonica despatch to the Daily Teles
graph, in which he promises the alit.
pearanee in Bulgaria shortly of Rus-
sian troops, The Italian Government,
according' to this despatch, bas also
promised to send an expeditionary
force of 40,000 men,
According to the latest news front
Salonica the French lino is still un-
broken, the report that the Bulgarians
have occupied Krivolalt being un-
founded. On the contrary, all their
attacks have been repulsed,
The French official statement re-
ports an engagement with the Bul-
garian forces near Brusnic, to the
east of Krivolak, in which the Bul-
gars were repulsed.
Great Britain and France are pre-
paring to establish a great military
position at Salonica, where large bar-
racks are to be erected for the allied
troops, and where a great electric
power station is to be built to enable
the allies to carry on their repair
work. France and Great Britain
have notified Greece that full indemni-
ties will be paid Greece for any dam-
age to Greek property that may be
caused by the allied armies.
The change in Greece's attitude, to-
gether with the impressive military
preparations by Russia, are under-
stood here to have caused a marked.
reversal of sentiment in Roumania for
the allies. It is believed here that
Roumanio will grant full permission
to Russia to send troops across Rou-
manian territory for an attahls against
the Bulgarians.
Many heavy field and siege cannon
from Japanese armament factories
have arrived in Southern Russia, De-
spatches' received in Berlin state that
large consignments of these cannon
are now at Odessa. This news has
caused a deep impression in military
circles at: Berlin. German military
authorities state the Russians are
about t.o strike the blow for which
th Nea
they have been preparing in e
East for the last month. The fact
RikSE OF FR.' SiBJECTS fourth battle of the Isonzo, the Aus- centrated at Odessa, the principal
that Russian troops are being con -
sl,e,,ah-yoleanlidneinoffatithreyIsaotntetzcoksin along theat- Russian port in the Black Sea, has
given rise to the conviction that Rus-
sia will attack Bulgaria from two
trians have delivered a series of the Czar'
tempts to regain some of the fround pout s, o
*e
n of Bulgaria Refuses on the Ground That -They Are lost to the Italians. These' attacks marching through Roumania for a
the terrific bombardment of the Ital.- direct assault on e g
Spies, Con,plications Are Likely were in every case broken down by
Ian big guns. Every day sees an in- another seeks a landing -place on the
crease in the violence of the bombard- Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea.
•
• 'I
A despatch from London says: The tfeared as a result of the incident. meet in the neighborhood of Goritz.
report that Roumania has refused thel Despatches from Bucharest, Rou- It has been learned here that a DINcH OF HuNGER
request of Austria and Germany for mania,' to Budapest papers state that council of war was held recently at f
u a an Council of Ministers Laibach, at which it was decided by
Danube to go through to the Black } has decided, since the Unionist Fed- the Austrian commanders that Goritz
permission for their war craft on the the Ro m ni
Sea is confirmed by inquiries made eration has threatened to make a de- could not•hold out any longer without
here. monstration and interrupt the speech aid from Germany.
t7,
SHARPENS TONGUES
A Rome correspondent learns that from the throne, to open Parliament tit. later despatch says: The Italian •
i h -evoked by Premier Bratiano will read. The mes- further progress to the south and thel Stomachs Is Placed Upper -
a serious incident between Bulgaria simply With a Royal message which advance against Gorizia made some The Problem of Supplying German
and Rottman w asbeen pi
the arbitrary arrest at Sofia of sev- (sage will declare, it is said, that the north-west of the city. The forces ,
eral Roumanians on suspicion . of es- foreign political situation makes it which took the summit of the Pod- most.
pienage and Bulgaria's refusal of the! the duty of Roumania to maintain gore heights extended their conquests A despatch from Cologne says: The
formal demand made by Roumania neutrality to such limits as the vital north-west of the city, taking fur- Wigs Zeitung in a sharp article urges
Ste: their release. Complications are I interests of the country will permit. tiler trenches in the course of vigor- the Reichstag to call the Government
ous fighting, and holding them against to account for its failure to deal ade-
.
Butter -Choicest creamery, 31% to
32c; seconds, 303', to 31c. Eggs -
Fresh, 42 to 45c; selected, 33c; No. 1
stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 27 to 28c.
Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1..20 to
$1.30. Dressed hogs -Abattoir killed,
$13.75 to $14. Pork -Heavy Canada
short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces,
$28 to $28.50; Canada short-cut back,
line, 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27.50.
Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs.,
101,ic; wood 20 lbs. net, 10%c;
pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12% to 19c;
pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13% to
13%c. Fal.
were: Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.35 foodstuffs.
Ito $7.60; do., good, $7 to $7.25; do., attack.
South of the city, on the Carso "To supply the German nation with
medium, $6.25 to $6.60; doe tOmnion, plateau, the Italians gained some provisions is at present the most im-
!
• $5.25 to $6; butchers' bulls, choice, ground to the north of Monte San portant military question, and one
$6.25 to $6.75; do., good bulls, $5.70 Michele, between Boschini and Pete- which must be carried through before
to ano, and to the south of the mountain, winter," the Volks • Zeitung says.
to $6; do., rough bulls, $4.75
$6.30 in the direction of San Martino. "This doubtless will be recognized by
$5.25; butchers' cows, choice,
, medium, $5 to $5.50; do, common, man aid on the Italian front are still orders will find no opposition. We the supreme army command, whose
to $6.50; do., good, $5.75 to $6; do., Austria's urgent appeals for re-
$4.25Ger-
to $4.75; feeders, good, $6.50 unheeded. Germany has two reasons commend the appointment of an eco -
to $6.75; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs.,' for refusing to aid .her ally' in this
' $6.25 to $6.50; canners and cutters, quarter: the necessary troops are not , The article closes with an attack on
an Austrian attempt at a counter- quately with the problem of supplying
$75 to $120; do„ common and medium, with Italy. As a result of Germany's Under-Secretary 'ef 'the Interior, on
1385 to $60; Springers, $50 to $1.00; • position, it is possible that the Aus- the ground that he has not dealt
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United States Wheat. light ewes, $6 to $7; sheep, heavy, $5
trians will be compelled to retire and energetically enough with the food
Minneapolis, Nov. 3 .- ea - e- o . o. u cs, ' .
. .5 ; ,
give up the desperate resistance which problem.
camber, 99,4 to 99%; May, $1.021,4; yearling lambs,i$7 to $7.50; Spring
cash, No. 1 hard, $1.05%; No. 1 Nor- lambs, cwt., $8.90 to $9.50; calves, they have been interposing to the
_
th $1 01% to $1 03%. No 2 medium to choice $7 25 to $10; hogs,•Italian advance.
ern, . . ,
Northern, 974 to 99%c. Corn -No.
3 yellow, 68 ,e to 60%c. Oats -No. 3
st
white, 35% to 36c. Flour unchanged.
Bran, $18 to $1.8.50.
Duluth, Nov. 30. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, 31,02; No. 1 Northern, $1.01;
No. 2 Northern, 97c; Montana, No. 2
hard, $1.01; December, 980; May,
$1 . 02%. Linseed -Cash, $1.09; De-
cember, $1.97%; May, $2.02%.
, •
Montreal, Nov. 30. -Choice steers, ! dently is pressing them hard. ...
HUNGARIANS KILLED
weighed off cars, $9.95. i belittled by the Austrians, now evi- RUSSIAN PRISONERS
$7.25 to $7.50; steers, 35.75 to $6.50; : Germany's refusal to aid Austria on
common, $4.75 to $5,25; butchers': the Italian front is said to have been Number of Victims Is Placed at Two
cwt. Canning stock -Cows $.3.15 to , n -14 e
per instigatedThousand.
cows and bulls, $4.50 to $6.25 by Prince von Buelow, for-
mer Imperial Chancellor, whose visit A despatch from Bucharest says:
$3.35; bulls, $3.75 to 34.25 per cwt. •
to Switzerland is believed to have had According to trustworthy sources at'
Ontario lambs, .39 to 30.25; sheep,
i $5.25 to $6 per cwt; milkfed calves, for one of its objects an attempt to Debreczen, 2,000 Russian prisoners
• fed and watered, -39.65 to $9.70; do., This Italian offensive, heretofore
17 to 8c, and grassfed, to Oc per lb. learn whether appreciable Italian sue- confined nearby, who revoltedowing
Live Stock Markets: flogs -Selected lots, $9.75 per cwt„ cesses, including the permanent occus to bad food, and killed two sentries,
Toronto, Nov. 30, -The quotations weighed off cars. pation of Gorizia, would 'satisfy Rale were shot by Hungarian troops.
Kll CHENER
n.••••••••••,.. •
HAS LEFT BALKANS;
VISITED.. THE -ITALIAN
- t Ian public opinion. It is evident that An official communique attributed
' Prince von Buelow hopes that the war the disappearance of these prisoners
between Italy and Austria will not be t� an epidemic of cholera.
continued longer if considerable ter-
monhilil ritory is gained by the Italians before _ _ a
[NM k Winter. Hence Germany would be
benefited in the :future if she now re- PARENIS AND SISTERS
KILLED BY GERMANS
s___ -,t. -__
fusee to aid her ally,
Had a Conference With King Victor, Oen. Cadorna A despatch from Kingston says:
pt, Vervicke, a Belgian Soldier who'
and the Premier returned from tlts front, says he lost
Jo A.., his father, mother and three sisters
item eIGEES MASSACRED when the Germans destroyed Belgium,.
ON THE, ROAD TO VAN and that he and his brother, who is
A despatch from Rome says:: Field
Marshal Lord Kitchener, British War
Minister, arrived here from Naples
and Went directly to the British Em-
bassy. His arrival was a complete
surprise. After 'a conference with
Premier Salanclra and the Minister'
for War, Lord 'Kitchener left for the
front, where he conferred with Lieut. -
Gen. Count Luigi Cadorna, chief of
the Italian general staff, and' King
Victor Emmanuel.
•
Kitchcner's movements havo been
kept so • secret that it was not even
known he meant to visit Italy or that
he had left the Near East. In view of
i the allies' anxiety to secure
Itailan
aid in the Balkan campaign, the
'greatest importance was attached to
Kitchener's presence here.' Whether
he had come here especially to blister!
!the despatch of Italian troops to the
Near Eastern war zone and will re- to return to that part of Armenia in
turn to the Balkans, ox return to ilutrian occupation. They were mas-
'England, is not known. ettercil .oil* the road to Van.
training in Ottawa, wish to get to the
A despatch from. London says: front to avenge their deaths. ritetes,
News of further Armenian massacres Vervieke was with the Canadian En-
ha's reached those in 'charge of the . •
Lord Mayor's Armenian Refugee
gincers.,
Fund. It tells of the mascacre of 500 -
refugees by Kurds, The refugees Sure Proof.
cs uacucceacscliead, hi un t reaching20110u,ososoiarnetturgaeness-
'man who takes things just because'
liolstis-I can always tell, a wo.•
were alreadykthere, and the 500 tried they look cheap.
Pokes -How?
Hokus--Simply by looking at her
husband.
lOk