The Seaforth News, 1917-03-29, Page 7TEE ALLIED ARMIES ARE
SP ASINC FORWARD IN FRANCE
Enemy Forced Bach to Notheast of ('anal of St. Quentin -
Many Desperate Eicountel:5 Near Aisne.
A despatch from London says: ---
Along the entire battlefront betweert
the Sears a and the Aisne in France
the •aliled and Gerimal). troops haw
to grips, At .some places the
battle waged by infantry, cavalry and
artillery attained the biggest proper -
of any engagement this year.
Standing before the Hindenburg line,
from the region of Arras to Leon, the
Clematis launchedlaunchedcounter-attack
after counter-attack at the advancing
French and Britsih forces, but the
Teutons were hurled back suffering
heavy losses.
Some observers here see in the re"
cent developmnets signs that Hinden-
burg intends to fight a decisive battle
over the despoiled and desolated
cor•hy stretching from the Somme to
the Aisne and from St. Quentin to La
Pore, If such a battle should de-
velop it will probably be the greatest
struggle in every way that has been
fought in this war, not excepting the
battle of the Marne. And with it
Hindenburg will reveal his strategy
and the prime reason for the great
• German withdrawal.
The most desperate enooutlters of
the day took place along the French
front south of St, Quentin, where less
than two and a half miles separate
Nivelle's troops from the enemy's de-
feusivo system. One struggle surg-
ed around St. Simon, along both sides
of the Somme-Croseat Canal, and
slightly north, mean the villages of
Artemps and Seraucourt-le-Grand.
Here the Germans delivered a violent
counter -blow that almost swept the
T'r'ench off their feet.
Shortly afterward the French
launched a wide offensive in this
some. region, and in the face of stub -
horn resistance pressed the Germans
back to the northeast of the St.
Quentin Canal to a depth varying
from one and a quarter to two and a
half miles.
North of Soissons and along the
Aillette River two other mighty
GERMAN SMASH
t13Arc' D TDtrl�D
1 engagements were 'fought, ea the
!former sector, to i.lie west anti south
of Margivel, the line swayed back-
! ward and 'forward as first the lereneh
and then the Germans mired suc-
! emcees, Despite the ferocity of the
opposition, the French adverted' along
1 this front at several important points,
moving considerably nearer Mergival,
Along the Aillette front, on both
sides of the Oise, the foress of Nivelle
!palled ahead ales, continuing their
!crossing of the Aillette and edeenee
ing on the heights of the Oise to the
northeast of Tergnter. From these
dominating positions the French can
now look down on the German do -
fences, and with the bringing up of
their heavy artillery the enemy's po-
sitions
ositions will be exposed to a raking' fire.
Tho French soldiers in this sector re-
port that the Germans have inundated
the entire eoun'tryrido, including the
stronghold of La Fere, to impede the
allied advance,
The British forces on the front
southeast of Arras struck up against
even more powerful opposition than
the Drench, despit . the fact that they
Markets of the World GERMANS FINANCED
track limy pntla,O2nAsN5tgBrts
Toronto,
t It 3
tlV0Northen 5 0e 2, 52 0
No. 5, do„ $124 4 wheat, $125
3.
Manitoba matt.- No, 2 0.1m., 731o; No.
t W, 715e; extra No 2 teed, 710; No.
recd, 7421 all ra,1t delivcted,
Ak T01. n lot•n- NQ J yellow, $1,23,
troch r'rttnnt0 anhioet to ombutgo.
Ontario outs --No. 2 while, 06 to 07'.
nnnl3n 111 No 3 white, 04 l0 601, nominal,
n, Ontario insights aut$lrin,
(Intone wbtal•--No. 2 Winter, per oar
lot 51.82 to 51.85; No. 3. do., 51.81 to
51cording to freightsoutside. •�No. 3,5,codig t0
freigh 15 0025300,
ilnricee-el,tl11034, 51.21 10 51.23, se.
rel'4nt ' to It011;114u outa11,.
l3umlfirwhrat - $1,22, uee,rdnlg t0
frr1gh.t5--nou,laldo
2.
1 N, $1,43 to 51.60, according
freights reirrhta 0u1s1d0,
Manitoba flour ---First Palen 18. in Jul(
begs, 229.74; aucond patents, 1n jute bugs,
$9,20; strung halters', in jute bags, 18.80,
Toronto,
(A1tu'io 'tIet1'.-IS'hrtmr, according to
samIle, 57.56, in bags, track Toronto,
exr
pro,orLmpt grade. shltalent; 27.15, bulk seaboard,
hlill!•eed•--('a3' lots, delivered Montreal
freights bags included•-llran, per ton,
5
123020; , pe81r b,00u35g, , per$2,70 1013to, 12,80$40; , gU:711U:7110004-
111ty--10xlra No. 2, pet' ton, 111.50 to
5121 mixed, per ton, 58.50 to $11, tra016
Toronto.
Torou
f;t1nwto,- Ou,' lots, per Lon, 58, track
Country $roauoe-tv'ltoleaale
creamery tulntS, dairy,sh tchoice,e;lids, 40 to 20to
43e. -
Egggs--Now-laid, In cartons, 30 to 40o;
out of cartons, 37 to 280.
Live poultry -bowl, lb„ 20 to 250;
obteken8, 20 to 255c,
Dressed Polltry-Chickens. 23 10 20o;
per 20 10 230-; 0ueko, 32 10 25a; squabs,
per cloz,, $L00 L0 54,50; turkeys, 26 to
'lsc• gees,; 18 to 208
are �evorLA milv$0 farther Pram the t haesa-Now, large, 265 to 27e: twins,
R7 to 2790; tri ,iota 'J7' n . n•
German's reser a the than their • al- to
G ' J' i' h 1 r I 'g", 23c; twine. 23$ to 52RSc.27Y , old,
lies, Everywhere British lianas•---SS'ldta el0ver, 29ab. tine, S.a to
Y patrols 1280; 60th. Lina, 133 to 140; 10.1 b., 13 to
and advanced detachments calms into I39a soab„ 123, to !213 bark -11i., 00
•
contact with strong German forces
of rearguards, and succeeder.' in clear- $2 e5
i1:g up these outposts and continuing J'etttoea-nnteetn, par Lag, $5.25;
the advance. Al three points -near New Itrunutvl'il Dellcwa,•es, p:"' hit
Aizecourt-le-Bas, Baumetz-]e-Cambt•ai '103164.1 to 13.76; Albortu5, nnr bare, 03.:
,0
and Vrttucourt-the enemy counter•- l+n.ws---Imported, hand -picket, per
attacked in force. In the !regime of bush $0 t'nirj/10, 110:01-vir•1ted, par
n 5n5h Wit! ;o $. 69: corn 1,., 12 promise,
Ecoust and C'roisclle5 T•Iaig's troops 17.00 to $,,26; LtmuS, per tb.. 325 tm 13c.
made progress, but even here they •--^
are (;roping forward so cautiously that Provisrona-Wltolsale
5; nlced menta Mania, me0 2e l '0 ie
the advance is slo �. The British 27c; flu., hears•, 2s to .ac: cocked. 37 to
Commander is refusing to force the 20efo rens. 27 to 24c; breakfast
aletof art; bacon-,
issue here, as Ile knows that event- less 9A Lo 34c
ually the Germans will be forced back Lard -Pure lord, limos, 23 to 233o;
to their general lino of defence and tuba ..a 113 2390: putts •'3$ to 235e;
com;,'o3 il, tltH'.1 175 t0 it b
also because he is finding it more pro- cured meats• -r,ong , ltvu hater• 3o Lo
frtable to ;.how bee, eteongth in the sea !Ole per 33.; clear bellies, 102 to §u,•,
for southeast of Perone, where his ler ffi-
lb, tins, 0 t0 950. Loin b honey-r•'xtra
fine and heavy weight, per dug„ 52.75;
Select, 52.50 to 52,,5; Nu. 2, $2.00 to
rxera
troops aro lined up with the French eiontreid. lint; 27- (101J- 'u ); 43 )
and there is little danger of them fall- )vaster'°, No. 2 7 to ;7;r;
6 t "r9 f 17•-, 7. to 75yr,
ing into a Getw.an trap. n , e; extra xo
000_ 1 --- - _ _ 0 lour-- Man. ,prtng wheat patents,
firsts, 59,30; seconds, 53.30; strong
concerning the German concentration bakers', 59.10;winter patents, choice,
along this front, and a great'meeting' do;, 5lhags 1 a lU to 1$ {1 °6. $ i n,1cd at 00'
of soldiers was held on the Riga Barrel,, 57,55 to $7.45; do., bugs, 201 s„
front, attended by General Dimitrieif 53.01 to 53,60. 1trnu----$30 to 521,
Barley -Alan feed $1 n^
A BOMB FACTORY
Light Thrown on Method of
Destroying Vessels at
Sea in 1915.
A despatch from New York says:--•
An alleged admission that money for
the establishment of a bomb factory
in Hoboken, N.J., was furnished direct
from officials of the German Embassy
et' Washington was read on Thursday
when the trials were begun here of six
men char'gecl with having attempted
to create a reign, of terror on the high
sons by destroying ve60elrl sailing
from American ports with c,u'gues fin
the Entente allies,
Tho defendants are Captain Charles
volt Kleist, a chemist, who is accused
of having been engaged 111 the making
of the bombs; Karl Schmidt, formerly
chief engineer of the steamship
Friedrich der Grosse; Erase Becker',
electrician; and Frederick Karbade,
George Praedel and Wilhelm Parades,
assistant engineers of the same ves-
sel,
How the pollee captured the al-
leged plotters after' bomb explosionn
in 1016, bad destroyed vessels and
cargoes worth upwards of $4,000,000
was recited to the jury by Detective
13, Barth, who gained the confidence
of von Kleist by representing himself
as a1 agent of \Volt vorz I "el said t
FORBID MEAT AND POTATOES
TWO DAYS A WEEK IN BRITAIN
Hoarding of Food Will be Prevented -Compulsory' Rationing to
be Introduced If Voluntary System Fails.
A despatch from London says; TIJo
food question is pressing daily with
increasing stringency 011 the British
public, and according to authoritative
reports, tr few dnyri will t;ce new and
drastic steps on the pert of the Food
Controller, Lord Ilevouport, to meet!
the situation and prevent exploitation
r of the puhlie by traders, {
The Controller' autrouncotl in the I
Howie of Lords on Thursday that al-.
though voluntary rations had brought!
about excellent results, much more in
this clireetiol was required, otherwise'
it might be necessary to resort to;
compulsory rationing, which would be
a national calamity. He was very de-!
sillies of avoiding this, owing to the
tremendous machinery needed. This
machinery, however, was ready, ho
declared, if required, and a great re-
duction in bread and sugar was still;
imperative. The Controller also in -
'tended, he said, to introduce a strong
'pleasure to prevent the hoarding of
food.
According to an unofllelul report,
the Guvornment intends to introduce
, two meatless raid two potatoless days
weekly in all restaurants and hotels,
and to forbid more than five ounces
of uncooked meat to be served for
each person,
With regard to hoarding it is said
that the police will he empowered to
search private houses, and 1f more
than a fee night's supply of sugar, on
a bast' .if a weekly allowance of
thre quarters of a pound per capita,
is found, the persons so hoarding will
be severely punished, Traders would
also be prohibited, under penalties,
from attempting to compel purchasers
to buy other things before being sup-
plied with sugar, potatoes, and similar
contrnodities, as this system has led to
mischievous waste,
"T O
I
have been head of the German spy; N S OF y,, LLARS
0.
system in this country. Von Igoli
was an attache of the German Em- I
bassy, and returned to Germany with' Finance Minister Estimates That This _Amount Has Been Sub-.
HUNDRED AND FIFTY
Count von Bernstorff, former Ger-
man Ambassador.
Tha detective said lie telephoned to,
VOA Kleist, last April, and told him!
that he had been informed that vett
Kleist had written to Wolf von Igel, I
"I told him he could only see von
Igel through me," declared Bartle, "I
later ntet hien by appointment and he
toles me that he and Dr. Walter T.
Scheele, also a chemist, were partners
in the manufacture of fire bombs and
dealt also iu fertilize' as a blind,
"Scheele, von Kleist told me, had
received $10,000 from Captain von
Papen of the German Embassy, to
finance the bomb molting, bet he was
in need of more cash,"
The head of the alleged plotters
was said to have been Dr. Scheele,
tvho escapee! arrest by flight to Max-
scribed to New War Loan.
Ottawa, March 25. _Canada's third ,
domestic wen loam was- considerably,
oversubscribed even -without the ap
plications of the chartered banks of-
the country for sixty million dollars
of the bonds or cif persons seeping to
convert ten-year securities, floated in
1911, or 5 per cent. debenture stock!
maturing in 1919, into the new
twenty-year issue. It is predicted
that the subs0riptioh, for the new loan
may be fount] to have reached $250,
000,000, including those of the banks,
and excluding those to be paid its eon -
All three domestic loans floated in
Canada have thus been oversubscribed.
In 1914, when fifty mullions were re-
quired, applications for one hundred
were received. In 1910, when $100,-
000,000 of bonds were offered, sub-
scriptions for more than double that
amount: were received. It is said that
in the present case only the original
authorized total of $15t),000,000 will
be issued, that the subscriptions of the
banks will probably not be accepted,
and that the funds in their hands will
thee bo left available for carrying on
version of the earlier war issues, ;the ordinary business of the country. is located. Here are the old palace,
GERMANY FEARS
POWER OF RUSSIA
F-•••••
Berlin Newspaper Regards the
Change as increasing Hun
Perils.
A despatch from Amsterdam says!
---The Berlin Lukal Anzeiger, a copy
of which has been recieved here, says
that if the Russian revolution has re"
suited in a decisive victory over Rus-
sian absolutism it means the disap-
pearanee of an important element of.
weakness At the Russo -French al-
liance and for the stability of the En-
tente, es the war aims of the demo-
cratic Western powers could not, in
the long run, he the same as the aims
of Russians absolutism.
"Tho great Russian revolution,"
says The Laical Anzeiger, "will make
an end to this antagonism. If the
!'evolution succeeds in establishing
anything permanent, the most com-
plete agreement regarding constitu-
tienet principles will exist between
the allies, and therefore during the
peace negotiations they will he able
to come forward with a much more
harmonious program than would
States governed according to various
antagonistic political principles.
' Tia perils threatening Germany's
future would be formidably increased
if a State with a democratic consti-
tution were to arise also on her east-
ern frontier. The strongest guaran-
tees must be found against the coali-
tion, which, through the removal of
the deep antagonism which hitherto
has divided it, will become stronger
and more cohesive."
DEPOSED EMPEROR
DEPRIVED OF FREEDOM
A despatch from London says :-
The Russian Government has ordered
that the deposed Emperor and his
consort shall be regarded as having
been deprived of their liberty, and
that they shall be brought to the
Tsarskoe Selo, Reuter's Petrograd
correspondent telegraphs. Tsarakoa
Selo is a town ("village of the Czar"),
133 miles south-west of Petrograd,
vhel'e the Imperial Summer residence
•ret, multi 51 35 I !
a 111ts,tt14U22flt2y 21tort5 138 t 541 ]tri tdu
'and delegates of the Duma, at which 14° tloutlue $tG to gnu. Re N
• -- u . t ata --x41 to
-- it was resolved unanimously to strain 11bee1 e.%teins' 26215do $191 ns, o3?
40 to 411, L1gga-•Fu,h 24 to
i'ntatoes---p,' bag, eat' lots. $$.753,1
$3,26.
Great Numbers of Troops Are!
Being Massed Along the MORE SLAVE RAIDS.
erns,
every effort for the defence of Russia, totter-<`toiclst rreiarne„ 413, seconds
Northern Front. i Germans to. Steal Men and Women
Petrograd, March 25. -From in -I For Spring Fanning,
ternal troubles and the problems of A d's t +
reconstruction the attention of Russia F'.[ n e C pa tch from IIazebrouek, chert, 970, a Data ---No 2 C.W.. 6251; No
has suddenly been diverted to a new i t t c , says ; It. is reported here that s ere\v., 5010; No, i rohd 6035e; No
deportations Pram the Mended district ) feed: 593'; .IP',;;- feed. G,:l:. 1bu'lere
danger which threatens from with- No, S, 51.06; Ne. 4, 11,90: roJaotrd, S9c
of Northern• France are about to be reed, S9c Flax ,.
resumed. The Germans for some time --•Nu. 1 N.W.,„ $2.025
out. Thane is now indisputable evi-na0. 2 C"V" 52.603.
deter! that the Germans are massing:
Winnipeg GrainWinnipeg, liar. 27 --rash prides
Wheat, No. 1 Northern. 51.854; No.
Northern, 51.129: N. 3 Northern, 51.709
1\o, 4, $1.65$; No. 5, $1.474: No. 0, $1.155
•
e
atm"ave boon ng
great numbers of troops along the
blanks to be filled out, in order to or -
northern
front ready for an effort
against Russia's capital. I gamine the deportation of young !!tell
The country has been apprised of ',and Women, with a view 10 employing $y•2e5 to 51,0e9, No. t Northern. $1.885
the new menace by a series of I;rp" them for spring farming, The Ger- to 1l 42 . (:ot•n-N. e yonotr, $3 $,,y to
mans continue to requisition metal., •$I 51'i•(tats-Nn. reit n,, 521 SLI G010.
dentitions from its Ministers. PlEiur anch:uta•0d, i.ran, 134.51 to $3G
having taken from mast of the church•
Stinister of War G hl- ff h
United Stator Markets
711 hunenpollo, Mar. 2 . .Wheat. May,
$1.249 to $3.8.12; July-, 51 8. rash No.
1 hard, $2.019 to 2,025- Nn. 1 Northern
shod a proclamnt3on warniu the o_ j es in Line their bells and organ pipes,
plo of the menace of spies seeking' to and from other places quantities of
uncover secrets of the national de -1 sheet steel,
fence. The concentration of these
spies in Petrograd was pointed to as f GERMANY SENDS CAPTIVES
one element of danger ge against which • TO THE FRONT LINES
Duluth, Mar. 27--\2'heul--i3o. I hard,
$1.525; No. 1 Northern, 515331, No. 3
N001110rn, 51.020 to $1.3.42. Stay, 51.0131;
July. 11.791 b14. Linseed...To arrive,
52.886; Ma}, $2.00: Jul} $2.11.
L170 Stools lasaltats
Toronto, Mar. 7 -Choice heavy steers,
111 10 $11.06; Oe,. gaud, $30.10 to 51 0.. a;
Steps were lmnledlitt.el neMesar butchers' cattle, choice, $10.35 to $10.7,-,;
Y y,I do,. good $10,10 to 110.23; do., medltun,
while the outer menace was named as A despatch from Lausanne, Switzer- 0,50 10 59.70; do., common, 11.01 to
the coneentrntiolt by tate Germane of land says: -Germany has sent Many 9; butchers' r,uua, '1 ,100, $10 to $nr,5n;
do., good limbs, 40,o 5to $0,fi0; fled.,
medium bolts, $R L21+ 13,3); do„ i'„ugb
bulls, $0 to 56.40; butchers' gimps,
cholre, 59.00 to $10; de., good, $0.50 to
52.05; do„ mot um, $7 to 1;.21; swoons,
$7.50 to 59.25; choice feeders. 50 in 110;
canners mud cutters, 15.25 to $0,80;
milkers, gond to choice, $05 to 1110; do.,
coin. and med„ earl), 540 to 560; spring-
ers, 500 to $1111; light ewes, 51,! to $11;
sheep, heavy, 50.60 to 50,50; rale es,
good to choice, $12 to 514.50; lambs,
eltoire, 514.25 to 515.25; do., ,nodit'ut,
110.50 t0 212.50; hogs, t'"0 and watered,
$15.50 to 515.00; do., walghod ntr re's,
515.75; do., 1.0,1., 114.75.
Montreal, 21o0. 2 - c'hele' steers, 531
to 111.25: good steers, 010.50; Inwer.
grades, 31,5,, to 11,50; Jul hors' cons,
5ro1111 051 to !valves, $10 to 1) $tn: good 0
choice, $12 to 219; lower gragood 10
55 to $12; sleep, $7.19 3" 5130;
lambs, 015.20 tm $14.25; h,.•o. 0-leet00,
516,21 to 510.55
RUSSIAN TROOPS
1''ULI, O1'' ARDOR.
Despatches Front Trenches Bay ('oun-
try May Rciy on Defenders
"great quantities of 110111it10n5, sup_ of her captives to the front lines of
plies and mot" on the Russian north-; battle as reprisals, according to a
ern front. A conference has been held statement issued by the International
between General Korniloff, the new !Red Cross on Friday. Tho state -
commander of the troops in the merit said the Red Cross was endeav-
Petrograd district, with the council of sling to dissuade the German author -
workmen's and soldiers' delegates ,dries from such form of reprisal.
BRITISH ISIS AND FRENCH ARMIES GAIN
ALONG THE ENTIRE JRCWESTERN FRONT
Push Foe Steadily Back on His Whole Line of Retreat -German
Troops Offer Stubborn Resistance,
Loudon, March 25. - Along the
whole front of the German retreat the
allies are advancing and a torrific bat-
tle is now beginning, which is likely
to prove one of the great turning
points of the war. From Arras to
La Fere, a distance of fifty utiles, the
heavy guns ase now booming, and re-
infereements and reserves are being
rushed up with the greatest possible
speed.
The heaviest fighting is still going
o1 around Ste Quentin, where the
French to -clay closed in upon the
enemy's Imes for v. considerable dis-
taece, a11c1 along the road to Cam -
brei, 'where the British have scored
brilliant successes which may possibly
have far -melting consequences.
Both the British and the French
advances at the 116000nt moment are
aiming at the cutting of of St, Quen-
tin and the capture of that powerful
point in the Hindenburg line of de -
Nilo, After whirlwind fighting the
troops of Generai Haig have flung the
enemy out of the important centres
of Roisel and 13eaumetz-les-Cambr'ai, e
where desperate street -to -street and t
house-to-house combats tools place be-
fore the Germans relinquished thei
grip. The occupation of Roisel by th
British 'cuts the Gambrel -St, Quen
tin line, one of the chief supply line
on which theepresent German front i
dependent.
Around St, Quentin itself th
French have struck new enol power
ful blows that, coupled with the sue
ceases of their allies, threaten th
stronghold very seriously. To -cls
Nivolle's troops smashed forward au
drove the enemy out of the unpor'ten
line embracing Castres, Eseigny-le
Grand 111111 Hill 121, along a front of
about two and a half miles directly
west and southwest of St. Quentin.
'Time after time the Germans at-
tempted to win backthese positions,
bat all their furious efforts were un-
availing. Stirred to a white heat by
the spectacle of 1'avagee committedby the (lentler's in the country eva-
cuated by them, the points were not to
be denied. Their charges against
the enemy were irresistible, and they
deemed Pauly to race with one ;moth -
1' for the distinction of being the first
a smash up against the fire of the
German batteries.
to Conquer.
A 'Reuter despatch from Petrograd
to London says there is an excellent
sign in the fact that the despatches
Which are beginning to arrive from
the trenches from the deputations sent
there in connection with the revolt-,
tionary movement aro full of military ,
ardor and assurances that the country 1
may -rely upon its defenders "to con-
quer the foreign Toe as internal en-
emies have aleeady been conquered,"
ENGINES FOR FRANCE,
Thirteen Locomotives Not Now Need
ed as Canal Work is Stopped.
A despatch from St. Catharines
says; --Thirteen locomotives which
were used on the construction of the 2
new Welland ship canal have been 1
secured by the Dominion Goverment:
for shipment to 1'ra.nca to be used in'
war p1rpe580. They are not reed- '1'
ed here now 011 account of -the closing b
down of the work, "'l" t
built by Catherine I., in 1724, and the
fe0, 1 521 2g 6vdi?ii:Y PLAN 'FLEET
t 'tri 'o i' EdRFEflt't,d9 Alexander palace, built by Catherine
II. in 1792, with a park containing an
FRUITS AND SALMON
REGULATIONS MODIFIED;
51 Il0(1,0 d),0'00, 40 10)0)1tT311 . LEFT 7 U'Y.r4F A0 31!C PORT
•
And Britain Will Purchase 000 Tons I
of Canadian Salmon Per Month. The Tentative Scheme Includes Sent by Holland to Load Grain
A despatch from Ottaw. . says: --.1 • Sending Expeditionary ' j at United States
Cables received on Thursday by Sir:X'oree t0 France.
Ports.
George Foster from the British Gov -1
n i Washington, Marsh 25. ---President t A despatch from New York says:-
Wilson's plans for the army are more 'An Associated Press despatch teem
far retching and elahereto than gen-!Washington Friday night says:
orally realized, according to General'
"Afleet of 15 Dutch steamships was
ernnlent announce a modification i
the British import regulation_ in re
Bard to fresh fruits and 3;;ln 011, Th
prohibition of the importation of
fruits has been relaxed so as to per
mit the importation of fifty per cent
of the importations of 19151, This
relaxa.tioll applies, however, only to
existing supplies, and will not be ef-
fective after July 1st next, unless
there is a material change in the ex-
isting shipping conditions. In addi-
tion to allowing the importation of
canned salmon up to fifty pc: cent. of
last year's importations, the British
Government has now agreed to pur-
chase six hundred tons of (Canadian
salmon per n1010111.
- Staff officers who are in a position to
• i predict with some degree of Recur -
racy. It can be stinted that the gen-
oral programme which the President
I is now considering includes the fol -
CANADIAN SOLDIERS
IN NEED IN ENGLAND.
Some Provision May be Made for
Them by Government.
A despatch from London says; In
the Commons on Thursday Tyson Wil-
son asked the Colopial Secretary were
there twenty thousand dependents of,
Canadian soldiers here who werl anx-
ious to return to Canada and could not
get, passports. Stool Maitland, Un-
der-Seerctary, replied that he believed
some had been unable to return,'
owing to restrictions which, under
existing maritime conditions, it was •
necessary to impose on the travelling
of women and childl'en,-, Responsibil-
ity must rest with the naval authori- '
said Iters on friday to have sailed re-
O'antly from a port in holland for the
United States, by way of Halifax. The
vessels all steamed out the same day,
and now are believed to be well north
locant;' salient 101,1113110 of the German submarine zone around
i The immediate raising of a vulun- the British Isles.
tees army of 500,01.10 men, bringing of "It is intended by rho 'Netherlands
arsenal and historical museum.
NO USE LAUNCHING
LOANS IN GERMANY
A Hague despatch front the cdr-
respondetit of the Exchange Telegraph
Company, London, says: -"The Ger-
man Ministry of Finance is organiz-
ing a great canvassing campaign for
the sixth German war loan, which, in
financial circles, is considered less
successful than the previous Ivan, the
subscriptions being one-third lower.
Berlin and Frankfort bankers openly
state that the present failure shows
the uselessness of launching a seventh
loan,"
ee
SEVERAL STRIKES
Government, whicb has the ships un- • IN FOE FACTORIES
the Natalia] Guard up to its maximum ;der charter, to have them load grain,
etrength, taking into the regular army ;A despatch to the Exchange Tele-
; without delay the second increment o£ , probably in 100Ne0 York, and then re- .graph, London, from Rotterdam says:
army reserve, thereby raising the !turn by the same route they came. 21 -"Our frontier correspondent under -
:military strength to 1,085,000, Re-
.was explained hero to -day that lack 1 stands that five munition factories in
! trotting of navy to full authorized war of foodstuffs in Holland marls 11 no.; Dusseldorf have been the scenes of
Istrength of 87,000. 1ressary that a large quantity 118 ob- strikes during the last forty-eight
Employmeet orf the regulars and rained at once, and it was felt that a hours, in protest against the small ra-
merchant fleet could better brave the
the National Guard to take care of tions entailed by the reduction in the
in-
(tangers of the seas than individual meat, bread and of
the situation at home, potato allowances in-
Possibly an early despatch of a'shipa, 41any Dutch ships landed with traduced last week. The workers re -
small farcy to Franco hi order that graft now ars being detained in Brit- fused to resume work unless the food.
ibis Government may, for sentimental ish parts strict by Uta Bzitish dao-' rations are increased."
tltorities or through fear of German
• reaeon5, he represented "on the field ..,,t... -.,,.i,,,., -- of honor,
t1e5.
McCallum Scott -"Is it known that
many dependent discharged Cana-
dian soldiers aro in severe distress
here?"
Steel hlaitlancl-"I have no knowl- 1
edge of that, but will try to secure
information."
blcCalluni Scott said that if it was I
so some provision should be made
for them here.
COUSIN OF KAISER
AMONG TIIle "MISSING.
Has Not Retal'med Front Air Raid
i
Over British Lines.
A despatch front Berlin says: - Tho
War Office report says: "An aeroplane 1'
directed by Prince Friedrich Karl of !
Prussia has not.returned fo'om a raid
over the hostile lines between Arl'as I
and Pe1'onne." d
Prince Friedrich is a cousin of the 1
Kaiser,
•GERMANS MASS IN MEXICO
10 RAID UNITED STATES
A despatch from Wilmington, Del,.
sac's: --Officers of the Norwegian
steamer Vera arriving here Friday
afternoon from Porta Barrios, report-
ed thousands of Germans have enter-
ed Mexico through Guatemala with
the acknowledged intention of form-
ing -an army to wage war on the
United States. They say many Ger-
man reserve officers are at the head
of the movement, and are equipping
the Mexicans for 21)01'.
I'mutts MENACED
"MOVIE" SPIES SENTENCED.
FROM THREE SIRES. Sander and Wunnenberg Get Two
Tears and 52,500 Fine.
a 1 A despatch from New York says: -
1 Albert 0. Sander and Charles N. Wun
nenberg, evho pleaded guilty on Wed
e.. nesday to a charge of having sent
spies to England from this country to
cl g.ther information for the German
- milntw'y a•ithorities, on Thursday
h'tvere sentenced to serve two years in
the Federal Prison at Atlanta and to
pay a fine of 52,500 each.
Russians Cross the -Mesopotami
Boder -From Persia.
I A despatch from London says: Th
Russians, driving forward from Per
sin, have crossed the Mesopotami
!border at one point, while a secon
army is continuing its advance from
Kermanshah in support of the Britis
!advance from Bn clad. Th'
g• lis 018111'
;that the retreating Turks are bein
menaced from three sides, and, ac
I carding to allied military observers
are threatened by fat greater disss
ter than even the loss of Bagdad,
NOTED GERMAN AVIATOR
KILLED IN AN AIR FIGHT.
A despatch from London says: An-
other of Germany's best military avia-
UNITEDSTATES DEW'S tors, Fritz M•annschott, has been kill-
ed in an air fight on the western front,
kill -
"WAR A `O T t >� T9 according to a Berlin despatch trans-
tI it mitted by the Exchange Telegraph
1 correspondent at The Hague.
Military and Naval (yo -o p enation With Allies is Possible and U.S. HEAVY LOSS o LIFE
p I ' S. I ON FRENCH WARSHIP
Will Be Unsparing in Money and Supplies.
:1 despatch from Washington satys: ' carried reports on preparations a1.
rho United States tioverntent has de" ra1211y made and oi.hers (onienlplated.
aided upon sweeping treasures to be D0lails ate being relict up 118100en
pmt into ol'foct following the expected : President Wilson and the individual
p Cabinet member's.
eclaration by Congress soot after it ! Regretfully the Government appal..
t)sits April 2 that 11 state of war es- • •snide• has decided that since Germany
fits between -the Incited States and is meltin4 war upon the Limited Rtatas
Germany. I through ruthless 11511ine of Americans
F"t111y apprec'iafiug (.Ierma:ny's policy !and destruction of their ships, tate Je-
t acting in .war first and talking af- site Inns( he Mei With utepe 111711
onwards, the (torel'nniett has deter- !more fara'eachtng then more attempts
mined to provide neatest every ties- ito prated indivtdna.1 marcltam erect,
fble emergency. 1f anything is ahead to peeyeh1 This
Broad 11uestfons tavelved syert' 33!40- -it is not note 1,210,001, (lure. a state of
used (o -clay at n lung resin,'! meet. wer io declared to ex lo;, aggressive
ng to which heads 01 110partnt011111 j tnetecut•ws are expected to be taken,
,300 MANITOIIA CHILDREN
l
IN
TRUCK GARDENING i
A despatch from Winnipeg says ; -- 8
wo thousand three hundred Manitoba
oys and girls are •ntcring tt vog'o 1
able garden come,. JAlenthis scar, 1
i Tetal of 286 Drowned When Denton
I is Sunk in the Mediterranean.
1 A despatch from London says
the sinking of the French battleship
Denton in the Mediterranean on
March 19, says a steamer from the
; March 19, says a statement from the
French Admiralty received here, 280
!mein were drowned. The Denton was
torpedoed by a hoetiie submarine.
1 New Postmaster -General,
A despatch from Ottawa says;-
Hon, 10, L. Patenaude, Secretary of
1 State, has baen appointed to act as
Postmaster -General in the plate(' of
, Hon, P. E. Blondin, who has announc-
ed his intention to join the overseas
1f -cos, '