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The Seaforth News, 1917-05-10, Page 6CANADIANS CAPTURE THE FORTIFIED VILLAGE OF FRESNOY Inf'antr'y Reached Enemy's Dugouts Before he Could Emerge and Hundreds Were Forced to Surrender. A despatch from Canadian Army Headquarters says: Shortly before dawn an Thursday morning a Cana- dian column, composed of veteran troops, carried the fortified village of Fresnoy-en-Artois by storm. Stories of prisoners and of our own wounded as to what occurred in Fres- noy, and the trenches which protected it, agree that the enemy, who, as at Arieux, had taken over the defence only a few hours before the assault, had largely sought shelter from the fearful shell -fire to which he was stab- eel only when they could no longer 53.00 to $3 lo, carry a rine or operate a machine gun sIraw--tar lots, per ton, $$ to $9, tracer -Extra. A captured enemy officer said there Bev -Extra' Ni. 2, pct' Lon. $11,60. to was not time to bring the machine $12,60; mixed, per ton, $0.60 to $11, guns of his company into action be - country Toronto.. country Produce -Wholesale Markets of the World CANADIANS RUSH Vreaeutugs Toronto, Mar.' 8. ---Manitoba wheat No, xx Northern $2,0431; No 6 do., $289'1; .,,,,- r',. m•--• No. 3 do, 62.39.( ho. 4 wheat $8,6399 uank Bay parrs Surprise Attack on Sunday Was Manitoba oats No. 2 C \v, 3;4 e, Nu, 8 t'-,\4 311c; extra No, 1 recd, 81.1e; No, Comple't'ely Successful, 2 feed 800, all rail delivered• A.nterican turn --Nu, 3 yellow, 1681 Canadian Haadquarters in France, re ntinal, subiect tP em11u•gP, track Tu. May 6. -By a surprise attacalt etuly GERMAN TRENCII Ontarlo oats -No, 2 white, 74 to 700, this (Sunday) mooning erre battalion• to fight. They speedily diseov- nominal: No. 3 white, 73 to 760, nom'- Bolding that nal, ac<en,'ding to frr1R•hts.,nutsedo, puri of our front imrnedi- ered that the Canadians, after passing ontar10 '•hent - No, « w tater, err ca,' ately south of the Soothe! Rivet over the wire and trench system, land 1aty, $2,73 to $2 �0; No, s dP., Sa.z6 to "'gels to frAlRl,ts ontido, captured an important sector of the posted men between, the front line 1'Aas-No, z. nomhtLal, aounrdan8' 80 enemy front line and support trench trench and the enemy's supporta, and frelp;ata o»tstes. 13a, rev-A•1:alling, $1.36 to $t,37, an. some distance to the oast, The whole cut the Germans an the front lips off coraltg to trolghts outstae. region south-west of Lens, where the from all chance to secure help. The ni•e-No, 2. $1,88 to $i.90, nominal, ae- was gained ie clotted over cording to freights; outside, groundr mesa thus cut off were £com the Rhen- 21101tnbil &nu-rirat acerata, !n nee with ruins of mining villages, and al 'a Practically bugs, r3.9u: second antra',, 1, tit: most ever house has been transform - Ontario provinces of Prussr , r,ala, �12,7u; Tloons bakers', is uta Y p an entire company of then' Burrett- 1a'tu i-/loiril tttii,ler, acararat„ to ed into a miniature fortress by the in- an under these circumstances, aamute, $1Lsu tP sz,e10, 1t bags, track troduction of machine guns, operated through officers with them, but while rorpnte, prnnlpt siren neat. from the shelter of strong emplace - the greater part of the prisoners were 01,f"'1i'iKs i" neiludid r t rMonF1 ea nrents. The gunner's who betel these taken in this way, others surrender- fou, Sea; snorts, arc to», $46; ,uidalings, posts do not surrertcler-they die at l,er tun $10; goad treed !lour, ver bug, their places beside their gens, fighting to the end. Germany still has men of that type, and they sell their lives for the utmost price they 'can exact. jetted by descending into deep dug- outs and to the cellars of houses. Our ,infantry followed closely behind the bursting shells and reached the en- emy's dugouts before he could emerge. For the occupants of the dugout that fore the men were overwhelmed. The capture of Fresnoy carried the; Butter-•rresh dairy. choice, 30 to 40e; meant either surrender at once or a Canadians almost a mile further than creamery prints, 43 10 460; solids, 42 to horrible death by the bombing of the before on the way to Douai, which is 43ilgge-New-luta in cartons, 40 to 41c; the trench to the north of Fresno due east from the further point of d r hl2c�keus, 26 to 230; Fresnoy foe•1 24 to 26r•duel s .. to 26r; aqusbs, dugout. Some of the Germans holding only a little mere than eight miles out of cartons Sac Ilresar ,»nl tl\ -a did emerge from their dugouts and Thursday's advance. perdos„ 54.00 to 54.60; turkey's, 30 to Cheese -Nen large, 27 to 275c; twins, 273 to 275e; triplets. 275 110 230; old, large, 211c; twins 130. Honey -White clover, 22.11. tins. 141 to rue 0-1b, tilts,1.44e; 10,1b., 130c; 6D - lb. 13c; buckwheat 60-1b, tins, 10 to 1140Comb 1011ey -extra Ane and heavy weight, per d02„ 52.75; select, $2.50 to 59,76; No, 2, $2 to 52,25. Maple L4yrup-••Imperial gallon, 21.05 to FOE'S APRIL LOSS EXCEEDS 100,000 Fighting on the Western Front Disastrous for. Huns. A despatch from the French Armies' BRITISH HOLD HUNS IN CHECK $1.76. Potatoes -On trach Ontario, per bag, HeavyGerman Attacks Around $4,D0; New Brunswick Delawares, per bag, 24,'26; Albertus, per bag, $3,76 LP Bullecourt Fail. 154.ne. lih.,ns5 -Imparted, hand-picked per British Headquarters, May 6. -!bush., $U.60; Canadian, hand-picked, primes, pet, q y bush., 27,76 to $8.00;la Canadian ncymrs, CANADA AND U.S. IN JOINT EFFORT Co -Operation in Aid of Allies in Production, Shipbuilding and Supplies. Ottawa, May 6, -Co-operation be- tween the Unittd States and Canada in many lines of national endeavor, the whole designed to aid the allies effectively, are indicated by Sir George Foster, who returned on Sun- day from Washington, where for two weeks he participated in the allied correspondent, says: -After seeing a About Bullecourt the situation r•e-' leo. bush,. 87,60; Limas, Per lb., 17 10 conference. Thera is to be joint e£ - number of estimates which- broadly mains very interesting. Here we have fort in regard to production, muni - agree, I believe that the recently broken through the Hindenburg line, f Provisions -Wholesale A tions output, ship -building, coastal de published figures of 100,000 for the and hold'positions below Buller , Dry Salted cleats --Long clear bacon, fence, and, - quite possibly, in respect total German losses in April appears well east of the village and on the 1t tuna, 1050- in eases, 210: clear bet - to. It may Reincourt road. In the village itself [Al 51,2" r t' buc�tliolls, 271c; hams, the !say i heIUnitedoStates oare 'Sin beir vel but loalffar l of the truth.ow the y The Ger we are also in the Hindenburg line, - medn,m, 211c t0 205o: heavy, lac to 271); g man forces on April 1 stood as fol- and have apparently some foothold eoeltsa b110105ss, 4dec to 36c. plain, 330; the war very ritttclr in earnest. lows: Total of German divisions, 216; in the village, but the whole place is Green meats -Out of pickle, le less Oban amerced on Western front; 143; on other fronts (Russian, Rumanian and Macedonian), 76. There was on the Western front on April 1 a general reserve of forty-four divisions. But the German divisions En.glislx troops broke into the village are not what they were. The process on a point at the north of the site and of attrition brought them down to little, if any, mole than half their former strength We shall be justifi- obstinately defended. The original at-, Lard -gore lard, tierces, 351 to 20c; tack bythe Australians occurred tubs, 20 to 205o; palls, 365 to 100c; ram uuad, tierces, 203 to 201c; tabs, 205 through and beyond the second line of to 2�'1c: pails, toy to 210, trenches of the Hindenburg system, I Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 21 to 22c per 1b; clear bellies, 20 to 2040. and in less than an hour's fighting the Montreal Markets ,liontreal, May 3,-01510, t:'a00.dlan well beyond. The village, however, \veater i No. 2, ale; do., No. 8, 71y do., extra No. 1 fee,, 79ye. Harley, Alan. was full of machine guns, and these feed, 51,12. b'Iour, Man. Spritfg wheat troors were unable to hold all the oaten ts,nii etls'', 2$isssoo; �F int ra'naten s; ed in saying that the German general ground gained. The Australians on choice, 513.75; straight rollers, 513.20 to resoves in the 'West did not exceed a the right thus held a salient into the $13,50; do.. bags, 56.36 to 56.50. Rolled � oat,, barrrla, 53.25 to $S.6U' do„ bag,, figure between 440,000 and 500,000 German lines with both flanks prat- no lbs., Re,ou to 54,2s, liras, `a43, charts, men after the great retreat and be- tically unprotected. In this position !$46. to2Ltddl Haig, $48 t n550. Mountie,a fore the beginning of the allied of- they were subjected to a rapid quad- 513:60 Cheese, finest westerns, 27 to fensive, but this was virtually the rupee counter -attach with heavy f Ruiter, do.,finest creamery, p, 414 to209c.205o. only general reserve. BURDEN BORNE WITOJT STRAIN m British Finance Carries Heavy War Load Without Any Additional Taxes. A despatch from London says:- Great Britain's war budget for the "- fiscal year which Andrew Bonar Law, Acrintoniotts Controversy Rag - Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduc- ed in the House of Commons on Wed- nesday contained no surprises and A despatch from Copenhagen says: fewer changes from the existing taxa- -The silence of the German Imperial tion than did the previous war budget. Chancellor, von Bethmann-Hollweg, No new forms of taxation were pro- posed. The only changes were in- creased excess profits tax, which was raised to 80 per cent. from 60 per forces from Queant, Reincourt and .seconds, 39 to 90e. Lggs. fresh, 400; 110„ Bullecourt villages. They beat off the No, 1 4toe1t, 3sc. Potatoes, Por bag, eat' attacks with the help of artillery. The lots $d.76 to $4.aU. ground won is still held, and they' Winnipeg Grain even improved their positions by l -Winne ,er, stay 3. -Cash prices: bombing alongthe Hindenburg line r,;?,4 $' 1 Northern, 52.32}; g Northern. 5&771: N0. 3 Northern, S2.721; eastwards. No, 4, $2.40; No. 6, $2,01; No. 6, $1,75' feed, 51,87; No. 4 special, 52.30; No. 6` special, 59.03; No, 1 Manitoba, on track, $2'.60. Oats, No, 2 C.W., 721c; No. 3 C. W.. 719,c; extra No, 1 feed, 71yc; No. 1 feed, 0}c. Barley, 011011 not quoted. Flax, No. 1 N.'V.C., 53.035; No. 3 C.W., 52.95; on track, 58.06. GERMANY TORN BY PEACE TALK United States Markets Minneapolis. May S. -Wheat, May, 532 525; .July. 52.281, Cash; No. 1 hard, 52,75} to 52.821; No. 1 Northern, $2.568 to 22.723; No. 2 Northern, 52.503 to 52.725. Corn. No. 3 yellow, $1,61 to 51.53, Oats, No. 3 white, 691 to 710. Flour, fancy' patents, $14; first clears, 512. Other grades unchanged, Bran, 539.50 to 540.80. Live Stook Markets 'Toronto. May 3. --extra choles hoary concerning, Germany's peace terms, if, steers, 511,,6 ohoice heavy steers, 511.35910$1$241., good heavy as declared, it is based on a desire to ateera, 510.66 to 110.75; utchers' cattle, 5d0.TF 2doto mediun,,d$f . 64 to iopia� avoid disrupting the untiy of, feeling in [oo the country by discussion of con do„ catnman, 53,85 to 51.16; butchers t 510 60 to $11• do good cant.; the placing of excess profits on tentious questions and not, as somebuns• sass oto $10: rho., mediumhulls, •t' works on the same basis an uncharitable German critics assert, $360 to $9; cls?., rough bulla, $6.40 to munition o $n'6U; butchers' cows, 0110103. :410.00 to increase of tobacco duty by is 10d in upon the absence of. a definite Govern- $10.60; d0., good_ 59 00 51.76: do., the pound, and increased entertain- ment peace policy, has failed of its .med1u1m 57 to $7.2x; stockers, $7,so to $n; feeders $n.50 5.510.26; canners and meat taxes on the higher -priced object. An acrimonious controversy Butters, 56,$0 to 36.26; nwkers, good Ln tillery diliicult. It is not possible as tickets. Economy in the employment is now raging in Germany between the choice, 555.00 to 5110.00; do„ tom. sad . yet to give a definite account of the of ships by Government impressment big annexationists, the little annexa -Imes„ each. 540.00 to $60010 a *12,110 r0 gao.00 to $110.06; right awes, rz,u0 to gains, but it appears we won import- tionists and the advocates of no an- $10.00,; sheep, heavy, 53.60 to sllo.0D ant successes and captured the village nexations and indemnity whatever, canvas• good to chntca $'2,00 t0 13,00 p' l spring lambs, each, 53.oU to $18,on of Fresnoy, and apparently Bulle- The Pan -German League has sent -lambs, Choice, $14.60 to $16,26;do. court, besides makiu a considerable circulars to its branches throughout w•a�erei, 017 txo todo12 weighegda'ottctearst advance on the greater part of the line CANADA AND UoS. UNITE N TRAD: British and Americans Hold Important Conference-- Statement onference-Statement by Foster A despatch from Washington says: Direction of America's vast commer- cial resources in the common struggle against Germany formed the basis of the second formal conference between BRITISH STRENGTHEN THEIR HOLD ON MAIN DEFENCE OF HINDENBURG General Haig Improves Itis Positions at Several Points East of Arras --Over 900 Prisoners Talmo, A despatch from London says: - Under a bright moon, the fifteen -mile titanie battle east of Arras raged all Thursday night, daylight finding both armies savagely pounding away, With all the bitter.' fury of two giants trying to club each other to the earth, the struggle continued on Friday. So far all has gone web with the British. The third battle of Arras is the fiercest fought in the war, and their success is the greatest, even though the otter two brought more pr'isoner's and quicker gains. The Drocourt-Queant line is a stout barrier, especially strong under present conditions, but the British are battering it successfully. At sev- eral paints Prince Rnppreeht has counter -attached, not with a few hast- ily organized battalions, but with many divisions of reserves brought 5019vard Plat for this work. IIe hit Fresnoy, but failed; he hit Bulle- court, where Haig is trying to turn his flank, but again he failed. Only at Cherisy, near the Arras-Cambrai road, where the British found diffi- culties from the start, did he turn the tide in his favor, The Canadians, who took in turn Vimy Ridge, Arloux and now Fres- noy, gallantly withstood u terrific attack from three quarters. At Bulle- court, along the Hindenburg line, the British have nearly surrounded a large force of Germans. - ONE FRENCH ARMY CORPS CAPTURED 1,800 PRISONERS Gen. Nivelle Returns to the Attack and Makes Excellent Progres -Last German Cleared Frons the Craonne Plateau. Paris, May 0. -With renewed vigor the French returned to the attack on the defences of Leon and made ex- cellent pr'ogr'ess. They cut a salient of four miles from the Siegfried line, and on a front as large cleared the last German from the Gramme pla- teau, reaching the dominating heights beyond, During the day more than 6,100 German prisoners were counted, which makes the total of 7,100 since the present offensive started. One French army corps' alone took 1,800 prisoners and captured a front of three miles almost in its entirely on the Siegfried line, This victory was accomplished, however, only by breasting down a German defence stubborn beyond de- scription. Iii fact, it may be doubted whether many clays of more intense fighting ever have been seen. On the whole front of 40 miles and more there was an incessant battle, in which French attack and German counter- attack alternated. EN dIY STOPPED BY CANADIANS Counter-attacks Around Fres- noy Are All Repulsed. A despatch from Canadian I•Ioad- quarters in France shys:-Several counter attacks have been made by the German infantry on our new positions to the north and south of Fresnoy, but have failed to shake our line. Fri- day morning reports show the condi- to be again normal wsth our American officials and the British mss- Mons skin held on Friday in Secretary Lan -heavy artillery ammunition preparing States into the war, said a new and sing's office at the State Department, the way for the British and Canadian mighty opponent had joined the ranks Two general subjects were taken up: infantry by "taking on" the heavy of Germany's enemies. President ghow best and most economically to11e9 of the enemy in the rear of his April Wilson, 1 e declaredin a , said he e to Congress wag- marshal the resources for the aid of the allies, and how most certainly to To properly appreciate the present ins war against the Germans in the further restrict all products getting Position, it must be remembered that. through to the aicl of the enemy. the enemy, in the region over wlch our further advance must be made, - has no definite trench system, such as that captured during the Past week, et•dom and with our truest hearts FIGHTING RESUMED ALONGis until the "Drocourt" line reached, A FRONT OF 18 MILES. which is about three miles the west blood we shall fight for the Kaiser and of Douai. For fourmiles to the east the empire. (Renewed applause.) More of Original Hindenburg Line of our present front, therefore, the What our forefathers fought for and Penetrated and Rolled UpI Germans' only shelter from 0112 shell longed for, what we have achieved on the battlefield, will not perish, even at President Wilson's word of. command. 'We decline all interference by a foreign Government in our internal tars in France says: The battle has I der these conditions will be distinctly flared up again, and the Germans are , serious, again getting heavy punishment, We: , attacked Thursday morning while it 1 '• was still dark. The fighting raged allHAD PLAN TO EMBROIL day 011 11 front reaching from the I STATES AND MEXICO north of Arleux to beyond Bullecourt, a distance of 12 miles. Almost StM1-1 Light Thrown on Gerinar. Propaganda FI HT FOR KAISER WITH EART'S BLOOD President of Reichstag Says United States is a Mighty Enemy. A despatch from Amsterdam says: -The German Reichstag resumed its session on Wednesday. The presid- ent of the Chamber, Dr. Johannes Kaempf, in his opening address, speaking of the entry of the United NEWS F OM ENGLAND N>1WS DY MA111 ABOUT JOHN DULL ANA 1'EOPLS. ; -r- Occurrences In the Land Thal • Reigns Supreme In the Com- I mercial World. 1 Birkenhead has now policewomen fully uniformed and on active duty, While working on bis allotment, a laborer at Islesworth dug up two sovereigns, The ratable value of London is now 246,363,520, an increase over last year ' of 2150,837, Essher, In Surrey, has aecurccl as a trophy, one of the field guns captured from the Germans. The Icing has sent 2100 to the emergency fund of the British and Foreign Bible Society. John Hodge, Labor Minister, is re- covering from an - injury sustain- ed while driving a hansom cab, The Government is considering the issuing of medals to munition workers at the close of the war. Farmers are urged to place their orders early for binder twine for next harvest, as a shortage is possible, Richard Pugh was fined 115 and costs at Bow Street, London, for at- tempting to bribe a military officer. Graeme Tomson, C,B., has been ap- pointed Director of Transports and Shipping by the Shipping Controller. That parcels for prisoners are reaching them safely is a source of much gratification to the people of England. Capt. G. D. Newton, the prospective candidate for Morpeth Borough, on the Independent ticket, is reported wounded. James Inwood Jeans, M.A., of Trin- ity, has been awarded the Adams prize in mathematics by Cambridge Univer- sity. ;A part of the royal mews at Buck- ingham .PaYace has been lent by the King as a dormitory for soldiers on leave. A service was held in St. John's Gardens, Liverpool, on the occasion of the anniversary of the relief of Lady- smith. A statement was made in court that many unskilled munition workers were earns week. e, interests of mankind and on the ground of justice. "Without truest hearts' blood," he said, "we establish the German Kais- By British Troops. .A. despatch from British Headquar- fire is such trenches as he can or has hastily slug here and there, or in the cellars -of villages. Their losses un - mer heat prevailed, with a thick haze, making it impossible to see anything and making the observation of the ar- of all vessels except small coasters at fixed rates of pay also was announced. NO SLACKENING IN WAR - the country asking them to organize $17,26; do., f.o.b.; $16,26. between these places, takinga few ON PART OF RUSSIA. meetings everywhere in the interests Montreal, May i2.25; •e ateera and ti00 75:, 511.7n to 512.26;. goo,, Sn,76 to hundred prisoners, of whom 300 have of "German peace," and against the 810.76: butcher n• 6D a' colza; $S.SD to $10,50; A despatch from Petrograd says: Socialist peace program. The Con- bolts, 51,fi0 to $1.6 ravea, 6. to ,.._____45- - - The Russian Provisional Government s, 8114.5. 10,26 to ; Sri gAambs, - - servatives have introduced an inter- lambs, 514.6n to 315.60; spring lambs, - has sent to the Russian representa- pellation in the Reichstag in an en- 50.0)) to 812.00; hogs, 517,25 to $17.50. ALBERTA'S �VIIEA'C CROP 1 WELL OVER 50 ,MILLION BU. down tives in the Entente allied countries a cleavor to smoke out von Bethmann- note assuring the allies that the Hollweg and force him to declare him - change in Government in Russia can- self for or against the Scneidemann not afford a pretext for any slacken- program, The Radicals have intro- ing on the part of Russia in the tom- duced a similar interpellation in the neon struggle of all the Entente allies. Prussian Diet. EDISON PERFECTS NEW WEAPON TO THWART U-BOAT Head of United States Naval Board Announces Tests Made Indi- cate Submarine Menace is Solved. New York, May 6.-A programme! to stop the ravages of German sub- marine warfare on maritime min.,' coerce has heen submitted to the Gov- ernment by the naval advisory board., This was announced yesterday by W. L• Saunders, chairman of the board. He said the plan, in his opinion, was a , practical solution of the U-boat prob- lem, He said it was not purely theo- retical, but that it had been proved by actual tests along the Atlantic coast. The scheme is not merely a defen- ppave measure against the submarine. Mr, Saunders: said it called for "of- fensive operations on an extensive scale." Thomas A. Edison, who is presi- dent of the board, did not originate the scheme, Mr. Saunders said. But Edi- son, he said, had been working tire- lessly to perfect its many phases. Since declaration of war against Ger- many, Mr, Edison and his asalstants have been trying thousands of schemes suggested to block Germany's under -sea warfare, now admittedly the greatest menace to the European al- lies and their new American partner, the United States. 1,200 GERMAN SUBS 1 _ WITHIN ANOTHER YEAR A Close Second to Great Yield of 1915, One Hundred German Plungers De- stroyed by the Entente Allies A despatch from Calgary says: -A A despatch from New York says:- It ays: - computation of the grain •movement It is more than likely that Germany of the Province since .September 1, has on the ways and approaching com- pletion not fewer than 500 submarines Canadian Pacific Railway General of the I1-53 class, and that within six Superintendent's office in this city, months she will have about 700 sub- It indictntes that a total of 64,000,000 marines afloat and in twelve months bushels of all grain were transported 1,200. Evidence at hand indicates the by that company alone within this German yards have room to keep work Province .since September 1, 1916, or on 630 submarines of the U-53 class since the new crop Same in. constantly under way. - BRITISH TRANSPORT ARCADIAN SUNK 279 oil Board the Vessel Were Drowned. A. despatch from London says :- The British trnnaport Arcadian was sunk in the Mediterranean by a sub- marine on April 15. It is believed 279 men were drowned. The Arcadian was of 9,000 tons groo,, and w•00 owned by the Royal Mail Ptuthet Co.1:L Coro being eon- ectal b ,insIeyrv1 in tourist tr fr c „ .',.,, Yorlt ,nil tiro West 0 Of the total of 64,000,000 bushels of all grains, 85,000,000 bushels were wheat, while the great bulk of the re- maining portion was oats. Taking these figures as a basis, it seems not unreasonable to suppose that the wheat production for the last season was at least well over the fifty million mark, which would peke a close eecond to the groat yield of the previous year. Seeds of beets, parsnips and carrots• germinate slowly, and often weeds I come up thickly before the plants ap peal'. If a :Few radish seet1s are drop- ped at intervals these will. marls the rows and allow safe cultivation. Led by Rintelen . A despatch from New York says: - Plans of Capt. Franz Rintelen, of the German navy, to embroil this country in war with Mexico and Japan, and tl-e ineffectual efforts of former Re- presentative Frank Buchanan to en- list the support of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, fu a project to prevent the manufacture and transportation of munitions in this country, were brought out in the conspiracy trial of these two men and six others here on Wednesday. The defendants are charged with fomenting strikes de- signed to disrupt the Entente allies' munitions trade in this country through the activities of labor's Na- tional Peace Council, of which Mr. Buchanan was first president. , affairs. If all signs are not mislead- ing the decisive point of the world's war is approaching. We see our death -defying troops withstanding the enemy's assaults. Our U-boats will show England how Germans can avenge her nefarious starvation war." BRITISH AIRMEN NOW SUPREME Beat the "Red Devils" In Spectacular Battles A despatch from British Headgio10r- tars in France, says: ---The British air- men, taking full advantage of the long spell of good weather, are continuing their relentless offensive aloft both by day and night fighting. Within -three days they have accounted for 56 enemy machines, and have carried out many enterprises behind the German lines. The German soldiers dislike the continuous presence of the British airplanes, for many unposted letters captured during the infantry attacks dwell upon the uneasiness the ma- chines cause, NVEtLLE STRIKES A HEAVY BLOW TAKES CHAONNE AND BIG SYSTEM The Total Number of the Teutons Captured is Over 750 -Gains Are Important. A despatch from French headquar-1 tors says: French troops in a tleW of- fensive along the Aisne have captured the village of Craonne and the first' German line on a front of talo and al half miles northwest of Rheims. Craonne is at the eastern etid of the Vauclerc Plateau, the scene of tntich•cleeperate fighting recently, and its posaossion by the Germans placed a salient in the Fretroh line wang- ling the Chomio-de@•Dames and the alone River, The French not only straightened out their line and gained a London women ng f3 per HEROES OF VIMY RIDGE. Stirring Tales of Bravery of Our Can- adian Troops. The pause in the forward move has. permitted the completion of the re- cords of conspicuous bravery in the re- cent action, writes our own Canadian war correspondent on April 26th. Here are some examples. First is the story of a corporal in a patrol which had come under the enemy rifle and machine gun fire, so heavy that to remain witere they were meant extermination, while to retire was extremely difficult, because of a lack of cover. •This corporal exposed himself to the fire of the enemy, say- ing as he did so, "When they see me they will all fire on me, and you boys can then make for cover." Of the same sort is an incident in which a surgeon was called up to a battery position to dress a serious wound, under heavy fire, and in the shell attack he found ltd impossible to see through his gas mask. Well knowing that he risked his life in doing so, the surgeon removed the mask in order that he might minis- ter to a wounded man. Of the picturesque side of notable bravery, wherein the object was the destruction of the enemy, perhaps the most conspicuous case was that of a lieutenant of a machine gun company in the attack on La Folie Farm. So impetuous was the young fellow that he reached the objective with his men ahead of the infantry whom he was supposed to be sup- porting. With seven of his men and an unknown sergeant of another command, he proceeded to bomb the enemy dugouts. In the first one he found over 150 Germans, with seven officers, all of whom promptly sur- rendered to this little group of nine. Sending his men back with the pris- oners, he entered, s0ith the sergeant, another dugout. A German officer there threw a bomb as they entered, killing the sergeant and smashing the lieutenant's rifle.•- The lieuten- ant then, with his revolver, shot and killed three German officers in the dugouts. Later in the morning he took out a Lewis gun and disposed of the enemy who were enfilading our line. A lieutenant, who was hit early in an attack so -that he could not stand, followed his men on his hands and knees, directing them. One of the most picturesque figures was that of a colonel, no longer young, who led his battalion, with the bag- pipes going on before, playing "The Cock o' the North." The colonel was so ill that he had to go to the hospital the ni ht after the attack but insisted a strategic position of a further ad- g vance on the Vauclerc Plateau, but on staying with the battalion till they also took more than 160 prisoners, had gone over the ridge. Advancing northwest of Rheims on a front of two and a. half miles ,the MUST BE ONLY USED French carried the first German line AS SEED OR HUMAN FOOD - and took six hundred prisoners, Craonne is six miles northwest of , A despatch from London says:- Berry -au -Bac, which ]3erlin gives acs The Food Controller, ,Lord Devenport, Cho western c.toenfty of rho I''rench etas urclororl that after May 9 maize, attacking lino, northwest of Rheims. l,arley and oats and their produots are Berlin asserts that the .li each attack 10 be used only for seed or for human awnads Bpimulosnetd, apowareensixBmiy-sauno4rtath' ,; ,01i10C 1 wfioldb,e reTsatpoiioead tsryag15o90anads of Rheims. , food. h