The Seaforth News, 1918-05-23, Page 6CANAIWS POSITIONIN
A PERIOD OF I1E O S CTION
6 A 'i.'v'afie Balance of U62,000,0(W on the Debt Side in 1.914 Has
Been Converted to a Credit of $(324,000,000 in 191:8.
1,h -roto• 71td.iur r11e11t'11111y flblt.I / t lb: years itnmediatcly elate the
War, Chorda meat he heave] on a, a dist en 8act-ur to he reckoned with in
/u'fit;n Hatt bath in. is anti et/teals" ti' t h:i,i It 'Empire, It is Hirt. to ha
okpectoe tot. nl•rt:pt •rlvlat 17:77 round from, an 1I 7'r a or dealt balance of
$162,000,000 in 1914 to a t•1 edit 1 alanet r 14.0000U in 1918 will give
a
Can d expert. truck u
nntentunmn of 1a .11 enabling her nchants an,1
rienefa.turete :o maintain an ave"re;n settee of 4(7 percent. of sales 01.,1!imports.
•
Exptnt-• to t.itl Prilcd Eleatic -4e rose: 7 n $r 21�,.u00,000 for the year onlaid
1\Iu h 31, 1914 to t7l nue,000 for the treat 19i1. 1•'or the year to March31, 1u 18, these repose, dip the st i10:0000;t1 merit, 1.'umparisll of figure,
will .how greater relative gain in I' r 'site c than perhaps in any other
etnmii•v ..a.•
Af every callow i he heti been made for wtr, for war price.., and
•181t;1t8ie organir tier of hulu.,t.ies, the bald (Oct (.main: that with its small
trepidation and many handicaps to ine1rome, Canada in the pe 2 (;seal year
fell only $21,000,000 short in dollar value of oer own -tradein 1901. ('alta01ty
to utilize overs oppertnni.y to the utmost his at leas( been shown and -cannot
be denied. This ability to make the Inco of the work of the day hi foul
weather as well a:3 -fair, is a ttnde a et Weide may bt stimulated by war,Irut• cannot be stolen or impaired by peace.
A people en enterprising end spirited may be h ha ( en to de their ut-
most to held the pace they set m severing a share- of war trade, Will they
do it?
They will have a debt moderate and well within the finamiai grasp of any
Canadian parliament. They have slimy rhe •necessary will and capacity.
• They will have the wares to sell. A vvorld half starved and half in indus-
trial paralysis will go to market for the fed and raw material essential to
life and recuperation. The things which Canada produces frail) land, water
•an,1 foreett are the necessaries which at 1r c in the first years in the after
period will attract commerce, shipping and 'tanking.
He weal he blind who c old not reed in the -figures of trade a summary
of Canada's pianism and oppor•oma in the era 01' r001tnerciel recon'=traction
which is to follow. -Wall Street Jews-ate:raw York.
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BRITISH POSI °IONS IN SOMME REGION
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Allied Litre Completely Re-esta.hlished in the Voorntezeele--La
Clytte Sector After Hard Fighting -Enemy Gains Footing
Near Albert at Cost of Heavy Losses.
A despr.teih 'ruin Lordon sty=: -4.
vigorous coulter -attain 1 oti Wei nes-
day night resu..sd til the rewetabli h -
mere of the allied eine n1 the \bcrrnc-
zeele-Lit Clytte sector, where the aor-
mans in a focal attack yesterday rue-
c01d7d in making some advance. This
Nitration developed hard fighting
throughout most of the clay and into
111e eight.
-Two attacks wort -attempted against
the British lines in the. Somme sector.
The first, at Bouzhicothrt, wy s cli1-
persed. Near Albert the enemy, after
srffcring heavy easua!ties, succeeded
in penetrating the defence positions
un a front of about 150 yards,
• The Canadian forces from New
B:'tlnswich and Neva Serotic have en-
aage4 in a• stemessf::l lecsl attack
eoufh of Arras. •
A despatch from the British Army
in France. says: -The Germans bad
intended to make at much mr,re preten-'
tions assault in Flanders on Wednes-
day than they were actually able to
carry out, it has been learned. Their;
failure was due to the excellent work
ef the allied gunners and to a small
coincident operation by the French',
east of Scherpenberg, which came at
the right moment to help upset the
encmey plans in this sector.
The Germans preceded their ad-
vance by a terrific ail -night bom-
hardment against both British and
Fren.•h over a wide front. - At 9.30
o'clock the infante, was started by the
52nd Reserve; which was sent against
the British in Ridge Wood and rhe
,a „ib ,,t
n h oris ci_t
t tore southwest
I°
g of
I
\ co-mezeele, and by the 66th Divrision, 1
which attacked the British on the.
right and the French on the left. j
Esaore the battle, started in earnest„
• however, ereral things had happened;
' which were to have a vital bearing on
the day's programme. Along the
Ypres -Comities Canal an unusual'
movement among the enemy had
Lrotlght down a tremendous barrage;
frons (he British guns against a Ger
Markets of the World
Breadetu IIs
Torten°, linty 14:--Mandtol a vvhett
-No, 1 Northern, $2.921.1.3; No. 2 do,
$2 !01,; No, 3 do, .$2,171ae; No, 4
w rat, $2.10 t in store Fort Wil-
li n, 88 luding a1ec tee.
Ianitub i
oats ---Nie 2 '1 .A's Slane:
I` 3 e'.11 78111,e, exalt No. 1 feed
71 ase; Ne, I t eel 45.140, in st:a7a• Fort,
li Winn.
Amc'ictn corn -No. 3 yellov:, kiln
•i ri7d, nominee; No. r, yeller, kdhl
dried, 1 aminal.
Ontario oat.7e -No. No. 2 Whitt llti to
. 87c; No. 3 whit:', 85 to titin, acording
Ire freigtis 001.1de.
Ontario wheat ---No. 2, Winter. per
car text 52.22; basis in store Montreal.
Poati-Notniuol•
Barley Halting, $1.54 to $1.56,
,1ccordlilg to freights outside.
Buckwheat --$1.84 to $1.80, accord-
ing to 'a -sage -Ha emaide,
Rye -No, 72,45, a0cordi1 g to
freights outside,
Aimri'toa flour -War qua]'.ity,
$10.90; new bags, Toronto.
Ontario flour -War quality, $10.05,
new bags, Torolato and Montreal
freights, prompt shipment,
Millfeecl -- Car lots - Delivered
Montreal freights, bags included:
Tlran, per ten, $35.40; shorts, per ton,
$40.40.
Bay -No. 1.. per ton, $16,00 to
$17,00 m'xed, 44.00 to $16.00, track
Toronto.
Straw-Cltr lots, per ton, $8.50 to
$9.00, track Toronto.
Country Produce --Wholesale
Montreal, May 14.---Ghoiee eteore,
$12,50 to $18,60; do., good, 1612 to
$12.110; do„ medium, 1610 to11.50.
shake hutchere' cows, $11 to 1711.67•:
good cows, $10 to $10.75; media
$8.50 to $9,50; snitchers' bulls,,$11 a .
. $11.50; good bulls, $10 to $10, 1;
11107137111,$9 to $10 Calves s _34 :.
fed $;8 to $14; common, $tt to
Sheet( $19 to $17 lints --Si loots, . t1'
coi., eel.75 to $21 §+,wx, $19.50 1 t.:(7.
Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb.,
41 to 42e; prints, per lb., 42 to 48e;
dairy, per lb., 87 to 88c.
Eggs -New laid, 38 to 89e.
Poultry -Dressed chickens, 30 to
32c• fowl 730 to 88c; ducks, 25 to 30c;
turkeys, 80 to 85e.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices: -
Cheese --New, large, 231,t to 24c;
twins, 233¢, to 2414c; old, large, 254
to 23c; twin 26 to 264'.
Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to
42c; creamery prints, cut, 45 to 46c;
Pees'h made, 46 to 47e' solids, 44 to 45c.
Margarine -32 to 84c. Ib.
Egga--New laid, 42 to 43e; new
laid, in cartons, 45 to 46e,
Dressed poultry -Milk -fed chickens,
38 to 40c; fowl, 38 to 40e; turkeys;
40 to 45e.
Live poultry -Turkeys, 30e; chick-
ens, lbs., 2S to 30c; hens, 38 to 87c.
Beans - Canadian, hand-picked
bushel, $8.75; imp.', hand-picked,
Burma or Indian, $0.75 to 87.25; Ja-
pan, $8.25 to $8.50; Limas, 19 to 20c.
Maple syrup ---8174-1b. tins, 10 to a
ase, $14.80; imperial gallon tins, per
tin, $2.25; imperial five -gallon cans,
per can, $10.50; 15 -gallon kegs, per
gal., $2.00; maple sugar, 1-1b, box,
pure, per lb., 24 to 26c.
Irian division on the right of the 52nd l
Reserves. Nothing further happened I Provisions -Wholesale
alongthis sector, but it appeared later Smoked meats ---Hams medium 36
. Pe
h had beenbl to 88c; de heave 30 to 32c• rooked
nese to paruclpete in the attack and
had been so badly smashed that the
idea of their taking pert had been
abandoned.
In the meantime along the French
front between Lucre and LaClytte the
French had their eyes open and be-
gan a heavy bombardment. Also,
the French had undertaken a small
operation in the early morning for'
the capture of a position east of
Seherpenberg Hill. The combination
of the French attack and the great
bombardment undoubtedly completely
upset the German plans for additional
German divisions, which were as-
sembling to assist their comrades on
their right, could not be brought in.
As a eansequence the asault was con-
fined to a two -division affair, which
Was directed mainly against the Brit-
lei about Ridge Wood.
that
the enemy 711 arsenl 1118
SLAVE DRIVE IN
OCCLPIED PARTS OF ITALY
Berne. Switzerland. May 12. -An
Austro -German commission is report-
ed to be engaged in deporting the
worsting population of the occupied
dies;aiwts of Italy, taking persons aged
From 10 to 55. on the pretence of in-
viting then; to work voluntarily.
At Para and Laibach 200 working
women clamored for bread end broke
windo e valued at 40.000 kronen in
Nle Caslino at Para. Many districts
of Bosnia and Herzegovina are desert-
erl owing to the deportations of the 1a
habitants.
'Iho wheat hanks': of last year beee-
ly exceeded a g18'7ler of the her:est
of 1914.
--es------
To
�-._ -e _
To make fried mush peer - ret mere.
.muse into an enameled dish and when
solei cut into eliees and fry in stet
drippings until well mows: d. Serve
hot with butter and 1yrep.
OVER 600,090 U. S.
SOLDIERS IN FRANCE.
A despatch from Washington says:
More than half a million American
soldiers have been sent to France.
Secretary Baker has authorized the
statement that his forecast. in Con -
geese in January that five "hundred.
thousand troops would le: despatched
to France early in the present year
new had fleets surpassed.
Foch•s Reslrve Army Includes
Nearly 250.000 Italians
i eeteli from \irashingtol say?:
-It ,:untribut:ion to the reserve
arms. General Foch is building up be-
hind the lines in France for supreme
emergency uses, numbers nearly a
quarrel'of a million men, official de -
spathes of Fraley say, anti the force
le being strengthened steadll;: .
FRENCH ADVANCEONHIGH GROUND
NORTH OFMOUNT M 1E
Germans Also Beaten on Southern Front Near 7litilly. Thu::
Giving French Army the Advantage in 'I'n'o Areas,
With the British Army in Frame,
May 12. -An important section of
Nigh ground near the Weve1beck
River, north of Eemmcl, has been
captured by the French in a strong
ettacic. Both Hill 44 and Goddezone
Farm, which lie between La Clytte
and Vierstraat, were stormed and
oecupied, thereby giving the French
positions which had been a bone of
contention for many days,
The Germans also received a
knock on the southern front, where
they made a drive in an attempt to
capture defences on the elevation
south of blailly-Raineval. Here the
enemy succeeded after hard fight -
Ing in obtaining a footing in the
French front line at one place, but
their sun ess w•as short-lived, for a
prompt counter-attack drove them
out. and, besides their dead, they
left rnnrc than a hundred prisoners
In the hands of the defenders,
The battle for Hill 44 was the
outcome of the German attack on
May 8. When the Germans assault-
ed, the allies were holding the ele-'
ration. Bitter' fighting ensued all
day long, and the Germans in the'
cam's' of time secured possession1
of the hill, Tho British almost im-
mediately organized a counter -at -1
tack and forced the enemy out,
The next day the Germans again
drove forward. They made such a1
heavy assault that they again cap-
tured the hill, which they held un
til yesterday.
40 to 6Qc; rolls, 82 to 33e; breakfast
bacon, 41 to 44e; backs, plain, 44 to
46c; boneless, 48 to 490.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 30
to 31c' clear bellies, 29 to 30c.
Lard -Pure tierces, 314 to 820;
tubs, 311,4 to 32'4c; pails, 32 to 324c;
prints, 38 to 381,sc. Compound tierces,
26 to 26?hc; tabs, 261$ to 2631c; pails,
2611 to 27c; prints, 271,, to 28e.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, May 14. -Oats -Cana-
dian 'Western, No. 2, 96e; No. 8, 92c;
extra No. 1 feed, 92e' No. 3 local
w'hite, 92c. Flour -New standard
Spring wheat grade, $10.95 to $11.05.
Rolled oats -Bags, 90 lbs, $6.25. Bran,
$85.40. Shorts, $40.40. Middlings,
$48.00 to $50.00. Mouillie, $60.00
to $62.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car
Iota, {-17.00.
Lire Stock Markets
Toronto, May 14. -Extra choice
heavy steers, $14.50 to $15.60
choice heavy steers, $18.60 to $14.00;
good heavy steers, $13.00 to $18.25;
butchers' cattle, choice $13.26 to
$13.76; do., good, $12.00 to $12.25;
do., medium, $11.65 to 17711.85; do.
common, $11.00 to $11.25; butchers'
bulls, choice, $11.25 to $12.25; do.,
good bulls, $10.50 to $11.00- do.,
medium bulls, $9,50 to $10.I15;do.,
rough bulls, $7.25 to $7.50; butchers'
COWS, choice, $11.25 to $12.25; do.,
good, $10.50 to $11.00; dot, medium,
$9.60 to $10.25; stockers, $0.60 to
$11,00; feeders, $11.00 to $1.1.75;
,canners and cutters, $0.50 to $7.50;
minters, good to choice, $00.00 to
$140.00; do., cqm. and med., $65.00
• to $80.00; springers ,$90.00 to $140.00;
light ewes, $13.60 to $18.00; lambs,
• $18.00 to $520.60; calves, good to,
choice. $14.00 to 1715,(10; hogs, fed'
and evetered, $20.75 to $21.00; do.,.
weighed off cars, 1721.00 to 421.25:
tic,„ f.o.b., $10.76 to $20.00
,
GERMANY CANNOT
REPLACE AIRMEN
Enemy llas Difficulty in Finding
Fly eI!i, lay Prisoners.
London May 12.-A. few days of
fine weather has given our flying 11711
anotherchance, German 'aviators
taken prisoner lately say they are
now having great dilliculey in replac-
ing the personnel of their air. force.
They say they have lost some 700
pilots and observers sinco beginning
the offensive of March 21. One i'e-
Iconnaissanee flight alone lost 180 of
t its men. They speak with the great -
eat admiration of British aviators,
fbut mitigate their compliments by de-
claring that our machines are better
than ,theirs,
All this is only evidence that their
morale is badly shaken, It is re-
ported that Lieut. von Riehthofen,
brother of the late champion flyer,
anal who was said to have succeeded
to the command of the "Flying Cie -
etas" has had hie skull fractured by
a fall and will be unable to fly!
aga31,
Prisoners continually tell of the
great damage done, especially byAlbert, 1B
bombing in the Albert, and
Bray areas. We hear of batteries
knocked about by our guns and gun
crews only kept from running away
by officers with revolvers; of ration
parties composed of men past 111111-
tary age suffering so much through
artillery fire that they have refused
to come on; of fresh water, after be-
ing got up to the front line, being
spoiled by our gas shells and made
undrinkable. Of some recent batches
of prisoners, about 40 per cent. must
have belonged to the 1919 class as
well as a considerable proportion of
the 1918 class,
20 HUN PLANES
FOUGHT
British Airmen Engaged Ten
Times Their Number and
Destroyed Eight.
A despatch. from the British Army
in France, says: --One of the moat dar-
ing and magnificent bits of work ever
done by British battle planes was
carried out this week, when two
British machines fought twenty Ger-
man scouts to a standstill, destroying
eight of the enemy and forcing several
others to abandon the conflict because
they had been so badly shot up. The
British machines returned safely from
this extraordinary engagement, hav-
ing abandoned their attack only when
their ammunition became exhausted at
the end of a half-hour of 'whirlwind
fighting with machine-guns,
The battle was staged last Tuesday
evening, and these are the details of
it whichnow come to hand:
It was about sundown. that two1114110)1 battle planes, each with a pilot
and observer, went wlieeling across
this part of the front in search of
prey. They were well back of the
enemy's line when 'they sighted seven
German planes flying in formation.The hardy Briteshers didn't even
pause to consider the odds against
them, but turned the noses of the ma-
chines toward the enemy and raced in.
for the attack.
111131813 CASs AL'FIES
40.004 FOR ONE WEEK
London, Mt.y 12. --British casualties
officially published during the past
week totalled 40,004. They were
divided as follows:
Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total'
t)fficers 577 1,680 368 2,576
Men 5,638 26,889 4.901 37,428
Totals 11,216 28,510 5,2(39 40,004
OSTEND HARBOR PARTLY BLOCKED BY
SINKING IF CONCRETE -FILLED CRUISER ECT GERMAN A OFFENSIVE
MAY NOT BEGIN FeR A FORTNIGAT
Camouflaged streets in a French -town under fire of the German heavy guns,
ALLIES MAKE NOTAB LE GAINS
IN LOCAL ENGAGEMENTS IN FRANCE
British Repulse German Attempt to Secure Position. North of
Albert -French Are Now in Possession of Town
Park at Grivesnes.
A despatch from London says: The
French on Friday made a notable ad-
vance at Grivesnes, five miles north-
west of Montdidier, where they took
the park of the town, which had been
in German hands for three weeks. Al-
most 800 Germans were taken prison-
ers. Along the front to the north,
there were scattering engagements,
notably at Aveluy Wood, north of Al-
bert, where the contending armies
are striving for strategic ground.
Hostile artillery is active in the Vimy
region. There were also small oper-
ations in the Kemmel hill front, south
of Ypres.
A despatch from the British Army
in France says: The operation by
which the British regained in a coun-
ter-attack the small portion of
trench north of Albert which the
Germans had captured on Friday;
while a small one, was important. The
position in question lay on high
ground which had been hotly contest-
ed ever since the Germans stormed
their way into Albert,
The temporary success of the Ger-
mails cost them dearly, for they suf-
fered heavy casualties from the rifle
and machine-gun fire which was
poured into them as they advanced up
the slopes. The operation was under-
taken at about daybreak and shortly
afterward the enemy attempted to
reach, the British lines east of Bouz-
incourt"` about 2,000 yards to the
north. Isere alga the British were
bolding defenses on the high ground,
which the invader's coveted because
its occupation to work from for an-
other big attach.
The hostile .artillery fire was very
heavy on Thursday night south of
Arras. The air services on both titles
were very active throughout the day,
as the conditions were ideal for ob-
servation. There was much bombing
and many engagements were fought
in the air.
ITALIANS WIN DOMINATING POSITION
OFMONTE CORNO FROM AUSTRIANS Wen;yss First Sea Lord of the Aci-.
miralty, at the annual meeting of the
Mercantile Marine Association.
FIRST RESULT OF
PEACE ` EA Y
Allied Victory Only 1 -hope of
SSily fng l$ilfi3hlliat,
A despatch from London says. -rt
has been learned from well-informed
Ruruanien ureter( that the first 1003731
of the peace treaty between their
country end the• 7CtItral POWeril is
111 ;1 there is not is s eagle firm -German
1(1 t in. Rumania. 10c• i'a1i of Count.
Cze rine. t.!10 former Aunts -an Premier,
a•ly. blemish( crit: ,. v b,ardoning of
pt1.y I se,..t 1: Burro
purism 0r101 U1 t 1 + e , r1F.t ), the
German akeeign &eeriten, egged eel
11y pan -German,:•. tired to achieve
:tweeze and they (Adelina! it by forte.
The majority of Ranl1411ia1,9 reaJil*
that the 0171v imps of sarin( their,
country frons 11770:':1(5 a Vln]'11.11 1,':e1'.
mane depondeney i3O un elite i vi, hers • .:
wakh they ere confhlent.
115GI•I-I1ft1("S» (171,1°'14 181))).
1110 the Effect of Stfeultlating St:ttie-
meet. etc Northern I3istriet.
Settlement in the northern portions
of both Ontario and Onebee is being'
stimulated by the higher prices for
pulpwood w-11ic11, a few yearn ago,.
wee looked upon as a detriment by
the settler. Now it is a decided as-
set. with the result- that the is lent
unlined to set files iltdiscrimibet.ely
or to let them run et hence - -
This situation, however, coetelsis a
real danger for all the pro\iumel
Eastern Canada. There is a possi-
bility that the de111a11e1 for timber will
lead- to settlement of areas where the
Goll is unsuitable for ag:knit:nal pro-
duction. The remedy lies m making'
a timber and land classification sur-
vey followed by proper g0vern11111 t
control. Already in New Brunawiclr
and in the Trent Watershed of On-
tario there are deplorable examples
of the results of permitting settler;t•
to try to eke out a living on land on
which they should clever bate heed
allowed to settle.
-
INCREASE IN
SINKING S OF T'•B€)ATS.
A. despatch from London says: Th1
sinking of enell e submarines has in•
creased steadily, r,11d the 017171ng of
nlerebal.t slaps has fallen stteadily,
declared T. at. Maenenara, M.P. for
North Camberwell and Parliamentary
Secretary to the Admiralty, in a re-
cent speech at Bristol.
Germany has made many mistake's
in the coarse of the war, but never
made a greater one than in thinking
she could end the war by driving Brit-
ish merchantmen from the seas, de -
Oared Vice -Admiral Sir Rossiytl
Brilliant Operation Resulting in Destruction of Elaborate Systema
of Enemy Defences With Capture of War
Material and Prisoners.
Italian Army Headquarters, May
12.After a long period of inactiv-
ity, owing to weather conditions,
Italian troops on the mountain front
executed a brilliant operation Friday
night, capturing the dominating posi-
tion of Monte Corno, destroying art
elaborate sysytem of enemy defences
and taking of 100 prisoners, two guns,
a number of machine-guns and much
war material.
3Yne action was in the Area Valley,
vv'llich leads down from the Lagar-
ina Valley, and is the main line of ap-
proach from Trent and Rovereto. It
was stere that the Austrians 'attempt-
ed to reach the Venetian Plain in. the
first great offensive. Recently they
have erected powerful defences, with
battery positions built in rock and
electrically cheeped, and with a eye -
tem of barbed wire entanglements.
The chief efl'est of the action is
to dislodge the Auterians from the
dominating height in the centre of the
main highway from the m0011(ins
and to give the Italians the advantage
of that position, with the command it
has over he heights and approaches.
The result gives great satisfaction, es-
pecially as the victory was Won 011 the
very spot where Dr. Cesare Battisti, a
deputy from Trent who went over to
the Italians, and others of his 'heroic
band were captured during the fust
offensive. Dr. Battled was put to
death by the Austrians on the charge
of treason.
ROLL CALL OF LOSSES j B1RLIN WARNS U-BOATS
IN OSTEND RAID j FROM BLOCKED REFUGES
Loudon, May 12.-A Dover tie London, May 12. -The Naval car
&patch says that the Beitislt casual
respondent of the Times in discussing
j the attack against Ostend says that it
ties in the raid on Ostend were two is reported in Berlin that the German
officers and six men killed vend two I submarines have been warned by wire -
officers and and eight men missing, ! less not to return to Ostend or Zee -
supposed to have been killed. Of , brugge and in returning to 'home wa-
these,two officers and eight men were tors to choose the route to the ports
on the 'Vindictive. Five officers and of the Heligoland Bight. From 'this
twenty-four men were wounded, of report it is believed here that the en
whom one officer and sixteen men trances to Ostend and Zeebrugge have
were on the Vindictive. been blocked in the British raids.
Another Successful Raid by British Navy on. 12 -Boat J3ase-
frleavy Hombardttler.t of Port I9eld by Germans.
Military Authorities of Opinion That the Enemy Has Met With
; A dcare-oh from 1.1ndol.says; Thc,.Severe Repulse From Which Recovery Take Time.
German submarine base of Ostend, on
the Belgian coast, has been partially
blocked at the result of a neve raid
by British navel forces in which the
cruiser Vindictive, laden with con-
c•rete, was sunk at the entaal, e.
The. Vindictive lies at an angle net
effectively blockading the channel at
Ostend, bot serving rt very usedel
purpose. A partial and very serious
blockade has been achieved, and un-
der the conditions of tide and silting
prevailing, this obstruction will cer-
tainly tend to ineeease.
As on the former occasion, the
operation to block Ostend harbor was
under the direction of Admiral Keyes.
Some of the men who participated
in the affair returned here on Friday.
They say it was completely success-
ful
The firing which covered the sink-
ing of the Vindictive began about 1
o'clor'k Frisky /netlike and lasted un-
til ;t o'clock. The bombardment was
very heavy rued could be heard at
Dover.
The night WAS cher, with the stars
shining brilliantly, but there was a
haze over the sea.
The Viirdictive came (111de1 a fierce
fire from the German. shore batteries.
She was navigated close into the pier
m fine style and sunk by an internal
charge. The crew escaped in fast;
motor boats. Only the number of of-
ficers and men absolutely necessary
were on board the ship o1 account of
the danger of her total loss. These,
on signal, swarmed up freed the en-
gine rooms ar,d stoke holds and took
their positions at stations a0 ES 10
slide quickly into the motor boats,
The small boats were under heavy
gun bre all the time while they were
transferring the crew to the wait-.
ing destroyers,
A despatcb from Paris says: Con-
trary to the belief expressed in de-
spatches from correspondents with
the French army, military authorities
here do not believe that the next Ger-
man offensive is es imminent az ex-
pected, and agree that the battle may
not begin before a fortnight. Many
reasons contribute to this delay, the
foremost of which is the fact that so
severe itis been the repulse of the
Last week, especially on 1.he days of
the 29th and 80th, that sufficient
time must elapse before the enemy
can be able to fill in and reorganize
Ills divisions. On the other hand,
allied aviators are working such
havoc in the enemy's lines that he
is finding it extremely difficult to
carry out 1On1elit1'atione. J'i'otn high
military authority it is understood air before many months,
the allies would be willing lo give
up 'Ypres if the enemy was willing to
pay to the extent of about 20,000
;nen for it, mid at that would be a
good bargain, as tactically Ypres is
worth less than 10,000. This author-
ity expressed the belief that in the
coining offensive eviat101) may play
the most important rola in the whole
field of war. The allies aye now 'much
superior in the air than the enemy.
It has been established recently that
the German airplane production aver-
aged from 1,800 to 2,000 machines.
While it is not permitted to give the
figures of the French and English
output, it is not exaggerating to esti-
mate it at more than double, and
daily increasing, It is hoped that the
allies
win be able to give 17 demon-
stration of their superiority in the
DARING AVIATOR SAILED
UNDPR BRIDGE A'1; N1i7((ARA.
A despatch from Niagara Falk,
Ont., says: An unknown aviator from
Beamsville Camp circled over the
Falls for a fees moments on Thurs-
day and then dived down at fright-
ful velocity and sailed under the steel
arch bridge. Evidently he epxeri-
enced some difficulty in rising from
the gorge as did Beachy some years
ago.
The Beamsville cadet 1: never,
after being in the gorge anent three
minutes, managed to rise on the
American side, and after circling
round, made off for camp.
BERLIN "SHELLS OUT"
DISCARDED WARDROBES.
A. despatch from Amates dam says
The city of Berlin has been ordered to
produce forthwith 40,000 complete
second-hand suits for war workers,
principally those engaged in railway
and /arming work. It is to be a "vol-
untary surrender against a small
payment; but warning ds given that:
if the clothes are not forthcoraing
they will be taken by force. This ap-
plies especially to persons whose so-
cial position warrants the assump-
tion that their wardrobes aro well
stocked,
BI311`ISI.1117001'8 WITHIN
80 MILES 0111' 340111113.
A despatch from London says:
British troops on May 7111 entered
the Turkish town of Kerkult, 80 miles
south-east of Mosul, in Mesopotamia,
the British War Office announced.
The text of the statement reads:
"Mesopotamia -A portion of our
i troops entered Rerinik on May 7th
without opposition. The Turks, who
retired towards the Lesser lab River,
left 600 men in hospital in the town,
They also abandoned three damaged
airplanes, A heavy rain Basi fallen."
Big Forest Revenue.
Sines, 1867, the date of Confedera-
tion, the Government of the Province
of Quebec has derived a total reyenue
from its forests of more than $42,-
000,000.
42,000,000. During the year ended June
80, 1917, the revenue from this source.
was $1,568,157, of whish 847,505 was
from ground rent and $1,1.:15,892 from
stumpage dues. The greatest -total wt
forest revenue was during 1914-101.5,
when the amount collected was $1,••
736,605. These revenues form an 3m -
portant item in the support of the
civil government«