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The Seaforth News, 1918-11-28, Page 2GERMAN FLEET OF 71 VESSEL HELD CAPTIVE IN ORKNEY ISLANDS iul'render Of 1:'itleilily Navy Assures Peace British Grand Fleet Forms hi. Two, Single Lines 10 •Enable Surrelhider'ing Fleet to Come Up the Centre. A rlespateh from London says; iievent-one Gorman warships, eau- slatingof nine battleships, live bat- tle cruisers, seven light cruisers and i0 destroyers, the greater part of the high Seas Fleet, wore, strricndered to the•aliles on Thursday.' There re - amine' to be surrendered two battle- ships tindergoing reedits, and 60 modern torpedo-boat destroyers.. Describing, the surrender of the German warships to the commander- in-chief of the. Grand .Fleet, Sir !)avid Beatty, correspondents say that after all t11e, Ge;+mau ships had beer taken over, the British admiral tame through the line on the Queen Elizabeth, every allied vessel being manned, and greeting the admiral and the flagship with laud and ring- ing cheers. i ..� The British Grand Fleet put to sea in two single lines six miles apart, 'and so formed as to enable the surrendering fleet to come up •the centre. The leading -ship of the Lerman line was sighted between 9 end 10 o'clock in the morning. It was the Seydlitz, flying the German naval ensign.. This announcement was made by the Admiralty on Thursday after- noon. The statement read: "The Commander -in -Chief of the grand Fleet has reported that at 9.30 o'clock on Thursday morning he met the first and main instalment of Dm German high seas fleet, which is • +n•rendering for internment." The Point of the rendezvous for , the Allied and German sea forces ese between 30 and 90 miles east of Jik.. Ieland, opposite the Piet? of • Fnrth. The fog which had enveloped the is nand Fleet for three days eleered 1' ednesday night, and oh Thursday tl.a weather Was doll with a alight base hanging over the Firth of Forth. The fleet which witneseed the surrender consisted of some 400 ships, including 00 dreadnoughts, 40 light Bruisers, and nearly 200 destroy- ers., King -George and Queen Mary en• tertained the British, French and Ainerioaio admirals Thursday on board Admiral Beatty's flagship, They witnessed the departure of the fast destroyers whish formed- the vanguard of the ships to which the German war vessels surrendered. King George reviewed the entire Grand Fleet, and was received every- where witths tremendous enthusiasm. After its surrender the high seas fleet was brought to the Fifth of Forth on Thursday. The Siitish. Grand Fleet and five American battleships and three French warships, in two long col- umns, escorted the seyenty-one Ger- man vessels to their anchorage. They will be taken to the Scapa Flow on Friday. The Scapa Flow is in the middle of the Orkney Islands. off the north- east coast of Scotland. Jt is a small inland sea, with an area of fifty square miles. It con- tains many small islands, and has numerous good harbors and road- steads. There is good anchorage in the Scapa Flew for a great number of large vessels. Before the war it was the headquarters of the British home fleet during the naval training season. 1 j Ito 970; hav, No. 2, per ton, ear lots, 2� o�"� 925 .to •929. Cheese est easterns, els of e 125% to 26c. Butter. fin . choicest cream- ery, 50 to 51e. .J aos. selected, 65c; llreadetuffs • 'No. 1 stock. 50e. Potatoes, per :bag, Toronto, Nov, 26.--Mauitoiia wheats ear lots, $1.70 to 91.75. Dressed hogs --:.vo. 1 Northern: $2,24,?.;; 'No. 2! abattoir killed, 122.00 to $23,00:Lard, Northern $2.21%; No, 3 Northern,j nine, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 31 to, $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.113•-•, inj324zc, store Fort William, not including tax.; Manitoba oats --No. 2 C.W., 85%r11 Lire Stock Markets No. 2 C.W., 88%c; extra No, 1 feed, Toronto, Nov. 26.—Choice heavy, 041r5c; No. 1 feed, 81'4c, in store Fort: steers, 913.00 to. $13.05„ butchers' tirilliam. cattle, choice, $11.25 to 911.75• do. American corn—No. 2 yellow, 91.63; good. 910.00 to 911.00; do. medium, No. 3 yellow, $1.58; No. 4 yellow, 99.25 to 99.75; do, common, 98.00 $$1.52; sample corn, feed, $1.80 to to 98.50; bulls, choice, $10.00 to 91 .40, tract;, Toronfo. 910.25; do. medium bulls, 98.75 to Ontario oats, new crop ---No. 2 99.25; do. rough bulls, $7.50 to white, 77 to 80c; No. 3 white, 76 to 8.00; butchers cows, choice, 99.50 79e, according to freights outside. to 910,00; do. good, 98,25 to 98.50; Ontario wheat—No. 1 Winter, per do. medium, 97.50 to $8.00; do. corn - ear lot, 92.14 to $2.22; No. 2, do., mon, $6.50 to $7.00; :stockers, 97 50 92.11 to 92.19• No, 3 do,, 92.07 to to $10.25; feeders. $10.00 to 911.00; 92.15; No. 1 Spring,' :$2.09 to $2.17; canners and cutters. $4.85-'t0 $5.004 No. 2 Spring, 92.06 to 92,14; No. 3 milkers, good to choice, 990.00 to Spring, 92.02 i. $2.10, f.o.b., ship- 9160.00: do. corn. and mel $65.110 ping points, according to freights. to $75.00; sp,rhngers. 990.00 to 9160; Peas—No. 2 92.10. light ewes, $10.00 to 911.00; year. Barley—Malting, new crop, $1.03 lings, $13.00 to $13.50; Spring to 91.08, according to freights out- lambs, $14.75 to 915.501 calves, good °ide, to choice, 1$13.00 to 917,50; Ho'_, Buckwheat:—No. 2, 91.55. fed and:watared, 818.50; do. weigher Rye --No. 2, 91.70. off carsee$13.:5. Manitoba flour—Old crop, war quality, 911.85, Toronto. Ontario flour—War quality, old crop $10.25,• in bags, Montreal and Tor- onto, prompt shipment. chcis' cows, 5'•.6.1 to 99.00; goal, • Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mon- 9'i 00 to 9.1.50; medium, 96 5f• to ileal freights, bags included: Bran, 99.00; good, $7.60 to 98.00; me - $87.25 per ton; sorts, 942.25 per ton (liter, 96.50 "0 97,00: lambs, $0.50 Hay, No. 1, $24 to 926 per ton; to $13.00; sheep, 98.00 to 99.00; mixed, 922 to 924.50 per ton, track choice select hogs, off cars, 917.50 Toronto. • to $18.00. Straw—Car lots, 911.00 to $11.50, track Toronto, Country Produce—Wholesale Montreal, Nov. 26, --Choice 'steers, $11.25 to $13.110 food steers, 910,50 to $11.00 medium 1:00 to $10.01.); common, +,7 >0 to 33 50; choke but- Butter—Dairy, tubs and rolls, 33 to 39e; prints, 40 to 41c. Creamery, Fresh made, solids, 51e; prints, 52e, Eggs—New laid, 60 to 61e; store, 56 to 68c. -- Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, Second and 11 earth Armies on 26 to 30c; roosters, 23c; fowl, 27 to 30a; ducklings, 30c; turkeys, 31 to . March to Germany. 34c; squabs, doz., $4.50; geese, 25c. Ades despatch from London— Live.poultry—Roosters, 18 to 20c; Pa says; fowl, 24 to 26c; ducklings, lb., 22c; British cavalry on Thursday were turkeys, 27 to 30c; Spring chickens, riding across the fields of Waterloo, 19 to 22c; geese, 20c. on their way to the German frontier. Wholesalers are selling to the retail Large numbers of guns were taken Lrade at the following prices: Cheese—New, large, 27 to 27'4,e; twins, .27% to 27%c; old large, 28 to 28%c; 2838 to 29c. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to 48c; creamery, solids, 51 to 58c; prints, 52 to 54c. Margarine -34 to 35c. Eggs -Ne. 1 storage, 52 to 53c• selected. storage, 54 to 55c; new laid in cartons, 70 to 75c. Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 24 to 28c; roosters, 22c; fowl, 24 to 28c; turkeys, 38c; ducklings, lb., 30c; squabs, doz., 95.50; geese, 25c. Beans—Canadian, hand-picked, bus., $6.00 to $6.50;. imported, hand-pick- ed. Burma or Indian, $5,00 to 95.50; Li a•s,.17 to 17%c. +!'Toney :Extracted elover; 5 -Ib, tins, 29 to 30c Ib.; 10 -Ib, tins, 28 to 29c 1b.; 60 -lb. tins, 26% to 27c. BRITISH CROSS WATERLOO FIELDS Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 37 to 39e; do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked, 51 to 52c; rolls, 32 to 38c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain, 46 to 47c; boneless, 51 to 68c, Glared meats—Long clear bacon, 80 to 81e; clear bellies, 29 to 30c. Lard -Pure, tierces, 81 to 31%e; tubs, 3138 to 32c. Compound, tierces, 25% to' 25B%c• tubs, 25% to 261,8c; pails, 26 to 26%ie; prints, .27% to 27%c. Montreal Markets lddntreal, Nese 20.—Oats, extra, No, 1 feed 99e; flour, new standard bag ad e0 11,25 to $11.85; rolled oats, lbs. 94,85 to5.00, bran 987,25; shorts, 942.25; Mouillie $68 over on. Wednesday in groups by the British. Field Marshal Ilaig on Thursday night reports on the British advance as follows: "The 2nd and 4th armies resumed their march Thursday morning toward the German frontier. he movement of our troops is being conducted in accordance with programme, without incident. "On our right advanced detach- ments are pushing forward toward the Meuse, south of Namur. On our left we have reached the general line of Gembloux-Wavre." - v KING ALBERT ENTERS BELGIAN CAPITAL A despatch from London says:— King ays:King Albert and the Belgian Govern- ment left Bruges Thursday and were expected to make official entry into Brussels on Friday afternoon, ac- cording to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Brussels, :Belgian g troops eaps anti gendarmes reached the Capital on Thursday and restored quiet. The newspapers re- sumed publication and flags are fly- ing everywhere in celebration of the return et the King. Some of the administrative services of the Government resumed their functions in Brussels Thursday even ing. King Albert will reopen Parlia- ment on Friday, immediately after ,he reviews the troops. The End of The German Navy—The Firth of Forth. of Scotland will hereafter have new prominence in history, for it was there that the. naval delegates of Germany met Admiral Sir David Beatty and ackeowl edged Britain's title to the Supremacy of the Seas by agreeing to hand over the bulk of their navy to the Allies, to. be interned in the Orkneys oft the north of Scotland. AWES MUST DEMAND THE SURRENDER OF HOHENZOLLERNS Britain and France Uneasy Over Present Situation Which. Seems to Point to Restoration of Dynasty to Throne of Prussia. A. despatch from London says:— While 1-lohenzollernism lives at lib- arty has the world been made "safe for :democracy"? The continued pre- sence of the humbled but unrepentant master murderer of Europe and his equally guilty son and heir as re- fugees in Holland, adjacent to the herders of Germany, fringes the peace preparations of the allied nations with anxiety. The dissatisfaction with the situation—the serious doubt as to whether. the "democratized Ger- many" of Berlin's .revolution de- spatches is genuine—which pervades official circles in Paris, and the French people generally, has spread to this country. There is a growing British demand for an effective dis- posal of the whole Hohenzollern dynasty. The warning words of the Earl of Reading, Lord Chief Juitisce and special British Ambassador to the Caked States, have created a pro- found public impression. Friday's despatches from Berlin, Amsterdam and The Hague, some of them from semi-official Teuton sources, hinting at plans to restore the house of Ho- henzollern to the Prussian Throne, and describing the "temporary" re moral of its personal wealth and pos- sessions to Holland for safety, :feed suspicion that it is the expectation of a not inconsiderable portion of the German people to restore the mon- archy and place some minor member of the Hohenzollern family at the head: of 'the -K n;.cionr of i. t4isaia It is• believed that Prince tlaximiiian, farmer Chancellor, is- working with • this end in view, and that the co operation of von Hindenburg, who still retains nominal command of the army, is counted upon. Insistence upon the Allied powers dealing with the Hoiienzolleri,, situa- tion is manifesting itself in public sentiment. That the representatives to the Peace Conference must make a concerted demand for the surrender of the Hohencolleriis, father and son, now seems to be inevitable. The -me- thodical indifference exhibited in the development of the governmental 're- volution in Germany and the persis- tence of the arrogant and exclusive spirit of autocracy, in the face of pre4 sumed new conditions, suggest.carnou- fiage, while the reiterated report that Count" Wilhelm has never formally abdicated has .had no official denial from Germany's new Government., BRITISH SQUADRON TO VISIT KIEL AND WI:LHELMSHAVEN London, Nov. 24. — The British squadron which will go to Kiel and Wilhelmshaven this week, it is under- stood in naval circles, will be com- manded by Vice -Admiral Montague Browning, who will be accompanied by American, French and Italian ad- mirals. The purpose of the journey is to see that German vessels in those ports are properly disarmed. 150,000 REFUGEES RETURNING TO FRANCE Lille, Fiance, Npv. 24.—Refugees from Northern France to the number of 160,000 are returning to thelia homes from Brussels, mostly on foot. The refugees say that the returning German soldiers pillaged the shops and sold the stolen food and sup- plies to the inhabitants. UNITED STATES NAVY WILL BE DOUBLED A despatch from Washington says: The naval strength of the United States will be about twice as great by 1920. -as it was in 1917, the year this country entered the world war, it was brought out before the House Naval Committee in considering the 1920 naval appropriation bill. • No comparative statement was given re- garding capital ships; but the total number of all ships will be about 800, as' compared' with 300 in 1917. Foch Will Ignore Protests From Armistice Delegates Paris, Nov. 24,—Marshal Foch's refusal to accede to the protestations of the German delegates according to the Matin, will apply to all proposals in the future. NOTED SUBMARINES AMONG THOSE ANDED OVER TO'BRITAIN German U -Boats With Long List of Crimes on Their Books Are Interned at Harwich, England. Harwich, England, Nov. 24. -- Among the German submarines sur- rendered today :is the noted cruiser submarine Deutschland U1.58. She carried two American officers wtho had been rescued from the American army cargo ship Ticonderoga, tor- pedoed on September 30 last. The officers were taken to Kiel by the Deutschland, which was rettarnin•g from a three months' cruise in Am- erican waters, and were landed to- day at Harwich. Another surrendered boat was the U130, which had just returned to a German .port after a sixty-four days' cruise, commanded by Lieut. Com- mander Arnaukl de la Perriere, ' who in 1010 was awarded the Order Pour le Merits for einking 126 vessels, The 17130, however, was brought in by a First Lieutenant, who .explained that Perriere was too sad to undertake the duty. There is no available reeord of a German submarine 'cruiser Deutsch- land U158. A German submarine, Deutschland, arrived at Baltimore from Bremen with a cargo of dyestuffs and mails early in July, 1916, the drat submer- _int to make the 4,000 mile trans- atlantic voyage, The Deutschland was purely a cargo carrier. The German submarine 3153 ap- pee.red suddenly at Newport, Rhode Island, on October 7, 1916, and after a stay of three hour's departed, The next day can reports of the sinking of six ,ves9els off Nantucket by. Ger- man submarines, A Paris despatch in December, 1917, reported the cap- ture of the U53 by French • naval 1oreea- Since August 20stwenty-two vessels have been sunk off the Atlantic coast of the United States. Only four of these, however, were steamers, •the remainder eoneisting of schooners, fishing boats and two steam trawlers. The torpedoing and sinking of the American army • cello ship Ticon- deroga by a German submarine, with the lose of 11 naval officers and 102 enlisted men on September 30 last, was announced by Secretary of the Navy Daniels on October 11. Two officers, Lieut, F. L. Muller, Oakland, Cal., and Lieut. J. II. Fuleher of Frisco, N.C., were taken aboard the eulbmauines as prisoner% Secretary Daniels announced. III- SI�.OSs ES N1M( • EAC A 'TOTAL' L 0 ,04' 9 991 iib *,il55 (1i' This Number Were Killed ---',rotas of 1)orn.inions tan* eluded in Grand' Total, London, Nor. 19,-. -'The toltal• of J1aet African C'ampai'gn, 1.7,825, British leases on, all fronts during. the war was; 3,049,091, the total in killed being 658,655, It was announced in 1110 douse of Commons to -day by Jafl1 Ian MacPhersop1 Parliamon- tary Seeretary for the War Office, The officers killed, wounded or miss,• ing aggregated 142,034 and the mon 2,907,357. • The figures given include troops .from India and the .Domninionss. The losses were distributed as 101- lotus killed Wounded Missing Officers 37,836 92,644 12,094 Med 620,829 1,939,478 347,051 Total ,. `658,065 2,032,112 359,145 The casualties" on the respective battle fronts were, as folldws, the missing including prisoners:— France-Belgian Front, 2,719,652. Officers Men 'Total Killed 32,769 526,843 059,612 Wounded 88,142 9,750,203 1,898,345 Missieg 10,846 31.5,849 326,695 Italian Front, 6,738. Officers SIen Total Killed 86. 941 1,027 Wounded 334 4,612 4,946 Missing' 88, , 727,; . 765 FOE., SURRENDERS 20MORE-R � OATS !'revolutionary Element Upper- most in Crearb of Last Flotilla Yielded. A despatch from London says: Twenty • more. German snbmarines weir, surrenCui .si to Actin Sir ].eginaid 'tui 1i, t oil•1J r.vich or, Prides- mortallg. Lina utiles \a total of fie submarines thus, far handed over. There would slat=e' heed 21 sur- renderc,l on Fritleyes but one sank during the night. The correspondent of the Wireless Service with the ,,British Naval Forces says, that just before noon a cruiser came into sight, followed -by the German submarines and a Ger- man. transport. The transfer took place in the harbor on account of the heavy searunning. The majority of the . snbmarines were large, and nearly all were fitted with wireless equipmet;,lt. 3 Wheti,the •Germans arrived it was' noticeable that the revolutionary ele- ment w2s decidedly. present. Some of the officers had removed the Frus- sia» eagles from their caps and re- placed them with a sort of red badge that recognizes the authority of the Sailors'- ..and Soldiers' Council. There seemedi to he little discipline among the lot, The Wren took very little notice of anything their officers said to them. One shouted: "No officer— no Kaiser." 2 OUT ,OF EVERY 5 PRISONERS_ DIED IN BANDS OFTURES A despatch from London says: A "white paper" on the treatment of British j prisoners. in Turkey, just is- sued, says that of 10,583 prisoners taken by the Turks, $,290 are report- ed to he dead, while no trace can be found of 2,222 others, and- it is be- lieved they have perished. These lat- ter prisoners were all captured at Kut -el. -Amara, so it is certain they passed living into Turkish hands, but no word he's been heard from them. The Kut prisoners waren forced 'to march across the desert to Asia 11fin- or without food or medical attention. As a result, the White Paper says, "parties of men were lying under any shelter they could find in all stages of dysentry and starvation, some dy- ing. some dead, :half -clothed and i G without' beets, having sold everything) to buy a little milk," Officers Mon Tota Killed 880 8,724 9,1 Wotrnded " 478 7,276 7,7 Missing 3$ 921) 9 Dardanelles, Expedition, 110,720. Officers Men Tote Killed, 1.,785 81,737 88,62 Wounded 8,010. 75,608 713,551 Missing 268 7,481...- 'l,b Mesuipotamie, 97,579. Officers Men Total Killed 1,340 29,7619 31,109 Wounded 2,249 4,680 51,118, Missing 566 14,789 15,055 Egypt, 57,983. Officers Men Total Killed 1,098 14,794 15,892 Wounded 2,311 35,762 88,078 Missing 1'83 3,705 3,888 Saloniea Front, 27,318. Officers Men Total Killed 285 7,880 7,615 Wounded 818 16,058 16,876 Missing 114 2;718 2,827 Other Theatres, 3,297. Officers Men Total Killed 133 690 828 Wounded 142 1,373 1,515 Missing . , 51 908 1359 In addition to the grand total of deaths there were 19;000 deaths not forming any part of the Expedition- ary Forpe. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ISSUED} System For Encouraging Thrift Among People Iniugugatei4 by Government. A despatch £rem Qttglfi eays: 411. 04 nouncement is made that the Gov, 64 ernme»t will i,ilaugerrxtp a tsar sav- 07 ings .stamp atmeeign: The first war savings stamp baa just, been issued to 1 his Excellency the Governor-Geeern1,. 2 The Government will heeding the 10' 8 positpr'y of the ,ititlsi,'s :'avinge up to: 89 a total 01' 00,0011,000. 91uvint{s with be placed with the Govei•nmeet•; by means of the 931011use of War kava 3ne's amps , Thtanmlia be• redeemstalw,k JaenuaSry, ]:124aro, t0 7J.ley•, are to by sold by the, Governreeat'at; a Price which works Ont, to ail interest` rate of somewhat better than 438 per cent, compounded semi-annually, on 5 per cent. simple interest if eomiiutea at the 'end of. the period. 'Tsars int December, 1918, or January, 1919, a, five dollar war savings stamp may be bought for four dollars, After Jan- uary the purchase price of a war sav- ings stamp- will be increased month' by month, but at the end of five yearei from December, 1918, all stamps will be redeemed at 96 each, Stamps of lower denomination to be known am .. thrift stamps will be on sale. When sixteen of them have been accumulat- ed they can bo exchanged for a War saving stamp worth five dol..are at, the end of ;the period. The plan is expected towork out to the greatest•, advantage of 110411 tte, people and the nation. 7 In all the .lure provinces strong local organizations are being foenied. They will m turn organize the inuiii cipalitiee and the;•proc"ess of- organi-zation will be further: parried mit ulnas - it will embrace so far as possibia- every individual in the country. ALI,I . D ARMIES OF OF OCC JPATION AIsaee and Lorizaine Hein' Ya g vested — British Advance Toward German'1rolitier. Paris, Nov. 24.—The. War Office aunounceinent to -night on the Opera - done of .the army of occupation says: 1 he complete occupation of the 11- ter atedterritories of Alsace and Lor- eame is in process of achievement. During ,the course of • the day our troops installed. themselves in numer- ous towns and villages -in the Sarre Walley, notably in Dillingen, Sarre- bruck and Sarrelouis, where the gen- eralemnmanding the let army enter- ed'st the head of his troops. "In Alsace French advanced guards reached 'the former frontier and took possession of Woerth; Froesehwiller, Reischofl'en, as well ea Soultz and Dischwiller. Everywhere the French+ troops ware enthusiastically welcom- ed by the delivered populations." London,- Nov. 24.— Field Marshal Haig's report on the movement of the British army 'of occupation, issued to -night, says: "The march toward the German frontier is proceeding satisfactorily. Advanced troops of the 4th army have crossed the Ourthe River, south of Bomele, and are rushing forward to the east. ' "The :number of guns left behind by the retreating enemy now in our hands exceeds 600, A number of air- planes and quantities of rolling stock have also passed into our possession." AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST TOTALS 234,917 .Waeb:ington, Nov. • 28.—General March, United States chief of staff, announced to -day the total casualties in the American Expeditionary Forces up to the signing . 0f the armistice were divided as follows: Killed and died of wounds ... 36,104 Died of disease 18,811 2,204 179,625 2,163 1,160 Died of other causes Wounded Prisoners-. Missing The American forces in Prance, General March said, hod taken 44,000. German prisoners hi rotmd numbers, and 1,400 guns. SLAVERY OF WORST TYPE PRACTISED IN BULGA.RIA A despatch from London says: The Times' correspondent in Sofia says that there is no shadow of a doubt that slavery of the worst, type known in history, ancient or modern, has been practised on' a large scale in Bulgaria during the war. .Tlie whip was freely applied to stimulate the flagging strength of prisoners, and when any sickened there was no med- i,cal aid to restore them. A thousand thus perished miserably. Out of 100,000 Serbs interned hi Bulgaria only 53,000 survive. Another. Flotilla of U -Boats Surreztdera to the British A despatch from Harwich, Eng„ says:—Another flotilla of German U- boats surrendered on Thursday to a British squadron. There were 19 submarines in all; the twentieth, which should have come on Thursday, broke down on the way. Hungarian People's Republic ,-.Ofiiclal Title of Hungary A despatch from Budapest, Hun- gary, says: The Government has de- cided that the official title of Hungary from now on shall be the "I•Iungai'ian Peonl.e's Republic." ERMANS UNABLE TO RENEW FIGHT Berne, Nov. 24.—Field Marshal von Hindenburg, according to the semi- official Wolff Agency, has telegraphed the Berlin Government asserting categorically that the German army, because of the hard terms of the armistice and • of the internal situa- tion, is in silo position to renew fight- ing. The German military leader added that even operations against the French army alone would be im- possible. --e--- 28 MORE IJ -BOATS . ARE SUR RENDER ED Harwich, England, Nov, 24.—In the presence of Sir Erie Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, twenty-eight more German -U-boats surrendered to- day, This was the most imposing flotilla to haul down the German flag thus far. It included several ,very large submarines and four of the cruiser type, one being nearly 350 feet in length. Germans Planned to Blow Up Brussels Palace of Justice Paris, Nov. 24,—Tho Germans had laid plans to blow up the Palace of Justice in Brussels, according to a despatch to the Soir from Brussels. In the cellar of the palace four in- fernal machines placed there by the Germans have been found close to some gunpowder and ammunition: vl SCHLESWIG IS,. t ACAND I ANIS . Town and Canal. of Kier Are in Schleswig-Holstein.. A despatch from Copenhagen says'' The Danish colors are now flying' throughout the Province of Schleswig '•r. after 52 years. The German, authorities at Kiel have sent a .message that it now permissible to hoist the flag of Den- mark, which: was hauled down , in 1866, when 'Prussia acquired sever eighty. The Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein revolted against Daniela irule in 1848, and appealed to the German'powers for support. Prussia and some other states took up arms . in their behalf, but the duchies were restored to Denmark by the London protocal of 1852. In the Second_ Schleswig-Holstein war in 1864 Prussia and Austria -.. wrested the provinces from Den- mark, and in 1866, after Prussia had defeated Austria, they were joined to Prussia.._ Under the treaty of Prague fol- ,j. lir lowing the war the people of the northern part of Schleswig were 011 - titled to: decide by vote whether they should be governed by Denmark or by Prussia, but the plebiscite was never. taken. Kiel and the important canal which bears its name are in Sehles- wig-IJolstelri. CANADA'S TROOPS PREFER FARMING. Over One Hundred Thousand Have Already Stated Their Desires. A despatch fronnOttawa says: Over 160,000 members o3 the Canadian ex- peditionary force have expressed the definite wisli, to take up farming in Canada after the war. This figure was obtained by interviewing 230,000 members of the forces overseas, and indicates that 48 per cent. of those men wish to go on the land. The ae- tual number of men returning after' the war will be much greater, If it should be for example 346,000, on the assumption that the same proportion holds true, the number of men desir- ing to go on the land will be 157,600, These facts and a great many de- tails bearing on them have been come piled by the statistical division of the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re- establishment from the cards issued ' by the National Service Council to members of the Canadian forces over- seas and signed by them. The facts given represent the men's own state- ments of their intentions, and in most cases there can be no doubt of their sincerity, as perusal will show. 1,840,000 GERMANS KILLED AND OVER 4,000,000 WOUNDED A despatch from Copenhagen says: Up to Oct. 31, 1,840,000 German sol- diers were killed or missing (not in - chiding prisoners), the Vorwaerts of Berlin says it learnson reliable authority. Four million soldiers hac`< been wounded, some several times, The newspaper adds that there were 490count,00rl0 es? Mire German prisoners' hostile 1ew�`