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The Wingham Advance, 1918-05-02, Page 7FRENCH TOOK AWFUL TOLL OF ENEMY AT XEMMEL HILL With the British Armiee in Prance, tieble.-----eloW long the French regi. UMW:, was able to ventilate its dra- Matte mistance on the met of Mont Ketiltnel yesterday may not be "mown Until the Gentian historians record it after the war. It was about 9 o'clock yesterday morning when the Germans • finally sneceeded in encircling Kern - mei, afthr forcing back the Alliee line at the junction of the French and i13ritish west ot Wytsehaete. Prom that time until late in the day rest. meant clung to the Lau, and continued terrible execution among the enemy troops with machine gaits. Beyond that nothing is known of their fate. There were very heavy attacks against the British on the French left ail day yesterday. The Itritish im- mediately began puseing troops down toward the gap, after the Germans had driven an entering wedge, and hard fightIng ensued. A. particularly san- guinary struggle was waged at Viers - Ulan northeast of Wytschttete, ad there the contending troops fought in and out a the hamlet for hours. The British counter-etroke which ousted the Germans from Villers-Bretenneux, south of the Somme, was a great success from the start. The town had been cleared of the enemy by yesterday afternoon, with the ex- ception of two "pockets" of infantry, one near the railway station and the bther near the neighboring monument Q the war of 1870. These pockets Were cleaned up last evening. Several light British tanks were used against the enemy at the Monue. meat, There was fierce fighting in the streets and the town after the British launched their counter-attack at 10, eneloelc. British mem had been deluging the place with gas, and the aesaulting infantry went in Wear- ing gas masks. The Germans also were forced to don their masks, and the streets were filled quickly with madly fighting men, who looked like beings from &t- ether world In the big oyes of their face -protectors. The town hall was full of Doehes. Many of them had retired to the cellar, where they were trying to sleep in their gas masks, for there had been no thought of a British attack that night. Large numbers of the enemy were slain in the streets, and mallY were taken prisoner. lly Tuesday morning those who had been in hiding were crawting out aud surnaming freely. They were still wearing their gas masks. .Among the prisoners captured were several young °Memel, who gave their opinion of things in general with re- freshing candor. They were chagrined at the fiasco which the Germans had made of the Villers-Bretonnenx at- tack. Some had unkind things to say of the higher command. A British officer in talking math one of the young German lieutenants, asked the latter to explain why the German submarines had sunk only one American transport. -"That is what we would like to know," the youngster replied. When questioned as to what he thought the reason for all the world . being against the Germans, he gave the same reply, The officer said the Germans had been wondering about these very problems, and others of istmilar natare, for some time. The captured- ,effieers appeared to be elean-eut tellbws of good types. "THE SPIRIT OF CANADA IS PATRIOTISM INCARNATE" Premier Tells U. S. Canada Will Fight to Last Man, Last Dollar. New York Repoet.—Tbe New York 'Sun td'is meriting publishee a lengthy iaterview \shit Sir Robert Borden, who arreved in title city yesterday, iu Which Sir Robert is quoted as' sayiag that Canada will eyelid her last dea- ler tee Win the war, andetthat every ableebodied man wtil be conscripted. e"The•spirit of Canada?" °it:Manned the Premier, in response to a quee- lien,. "No words ot. mine can picture it. It Is patriotism incarnate." To exempiity this spirit, Sir Robert pro - dated the letter tram the Onthrio lail who plettdoci for a (Mance to follow his father and brother overseas to aid la- hoiding the Canadian line on the Western Arent. "I read. that letter in the House of 'Commons," e:ald the Premier, Pend it affected the members of that body like the spirited mall - tion of the National Anthem, What Mixt X say that that letter does not say? What ean anyone think of a country, Whose very boys plead- for a chance to die for it?" Speaking of the recent disturbances tn Quebec, Sir Robert is quoted as say- ing: "Tidisturbances in Quebee have been very- greatly exegeerated by the storiea -that have come out of Can- ada. The -net majority of tile people of the Provineekre loyally accepting mime:114ton." Sir Robert will leave New York to- night on hie way back to Ottawa. He will confer to -day with Sir Thomas White. who will represent Canada in, the negotiations with the United'', Stater and Great BrItain as regards war financing. He may also see Lord Reading and A. K. McLean. Sir Ro- bert would not divulge the definite errand that bringn him to New York, but it is believel by financiers hero that his visit 16 very likely te he fol- lowed by an animuneement of .the es- tablishment in the United States of a Canadian crealt large enough to cover the sullenest) balanee of trade millet Canada, and to help .finance Canada's war pee:theses. 4$$ BUILT FIRST GERMAN 11.130AT Now in French Prison On Espionage ,Charge, Though a Titled Man of France. Paris Cable. --The new espionage Affair, implicating elarquet de. Argue- vilty, is profoundly interesting the French public, not so much because Of lib, bigh social ranj a. became he conetructed the first German etthrear. ine. Arguevilly stadied in a French na- val engineering schoot and after com- pleting the course there. lie joined a big manufacturing firm on the :41edi- territnean, at La Seen% where lie b- eanie a eollaborator with Clettbet, the inventor of a submarine, The Marquie left Prance la 1902, taking ',with him varietal. Firemeh. tub - marine plans, among them three of tbe submersible InAlgrette, of the type deeignea by Max Ulmer, then enter etigineer of the navy. Those plane he offered in Getinane to the works at Kiel. whieh worked nit them to construct shbmarlhee for Genuine'. Argueviny hato already undergone his first eaaminatien, in whirei be ate sisted his lewyers • The Marquis is now in Om Sante Prison along witli.bthere who are ac- t:treed of eeplonage and and treason. NORTHOLIFPE WOULD RESIGN. London, (l'abio The fRan.'ard say.4 it unii(rstands that Lord N'ortheliffe. eintirmanof the London headetuartera of the Waist' 'Mission to the 1' fl 'ta- te, mut Director of Prol,uganda in Vinr.. my Countries, tendered lila 11.1:Ignattifit Cen aeemint of nalteattle bet that at tho witteitt of the Premier and Cabinet he mritonied to eentinue hia duties until a sttecertcr can be found. "The ntoteriot Upset hi.; ear to tiav6 a limo OH." "oh, welt," mid the centre "maybe it Waft a last yettee ear.-- Alum° nee:prate. t , . • AGA1K SMASH A New. ess For Your orne Cover the sears of wear and teitr on walls und flouri ‘untl, furniture, • • A wallyeginted—a floor varnishea—a hafl painted—a chair or dining room set re-stained—the whole ItOlitesQ made fresh and bright, spie and spatt, 'There aro for every surface—for everything you want to 'do over", "NREATONE"—the washable sanitary, sot tone Wall Finish, in pleasing tints. 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LitniTEsin GREENSHIELDS AVENUE, p MONTREAL et.v.:^z....t_1:-.....„.....,;.:.- eseeensateteesteettereereettsesseeeteseeteteaties: ensie eeseetesee •-•'"de• esetwerareeneereetate. shesie s eeteteetieen „ E N E m y T R 0 0 p s L(,iel:Igen,Ail o,,lellastatepat! —it.dstrillaeicverieitb3i)otponiteeons c vocation of Parliament until May 7, hopes to gain time for further negot I. t atidns with the p.rties opposed to. The Bombing Squadrons of them. It is questionable whether the Goverment will succeed in tliis, for France and Britain Do they must rely on the Gernianophile Good Work. delegates' and the Slays, who do. not intend to support the Government. Many adhereuts of Germany, who hitherto advocated a -peace by cont. Promise,. no longer believe hi the possibility of such a pact. This view is emphasized by an article in the None "Weiner Taglebiatt, headed, -"From Pettee by Compromise to Pre. cautionary Peace." This article word- ed with a certain reserve, still lays stresson the necessity of withdraw. ing from the position taken by the Reiehstag resolution of April, • 1917. The article concludes: "Any future peace willtindemnify the Central Pow. ers as far as possible for the. sacre flees they have made in continuing the war." NEW FOE 'LANES Germany Plans Effort to Regain Mastery of the .Air, Paris Cable—Aviator oil both sides are displaying unusual activity, Numerous fights occur day and night, and the many German railheads and munition depots are being bombed. by allied Minim. German prisoners say that the Cen- tral Empires are organizing big es- cadrilles in an attempt to wrest the mastery of the air from the allies. New machines awl engines are being rapidly built in Germany. One of these is a new type Ariatile with en- gines developing 250 to 300 horse timer. The Aviatiks will be -used to regulate artillery fire. A new type oh Fokker machine also is being built. This machine win be made to earry three machine gunners and will be used for 'chasing and scouting pur- poses. Other new type machines, all with engines developing 250 home power, are the Spaare, Hannoveraner 11. Pfalz, 1) IT., Bolan and A..E.G. The, Fleet made its first appearance in the battle now raging it, Picardy, tAte or two have been shot down by, French Pilots. The great advantage of the Prole is its speed It is an exceed- ingly small machine and carries two in-octanc guns, on thlis threugh the propeller, while the other works on a swivel back of the pilot. The Germans also are making new and bigger bombarding machines, among which are Gothas and the lerie.drichehafen. Both types of these machines have two engines, each of 340 horse -power. It is said that such machines will carry 1,600 pounds of explosives, ns well as a huge quan- tity of oil and gasoline, While- Some of these bombarding machines al- ready are in use, the Germans are trying a machine which will have four engines of 250 horse -power, able to carry six men in addition to- boinbis and aerial torpedoes, Prisoners say the trials so far have proved satis- factory. Germany hopes to have many of these machines coMpleted Within two months, with which they say they will bomb Paris and Lon- don. The Germaij air forces on the west. ern front aro said to comprise 120 escadrilles, each of 14) machines, for fighting and chasing purposes, 150 escadrilles of observation pianos, and 30 to 100 bombardment escadrilles. . TEUTON RULER APFEALS TO POPE To Bar 'Clergy From. Politi- ' cal Agitation. • . , clugaslavs Are tianipering Government • • . • Rome, April 28.—News Imes rettelted the 'Vntican that the meniteing poll. Heal eminplleations in Austria are 11110 to a tvidespread agitation of the dug. •oslaVs and Czech', who negebent On resorting to systematic abstraction. Ism with the object Of whekening the national resistance. 11 is reliably reported that ItarMerer Charles has eoticited the leoptets tn. tervention to diesuade the eterg3r from partietpating in the agitation. HOLLAND FIRM FOR HER HONOR Determined the Germans "Shall Not Pass." Prospect of Agreement a Little Better. Amsterdam, April 28.—According to The Hogue Vaderiand, the pross ieect of an agreement between Ilellend and Germany • hart stightly im- proved since yeeterday. Wbele jt has been agreed to re -open, the 'Limb:Meg Railway, there in still n difference 'regarding the nature and exteutta of the transport over the road .and by n a terway. . . • e s The Telegraat, under the bettatng, "It it Mu-st Be," revel's the Omar= attack on Belgium, and Faye; "If Holland is nor toehe at the same cressrodds aeeltelghint then the Government may be cer- , tain that the nation -wlIJ re/1y around it in the hour of elan:ger. hiveryone rill ardently hope . that this clip may be spared us, and is it . not almost unthinkehle that the crime which lute branded Cain's mark on the forehead of the viola- tor should lie repeated against us? But if it must be, .our motto will be, 'They Shall Not Pariet` —Neither they nor their war neceseitics. 'We Want peace, but We fear dishonor more than war. Holland will 'remain herself." NAVY' PRAISE') By Ally Naval Council for Zeebrugge Raid. NAMANS GIVE NO REST; HARASS HA BY DAY MO NIGHT 4_ ---• Domination of No Man' Land Complete ---Our Cas ualties Dwindle, Too. - (By W. A. Willison, Canadinn Prose Correspon(lent.) • Canadian Army Headquarters in the Field, via London, Cable. -- (teetering out a deliberate policy 01 harassing and worryiug the enemy, Canadians, all along their :trona ale raiding the Beebe lines perststgatly. Not a night passes without one or two or three 'raids, some of them oin a minor nature, • against hostile poste, othera itt streugth, penetrating the enemy's front line and support inane. Our domination of No Maine' Lend. has never Veen more complete, 2101' have weever conducted such constant Operations of an aggressive eharaetttir, with less cost to ourselves. One battalion has raided the enemy tihe times in the past week, without suftering a:single ceattaIty. A sergeant In another regiment,' Workin"e his way alone to the enemy lines, found th.rteen Boches asleep beside a ma- chine gun. He crept into the post, captured the gun, returned with it to our lines and organized an offensive party which wentt back to get some ut the Boschcs. But the garrison had awakened in the meantline and had been reinforced, with the result that the, post was held in too great strength toe successful attack. While our infantry bas been worrv-t ing .the •enemy, 80 constently and so succeeefully, aeretring identificatime, bomeing dugouts, armlet; posts, ana penetrating the opposing lines, our artillery hes been very active, not only in eupporting i•a bis with Mien - sive barrage rtre bilt in harming the enemy. Jn the midet of eugh war activity, comprehensive preparation 8 nre being made to have 'Mother's Day, May 12, observed throughout the corps. helm chaplains are giving epode] addreesee at peratie. services, ,voluntary mid- week and Sundae' evening meetinge• white the rengious work -committee' of the Canadian Y. "M. C. A. is eon- dueting a movement aimed at 'townie; every man write home to his mother 011 than day. The association is to simply 8po-i•ii- ly ern elepee to ti' f wen. enil is posting up large eerie in the elm. teen nuts, calling ottention—to the clay, Bulletene ave also betwit shewn at its cinemas, urging the men to unite homee and epeeist earth: are being Printed with ct inessnge to Canadian mot eerie . ft, is hoped that mothers will \mete, 1-o their sone in Franee on the name day. TEUTONS FLED FROM MINH ; In the Recent Battle in the Adriatic, Though Latter Outnumber- ed 2 to 5 BRITISH LOSSES- . Payne April 2t1,—The Nava) Ceuta:U, witteh met 'ye:al:Nay •at, the' Ministry of 'Marine, concluilcd its sittings this efternoon, let- poetent deciielons Welie taken with a view te obtaining clotene eollaboration between the alliedinaval forces and in- tensifying their joint ,..al011. The fol- lowing reeolution wait proper:el by (Rhinos Leyguesnelerench Minister of Marine, who presided, and se was P et• "The Inter -Allied Naval Council ex- presses- its admiration for the, cool - flees, daring and silfendid courage dis- played by the 1J1ttqh, navy in,the at- tacks on Getout and Keebrueige anti for the rapidity with which It gaine4 ite objectives, despite the immetise dif- ficulties or the enterprise and the des- perate resistance or the enemy." • ." Charles, Lanth was Menlething of a daylIght Meier. When called to ttc. count fee coining to work late, he f putt*, Itilpmelf on the ground that he &ways knocked off earlier than min - betty elfmeetten ?relief:tea Chronicle. INPREP ‘1,R Lampe cabie,--.....cemialths In tho British rankreported tha 'week tot- allede18e160. The 10z.VIes \vete divided as follows: eInilled or, died of wettnets:„Officers, . . lirotind;id '' or missing: Offid'ers, 2,- 671; men, 13,229. 5 . Despite the heavy fighting foe more Ithana iOnlb, past, the Britlitilt eeasu- entice reported are only now lieginning to approtteh the high fighres fel' week snifter- week of hteteecitre whee the Ilrit- jh on, .thnedronslee ollithaceVeste mu remit!' Tluti increheenteeently hae hetet -ott the enerhee of 50ttle1e e,ent. each week neteri the week plineetling. Lantn eek the aggregate Via .14.668 andsthe previpttayeerde 8,120. i.Iio 1(11•101.arik%4t tci*hin '1 tinen "Iatifeictie teiPhatelene London, April 28.—In the engage- ment of Allied and Austrian light sea rorces in the Adriatic on April 22nd the British lost seven men killed .and 19 wounded, the Admiralty reports. Two British destroyers, whicli for a time fought five Austrian destroyers, were damaged only slightly. (The official Austrian account of the en- gagement, issued Friday, said' one British destroyer was damaged seri- ously.) The announcement follows: "On April 22 five Austrian dstroyers Were encountered ane aligned by two of our destroyers in the Adriatic. The chase continued until after midnight, when touch with the enemjt was lost. "Our two destropere which engaged this eery superior , enemy force re- ceived only minor dama.ges. Our total casualties were seven killed and nine- teen wounded. It is not known what damage was sustained by the enemy. "On the following day Durazzo was attacked by British air forces,. "The only man-of-war in the hailhor was one gmeboat. . Our machines at- taeked the seaplaue base, dropping nearly a ton, of homde with apparent- ly euecessfue results. All our ma- ehnees retur»ed safely to their bases." GOD SAVE KING ROUSED' BERLIN krish "Army" of Casement Got Some Beer • And Loyalty Came to the Surface. • Chicago .Clable---KaNton Hackett to -day gawe out deteils of the lamen. table failure of the tete Sty Roger -Caliente= to recruit an army frOM irlan. pie:toners in teminan chime, :lir •Liwr Was' suppiled with &medal -Lc Emmett mat empewered to oiler the onetencre lard, takes and anything else lien.; redid hint tee ineation of neemd. Attee lone; cempaign eigate Inns:vied a tea& of 45 men. Mani: neee protidel mith vciI ItriifOnlqi and paraded 'Omelet 1.,:r1:21 ;14 t• :he relvantei gir.rd of a 81 n,p- MA teas to co-cperate t`ereti,ty, in overthrowing the eaugaty Britleh Empire. 'ft Wits' a • hot day and the Irish "army' wits Integre aed thirsty., The Parade lied not moved a-half-bleck until a beer teethe hove ne sight- aled the eolunms af fOnt'S made a hasty Micah for it. They had been (toped ip in prison camps for menthe with: Pea any liquor -tend the opnortunity was no1 to be overlooked. There were •any such Moe tiering the parade, wetelt by the way. woe never finiehed, ,for the Mein after about the twelfth stop, how ed rising tenmerattlree One gigantie red-headed. Turk put tile queetiou to his fellows, who were m 1on,er - In:Minna in (*Winne lie 114e time: "For why thetild Wts be, do- ne; the tlirnitts -snore of tlee elleetty tn es • . 14.* : t " • • 4. .< Ditto% hen we Are daciat, peareAlde malt boys?' To, hell wid the Dn'eh and In damned to .titim." The "army" staggered along a few stops further, with this idea Winking in and suddenly the Irish gathered in a circle in the middle of the street and v Rh one act.ord and at the top et their vices yelled, "GodtSave the King." They continued to shig It until the scandalize(1 pollee arreated the. entire "army" and hustled, it back to the prison. ramps. PONTIFF NEUTRAL, Cardinal Logue's Course in Irelafid Independent. • 1$4,•••• OA. •$$$$.$4, Ieoine„4,pril • 24. — The Courier d'Italia, .a eemi-official Vatican or - gale, spealting with reference to the attitude of Cardinal Logue concern- ing conscriptim in trained, says: "The Holy See always has left the episcopacy of •each eountry tree to take the attitude they think beet hr internal affairs ef their matey. Them, whatever Cardinal Logue may consider expedient to deal with con- seription in intend cannot affect the impartiality and eeutrality of the Vatican in thie war, nor be con- sidered as a violation er the pellet' constantly followed by the Holy See - since the war begau." Cardinal Logue presided over the Irish Catholic bIshopa coMmittee at a meeting recently held iu nub- ile, at which a resolution was un- arimoutly Passed protesting against eoneeription in Ireland anat declaring that to enforce conscription without the consent of the irtsh people would, inevitably end in defeating • its own purpose, CANADIANS GET THE Di°, For Bravery in Hot Places in the Battle, Major W. W. Wilson, of Hamilton, Honored. " •••••••••••••• London, .April 26.—"When part of tho front tine began to be driven back, he immediately went forward, and by example and influence succeeded in holding the position, exposing himself fcarlesely to intense artillery and ma- t:Wine gun barrage, steadyingthe the men and keeping them in position." For this Lieut. Waiter Hartley Bur - gees received the Dietinguished Ser- vice Order, Other reelpients whose deeds are now revealed were: Lieut. John An- gus Cameron, who rushed forward ahead of the platen, clatrged a post single-handed, bayoneting one and compelling twelve to surrender. Lieut. Hector Kennedy rushed two • pill- boxes, capturing six offieers, and five men. Lieut. Ronald edneNnghten, of Peterboeo, Olen a machine gun open- ed tire, shot two men, while his pla- toon bayoneted the remainder, cap- turing two machine guns. Capt. Ron- ald Pearson, of Saskatoon, seized a umehine gun when the attack was wavering, and through snipers sub- dued the enemy's fire. Major William Keating Walker, after two officers and 18 men witb had become cas- ualties, persisted In buildingbridges, his .caolnees enabling the completion of the work. Maier 'William Wilson, of Hamilton, advanced guns in a most difficult paesition, working day and night. Eleven guns were put out or adieu, but he always succeeded in re - peering them or bringing up new ones. Capt, Harvey Young, of the Medlcals, Toronto, established an advancea aid post under heavy barrage and was 'un- tiring for two days. GERMAN PEOPLE FML IN NERVE Depression and Nervousness is General. Recent Huge Losses Cause Crop of Rumors. •--• Ameterdam, April 2eaattiteuter des- eateen--- P..xtraordinary . iteevottenesis and eepression preettil itt Gamey owing to the lonieu in the western Offeasive reeealed with remarkable hanknese by an attie,c by Capt. von Salzmann, in the Vossisehe Zeitling, in which be endeavors to restore . tater Met confidence in the Germaus by ennemeizing the importanoe of the capture of temente' Ltill. Cape, von. Salzmann enumerates a few on•the series of etintore carrent in tierMaily. All these envies are pre- faced NY, the remark, "In tite Rieeestag, it is sail." and proceed to ehy: "Our "doeses have been enormous, The offensive in the weet line arrived at a deadlock. The enemy is much et etronger than the supteme command( ell assumed, e are unable to continue „f the offenslve owing to the lack of th horses. The region etore 'Vince is a great lake, min therefore impassable. The whole aettuntre between our Atraens front 'end Feria is mined and win be blown tine "The people,"- eoneinues Stelzmaeri, neve begun to'hoihe their nerve. Ite• Piling in the, Iteitibetaig, the Minister of Wae said sometititig like this: " goes withoneeenying that there ere big loseeti in such a struggle. Our lmt4esitt ono part elt the front bere beou very 'teary. Two:tin-rile of the nempany lenders in many rlinents 'Mee fallen.' "It fe ttacl thet a certatet detains thereupon tent bin elect:W.4 in ti Notth •C• num Sewn: Minieter of War hat: onenle eectin I'd rut' ioases tO r.9 !meet' that Oh -offensive mute 'he :neatened; " — • ease* SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY $ Arabs, Aiding the British, Occupy 53 Miles of He dj az R,adilway. N.W.M.P.-MAY FIGHT' ••••••••••$•$$$$.1,...11 Woman Bejleve6 to Be Lead- '.ing Hun Spy Held in New York. Halifax la to latee potato broad tine week. A. supplemeneary Iraining depot of Canadian 'engineers is to Mien at Brock ville, London street, railway conductors and motormen have accepted the e08.1- Pan3"s offer of arbitration, 5, II. Lowry, aged 62, inn/lenient agent, died at Port Elgiu, after falling front a windmill he was erecting. lelight-Lieue Jack SorsOleil, M. C., Toronto, hae been promoted to a cap. tainey, Twelve thousand Cleve A. men of the ages of 20 to 22 will start to report at Montreal barracks starting on May 1. Dr, Sidonio Piles, Premier and For • cign Minister, was eleeted President of the Portugurae Repttblie by direct unnsersal suffrage. Senator Emile de Marcere is dead. He Wr.11 Lts. last of 75 senators nomin- &Kinn life by the French Senate under the constitution of 1875. Twenty-five thousand people, fuelled - leg ten thousand eoldiers, made, an irepronetve scene at, the intercession for the allied aimies at Teronto Sun- day, The Departnalut of Agriculture will plant one hundred acres of unoccupied land, near Armour Heights, Toronto, with flax. and is milking a survey of all land menu] 'reroute to have a maximum acre ago under crop. William Troy. of Chatham, died in St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Satur- day °veiling from bleed eon:ening. Some days ago a nail in his boot pierced him toot. and title reettited in his deitth. Fire caused by a cigarette stub fall- ing on the bed clothing caused the death at Detroit or France -1 Harold Fleming, a weinknown Oanachan bari- tene singer, of Kitcheher, Ont. Arab forces co operating with the Brttish, have occupied 53 miles of the fIedjaz Railway sonth of Mann, accord- ing to an official report received front Gen. Allenby, Mann•is 75 miles south of Jerusalem. - The A. I... eiceredie flax mill, located eolith of 'St. Mary's, was destroyed by fire. The building, machinery aud con_ tents were destroyed, at an eetimated loss of $25,000, partly covered by insur- anal. --According to the London Daily Mail, the post of Chief Secretary of Ireland has been offered to Edward Shoat, member of the House of. CommonEi trent Neweastle•on-Tyne, en succession to Henry Edward Duke, who is under. stood to have, been anxious, to retire for a long time, and has been only awaiting a suitable snecessor. in the pocice,s of a Russian work. man, Charles Engle. who died Suddeply Saturday in the North American limn & Metal Company's shops at Montreal, the sum of $.1,002 was. found. The 80111 Battalion's colors, which had two years ago been taken over seas and deposited in a church in Eng - lank have been brought back and were deposited in St. Thomas' Angli' can Church, Sever& squadrons of horsemen are to be raised in the, West as reinfolteen ments for the Oanaulan cavalry on the western front, and the Royal North- west Mounted Police have been given perinissfOn to join; more than four hundred have already dove so, and •prebably two eundred more will en- list. Their places ore to be filled by eatetrory 13 men Fleury T. Machin, for many- years Deputy Provincial Secretary of Quebee the -1 at the home of his wines sisterm the elitist:es lisle, Sherbrooke, Que., on isaturley. Mr. Machin was 85 years 01 ago, and had held office, at Quebnec Io r many years, The Main Denier newspePers a wtok- ly leioneation of et. John 8, Ni (1., Wat tint egSea by the police, limier the War Measures AOL Ihe paper con - tamed an arnile atiaelting the ein- retipiton hill, watch It 110W before the Legislature. Fire, cc:innately destroyed a ware- tionee tne Horton Milling CempanY, Toronto, Saturday night, and, spread- ing to the adjoining builoings on either gide, damaged the storehotise tit ethe tIg & Jackson, bay and stunt* mei, ants, and the North Toronto branca the tenatern Canada Flour Mille U. S. NAVY EAGER. On Its Toes, Deelares Sec - rotary Daniels. z • "Tim American navy is on nit' tom Secretary or tile Navy, -while in 'Oils 'thy to -night to attend the bcouniet of the American NeN‘tipaper Publishers' ASP.O. Ciatt00, rave- out the following IneReattO the public through the Milodated weess: War utis declared Anvil 6, :We had de- stroyct•q VitirOoetlit :5tttvrn May 11 uto,,e en the ran, More ()wine thet, and-othero !Ater elt. The (.8.,-,,I,01,atimt 1,,,twe en .k .3. 1"1 "4:'(714;t1cr 111 ht et: pr ,i( the rieeutts !peen for themetives" S'UodYli press reports received at Washington ate the Itoishevild forces la the Crimea tigain are retiring Mere the Oem18tt.4, but are &Seeing sit:Noce reds:mace. Thee, are being reinforced by (ethers from the, Black Sea 'fleet. Madame Marie K. De Vietoriea, be- tieeed hr °frit:era of the Department of Jitetice to be one of the most active 01 Germany's egents in the United enatee for the last fifteen months, waft errestea at a faehlonable Long 'eland hotel Saturday and brought to New tenk as a dange..Ons alien enente. CAUGHT IN U S, San Diego, Cal., April 2e.--Albeet and Lewis Gruber, •both Aes. Deans. and atone :Federal ar.iMit4 bo- tIle two .0. 1110tortattt es german:ea, np.,:ott'rt in, othe ettatee, were captured 8 ilaybreak yes. terday at the international bounders near Valli/la, after having been fol. l'aved.. thrive:i hinny etatee. Beta s.,:ere, :tail Fr tee outhoritiee • I have 081 411,41 eencerning hen tertal n11,1 Iti7lft v :.ictilltiea of the ritifett State:: ALLIED FORCES OUTNUMBiRED BY THE HUNS *se. ftem. $$$“•• British War Office Admits • roe Has Now Numeri- cal Superiority. $155^$ WEARING MM DOWN r•$.5,45*4 $$,$$$• Dogged Defence Method Helping to Equalize the Situation,. Ottawa, April 28. --Tile renewing of- ficial report of war operations for the week ending April 25th, received by his Excellency the Governor-General, is issued through the officeeef 11)0 Mier Piave Ceusorl ' A, new orfeneive was begun en the nIght of the 28r6 -241b, After an ad- vance westward on lIezebrinick waif definitely eneekea the mienly still mnde very serous endeavere at dif- ferent Mete to reach obJeetives of tactical value, emit just as he made one final deeperate effort at the Sorame offenelve before transferring his attack to the north, in this case also he aceepted a retuft for a mom- ent and centred his energies on the neoaperaitertilioinsy. Alter preparation on the 23rd and 24th, infantry attacks were launched by the enemy at dusk, inette westward of Albert, in the neig•hbor- hood of Dranoutre, -which were broken up. Allele getter& artillery activity during the night of the 23rd and 24111, strong hostile infantry attacka de- veloped between Albert and Avec. Tim enemy made some" progress, Mtn!' tug the villege of Villers-leretonneux Crone the British and the email wood northward. of- Hang-ard from the French. Counter-atta.oks deprived him of the greater part of three gains, in- cluding Villers-Bretonneux, This resemptioe of the fight for Atnieus has' inot ye. tt; developed. 'Phe enemy hadnouly set eilinself lirulteti objectives and alined at potent fav- orable for further exploitation. The use of tanksaby the gerMaus for the hest time itt attaek ,gave the impree- sion that the operations were experi- 'twine'. In this cage be aimed at Ite Caelly-Fouilloy 'Road, about two miles westward of his former pest - tions. In renewed fighting on the 24th the French were gradually driven bank a short distance from Hangar], which had already thanged hands frequently, but they retained .possession of Haines and the Senecat Wood. Although tine Trench are involved in this fresh at- tack, the blow is still directed mainly againet the British. ' "The enemy, who has now launch- ed his new offensive after a palate wherein he was able 10 some extent to rest his tired troops and organlie his supply, has on the bettle feonts some 130 divisions. There are in addition some ex- hausted ones and also fresh divisions in reeerve. But it is' doubtful whether he, ean effeetahe same •concentration ae on the 21s1 and 23rd of March, be- cause of tbe exhaustion of many units, but chiefly because of the dispersal of effort. By withdrawals from the east Ile has now, however,' acquired a nu- merical superiority bver the British nod French in the west. Ile also haa the advantage of interior lines and the lenitive. To can therefore ob- tain local superiority, and it ie the allies' objective to wear down his numbers by dogged defensive methods. This local superiatety is all the greater, ina.emuch ae he has &tested out the British army for destruction. But so far, although the reserves have, naturally been drawn on, and though the French have shouldered a. share of the burden, he hat neither borne clown the British nor used up the strategic reserves tie he hoped. NOT FIGHTING FOR THE HUNS London Cable. ----'Ono Whig is certain," says the Arbeiter Zettteig, et Valetta, -o.4 ,cluoted• in an Exchange Telegraph .cimmetch from the linegtiet • we are not going to allow Auetruene Mood' •to ee seed, either now or later en, to retain German conqueete," This sta tempt is road() in a • Anti - teem or Cormany 8 action in the direc- tion of virIttal annexation of the for- mer Russian border states of Livonia end Inithonia, The newspaper (isles whether the treaty concluded with -eues:a at Brest-Intovsk is still valid, end 'aids: "Germany's melon will have 10 be paid for with another war as soon as auss'a in strolls enough. This. of Course, is entirely Geminates Wei- neee." -it' GERMAN LOSSES NOT COMPENSATED London Cabie.--(Via Reuter's. Ot- ta,wa agency.) --It is adniitted that the. sittietlon onethe niertle has been ser- iously injured tat a result of the pest two days' fight:wee ae tee enemy Itati Ilet merely held Kemmel, the higheet no:nt of observation On tho British trent, but lets epread westward, while' Ile has alio tempt nearer to ieretee on lanh :edea of the eaten, vote:tweet lawn anti northwards. • ilegete te ht the neighberhood of La Clytte and Schrienberg his attacks heve been held. and the poeitien has not yet been established. What happened et VillerseIlreton. newt and ttangard Is not iMpoesIble in the ease tif Kenneel. The severity of the German losses has net yet been emnpelleateli by any strategieal sate- mtg, levtil if it further witherawal at '(pre e wag considered advisable, Ole week! net Make any immediate den terenee to the Channel ports. 4$11•.• "Ao rat aptwove or daylight steet. Ing?" "Yes; it will tibiae file no in- denvenlenee." "Ohl" ,;:Yt have or - aired the cook to have lholktast ready an' `hour later by the cleek:*--Iluffalo MeDrebe.