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announced that Tarkey wii take' 'similar mote has been addressed to President everywhere ong heard : nem, in satisfied a a x stop, Soy i Wikkeon by the Austro- ova gl AT PEACE OFFER Armistice Impossible at Point the Allies Now Are. Paris, Oct. 6-- Unconditional surren< * der characterizes the general com- ment in Paris on the demand for sent the Central Powers to dent Wilson. It is felt here * that Germany and her allies have not © gone far enough in their request to the President for an atmistice, and 'that although they have stated that they are willing to talk peace on President Wilson's plans, they have 'not shown submission such as was forced-upon Bulgaria. , 49 The Paris newspapers are unani- 7 'mous--in. their demand for complete ~ yictory. e present peace move is ~ sne at. A demand is made for tire submission of Germany and > tha the Germans be disarméd. "Germany wishes to stop the war at the moment she is going to be beaten, and koows it," says Figaro, "Let us suppose the proposition is * gccepted. Immediately in Germany there would be a delirium of joy. The ple are electrified and the Kaiser Pe retaken them into his hands. The humiliation of having demanded . peace would disappear rapidly. TL --t---- THE HI DOC" IS NOW YELPING There Will Be No Peace Until Germany Tenders Her Sword. New York, Oct. 6.--In unequivoc- able and forceful terms, the peace proposals of Princé Maximilian are unanimously by the press of the United States. ' From all sections of the country from Maine to Cali- _ fornia, the on's newspapers voice J smand that no peace terms shall ] dered by the allied nations until Germany proffers her sword to the allied ~ commander-in-chief "token of unconditional surrender. nado BRITISH FAVOR REPRISALS. London, Oct, 4.--The German ! de- | and 120,192 men; 1,600 cannon and Cross Crozat Canal After Occu- pying St. Quentin. A despatch from the French army in 'France says: Gen.. Debeney's 'orn, $2.21%; No. 2 Northern, $2.17%; Tr ~ BATTERING HUN LINES. . \ Thi$ French official photograph shows a huge French gun in act the Lorraine front. This is the type the fortressed that are guarding the city of Metz jon on of gun that is being ul against Breadstuffs -- Toronto, Oct, 8.--- Manitoba wheat-- No. 1 Northern, $2.24% ; No. 2 North- No. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in store Fort William, not including tax. BRITISH SEIZE 'aluable Prize Taken From Ger- which the British troops fought their! was bound to be attacked. 'led and one in which the British com- ! manders find considerable satisfaction. | Among the towns captured on this about five miles at its apex, and it battlefront were Gouy, Le Ca ' foliows that the principal Hindenburg Ramicourt, Sequebart, Wiancourt ; defences here have been shattered. A | Beaurevoir, few hours may see the British all the! In the terrain immediately behind way on the other side of the great the Hindenburg system, air reconnais- German defensive system. |sance has fond no further system The Australian troops are fighting | of trenches or wire entanglements, beyond the Beaurevoir line, at:Wian- and the enemy is holding only lght- { court, La Motte F , and Lormisset, | ly wide stretches of country, an in in the St. Quentin sector. The Brit-| dication of a precip get-away. ish troops have reached the outskirts. The number of our prisoners will ex- of Mont Brehain, thus the Hindenburg | ceed the earliest estimate. system has been definitely passed. | They include men from move than many by British Expedition. Manitoba oats--No, 2 C. W., 8dc; No. C.W., 80%c; extra No. 1 feed, 80% ¢; No. 1 feed, 78%c, in store Fort William, - / American "Corn--No. 8 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal. Ontaria oats, new crop<No. 2 white 4176 to: 8c; No. 8 white, 75 to T7c,' according to freights outside, . Ontario wheat--No. 2, Winter, per car lot, $2.31; No. 8 Spring, $2.22, basis in store Montreal, i Peas---No, 2; nominal, Barley--Malting, new crop, $1. to $1.13. 3 Buckwheat--Nomina!, Rye--«No, 2, Nominal. Manitoba flour--Old quality $11.35, Toronto. crop, war troops in the region of St. Quentin bn Wednesday began to smi through the lines of the Hindenburg position over the entire front of that ! { y. : Those lines were 2% miles deep in | some places and were supported by, several strongly organized woods. | They were defended by machine gun | sections which proved unable to check | Gen. Debeney's advance. 24 A breach made in the Hindenburg | line east of Le Tronquoy was widened | to the outskirts of Lesdins. Further the French troops in conjunc- | tion with British forces took several | small pieces of timber land in the face of vigorous resistance.. } The west bank of the Crozat Canal | northcodt of St! Quentin is now in! J Debeney's men have occupied Omissy. A footing also has been gained on the east bank of the canal at Morcourt, | the western part of the town heing | in French hands, | # With St. Quentin and the suburb of Isle in his-hands, Gen. Dcbeney has made further' gains to the south, ob- taining a. foothold in the k enemy's trenches west of Neuville St. Amand and Ttancourt. Several lines of trench- €, were conquered in that region by. the French after a giolent struggle. ret 120,000 PRIS IN TWENTY DAYS Allies Have Taken 3,669 Cannon and 23,000 Machine Guns. A despatch from Paris says: Dur- ing the period from Sept. 10: to Sept. 80 the allied armies in France and Belgium have captured 2,844 officers more than 6,000 machine guns, ac- cording to an official 'statement is- sued here to-night. f ! the allies have captured 5,518 offi- ' cers, 248,494 men, 3,660 cannon, ' more than 23,000 machine guns and hundreds of mine throwers, the state- ment says. A WHEAT PRICES FIXED 7 FOR ONTARIO AND QUEBEC A despatch from Winnipeg anya: The Board of Grain Supervisors has ordered that the price of No. 2 Quebec wheat shall be per bushel, basis | in. store, Mon This cancels a former Ofer. To arrive at the price shipping point it is necessary to | $ Ontario flour WaF quality, old crop $10.76, in bags, Montreal and Toronto, delivered Mont- | prompt shipment. Milifeed--Car lots, real freights, bags incl 9 o Hay---~No. 1, $20 $18 to $18 per ton, track Toronto. 08 under the protection of the saavy. A despatch from London says: Seizure by a Hritish expedition of Ger- man mining property and other de- velopment plants in Spitzbergen, in- cluding a_big wireless, installation, is 1eported by the Express, with the in- 'timation that the work of developing immensely rich iron and coal deposits 4s. procedding. If is said they will be of the greatest importance to Great Britain and the allies. The expedition to Spitzbergen sailed a few months ago British Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famous Antarctic explorer, was the { comander, "ut he was subsequently obliged to leave to take up other { duties. fis successor, F. W. S. Jones, who ret rned to London, has given an en- thuslastic description of the vast min- ded: Bran, ere! wealth which has hitherto been ' $26.40 per ton; shorts, $41.40 per ton. merely tapped to a limited extent by | per ton; mixed British, German, Swedish and Nor- Ger:nan military authorities have be- | wegian companies. The Australians and Englisi were | 40 battalions of, 20 different vegiments * | assisted by large numbers of tanks of 10 different divisions, which were ! which carried out their tasks with the hurriedly brought together to present customary efficiency. { some kind of an obstacle to the attack: i Seme few of the tanks wee man-| ing British. Despite the desperate ned by Americans who had been at-|enemy counter-attacks on certain per tached to British tank units. | tions of the British front, he has been Reports from aviators say that the yielding under the British onslaught tanks have rolled rapidly over the ard is being followed closely by the "country, materially helping The in- British and other Allied twoops , fantry to clear out the Germans who | over a large area. ALSACE TOWNS BEING EVACUATED ! Inhabitants of Twenty Villages | Sent to Bavaria--Uprising { Feared by Germans. A despatch from Geneva i TEUTON FORCES LEAVE ACBANIA Italians Occupy Berat--C(Capture Prisoners and Much War Material. 1 | | { ~, says: A despatch from London says: | Austrian troops have been withdrawn gun te remove the inhabitants of Al-! from Albania, the Austrian War Of- Straw----Can ots, $9 to $9.50, track; The expedition, Mr. Jones: said, sace, according to the Democrate, in | fice announces. Berat has heen taken Toronto. Country Produce--Wholesale Eggs---No. 1 storage, 49 to 50¢; selected, storage, 52 to 58c; cartons, new-laid, 57 to 58c. . *Butter--Creamery, solids, 47 to 48¢; do, fresh made, 48 to 50c; choice dairy prints, 44 to 45¢; ordinary dairy prints, 38 fo 40c; bakers', 36 to 38c. ao maIgurine (best grade). 32 to iC. Cheese---New, large, 23% to 24c;! French hands as far as Lesdins. Gen, | twins, 28% to 241gc; spring-made, | a | Sir Hugh Willoughby, hand- {of the western continent. large, 25% to 2c; twins, 26 to 26% Beans---Canadian, prime, bushel, 6.50 to $7.50. Foreign, picked, bushel, $6775 to $7. | took 4 large number of miners, an Jee quantity of mining materiai, | ' and supplies sufficient for three years, | and work is now going on on a large | scale. Capt. Wild, who was with Shackleton in the Antarctic, is in chaige of operations. Mr. Jones says the expedition met with considerable [atmeulties and danger, including en- ; counters with eight German submar- | ines, : Spitzbergen is an archipelago in the Aretic Ocean, discovered in 1533 by who called it Greenland, supposing it to be a part In 1501 it j expectation of a Franco-American at-| by the allies. | tack on the frontier. !{ The Austrian statement says: | The inhabitants of twenly villages | «We havo withdrawn our divisions including Ferrette, Goutavon .and | from Albania. This was rendered ne- | Winkel already have been sent to] cageary by events on the Bulgarian | Bavaria, Some of the villagers have front. escaped across the Swiss frontier. "Berat fell into the hands of Fear of disorder is rampant enemy without a fight." throughiut Alsace-Lorraine, not | [Italian troops in Albania began an only among the civiliens, but also! nergetic advance on Tuesday in the among the military forces. =Food | sector between the Adriatic and . Osum. The Italian columns in the evening had occupied the village of Fieri and the line of the S8emeni from Sterbasi to the Metali bridge and several heights. ~ The Austro-Hungarian forces res the | | lis scarce and little is available. The German authorities in Alsace- Lorraineg the Democrate adds, are afraid of a general uprising in those | provinces when the allies cross the frontier. This is a sign that cannot be i do Comb, Honey---Choice, 16 oz., $4.50 | was visited by Bareuts and Cornelius, | Since July 16 and up till Sept. 30,8 to $56 per dozen; 12 0z., $3.50 to $4 per dozen; seco $2.50 to $2.75; bulk, 25 to 26¢ per 1b. Maple syrup--In 5-gal, tins, $3.25. * Provisions--Wholesale Barrelled meats--Pickled, pork, $48; mess pork, $47. Green meats--Out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. Smoked meats---Rolls, 32 to 33c; hams, medium, 38 to 39¢; heavy, 30 te 31c; cooked hams, 53 to 54¢; ha lain, 46 to 47c; backs, boneless, 652c. Breakfast bacon, 42 to 4dc. Cottage rolls, 35 to 36c. Dry Salted Meats--Long clears, in tons, 80c; in cases, 30%¢; clear bellies, ! 28 to 28%c; fat backs, 25c. Lard--Pure, tierces, 30% to 3lc; tubs, 80% to 31%c¢; pails, 31 to 31%¢; | rints, 32 ta 32%c. Shortening, tierces 5% to 26c; tubs, 26 to 26%e; pails, 26% to 26%e¢; 1-1b, prints, 27 to 27%ec. Montreal Markets | Montreal, Oct. 8.--Oats--No. 2 C.! W., 84¢; No. 3 C.W,, B0%c; extra No. | 1 feed, 80%¢; No. 1 feed, 78%; No. 2 feed, 76%c. Barley--No. 3 C.W.,| 1.06%; No. 4 CW. $1.00%; re-| ected and feed, 95¢c. Flax--No. 1 N. We, $3.88. Cheese, finest easterns, 221% to 230. Butter, choicest cream- ery, 48 to 48%: c. Eggs, No. 1 stock, 58 to 60c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots,' $2.50. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, ' $28.60. Lard, pure, pails, 20 Ibs. net, 31% to_33c. Live Stock Markets of { and dark comb, ! Petrograd i nounce that the Czecho-Slovaks cap- two Dutchmen, who pretended to he the orjginal discoverers, and called it | Spitzbergen, or sharp mountains, from | the many sharp pointed and rocky | mountains with which it abounds.~ | ---- tf mt CZECHO-SLOVAK TROOPS i - CAPTURE KAZAN i 1 A des' itch from Stockholm says: | despatches of Sept. 30 an- | tured Kazan, which the Bolshevik re- ported a fortnight ago that they had | taken, dud ghow that the Lettish troops fighting for the Bolsheviki are abandoning the Red cause. | The Lettish troops were the last really well organized force the Bol-! cheviki had. They numbered about 17,600, of which nearly 10,000 were held in the" vicinity of Moscow to protect the Bolshevik leaders. Ever since the Czech movement began on | the Volga the Letts 'have objected to fighting there, because they did not regard the Czechs as enemies, and furthermore objected to the dis- organized, unmilitary style of fight- | i ing the Bolshevik officers outlined. | The Lettish soldicrs afer the fall of Kazan surrendered to the Czechs. . | I Ne ROUMA NIAQWILL SOON COME INTO WAR AG Washington, Oct. 4.----Capt. Vasile Stoica, former attache of the Rou- ' manian Legation here, and president .| of the Roumanian National League night. of America, said to-day that Rou- mania soon will be back in the war on the side of the allies. Southern Roumania still is in the the Roumanian army organized. Satter cornea CANADA IS SAVING MILLIONS IN FLOUR A despatch from Ottawa says: It is announced that conservation measures and voluntary saving in the homes have reduced Canadian consumption of flour from 800,000 to 600,000 bar rels per month, as compared with pre- war consumption. This means a sav- ing at the rate of 2,400,000 barrels per wer | year, or, counting the saving by length- 7 | ened extraction toa | of whe - oo ALLENBY CONTINUES TRIUMPH IN PALESTINE A despatch from London says: An official statement on Palestine opera- tions says: The text of the statement reads: "On Wednesday Australian mount- ed troops operating in the vicinity of Kubbat-cl-Asafir, 17 miles north- east of Damascus, charged and cap- tured an enemy column, securing 1,- | 500 prisoners, two guns and forty machine guns 'Enemy virdrome and railway es- tablishments at Rayak were heavily bombed from the air." Rayak is on the railroad line be- | tween Dgmascus and Beirut, 30 miles | northwest of the former place. { 2 | i treated rapidly, burning their depots. The Italiang occupied Berat on Wed- nesday. They have captured a num- ber of prisoners and a large quan: tity of war material. ------ > A WARNING. Paris, Oct. 4.---The French Govern. ment has issued a solemn wdrning te Germany and her allies that the de- vastation of territory from which they retreat will be punished inexorably. The warning says: "The German people who share in the crimes wil bear the consequences with the auth: ors, and that those who order the de. vastation will be held responsible morally, penally and pecuniarily." It is added that Frence is now dis cussing with her allies the steps tc be taken. BELGIANS AND BRITISH SWEEP THROUGH FLANDERS. PURSUING FOE British Occupy Lens and Armentieres--Gen. Plumer's Army is Only Seven Miles From Lille--Germans Apply ; Torch as They Retreat, | A - AIN | A despatch from London says:-- The, ed in entering Roulers and has return. hands of German troops, but Capt.- | Stoica said these easily (could be! tered and sre now passing through ; | cleared out by the allies and Germans have fallen back three miles ed safely to its own lines, according | in'thefr retreat along the Lens-Armen- | to the Belgian: official communication | tieres line. Both Lens and Armen- to-night. tierey were evacuated Wednesday = As the Germans retreat in the Ar- | mentieres sector they are applying The Germans, who were gradually the torch whenever they have the being left in a salient, began a re- | time, and their retreat is marked by {treat on practically all the Armen-| great explosions as ammunition stores tieres sector end appear to be in full are destroyed. It is known that the flight. The British troops have en- Germans are becoming so short of am- ; | munition that many of the higher of- Lens. ' | flcers are but in the retreat Aubers Ridge, south of Armentieres, | the destruction of dumps has been ab- has been taken, and the British are! solutely necessitated. east of there. Indications are not | The. dountry behind the German wanting that the Germans have been | lines is-ablaze virtually everywhere. forced to begin one of the war's great-| From prisoners comes the informa- est retreats. Gen. Plumer's army is) tion that the Germans are making reported to be only two mies hurried preparations to evacuate the ° Turcoing, 7% miles north-east of Lille. Dune country of Belgium, along the Da co-operating with the sea coast. Dugouts are being. blown 1 villages near up there. : A | There is every indication, accord- 'ing to authoritative naval sources, of. The Ger-| an early abandonment by the Ger- landers !