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# • GERMANS ANNUL RUSSIAN PEACE OFFER; MARCH ON PETROGRAD Bearer of Trotfiky'H Peace Acceptance Abducted by Huns, Whose Kntiunce Into Itussuin Capital Seems Certain. A desputrh from Petrogrrad says: â€" An the lieimHn>< arc developing; thi'ir KttAck alotiK thf whole northern front, there is no <loul)t that they mean to take Petroifrail hy a (iiiick blow. Their sweep into the interior is go- jtijf directly eusl from Minsk to Mog- hilov, ami by ancither line to Vitebsk and Provgs. They ate meeting prac- tically no ro.si.st.ince. The vast Rus- sian army is not putting; up one-hun- dredth part of the figlit the few Bel- gian troops did when the Germnns entered Beliriuni. The railroad tracks ore not even beiiit; disturbed. It is the easiest con«iucHt of history. A de.'ipatch frum Rotterdam says: â€" It is probable that Germany intends to effect a military occupation of the whole of the Baltic provinces and then propose to Petroijrad new conditions which amount virtually to annexation. The Berlin correspondent of the Nieuwe Rottciiianusche Courant, who ia evidently officially inspired, tele- graphs that pending a new iUscussion between the C'cntral Powers as to the answer to be sent to Trotzkj, "the military measures begun Monday will be continued. The ol)ject which is being sought for by these measures will probably be formulated to Trotzky as a condition of peace now proposed by him." The conclusion from this signifi- cant announcement seems to be that the German Government regards the original Brest-Litovs conditions as annuled by Trotzky's recent breaking ' off of negotiations, and intend form- ulating now conditions dictated by the result of the present military opera- tions . 1 A later despatch from Petrograd says: â€" The Russian Parliamentary \ messenger^ started in a motor car from Rieshitsa for Dvinsk, but near I the station at Anlonopol were met by ' a German automobile armed with ma- ' chine guns. The Russian motor car was allowed to pass, but the Parlia- ! mentory repreiientatives and the Gom- 1 missioncr of the 5th Army were de- tained and brought back to Rieshitsa â-  in the German automobile. LEADING MARKETS Toronto. Feb. 2iiâ€" Manitoba wh"*'" No. 1 Nortlicrn. »^2;)i: No 2. do.. »2f»«: No. 3. ilo.. $2 nj; N«. 4 whoat. »2.it'»- In store Fort William. Incluiilni! 2 4c t»''- Miiiiltotm lints- .No. 2 C.W. 93»e; No. S C.W., Dili-; extra No. 1 '••'•jV„,f,'""- N". I fefil. S6(c: In store Fnrt W llUinn- American corn No. S yellow. KUn dried. Jl.HS. track Toronto. Ontario oat.sâ€" No. 2 white. 96 to 97c. No. 3 white. i'S lo «0i:. accoidliig to freights outKldc. Ontario wheat-No. 2 Winter, jur car lot. $2 2:;; baal.s In .st.Te Montreal. Pean â€" No. 2, J3.70 to I3.S0, aicorrtlnK to frelKlits out.slile. Harl.v .Maltliii:. $!«.". to $1.67. ac- cordliiu to fielKhls oMlslde. Duckwheatâ€" $1.70 i,i »1.72. accordlnK to frelKht.s outnlde. Rye- No. 2, $2.03 to $2.05, accordlnK to fVtiKhtK outHldu. ..... Manitoba Moui â€" War quality. $1110, new baKK. Toronto. . „ .„ Ontario tl(jur â€" War noallty. $10.cn. now l>nB«. Toronto and Monlrciil frelRhlM. iirompt shipment. Mlllfocd - <;ar lotsâ€" Delivered Mont- reoJ frelKhls. buw-s Included: Uriiii, IHT ton, I'lr. ; Bhorts. per ton. $40; iiilddllnt!.s white, per ton. $4.i to $46; Bood ttod flour, tier bag. $3.40. Hay â€" No. 1. pel- ton. $17 to $IS; mixed. $14 to $18, track Toronto. Str;iw â€" Car luts. I'cr ton. $S.B0 to $!t, track Toronto. s Ooantry Produce â€" â- WUolB»al« rtuttor -t'reaimrx. nolidH, per lb. 47 to 47Ji;; i)rln'». per lb.. 48 to 4Sjc; dairy, per lb.. S6 to S8c. Kbks â€" Frc-J-h Kathcrcd eBgrs, uO to o2c; new lalil. 6Gc. I'oultrv â€" UrcsKcil. chickens. 2'i to 28c; fowl. 23 to 25c; ducks. 23 to 24c; freese, 21 to 22c; turkeyw, 2H to 30c. Wliolcsalers nru HiUInK lo the letall trade at the follDwIiiK prices: â€" Cheese â€" New, larRo. 23 lo 23Jc; twliiB. 231 to 23iic; early chtcse, 251 to 2Bc. larire twin, 26 to 2Gic. Butlei â€" Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41c' cr<*ani»'i-v prints, 4:t to 60c; solids, 47 to 4Sr Krkm â€" New laid, ill carton.«i. 60 to 65e: Ko. I KtiiraKe, 50 to Clo; select storace, 63 to S4c. < UreKHcd piiultrv -.Siirlnc chlikens, SO to 33c; milk-fed chli:UonR, 82 to thr. fowl, 2S to 30c; turkeys, 35 to 40c. duok.s, SjprliiK. 27 to 30c; eeese, 27 to 28 c. I.lvc poultry â€" Turkey.i. 30i-: Sprlnp chlekiiio. lb.. 22 to 2ilc; hens, 22 to 2Sc; duckK, Sprliiif, 26<'; Reese. 16 to 17c. Honey â€" .Strained, lins, 2i'B and 6's, 20 to 22c per lb; lo'.s, 22i'; COm, 20c. ijeans â€" Cuiiailluii. liimd-plckud, bush., $S to $ii.25; Imported. Iialid-plcked. liur- ma oi Indian, $0.75 to )7. Japan, $.1 to $S.25: (.IniaK. INi tu l!>c. I'otatoes I>ehiwareH, t)ag. $2.40; On- tarloH. baK. $2 30 tu $2.35. Provisions â€" Wholesale Smoked meals- Jlamn, iiiediiini, 31 to 35c; do. huavy, 2S to 30c; inoked, i!> to 47c; rolls 28 lo 30,-; breakfa..«l baton. 40 to 42c; liacki), plain, 43 to 44c: boiie- leHS. 45 to 46c. Cured meatK â€" I.oiik clear bacon, 2S to 29c; ileiir belllcK. 27 lo 2Sc. l.aid - I'ure lurd. tierces. 20 to 2Uic; tubn, 29i to 2:i^c; pailN, 'JVi to 30c; compound, ller.es. Jf.4 to 26c; lulis. 2Bi( lo 26ic; pulls, 2tl to 26ic. white. 92i to 9.1JC. Flour â€" UnchanBed. 1 Hran -$32.50. huluth. Feb. 26 â€" Linseedâ€" $3. 76J to i$3.S8i; to arrive, $3.76i; May. $3.7Bi I bid; July, $3,721 bid; October, $3.50 HHked. 1mIv» Stock Markets Toronto Fob. 20 â€" F.^lra choice Mf-avy RteerM. $12 to .$12.25; do., Kood Wavy. I $11.25 to $11.75; butclier.s' cattle, choice. $11.50 to $11.85: do., Kood, $10,110 to $11.20: do., mcilium, $10.25 to $10.50; Mio., common, $8.50 to $!i.25; butchers' .bulls, choice. $10 to $10.50, do.. Rood , bullH. $D to $9.25: do., niciiiiim bulls. ' $7..''5 to $8.50; do.. rouRh hulls. $(1 50 to $7: butchers' cows, choice. $10 to I $10.50; do., good. $S.75 to $!i: do.. medium, tx to $8.50; Ktoi'ker.i. $7.50 lo I $8.50: fofMlers. $1) to $10; camie.rs and cutteiH. J« to $0.50; milkers. BOOd lo choice. $ljn to $140: do., com. anil nied.. $C5 to $S0; sprltiBor.s, $!I0 to $140; light ewes. $13.50 to $14.50; Kheu|i, hi-avy. $fl â- to $7.25: vearllnR.s. $11.75 to $12.75; ; lumbH. $18 to $18.75; calves, good to cholci.. $15 to $16.50; Iior.h. fed anil watered, $18: do., welched off carH. $19.25: do., f.ob,. $18. I Montreal. Fob. 26 â€" Choice Hteers, $10.75 to $11.60; pood sleerH. $8.50 to ! $10.25: choice butcher cows. $9.50 to $9.75; KOod cows, JS.25 to $9,110: choice i butcher bulla. ,$!).50 lo $10.25: good i bulls, $8.25 to $9: caniurs' cattle $5.60 to $6; choice milk ciilves, J13 to $|C: sheep, $11.50 lo $12: lamriH. $14 to $16; select hogs. off car.s. $10 lo $lii.60; SOW.S. $|(J.50 to $17. ALLIED AIRMEN FLY OVER JULIAN ALPS, BOMB TOWN IN AUSTRIAN TYROL Attacked Munition Factories, Railway Station and liarrack»-- Many People Killed in the Streets. A despatch from Buchs, Switzerland, says: Five Kntente airmen flying over the .fulian Alps Wednesday afternoon found that the town of Innsbruck, in the Austrian Tyrol, was not protected by anti-aircraft guns. The airmen i thereupon swooped down to within 300 yards of the ground, picked out tar- gets and copiously bombed them, in- cluding the railway station, barracks ' and two new munition factories. I Soldiers and civilians were surpris- ed, and, being unaccustomed to an air attack, rushed into the streets and many were killed. ' The German Consulate was hit and trains loaded with soldiers-on their way to the Trentino front were attack- ed by machine guns, from a low alti- tude. Huns Strike at Disiiiembered Russia. Map shows portion of battle line between niga and newly formed^ Re- public of Ukraine where the CJcrmans threaten an offeu.ave with Petro- grad as the objective. BRITISH REACH REPRISALS TO RIVER JORDAN BEGIN IN EARNEST r.KRMANS TO KE.SUME TRADE I.N BLACK SEA. .A despatch from Amsterdam says: Advices received here from Berlin on Friday say that it was announced in the joint sitting of the Reichstag that it was planned to resume shipping in the Black Sea after the mines have been cleared awa^ The plan is to expedite shipments to Germany from the Ukraine, Germany to supply agri- cultural machinery and implements in return for grain. Montreal Market! Moiiiieal Feb 2i; <JulB (\-inadlan western, .N'o. 3. $1.lo to $1.11; extra No. 1 feed. $1.10 li. $1.11. .No. 2 local while, $1.09; No. 3, do., $1 08, No. 4. do., $1.07. Klour -New Hlaiidurd Krade. $11.10 to $11.20; fiprliiK wheat, $11.10 to $11.20. Tiollud oalH riaKM. HO ibH., $6.50. Urun, $35. ShortH. $10. .MIddlliiRH, $48 to $5o. Moullll". $68 to $ti" Hayâ€" .No. 2, plt ton, cat liiiM, $17 Wlnnlper Oraln United Btntee Market* Mlhneaiinll- lib 2C Corn \.. .1 y*llo» »l Ml !â- â€¢ i 1 S6 <>;it.^ .\i. 3 BRITISH TAKE OVER |- STRETCH OF FRONT I Transfer of Considerable I'art I of Line Below St. Qiiendn } From French. i A despatch from the Brlli.'^h .'Viniy in Fiance says: Another slriUing illus- tration of the co-ordination betweeiT the allied armies on the western front I has been given in the successful trans- 1 â-  fer of a C(in:iiderable stretch of the' ] front below ,Sl. Quontin from French: I to British hands. I''rom the inception ! of this delicate o])eratioii no hitch oc- curred, Thousnnds of French troops [ and scores of great butteries moved | quietly and methodically out of the , line day after day to make room for] similar British units. It was done as ' easily as though the whole vast pro- ' gramme had been rehearsed, | Great credit is due to the French for the oxccllcut condition in which they left the defences in tlijs importimt region. Untold confusion, perhaps disaster, might have resulted had the defensive system been inferior, biit it is such as to draw the highest praise from the British command. «• I)A^ IKIiri SWING IN »RIT.\IN MARCH 21. \ despatch from London says: Sir (Jcorge Oav.e, Home Secretary, an- nounced in the House of Commons that the Summer period would begin March 24 and end September "Jil. Britain Stands by the I'oIon. A despatch from London says: The British Ciovernnunt bus instructed its agent at Kiev to make the declaration that Great Britain will not recognize Jlny peace in the I'^asl which involves I'olaiid without a pievloiis consultation with I'oland. British Will Carry Air War to German Cities in Retaliation For Hun Outrages. A despatch from London says: Ths campaign of air reprisals on German cities and tov/ns is about to begin in earnest. "Reprisals" is a word not officially used in Great Britain. However, let it bo set down here on the very highest authority that if the Germans believe they can bomb London every moon- light night, killing women, children and cripples unable to fliid shelter, and then trust to the Christian spirit of England to prevent reprisals, they may look for a violent awakening from their barbarous slumbers. j It is conceded generally that the ' , bombing of cities containing military, I bases, supplies, troops and munitions! j will be one of the big feature's of the ; war from this time on. It will vevi- [ tabty be a war in the air, and may, .pcrhap.s, hiive a vital effect on hasten- jing the end of hostilities. Improve- ' ments in aircraft have been almost I magical since the war began, and the world may well prepare for astonisli- ing things. F'or every raid on London or other unfortilied city there will be raids on German cities. No one expects the English fliers to go to Berlin just now. .A. return trip to the German capital under present conditions would be too uncertain, but it may be said that the Germans are not the only ones who are I making wondrous strides in the per- fection of aircraft. Gen. AllenHy Secures Important Military Hase By ( apture of .lericho. A desiuitch from London says: The British have captured .lericho, in Jerusalem. With the capture ot .lericho General Allcnby has made another stride for- ward in his task in clearing Palestine of the Turks. The i)lace itself was be- fore the war only a small collection of hovels, but tracks and roads which pass over a great concrete bridge which the Germans had built across the .Jordan since the war began, and convenient fords, make it an import- ant military base, the capture of which gives the British another road lead- ing northward to the Turkish base at N'ablus. In addition the village controls the road to the coast and the mountain highway from .Jerusalem. The Turks are also deprived of an important road running behind their front which en- abled them to send troops to tlireaten- ed sectors, and it is even possible that the Turkish forces have been com- pletely separated. MONUMENT UNVEILED TO CANADA'S IMMORTALS. A despatch from Caiuuliaii Head- quarters ill p'raiue says: Canada in France paid reverent tribute to thj memory of the Canadian gunners who fell ill action during the Viniy Ridge operations, when Gen. Currie unveiled a memorial erected to the gallant dead by the Canadian Corps artillery. Kir .Julian Byng was present, and with him was (ien. Sir H. S. Hoine, command- ing the First Army. WAR (O.STS BRITAIN $;n,!)2o,ooo a day. A despatch from London says: An- drew Bonar Law, C'hancellor of the I'Lxchequer, speaking in the House of Commons, said the average daily ex- penditure during the four week^ end- ing February Hi, was $;{l,!l'JO.OnO, BRITAIN CAPTURES IG8 HEAVY HOVVIT/ERS IN PAST YEAR. .â- \ despatch from London says: The British captures in the past year in- clude ltl8 heavy howitzers, ('>8 heavy guns, 4;n field guns, 1,0.")7 trench ^ mortars and -J.S 14 machine guns. This army hcadiiuarters. Of this total statement was maile by .James Ian | there have been identified and buried MacPhcr,son, Parliamentary Under- 1 three officers and 187 men; unidenti- Secretary for War, in introducing the fied buried, one officer and 31 men; army estimates in the House of Com- missing (presumably went down with ,„„„'j, I the shipl, i^'2 men ENGLLSH WOMEN DOING "BIT." Now Engaged in Forty Lines of War Employment. Those who have thought that the women of England might not have been doiug their bit in the prosecution of the war were astonished when they entered the imperial war exhibition at Burlington House in London, to see forty different uniforms worn by wo- men in service, says a correspondent. These show that women are engaged as messengers, munition and agricul- tural workers, nurses, &c., and that they are the pride of the girlhood of the country. Not satisfied with this showing the women managers of the exhibition have issued an appeal to iiave women engaged in out of the way positioas report, that their jobs may be added to the daily increasing lists. C â€" Boys and Girls Can Help. Seventy-one thousand boys and girls of school age last year increased the agricultural output of Ontario to the value of $l'2o,000. Every farm boy and girl this year should be encour- aged to rear a pig, a calf, a batcji of chickens or to grow a plot of pota- toes, beans, corn or vegetables. O See that all implements and har- ness are in shape for spring opera- tions. "Why dociT that hen insist on foost- ing on the mail-box?" "Very natural! She was hatched from a parcel post egg." - There has never been so wide- spread and active a demand for seed corn and it is sure to increase within the next few weeks. "Father!"' "Now, Tommy, no more of those silly iiuesiions!" "This isn't silly; I just want to know if the earth were destroyed while a man was up in an aeroplane where would he land?" NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE Occtirrcncps in the Lund Tliat Reigns Supreme in the Commer- cial World. It was stated in a city of London court tha* a substitute bad been found for starch. I The King and the Prince of Wales each sent £5 to the Cheyne Hospital [for Sick. Children as a Christmas I donation. I During the month of November the Overseas Club headquarters collected for various war funds the sum of fl4,o09. i A firm of London tug ownera was 'awarded £100 for salving a cargo of 'oats worth £1,285 from a barge ! which had been submerged. j During the month of November last eight thousand two hundred and sixty tons of fish were sent to Billingsgate I for sale. Mrs. King, of Worthing, has given 'to Cambridge University £1,000 five I per cent, war stock for the establish- ment of a scholarship on fever re- search. A London woman, who does not want her name known, gave a cheque for £750 to the Motor Transport Volunteers. The officers and men of a West Y'ork Regiment presented to the city of Y'ork two guns captured by the regiment at Cambrai. At a meeting in Darlington it was decided to open a national fund to commemorate the career of Brig.-Gen. Bradford, V.C., a Darlington man. William Henry Scott, a chemist of Biggleswade, was fined t:20 for refus- ing to billet soldiers. The London Education Committee have granted a scholarship to the son of an Austrian who has four sens in the British army. The London Coi.imittee of the French Red Cross have sent to France 8,000 fruit trees and 50,000 cabbage plants for restocking the farms and orchards. .\ silver rose bowl and address were presented to Miss May Baird by the n.c.o.'s and men of the R.F.C, in recognition of her work in providing free club accommodation. MORE UKRAINE GRAIN I HAN CAN BE AMOVED. .\ despatch from Amsterdam says: In an address to the Lower House of the Rcichsrath at Vienna, Dr. von Sey- dler, .â- \ustrian Premier, declared that under the peace treaty with the Ukraine there had been placed at the disposal of the Central Powers the j Ukraine's surplus of agricultural pro- ducts. This surplus was greater than I the Central Powers, at the most favor- able estimate, could transport. AMERICANS LOST 204 ON THE TUSCANIA. A des))atch from London says: Two hundred and four .Americans loSt their lives on tlie Tuscania, according to the latest figures received at American GERMANS CONTINUE ADVANCE EAST- WARD IN RUSSIA, CAPTURING MINSK In'mense Booty Taken. Including 8,700 Men, 425 Otficers, Over 1,300 Gun.*; and Nearly 5,000 Motor Cars. ,A despatch fiom London says: The German troops have entered Minsk in their advance eastward in Russia, ac- cording to the report from German Headquarters on Thursday evening. The Russian town of Rovno has been cleared of the Russians, the Ber- lin War Office reports. Trains with about 1,000 cars, many laden with food, have been captured, as well as airplanes and an incalculable amount of war material. Between Dviiftik and Pinsk the (iernians are pressing eastward. I General vim I.insingen's movement continues. Important railway and 'highway junction!^ have been occu- pied, ^ A Berlin despatch states that the Russian wtitten contivmation of the acceptance of peace terms has pass- ed the German lines. This disposes of rumors of the fall of the l.enine- Trotsky Government. The German War Office announces that 1,353 guns and between 4,000 and 5,000 motor cars have been cap- tured from the Russians thus far in the new campaign. The Germans have made prisoner a General commanding an arniy, 425 officers and 8,700 men. Rovno is the most easterly of the triangle of Russian fortresses in Vol- hynia. Lutsk, the western citadel in the triangle, capitulated to the Ger- mans on February 18 without fighting. The third fortress in Volhynia, Dubno lies about midway between Rovno anii "the town of Brody on the Galician frontier. mi.«3 x> WHATsThe MATieR,| HeLEM-WHAT ARt NoU SORE ABOUT?' ERMlMO-I'Mao/No' ^i lb iHt OFFICE. } 1 flEVER POW \ I WW4T To 6Ee That new 1 olI^L Noo HAVE. THf:t?e. râ€" *