crip YEAR 82 NO. 9 ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1 = AD... | | | | PARIS IS AFRAID - "OF LOSING ALSACE Where the Germans Are Said to be Hurling Huge Bodies of Men Against | the French Trenches. | The French War Office Says Positions Are Maintained. -- | Heavy Fighting From Rheims to St. George's =-<jn the North the Armies Are Active in Aerial Fighting. : So 1 . { The pictin WASHINGTON OFFICIALS bai ha Lay a xp ; FT an {With Britain's Reply to Shippin Paris, Jan. 12.--Serious anxiety is beginning to be | Note, as i ir £ felt here regarding conditions in Alsace. No official word | ' fo ce has been received regarding the fighting there sinee Fri- is Evaded. "day. Meanwhile, unofficial reports say that the Germans si Mibiagion, Jan. 12.--The A . > . avi 8 government, it 2, p v are hurling huge masses of men against the Fre nch POSi-y 2.0 08, JO Te hment along ether satppiod tions of Steinback and the heights of Cernay. The war with-the Nov of Sir Julward Grey, . ' : sa ho tad A Great Britain's liminary Fe. office says that the k rench are maintaining thei positions | & 108 Praakiins Wal ruinary Fo- but make no claims of additional gains. cerning the treatment of American The feaf is expressed that the offensive hére may copmeree by the' British fot, have heen premature, and, like that initiated in the early! dmits the justice of practically all ave of ACH » adv: Ages oAine ' be main- | the principles of international law days of the war, the advantage s gained « mot he mad Ged I rutional low tained. A retirement from Alsace at this time would] eierated "that the chief difficulty anuse the utmost depression throughout France, where {had boot Bogland's neglect to. nko . " Ls 1 . " of er actual practice square wit t the recovery of the "lost provinces has bec ome a fanat- previously is re eri ieal religion. tional law, . ; ' | Officials here realize that i Tong Latest reports from there reaching here to-day say diplomatic oot raspondence conten that heavy snows are interfering with operations, but | the principles ot the Aserican case, . » : . : wy { but not mectually carrying them into that desperate fighting continues. : : practice, will not meet the complaints Serious fighting is also in progress in the territory of American shippers, and although between Rheims and Verdun, north of Soissons and at St. a oPplementary Jawa, $3 Georges in Belgium. Elsewhere, rains and alternate thaws and freezing conditions make any concerted for- ward movements impossible With the lull general in 'the north, both sides are de- voting themselves to aerial activity. Clashes between rival aviators are now a common occurrence and both sides ua re lost more men and machines in the last ten United statement of her position, officials PITH OF THE NEWS, Condensed Items By Telegraph And From Exchanges. n similar period of the war. --wwag = plan to take up vigorously all in- dividual cases which may meanwhile I A VAINLY TRY Hs 10 RECAPTURE TRENCHES now under discussion. : axl - y A letter to a German prisoner of arise, | war, intercepted by the military mu- is . f \ \ a: a : thorities, Toronto, tells of times of Paris, Jan. 12 (Noon Statement)--Fighting which | severe stress in Berlin, equals in intensity any of the present war, continues in| T. B. Collins, one of : * rw . v : nts, nm § I'S the vicinity of Soissons, where Germans are vainly en-|POftnent rswlents Monday moran deavoring to retake three lines of trenches captured by and broke. nis. peck, : . AL . id . } tn : L ol 'niversity's proposal to the allies, according to the official communique. - Posses-1,,.00". ei" eens | Broposal te sion of these trenches has given the allies a distinct ad-] to the front has been cordially ap- - if ro s he i 1 \ i i- | Proved by the militia authorities. vantage as, if they can be held, it will be possible to uti RCT rl ae guiliorities. lize mine throwers from them to demolish the main lines | troduce legistation to provide for pro- of the German defenses which extend around the base of Yinefal ginopuration With munieipali- . CF. 5 . n ec WAYS. the hills north of Soissons. A ANEhYAY The entire front of the tregehes is covered with Ger- 'man dead and wounded. The allies. with the ad rafitage of cover, are losing far fewer men than the enemy, al- * though their losses are admitted to be considerable. ~ Violent fighting is also reported to-day north of While coasting down Harriet street, Hamilton, on Sunday, Harry Berry- Beausejour where the Germans have attempted a general == ¢ French have successfully iv . Thomas Magladery, M.P.P. for Tem- iskaming, successar to K. 1. Shill- i 0, who retired last spring, is going to 'the front. Cheylesmore states that if at all possible the Bisley meeting - will be held this year. The matter is man, eleven years of age, was run over and instantly killed by an auto. . | n George Archibald, aged forty, an employee of the Dominion Canner:, Limited, Ayimer, Ont., died Monday from the elects of injuries received dUCCw | 4) E st maintained their positions, The official communique declaves that from the sea to the Oise there has been heavy intermittent cannonad- ing, but fails again to ghfow light ou what 'is happening Jin Alsave.: : Notary Henri Lemire, who whs found guilty by the Quebec criminal court of a criminal offence, was sus- pended fora period of ten years by the board of notaries. Lord Dundonald on Monday night confirmed the news of the death of his nephew, Captain Donzil Onslow Coehraug Newton, of Princess Pat- rica's Own Light Infantry. Mrs. Rudolf Burnek, Canadian of British parentage, has appealed to the military authorities for the re lease of her German husband, in- terned at Stanley barracks, Toronto, as a spy. The death sentence on William Rut- tan, who was t6 be Langed at Brace- n on January 15th, was commut- ary "by ail, life imprisonment in itenti- "the governor "in-coun- In the past few weeks British orders y in the dominion have amount- ed to between $25,000,000 and $30, . 000,000. French and Russians = 2.~Fighting along lost heavily 'in their efforts to} force was to-day re- | the Russian position and capture the to fhaitious ou [hills near Bolimow. A score of at- where the Germans | tacks, both by night and day. have their alot i to | been directed ted aguine t the Tusiss way arsaw. | positions but at no point: "the front the weather ined: an headway been gained: Ae In A ia there has been practi- cally no ing of consequence for a wi owing 'to heavy smows, which have blocked 'the roads = , bus will : large orders in Can- conditions are Ching and J : A reli apan are on the verge bide of a tic erisis. The Pekin government has abolished the: war zone on' the Shan-tung peninsula, and' thie 'action js- regarded by Ja- ly act. . place. » are reported to have SEVEN WOMEN SOLDIERS Were Treated For Wounds in War. 3 s H, " % Fx y LAER, Jan. pry frequent. German uniforms among the prisoners taken by' the Russi hig | ans in Poland have been fully con- Hiirmed.. , | here. en patients brought in under such t ; They are cuff from wounds, and all of appear to be well o t 5 Bishops Here. J y 21st is for the purpose of the vaeaney at Otta- Way It will be remembered that {the Bishop of Algoma was selected Alis diocese, but he has not ac- and it is understood that he ot care to take over this fe SP rm ion | i omen 'the , Russians invorreot Millbrook's § Th 3g. of the bishops of On- arie which wi be held tn this city | con on THE MITRAILLEUSE AUTO. } { | € hows the armored car which has done such effective work in the war. i the picture are French éars on the road in Eastern France. | = WHAT BERLIN HEARS With Regard to Russia Complains of Burdens, Berlin, Jan: 12.<The official bureau yesterday gave out thé lowing for publication : "A- Copenhagen despateh says that Sir George Buchanan; British am- bassador . 't Russia, has protested against the is bearing al allegation that Russia the burdens' of the war and that the English selfishly are awaiting the conclusion of the war to get the lion's share of the spoils. I'he ambassador points out that this reproach" was being made openly in the leading Russian newspapers." PRINCE HOHENLOBE READY FOR FLIGHT Trieste is in a State of Panic Over Proposed Bombard- ment, Venice, Jan. 12.~Refugees from Trieste, who reachéd here to-day, re port that the city is in a panic, fear ing bombardment by part of the Franco-British fleet now active again in the Adriatic. Prince Hohenl he, governor, "they say, is holding a fast automobile in readiness, ddy and night, for flight. The: prince, it is claimed, has already made two false starts, only to learn, when hei had gotten away from the city, that there way no bombardment. fol- CAPT. D: 0; € NEWTON, MONTREAL Killed inaction with Princess Pats Capt. Newton joined the Patritias at Levis ome week before they sailed. He was captain of No. 3 company Dur- ing the Lord Grey regime he was an ADC. at Ridean Hall and acted 'as A. DL, to the, Duke of Connaught on sev- eral vocasions. Was & nephew of Lord Dundonald and his A.D.C. when the latter was in charge of the Cana- (dian forces. W. Lord Grey left Canada, Capt. Newson decided to re- main in this country -abd go into hus- iness. He entered "business in Mont- real as representative of the Oanadian Agency, Lid, Was connected as director with a number of ¢ompanfes. Capt. Newton was a son of George Onslow Newton and Lady Newton, T0 ASK FOR INCREASE IN THE FREIGHT RATES C.P.R. Official Source Admits That te Soot is Quite ~ ue. Ottawa, Jan. 12.--A statement give en out today from a C.P.R. official source confirms the report sent out yesterday that the railways will apply to the railway board for an increase in i Canada. Montreal; Jan.. 12.~President Sir Thomas Shaughnetsy to-day declined to make a statement regarding the reports that the CPR. js 'to make big cuts in wages and other eXpens- es owing te loss of business due fo the war, but it is thought here' such action is quite probable. dius : To Appear In Uniform. Toronto, Jan. 12.~Sir William Mere- dith, chief justice of Ontari i 5 an order . permitting lawyers, connected with the overseas expedi- tionary force, to appear in court cases in . 3 passage of the bill to ex- self gove press + freight rates in eastern | Those shown in PARIS IS PREPARING FOR ZEPPELIN ATTACK [7 Prevails German Aviators | Plan to Bombard French Cap- ital and London." . Paris, Jan 12.--Two German aeroplanes heading for Paris were sighted Sunday by French air pa- trols which now cruise over a re- gion considerably to the north of Paris. One of the German "machines was near Pontoise and the other was sighted over La Martin. Both turned northward again, when they saw French acroplanes driving in their direction. The presence of the hostile aero- planes in this vicinity is regarded as interesting, as it is considered likely that it was the intention of the German airmen 'to attack Paris and London simultaneously. Elaborate preparations have heen completed to guard Paris against I by Germany's Zeppel- Alexandre MNillerand, mi- { war and Gengral Gallienl, military governor of Paris, visited | yesterday the outer trenches pro- | tecting the city and inspected the various anti-aircraft guns and the other means of defense against Zep- | pelins. They declared themselwes wholly satisfied with what they saw { of the efficiency .of the guns as well as the defense works. ~. A German aeroplane fiying ' over Amiens has been bronght: to the hy a French ma . : : ' "seen . ( fire on his antagonist with the resul t the German machine fell within the French lines. One of the German pllots was killed. War Tidings ; Chukri Pasha, who commanded the Turkish troops in' their heroic defence of Adrianople against the Balkan allies, has been wounded and taken prisoner by the Russians. in the Caucasus, . The London Jewish Chronicle's: Jaffa, Palestine, correspondent, who has just been expelled from' the country, wires his paper from Alex- andria that the Jewish colonists in 'Palestine are in deplorable eircum- stances. Montenegrin troops had again ine vaded Austria. advancing ten 'miles from the border of Hi ovina to Trebinje. From Trebinje they are marching toward Ragusa, a Dalma- tian seaport. The fort of Tchanak-Kalessi, guard. ing the south side of -the entrance to the Dardandiles," has besn demolished hy the continued bombardment of the allies' warships and has heen evacuat- ed by the Turkish gactison. Vienna despatches say that it.is of ficially announced {here that the French dreadnought Courbet, "which was' torpedoed by the Austrian sub. marine 12; Was in collifion wi the baitleship Jean Bart asd sank. Rene Duroufe, professor at McGill i and Laval, Montreal, known to be a prisoner of the Germans, is still held, but is quickly recovering. He was hurt jn the legs by bursting shells and also received two bullets in the Ss. The following was given out hy the official Berlin press bureau : "The latest 'war bulletins indicate {hat General Jofire' is continuing the of- fensive movement sunounced im his general order of Dec. 17th, but the results of last week's fighting : have i German confidence in army we have to feed greater than the British and armies combined. Yet we can through on about. £6,250 of food a month." Thus Framgui, a prominent Belgian wh ng on 3 rie init to on relief w in ium, in ganization of which he played troops spicuous part Phe French swept from North Moroccans. Ne Privaie Lonsdale | sentenced by the Germans to twan\y years in prison. 2 ee A great fire is reported 4t Brus- Flour from Canadian mills' is be. ing supplied to Germany through Scandinavian sources. Komi ---------------------- the a con are being |: (Africa by. the ROUMANIA AND To Force Deadlocked War Conditions. v BOTH NATIONS PREPARE TO FIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES, . "Allied Commanders Content to Hold Their Present. Positions Till 'Ring Around Germans Is Strong Enough To Strike Decisive Blow. London, Jan. 12.--Only a change in weather or the entrance into the war of Roumdnia or Italy,' or both, is likely to bring any marked change in the military siguation in Europe for some time to come. _ What turn the weather will take no one can predict, but the belief is growing in those countries allied against Germany, Austria and Tur- key, that Roumania with her well trained army of not less than 400,- 000 will at an early date throw herself into conflict, which would in effect Mink Roumania with the ex- treme Rusian left now forcing its way into Hungary through Buko- wina Taking into Servians and the this consideration Montenegrins, Hungary along the entire south- eastern frontier from Russia to the Adriatic. * Just as rumors persisted for days prior to Turkey's entrance into the war on the side of Germany, which tended to discount the step when it was eventually taken, so rumors now centre about Roumania and Italy, and there is a strong feeling among the general public in France and England that definite action will not be long delayed. Meanwhile the armies ; the field in the east.and main _~irtually deadlocked « -------- Allies Content to Wait The lack of stirring battles at the present stage is attributed by Brit- ish commentators 'largely to the de: termination of the allied command- ers to content themgelves with hold. ing their present positions until the BE of grmies is consid tly strong to strike a they hope, will prove ly in re- eréd = blow, which, decisive. : The British idea that operations up to the present are only prepara- tory to big events fits in with a bit of goesip now heard here. It is to the effect that Lerd Kitchener, when, asked concerning the probable dura- tion of the war, sald: "I don't know when it will end, but I do know when it will begin, and that is in the month of May." Russia is still sending enormous masses of men to within easy reach of various points on her long fighting line. The' levies of 1914, amount- ing to 1,200,000 men, are just leav- ing the training camps, which will be occupied immediately by the 1915 levies now called out. New German Army of 600,000. Germany's newest levy, just san- nounced, amounts to 600,000 men of the-age of 19, and her masses of re- serves already under arms enable her to rush heavy reinforcements wherever required without withdraw- ing troops already engaged at the front, in either the eastern or the western fighting zones Doubt is expressed in some quar- ters whether the Germans who are reported to have gone south, sup- pdign against Servia, are - actually destined for that service. It is sugs gested that their objective is Hun- gary, which is reported as much up- set by the Russian advance against Transylvania and the activities of Roumania. * The Bremen 'Was Damaged By a Mine London, Jan. 12.--The Petrograd correspondent of the Star wires that it is announced there that the Ger- anoth- er chapter to the mystery jing' the whereabouts of the Mag men. Since the war began this ves- sel has been reported at various times both Atlanties and Pacific waters, a Boy Loses Life On Fragile Ice. Ogdensburg, N. ¥.; Jan. 12. --Step- ping into an air hole in the 3¢ Law- rence River near the lighthouse pler, several hundred feet northeast of the city harbor, Harold Badger, 10, sen of Mrs. Robart Breau, No. 27 Main street, was drowned last evening. A skater tried to reach the lad affer hearing his cries for help, but was necesafal would form a line menacing Austria- | for a time it was believed that | was part of Admiral von Spes's a. ---- LAST EDITION : ITALY . "EXPECTED BY BRITAIN WILL, LAST BIT LONGER" "5 London, Jan. 12---Mrs. Park- er, sister of Lord Kitchener, in opening a Tipperary Club for the wives and mothers of sol. diers and sailors, sald: "From all ¥ can pick up in ten-minuté conversations. oxce in a fort. night' with my brother I gather thaghe thinks it will last a bit longer. In fact, a good bit longer. . The longer it lasts the more men will be required, and more men we must have," PEEP RPP E ROL ERP $EEIELEIEIEN ESS FERRER EEPEFRR EER REPPIN - Col. Strange's Body Coming ~ To Canada A cable from London, Eng., says { "The funeral services for the late Lieut.-Col, Frank Strange, of King- ston, who died at Nethravon Hospis tal, Salisbury, were held on Saturs day. The body was taken on a gun carriage to the railway station en route to Southampton. Interment is to be in Canada." Early Tuesday afternoon the fam+ ily of the deceased had no official notification of the body being sent to Kingston. Casualties Sustained By Princess Pats Jan. 12.--~That the Prin. have been in action is ) the casualty list militia department announcing that Pri vate John Gordon Valter, of pe. crack Canadian regiment, has y slightly wounded while in action. His next of kin resides in y Scetland. Private in ey 18th batt Ottawa, cess Pats made certain by received by the this morning, of t Plymot 1 Kin The next o Eng. Admiral Fatragut said he used to be guided by a still, small voice which told him what to do in Bght- ing. OALY MEMORANDUM. Band at covered rink to-night Band at the Palace rink to-night. Joint A.O.U.W, installation, § p.m, See sob ul age 5 FIED BARd our » i > "lair, Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," Grand Opera House, 8.156 p.m. THE DAILY BRITISH WHICG Is on Sale at the Following City, Stores: Bucknell's News Depot M295 King BE. Clarke, J W. & Co. +... 353 Princess Collégs Book Store .... 163 Princess Coulter's Grocery .,.... 309 Princess Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Prin. & Alfred Carnovsky, T. R. ,...068-670 Princess Frontenac Ilotel ........ Ontario Ht Gibson's Drug Store ..Market Square Lowe's G « Portsmouth MoAuley's Book Store ....93 Princess :McGall's Cigar Store, Cor, Prin. & King Mcleod 's Grocery ....51 Union Bt. W, Mediey's Drug Store, 250 Upiversity Peters' Grocery Btore ...... 11 Pine St, Paul's Cigar Store 76 Princess Q . 1) a Sta i RO Valleau's Grocery 208 Montreal DIED DEVANNA--In Kingston, op Jan. 11th, 1916, Sarah Freeman widow of late. Patrick Devanna, aged years, Funeral from her sop-in-law's resis EL Todo iach $0" Bund HIT ina: . TY. Friends and acquaintances invited. K! ini ork, Tuesday, - TA oi 193 Jononh D, Jackson toro Re Toe ROBERT J. REID The Leading Undertaker Phone 577 280 Princess Street JAMES REID The Old Firm of 254 and 256 PRIOR AT RRED "Phone 147 for Ambulance Take Notice 0 ad furniture now. Tre: before. 5. TORK, Paste 705.