--- = -- -- -- # ---- KINGSTON ONTARI O. TUESDAY, FEBRUA BEN Mele aver aig PRAISES 75 FT sre a os: fi 1915 LAST EDITION BRITISH FORCE GE T0 RETIRE_AT LABASSEE 5 By Mining Trenches in Rear of Givenchy. GEN. FRENCH REPORTS INCREASED GERMAN ACTIVITIES Dumbled before the eyes of the en- AROUND YPRES, Where the Enemy Destroyed a Brif- | 5 ish Trench and Advanced Their subject of G RMANS IT PLEASES BERLIN PRESS To Imagine That Britain's Power Is Humbled. Berlin, via Amsterdam, Feb "The English flag has disappeared from the North Sea. In five days Von Tirpitz's new submarine policy has achieved a wonderful victory Britain's faval power has be Naval 2 tire world." This declaration, voiced by a Ber- lin paper to-day, was typical of the tiitude of the German press on the ermany's new supmarine Lines--South of Lys, the Fire is, 27 fare on British merchantmen ¢ Increasing in Volume. London, Feb. 23. The increasing their around Ypres, General French cabled in an official report to-day. By mining anc ermans are A i destroying a British trench early Sun- day, the kaider's vanced their lines, mander admitted. This German gain near Ypres offset "by a British 'victory in severe fighting around Labasse. The Britis} suceensiully the rear of Givenchy. forced to retire along the canal bank troops have ad- the British com- was nN mined 'German trenches iu The enemy was South of the River Lys, the artillery and rifle fire is daily Snereasing volume, General French reported. Rheims Again Bombarded. Paris, Feb. 23 (3 p.m. official).--Un- der a heavy bombardment by The Mussvlmans Are Massacring FTN a 4 The Armenians aa Petrograd, Feb. 23---Not until now have details hecome available as fo the horrors perpetrated by the Turks during their occupation of Ar- danuch, near the Trans-Caucasian frontier, At Tiflis, according to the corre- spondent of the Russke Slovo, the en- €iny at first confined himself to pill- {age and slew only fifteen civilians. Ger- | man gunners, the noted cathedral at | Itheims has again suffered damage, it was announced dispatch his afternoon. Reénew of thé bombardment in official severe | ganized of | Rheims was first reported to the war office in official despatches received yesterday. To-day's despatches de- clared that after abandoning the at- tack on Sunday night the German gunners again directed their shells into the historic town all day yes- terday, hurling more than 1,500 shells into the eity itself. The first bhom- bardment opened 'early in the morn- ing. Most ol the civilians fled to their cellars, but twenty persons were caught in the streets and killed by bursting shells. A score of houses caught. fire. The flames were fanned by a strong wind and far a threatened the destruction of a large | part of the city, Floowhi has heen ittle tivity in the twenty-four hours> Near time | along the battleline there | last | the. sea- | § coast, west of Lombaertzyde, two Ger- | man infantry attacks broke down un- | der a heavy gun French artillery sile battery in the east Argonne betUeen Malancourt blowing up several ammunition wag- gons, I War Tidings. Emperor William, during his to Loetzen, of the recent operations, spoke of the necessity of dealing sparingly food supplies. An attempt to establish recruiting offices in Tokio has been forbidden 'by the Japanese govern need a German | region, |' and the Meuse; visit | East Prussia, at the time | with | English | ment, according to an announcement | by the German sem -official news bur- | eau. Sir Edward Grey has sent to state department through the _ tish emhassy here a statement aclevizing as a falsehood, a recent statement from Berlin attributing to the British the intention to. destroy an American ship in the naval war zone and marine with cipitating a crisis between the ted States and Germany. The y death of the first British cler- apt. the which has fmen, Hed in ne war, CO way. = Lis A party of sixty Canadi who arrived by After the news of the Rugsian ocen- pation of Ardanuch was received, | however, the Miussulman threw off his mask and the same evening or- a systematic massacre of 150 Armenians. Turkish residents, for years on friendly terms with the Armenians, | slew their old acquaintances. Fifty "Armenians were removed | from* prison and compelled to leap. one by one into the Abyss of Jenem- dere, known as the Devil's Gap. Two hundred and fifty men were! massacred at Tambot and their wo- men carrivd into slavery. . COL. W. D. GORDON APROINTED To Divisional Stat Position In Eng. | land By War Office. | the revenue secured will | manufacturer Within | than to the treasury. A British armored motor car possible landing of troops by the G Rl A A i tA. oe LONDON VIEWS ON BUDGET. of Increase Tarifl. Londen, Feb. 23.--Canada's war budget "receives complimentary edi- torial mention in most of the week- ly financial papers here. The tax of one per cent., on letters and post- cards strikes the "Economist" as a sensible impost which might very well be adopted in this country, The fame paper agrees with several oth- er provisions of thé Canadian budget, but, speaking of the seven and a half per cent. increase in the tariff, ; says. "We are strongly of the op- inion that this addition to the cost of Some Criticism In the i living in a new country, where prices are already very high, will cause much hardship and discontent. Many of' these taxes are protective, so that be much less than the burden imposed on con- sumers, but in Canada manufactur- ing interests are powerful enough to extract advantage even from the em- barrassmenfs and difficulties of the nation." . The Investors' Review says: "We| think it a pity the people of Canada | should be further handicapped by in-| 'direct taxation which is more profit-| 'able. probably, to the trader and the Dominion Discontent { with the tariff is deep enough in the west already. - A better way might | surely have been found by men of courage. What of the land compan- | ies. throughout Canada? Are power- ful corporations like Hudson's Bay | to be asked to pay only one per cent. 'jon thelr gross incomes, or are they to escape altogether?" tions Steadily Improving. | New York, Feb. 23.--Destitution In Belgium has now passed its most distressing stage and conditions bid the | : Bri- | char: | COL. W.'D. GORDON Word- has reached here from Londss that the Hfitish war office has ap- { pointed Col. W. D. Gordon, of Kings. tom, to a divisional staff position in it to a German sub- | merly expectation of pre- | sional i Uni- [land for the past year | 1 an nurses the SS. Zeeland are | all well and in good spirits, Some | will will in E 5 The Russ'ans forces at are concentrating lar, in readiness to pri to the front and others | retained for hospital services | i i England. Cel. Gordon, who was for- in command of the third divi area herd, has been in Eng and nine months. When war broke out, he of- fered his services to the war office. now accepted L& Gordon was one the al officers in the Canadian service. SCANDINAVIAN ENVOYS. Meeting in Copenhagen to Discuss the Blockade, London, Feb. 23. --A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph company o best division. | them Black Sea, six. | from Copenhagen says that the con- ty ro ae the Binck. Sen, sive i ference between the representatives for an attack on' Constantinople. {of the Scandinavian governments -- | over the situation, created 3 i . eg =e iil was. be- 2 Ne rwegian yesterday, but that the questions Off Dover with Holland and the United -- +States as the interests of the latter | at issue were so important that it 4 will be prolonged. § 28. --The Norwegian | Countries are entirely different f a8 sunk in OST 0 NOFWay, Swede nd gun | The despatch adds that it is under i stood that the Scandinavian ecoun- | tries are not planning to act in con- 1 i Den- op fair to improve steadily if contripu- | tions of food contiue as heavy as in | the past, in the opinion of former re- | Presentatives Charles F. Scott of | Kansas, a passenger on the steamer { Cymrie fronr Liverpool. | Mr. Scott went to Eurepe-early in | January to supervise the distribution | Of a cargo of foodstuffs sent by his | state on the steamship Hannah. He | sald the Belgians were giving every assistance to the American commis- | sion. Branch relief committees have | been appointed in every district, and | only those who are entitled to relief i érman military authorities are! | assisting in every way possible in the | handling of the relief supplies. CANADA SENT BRITAIN MORE WHEAT THAN EVER The Other Exports of Canadian Agricultural Products Showed F } § I : t Ottawa, Feb. 23.-- The departmen | of Trade and Commerce reports that Canada last year sent more wheat an ever before to, Great Britain. and more than any other country ex- | cept United States. The total! : 8 of Canadian wheat in Britain | 4 was 31,457,000 ewts., h 21.787.%380 ews The United States ,ewts,, last year 193,944,543 cwis,, Britain. Most the other exports Great er, | of Britain last year, howev a slight falling off. is of cheese were 1,167778! as compared In 1913: of i head offiee at Toronto. | Brothers' Aeroplane Some Decline, | and ENGLAND PREPARING FOR COAST RAIDS T0 THE 21ST BATTALION Big Assemblage Witnessed Ceremony at Armouries. | COLORS WERE. HANDED i i TO THE BATTALION COMMANDER | BY MRS. HUGHES, -- i Wife Of the Minister of Militia --. Speeches Were Delivered by Gov- ernor-Geéneral's Representative, W. | F. Nickle, K. C., Trooper L. W.| Mulloy, and Lieut.-Col, Hughes. n thousand people packed the bal- | | conies of the armouries on Monday | to see one of the most unique and'! impressive military ceremonies that in the streets of Yarmouth read erma n 10 USE DESIGN In the Sinking of a United States Ship. BERESFORD'S VIEWS WILL HAVE BEEN AIMED AND FIRnO BY BERLIN. Ome Of the Clearest Naval Thinkers Gives a Brief But Vivid Statement --The Judgment of a Submarine Commander Will' Not bé Depended Upon. London, Feb. 23 --*"Germany will sink no United States ship--unless by design. The = German torpede finding as' its mark the hull of an American vessel, will have been aim- | ed and fired from. rlin. If. an, American mercharfman is sunk. it | will be (for the express purpose o: dragging the United States into the; war.' The speaker was Britain's best loved sailor, Admiral Lord Charles Seresford. His name more than any other earries the picture of a typical British sea fighter. Also he is one of. the eleverest naval think- ers of the age. - He made the above reply to the greatest question of th- moment here--the one put by Ameri- cans hundred times daily: "Do yéu! think Germany is trying to foree| | America into war?" "1 gon't predict to what exiremes Germany will go. Bat T am confid ent she will not leave to the judg- ment of a submarine commander the issue of whether or not America is to join the ranks of her enemies. AEROPLANE FACTORY The Curtiss Brothers Will Build Machines and Idstruct Aviators. Feb. 23 Canada is to aeroplane factory and in Ottawa, have an = . ie Luar tiss Aeroplanes and Motors Co.. Lim: i ited, has been federally neorporated, | with a capital stock of $50,000, . and | The compans, | the Curtiss | company in the | alithorized to 'manu- all kinds of gero- plans, fly ats, didgible balloons, ete., and conduct schools for theoreti. | cal" and. practical instruction of air- | men. Hitherto all Canadians wishing to learn aviation have had to go to | Ueited which is a branch of United States, is facture and ates, and x now: hold diplomas' from the Curtiss | school. - Most of have gone to} the war. The new Canadian factory | school of instruction will proba- bly manufacture machines and : out pilots for the aviation corps of | the allies as a first ing. Af | terwards aviation may be added to! the recognized list of Canadian sports. ¥ to protect that town against any rtinnally and the majority of the in- | corded. Lthe bew, and' also across the stern. "ABOUT T0 BE STARTED' A i Kingston or in any other city in Ontario. The ©eremony was the con- secration 'and presentation of the col- = ors to the 2lst Battalion, this mili- . {tary area's contribution of men to AT LIEGE. the second Canadian Expeditionary g force for oversea service. The event Writer Says Restrictions will long be remembered by those ed With Seviri { who had the privilege of witnessing it Paris, Feb. 23.--The Journal des! and of hearing the splendid speeches Debats prints a letter from Liege that were delivered by the prominent showing the heaviness of the Ger- | guests. man yoke. The letter says: | The words of Bishop Bidwell as he "Never will you who are far away | brought the dedication to a close realize to the smallest degree our might to advantage be. remembered suffering since the first weeks of Aun- by every ome of the soldiers = who gust." {heard him on Monday night. His The write states that restrictions | Words were: "We do solemnly dedi- have recently increased. in severity. | cate these colors to the 2lst Batta- Passports are not given even for du. | lion and in doing so are sure that ties at the frontier. Public and pri- | they will be held sacred and be ' an vate buildings, have been ransacked | idSpiration for faithful 'work by the and unroofed in the search for cop- | battalion for its king and coun per and zine. Prices are rising con- | UY s. A i, GERMAN YOKE Are Increas- ty | The musie throughout was excellent. and most appropriate, while the 8 8 were all of a patriotic na- ture. The" speakers pointed out that habitants are on the verge of starva- tion. It is charged that the Germans resort to trickery to subdue the spirit of the people. A supposed Belgian reeruit visited recently Barpness Cal- waert, whose charitable energies rendered her a suspect, and begged financial help to enable him to poin his regiment, which the baroness ac- Ten minutes later, she was arrested by the authorities and sent- | enced to five years' imprisonment for | treasonable aid to Germany's enem-| jes. T di . GERMAN FLIES VU. 8. FLAG. Standard Oil Tanke® Becomes af Am. érican Registry. Norfolk, Xirg., Feb. 28.--The for- mer German tapk steamer Delphin, at Newport News, yesterday unfurled the Stars and Stripes at her mast- head under the name of the Ardmore, having received American registry on Saturday afternoon. The tanker is the property of the Standard Oil comgpany, with a home port at New York, and has been entirely refitted at the Newport News shipyards, In otder to avoid trouble at sea over her identity, the words "'Ard- more, of New York, U.8.A." in let- ters two feet high have been painted on each side of the steamer back of LIRUT-COL. W. 8. HUGHES Commanding the 21st Battalion, C.E.F., and who received the colors. the third division had turned battalion of infantry for the call for oversea volunteers tha vol bettered, if equalled, in Canada, or anywhere else. Lieus.-Col IW. & | Hughes has certainly a battalion that | he can well be proud of, every- | body expressed complimentary re | marks about their soldierly appear- | ance Yluring the cerenfony of Monday | tvening. out, al second t was | Omcials déclare the transfer is abso- lute in every detail. The Ardmore, as the Delphin, ar- rived here on August 16th, after an exciting trip from Hamburg pasting British warships. It was announc- ed 'that she would be tied up until the settlement of the war. In Nov- ember it was decided to overhaul and refit the tanker and ask for American ha veteran g d"0 tt to make the arrangements for the | ceremony and secured the necessary | funds to purchase the colors, deserve | great credit for * their sacrifice of time and energy, and as Lient.-Col. Ww. S. Hughes i the tanker Jupiter will go under Am- erican registry. THE ONTARIO BUDGET IS EAGERLY AWAITED ------ The Provincial Revenue is to be Augmented by Increased " Taxa Toronto, Feb. 23.-- the budge: will be the outstandin feature, and the government's pro- posals for au, ting thé revenue by way of increased taxation are await 2874% FEE ; i 2 Geil et Hi £5 Fl | 7 ir thf : | See top of p for probabilit} | Paul's Cigar St Ls : has ever been witnessed in the city of |: TROOPER 1. W. GERMAN SHIP INTERNED. Time Limit Expiring, Argentina Holds the Holger. Buenos Ayres, Poh, 23.---7The stipu- lated period, diring which the Ger. wan steamer - Holger, which arrived here Thursday, might, remain in this port, having expired, the Argentine authorities have declared the vessel interned. ] Newspapers here publish a report that the German auxiliary cruiser Kron Erigz Wilhelm is actually in the waters of the River Plate, having on board sailors from: vessels which she has sunk. MULLOY The Holger, when she arrived here, had on board the crews of several merchant 'ships sunk during January and February, by the cruiser Kron Prinz Wilhelm. Defer Driving Golden Spike. Winnipeg, Feb. 23.--Sir William | Mackenzie, President of the Canadi- an Northern rallway, stated here that , the driving of the golden spike In the last tie of the western end of the transcontinental line has been post- poned, owing to the general condi- tions now. existing, but. added 'that the company would run its train across the cofitinent some fime in July or August. DAILY MEMORANDUM. Ba okt hand women, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIO Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: Bucknell's News Depot ..395 King B Clarke, J W. & Co. ..ss 150, Princess College Book Btore .... Princess Coulter's. Grocery ...... 209 Princess Cullen's Grocery, Cor, Prin. & Alfred Frontenac Hotel ........ Ontario Bt Gibson's Drug Store ..Market Square Lowe's Grocery ......... Portsmouth MeAuley's Book 'Store ....98 Princess | McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & King McLeod 's Grocery ....51 Union St W. Msdléy's Drug Store, 360 University ® sivnees 76 Princess Prouses Drug «iseB1% Princess Valleau's Grocery .,.... 308 Montres! "ROBERT J. REID | The leading Undertaker, Phone 577. Princess Street JAMES REID 254 and 256 PRINCESS 'Phone 147 for Ambulance MARRIED, ALARIE~-MeDONA In Westport, on "Feb 16th, Iie By the Rev. Father e, Mary 'Agnes to Willlam France Adare, both of Kingston, a Feb. Boch 18 bd 24 ay, . hy Yr: 3 M Compton, wah And _ d Mrs. Daniel Rigaan borg + on Armstrong, 2ist Basta Christopher Kingston. et "ie DIED, ~~At 136 FRASER 1915, athe widow of the late aged §6 eam, BMITH--On W, 22nd, 1915, Sars. Funeral from Hawkins, w neces #treet, on Web. eA Mowat, Ton: n Fraser, ie Islnd, Feb RL aged 70 the residence of Oliver dnesday morning at Bacred Heart, a solemn uiem mass wil for the repose of his soul "7S or