Q@ AY / 19 PAGE EE ' '4 YEAR 82 NO 77 BELGIAN AVIATORS CONCERTED ATTAC On German-Positions a Few Miles East of Dix- mude Resulted in Considerable Damage Being Done to Railway Buildings. The French Continue to Make Gains in the Lepretre Wood ---German Prisoners Were Taken---French Artil- lery Has Destroyed a German Position "West of Sqjssns. suffered heavy losses east and north of Luneville in the last twenty hours. "The battling in this. re going on pear the German (Special to the WI } Paris, April 1 (Official) --RBel gian aviators delivered a concerted attack upon important German po- sitions a few miles east of Dixmude,, according to despatches received here to-day, The Belgians hurled hombs upon the German aviation camp at Handzaeme, seven miles from Dixmude. It Is believed they did \considergble damage. Continu- Wg eastward they destroyed railway bulldings at Coftemarck. a railway. junction of much importance to the Germans operating in Belgium. Fighting in Lepretre wood, Pont-a-Mousson, continues with the French making gradual gains In the last twelve hours three German officers and:137 men have been cap- tured North of the Aisne and west Solssons, the French artillery stroyed German position. cast four gion is border. lhe statement are again on the ofiens near the seacoast IThev have driven Belgians from the hamlets Kloostethoek Dapp, mude, taking one oflicer four Belgian soldiers the War Oflice Fhe Germans mm Flanders Says several ol near ix and forty- prizoners, the and says War Tidings, startling happened Neuve Chapelle victory, infantry merely holding the trenches No charge been at- tempted, but the artillery has been very active, the British artillery be- ing superior Roumania political circles do not believe that Bulgaria will come in be- fore further bombardment of the Dardanelles gives them assurances of the success of the Allied fleets, The Turks fear an attack by Bul- garia. Almost all the Ottoman Sen- ate, as well as the Grand Vizier and the heir to the throne, would like to make peace, but they lack the cour: ige to overthrow Enver Pasha. The German Ambassador practically gov- erns Constantinople. The Austrian troops in Trentino are in a miserable condition, being penniless, hungry and ill-clad. Their pag.has heen cut from fourpence Dor | day to twepenece, and their rations from five loaves of bread a week to] two loaves, it is said. The British Government is plan- hing to organize the dock workers of Liverpool, under the name of Fiyst| Dock Battalion of the Liverpool Regi- | ment. The men are to be dressed in khaki overalls. This plan is to be adopted to prevent further delays In handling war supplies Nothing has since the Canadian near have of de Kitchener Bars Liquor, (Special to the Whig.) London, April 1.-- Lord Kitchener is the first man of prominence in England to respond to King George's suggestion of total abstinence from liquors; The British war leader mnnounced through the press to-day that so long as the war lasts no li quor, will be served in his household Similar announcement it is under stood will be made by Cabinet mem- bers-te,inaugurate a moyement to ob- | tain abstinence pledges J promi: neni persons all over tfle country. Berlin Adimts French Gains. (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Apfil 1.-The War (lice hd- mitted that the French gained 4 soll ection of advanced German trenches in Lepretre woods, west of Pont-a-Moussoo, where fighting con- tinues, but said that the French have AN NS I, OI, A 1 Re Py 5 ~ THE KING SEES IN DRINK VERY GRAVE WAR PROBLEM Offers to Set Example by Permitting no Alcohol in Royal Household if Prohibition Deemed Advisable to Secure War | Munitions. . rn London, April 1.--King George has added his plea to that of the shipowners, and, in some cases, that of the Laborités themselves, that some vigorous measures be adopted to cope with the question of drunk- rane HO 3 art the effect of delay munitions--of war: "The King has volunteerd, if it is considered advisable, personally to give up the use of all aleoholic li- quors and to lssue an order against "We have before us the state- ments, not merely of the employers, but. of the Admiralty and the War! Office, which are responsible for! munitions of war and for the trans-| port of troops and their food and "®TTTaTtion wm without bt, largély due nk that r the output of war materianl indis-| pensable to meet the requirements' of thé army in the field, and that! there has been such serious delay, in consequence, of the necessary re-| Shels a ee be nseh ai. inforcements of supplies to ald odr TE having ie ing the delivery of ed to ~ "Dear Chuncellor -of (he Exche ~quer,--Th BE you for so promptly letting him have a full re- port of the ngs at yesterday's putation of 'employ- ajesty has read it with meeting of ers. His intense interest, 'also with the deepest concern. He feels that nothing but the mest vigorous mea- sures will successfully cope with the grave situation now existing in our 1 vate secrefary, Lord Stamfordham °F !hings much inevitably result in| Th Lam instructed to-add that; giving up all ake ! holds, so: . gallant troops at the front. David Lloyd Géorge, the Chancellor 53/131 { 'of the Exchoquer, by the King's pri- A continuance of such a state letter of Lord Stamfordham fol. Le Prolongation of the horrors a 0 7 be deemed advisable, the King will be prepared te. set an example by sell and by issui its consumption be made, so far as His Majesty is concerned, between the treatment of tion. (Signed)--"Lord_Stanifo "The King's Private April 1.--The 8. It is said, in addition, by these official eye-witness at the men that Germany will insist upon front seals a new version of the ana i German aims, ! ' Zhe Da linto their work very well. ~tributed -a-speecial- | with the Second Canadian are unable to secure holic liquor him- | ng 'orders against] dn the. foral house} for our shooting." the rich and the poor in this ques-| i KINGSTON FRENCH STEAMER TORPEDOED English Channel--Sventeen Crew Missing. (Special to the Whig.) Dover, Eng., April 1.-The French steamer Imma, Dundalk, Ireland, to Jordeaux, was torpedoed in the lng- lish charuel on Tuesday, it 'was learned to-day. The Brit'sh des- troyer brought two survivors and the bodies of two members to Dover. Seventeen other members of the Emma's crew are missing. Two survivers of the Emma de clared that a German submarine os pedoed the steamer without warning on Wednesday afternoon The ves sel almost immediately sank and the submarine made off, leavig the crew struggling in the water. oem Not Hire A Hall, Norwich, Eng., April. «1. Public opinion here is so strongly incensed over the attitude of some of the la- bor leaders ¢n the war that the In- dependent Labor party ®as unable to secure a suitable hall for a confer ence which had been arranged for Monday anl Tuesday. In o Could Canadians Hold Four Miles of I renches Ottawa, April 1 Major-G Sam Hughes has just received a let- ter from Major-General Alderson, who is in command of the Canadian troops at the front The letter, which is dated the 10th of March, says: "We have been holding somé# 6,000 to 7.000 yards of trenches since the Ist of March, and I can safely say that all arms have settled I knew they would do well, but they have really done better than | expected." PASSOVER IN*DUG-OUTS. First Jewish Chaplain At The Front. A Home , Festival. London, April 1.--Passover, which began on the night of March 29th, is being celebrated by thousands of Jews this year under condi- tions somewhat akin® to those of the first Passover on the shores of the Red Sea. In camps, trenches, and warships Jews are serving their country.. {The number runs to many thousands, The Passover is esseatially a home festival, a feast with much of the galety of Christmas. There is much ceremonial which cannot be repro- duced in trenches far from a pase and exposed to hostile fire. Yel by the initiative ofthe Rev. Michael Adler,! the" Jewikh Chaplain to the Forces, and with the co-operation of the war office, the meh in the trenches are! able to eat the' motzas, the flat un- leavened cakes, and other (typically Jewish dainties which tradition as- soeiates with the festival. Packets of motzas were sent to the ships at sea, the camps in France, and the trenches, The first two nights of the festival ~the Seder nights--are among the holiest in the Jewish calendar. To every Jew {hey bring memories of happy family reunions and of song and prayer. In a trench the cere- monials must be discarded. The ritu- al washing of hands cannot be done where water is rare. The four glas- ses of wine canfot be drunk where wine is unobtainable. But the genial merry Hebrew tunes ca Sung as lustily at Somewhere in Flanders as in a dining-room at Hampstead or in Park-lane. The war office has dis- & r-prayer- book, arranged by the chaplain and presented by a well-known Jewish family, and the tumeful hymns are sung in the dug-outs. CANADIANS GETTING GERMANS, Officer. Writes to Brgther-Officer In England). London, April 1.--A commanding officer with the Canadian Division in France, writing to a brother-officer. Contin- i the latest arrivals on the fact that Plain Relating his experience at the! front, the writer says: 'I was with- in twenty-five Jards of the Germans' | fortified houses one night.' We were to have returned to our billets at the! end of one week in the trenches, but! We were suddenly ordered here to relieve a British Division. We took our own line, =o I suppose it is con- sidered that we did fairly well on t { i i | rive for us to leave the trenches Our men have been getting our share of 'Germans all right. By this" time | they must have a wholesome regard | + VIENNA FORTIFYING. New Precautions A : Przem fier the Fall Of yeh i i Rome, April 1.--The citizens of | | Vienna are officially warned not to. vieit the wooded hills that Surround (the city. 'These are favored resorts | in spring and summer, but fortifica- | tions are now ng erected, and the hills are ly closed to the public. Those who disobey thé or- ders of the milifary authorities will run grave risk of being shot by the ary gendarmes i i e suburbs were fortifted last aun- and the sug result of the sk 4 fier new precautions fall ily {NEA after the Russian occugation of least. of Przemy-| B R10. THUR ONTA Ee SDAY, APR FOR THIRD TIME Lives of King Nicholas and Family Endangered. AUSTRIAN BOMBS FALL CIVILIANS WERE INJURED BUT ROYALTY PRESERVED. of her. crew. The Germans Are Building Zeppelins Very Fast, And It Is Said to Be In Contemplation To Throw Bombs Upon. Fortified Cities Of the En- emy. 7 (Speciale the Whig) Cettinje, Montenegro, April 1. For the third time Austrian airmen have attempted the lives of King Nicholas and members of the Royal family. An Austrian hydroplane flew over the city to-day dropping two bombs near the Royal Palace. The bombs exploded -without doing any damage In other bombs were dropped. injured parts of Cettinje five Four civilians ore Busy Building Zeppelins., (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, via the Hague, April 1.-- The Germans are building Zeppelins much faster than the Allies are building y There is every rea som LC elieve that enmasse aerial attacks upon the fortified cities of] the my will be made hefore-long:~ War Tidings. i Sweden prohibiting the export of lead, ore, cast iron, iron scraps, raw tin, tin scraps, manufactured tin plates, tubes, or bars, wires, tallow ™ candles, lard and oléomargarine. Captain George Cornell of the American. steamer Antilla, in a let- ter to Phelps Brothers amd company, New York, who chartered the steam- er, says the British sallofs who seized the steamer hold all on board as prisoners. A claim will be fyled. Among the missing passengers of the steamer Falaba, sunk by a Ger- man submarine, is Leon Chester Thrasher, an American engineer, liv- ing for the past year on the gold coast, British West Africa: The United States Government will ask Germany to pay for destroying the schooner Frye. DROPPED DEAD IN MONTREAL. Sudden Pasging 0 William Stitt Of The C (Special te the Whi.) 4 Montreal, April 1. William Stitt, General Passenger Agent of the CU. P.R., dropped dead at 930 o'clock this morning, in "the C.P.R. offices here, of heart failure. He joined the company in 1888 at Winnipeg. > STA SURE OF - 151 IL 1, 1915 KITCHENER TO LEAD. He Will Have 5,000,000 Men Under Him. Philadelphia, April 1.--John W. Hessian, Brideport, Conn., Amcrica's greatest military and sporting rifle shot and expert, holder of numer- ous world's records, whe recently has. returned from a husiness trip that brought him into official con- tacy with the English, French and Belgian military authorities from london clear out to the battle lines, makes the following siatement: "When spring opens in earnest the war in Eurepe will develop ©. fury and proportion that will make what has already passed in this epoch- making and stupendous siruggle of the European nations scem weak and puny by comparison. Five mil- lion fresh allied troops which have never yet beep seared by the marks of battle in this great war, will be thrown against the German forces in France and Belgium, with Lord Kitchener, the great English mili- tary organizer, who up to this time has been™rcontent to direct opera- tions from London, in supreme com- mand in field." He) adds that Britain's new guna will be a great surprise ahd that they will carry a mile and a half farther than Gérmany's 42 cectimet- ers Will Vesse Try to Smash Her Way Out ? (Special to the Whig.) Washington, April 1.--Interest in the Prinz Eitel Friederich case was at fever heat in official quarters to- day The belief that the German converted cruiser woyld eventually intern has given way to the feeling that, after all, she might try to smash her way through the neck of the bottle to the open sea. New- port News reports that the admini- stration is cognizant of the German commander's plans but this is de- nied by. Secretary Daniels. The Bitel is filling her bunkers with se- lect coal. NO TIME FOR DANCING. Says London Magistrate In Refusing ! Liquor License. London, April 1.=<Liquor licenses are now being refused to dance halls by the magistrates in charge of this branch of exercise. Formerly, they were generally ' awarded without much question. even to halls in which dances were held ogeasionally. "The pregen ing anyway." expla | in West London in refusing an appli cation. "If they must dance, they will have to dance on coffee." te ey Sir Donald' Mann has been made Honorary Colonel of the 20th Hal- ton Rifles. Y-AT-HOME GERMAN FINAL VICTORY > DIFFERENT IN AUSTRI Ridicules Idea of a Siccess- ful Joffre Offensive. WHERE THE POPULACE IS VERY NERVOUS. Buoyed Up By All Manner of Decep- | tions and Spifits Of Magyars -- Austrians Think War May Last Another Twelve Months, Jondon, April 1.-- The Daily Chroniele's correspondent of a fned- tral nationality, in a despatch from Predeal, on the Hungarian-Ruman- ian frontier, says: «1 arrived here after a leisurely journey through Germany and Aus- tria-Hungary. My: impressions of both countries are necessarily some- what on the surface; such as they are, however, they possess reality as 'ounded, firsi, upon conversa- § of _ people, aid, and ~around Vienna and Vacz. On the! mainline between the two capitals, ms to be no trace ement in Ger- . The man in the street ex- pects the war to end victoriously in three Perfect confidence is iD. rerfae in the ability | of the western line to hold its ground | and the possibility of a successful! offensive by that a ridiculous. er of new recruits will called up in April as enormous rein- forcements are being sent to the Rus-' rious off- can afford to launch at Bumania. All Manship. sian Hunt; where a Hou = railway lines leading trom Rumania | pool that the gallant ae a id DLMi4 that tl a n many that France amd R be 2re being expended in fortifying the anda . only rye bread can be obtained, and that in limited quantities. Magyars Backbone Of Empire. "Rumore of Hungary's disaffec- tion are nonsensical. The Magyars have been bought by the gift of po- litical power, and they now form the backbone of the Dual Monarchy. The indomitable racial pride buoys them up and the energy of this rather grim people is infecting the other races, / "To keep up public opinion, resort is made to all manner of deceptions. Thus 1 bought in Budapest an illus- trated postcard that is widely dis- tributed depicting the mythical en- trance of the Germans into Paris. In| Ottawa, April 1.--According te an STI " Vieyna and Budapest, as in Bertin, official announcement, if the arrange- | . of nent. now under consideration by the ; +o Ci life is normal save that places amusement close at 11 o'clock: "In Austria-Hungary all men up 42 have been called out, and th the porthon of reserves is greatgr than in Germany. Their trdining longer, but is infinitely less string Fi t petrol has been commandeered and inferior substitutes are for commercial purposes. ; lines are being dug and there are strongly prepared and Vacz command the crossing of the Danube above Budapest. "There is a noticeable concentra- tion of first line troops In and about Brazzo, or Kronstadt, a fortified i town at the railway junction near the Rumanian frontier. Feverish efforts ges from Rumania. The Austrians declare that central European powers 'are r blocked with cars and grain waggons. petiole o hardly say, is one of, of Europe ~ His Grace says that, plentiful in the Dual Mon-. the Iiroad street station archy and in excellent cofidition. All| faffic only. tions. | mounted with heavy guns. Kemaron ABANDON ATTACK LAST EDITION ON BOSPHORUS FORTS The Russian Black Sea Fleet Found That Mts Guns Could Make no Impression Upon the Strong Fortifications. London Naval Critics Contended That From the Start... A Russian Squadron Has Bombarded Turkish Sea- ports to Destroy Machinery at Coal Mines and to: Wreck (Special to the Whig!) London, April 1 Confirmation of the report that the Russian Black Sea fleet has abandoned the bom- bardment of the Bosphorus forts tame from both Petrograd and Con- stantinople War Offices to-day. An official statement from the Tur- kish capital said that the Russian squadron again has bombarded the Turkish seaports of Zungulaak, Ereg- Ii and Kozlu, 150 miles east: of the Bosphorus. The Russians, Constan- tinople announced, hurled two thous- and shells without doing any impor- tant damage. The Slav fleet then retired to the northward. Petrograd announced officially that the Turkish forts had been bombard- ed, the Russian fleet completing the work of destruction begun in a pre- vious attack. Unofficial reports re- ceived here to-day said that five Rus- sian warships' participated in the bombardment and that eleven Tur- kish' sailing ships were sunk in the harbor at Eregli. At Zungulaak Coal Docks. two explosions at tie coal mines fol- lowed the dropping of Russian shells. Object Of Seaport Bombardment. London naval, and military critics who had contended from the start that Russian guns could make no im- pression upon the strong Bosphorus forts, were not surprised at the ad- mission from Petrograd that the Black Sea fleet had withdrawn frem the attack on the Strait. The object of the bombardment at the Turkish villages Jas to destroy the machinery at the¢ coal mines, from which the Turkish fleet draws part of its supplies, and to wreck the coal docks. Several Russian aeroplanes flew ovre Zungulaak before the bombard- ment began, according to'the Turkish War Office, evidently attempting to locate the shafts of 'roal mines. They were pursued By Turkish avia- tors and fled back to their ships. Jt | was officially announced at Constan- tinople that the Dardanelles situg- tion is "unchanged." 5 FN cin, NA ts ag PtP. 8. ---------- British Seize Dutch Steamer With Oil Cargo wise N EE ER aT TOT WHEY { New Haven, lng. April 1.--Sus- {pected of being a supply ship for i German submarines the big Dutch jeargo boat Lodewijk Van Nessau | was captured near Brighton to-day | by the British torpedo boats and brought into this port. Her cargo was found to consist largely of oils and a thorough investigation has been ordered. TO HONOR HERO PRIESTS. Archbishop Approves Recollett Ter- centenary Celebration. Montreal, April 1.--Archbishop { Bruches! has written a letter to the | General Committee formed in Quebec for the purpose of soliciting support towards the celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the Recollet Fathers in Canada. following the { example of Cardinal Begin, he will | bé happy to give the movement his | cordial approbation. | tion, adds His | tribute to the Grace, will be a just memory of those zea- lous missionaries who did so much | for ithe early faith. Sir A. B. Routh- { ler, who ls chairman of the general! | committee, has also received a letter: | from His Grace the Archbishop of St. Boniface. To Use Central Station. als of the Grand Trunk agd . dian Pacific railways i com- ed satisfactorily to both, the C. . will shértly run all its jp § trains in and out of-the Grand | nk Central station and will use | for freight ; {iat PR | ger i used | 8 5 2 "Give Us Gans" Demand English Ship Masters Liverpool, April 1.--The Falaba: outrage has aroused the mercantile ship masters to a determination to avenge the death of Captain Davis, ia man of quiet, disposition, | | with a host of friends in the service | West - 3 3 i 7 passengers, {and a reputation for reliable sea. It is declared in Liver-| m in! { which he died was typical of his | | career i 'Give us guns.' This is the re-| ly of the ship masters to the Ger-. man pirates." said Thomas Scott, rine sub- Ma tion, to-day, The i now have given sufficient' that "they have ' not the scruple in de- | § ers. | ) the that arming merchant' Such a celebra- | Lo Bt Bank Of*Vancouver Wound Up. Vancouver, BU. Apfil T-=RHy or- der of Chief Justice Hunter, the Bank of Vancouver was wound up and Ewing Buchanan, who has been acting as curator since payment was suspended some months ago was ap- pointed liquidator. Famworth; | 1 gan, a farmer here, was Jured in a runaway. He was un- conscious when picked up, but is ex- pected to recover. DAILY M EMOKANDUM. No Whig on Frida Jompanion Court, for, meets Fri. day night Court Frontenac, 1O.F., night. Vaudeville, Grand Opera House, 2.30 and 7.34 p.m See top of pa for probabiliL.e THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: ws Depot --{a8 Ein, & Co. ....388 Pri meets to- ge 3, right hand corner, » 5 St ncess «+183 Princess ts Pri Cor. Prin. & Alfred Bucknell's Ne Clarke, J. W : College Book Store .. Coulter's Grocery .. Cullen's Grgoery, Frontenac Hote ap Gibson's Drug Ste Ma We'S Grocery .....iise. McAuley's Book Store ... McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. McLeod's Grocery ....51 Union St. W, Jalversity Medley's Dr Store, 3 rincess 812 Princess Paul's Clgar Store Prouse's rug Store 208 Montreal Valieaw's Grocery MARRIED. ACTON--KRONK--In Kingston, March Xst, 1915, by v. tr. » Forneri, Miss Ella Kronk, to Frank Acton, both of Kingstons on at the home of the bride's parents, John Bertram Stirling, of N Battleford Sask, Son of Dr. J, A. Stirling, Picton, and Edith Carey, eldest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ww L. Goodwin, Kingston, Ont. GADBEN---On April 1st, Bell-Bert apartme: fPoronto, George ih rome eorge . Gaden, former. ly of Kingston, in his seventy- ourth year. Funeral from the G.T.R. Yunetion to Cataraqul cemetery on Saturday, _April 3rd, on th od re fm train from 'Toronto. ROBERT J. REID Undertaker, The Phone 577. J Phone 708. FOR EASTER The Cowan Gift Box of Chec- late is the very best Easter remembrance To md she our solders. - Bix lous bars of Chocolate i ; ameled box--made in Canada, 1 he d embossed with ths Arms and - an Cont of Maple white and bloe, Liack Fok sud Teblea, at Tesk's, RLING--GOODWIN<On March 31st, 0 REL