PAGES 9 -12 YEAR 82 NO, 52 The Real Crisis M KINGSTON ONTARIO, FRIDAY, rie PE Ay Se A AR The Daily British Whig [= _ JULY 2, 1915 ay Come Next Spring SECOND SECTION THE CRISIS OF WAR WILL BE NEXT SPRING Conflict Will Develop Into Complete Test of Resources---Will OER RE And Iron. Real Fighting Will Not Begin Until the Allies Get Into Ger- Be Won By Men ' V7 many---No Possible Chance of Starving Out Pa the Germans. The following article, prepared for the New York World, presents an analysis of the war and its pros- pects by a military expert whose name is known from one end of the United States to the other. name is omitted in obedience to the order of President Wilson, which | A mere falling back along the line, as was done at Lemberg, will avail | Germany nothing in the long run. With the French, British aiid Bel- gians on her back, Germany can The | never hope to conquer Russid, and | the only other thing of value that she can accomplish is to destroy the stops officers of the army and of the| Russian army. This she has failed Lusitania INCIDENT (?) OVER] | Germany Thinks States Want To Aid | Britain. Berlin, July 2.--A = Reuter des- patch containing a summary of the | United States note, asking Ger- | many to reconsider her refusal to set- {tle by direct diplomatic negotiations | the claim arising from the sinking | | of the American ship William P. { Frye, is printed without comment by | the Berlin newspapers with the ex- { ception of the Rundschau. This | paper introduces its article by say- ing: -- "Along with the Lusitania inei-| dent which, it is true, is settled so | far as we are concerned, but is to be looked over again for America's sake, | {comes an exchange of opinions con- | cerning the sinking of the ship 'rye The Rundschau asks what more America wants than to offer to pay! damages. The paper answers its own question by saying: "It wants | her to influence the German me- thod of 'marine warfare in favor of | England and absolutely nothing else | can be said." { } TIE UP COAST SHIPPING | | Seamen Offered $10 A Week If They Will Strike. i New York, July 2.--It was said at | | the headquarters of the Internation- | al Seamen's Union of America in | this city that the officers of the or- ganization have information, which navy from publicly discussing the to do. i war. | Personally, I am inclined to be- | ' {"Heve that the real crisis' may arrive | tends to confirm the assertion of An- | drew¢Furuseth, that efforts are being made to tie up shipping on the Atlan- tic coast in the interest of the Ger- | | 1 think there is a genéral miscon- ception of the war situation. People in this country appear to hawe lost their perspectives. They have be-| come accustomed to looking at only one part of the map at a time. They appear also to have forgotten that the various enemy forces are work- ing in accord and that every meove- ment is a part of a general pro-| gramme, i No min can keep'the war situatioi | well in mind unless he keeps always | before him the fact that this war will be won by men and iron and by noth- ing else. What I mean is that the armies which have the greatest num- ber of men and the greatest amount of iron are likely to win out in the end. Up to the present time neitner s:t of -Ailies has really tested i's resources of either kind, When the war began Germany was in the pink of condition. Her great stroke==the drive to Paris -- failed. Notwithstanding small victories here and there, Germany has been strict- ly on the defensive since the battle of thie Marne. Unless she begins a great offensive movement in the very near future the war will develop iato a test of resources, with Germany permanently on the defensive. I.said that Germany is on the de- fensive everywhere. This may not " sound correct in view of the recent activities on the Russian line, where | the Austrians and Germans have] been consistently winning during the last few weeks, The Austrian campaign against Russia should not be taken too ser- riously at the present time. The Russians do not hope to make any real impression upon the Austrian- German lines at present. The one purpose of the Russian machine is to draw the German forces away from the French line and inciden- tally to compel Germany to sacrifice a soldier every time a Russian is killed. The Russian evacuation of the va- rious fortresses in Austria, culmi- nating in Lemberg, represents sam- ples of excellent strategy from the standpoint of the Allies. First, the Russians swooped down and killed thousands, of Austrians in taking this section. It was quite apparent that Russia could not maintain her position if the Germans made a real attack. The Russians knew they could not do so, because they are short of guns and ammunition. The campaign resulted in two great ad- vantages--first, many soldiers were withdrawn from the French lines; and second, many Austrians and Germans were killed, Russia can afford to retreat week, if not for months. continue the defensive movement until the fall, when cold weather puts an end to the northern cam- paign, providing that at all times she engages a strong enough force of Germans to weaken the other Gérman line. Russia is now training several great armies, She is preparing to get guns and ammunition for them. These armies probably will not be ready to turn loose on the Germans until mext spring, when you may exes pect to see the - real Russian cam- paign started. . In. the meantime, Italy will keep plugging away at the Austrian lines, thereby compelling the Kaiser to ' stretch out his force to such an ex- tent that it will be impossible for him to concentrate for a real drive against the Allies on the French and Belgian lini es. The Allies' game at present is a w! They can afford to walt until next yéar if necessary to put the second great Russian a for She can garia the other Balkan states will enter the war, thereby again lengthening the German-Austrian It is quite apparent Makes next spring after the Allies have stretched a band around Germany and Austria. They will then un-- doubtedly concentrate several tre- mendous forees at various points and try a number of drives at one time, hoping thereby to smash the German lines in various sections. There is grave doubt in my mind whether such a series of movements will not be checkmated by the Kali- ser"s forces. If they succeed, they will mean the beginning of the end of the war, but I am satisfied that the real fighting will not commence until the Allies get into Germany. This talk of starving Germany ap- pears to me to be all nonsense. The question has been asked for many months: How will the Germans raise their crops when all the men are at the war? The crops are being raised in great part by the old men, the boys and the women, but they are receiving great and material as- sistance from several hundred thou- sand Russian, French, British and Belgian prisoners. Germany has established a great system of hiring her prisoners out to the farmers. The Government compels the farmer to pay the pris- oners about 7 1-2 cents a day--just enough to keep them in tobacco and beer--and guarpntees the farmer 19 cents a day for feeding and lodging each prisoner. In this way the farmers are get- ting extremely cheap labor and a great burden is being taken from | the Government. JOHNNY'S COLD DRINK a Another Problem Mothers to Solve. After settling the pure food ques- tion for baby, and the pure ice ques- tion for the household, Mother has now a moment of leisure to decide what Johnny and the rest of the chil- dren should have when they want a cold drink. For verdict. A have been used in the British Navy this year, and the British Expedi- tionary forces, The reason is, it is healthy, quenches the thirst, and is a delightful summer beverage. Montserrat Lime Fruit Juice is especially valuable in the country, where the chances are that the wa- ter is not pure. " Montserrat Lime Fruit Juice des- troys the germ of typhoid. McGill University professors have proven this. Montserrat, therefore, insures you against typhoid, besides it is so, re- freshing, cooling and thirst assuag- ing. » Cotton Can't Be Used. Berlin, via London, July 2.--The military commandant of the province of Brandenburg, in which Berlin is situated, has issued on order, ef- fective August 1st, prohibiting the manufacture of fabrics wholly or chiefly cotton for nearly all ordinary purposes such as articles of clothing, | bed sheets, pillow slips and table cloths. | man Government. | Mr. Furuseth, who is president of the organization, said in Norfolk, Va., on Sunday that a member of President Wilson's cabinet is aware that seamen are being guaranteed: $10 a week if they will go on strike, | It was said that for some time deve- | lopments in this situation had been watched, but, beyond that, no infor- mation could be made public at this | time, | } THROW BOMBS AT SWISS Germany Has Been Preventing Swiss | Travelling Home. i - Geneva, July 2.--The Germans have begun a policy of exasperation against the Swiss. Since Sunday no | Swiss, whether supplied with a pass- | port or not, has been allowed to re- | turn to Switzerland. « All attempting to do so have been arrested at the | frontier. Many of these telegraphed | protests to the Swiss Government. A German aeroplane, which cross- ed the frontier at Largin 'yesterday, GERMANYS SENSE of, HEARING GERMANYS SENSE OF HONC UR in GERMANY'S SENSE-AS REVEALED BY THE WAR.--London Bystander wi SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES | Special Correspondence by H. F. Gadsby. A . Ottawa, July 1.--Politicians at the despatch from England hinting that was bombarded by Swiss troops. Then it threw bombs near the Delle station, one of which fell 400 yards | from a party of Swiss soldiers. There | were no casualties. | NEWSPAPER IS UPHELD | { | | May Refuse To Publish Any Objec- | tionable Advertisement. Montreal, July 2.--The right of \ & newspaper to refuse to publish ad- | vertising matter which is considers | objectionable is upheld by Justice | Lane, who gave judgment in favor | of the Montreal Star in a suit against | { the paper by Dame Les Jubinville, | doing business as the Lylis Cut-Rate | Drug Store in this city. The Star {refused the advertisement on the | ground that it was calculated to do | Injury to certain manufacturers who | | Toronto, July 2.--The Provincial License Board has "got to the bot- | tom" of the mysterious source of supply to "blind-piggers," in the | Porcupine non-licensed district. For months this problem has baffled in- sspectors and officers. The liquor | has been sent in under cover of Can-| adian Express Agent Hadwell, Por- cupine, without the knowledge of the express company itself. The agent has apparently successfully used the 'company to cover his tracks. The board succeeded in getting all the incriminating . evidence. Hadwell Xu fined $1,000 and lost his posi- on. : Commander Porte Lost? New York, July 2.--According to a despatch from London the "Ameri- can," the giant airship .on which Commander Porte planned to cross the Atlantic, has been lost in the North Sea, and friends in New York fear that Porte is lost or captured. | times a year to Sir Richard McBride may become Agent General for British Columbia ip. London "if he is not drawn into Federal politics in the meantime." It province in London, because Sir the money, but the best bettors are wagering ten to one against his being drawn into Federal politics. Draw- ing Sir Richard into Federal polities would be drawing from the discard and that is never satisfactory. Sir Richard himself is keen en- ough to be an Ottawa statesman, so keen that he visits Ottawa three interview Premier Borden and Honorable Robert Ro- gers, but the chances are all against him. Premier Borden does not for- get that Sir Richard was at one time | his rival for the Conservative leader- | ship and the Honorable Bob long ago | { figured him out as a size 17 collar and a size 6 head. Sir Richard did very will as long as he had his own way in British Columbia where he was a favorite son, but when the sur- plus of promissory notes began to wear through in spots and a railway policy, evidently conceived by Sind- bad the Sailor, began to.bear hard on the people and Attorney-General Bowser began to kick at doing all the real work and taking all the blame, Sir Richard's glory faded rapidlly. At present the British Columbia Legislature doesn't know where it stands. solved and Bowser says it isn't. On top of all that comes the affair of the two submarines in which Sir Richard seems to lave played a lone hand because he liked the feel of real mo- ney. The good guessers are predict- ing that Sir Richard's Government will be in good luck if it isn't inves- tigated along the same lines as the late Manitoba Government is being investigated now. There is also meat for inquiry by Sir Charles Dav- idson in the split-cheque aspect of the submarine purchase which has never been examined In detail. Which Discards Who Give Trouble =] capital do not take much stock in ay Sir Richard says it is dis- | bors WR 1 -) means that British Columbia not on- ly has her own troubles but Sir Rich- | ard's too--a fact which will natural- {ly have a chastening effect on his | welcome home. | The Borden Government has had | enough trouble with spotted reputa- | is within possibility that Sir Richard | tions without inviting more by asking | | may be Agent General for his native | Sir Richard McBride to come in. Sir Richard will be more safely and com- | Richard likes English ways and needs | fortably located as Agent-General in¢ London where he can chum up with { Winston Churchill, the first British | statesman to notice "the seal of high | destidy on his brow." Little did | Mr»/Churchill think 'when he said that the seal was about to be shift- ed and that the destiny would be transferred to Londen to a shelf near his own. On the whole, therefore, Sir Richard's chances of being drawn into Federal politics are neg- ligible unless of course the Borden Government is fond enough of dis- cards to link itself up with the trou- bles in British Columbia just as the presence of the Honorable Robert Rogers in the Dominion Cabinet links it up to' the boodling scandals in Manifoba. The Honorable Bob is not exactly a discard. He is what the conjur- ors call a forced card. That is to say he forced himself. He saw it was time to get out of that pack in Manitoba. To give him credit he did his best to postpone a new shuffle in Manitoba until he could pull off a Dominion election but before he could puli off a Domin- {fon election but before he | could get squared away the house of cards fell in on him. The evidences goes to show .that the Honorable Bob paid frequent visit to Dr, son the Conservative o , whose dark secrets repose now in a safety deposit box while their owner seeks peace and quiet at the battle front in Flanders. It seems that the chief maxin of underground states- manship "Don't write, Come," could not always be followed and some of the secrets had to be wired G.N.W. Luckily these telegrams are burned, Zebulon Lash, K.C., having discov- ered both as president of the G.N.W. and chief counsel for the C.N.R. CE a) "HELL OF DEATH" ON LORETTE HEIGHTS The French Pressure There May Result in the Rolling Back of the Whole Ger- man Line. The Germans Are Grimly Endeavoring to Stop Joffre's Of- fensive at all Costs, For French Success Would Mean the bs ¥., the Enemy of Lille. Paris, July An eye-witness skeleton-like ruins of the chapel of with the German army, in the region | Notre Dame, and still closer to me { north of Arras, telegraphing a de- | what's left of the walls of Souchez scription of the fighting for Lorette | and the sugar factory mentioned so 2 heights, every square foot of which is drenched with French and Ger- | often in the official reports, On the '| between Arras and Ypres is holding. | buried dead. ; i ground between the Lorette heights man blood, says: {to Neuville and the Labyrinth are "Germany's wall of iron and blood perhaps, 10,000 unburied or partly It has bent a little, but has not "The German line has been forced broken, nor even cracked under the | from the crest and down the barren "| terrible battering ramlike attacks of slope by sheer pressure-of irresistible Gen. Joffre and Gen. French. | masses, and the general speaks with "Joffre's offensive, now rapidly | unstinted admiration of the death- waning, has resulted in a deluge of | defying bravery of the French in the bldod, but little else. To-day I look- | despgrate charges 'that swept over ed into a veritable 'Hell of death, |the heights, wave after wave. But as the little stretch of three or four | the Germans have gained u firm foot: miles between Neuville and the | ing at the bottom and are holding heights of Lerette is 'called by the | their line with desperation. The Germans. It deserves the name. | French are ' forced to remain en- "In no other place in this war has j trenched on the heights when not there been such a merciless, desper-| charging, because on the slope they ate combat, or has so much blood | would be exposed to the murderous flowed to the square yard as in this | fire of the German heavy artillery. spot. Consequently, the linés 'here are "The first week of June I was about 100 or 800 yards apart. with Marshal von Mackensen's army! "From my dorty obrervation post at the fall of Przemysl on the ex-| it is easy for bven a civilian to grasp treme eastern front, where the Ger-| the preponderating part that ammu- mans and Austrians are engaging in | nition plays and to understand why the greatest offensive movement of [the French .select this particu- the war. . To-day, 900 miles to the | lar point for their attempt to break west, 1 am with the armies of Prince | through the Gérmam-Hnes. 'and why Rupprecht and Gen. Luchow, engag- | the Germans are grimly endeavoring ed in the greatest defensive struggle | to- stop them at all costs. The next of the war, holding back the French | defensive line is a long way to the and English while matters are being | rear. If the French gain all the settled with the Russians. hills their artillery can sweep the - "Directly in front we looked down ! plains ahead. Such a success would upon Souchez. Over the ridge of mean, probably, the loss of Lille, Carency and to right were the now | and possibly the roling up of the famous Lorette heights. iewhole German line. Hence the ti- "To the left, on the slope, are the | tanic struggle." At at itn which has a lively sense of favors) done and to-come, that telegrams more than a month old litter up the | office and interfere with business. | The Honorable Bob's tangential! connection with the Manitoba revela- tions brings the Borden Government | in line with that amazing state of | affairs in which Sir Rodmond Roblin | signed what he was told and tore up | what he didn't like and Dr. Monta- | Bue was too sick to see that his de- partment was conducted ' honestly | and the Hon. Dr. Caldwell Instructed | the provincial architect to jockey! the figures so that the rake-off would | stand the test of a royal commission. Speaking by and large the warning is against discards, one of which is! the Hon. Dr. Montague. The late Mi- nister of Public Works for Manitoba was 'a belled buzzard in Federal poli- tics long before Sir Rodmond Roblin took him in. The disease seems to have spread to the minor officials and affected them in various ways. The ghastly disgrace at it 479ve Provincial Archi- ec! orw! to Rochester to have his appendix removed. Although his | DR. DeVAN' 'S FRENCH PILLS J. Ro. a oat oa Drofty bad it is not al-| quletey ill fas Romet, the hos of thissaos at he had de rately alter-| $5 rocelp BOOBELL y ed it along with the other state do- a em. IN So cuments in his department. = Then there was the curio: fase of Mr. Hook and Mr. Sait. What names for the Winnipeg Telegram to play with now that it is foot-loose and ton- gue-free. Mr. Salt went to Denver | in pursuit of health and was followed | by Mr. Hook bearing $10,000 to complete the cure. The idea was that Mr. Salt should take his time about it. A paternal government was providing him with the means to stay away. It did not wish to perman- ently injure his constitution by hur- rying him back to give evidence be- fore a Royal Commission. Speaking besides scandal was too rotten to keep anyhow and no amount - of Salt would cure it. Everybody knows what to Mr. Hook, | Co., Bt. Catharines, Ontario. r L FOR MEN. Vivi rey of by price. & Scoskil Dave Co., Bt. tario . as "wold Al Mahood's Drug Store." i ------ a -------- | A Pretty Island in LOUGHBORO LAKE Can be bought at a bargain. It it well wooded and nicely situ- ated. Above 334 acres. An ideal site for a summer home, and right in the centre of the £ i : ho § 5 i : i ! g ' § BE g : i