"If we sacrifice all we own and like for our native land, if our preparations are marked b in every sphere, then vict RE E WORK AHEAD OF MEN Canadians Will Fight Till Victory Comes-- Ca- nadian Correspondents Are in the Tren- ches in Flanders And Find Evi- dences of Preparedness. (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 15.--'""We were not professional soldiers before the war started; we enlisted from a sense of duty, and we have had strenuous times. But you can send this message to Canada: The Canadians with the British troops on the Flanders front are here to fight till victory comes our way, till we drive the 'Huns out of Belgium and totally cripple the military powers which brought: about this fierce war." These words of a Canadian university graduate, serving as a private in a Canadian infantry regiment within a few hundred yards of German entrenchments in Belgium, epitomized the prevailing sentiment of the Administration BelievesDoan Within Neutrality Limits. (Special to the Whig.) | Washington, Sept. 15.--Assuran-| ces that the administration considers | the proposed billion dollar loan or | credit to the Allies by American! bankers within the limits of neutral-| ity and will not interfere, came unof- ficially from the White House to-day. { | bf ibid ddl 4 Sb { BRIGADIER WOUNDED. *» | London, Sgpt.14.--Brigadier- General H. (G, Casson 'has been wounded at the Dardanelles. His name was included in a list of seventeen officers killed or wounded on the Gallipoli penin- sula made public to-day. Frere Seed *| * > + +* + + * +* Boiededede ddd dedodo ddd db ddd diddop Will Levy Heavy Tax on War Profits London, Sept. 15.--There is con- | siderable apprehension over the new taxation programme mapped out by soldiers from the Dominiqn beyond the seas, visited by Canadian journal- ists now touring the battle front. This sentiment is everywhere the same, from bronzed and battle- scarred fighters of St. Julien, Festubert, Hodge, Canadian who had | fought and bled, sent to hospital and returned to duty, veterans of the North-West. Rebellion and South Africa, some of them, men from every part of Canadi, of every arm of the service. They talked of home, of course, and would be glad if the war was over, so that they could return to loved ones. Buf there was no sign of 'the quitter" among them, but everywhere of hope und' confidence in am eventnal and permanent sue-. ACHILLE sil Fs soba v . vm The Canadian correspondents found everywhere evidence of pre- «paredness for the stern work ahead. Everything seemed tg move like a gigantic machine in supplying the wants of the huge army in the way of munitions and food. Correspondents in the first party return to-day. Another party 'of Canadians go to-night. ~ WAR IS COSTING BRITAIN a a nn $21,000,000 EACH DAY (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 15. -- England's daily expenditure for war purposes is now exceeding the wildest dreams of the financial experts. In moving a new war credit of one and a quarter billions to-day, Prem- fer Asquith announced that the 'daily average éxpenditure from July 18th to Sept. 11th, was twenty-one million doHars.. The cost is mounting high- er every day. In a'speech on May 4th, David Lloyd George declared that the war up to that time had cost Britain ten millions a day. The war for the next few weeks will mount still higher, Premier As- quith told the House of Commons, approaching twenty-five millions a da : " The appropriation asked to-day, he declared, will last only until the third wéek of November, / The Prime Minister's statément caused a sensation because it indi- cated that the cost of the war to Eng- land is doubling every four months. The main 'cause of the surprising increase in the war expenditures, Premier Asquith sald, was the fact that Britalp was making great ad- vances to the Allies, At the same The 17th Day of Artillery Duelin West 3 (Special to the Whig) Paris, Sopt. 15, (Official)--The seventeenth day of the artillery bat- te around Arras, in the Champagne region. and in She ghfEonhe was feat ured by i¢ bomb fighting. The War Oe Pavcrios this aftarnoon. Neither side made any important combats were especially Fuels rou Neuville, Brimencourt, Chaulnes and Lisens. The heaviest artillery fighting Trinity Church, Montreal, has ex- tency chive of abifeance to the ree- | tor, ut.~Col. Rey, . (Canon Almond, until "the énd of it} yos- | terday was around Camp Chalons. | time she is buying provisions munitions for herself. Th things he said, were needed to complete the war programme and the country still stood in need of more laborers, women as well as men. "Our positions in France and Flanders have been strengthened," waid the Prime Minister, "We have| despatched reinforcements to the Dardaneligs,. where . our connected front now extends for more than twelve miles Russian armies are unbroken, though compelled to re treat." » "Victory in the world war," the British Prime Minister told the Commons, "will come to the side which is able and continues to pur- sue the war regardless of cost." "In this world's greatest test of endurance," he said, "the Allies with their, combined resources, are hound to win." Mr. Asquith declared that since the war began nearly three million men have enlisted in the. British The vote asked by the Commons to-day brings the total appropriation for war to date by Great Britain as six billions three hundred and ten million dollars. There Need Be and farmies. | No Fear From the Submarines ¥ b - « ial to the Whig.) Paris, Sept. 15 The Froach Min: istry of Marine to-day informed steamship companies that the appear- ance of German submarines off the mouths of the Leire and Gironde, need cause no alarm and declared that the same measures, used so ef- fectively in the English Channel against submarines are now being employed. + i i e 1 TO GO AGAINST AUSTRIA. (Special to the Whig.) Rome, Sept. 15.-----An Athens ¢ t not Chancellor of the Exchequer McKen- na to meet a daily war expenditure of about $20,000,000. One of its features, it is reported, contemplates heavy increases in the income tax, with the exemption limit lowered to include all' salaries of more than $10 weekly. To meet the expected opposition of labor members, it is understood that the Government proposes to levy at the same time a heavy tax on war profits of the big employers. Other R "be Tevied on impofts and luxuries The Courland Campaign Will Likely Fail London, Sept. 15.-- British, opin- ion is that the Courland campaign of the Germans not only is proving costly in men and supplies, but is likely to fail unless the Russian of- fensive on the other extreme of tha long front can be stopped soon. By their latest attack in eastern Galicia the Russians are reported to have penetrated Austro-German trenches in the face of an exception- ally heavy artillery fire. To the north the Russians are withdrawing steadily from the dangerous Nieman salient, Sphosiig_the German ad- vance merely by ¥ubborn rearguard actions. Britain Holds - Fitty Miles Ot the Front (Special to the Whig. London, Sept. 185s Dont Keitehon er announced in the Lords this after- noon that eleven divisions (about 220,000 men) had been added to the Britian forces .in (France and Flan ers. These reinforcements, the War Secretary announced, have enabled the British to extend their lines for about .seyenteen miles, taking over trenches formerly held by the French. . i The British now hold about fifty miles of the four hundred mile front | in France, Flanders and Alsace, their'! 1 extending to a point south of Lord Kitchener's statehient to-day indicates that practically 700,000 soldiers are now on the western front, : "The Germans appear almost to' have shot their bolt," said Kitchen- . er. eres they were making progress at the rate of five miles a day in Russia, their Progress now is; not 4 than a mile a day." . Bombs In 8S. Lapland. ~ New York, Sept. 15.--An evident attempt, the police believe, to blow up, or destroy by fire the steamship Star Line--now, Lapland of the Red failing the White Star Line--was frustrated by the discovery late yes 'of two bottle cealed in one of the The Lapland was loaded with war munitions for the Allies, and is scheduled to sail this morming for ory is assured. Upon erations."'--Lloyd-George, Minister of Munitions. | mady gives or refuses such disavow- Turin, gives an interesting account of a conversation whic the lady pre- sident of the Polish Red Cross So-| clety had with the Empress-Dowager | of Russia. am a Dane and from the day they | test. with took Schleswig-Holstein I have hated | tacked the American patrol at an irri- them, and for fifty years I wear a mask at court. our answer rests the liberties y a grim resolution and of Europe for many prompt readiness gen- all those Prussian emigrants to whom the empire has accorded favors. and high positions, A German even though every. kindness be shown to him, remains always German. I oft- : \ |en sald ¥0° when Czar Alexander wa ,alive, but he would not believe me. | . (One man only foresaw this terrible | | Germanic aggression. {late King Edward VIIL., | great monarch. It was the] who was af i was! HOPES GERMANY WILL DISCIP- | taken by surprise by the outbreak of | Here are the impressions of the! LINE COMMANDER. If Germany Contends Commander | lish accent. She says: "You come the war as 1 was crossing Germany, | WASHINGTON WAITING about the Czar's mother. The| Was Justified in Sinking Arable, | 100 Warsaw, Warsaw, which is now | {the Berlin people made spesial hos- tile manifestations when my train assed by calling out: 'Russian pigs! | Empress's look is far-away, profoun [ {sad and mystical. It is some time| | before she speaks. She expresses | " ! og | German. Mon dieu! What a war! | en United States' Course Must | What a deluge of blood!" #1 Be Determined. | "That is all, the audience is finish-| ington, Sept. 15.--It is Ger- | sign. As 1 leave I notice that the many"s next move. This was the | eyes of the Czarina are full of tears." | freely expressed opinion to-day re-| AY versy. The Administration is we: CANADIANS BENT UPON ing and hopes to secure from Berlin | a disavowal of the sinking of the i -- al, high officials said no active steps | London Preacher Tells of Conver- would be taken by the United Sta-| + toa, sation With Witness of Regarding future developments in| FP) the Arabic case, the president awaits Atrocity. Germany's response with new evi- | dence of the Arabic's crew and pass- | } engers at hand" Ambassador Bern. | fomple Rev: = J. Sutmpbell spoire] Storffl bas submitted a summary of | py Pi rena of ha to the | this evidence to his Foreign Office. { T 4 - Te enesident thinks it ulterly Soh impressed with the undaunted spirit commander make a mistake. That and delightful cheerfulness and opti- Germany will discipline its submar-| 8M that prevailed among the Eng- ine commander andthe Aavow IY action in the Administration earnest |'2® army Wis Soncaruad 1 Hiad uo hope. pessimism "un re urna to 8 If Germany refuses, stands by the land, where 1 met. one grim young hn aders rv bord yoontends the front because he had a debt to mistaking the Arabic's alleged hos- Jan The Canadian Jad Been ae tile intentions, "the United States [Ss OWn eyes two Canadian serge course must then be determined. | ------------ KING EDWARD'S FORESIGHT Will the Kaiser Disavow Sink ov, vou xnow tint wea © pb They are British people!' | | herself in French with a strong Eng- (Special to the Whig.) {ed. The lady-in-waiting gives me a| Wash garding the submarine war contro-| Whnte Star liner Arabie. Until Ger- London, Sept. 15.--At the City British lines, saying: "I was greatly lish and Canadian troops: 'So far as Canadian who wished to return to crucified. I said to him, 'Perhaps they were nailed up after they were dead." The Canadian replied, "Sir, you would not have thought so if you had seen their faces.' A Our soldiers are more bitter against the Germans they they were at first, en account of the atrocities, attested sometimes by a number of men together and which is too horrible to repeat." What The Empress Dowager Of Rus- sin Said. Paris, Sept. 15.--The Stampa, of Trumpeter Harold E. The Empress said: Watertown, "Oh, how I hate those Germans. I the abdome Forney, N.Y., was shot through n, and will die, in a con- Mexican bandits which at- had to!gation pumping station several miles * up the river from Brownsville, Tex- as. Glorious Deeds Still To Do | "Russia has been tpo confident in! A A A ei i. Few men in the British Empire are doing such splendid work to-day as Lloyd-George. Beloved and trusted by the industfial classes in England, he has been enabled to organize the munition workers, and thus greatly accelerate the output. ~ Is there a strike . _Bmong the coal miners in Wales? = Lloyd«George runs down from London over hight, and, behold, in the morning it is seitled. Does the Government desire to make an 4mportant announcement, it is the little Welshman who is put up as the spokesman. He can the hearts of his auditors as few statesmen can. A Radi- cal of the Radicals, he is nevertheless a "séfe" man. The people trust him, because they reéognize his ability, his eloquence, his strength and his foresight. Therefore, whatever he says carries weight. in is : J Ng but our best and u can pull us through," he de- clared in his latest appeal to | British people. These are strong Words--solemn words. They are fraught with great significance. + They must not be by.as the pes- simistic utterance of su uninformed critic; buf regarded as the de- liberate warning of the man who, in all the British Cabinet, most knows the tacts, i a ig "Nothing but our best and utmost can pull us through!" It this 'is the faci--and we cannot doubt his word--then, from every part of the British Empire should come the ringing re- sponse: ; . "Our best and utmost you shall have!" ; ~~ "IT recruiting is good ir Canada, let us make it.better. = If the "manufacture of munitions needs speeding up, let us put vur shoul- ders to the wheel. If national sentiment needs to be further aroused, let us be about i.' To spread this message, to stimu- late this Spirit, and to aid in the recriiiting movement, the British It is an appeal to the young manhood of our country--to . those who have not yet enlisted. The Empife needs them now if she is to survive. 3 = A - Glorious deeds have. been done by Canadians in this war, deeds | unexcelled in all the annals of history. The story of the gallant Princess. Patricias will live as long as the winds are tameless, as long as the waves are salt. ~ They went into battle } : sand strong; to-day only thirteen unwounded g swer the roll-eall Shall these, who wine of youth so lavishly, so bravely, vain? "When the need is pointed out, 1 - dians spring forward to take their place flag fiying? Yes, glorious deeds have representative business men to whom DVINSK- VINA LINE ---- German Cavalry Driven Back---Enemy Being Reinforced---Big Battle Imminent---En- couraging Progress Being Made in Galicia By Russians. (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, Sept. 15.--The German cavalry force, that reached the Vilna- Petrograd Railway has been driven back and the railway line from | Dvinsk to Vilna is again in the hands | of the Czar according to despatches reaching here to-day. Air scouts, however, report the Germans under Gen. Von Bu have received reinforcements that large bodies of infantry again approaching the railway. big battle is believed imminent alo the Dvinsk-Vilna line. Gen. Ruszky is maintaining his po- sitions and inflicting severe losses on the enemy, encouraging progress is being made im Galicia where the forces under Gen. Ivanoff continue to press back the Austrians, taking many prisone«s, that and are A ng German Rush Weakened. Petrograd, Sept. 15.---<Austro-Ger- manslosses in the fighting of the last two months were officially estimated at 465000 men here to-day. Pris- oners state that entire regiments Were destroyed in the attacks upon Russian positions more than 7,000 prisoners are in the hands of the Rus- sians as a result of the operations of the last three weeks. From these it has been learned that the Germans are finding it difficult to shift troops as readily as they did at the open- ing of the campaign in Poland. Though the War Office admits that the Germans have cut the railway HOW NEWFOUNDLAND RAISE ITS ARMY, Force of Two Thousand, Oificerless ¥as Sent Across the Atlantic. Ottawa, Sept. 15.--An army ad- | ministered and carried free by patri-| otic transportation companies, an ar- | my, moreover, without a single gen- eral, colonel, or even lieutenant of its. own appointing, such is the con- tribution made in men by the little colony of Newfoundland to the cause | of the Empire. True, the army con- | sists of but 2,000 men, but consider | ing the size of Newfoundland's popu- | lation the ration is a very fair one, to a little over 200,000 inhabitants. Originally, according to Hon. P. T.| McGrath, a well-known newspaper- | man of the colony, who is in the Capl-| tal on departmental business, New- foundland set out to raise but 500 men, so that its contribution of 2,000 goes far beyond its promise to -.the| British War Office. It is probably | the most democratic force which ever | | crossed the Atlantic, since if was des- pat to England for training with- out an officer of any kind; their ap- pointment being left to the Imperial authorities. Two soms of W. D. Reid, the railway magnate of the col- ony, have gone as privates, and so did a stepson of the Premier of New- foundland, Sir Edward Morris, The The raising and financing of the contingent was left to a committee of e e was turned over the $1 rowed from the for the purpose. : 000,000 bor- mperial Tress: the patriotic fund of] 3100,000 which was raised. ' The orce £0 eventually elow | |annual r {and 25th. B C | between Dvinsk and Vilna, the Pe-' | trograd military experts assert that | present conditions argue well for the Success of the Russians. "The German rush -has weakened | greatly," says the Bourse Gazette's | expert. "The enemy is losing his | Strength, we are gaining in power." | "The héavy rains that are now fall- { ing will prove an enormous handicap | for the enemy. The Russian troops, | on their retreat through the swamps | destroyed all roads. Before the Ger- mans can get through they must re- build these. Then they will find our | treops waiting for them at the edges. { They will be unable to use the ar- tillery which has played so great a | part in their victories. It will be cold | steel that wins then. In the use of ! this none is superior to the Russian | soldiers." | War | The German Foreigh Ofiice delve {ered to Ambassador Gerard a denial { that the steamer Hesperian was sunk | by~a German submarine. They say | the British reports prove it was un- | doubtedly sunk by a mine. | French airmen alighted and tacked a troop train with their ma- | chine guns in Belgium, causing many | casualties, | Phe Germans in the north 'have | been greatly reinforced but the Rug- | 'sians are holding their new positions. | In Galicia the Austrians are being de- | feated. . % DAILY MEMORANDUM Vaudeville at Grand, 2.30 and 7.30. See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. Remember Brock Street Methodist ummage sale, September 24th THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG | | Is on Sale at the Following City | "Stores: * ws Depot Cing St. & C Bh ioely Princess Princess k Alfred Ontario St : «Market Bquare Portsmouth Sor Prin. & Kins 3 n. n +51 Union St. Ww Store, 250 University wees 38 incess +18 Princess Jrug Store 412 Princess Grocery 208 Moritreal ne ----- MARRIED HARROTINAR-RING we an September l4th, 1916 at the residence ol . and Mrs. William Cockburn, 140 Bagot street, by Rev. M. Macgllli- vary, D.D., tha M. -daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. William King, Stanley street, to Noi an _Harbot- tle, "of Smiley, Sask, formerly of Galt, Ont. DIED, WLYNN---In Kingston, on September 14th, 1915, Greta, eldest daughter of Louis Albert Flynn. 4 al (private) from her late resi- ence, 128 Durham street, Thurs- day afternoon at 2 o'clock to Cataraqui cemetery.) ROBERT J. REID The Undertaker. Phone 577. ucknell's Ne larke J. W. '0. College Book. Store Coulter's Grocery 9 Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Princess 4 Frontenac Hotel Gibson's Drug Store Lowe's Grocery ..:. McAuley's Stor McQGall's Cigar Store, McLeod's Grocery .. edley's Drug Paul's Cigar Store .. ' Paul's Cigar Store .. Prouse's Valleau's Bub Fun