PAGES 9-12 12 PAGES YEAR 82, NO, 243 A -------------- ROUMANIA ABLE T0 TURN THE SCALE Decisive Factor in Struggle For Railway to Turkey---Hilaire Belloc's Opinion---Her Army, Added to Allies Would Block Teuton Advance. W---- 19.--Hilaire Belloc, | from Salonika to Nish directly and} writing on the military situation, |in a roundabout way to Sofia. says: | From Kumanova over the Deve The strategical analysis of the Bui-| Bair Pass to .Kustendil there is" a garian position is, in its first ele-| workable road, and at Kustendil you ments, an exceedingly simple mat-| find the railway which leads you ter. { down the water to Sofia. (Indeed Bulgaria holds a bridge. The Aus- this railway has recently been pro- tro-German forces canght reach Con-| longed beyond Kustendil towards the stantinople and their Turkish Allies | frontier.) save with the aid of Bulgaria, But this combination of the one They could, if Roumania were road and the one line through very willing, pass munitions into Turkey | difficult mountainous country is mot by railway. But it is very much more | sufficient for any considerable at- sthan the munitioning of Turkey|témpt to turn the offensive line of | which they are after. the Rhodope Mountains. } They want a regular corridor! In a word, the Allies seem una- through which they can communi-| able to help Serbia save by direct ad- cate freely, passing troops in any | vance #long the main Jive to Nish, number. The factory at Tophana|and an attempt to hold the north- outside Constantinople can manufae- | eastern belt\of Serbia against .the ture enough shells to maintain the| combined pressure of the Austro- position. in Gallipoli indefinitely and | Germans in the north and the Bul- London, Oct. prevent the opening of the Dardan- | elles. { What is chiefly wanted is the op-| portunity for prosecuting larger de-| signs toward the south and east. The German Colonial Secretary 'has al-| ready spoken of an attack en Egypt and of a thorough reorganization of | the Turkish strength by a direct con- nection with Austro-Turkey. Bul- | garia alone can furnish that direct | connection. I'can say that these first elements | are obvious, but there are others al- most as important. Note in the first place, the nature | of the railway, trajectory whereby communications once open can be maintained. With Nish, the old capi- «tal of Serbia, in the hands of the Austro-Germans, the continuous line of Constantinople is in their power. But it is not only in their power. It is more defensible than any other of the great strategical lines upon which the present war has depend- ed. Roumania shows no signs of mobi- lizing, for it is the chief effect of the Austro-German advance in the east during the last four months that the Balkan States are now, so far as vague general sentiments is concern- ed, converted to a belief in the ulti- mate victory of the central powers. Formidable Wall of Mountains | South of this corridor there exists] a formidable wall lending itself yond most such natural obstagles to defence----the Rhodope Mountains. Without a contour map, one can appreciate what the Rhodope Moun- tains are by the absence of roads. I believe there is not between the Bulgarian frontier, south of Sofia and the coast road from Kavalla through Gumuljina, and so up to Adrianople, anything along which you could drive a battery. From Sofla to Jumaya 'it was metalled and workable; thence up to the time of the Balkan Wars it was hardly a modern avenue, of Some nication. At any rate the southern defences of this corridor are formidable. A successful attack against it, even if the Allies could land a sufficient force to be, in conjunction with the Greeks, superior to the Bulgarian forces here, would hardly force the wall of the Rhodope Mountains. For food supply there is no avenue for communieation save the railway and road system which runs north | garians upon the east. _| greater than 350,000, did in the Balkan wars, were these This chance of getting astraddle of the international line, and main- taining the corridor uninterrupted would seem to be the only strategic chance open. But the factor of time is heavily against the Allies evén in thi d even supposing they had at present forces sufficient to meet the five or six army corps which the Austro- | Germans can spare from the ohh and the eight or nine (er % ir | equivalent) which Bulgaria may put | into the field. It is self-evident that long before help is actively present "iff morth- eastern Serbia the' Bulgarian army, with its very great numerical su- periority, will have begun its ad- vance upon the international rail way We may be confident that Bul- garia will not mobilize more than that "normal maximum of one-tenth upon which any nation can count as its main effort in time of war. In neither the first nor second Balkan war -- when Bulgaria Was] certainly putting forth her very ut- most endeavor--did she arm and ra- tion 10 per cent of her popula- tion.- Roumania's Entry Vital Factor. That population has suffered heav- ily by the two great wars, and one may safely count on a force no even from new Bulgaria, with its extended boundaries. But that is formidable: Serbia can- not now put into the field more than two-thirds of such a f@rce. Greece, with her newly extended boundaries, could mobilize more men than she trained, which they are not, or were her military organization already ex- panded to meet the new population, which it is not. The truth is that in all these steps there will always be one decisive last factor, which is" the Roumanian despise that force because Roumania civilization does not appeal to them, 1 'have no experience of this moral factor, but we hear upon all sides of the excellent Roumanian military ar- rangements, and the factor of num- bers is very striking. Roumania can put inte the field ore men than Serbia and Bulgang ombined, and perhaps 8 42 many men, or nearly as miany, 'us' Serbia Bal garia and Greece combined, Roumania has not moved, and she knows her own business. She has profited in the past by not moving until the last moment. Detroit Is A SICK STOMACH "Pape's Diapepsin" ends all stom- ne ach distress in five minutes. Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will! digest asinything you eat and over! comé a sour, gassy or out-of-order! stomach surely within five minutes. If your meals don't fit comfort- ably, or what you eat lies like a lump of lead in your stomach, or if you have heartburn, that is a sign of indigestion. Get from you cent case of pharmacist a fifty pe's: Diapepsin and take a Jose just as soon as you cany There will be no sour risings, no belching of uhdigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heart- burn, fullness or heavy feeling in the stomach, nausea, debilitating head- aches, dizzihess or intestinal grip- ing. This will all 'go, and, besides, there will be no sour food left over ° .. in thé stomach to poison your breath with tlh Dauinous odors. y pe's Diapepsin is a certain ture: for a stomachs, - because | it takes hold of your food and di- Seats it just A) the sate ae lf your onmach wasa't there. Relief In five minutes from - all stomach misery at any uy drug store. These large tain enough : harp mare is waiting for you | Woodstock, Oct. ~--Rev, Dr. Boyle,' pastor of Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, in preaching at Knox Church, declared that he was ashamed of the U | States for its failure to in in | connection with Turkish massacres |in Armenia. Dr. Boyle, who is | native of Canada, declared that the | United States should have an {ultimatum to Turkey that would have echoed around the world. Some German Claims. New York, Oct. 19.--Count | THE SPORT WEY The western Canada football situa- tion is rather in the dark, and it is hard to say whether the Alberta champions will meet Regina for the western Canada championship. In the event of such a game being play- ed, it probably will take place in Sas- katchewan. The senior O. Rr F. U. race be- tween Hamilton Rowing Club and T. R. and A. A. promises to be not only a struggle, but a battle for the right to meet the Big Four champions in the.-Dominion finals. T. R. and A.A. have got away with the first two games, Varsity? There is a general feeling should be represented in the O. H. A. this year. Although nothing defi- nite was decided at Tuesday's meet- ing, it is more than likely a team will be entered: Three of the old jun- iors, Sheldon, Ramsay and Gouin- lock, are back, and the stars should be a good backbone for a team in the Provincial series. Arthur Sixsmith, who played with the Ottawa Senators in 1899, has been appo'nted manager of the new winter garden at Pittsburg, Pa, where a gigantic rink is to be built, which, it is claimed, will be the larg- est in the world, having a skating surface of 30,000 feet and accommo- dating four thousand skaters. Ot- tawa hockeyists are interested in an invitation to send applications to Six- smith, for a place on a Pittsburg team, which will be comprised mostly of Canadians. Toronto News: Oge must admire the Hamilton Tigers: A few years ago they came to Toronto and play- ed a game for tiie benefit of the late W. J. Slee, who was secretary of the O. R. F. U. "They paid their expenses, and a large amount was realized. Sat- urday they proposed a game at the end of the season with the Argos for the benefit of "Glad" Murphy, and ar- rangements were completed. Mayor Church will donate a cup and it will be a banner attraction. Football must be going back in Hamilton. In past years there was never any difficulty in placing teams in the field and it was a very upcom- mon occurrence for a Hamilton team to default a game. On Saturday, however, Hamilton Rowing Club in- termedjates could not muster a team to oppose Guelph Agricultural Col: lege in"an O. R. F. U. intermediate fixture. 4 The game was to have ta- ken place at Hamilton. Guelph® journeyed to Hamilton for the game. but hen they reached the grounds und they.had.mo opponents.' Hom of the Hamilton City Leniye, ich comprises a section of the F. U.,, junior series, filled the Bret and defeated = the "Ag- gies," After their splendid show- ing the Zions ars anxious-to finish out the schedule for Rowing Club and play the return game at Guelph. Whether Guelph will consent to this remains to be seen. RECEIVE TOBAOCOS FREE. Cannot Accept Them For Individual Men, However, Ottawa, Oct. 20.--The French post-office has announced that while parcels containing tobacco, cigaret- tes, cigars cannot be accepted for de- livery to individual French soldiers, parcels containing tobacco, etc., in- tended for general distribution among the French troops or French military hospitals or ambulances will acceptéd and admitted into Fra free of customs charges if addressed to the Ministry. of War, Paris. Parcels containing tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and other dutiable articles addresses to individual mem- bors of thé British and \Belgian arm- ies operating in France will continue to be admitted free of customs charges. William Conway, a well-known lumberman, has been killed at Stur- goon Falls. His honfe was at Bridge north, and he was engaged »y the Georgian Bay Lumber Corapa The Me Miss jsston' Board is asking for A 000 fo carry on this Tats 'operati A CHILD DOESN'T TUR MD PLAYS IF CONSTIPAEDT it Peovish, Feverish and Sick, Give "California 8 Syrup. : Of Figs." Mother! Your child Jeu natural ly: and. peevish, if tongue Bernstorff, the German Am apnounced yesterday the receip! the following official communie from Berlin: {During the past Tew weeks ( mgn, submarines operating in Mediterranean have Sunk three vessels having tonnage of 100, 200 a the ve wip but will . the summer at Shad- ow Lawn, near Long Branch, NJ. The to to Sha- dow Yn imu tely after the ad- Jjournment of congress. . ------------ ; this is a Ho sign its lit. oh; ver and bowels need » Netlons, "pale, feverish, full 'breath bad, throat eat, sleep or act naturally - diarrhoea, remem- gen liver and bowel cleans r d always be (he first treat- uals California Syrur ; Mgrs Plc ills; give ¢ pe and in a few hours al' waste, sour bile and ferment: ing is clogged in the out of the system, anc have a well and playful chile Radin ~All children love this harm. to effect a good. "inside" he. DH Jor babies, "Dlainly on 'the bottle. gap it handy in your home. to-day around the University that Varsity. clined tg. to the request of the rm: . At Tues oon's meeting of sore, } | x i TRG 10 GET RD OF THE CITY ENG ova ar TER STANDS FIRM. The Board OF WORS Fits To Secure His Consent To Resign Or To Ac-! cept the Chief Clerkship. | When the City Coupkll meets next Monday night, the Board of Works report will contain 'this reepmmen- | dation: "That the City "Engineer be net re-engaged: at the expiration'! of his present term." i The Engineer was re-gngaged for one year from 'the first of March, 1914, after he and the other mem- bers of his staff. had been requested to send in their 'resigmations for the purpose of the re-organization of the department. 'Henee his term expires on the Ist of Marth next. It has been well 'Bnown that the Board of Works and 'the'City Engin- eer have not'been in ;penfect accord this year. 'Both claim to have grievances against the other. The Engineer's chief 'complaint 'has been that the 'Board 'would net give him enough office assistance and that he could not accomplish as much work as should have'beén done. He ask- ed for certain assistance, but the Board sefused "'#t'wnd Offered him something elge,, Which he in turn re- fused, saying it was not adequate. There have been a number of con- ferences, but the breach between the Board and 'the Bagzineer was not les- sened. 'The dormer claimed it was doing everything possible to assist Mr. McClelland, 'while the latter claimed that he was not being fair- ly treated in the way of office assist- ance, All other engineers in -the| employment. of the city were given additional engineering - assistance, while he was doing more work with less assistance. It seems that the Board had a pri- vate meeting last week and appoint- ed a sub-committee consisting of Alds. Graham, Couper and Nickle'to present three little schemes to their engineering gadvisor, Saturday morning last was chosen for break- ing the news gently to Mr. McClell- and. That was market morning, and Ald. Couper found it impossible to accompany his confreres, so Alds. Graham and Nickle went themselves to the city buildings and presented plans and specifications to the Engi- neer for his official execution and asked him to chogse'whiatever of the three he wished. The first was that he resign as Engineer; the second that he become chief ¢lerk at $1,200 a year; theithied that if he refured either of these: choices, his. services were to he dispensed with on the first of March next. It is not at all strange that mone of 'these choices appealed to the Engineer, who de- the ys land briefly add 'the resent and told them about tha.init of the de- putation and the that had been-made, itpon hy He said He had asked for 8 for the de- mand made for his: resigfiation and the proposal to shelve him to the chief clerkship, but Ald. Nickle had informed "him that" the - deputation was not there to discuss details. "I think I'shoul@*have a written statement as to the complaints against me." the Engineer told the Board, and resumed his seat after announcing that he had no intention of resigning or of agreeing to the other proposals of the Board. Ald. Couper said that the commit- tee had come to the lusion that matters had not gon this year as they should have done, and for that reason ithe members decided to make the proposals to the En- gineer as above stated. "I have al- ways supported the Engineer,' «aid Ald. Couper, "but there is no getting away from the faet that things have been lax this year." " Ald. Graham declared -that he had been more -of a friend to the Engi- neer than he had been given credit for. 'Only for him, he said that last spring the Bagineer would have been shelved, but objected. He wanted to give him every chance to show what he could do. 4 Ald. Peters said that what he ob- jected to, was that the Engineer hat not made the: in: 'his office as suggested by the Board. Ald. Gras: aviained that the Council would nd for the that the En- gineer was not 0, blame on that score. : The Engineer was rome 0 make a statement, but he replied simply that he had nothing to say ustil the Board's complaints were made to him in writing. .Alds. Richardson and Couper gested that the position the Bug). neer was occupying had 'been a souirée of great worry to him, and it would be better for him to accept what the Board offered and be freed of the worries of the office. Ald. Nickle the position of Assistant City Engineer, 'death of her daughter, Mrs. SECOND SECTION of thousands. Gevastict; SSIES, For 5 Co -- = six members of the. Board present voted for Ald. Nickle's motion. Mrs. J. W. P North Syd» ney, N.8., died suddenly of + heart failure one week after the Te McNaughton, who shot herself in h bathroom. Peterbor Council votdd $5,000 and Ottawa Council $10,000 tor the Brit- isn Red Cross Society. 5 every British possession. and Sailors an day of illic giving fo thin sel sues : o Give--for the memory of some friend or loved one. - Give--to ease the sufferings of those who defend you. . Give--to those who are making the Greater Sacrifice. - Give--to the British Red Cross. Give a day's pey. a day's profits, give dollars or give cents--whtever you can spare. E feady. between now and Christmas. 0 | The British Red Cross is sending to you and to the citizens of the Empire the appeal of our sick and wounded sailors and soldiers for assistance. ¥ The demands upon the Red Cross funds have been tremendous--sick and wounded sailors and soldiers are being cared for by thousands and tens Canadians, too, are succored 'in common with heroes from More money is needed--urgently and at once to provide medicines, hospital supplies and appliances of all kinds. To answer Lord Lansdowne's appeal, His Honor the Lieutenant- Hendrie, has appointed DAY" Oct. Yow Mager or Reeve in uthoricnd (0 sccep you subocripon o ba il, appoint others who will do so. , tions to the above may af PUPILS MARE STOCKINGS. Chylstmma Cheer For For Soldiers From Harbord Collegiate. Toronto, Oct. 20 --The pupils of Harbord Collegiate have undertaken to make up 400 pairs of Lhristmas eT | stockings for the soldiers on the fir- ing MHne. Each stocking will con tain good things to the value of fifty cents and be sent off in-time to reach the soldiers by Christmas. : Interest of pupils was ar- an a 'from the Wo- 'a Patriotic League, who will en- to get all the High schools of the city interested in the project, jt is plannpd to send over as many thousand . stockings as can be got - ei---- A SPLENDID WORKER. Gets $28.00 A Year, Surgeon Gives $23,000 To Hospital. Chicago, Oet. 20. a unusual caresr of Dr, Judeiph Teusler, added interest to th BD which made at the co ention of the laymen's at he con ovement, ] Dr. Teusler is at the head of inter- his be enclosed in the envelopes distributed amongst the different churches and placed on the contribution the 24th mat or sent direct to the Honorary Dr. Sands, City Clerk, City Buildings. : 21 « plates on Sunday, Treasurer, ' + SURELY A WIXARD. St. Thomas, - Oet, 20. --Notwith- Mending the fact that "eats" have taken m decided ernor W. F. Luton, of n County jail, has reduced the task of feeding a pailful of "birds" th an e~smomic science. Early in the year prison- ers were blowing in about 12.4 cents worth of grub each + but the gov- ernor during the quarter hind some new dodge and succeeded | giving his boarders their daily ey water, soup, beef, , for a little more than Sine cents per day; to be exact, 9.30 Paris, Oct. 20. King Vietor Bm- anser says manuel's con