£3 The 5 . Fae 12 PAGES : | PAGES 1-8 : Dail hig » British YEAR 82 -- NO 244 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1918 LAST EDITION Great ANSWER OF GREECE IS BEING AWAITED She Has Long Coveted Cyprus---All She Has | | | i to Do Is To Cast Her Lot In With the Allies To Get it. London, Oct. 21.--Great Britain has made a formal offer of the Island of Cyprus to Greece as soon as Greece undertakes to intervene in the war on the side of the Allies The Daily Telegraph makes this an- nouncement this morning. Cyprus is'the third largest island in the . Mediterranean, sixty miles from the coast of Asia Minor It was administered until November - 6th, 1914, by Great Britain, under a convention concluded with the Sul- tan of Turkey at Constantinople in| 1878, but on the outbreak of hostili- | ties with Turkey on the former date the island was annexed. The High Commissioner, Major Sir J. E. Clan- son, is assisted by an Executive Council. Cyprus has an square miles and nearly 300,000, 3.58 of area of a population Offer Follows Ultimatum. The offer was made to Greece after the Entente Ministers had delivered | a practical ultimatum to Greece, M. Zaimis, the Premier, was advised to give up his equivocal policy, which, he was plainly told, the Allies were not prepared to tolerate. Greece's | ALLIES SEND 400,000 MEN ~~ T0 THE AID OF SERBIA {Special to ~fLondon, Oet. 21 000 British and French troops will be sent to the Balkans to help the Serbians and to invade Turkey and Bulgaria, it was learned on reliable authority to-day. : The decision was said to have been reached at a conference this week be- tween French War Minister Mille- rand and the British Cabinet's mili- tary committee. In 'addition to this, the hope was expressed that the offer of Cyprus to Greece for her help, backed hy the Allies' ultimatum requiring an expli- cit statement of the Athens Govern- London, Oct. 21.-- Battles south of Riga, where the Germans have made some progress in the new thrust at the Baltic province port and in Vol- hynia and Galicia, where the Rus- sians have gained rather important victories, are now competing in in- terest with the operations in the Bal- kans, : The Germans have concentrated very large forces, with a great amount of artillery, south of Riga, and as a result a stubborn battle has been in progress for several days. Marshal von Hindenburg, who is in command in this region, re- two days ago that his forces had reached the River Dvina, but, as on previous occasions, this broad and fast-running waterway appears to have held him up for the time being. The situation, however, is consid- ered by the Russians to be more seri- the Whig.) dit { | | position was thereby made precari-;| ous. { King Constantine was told the Is-| land of Cyprus, at the eastern end of | the Mediterranean, which commands the entrance to the Suez Canal, will | 'be handed over forthwith by" Great Britain if Greece consents. All that | Greece has to do to win this prize, ! which she has long coveted, is to | agree to take the field at once and cast her lot with the Allies. No Reply From Greece. "Thus far," says The Daily Tele | graph. "Greece has not replied to { the offer of Cyprus. Our 'Athens { correspondent informs us that it is : believed the offer will create an ex- cellent impression in Greece, since it is an actual present concession and ! not a mere promise which Germany might suggest, and would never be! carried out." R. Mackenzie cabled from Rome: "lI am informed by a diplomatic! source that the Greek Government | is willing to give formal assurances to the Allies that Greece's interven- tion on the side of the central pow- ers is absolutely impossible in any case." } | | f | { | i f i ment's attitude, would win the! Greeks to the Entemte' powers' side, | with 400,000 more men. } That Roumania also { would join | the Allies was deemed an increasing | possibility. | | Salonika~----Nish Railway Cat. (Special Whig.) Paris, Oct. he Salonika- Nish railway has been eut by the Bul- | garfans in two places, and the Ser- | bian army is precariously situated, | according to a News Agency despatch i received here to-day from Nish un- | der Wednesday's. date, to the 21.71 AE IN SOUTH THREATEN RIGA ous than it has been for a long tinte, and there is again talk of the evacua- tion of Riga by the military, who have been in sole occupsdtion of the city since thé civil population left a month ago. At the other end of the eastern front, the position is just the reverse. General Ivanoff, who has proved him- self to be the most aggressive of the Russian commanders, has been strik- ing hard at the Austro-German forces on the middle Styr and all along the fringe of Galicia that is still in Russian hands. At several places he has driven his opponents back, and there is a report to-night that the Austrians have evacuated Czernowits. : This report finds some confirma- tion in an Odessa despatch declaring that the Russians have abandoned their contemplated evacuation of the northern districts of Bessarabia. # the forests along the river + Sytr, according to a Petrograd 2 message this afternoon. I THE WHIGS CONTENTS, of = Greece: 3 Trem. Napanee 4--Rditorial; Sleepy time Tales: {| Menus: Walt Magor's RNVmus 5-AWar Camp 'Events; R <. Ne astorh Ontario News TA musements: Announce - i The People's Farum, . mation of Colleges] Britain's Fleet Page T----Await Answer Asqum Nay Geo 28H Fines Imposed blay the Winner. ® - Letter; » Re Defence ineer: Beek 3 s Throw. Poses satrig? 5oNS vr \ & k) o RR VALJEVO -- R- . . KRAGUJEVATZ ~ £ -. & USHITZA Se NOVIBAZAR. ob io ALEXSINATZ, . Austrialt RADISTE NS NEGOTIN VALAN| GIEVGEL! «MONASTIR Greece 1 ALLIES RUSH TO AID SERBIA. Large forces of Allied troops through Greece to Serbia. are now being rushed northward The most important place on the battle line shown is Vrania, where the Bulgarians cut the Nish railroad. Shocking barbarities took place here. Grand Duchess Woualdn't Marry Kaiser's Son Paris, Oct. 21.--According to an! Amsterdam telegram to the Agence Fournier the Grand Duchess of Lux- embyrg as being so strongly urged by agents of the Kaiser to consent to a marriage with one of the Kaiser's sons that after many refusals she has declared that she will not marry at all, . Tt is. even stated that she proposes ty ater a convent if further pres- sufe is brought to bear upon her. Prince Joachim, the youngest son { of the Kaiser, is the only unmarried | {ane BUTTER IN GERMANY Now 355 Cents Pound May Have To Be Paid. (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, via Amsterdam, Set. 21. -- Following persistent Socialist repre- sentations, the Berlin authorities to- day announced the issuance of milk cards to nursing mothers who need an extra supply of milk. The suggestion was also made to- day that the 56-cent price, fixed by the authorities on butter, may have to be raised. A Historic Newspaper St. aripnes, Oct. 21.--A copy of The don Times of November 7th 1805, with the first published ae- count of the batte of Trafalgar-and the death of Nelson, has been don- ated by Thomas Wedsworth of Mer- ritton to be disposed of by auction * for the Red Cross Fund. Will Strike of Tahal ) Vie foto To Bu, : Carson Resigns to End Discord In the Cabinet (Special to the Whig.) London, Oct. 21.--Coming * direct from Buckingham Palace, where he handed to King George the seals of his office on his resignation from the Cabinet, Sir Edward nap peared in the House of yesterday afternoon and sat at rest all conjecturevegarding the reasons for his retirement. > § {| Rising from his old seat on the | fron* opposition bemch, the former | Attorney-General in a few words | e the House conversant with the | cause of the ministerial crisis, which he said was due entirely to the fact {that he found himself in complete | variance with the Cabinet on gues: | tions of Near Eastern policy. He felt, therefore, that his preséhce in { the Cabinet would be a source of | weakness and not of strength. BOTHA BACK "AGAIN. {Special to the Whig.) Capetown, Seuth Africa, Oct. 3 21.--Although full Sear are not yet in, it appears that Gen- 4+ eral Hotha has been returned % with a good working majority, # after the bitterest fight in the # history of any South African + state. 4% _ Genera! Smuts, Botha's chief # political lieutengnt, was elected # in Pretoria, where the National- + ists waged a Jed by General Hertsog, ba y ve failed where it was thought they were sure to win. + campaign + tebe + * * » GOEIPE IES b bata Britain_Offers C | | | rr TTT +4440 NO GENERAL ELECTION. + Ottawa, Oct. 21.---It seems certain that there will be -no general election in Canada for some time to come, and prob- ably none until after the war is over. It is stated authorita- tively in political circles that Sir Wilfrid has expressed himself to the Prime Minister as agree- able to an extension of the term of the present parliament. There will be no session of parliament until January, but the house will in all likelihood meet directly after the new year. ; It was thought for some time that there would be a fall sitting, but there is no necessity for this, as the Minister of Fi- nance has enough money to meet domestic needs and war necessities, > SEPP PP PEPP BRIE FSP PMP PEP Germans Fail To Get Through French Lines (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Oct. 21.--In a tremendous effort to break the French lines at Rheims, the Germans have failed pitifully, the War Office announced to-day. The attack followed a heavy bom- | bardment, said the statement, and was regarded as having been made with the greatest "violence and den- sity." There were said to have been three attempts along a. five-mile front. The French artillery and ma- chine guns, however, were reported to have decimated the German forces before they reached the French barb- ed wire entanglements. A German. night attack in Bois- Givenchy also was reported repulsed. A Teutonic attempt against the French posts east of Moncel likewise failed. War Tidings. The Serbians are evacuating Nish. The, National Bank and Government archives have been .removed. An important part of the military assistance given to Serbia by France is the sending of a hundred aeéro- planes and crews. £2 Under Secretary of War Tennant announces that 5.000 to 8,000 re- cruits a week are not enough for the requirements of the army, In the British Commons on Wed- desday Sir Edward Carson said he resigned because of differences with his colleagues on the Gallopoli cam- paign. The Austro-Germans are experien- cing enormous difficulties in Serbia. The enemy is defending its positions bravely, and rains are making pro- gress almost imposiible. 2 French wounded arriving at Salo- nika indicates fighting with Bulgar ians to northward. Austrians in the Morava valley are trying to join the Bulgarians in Serbia. . General Von Kluk believes that the Allies cannot break the western line, though he could see no end to the war as long as England fights and America supplies ammunition. The London Evening News said on Wednesday that the British Govern- ment would take immediate steps to prevent the exodus of Englishmen to colonies to escape conscription, should it be decided upon. Dead At 104. St. John, N.B,, Oct. 21.--Patrick MecBriarity, Melford, N.R., is dead at the age of 104. He went out to re- cord his vote in the municipal elee- tions and collapsed as lie entered the polling booth \ " yprus To Greece ASQUITH MAY RESIGN "TO SOLVE DEADLOCK In British Cabinet Over the Conscription Ques: tion---Sir Edward Carson Objects to Undecided Policy at War's Most Critical Stage. * * GPPPPRPPEPE PRR RPG admitted the Austrians' advanced de- i | | London, Oct, 21.--That Premier | Asquith's illness will prove so seri- | | ous as to pGmpel his resignation, end- | | ing a virtual deadlock in the British | Cabinet, was the growing belief in | some quarters. i Following the audience granted by King George, Tuesday, to A. Bonar Law, Colonial Minister in the pres- | ent coalition cabinet, who, as a Con- | servative, certainly would become i Premier if Asquith, a Liberal, should retire, his Majesty yesterday received | { Sir-Bdward Carson, who quit as at- | | torney-general out of dissatisfaction ( th the Asquith ministry's war poi- | ley. : | | These conferences"Were widely in-| | terpreted as indicating that a general | | cabinet shake-up is at least 'under | | consideration. { Though there was no idea that | | France was making any suggestions | | concerning the British Ministry, it | { was believed also that the matte; | | may have been indirectly involved at | the cabinet committee meeting, Tues- | | day, with War Minister Millerand, of | France, and French Minister Cam- bon, at which it was taken for grant- ed the Alles' military policy was dis cussed. * » | i Asquith Losing Influence. That Asquith was losing influence was generally conceded, many even of his friends having openly come over to the view that,though a capable ad- ministrator, the Premier is not the SAID TO HAVE WON. -- The Austrians Claimed Successes At Various Points, (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, via Amsterdam, Oct. 21.-- The Austro-Italian battle on the Is- onzo front still raged to-day, accord- ing to a Vienna official message re- ceived here. The Italian attacks at Tolmino Bridgehead, Monte Soba- tino and Monte San Michele were said to have been heavily repulsed, but in the Jubicicari region it was tachments had main positions." Bulgarians Have Occupied Radujevatz (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Oct. 21.--The Bulgarians to-day occupied Radujevatz, Serbia, the inhabitants seeking refuge in. Roumania. Radujevatz is in Northeastern Ser- bia on the Danube at a point near the Serbo - Bulgarian - Roumanian frontier, > The capture indicates the progress of the Bulgar move toward a junec- tion with the Teutonic forces in Northern Serbia. "retreated on their Mother Wins In Japan. Tokio, Oct. 21.--Olga Ellis, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ellis, both Americans, was awarded by the Japanese courts to-day to the mother. Mrs. Ellis sued in Massa- chusetts several years ago for her daughter's custody and won her case, but in the meantime Eliis had taken the little girl to Japan. The mother followed. Ellis teaches English in Japauese schools. ' 2 Buff, ve. EERE A -------- dh reece ' man for such an emergency as the present one. - It was learned on reliable auther- ity to-day that Sir Edward Carson's resignation was his personal protest against what he considers the Gov- ernment's drifting, inactive, unde- cided policy at the war's most criti- cal stage. It is known that he had been thinking of resigning for a month. Conscription The Issue. The existing cabinet deadlock --s more generally referred to as a truce |---is over the conscription question. The plan the Pro-conscriptionists finally agreed on provided for exemp- tion of all workers engaged in mu- nition making, general manufactur- ing, exporting, mining or railroading, and for distracting the country, com- pulsion being resorted to only in dis- | tricts failing to furnish their quotas of voluntary enlistments. They insisted, however, that a bill to this effect be formulated immedi- ately to avold loss of time if Lord Derby's plan for stimulating volun- tary enlistments fails. This the anti-conscriptionists refuse to con- cede. Before his reception by the King, * Carson had had a conference with Foreign Minister Sir Edward Grey. Later--Premier Asquith spent a good night, his physicians announced * to-day, adding that he is on the road to speedy recovery. 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