"kan © 19 PAGES bert reeset rt reb YEAR 82-- NO 257 British JES PLAN THE ALL be Daily British "TO DIVERT BULGARS Eo | ae i Country From North Troops on the i. * From Operations in Serbia By Invading Their And South-- British Way to Bulgar- jan Frontier. {Special to the Whig) Athens, Nov. 5 The 36,000 Brit- ish troops on their way from Salonika to-day to the Bulgarian frontier are followed by many more soldiers. The force, by a short overland march, car make its crossing into Bulgaria from the south near Strumnitza, French troops are already operating. It is considered certain that the plan is to divert the Bulgarians from their operations in Serbia by a for- midable invasion of their own coun- try. ) From the British force's move in Bulgarig's direction, it was surmised here that assurances had reached England of completed Russian ar- rangements to strike Julgaria from the north. Trouble in Albania. 8 the Whig ) . --Albania is on the ge of an uprising. Newspapers here are urging the Government to- day to fortify the country back of the Albanian port of Avlona, which Ital fan troops hold ) The trouble is due to attempts hy Serbians, whom the Teutonic invad ers are driving out of their own coun- try, to cross the Alhanian frontier. Essad Passa, who claims to govern Albgnia, is anti-Aune:rian, though himself a Turk He favors the Serbs and wants to admit them. As most NO SUPPORT IN'COERCION, Carson's Plan Found Practi-| cally No Support. FAILS IN HIS ATTACK ON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S | POLICY, { He Was Routed By Grey Ro Lord Northcliffe Says Premier's Speech Was An Answer To the Daily | Mail. London, Nov. 4.--Premier As- qQuith's speech in the House of Com-| mons has brought about a triangular] argument of personalities which| promises diverting developments. Sir Edward Carson and Lord Northeliffe complete the trio, /in which the Prime Minister figures as undoubted- ly the most happy in securing the confidence.of his cduntrymen. Sir Edward, whW, since his resig- nation from the cabinet has been painted by his friends as the strong, silent man for whom the nation. has been looking to control its destinies, made a clear bid for the post which is Jocosely spoken of as "the leader ship of the Oppdsition" in the House, where there is no regularly con- stituted anti-Government party. His speech at first was 'listened to sym- pathetically; it ended in bewiidering the Houge. He taxed the cabinet with having no plan to deal with the Bal- situation. Members openly thanked heaven that the Governme Lad refused to have anything to do with Carson's plan, which amounted | tu little more thar the coercion of | Croco, 'ohn Redmond neatly hit on the Altuation when he asked Premier «301 ith if he was aot sorry for nis feilure to fodow Mr. mond's ad- vice rot to include any Irish leader In the coalition cabinet. Sir Edward Grey completed the rout of Carson by poin out that the later bad comple! misunder- 8.00d certain phases of the interna- tional situation. "Mr. Asquith's speech yesterday heat Ry ™E wHigy CONTENTS. Pt Page 1--Mlies' Balkan "Use Danube 3-8t. Andrew's Society: Brents: I-Boy Arrested at Napanee. Editorial: Sleepytime Tales: Menus; Walt ° Mason's Rhymes ~4War Camp News, "Eastern Ontario Amusements; Announce- ments, The People's Forum. --Lountryside News Ask For Prohibition: Thea- trical $--Heroic Canadians: Decline, Plan: May Loeal News. Germany's | was #*reply to the Daily Mail," {and self-development." Albanians are anti-Serbian, however, a rising against Essac has resulted, and in their first battles the rebels beat him That they will attack the Italian forces at Avlona is feared. Taken Paracin. (Special to Bg.) Berlin, Nov. 5. ave taken the Serbian town of Paracin, forty- five miles from Nish, announced the War Office to-day. French Operations In Serbia. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Nov. 5. The French War Office this afternoon gave out the fol- lowing official report. on operations in the East: "The day of November 2nd passed quietly along the front of the French sector in Serbia. The Bulgarians in front of Krivolak are entrenching themselves 200 yards from our ad- vanced posts and are directing an ar tillery fire against our positions there "During the day of November 3rd fighting took place to the north of Rabrovo and still continues. Our troops gained possession of bridges .over the River Cerna, to the mnorth- | west of Krivolak. "In the fighting in Babuna Pass, the Bulgarians have been defeated af- ter three severe battles." > fe rote Lord that paper to- day. The Westminster Gazette com-! ments thus: "There happened to be a thunderclap just when the frog had | come to the top of his pond and done} his morning croak. 'It's answering! me," he sa'd, 'and croaked again to the bursting point." 'He's answering Northcliffe in KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, N( GERMAN GAS SHELLS. Picture shows German they were found by the in the big offensive. French on t asphyxiating gas shells all ready for usé, as he ground recently captured by them A cc A i a A A AA A et tat tt A ar ima VON BULOW DENIES That Germany Has Any Intention of Talking Peace, Lucerne, Switzerland, Nov (via Paris) Prince von Buelow, former German Chancellor, informed the As- sociated Press yesterday that he had not come to Switzerland on a pea mission He declared Ge to continue by arms The Prince made it clear that he not going to Washington to see President Wilson or to Madrid to see King Alfonso in relat which Germany might willing to discuss peace. Nor the Prince engaged in such discussions with papal delegate or any one else. rmany wes resolved the war to its conclusion is to terms or be 18 a us,' say the professional whimperers ° this morning in dealing with the Prime Minister's speech, and pro-| ceeded to fresh exercises in self in-! flation and boasting vanity, which, if! any of their readers had a glint of humor, let glone a sense of propri- ety, should dissolye the whole whim- pering business in ridicule." KITCHENER IS AWAY And Asquith Temporarily Acts As War Minister. (Special to\ the Whig.) | Lendon, Nov. §.==Premier Asquith | is acting temporarily as British War Minister. Lord Kitchener, the reg- | ular War Minister, is away: | These two facts became known to- day when an official announcement ; was issued denying that Kitchener | had resigned. It was stated that | his absence was "temporary," and | that he was absent on "public duty." Wilson Sounds ll i . The Keynote | f Campai, af Campaign New York, Nov. 5.--President Wil-/ son opened the administration com-| paign for its hational defense pro-| gramme in a comprehensive and care- | fully prepared address delivered Berg! last night at the Manhattan Club ban- quet. He declared solemnly that the | B}| United States had no aggressive pur- poses, but must be prepared to de-| fend itself to assume "full liberty | Significant- | ly he said that "with ourselves in peoples of our own hemisphere," add- | ing that "we wish not only for th United States, but for them the full Will King Defy Greek | War Party ? (Special to the Whig) i Athens, Nov. 5.--King Constantine | apparently means to defy the Greek | War party. { To-day the entire Press and every- eached ! the conclusion that his Majesty will, dissolve Parliament instead of ma-! king Venizelos Premier again. f King Constantine has summoned. 10 Gyan of Health; A Touching 11 --Page of General Information. I3=Countryside Tidings. ---- \ the leaders of all parties to confer on | the situation resulting from the over- | | throw of the Zaimis Cabinet, and it! | Is expected the ministerial ertsis will| end within twenty-four hours. i »: | Lansdowne, Minister with this great matter we associate all the 3 est freedom of independent growth! KING ALBRR In ald 'of whe concert will be Monday ibjects a Hall on evening Neo Election During War. London, Nov. 5.--The Marquis of out portfo- lio, announced in the House of Lords yesterday that the Government was firmly. of the opinion that .- there should be no genral election until af- ter the war. Richard Lloyd George, elder son of David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, has been promoted from captain to the rank of lieutenant-col- onel. 2 The Halian Embassy, Washington, is instructed "to deny most emphati- cally any kind of an attempt by the Italian Government to discuss peace." sets in ie em ea TALK ON MOTHERHOOD MRS. BROWN. Everybody has receiv- ed a cordial welcome and everyone has thoroughly enjoyed the afternoons during the past week spent in the British Whig Home Economics School in City Hall Auditorium, and the general consensus of opinion is that the week has been 2 most profitable one. It has also been a very pleasant event socially. Mrs. Brown-Lewers' sonality has attracted men of the city and brought toge- ther every day a large class of those housekeepers who are interested in maintaining the best type of homes. The lecturer has helped feel at home and every alternoon at the close. of the school has met in- formally many troubled housewives and solved their perplexing pLpblems for them. Questions of all sorts have been asked from day to day and answered cleverly and helpfully by thie expert, * v This lecture to-day on the best wo- ""SMother- hood and the. Developinent . of the LEWERS GOES TO PETERBORO splendid per- | ferret FTEPPEEP PTE IOL Ie > 3 * % SLAVS TAKE CZERNOWITZ. + -~ -- * Geneva, Nov. 54~A Russian + + army of invasion that in * vancing into Bukowina has oc- ¥ cupied Czernowits, the capital + + according to the me. * It was recently repofted from # Petrograd that Russia has & massed a big army in Bessar- ¢ abia, with the object of cutting #| through Bukowina to aid ' the # Serbians. + > FEIPEPEPIPEL ELIE PEL F PPI Vesuvius Again In Eruption; People Flee (Spacial to the Whig) Rome, Nov. 5.---Vesuvius is again in violent eruption. Several villages are threatened to-day by advancing! lava streams. Panic stricken by their danger the people are fleeing from. the towns and | vineyards in i mountains vicin- ity. The roads are filled with fugi- tives carrying their household ef- fects MORATORIUM FOR ARMY. | Sir Alfred Mond Suggests This Relief | 1 'in British House. London, Nov. 5.--The suggestion was made in the House of Commons vesterday by Sir Alfred Mond that legislation be enacted to suspend during the war payment of rent, in- | surance premiums, interest on mort- gages, and similar fixed obligations of men who join the army. Sir Al- fred, whose suggestion was received | with favor, said that these charges | wer like millstones around the necks of many men who, except for them, would be glad to enjist. Premier Asquith said the Govern- ment fully recognized the importance of the problem, and promised to con- sider the suggestion carefully. i British Steamer Afire. Halifax, $.~--The" British Steamer Rio Lages is afire at sea. Wireless calls for help have been | picked up. The Rio Lages sailed from New ! York for Liverpool last Sunday. APPLAUDED J 7 | Child," was voted the best of the en- (tire course. It is hard to estimate the value of th's talk or Just 'what Hs influence will be on the homes represented at to-day's session of the {British Whig Home Economies school, but it is certain that every mother who heard Mrs. Brown-Lew- ers' talk came away with an exalted opinion of her privilege as a mother and a strong sense of her respons- ibility. Mrs. Brown-Lewers goes to Peter boro to-morrow, where she will con- duet a Better Foods Better Homes {bourse sinsilar to the one given here. i INDIAN BREAD teaspoonfuls erisco, 1-3 cupful $ » 4 tablespoonfuls molasses. icuptul yellow corn meal, 2 table- spoonfuls white flour, 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder, '1-2 teaspoonful salt, 1-2 cupful of pecan dueats or wal- nats liqu in ns hours, Dry $ i Melt crizeo, mix the {dry fngredients. "Place {moulds and steam two out in the oven for ad- +| | Nuraviewo, supplementing the exist-! TE -- )VEMBER 5. 1915 Forces About To Invade ZAIMIS RESIGNS, (Special to the Whig.) Athens, Nov. 5.--Alexander + Zaimis banded in his re- Signation to King Constantine # terday aftetnoon. There was a + great demonstration in favor, + of Venizelos, who undoubtedly #+ will succeed as war premier. 1444042900440 2 -* ° A STATE FUNERAL Will 'Be Held When Arrive, (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, Nov. 5.--The Government has decided that the body of Sir! Charles Tupper shall be accorded the honor of a state funeral, to be attend- ed By Sir Robert Borden and a ma- jority of members of his cabinet. A | special train will probably be run from Ottawa to Halifax. The Duke of Connaught will .be represented at the funeral. | The body is expected to reach Halk | fax on November 13th and the fun- eral will probably be fixed for Novem- | ber 15th. The Government will ar- | range the details to-day, READY TO STRIKE HARD | RUSSIAN COMMANDER - THE WEAKENING Of The German Front--\When Time Arrives the Russian Strike a Crushing Blow. | Petrograd, Nov. 5.--Further re- | moved of Austro-German troops from the eastern front, apparently to rein- force Mackensen's army on the Dan- ube, aré likely to entail consequences | of an important military character. | General Alexeieff is keenly watching] { Germany's every move, and will not! | fail to strike hard as soon as the oe- | { casion offers. 1 If the total Austre-German infan- | try divisions are to be reduced to 94, | as reported, we may look forward to 'considerable liveliness on this front. | The threats of the Allied submarines | on the otherwise most convenient sea | route for communication between! German ports and Libau has appreci-| | ably complicated the problem of mu- the Remains NOTES the | will { mitions for the Teutons on the north | | ern front and- necessitated the hur | ried construction of a b ranch railway Krottingen, near Memel, to! } | from | ing line from Tilsit to Shavli. | With the help of those two lines, | the Germans hope to feed the north- | {ern front and avoid the danger of a! ruptures and land. =~) On the front of eight to' ten miles of communications by sea | south of the Kovel Railway, the Ger- | Charter and Kisk, by which , they | hope to clear the Russians out of the | entire northern section on this left bank of the Styr. Hitherto' this at-| tempt has been unsuccessful and the prospect apparently is remote, | Austrian attempts to take the of-| fensive on the Russian extreme left flank in the region of Bucaed and the lower reaches of the Strypa, have | been dispersed By counter attacks. | tive Butlin | Brothers Are In 50th Batt. Five sous of Joseph Butlin, Morn- | ingside, Alberta, have enlisted in the 50th Battalion for overseas service. | Only one brother remains at home, i and he too longs to don a uniform to go and fight the enemy, but he is under age nd his father wishes him to stay at home on the farm for the | present. oA Mr. Butlin Ys a former Kingston- | ian, and a brother of Mrs. F. N.Wood- row, Princess street, and Mrs. W. C. Mitchell, Rideau street, of this city, both of whom have sons at the front. i British troops have occupied ad- vanced ground near Kritha, on Galll-| poli. Turk advanced trenches were stormed and occupied. Paris, Nov. 5.--"If Prince Von Buelow, former German Chancellor and the supposed peace agent of the Kaiser, attempts to cross the Atlantic to put peace proposals before Presi- dent Wilson; he will be placed unde: arrest by the crews of Anglo-French warships." This is the warning printed in nearly -all the newspapers. They declared further that every effort would be made to prevent Prince] Von Buelow from making his way in-| to Spain from Switzerland. ollcwing the stirring address of | Premier BrianM in Parliament Wed- | nesday when he declared that none of the Allies would consider peade un- til Germany is shattered and ershed inte helplessness, a new note of opti- mism is prevalent. . This feeling of hopefulness was! 35 or 20 min- (Continued on page 9.) further strengthened by when parliament assembled yes- & | SPEER EEE E000 & Whig PAGES 1-8 Would Not Affect Bul THE RIVER DANUBE To Send Troops to Serbia---Roumania Says it Its Neutrality---Two British Divisions Leave Salonika For B (Specidl to the Whig.) Rome, Nov. 5.--The Roumanian Government has replied to German demands for disarmament of Russian gunboats on the Danube by tae gtatement that the Danube is free and the neutrality of Roumania is not violated. Russia may now send tioops via.the Danube to aid Ser- bia. Russians Advance at Three Points (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 5 the foe the Russians are starting ama cfiensive at three points. Along the Styr River .the whole countryside 's ccvered with German dead, the re- | sult of the Russian attack. The Rus- sians are advancing on the Dvinsk oa. Leave Salonika the Whig.) --Two divisions of on their way from to the Bulgarian Eritish Troops (Special to Athens, Nov| 5 British troqps are Sa wnika to-day frontier. 2,000 Women In Serb Army. London, Nov. 5. nearly 2,000 women 'i when' 1 diers were being organized," said Ter. Cruiteh, a Serbian army doctor now ju London, to-day. "The women are not in special battalions. Some of them wear the complete uniform of a soldier for the sake of comfort, While others wear skirts with a blue tunic. The. younger women go with their brothers or their husbands. The women are of every elass of the Population and we cannot prevent them from serving. 'They inspire the men, with whom they march side by side, and with whom they eat and serve shoulder to shoulder in the trenches. "There were n Serbia's army 5.--Having checked, left and more women sa-| ulgaria. "These women are not afraid. No- body in Serbia is afraid, and the wo men in the ranks do not lose their nerve under fire, ------------ Bombarding Dedeaghatch. (Special to the Whig.) Athens, Nov, 5.--After the Allies' naval guns have cleared Dedeaghatch and its environs of Bulgarian troops, it is believed to-day that French and British forces will be landed tXere. The fieet is still bombarding the port ; furiously, under the direction of avi- ators who hover over the town sig- palling the range to the gunners. Military men do not think the shell- ing would be persistent except as a preliminary to land operations The Bulgarians have been driven bursting shells a short distance into the interior, but are said to be near enough to be ready to resist a landing The Sofia Government has already taken over the railway through Southern Bulgaria and has forces of peasants throwing up entrenchments {and mounting guns on the Grek | frontier. : by French Protect Prilep. (Special to the Whig.) Salonika, Nov. 5.--To help the Serbians who are defending Prilep, | thirty miles north of Monastir, againgt the Bulgarians, the French extended their east and west front in Southern Serbia to-day = as far east .as the Babouna bills, in which Prilep's guardians are entrenched. +®he town is safe temporarily. { Made Some Captures. | (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Nov, 5.--The Bulgarian ar- tillery violently bombarding the ad- | vanced forts of Nish, on Nishava Riv- PEPE Et Er eat | er, Wednesday, says the Salonika des: | patch They captured Nish-Kovola. A at -------- at FEEPPPEPPEFFPPPPRP DIRE S ES | mans now are endeavoring to capture | * : ~ + + GREEK HELP EXBECTED, + (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 5.--Greek and Serbian ministérs here confer- & réd to-day presumably with re- + ference to Greek help for Ser- # bia, which the Serbs are admit- + tedly hopeful will result from + the Athens Cabinet crisis. * + + < THE KING IMPROVES But Still ' Su s Pain When He Moves. (Special to the Whig.) London, Noy. 5.--King George's appetite is better to-day. He passed the night more comfortably than since he was hurt in France, and his condition generally is improved, his doctors said. It is admitted, how- ever, that he still suffers consider- able pain- especially when he moves. Surrendered Too Soon. Moscow, Nov. 65.--General Grif- orief, commander of the Kovno for- | tress, was court-nlartialed" and sen- tenced to fifteen years' imprisonment for surrendering the fortress to the Teutonic armies, althdugh there was sufficient ammunition and provisions | to last a considerable time. i ---- A Petrograd correspondent says Russia has imposed a war tax of from five to fifty cents on every the- atre ticket. ALLIES TURN DEAF EAR | TO GERMAN PEACE TALK duced to such straits that she is eag- erly seeking a means of making e. Although it has been denied in Berlin that Germany is anxious to make peace, rumors to the contrary persist in the German capital. Des- patches from Berne say the Kaiser during the next three months will make efforts to ol the medium 'of the Vatican and American and Spanish Governments. London, Nov. 5.--The Daily Mail Rome correspondent + + APPROVES ATTITUDE Of Yanakitsa By Making Him His Aide-de-Camp. { (Special to the Whig.) Athens, Nov. 6.--In approval of | the attitude of Gen. Yanskitsa, War Minister in the Zaimis Cabinet, | whose defiance of ex-Premier Veni- zelos' pro war followers in Parlia- { ment Thursday brought about the | Greek Cabinet crisis, King = Constan- | tine to-day appointed Yanakitsa his | alde-de-camp. Mrs. Lillian Massey Treble, one of | Toronto's best known women, died at Santa Barbara, California, on Wednesday. She was a daughter of the late Hart A. Massey. The sixteenth son of President Yun Shi-Kai of China was born on Thursday. The president now has thirty-one children. DAILY MEMORANDUM See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. Rugby, Athletic Field, ® pm. Satur. day, Uverseas vs. RM.C, BORN SNIDER--To Mr. and Mrs. Herman Snider, Dglia, ou the isth October, a daughtér. DIED. . CAMPBELL In Calgary, Alta. on Oc. tober 30th, 1915, Michael Campbell. Funeral will take place from Mr. R nan's parlors on Saturday. 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