SXEAR 88 - NO: a Nor FIGHTING FOR GAIN But For Is Existence And lis SAYS THE HUNS DO NOT COVET OANADA And That They Are Not Fighting For One Foot of Foreign Soil--Oam- paign of Calumny Against _the Poor he 3 Futheriana, eclal to the Whig.) Berlin, April 5.--In his address be- fore the Reichstag to-day Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg vigorously protested against reports that Ger- many now or in the future contem- plates any aggressive act against any part of America. "The last offspring of the cam- paign of calumnies directed against us," he sald, is the report that after the end of this war we shall rush against the American continent and shall attempt to conquer Canada as our first province. We fight for our existence and our future. = For Ger- many and for no foot of foreign soil. Germany's sons are bleeding and dy- ing on the battlefields. | Everybody among us knows this and that makes| our hearts and nerves strong. This moral strength strengthens our will not only in order to weather the final storm, but also for final victory." The German Chancellor told the Reichstag to-day that on September 9th he had declared his readiness to enter into peace discussions, but | Germany's enemies had declined. { SIR ADAM WAS ANGRY AT STATEME MADE BY J. O. U ph. Who Declared That t the Hydro Radi- als Would Not Get Any Further East Than Kingston. (Byam oyy 0) (elovds) Toronto, April 5.--After consider- able argument and exchange of sev- eral warm. Dene: Adam Beck and J. C. Judd, Ottawa, it was decided by ' A Railway Com- mitfee to-day to refer the matter of granting of an extension of time to the Gananegue and Arnprior Rails way to the Lieutenant-Governor-in- Council. That the Hydro had spent eight millions on the Seymour Falls and | that it would not get as far as Kings- | ton with its power, was one of state | ments made by Mr. Judd, represent-| Ing parties ihterested in granting of | the extension. This brought Sir Adam Beck hop- ping 9 his feet. "Do" you mean to say that you 5 between, Sir{" RIVER CAPTAIN'S LEG. Captain Hagerman Is in Seri . ous Condition at Local Hospital. "Watertown, N. Y., April 6.--Capt. Charles. Hagerman, Thousand Island Park, is at the Sisters' Hospital suf- fering from.an abscess on the left knee joint. He had been {ll most of the winter with the grip. He was brought to the Sisters' Hospita about a week ago and Monday a oa) sultation of the doctors was held to decide whether an amputation * was necessary. His daughter, Miss Rae Hagerman is in the city, having mmoned from Philadelphia, ( Capt. Hagerman is well known on he river. He has run the Papoose, a motor boat,'at Thousand Island Park for many yeats, CANCELS BIG ORDER "FOR MUNITIONS. Because of Irregularities Which Would Have Netted Big Rake Offs. (S8peNal to the Whig.) Ottawa, April 5.--New York re- port to-day declares that the Imper- ial Munitions Commission has can- =elled twenty-five millions of muai- tion contracts in the United States because of irregularities which would have netted tremendous "rake offs" for certain agents. Asked about this this morning, J. W. Flavelle, chairman of the commis- sion, would not confirm the report. ~Jt is thought here that Col. Wes- nh will meet Sir Sam Hughes New York, on his return from England and that they will reach Ot- tawa together in time for the open- ing of the enquiry. COL. J. WESLEY ALLISON, The Morrisburg man involved in the Canadian war munitions scandal know the statement that yoy have just made is correct?" asked Sir Ad- am. "It is not my personal opinion, but| the opinion of those with a know- ledge of conditions, that you will not | got any further than Kingston with | the radials, if you get that far," ans-| wered Mr. Judd. "Well, you do not know what you are talking about," sald Sir Adam, | Hon, J. B. Lucas suggested that | 'tbe sent to the Lieutenant-Gover-| 'And There 15.6 Great Excite- DUTCH VESSEL I$ TORPEDOED operations. hibition on the sea front. MORE GAINS FOR FRENCH Made in Caiette Woods, + South of Do Douaumont. | FRENCH ARR SQUADRON MADE GREAT RAID UPON TWO | GERMAN STATIONS. In Other Air Engagements Along | Verdun Front Three Enemy Aero-| planes Were Brought Down----Ger- man Attacks in Lorraine Repulsed. gr ARpidial to the Whig.) Paris, April 6.--French troops | have made further gains in trench | fighting in Caillette woods south of | Douaumont, the War Office reported | this. afternoon. A squadron of] French aeroplanes engaged in a great air raid on the stations at] Nantillois and Damvillers. Fourteen shells were dropped Nantillois, and five on Damvillers Station. In fifteen other air en- gagements along the Verdun front a | German plane was brought down | near Naut Fourneaux, and another near Milly, and a third German air-| craft fell within its own lines. | Excepting French gains south of! Dounaumont, and intense bombard- ment on the Mouliainville-Chatillon road, there was no important activity on the Verdun front. West of the Meuse the night was | calm. Near Chatillion the Ger- mafis threw twenty-two mines against the French" barriers, all ex-| ploding without damage. In Lor-| | on LL | raine the Germans launched several y -- a German machine recently in > WILL DO HIS DUTY, (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, April 5.--In Legis- # # lature last night, Premier # : Hearst said he would do his % + duty by the Prohibition bill even % #% though it resiilted in his politic- # + al down-fall. + sees PUTS IT UP p TO PRESIDENT. WILSON. Woman "Travelling. Where Her Right Was," Demands pion, Paris, April 5.---Professor James Mark Baldwin, of Baltimore, whose daughter was seriously injured in the explosion on the cross-channel steamer Sussex, gave out a copy of a cablegram which he despatched to President Wilson. It reads: "A woman travelling where right was, carrying an American passport, stricken on the Sussex, hovering between life and death, de- mands that reparation for assault on American life and liberty be exact- ed. (Signed) "MARK BALDWIN." Miss Baldwin was able to speak yesterday for the first time since the accident. Her injuries include par- alysis of the right side. i | LAURIER'S RESOLUTION WAS DEFEATED. (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, April 5.--Sir Wilfrid Laurier"s resolution for a wide open shell inquiry was defeated in the Commons last night by 44 to 82. Four conservative members upheld the demands made by Laurier The retire- ment of Sir Sam Hughes is rum- her |. Picture shows a good-view of the Greek port of Salonika, the Allies' base for Balkan Note the aeroplane, a It is on ex- GREAT BATTLE 1S COMING «And Will Likely Be On British fon GERMANS ARE MASSED ON THAT FRONT AND AT VER. DUN. brought down. Rest of German Line Very Weak Verdun Commander Fighting With Great Patience and Dogged Reso- lution and Huns London, April 5..--The litaty correspondent, in an decount of his visit to Verdun and the French front, predicts the development shortly of a big battle on the British front. "The Germans," says the corres- pondent," have their army distri- buted in two great masses--one in front of the British army and the other around Verdun. The first, group numbers 34 divisions and the latter 30 divisions. The rest of the line in France is thinly held, "From this distribution one must suppose either that the Germans in- tend to attack the British or expect the British' to attack them," Discussing Verdun, the correspon- dent pays an enthusiastic tribute to the French commander, General Pe- tain. "Although an infantry commander by training," he says, "General Pe-| tain has made an especial study of | artillery. He was quick to under-| mes' mi-1 (Special to the Whig. Toronto, April b. 2 "Not. e of them is prepared to lift a hand to help the people against the capital+ ists," was the apex of Samuel Car- ter's pointed criticism of the Gov- ernment in his motion on the nickel question in the Legislature. This issue took the time of the House for three days, but the discussion all the way through was spontaneous and illuminating. Mr. Carter, who introduced the re- solutions, feels that the Government is tied up with big private nickel in-|. terests. His own view was express- ed in all the vigor of his language and style. "I'd leave this House before I'd help the big * capitalists against the common people. The Government is afraid to tackle the problem. They haven't got enough courage to gp against the selfish in- terests of the monied men." The chief grounds of complaint by Mr. Carter and the Liberals against the Government on this issue are, first, that without any statutory au- thority the Government entered into a five-year agreement with the Cana- dian Copper Company,which operates the nickel mines in connection with the International Nickel Company, to the effect that there should be a flat rate tax of $40,000 per annum for five years ,in spite of the fact that the value of the nickel output has in- creased from five million to seven- teen million dollars a year; and sec- ondly, that the Gvernment will not consider the proposals for co-opera- tion among the Provincial Govern- ment, the Federal Government and the Imperial Government to acquire absolute control of the nickel mines and nickel products in the province. Mr. Rowell pointed out that in 1891 a somewhat similar proposal was made by the Government of On- tario then in power. At that time nickel was not used in the prepara- tion of war materials and armaments as it is to-day, the question was not so vital, and the Imperial Govern- ment did not adopt the proposal. Then, from 1904 to 1907 represen- tations were made by the Imperial Government looking towards a pos- sible scheme of control, but the pres- ent Government did not act. By consistently voting down Opposition proposals for heavier taxation and more thotough control, they are ap- parently averse to action. The Government's case to-day is based on the fact that they have ap- pointed a Nickel Commission to look into the whole questiofi. "77 BIG TAX INCREASES. By British Commons to Raise War Revénue, (Special to the Whig) London, April 5.--~--Drastic in- oreases in income taxes are to be made. A man wth $2,600 a year income will pay $280 income tax. The total éxtra rovenue from the in- come tax will be 215 millions. BEx- tra taxes are imposed on railway tickets, sugar and all amusements, SEES PEACE BEFORE FALL President Wilson Believes End |g OF THE PROVINCE, AS ANNOUNC- ED BY DOHERTY Toronto, April 5. ~The statement of Hon. Mr. Doherty, Deminion Min~ ister of Justice, in the House of Cont» mons Monday night, that the pro- vinces have power to pass legislation prohibiting the manufacture and use of intoxicating liquors within their borders, has caused considerable sur- prise and given both the temperance leaders and the Ontario Government food for thought. 'When introducing his prohibition bill in the Legislature, Hon. Mr. Han- na declared in reply to N. W. Rowell that there was no question of prohib- iting the use or manufacture of li- quor in Ontario, because power to do this rested only with the Ddminion Parliament, which was not delegat- ing any of its powers to the pro- vinees, -------- Back to Toronto. That threw the onus for complete prohibition upon the Dominion Gov- ernment, and there is some resent- ment in ministerial circles that Mr. Doherty should have gone out of his way to hurl the problem back on the Ontario Government. From one close to the cdbinet it was learned that the position of the Ontario Government is this: The Manitoba Act, which has been practi< cally adopted, has been approved by the Privy Council as being within the powers of the provinces. If that is passed by Ontario there can be no question as to its legality. Ontario passes an act more drastic than the Manitoba Act, litigation will be sure to follow, on the ground that it is ultra vires, and th will be delay in the enforcement o prohibl- prohibit 1 use and manufacture; this power rests owly With the Do- minion Parliament. All the same, the tempérance lead- ers are holding conferences to de- cide whether they shall urge on the Ontario Government the passing of prohibitory legislation of a more drastic character--that will prevent the use of liquor in the home as well as the sale. ARN MEMORANDUM i te," Grand, 8. top pro 3 ob. page' 4, right Ras corner a C ataraqui, I.0.F., Box Social ang ard Party, to-night. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Bu hnelLs Ni Clarie rice Wa Co. stand the value of barrier-fire as a| tremendous instrument of modern artillery and one peculiarly suited to French genius, and also the destruc- Clarke. J Coulter's Groce! 09 Prin Cullen's @rotery. y. oF. Pridcess & 4 rontenac. Ho! tari nor-in<Couneil, that if Hydro did not | go into effect, an opportunity should | be given these private individuals to oiiild their line, | attae ks against the sector between ored. Col. Allison, the central fig- ure in the Kyte charges, will of War Near. TO USE ALIENS ON THE FARMS. | ------ a------------ Will Be Released From Deten- | tion Camps for This Purpose. 5 ------ { Winnipeg, April 6.--An arrange-| ment has been effected by the Do- | minion Government whereby a large proportion of aliens at present held | in the detention camps of the Do- minion will be released to aid in the agricultural operations of the cpun- try, according to a telegram. receiv- | ed by Brude Walker, immigration | tomuissios , from Hon. Robert Rogers, M of Public Works. Over a thousand of these men, most of whom are Ukranians or Ruthenians, of non-Teutonic origin, and with little, or any, sympathy for | the Austrian cause, are located in) the West, and can be released at A This important decision was reach- ed at a Cabinet meeting to-day, on 'the in of the Minister of Justice. It is aid that about ten thousand are held in the various camps, many being in Northern On- tario, and 60 per cent. st least will be available for distribution. THE co CONTENTS Page Lge ips it. Gre {Bat ; Grea - Due Ships Dy Legal Fi a a 2-Frontenac's Payments; vell Returns; Social 3 Random Reels; puis Eon King- The Fi xis AFH le : HH orn Onta o Ne ewe. 2 onta; The For 2 od; I he Government at once ordered | v | Arracourt and Saint Martin after vio- A OFFIGIAL ENQUIRY lent bombardment. The -onslaughts | were all repulsed. HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE | GOVERNMENT. | Secret Session of Lower Chamber Committee--Three Other Neutral Ships Sunk By the Pirate Germans. (Special to the Whig.) fondon, April 5.--Four more vessels, three of them neutral ships, have been sunk in the past twenty- four hours with one life lost with the British steamer Bendew. The other, vessels were Spanish, Norweg- ian and Duteb. Great Excitement In Holland Special to the Whig { The He, April 5. "The Xotpedo- ing of the Dutch schooner Elzina Helena, while Holland is in the grip of a big war scare, caused great ex- citement here to-day, News of the sinking of the schoont er in the North Sea reached 2 | early to- There was no dow That sie een attacked by a sub. marine. an official inquiry. - The tension in- creased to-day ' when the general committee of the lower chamber met in secret session. SWISS TAKE STEPS i To Prevent the German Aviators Bombing Their Villages. Berne, Switzerland, April 5.---The Swiss Government is considering the marking of the frontiers with signs visible at a long distance by daylight and illuminated at night, so as to avoid Such mistakes as German avia- | his daughter, 106 Highlands avenué | Toronto: * Berlin Admits Fronch Gain. {Special to the Whig.) Berlin, April 5.--French troops have = re-occupied a fortified hill northeast of Haumont on the west bank of the Meuse, the War Office admitted this afternoon. French at- tacks on the east bank of the Meuse in the Gaillette wood werecrepulsed. PITH OF NEWS, | » | Despatches From Near And Distant Places. | The tax rate in St. Thomas this| year will be about twenty-five mills | on the dollar. The second reading of the prohi-| bition bill was passed in the Legis- | lature without a dissenting voice, Michael St. Germain, an Indian on | thé Rama Reserve, dled at the age, | it is sald, of one hundred and six. | Capt. E. F. Appelbe of the 198th | Battalion died in the Toronto Gen- | eral Hospital of pneumonia. | Several United States internal revenue men have been suspendid in conngotion with tobacco stamp frac- as. Rev. James H. Harris, a ploneer in the ministry of the Church of Eng. land in Canada, died at the home of Complete returns of the referend- um vote on prohibition held March 13th show 48,936 votes for the Mani- toba 'Temperance Act and 25,293 against, a majority of 23,643. Mrs, Sarah Butler, eighty-five years old, mother of Major Butler of the 70th Battalion, died as the Te- he of a fall down the cellar steps at his residelico in London. recently made in bombarding a Swish village. Negotiations on the many. * The two Conservatives who voted for Laurier's munition inyestigation Mule oy Slowprime Military gan tor EE motion in the Commo drew Broder and W. F(' Maclean. Two Nationalists also voted for it, Paul Lamarche and A. A.- The British steam shipping losses ng the Warhave Joeh los Wenn subject have been begun with Ger-| i were An-| War CHANGES AT ROME. | New Minister And Under-Secretary i 'For War. 2 w Rome, ADR 5~-The Minister of for W 2 have ar re- a was officially announced 4 per cent, TT Troe Tere PR FREN come to Ottawa and give evi- dence at the Investigation. PEP PPIPO IPERS RIP bed ASK BRITISH TO EXTEND LINES. To Give Them 150,000 More Men For Verdin, Berlin Hears. + -- (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, April 5.--Hdrd pressed by the Germans at Verdun, France has asked Britain to extend the British dines froin the River Somme to the bend of the French line at Soissqns, according = to information received { here to-day. By this shift, 150,000 | French troops would be released for action on the Verdun front. RUSSIAN GENERAL RETIRES. ® ivanoff Retires From Command in Galicia and Volhynia. Petrograd, April 5.--Gen. N. L Ivanoff has retired from the com- mand of the Russian armies in Vol- hynia and Galicia, and Emperor Nich- olas has addressed a Complimentary rescript to him. Gen. Ivanoff's suc- cessor has not been announced. 5 Sir John Gorst Dead, London, April 5.--Sir John Eldon Gorst, financial secretary to the trea- sury in 1891, and member of parlia- ment for Cambridge 'University, 1892-1906, died on Tuesday at his home in London. He was born at Preston in 1836. WAR BULLETINS, * + * ® The: French official bulletin © Tuesday night stated that the & # Germans were severely ISpuisey + # northeast of Verduz, tive powers of the famous 75 milli- metre gun. The highly-developed te- lephone service of the Verdun front enables the barrier-fire to be turned on at any point in forty seconds, and a single battery of 75's can then ren- der impassable a zone of congiderable length and breadth. "In the use of the heavy artillery, General Petain also excels. He has rendered it supple in an extraordin- ary degree. ° "General Petain is fightin battle with great patience and dog- ged resolution. He sells every inch of ground dearly, and for the mo- ment rests content that the Germans continue tactics which injure them most. It is considered impossible that the Germans can abandon the attack in which their military repu- tation is involved, but every Sax. though, General Petain has his dif culties, the obstacles which confront the Germans become more formid- able and the cost of success much higher. "There is little doubt that the Germans expected to win Verdun in four days. We must acknowledge the importance of the artillery positions occupied by the Germans and the range and the number of their guns. But General Petain holds firm, and much interesting, news is yet to come from Verdun." GERMAN CHANGELLOR IS OPTIMISTIC. The Spirit of Union To Bring many, this a (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, April 5. Speaikiilg crowded Reic 8 galleries, Chan- cellor Von Bethmann Holleweg made to-day what was judged by his hear- ers to be the most com ve speech of the whple war. ter an optimistic review of the whole situ- ation he said: "The spirit of union shall lead us and shall lead ad our a : dren and grandchildren , struggles of their: pik future of strength and tol, GERMANY WANTS U.S. Ee : TO ACT AS ITS "FRIEND. NEAREST Feelers Are Sent Out--Berlin -- Ap- parently Fears That the Germans Will Be Crushed. Washington, April 5.--It was learned on high authority to-day that Prsident Wilson and Secretary- Lan- sing believe the war will be over be- fore the end of summer. It was said also that they understood Ger- many expects this Government to act as her nearest friend in the peace ne- gotiations, not mer: for Germany's sake, but in the ifterest of interna- tional equity. This Government, it was said, is in possession of facts concerning the war that are not generally These 'are supposed to relate to the sources in wealth and fighting men of certain belliferents and to the ex- tent of the war's terrific drain upon : both. It is declared that certain o! f the governments foresee difficulties that might prove insurmountable if the wir should be permitted to continue for another year, and that the very law of self-preservation, which some- 'times moves nations to war, now counsels peace. . 0 SEPP PE49% S00 4 ALLIES PREPARING TO FIGHY BULGARS. (Special to > the Whig, ) London, April despatches state Bn the Allies # are preparing for an engage- # ment against the Bulgare. Gen, # Sarrail has gone to the front. #4 Non-combatants 'are advised to \ FEA Parham, on April 5th, 1 by" Rev. W. W. Weese, Augusta Stinencombe to Roy Barr, DIED, FERGUBON. eli Inv drag , 3rd 1918, Rosalia, io A5F Witham LeHURAY--At Sar aa ake, N.Y April 3rd, 1916, Manet 0. 'Robingo Dloted wife of Stevhe Hau Westmount Fungtar Yorivate) a resience of of her father, » Division et Shuradag, at 3 o'c ine: Wood Apri 8, marly OF Jn War ed 80 oa Funeral Burt. ges late Fesidonte, Alfred street, Friday afternoon on two o Cook. te Tal tet paintatices are respec -