oN. 18 Fought With Them Forty= five Years Paris, June 8.--The tragic end of Earl Kitchener caused a deep and sorrowful impression throughout France, where he was better known and more admired than any other British general. The fact that Kit- chener fought for France in 1870, was ever present-in the French mind, and went far to obliterate any ling- ering resentment over the Fashoda incident. Quite recently Kitchener met Brigadier-General Marchand, TO SOON ATTEM>T ANY ORGAN- with whom he bad clashed in 1898, ZPD EFFORT Invasion Dream is Dissipated-- Blockade and Control of the Seas is Further Away From Foe. (Special to the Whig.) London, June 8.--One result of the North Sea battle of last week is - that for many months it will be im- posible for the Germans to attempt naval manoeuvres which they might exchanged cordial handel which all the old bittern sunk, S - Premier Briand, in telegraphing the condolences of the French Gov- ernment to Premier Asquith, said: "All France will regret from the bottom of her heart the loss of the great chief who caused a magnificent have undertaken before the battle amy 20 spiing from sgh My. was fought, sald A. J. Balfour, First | rave and efficient organizer, whose Lord of the Admiralty, in an address | premature end it now mourns with which he delivered yesterday, | the British people, fought in the In his speech made before the Bri- | ranks of the French army 46 years tish Imperial Council of Commerce, | 880. Mr. Bal id it was impossible at > A-------------------- Pe I Balfour sa a NOW FAVORS PROMIBITION | | the present to go into details of the battle, as he had no connected view ---- of the whole action from any authen- | In Charge to Ottawa Synod Bishop Expresses Strong Views Ottawa, June 8.--In his annual tic source, Admiral Jellicoe's des- charge to the synod of the Anglican patch giving his views had not been received. British losses had been diocese of Ottawa, Bishop Roper came out strongly for prohibition. stated accurately, while no value Declaring that he has never been an could be placed on the German re- ports, which Mr. Balfour declared were tainted from the first, He sald the battleship which the Germans advocate of prohibition, tie bishop still insisted was sunk (he evidently |, ee os oe 6 war began he refered to the Warspite) had been | (I GRRE, Hie NER, Sel Mand afe | : e umiliation an sale In pont site Thursday {the waste of the sin of excessive Advantage Not Pressed. tarinking." Dealing with the broad issue of | y y ED the result of the battle, Mr. Balfour | COUNT OKUMA 1S ALIVE declared the German losses we.c greater than the British and asked AJP Premier's Secretary Denies As- why it the Germans had defeated the sassination Report British they had not pressed thei Tokio, June 8.--The report circu- advantage. German headquarters, lated in the United States yesterday ue sald, never was uncyr the delu- | that Count Shigenobu Okuma, the sion that the German f.eet was su- | Japanese prime minister, had been perior to the British, and the Ger- assassinated, was without founda- inans, therefore, were not to blame if | tion, The secretary of Count Ok- they ran away. It would be bud luma sald this morning that the sirategy for the German commander | premier was hale and hearty and to re valved 10 hu decisive | that he was then in conference with . ld hy in the Baltic, he asserted, could the | he Empetor, Germans attempt for many months | GC a any kind of an organized fleet effort | oa Represent such as might have Decn within their | wa, June 8.--Canada will be power before the battle, | represented at the Economic Confer- As a result; of the battle, Mr, Bal- | ence of the Allies by Sir George four declared, the German dream of | Foster, Minister of Trade and Con an invasion of England had been dis- | merce, who left New York ten da) sipated and as regarded the block- | ago and is now due in England. The ade and control ofsthe seas the posi- | conference will be held about the tion of the Germans was wrong. | middle of June in Paris, ; (Special tn the Whig.) German loss admitted to date to London, June 8.--The German of- | twelve ships, 65,000 tons. ficial statement received in Amster- | ~The Lutzow was a battle cruiser of | the Derfflinger type of 23,000 tons dam to-day admits the sinking of the | yo 0000 on length 718 feet and large battle cruiser Lutzow and the | gp004 thirty knots. She carried one small cruiser Rastock in the Ska-| thousand of a crew. Her armament quak naval engagement. - ese | was eight 12-inch guns and twelve boats sank on their way to harbor| 5.9 inch guns. after the battle. Earlier mention of | The Bostock was a small cruiser of : | the type of the famous Karlsruhe, 5,- their losses was not made, say the (0) tons. Her chief armamént was despatches, because of "military con- | twelve 4.1-inch guns. She carried siderations." 1 378 officers and men. It is presum- The admission of the loss of the ed many of the crews on both vessels Lutzow and Bostock brings the total were saved. SIX DOCTORS KILLED b ror , p + *e L : 4 They Suffered Heavily in the Ger- man Attacks London, June 8--Col. Turner, who is officially posted to have died of wolinds, is one of about six high med ical officers who have been killed in Fun onslaughts. He was hit, as for- rierly reported, when advancing to a dressing station. Gillebeke Road was wipad out by heavy shells, although the Red Cross {flag was prominently flying from every Canadian arm. There is nothing but praise for the work the Medical Corps has done these strenuous days. ---- BALFOUR ON KITCHENER To Allies He was Embodiment of Militant Forces of the Empire London, June-8.--8peaking at a luncheon of the Imperial Council of Commerce yesterday, A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, eulo- gized Ear] Kitchener, -who he said, to Great Britain's allies was "'the embodiment of the militant forces of the Empire, Perhaps the greatest triumph of Kitchener's life, Mr. Balfour said, was his successful effort to create a vast military mgchine which was now prepared to do its sha¥e in the mili- tary undertaking of the allies. NO WORD OF LONGBOAT. Col. Jolly Has Not Sent News as to Wayward Warrior. Toronto, June 8.--A wire has been sent to Lieut.-Col. W.\L. Jolly, in- structing him to arrest Pte. Tom Longboat of the 180th Battalipn, but headquarters have not received any notifification of his doing so up till this afternoon. The Indian left camp yes the 97th Battalion Sunday WAR BULLETINS. It is officially announced that the Russians took another 21,- 000 prisoners and 100 gins on the Roumanian frontier. The Germans claim to have captured Fort Vaux, north- _% east of Verdun, and 700 prison- + ers. : The British make great pro- # gress in German East Africa. # The German commandant has 4 been made prisoner. : It is rumored now that Gen- # eral French will be Kitchener's SUCCESSOr. Australians have entered Ger- man trenches near Hcoge and brought out several prisoners. & Pett dep te FLIRT FRPP PPP RRS Qrebe ed » CONTENTS > in Fleet Empotent; usslan Successes: Roose- velt scores German Ameri- cans. #27 Bia] the Sufferer; Scarcity tt; Plenty of Men. 4-~Editorials; press Opinions; Walt Page 1 's Rhymes; - Graduation; M Pract. ---- lesion ' 1; rous N ice. . T--Am J ee LAVS PRESS RIGHT AHEAD They Have Already Captured 50,000 Aus GIGANTIC OFFENSIVE ON A FRONT 240 MILES IN > LENGTH. The Austrian Report' Admits a Re- treat and Says the Russians are Using Shells in Unbelievably Large Numbers... | "Ymgesal to the Wiig). i London, June 8.-----Confirmation of the Russian successes in the Czar's gigantic offensive on the Austrian front is contained in the report of the Austrian-Hungarian army headquar- ters, which admits a retreat of three miles near Okna, In north-east Buko- wina. The artillery attacks of the Russians are described as 'tremen- dous." The attack is going on all along | the line from the Pripet marshes to the extreme southern end of the line, Fwith the greatest concentration on the section between Brody and the Pruth, The Russians, says the Austrian re- port, are using shells in unbelievably large numbers. The present fight- ing front is 240 miles in length. To-day's official despatches make the total Austrians taken in the pres- ent advance 50,000, with 120 guni, 86 machine guns and tons of food- stuffs and equipment. It is estimated that the total ad- vance casualties in this advance can- not be less than 200,000. REV. DR. A. B. BAIRD ELECTED MODERATOR Of the Presbyterian General Assembly at Winnipeg Wednesday Night. - (Special to the Whig.) Winnipeg, June 8.--Rev. Dr. A. B. Baird, Winnipeg, was elected Mode- rator of the Presbyterian General As- sembly last night. Dr. Baird is a western church pioneer, having. tra- velled alone across prairies from Winnipeg to Edmonton to found the first Presbyterian church there, Dr. Baird left Toronto in 1881, after a distinguished career in the Universities of Toronto, Edinburgh and Lelpzic, from which he received various degrees. He came to the west, which at that time was without any visible evidence of coming im- portance, and make a long journey overland into the trading post at Ed- monton, without other expectation than that he would spend his entire life as a home missionary of the church. He has been for some years professor in the Presbyterian College. The General Assembly completed its organization this morning - after an hour's deyojional exercises. Home missions is thé subject for the rest of the day. The prineipal topic of discussion in the corridors was the fine spirit shown by Rev. Dr. John Neil, of Toronto, when nominated for Moderator, retiring in favor of Dr. Baird. It was generally conceded that Dr. Neil if spared will soon be honored by election as Moderator of the Assembly. PROUD OF THE CANADIANS Cost the Germans Dear to Pene- trate the Line (Special to the Whig.) London, June 8.--The Canadian corps commander, Sir Julian Byng, sends the following message. am proud of the Canadians under my command. Their behavisur has béen magnificent. I have név- er known a fiercer or more dead- iy bm'i'e, nor have I seen aps troops fight with more earnestness COTE Pe and cheerfulness Tre #'gt jenetration of our line cin the {ivimans dear.' V. J. Smith, B.A, of Ingersoll High School staff has been appointed pub- lie school inspector for East Elgin. The Allan liner Sicilian. brought invalided Canadian soldiers to Que- N, about who was lost with Kitchener, en route THUR DAY, JUN noon admitted the opeupation - of Fort Vaux on the eas! bank of the Meuse by the Germans. The state- ment said: "After a seven days of the fiercest of fighting the gdrrison at Fort Vaux was absolutely exhaust- ed and could not prevent the occu- pation of the ruined fort by the Ger- mans. The (French held two posi- tions on the outskirts of the fort and the trenches on the gwelts to the right and left. All German attacks against these positions have been re- pulsed. - HUGH J. O'BIERNE, Diplomat who did much: to bring the Russ-British alliance and to Russia. Russians Driv The Austrians Before Them (Special to the Whig.) London, Juné 8.--Petrograd advices late thi¥ afternoon say that in addition te the capture of Lutsk, the Russians have taken several other large towns on the Volhynia, Galician and Bukowina frontiers, and are still driving all before them, giving the fleeing Austrians no time to construct new defen- sive works. If is expected that within a few days the Rus- sians will be again clamoring at the gates of Lemberg ana Warsaw. FREIGHT VESSELS : TO BE RELEASED! As the British Naval Situation Is Regarded As Absolute~ ly Secure. (Special to the Whig.) Montreal, June 8.--A special cable published here to-day says that owing to the fact that the British naval situation is secure, a large number of freight vessels recently commandeered by the British naval authorities will shortly be released, and it is expected much trade now going to neutral countries will return to Canada. It is also thought that freight rates between Canadian and British ports will drop thirty per cent. Native wine manufacturers asked the Ontario License Board to allow sales to be made through agencies. Sir Edmund Walker was elected to the presidéncy of the Ontario His- torical Society. The French destroyer Fantassin was sunk in a collision, and a Ger- man destroyer by a mine { with 'ably to a veenis ned, when she WHERE CRUISER Map shows the route to be followed by the itchener and his staff aboard, én route to Russia, prob- for the closest military co-operation for new PSHIRE WAS SUNK. Hampshire was sunk by mine or torpedo. {THE CHARGE =! Declares F. B. Carvell Before ¢Aand Bassick, the three who, so far as x . [dole IS PROVEN Cons HUGHES AN ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE HE APPROVED 'The Taking of Commissions By Alli- son in Business Other Than Cana- dian--Carvell Denounces Allison and Carnegie Commission. Ottawa, June 8.--After four weeks of hedring evidence in the most sensational investigation of war profiteering which has yet been held in the history of Canada, coun- sel before the Meredith-Duff Com- mission began to-day the summing up of the facts brought out and the inferences to be drawn. I. F. Hellmuth, K.C., Govern- ment counsel, this morning claimed that no actual proof had been shown of dishonesty in high places, and that, at most, only an error of judgment could be charged in regard to the placing of the fuse contracts for $23,000,000 with the two Amer- fcan companies. He maintained that the Kyte charges, in so far as they had bearing on collusion be- tween the Minister of Militia and Honorary Col. J. Wesley Allison to collect a rake-off of $1,000,000 on the contract placed with the Ameri- can Ammunition Company, in which Yoakum, Allison and their friends were interested, were not substanti- ated. On *'errors of judgment," he claimed, the Commission was not called to make a finding, but his pre- mise was not concurred in by Mr. Justice Duff, who "hoped we have not reached the stage in Canada where misconduct in office is limited to personal dishonesty." Maintains All Charges Proven. F. B."Carvell, K.C., M.P., counsel for G, W. W. Kyte, M.P.,, who made the charges in Parliament which the Commission was appointed to imves- tigate, in the course of a four-hour summing up, maintained, from the evidence, that every one of the Kyte charges as summarized in Premier Borden's statement, on which Sir Sam Hughes had been recalled from England, had been proven to the hilt. The = million-dollar commission to Allison and his friends in connection with the contract let to the American Ammunition Company was admitted; the contract at $4 apiece for graze fuses had been let to the "mush. room" Allison company without giv- ing Canadian firms or other legiti- mate American firms a chance to | tender; the price of $4 had been given, despite the fact that graze | fuses were being manufactured at the very time at $2.40 by Caldwell, the man who really undertook the work, assumed all the responsibili- ties, and shared a million dollars commission with Yoakum, Allison the evidence goes, did nothing to really earn the money. Canadian companies prepared to undertake work, Mr. Carvell showed, were ig- nored when the contract was being let, but had since made good on grade fuses at $3.60, and were now willing to accept further orders at about $2. The fact that it was an 'improvi- dent bargain in the first place was shown by the, subsequent cutting down of the American Ammunition Company's contract by $1,400,000 on the demand of the new Imperia Munitions Board, which superseded the old Shell Committee. Stolen Money, Says Carvell. Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Mili: tia, acting in the sacred capacity of | trusteeship for the British Govern- ment, Mr. Carvell said, had conniv- {ed at and endorsed the taking of a ! commission of one-quarter of a mil- lion dollars by Allison, stolen prac- tically from the British treasury. Sir Sam, despite all the evidence, still maintained that he had absolute con- fidence in. his counsellor, friend and adviser, Honorary Colonel J. Wesley further transactions. CHURCHILL SUGGESTED AS WAR OFFICE HEAD. Lloyd George Was to Have Ac~ companied Kitchener to Russia. (Special to the Whig.) London, June 8.--There is some talk. of Winston Churchill = being | chosen as the new head of the War | Offit& but the newspapers point out | that his gemius and energy are, ac- cording '0 public opinion, digcount- ed lately by outstanding examples of bad judgment; and he has for the time being lost public confidence, It is stated to-day that David Lioyd-George had arranged to go to | Russia with Lord Kitchener, but was stopp¥d by the call for his services in the Irish crisis. Austrians Evacuate Lutsk, (Special to the Whig.) London, June 8.--A Central News despatch from Petrograd says the Austrians have evacuated Lutsk in | face of the Russian advance which now driven the A back about twenty-five at some points, Vast quantities of stores and mally men and guns were cap- tured. . Washington Puts Allison, and would trust him again in | ™ CEPEEP PIPPI Pete DID GERARD GIVE % /GERMAN INTERVIEW? a Direct Question To Its Berlin Ambassador. Washington, June 8. -- Secretary Lansing, who has returned to desk in the State Department, ad- mitted yesterday, in response to dir- ect interrogation, that an inquiry bad been sent to James W. y the American Ambassador at Berlin, asking him whether he was respons- ble for two alleged interviews cabled | from Berlin crediting the ambassa- dor with having made certain state- ments with respect to peace. ' One of the interviews was published more than a week ago. The other appear- ed within the past forty-eight hours. Further than admitting that Mr. Gerard had been asked whether he had been interviewed, Mr, Lansing would not comment. In official cir cles it is not believed that Mr. Gerard gave any interviews. In one of these interviews, it is al- leged that Mr. Gerard had said that nothing coild shake his confidence that peace was on its way; that Pre- sident Wilson has much greater free- dom of action now to deal with the immense world problem of peace; that neutrals were as much interest- ed in bringing about peace as the bel- ligerents, and that the American Government is under an obligation to its citizens to do everything to serve the cause of peace, ALLIES BOMB HOBOKEN. 2% * +* -- ° (Special to the Whig.) London, June 8.--An allied # # air squadron has successfully # # bombarded the wharves at Ho- # + boken, near Antwerp. The % & Germans are said to have been % # building destroyers at Hobo- # + ken. * * Sderot dedob detedeiedodrdedib dobro db ing Awarded Divorce Decree, London, June 8.--Mrs, Claude Grahame-White, formerly Miss Dor- othy Taylor, of Watertown and New York, yesterday was granted a di- vorce from her husband, the aviator. The decree was granted on the grounds that Grahame-White, now a flight commander in the British avia- | tion service, had not complied with the decree for the restitution of con- jugal rights granted to his wife last January. * +* * + > ONTARIO HAS RAISED 189,000 OF THE 185,000 ASKED FROM IT. | Quebec Has Raised Only 35,000 Out Of Its Call For 139,000---Western Provinces Have Raised More Than Their Share. 7 | (Special to the Whig.) { Toronto, June 8.--Sir Sam Hughes | is greatly pleased with the voluntary enlistment in Canada to date. The possibility of conscription here, or even national registration, is not be- ing considered by the Military Coun- cil. J | This is the news brought Back {from Ottawa to-day by Major Wil- | lams, chief recruiting officer for this | district ,who laid before Sir Sam the | views of the Toronto regimental com- Hanae, recommending registra- on. Sir Sam said the matter of regis- tration was one of public policy for the Dominion Cabinet to decide if it was considered necessary. He stated that Canada is the only part { of the Empire: raising soldiers pure- {ly by voluntary enlistment, and she jn live in history as the result of | Of the half million soldiers asked {for by Premier Borden, Toronto | military district has raised 75,000 of {its 86,000 quota; London military district, 29,000 of 46,000; Kingston land Ottawa district, 35,000 of its | 44,000, In Ontario altogether, 139,000 of the 185,000 called for have enlisted. Quebec has provided only 35,000 of its 139,000 call. The Maritime Pro- vinces have raised half their quota. AH the eastern provinces have raised half their quota. All western pro- vinces have exceeded their share. | | | Judgment was reserved in the case of Capt, Coulthurst, with the shooting of Skeffington, editor of the Irish Times, during the Dublin riots. COL. ROOSEVELT SCORES THE GERMAN-AMERICANS (Special to the Whig.) Chicago, June 8.--iIn a character- istic message to the Progressive con- vention read here to-day, Col Roose- velt said: "Professiondl German-Am- ericans .are at this moment serving | notice on members of your conven- tion that your action must be taken with a view to 'the interest, not of the United States, but of Germany, and of that German-American vote which is ante-American to the core. I believe with all my heart that the ROOSEVELT ASKED TO GO TO CHICAGO. To Address the Republican Convention--He Delays His Answer. (Special to the Whig.) Oyster Bay, June 8.--With the Progressive nomination 'absolutely assured him and the Republican no- mination seeming to be veering in his direction, Col. Roosevelt here to-day kept his ear on the Chicago wires carefully weighing the develop ts. action of these sinister professional German-Americans will be repudiat- ed with angry contempt by the great mass of my fellow-citizens. The pro- fessional German-American is seek- ing to terrorize your convention. {They wish to elect next November & man who shall not be in good faith an American president, but a viceroy of a foreign government." In conclusion, Roosevelt called on the convention for unity for Ameri- cansim and American preparedness. Be DAILY MEMORANDUM Board of Education 8 p. m. 3 See top page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: Bucknell's News Depot .. larke J. W. & Co. .... College Book Store ... Coulter's Grocery Co Frontenac Hotel .. Gibson's Drug Stor [cAuley's Book Store Cullen's Grocery, He said this morning he would wait till this afterndon before replying to the invitation of the Republican con- vention to go to Chicago to address them. | FRENCH-CANADIAN BRIGADES. | Relieve Their Comrades Who Weve | So Hard Pressed. ; Ottawa, June 8.--No further casu-] alty lists of officers have been receiv- | ed since yesterday by General Hughes, and reports from London state that it is still difficult to get full details of Canadian casualties during the recent fighting. The ag- gregate may, however, be surmised from the fact that already the nal\es of 280 officers killed, wounded or missing have been received. The Seventh and Eighth Brigades, which bore the brunt of the fight, have now been replaced by other bri- gades and are in the rear pending re- organization. British troops also have come to the assistance of the hard-pressed Canadians, | PEEILPP9 00000 200 % VETERANS' SILENT SALUTE TO "K. OF London, Ont., June 8.--At a meeting yesterday in the big hospital here for invalided sol- djers from the front, sixty-five men who had served in the Soudan and through South Af- rica with Earl Kitchener stood bareheaded and gave a silent salute, many in tears. As soon as they are able many of the men plan to go back to the firing line. . nr | [Val cGall's Cigar Store, Cor. cleod's Grocery .+..01 Union St Ww Medley's Dru tore, 350 University Paul's Cigar Store ".. .e ncesy Prouse's Drug Store 312 Princess Southcott's Grocery . Portsmouth 08 Montreal alleau's Grocery ... MARRIED ROGERS--SE. ALE--On June 7th, 1916, at St. Mark's Church, Barriefleld, by Rev. A. E. Cooke, Seale, daughter of Mrs. Seale and the late Charles Otway Seale to Colin David Rogers, only son of Mrs. Rogers and the late D, D. Rogers, ex-M. P., Glen Logle. BONGARD--BAKEBR -- On Wednes- day - evening, June 7th, 1916, by ev. Canon FitzGerald, at the home of the bride's Jaqents, Ruth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. JI. Baker, to Harvey James Bongard, son of Capt. and Mrs. B. W. ne gard, Picton, Ont. MERRIMAN--In Latimer on June 6th, riman. 19186, Wesley J. Funeral took place from his igpte resi- dence Thursday afternoon at ane o'clock to Sand Hill Cemetery. ------------------ ROBERT J REID