12 PAGES PAGES 18 YEAR 84: NO. 116 RUSSIAN CABNET (RSS Sin. Soclalists Arc to be Taken Into the Government. AN OF THE COURMEN ATTAIN GENERAL PEACE WITHOUT CONQUEST. | | > | TO But It "Believes That Revolutionary Russia Will Not Permit the Defeat of Its Allies in the West. | (Special to the Whig) ! Petrograd, May 17.--The Cabinet' crisis may be considered as settled. A declaration of the government's policy, accepted by the representa-, tives of the Council of Workmen's angd>Soldiers' delegates, with mere-/ ly verbal alterations, will be signed by both parties without delay. | It has been decided to take into cabinet five representatives of difter- | ent Soclalist groups which, with A. F. Kerensky, who assumes the war | portfolio, will make a total of six| of these groups sharing in the gov-! ernment. | The Government's aim is the at-! tainment of general peace without the. conquest of other nations, or depriv-, "ing them of their national sovereign-, ty or their territory, in a word, peace] without annexations or contribu-| tions, but believes firmly that revolu-, tionary Russian will not permit the| defeat of its allies in the west. i Generals Alexieff, Dragomiroff,| Gurko and Brussiloff arrived in Pe- trograd to-day for & conference on the, military situation. They declared the formation of a coalition ministry was; indispensable, | | NATIONALISTS REJECT THE PARTITION PLAN| But They Agree to a Conven= vention of All Irish Parties. 2cial he Whig.) London, May 17 The Trish Nat- lonalists formally today voted rejec- tion of Premier Lloyd George's plan for the partition of Ulster in the set- $2 tlement of the Irish Home Rule plan, ! | but agreed.to adopt his suggestion ' § for a convention of Irishmen of all parties to devise a system of THERE'S NO CONFIRMATION Of Story That Race Track Gambling is to be Probitited Special to the Whig) i Ottawa, May 17.----~There's no offic- ial confirmation here of the story that the Government will introduce legislation prohibiting race track gambling, although the delegation which saw Sir Robert Borden yes- terday seems satisfied that this is the intention, The whole subject of race tracks is in hands of a spec- ial committee under Oliver Wilcox, M.P., North Essex, but he has been ill lately. TO MEET EVERY YEAR. The Imperial Cabinet to Discuss Matters Affecting Empire, (Special tv» the Whig.) 'London, May 17. t least once a yeat from now on Britain will call a meeting of the Imperial Cabinet, which 'inchides the British Cab net, Prime Ministers of all England's do- minions and a representative of Indi. according to announcement in | the House of Commons by Premier Lloyd-George to-day. Such meet- ings, the Prime Minister said, would be for the purpose of discussing all matters affecting the Empire as well govern: Hi ment for the island. | as its foreign policies. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917. CANADIANS ADVANCING THROUGH BROKEN GERMAN WIRE DURING THE GREAT DRIVE IN FRANCE AST EDITION - The picture was obtained during the splendid tush which gave the Canadians possession of the entire Vimy Ridge excepting ite extreme northwest tip. Here the Germans held on stubbornly in their trenches and were not'ejected until bitter fighting forced them out of their positions. In the picture the open high ground of the Vimy Ridge carrying their rifles and Lewis guns. rm mn SUB. MENACE ALMOST EFFACED Around British Isles--Two Sinkings in the Mediterranean. (Special to the Whig.) New York, May 17.--The American steamer Hilonian, thtee thousand tons, was sunk in the Mediterranean. Four of the crew were lost. The British steamer Harpagus was alo sunk In the same vicinity on May th. It is understood here that the Ger- man submarine menace is almost ef- faced in the neighborhood of the British Isles and that gnost of the recent sinkings were in the Mediter- ranean, \ CONS ROARING ON RUSS. FRONT Since the German And Slav Soldiers Stop- ped Fratemizing. THE RUSSUAN ARMY MORALE BEING MAINTAINED DESPITE | THE HEAVY FIRING. Raus<ian _ Aeroplanes Compel Teu- tonic Abandonment of Rumanian Bank of the Danvbe--Russian Submarine Flotilla Silenced Turk- ish Battery on Bosphorus. (Special 'to the Whig.) Petrograd, May 17.--German guns are now roaring over a great part of the Russian-German front since the soldiers stopped fraterniziyg, but the Russian army wmoralevis being ex- tremely maintained despite this cont tinuous pounding. Russian aeroplanes flying over the Black Sea harrassed the enemy in Rumania, - canfpelling the Téutonic abandonment of the Rumanian bank of the Danube. Later, when the Ger- mans tried to recross the Russian flyers again threw them back. The news of a Russian submarine flotilla shelling and silencing a bat- tery on the Bosphorus was also print- ed here to-day. Heavy destruction was skid to have been caused the Turkish position, WIDOW RRCEIVES HUSBAND'S MEDALS. The memory of a brave mdh was hon- ored by the residents of Chingford, when Col. W: Graydon Canter presented the Military Cross, the D.C.M. and Bar ty) Mims. Mereer, widow of Co. Sergt.- Major F. 8. Mercer, Naval and Military detachment volunteers and police were present. The 0 shows Samuel Mer« cer weaning his father's medals. --t et ---- GERMANS WERE FORCED ssi, To Give np Some Ground Captured in Roeux. (Special to the Whig) Belin, via sv May 17---In ce of strong British counter- ks, German troops were forced some ground captured in this morning, according The War Office sald so far Ce. 3 2,300 British and 2,700 French had been captured. g ; at (Special to the Whig.) London, May 17.---General Mau- rice, Director of Operations of the British army, said this afternoon that the Allles were admirably succeeding vr .. OFGAL WAR STATEMENTS. Russian. Petrograd, May 16.--Wednesday's War Office report sald: - "Western and Rumanian fronts! There have been fusillades and scout- ing operations. "Caucasus front: In Mi on May Lith our detachments once | more crossed River } 8 0 Sunk: ters: Theatr cal c ot, Lowson: Gads- ye western front. These plans, he said, were to "wear the down." There could be no big advance with- out the accomplishment of this, and advances into the en- could be expected at were forced to retire. "Aviation: Lieut. Golcher brought down a German deroplane within the enemy's lines, 'Air pilot Vrikov, of our forces, dropped bombs upon Burshtya." {DEATH OF | cast a gloom over thewhole diocese, in their plans of campaign on the R GERMANS BUSY "FOR TWO NiGHTS Threw Altacking Waves at. the oa ha CATARAQUY, PASH rt Deceased Was Seventysfour Years of Age--Was Born in England--A Noted Musician and Composer. Another clergymag of the Kings- ton Diocese has been called by death in the passing away after-a long il1- ness of Canon the Rev. William Rob- ------ erts, preceptor of St. fe 's Cath- i SEES ST ML WERE REPULSED raqul, and a minor Canon eof St. George's. 3 3 Seah The death of Canal Roberts has): THE FOE CANNOT RETAKE THE in various parts of whieh he was an GROUND LOST. - earnest worker since 1868, when he was first ordained a deacon. He held 'many charges, and in each his death brings the profoun magret. As a clergyman, a music 'a #cholar and a citizen his prese had a bene- ficial effect on the So ity, and he will be sorely The Assault Occurred at Varioms Points--Checked by a Curtain Fire--British on Western Edge of Ballecourt. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, May 17.--For the second successive night German troops threw violent attacking waves last night against the French positions north of o Youie, Moulin and Laffau¥ and were again Only , repulsed, to-day's official statement tunes were | declared. Another series of three rer Anglican . German attacking waves northedst of at, 3nd this | Bray-en-Laonnais was likewise ¢heci- worth . . Svante whe her cabs MMA ti w 4 . r BO. ite A + Slalomiont sald, "the Germans ré-al- In 1868 he came to Canada as tacked in the region north of Moulin organist for Hon. John Hamilton, |and Laffaux. All their efforts to re- of Archbishop Hamflton. music. He became a and in time was of the most learned Church for use in high testimony to h'& brought letters from "Northeast of Bray-en-Laonnais three German assaulting waves werg checked by our curtain of fire without the enemy obtaining any results." 'The statement also detailed patrol fighting in the Champagne. at Bullecourt. (Special to the Whig) a deacon and appointed te Robin and Tweed. The next year his abil- ity as a speaker and his advanced studies with more experience brought him tive honor of being nade a priest. In 1874 hé was transferred to Came den East, and then in tirn to Shan- noaville, In 1877 the late Canon Roberts took over tiie charge of Am- London, May 17.--More progress herst Isfand, and there for fourteen at Bullecourt was reported by Field years, leaving in 1891 to go to Mer- Marshal Haig to-day. "There was rickville. He was in Merrickvlle fighting around Bullecourt again," he until November of 1900, going from 'said, "We progressed further through there to Adolphustown. In 1904 [the village and reached the western while at Adolphustown he was made edge." In 1915 he was appointed to Christ Church, Catamadui. who was held in great es- War ngs, Canon Roberts The United States destroyer fleet has arrived in European waters and has been placed under order of the British Admiralty. The Italians have taken 3,375 pris- oners, three villages, one battery and thirty machine guns in their new ad- vance. . ~The British and French have push- ed forward three miles at some points i {in Macedonia. The Germans are still battering hard at the western front, but mak- ing no progress, British and French lines are firm. window was recently erected to his memory. : The fate Canon Roberts leaves a Fou Crosses Station, ave still living. Bes side his widow, he leaves five dangh- The total British vessels sunk by J. A. Johnston, Smith's Falls Mrs. | submarines last week were twenty- D. M' Allison, Camden, N.Y.; Mrs. [three as against. sixty-two for the FH } previous week, \ r.{ Senator William Sharpe's the men are seen advancing over NAVE ng U.S. TO PROVIDE "TRAINS AT FRONT 800 'Will be Needed by an Ex- pedition of 200,000 Men. Washington, May 17.--For fear of ed transport facilities of France, ela- borate arrangements will be made, it is declared, to have the American expeditionary féree furnish its own lines of communication. When an American division of 20,000 men reaches France it will need 80,000 tons of transport, four tong for every man. Eighty trains of 1,000 tons capacity each would there- fore have to be provided for every such division. For 200,0000 men 800 trains would be necessary. Orders to bring the regular army to its full strength of 293,000 men were announced to-day by the War Department. Organization of 44 new regiments will begin to-day, with further efforts to stimulate recruit- ing and bring in the 116,455 men needed to fill up the ranks. Since April 1st, 67,443 men have been accepted, and officials are con- fident that the full number will have been enrolled at wartime volunteers before June 15th. THE BEST IN YEARS Re port From the Province of Manitoba. Ottawa, Sharpe, who is the owner of one of in western Canada, arrived in Ot- the session. He reports that the crop situation as far as Manitoba is con- cerned is the best for years." On his own farm the wheat is up several inches. He states that the weather conditions, contrary to general re- port, have been ideal for seeding. The month of April was cold, keep- ing the moisture in the ground, and turned warm in May when the farm- ers get on the land. The result was the best possible seed bed for rapid growth. The acreage in Manitoba he thought, would show a consider- able increase. Senator Sharpe could speak for his own province only, but he understood that in Saskafchewan, conditions were not so good, the sea- son Javing heey ner. He stated that there had n no* shortage. The hy help secured from the States ha ng supplied the deficiency due to Sulistment. Some five hyndred stu- ts from American agricultural colleges also came north to assist the Canadian farmers to sow their erop. i FUTURE OF MONARCHS. * ------ H. London, May 17.--H. G. Wells has followed his recent letters on the quest.on of republicanism in Eng- £74] overstraining the already heavily tax-}. BORDEN FAVORS WOMENS VOTE fic Would Enfranchise All Women ww THE PREMIER TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF IMPERIAL WAR CABINET CONFERENCES On Friday Afternoon Dominion Gov- ernment Will Stop Race Track Gambling: During the War. Ottawd, May 17.--In the Commons yesterday afternoon Donald Suther- land, of South Oxford, moved that, "in the opinion of this House the question of extending the franchise to women should engage the attention of the Government at the present session." Mr. Sutherland advocated a uni- form Dominion franchise law, and that the franchise be extended to all women of the Dominion in accord- ance with the action taken by nearly all the Provinces of the Dominion. Hon. Dr. Pugsley's motion, provid- ing that the right of Dominion fran- chise be extended to the women of all Provinces in which women's suf- May 17.---Senator William} the largest and one of the best farms] tawa yesterday 'for the remainder of! frage has been granted, is next on the order paper: Premier Borden intimated that he favored woman's franchise in all Canada. r Sir Robert Borden informed the the House that on Friday he would make an announcement.regarding the conference of the Imperial War Cabij- net so far as the deliberations could be made public. The Prime Minister moved, second- ed by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, that the House accept tire new mace donated by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London and that the warm thanks of the House be expressed to the donors. Sir Robert Borden' intimates that race-track gambling, will be stopped during the war. STATUE PERSPIRED. Worshippers Hail Phenomenon as Augury of Victory. Rome, May 17.--A miracle! a niiracle!" was the ory of § woman i the church of the Madonna Del Monte, here. She was fervently Praying before the statue of St. Joseph when she noticed that it was covered with drops of water, : "The saint is perepiring," said the erowd which gathered, 'priest " had the water wiped off, thinking that it was produced by the siidden hot weather, but the next morning the statue was again cover. ed with drops of water, The news of the miracle has spread throughout the city, and the churel has been so crowded that the police have been called to preserve order. As nowadays everything which happens ig connected with the war, the people say this miracle 48 an au- gury of a vigtorious peace in the near future. In the British Commons the gov- ernment stated that Britain's trea- ties with Russia still hold good. 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