po [n=] 'Th YEAR 84: NO. 231 The Changes A FORWARD AT YPRES Pr ---------- Battle of Flanders is Growing More And More Like the Battle of the Somme--Bri- tish Tactics. (Canadian Press Despatch.) The On Wednesday o London, Oct. 4 eight-day interval. over ground on both sides of the Ypres mile to a mile at various points alo the drive, the battle of Flanders i year's battle of the S8omine burg "strategic retreat." witleh The same general tactics now the same point in the line are a similar result Thi abandoned would be $s time pondingly heavy blow line, with its submarine and aerial renewal of the g the line Wi however to the Germans, bases, comes after an the British swept forward wmivancing from a half With to-day's renewal of Flanders drive ast week Menin road wing more and more to resemble 13n¢- followed by the memorable Hinden being pursued of persistent driving at) evidently expected bygthe British to achieve , the ground which would have to be far mere valuable to the Entente and its ioss a corres- for the German-held Belgian coast is at stake, together witi the great French manutacturing city of Lille and wide stretches of territory in Northern Frauce and Flanders. attack it off To-day's mans to stave Crown Prince yesterday at its inost vital points, followed sharply a last despairing effort of the Ger- Rupprecht struck at the British line but made no impression whatever. The northern wing of the onrushing British troops was battling tor-| ward this morning within a short distance of Peelappele. on the ridge to the west and had crushed ridge, which is an integral part of the It had a footing famous Gravenstafel ridge, which juts out from the Passchendaele | through the Zennebeke-Droodscende | Passchendaele-Chelvenlt chain. | The British have already penetrated well behind the hamlet of Brood- | shiede in which lle cross roads formed by highways between Zonnebeke and | Eclaire a A A A, CERMAN DEFEAT ONLY END WR Winston Churchill Says it Must be Fought 10 Decisive Conclusion. INCONCLUSIVE PEACE FATAL WORSE THAN ORIME CONFLIOT BEFORE TO STOP TIME. Some Strong Words Were Uttered at a Luncheon Given by the Aldwich Club--The Decisive Overthrow of Prussian Militarism is Desired. London, Oct. 4 --Righ Hon, Win- Spencer Churchill, Minister of Munitions, speaking at a luncheon given in his honor yesterday by the Aldwich Club, said: "We at this moment are actually in the sternest phase of the war, We are entering the phase in which the convulsion of nations. will be the most intense, and when the fruits which are gathered and gained may be won forever or {improvidently ston cast away "This is no time to talk of peace. This is the time to talk of British will, of British power and of British duty. There is no difference what- ever between the kind of peace that Mr. Asquith called for in his speech last week and the peace which Pre- sident Wilson demands. Both of their expositions pointed to the same conclusion, namely, the decisive over- throw of Prussian militarism, "Our war aims have been soberly restated but are as yet unachieved. Prussian militarism is not yet over- thrown. It is not extravagance of speech to say that the leaders of that militarism are the enemies of the human race. "If the war ended to-miorrow in an inconclusive weace Prussian militar- ism would claim that it had saved Germany from invasion and defeat. The German Junker leaders would tell the German people that they had saved them; and they would invite us on the morrow of such a fatal peace to become friends and to ofiltivate commercial relations, < Stine i, WHIG CONTENTS, I--The British Sweep; German De- feat is Needed: Transports En- dangered; Britain to Retaliate 2-Llty Short of Water; Incidents Further to the south Osmeron Covert, where there had been muc hard fighting, was left well in the rear. holds which comprised thé crucially important system of German defence along the Passchendaele-Chelvenlt ridge. . | To-day"s battle was along strong- | BRITISH HAVE TAKEN BROODSEINE VILLAGE The Offensive is Proving of Great Value--The Pris- oners Are Numerous. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Oct. 4.--General Freder- ick B. Maurice, chief director of mili- tary operations, announced this af- ternoon that the British forces in their offensive this morning to the east of Ypres had captured the vil- lage of Broodseine and are holding it in face of heavy counter-attacks. Both the first and second objec- tives on the ridge have been cap- tured by the British in 'their offen- sive in the Ypres, The British gain- ed all their objectives on a front of 16,000 yards, (nine miles) and to a depth of 2,600 yards. Prisoners are coming in much more rapidly and in greater number than in the last push. FANS ARE IN LINE Waiting For Tickets for the World's Series, (Canadian Presg Despatch.) | Chicago, Oct. 4.--Hundreds of| fans, who were among the fortunate ones to obtain reserve seats gather- ed at White Sox Park early this morning for their tickets for the world's series. By noon four lines several hundred deep, were before the windows. There was no evidence of the presence of scalpers. Attacked a U.S. Vessel, (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Oct. 4.--The' American schooner Annie F. Conlon was tacked by gun fire by a German sub- marine Wednesday morning off the Scilly Island. The crew of eight men has been landed safely. mm OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS. _-- Italian, : Rome, Oct. 3.--The official' report from headquarters Wednesday said: "At dawn yesterday the enemy at- tacked our. position on the western slopes of Monte San Gabriele; the at- tack failed completely. The assault- ing company was destroyed and a battalion following it was caught ia turn under our batteries and .dis- persed. One officer and 79 men re- mained in our hands. "On the other parts of the Bain- sidza Plateau front we captured in successful patrol actions some addi- tional prisoners and three machine guns, Stirring New Off THE BRITISH SWEEP | expected e Daily KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1917. in the Federal Cabinet Are Many and Important ive by the British About PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. To Take Effect on Saturday---Guth-| rie Sworn In. {Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Oct, 4.--Parliament is dis- solved from next Saturday. Hugh Guthrie, Liberal M.P., was sworn in as solicitor-general to-day. In gpnnection with the announce- ment Hf the proclamation breaking up Canada's House of Cdmmons, Premier Borden said the date for the elections would be decided jater. It is generally understood will not be held before January Robert also stated that beyond additions of Messrs. Ballantyne g Guthrie there were no other Cabinet changes to announce Western 'Liberals will ing here this afternoon, and it is that Hon. H. S. Brewster, of British Columbia, and A. Calder, of Saskatchewan, the union cabinet frid Laurier will take no further steps respecting his resigna- tion till after consultation with friends in Toronto here they Sir the hold a meet- Premier Hon. J. --_ Austria May Seek Peace Of Its Own (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Oct. 4.--The Daily Express correspondent at Am- sterdam writes that there is an increase of signs indicating that if Germany continues her pres- ent attitude on the question of peace, popular feeling in Aus- tria will force the Vienna and Budapest cabinets to denounce the alliance with Germany and try to secure as good a peace for Austria alone as may be possible, at- || of Day : "Activity in the air) was very live- 3=Can Ask for Exemption: Mil- ly during the day. One of our squadrons bombarded the station of Grahovo. were two successful raids. Military objectives at Pola were bombarded wit hfour tons of projectiles and bad- ly damaged. Two ememy machines were brought down by our airmen; they fell north of Auzza and near Poldmelata ** tax Mafters, 4--Editorials; Rippling Rhymes; Press Opinions; Things That Never Happen. tter Regarding Conscription; Soldiers Did Not Come. District News; 'Junior Matr tion List; H'berniany Build! T--Amusements; Announcements; e Forum. $---Many Forgeries; Military News: tricai $--Sunday School Lesson; Léctur- ing to Nurses. 20.~Ruxsns'a Confession; Kingston's © -- The Methodist church is to have 11 . Ww Ba: Pa) fhe aids n Tr. 13~In World of re Bringing Up Father, an Indian department, which will deal with all the work among the native Indians in the Dolginton of ' Canada. } POLICY DECIDED UPON For British Reprisals for the Ger- man Air Raids. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Oct. 4.--According to the Standard, a policy of British repris- als for |German air raids has been deeided | upon. 'This was intimated by Lioyp George on Tuesday. / Rald on German Towns. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, Oct. 4.--Another aerial raid over Germany was made last night by French aviators. The cities of Frankfort and Rastatt were bombed in reprisals. Rastatt is a town of 14,000 Baden. This is the second attack on Frankfort in the last week. A Successful Raid. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Oct. 4--A successful raid by /British airplanes on hostile posi- tions on the Macedonian front is re- ported in an official statement from the War Office to-day. The state- ment says: '"Our airplanes made a most suec- cessful raid on an extensive scale, bombing the enemy's camps and dumps on the Belaschitza Planina. Hostile troops were scattered by the machine gun fire, and one of seve- ral enemy airplanes which attacked our formation was brought All our machines returned safely." NEWS FROM THE FRONT Hot Artillery Duel Going on in Rus- sian Territory. (Canadian Press Despatch) Petrograd, Oét. 4.--On the north- ern end of the Russian front, in the region of Jacobstadt, an artillery duel | of great severity is in progress. -- The Active Artillery. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, Oct. 4--The night was calm except on the right bank of the Meuse, where the artillery on both sides was very active, PRICE TO PRODUCE BREAD Report Presented by the Investigat- ing Commissioner, (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Oct. 4.--It costs 6.60c for bakers to produce one pound of bread in Toronto, 6.44c in Ottawa, and from these prices the of production runs up in various cities to as high as 7.88¢c per pound in Vancouver and New ' Westminster, which is the maximum, This ig the finding of High Cost of Living Com- missioner W. F. O'Connor, K.C, as 'stated in an interim report given out here to-day after six months investl- gation into the milling and bread manufacturing industries in Can- ada. The Torénto and Ottawa figures may be assumed to generally repre- sent most of the Ontario cities. Convoying in Meriterranean. Washington, Oct. {.--American de- stroyers and other naval vessels in Waters are conveying mer- chant ships through the submarine zones of the Mediterranean as well as in the vicinity of British and French Atlantic ports. The Secre- tary of the Navy, Mr. Daniels, made tls announcement yesterday. St. John's Nfd., Oct. 4.--The ap- pointment of Sir Charles Harris to be Governor of Newfoundland is of-- ficlally announced. He succeeds Sir Walter Davidson, ens his ! in | down. | |PLIGHT 'OF TURKEY IS GROWING WORSE The Germans Take ke Best of | Everything, Leaving Natives to Starve. London, Oct. 4.--Turkey has only sixty per cent. of the average acre age of wheat under cultivation, on account of the scarcity of men Fruits and figs are available, but they need bread and onions people are, hungry and exhausted Constantinople fish is canned by the Germans for their use alone. At the hotels fish is obtainable. Turk ish soldiers often have no bread. There is no sympathy between the | German and Turkish officers and soldiers, as thg Turks see that the vita The { ARMY TRANSPORT | 1S ENDANGERED JAPAN MAKES AN OFFER | | RETURN FOR MODIFICATION OF STEEL EMBARGO. | Germans are better provisioned than | themselves. Enver asked ter treatment for his troops {| One hundred Turkish piastres, paper, are now only worth thirty for bet- JOHN REDMOND'S SON Is Awarded the D.S.0. Conduct. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Oct, 4.--Captain William Archer Redmopd, M.P. for Tyrone. son of John E.!Redmond, Irish lead- er, has been awarded the distinguish- ed service ord for gallant conduct {on the night of Beptember 12th, 13th Major William H. K. Redmond, M.P. for Clare,brother of John Red- mond, was killed while leading his 'men in Wytscllaste Wood during the battle of Mes8ines Ridge on June 10th last For Gallant A NEW OFFENSIVE EAST OF YPRES (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Oct. 4 --Field Mar- 4 shal Haig has begun a new offen- + sive east of Ypres. The official # statement from British head- +4 quarters in France issued to- # day says that the British at- + ing on a wide making front satisfactory and are progress. + IE Ire have been taken. * | FRPP RPP Eb bbb bP PIPPI bP bed | CANADIANS™IN FLYING CORPS | gts | Thousands Have Joined the New and | fubmitted to the Shipping Board an| of | Thrilling fervice. | | teats of Major Bishop, the Canadian | for valor.available in the British | army, has called attention strikingly | to the manner in which young Can- | adians have taken to the new man- | ner of fighting in the air. Canada has sent to the war zone some of the cent years. The air services take only under twenty-five years of age to| train as pilots. These young men | must be of the finest physical and! mental type, active, alert, and un- | usually intelligent. From Canada | over one thousand of such voung| men have joined the Royal Flying | Corps as aviation cadets in training | and over five. hufdred and fifty are | officers in the Royal Naval Air Ser- | vice. Besides this, three thousand | Oamadians have joined the Royal | Flying Corps as mechdhies, helpers, etc., the rank and file of the corps. | It is said to be an encouraging evidence of the spirit of the Cana- dian people that so many young Can- | adiams have joined the most difficult | {and ardudus service; also, to he fur-| ther proof of Canada's deep and sin- cere interest in the war, Dr. Forbes Dead. Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 4.--Dr. Char-| les Forbes, inventor of individual | communion cups, died here yesterday, | aged seventy-three years. The inven- | tion came out in 1893 and was adopt- | ed by most Protestant churches at| once. One English paper at that | time declared is to be the most im-| portant innovation in the church rit-| {ual since the reformation. | Certificates Over-Subscribed, | Washington, Oct. 4.--The govern- | ment's latest and largest issue of) short-time certificates of indebtedness | $400,000,000, offered in anticipation | of second Liberty Loan receipts, has | been over-subscribed. | Nee------ { | i HUGH GUTHRIE. MP, LIBERAL Has been sworn in for the coalition cabinet as solicitor-general, tacked at six o'clock this morn- «| A number of prisoners already «# men | 000,000 unless added "have inaugurated U. S. Secretary of the Navy Says/| There Is No Occasion For Hysteria Her. sh Whig MONTREAL LIBERALS 7 ~SAY THEY'RE AMUSED Discredit Rumors That Sir Wil- frid Laurier Has Resigned-- Regard Possibility Remote Montreal, Oct. 4.--Local Liberals TT -- LAST EDITION CER Ypres Sector BRITAIN AT LAST 10 RETALITE express amusement over the rumors| from Ottawa and Toronto, regarding the resignation of Sir Wilfrid Laur- They scoff at the idea of any thing of the like happening at this juncture and say the rumors are sent out mainly in the hope that they would prove disheartening to Sir Wil frid's followers. Local Liberals say that there may be a possibility of Sir Wilfrid resigning, provided he is| returned to power Then keep the in his hands long enough to see 3 party Government safely launched, and might step out at that juncture in favor of a young he would | er man. as Submarine Situation Is More Satisfactory. Washington, Oct. 4 Shipping ex-| perts here are more than ever con- vinced that America will face a] dearth of tonnage the coming year so serious as to prevent of more than 800,000 to men by the end of 1918 | The joint warning of Sir Joseph Maclay, British Shipping Controller, and Lord Northcliffe, publicist, that there must be six million tons of new movement 1,000,000 shipping -annually are not unheeded. here. American say they realize Government heads | that the submarine situation was and is serious. But such men as the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Daniels, and Admiral i Benson, declare that there is no oc- for becoming and more | | company, casion that the submarine situation is | satisfactory." One half of one per cent. of con-| voyed ships are being lost. Practi-| cally 'all ships are under the new| convoy system. . | hysterical U. 8S. Must Go It Alone. | However, as the United Press sta-| [ted on Sept. 29th, "American troop [transportation to Europe during the| | next six months may be greatly gur-| tailed." The War Department has| [estimate that 10 to 15 tons of ship-| rope. The Government's official ek- | {time is that by the end of 1918] | America will have | of shipping available. i From the above figures, it can be| seen that the total other year is likely to be under 1,-] ships can be ob-| tained from outside. | This is doubtful in view of the | Allies' own ship needs, Northclifte's warning virfually that | America must go it alone in the mat- | ter of ships. Rushing U. 8. Destroyers. | Washington, Oct. 4.--Such re-| markable progress has been made in| the quick building of the immense] flotilla of American destroyers to cope with the submarine campaign, | that the Navy Department now is as- | last estimate, which in itself was far | ahead of the original time. | rier is and Lord |eian democratic Liberals in Cabinet Ottawa, Oct. 4 It is reported that the retiring ministers will be Hon. J D. Hazen, Hon Frank Cochrane, Hon. Martin Burrell, Hon. W. J Roche and Hon. T.*W. Crothers, and incidental to "their going out, new mean will come in, while be a more or less general Hon. Dr. Reid will probably the railway department shuffle g0 to Hugh Guth- rie, M.P., is the new solicitor- gen-| eral. Hon. Mr. Ballantyne, who takes over the public works department, has been prominent in the eral party. He is a <aptain of Industry, head of the Sherwin-Williams Paint and a director of the Can ada Cement company and other en- terprices. During the Liberal regime he was a member of the Montreal harbor board Laurier Not Yet Out, Ottawa, Oct. 4.--Sir Wilfrid Lau- in Montreal and next he plans to be in Toronto. One of his closest counsellors and friends stated | that while Sir Wilfrid has expressed a desire to be relHeved of the party| leadership, he will consult his friend before making a definite announce- ment. state his reesons for doing so. A definite announcement is expected within a week. Controls Storage Dams, Ottawa, Oct. 4.--@. Brabazon, M: P., has been appointed to the position superintendent of the. Upper Ot- tawa system of storage dams. The been connected with lumbering and other operations in that district, 9,200,000 tons HEAVY BLOW DEALT PREMIER KERENSKY -- it number of men The All Russian Democratic finest air fighters developed in re. | sent to Europe before the end of an- Congress Is Opposed to Coalition Government. Petrograd, Oct. 4 --The All-Rus- congress yesterday voted 813 to 180 against a coalition government. The decision is a blow directly at Premier Kerensky and the provision- | al government. On Tuesday the same conference tion of all parties in the formation of a cabinet which should firmly ad- minister, the Russian democracy. The vote yesterday came after the ference had formally determined | sured of much quicker delivery of the | °°" i ind OX oak |ships than was contemplated at the| '© Teconsider that decision. The sudden change of mind | ratic » re 1 i Progress on the ships now 'build- the Democratic conference is inex- | Ing and arrangements for others to|Plicable unless the Bolsheviki | follow, it was said to-day at the anti-Kerensky forces seized upon | Navy Department, are such that the Moment in the proceedings when the | American navy will lead with its de-| majority elements were absent stroyers within eighteen months. to | hurry through a reconsideration of It is now certain that all destroy-| Tuesday's vote and then had suffic- ers now building will early next year. Many of them had | not been expected until the winter of | 1918. Approximately ten months | 'have been saved. i Japan Offers More Tonnage. { Tokio, Oct. ican export | Says be delivered | lent stremgth to overthrow the pre- ready for duty in European waters | vious vote sustaining Kerensky. MAJOR MORAHT IS RIGHT. Initiative Will Remain Entente in West. Copenhagen, Oct, 4. --Major Mor- With 4.--Japan has offered |aht, the usually well-informed mili- the United States the use of cargo! tary | vessels totaling 100,000 tons in re-| Zeitung, turn for a modification of the Amer-| moves critic of the _Deutsche-Tages predicts further offensive with limited objectives embargo on steel, the against the Russians on the lines of newspaper Nichi Nichi declared to-| the recent advances in"the Riga and ay. | Jacobstadt | believes that defensive warfare has { not been abandoned in the west, agrees | Loringhoven, mentary general staff, that the gen- eral York's | the Entente. BEEFLESS TUESDAYS. Restaurant Saved 1,700 Pounds Meat, New York, Oct. 4.--New principal hotels and New York restaurants | days" in response to the federal food appeals. At one restaurant it was an. | nounced that 1,700 pounds of meat | had been saved through the mark- ing off of beef from the menu. | i Chown has planned to leave j ronto, Oct. 10th, for a tour of the | western provinces. Big Increase in Workmen. sectors. Apparently he He Freytag-| supple- | with General von chief of the initiative must remain with | Major Moraht dismisses reports of | "beefless Tues- | American military help for the En-! tente as "imaginary." { Dr. Chown Going West. | Toronto, Oct. 4.--Rev. 8. . To- 'A special t- | there wl week | When he withdraws he will! by | ind (to/deal Watertown, N.Y., Oct. 4--Within| ure of the tour will be the opening | # the next five months five thousand skilled mechanics will be bro into Watertown to work in the shops of the New York Air Brake Co, and the new government plant just com-|, pleted was the information here today from New York. men will receive wages of from $5 'ntendent's to $12 per day. Small Italian (Canadian Press Despatch) Rome, Oct. 4.--Italian seas were two salling vessel: than 100 tons and three sailing ves-! airman, sels of lesg than 100 tons, 3 Losses, shipping } losses by mines or submarines for the week ending September 30th ig all tion is Rare] The {of a néw church Sunday, Oct. 21st, ! {In Nelson, B.C. Dr. Chown hopes to | | be in "Winnipez, Oct. 14th, and will {go from there to Regina. | In addition to the general work of overlooking the various churches, { which is the main object of the sup- tour, Dr. Chown will | speak upon his visit to the front, in {all the principal centres from Win. i nipeg to Vietoria. { The Toronto Giobe says that Sir! Wilfrid may retire, but his resigna- death of the famous German Voss, has been established.' His body was identified. | IR not yet accepted. PY \Will Soon Fight Huns With Their Own Weapons of Frightfulness. THE NATION-WIDE DEMAND FOR REPRISALS OVER GERMAN CITIES TO BE GRANTED. The Government Is Awaiting the De. cision of the Military Authorities to Put a Programme Into Effect, London, Oct. 4.--England has about decided to-day that once again it must fight the German with the | Boches' own weapons of frightful- The public demand for repri- sals over German cities for the work of German airmen over London and coast counties had approached the point of a nation-wide cry. Authoritative ness reports to-day had it that the government was practi- cally ready, awaiting only decision of the military authorities, to put a for- ,midable reprisal programme into force. The proponents of a strict eye-for- eye and tooth-for-tooth reprisal plan pointed out forcefully that for weeks England and the other allies early in the war endured the German fright- fulness of poison gas before it Was re- luctantly determined that for the safety of its manhood the inventors {of this ghastly form of warfare must he fought with their own weapon, The same was true of the German | revival of Greek liquid fire. The Northcliffe newspapers in par- ticular are thunderingly demanding action. The press as a whole points {out that the Germans seldom raid | Paris or other French cities, because [they know if they do the retaliation {Will be prompt and the damage re- | paid four-fold to German cities. | In the meantime, London awaits Ottawa Oct. 4--Recent spectacular | Ping space must be available at all| Works are largely in his constituency, | each night with the belief that the [times for evéry soldier sent to Eu-| hd for many years Mr. Brabazon has | | aviator who has won .all the medals | "baby-killers"' will again come on their raiding expeditions. The city confidently expected a | raid last night. The streets were al- most deserted and cellars had been made ready for occupancy. But the Germans did not appear. War Tidi The London Evenas Standard states "on the highest authority" that the British Government. is pay. | ing special attention to the question of reprisals for German air attacks on London and other places. Despatches from Holland gathered by frontier correspondents say that the Allied airmen are playing havoc with the German rallway communi- cations and military establishments in Belgium. voted 766 to 688 in favor of a coali-| i GIVE THE GERMANS | BOMB FOR BOMB That is the Way Lord North- clife Would Stop Air Raids on England T to, Oct. 4.--'"The only way effectively with the German raids in England is to do as the French do--give them bomb for bomb," said Lord Northcliffe, head of the British war mission in the US.A., who arrived. in Toronto yes- terday afternoon, and who is visit" _ Ing Canada for the twentieth time, "lI have always advocated repri- sals," he sald. "Paris is only 52 miles way from the Germans, and do you ever hear of raids upon Paris? The French give them bomb for bomb. That is the remedy. That is the re- medy anyone would propose who un. derstands Germany," "I¥ there any reason fer believing that Lord Kitchener is alive?" "Lord Northeliffe looked at the questioner with surprise and then replied slowly. 'Not the slightest reason for any such assumption. Lord Kitchener was drowned in the wreck of the Hampshire all right." -------------------------- In Memory of Guynemer. Paris, Oct. 4.--The Government has been invited to place in the Pantheon, where many great French- men are buried, an Inscription to perpetuate the memory of Captain George Guynemer, the famous French aviator, as *" a symbol of the aspirations and enthusiasm of the army." SALLE * + HINDENBURG'S FRIGHTFUL ¢ + MOTTO FOR GERMANY. 4 > -- 4% London, Oct. % gnash our teeth 4 word about bloody work is done and victory 4 iu ours," is what Field + Hindenburg P2000 9 00000000 Seven birthday sterdam dispatch. "This must be the + + +