YEAR 85: NO. 38 RUMANIA IGNORE CERMAN DEMAND And Will Survive or Perish With the En- fete Allis. THE GALLANT LITTLE NATION FIGHTING HARDER TO-DAY THAN EVER BEFORE. Military Critics See the Promise An Entente Offensive in the Bal- kans With Rumanian Aid. Washington, Feb. 14.--Rumania has ignored Germany twenty-four- hour ultimatum diate peace." According to message flashed by wireless from Jassy tp Salonika "to 'conclude imme- a Constantin Angolasca, Rumanian Minister here, Rumania has "'disdain- fully ignored" Germany's threat and "will survive or perish with the Al- lod cause." With Teuton divisions on one side, the Bolsheviki on the many miles away from other, and ever, before, according to official de- spatches received here to-day. Rumanian troops, the cables state have crossed 'the River Pruth now occupy the entire Russian vince of Bessarabia, which recently declared its independence Bolshe- vik troops have been defeated in sev- eral pitehed battles and have with- drawn from the province, which is now being ruled provisional government, | One force of 300,000 Russians, for- merly under command of General Toherbatchoff, have been' driven across the Dniester, where they were disarmed by the Ukrainians, the de- spatch declared. » Rumania's Government and peo- ple deelded to irrevocably cast the die with full knowledge of the con- sequences, The former unintentional neglect by the Allies---a mistake which foreed the evacuation of seven- eighths of the country before the ad- vancing. Austro-German legions-- has not dampened Rumania's faith in ultimate triumph, Rumanian states-! men here say. { Behind the decision of Rumania, | military eritics see the promise of an Entente offensive in the Balkans. | Without assurances of co-operation: from the Saloniki foes, Rumania would hardly be in a position to withstand a Teuton drive, | On the other hand, withdrawal of any of the forty-five divisions now concentrat: against the Rumanian front would leave an opening in the line through which King Ferdinand's forces might threaten Bulgaria on the north, ! and pro- by PLACED IN CHARGE Of the Steamship Lines Operated by | Railways, (Canadian Press Despatch) } Washington, Feb, 14. The coast- | wise and Great Lakes steamship' lines operated by the railroads, to- day were placed by Director General | McAdoo, under the supervision of W. H. Pleasants, New York, president ' of the Ocean Steamship Company, who was designated manager of the! marine section of the railroad ad- ministration, 5 ene OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS. || NRL Saad | British. "Except for some hostile artillery activity south-east of Epesy and in the neighborhood of Bullecourt there is nothing of special interest," says to-day's official communication, + GERMANY 18 GLOOMY + OVER AUSTRO CLEAVAGE. .{ There ha a friendly | i acter of his methods of precedure, He! (today that a large delegation of re- he CANADIAN FAMILIES BIG DRAIN ON BRITAIN | Supplying Them With Rations | Takes Away From Old : Country's Resources. London Feb, 14 Military au- thoriti lesire that all i return to the employed rmaster- upplies sol- rations against | Canadi 1 Dor | on War we | General's dier famili counter payme takes away from the 1 | i ! , the i ! ing 27,500 families, { A London depot is shortly being {opened for families here. {consuming Mn army of red for other purposes, and their nce under existing circumstan hampering re authoritie been some difficulty in ar- | ranging pass for those {ing to return, (overcome The food situation { has become more tary authorities ithe requirements of | families remaining i ce es here certainly acute. The the troops and 'peace is declared they will find {impossible to return to Canada for year owing to being taken for returning troops, | GERMANS WERE FOOLED. | Led Captive Through Ghent--Winks Replaced Hooting, Amsterdam, Feb. 14 The The Germans took the two the | the| vie- | occur | city, apparently in order population might hoot them tims of air raids occasionally among the civilians. *disappointing to the Germans as, al-| though the people did not dare either | to cheer, they sufficiently testified] their sympathy and goodwill by looks | and winks r | Small squadrons of Allied airmen| surrounded t German airmen near | Ghent. The Germans evidenly saw | resistance wa $8 and surrend- | ered in the air, for the squadron went southwards, the Germans obediently flying in the midst A German police agent cently disappeared at Ghent, He was hated by the civilians for his char- that as hope secret re- brought many residents into the Ger-| man court and was always accom-| panied by a bloodhound. Both were found dead in a street. The perpetra- tor of the deed is unknown; and the Germans announced théy, would shoot anyone harboring him, thf fo fh bd ft 4 + * * * * + ROBERTSON TO REMAIN AS CHIEF OF STAFF. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Ie 14 The Chronicle declares to-day that General Sir William Robertson 4 will remain chief of staff, with # full approyal of the War # Cabinet, and General Wilson, # sub-chief, will continue on the # Versailles Supreme Allied War # Board. * i i i, Al | : : i i A Unanimous Finding. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Ottawa, Feb. 14.--It is officially announced to-day that the hoard of conciliation at Stratford, dealing with the digpute between the Grand Trunk Railway Company and 1,300 machin-; ists, boiler makers and blacksmiths! between Sarnia and Montreal, has| reached a unanimous finding that| will be acceptable to all parties, with reference to wages and working con- ditions, To Present Their Views, (Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, Feb, 14.--It is announced presentatives from the Ontario Hy- dro power-sdeved cities, will go to Ottawa next Thursday and Friday to present to the Dominion Government their views regarding the nationaliz- ation of railways and similar matters, Movies Must Close Monday, (Canadian Press Despatch.) Ottawa, Feb. 14.--The Fuel n- troller ruled this morning that pic- ture houses must be closed Mondays as in the original orders. Only the- atreS showing travelling companies have the option of closing Tuesdays instead of Mondays. ' Zurich, Feb. seriousness of the internal situation ih Austria must he borne in mind," the Berliner Tageblatt declares, 'in conpjes received here. : "Government is no longer possible, : siice the Czechs, Jutaiavs aud 'Poles form an independent majority, against which the German parties are + powerless." SE * hd : « FERRER PER PERE RRR Ey i me 1-Prelide to 14. "The PEP b Perel PEP r errr herd Storm: Rumania' Ig- ni: Saved Jerusalem; Not Cotwsider { s Aske fo Do-oparation; Whig's : Push Whiners; ; Incidents of the Day. ' : © Tetons ia Fd Dilemma; | Leave A a 10--Pictonial War Scenes, Ti--Lithemsl Leaders of Ontario; ste in Germany. . } 12-=in World of Sport) Bringing Up of her b Fatal Romp With Daddy. Simcoe, Feb. 14.--Falling on the floor while in an after-tea romp t with "daddy," the one-and--a-half yeir old son of Willlam Davis of Townsend received fatal injuries in the forehead. He was picked up un- conscious, and never revived, passing away at five o'clock this morning, Offering Palaces. {Canadian 'Press Despatch) London, Feb. 14.--King George hds offered Buckingham and Ken sington Palaces, in London, and Bal- moral Castle, in Scotland, for the juse of the British nation as offices jor «ospitals, The Government may i Recept, Em U.S. Artillery at Work. (Canddian Press Despatoh) Berlin, Feb. 14.---The War Office admits that the French obtained a footing on w German salient near x { Tasura yesterday. The United States' artillery webte in support of the . French. ? i No Female Suffrage In South Africa. Cape Town, Feb. 14.--The House , of Assembly by a vote of 54 to 39 rejected a motion in favor of incor- | porating a paragragh in the electoral reform bill giving the franchise to women. f ously! a yumber drawing supplies now reach-! f They ave] pplies re-| desir- | ' but this is now being | seems to point that the Central Em- mili-| must first consider | here may find| tack would start and it is thought 'and relayed hy cable to-day to Dr. |themselves in an awkward fix. when | iat it} a | tack the entire shipping!through the lines at any cost. { attack will possibly be followed up by | two or three minor ones, so as to en- | able the attacking troops to organize Tele-| barations to occupy and consolidate force, King Ferdinand's plucky na- graaf learns that a British aeroplane | parts of the allies' line. tion if fighting harder to-day than was forced to descend near - Ghent | French and airmen | | prisoners and led them through The result was| | were { United States and PRELODE T0 THE COMING STORM Paris Believes Offensive Only Matter of Days. 10 BE A PRINCIPAL ATTACK: WITH INTENTION OF TING PENETRA- ALLIED POSITIONS. Minor Whole With Assaults Front Will Be Soon Many Heawy Battles, Paris, Feb, 14. Also--The Act iv e Every indication pires' offensive on breaking out. Much has been said and written here the is the eve of how and where at- there will the be one principal at- with intention of breaking The the conquered ground, for the Ger- mans, it appears, have made all pre- But the British troops are con- antly on the watch, and every day the Germans delay starting the at- tack means a heavier task, accom- panied by huge losses for them. By this way of attacking the Fran- co-British lines it is 'presumed that the whole front, from the sea to the Swiss border, will be active, with many heavy fights. Such a thing has not yet occurred in'nearly four years of war, iven to-day's French and British official bulletins report much raiding on both sides, the more im- portant from the German side.® Pos- sibly, these feelers are a prelude to the storm. British guns are keeping up a heavy fire on the enemy posi- tions, and at times when weather conditions are favorable, the sound of heavy guns reaches Paris and is plainly audible, EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS Between Earl Reading and President Wilson at Washing tom. (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, Feb. 14.--Kxchanges of greetings between 'Earl Reading, the new British Ambassador, and President Wilson, when the f presented his eredentials yesterda) made public to-day by the State Department. On behalf ing George, Earth Reading express- ed the highest gratification that the relations between the United States of ARIO, THURSDAY | MISSIONARY OFFICERS That the Central Empire] IN A CHINESE UNIT Fifteen of Them As to Accompany Celestial ! i Cane, anaries who Toronto gre | to be acting'as| ! officers in France with! ittalion which was. en-! an.; Rev. Dr. R. P. Me-| secretary of the for-| rn mission board, states that the British embassy appealed to the| missionaries to officer the battalion hecause of their knowledge of the| Chinese language and the good un- derstanding which they had with the| Chinese who were enrclled. Rev. Mr.! MeKay received a letter fro France from one of the missionari { who is now a battalion officer in| France, in which the writer says: "As I see it now, and have seen it| since reaching France, 1 never made| a wiser move than in coming here, | because it enables me to do better] nWssion work. I am the chief link| between the men of the Chinese bat-| talion and their homes." Rev. Dr. McKay states that every son of a Canadign Presbyterian for eign missionary who is of military] age hag enlisted. The Canadian Preshyterian sionaries in India offered to enlist! but the government aecepted only four, as the officials considered the! others were doing more important | patriotic serviced by remaining at their various mission staNons, where they could offset pro-Gérman paganda. to Chita from announced { g commissi Chinese | has mis- pro-{ DIED SUDDEN r AT OTTAWA. Late Sir Arthur Spring-Rice, British Ambassador to U.S. SIR ARTHUR (Canadian \Pres Ottawa, Pen 2 Bi Spring-Rice, the United States, di i SPRING-RICE | Despatch) i Atthur | Ambassador to | ed suddenly at 4 Sir. and Creat Britain were to be strengthened 'by participation in the common cause President Wilson in reply said: "I believe that the righteous cause we are now prosecuting will serve to bind more closely the people of the the people of Great Britain, and the people of all other nations which desire the umphs of justice and liberty and the establishment of a peace which shall last." ADVANCE PLEA OF INSANITY. Experts Differ on Mental Condition of Alleged Murderer. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Kitchener, Feb. 14.---Strong pleas for the acquittal, on the ground of in- sanity, of Charles Gerbig, who is be- ing tried here for wife-murder, were made by his counsel, before Justice Masten and jury at the Assizes here to-day. In giving evidence this morning, Dr. Kopglish of Hamilton asylum for insafre, said he considered Gerbig quite sane when the crime was com- mitted. On the other hand, Dr. Robertson of the London insane asy- lum declared Gerbig had been a vic- tim of dementia procox since child- hood. The case will reach the jury to-night. SELL EGGS BY POUND. Government Likely to Institute New Rules for Selling. Ottawa, Feb, 14.---At a time when eggs are dwindling in size as the cost of living goes up, the Government is likely to institute a reform of Sales and Inspection Act for sale of hen fruit by the pound. Heretofore, eggs have always been sold by the dozen regardless of whe- ther they were large or small. It is now proposed to stipulate that a doz- en of them must weigh a pound and a half and for any deficiency in such weight the dealers would have to throw in a few extra. the Sentenced To Death. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Athens, Feb. 14 Three lieuten- ants and two soldiers have been sen- teticgd to death by court-martial ff connection with mutinous' outbreaks early this month at Lamia, engin- eered by agents of former King Con- stantine. Another lieutenant was de- graded and sentenced to one year in prison. - To Clean Up Submarines. (Canadian Press Dospaich.) Washington, Feb. 14 The pres- ence of Vicp-Af®iral Sims at Rome is regarded here as likely connected with plans for cleaning up submar- ines in the Mediterranean. on a * The Conciliation Hoard has avert- ed a strikp on the C. P. R. in the ¥ tare {here from Washington. Lady Spring- the | 'west, having reached an degreement on all points. i Rideau Hall at 1 | He died practically in his sleep of| heart failure, Lady Spring-Rice and his son and daughter ware with him in Ottawa. When the former ambassador coms ed of not feeling well shortly sr midnight, Dr. Thomas Gibson was summoned, but the patient ex* pired shortly after he arrived. | Lady Spring-Rice and her children | guests at Rideau Hall, coming Rice is a cousin of the, Duke of De- vonshire. Sir Arthur was the possess- or of many decoratiens from the King, among them which ware: K.C. M 1906; G.O.V.C., 1908; G.C. M. 1916. He is survived by one son and one daughter, Sir Arthur was descended from a! family that gave Great Britain am bassadors for generations back. He was one of Britain's greatest diplo- matists. : Kes ALLIES' PLANS ADJUSTED. Russian Defection Has Not Changed Situation. Paris, Feb, 14.-- The news that Russia is laying down her arms and has declared peace witilthe Central Powers is not conside here to have changed the war situation in its essentials. It is pointed out that Rus- sia as a practical factor in the war has been inert for many months, and the Allies have long since adjusted their plans and calculations to hat condition. Sugar Famine in Windsor, Windsor, Ont., Feb. 14.--An acute shortage of sugar exists here, and to-day grocers were doling out the commodity in one-pounds lots and getting. 12 cents a pounds for it. Wholesalers are entirely out, but de- clare they have plenty of sugar on the way. 2 apn nici lin SERRE STEEP PIRI RES -. : %* RUSSIA HAS YIELDED : NOTHING TO GERMANY, % Stockholm, Feb. 14 --Kame- + neff, the Russian Bolshevik, # now in Stockholm on his way % to England, In an interview says # the last Soviet . Congress in + Petrograd decided upon the de- % mobilization of the Russian 4 army, and upon the peace de- # claration now made at Brest- + Litovsk. Trotsky thus. only % carried out the deefsion of the % Congress, Ea # "By our decision," Kame # % neff sail, "We have not given a # 4 finger to the (ermans. We $ + have not recogni the Ger- # 4+ man principles; thud we have # % a free hand to set forth our'+$ % principles ar a general peace & ¥+ conference." ; Rosin oa SEER e ebb Ibe deed Were Asked FROM '| day. § or ign Daily British Whig Pages 1-8 14, 2 SIED LOOTERS Biitish Entry Into the Holy the Mobs City Put Down GENERAL VON FALKENHAYN BRITISH AN. JERUSALEM WHEN WERE FIRST 8 IN -- He and Enver Bey Made a Hurried | Escape--Jews Knew 'Day of De-| liverance Had Come When They! Saw Turks Fleeing. Longon, Feb, ee Times prints | a graphic story of the capture of] Jerusalem, as follows: | It was whispered in Jerusalem on| | November 9th that the British were] continue her deadly work, near and that Telelsheria and Gaza | i had fallen, The Germans and Aus-| | trians were even then preparing for|rected shots sent the U-boat to the i i the evacuation of the Holy City. | The rumor was true, and in the, next few days lame and exhausted | Turks, wounded stragglers whom the | German motor. lorry drivers Tetused | to pick up, and Turkish officers, | shaken hy the extent of; their defeat, | brought news of our victory, | The Turkish officials at once be-| gan to leave the city with their fami-| lies, the German depots were hurried-| ly emptied of unessential supplies, such as sugar, which were sold for| a song, while the munitions amd es-| sential stores were sent north to So-| hechem or east to Jericho. From the | high towers of the city and from the] Mount of Olives one could see a great double wall of dust over the road each! The owners of the few horse car-| riages left obtained £10 (350) a seat | : Th 3 | from the fugitives who were making| negotiations falling through, in leas- | for Schechem. { | | i Von Falkenhayn With Turks. The members of the great com- mand hastened from Jerusalem. En-| ver Bey, who had hurried from the) imperial headquarters in Constanti- | nople to harangue his defeated gen- | prals, departed as suddenly and sil-| + {ently as he had come: "General von | { Falkénhayn came from Aleppo to! reorganize the beaten army. Mean- | while our troops had pushed up to passes in the highlands of Judea Their guns were faintly heard in Jer-| usalem as they faught their way up {the valley of Sorek and thence for ward, The sound of the battle gre louder day by day. General von Falkenhayn departed for Schechem on November 16th, and | on the 19th the Latin, Greek, Armen-| ian and Coptic patriarchg and the principal ecclesiastics of the churched went to the same place. So also went certain Jewish notables suspected of Zionism, ' Then came a sudden change in the tempex of the Turks, who had receiv- ed the fpmmand to stand from their German' masters 'who had preached the uselessness of attempting to hold Jerusalem once the Gaza line was gone, Their pride forbade them to] surrender one of the holiest cities in| the Turkish caliphate without a struggle. Exaggeration by Centugies, | . "General von Falkemhayn having gone, Ali Faud-Pasha, the command- er of the Turkish forces in Jerusalem, issued two proclamations. The first warked citizens that street fighting was expected, and the second said that as the Turks had held Jerusalem for 1,300 years, an exaggeration of only nine centuries? they would not abandon it. The inhabitants were or- dered to have complete confidence in the good behaviour of the troops de- tailed to defepd the city. Dismayed by threats and informed by Turkish officers that the British ad¥ance had spent. itself, the people were in des- pair. Arrests and configcations were multiplied and the ingte spite- fulness of the young Turk officials manifested itself in many ways. | On the morning of December 8th a large number of the inhabitants re- maining and the religious chiefs were personally warned by the police to be ready to leave at once. The extent to which the Turks were prepared to clear the city is shown by the fact that out of the Armenian community of 1,400 souls, 300 received notice that the tyrannical. Jemal Pasha, when warned that vehicles were un- available to transport the unhappy exiles to Schechem or Jericho, had telegraphed curtly that they and theirs must walk. The fate of count- less Armenians and many Greeks, when all ages suddenly were turned out to walk indefinite distances under Turkish escort, was that they were exposed to outrage and Kardship which proved fatal to mot of theme but the delay, in telegraphing had saved the 'bulk of the population, Toward dusk the British wére reported within sight of the y and = sudden panic fell upon the Turks west and southwest of town. + (Continued on Page 2.) ------------------ i Part Artur, Feb. 14. Candy dtchens, whic hérétofore have been open Sumdays, selling soft drinks, ave 10 be closed by the: can-~ celiation of restaurant licenses, un-. der which they are privileged to sell 8 consumed on the premises Twenty places in this city will be * : . . * FEE EEP9000R IP H0 HE 00M pi | John M. {Supplies and Accounts of the Navy| | way as to create the appearance | voted. i will probably he used in buying cold i den for feed for cattle and sheep for iyesterday stating that their affected. GET THE U-BOATS ecret Surrounding Them is a, Secret No Longer--Disguis= ed As Freighters. Boston, Mass., Fe ships" of the navy successful ag rines were desc "Mystery h have been' man subma- ed by Commander | 5 +3 ¢ | Hancock, of the Bureau of | 14 Department, at the annual banquet of the National Canners' Associa- tion. i The secret surrounding these | ships, Commander Hancock said, | was a secret no longer. They looked | like tramp freighters and had guns mounted 'behind and swinging doors n their sides. When beset by a U-boat, the speaker said, members of the crew, some disguised as wo- men, scrambled into the ship's boats, which were handled in such a of panie. After shelling the t long range, Commander Han- ock said, the submarine approach- d to within point-blank range to but a sur- prise awaited her, for. | swinging doors in the freighter opened trained gunners with a few we helpless eraft anc 1-di- bottom » TO PROVIDE CAPITAL TO HANDLE FISH A Big Sum Placed in the Esti mates For New Enter~ prise. Toronto, Feb. 14.--In order to provide working capital for Hon. Finlay Macdigrmid's great fish en- terprise, which is expected to bring to Ontario consumers, at cost all'the fish they need, an appropriation of nearly $200,000 is being asked for in the supplementary estimates pre- sented to the Legislature. For ac- quiring cold storage accommodation, providing capital to carry fish and for transportation $125,000 isto be A large part of this money storage warehouse accommodation in Toronto, or, in the event of present ing it. Part will be used in leasing cold storage space in warehouses in London and St. Thomas as shipping centres for Western Ontario, An ap- propriation of ,000 is being tak- en for the erection of docks, build- ings, tramways, etc., at Lakes Nipe- gon and Nipissing, where the Gov- ernment is carrying on fishing op- erations itself. For salaries, ex penses, insurance, ete., $31,000 will be voted, 'while for the 'purchase of horses, harness, gtc., $15,500 will be needed, NOT TO USE WHEAT TO FEED CATTLE War Measure to Conserve Food Adopted in the Stock Yards. Ottawd, "eb, 14.--The question of conserving of feed at the stcokyards was considered at the conference of the representatives of the Union Stock Yards, live "stock exchange and provincial Departments of Agri- culture. - After full discussion, it was resolved that: "On suggestion of the Food Con- troller, and as a war measure only, the use of wheat be forbidden as a feed in all stock yards. That use. of grain or meal of any kind be forbid- feeding purposes, or when cattle are not intended for immediate slaugh- ter. That an appeal be made to live stock exchanges and drovers regard- ing conservation of food in yards. That the matter of feeding whole grain or ground chop be left to the decision of each market." BRITAIN AUTHORIZES ZIONIST COMMITTEE The New Body Will Proceed to Palestine to Investigate Conditions. London, Feb. 14.---It is officially angounced that the Government has authorized the Zionist organization to appoint a Commission to investi- gate present conditions of the Jew- ish colonies in Palestine. Among its objects will be the repatriation of Jewish inhabitants who have been compelled by the enemy to leave Pal-| estine, the organization of relief: work, the re-opening of Jewish in- stitutions in the Holy Land which have been closed owing: to enemy action, and the restoring of damage which the enemy has inflicted. The Jewish Colonies Commission will leave for Palestine at an early date, and will consist of represen- tative Zionists under the Chairman- ship of Dr. Chaim Welzmann, Presi dent fo the English Zionist Federa- on, DROPS BOSTON SERVICE. Many Allan Line Ships Requisitioned by British Admirality, : Boston, Feb. 14.--The Allan Line. which for more than 25 years has pperated steamships between this port and Glasgow, is to discontinue! its Boston service on May ist. No-{ tices were Mut to employees here services' would mot be required after that! date. The Canadian Pacific Railway | obtained control of the Allan Line about two years ago, and many of its | ships have been requisitioned by the British admiraity for war servige, It is said a new paper mill will be established at Ogdensburg, NY.! backed by the New York World, * {% NOT CONSIDERED MENER SHS Question of Calling Out Second Class of Draftees Undecided. FURTHER ACTION DEPENDS UPON RESULT OF CALLING OUT FIRST CLASS. The Premier Issues a Report of the Result of the Military Service Act Operations So Far, Ottawa, Feb, 14.--'The question of calling out the Second Class has been considered," declared Sir Robert Borden yesterday afternoon. Sir Robert intimated that the fur- ther action would be depend altogeth- er upon the results gained from the calling out of the First Class, Hon. N."W.. Rowell, President of the Privy Couneil, and O, M. Biggar of the Military Service Council, both confirmed Sir Robert's statement that the question of calling out the Second Class had never been consids ered, Sir Robert Borden has handed out a report received by him from the Military Service Council with respect to the operation of the Military Service Act. It shows the total nums ber of volunteers enlisted in Canada from Sept. 1st to Jan. 31st (includs ing men of classes under the Military Service Act up to Oct. 13th, and men of classes other than Class 1 since that date), to be, 8,795. Volunteers from thé United States from Sept. 1st to 31st, numbered 7,653, making a total of 16,448 volunteers, not Jan. Draftees Total 30,248. Men called out by the proclamation of Qetober 13, 1917, who reported or joined in advance of being orders ed to do so, numbered 5,648. Men who joined units for duty in pure suance of that order mumbered 16,- 786, while men ordered to report or about to be ordered to report in Feb- rugry numbered 7,914, This makes a total number of draftees 30,248 and the total reinforcements inclusive of volunteers, 46,696. In addition orders to report for duty hive been issued (0.-2,821 men who are said not to have reported according to order. Some of these, the statement says, have doubtless joined in other districts than those in which they were ordered to join, and the necessary notifications have not yet heen received. Reports From Districts, The report concludes with a states ment by Military districts of the men who should have reported for duty up to February 9th, and of the num- ber who actually reported. It is as follows: Mililtary Districts --London , . "Toronto Kingston ontreal Quebec Halifax --8t, John .. 10--Winnipeg . . 11-~Vancouver --Regina 13--Calgar. . Ordered to Total report. Reported 1,291 1,195 6,160 5,238 1.685 1.236 2,234 1566 oa] 1,124 2,872 1,750 1,862 1,283 Totals .20,607 SUMMONSES ISSUED . For Col. Reyington and Editor of the Morning Post. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Feb, 14.--It is understood that summonses for Col. Repington, military correspondent of the Morns ing Post, and H. A, Gwynne, editor of the Post, who are to be prosecuted under the Defence-of-the-Realm Act for an article by Col. Repington which appeared in Post on' Monday, are returnable in Bow street police court on Saturday morning. Prospector Accidentally Shot.' Cobalt, Feb. 14.--Martin Shea, a well-known prospector, was acels dentally shot and killed in the Lights ning River district. The victim was an unmarried man, whose home was in March Township, in Carleton County. ~ - FRPP EP EP PERRI E PEPE : : * WILSON'S SPEECH * CAREFULLY TIMED % London, Feb. 14.~--The # 4 Dally News, commentin % the unexpectedness of % dent Wilson's address to Con- # + gress, says: . "Sudden as- President Wii- # son's decision in such matters % appear to be, they are certainly # not erratic. that could be laid to the Presi- # Ss charge. Why, then, # Monday, rather than any other day, chosen for his reply # to the Centrdl Powers? it ean hardly be a coincidence that the speech was delivered Within ¢ twenty-four hours before Lloyd- 4 George was expected to in the House of Commons and Signor Orlando in the Italian Chamber, nor to those wh look to Wilson before any other statesman for a elsar and ex alted interpretation of the pi clules ot in alliance will the choice of a date seem an but fortunate." Stalsg > > * > * > * > * + * + i ° Sedat d eR Fe That is the last sin &