AUSTRIA WONT FHT RUSS Serious Conflict Arises With Berlin Making Threat of Foree. = RULERS IN STORMY SESSION KAISER AND KING CHARLES RE- PORTED TO HAVE DISAGREED, Vienna Is Strong Vor Peace--Deter- mined Not to Aid Ally Against Russia, Rumania or Ukrainia. Washington, Feb. 28.---Further evidence of the strain in relations between Germany and Austria over the refusal of the latter to participate in the renewed attack upon Russia is given in an official despatch re- ceived here from France, The despatoh quotes the Austrian premier as formally reiterating on February 22nd that Austria-Hungary will take no part in military "action against Russia or Rumania and will not senfl her troops into Ukrainia, The despatdh refers to the meet- ing between Emperors Charles and Willlam February 22nd and says there seems little doubt that a serious conflict has arisen between the two nations which Germany is determined to settle by violent measures if Necessary. When asked to give further parti culars at the setting of the Chamber on the twenty-second, the Austrian premier formarly stated: "The words uttered by different deputigs have proved that the ex- planation which has been furnished up to the present by me have not been sufficiently explieit. "I repeat, therefore, that Austria- Hungary will not participate in any way in the military action which is now being carried on by Germany against Russia." oN A FRANK Of War Necessities Made to Wb man's Conference at Ottawa. (Canadign Press Despatch) Ottawa, Feb, 28----A frank state- ment of war conditions as affecting Canadians was made by leading members of the Government to-day to the women's conference, compos- od of representatives from all the provinces and women organizations of th& Dominion. The Duke of Devonshire impressed upon the wo- men the fact that this was the time when the courage and the spirit of Canadian womanhood was particul- arly required. Hon. N. W. Rowell pointed out that the increasing demands of the war Involved a new tax on the man power of Canada. Ministers of the various departments explained the needs of man power amd. woman work their various spheres. TATEMENT Selects Man to Frame Policies. Washington, Feb. 28.>--Frank P. Walsh, of Kansas City, Mo., forner- ly chairman of the Federal Indus- trial 'Relations Commission, was se- lected by labor as its representative in public interest on the board fram- ing a national labor policy for the! Government. Employers already have selected former President Taft to represent the public interest for them. p-------- Asking To 'Close Theatres. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, W. J. BRYAN REACHES TORONTO TO SPEAK There Was No Demonstration' Of Antagonism To Him at | the Station. | (Canadian Press Despat®ag Toronto, Feb, 28. --Willlam Jen- nings Bryan arrived here this after- noon as the representative of the AntiSaloon League of the United States to the convention of the On- tarto branch of the Dominion Al- Hance. He was received at the Union Station by a large delegation of the AHlance and three policemen; and there was no demonstration of antagomwism to the prominent Ameri- can, although there have been inti- mations that he would not be en- tirely welcome here in view of his attitude on the war before the Un- ited States entered into it Mr. Bryan, in an interview on ar- riving here, expressed the opinion that the problems, such as the pro- hibition of the drink traffic, should be discussed, even during war times, by those who were not directly con- nected with winning the war. AMERICAN ARTILLERY IN at oon GERMANS SOON TO DEMAND PEACE | Savage Attacks on the Kaiser Circulated | Dilring the Recent Strike. CAPT. G. T. BAILEY ARRESTED IN TORONTO For Making Charges That Are Derogatory to the King's Troops. i i | (Canadian Press Toronto, Feb, 28. --Capt. George T. Bailey, of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, who yesterday made | startling charges at the Dominion | { Alliance convention as to the condi- | { tion of soldiers at the front on | Christmas, was to-day arrested by ! WHOLE WORLD HATES HUNS the civil police for making charges | { derogatory to the King's troops and | ---- _--_.s i calculated to injure recruiting, In! A i the police court he was remanded PEOLARES ONE OF THE PAMPH- without bail, | LETS THAT WAS ISSUED. Capt. Bailey is an officer who got | rte only as far as England. He came All We Have in Return is Hunger, from the vicinity of Cochrane and | Disease and Death--On Our Fore- gut man from tis London Mut head Rests the Curse of Cain." ae red x . t i London, Feb. 28.--Some of the | he was found physically unfit. Imprisonment for five years may: pgmphlets which were Secretly ecir-| also 'be given for this offence in ad- culated in Berlin during the recent ditjon to a $5,000 fine, | strikes consisted of savage attacks on the German Emperor, a fact which | was admitted and deprecated recently by the German press. .One of these pamphlets, smuggled out of Ger- many, has reached the Liverpool Daily Post, which gives a literal tran-| slation, which in part follows: "When will peace come? It will BREE FARR RR come when Germany is ready for it, # ree and the time is approaching. T / | "It will come when Germany has' RO SKY VOWED VENGEANCE learned. the lesson of the war; when : {it has found, as every other nation TRE OHARACTER OF MAN WHO has had to learn, that the voice of HAS RUINED RUSSIA, {Europe cannot be denied with im- | punity i Boasting of Being in Pay of Kaiser-- : { ry from don of Russian! The hour of peace will strike Foreign Miilster Published when Germans no lohger heed the p ' {makers of war; when the despise! . 28.~The New _- i Cri ks Tob 8 2 'and 'hiss the apostles oF Apilitarism | "Leon Trotsky, now Foreign Min- and jingoism. Peace will gome! ister of Russia, vowed vengeance on (Whey the Germans sap to their' Bm-! the Alfes when he teft America last .beror: 'You, whom we have follow-| April with the announceed attention {gq ang obeyed; you, for whom we! of overthrowing the Kerensky GOV- {ave sacrificed ourselves and our! ernment, : | dear ones; you, whe have not spared "A letter made public yesterday 'even our ideals and beliefs ard tra: by the British agent who watched ditions, we have sacrificed all to you Trotsky during his residence in the _ _;,4 \what have we in return? No- Bronx last spring, and who had him thing hut wunger and cold and followed when he started for Russia, nakedness, disease and death, ruin shows in what mood he sailed. Trot- apg destitution.' { sky's anger against England knew | 'Naver before in the history of the! no bounds when British Secret' Ser-' worlg. has there been the sacrifice so vice men detained him at Halifax on groat or so willingly made. Before board the steamship Hellig Olav, | of our heroic deeds the armies of Na-| the Scandinavian-American Line, 'I poleon shrivel, and what have we will make them paw for this," he 'won by it? Four years ago the | vowed. 8 Despatch) | | 1H SEP IIE EI PIPE SEES IP PES | GIVEN SPECIAL GRANT. In the Ontario estimates # % Queen's University gets $82,000 #% for various departments, includ- % #% ing a special grant of $15,000 +% % due to war conditions. +i > + + * } (Canadian Press Despatch.) Toronto, Feb. 28.--The Board of, Control to-day passed a resolution that as the fuel shortage had been' alleviated the Fuel Controller be ask-; ed to rescind the order closing the theatres on Mondays, EE OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS, British, : English troops carr out a sue- constr raid Wednesday night against the enemy trenches on Greenland Hill, north of Scarpe River. "Prisoners and a machine gun were captured by us. Engiish and Scottish Joop, ais Faided Gers man positions e southern por- tion br Houtholst Forest and brought back prisoners and three machine guns, The enemy's artillery was active in the neighborhood of Havrincourt Wood and south of the Scarpe River! A I. Artillery fire lively all along the front. French patrols brought back prisoners, Von Payer, the German Vice-Chan- cellor, urged the people to stand be- hind the army. : v * 3-Po Soon Demand Peace: Austria FTE Russia: Food First hi ; Hurl Germans Back, I Letter; Ince noun ts. Shires Tihplera Fined; Theatri- onl on Sh sass, wo By Totaet in Evening n World of i dof Sport; Bringing Up hs 2 world lay at our feet; strangers from! "The letter, written on board the ' every land came to our cities; all over steamship Hellig Olav at Halifax, the world the industry of our meér« April 29th, 1917, was signed by A. chants was successful, Rimka, formerly editor of 'Ateitis," a 'the German s: Lithuanian weekly newspaper pub- honored. Will it éver be so again? lished in Boston, to whom, because "All over the world we are de- of his acquaintance with Trotsky, spised and hated. On our forehead was intrusted the mission of shadow- | rests the curse of Cain. Men shun | ing the present Bolsheviki leader on , us in the streets, and our language is! his return to Russia, | Korbidden, We have you, Emperor * 'He is flery in 'his denunciation | William, we have you to thank that of Great Britain,' the letter reads, the achievements of a century of na- 'and says he is going to avenge him- | tional effort have heen lost. We will self to the utmost on English-speak- no longer follow you." ing peoples." > The document ends with a still "Mr, Rimka, writing in Lithuanian' longer dehunciation of the ambition, to his chief, C. Pilenas, describes vanity and personal cowardice of the how British Inspectors aroused the | Emperor. ire of Trotsky by delaying his sail- ing from Halifax. "'C. Pilenas, who now lives in the Bronx, was for twenty-two years a! litical detective, operating under; nstructions from Scotland Yard. On October 15th last, Mr. Pilenas re- Signed from the British Secret Ser- vice. "While making farewell addresses in New York prior to his departure for Russia, Trotsky boasted to his Socialist comrades that he had re- ceived $10,000 from German com- rades for the good of his cause. He made the announcement privately after a meeting MAreh 26th at the Harlem River Casino to a few of his friends, among them one who, un- known to him, was a British agent." Mr. 'Pilenas said yesterday he had abundant evidence of Trotsky"s pro-Germanism. His hatred of Kuz THIS BULL COST $20,000. Five-year-old Hereford Bull Pur- 'chased by Calgary Breeder. Calgary, Feb. 28.--One of the highest prices paid by any Canadian i breeder was that paid by Frank Collicut, of Crossfield, Alta., for a five-year-old Hereford bull, Guy Lad 18th. The price paid was $20,000, and Tom Moore, of Claresholm. was the seller. Gay Lad 16th was calved in 1912, his sire being Gay Lad 6th, the undefeated grand champion bull of America, Woodstock, Feb. 28. --Farmers in the soutliern part of the county are very eh _alarm = Se the dam- land and his brotherly love for Ger- | "8° --e 2 ie Aa man workmen are largely ties h al TH Sields +4 ble. be believes, for the condition of | PIACCS hate been Hooded: and fress- Russia to-day. | ng a ee AL -------------- LE farmers say If present Must. Be Licensed. continue the situations will be Canadian Press Despatch) ¢ deed serious. Ottawa, Feb. 28.--It was announ- Rl Te Th rt ced to-day that on and after May 15th Only Women Named, all retail butchers, retail bakers, re-i Gouverneur, N.Y., Feb. - 38. --An tal flour and feed merchants, retail fruit and vegetables and retail fish dealers must be Heensed by the gov: nment according to regulations pri to-day. License fees will be $2 | | i i = n- last night at the Democratic caucus + FINAL INSPECTION BEFORE GOING g SPECTED BEFORE GOING INTO ACT! | tioned {| Military Hospitals Commis | fifty ances { turned men doo oop deol bd Bo entire woman's ticket was nominatel | of the village, the eighty-seven men| 'mously for the women. The! ticket] ow . INTO BATTLE WITH THE HUNS PLOWS PLAY PART ! No. 27 On the eve of taking up thelr position on the secter in Lorraine held by Pershing's men the ein F lery, U. 8. A, passed a rigid inspection by officers bigh in command of the American forces in F graph shows clearly some of the men now at the front and is an officlal picture, ---- MILITIA TO CONTROL FIFTY HOSPITALS Institutions Transférred To Department From Com- mission's Supervision. Ottawa, ions oldie the Feb. 28 Fifty institu for the treatment of invalided ers which have been operated by Military Hospitals Commission t SC {and all hospital trains for the move i ment of such men will be transferred, to the Department of Militia and Dé- fence under the arrangement recent- ly announced Twenty-seven con- valgscent homes and sanitoria will | remdin under the control of the Mili= tary Hospitals omuission, which will he branch of™he new depart- { ment ! ment. of soldiers eivil re-establigh- The control administration and command of the fifty hospitals men- will be handed over to the Militia Department represented - by the officers commanding the several military districts on a date or dates to be fixed by the Government.' The on, how- ever, will continue to carry on voca- tional training of inmaies of these military institutions. It will also continue to supply such artificial limbs, orthopedic boots and appli- may be 'required for re- as efeodrosiededosfotededeledododeletode do ofodedotodeops CALLED A HAUT. +» * + +» &* - +* + * * + + ddd deededuiffoedoliiidededleddnp dob (Canadian Press Dcspateh.) London, Feb. 28.--The Ger- man army has received viders to step its advance into Russia, according to the Petro respondent of the Exchange Telegraph Co.. He has receiv- ed information to this effect, which he regards as reliable. DOWN TO FOUR PER CENT. y. Toronto Rails Mad to © : dend. Toronto, Feb. 28.--Directors of the Toronto Railway Company met yesterday after the special meeting of shareholders, and in declaring the tirgt quarterly dividend for 1918 cut the rate from eight to 4 per cent. Wh ut Divi- This will split dividends of $960,- | 000 in half, and save #180,000. The reason assigned by the company is the increased "cost of living" which the company must meet this year. In 1917 the company was forced to grant wage increases amounting to $600,000 per year. These were operative only the last half of 1917, but will be in force the whole of 1918. The wage bill for this year * Everywhere therefore, increases, $300,000, if tie | Prints a sisnificant editorial | fore. pirit was welcomed and | Same number of men are employed. | S350 NE act on by Japa to Jorestall { This and other increases are .as fol-| rormany's "Berlin to. Tokio" plans. lows: 'Wage increase, say, $300,000; n bridge payment, over $50,000; additional city taxes, $31,000; total, $411,000. In addition to the $411,000 men- tioned above, there are other in- creases due to higher Government taxes, higher const of material, ete., 80 that this year's increased cost on the sarge business as last year may be fairly put at $500,000 or more. "This swallows up the $480,000 saved in dividends, and also part of a surplus of $135,000, such as was available from 1917 operations. The next United States Red Cross drive will take place the week of May 6th to 13th, and will be to raise $100,000,000. fd jper year on business up to $20,000 by Mrs. A. A Potter, wi- ! Goud ost 1]$20,000 or fractio \ a per year, and $2 for each additional dow of one of Gotiverneur's n Shee | prominent business men, : ON IN FRANCE ® ; building these States. TYE POD RE Sa Tio ¥ leld Arti) rance, 'This photo- it tn AANA tN FOOD 1S FIRST 10 BE SHPPED Britain to Cut Down Import of Raw Ma-| terials to Save Tonnage. | | | { i IN MUNITIONS WILL ENABLE A SLOWING UP IN THEIR OUTPUT. 4 | RESERVES To Be No Slackening in Shipbuilding --A Large Number of Women to Be Placed on Farms. | London, Feb. 28.--Both the War ! Cabinet and the Ministry of Muni- | | tions are giving serious attention to| { the subject of employment, pnd one ! result of the decision, that food is to ! be shipped to this country before any- | thing else, will be a certain reduc- | tion in the imports of raw material, | and consequently a diminution in the { output. In particular, further re- | strictions are to be placed on the | import of raw materials for the tex- i tile and paper-making trades. Am- l'erican steel ipiports may Also be af- | fected. { There will be slowing up of certain | classes of munition work. Aceord- | ing to the prospect, this can be | done without risk, as we now pos- | sess immense reserves, amounting in | some cases to a year's supply. ' It has { been decided that there shall be no | slackening in the output of ships, { airplanes and certain essential en- | gines of war, Although the obvious {| way to reduce the output is to close {small factories and concentrate: on { work in the lrger-ones, the aim of | the Ministry of Munitions 18 to show | up the industry gradually, Such dis- | charges as are necessary will be made {first in areas where housing accom- | modation is inadequate, or where { other urgent work can absotb all the | displaced labor. The Ministry of Na- tion Service will try to place on the {land in the spring and summer a {large umber of women whose ser- | vices ae no longer needed in the i munition works and cotton mills. ---- JAPAN TO ACT QUICKLY. | London Times Foreshadows Steps to Foil Hun Plans. London, Feb. 28. The Times {| The Times says the moment may be at hand and her Allies will lend sup- iport to any action she may feel bound to undertake for the protec- tion of her own and their interests. Little Force Required. London, Feb. 28.---There {8 no doubt whatever heres that Japan could establish order in Hastern Si- berfa with a very small display of force, and it is argued that she would thus provide the nucleus on which whatever elements of order that re- mains in Russia could rally. All the latest despatches from Petrograd picture the people as so dispirited with the prevailing eon- fusion that they are almost welcom- ing the advance of the Germans as offering them an escape from utter destruction, and #t is maintained that even if Japan advanced only a comparatively short distance into the interior she would be rendering a real service to her Allies in fur- that there was yet chance of restoring order and of re- + increase production here, have also BEHIND WEST FRONT Every Acre in Northern France and Belgium Is Being Cultivated. Ottawa, Feb. 28.--The following message has been received frora the British Agriculture Relief of tha Allies Committee at London, "A big campaign aimed at creased food production is now ginning in Northern France and Belgium behind the firing line Plows distributed by the Agriculture Relief of Allies Committee in the Marne and the Meuse districts are playing their part in the extensive programme which is being carried out, 38 well as seed corn obtained from a grain contributed by British farmers through the medium of the fund. Every acre on which farming operations are permissible and POss- ible it is hoped will be made to yield its quota of food, and 'British farm- ers, who are doing their utmost to in- je- | the satisfaction of having aided | the stricken French farmers to | their part in the defeat of the boats." to do U- ' RUSSIAN TROOPS IN NEED OF BREAD The Bolsheviki Say Famine Is Sapping Vitality of the Defenders. London, Feb. 28.--An ofticia} Russian wireless communication signed by the People's Commissioner for Food was received here vester- day. It urges the immediate mobili- zation of the whole population for the "purpose of supplying with bread the starving north and Petro- grad itself, where the existing fam- ine is sapping the vitality of the glorious defenders of the revolution. "The German Bourgeoise," the appeal continues, "has mobilized all its forces, and, supported by the capital of the whole world, is striv- ing to kill the Russian revolution and enslave the free people of the federal republic by retaking these lands which they have conquered from the landlord Tiere Hedrbedeedefededeoddededode doled » WAR BULLETINS, +! " = * | * A successful raid by the # % 'Canadians was carried out % "+ near Lens without loss to their # £ troops. * -- > %.... Fourteen vessels: over. 1,600. 4%. #% tons dnd Tour under that ton- # | % nage was sunk the past week. # | * -- * | +* It is believed that Germany + 4 will attack Petrograd before we | * singing a peace treaty. - + EPR Dd lle bb dood bb bp CANADIANS ACTIVE IN RAIDIRC ENEMY Airplanes Continually Busy | Crossing the German Lines ---Ralds Are Successful (Canadian Press Despatch) Canadian Army Headquarters in the Field (via London), Feb. 28. Raiding the enemy by night and day, Canada in the field is continuing the policy of trench activity with mark- ed succéss. No less than three raids have been carried out in the past twenty-four hours, netting us enemy prisoners aud a machine gun. - The artillery continues its. usual activity while the enemy heavily shelled Lieves yesterday for practically the whole day, further wregking this vil- lage. While enemy airplanes have been less active, our machines have been very busy, continually crossing the enemy lines. ACTS OF LAWLESSNESS CONTINUE IN IRELAND Likely Due to Organized Con- spiracy Against the Irish 'Convention. {Canadian Press Despatch, London, Feb. 28.---~The Epa: pers continue to print reports of seizures of land and other acts of lawlessness by the Sinn Feiners in Ireland, Henry Duke, secretary for Ireland, has not resigned, and it is understam®s that he intends to stand by the Irish convention until the end. He is credited with the opin- ion that much of the present lawless neds is flue to an'organized conspir- acy against the convention, NOTHING HAPPENED TO BRING ACTION Diplomatic = Conversations * Would Not be Fruitful In Good Results. {Canadian Press Despatch London, Feb. 25. Foreign Sec- retary Balfour replied last night in 'the Commons to the criticisms of his recent speech concerning Von Hert ling and Count Czernin, made by Richard Holt, the Radical member, Mr. Balfour maintained his previous position.that nothing has yet hap-| pened to make diplomatic vonversa- tions fruitful. for good results. te 4 CPR. Expenditiffes. Vancouver, Feb. 28.-The CPR. is mot going to undertake any 'con- struction this year, according to Grant Hall, t and gen- eral manager, who is In Vancouver to-day. but it intends spending over 6,000,000 in maintenance and bet. k. # hs LA ST EDITION ° RUSSIANS HURL GERMANS BACK The Enemy Was Also Thrown Back in Viciniy of Vitebsk. THE ENEMY DETACHMENTS Ve ¥ ARE STILL REPORTED TO. BE VERY SMALL. The Russian Revolution Will Defend the Pluhdering Raid of. the Kais- er's Forces, Petrograd, Feb. 28.--The Ger- mans have been hurled back at Vite- bsk and eighteen miles from Orsha. (Vitebsk is the capital of the pro- vince of that name, 300 miles south of Petrograd. Orsha is an important railway junction on the Dnieper riv- er, thirty miles south of Vitebsk and forty-four miles north of Mohileft)) After fortifying Borrissoff (eighty miles west of Orsha and thirty-eight miles northeast of Minsk), the Ger- mans advanced toward Orsha. Rus- slan forces made a sortie and beat the Germans baok, eighteen miles out from the city. \ Then, retiring upon the city, the Russians blew up a bridge over the Berezina (where Napoleon suffered heavy losses in November, 1812), and began an orderly evacuation. Germans seeking to occupy Vitebsk where the mobilization for the de- fence of Petrograd occurred, were thrown baek. Germans are organizing detach- ments of Ukrainian prisoners at Rov- no (in Volhynia). Will Defend Revolution, London, Feb, 28.--The Russian revolution will defend itself against Germany, says an official Russian statement sent out by wireless, and which announces the Germany has refused to grant an armistice, Enemy detachments still very small, have occupied Reval and Pskov. Even Petrograd itself, which is still far distant, can in no way de- cide the destiny of the revolution. If Germanys plundering raid should advance, the task of the Gov- +ornment- possibility of a simultaneous eatas- trophie decision by the Germans. They are attempting to crush the authority of the councils and are in search of it on the routes leading to | Petrograd, War Tidings. Aerial activity on the Franco-Bel- glan front 18 redching a stage of great intensity, such as usually pro- ceeds an important offensive, - Several raids were made by the Germuns on Wednesday in the Champagne district, but all were re- pulsed. a THE WORLD'S NEWS Tidings From All Over Told in a Pithy and Pointed Way. i -- The Halifax car strike is over. Lieut.<Col. Critchley, a Canadian, was appointed to command the Fly- ing Cadet School in England. Wholesale grocers will be brought under the license system by April first, ' & Chatham council has ordered men's furnishing stores to close at 7 b.m., and hardware stores at 6.30, with certain exceptions. Sir Willlam Hearst told a deputa- tion that action would be taken to provide for the care of the feeble- minded. Men from the steamef Terra Nova, who boarded the Florizel, report no living person on board, but recovered the bodies of five men and one wo- man. 'The Ontario Legislature is to vote another million dollars for good roads, The sum of $2,725,000 has heen expended during the past threes years. : The captain, chief engineer and purser of the steamship Centralia. were ordered arrested at a Pacific port by the Federal authorities. It is alleged the men are pro-German, 2 ---------------- Coal Output in B.C. Victoria, B.C., Feb, 28.--An m- crease of 10 per cent. in the coal output of British Columbia was shown in January, the total tonn being 280,755, compared with 19 - 636 tons in January, 1917. Crisis Becomes Acute. (Canadian Press Des London, Feb. 26. The Trish crisis is becoming more serious. Two policemen and several civilians have been shot during riots. iCanadian Press Despsatoh.) Washi , Feb. 28.