Daily British Whig (1850), 6 May 1918, p. 1

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To Domination of Mierarch | 12 Pages bot trim meme KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1918. LAST epITior YEAR 85: NO. 106 ANOTHER ADVANCE FOR THE ALLES The Australians Gave the Germans 2 Good; Drubbing. : BENE. LOE ADVANCED TO DEPTH OF 500 YARDS ON 2. 000-YARD FRONT, The Enemy Was Completely Repulsed In an Attack Southeast of Amicas After an Intense Bombardment, (Canadian. Press Buspaton) With the British Army in France, May 6.---Last night the irrepressible Australians gave the Germans west and southwest of Morlancourt, be-| tween the Ancre and Somme rivers, another drubbing, and advanced the Eatente line to a'depth of 500 yards along a front of $000 yards. . The enemy offered strong resistance,' which was 'entirely to the liking of the hardy Australians, who inflicted heavy casualties, and came _ 'back with more than 150 prisoners, The . losses of the attacking troops were light. Enemy Completely Repulsed, {Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, May 6.--After an intense bombardment the Germans last night attempted to carry out a local attack near the Anchin Farm, southeast of Amiens. The official statement to- day says the enemy was repulsed completely, - ULSTEREWILL ------ > hhh dot 2 2 FT | = English Serve While Jrish- Spread Sed London, May ' 6.--8peaking at Aughavonau Orange Hall, Mr. Coote Unionist member for South Tprone, sald hon Euglishmeg fits-one soar es ta serve, could not] be allowed masquerading about, spreading sedition, and keeping any rained soldiers in Ireland when they are needed in France. If enforced, conscription must be 'equitable and applicable to all Ire- land. The Government would ride for a fall'it it interefered with Uls- ter's liberties. Ulster would never submit to a Dublin Parliament domin- ated by the Roman Catholic hier- "archy. : Armagh Clerieal Union and Lur- gan Clerical Union of the Church of Ireland passed resolutions approving of conscription and regretting the ex- clusion of the ministry from com- pulsory service, -------- Can Defeat Conscription. dian Press Devatch a ig atl.conseription Loudon, May speeches were | from the same platform by John Dillon, Nationalist leader and Prof. Edward De Vilera, head of the Sinn Fein, yesterday, at Ballaghereen, in Dillon's constituency of East Mayo. Good humor and en- thustasm characterized the domon- stration which was attended by fif- teen thousand per Mr: Dillon said that if the Tris kept united and determined for another two weeks they would defeat conscription. gessesesealorssbrnrsrssens . - "BE OF GOOD CHEER: * WE ARE ALL RIGHT." A * 6.~~Premier ¢ the ¢ 0 Reap? +> : he replied: "The + 1 bring fcom*the Bri- + x r OnE a home & per. We are & | s <*> + i NEVER SUBMIT Y= prices, [of flour ami susar whieh may be | War, who was credited *with heing PEEREPPIL EERE LP IITI PIRI - el 3 HON. SIR EDWARD KEMP, | Minister of Militia for Over. Seas, Writes of War: + * % + + I take this opportunity to ask you to convey to the Na- %* Uomal Councli of the Young + Men's Christian Associations of % Canady my reclation of the ® work accomplished during the * Past year by your association %+ in England and France. #+ not emphasize the normal work # done by your organization for the comfort and well-being of ¢ oar soldiers in providing can- & teens, and recreation % rooms both in this country and + at the front, but I desire par- + ticularly to mention the activi- # ties of the Y.M.C.A. in the shell- ¢ areas. + It seems to me that work + done by the soldiers and offi- # eers of the Canadian YMC.A. + under these conditions has re- quired the highest degree of # steadfastness and courage. + Please conygy to your Na- #. tional Council wy best +"ishes $ for success in the rorfhcoming + Dominionwide campaign, May + 7.8 and 9. I am sure that this ¢ * appeal for funds for your # # splendid work will receive the # % generous support of the Can- + + adian public which it deserves. + (Signed) A. E. KEMP. ¢ * SEER LEE EMRE EP Eh bbe THE WORLD'S NEWS ; IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in a Pithy and Pointed Way. The fixing of hide prices across the | border may reduce the cost of shoes. . | The Vancouver City. Council has conceded all the demands of the Civic Employees' Union. A new wireless station in Mexico City" will be capable of Pommunica+ ting with Nauen, Germany, el i, bitin * + > * + { | i | | Gen. Coleman Dupont is reported to have bought two more New York hotels, the Belmont and Murray Hill. 'Holland has agreed to transport 1,600,000 tons of sand and gravel to Belgium under agreement with ermany. r Food profiteers in New York State will be stopped by a bill which em- powers the Food Commission to fix & budget debate will end to- The balance of the sessional be disposed of The day. programme 'will quickly. ° Every ton of steel and pig iron in the country virtually has been copn~ andeered by the US. Government for war purposes, SHIPWRECK DELIVERS FAMILY CARRIED OVER' SEAS EIGHT MONTHS, a 4 Nifuuge rufus of fate have broug After thus looting the bark the Belug Mrs. Juba Stabley Cameron and their for eight months were Getwman prisc was that which saved them from in when the Igvotz Mendi ran aground reach Germany. The Danish govern «prize und set free nearly a hundred O00 their way Yowe to San Francisco, ences, Mr. Cameron will again take t of the American bark Beluga, of Sa SUmme: stock of provisions. fad Captaln Cameron bad with him MATCH MAKER 10 PAY TAX ARP be 0 : , er ei Renfrew, Alex. Morris, Pembroke: Prescott, J. A. Caron, Curran: Glen- garry and Stormont, Sheriff W. R. Mack, Cornwall, Emperor Charles of Austria has given the Premier power to. adjourn Parliament and prevent its resum- ing activities owing to the serious- ness of the food question. As a result of injuries received when his racing car smashed into a steel pillar last Wednesday night at Montreal, Jack Laviolefte, vet- eran athlete, had one foor amputat- ed The odds against Gen. Gough were three to one, declares the general in a statement. There were 560,000 Germans to 198,000 in the British Fifth army in the retreat from St. Quentin, Thomas Stewart. .a well-known Liberal lawyer, of Lindsay, Ont. aged about fifty-five years, died on Monday from pneumonia. He was prominent in local affairs in Lindsay for many years, The directors of the Bank of Eng- land announce the creation of a new post to be known as "comptroller of the bank" and the appointment to the position of Sir Gordon Nairne, at present chief cashier. Germans from all over South and Central America are concentrating in Mexico. They are sent there to stir up tro though Gérman pro- paganada. and'fif possible to onganize the Mexicans into a fighting force. The Food Board warns that the recent order restricting the quantity held must be strictly observed, and excess holdings returned at once to the dealers from whom bought. ---------------- NO PEACE OFFERS LATELY BEEN MADE Balfour States That No Neu- tral Representative Has Sounded Great Britain |. London, "May 7%. Cok" Sokpatch fromm The Hégue says: Colyn, former Dutch Minister af a Forum." for Allies: Tele. The Impost WIR bc at the Somee, Finance Department Decides, - TIRE LLIN DOLAR WILL. COME INTO TREASURY FROM MATCH TAX. -------- Moving Picture Firms Are Making Strong Objection to Tax of Five Cents a ¥oot on Imported Films. {Spedial to the Whig.) Ottawa May 6.--While there are naturally some. protests against the new taxes, as a whole they have been well received through the coun- try. The moving picture firms are! making a of five cents a foot on imported films. They claim that the tax is so heavy that it will seriously curtail imports. The manufacturers matohes think the new tax of five cents per hundred matches is too heavy. Some of them also would like to have the retailers be made respon- sible for collecting the tax. The de- partment of finance, however, thinks that the tax should be imposed at source and that it would be impos. sibl¥ to watch every retiiler The {ax on matches promises to be a fruitful one, and it is estimated that it. will bring in nearly three million facturers of matches in Canada, will, according to its present output, pay into the treasury seven to eight thon- sand dollars a day. OPPOSITION TO MOVE {Conidi=n Press Despatch) wa, 'May 6.--Fairly sailing for the Govern nected in the budeet committee implements, it will nt is not likely four oceans aboard. the famous Geri #bips, the Spanish collier, Ignotz Mond. Perbaps the strangest turn of all aboard ber, amoug whom were the Cameroons, said to be They buve just arrived at an Atlantic where, nothing daunted by his experi- strong objection to the tax Garman feeling in Ireland. of . Jonkseor} © al Implements, : clear H ment is ex- debate in thal PRISONERS ON GERMAN RAIDER bt back to the United States Mr. and a was sunk by the German's gunfire, little daughter, of San Fiicisco, who »aers, carried hither and yon across a8 rEiler Wolf and one of her prize ternment in a wretched prison camp on the Danish coast in an effort to ent immediately interned the German Allied subjects who were prisoners the only Americans. port aboard a Norwegian steamship 0 the sea. M= Cawmerof was master an Francisco, to Austral Wit a eargo of four hundred barrels of benzine There were twent y-ove officers and mel "lu the crew, bis wife and their OOSE TALN HEARD IN IRELAND Which Prepares For Passive Resistance, Balieving It Will be More Effective. Lesey passive resistance ty edgsieription are going on everywhere in freland. The support of the anti-conscripiion movement by the clenzy, so keenly resented by' England.- certainly has had the effet so far of checking the wilder spirits asd restraining any outbreaks of viclencé: There Is less toose talk now and more genera! be- lef that peaceful: resistance will be most. effectual. Subscriptions to the anti-consceription fund are pouring ii. * They are collected everywhere ander the auspices of priests, who guarantee that they will not be used in fotile purchases of arms and ammunition. © These, indeed, can now only be acquired secretly in disobedience to law. Thé Tilsh Timea, the chief Union- ist paper, publishes a letter from a Dhicago lawyer condemning the Sinn Feiners, and the papdr makes this comment: "The writer is mistaken in' sm lng the existence of pro- Its ex- istence is confined to a very few ex- tremists." . BRITISH BEAT OFF TURKS. The Enemy Twice Hepulsed and Lose 314 Prisoners. London, May §~Tarkish forces in 'Palestine which crossed the Jordan civer on Thursday, made an attack on a Britlsh., position ; and were repulsed, the War Office an- mwounces. On the following day they again attacked, having received con- siderable reinforcements, and were beaten off with heavy losses. The British took 314 pristners. i Baas mtn dollars. The E. B. Eddy Company of | pu Ottawa, which is the largest manu-| { BRITISH LINE HAS MOVED UP Site of Song: Opposiicn From The Enemy. PRISONERS WERE TAKEN GERMAN CASUALTIES HEAVY; BRITISH LOSSES SLIGHT. Fighting at Another Point Resulted _ to the Advantage of the British The Come-back : Quite F (Canadiun Press Despatoh) London, May 6.--The British line has been advanced on a considerable 'rout between the Somme and Ancre rivers west, southwest of Moflan« ~ourt, says the official statement from headquarters to-day. The British po- sitions in the neighborhood of Locon and Lawe river, on the southern leg of the Lys salient in Flanders, have been improved as a result of local fighting. The text of the statement reads: A successful minor operation was carried out by us last night between the Somme and Ancre rivers west, southwest of"Morlancourt. "Ouf Hne in this locality has been advanced or 4 considerable front in spite of the strong opposition from the enemy) whose losses were heavy, Over 150 prisoners, "two machine guns and trench mortar were captured, by our troops, Our own casualties were slight, Local fighting took place last tight to our advantage in the neigh- borhood of Locon and Lawe river. Our positions in this locality have been improved. On the remainder of the front the situation is unchanged. TO BE NO COMPROMISE ON SCHOOL POLICY Sir William Hearst Says That the Report is Entirely Untrue. © : Toronto, May 6.--Sir William Hearst denied in unqualified terms | m-- but that later several of those who! signed the agréement went back up- | on their signaturd, making al compromise and understanding be-| The Headache is Still to Come-- tween French<Canadians who were, Must Throw in Forces More Con- responsible for the bilingual agita-|* siderable Than the Success .Ob. bec. f V I desire to give a complete and the hota. whose principal interest Jmphatie denial to the statement of cardy, finds himself, probab- L'Evenmont as set forth in the I¥ in spits of himsel, in a situation vivendi' or any arrangement: what- south of Armentieres and the Lys, ever regarding the matter in ques- an engagement which Was no more tion accepted by the Government of than a simple diversion, he curved myselt on this subject. So long as I pouch being barred on both flanks, am Prime Minister the policy that he had to disengage his right flank Regulation 17 was enacted to carry by an operation in the Ypres sector the report published by L'Evenment, "It Resembles 1 Man Who Has Eaten Too Settlement 'impossible. The article, | 'thon and the Provincial Government | tained is Worth. Globe," said the Prime Minister. . where he is obliged to throw in Ontario, but none was even consid- : his dine forward and the next day out will remain the policy of the which led to the capture of Kemmel, Were Taken Prisoners. {Canadian Press Despatch) Berlin, via London, May 6.--The rapulse of Anglo-French attacks on the Flanders battlefront is reported In an official amnouncement by the War Office. More than 300 prisen- ers are reported captured in the fighting. Increased artillery 'ac- tivity south of the Somme is an- nounced in the statement. The Aevial Activities, Government was formed the Ontario vendi in regard to bilingual schools, -- ---- editorial in the Globe, declared that: IS USED 790. himself in an endeavor to reach a dack upon their signatures were | in an awkward predicament in. the instrigues from Montreal and Que- | west. fact, dnd the paper in question must without 'the success he obtains bring- by someone. Not only was ng 'modus Having commenced on April 9th, time and again in the Legislature north. In this way he has dug out position of the Government and of he spent 21 divisions, hut this ------ tenia: necessary an assault on other hills FORCE | Yipres, which up to the present has , Ae! have fought twite and some three As They Can Pour Deadly Fire on The Germans resemble at this mo- made progress. The eneiny's bom- Ypres and she important railroad vigorously replied to and no attack 43 Ga nadinn Brass fee teh BE ra tivity issued by the 'War Office reads: There was a dense mist on Saturday until the evening, when re. connissance was possible. Nine tons were dropped on the Chaulnes rail- way junction on Bapaunie, Armen- tieres, Merville and Estaires. There was very little air fighting. One hos- tile machine was brought down by our aviators and four others were disabled. Two of our machines are missing. Two of our machines, missing since May 3rd, have teturn- ed. | After dark, although the con- 1itions were still unfavorable, more than three tons of bombs were drop- ped on the Chaunlnés railway 10 tion and on Bapaume. All our ma- ¢hines returned. ITALY GROWING STRONGER, Austria Feels It Is Not safe to Re. lax Vigilance. - Waslivgion, May 6.--- The dels caused by the snow and the g T atmospheric conditions permits the italians to complete their defefisive works," says a despatch from Rome, "and add to their reserves of guns and amaunition, which are being vroduced in large quantities in our factories at day and night schedules. The losses in war material suffered by Italy last fall have been entirely replaced, and Austria begins to feel that Ifaly is growing stronger every day and that it is not safe for Austria to bring any assistance to Germany on the western front." ---------------------- Canadian Casualties. Killed in action--H. Harran, Petenbore. . iD. McNaughton, Wil- J. Perrin, Morton; Ww . M. Deroghie, Corn- H. J. Tanner, Apsley: J. in, 2 oD Mey: J Quinn IM. Paul, overseas with the in 1914, arviv- Thr I took a spirited Fi a aa {German dead. Government accepted a modus vi- BY DRINKING MORE THAN HE Sir Robert" Borden had interested | : Stated to have been influenced by | The dominating fact is that have been very badly imposed wpon ing him nearer a decision. and elsewhere stated clearly that the a vast pouch, where in a few days and a' general operation against { times. bardment south-west of Ypres was centre of Hazebrouck, -seyen >. rn been a complete cheek. So, since April 27th, the Germans ent a man who has eaten too big Into Flanders of the Attack= |a dinner and tries to correct it by ing Forces. v . developed x on : Do deh and eleven British are missing.' tween the Nieppe-Meteren line In British casualtios during The Jase * ihave thrown into "the Flanders' fighting more than 40 divisions. drinking amore than usual, The headache is still te come. London, May 6.--The Germin front of Hagebrouck and the Locre- week totalled 36,262, according to Ypres line, where Haig locates the Official lists made public. of Quebec, that just befofe Union Big 2 Dinner which was reproduced in part in an of Ontario. The men who ent | 0 4 , sits Paris, May 6.--The Germans are SIt bas no foundation whatever in forces always ' more 'considerable ered by the Government. 1 have had to extend his action to the Govefnment of Ontario." But this capture in turn makes Moreover, since March 21st they have engaged more than 100 divi sions in Picardy, of which many ---- War Tidings. bombardments would indicate that! In their operatioms Saturday in von Hindenburg is threatening to re- !De Locre section, French troops uew attacks simultaneously against There is a stretch of four miles bo Genman troops Sunday worning two artillery actions. In this £80 4400 kod the new positions gained are the principal hills still held by by the British Friday night on the the British. From their summits the Flanders battlefront near Hingen, nearest flanks of the German forces 1OTth-west of Bethune, but were re attacking Hazebrouck and Ypres pulsed. . The British line remains intact. could be heavily shelled by artillery. Artillery fighting continued all The advantage of position, therefore, Saturday night on the Somme front. rests with the allies: {There was no infantry fighting. . Emperor Charles of Austria and Von Hindenburg's fast dwindling pgs Joo arrived on the Italian ed reserves probably accounts for this front. The expected "drive is immi- break in his attacking front for to nent, ; ad ; Civil war is active attempt to obtain "he intervening Ukraine owing to Ce hills by direct assault ould be ine . costly an enterprise. Double objec- Hives as important as Hazebrouck Monk ied for Bravery. a and Ypres have not been sought by' 'Quebec, May hall ar oire, Von Hindenburg as a simultaneous & Capuchin mbnk, am r years well-known Lenten' preacher here, dventure since the: present series of has been cited anew in the orders of combats began. - . The ora general staff doubt the day of ahe en Cl aTmy, Jor oon less hopes to confuse the allies by SPRtuUOUS bravery on ry a - this. new movement, . Von Hinden- battle. The reiterated anor Sons ay sgddenly abandon one of #3 a reward for hiwiconduct in the bur, : t the recent retirement of the objectiv and concentrate Course of the against the other or if he finds the fhe Britinn and French Armies on Allies in very heavy force along both occasion Germa front he may abandon both assaults S170: Hay 5 i rather than risk a disastrous chéck. : Of the two positions Hazebrouck is Si00,000 Ponts of Tea Swed. much more important for military Fort Arthur, May f.--Tea to be purposes than Ypres. If the Allies 8rount of 2,763,496 pounds is ia must choose as to where they will Storage at Port Arthur and subject ; wi of ten couts per undoubtedly select the Nieppe-Meter- t0 the new war tax en line east of Hazebrouck. pound with one cent allowed off for wrapping. The dnland Revenue of- bo Sfaniy reason for a choles would ficer here will therefore ' collect his reserves to be used up at thiy $247,814 for the Government. ~ At time if Von Hindenburg is determin- Fort William an additional 1,950,« ¥ proceeding in rman exaotions. H. led upon another 'orgy of slaughter 900 pounds is in storage. The tea is of German man-power. In that N°ld hers by the raflways for dis eB might be consideged tribution to eastern rallways. worth exchanging for new) hills or Extends Furiough i Patis, May 3--Gen. Petain has decided that Turlomghs tp Rosie. which in the past few been restricted to cases death or angerous illness of fear relatives dn fu to of soldiers, shall be extended ture to include leaves of Abnencs: (attend marriages or other Hy celebrations. > | , Tommy Burns Enlists, | San Francisco, May 4. --Tommy the , Burns (Noah Brusso), former the British heavyweight boxing of the nL DT es -

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