Daily British Whig (1850), 7 May 1918, p. 1

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12 Pages fio RR RED TRANGLE CAMPAIGN OPENS Workers Had Supper at Y.M.C.A. Building on Monday Foening. ENTHLSASH IS UBOONED : OVER EFFORT TO RAISE $15,000 IN KINGSTON, Several Speakess Polted Out the Needs of the Milftury "Y" Kings. ton Will Certainly Do Its Part. No more enthusiastic campaign , meeting has beeft held in the city than that in the Y.MUC.A, on Monday evening, About seventy-five canvas- sers in the drive to raise $15,000 for the Red Triangle work at the front gathered shontly after o'clock, and sat down to a war-time six 1 did not deny it. he Dail LITTLE FRENCH BOY DIED LIKE A HERO He Refused to Give Information to the Huns, Who Shot Him. 7.~--Lieut.-Gen, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, addressing a central meeting of Boy Beouts at Guild Hall, told of work done by French Boy Scouts in the neighbor- hood of the fighting line. A heroic deed by ome French Boy Scout was described in a letter found on the body of a dead German. General Baden-Powell read the letter, which follows: + "A traitor has just been shot-- a little Freneh lad belopg to one of those gymnastic societies which wears ! the Tri-color button. "The poor little fellow in his infatuation wished to be a hero. A German column was passing along a wooded defile and the Loudon, May | boy was caught and asked whether the French were about. He refused | to give information. further on fire was opened from the cover of the wood. The prisoner was asked in Freneh if he had known that the enemy was in the forest and he He went with firm step to a telegraph post and stood duppet provided by the Ladies' Aux-; up against it with a green vineyard ilary. sempre After the suppés Mayor Hughes, chairman of the campsign, took the chalr, and in a4 neat speech present- ed the claims of the Red Triangle. in the. fort tion among all the wo was a patriotic which they were emgaged, and the funds raised in the ¢ity would be used in bringing cheer and comfort to thelr friends and relatives fighting across the seas. He did not consid- er that the amount asked from King- ston was excessive, and believed that citizens would rise nobly to the oc- <casion, and would contribute gener- ously to a worthy cause. in the city will be asked for their share of the total, and' His Worship sincerely hoped that 'the amount raised would be far above the allot- ted amount, Pte. Bullis, who is a patient in eont's Military Hospital, brought eo work of the Red Triangle at the front very near to his hearers. From first band experience he was able to tell of their activities in helping the from the greiches, e Smith, chairman of the ) tee, was entiiusi- oan commit astio over the prospects of the cam-| paign, and thanked the canvassers for coming to his assistance hh such large numbers. He 'gave some in- structions 10 the workers on the method of canvassing and declared that the drive would be a great suc- cess if all labored together. W. H. Macnee, honorary treasurer, also made a few remarks supplementing whose of Mr. Smith, » Tarougiont the meeting everyone ya in high spirits, and one man eclared that it was "just brimful of pep' all rough. When it was 'announced that Semator H. W. Rich- neon had started the campaign w a subscription of $1,000, and that W. F. Nickle, MP, and Hugh Nickle had given a subscription of $500, there was, great cheering and applause. 00 The preli \ry meeting showed a wonderful spitit among the workers, ; to do his utmost for the Red Triangle. From evéry quarter people have been offering their services in any ca- pacity, and there should be no dif: culty in ralsing the desired amount. A number of returned soldiers have handed in thelr names, and are will- bit" at home as well A large fiftesi-foot triangle sign is to be erected on Princess street, and as the money comes in the tri- angle will be painted red. Vari- ous new devices to maintain the in- terest in the campaign will be used, and the splendid spirit manifested on Monday evening will, no doubt, con tinue during the campaign. 1 peat. An operation for bloed transiu- Sion WAS Jot tart ifn New York Anna Held, the actress, whose condition still rem ins critical. fling the crime + tish public is not & t. 'The Daily + is + Everyone [ London, behind him, and received the volley of the fireing party with a proud smile on his face. Infatuated boy! It was a pity to see such wasted courage.' COURT OF HONOR TO INVESTIGATE Charge That Foch Was Slow in Bringing Up Reserves to Help British. May 7. --Andrew Bonar Law, Government spokesman in the House of Commons, announced to- day that the Government proposed to ask two judges to act as a court of honor to investigate charges made by General Frederick B. Maurice, re- cently removed from the post of di- British War Office and transferred to active duties in the field. J betore the transfer, General Maurice 'hinted that General Fi slow in bring cup t to help the Brita, Ten Million Cards to be Print= ed--Distribution An Enor- mous Undertaking. (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, May 7.-- National registra- tion day will likely be Saturday, June, 22nd. This date has not yet been definitely fixed by the National Registration Board of which Senator Robertson is dhairman, but i8 the one the board has in mind. The date de- pends largely on the printing of the enormous number of forms which will be necessary. To provide for was- tage, loss of cards, etc. there will be printed nearly ten million cards... The printing and distribution of these 1s an enormous undertaking. -* THE ENTENTE FOROES +> ARE INVINCIBLE. #» > + (Canadian Press Despateh.) Pavis, May 7.--American +» % troops continue to arrive on the + % front in force, Premier Clemen- # + ceau told Echo de Paris, on re- + turning to-day from two days' % visit to the front area. # The Premier brought back, # he said, the feeling of confi- * dence in the invincibility of th + Entente forces, : Sm AMERICAN STEAMER SINKS GERMAN U-BOAT The American Steamer Tyler Was Sunk Off the French Coast, Shr bpd Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, (May 7.--A fight be- tween the American steamer Tidewa- ter and a German submarine on March 17th, in which the submarine was defeated and perhaps sunk, is reported to-day in the Navy Depart ment, American Steamship Sunk. (Canadian Press Despatoh) New York, May 7..--The American steamship Tyler, 4,000 tons, has been torpedoed and sunk off the French coast. Eleven mem of the crew were killed or drowned. : 4 ITISH CASUALA % WL -- 3 i Fifty yards" rector of military operations at the! Just} i was too} KINGSTON, ONTARIO, » LATEST GERMAN: x TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1918. SCALR OF MILES © 3 2 3 a 5 OF SLVER CON And Postage Stamps Arc Used in Midlands And West. CONDTIONS GROW WORSE + NATIONALISM 18 BEING SPREAD FURTHER ALONG. The Church Has Collected a Large Fund to Fight Conseription and Handed it to the Sinn Feiners, (Canadian Press Despatch) London May, 7.--Ireland remains remarkably quiet, says the Dublin correspondent of the Daily Mail in reporting conditions incident to the anti-conscription campaign. "Al though the "church i§ raising." he adds, "an enormous national defence fund, which is ostensibly collected to fight conscription; it:apparently is not prepared. to accept the responsi- bility for the manner. in which money is spent and the contre! of the fund has passed into the hands of the Sinn: Feiners, "Conditions appear daily to be growing worse as nationalism is be- ing spread further along on the Sinn Fein flood. Moderate men of the Irish convention have faded out of public recognition, "The shortage of silver "eontinues (Yery ~ acute and difticulty in making change hys almost paralysed ness AS and be the Do ned. r g n the west | ; coin, As {ORE as hoarding continues all 0 aeet the shortage probably will he u LAND SHORT T= 4 BLOW IS PARRIED BY THE ALLIES As 7 ERO METEREN TO Luc Eaene EAN CON SRTISH (INE INTACT Criminal Code Amendmen t As Sought in Order to Punish News Fakers. Quebec, May 7.--Authors of fake Canadian news published either in Canada or elsewhere will have short shift if @ movement set on foot here culminates, as planned," to secure amendments to the Criminal Code. The matter is to be brought to the his aid. Sensations! stories recounting the burning of the git halls'at Montreal and Quebec had been sent broadcast, it is claimed, and fiad been publish- ed even in the British Isles. Specific reference was also ma'e to aun article appearing in a New York paper last summer on the sub- ject of church taxation in Quebec. This article was described as being 4s erroneous in subject matter as it was malevolent in intent, To cope with the fake news wri- ters, it is proposed that the Criminal Code be so amended as to force all telegraph and cable companies fo furnish on demand by proper au- thority, the originals of all news or other stories fyied by correspondents in any part of Canada; and the au- thors of such news are to be made amendable to x Reavy fine, or impri- sonment, of both, A tentative draft of the amendment has already been Bow is Expeted 10 Fal in Mountaitons ~ attention of Sir Lomer Gouin, and an endeavor will be made to secure MOVE That Cause Trouble In Austris~De- ilnes along the Plave River and in the mountainous region in northern Italy, where the allied forges have been holding their positions sinpe last November after the great Italian retreat from the Isonzo, there i in- creased tension and the long-threat- ened blow 'at this front: may be launched by thé Teutonic allies with- in a few days. ¥or-many weeks, the Italian war office has been aware that 10 STRKE TAL of Front. FORCED BY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS of Austrian Forces May Resalt, If An Offensive Is Not Started. London, May 7.--Over the battle | | & | | | mt the western 1 made, and will be submitted to the authorities within brief delay. GERMANS SHOUT "KAMERAD." Americans at. Luneville Brought in Four Prisoners. American Army in T.--0Ome of the Am- Luneviile some towns. Postage 10 [clsive combat in that theatre of the the Austrians have been gathering the legions withdrawn from the Rus- sian and Rumanian fronts for a drive at the Italian armies, and it is be- lieved. that it will not be long before the central powers will make an- other attempt to reach the plains of lines and seek to bring about & de~/ The blow, it is generall believed, ® BRE 1 0 heard | hémian troops have deserted from the Austrian armies and have: joined the | Ttalians, and, if an offensive 1s not launched, demoralization of the Aus- ; trian forces may come sooner than the outside world expects. Minister Refuses to Obey Orders of the Bishop. Ottawa, May 7.--The internal difficulties in the Holiness Move- tment church were again aired in court on Saturday. It appears that the newly-elected bishop, A. T. Warren, has ordered Rev. Webster, pastor of Muchmor church, to va- cate his pastorate in favor of Rev. Peter Wiseman, and that Webster has refused to do so. As a result, Bishop Warren has appealed to the courts to enforce his order. "Do you think it better, in the cause of peace and the cause of re- ligion, to continue this strife," ask- ed Justice Southerland, who presid- ed, in questioning Rev. Webster. "It wasn't legally done," answer- ed Rev. Webster. "It wasn't ac- cording to our-----." "Suppose it wasn't," interrupted Hid Worship, 'are you going to continue this fight? It seems io me, Mr. Webster, that it would be better for you to accept the situa- tion as It is, and apply for a posi- tion sbme place else." As the case was filed om the pre- vious day, the court refused to give a detision without .due considera- | tion. WANT AUSTRIA T0 ATTACK TAL "We Saved You, You Save Us," Is German Point of View. London, May 7.--No more con- clusive evidence of the strain which the Allied resistance is imposing up- on Gen. Ludendorff's stréngth in the west could be given than the anxiety the German high command and the German public for the immediate re- sumption of the Austro-Hungarian offensive in Italy. Berlin's foremost military eritie, Gen. Baron von Ar- dénni, writing the Tageblatt, de- clared that the Kaiser's people were walgng "Impatientiy"' for the Aus- tro-Hungarfans to "get back into the wart. ; 3in meaning of this "impati- { thar the of the. war in order to Hghten Ludendorii's oppres- sive burden in that quarter. Von | Ardenno pleads that the Austro-Hun- garians never had a mdre favorable opportunity for striking at the Vene- tian plain than at this moment. Ger- many's armehair 'warriors would not dare to offer such gratitous advice to the vassel high command unless they were specifically 'authorized to do so by Gen. Ludendorfy. Therefore, it is plain that the Ger- mans, having failed to reach their objectives in the west on schedule time, now lust for "an invasion" on a grand scale in the south-western theatre. Ludendoril's point of view pipably is this: "Germany saved Austria times without number earlier in the war; now is the time for Aus- tria to save Gérmany." DEPCSED CZAR SENT AWAY. Nicholas Transferred to Prevent From Helping Him Flee, Moscow, May 7.--Nicholas Rom- anoft, the former emperor, together with the former empress and one of their daughters, has been ftransfer- red from Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg (170 miles south-east of Perm, on the Asiatic side of the Ural moun- tains), according to a Soviet an- nouncement. The transfer was ordered because of the alleged efforts of peasants and monarchists in the mneighbor- hood of Tobolsk to promote the es- cape of the prisoners. 'The announcement does not men- tion the former heir-amparent, the young Alexis Romanoff. i TO SEND SUBSTITUTES Gen, Botha Appeals to Wealthy South Africans, Cape Town, May 7.-- General Louis . Premier of the Union of South' , appealing for recruits to fill in the South Africans brigade Europe, asks that the men of , who cannot go themselves send substitutes, with whom they may ' arrangements © Prime Minister conelud peal by announcing that he ! his ap- open 8. the list of names of South Africans willing to provide three, five or any number of substitutes, Old Passenger Vessel Sold. Detroit, May 7.-The steamer York, one of the oldest HOLINESS MOVEMENT IN COURT | LAST EDITION THE HUNS MUST STRAE AGN Or the Kaiser Will be Forced to "fat Crow. A BLOW MUST COME SOON IF GERMAN STAFF IS T0 KEEP PROMISE. Made to the Nation When the Offen- sive Begane--Activity of Foe Along Ypres Sector May be a Pre- tude, » On the French Front in France, May 7<The opinion is virtually un- animous that the further great blow which the German staff must inevite ably deliver, if it intends to {ry to execute the promises made to the Gepman nation 'when the offensive was started, must come soon. : The great acti¥ity of 'the enemy alofig the Ypres sector is possibly a prelude;to the opening of a new Ger man rush there, or is intended to distract atfention from a formidable abtack elsewhere. . There is, indeed, a wifigopread view: that the next move must e@me from the German armies concenttated under Gen. von Buelow fronting Arras. Some of its divisions were borrowed by other German ar- mies for attacks to the north and the south, and they have sineé been re placed by others, and the force gath- ered there is very powerful. From Arras, in the unlikely event of a German success, it could turn either towards the coast or towards Amiens, but it appears most likely that the more northerly operation would be chosen in an attempt to separate the main French aud Brit. ish forces. The contimued bombard- ment of Amiens is possibly merely a blind to cover the preparation of this scheme, PREP PEPP ISS REPRE PIPPI +> » % CANADIAN CAPTURE * + CAT NEUVHLLE VITASSE, + * % (Canadian Press Despatch.) 3 & Canadian Headquarters, + % May 7.-The Canadians have + 4 taken trenches in the vicinity & #-of Neuville Vitasse and cap- * : :, PIPIPEPII LEIS PEEP E OI EXPLODED ABOME TO WRECK JAIL Prisoners Made Desperate At tempt to Break Out of Chicago Cage. Chicago, May 7.--A bomb explo- sion in the county jail Sunday after. Toon injured several prisoners. The explosion was said to have been a detail of a jail-delivery plot. Twenty prisoners made a desperate attempt to escape, but were clubbed into submission by guards, : The blast blew a hole in the north wall of the jail, but otherwise did no material damage. Policemen on motorcycles arrived and completed the restoration of order. Among the prisoners are 112 mem- 'bers of the 1.W.,W, who are in trial in the Federal Court. There was no seasion of the court Saturday after- noon. A BIG BACKDOWN By Germany, as These Peace Terms 'Will Indicate. London, May 7.---The peace pro- posals made by Jonkheer Colyn, a. despatch from The Hague reports, are sald there to have been as fol- lows: } 1. Genmany to renounce all claims in the west. eh 2. Restoration of Belgium. : 3. Alsace-Lorraine to be autono- indus, within the German Federa- on. 4. The status in fhe east to re- main as af present. 5 Austria to make certain con- cessions to Italy in the Trentino. 6. Balkan questions to be solved by an international conference. : 7. All colonial ong affecting Africa and Asia Minor to be settled by a conferene of all the belliger~ ents. > 8. Germany to abandon all laims lo hef former Chinese protectorate . {of Kiao-Chau, but in exchange to in China, MIDLAND GETS A ------ receive certain econoniie concessions AL.

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