PB A a esl dear dew YEAR 85: NO. 114 g 11 PEOPLE APPROV PREMIER'S STAND 10 Refusing to Mody the Miitary Mar Power" Regulations. SENTIMENT OF THE WEST a IN FAVOR ACTION. OVERWHELMINGLY OF GOVERNMEN There Is a Feeling That There Should Be Some Method Devised of Meet. ing Cases of Fxtreme Hardship. . (Special (othe Whig) Ottawa, May 15.--That the coun- try approves of the firm stand taken by the Prime Minister yesterday in refusing to modify the military man power regulations so as to exempt agricultural labor, is being made strikingly evident by scores of tele. grams which are pouring in from all of the provinces. From the west, in particular, the Premier's attitude ia being strongly approved. The posi- tion taken by the united farmers of Alberta apparently express the over- whelming sentiment of the plains, Western members to-day stated that they are receiving no complaints from thelr farmer eonsituents but, on the other hand, are in receipt of many messages advising them to stand behind the Government. 80 far as the House of Commons is concerned, the Unionist members, with a full knowledge afi the military situation as reyealed at the recent secret session © of Parliament, are practically unanimous in the opin- ion that the Prime Minister took the only course possible under the eir- cumstances. There are a few excep- tions. Some Conservative-Unionists from Ontario rural ridings, men who have evidently heen stampeded by the formidable array of agriculturists who invaded the Capital yesterday. While, howevér, the Goverument is being strongly supported in its stand, there is a feeling even amoung its strongest followers that there should be some method devised of meeting cases of extreme hardship, providing this edn be done without opening up the question of general exemptions. It is known that the Go has this under advise- ARY Vi ANOTHER TERM 3 ul PENI For Shooting at Defectives-- John Roberts Has Adven- tures and ce. Toronto, May 15.--For shooting at Detectives Stewart and Cronin, John Roberts, who w § already serv. ing a two years' sentence, was sen- tenced yesterday by Judge Winches- ter in the Session to six years in Portsmouth penitentiary. The sen. tence to run eomcurrently with his previous sentence, In passing sentence the judge stat- ed that Roberts would be under pro- per control at the penitentiary, and if the doctors there should find him to be insane he would be sent to an asylum for treatment, A peculiar o& js mingled with the tragedy of erts' life. A young girl from Port Erie became infatuated with him and, although Roberts told her of his past record, she married him. -After they were married they lived apart, but when the young girl heard of Roberts' arrest in London, she came to Toronto to see him. Her parents leafned of her whereabouts and came to Toronto and brought her home. She broke away from them and again came back to see her husband. She went home with her parents again yesterday, : 2 30 100000000 ibe iS + BARGE RUSSIAN FORCES IN DON REGION, % (Canadian Press Dearth) and Poltava + TR FEES LL LES 40H CR Jose dee of administration and ted on : the amount was voted expressly + legates of ts and aj ™ | THE FRENCH CAPTURE | : WOOD ON THE AVRE German Counter-attack Is] Beaten Off With Severe | Losses to the Enemy i Press Despateh) § Paris, May 15 French troops | yesteray evening attacked German | positions near Hailles, © front | below [Anviens, and captun the | wood or the west bank of the Avre| river, it is announced officially. The | Genmans made a counter-attack and | were beaten off with severe losses. | Puring the night there was a violent | hombardinent north of Montdidier and beliween Montdidier and Noyon. | Tive statement follows: During the night there was viol- ent bon sardm in the region north of Montdidier and 'beiween Montdidier and Noyon. Late yes terday French trocps made a vigor- ous attack on Penman positions scath of MHailles and captured the wood west of Avre, noiwilhstanding determined recietance by file en emmy. [This morning strong German counter-attack was delivered. After a spirited engagement our troops re- mained in entire possession of the new positions. « They inflicted very severe losses cin the Germans. The number of prisoners taken is seven- ty, inciading an clficer. Another enenyy <i fort south of [Rollot, south- east of (Montdidier, which was made alter a heavy 'hombyrdment, met with a complete chedk. North of Chemin des Dames the French re- pulsed a raiding entelprise directed against our small post] in tvhe region of La Bovelle Thele #s nothing dlse to report elsewhAn the front {Canadian THE PEACE OFFER MADE BY AUSTRIA Will Come Under Review in the British House of Commons. (Canadian Press Deupalel) London, May 15.~~The Manchester Guardian says that the peace offer made to "rance last year by Austria, as revealed recently in letters writ. ten by Emperor Charles to Prince Sixtus, will form the subject of a debate of the highest importance in the House of Commons to-morrow. Since the publication of the emper- or's letters, the question has been raised if the Austrian offer should not have received greater attention and especially whether Presidemt Wilson should not have heen con- consulted. Must Be Fought Out. Londen, May, 15.The Govern- meant is not opposed th pedce, but it Li 4 ° | 'been fi on the battlefield,' Austen Chamber- lain, member of the War Cabinet, de- clared yesterday at a meeting of the Women's Unionist Tariff Reform As- sociation. CHEF JUSTICE DENIES CHARGE Sir Charles Fitzpatrick Replies to the Accusation of Dr. J. W. Edwards. Ottawd, May 15.--"I do not know that I have very mudh to say about the charge of Dr. Edwards, except that it is absolutely untrus'" stated Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Chief Justice, of Canada, yesterday, : : The member for Frontenac charg- ed on Monday night that the Chief Justice draws an allowan as a member of thé Judicial Committee of the Privy Council when in fact he does not. go to London. "I do not receive any sioh salary," stated Sir Charles. "The amount voted by Parliament now is for traveling expenses when I go to Lon- don as a member of the Judical Com- mittee. When I don't go I do not draw the gllowance, There was one year -when I drew if, At that time without reference to expenses, Jt was a statutory allowance attaching to my position as member of the Judicial Committee, the same as the amount allowed in my capacity as deputy of the Governor-General. Af- terwards the statute was changed to make the vote cover travelling = ex- penses. When I dont go to London why, of course, I do not receive the money." 3 ? : haf t out jare in Canada and I'm hanged ir I'll KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 918, GERMAN ATTAC K UNDER COVER OF A HEAVY ARTILERY BARRA $ r Do A - FCALE r= / wl on. x NY 4 KEY --_ OLV LINE mu® PRESENT LINE Mem BOUNDARIES CALAIS _ F7 dd Jo 5 54 a0 MILES Sea Ror ir / / Cassel HaZebrou, A eggs Merville rE x. ve Si "4 ! a ) USTEND BRUGES € otal BRE * SPN Nemmel o Jeu! Pd 5 oe i ® Su? VArmentieres ILLE GERMAN ATTACK SOUTH OF LOCON REPULSED | | ' Premier Bo:dcn Makes This Statement to' the Farmers' Deutations. NST IPERATHE Duty TO SER THAT THE INE 18 ... BROKEN CP. NOT | i "Talking of Pledges, Is There None | With the Men at the Front?" Ask-| ed the Premier, $ Ottawa, May 15.1 regard it as the supreme duty of my Government | ments as may be needed," said Sir Robert Borden in his reply to the farmers' deputation. '"'How should I face our soldiers, how should yon! face them when they came home, af- ter being eliminated, after thousands have passed through the hell of a' German prison, if we had to tell them that we did not reinforce them he- cause we were so busy with the prob- lem of more production? I do not) minimize: that problem, but 'we noed | men to hold the line, "Talking of pledges, do you imag- ine there is no pledge or covenant with the men at the front? Waat hardships of ours can compare with theirs? Would you realize it? Then imagine a strip across Ontario from Ottawa westward in which are fight- ing millions of men. Tmagite a great devasted area of territory here. Im- agine women and children passing over that terrible area conveying what little - household goods they could . take away. That is what 464,000 Canadians have gone over- a5 my Most pEReTAIvG Gute et my m ) that their ine Is not Brhen apr (At this juncture the Premier was given his first applause.) The Premier then read a letter re- ceived hy Calvin Lawrence from his S0n overseas gs an illustration of the spirit animating the men at the : "Don't think this is an easy job," it said. "Dad, do all you can t see that men and still more men are oto San dope sn Bo win. There is no TT We stz 1d and die if necessary where we are. My dear old dad and mother | i Lu Ae RA A Aa A Snr to sustain the line by such reinforee-! powers possessed *"He will have ifull auphority help it We are out to win and we will." [tet the Huns get near them if can! i In conclusion Sir Robert said: "The men who went Overseas early struggle would be so long. But they have stuck to it there, and I ask you to have confidence that the Gov- ernment is actuated by the same spirit and ! pray that you and may be aetwated by the same great spirit of determination." SUBM ARINE WARFARE Progressed Quite Satisfactor- ily to the Allies. (Canadian Press Despateh) Has the gemeral trend. of {he submarine wanfare has p ite sati was the reply jdf Thomas J. Mac namara, Secretary of the Admiralty, [to a question as to whether opera: | tions in capturing enemy subomar- ines around the {coast the last three weeks had been satisfactory. DROVE GERMANS OUT OF ROSTOV ON DON (Canadian Press Despatch.) Moscow, May 15.--Rostov, on Don, the largest city, in Don Cossack territory, was re captured last week by the Ruse sian Soviet troops, who drove out the Germans. The Ger- mans, who had hell Rostov for only a day, are retreating. nie w---------------- WILL PUT IRELAND ON WAR FOOTING Lord French Exercising Practice: the Theoretical Powers of Viceroy. "tionidon. May 15. --*Fidd Marshal of the (Daily News tole- "exencising in practice those wich have always been by a viceroy in theory. : n questions relating to the national defence and will put the country for the first time on wibat may be described as a war Tooting." "Quebec is now lining up with the other provinces," siad L. J. Loran- ger, K.C., who is in charge of the ad- ministration of the Military Service aborts trom Lise say that B say 'that Ru- manian town front. : A sturgeon weighing 170 pounds and measuring six feet seven inches, 'was caught in the Niagara river. . i © LARAVY WEDNESDAY. MORNING: and infernal administration, | German troops under cover of a heavy artillery barrage attacked the British positions south of Locon. The statement Issued by the War.Office says the attack was completely repulsed. In their operations in the Locre sector Frerich troops made progress and captured more than fifty prisoners. British troops, acting on the right of thelr allles, also made progress in the neighborhood of Meteren THE AUSTRALIANS i FIGHTING LINE £525 255 DRONE ENEMY uF or Mier They Had Peneirated British Positions Near Moriancourt, PRISONERS WERE TAREN London, May 16.--*On the whois, | | GERMAN ARTILLERY FIRE WAS ! Raids of Enemy Were Repulsed And Raids of British Were Successful German Fire Has Deen Very Fierce For Some Time and Is Increasing In Volume. (Canadian P'ress Despateh) London, May 15.--In an attack on 'a mile from near Morlancourt, the Germans penetrated the British posi: i tions at one place, The Australians {later recaptured the lost positions, capturing fifty prisoners, i * The German artiflery fire increased 'on Wednesday morning near Morlan- teourt, south of Albert, and in Flan- "ders, north of Kemmel, the War Of- fice reports. The statement follows: A raid attempted by the enemy last night, north of Lens, was repulsed. i We carried cut another successful raid northeast of Robeeq, Planders. The hestile artillery was active dur ing the night in the valleys of the Somme and Ancre, north of Bethume (2nd in the forest of Nieppe sector, This morning the enemy's artillery j activity increased southwest of Mor 'lan. court and north of Kemmel, : i i i War Tidings. {Germans will probably make the | next attack between and | #ve front south of Amiens, with se- | condary operations at the same j time in Flanders between Mont- didier and Noyon. | An official Russian statement | says after the occupation of Tam- menifors, Finland, . by the White { Guard. five hundred Russian offi- jeers and men were taken out in | groups of fifty and shot down with | mimclvine guns. | PEOPLE DIE 12,000 PE( E cavalry passed through that on the way to py Hey i ¥ pi i GE FAILS [WA | over-estimated J |@erman Batteries Were Loca- -{ Pratice, May 15.--How an American Rn }yiseleas {ties 'of machine-gun and rifle am- itish Whig NT THEIR FAMILIES SENT BACK TO CANADA i Military Authorities Urge Sol- { diers to Send Wives and Children Home. London, May '15.--The Canadian lmdlitary authorities on this side of {the Atlantic are stil urging the we- ture to Canada of the wives and { families of soldiers in the overseas | force, and apparently the resgonse {to the advice is not so quick as the | official mind desires. Ii is pointed | out to the men and thelr wives that {it may not be possible to acconmumo- {date the xependents of soldiers re- {turning to Canada mn the same ship { as their military relatives during the {period of the war. .Moreover, when | demobilization comes, shipping ar- | rangements 'will render such ar- | rangements impossible. Consequent- i ly, the return of women and children { remaining here at that period | be greatly retarded. i Much as the return of Canadians' | families is to be desired nowadays, lin view of food and house shortage | here, it is possible that the cost of {the return passage has sometimes to tao with reluctan~a to fall in wih | the dficial attempt at hustling. We jare told that many non-coms. and {men comipalin of the expense they | must dour in sending their wives tand families back to Canada. The | passage monay which a soldier must | pay for his returning wife is said to {be £7 10s, and in some there |are heavy railroad expenses to fol {low after landing cn the other side. |The aggrieved Wanadians think | wives and families, if returning now, | should be carried cheaper on trans. { port CHSOS ITALIAN PRISONERS BRUTALLY ABUSED Allege Austrians Guilty of Most Wanton Inhumanity --Many Starweste-Death Washington, May 15.--Italian pris- oners in Austria are'subjected to hor- rible outrages, a despatch to the Ital- ian Embassy from Rome, says: "Never in the history of the eciviliz- ed world have such outrages been registered." it says. '"The whole thing seems to be a systematie effort on the part of Austria to destroy the manhood of Italy. Austria is endeav- oring in every possible way to sur- pass in cruelty and ferocity all of her accomplices." The déspatch says Italian prisoners have been stripped and left without food or care if wounded. Most of them die of hunger and. of plague, Tuberculosis is saging and thous sands. of conswppiives. fill the con- centration camps. When their condl- tion becomes desperate the prisoners bare returned to Italy in exchange for Austrian prisoners, whose condition in Italian cawps has improved. In the last 800 prisoners zent back to {taly from Austria all were suffering from tuberculosis in a very advanced NEW ME FELD T0 FOL SUBS British Admiralty Regulation Restricts Navigation in orth Part North Sea. (Canadian Press Despateh) London, May 15.---The British Admiralty restriction on navigation in the northern part of the North Sea, in consequence of the laying of a great mine field for the purpose of will | | Pages 13 LAST EDITION LACK OF NEN HALTS GERMANS Delay in Resuming Ofeasive Dug to Need of Massing Large Forces. SEEK AD FROM AUST ALTHOUGH THE LATTER IS IN FAR WORSE PLIGHT. the Enemy Completing His Plans For Drive--~Mutinies in Hun Divis. ions. Paris," May 15.--The continued delay in {the resumption of the Ger- man offensive is giving rise to much speculation here as to what possible can be influencing the en- French opinion is now inelin- ing strongly to the belief that the Germans 'have begun definitely to recognize that the growing strength of the allies, through the recent ars rival in France of substantial British reinforcements, together with she now respectable number of American troops in the line, will necessitate the massing of much larger forces if the coming blow is to be anything like effective, Experts here take the view that it is only possible for the Germans to draw additional man-power from one or other of two sources. Either Mackensen must bring another six hundred thousand men from the so- called Russian front, or the Austri- ans must be induced to send the Western front at least half a mil- lion of men which they are known to have available in Italy, The enemy's difficulty, it is believed, is that the Central Empires cannot come to an agreement on the ques- tion. The Germans realize that if they withdraw their available men frofn the Russiah frdut they will be unable to ensure that sueh grain supplies as they mdy secure in those regions will not fall into Austrian hands. The Austrians, on the other hand, are much too hungry to de- Prive themsélves by Rendihg their surplus men to the Western frong of the only possilile chance of k ing out of German. hands what they regard as their legitimate share of Russian spoils in the fofm of food- stuffs, reason emy Austria's Plight Worst, Of the two, Austria is in a far worse plight, for in addition to the menace of absolute famine, between now and the end of July, she is faced with the ever-present possibility of imnfediate revolt by the Czechs and Jugoslavs, should she find her- self short of men at a moment when Italy might begin a codnter-offensive for the purpose of relieving pressure on the Western front, It Is believed here that Emperor William, at the interview at Ger man Field Headquarters yesterday, brought strong arguments to bear on the Austrian Sovereign to induce him to send to Flanders half a mil- lion 'men now massed on the Tyrol Charles' natural counter-proposal would be to send this mass of troops to Italy instead, as the" advantage of foiling submarines, became operative to-day, and hereafter all shipping in that area must ~coniply with | stringent regulations or ignore them | at their own peril. After dark no ship will be allowed within the pre~ scribed area, which lies between the! coast of Norway and Scotland, and any vessel finding itself there half an hour after sunset must agchor in accordance with the Admiralty diree- | tion. \ ' The regulations Include strict rules affecting all excépt warships entering and leaving ports of North- eastern Scotland as well as the Ork- ney and Shetland Islands. The vast barrier, which ms to have been! extent in earlier reports, is now said to cover approxi- mately 22,000 square miles. THE ENEMY GUESSING i i ted by an Ingenious Am- the American Army In kept the whole German and caused the German expenditure of large quantl-| munition all one night, was related 'some' time to draw the fire of cer- gave Fritz to me," sald a bappy- faced young America n, who, putting] into No. Man's Land upder of darkness and fastened the an that the clock ol roy. aa : fire 1 ui'. the Ameri- rested in thelr trenches and en- the Do. their going to the Western front would be for Germany alone, and it is in Italy only that Austria can hope to benefit, Good Work of Airmen. Another reason for delay which is put forward here is that the enemy has been so blinded by the extraor- dinarily. successful airplane work of the allies during the past two or three weeks that it has become prae- tically impossible for him to com- plete his plans for resumption. of the offensive. His recent losses included no fewer than seven hundred of his: best pilots, which is the figure re- ported- by prisoners. This must be fatal for the time being, it is argued, under modern conditions of warfare, Reports from all quarters agree that for some time past not a single en emy observation airplane has been able to cross our lines. This and the fact that there has absoluate cessation of air attacks on ondon and Paris appear to contirm the belief that #t is through lack of means of observation that the enemy is hesi- tating to engage against forces as to whose strength and d nm he 39 whe Ispositio Considerable importance 1s also attacked here to recent reports of further mutinies in German divis- ions on the Western front. (Canadi , Ottawn, May 16. Dr peland. exchanged for von Buelow former German Chancellor begn Inierned in England. no defaulios