Daily British Whig (1850), 18 Jun 1918, p. 1

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PERI BE 12 PAGES | The Daily Briti: ~ ig PAGES 138 SA --_-- TT It YEAR 85: NO. GERMANS FEAR * FOR AUSTRIANS Ready to Rush Troops From Westem Front to Aid Their Alcs. OPNOR IN WASHINGTON IS THAT ITALIANS WILL HEAV- ILY COUNTER-ATTACK. 141 i This May Make It Necessary For the Germans to Cease Their Western Front Offensive. Washington, June 18.-- With prac- tically all official and unofficial re- ports to-day Indicating that the 'Austrian drive in Maly has been sharply checked by the reorgamized allan army and the British and French units supporting #t, offers here discussed the situation with an increasing air of optimism, In some quarters it is believed that these operations miay have a decided effect on the situation on the West- ern front. There is a strong feeling that if the IHallans will launch a counter-offensive on a large scale. In that event, officials are certain that Germany would rush divisions of its troops tol aid its ally because of the effect an ItaMan success would have upon the already turbulent internal situation in Austria. Some officers are confident that the lack of success for the Austrians now disclosed already has resulted in a shifting of the German forces on the Western front in preparation to rush divisions to the Italian front to prop up weak spots in case of a counter- THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in a Pithy and Pointed Way. The whole of the Ukraine is on the eve of = revolt against Germany The 'Wallaceburg News proprietors have purchased the Herald-Record in the same town. A strike of two thousand employ- ees of the Midvale Steel Company at Philadelphia is reported. W. E. Lemon was sworn in as To- ronto's Postmaster jn succession to the late Postmaster Rogers, A movement is afoot in Germany for the organization of strikes be- cause of the decreased bread rations. From January, 1616, to the end ol May, 1918, 487 ships sunk by the Germans in British waters have been salvaged. The Fourth Liberty Loan this fall probably will be for at least $6,- 000,000,000 and is likely to be float- ed in October. Manitoba, owing to the talities through drinking cohol, contemplates placing on the poison list, : It was decided that the iavitation from Regina be accepted, and the next annual meeting of the National Council be held there, That price fixing which shall be general throughout the Dominion cannot be long delayed is a theory which is gaining ground, Chief Tremblay, Director of the Publie Safety Department, Montreal, will assume the general control of the Police Department. Allled aviators at the end of last week Iperformed two long-distance flying feats on which they averaged 350 miles in four hours--elapsed time. ' many fa- wood al- the spirit SOME SUCCESSES OF THE BRITISH Some Guns in the Raids They Made. (Canadian Press Despatch) drive. Certainly, German reserves must be held for that service, it was argued, as the disorganization re- from the failure of an at- tempted drive to get through is al- most as demoralizing to an army as an enemy advance. Huns Await Events, While there is any doubt in the minds of the German leaders as to the progress of events in Italy, a con- siderable force of German shock troops probably will be kept out of the west front fighting end held at points in G where they ean ; to If peaded, Some ofticers hold that the lull in the west may be due in part at least to the fact tha Germans feel it neces- to await developments on the Italian front. In connection with the Italian situ- ation, Secretary Baker stated to-day]: that no American fighting units are in that region. American medical detachments have been in Italy for some time, and some American avia- tors have been in training there, The War Secretary recently stated, how- ever that American troops are to be sent to the Itallan front. MRS. CAVELL DEAD. Mother of Nurse Cavell Who Was Murdered by the Huns. Sondon, June 18.--Mrs. (Cavell, mother of Nurse Edith Cavell, who 'was shot by the Germans, died yes- terday at Henley, aged eighty-one. Her husband died a fow years ago. Decidedly Drastic Action. Boston, June I8--Much interest is being taken in one of the most drastic conjunctions ever issued in the State of Massachusetts against organized labor. A judge of the Superior Court ordered that 14,000 show workers in Lynn be restrained from striking for 4 raise in wages or for any other pur- ose. The order applies to eighteen actories operated by the Lynn Manu- facturers' Association. Monday night's official says that between the Oise and the Aisie the : repulse the enemy and in counter-attacks took 374 prisoners. TY Have Bridges Across Piave (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, June 18.-- The Austrians according to the Evening Standard, now occupy the west bank of the Piave, from Coneglia way to Zenson bend, a dis- tance of a mile and a half. London, June 8 --German ar- tillery was more active than usual last night along the Ancre river, south of Albert and west of Serre; according to a statement -issucd by the War Office to-day. The state- ment says: A hostile raiding party was repulsed by us last night seith- cast of Villers Bretonneux. We se- cured a few prisomers. Other pri- soners and a machine gun were tak- en by us in successful raids souths west of Albert, in the neighborhood of Moyenneville (on the northern side of the Somme salient) and ih patrol encounters east of the Nieppe Forest on the western side of the Fianderg battlé area. HOLD COURT-MARTIAL ON FARM OBJECTORS One Farmer Said He Was No Quitter, But Refused to Serve. (Canadian Press Despatch) Niagara Camp, June 18.--Agricul- tural objectors have commenced to appear before courts-martial here trying cases of refusing to become soldiers under the Military Service Act. Arthur Atkinson said that only his mother and nine-year-old bro- ther were left to work his hundred were farm near Dunnville, but the court pointed out that he was not entitled to leniency, being already in default. William Andrew MeceGirr, another farmer, sald he might as well go to the penitentiary as he had already been treated like a jailbird. He was twenty-on® years of age, and decided he was not "a quitter" but refused to serve. 100 FOREIGNERS ARRESTED AT WINDSOR Where They Were Making a Demonstration --Foun Without Papers. (Canadian Press Despatch) Windsor, June 18 --Four hundred foreigners, mostly Austrians and Rus- sians, came here from Ford, Ont. ~to- day to make a demonstration in favor of one of their number who is under arrest charged with inciting his com- rades agamst registration. When searched by the local police one hun- dred of them were found lacking their papers of nationality as requir- ed by the M. S. A, and are now con» fined to jail here, to he arraigned on Some of them had extensive Bolshe- vik and I. W. W. propaganda in their pockets, For Lieut.-Col. Don+ wall, June 18--D. R. McDon- now at Nethehill, ter his farming interests, has sons at the front. 'Roderick, is with C. 4 e now They Secured Prisoners And {quisition a charge of violating the M. S. A. { ald, exdM.L.A. for Glengarry, who is} Sask., looking af-| KINGSTON,: ONTARI 7' SCENE OF BATTLE IN DRIVE AREA AND ON MARNE FRONT 0, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918. MAPS SHOWING / EXTENSION OF GERMAN DRIVE TO THE QOISE aq wt | 7 0 - pes I Coco mn JOTING UNITS WITH TEUTONS Requisition Parties of Austrians And Ger- © mans o Secure Italian ood. ENCHY HS 7500 72 ON A CERTAIN SECTION OF THE ITALIAN FRONT. Order Is To Advance Régardiess of Losses--Slanghter In Mountain Sectors And on Piave Is Terrific. London, June 18.--A despatch to The Times from the ItaMan front says: "The Austrian offensive failed completely, except in the middle and on the lower Pjave. On the former a determined battle is still going on at Montello Heights. On the latter, at Capo Sile, the enemy has also made a slight advance. It would be prema- ture| to say that the offensive is al- ready completely beaten. Seventy- one divisions have already been iden- tified out of ninety-two, the total in the Austro-Hungarian armies. The enemy has 7,500 guns on a section of the Italian front. The order is, ad- vance regardless of losses, and the (slaughter in the mountain sectors and on the Piave is terrific. A re party accompanies each Austrian battalion for the purpose of seizing food and loot. A German re- quisition battalion is also on the front for the purpose of securing Germany share of the booty. Ger- many has supplied much artillery. Except for a lack of secrecy, the Austrians organized this "supreme effort of theirs better than might have been expected. it was well planned and resolutely delivered, and the oredit due to the Italians is all the greater for repulsing it com- pletely in many places,. containing it on others, and nowhere allowing a break through to be made, BASEBALL RECORDS, MONDAY International League. re .. . .6 Toronto .. .. .2 Jersey City . .. 8 Syracuse .. .".2 Rochester Newark .. .. .1 Binghamton .- 1 (Called in 10th). a Buffalo .. . , .1 werd 2 MONTOIDIER RUBE SCOURT 3 P STMAURSEIARN TT SCALE of MILES , RESSON. ORBELLOY Q SUR KEY samme OLD LINE aE MONDAYS LINE OW 8 NEW GERMAN DRIVE TO SMALL MAP 2 N\Qurncy Bass, M50 J eres 2 hee! RELA) ~ rz) J Brarsn Yremanciral © ofp, " Oliichy Fis ood Chery ere] ~Tardeno,s. A g 89 2h ge Col vo « Ue , teau Vi pa Villers Cotter ag, « WHERE : a TE gry 3 ir Hr %-'8 ailly "yo " Sogons Sumy : rcern 7 Sno Ne. tpernayy | AMERICANS DEFEATED HUNS IN BELLEAU WOOD » . Rerst Monit [3 ort 1 Morin = \ # | \ ie, be qr mmmm-- LINE AFTER BIGDRIVE mes am ORIGINAL LINE 80-000 PRESE!: § GERMANLINE SCALE ® Iergy--.% MAKE NEWSPRINT = OUT OF SAWDUST London Times Printed Part of Its Edition of Saturday On . Output. London, June 18.--A portion of the edition of The Times of Saturday is printed on paper whereof sawdust is the principal constituent. Times saye: "Sawdust duct produced in Britain. the place of wood pulp, the importa- tion of which is how greatly reduced owing to Government restriction. This. paper is manufactured by the Donside Paper Mills, Aberdeen, been in It takes The §! i.a byprogi HAISER OFFERED "'Iremains in the possession of "§not as hitherto suggest I Nerves Were Shattered A and Subs, prominent family of Toronto, WINE PITS SAVED RMEIMS TO FRANCE Its Immense Champagne Cel- lars Provide Impregnable Protection. Rotterdam, June 18.---Gen. von Ardenne, in an article in the Berliner Tageblatt, attempts to explain to the people of Germany why Rhelms sil the It is due entirely, he says, defence, and . in accord- obscure German French. to the strength of th ance with some tactical motive. "Rheims," he writes, "is held by a very strong garrison of at least two divisions of French colored colonial troops. These troops find complete protection from German artillery fire in deep cellars miles in extent, constructed by great. champagne firms. Against gas clouds which float over the town these cellars offer complete protection. There~ fore the garrison really is behind an impregnable armored shelter so far as a German storm attack is con- cerned. '""Mcreover, such an attack is scarcely to be thought of in view of the gas clouds which are continually over the city, while, even if it were attempted, the French colonial re- giments would be able -to emerge from their defences with unthinned ranks. The fight, therefore, would be an extremely bloody one." Von Ardenne adds that the fall of Rheims would not be decisive, though it would affect the whole French Champagne front, even per- haps as far as Verdun. GERMAN INSISTENCE CAUSE OF THE HITCH Return of Prisoners From Africa and Canada Includ- ed in Demand. London, June 18.- Pecauso the German delégates at the Brit'sa- German war p vsoners' conference at The Hague are gressing for the re- turn of all prisoners in Cana 'a and Africa as well as those in Great Britain, a Li'ct has occuried mn the negotiations, telegraphs tic ¢orre- stpadent at the Dutch rapitai of the Times. The difficulties to such a course i is eontended b, he bri tish delegaias. particwlail" 'in re- spect of shipping, makes it impracti- cable. The negotiations have now reached a most critical stage, hut the correspondent says there is no rea- son to think they will prove abortive. TORONTO GIRLS SUICIDE. by Hun Ralds Salem, Mags., June 18. The body of Miss Marie Quinlan, member of a was found in Salem Harbor Sunday night Miss Quinlan had been active in Rel the French tran, where experiments have considerable time and are still being carried on in the hope of effecting further improve- progress for a ments." SEEPIPEIIIIEI ILLES Shed NINETY-TWO DIVISIONS, SAULT ON ment. BEFORE THE LAST TEUTON AS- ITALY, Designed to Break the Morale of the Italian Troops But If Had No Ef- fect on King Emmanuel's Govern (Canadian Press Despatch). Paris, June 18.---Ninety-two Austrian divisions, consisting of eiglity divisions of infantry and welve of cavalry, have been hurled into the greatest battle that Italy has yet fought. Sev- enty-one of these divisions have already been identified. Ph APPL P SHIPPED ~ PE ebb ebb Obie d Pei Man Killed. Halifax, June 18.--~Charles Thorpe, aged twenty-four, a jiative of Pembroke, Ontario, employed as a lumberman by the naval depart- ment here, was found dead on the rafiway track near the iNorth street depot on (Monday. (He lis believed to have lost his way in the dark and fallen from the street level to the station track, a thirty foot drop. iw Awarded $12,000. Winnipeg, Man., June 18. ---A $12,000 verdfft was rendered in favor of Mary Elizabeth {Bowles and her two infant sons in their elaim for danrages agdinst Winnipeg and the police commissioner for ithe killing of the jhusband and father of the plaintiffs in the year 1915 by the police ambulance. . I Premier™ Clemenceau spent Sun- day at the front. A "= { Kaiser Contrasts H , and B iti I (Canadian Press Despatch) Amsterdam, June 18. -- In the course of an eulo- Fistio declaration on Hin- : American Washington .. 2 x New York .. . .6 Boston ie av a8 % Louis .. ...0 re Chima 8 Detroit nila pe nburg and Ludendorfl, Emperor Wilhelm de- scribed how during his "he 'ighting is progressing. twenty-seven years' reign | Washington, June, 18.--That Ger- foany hae offered "an honorable peace' to Italy was disclosed by Pre- mier Orlando before the Italian Chamber of Deputies, according to Rome cables here yesterday. The despatch did not indicate Italy's reply, but it was officially assumed here that it was promptly rejected. No indication is contained in the cable as to thé' means employed in advancing the offer, Orlando's state- ment as cabled saying merely: "The Germans even have offered an honor- able peace," The peace move was launched "recently" probably as a step in anticipation of the Austrian drive. These are the same tactics em- ployed by the Germans before their ast 'assault on Italy---designed to break the morale of thé Italian troops. That the Teutons would pur- sue such a course was forecast some time ago by the Italians, At that time, it was stated that Germany would also extend her proffer through the usual concealed ch nels to other powers fighting agai IT, That the peace offer was spurned by Maly is obvious from the battle front despatches to-day, where the If it had been taken seriously previous advices undoubtedly would have heen re- ceived in this country before the ar- rival of the cables here referring to the Premier's remarks. nm War Tidings, - Men. of 49, ho and 51 have been called up for medieal examination in Britain, All German prisoners of war re- Russia will » ICross work during the war, and for some time was stationed in-fondon. While there she went through seve- ral air raids and on her. return to this country had a trying ordeal coming through the submarine zone. As a result of these experiences she suffered a severe nervous strain and police officials believe that during a temporary mental aberration she committed suicide. A will which she made out Friday night was found among her effects. . OLD AUSTRIA GONE. Even Germany Cannot Revive the Obsolete Condition. Amsterdam, June 18.--The Berlin Tageblatt prints the following de' spatch from its Vienna correspond- ent: "The death sentence has been passed on the Govermment, and it remains to be seen what course the Government will take #f the Crown deelines to accept the coming rosig- nations. This is a state crisis, and the Austria of 1867 has gone. Pre- mier von Seydler declines to rvrog- nize this and the danger of the situ- ations Berlin must realize that the eld signatory of alliance fo longer exists, and no power on earth nor even Germany's protection, can re- ' 0 vive i. GEAVE EVENTS COMIN Peace al Any Price Is Pe ples De- mand. london, June 18.--Repits of a kerimus crisis in Austria are current They come from various outside sdurces, but there is no direct con- firmatary news. A news message from the semi- officia! Fabra agency of Madr.d says private information from reliable sources state that grave events are bout to ocenr in Austria, whars the population is demanding peace at price. Amsterdam m es SaYS A rumor was gjrendated on the Bourse yester- day that rioting had begun in Vienna. : had struggled to pre- LAST eDITION TEVTONS HALTED INNORTH TAL The Italians And Their Allies Have Started ~~ 2 Counter-Offeasive. HAS BROKEN DOWN, THE MILI TARY AUTHORITIES BELIEVE -- The Teutons Used 600,000 Men On the 100-Mile Front--The Italian : Morale Proves to be Admirabie; (Canadian Press Despatch) Rome, June 18.--The Teatians and their Allies have halted the Teutons and won back some of the ground taken from them in the first offensive and have started a counter-offensive the War Office reported last night, The Austrians had six hundred thousand troops employed on the hundred mile Italian front. Military authorities here believe the offéhsive has broken down. It mow appears that the Austrians made three successful attempts to cross the Plave. One was south of Montello, where the battle line leaves the Plave River and mounts to the westward into the Alps. One was between Candelu and Zenson loop where the Austrians affeoted a cross- ing last November and held a bridge head for some time. The other was at Don di Plave, about eleven miles from the mouth of the river. At least some of these forcos have been driven back across the river, while the others have not been able to develop any advantage from their early successes. In France the Germans succeeded by the method of gaining the rear, of strongly-held portions of the line, which had to be evacuated quickly by the allies. Along the Italian front, however, the foe was not able to penetrate far into the allied posi- tions and counter-attacks soon be- came effective in forcing him back to their Hnes, ¥ ; So far German troops are.reported. only in one sector on the mountain front, but it is not improbable that they. will be despatched to. Austrians if they ean be spar 'in a virtual ; when the Germans attacked along the speaks volumes sot did not result such as ensued and Austrians Isonzo last October for the Italian morale, Were Bloodily Rep (Canadian Press h Rome, June 18.---In ak be tween Zenson and Fossalta, along the Piave, the Austrians have been stopped everywherg says an official statement by the Halian War Office. In the mountain reglon and around Montello there have been no infantry attacks By the enemy. The Allied troops have taken several hundred additional prisoners and some ma- chine guns, * The statement roads: On the mountainous front and around Mon- tello the enemy did not renew his in. fantry attacks. During the day a successful thrust was carried out by our troops. We occupied several po- sitions, capturing machine guns and some hundreds of pi aor tant actions developed south of " tello and along the Piave in the zone between Zenson and Fossalta, but the enemy everywhere was stopped by our counter-attacks. Several hun- dred prisoners were left in our hands, The enemy attempts to cross the : river between Maserada and Candelu (northeast of Treviso) were bloodily repulsed. On the lower Plave other counter offensive actions in the course of dev 'resulted ad- vantageously for us. . : S---- Fighting Is Bitter, Italian Army Headquarters, June 18.--Bitter fighting is in progress along ihe Piave River. Austrians are sustaining large losses from con- centrated fire of the Italian batteries. Repeated counter-at are being made by Italian infantry, inflicting heavy casualties on the shemy. Ottawa, ro - tires for motor cycles, motor aad a other tires aint Tr, "prohibited tinations tai Canada, $0 tnstructions issued. by. the ster Customs on val of the War Trade Board. opm ¢ r rn - - - & | (Canadian Fress Daspaten) An Allantic Port, June 8.--A German subhmar- ine

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