12 PAGES Nb ABA av MALY VICTORY sting' Bid Courage Was. Not Saft "dnt For War of Science, WARNING NOTE SOUNDED AGAINST OVERRATING SIGNIFI- CANCE OF THE VICTORY. z RAIDING CITIES ON THE RHINE Many Direct Hits Have Been Observed by the Aviators. (Canadian Press Despatch) Gi London, June 26.---German cities and towns on the easterly side of the Rhine have béen subjected to raids by British aerial squadrons, accord- ing to a statement on aerial opera- tions issued by the War Office to- day. Many direct hits were observed on the engine sheds at Offenburg and also on the barracks there. At Karls- ruhe two direct hits were observed on engine sheds and on the Metal ( lurgique works, where a large explo- sion was caused. Three of our ma- chines are missing. One of them is known to have been forced to land inside the enemy lines Austria May Still Be Capable of Fur. ther Considerable Effort-----Much Enemy Artillery Being Moved In REICHSTAG DEBATE LACKED ENTHUSIASM Atmosphere "of Gloom When Foreign Secretary Talked bout the War. (Canadian Press Despatch) Amsterdain, June 26.-- There was Itallan Army Headquarters in Northern Italy, June 26.---Italy's victory has been one of sclence over blind courage. The Italians from the start had more artillery against them, but their fire was always accurate big PAGES 18 BRA I A KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26, 1918. | | WHERE APPALLING LOSSES STOPPED THE HUNS 73) THIEERS . per) 1 Ji A 0% i Sap and quick, while the Austrian fire was diffused. The Italian infantry at times were opposed by five times troops were driven back despite their splendid courage, which the Italian Commander-in-chief, Gen. Diaz, has called "unfortunate valor.' The secret of the Italtan victory seems to lie in Immediate counter- attacks, which were carried out wherever the enemy showed himself, local counter-attacks being followed up by counter-offensives all along the line. Thus the enemy was never given any rest and never allowed to replenish his supply of troops. Allied airmen have detected the Austrians busy on the left bank of the river, moving some miles fn- land a prodigious array of artillery, amounting to some 3,000 pieces. with which they began the battle of the Piave, The well-known Italian war cor- respondent, Luigi Barzini, sounds a warning note to-day, his conviction being that, since the retreat was die- tated by imperative reasons of pure military strategy, the Austrian Com- mamd probably contemplates concen. trating, in the near future, its maxi- mum forces on the mountain settors. Hence It would be a dangerous mis- take to overrate the significance of the fine defensive victory 'already gained by imagining Austria incap- jbla Of a further considerable ef- ort, i an utter absence of enthusiasm in the Relehstag debate, says a Berlin de- spateh to the Handelshlad. Foreign Secretary Von Kuthlmann had hard- ly begun to speak when it became so dark in the house that deptities could hardly be distinguished from the press gallery, This atmosphere of gloom, it is added, was symptomatic of the entire speech and its recep- tion of the war. Chancellor Von Hertling and Vice-Chancellor Von Payer sat on either side of the for- elgn secretary. SINN FEINERS CELEBRATE Stoned the Police--Dillonite Party Ceases to Exist, Belfast, June 26.--Opinion gener- ally in Ireland is that the Dillonite party has practically ceased to exist. At Tralee the Sinn Feiners, des- pite police warning, insisted on cele- brating the East Cavan victory. A crowd stoned the-police, who, after many had been hurt, cleared the streets after repeated charges. Practically every town and village in the south and west celebrated, It was the Dublin . constabulary that raided a grain store in Smitha field Market, Dublin, and seized 40.- 000 rounds of ammunition, weighing ten tons, which were concéaled in 122 corn sacks, representing part of a consignment sald to have been run into a remote port a few days ago. No attempt was made to interfere with: the seizure. At Limerick Bishop Fogarty de- nounced conscription ag a most op- pressive form of slavery, and no country, save Catholic Treland, had the courage to stand up against it, | 'Father O'Flanagan, of Sligo, yes terday said Irishmen must élect men who understood ' the Irish question. John Dillon, Lived George, and their successors would probably settle it in 2,000 years. pa oe TOE d The city of Irkutsk Siberia, has been captured by Gzecho-Slovak troops under General Alexieff. Between sixty-five and seventy per cent. of the 900,000 American sol diers who have been sent to France are actual combat troops. Russian Red Guards have broken into the residence of Nicholas Rom- anoff, the former Russian Emperor, at Ekaterinburg, and murdered him, it 4s reported. 'The embargo on Chinese action in Siberia has been raised. ' The reason given for this action is that Russia is taking no steps top revent the Ger- mans from advancing in the East. KERENSKY IN LOND * LIOYD-GRODGE URGES -* SH SETTLEMENT. * % London, June 26.--In the + House of Commons yesterday + Premier Lloyd<George urged the + need of settling the Irish pro- + blem because it was increasing *% the difficulties, not merely of % the British Government, Lut the 4 difficulties of the United States % Government, in conducting the & war. % Ex<Premier Asquith again ap- # pealed to the Government to re- # fer the Irish question to the Do- + minfons conference. PEP P REP E SIP e Ee P hee Despatch) x a 4 DS aGx-Fremier eren been in London for sev- eral days. He has kept in retiroment, however, and few were aware of his . arrival. His health is bad, and he has gone through remarkable adven- tures in eweapi om Russia. The 'Presence of 0 oronaiy in Lond | 1s known to the British Government: as it is impossible under the present strict passport regulations for any aliens to enter the country without the Government knowing of it. ahah Limits, "ana ross toh Washington, June 28.--In hits of the recommendations of Neerctar) of War Baker and General March, chief . Of staff, there will probably be no , © in to draft age Hmits. The senate military committee to-day de- cided against any such | NO U-BOATS IN SOUTH. Brazilian Warships Doing Patrol s Duty for Allies. 'London, June 26.----Admiral Fran< cisco de Mattos, chief of the Brazil: jan Naval Mission in Europe, the task of which #8 to supervise the naval services of Brazil in European waters, in a statement given to the press, calis attention to tne fact that Brazilian warships are already doing patrol duty by the side of the Allies. Brazil bad aleo sent many doctors and aviators. "Thera are no U-boaty in South American waters," he continued. "The furthest south they have been is St. Vincent, 'where two Brazilian merchantmen were sank by a Ger- man Submarine. Brazil at once acvepted the challenge and tha: is wly we are In the war" . PRINCESS MARY AS NURSE. Will Take Course at Hospital as Or- re I - RaHSE €, ~ FOREST DE LAMONTAGNE) -- ¥ RHEIMS MAP SHOWING BATTLE LINE AROUND RHEIMS EST NEWS FFLY GIVEN Despatches That Come From Near An Distant Places. TINGS FOR OUR READERS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the Warld From Tele- graph Service and Newspaper Ex- changes, Canada is to be allotted seventy per cent. of last year's total supply of coffee this year. Compulsory use of. substitutes for wheat flour is prescribed by an order of the Food Board. There is a talling off of one-third to one-half in the lobster cabeh in Prince Edward Island. "The C.P.R. machinists at Winni- peg have voted to strike in protest againgt the continyed employment of 4 non-union man. The name of Nurse Marion I. Overend, Peterboro, Ont., is included in the American army casualty list as having died of an airplane accident. An inspector of the Ontario License Board at Timmins discovered an at- tempt to smuggle liquor inte the pro- Yince within plaster of Paris pedes- als. An Investigation being conducted by the Ontario License Board has re- vealed the fact that a number of doctors are issuing a great many pre- scriptions for liquor. Major 'W. JA. Bishop, the famous Canadian aviator, now has seventy- two enemy "Machines to his credit. This information came in a cabie from the major himself. The fair wage officer of the De- partment of Labor, Ottawa, will re- port that the York Knitting Mills should agree to a Board of Arbitra- tion with regard to the dispute with its employees. Col. William Beattie, of Cobourg, who came over with the first con- tingent, is returning to Canada to become Assistant Director of Chap- lains under Col. Almond, who is again in England. J. A. Cross, a prosperous farmer near Brantford, was fined $500 and costs for breach of the order In coun- cil forbidding adverse statements re- garding Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, or any of the Allfes. DANGER IN HUN PLOT IN IRELAND Chief Secretary Shortt 8a German U-Boats Bring Phony munition. . arena, London, June 26.--Edward Shortt, chief secretary for Ireland, speaking in the House of Commons on the Irish question, said he hoped to satis- fy the House that the German plot in Ireland was a real and Imminent danger Jo Fe country, He said he was sat at Both the clergy an the Nationalists had used their influ- ences respectively to assist in keeping | KAISER ORDERED KARL TO KNOCK OUT ITALY Programme Was to Take Ven- ice in Forty-eight Hours---- Hordes Sacrificed. Italian Headquarters, June 26. "We expect you to put ltaly hors de combat," said Emperor William to Charles in thelr famous meeting af- the publication of the letter to Prince Sixtus, when the Kaiser had called the Hapsburg monarch to Canossa. Their utterance was more a threat than an expression of trust in his ally. The Austrians were still smarting under the humiliation of having had to beseech help from Germany in the previous offensive of October. There- fore the Emperor of the Dual Monar- chy instructed General Boroevie to bring Italy to her knees whatever the cost. The Austrian general, taking the command of his Emperor literal- ly, sent his men to be butchered with- out the slightest hesitation, as long as the objectives fixed in advance were attained. Their plan was to cross the whole Piave line in four days, and to settle in Treviso and Mestre, which would have meant to get Venice in their clutches, and to threaten Padu. The Austrians were convinced they would take Venice in forty-eight hours, In fact they distributed to the regiments fighting in the sector little cloth medallions for their coats, representing. the lion of St. Mark's being mangled by the Austrian eagle, FORTY- SIX SHIPS _ ARE TO BE LAUNCHED Then Government Will Carry On Shipbuilding As a Na- tional Industry. Ottawa, June 26.-- Before the close of the year it is anticipated that the greater number of the forty-six ves- sels now being built by the Imperial Munition Board on the Pacific and Atlantic will be ready for launching, The first will have her trial trip at Vancouver, and the whole fleet will be practically completed by Septem- ber. On the Pacific twenty-seven are being built, and teen. | They are of 3,100 tons each. The manufacture of machinery for the vessels is being speeded up, and it ig expected that the greater part of it will be installed by the year end. At the completion of these con tracts the Imperial Munitions Board will go*out of the shipbuilding busi~ ness, and the Government will there after carry on the Industry as a na- tional enterprise, ENGINEER ASLEEP AT HIS THROTTLE -------- Attorney For Railway States 'train near Gary on Baturda Cause of Collision With - Circus Train. exp Alonzo Sargent,' o the y tro empty troop which crashed 4nto the circs y, was did not asleep, owing to fliness, and signals of danger. Sargen see the on the Atlantic pine-| . A | Shan will be ny TALI (NE WAS RESTORED Right wh the Water's Edge---Austrian 100s Surrendered. GAING INTHE MOUNTAINS THE BODY OF MAYOR BARACOA, AVIATOR, FOUND. This Leading Italian Airman Had Ap- parently Shot Himself When Fore. ed to Descend Into the Enemy's Lines, (Canadian Press Despatch) Rome, June 26.--The Italian line along the Plave River was restored on Monday right up to the water's edge on the west bank. The Italians forced the last rear guard of the re- treating Austrians to surrender, the Italian War Office announced. * On the mountain front between Piave and the Brenta, the Italians vigorously attacked the Austrians, inflicted heavy losses and gained con siderable ground on Tuesday. "In the region of Montello the Italians have found the body of the aviator Major Baracca, who fadled to return during the first days of the operations in that region. A bullet was found in the right temple. This leads to the belief that when Major Baracca saw that his disabled ma- chine forced him to descend into the enemy's lines he killed himself rath- er than be captured. The loss of Major Baracca is deeply felt in Italy, as he was the leading avaitor of the Italian army, having to his credit the destruction of about 50 enemy ma- chines, - Bombs Set Fire to Ship, "Italian bydroplanes succeeded in setting fire to a large Austrian ship coast. The fire was started by bombs dropped from Italian machines, "Gen. Diaz has answered Premier Orlando's message of congratulations by thanking him and saying that the co-operation of the whole nation gs- sures the'future success of the coun- try. : "The King has awarded the gold medal for bravery to the leaders of the Polish Legions fighting at our front. © medals have been bestow- ed upon Nese men for the exception al bravery lemonstrated during the recent act J" : : NA WILL WORK Iron Mines And Japan Will ¥or Output, Pay Shanghai, China, June 26.--An agreement has been virtually eon- cluded between the Chinese and Jap- Governments it has been learn. China News, under Sha worked by he Chinese ernment, and stee » manu- lt ot Seppe provide 20,000,900 yen to. £ / virtually acquire control the entire output he, Steaming near the eastern Adriatic the North He Non bochin, News. under brand, of the mine, At the THE PIAVE RIVER When the Austrians Retreated --That Is How They Es= caped so Well. Rome, June 26.--"The enemy will fry to represent the retreat as spon- taneous," says a semi-official note concerning the fighting on the Italian front, "but as a matter of fact the Piive at she moment of the retreat was almost dry, a circumstance which enabled the enemy to get a large part of his troops . across the stream. If a fording had been lacking and if he had been obliged to count on pon- toons pdinfully thrown across the river under the Italian fire, his losses would have been still more appalling than they were" The view in military circles is that the defeat of the Austrians is so crushing that it will be impossible for the enemy to repeat his offensive on a serious scale for several weeks. One of the causes for the Austrian disas- ter is said to have been faulty judg- ment in placing their reserves, by which they failed to be brought up at a critical moment to meet the tlever str: tegy of the Italians. So strongly is the Plave line now held by the Italians, says military eritics, that it will be impossible for the disorganized enemy armies to re~ take it, and there ismot the slightest fear that they again will try to cross the river. It is said they staked every thing on this offensive and threw all their forces into it. Thirty. seven divisions have been identified as being in the battle, TO BE NO LEAGUE WITH THE GERMANS Paris Does Not Agree With Viscount Grey's League of Nations Views. Faris June 26.--The article pub- lished by Viscount Grey, formerly ex- Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, on the necessity for the consitituion of a league of nations, was received badly by the press here. where the idea of anything in the way of an in- ternational organization which will include Germany or anything Ger- man is scouted by all classes except a mere handful of the more extreme Socialists, That a league of nations for mu- tual protection against Germany and to crush Germany till she is power- less to do further harm for all time Is not only feasible, but eminently de- sirable in the interest of all other peoples, every Frenchman agrees, but a league with Germany-never, they say. "What head of a State," says Pre- mier Clemenceau's paper, L'Homme Libre, "would ever consent to put his name at the foot of a treaty with that of the eriminal and lying Hohen- zollern? Can such a possibility be imagined as the loyal President Wil- son accepting from the hand of a Hohenzollern the pen with whieh to sign a pact to the reconciliation of their peoples? Never." Le Temps is more moderate, but says as long as Germany remains what she is she excludes herself fro= any society of nations. FRPEPRRERRL rhe PREP IP ORE +. + AMERICANS WILL BE IN ¥TALY IN JULY. # (Canadian Press Despatch.) + ome, June 26.----American # troops will be in Italy probably * early in July, according to noti- +" fication given the Italian auth- 4 thorities. + The Italians took three thou- + sand more prisoners yesterday # on the Plave asd the mountain + front. & fo ob 2 EO 2 | | THE GERMAN PRINCES ARE TO PAY POSTAGE The Most Recent Triumph of y Is Reported The Hague, June 26.--The latest triumph of democracy in Germany means that princes will be forced to pay postage. As a result of criticism by numerous members of Reichstag over the special privileges of prince- ly houses during the recent tax de- bates the Federal Council has decided to su a law to the Rele limiting the franking privilege to members of the reigning houses. | The outlook for real by Herr von Heyde- "Uncrowned King of Prussia," to a convention of Silesian conservatives, in which he said "What made Prussia what it is to- general equality, We dom, as we need. Democracy is war. We Sonsetvatives adapt our- selves times. ® may even Tot qwraelies De | o tittle, lawyer, that inj ; I LAST EDITION 5433550 ore AUSTRIAN LOSSES 201 Maddened Austrians Fed Under of Italian Fire. > LEWED INTO THE RWVER AND GRABBED ANYTHING THAT WOULD AID THEM. Bodies of Austrian Troops Were Mowed Down Almost In Their En. tirety on Montello--The Position Of Austrians on the Lower Plave, (Canadian Press Despatch) Italians Army Headquarters, June 26.--Under 'the fire of Italian ma- chine guns and artilfery, which were brought up rapidly © the Austrian withdrawal across the Plave soon be- became a disorderly rout. It is esti matéd the Austrian losses total more than 200,000. It was a terrible sight as the maddened Austrians fled un- der the deluge of Italian bullets and shells. They leaped into the river and grabbed pieces of wood or any- thing that weuld aid them; they tied themselves to mules and horses, but their efforts were in vain, for as the enemy troops reached the opposite bank they were again caught by the fire of Italian guns, which had been [trained accurately on the eastern bank for somé days. On MonteHo the slaughter was ter- rific. Bodies of Austrian troops were mowed down almost in thelr entirety. At the crossing at Nervesa, both banks were strewn with the dead and dying while hundreds of bodies were carried down in the current to the sea. At one place a correspondent counted 300 bodies while walking a distance of half a mile. : One regiment of covering troops, which originally was composed of more than 2,000 men, had left Mon- day morning, but eighty-eight men to the company and these were prison- ers. Along the lower Piave, the Austrians found themselves, if poss | sible, in a worse position and sus- tained heavier losses. i ------------------------ TOMMIES AND BUDDIES CAPTURE GERMANS Artil Fire on | Picardy And Fronts Has Been Active. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, June 26--German pri- soners and machine guns were tak- en by the British last night on' the Picardy and Flanders =~ battleftelds. On these two fronts the enemy ar tillery fire has been active. The statement reads® "We captured a few prisoners and machine guns last night in raids and patrol encount- ers in the neighberhood of Sallly le Sec (Picardy) and west of Merville: in Flanders. The hostile artillery. has been active in the melghborhood of -Ville-sur-Ancre and Gommecourt and 'on the Baflleanl<Hazehrouck sector. American he (Canadian Press Despaton) Paris, June 26. merican troops carried out a brilliant rald near Belleau - wood last night, capturing 150 prisoners, one of whom was a captain. $a ck, The French carried out & number of raids during the might, the ofti- clal statement adds, fn the regions of Mailly-Raineval /(In. the Somme sector), Melicog (west of Oise), Vinly (north of Clignon river and north-west of Chateau Thierry), and Montearnlilet (east of Rheims), capturing prisoners and macaine guns. i \ DEAD MEN'S CLOTHES, A Demand Made in Germany For London, June ¥6.--Clothing in Germany has now become almost as scarce as food. Perhaps nothing could more graphically reveal the clothing plight of Germany than the proposal, just put forwart by Btiz- rat Otto Folg, a Aen! th should a : it 1 tors of their to turn over to the state all the cloth~ ing left by the deceaded persons, rm ------------ will have no social democratic utd-| resa plan state. We Lave as much free-|