* = The Daily British Whig [= Ehud hi oth ta dn i rt 9 iE WEA whi NO. Ba KINGSTON, ONTARIO, W YEAR 85: NO. 5 LAST EDITION 23 2 ith Can CLIMAX INWAR oes IS CLOSE AT HAND ~~ With the Taking of Cambrai the Enemy Must Hurriedly Retreat And Involve Front Far to the Northward--Enemy in Pin- cers' Jaws. (Canadian Press Despatch.) New York, Oct. 9.--The\Associated Press this mornifig says: There is every reason to believe that the great offensive of the Al- lied armies in France has reached a climax and that the next few days may witness events which will mark an epoch in the history + of the war. ! ed EN) ise On a front extending from Roulers on the north to Verdun, far downgtoward the other end of the battle line, the Germans are being patfered by successive blows, and in 'some of 'these sectors they seem to be in a very serious position. The British and American forces struck a blow south of Cambrai yesterday that seems to have shattered what remained of the great enemy defensive system in tha ; region. c . Over a twenty-mile front the Allies stormed ahead, and at i nightfall appeared to be out in the open country and moving toward Cambrai-Le-Cateau Road, whith is the only avenue of escape for Americans Alone Took Two Field Batter- ies And Heavy Artillery Battery. the 'Germans still in Cambrai: It now seems that the enemy must retreat hurriedly from the Cambrai region, and that their retirement % OF THE VALLEY TO THE SOUTH Cambrai Falleny------| "op promos, Where All German Guns Were Tak- will involve the front far to the northward. Further south the French have won valuable ground, and' have moved ahead so that 8,000 Prisoners (Ciinadian Profs Despatch) en. -- Enemy Reinforcements their front is virtually in line with that of the British and Americans. The enemy in the Laon salient is in the jaws of a pair of pincers London, Oct. 9.--The Merely Add to Confusion in Their | city of Cambrai, the Ger- Own Ranks. which are slowly closing. Rate of Interest 53; Per Cent.--To| man stronghold has been Lorganadiah Re teh) be Spent Wholly in Capada-- | captured = by the British of guns have been captured by Bric ree of All Taxation. rely with 8,000 prisoners. * | tish and Americans around Cambrai . IWifhipeg, Oct. 9.--Sir 'Thomas Last night additional 1." 450, 0 creat batches of pri- White, in his speech last evening an-| progress was made east of soners which continue to arrive at nounced the-terms of the forth-| ~Sequehart and towards the cages. The American troops comyug war loan as follows: Bohain and Maretz. South |..." i.red two complete find Through the prospectus of the| of Sal the British batteries and a battery of heavy ar- Canadian war loan--the Vie-| captured Fi iL tillesyy- when. tiey --suddenty outs: Toa oF ~Dominion| reached ern but-""f Lo ends of the valley of Canada will ask for a minimum | skirts of Walincourt. south 'of Premont, capturing all the amount of $300,000,000, with the The attack this morning German 'guns there. German refn- right to atcept all or any part of| was on the front of the |, ..cus nave arrived, but as subscriptions in excess of that sun,| Third and Fourth armies, these troops have been engaged to be used for war Purposes only,| and began at 5.20 o'clock. several times recently, their pre- and to be spent wholly in Canade.| The British and Americans |... .. merely adds to confusion in The rate-of interest will be 5% per| continued their progress of |, enemy ranks.- : cenit. per annum, payable May 1 and| Tuesda under a heavy protective fire from the November 1, and the getomiinations $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. The 3 < - loan will be offered in two maturi- British artillery. The de- ties--tive year bonds, due Novem-| feated enemy was almost smothered under a great deluge of steel and ex- EDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1918. ] So 2 ments Sure DINAMITE USED FIGHTING MEN T0 RECOVER BODY» WANT VICTORY Th Napanee iver is: Swollen Becais of | The Granting of An Armistice Would See Recent Rains. the Enemy's Game. TROUBLE 1S EXPERIENCED CHANCE FOR DEATH BLOW IS NOW GOOD ACCORDING '-T0 A SYRIAN FOUND GUILTY HOARDINGTSUGAR. THOSE AT FRONT. WILSON REFUSES GERMAN REQUEST Encmy Must Leave Allied Soil Before Peace Can Be Discussed. PRINCE. MAXIMILIAN ASKED FOR EVIDENCE OF GOOD FAITH ON GERMANY'S PART. 1 OF He Was Fined $100 and Costs-- What Chief Barrett Discovered When Making a Sefoch--Late Napanee News. : " (From Our Owp Correspondent.) Napanee, Oct. 9.--Dragging ope- rations for the recovery of the body of the infant child of Delima Bed- ard hagso far proved fruitless, beavy rains since Saturday has swollen the river, making it a diffi- cult matter to recover the child. Dynamite will be used to-day in further efforts to locate the body. In the police court Mack Saad, a Syrian," who conduets a dry goods store, was found guilty of unlaw- fully hoarding sugar and fined $100 and costs. 'Chief "Barrett, armed with a search warrant, found a 100 Ib. bag of white sugar in the dry 800ds store of accused a few days ago, which resulted in the fact that Saad paid a little in excess .of one Also Asked Whether He Means Ger- many js Ready to Accept Four- tebn Terms and Discuss Only De- tails of Application. Washington, Oct. P.--President Wilson yesterday afternoon informe ed the Kkerman (Government that pe- fore the United [States can discuss an armistice German troops must | withdraw from all invaded territory . { 1He asked Chancellor- Maximilian In the section marked (1) British and American armies are émashing whether fhe represented the German Brough the German defences today. At (2) the French are attacking people or the authorities of the buccessfully. empire who are conducting the war. The 'President's message was not a reply, but in the form wf an in- quiry. The Imperial German Gov- ernment is asked whether it accepts the terms laid down by the Presi- dent in this address to Congress, | dollar a pound for the sugar and January 8th, aid subsequent ad-|having the satisfaction pf knowing *| dresses. 15g i a that the sugar is forfeited to his } : } Majesty. aE & number of caseg of flu" is re- ; [Text of Reply. ported about town, but none so far The text of the communication |of a serious nature. handed to the Charge of Switzer- Mrs. Wellington Warner left Mon- day to spend the winter with her land here follows: $4 daughter in Prince Albert, Sask. "Sir---I have the honor to ac- |Miss. Edith Milling, teacher in the knowledge on behalf of the Presi-| West Ward public school, is very dent, your mote of October 6th, en- i al ncumotla, Gunner Rey r A C! 8 w rived, home ro - closing the communication from the ronto this 'week quite improved in dent; and 1 am instructed by. the health and will assist hig father In German Government. to jhe hres I the business. ~ Howard Galbraith, resident to request you to make relieving operator, was obliged to the following communication to: the | oo ©" from Ottawa last week, and Imperial German Chancellor: | 1s at his home in Yarker quite ill. Befora imaking.-reply-to-the re- Amos 8. Kimmerly has purchased quest of the Imperial German Gov- the propérty of the late Thomas ernment, 'and in order that that re- Jamieson on Jolin Street ply shall be as candid and atraight- A n . forward as the momentous interests' involved 'require, the President of the United States deems it necessary to assure himself of the exact mean- ing®of the mote of the Imperial Chancellor. Does . the Imperial Chancellor mean that the Isiperial German Government accept the terms laid down by the President in 'his address to the ICongress of the United States on the 8th «of Janu- nd in subsequent address- es and that its object in entering in- to discussions would be only to agree on the practical details of their ap- plication? : Must Withdraw. "The President feels bound to say with regard to the suggestion of an armistice that he would not feel at liberty to propose a cessation of arms to the Governments with 'which the Government of the Unit- ed States is associated against the Central Powers so long as the arm- ies of those powers are upon their 80il. The good faith of any discus- Geteral Feeling is That Defeat of Germany is Near at Hand--Sol- diers Want Victory Before Peace. With the British Army in Franse, Oct. 9.--The soldiers of the Allied armies want peace, but no peace ex- cept a completely victorious one, This was the opinion expressed by officers and men alike to the As-' sociated Press correspondent yes- terday. If Germany is now willing to admit her utter defeat, then, say ths men who have been fighting the good fight for the liberty of the world, so much the better, but they declare the granting of an armistice at this time, unless the enemy is absolytely sincere, might prove ex- tremely dangerous. "Vietory first; then peace." This is the manner in which French eivil- ians, who 'have returned to thelr shell-wrecked homes in Northern France, expressed themselves when the subject; of an armistice is dis- cussed. & The same idea runs through the minds of all the Allied armies, where men! have seen their com- rades die, abd where the feeling 1s that they have died in vain unless victory Is absolute. The suspension of hostilities, even for a few dhys, would enable the Germans to continue their prepar- ation of limes to whith might retire for the winter. At the mo- ment the Hi J The -- EASTERN SITUATION . . ~~ IS MORE FAVORABLE The Balkan Cdllapse May Com= pel German Withdrawal From Russia. ---- Ottawa, Oct. 9--The following ca- ble on the situation in Russia and the } Balkans has been received here from the Minister..of Information = under authority of the War Cabinet. It is issued by The Director of Public In- formation: . The situation in Russia and Siberia shows signs of improvement, and the victory of General Poole's forces now seems most complete. The enemy has been completely dispersed, and is now Hiding 4 We The CRanTry Side The withdrawal of Russia and Bul- garia from the war cuts the land com- munications between the Central Powers and Turkey, and opens the southern frontiers of Austria and Ru- mania to invasion. Thy Central Powers are further endangered bv the intense hostility of the subject nation- alities of 'Austris=Hungary as well, To avoid perils and' keep Turkey fighting, the Central Powers must build a new front on the Danube and reinforce Turkey. All they have to do this with are some 33 German and 13 Austrian divisions in Russia, but the bringing of these to the Balkans would mean the abandonment of afl German gains by the Brest-Litovsk treaty. Ie must he remembered, however, that German control over the Black Sea allows rapid reinforce- ments to be hurried through to Con- stantinople, and she has also excellent railway services for concentration on the Danube front. Meanwhile our victories in the Bal- kans. and. in Palestine have complete- ly altered the situation in the middle east, removing all danger..of a Ger- man-Turkish penetration into Asia, and almost certainly compelling the enemy to retire from Russia. The Balkan triumph' almost overshadows that of Palestine, but the serious -dan- ger now threatening Constantinople AS ANNOUNCED BY THE HON. THOMAS WHITE. itary leaders believe that th ave no Hnes, no dug- outs, no 'protection from the ad- vancing Allied troops. The Allied armies are in a strong and advantageous position, and the general feoling here fg 'that the de- feat of Germany may eome sooner than expected elsewhere than at the front, e SOP THROWN TO LABOR. The Kaiser Decrees Creation of La- ' bor Ministry. Amsterdam, Oct. 9.--~The next 8sue-of the Imperial Labor Gazette >t Berlin will contain a decree, dated October 4th, by the Kaiser, address- 4 to the Imperial Chancellor, as fol- ows: "On your proposal | decree that the social and pdlitical affairs of the empire, which heretofore have pertained to the Imperial Economic Ministry, shall henceforth be dealt with by a special central authority under the name of the Imperial La- bor Ministry, under direet control of the Imperial Chancellor. You will 'have to provide for the allocation of work for the officials rgguisite in virtue of this decree." WAR BULLETINS. Between St. Quentin and (Cambrai, British, American and French armies smashed forward Tuesday on a twenty- mile front to a depth of three miles, capturing '6,000 prison- ers and important positions. 9, Py In addition to thousands of Bulgars who were made pri- soners of war during the Al- lied advance, 65,000 have sur- rendered in accordance with the clause in the armistice. Court Again Adjourned. The sittings of the County Court were again opened on Tuesday af- ternoon by Judge Madden and then postponed till Friday. The adjourn- ment was asked for by some of the Vladivostok Troops: Honored. Tokio, Oct. 9--The troops at Via- divostok and those under the com- ber 1, 1923, and 15-year bonds, due November 1, 1933. The issue price will be 100 and} accrued int t for both' maturi- ties, making thé income return 51% per cent. per annum. Provision is made 'for payment in five instal- ments as follows: 10 per cent. on application; 20 per cent. December 6, 1919; 81.16 percent: March 6, 1919. The last payment of 31.16 pér cent. covers 30 per cent. . bal- ance of principal and 1.16 per cent. representing accrued interst at 514 per cent. from November 1 to due dates of the respective instalments. As a full half year's interest will be paid on May 1, 1619, the cost of the bonds will be 100 and interest. Pay- ment may be made in full at the time of application at 100 without interest, or on any instalment "due date thereafter with interest accru= ed at 53 per cent. per annum, bonds will be available: for delivery at the time of application to subser desirous making Bonds r tered plosives. Church Out of Doors. Halifax, Oct, 9---An "interesting episode in the religious history of Halifax occurred on Sunday, when the congregation of St. Paul's (Anglican) Church keld an open-air service by permission of the municipal health board, who had ordered the closing of churches, schools, and other places lawyers, von-Berg will soon resign as chief of Emperor William's Civil Cabinet, ac- cording t cause tion from reaching Emperor William and because hg has observed a strict and cexclusive attitude . who" were not ready to roceed with eases. -- Rude Minister Resigns. Basle, Switzerland, Oct. 9--Herr will most probably compel the trans- - fer of a great part of the Turkich army for the defence .of her imperil led European footing po Mrs. Ellen Bass, wife of John Bass, died on Monday at the family resi- dence, Belleville, of paralysis. She was sixty-six of age. Mrs. Bass was a native of Huntingdon township. 2 to the Gazette Dé Voss, be- e tried to prevent a deputa- for public gatherings, because of the menace of Spanish mfluenza. : The service was held on the Grand Parade, the same spot on which 169 years ago the original St. Paul's con- gregation held their initial service, memorialized the ggvernment in an effort to better thie conditions un- der which they serve. ments they bring forward in sup- port of their cause have been care- fully and, thoroughly, They have made out a strong case, THE CASE OF THE CIVIL SERVANTS The Civil Servied Federation basconditions in the Civil Service «of Canada is one of no inconsiderable proportion, and. that difficulty has already been experienced in post- poninig a renewal of the stritéArhico broke out last July. The federation asks that a bonus of $350 be granted as from Apri The argu- prepared. sion would manifestly depend upon the consent of the {Central Powers immediately to withdraw their forc- es everywhere from invaded terri- tory. | . | ' "The President also feels that he is Justified in asking whether the Imperial Chancellor is merely for the constituted authori ties of the Empire who have so far conducted the war, He deems the answer to these questions vital from every point of view." 5 Can Germany Answer? Authorities here believe that Ger- many cannot answer the Queries satisfactorily, and that hence there ill be no peace negotiations at this time. The President's taken as fully squaring' with ad- vance predictiong-of-2 refusal to ae- cept the Teuton offer now. But the fact that the President left an open- ing for Turther . dealin came as more © of a su . It was speaking | T possible means and warns the troops' reply was mand of the Governor-General of the province of Kwang-Tung, have been honored by an Imperial Japanese re- script,expressing high appreciation for the speedy success the troops have at- tained and also assuring them of the ultimate achievement of their project. § he rescript advises the troops of the necessity of" preparedness by every to preserve their health, . Three Candidates in Huron, Wingham, Ont, Oct. 9--~Thrée can- didates were nominated to contest the seat made vacant by the retirement of . A. Musgrove or the legislature. Dr. T. Chase, Dungannon, was nomi- nated by the Conservatives; W. H. Fraser, reeve of Morris township, by the 'Liberals, and George Spotton, Wingham representing himself as an Independent Conservative. The elec- tion takes place on Dec. 2nd. SFP EPIPLPEP PLP PPS P EIR TTP Franco-Americans in Cham- pagne have driven back the Germans over a two-mile front north of St. iPierre to a depth of half a mile and captured a + large number of prisoners. PELE PPI PRVL IPRS EHS AFFER MISSING COUPLE. | Archie Coutre and Iréne Moore Still oe Liberty. % {Archibald iCoutre, aged nineteen, and drene Moore, aged thirteen, dis- appeared a Cape Vincent, N.Y. on Friday st. Kingston and registered ut an hotel as 'brother. and sister. went to Ernesttown and soon after eft, de; sheriff are in Montreal seeking to locate the pair. When Coutre hired 'Wiltord to carry They came to They later, The girl's father and an un- yoyment in full Yoite joiand ka Friday evening .in . ge's mo ¥ ._Tepresented the girl as his sister and said he was going to Kin, 10 visit hig bro- ther, who was ill in & told the same 1st, 1918, applicable to all civil servants who are giving their entice one, we believe; that will appeal ts | the public as sineere and worthy. It " 2D n is pointed out that the increase | in 38 soon as te ut Sw Tut : . : the cost of living for the war period. cai be made. : ? ; : . 194 to 1917, amounted to fifty nds ' : per cent, and that if the present : Of increase continues it will Bge another fifty per cemt. in gen y hailed, however, as an ingenious means of discrediting the Kaiser and his associates. = If they refuse mow to make peace clearly on the President's terms, they will be in trouble « with their people, it was held. up-to and including these having the rank of deputy heads. Postal employees have already received a : ad go bonus of $350, and no increase Is im, resided in HEROISM OF CANADIANS. - LT -- Hold Positions ns With the Canadian A Figld Oct. 7--(Via LondarY | --Sadd ugh they. DR Sermon yi carry the privilege any future wlo- lke maturity: or 'the. Government, period of the will be. open on || and close on or | hy . October. 38, 1018, before November 1 BE a ; C15" HOW. + the: Paci sation beng. +] d be heavy price of victory, the Canada will thrill with when they come to read the full story of the wonderful stand their troops made during ithe early of Jast k against enemy masses determ to wrest from them their conquests: Gal- innumer- : and 1it- the knots of men stood their ground . against wave after weve of assaulting troops, supporied the greatest massing of machiné guok this war h3s produced. Ha i { tietally. SR Ee he te se Vi ban Sir [rvance' on . tion gr here faz f ¢ p fi boped that me rill | been : : . : ; -- Tacine stato mio' Toe Heaaaf ne a an" N Sh, ree go C-- red _ that tho of its 'who p : ise vigt Drei th managing age bin hes, To Lapirie of discatistaction w tase with moderation aud logic. Wailkersitia Qube "kod &: Sona