v ' LAST EDITION YEAR 83-NO. 261 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1918 L | victorious defensive war. We are at) {work on the. Somme and in the| | Dobrudja, in Volhynia, Galicia and! | Macedonia, as well as Bukowina, we! EN OTE 0 TST ic on ess FRESH - MINT - Sts oF os os 4 THE DECREE OF NORWAY The Norwegian Government Is Urged to Stand Firm--Bad Blood Has Been Created by the Deliberate Murder of so Many of Norway's Sailors. London, Oct. 28.-- Nine No hy German submarines within rwegian vessels have been sunk | twenty-four hours, said a Christiania aespatch to-day, in a campaign directed against Norwegian shipping as a protest against Norway's decree re- fusing submarines admission t o her waters. The Christiania | newspapers are urging the government to stand firm and not be coerced by German threats. "The deliberate murder of - so many Norwegian sailors in- | cvilably makes bad blood belweéen the two nations, and it wit | he a long time before they are -- Verdensgang newspaper. ubinarines, however, have ne Norwegian ship owners." -------------------- A a ARE PRESSING AHEAD LON RUMANIAN LINES Loss of 'Douaumont Is Slight Reverse Compared With the Victories. (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Oct, 28.----On their north- western frontiér, the Rumanians are on the offensive. achieved some loeal successes, the position of this whole northern Rumanian army becomes more peril- ous as Falkenbayn drives forward against its supply lines. The Berlin newspapers, though exprosging re great at the loss of Fort Douaumont to the French, term this a slight reverse compared with the victories aver the Rumanians. Striking southward with two col- umng, Field Marshal von Falken- hayn's Austro-German army threat- ens the early capture of the Ruman- ian railway. towns of Sinaia and Campolung, seventy miles north-west of Bucharest, ° CAPTURED A QUARRY. (Special to the Whig.) _ Paris, Oct, 28.--French ¢ % troops stormed and captured a + + guarry rth-east of Fort # 4% Douvaumont in a brilliant at- + % tack oh the north-east front of + 4 Verdun last it was offi- + + cially an to-day. A % duel continued in | ¢ the fort. On the ¢ eh ly in- & ing, (Special to the Whig) Ottawa, Oct, 28.--F. B. McCurdy, parliamentary secretary. for the Militia Department has returned tc Ottawa after an absence dating from the return from England of Lieut.- Gen, Sir Sam Hughes three weeks ago. It had been predicted by some that General Hughes would not toler- ate Mr. MeCurdy's partnership, but hile the duties now devolving upon both the minister and fementary r not appear to be very there appears to be no doubt that both will remain. Mr. McCurdy has new quarters just off the minister's office. CAPTAINS AS CAPTIVES, Germany Decides Hereafter to Make clearly ¢ of War, London, Oct. 28. --According to a wireless despatch from Zurich to- day, a German official note dnnounces that, in conformity with article 100 of the German naval e, the Ger- man naval authorities have decided prisoners all captains vessels captured from French, Russians and ng that these captains 0 from their re- spective Governments to carry on espionage. : 5 ; ---- 1=<Wiir Pictures from Various \ Fy 'Canada, United Officers at Petawa- 3 er, > wiversity Football. ; Ships: Au ' Hamer Killed: ny ih Greece; Germans Here they have | but | * Reading .. forgotten in Norway," said the "The brutal deeds of the German! it caused any-hysteries among | { NOT ALL DISPOSED TO French-Canadians State They | Won't Refrain From Bilin= gual Discussion. | O:tawa, Oct. 28 --Various interpre | | tations-are placed here upon the 'et-| The general in:pres-; sion is, however, that the letter is an intimation that bilingual and other agitations should cease, Samuel Genest, head of the bilin-| gual agitation in Ottawa, does not| appear to consider that he should be deterred by the letter fron: On- tinuing the agitation, He ia that it is not a matter of dogma, that the French-Canadians dre onl) . manding their rights, and that t ey | don't intend to lie down and give up| because of any warning which may be given. He goes further than the! Holy Father and demands that nof| onlygall bishops learn French, but | that" all French-Canadians learn French, 5 Senator Belcourt would say little beyond intimating that if the letter resulted in tolerance and moderation | it would accomplish a good purpose. Cardinal Begin. NEW YORK STOCKS. The Prices Paid For the Good Stuff To-day. Open 11.30 a.m. Atchison .. =... .., 107% 107% Baltimore & Ohio ... 88 P. R . AT4% 108% IRN L109 L151% . 96 A193 . 18% . 51% . Canadian Stocks. Cement... +. .. Canada Car .. N. 8. Steel. . a. Steel of' Canada .. Steama)ipe "a 108% 39% 108% 150 98 118% 78 61% New York 'Central : Bre ..... ov. Union Pacific .. . Anaconda .. U. 8, Steel .. Rep. Steel .. Inter. Nickel Chicago Grain. Wheat---December, $1.885;; May, $1.86%. Corn--December, 89 3c. New York Cotton. December, $18.85; March, $18.87; May, $19.08. be QUEBEC NEEDS LESSARD, He Could Have Recruited 50,000 Mén If Given the Chance, Ottawa, Oct. 28.--Reasons were advanced by Hon. Sydney Fisher in a speech here last night as to why Quebec has fallen down in recruiting "The French-Canadians," he said, "have not had a fair chance to re- cruit. There has never been any or- ganized system by men who know them to get the habitant to join the ranks. Had a man like Gen. Les- sard, one of Canada's leading sol- diers, been sent to Quebec and given a free hand among the people, who know him and have 'Confidence in him, there would now be 50,000 French-Canadians enlisted. Instead, the general is kept in Ontario doing practically nothing." Mr. Fisher justified Sir Wilfrid Laurier's attitude.in regard to the national service appeal. ROADS SHOULD BE KEPT UP i Judge Lavell Criticizes Penny-Pound { . Foolish, Napanee, Oct. 27.--Walsh, a milk- drawer who t action against the townships of Ernesttown and South F urg for the loss of 8 horse Shas ed from the effects of Svat Artie in EhdSmINiing to haul line road n the two , has been costs TAKE POPE'S ADVICE Following an old custom which even wartime does not affect, the girls of Christ's Hos- AAA rr NN AUBURN HUNTER HULED IN WOODS Harlan Saxton Shot by Claude Hammond, Near Racquette River. THOUGHT ANIMAL ALE MEMBER OF HUNTING PARTY BLAZED AWAY AT CARCASS, Lives But Few Minutes--Bullet Takes Effect in Hip and Enters Body-----Victim Returning From Hunt With Companions. Potsdam, N. Y., Oct. 28.--Harlan Saxton, 23,"of Auburn, was shot and killed by Clyde Hammond, of Stark, Thursday afternoon near Seveys, in the Adirondacks, forty miles up the Racquette river. Saxton was carrying a deer on his back, when Hammond mistook it "I for a live animal, Saxton was one of a party of three Auburn hunters. He was returning with a deer, killed during the after- noon. Hammond was a member of another hunting party. His bullet took effect in Saxton's Nip and en- tered his body. He lived but a few minutes. Coroner Schwartz, of Colon, held an inquest yesterday afternoon, ren- dering a verdict of accidental death. Baxton's body was taken to Auburn yesterday. JAPAN READY TO CUT PRICE OF WHITE PAPER Her Manufacturers Buy Logs in Canada and Make Finish= ed Product at Home. New York, Oct. 28.-- Business men from Japan declaged that they are ready to sell while paper in this country at a lower price than that asked by American br Canadian pa- per. manufacturers. This statement was made at the fifteenth annual con- vention of the National Machine Tool Builders' Association. The speaker was James A. Emery, general counsel of the National Asso- ciation of Manufacturers. He told of 'meeting in California a delegation of Japanese, who told him of their white paper plans. Mr. Emery said that at first he thought the Japanese obtdih- ed their pulp from the forests of Manchuria, but was surprised to learn that they bought their logs in Canada, converted it into paper in Japan, and now propose to underbid American paper men in their own market. : HELD THEIR POSITIONS. is What, the Germans Claim to t: Re us: Aetivie 3 Plays and Page: Late Auto Clean; ! fe News: Financial Serial. "The Dog of Sport: "Bring. RESTRICTIONS REMOVED | In Export of Tanning Materials Pro- | duced in U. 8, { Washington, Oct, 28.---The state Department announced that it had been made known to it by the British embassy that the British government | will place no further restrictions upon the exportation of tanning ma- terials produced in this country. For some time past the National Assoc- iation of Tanners has required a| guarantee from those buying tanning | materials of British origin, that such materials would be exported from this tountry, but this practice, ac- cording to the announcement made at the State Department today, will now be discontinued, as the result of a discussion between the State De- partment and Sir Richard Crawford, the tommercial attache of the British embassy. FER TO EATER THOUGHT ATTACKS. BY » BRITISH WHEN NONE MADE Rain Stops Bold Offensive--More German Soldiers on the Western Front To-day Than Ever. London, Oct. 28.--The idea that German effectives have been removed from the western front for du'y elsewhere is a mistaken one, said Major-General F. B. Maurice, chief | director of military operations at the | War Office, in an interview. } "There are more German divisions | on %he western front to-day than | ever," he declared; { The slowing down of the British | offensive on the Somme front has | been entirely due to weather condit-| ons, General Maurice explained. | "Despite the minor importance | tho British operations during the past fortnight," he continued, "vou may notice that the German official com- muniques frequently state that heavy attacks have been repulsed. Such ttatemenfs are purely imaginary. Our operations, while desizasd 'o improve our positions, have been ac- complished witi 'minimum lowes to ourselves, while. inflicting the heav- fest possible losses upon the Ger- mans. \ "Our chief operation was the ocon: pation of the brow of the ridge ex- tending from Le Sars to Thiepval, which was dominated by the Sch- wahen redoubt. A brigade order captured. from the Germans statés that the redoubt must be recaptured at any cost, and offers members cf German regiments fourteen - days' leave for every English prisoner brought in, The order explains that the holding of this line by the British enables them to overlook the whole German artillery position in the val- ley of the Ancre, exposing the same to destruction." : General Maurice commented that the German statements were probab- ly to be explained by the fact known to every old soldier, that when an enemy loses the ancy hes be- comes "jumpy" and magnifies every minor operation into a determiged attack. Consequently, if there is an exchange fire and this is British infantry ter of Pope Benedict addressed to pital who visited the Mansion Mouse on St. Matthew's Day received gifts of coin fresh from the mint Sixteen girls received a guinea each. The custom dates from the days of Edw. Vi. --~-- GERMANS Tired of war. VITAL MATTER FOR CERMANY |T0 SECURE MORE ROOM TO BREATHE, MORE ELBOW ROOM Moraht Says in an Article: "We Are Blind to Any Other Consideration But That We Want Peace." London, Oct. 28.--Ot all the peace rumors, none is more than that based upon the man newspapers, which apparently have abandoned the ery for a fight to a finish, and substituted a frank admission that Germany is tired of the war. tion of the war without a final de- cision. The Berlinér Tageblatt prints a re- markable article by Major Moraht, its well-known military critie, along these lines. He says: "Battles with guns and hand gren- ades, mine-throwing and bomb ex- plosions never fully cease along the battle front of our armies, but now and then there is a short battle in- terval---then something like a sigh of relief is breathed by our millions in arms. On all lips lies the mute question, 'How much longer?' 'There could be no niore sincere testimonial that we love 'peace more than strife; not out of weakness, but simply because we are devoid of those bloodthirsty instincts, which hanker for combat and take it up eagerly. In the midst of bloodshed we are blind to any other considera- tion but that we 'want peace. Can't Offer Peace Now. "One must know us, however, in order to understand us. Our enemies counted upon the Germans growing tired of the war, the war of armies and of starvation. For two years they have waited for the eritical hour. They hope for it now, In the third winter of the war, "Our nation asks when there will be peace. From responsible quar- ters Germany's answer has already been given on that point. It is not within our power to offer peace so long as the enemy sees his triumph in 'knocking us out.' "England and France are dissatis- fied with the progress of the decisive' battle on the Somme. We must con- fess. that it would be a thorn in our side if 4 the slow advance of the English e sho come over- night. We cannot rest' with merely having "acquitted ourselves gloriously on land and sea. It is a vital matter for us to sécure more to; room to breathe, more elbow room. "These we can secure only after a RENEW TLK OF PEACE Major Moraht Admits That the Huns Are suddenly adopted by the leading Ger- England is blamed for the Ententé refusal to accept a termina- are delivering strong counter-attacks, In Transylvania we are attacking | successfully. { "Every new chapter of the gigan- tic fight reveals to the endmy the iprobability that even succes can be burchased at a price too great from | his standpoint. The work of our jarmies, in other words, is leading di-| | rectly 'along the path of peace. | © "Rumania's fate fills all the Allies | with great anxiety, | tory for them has risen again. The | battle on the Samme is, 1 repeat, a ! disappointment. Even the improb- ability of victory for the enemy has || increased." | RUTHLESS PIRATES | | ARE MUCH SATISFIED | Berlin Gloats Over the Sinking | | of Norwegian Ships by Submarines. Berlin, Oct. 28.--While the silence the subject of sharpened submarine warfare may be attributed in some measure to thé stand of Hindenburg and Ludendorff against it, much more significant is thg.growing popu- lar realization that 'sharpened sub- marine warfare is actually in force. And the public is beginning to regard it as gfficient and highly satisfactory. The fact is that it is successful as never before, for it is sharpened, pot qualitatively, but quantitatively. Reports pouring into Berlin up to mid-night indicate that submarines and submarine cruisers again had a field day, the number of enemy or neutral contraband-carrying sitips sunk being greater than ever report- ed in one. day. The main field of submarine activ- ity continues to be in the North Sea Land the Arctic, and" contraband-car- rying Norwegian shipping was again the heaviest suffer, How suecessful German submarines are in thelr campaign to break up traffic to Arch« angel and Norwegian commeorce to England is indicated by the fact that Norway's insurance loss for contra- band in the last three days amounts nearly 8,000,000 crowns, while since October 1 twenty-three contraband- carrying Norwegian steamers, insur- ed for 19,000,000 crowns, have been sunk, to say nothing of numerous Norwegian sailing ships. AEROPLANES ARRIVE FOR RUMANIANS English Air Machines Traveled for 300 Mites Across A "Bulgaria. London, Oct. 28.--One hundred and twenty-eight French aeroplanes hgve arrived in Rumania for recon- issance work on the Translyvania and Dobrudja fronts, says a despatch from Bucharest to the Wireless Press. Four English aeroplanes arrived at the Rumanian capital yesterday from Imbros, an island-of-the Grecian Ahchipelago. Flying ffom the Island of Imbros across Central Bulgaria to Bucharest in a straight line, the English ma- chines traveled a distance of about 300 miles. FEWER BRITISH More German Prisoners Held Than Latter Have British London, Oct. 28.--Mr. Malcolm, Unionist member of the House of Commons for Croydon, sent to the London Express some figures he had received from David Lloyd George, minister of war, in regard to the number of German' prisoners of war in British hands and the number of British prisoners of war held in Ger- many. The German prisoners held by the British are: Military officers 729 | Other ranks 36,165 Naval officers 160 1,976 39,020 Other ranks The number of Biitish prisoners of war held in Germany are: Military officers .... Other ranks Naval officers ... Other ranks Amsterdam, via London, Oct. 28 ~<Another five thousand Belgians 'were sent from Ghent to Germany Monday, according to the Telegraaf. Aboftit ten thousand more at other of other provisions. to the possibility of provisio: i lm rca i AUSTRIA MAKES CHARGES. Fas Issued List of Violations Of International The price of vic-| of the Germah press and public on | woe 70 JON ALLES { Iitations in Groce: Dug fo Mutual Dis- * trust Out of Way. ---- ; | ; : 3 HARMONY NOW REIGNS | AND GREECE CAN JOIN ALLIES AS A NATION. The Boulogne Conference Opened the Way "to a Larger Understanding | Between the Powers and Greece, Athens, Oct. 26, via London, Oct. 28.-- (Delayed) --The understanding | reached yesterday by King Constan- |tine and representatives of the En. | tente Powers genkrally is believed to | be the immediate result of the con- ference of the military and political | leaders of, France and Great Britain | at' Boulogne on Friday last. The terms of the understanding Include compliance with the di nds of Ad- miral Fournet., Second, maintenance of order in Athens and | Piraeus. Third, guarantee of cons stitutional © Hberties to Greeks. through the operation of the legal functions of their government. Fourth, no opposition to recruiting for the Venizelist movement; which is now characterized as "anti-Bul- garian" instead of "national defense." The Forward, the Royalist organ, strikes the keynote of the situation, asserting: "The Boulogne conference has op~ ened the way to a larger understand- ing between the powers and Greece," One of the leaders of the Gréek pro-war party declared to the Asso- ciated Press correspondent: ¢ "Now that the irritations due to mutual - distrust of one another by King Constantine and the BEntente ministers are out of thé"way, we can g0 to work negotiating for Greece to join the Allies as a nation and a peo- ple, not as individuals." A destroyer Flirt were saved. It is feared that the remainder were lost, French troops made assaults on Fort Vaux and one hundred prisoners. The British steamer Huntsfall and Rta a b oe he and-tn re wi mportan: Friday. 1d : : MN : [1 on victory over the Germans in German Bast Africa. French troops are advancing in two directions on Fort Vaux. One hundred Canadians, addresses medal. It 'is feared fourteem Canadian horsemen were lost with the sicamer Cabotla, sunk last Monday, THE CENSOR Ls A 'ROMANCE Message Containing Kaiser's New York, Oct. 28.--The mystery which for than a year en- Washington, to Miss Virginia M " » AC kay-8mith, 'of this city, daughter of [he late Bishop Alexander Mackay- Smith, was solved yesterday, The marriage, it is declared, was American naval officer, acting as censor a Bayville wireless sta- tion. A letter from: Berlin which mysteriously escaped the German and British censors, and the con- tents of which were imparted to the International News Service gives the explanation. 5 » on the part of Greece: First, sincere - effective' War Tidings. Nine of the crew of the British - ress in Portuguese troops scored another not given, are awarded the miutary' blocked by the averzealousness of an CAN NEGOTATE