Ney " 0 rere ey 12 PAGES beter eter ete reteret PAGES 18 he Daily British W eI crisis KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY,.DECEMBER 12, 1916 GREAT BRITAIN'S NEW WAR CABINET. | br r bbe ttt (Special to the Whig.) i Peterboro, Dec. 12.--None of | # the missing in the Quaker Oats #% factory fire have turned up. It + is believed now that sixteen are | #% dead. Stock Markets Break. (Special to the Whig.) Chicago, Dee. 12.---May wheat dropped three cents on the news of Germany's peaee move, New York, Dee. 12.--The stock market broke on the news of Germany's peace move, U.S. Steel sold at 12154, off two points. Crucible was down 214 at 803%, '"'Conscious of Their Responsibility." (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Dee. 12.--Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg's announcement that Germany was proposing peace was couch- ed in the following words when he made the announcement in the Reichstag to-day: "Conscious of their responsibility before God. before their own nation, and before humanity," he had proposed this morning to the hostile powers a plan for peace. Return to Old Territorial Status. (Special to the Whig.) Washington, Dee. 12.-- Germany's peace proposal, ac- cording toa German Embassy official, will include a sugges- tion that the territorial status of the nations engaged be re- turned :'practically™ to what it was before the war started. A ------ a : Sh underseas craft was voiced here to- | . v : day by members of the crew of the {GERMAN REICHSTAG'S United States naval collier Proteus. | IMPORTANT SESSION : The submarine, they said, passed | ' two British steamers without attempt- | Address of Chancellor Beth- Ing to molest them. The British sub- | man-Hollweg to Be of marine depot ship Adamant is now in | the Atlantic, which strengthens the | World Interest. belief that the underwater visitor is! English. Lo. reach the second storey of the six- storey structure. A break in the main was given as the cause of the weakness in the water pressur. It was nearly three-quarters of an hour after the explosion before the Steam fire engine arrived on the scene. By that time the fire had broken out in several parts of the building and the engine only served to accentuate the inadequacy of the department to handle a fire of such dimensions. The Lindsay firemen came to aid the Peterboro brigade about noon, Prisoners Marched to Safety. The fire, after sweeping through the plant, reached the court house, which is a short distance away. The prisoners number about fourteen and were marshalled out in good order about half an hour before the roof fell in. The value of the Quaker Oats vy Oat) ION YEAR 83-NO. 289 LA ST EDIT Sm 3 {weather has hampered artillery opera-| rights--I only recognize the right of : 3 DI tions. | war 3 i : : ® 4 knights with hearts of steel who y . and Sunday nights, enemy patrols at- ¥ » ! 3 » - {tempted surprise attacks in the Bos- would have the courage to overthrow A | , i ernment offices to contpand those |promptly repulsed. oft ¢ oi p AIS "Yesterday the enemy artillery was| who shouldvobey and lead the nation ! i 3 sea. During the| Alexandre Varenne in Evenements. 4 PHL IE aud the sea 3iing | That such leaders exist both in civil To Cope With the Terrible Fire a Peter. ® & { § lattacks upon Hill 208 and Hill 144, ------------ 3 a ke . sit < even by the most pessimistic, SReINy trogps Sitacked ou position The following extract from the 1 | driven off with material losges, leav- ] Is rin " J " sums up accurately the temper of To Entente Nations When She Represents Ger- s:.i.r oi itis cums up arcu EMPLOYEE . } Int t St k M rk t k k is serious. In the face of the immobil- ' many S eres $s oc d e $ rea | SIXTEEN ARE DEAD ity of the battlefront, in the face of DASHED OUT OF BUILDING WITH + IN PETERBORO' FIRE. ery, and the mystery of the secret session, the country none the less pre- mre i The Peterboro Steam Fire Engine P 'Mov the same robust confidence which| Did Not Arrive on the Scene For eace e. neither the march on Paris, the decep-} (Special to the Whig.) most terrible sacrifices have ever at| reterboro, Dec. 12.--Thrilling any moment during this war been; Was the escape of many employees of peace proposals to the Entente nations where she represents | i. A bill, the purpose of which is to plosion and fire which completely tiermany's interests. The Administration's viewpoint to date | im reorganize and simplify the existing | destroyed the companys Shnpately ber of Deputies yesterday by a group of five deputies, ammoug them Abbe, Immediately following the explo- cess there seems no reason lo believe that this Government | po. Deg. )2.--Franed's recon- vice-president of the Foreign Affairs men from the rear of the main build- will not only present the proposals, but likewise lend its moral | stpuetion Cabinet, designed to carry | Committee, [ ing, where the main boiler is located. said | has been completed by Premier Bri-| for the duration of the war the Cabi-| : . | and. He will present himself at the net shall be composed of five mem-| ImProvised stretchers, and remdved | make a formal statement of changes. | (Special to the Whig.) [Foreign Affairs, Finanke, Interior, | to arrive on the seme. Tod go w . | War and Marine. | Germany and her Allies have |" 7, Mier present Ministerial de- | SX hu \ { 3 tiations {partments, according to the terms of | %°0ted a ghastly sights they were | agreed to enter into peace negotiations. : The bill, shall give way to a mew or-| Carried out from the Wreckage. . Proposals by the Central Powers that peace negolialions|ganization, the direction of which T. Bittence recéived Injuries that the wreck a flaming torch. T. Mac- | Mahon, assistant engineer, was blown { Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg called the diplomatic SHIPS THAN LAST YEAR -- wm | Explosion Shook Town. British Underseas Graft is Sighted Off the! to his ofice. one after the other, and handed this note to them. | Demand Such That More The explosion shook nearly every Virginian Capes | The full text of the note will be read in the Reichstag to-day.| Boats Building Now Than | by huge volumes of smoke ther mech ---- ! ' | over the city like a pall. | Germany and her allied powers at the capitals with which she] ole I solar is at war to bring these proposals to, the attention of Ger-| fa Dec. 12.----A report to the tally inadequate. to cope with the sit." S ARE SEEKING many's enemies. The propositions which Germany advances | fepartment of Trade and Commerce| uation, and. the. streams that were {in these negotiations are, according to Germany's belief, 4p- Harrison Watson, of London, sum- i THE GERMAN CRAFT SERN ox The governments of Vienna, Constantinople and Sofia Hon 48 given hy the latest teports of THE. ATLANTIC. | transmitted. identical notes. The text was also communicated | : 7 | Lloyd's was 10,032, with a total tos- Warned to Beware of Vessel Hav- | : nage of 23,190,138, as compared . 4 ine TY ive ni ng. Two: Funnel and ou] By handing the note to the representatives of the. United of THL1THEIT Lonny With Aitohiiage i a . = © _-- . ' Co ® "On the Carso, during Saturday "Where are the civil heroes and comalo-Ludilog sector. They were| the archai¢ organization of our Gov- WAS INADEQUATE 1 {more active against our lines between | instead of signing documents?' asks ------ . 3 {ni rer > ative night, under cover of demonstrativ Be ar a , li sector. They were A 8 he Soastal sector Ty Petit Parisien's editorial yesterday | 6445 $EPEEIE "The hour-we are passing through { * he Rumanian defeat, Greek treach- onthe News of Germany's : (Se Sums Ah Ly | 3 serves the same magnificent morale, Three Quarters of an Hour. tions of so many offensives, nor the| a } i \ 2 { Washington, Dee. 12, able to shake." [the Quaker Oats Company in the ex- has been a dislnelination to engage in any peace manoeuvre | - 1 Cabinet, was introduced in the Cham-| until one side or the other had be an eT that it want- |'Will' Be Anima by Premifgy Bri: ONS READY 10 ENTER yesterday. 3 "ee (ler: ' "pe vo stitch . 1S Sue - and on ednesday. §8 | PE pRton. J Gennany's tergis are sich ns to PEALISG Bue (Special so the Whig.) | Lemire and M. Franklin-Bouilion,|sion began a procession of injured i nee for a settleme ; voprer : ie icials here! ' ith doubled vigor, | ot influence for u settlement of the great eonfliet, officials here|on the war with redo d vigor, | The proposed measure provides that| yon hore the Rain both 1s located. | Chamber of Deputies to-morrow to | {bers who shall be the Minister of to the hospital in the first motor cars . | them were horribly horned and pre- Berlin, Dec. 12. ¥ hor pre 10 HUNT RAIDER be diitered into were made in notes handed to representatives |ghall be agsumed by the Government, | many prove fatal: "Hé walked out of {of neutral ¢ ries which are representating Germany in| Sema ----p-- ! {of neutral countries which are representating 3 | belligerent nations to-day. {LLOYDS HAS 510 FEWER out of the bofler room. { representatives" of the United States, Spain and Switzerland | | building in town. It was followed The Chancellor asked the neutral nations whieh represent | Ever Before. The local fire department was to- from. Canadian Trade Commissioner | directed = at . the building failed to opriate for the establishment of lasting peace. | marizes the merchant marine situa- i id | total number of vessels classed at Miied Merchantmen Comstantly | 10 the Vatiean al Rome, and to all other neutral powers. with 10,642 vessels, with a tonnage + | States, Spain and Switzerland, Germany really transmitted it Stern. ah DN x i Je SH ; "| June last year. Although foreign Norfolk, Va., Dec. 12.--Belief that| directly to her enemy mations. Under existing conditions this| shipping showed a loss during the the submarine sighted on the Virginia | 18 the only possible course of diplomatic interchange Jjefween | year of 717 vessels, with a total toh : ak Se bag {nage of 1,247,968 tons, the Briti coast is a British instead of a German | the Central 1 owers and the Entente Allies. | marine showed an increase of 207 | vessels 'and a tonnage of 363,229 | tons, The demand for new tonnage | has stimulated shipbuilding to such ' jan extent that at the present time {there are mare vessels being con- CABINET OF WAR structed in Great Britain and in neu- tral countries than ever before. At thé present time there are 620 ves- sels under construction, with a total tonnage of 2,282,709 tins. Every effort is being made in Great Britain, in the United States, and in other (Special to the Whig.) Washington, Dec. 12--Premier Lloyd George will "discuss" Chan- ment to the United Press for Eng- land's ideas on peace. Special tg She Whig. - ( ) Kaiser Informs His Soldiers. Berlin, © Dee. ~Great- throngs - section north of the Ancre.. South of \ "heen some hos-| Bra cellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg's peace proposals when the former addresses the House of Commons, is the view of British Embassy officials hére to- day. These officials said they believe .the Premier might outline England's ideas on peace proposals. Pending his coming speech, the Embassy re- ferred to Lloyd George's recent state- -- (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Dec. 12.--Kaiser William notified his troops in the field to-day that he had made peace proposals to the enemy. '"'Soldiers," his message said, "in agreement with the sov- ereigns of my allies and with con- sciousness of victory, I have made an offer of peace to the enemy. Whe- ther it will be accépted is still un- certain. Until that moment arrives you will fight on." OFFICIAL WAR STATEMENTS ... British, London, Dee. 11.--The official statement from British headquarters in France Monday night reads: "Last night we carried out success- ful raids east of Neuville St. Vaast and south-east of Armentieres, de- &troying machine gun emplacements and taking prisoners. "An atweitipted enemy raid east of La Bouteilletie failed. Hostile work- ing parties at uisart and Wielnce were d gad by our fire, "During the past twenty-four hours the arti) and trench mortars on "been active in - the Loos, A } ¥pres areas and the : Submarine 3 France's War at Peterbore. n; Russ News. Ls JA nnouncements; of Kaiser: Mill. a atrial * by the War Office Monday night read: "Violent artillery fighting occurred during the course of the day in the region of Ville au Bois (north-west of Rheims) and the Douaumont gec- tor.. A surprise attack on the enemy trenches in Le Pretre Wood (west of Pont-a<Mousson) gave good results. There is nothing to report on the rest of the front." The afternoon statement follows: "There was intermittent cannonad- ing last night south of the River Somute. Elsewhere the night passed quietly. ; "During the day of December 1€ two German aeroplanes were brought down on the Verdun front by French pilots. One of them fell in, flames yest e other ground near Herme- German Raider Sought. Miami, Fla, Dee. 12--British cruis- ers in West Indian waters are sending out frequent warnings to Allied mer- chantmen urging them to watch for an armed German steamer believed to be in the South Atlantic, Wireless messages picked up there from these cruisers described the enemy craft as having two funnels and a straight stern. Sea Insurance Rate Advanced. New York, Dec. 12---Marine under- writers received word to-day the'war risk insurance in London had been ad- vanced from 5 to 10 per cent. for trans-Atlantic and Capg of Good Hope trade, due to the announcement that a German commerce raider was at large. It was said that the New York rates would probably follow-the Lon- don lead. HEARST FILMS BARRED, They Can be no Longer Shown in Canada, (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, Dec. 12.--The Hearst film services as well as the Hearst newspaper publications have been barred from Canada. These include the International Film Company and the Hearst-Selwig news service, which have been strong in many moving picture theatres throughout Canada in the past. ------ SNOWFALL HINDERS MOVEMENT | But the Allies Have Taken Bulgarian Posts, - 1 Special te as.) Paris, Dec. 12. --All | | |about the Reichstag marked the Ger- | Bill Proposes to Place Power in Hands of Five Members. | man publi¢'s interest to-day in what [was expected to be the most import- MEASURE WHICH WILL BE CON- jant meeting of that body since the start of the war. Expectancy wah SIDERED BY DEPUTIES, keyed to the highest pitch as to what message Imperial Chancellor Beth- mann Hollweg had to deliver. It was announced semi-officially that the ad- dress would be of world interest. Bethmann Hollweg's address will re- fer to military and political topies-- but its exact nature has been rarefully guarded. Practically every member of the Reichstag was in Berlin to-day [tor the session. All members on duty! {at the front were recalled for to-day's | address. The Government Machine Must Be Radically Changed at Once to Meet the Situation. Paris, Dee. 12.--The cry fot leader- ship waxes stronger in. every part of | SIXTEEN BELGIANS {the press, some demanding a torm of KILLED IN A RIOT personal dictatorship, other insifting | on a limited war council after the | Kaiser's Soldiers Fired Fusi«|English model. But, whatever party they belong to, all writers are agreed lade When Crowd Attacked that the Government machine must | a Cowardly Hun. | . be radically changed at once®to meet | (Special to the Whig.) ita ™ | Amsterdam, Dec. 12.--The killing |th® situation. of sixteen 'Belgians in a riot at Tur-| Declarations made in the Senate by coing, Belgium, due to German de-/M. Jenofvrier are significant in this portation, was reported by the news connection. paper Echo De Belge today. A Ger yw. pn musi have our minds con- centrated on the war," he said, "and man soldier, who struck a Belgian with the butt of his gun, was attack- ed by the crowd, and the German|I who believed myself an incorrigible troops in charge of the deportations | Liberal should to-day like to see the Statue of Liberty veiled and dicta- torial hands seizing power to lead us responded with a fusilade. Many were wounded. Fifty Belgians were arrested. 5 to victory. 1 no longer recognize civil fire neutral countries to cope with the increasing demand for new tonnage by means of the extension of existing plants and the creation of new es- tablishments. THEY DO WELL, TOO. Aged Men Hired to Act as Office ." ad New York, Dec. 12.--Many big firms here suffering from the acute famine of office boys have started to employ aged men in their place. These are proving even more satis- factory than the youngsters. They get a slightly higher rate of pay. While many of them were thrown into the great industrial discard several years ago, they now often do remarkably more in proportion to their pay than the old-time office boys. The dearth of office boys is caused by Drospemuy. which sends many boys back from the office to high school and enables others to grab and bold man size jobs. > STOPPED THE ATTACK. The French Were Able to Pull it Down. « Jal to the Whig.) Paris, Dee: 12.--A German attack in the wood of Desloges, north of Lassigny, was yesterday al statement d. The usual cannonading and screening operations were report- od elsewhere along the front, -------------- ! The remains of Johan Cotton, who died in Port' Arthur, were buried at Brockville. building is estimated at least half a million dollars, while the stock will bring the total loss well over a mil- lion dollars. Two dead are: Edward Howley. East City; J. Fenora, 48 Jackson 2Yelue (died at St. Joseph's Hospi- tal). The latest reports show four dead and twelve missing. Buys Mance Store, Cape Vincent, N.Y., Dec. George Sheldon of this vil purchased the stock of cont and cigars in the store o "Clarence Mance. Mr, Shel well known in this section as a ball player and has played with Cape Vin- cent teams many seasons, Last year he played first base for Wolfe Island. Fatal to Edward Hebert, dgtensiure N.Y., Dec. 11.-~Ed- wardHebery] 45, died yesterday at his home in Patterson street after re- maining unconscious since last Mon- day night, when he Was overcorge by gas from a furnace. Hope was held out for his recovery until Friday night, when pneumonia set in. DAILY MEMORANDUM of page 8, right hand cdrper or probabilition® at BORN HBNOLISH--On Dec. 13th, 1916, to the wife of James A. English, R, R. No. '1, Kingston, 'a son, ' GIBSON---~In amon at 85 Willlam ot on Dec. 12h, 1916, to Dr. and Mrs. William Gibson, a son. IN MEMORIAM. loving 'memory of my dear pon, give Cousi who died Decem- ber 12th, 1914: If love and care death prevent, His days would #6 soon be spent; Life was red, God did see ot for thee. Eternal re Yn beat eR -