~~ @rament, they b % --_ A ---------------------- CHPPP0PPP40400 MPI004 S400 C$ 3 + + for a lastl he Daily Brit \ N TE ------------------------ YEAR 88-NO. 301 WAR CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY Scope of atherng 10 Which Do- a PEACE WIL BE DISCUSS) AS WELL AS PROBLEMS THAT WILL ARISE. The Premiers to Be Temporarily At- tached to the British War Council to Governor-General. Ottawa, Dee. 27.--The Imperial Conference announced recently by Lloyd George is to be not an Im- perial Conference in the ordinary sense, but a war conference, This point is made clear in a.eable de- spatch to the Governor-General to- day from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 'Walter Long. The message reads: "I wish to explain that what is contemplated by his Majesty's Gov- ernment is not a session of the ordin- ary Imperial Conference, but a special War conference of the Empire. His Majesty's Government therefore in- vites your Prime Minister to attend a serious of special and continuous meetings of the new War Cabinet in order to consider urgent questions affecting prosecution of the war, the possible conditions on which in agree- ment with our Allies we could assent to itg termination, and the problems which will then immediately arise. "Your Prime Minister for the pur- posé of these meetings, would be a member of the War Cabinet. "In view of the extreme urgency of $ the subjects of discussion, as well as of their supreme importance, it is hoped that your Prime Minister may find it possible in spite of serious in- convenience involved, to d at an early date--not later: the end of February. While ¥ your Prime Minister estly desires by ; insuperable di fully consider inati a sub regal ¢ 0 place during the a aching session of Parliament, aad ihe Snsemoemens to-day may induce the Government to advance the of the opening in renner of r-- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1916 sh Whig PAGES 18 La: T EDITION MET 'DEATH WHILE FLYING IN ENGLAND Lieut. Don y, of Ottawa, Meets & Su End on Ottawa, Dec. 27--A cable to mem- bers of the family announces the death, while flying in England Mon- day of Lieut. Don. Brophy of this city and son of J. B. Brophy, of St. Peters, Que. He was attached to the Royal. Flying Corps. Brophy, who was formerly a member of Ottawa Football Club, qualified in aviation at 0 in October, 1915. He wen the front as a flier in March of this year and was recalled to Eng- ladd for home defence in November. TORONTO INDUSTRIES THROWN INTO iDLENESS 7 -- | By the Storm--The Electric Wires Were Broken Near Cooksville. (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, Dec. 27.--Many big muni- tion plants and other large industries are idle here as the result of the storm, which fractured the wires near Oooksville, about 4 a.m., plunging the city into darkness, and thé larger part of the city arose by candle light to-day. The storm last night and this morning was general from Jackson- ville, Florida, to Northern Ontario. Anxiety is great for shipping along the Atlantic coast. ALAAE * 4 TEUTON ADVANCE LOSES MOMENTUM. ¢ Sod eee TTT o* % + London, Dec. 27.--Petrograd # % despatches to the Times say: 4 # There are indications that a + # German advance northeast of 4 # Bucharest is losing momentum. + # Each day gained enables Rus- # # sian reinforcements to come + + within striking distance, thus + # helping to hold the present line + # northwest and southeast of # # Filipiti, 30 miles from Braila.- * PERERA Ee LABOR WILL CO-OPERATE. Assured That National Services Does Not Mean Conscription. Ottawa, Dee. 27.--The Dominion Trades Congress executive had a fur- ther conference wit) Premier Borden and R. B. Bennett, director-general of national service, yesterday. It is un- derstood that the assurances that na- tional service is not to be the fore- conscription were satis. factory to the labor delegation, and that it will co-operate in the move- ment. MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE Of International Situation Held at Premier's Residence. (Special to the Whig.) London, . 27.--A ministerial order that the 'of the session may be as far eo as possible beford the Prime Minister's depar- ture. There is, of course, a possi- bility that the character of the ses- sion may make it impossible for Sir Robert Borden {o leave at all. LABOR'S VOICE + = © 7 AGAINST PTACE. + Paris, Deg. 37.--In addresses a Congress of the party, Arthur @ British Cabinet ~C. H. Roberts, British Parlia- , amidst en- 4 . that the war ¢ 4 must be fought out until full + 4 guarantees have been obtained peace. PPP 44 + * + * * * + conference of the international situa- tion was held at Premier Lloyd- George's official residence in Down- ing street to-day. Foreign Secretary A. J. Bal- four made his first appearance in conference since his recent indisposi- tion. PLURALITY OF 689,460 Was Secured by President Wilson Over Hughes. (Special to the Whig.) New York, Dec. 27---Woodrow Wil- son is President for four years more by virtue of a plurality over Charles Evans Hughes of 689,465 wotes out of a total of 15,477,463 cast on No- vember 7th. These figures as assem- bled to-day by the United Press are # | biased largely by official counts qf the States as certified to the Electoral Plum advanced through Mitla ; destroying the enemy defences at the eastern end thereof. It burn- ed his camps at Sunderbeitman and Mat & point six miles further towards STOLE NICKEL ' FOR GERMAN Seven French-Canadians Are Under Amst At Quebes Git, SORAP NICKEL WAS TAKEN FROM THE DOMINION ARSENAL AT ANCIENT CAPITAL. Unearthing of Plot for Exportation . Leading to Vigorous Military En- quiry=4Others Are Under Suspicion (Special to the Whig.) Québec City, Dec. 27, -- Seven French-Canadians have been arrested and others are under suspicnon charg- ed with stealing several tons of cu- pro-nickel from the Dominion arsen- al and indirectly aiding the King's enemies. It was scrap nickel from cartridges remelted and rivets made from it. The stolen nickel was sold to local Junk dealers, who resold it to a Mont- real firm. * For some time suspicion has ex- isted that enemy agents have been at work getting Canadian nickel , in various ways from export through United States porte, possibly by the Deutschland submarine route to Ger- many. The metal after being taken from the Government arsenal scrap piles was packed in whiskey casks. The unearthing of this plot for exporta- tion of nickel is leading to a vigor- ous military inquiry. ett IN A HOPELESS WAY, A Japanese Steamer Is Aground Near to Chefoo. (Special to the Whig.) Tekio, c. 27.~~The steamer Sankaku Maru is aground off Chefoo with its crew and passengers totalling 400. The position of the vessel to- day was said to be "hopeless." Two Americans are among the Sankaku's passengers. $100,000 to Church. + Paris, Dec. .27.--The Paris edition of the New York Herald says that Frank J. Gould has just given $100,-! 000 for rebuilding the British Pro- testant church at Maisons-Lafitte, where there is an important British-/ American colony, mostly - interested in thoroughbred racing stables. : wre eieriam-------- ( DENY RUSSIA'S RIGHT TO SECURE CONSTANTINOPLE Cologne Gazette Says Ger- many Is Willing to Return Baltic Provinces. Amsterdam, Dec. 27.--Prefacing an evidently inspired leading editor- ial with the statement that Germany does not desire to create a feeling of revenge in Russia, which would pro- voke another war, The = Cologne Gazette declares that Germany in- tends to restore the Russian Baltic provinces, but that Russia must re- cognize that the new situation creat- ed in Poland cannot be changed. The paper argues that in. taking Poland; Germany was really render- ing a service to Russia, and that, de- prived of Poland, Russia will form a ubited -and _ homogeneous ' empire. Germany will never allow R possess Constantinople, the paper, but is ready to negotiate with Turkey and Russia an arrange ment permitting Russian warships and merchant men to navigate the straits. "GAIN PARIS OR DIE." This Is the German Drive Story Heard in Berlin. London, Dec. 27.--Persistent re- ports from Swiss sources are that the Germans are laying plans to make another drive on Paris, as soon as the weather permits. These reports may be fables, but they are so insistent as to cause interest. There appears to be no doubt that the "Gain Paris or Die" story Is in circulation in Ber- lin. The fact that the existence of this sentiment has been permitted to slip through. the German censors so often gives ground for the belief, cur- rent here, that the rumor is sent out by the Teutonic press department to Neover a manoeuvre in another direc- tion. U<Boat Captain Sent to Switzerland. Berlin, Dec. 27.--Lieut. Cromp- ton, commander of the German sub- r U-41, has been exchanged sent to Switzerland. He was one of the two survivors of the U-41, which was sunk by the British, 1 Lien BASE HOSPITAL "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE." is to] to This photograph shows a base hospital in France of the type OM Hoy treated before being sent to England. On th lying German and French wounded, both badly in need of m in neéd of the services of 'a minister of their faith. ical aid, and some even more CALLING OF A CONEREACL To Consider With Dominion the Effective Prosecution of the War. ROWELL ENDORSED PLAN HIS ARGUMENTS GIVEN MANY MONTHS AGO. Mobilizing the Resources of the Whole Empire for the Life and "Death Struggle-=There Should be (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, Deé¢. 27.--One of the promised 'acts of the Lloyd George government which, when it comes about will be of special interest to Canadians, will be the calling of the Imperial Conference. There have been a great many people in Canada who have never understood why the Imperial Conference has not been called long ago, so that representa- tives of the Dominions should consult together for the most effective prose- cution of the war. Mr. Rowell has been perhaps the leading spokesman of those who have advocated calling the Imperial Con- ference. Early in 1915, when the first announcement came that an Im- perial Conference would not likely be called, Mr. Rowell gave his argu- ments for the calling of such a con- ference, and repeatedly since then, at meeting after meeting, he has urged the course. The arguments may be summed up in Mr. Rowell's speech in Toronto at the third an- nuab dinner of the Liberal Club Fed- eration of Ontario on May 21st, 1918: "The very life and future Empire is now at stake, and all its Note Wiiting Sussex case, or if Germ * paign in case peace his, fhe' only answer. He de "peace note and See that the coun 1 Secrefary " statement wete, in 'a measure, that the country would not Wonder what it was all about in the event of matters coming up lo the breaking point. to Germany . Iti Sail Is Now At An End (Special to the Whig.) 'Washington, Dee. 27.--One of the highest United States officials here told the United Press to-day that 'the present plans call for no more note writin many.--He added, if the Marina, Arabia and: oth dévelop clear-cut violation of Germany's pledges in the to Ger- oases a new si cam- en a break injrelations can be "that President Wilson's ing's Subsequent 'verge ) 80 Desert Et-Tin' resources in men and means must be | mobilized to achieve victory. The | Governments of Russian, France and Great Britain have held | conferces to discuss how the | Allies can best mobilize both | their finances'and military resources, | the parliaments of Great Britain and i all the self-governing dominions have | held their war sessions; but so far | the supreme Council of the Empire-- {the Imperial Conference, represent- {ing all the free nations of the Em- | pire---has not been called together in | a war session to consider how we can | most effectively mobilize the re- sources of the whole empire for this life and death struggle in which we are engaged. "The Imperial Conference was call- ed into being for the express purpose of discussing and considering ques- | tions of common interest between | 'His Majesty's Government and his | Governments of the Self-Governing | Dominions beyond the Seas." When | in the history of our Empire has a question arisen of such common and ;'vital interest and of such command: | | ing importance as the one we are now | facing? I there ever was a time in {our history when such consideration | appears both desirable and necessary |.it is now. 4 "I am sure every portion of the Empire would cheerfully and gladly respond to the united appeal of the free nations of the Empire. And what a splendid illustration and dent- onstration it would be at this hour {of the solidarity as well as of the 'flexibility of our free institutions and the loyalty which springs from lib- erty. What a demonstration it would be of the determination of the free democracies of the Empire to combine in the performance of the Empire's task and to maintain for democracy and free govgrnment their right to a place in the earth." PLANS TO CONTROL © BRITISH SHIPPING White Star and Cunard Liners to Run From Liverpool 'to Halifax. New York, Dee. i37.--The Times (says: "It is understood that @nder the new Lloyd George plan for con- trolling British shipping the White Star and Cunard liners will operate between Liverpool and Halifax in- stead of coming on to New York, and will be armed with six-inch guns fore and aft. In addition to the protection afforded by the guns there will be fast cruisers in certain pos- itions which will be known to the commanders of the liners, who will be provided with special signals to enable them to call for assistance if they are aftacked. "**The cargoes will be taken from New York and Boston in small ships to Halifax, where the freight will be trans-shippéd on board the big steamships waiting to convey it to Liverpool or London. Passengers will travel by train. The expense of trans-shipping the freight and con- veying it to Halifax will be very heavy, but it will have to be done in order to make certaif that the Gov. ernment will get sufficient provisions for the people of Great Britain and for the army of two million men in France and Flanders." POOR WORLD CROP FOR THE PAST YEAR 18 Important Countries Show Decreased Wheat Yield of 26 Per Cent. Rome, Dec. 27.--The Internation- al Institute of Agriculture harvest es- timates continue to indicate the poor world crops. It is now able for the first time, through new reports just received, to forecast the wheat pro- duction of Argentina. The Argen- tine wheat crop is estimated at 70,- 000,000 bushels, one-half that of last our | year Australia's wheat crop is estim- ated at 136,000,000 bushels, which is four per cent. better than the yearly average. . r'the world's eighteen most im- t- countries, including the pited States, Canada, British India, pan. all Europe the estimated lag t crop is placed by the in- stitute at 2,500,000,000 bushels, which is 25 per cent less than last year, NEW YORK STOCKS. The Prices Which Were Made on Stock Exchange. Whig.) New fork, Dec price to-day were quite a few cases bs were reached "i wage as fic. .. .. 147% BRITISH ACT AS SANTA CLAUS DOLLS, TOYS AND CANDIES BUTED AMONG THE TE CHILDREN, WERE DIST DESTI Who Shrieked With Joy Over the Un- expected Gifts--Santa Claus Made His Appearance Through Trap Doors. With - the British Armles in the Field; Dec. 26.~A howling. wind and a driving rain ushered in the third Christmas of the war along the Brit- ish front. The promise of a beaut. ful day in the starlit night of Christ- mas eve was not fulfilled. All day lohg scudding clouds flew before the wind until late in the afternoon, when it suddenly cleared. It grew overcast again before dark. Christmas was a day of compara- tive quiet on the front. There was a good deal of artillery firing in cer- tain sectors and trench mortar aectiv- ity--the fire, as one Tommy punning- ly expressed it, "in erder to make pieces on the earth." . Unheedful of the weather and the firing, the Tommies carried out their Christmas programme. There were lunches and dinners and suppers and masquerade parties, phonograph con- certs, theatrical programmes and band 'music pregammes---smokers and customs of that part of England and her colonies from which they came. Commanding officers, for the most part, attended the m of their men, wishing them a happy hristmas and an early victory, There was a real holiday spirit de- spite the war time, the "Tommies" especially taking particular delight in playing Santa Claus to children of the ruined villages. Their ghrieks of joy over unexpected dolls and toys and candies resounded through the villages. In cities like Arras, where the remaining inhabitants live in the cellars, there was a splendid oppor- tunity for Santa Claus to make his appearance through trap doors, since there were no éhimneys. War Tidings. : crease in a 0 an line north of 8 bank of the me 1 river. British Are attacking at some points and fighting contitues. I- There is sharp fighting in Dobru- dja. The Russians took several hun- dred Teuton prisoners, also three guns and some stores. The Allies will definitely decline t negotiate peace on the basis of "as you-were-before-the-war."" Joffre will be made a Marshal of France. No more Canadian recruits are re- quired at present for the naval air service. The war conference of Britain and her dominions is to be held in Febru- ary. DAILY MEMOKA vit ™ See top of page 3, right hand corner for probabilities ~r BORN. LATURNEY--On Dec: 36th, 1516, to Mr. and Mrs. BE. Lab ad street, & Ea Princess ALBERTSON. BROWReM Vy: wireet, ¥ 4th, 1918, Rev. Geo. 8. Clen- en Wiitiam John Albertson, of Kingston, to Laura Amelia Brown, of Sydenham, Ont. Wl NALD-FAIRLIE--On December Mach. 1916, at the residence of the bride's parents, street, Kingston, by the bride, assisted ingston, Jo Tuesday, "Detember 28th, 1916, Seton. Stags. wife of Henry Le x F al on Thursday, 39th inst, at 2.30 ry em. trom Sydenham Streeet Meth- church, ta Catsraqui ceme- --4lu odist MILs Christmas Chicago, Ee , , Ann widow of the late John Mills ingeton, aged 84 years. . , Friday wofhbig. et 10.30 Funeral (4 from her son's "sesidence, Avenue. Service at on k n University 10 o'clock. BSON---In Kings MAT 27th, 1918, m. James Marrison, 369 Alf wireet, aged 73 Jears. Funeral notice later. i k i i ¥ if i i Hi i it | kt i § £ i i " ) i 5 ~