YEAR 83-NO. 304 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1918 hig PERERA PE Ey PAGES 5-12 LAST EDITION VOTE TF OR DR. RICHARDSON TEUTON DANUBE ARMY STOPPED Yo er a It Was Tea | Days Me. ALLIES FIRING HEAVILY) TO THE ON THE SOMME, French Raiding Party Scores a Sac. cess West of Tahure--The Verdun | Front Was Reported Calm Friday Night. (Special to the Whig.) London, Dec. 30. tions on which interest is chfefly focused at the present are the great efforts the Central Powers are mak- ing against the Russians and Ru- manians. The general outcome of the operations during the last week | has been an advance of several] miles by Gerok and Falkenhayn, with | the capture of many prisoners. The| Danube army has been almost sta-| tionary, the invaders being very little nearer Bfalla than they were ten days ago. French Ralding Successful. to the Whig.) Paris, Dec. 30.--Suecess of a French raiding party against Ger-| man positions west of Tahure was announced in today's official state-| ment, : At Verdin, it was sald, the front | was calm. In the Champagne the] Statement detailed the dispersal of | a German detachment. which at- tempted to carry a post fn the region | of Beausejour. (Special (Special to the Whig.) Heavy Fire Near Lille. Berlin, Dee, 30.~Temporary in- crease of fire northwest of Lille, on the Somme, and Especially on the north, bank lated sec- tion of the th ¥epeated repulse of British and French pa- trols, was detailed in to-day's of- ficial statement. HE ESCAPED AFTER QUIETING THE GUARD Oswego, N.Y,, Dee; 30.--Qverpow- ering their guard at the point of a revolver and taking his rifle from him, three United States army pri- yates, awaiting trial for desertion at Fort Ontario here, broke from con- finement and made their escape. The men were seen going west, it 'was claimed, shortly after the escape, but this could not be verified. They secured a revolver and after covering 'the guard took his rifle. THE WORLD'S NEWS Tidings From All Over Told In a Pithy and Pointed ~ . . West of Vizir Slavnoe, British (armored motor cars took pant in beating back the attacks of the A 4 nna despatch announces the of Eduard Strauss, the com- Tr of dance music. trauss was a member of a famous musical family. For the first time in nearly three months a ship flying the Russian flag docked at a New York pier. She was the steamship Viologda, out of Arch- . James Loudon, M.A. former president of the University of Joe ronto, died Friday after a li Hines at his home, 83 St. _ Street, Toronto, in diers and Other fn lim of Late . "Re ube NORTHWEST OF LILLE | on | ~Military opera- | Eduard | alt na | | TO BUILD LONG LINE OF PIERS arine Railway Company Plans Mar Spend Between $30,000 and $40,000. | Ogdensburg, N. Y., Dec. 30.--The | 8t. Lawrence Marine Railway Com- pany will commence operations soon fon improvement at the shipyard at a cost of between $30,000 and $40.- { 000. The company has just com- | pleted the building of an addition to is machine shop. The new project includes the build- | | ing of a line of piers extending 280 [ feet out into the river. The piers will be built of pine, filled with stones and overtopped with concrete. Ar- thur Woods, superintendent at the shipyard, will have charge of the! job. The present piers, built for vessels! at came down the river when the] th Welland canal was opened, are not | strong enough to accommodate the tonnage now being handled and there is also a lack of dock room. HIGH TRIBUTE PAID Canadian Observation Officers, Telephonists and Linemen. (Special ts the Whig.) London, Dee. 30.--Writing for | the Canadian War Records office, Charles G. D. Roberts to-day pays high tribute to the observation of- ficers of the Canadian Field Artil- lery at the front, also their telephon- ists and linemen, He says they are heroes all, and have developed a cheerful amazing attitude for their To { particularly dangerous work. THE RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS, } { The Duma Has Adjourned For Seve eral Weeks, (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, Dee. 30.--The Duma | adjourned to-day until January 265th, its regular Christmas holiday recess. The Russian Christmas comes on January 7th by reckoning of the calendar in other nations of the | world, . SPELT PERP EPRI PPP PPEP CANNOT SUPPORT NOTE. (Special to the Whig.) London, Dee, 30.--Aecording + to a-Central Press despatch from Madrid, Spain has notified the @ United States Government that # she cannot support President # Wilson's note, » stttaritste i id TO SEE DAYLIGHT, Has Lived In a Dungeon For Forty Years, Boston, Dec! 30.--Jesse Pomeroy, the celebrated life solitary prisoner of Charleston prison, now in his for- tieth year of lonely confinement, is once more to be admitted to the com- panionship of human beings and also to see daylight and the jail yard through a cell window. Pomeroy will be allowed to walk for oie hour in the prison yard on a path fifty feet long. He will be accompanied by guards. The man has made several attempts to escape. He ig serving his lifetime for a fiendishly atrocipus crime against a child. MR, DUCLOS FOR BENCH But Appointment Has Not Beef Officially Announced. Ottawa, Dee. 30.--No official an- nounce! t has yet been made rela- tive to an appointment to fill the vacancy in the Superior Court at Montreal, but it is understood that Charles Duclos, Westmount, will be named, The vacancy in the Admir- Court will it ig understood, be a transfer of Justice Maclenndn. 3 Duclos is the eldest son of the late ROP Bucion, Presbyterian al CERMANY KNOWS SHE IS BEATEN { {secret here that the Emperor Charles Battle of the Sh An Indication of Hier [of Austria-Hungary is desirous of Downfall. BEFORE BATILE 1S ENDED {THE HUNS PRESENT A PETITION FOR PEACE. | Will 'Germany Now toncede to the Terms of the Allies or ( Broken? (Special to the Whig | Londen, Dec. 30.--In Britain much | significance in connection with Ger-| many's plea for peace was seen in | Gen. Sir Douglas Haig's review of | the Somme battle as published in the | morning papers. That Germany sent | out her peace feelers because she | also realized. that the Somme of- | fensive was an indication of her fu- | ture defeat, was generally believed to-day. The Morning Post said: "The moral is that the battle was | scarce ended ere Germany asked for peace. Therefore, all that the Allies | need to consider is whether or not| Germany will concede the objects for | which the Allies are fighting, or her | prefer to continue to resist until her resistance is broken. Any sugges- | tion made on the part of neutrals | that a compromise might be' effected | is an attempt to spare Germany and a | violation of neutrality." R. RF, HARVEY MANAGER Of Kingston Branch of Bank of British North America, ROBERT R. F.. HARVEY. The. citizens will hear with pleas- ure Of the appointment to the posit- ion of manager of the Kingston branch of the Bank of British North America of Robert R. F. Harvey, who has connected with this branch for thé past twenty-five years, and latterly being acting manager, Mr. Harvey is one of Kingston's most popular and highly esteemed bank- ing men. On more than one Seva jon he has refused to a pro- A TEUTONIC SPLIT ontinue to [the economic hardships of the Central Struggle Till Her Resistance Is | Powers, and { Austria from the entire war, is tiere- | mans against the | Northcliffe Says Berastorff Has Beat- Rice, | | bassador, and, given a free hand, it it believed the Sandon editgr would Emake a com 'however, '| would care to "swap her horses in | the middle of the stream." 'the youngest ambassador in Wash- IS NOW IMMINENT? Au ustria, Financially Paralyzed, Eager For Peace--Would Deal | Directly. 9 London, Dec. 30.-- 30.--It is-an open concluding a peace at the eariiest | possible moment, and to this end is [ikely to make separate overtures to y for the conclusion of hostilities jus these two countries. Since his succession to the Throne the new Emperor has shown a spirit of independence anything but pleas- ing to Count Tisza and the other members of the Potsdam party in the Cabinet of the Dual Empire. His country has had to bear the brunt of is now on the brink of {starvation. His readiness to strike a {separate bargain with Italy, looking toward the eventual retirement of fore evident, War Tidings. Lieut, Leffers, one of Germany's most famous aviators, has been killed in action, The French regained most of the trenches taken by the Germans near Dead Man's Hill. Several German prisoners were taken, . Strong artillery attacks by Ger- British were re- ported on Friday. Britain is-building several eighty thousand ton cargo ships to aid the food problem. Italy is preparing for an expected smash by the Teutons to crush Haly. The Germans' violent attacks near Verdun and the Meuse have been {stopped and many prisoners taken in counter-attacks. AMBASS. ADORIAL CHA CHANGE en Washington, Dee, 30.--For sev- eral weeks some well-informed per- sons here have been anticipating the resignation of Sir Cecil A. Spring-| Rice. It is known that ferd North- cliffe is opposed to the British am- pin he Officials at the State Sepsataient doubt if Great' Britaln They do not believe Sir Cecil will leave unless he asks to be relieved. No one disputes Northcliffe's Charge that Bernstorff has had the better of Sir Ceeil in handling pro- paganda, The German ambassador is regarded as without a peer in Washington, Sir Cecil, however, hag never be- lieved in seeking publicity in this country, and has been very chary of making statements for publication. He is fifty-seven years old, a was CERMANY WANTS A TRADE Reso Not 0 Make Reparation TH Her Colonies ve Rete. BERNSTORIF 1S INSTRUCTED AS TO HOW TO ACT WITH WIL- SON ADMINISTRATION. All Steps by Wilson Will Now be Regarded as Confidential--Ger- many Expected to State Terms Privately Now, Washington, Dec. 30.--Coingdi- dent with the receipt here of the of- ficial responses of Germany and Austria to. President Wilson's peace note, an outline was obtained of the basic principles upon which the Central powers will be willinf® to negotiate for an ending of the war. It cannot be asserted that this out- line is official, but it comes from the best sources of authoritative infor- mation, and no doubt is felt that it correctly represents the position of Germany and her allies in the war. There was nothing in the official texts of the German: and Austrian publications received and made pub- lic to-day that differed in any essen- tial particular from what was set forth in the Ehglish translation of the German answer to the Presi- dent's note given to the press in Ber- lin on Tuesday and published in American newspapers. Germany and Austria withheld a statement of the terms upon which they would be willing to negotiate for peace with their allies, and merely suggest that delegates of both groups of belliger- ents meet in some meutral place for the purpose of discussing their dif- iferences as a preliminary to the ins stitution of formal peace proceed- ings. The German and Austrian official answers, however,' assume less im- portance in the éyes of : gbservers here in view of the out btained ciples upon ich the ers would stand when their came face to face with the of the Entente Allies aron council table. All that is kn of the attitude of the Central wers led by Germany indicate that this at-| titude bas been disclosed in com- munications sent to Washington, and will be made known shortly in an official way to President Wilson, if if it is not already known to'bim in- formally, To Guide Bernstorff. Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, Is credited with having received from Berlin detalled in- 'the ington when appointed. A London despatch quoted an edi- torial in the Sunday Observer, sug- gesting that Viscount Bryce, Lord Rosebery or Mr. Asquith, be sent to "specially represent us in the United States." structions to guide him in represent- ing his government in. every phase of efforts toward peace which may in any way involve his intercourse with the Wilson administration. What stands out in the under- | standing obtained of Germany's po- | sition with regard to peace negotia- 8S. EB. Whaflle, president of the | Smith's Falls Curling Association, | is donating a handsome eld for | competition between the and Smith's Falls clubs. tions is that the Central Powers will not consent to turn over the Caroline Islands, and other Germany colonies now in the possession of their enem- ies as compensation for injury done motion by removal to another city, preferring to remain in Kingston and continue his work as organist of St. George's cathedral, as he is devoted to musical work and ranks as one of 'Canada's best organists. Now he is to succeed to a position Jor which he is splendidly fitted, and the Whig congratulates the k of British North America in placing Mr. Har- vey As manager of its local branch. In hing the bank a man in whom the people have confidence, CALLS UPON LAWSON TO MAKE GOOD CHARGE glon to Tell Where Labor Unionists Stand | Kingston; Dec. 29.-- (To the Editof) :As a member of the Trades and La Whig's attitude in repairing a buil ird to at the i Council I write to endorse the the expending of $1,800 on | p-gube- aud 14 machine guns, # were taken in four and a Ts : ] Ho, fair grounds. We were, as you are probably aware, unanimous in asking for a ju- dicial enquiry into Mr. Payne's account--an account re- pudiated by every committee of the City Council which had to deal with it, by the citizen conversant with the gratulated in city auditor and § him Council itself, and by every facts. You are to be oon- pg this matter. Why do we employ a good salary? Soliy ahd to Belgium and other territory al vaded by 'the German forces, From what was learned of the ger. man attitude, it is apparent that Germany is firmly resolved that she | will not pay indemnity or make other reparation for her treatment ) of the authorities and people of in-| vaded territory unless her own colon- ial possessions now in the possessio of her enemies are restored to the a German crown. The German+*position is that in all| territorial arrangements there must | be a trade-off, and that is why such | emphasis is lald on the desire to know whether Lloyd George meant mutual restitution, reparation and guarantees in his House of Commons | speech, | A Historic Precedent. The German position is that it] Belgium was made to suffer unjustly through the German invasion, Ger-| many also has an account to settle | with her enemies because of the de- | vastation done in East Prussia, while | Austria feels that under the same conditions she is entitled to some consideration because of the havoc wrought in Galicia and parts of Fransylvania. In suggesting that the first move toward peace should be the assem- bling of delegates of both groups of belligerents in some neutral place, Germany, it was said, was following historic precedent. The making of peace had always been the outcome of a preliminary 'conference of the belligerents, and no other method of procedure was known, it was claim. | ed. The assertion was made that in his recent note to all the belliger- ents, President Wilson did not ask the . Central Powers for their peace terms, but merely asked that they suggest a method of arranging for an exchange of ideas. Germany, it was contended, had answered the president by. proposing that delegates from the two groups of belligerents be assembled to discuss the matters suggested by the President. SPPPPPPPLPPFPE TIPPEE PPING | , Z CAN WIN IN WEST, i | | | ol | a { (Special to the Whig.) London, Dec. 30.--In a long + | # report Gen. Haig says the war + + can be won on the western front, + * ow thirty-eight thousand Ger- + + m prisoners, with 124 big ! Te as a MAKING RESTITUTION After Eight Years' Wear Conscience Awoke, Ottawa, Dee, 30.--Hon. Frank Cochrane is in possession of 4 pair of rubber boots, hip length. They came at Christmas. 'The minister is in doubt as to whether the donor of the footwear hag a. sense of humor in keeping with the delleacy of his conscience, There was a letter with the boots. It stated that the sender, "Miserable sinner that I was," stole them 'while working on a wing dam at Revels stoke, B.C., eight years ago. Re- gretting that he was "far from the grace of God" at the time 'of the theft,and desiring to have a clear conscience beforg returning ~ te lis home in Nova tia for Christinas, the man determined to make restl- tution. But the bootg are in an ad- vanced stage of decrepitude, having seemingly seen continuous service during the whole of the eight years which- have elapsed since the theft. pp - ENDORSES WILSON'S MOVE If He Blunderod, Whe in Right Direction, Sir H. Tree Says, City, Mo,, Dec, '30.--In a rtain speech in the Shubert Theatre Sir Herbert Tree referred to |& war and the prospects of peace. FOR MAYOR rs 0 1 Least Thirty. 4000000 IN CML LIFE | LIMIT FOR LIABILITY FOUR BE- LOW GERMAN STANDARD. | The London Times' Military Expeft Demands Their Early Enlistment . ~=No Half Measures Will Win War. London, Dec. 30.--The Times' military correspondent calls for greater British effort in the war. He | contends that, although the French {are still strong, their reserves are | less numerous than could be wished for. Russia, he adds, will bring new armies into the field in 1917, but their usefulness depends on their be- ing provided with heavy guns, aero- planes and mechanical transports, while Russia's poor railway systems and other causes point to the neces- sity of not exaggerating 'what Russia can do. Italy, says the cofrespon- dent, cannot easily increase her forces appreciably. After admitting that Great Britain has done a big share in the work at sea and financed and equipped the Entente Allies, the correspondent continues: "There are a number of changes to be effected before we can say we are winning the war. Germany met us in the autumn with twenty-seven new { divisions and thereby secured a stra- tegic reserve which enabled her to *| conduct the campaign in Rumania without disaster in the west. We must not only counter dispositions of "| this character in time, but must be beforehand in the future. The re- serves of manhood in the British Isles and dominions are ample for thirty divisions, to expand munition works and to meet all legitimate de- uy fo ai bility fa i Government, and a single-minded termination to win the war. We have a larger reserve of manhood than Germany, and the annual contingents of youths in France and England to- gether are greater than the annual contingents in Germany, It is no longe! ssible to think of winning the war by haif-measures. The new Premier should state to the country the measures necessary for victory, and stand or fall by them with the courage we know him 19 possess." ¥ GRANTED CREDIT. + g-- * (Special to the Whig. ) + Ottawa, Dec. 30,~The Can- : + * + oo + adian banks have arranged a # further credit of fifty millions : to aid nm munitions making. Aa aa DAILY MEMORANDUM No Whig Monday, New Taars Day. 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