e7 -- Liss CCCP DI SPS res 12 PAGES PAGES 1-8 YEAR 84: NO. 86 FOUR CANADIAN DIVISIONS ENGAGED IN BATTLE OF ARRAS . They Have Moved Northeast From Direction of Souchez and the Towns of -Angres and Givenchy, and Are Seri- ously Imperilled--The Lens Salient Crumbling. (Special to the Whig.) London, April 12.--The war critic gf the Londosp, Standard says he understands all four Canadian divisions are now engaged in the present tattle of Arras, and that all four went over that famous Vimy Ridge on Monday morning. The Standard says that the capture of this position was not a matter of Juck, but purely a reward of skilful preparation by leaders backed by incomparable troops. Angres and Givenchy Threatened. (Special to the Whig.) , london, April 12.--New successes by the Canadians are reportéd to- day.. On both sides of the Souchez River they have moved northeastward from the direction of the village of Bouchez, threatening to break between Angres and Givenchy. This is the first indication of the crumbling of the Lens salient to the north of the Vimy ridge, and as on the north side of the river the Canadians have taken high. ground that enables them to threaten the line of retreat of the Germans at Givenchy, the evacuation of the adjacent territory will be hastened. : The Canadians, by means of machine gun fire only, repelled two strong German attacks on the ridge last night and inflicted heavy losses. It is unofficially reported that they made an advance of a mile near the sourthern end of the ridge towards Willerval and Bailleul. As a result of the adyances of the Canadians on. both flanks of the Vimy ridge, Vimy, Givenchy and Argres are seriously imperilled. _ FAMOUS HILL 90; ; ' (Special to the Whig.) London, April 12. The fa-~ mous hill 90 and other promi- nent ppints in that neighbor- hood have beer taken by the British, Fighting in the British of- fensive .- was apparently - spreadifig vorthward' this af- --~ ¢ ) & FRENCH DRIVE ENEMY OUT OF TRENCHES Make Gains at Several er Points on Western Front. (Special to the Whig.) Paris{ April 12.--East of Sagig- neul the French drove the enemy out capturing trenches which had been taken by the Germans in April, "In the Woevre a French raiding party inflicted losses on the enemy, "Between the Somme and the Oise there 'was a violent artillery struggle during the night, French troops pushed the enemy to the south-east border of Coucy "forest, and< after violent fighting carried important points in the face of heavy resist- ternoon. In that direction the strongly defended hill near Givenchy, known as Piople, was taken. 'Beisénhache, 'a mile further northward, was also captured. g To the south the Canadians ita vanced a he crest of hi 9, Ehus far the Can- adians have Ry a. our "inch guns, five 9.5 guns, and twenty field pieces, Jette y + THE GREATEST BATTLE . + * OF WAR COMING. + -- (Special to the Whig.) * > London, April 11. -- The ¢ + greatest battle of the war is # 4 coming soon. Germany has her + + reserves ready ahd Is about to'# # hurl her full forces against ¢ 4 the Allied line on the west # front, according to Gen, ¥. B. + + Maurice, Director of Military # # operations, in an intérview to- ¢ + day. + + + dd he 4 Only Local, Says Berlin, (Special to the Wis.) The Hague, April 12.--German papers arriving here describe the British gains near Arras as lament- able from a German standpoint, but purely of local and not of strategical importance. Xd, ance. The Germans lost heavily, "In the region north-east of Sois+ sons the French reconnaissances penetrated the enemy lines at several points, imprisoning forty of the enemy." New French Offensive. (Special tv the Whig.) New York, April 12.-War perts here think that in ail ity General Nivelle, commander of the French troops, has already start- ed a new offensive in the southern and central portions of the western front, in support of the British of- fensive. 'An analysis of the French # [official communique to-day seems to indicate that. Special Rallways Committee, (Special to the Wiig.) Ottawa, April 12.--At its first sit- ting today, J. E. Armstrong, M.}.. of East Lambton, was elected chair- man. of the special committee of the Commons appointed to consolidate the Rallway Act. The railways, rafl- way brotherhoods and municipal as- sociations were all represented, Only non-coutentious clauses were taken up to-day... Belleville Evaporator Burned. Belleville, * April 12.--Between three hundred and fifty and four hundred thousand dollars was the loss when the R. J. Graham Com- pany's Evaporator and office building were totally consumed by fire yes terday, Y Fire Marshall Heaton will investi- gate. 0 OFFAL WAR STATENBNTS ... . Paris, April 11, night's War state "There was marked part of the two t Dixmude and in the ghborhood of Steenstraete the field and 4 | artillery on both sides engaged In light firing. 4 Rojitehe, Volhynia, and occupied line tren . The enemy was back again by our artillery fire. ; ; : i EE :, rT i probabil. ¢ Daily KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1917. Jeale in Miles ; o ' 2 3 + \ Note the position of the vill latest taken. LATEST BRITISH GAINS ON 'WESTERN FRONT. ages of Farbus and Monchy, the 1 ON SEE PEACE COMIN" Is the Saluation Lloyd George Sends fo the United States. OF THE AMERICAN LUNCHEON OLUB IN LONDON. -- The British Premier Said That the Kaiser Was Right When He Prom "(Special to the Whig.) London. April 12.1 an see' is the mere beginning of another war--but real peace," was the salu- tation which Premier Lloyd George sent fo America to-day. It was part of a feeling tribute which Great Britain's Prime Minister paid to the United States in a tumult- uously demonstrative meeting to-day of the American luncheon club. Scores of British "notables were there, and American Ambassador Page presided. "I am glad, not merely. because of the tremendous resources that your great nation can render to succor the alliance, but A MIE OF & . (Special to With the British Ar honors to-day in a storming advance ridge. house ngdr Farbus wood. ing desperately since the first sweep wea the bes n steadily winning. / The ' ed wave the British advance. The péace coming now---not peace which | marked to-day.. German marksmanship was bad, [1 rejoice as a Democrat that the ad- | vent of the United States gives the {final stamp and. seal to.the character {of the conflict. We rejoice that | America has won the right to be at the peace conference table, when the terms are fixed." "The Kaiser promised that Prussia would be a democracy ' after the war," he said. "I think the Kaiser is right. The United States have a noble tradition that they hdve never been-engaged in war except for liber- ty. This is the greatest struggle for liberty on which they have ever em- 'Ibarked." SAYS THE BATTLE WILL BE DECISIVE Snes. : The Germans Did Everything Amsterdam; . Vossiache Zeit fers that the. ossische onsiders tha € valtle of AMFas WHI Drove the Jor ive battle of the war. : It was foreseen, he says, that the enemy would not try to. break through on the Somme, as the basis for any such attempt had been re- moved by Von Hindenburg's stra- tegic retreat. The Germans, how- ever, had been guided by the theory that with the strength in war ma- terial possessed by the Allies they could not afford to remain quiet. Consequently everything possible was done by the Germans to strengthen thé Arras line and a surprise there was impossible. The expert adds that it must be borne in mind that the was not desired by the hostile com- mand. THE CANADIANS HAVE CAPTURED the Wiig.) mies Afield, April 12.--The Canadians earned new on a mile front south of the Vimy Dashing forward impetuously, they stormed and took nearly a 'mile of German frenches, running south from the German commandant's It wab glong this line of defence that the German forces have been cling- forward of-the Canadians cleared the top of the Vimy ridge. Headquarters reports to-day showed eleven more German guns captured between Crosilles and Roetix. © It was over ground inches deep in smow and slush, in cold wet that the British and Germans battled man to man to-day--with British advance still continued. ; ng resistance all along the line from Lens to St. Quentin show-| PO the Teutons were desperately striving to stop the encroaching British artillery 1 tacking the ice near Lake St. Peter, | vi . STRIKE ON ICE-BREAKER | » {Lady Grey Tied Up--Higher Wages Wanted. | Quebec, April 12.--The Canadian | Govqrnment steamer = ice-breaker | Lady Grey is tied up at Cape de la | Madeleine, near Three Rivers, by a strike of the firemen on board, who {demand higher wages. The steamer | has been unable to stir for the past two days, and thene is no sign of an { early setlement. . The Montcalm alone is at work at- and it is feared the strike will extend to her firemen. A complete halt to the work by the ice-breakers will have a bad ef- fect on the shipping and commerce of the country, for it the strike lasts |any length of time, the vessels will {not aid in the clearing of fce from [ the river, which will considerably de- | lay opening of navigation. } | BAR LIQUOR FOR WAR. | Springfield Church-goers Take Step | as a Sacrifice. ; | Springfield, Mass, April 12.-- | Churchgoers are wondering what will | be thie effect of a step taken at the Easter service .of Christ church (Episcopal) Sunday morning to b: liquor during the war from th homes of those in attendance. In his sermon, the rector, the Rev. John Moore McCann, suggested as a part of the service which the people 61 his congregation coyld render the nation in the present crisis abstin- ence from the use of intoxicants, Be- fore he had finished his appeal, pro- minent members of the parish began to rise in their places to signify their acceptance of the pledge requested, until practically the entire assem- ..- LAST EDITION (WILL VIRTUALLY BRIDGE: ATLANTIC TO SHASH UB0AT BLOCKADE " The United States President Approves Plans (o Build 3,000 Small Boats to Transport Food and Supplies to the Entente AHies. : (Special to the Whig.) : Washington, April 12.---To smash Germany's U-boat blockade the United States wiil virtually bridge the Atlantic.' Plans for the construction of 3,000 small wooden boats--the most. tremendous merchant ship building programme ever undertaken---have been completed and approved by the President. The boats will be used to transport food and supplis to Entente ports. This is the United States answer to Lloyd George's appeal for ton- nage. 3 ' The Government shipping board has sent out a call for 150,000 lum- bermen and wood workers to begin task at once. Congress has authorized $£150;000,000 to start the programme, and will be asked for $300,000,000 more. : The first thousand ships are to be completed within eighteen months, and immediately thereafter 2,000 more will be ordered,' Each vessel will be of 3,000 tons, with a speed of ten knots. Each ship is to be manned by 8 trained gun crew and equipped with antiy-submarine guns and wire- less. Commencing November 1st., three ships a day will sall into the ser- vice. ~~ in food riots in the German City of Aix la Chapelle, according to des- patches. The town hall was set afire by zioters, as - {The Kaiser's Submarine War Throttling Germany In TAKEN OFF AT HALIFAX. Eight Revolutionists Who Sailed For stead of the Allies. Geneva, April 12.--The Journal de | GERMAN EXPULSION _ FROM ALL CONTINENTS blage of 1,385. persons wis standing. A FIERCE BATTLE IN OPEN COUN _ Russia From New York. New York, April 12.--Leon Trot- Geneve, commenting on the report zky, Russian journalist, and one of |that several of thé South American republics will" follow the lead of the the leaders of the revolutionaty movement of 1905, who sailed from {United States, says: '"The essential factor is in the progressive expul- New York for Russia on March 27th ] sion of Germany from all continents to take part in the new regime, was to-day. Even if the British fleet did taken, with Sevap of his followers, not exist, the Germans would not from the steamer at Halifax at the direction of the British authorities |have a port of call outside Europe, except in Siam: For an overpppu- and placed in a detention camp in Nova Scotia. \ lated and overproductive country, One of the prisoners wrote to a which lives by exportationg and friend in New York, who gave hut|back on itself, the loss of South back on itself, the loss of South Fought By Bikish AM Germans For boy Approaches to Cambral, MNDENBURG STRENGTHENS the letter for publication yesterday. The Novy Mir, a Russian newspaper! America, coming after that of China, published at 77 St. Mark's Place, to which Trotzky contributed while in this country, has made an unsuccess- ful 'attempt to get into telegraphic communication with the journalist. Last night the Novy Mir cabled to the is a genuine catastrophe. A hundred million men against the whole -uni- verse is death, and hardly a slow one, Such is the result to-day of the submarine war, wanted by Ger- mans who talked much of imponder- pri: 12, via London course the operations have taken} HIS LINE WHICH 18 STOUTLY RESISTING. The British Advance Continues-- The Success. of the Offensive is Fraught With Tremendous Pos (Special to 15 WRB 5 London, April 15 The British advance continues, but Hindenburg has strongly reinforced his line, which is stoutly resisting. The Ger- mans claim one hundred prisoners, The British and Germans are fighting a fierce battle in open coun- try for the approaches to Cambrai. Berlin war critics cheerfully de- clare the results of the battle to be 'slust as German military heads plan- ned.." RAIA * British Still Go North. (Special to the Whig.) London, April 12.--Field Marshal Halg to-day jammed his forces still farther north of Vimy Ridge. "Early this morning. he reported: "We cap- tu two important positions of the enemy lines to the north of Vimy Ridge. Astride the river at Souchez a number of the enemy were taken prisoners. "Two hostile attacks against our new positions at the northern end of Vimy Ridge were driven off by nia- chine gun fire, 'which inflicted heavy losses on the Germans. "We made some progress south of the Scarpe river." . ' Tremendous Possibilities. London, April 12.--Reuter's cor- respondent at British headquarters in France says: / oe "The splendid success of our of- fensive created a most interest- ins sit yi, and e which is fraught with tremendgus possibili- ties. The enémy been forced back upon the pivot of his previous retreat in a manner which creates a dangerously sharp salient at this t. "Indeed, a glance at the map sug- ot that Shere : a distinct out- nking of erman northern pivot as it existed before the present) fighting." | : Prisoners Increase. London, April 12.-- Latest # '| Mirom the front Indicate that the 'number of Jment camp at Amherst, Nova Scotia, Russian Minister of Justice invoking his aid in freeing the imprisoned men, The letter said in part: 'The British military authorities found that we, a a group of Russian Socialists, are very dangerous for the cause of the Allies. They took us off the ship and sept us to the intern- ables and have neglected the heaviest of all." 50 PERCENT. MORE WHEAT. Alberta Farmers Prepare for an In- crease in Pr ly Calgary, Alta, Ap 2.--8everal officials of both the United Farmers of Alberta and the Alberta Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Company give more than fifty per cent. increasedn tife total wheat acreage as compared with last year. Ix addition there will be a large area of ground prepared this spring for flax and oats. here. .war..prisoners are held. We and refused to leave the ship, but they carried us out by force." : GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. Emerson St. Pierre Fired Shot Which Killed His Father. Special to the Whig) Cornwall, April 12.-- Emerson St. Pierre was found guilty of man- slaughter at the assizes yesterday ternoon.. His wife and motaer are still to be tried. In telling of the killing, Nett Richmire said she heard Emerson Sl, Pierre go upstairs. She-and the old man were seated at the table. The shot came through the ceiling. She went upstairs and Emerson asked if. his father was dead. They came down and found that he was. She [tipped the body off the chair and they took his wallet out of his pock- et. It contained $65. She knew be- jcause Mrs. St. Pierre, Emerson and she counted it. Emerson told his mother he had shot his father. The witness then related how they agreed to all say that the old man had gone away. She swore the two little girls were in the cellar during the burial, Mrs. St. Pierre was in the kitchen but knew what was go- ing on. ---------------- + BESIDE COLORS OF ALLIES, -------- U.S. Flag Unfuried in 1 Bridge Ne Cafe. London, April 12.--The American was unfurled yesterday besjde the colors of the Entente nations in the London Bridge Cafe for soldiers and sailors which is conducted by the Countess of Limerick. The presenta- tion of the flag was made by Mrs. Walter Hines Page, wife of the Am- ambassador, in the presence of the Lord Ma of London, Sir Wil Henry Dunn; Sir Francis Lloyd y Jellicoe, Lady Haig and a large y of soldiers sailors who ve three Shetrs Jor the Bian and as as cheers for Lady , in honor of the victory of her ield Marshal Sir Douglas War Bulletins Former Premier Vivian will head the French mission to U.S. + + Austrian Minister of. War % Von Krobatin has been) re- + moved from office. * -- + Five hundred ' wounded jofi- 4 cers and men arrived at Quebec $ # on Wednesday. * Andrew Bolger, Watertown, N.Y., is dead, aged forty-seven years, at Indianapolis, where he was in busi- noss. He was born in Tamworth, Ont. DAILY MEMORANDUM Board of Edueation, 8. : "I1 Trovatore," Grand, 8.15. 2 Rummage sale, Friday at 2 _ pam, Windsor Hotel \ Limestone Lodge, No. 81, AOU.W., 'meets tonight at 8 o'clock, / See top of page 3, band corner, for probabilities. sy : THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City St W Ahern, Joseph, Jt. .... 308 Montrea) Et. Best 2 ig Store .. Princess & Division ZEhhls Jets Boot" ht ging BE Col Book Store .. .. 163 | e Softer Groce; Cu. ye ac bson's Dr: a Haig, on the western CHADWICK HA: - ston, by the Rev, RIE ad of Kingston. * TA oN eandudny. Apri) s nh, at 'oion St, w y Rev. Alfred Brown, Edna Lor- hv second ¢ Saughim of Mr. RE. Lang, of Toro. ; JAMES Si 147 for Ambulance.