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AT ER ~ Perm EN SES Lk of.it es Punishment for Emperor LA despatch from London says: The Press Bureau's official eye-wit- _ ness at the British front sends a new version of German aims, gleaned from captured German offi- cers, who sa that the Austrian * Empire is to be dismembered, part going to Italy and part of it Germany. This is the price, ac- to these officers Austria 'must pay for the failure of her ¢ arms. It is said in addition, by 'these men that Germany will insist upon the annexation of Belgium to a new German confederation, to in- "clude all Germanic peoples and the Scandinavians. Antwerp, accord- ing to these views, which are pro- * nounced with great assurance, 1s to be made an international port, and the whole of this scheme is to be brought about through the offices of the Pope. "Oonversation with captured offi- cers and the better educated pri- soners has thrown considerable light on the views of the general situation now held by the German army. "It is freely acknowledged that Germany started the war, but opin- ion seems to be divided regarding her intention to occupy - Belgium "cording Bh 4 --- - 'through South ¢ Yigk Joseph Not Having Kept His End Up In the Conflict permanently. The she Raney have crossed +t Meuse if England had remained neutral, but would have advanced ium and Luxem- burg, thinking ( take it in the right way, as long as Germany maintained that she de- sired no territory in Europe not already occupied by speaking people. 3 that Germany's strategic in the Vosges must be improved. "The most important point in the views now held is a frank admission that since the Austrians have failed so badly in the present war have had to be bolstered up by the armed strength of Germany she will have to pay for it and must bleed. "The German prisoners hold that the Austrian Empire will cease to exist. The Germans will Jive away some of its territory to Italy, and will include the German-s ing rtion of Austria in the German mpire, and also Lux urg. 'The Germans will welcome the Duohy of Poland as a buffer be- tween themselves and Russia, and will insist on Belgium joining the German zollverein, Antwerp be- coming an international port." VIEWED GRAVELY BY WASHINGTON Murder of an American Citizen by German Pirates Stirs Uncle Sam. A despatch from Washington says: The reported death of Leon C. Thrasher, an American citizen, as the result of the destruction of the British ship Falaba by a Ger- man torpedo, are viewed gravely in official quarters here because of the serious possibilities involved. Ambassador Page is giving his attention to the case and will for- ward all the facts. Because of the gravity of the issue raised by this first American death resulting from the German submarine programme, officials refused to make any com- ment on the case for publication. It has been realized ever since the despatch of the communication to the German Goveinment notify- ing it that the United States would hold it to a strict accountability for the acts of its naval authorities that this Government was practi- cally committed to serious action in the event of such a case arising as was indicated in the American note. It is now believed that a case has occurred falling within the pur- view of the American note. It was made plain, however, that the State Department will move with extreme deliberation and care in the Thrasher case. No effort will be spared to obtain every fact having a bearing on the case, par- ticularly with reference to the cir- cumstances under which the Falaba was sent to the bottom and more than one hundred persoms, includ- ing Thrasher, lost their lives, TWO MORE VESSELS SUNK: The first question about which it was thought there might be some doubt, Thrasher's citizenship, has been answered. Investigation at the State Department showed that Thrasher obtained a passport June 1, 1911, giving his residence as Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where his' mother resides. Carl Barnes, of Hardwick, endorsed his applica- tion. This passport has since been renewed in London. It is not doubted in the face of this evidence that Thrasher's citizenship can be established beyond question. Therefore it is regarded as ex- tremely probable that the case will eventually have to be taken up with the German Government. Officials here are of the opinion that a far as the law in the matter is con- cerned. reece iceman WORST GROUND IN EUROPE. Strategists Never Dreamed of Car- pathians as Battlefield. A despatch from London says: The battle of the Carpathians con- tinues to be regarded as the most by the allied countries and the Teu- tons. Both sides are daily aug- menting their forces and the battle now stretches over 200 miles of some of the roughest country in Europe, and along this line actions are being fought daily, where nei- ther general staff nor military stra- tegists ever dreamed a battle would be fought. The Carpathian battle line now extends from the valley of the On- dava above Dukla Pass to Wysz- kow, and this line is the base of the triangle, the apex of which is to be driven into the plains of Hun- gary. Crews of Each Were Given Barely Time to Get Into Boats > A despatch from London 'says: Two German submarines, the U-28 and another, the number of which has not been ascertained, which have been operating off the west coast of England during the past two days, have added two more British steamers, the Flaminian and Crown of Castile, to their list of victims. There was no loss of life on the Flaminian and Orown| crews of each being | man officers of Castile, the given: barely time in which to get "into their boats. In the case of the latter vessel, however, the sub- marine fired lore the crew left | be used. . As an offset to this, a French destroyer rammed and, it is believed, sank a German submarine off Dieppe. The members of the submarine's crew, it was asserted by the men from the Crown of Cas- , boasted that during the four days previous to the sending of the Crown of Castile to the bottom they had sunk seven British vessels, in- cluding the steamer Falaba. "We 'thought at first," one of the Ger- a is quoted as having , "that we would sink you wi hands; but it was decided mately that we wo chance.'" © belief is that | : he Great Britain would | strong case can be presented, sof important development of the war| .-t8 line has been prolonged umtil it|2t to give You's. ; x Mlle. Perichon, who-is onl has the distinction of being bert has decorated with on her bosom was pi 23, the trenches at the front. Bh there by administering first-aid to she was the military Order of Leopold, ) nned there for conspicuous bravery, which has seldom been equalled even by members of the stronger sex. Jeanne is the only Red Oross nurse who has actually done work in She felt she could accomplish more ; Mademoiselle Jean Perichon, Belgian Heroine. is a Belgian Red Cross nurse. She only Belgian woman whom King Al- and the medal Mile. the wounded than by simply doing her regular duties in some field hospital, and by special permission permitted to go with the surgeons to the battle lines. She is in America as the secretary of the Countess L. de Hemptinne, to aid her in her appeal to Americans for help in rebuilding Belgium, PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Breadstuffs. Toronto, April 6--~Flour--Manitoba first Jatents guoied un in Se bags; second patents, $7.20; etrong ere hy 'Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent. oe. uoted at $5.90 to $6, seaboard, and at 6.95 to 86, Toronto freight.- Wheat--Manitoba No. 1 Northern quot- od at $1.60; No. 2 at $1.58 1-2, and No. 3 at 1.55. Ontario wheat, No. 2 nominal, at $1.40 to $1.42, at outside points, Oate--Ontario quoted at 60c, and at 62 to 63c on track, Toronto, West. ern Canada, No. 2, quoted at 69 1-2¢, and No. 3 at 67 1-20. Barley--Good malting gradee, 80 to 83c, outside. Rye--81.156 to $1.17, outside, Peng: No. 1 quoted at $1.85 to $1.90, out. side. . 3 new American quoted at 90 1-20, 'all rail, Toronto freight. . ,. .=% Buckwheat--No. 2 quoted at 88 to 83, outside. ; . Bran and shorte--Bran is quoted at $26 a ton, and shorts at $28. Rolled oate--Oar lots, per bag of 90 lbe., Country Produce. . Butter--Choice dairy, 27 to 280; inferior, 23c; creamery prints, 35° to 35 3 do., solids, 32 to 33¢c; farmers' separator, 27 to 28¢. Egge--20c pee dozen, in case lote. Beans--$3.15 to $3.50 for prime, and $3.25 to $3.30 for hand-picked. Poultry--Chickens, dressed, 14 to 180; ducks, dressed, 13 to 16¢; fowl, 11 to 13c; turkeys, dressed, 19 to 2c. °° Cheese--18 1-2c for large, and at 19 to 19 1-40 for twins. - : Potatoes--Ontario, 55 to 60c per bag, out of store, and 45 to 50c in car lots, New Brunewicks, car lots, 56 to 60c per bag. Business in Montreal: - Montreal, April 6.--Corn--American No. 2 yellow, 82 to 621.2. Oats--Canadian Western, No. 3, 6712; extra No, 1 feed, 67 120; No. 2 local white, 66 1%; No. & local white, 651-2; No. 4 local white, 64 1-20. Barley--Manitoba feed, 800; malt. ng, 9 to . Buckwheat--No, 2, 92%. Flour--Manitoba Spring wheat patents, .30; strong bak- ts, ohoice, fro: $7.50; do., bage, Rolled oats; bbls., $6.75 to ; $8.95 10 $5.35. Bran, $26. dos. Middlings, 835 to $34. Mouil- to. $38, Hay--No. 2 per ton, car $19, Finest westerns, easterns, 16 34 to te, $7.80; seconds, ere', $7.10; Winter Jaton straight rollers, $7.40 to .50 to $3.60. 7; bags, 90 lbs. Shorts, lie, $35 lots, $18 to , 17 1-4 to 17 1:20; finest 17¢c. oicest creamery, 31 13 to 3%. Egge--Fresh, 21 12 to 23c. Potatoes-- Per vag, oar lote, 42 1.20, Dressed hogs-- Abattoir killed, $12.25 to $12.50; country, $9 to $11.25. Pork--Heavy Canada short bbls, 35 to 45 pieces, $28; Canada ATL RR .50. Lar und, tierces, be. 9 1:20; wood 8, 20 lbe. net, 10c; pure, tierces, 375 ,, 11 1-2; pure, wood pails, 20 lbe. net, hy United States Markets. Mnneapols, Apri] 6--Wheat--No. 1 hard, .51 38; No. Northern, $1.46 78 .50 78; No. 2 Northern, 34114 1.47 78; May, $1.44 6-8; July, $1.38 1-4 1.38 3-8. --No. 3 pelo. 1s to 0 Sho; No 54 14 to 54 34. ous, ANC! , $7.50; seoonds clears. 84.70. Bran unch : : Russian troops. 888 Tir, Fe: Wheat, No. 1 i "No. 1 N rn, 34; $1.4 : oon -- 89 per owt., weighed off cars. The pro- epecte are that prices will be higher next week. ' EE SEEK T0 CHECK RUSSIAN MARCH The Austrians Are Sending Many Troops Northward in Hungary. A despatch from Petrograd says: line of Uszok, Lupkow and Bartfeld substantial beginnings of the spring campaign are visible. A Russian 'column moving into Hum- gary along the Ondava River cap- 'tured two full regiments and a field battery. The Austrians are now bringing large reinforcements from south, The first stages of the battle, which is engaging great numbers, are now developing. The Germans in the north are covering the period until a fresh 'corps arrives from the west by restless and futile raids. = The enemy's exasperation at the crushing of his Niemen campaign is unmeasured, General von Buelow's artillery has been evacuating its positions to the north-west of Osso- wetz for several days. Once twenty batteries were shelling the outer sector of the fortress, but now only four remain, and even they are quiescent. All the heavy mortars have been withdrawn slowly along the Lyck Road. The field troops re- main in a corner of East Prussia. The Austrian ca in moderate numbers, crossed f Czernowitz into Bessarabia, a Russian province which formerly belonged: to Rou- mania. In the direction of Khotin they moved from a point where Austria, Russia | Roumania| 'meet, a region where the Russians did not consider it expedient to place any force, but, the raid is now eing countered. Apart from the obvious political purposes of im- pressing Roumania, it is possible that the Austrians thought it] might in fluence the movement of 1 Ghd SUN POWER. Big | part. of 'the sender through On the new Russian base along the Fede steady syndicate. ES ubtful Tt If Can Be Generated | says: Ter so that it may be at the same time event of failure on the : v over- sight or negligence to prepay the war tax on each letter or postcard above specified, such a letter or will be sent immediately to the nearest branch dead letter office, 2 ! It is essential that postage on all 'classes of mail matter should be prepaid by means of ordinary post- stamps. war tax stamp will not be accepted in-any case for vslope or. post. phd ed as the po In the in Paris, charged with setting fire to the steamer La Touraine, is an American citizen, and represented in this country a French syndicate engaged in purchasing supplies for the French Government and the civilian population. This was at- tested to by R. K. Maclean, of thid city, formerly textile expert of the Tariff Board; by Thomas Hooper, of Victoria; B.C., a Cana- dian, 'and by Eugene Dayis and W. E. Mohr, both icans, of. this ¢ity, all of whom said they were associated with Swoboda in the purchase of supplies. : All four men were unanimous in asserting that a grave error had been made in arresting him, and bave made representations to the State Department, accompanied by affidavits to prove that Swoboda's mission at Paris was solely for the purpose of submitting samples of American goods to the French ~ card, close to the E is n 4 - the prepayment of postage. ACCUSED OF FIRING THE TOURAINE Police Think He Caused an Explosion in Baggage ! on Steamer AR ww A despatch from New York says:, According to the Paris despatch- Raymond Rolfe Swoboda, arrested | es Swoboda has been arrested there as a resulf of evidence brought out at the official enquiry into the fire on the Touraine, which broke out March 6 while the steamer was en route from New York to Havre. to an explosion amon; class baggage in the hold, and Swo- boda was declared by fellow. pas- statements before the time of the accident. 4 Bwoboda was traced to Paris apd, arrested by a French secret serv: official, and it is said that letters German fou he was well known in Paris finay cial circles, where he had serv: as foreign representative for a™ broker named Morrison. He was ten spoke in Paris of family oon- nections in Petrograd and Moscow. A despatch from Venice says: Reports received from Trieste say that the Austrian troops in Tren- tino are in a miserable condition, their rations from five loaves of bread a week to two loaves, it is Joue of age, the reports say, are 'being sent into the trenches, ill- eq and their uniforms old and torm, after only a month of practice drilling. The condition of the civil population is said to be toually, wretched. Private letters from Trieste say that numbers of | British Indian Force Rout 10,000 Tribesmen being oRniless, hungry and ill-| The bak clad. Their pay has been cut from fourpence per day to twopence, and n considerably over forty | Di ) n p stoma TWO PENCE PER DAY IN CASH the people are literally starving. Palatable wheat bread is unobtain- able at any price, and the supply of war bread is quite inadequate. akers' ; are besieg 'early in the morning, but only the strong aid aggressive, fhe Jeviars ' 'say, sucoeed in getting a few loaves. The shops then close for the day. Disorders are said to be frequent, and the police are compelled to make many arrests. According to the letter the prices of most of necessary uffs have d i or trebled. The misery y poorer classes is said to be ifides cribable. Persons daring to pro- test are arrested. : -- no trace of the band. © Sympatletio. "Ts pretty hand to sleep Re e hustling far ter "hy, you poor fellow 1" she sympathetically. "Why don' u WR oi The fire is said to have been traced the first- sengers to - have made peculiar = ne. supposed to be a Russian, and of- subsequent reconnaissance showed Jd