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Lin- ; Decem- | ination and care of invalid soldiers To err, is) human; to fail fo profit. man to edcape]| officers will travel on every vessel carryin, 2 he 4 WH ~The Weeks Developments in the War. | | Serbia continues to be the chief war centre of interest. The invasion of Serbia has been practically com- pleted and now Bulgarian and Austro-German forces are concentrating against the French and British troops, which hold the line close to the frontier of Greece. While the Entente Allies probably will be outnumbered two to one, they may have the advantage in heavy artillery, which is already interfering with the concentra- tion > he» enemy. ot i : e bian army, despite heavy losses, has esca] into Montenegro, joined the Montenegrin forces and united also with the Franco-British line. - ed op sh The outcome of the battle now impending will have an important bearing upon future developments in the Balkans, and possibly may decide the action of Rumania and Greece. The British Expeditionary Fores, which reached to within a few miles of Bagdad, hag been forced to retire to a strong position at Kut-el-Amarah. The British, however, effected the withdrawal successfully and are now ' Russian troops have been unofficially reported in Bulgaria, but the censorship has thrown a veil over . operations. > t tak ta Srgern is procrastinating and, apparently," still negotiating with the Entente Allies and the Central ore Conflicting reports also come from Rumania. On the Isonza front Italian artillery has reduced Gorizia to ruins, as yet, been able to occupy the eity. : On 'the Western front there has been renewed activity in some districts, local offensive movements, apparently without any great significance. i ; : Austrian submarines have been active in the Adriatic and have done considerable damage to Italian ship. ping." Enemy submarines have also done some effective work in the Mediterranean. Apparently important events are impending, probably on all the battle fronts, and the next few weeks should bring important news. 4 ' but apparently the Italians have not, 'the 'Germans having undertaken WILL BREAK OFF RELATIONS "UNLESS SETTLEMENT IS REACHED Soldiers Will be Examined There Instead Of At Quebec. A despatch from Ottawa says: A new arrangement has been made "by Hughes ri the exam- United States at Last Means Business on Submarine: Warfare Question--G@erman Attaches.to Go A despatch from Washington says: and is prepared to 'sever diplomatic Following a brief visit by Count von relations between: the two untries Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, | unless a complete and satisfactory to the State 'Department, Secretary understanding 4s reached onthe ques- Lansing announced that the German tion of submarine warfare.t Emperor has acquiesced in the .te-|. From. "équally : reliable ' sorces - it quest of the United States for. the | was ldatned that the vigorous note recall of Captains' von Papen and|to Austria 8 intended also to have BoyEd, the military and naval at-leffect in Berlin, and to convince the taches respectively of the -German | Kaiser's) advisers that the United Embassy. A a \,, |States jis done with temporizing on Further information obtained fromr|the. question of a settlement of the reliable sources regarding the con« Lusitania controversy, and ma d tents of the Ancona note to Ausiciaiit diffien}f to continue.the" present the American Government | friendly relation if a settlement is has at last bared the mailed. "lohger * postponed. © +, [lr returning to Canada. Hitherto they have been sent in batches, when trans- the medical board of the department and an official report upon their con- dition made. y . Say ' Quebec has been the discharge soldiers, and 'ar- sivals have been dispositioned - as peedily as possible, .. © ©, However. the on ET 'depot will be Livernaol after. this... The medi: cal board of the Militia 'Department ill 89 © Liverpool, and returning soldiers will he examined: there or oni T _ T the way across the ocean. Medical NINE GERMAN OFFICERS SUICIDE Sond of eS ON RUSSIAN FRONT AT DVINSK I th Oy a ome l= 3 itr: me "bjeck of {he new airangement| Cold and Hardships of the Campaign Alleged as has beep to obviate any delay of the the Cause of the Epidemic ] Canadian soldiers, invalids at Quebec. Recently a batch of 700 soldiers: wera kept at | ebec for a week, and as some of 'the men came from British Columbia they were long in reaching their homes. The reason for the delay was the ne- | ported among the German forces in examinations to discover what the vicinity of Dvinsk by prisoners the physical condition of the soldiers | captured in that region, according to ination depended the. Birzheyya Vedomosty, a daily rand pen uns. | newspaper. Nine officers, including ons done at the commander of a battalion, ended out there their lives within a period of twelve going days. Cold and hardships of the reach | campaign are alleged to be the cause. A despatch from Petrograd says f Polish and Serbian landsturms cap- another epidemic of suicides is re- tured from the Austro-German forces along the southern front report that a new alignment of Austro-Germans has been detached to forage food and stores from the captured territory dt points near the frontier. Vladimir and Volynsk are being hurriedly fortified with trenches for a radius of seven miles, apparently in anticipation of a Russian offensive. the light of what the war' her, to meet the menace in the way. She is building rigid di When the raiders come she will be helpless." "At the beginning of continues, "the allies aeroplanes and antl { would be sufficient. But Zeppelins have done is. | world, and it is also Arthur our said recen House of Commons that building rigid Aiigitles situation imposed by tl The ascent of a night to search out and att lins has proved most Numbers of aviators r France and Russia have been in making night landings, "Mi subj plane to machine gun fire, away." a To a Sea "English and French aviator that the Zeppelin easily elude them at night--even when there is.a bright moonlight. The British thought the Zeppelins would not come on. moons light nights; but they did twice and got away unharmed." eeprom . WILL FALL BACK UPON SALONICA Anglo-French = Retirement Serbia Is Officially .. Announced. A despatch from London says: Anglo-French forces have comme From a general retirement from Sout! Serbia, and it is suggested that th destination is the region of Salonics, This retirement was necessitated, not only by the superior forces which Bulgarians and Germans the allies, but to a ib of an outs HevikingAomont from Petro witere the Bulgarians have arriv and also to the danger of their litle of communication from Bulgarian; irs regulars who have crossed the Gregk frontier. IEMA Cl Both, the" British__and" the. French forces; who are well supp i artillery-and machine. 'eng in'a four days' battle, in Whi inflicted very. heavy losses oh 'the Bulgarians. who fought vith dese peration and the greatedt courage. Attack after attack was repiised, but the Bulgarians still came om, and each. evening the allies fell back to new positions where "events of the day before were repeated. | vii ~ What seems to be en dntimation that the troops of the Entente alliés contemplate evacuating Serbian terri tory, is contained in a statement: de- clared in a Reuter despatch from Salonica to have been issued by the French general staff on the Balkan front. The statement says: i "In view of the fact that the Ser- bian army for the moment is out of the reckoning, our presence in Serbian territory is no longer necessary. "Bulgarian successes amount to an occupation of territory no longer dis- puted by us. he "They have invariably suffered checks each time the allied troops as sumed the. offensive, notwithstandi their numerically superior forces: EMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY FIRE; :