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Trebizond th vi all resistar (Ton Pann Be e city, which, with German) rections open to them--one, the nce, they had made every effort into a stronghold impregn- * Trebizond contain nst Russian attack from the between 50,000 and 60,000. A consid- land, are coming in from dif-}erable sunt. of war booty, including According to thela large ; number of the latest type Ger- 'despatches, a decisive part in|man heavy guns, ssian operations was played| since -the-fall of Erzerum, Trebizond lack Sea fleet, which, after al has bombardment of 'the city and |ing centre for the Turks truction of the great Turkish |in this theatre. k 2 batteries, landed a considerable number of troops and farther threat-| Turks lost the' second of their two ened the surrounded city. principal - fortified points in Asia Employing the same tactics as they Minor, and will in the future have to depend solely upon improvised de- : had repeatedly used with success in y fences and the natural difficulties of their progress along the littoral, the Russian warships moved forward for | the country to prevent the wi _some distance beyond their objective| sweep of =the Russian Caucasian and sent troops ashore considerably |armies, * to the westward of Trebizond, threat- | - Trebizond never before surrendered ening to entrap the Turkish garrison. |to Russians arms, although it was This move was carried .out:in. cons ¢ f n. 182¢ ""gert with the advarice of the Russian|the moral effect of the vietory, it is land forces, which, since. the capture| considered here, will be , enormous. of the Turkish positions at Kara Dere, | For centuries Trebizond has been the had penetrated to within striking dis- | chief trading centre for Asia Minor tance of Trebizond without meeting| with the important: caravan routes serions resistance, and was accom- into the interior of Turkey and Persia. MORE RUSSIANS WILSONS NOTE TO AID JOFFRE Quarter of a Million to be Rushed to| Ambassador Gerard Hands Message the Western Theatre of on Submarine Issue to Ber- War Jin Minister. ? A despatch: from Berlin says :-- A or from Paris says :--The| The American note in regard to sub- arri of the transports which|imarine warfare is now in the hands brought the Russian troops sent to join{of the German Government. - It the Entente forces on the western|delivered on Thursday evening to front have been expected since Tues- oreign Minister von Jagow in the day, but a heavy storm in the Medi-| usual manner, with no attendant cir- terranean delayed their reaching Mar- | cumstances to mark the unusual im- seilles until Thursday. Every pre- pottance of the occasion, Owing to caution for their protection had been | thé 'length of the note and the ap- taken owing to reports that hostilé! pendix and to the delayed arrival of submifirines were operating in the one section of the note, it was riot Mediterranean, but the voyage was|ready for: : presentation until' 7.30 concluded without the development of | o'clock. Ambassador Gerard then any untowed incident. The protect-| rolled 'the document in a magazine ing flotilla included "a number of|to protect it from alight rain which Japanese warships. was falling, and walked across the The coming of Russian troops to|cquare to the Foreign Office. The the western front has been talked of | Ambassador was received immedi- by military people for two or three! ately. -The Foreign Minister read months. The reason, as now ex--: the note, and a short, general conver- plained, is that it is easier for Russia |sation followed. to arm and supply fighting material re teen to Russian troops on the western TRADE OF CANADA ront than on the eastern. Russia still has many hundred thousand more! TOR FISCAL YEAR, men under training than she can use| A despatch from Ottawa says: on her fighting lines becauce the Rus-| statement of Canadian trade, prepar- sian problem continues to be not how|ed by the Department of Customs, to get men, but munitions. The al-|shows a total of $882,872,602 in ex- lies can obviously provide complete: ports for the fiscal year just closed, equipment for Russians more easily| and $564,480,998 in imports. The re- in France than by shipping to Russia. | turns by countries have not yet been Possibly a quarter of a million men| compiled, The statement follows: will be sent into France this Spring. Imports into Canada during the i fiscal year ended 31st March, 1916: LARGE WAR ORDERS Dutiable . $310,168,216 COME TO CANADA. Free . 254,312,782 It was oii ion | $664,480,998 Contracts for Munitions and Supplies | Entered Tor consumptionts Reach $80,000,000. Duitiable . $289,382,729 A despatch from Ottawa says: The Free Sidives 262,710,884 announcement was made on Wednes-{ - day that since the establishment of | Total the credit of $75,000,000 for the Brit-| Exports: ish Government in Canada by the | Domestic . chartered banks, at' the instance: of | Foreign . the Government, $80,000,000 worth of : + ei orders for munitions and supplies $882,872,602 have been placed in the Dominion by! ret the Imperial authorities. Sir Thomas GERMANY IS ENROLLING White announced on March 16 last BOYS OF SEVENTEEN YEARS. that the credit for the British Gov- --_-- ernment had been provided as a re- A despatch from Paris says :--Ger- + sult of an offer mad: by the Canadian | many has begun the enrollment of her Bankers' Association, on behalf of the | 1919 clase--boys of seventeen. Notices banks, afier conferences between him- | ordering them to inscribe names gelf and thet body which had extend-| on the Landsturm register have been ed over several weeks. posted at Aix-le-Chapélle. - ameter I iii EEA Ever Meet One? "That get-rich-quick man is as busy : as a bee.' : ; i ~ "My dear, to-morrow is Sunday, and} "Yes," replied Cumrox. . "He's one the shops wil be closed." of those busy bees who can't manage _ "Who said anything about shops?|to gather honey without incidentally 1 am going to church." stin ebody." HON $741,610,058 141,261,549 Preliminary. View. _ "Hubby, Lam going to town to- rrow to see some new hats, threatened from Baiburt in 1829, and|' was left behind, for| been the chief base and provision- operating | With the fall of Trebizond "he). hip | "A 'machine gun to do effectiv necessary to see to it that its 'dinner pail be w action. pails," cartridge belts, NEXT TO A CHARGE CONTAINS GREATEST DANGERS. Snipers Are Always on the Alert Against Guards Who 'Watch Enemy. Perhaps no strain is greater on the average soldier than when he takes his turn, under cover of night, ab the "listening post." For he must clam- ber-over the parapet of the fire trench. into the hidden dangers of No Man's Land, and creep cautiously in snake fashion among long grass and death. smelling shell holes, where enemy snip- 'ers and enemy scouts are sure bo be lurking, writes Ellen Adair from Lon. don in the Philadelphia Ledger. It means a risk of being ambushed and killed silently with cold steel. On the other hand, it. may mean cap- turing a reconnoitring enemy and bringing him in triunip i possible reward in the. form of a week's home leave or thé much covet- Aled D.C. 'M. Though occasionally we hear of the staleness and monotony of { trench life, there is nothing in the {least monotonous: in the work of the night outpost. I "he regards it as | merely monotonous and lets his wits | grow drowsy at the job, then, as some Tommy or other aptly pubs it, he's liable to "get the wooden cross." "For wits that go wool gathering meet with disaster. And enemy snip- ers are ever watching and waiting for them. "Going out to the 'listening post' is the next best adventure to a charge," a cheery corporal informed me to-day, 41 shall never. forget one night of it. had! A wisp of moon was glim. gun. The bullets whistle. and hit the parapet behind us with a mighty mering ina veil of mish when three of [We te Have the Germans seen us? us set out. The Germans had begun the foremost German. 'Where's the gg ire i 3 their night-long display of star shells, lighting up the scene in silvery radi- ance. Their rifles 'uttered . vicious whip-cracks confinually. We heard the whizz of a bullet overhead, or the angry hum of a spinning = ricochet. With a friendly leg up-to the parapet, we scrambled over as fast as we could. Tt. would not do to be seen in the light of a flare, for German snip- ers miss few good targets. Wait in Hole. #" 'Crack-crack-crack-crackl' in" a breathless stutter from a machinne We lie flat, holding our breath. 'Are | you two all right?' I whisper to the men behind. © "Slowly we creep-forward another 20 yards to a hole torn by a shell. This is bo be our listening post till close to dawn. The Germans are not unlikely to attack, and our, business s that they do not Ww ork must 1 fed: The men in the photo have t he task are filled with shells. take us by Note. the size of the belt. a has seen us?- Then a flare and in its horrible greenish' surely he light a post is revealed, to which re- | "| mains of barbed wire, shattered by shells, still cling. Only that, and no- thing more!' of 7% "Darkness again, and the wind sighing over our heads. Quickly one realizes how: deceptive the eyes can + be for night work. Nerves are at the highest tension. You see wooden posts move and bend. "Some men will even hear 'them whispering in German! Déad Lie Thick. "After a time T press forward, on through the knee-high grass of No Man's Land. It is a thrilling experi- ence, this loring' of ground where battles Nore poo fought for many a long month and where the dead lie thick: I fell forward three times over 'the bodies of slain comrades! Though the soaring star shells light up the g flat like this, : dig tinctly. 1 ani elose to, their trenches. Some one is calling out names rapidly --probably a sergeant distributing the mails. Some one is playing a mouthorgan. The ring of spades and the thud! thud! of pickaxes- come from behind the trench. The enemy must be filling their sandbags strengthen their parapets against shell fire. v "THen my heart gives a sudden' ter- rible jump! For here come a party of Germans right toward me, on their way back from patroling No Man's Land! " : "The night wind whistles as the steps grow nearer, nearer. Yes, they have seen me. I must wait till a bayoriet . pins me to the" ground, on till IT am seized and made prisoner. No escape now! Resistance would be absurd. The whole course of my past life runs past me in a panorama. | quiet events, How soon will I feel the (sting soon? : | "4What an unpleasant odor!' says : "Now. I can corpse, d'ye think?' ¥ "Here's the body,' says another, half bending over me. 'Wonder if he's really killed?' "I am nervous and excited, but not {afraid. My death seems a fantastic, impossible thing. . i "'Come on--leave the corpse alone,' says the first. 'I'm dead tired, and want to: get back to the dug-out." " %As in a dream I hear their re- treating footsteps, and I am alone ~ again--saved! Cold sweat breaks out iall over me. Quickly I am off to join "my two companions at the rear. They, 'too, are shivering, but with cold, not fear, : ; : i © "Far off a cat is mewing dismally. Perhaps the poor creature is wound: ed? Hundreds. of such, gone wild, 'haunt this 3 s Land, li {ing ! cruel "mi to] $2.40 to $2.46. of cold steel through me? How lyr 2 5 e Therefore it is | ton, 11 filled when it goes into($1 "of seeing that the "dinner | 0 Butter--Fresh dairy, 88¢; inferior, 25¢; creamery prints, 35 to 86¢; solids, 88 to 84c. Eggs--New laid, 24c; do, in car- tons, 26 to 26c. : Honey--Prices in "2, $2.95 to $2.40. . to $4.40, the latter for picked. i i Cheese--Large, 19¢; twins, 19%ec. to $3; : 10 to 60-1b. tins,! 118% to 14e 'Combs--No. 1,0 $2.75 to wr Maple syrup--$1.40 per Imperial 1 25 pe on, 3 Poultry--Chickens, 21 to 22¢; fowls, 18" to 20¢; ducks, 24 'to 26c; turkeys, + Potatoes--Car lots of to $1.70, and New i $1.80 to $1.85 per bag, on track. % Montreal Markets. Montreal, 'April can No. Canadial Ontario $1.65 at eri- n Western, No; 2, 54%¢; No. ls, 53c; extra. No.l feed, 53c; No. 2 2 yellow, 86/to 87¢c. = Oats-- local white, 50% to 5le; No. 8 local] V. white, 49% to 50c; No. 4 local: white, 8% 10.49. . Barley-- Manitohs feed | 18 are 68 to 71c; malting, 76 to 77c. ~ Flour Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsbs, $6.60; seconds, $6.10; strong ! bakers', $6.90; Winter patents, choice,}: $6.00; straight rollers, $6.80 to $5.40; do. bags, "to $2.50. Rolled oats --Bbls, $6.10 to $6.20; do bags, 90 Ibs, Bran, $24. | $26. Middlings, $28 to $30. Mouillie, $30. to $35. Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, $20.50 to $21. Cheese--Finest westerns, 18% to 18%e; finest east- erns; 17% to 18c. Butter--Choicest| creamery, 38 to 88%e; seconds, 30 to 81%ec. Bggs--Fresh, 2b to 26¢c. Po- tatoes--Per bag, car lots, $1.76 'to $1.80 . : Winnipeg Grain: Winnipeg, April 256.--Cash prices-- Wheat--No. 1 Northern, $1.156%; No. 2, -do., $1:11%; No. 8, do, $1.07%;/ No, 4 $1 05% ; No. Bb, 96%¢c; No. 6, 1 food, 2, ® ; rejected, bbc; fi No. 1 N.-W.C., $1 |$1.84% : United States Markets. Minneapolis, April 26.--Wheat-- May; $1:17%; July, $1.17%; No. 1 |B rd, $1.22% ; No. 1 northern; $1.16% | to $1.19%. Corn--No. 3 yellow, 7 to 78¢c. Oats--No. 38. white,"43¢c. to '4334¢. Flour--Unchanged. Bran-- SB 0. ; J A; 25.--Wheat--No. 1 jus . not Shorts, of the submarine which 3 the Sussex. It is understood Wash- ~ ington has been informed of this de- velopment. The award of a decora- tion would make it, perhaps, impos- sible for Germany to punish him, in _ case such a demand were made by the United States Government. GEN. YON DER GOLTZ DEAD. Et a a tt CT