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* Generally Believed Tha A despatch from London says: A Daily News despatch from Rotterdam says that persistent reports are being received from Aroand that the Germans are evacuating Mulhouse and other places in Alsace, The Zurich correspondent of Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant states that information has reached Zurich that the Germans have been busy some days ou this operation. Here, as on the Somme, Front Will be Withdrawn. | Many officials have. left Mulhouse, and machinery has ibeen taken away [from the factories, It is stated that, the population is going to the Black Forest in groups at a time. The whos of the Baden bank of the; Rhine, as well as the district of Lau-; fenburg, has been declared a war, zone. It is generally believed that here, as on the Somme, the German | front will be withdrawn. -- & erican Tr) » -. I'track Toronto, subject to em Toronto, ril /3--Man! Noy] dorinerty 4100 $1.90, ! toba. oats--No, 2 C, 0: No. i food, 1180 Sree aa HS] o 4 3 , 71fc, deen 1Y ; ri Corn--No, -2 Yellow, $1.29, 0. ntario oats--No. 2 white, of to 69c, inal; No. 8 white, 66 to 68c, nominal, according to freights outside. ntario wheat--No. 2 Winter, So 3157 according to'2 Hove LAT Ge .87, according reig Peas--No. 3 nominal, according to freights outside. ' Barley--Malting, $1.21 to $1.23, accord- ing to freights outside. » kwheat -- $1.32, according to freights outside, Rye--No, 2, $1.51 to $1.63, according to freights outside. 4 Manitoba flour--First patents, in jute #, $10; second pa ute $9.60; eirong bakers' in jute bags, $9.10, 9.60; Toronte. according to gh IU ot RTI Ontario flour--Winter, VA i s, track Toronto, .76, in Db: prompt shipment; $7. FRENCH WIN IN CHA MPAGNE POSITIONS LOST MARCH 28 "We Threw Out the Enemy and Captured 63 Prisoners," Says Official Report. A despatch from Paris says:--The French troops in Champagne in a counter-attack have expelled the Ger- mans from positions they -eaptured March 28, according to the French of- ficial communication issued: to-night. North of the Somme and between the Somme and the Oise the Germans bombarded French positions. The communication says: "To the west of Maisons de Cham- pagne a spirited counter-attack by our troops permitted us to throw out the HUN CANNOT STARVE BRITAIN Teuton Hopes Are Illusory, Says the First Lord. A despatch from London says: In answer to questions from the repre- sentative of the Associated Press con- cerning German submarine activities, Sir Edward Carson, First Lord of the Admiralty, said: "German statements are exaggerat- ed, but no one suggests that the sub- marine warfare does not cause very serious damage, both to neutrals and belligerents. The losses, however, do not exceed the estimates on which we have based our policy, and after the most careful consideration it is abun- dantly clear that German hopes of starving us out are quite illusory. So far neutral countries have suffered more from German methods than have belligerents." --e GRANTED PERMISSION TO LIVE IN CRIMEA. A despatch from Petrograd says: The Government has granted the re- quest of Maria Feodorovna, the form- er Dowager Empress of Russia and the mother of the deposed Emperor, to reside at Livadia, in the Crimea. A despatch from Rome says: The possibility that the enemy will dire ts chief blow against Italy continues " contains a long article by its editor, who argues that the allies must be prepared to support Italy with a re- 'serve army should the Germans join | with the Austrians in an offensive on | a grand scale. He urges that a com- | plete organization should be establish- | d by which a strategic reserve from | e western allies of ten or twenty | & --_ - enemy from the elements of trenches in which he took a footing on the 28th of March. During this action we captured 63 prisoners." 401 Shells Thrown into Rheims in One Day. A despatch from Paris says: The city of Rheims for the past few days has been the object of special attack on the part of German artillery. On Wednesday 401 shells were thrown into the city. SANG AS THEY WAITED DEATH British = Soldiers Uphold the Tradition of the Birkenhead. A despateh from London says: The British transport Tyndareus, with a battalion of the Middlesex Regiment aboard, struck a mine on February 9 | off Cape Agulhas, the i point of Africa. The men were par- | aded on deck, and after roll-call began to sing while they waited for the ship | ta sink. The Tyndareus, however, was | saved and the troops were transferred | to two rescuing steamers, having up- | held, as expressed in the official Ad- miralty report, "the cherished tradi- tion of the Birkenhead." lt WOMAN A FRENCH ATTACHE. Mlle. Jeanne Tardy First of Sex to Hold Position. , A despatch from Paris says: --M. Metin, Under Secretary of the Min- istry of France, has appointed Mlle. Jeanne Tardy as an attache in his de- partment. This will be the first time in the history of France thet a woman | has held such a position. Mlle. Tardy | holes university degrees in letters and aw. ~ ITALY ASKS RESERVE OF 200,000 FROM HER WESTERN ALLIES Believed Biemy Is Preparing to Direct Its Chief Concerted Action Against Her. divisions, with transport, be got ot | ready so that it could be thrown into $11.50; { action at the danger point. He seems to doubt whether the danger of a gen- to be the principal object of discus- era) attack on the Italian front has ¥& "gion in the Italian press. The Tribuna | been realized by Italy's allies, but it $15.50. is not clear why he should. Sir Wil-' liam Robertson's visit to Italy should remove this. It may probably be tak- en for granted if Gen. Cadorna thinks he may require help he has already asked for it. There is no disposition -on the part of the allied commands to minimize the importance of the Ital- | ian. front. southernmost { | sheep, $8 to $1 | hogs, The Doin 5, bulk seaboard. export grade. 1111) eed--Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included--DBran, per $38; shorts, ber ton, $40; good feed 2.70 to $2.80. Hay--Extra No. 2, per ton, $11.50 to 12; mixed, per ton, $8.50 to $11, track 'oronto. y Straw--Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7.50, track Toronto. IN HOLY LAND Army of 20,000 Crushingly De- feated by British Force. e A despatch from London says :i-- The defeat of a Turkish army of 20,- 000 men and the capture of 900 soldiers, including the general, com- manding the enemy's force and the entire divisional "staff of the 53rd Turkish division in Palestine was of- ficially reported on Thursday. The battle took place near! the hstoric city of Gaza. Heavy casualties were in- flicted on the enemy. Gaza is 20 'miles north of the Egyptian-Syrian Ecundary and about 48 miles south- west of Jerusalem, "The New Crusade." The -newspapers comment en- thusiastically on the British victory, which naturally opens the way for Country Produnce--Wholesale Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 39 to 40c; creamery prints, 43 to 46c; solids, 42 to 43c, Eggs--New-laid, in cartons, 40c; out of cartons, 38c. Live poultry--Fowl, Ib, 20 to 26e¢; chickens, 20 to 26c. Dressed poultry--Chickens, 23 to 26c; fowl, 20 to 22¢; ducks, 22 to 26c; squabs, per doz. $4.00 to $4.60; turkeys, 26 to 28¢; geese, 13 to 20c, Cheese--New, large, 26§ to 27¢; twins, 27 to 274c; triplets, 273 to 27%c¢; old, large, 28c; twins, 28% to 28jc. Honey--White clover, 23-lb. tins, 14 to 143c; 6&-1b. tins, 14c; 10-1b., 133e; 60-1b., 13; buckwheat, 60-1b. tins, 9% to Comb honey--extra fine and heavy $2.75; select, $2.60 to $2.76; No. 2, $2 to $2.26. bag, $3.25; New Brunswick Delawares, per bag, $3.40 tp $8.60; Albertas, per bag, $3.26. Beans--Imported, hand-picked, per bush., $6.26; Canadian, hand-picked, per bush, $7.36 to $7.50; Canadian primes, $7.00 to $7.25; Limas, per lb, 12} to 13c. Provisions--Wholesale Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 26 to 27¢; do. heavy, 23 to 24c; cooked, 37 to bli "hi i Buel Toile 33 to 240; breakinst bacon, |much Biblical and' historical reference 29 ta 32c; bone- | and comparison. "The New Crusade' backs, plain, 31 to 32¢; less. 33 to. 3ic. 23 to 23jc: And "Fight for the Holy Land" are Lard--Pure lard, tierces, : . . tubs, 23 to 23ic; pada, JL to 23ic; {among the headlines, Jerusalem is as- compound, tlerces, 17% to ic. i im- Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 20 to sumed In some quarters to be the im 203c per 1b; clear bellies, 193 to 20c. - {mediate objective of the invaders. Other commentators, however, think the British aim first at securing the whole coast of Palestine. Montreal Markets Montreal, April 38--Oats--Canadian western, No. 2, 763c; do., No, 3, 75¢; ex- i 0 No. 1 feed, T5e i atieyalan. Shed. In any case the newspapers con- 06; malting, .85. flour--Man. ! o; rie ent patents, rate. $10.10; sider the blow dealt the Turks near seconds, $9.60: strong bakers', $9.30: | Gaza will seriously cripple the effects Winter patents, choice, $9.25; straight |,7 Emperor William's visit to Pales- rollers, $8.60 to $8.80; do., bags, $4.10 to 4.25. Rolled oats--Barrels, $7.26 to ; do., bags, 90 lbs, $3.60 to $3.60. Bran, $36 to $38. Shorts, $30 to $40. Middlings, $41 to $42, Moulllie, 50. ay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13.60. Cheese--Finest westerns, 263 to 27¢; do, easterns, 253 to 26c. utter--Cholcest creamery, 3¢; seconds, 40 to dlc. Eggs--Fresh, 38c. Potatoes, per bag, ! car lots, $2.50 to $3.10. tine and his entry into Jerusalem 19 years ago. Of this the Times says: "The political dreams which led to that visit are now in the process of being shattered. The Holy Land, it would seem, is on the eve of being rescued from the regime which through centuries has held it in bondage." The manner have pushed Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, April 8 -- Cash prices -- Wheat--No. 1 Northern, $1.914; No. 2, in which the British railroads across the frit, SU BE 85 JA2h; a b, " ' 0. 6, $1. 3 i 1 Foe h1 oni Sart nad Ov. %udi2Y" desert is considered a remarkable achievement. Apparently hundreds of miles of railroad have been con- structed across the desert since last August. 8, do., 62¢; extra No. 1 feed, 61ic; No, 1 feed, 613¢ No. 2, do., 60c. Barley--No. 8, $1.07%; No. 4, $1; rejected, 87c; feed, 87c. Flax--No. 1 N.W.C,, $2.62§; No. 2 C.W., $2.68. United States Markets i RUSH TO WESTERN LANDS. RY Minneapolis, April 8--Wheat-->May, 33.308 i La $1,88§. Cash esti , ard, 8 t i ) Northern 1.085 tof 2 0ags enki No. 1° Figures for the Week Double Those of ern, $1.94§ to $2.02§. Corn--No. - | ! Tou. 110] msi one Nyoy 3 vel. the Same Week Last Year, 604 to 624c. Flour unchanged. Bran-- er is 3 4 $35.00 to $35.60. A Sespaleh. feom Winnipeg Duluth, April 3-- Wheat 0. jo. 1 hard, Permanent immigration into Canada $1.965: No. 1 Northern, $1.74%; i Northern, $1.58) 10 hog: A FATE for the week ending March 27 more July, $1,848 ask "Linseed, ~$2.899: than doubles the returns for the same May; 2.908; Julf, $2.92. | week last year, according to figures issued on Thursday by Dominion Im- Live Stock Markets During the week Toronto, April 8--Fancy baby beeves, migration officials. just ended 1,256 persons entered the §i3 te $4; Solos Easter steers, SiR ; choice heavy steers, 11 to bE a ayy teers ah country to settle on Western lands, as 10.60: butchers' cattle, cholce, $10.40 compared with 611 last year. They to $10.76; do. good, $10 to $10.15; do., medium, $9.60 to $9.76; do. common, $8.40 to $9; butchers' bulls, choice, $9.50 to $10; do. good bulls, $8.86 to $9; do, medium bulls, $7.76 to $8.25; _.do., rough bulls, §6 to $6.40; butchers' cows, choice, 9.50 to $10; do. Boga: $8.50 to $8.85; 0., medium, 7.25; stockers, $7.50 to $9.3 feeders, $9.26 to $10.26; can- ners and cutters, $6.26 to $5.60; milkers, | good to choice, $85.00 to $117.00; do. MONTREAL FUNERA com. and med., each, $40 to $60; Ing- ore ph Te Scott, ating CONDUCTED BY BOAT. "brought with them actual cash total- ling $185,981. Last year's figures ' show cash amounting to only $91,668. Of the total number of people entering during the week 633 were farmers and farm laborers. sheep, heavy, $8.50 to $9.60; ro calves, ood to choice, $12.60 to $15; lambs. ehoics) SHS te 315.25; do. | © A despatch from Montreal says: tered, 41625 to $16.50; ao. and Streets flooded by the Spring thaw ne- cars, $16.50 to $16.76; do, f.o.b, cessitated a funeral in Turcot, a sub- 1 4 F 3 wi _{urb of Montreal, being conducted in or sh we 1 io Su; : boats on Thursday. The police, who DE ae in or ve J to did assumed charge of the funeral ar- $1560 to $16.50 for good selects rangements, Secured the boats and off cars; sows, $13 to $13.50. It00k them to the home of the deceas- ter relied ed. The boat conveying the casket was rowed through the streets till higher ground was reached by the of- Wise is the chap who catches on at the proper time and lets go at the ficers, and was followed by ten boats ' ¢ontaining the mourners. a psychological moment. 8S O TURKS ROUTED THAW ONTHE RUSSIAN FRONT HALTS "DASH FOR PETROGRAS? In Rumania Stiff Fighting Contintes in the Uzul Valley Region-- Germans Capture Ridge. A despatch from London says: An Riga region Russian | operations are in progress, early Spring thaw on the front, from the Baltic Sea to the Car- toward Petrograd. Minor however. In Rumania fighting continues in the Uzul Valley region. Here the pathian Mountains, has rendered im-| Germans have captired from the Rus: possible for the present any attack in | sians a strongly entrenched ridge, and force by the Germans against the Rus- sians. This seemingly puts at naught for the time being at least, the re- port intentions of the Germans to. attempt to force their way from the ADVANCE IN FRANCE NORTH OF SOISSONS In Touch With Foe on a Long Front. , A despatch from London says: All reports now indicate that contact ' is everywhere established between the Lopposing armies along the Hindenburg line. But there is a distinct lull oc- curring while the advancing - armies: are bringing up their heavy guns and supplies and generally consolidating their positions. The weather has certainly hamper- ed operations in the last few days, but in any circumstances the allies do not intend to make a big attack until they are again able to out-gun the enemy. Despite this the British gained an important success on Friday, captur- ing. the village of Ruyalcourt, which brings their'line more than eight miles east of Bapaume. The official British report speaks of sharp fighting, both at this point and farther south in the neighborhood of Heudicourt, where "a batch of German prisoners were brought in. The villages of Sorel-le- Grand and Fins, on the line toward Cambrai, have also been occupied by Haig's troops. A German counter- attack flung at the new British posi- tion at Neuvillé-Bourjenval, captured on the 28th, was beaten off with loss. Send imlmisimtetariad WORLD DEMOCRACY AGAINST THE GERMANS A despatch from Amsterdam says: --The Munich Post in an editorial says:--*In the past fortnight the world has become quite another place, through Russia going over 'to de- mocracy and the United States enter- ing the lists against us. Germany now stands against an alliance of world democracy, and the people of the world are persuaded and are daily becoming convinced that the triumph of the freedom of the world is impos- sible as long as Germany remains what it is." : \ a . FLOUR SUBSTITUTE GERMANY DISCOVERY A despatch from Berlin says: --Ger- man chemists have discovered a method for making a flour substitute out of linden and beechbuds. They claim that the substitute has the nutri- tive value of barley flour, with four times its fat percentage. e Duffs. held it in despite numerous counter- attacks, according to Berlin. One hun- dred prisoners and machine guns and mine throwers fell into the hands of the Germans. 100,000 MORE MEN BY RE-EXAMINATION Legislation With This Object Made Necessary by the ar Military Situation. A despatch from London says: A bill giving the military authorities power to order re-examination of men previously rejected for military ser- vice and also of men who already have served and been discharged in conse- quence of wounds or illness, was moved in the House of Commons on Thursday on second reading by Chan- cellor Bonar Law. The Chancell said the bill wasyan absolute sity owing to the military situation. 4 : Arrangements were made last August which it was hoped would give the military authorities the men required, but owing to the submarine menace it had proved impossible to obtain the men expected from agri- culture or from the Admiralty and the shipbuilding yards. The recruits ob- tained, he said, had fallen short of the number estimated by not less than 100,000. : In view of the definite arrange- ments made, not only by the British Commander-in-Chief, but in conjunc- tion with the French, the Chancellor continued, such a falling off was most serious. To a considerable degree the shortage has been made good by a change in the employment of men in- the army itself, and by using behind the lines, to a greater extent than ever before, men unfit to go on the firing line. The shortage has been made good further by employment of women behind the lines, but never, theless the bill was absolutely ne sary.' ee 3 The Chancellor said it would ena the military authorities to deal with at least 100,000 men would be avail- able within the next three months. * They were proceeding on the principle that every fit man should go on the firing line. Hf DOUKHOBORS WISH TO RETURN TO RUSSIA The Russian provisional Govern- 1,000,000 men, and they estimated that & "| ment, says a Reuter's despatch from Petrograd, is disposed sympathetically toward the wish expressed by the-10,- 000 Doukhobors in Canada to return to Russia. The question of their liability to military service will be determined by the judicial committee of the pro-. visional Government. 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