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A ews from London aye Reuter's correspondent with British first headquarters in. Palestine, telegraph- ing last Wednesday, says: "Within a fortnight of the inception of the the edict British offensive the Turkish army, occupying apparently an impregnable line, strongly fortified and provided with guns, ammunition and supplies, has been driven headlorig from its de- fences and chased across country. Its losses have been. enormous. "The feature of Thursday's fighting was a brilliant charge by the Mid- land Counties Yeomanry. The enemy had been clinging tenaciously to a position above Mughair, beyond Wadi Rubin, where he' had hastily "en- trenched himself. Supported by field and machine guns, the mounted troops charged across the swelling up- land straight upon the enemy. They! were received with a heavy fire, but nothing could stop them. They cut right through the Turks, sabering right and left. : "When the enemy found themselves surrounded eleven hundred of them laid down their arms. The Turk is fighting bravely, but he is hopelessly outclassed. "The total number - of prisoners verified since October 31 now exceeds 9,000." HAIG PREPARES FOR NEW ADVANCE Guns Paving "Way for Fresh Thrust in Flanders. A despatch from London says: Sir Douglas Haig's despatch from head- quarters on Friday indicates that pre- parations are under way for a new offensive in the Passchendaele region. The official communication regarding aerial operations also points to renew- ed activity. It reads: "During the early part of Thursday a heavy ground mist considerably hampered aerial observation, Later in the day the mist partly cleared, and considerable activity ensued in the air. Many targets were successfully en- gaged by our artillery with the aid of aerial observation, and a number of reconnaissances carried out by our aeroplanes. "On the battle front our low flying machines engaged several ground tar- gets with machine: gun fire. Hostile aeroplanes dropped a few hombs on our side of the line. "In air fighting, five hostile aero- planes were downed and one was driv- en down out of control, Another Ger- man machine was shot down by our anti-aireraft guns. Four of our ma- chines failed to return." MOSCOW IN STATE OF SIEGE Government Troops in Kremlin Attacked by the Rebels. Petrograd says--Seven thousand military cadets and "three thousand troops are besieged in the Kremlin at Moscow by 18,000 Bolsheviki, who are ttering the ancient walls and build- ngs with heavy artillery, according to a well-authenticated report receiv- ed Thursday afternoon. The Government troops are said to have a fairly plentiful supply of food and ammunition and to be capable of holding out for some 'days. y A DENMARK TO EXPEL ALL FOREIGN SPIES. ---- A despatch from Copenhagen says: The Government has submitted a bill to the Danish Parliament authorizing the expulsion from Denmark of any undesirable foreigner, even those re- siding in the country for more than two years. The law is aimed at spies and other objectionable persons, but .may also be invoked, following the Norwegian precedent, to reduce alien consumers of Denmark's food supplies. Burg and he failed. i . The enemy's attack, made late Wed- nesday afternoon, against pos ons on the crest of the ridge n of the hamlet, was essayed rge forces and was a most determined. attempt fo retake this gem 'of their defences; | but. the assaulting troops were hurled back again after a grim struggle, leaving the British line before Pass- chendaele intact. e greater part of the enemy ' in- fantry was stopped by the tremen- dous British-artillery barrage, which | ploughed through their ranks as they gan the advance; but some of them, answering tb that famous dis- | cipline ingrained by ~ Prussian mili- |} tary rule, pushed through this rain of death and reached the British front line, - iff os amin STORING COAL UNDER WATER. To Prevent Deterioration Caused by \ Exposure to Air. Coal when'gxposed to the air under- goes some deteridration. It loses héat- ing value, . Under such conditions it is really undergoing a process of slow |1ldc. combustion, i.e., oxidation: _ . $3 To prevent this, the United States per 1b; 10's, 18 Beans----Cana fan, ominal; $6.60 to is 76 Limas, per 1b., 17 to 174. Folatoes: on, track-Ontase, bag, $2.10 navy yards within recent years have resorted to the expedient of storing |h thousands of tons of coal under water, It was thought that salt water was better for the purpose than fresh wa- ter. An elaborate series of experiments recently conducted by the U. 8. Gov- ernment Blireau of Mines has proved that the deterioration can be almost entirely prevented by this means, though salt water is no better than fresh. But the loss in the open air is only about 1 per cent. a year, and so the water cure does not pay. merit mid WASTAGE EXCEEDS NUMBER OF RECRUITS. A despatch from Ottawa says: The adian Expeditionary Force last month exceeded the total number of recruits enlisted by 1,898, according to figures given out by the Militia' Department. The total wastage was 8,648, being made up of 1,017 men discharged in Canada; 1,666 returned to Canada from overseas for discharge, and 1,066 N casualties overseas. The total number oa of recruits secured for overseas ser- vice in the Canadian infantry during October was 1,760. Of these 1,046 men were recruited in the United States, 698 in Canada, and the re- maining 12 in England. ----re eit BRITISH HAVE 166,000 PRISONERS. A déspatch from London®says: the House of Commons recently, dur | ing a speech, Henry William Forster, | 53 Financial Secretary of War, said that since July 1, 1916, the British had | 3° captured from the Turks 80,197 pris- oners and 186 guns; and from ° the gg.7 Germans on the western front 101,634, & prisoners and 519 'guns. The approximate square milage in territory conquered or reconquered by the British in the same time/ said Mr. Forster, was 128,000. The total num- ber of prisoners captured on all fronts since the beginning of the war was 166,000, while the captured guns num- ber 800. : : fe GREAT BRITAIN'S TRADE $ SHOWS AN INCREASE. to I per $e 108; Erased 5 emp dit The Japanese have three forms of salutation--one = for saluting an in- ferior, one for saluting an equal, and another for saluting a superior. After baking out the fat from the tallow of beef the cracklings can be gry fine, mixed with rice and fried A despatch from London says: The Board of Trade returns for October show the following: Imports, £94, 260,964, an increase of :£18,101,000 over the previous month, and exports, £50,757 ,064, an increasé "of £6,041,806. The chief increases were in imports of cotton, amounting ta £5,020,948, and in exports of cotton of £2,981,328. Ai iff ee car 10! i hs, Shorts, Go. 3 10.90; to asked; December, Country Prodnce--Who! Butter--Creamery, Farin pee I oF prints, per 1b., 43 to\43 Bans Preah gathered eggs, 44 op Abe. ob ato Pirin; wers and count class stock, f. Wholesalers are selling trade at the, following Che New, large, earl 6 to 26ic. Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 40: ie Ale tleaimery prints, 46 to 46c; Page New laid, in cartons, 58 to 60¢y No. 1 SLarage 43 to 4c; select Storage, 3 Dressed Roulty Spring © 20_to 22c¢; squat "turkeys, 28 to Spring, 20 io 23c; geese, 18 Live policy ~park eys, chickens, 1b., 16 to 18¢; hens, iT ducks, Spring, 18 to isc; Honey_--Comb_--Bxtra 0. Provisions--Wholesale Smoked meats--Hams, medium; 30 to i do, heavy: 36% 27c; cooked, 41 to "to 28¢; Cured 'Teats--Long clear Dacon, 27% ;_clear bellies, 264 t Lard--Pure lard, tlerces, Ur i 274c; tubs, 27% to 27%ge; ound, tlerces, 23 to ; pails, 233 to 2 Montreal Markets 20-- OR adadian No. 2 local white, Nov. tra No. 1 feed, 80¢; 763c, Elout Map. Sprin, Fueat patents, seconds, straint aliens, } Bra to js itd Vs ¢ oo $18 to $18, Bo. total wastage of infantry in the Can- |, seconds. 43% to 44c. 6 selected, 468 to 47¢c; No. 2 stock, 39 to Per 'bag, car lots, $2.24 2 $2.25, creamery, 16 Ra 1 ato se to wi Nov, re, ested, "and fort No. 5% do., $3 03 United States Markets Nov. 2. 20° oS $2. 2% to 63ic. nN Bran--$82. 60. to $33.5 No i ee canners and, cutters, 0 meds 86; o $160; Tight swe, iL bucks and culls, Sheep. heavy, $5.76 to $7.5 ' 18; salves, hed off cars, .60-to $16.76. ; Nov. 20--Ch A ods $9.50 -to $9. to $9; common, $7. butchers' cows, $6.25 to $8; bulls, inn 42: 'middlings, hi a Toronto. haat lots, per ton, $8 to $8.50, ric i to ¥ c; twins, 9 to 19c; 60's, 18 to 184c. breakfast bacon, pai 8 7350; A No. +% do., oie extra No.l toon "eic; Na, feed, | 68§c. Bar Your--Unchanged. 86 Lingeed--t1, 27 to 314 1; arrive in Novem. i 148 bid; May, hy 10. Live Stock Markite Toronto Nov, 20--Extra choles jeavy to $12; do. good 1 26; butchers' cattle, choice; do., B00! 8.50 to i hy 7.60 to $8; butchers' bulls, cholce, d0., good bulls, $7.40 to 3. 88; do., 'medium bulls, $6.86 to $7 5 ee DING. MS KAY, LIFAK. NS. duction, utilization, ete. in the - prairie provinces. Dr. i mre. 8: TUSTIN, % Wampee. ran. Mr wl R. HAMILION. THE MILK COMMITTEE In the above picture are shown the members of the milk committee, appointed by the food controller, which has made a careful study of the milk situation in this country, considering such questions as supply, costs of pro- matters in Canada. He is honorary secretary for Boucher and Dr. MacKay are medical a RRR. 2 MEW WIGHORE" LONN, NG: P. B. Tustin of Winnipeg, the chairman of the committee, is one of the foremost experts on dairy and farm Western Canada of the Royal Sanitary Institute. He is alsoa | member of the Institute's examining board for Western Canada. Mr. Tustin is ¢hief of the food and dairy divi- sion of the city of Winnipeg, and manager of the child welfare bureau of that city. * W. A. Wilson, of Regina, is dairy tommissioner of Saskatchewan, and has done much for the dairy industry. health officers of Montreal and Halifax, re- spectively, Corlitmisajoner Wigmore of St. John, N.B., and Ald. Hamilton, of Vancouver, have both given much time to a study of the milk problem. E. H. Stonehouse, of Toronto, and John Bingham, manager of the Ottawa Dairy, represent the milk producers wnt the milk distributors respectively. fon 7 SECURE JUNCTION &| OF JERUSALEM RY. British Make fportan Pro- gress in Palestine Campaign. A despatch from London says:-- The junction of the Bebrsheba-Damas- cus Railway, 'with the line to Jerusa- lem, is now in the possession of the British army. The following official statement of operations in Palestine was issued on Thursday. "Our infantry and. mounted troops continued' their advance, Gen. Allenby ; | reported yesterday, and we now hold od, ' | the railway line in the vicinit, of El- : | Mansursh and Na'Aneh, including the | junction of' the Damascus-Beersheba i railway with the line to Jerusalem, "The losses inflicted on the Turks ont Tuesday were heavy, including 400 5% | buried at Katrah alone. Our captures i | on Tuesday amounted to more than ; "11,500 prisoners, 20 machine guns, and four guns." rn: fair, > o $8: |NO JAPANESE TROOPS TO GO TO EUROPE. A despatch from om Tokio says: Lieu- tenant General Oshima, the Japanese , | minister of War, informs Japanese | newspapers . that the despa of troops to Europe is an "absolute im- possibility gwing to the tremendous cost and the lack of tonnage. Baron Takahashi, former Minister of Fin- Soiyukai party, in a lengthy 'article in the newspapers, declares the Jap- anese army is deficient in. ordnance ALLIED TROOPS T0 AID ITALY Being Rushed 'Over the abs to Save Waiting For Con- gested Trains. A despatch from London says: The itish- correspondent aceredited to Italian headquarters, dated Thursday, says: p forcements are reaching Italy daily in increasing numbers. To save wait- ing for trains on the congested rail- ome French troops have beén t across the Alps through the snow-covered passes. The ) troops are marching steadily forward inted places in the Ital- ian scheme of defence. British and French troops are in high spirits, They are delighted at the change in scene and over Fhe prospect of a new adven- mas NO ABLE-BODIED MEN EXEMPT IN BRITAIN. "A despatch from Lovdon says: A general review of the present attitude of the British Tribunals towards ap- plicants for ex be of interest 'to Canada. Speaking broadly, any man under thirty, whe- ther married or single, in any medical category, has little chance of securing, exemption on personal grounds. Men Bo even n ose | withdrawn his advanced posts south ance,-and one of the lenders of the passed [TALIANS HOLD LINE AT PIAVE Teuton Forces Which Crossed River Have Made No Progress. A despatch from London says: - Everywhere along - the = battlefront, from Lake Garda eastward, and thence southward along the Piave River to the Adriatic Sea, the Italians are hold- ing the enemy in check, except in the hilly regions in the vicinity of the Asiago Plateau, where additional gains have been made by the invaders, The-new advances by the Teutonic al- lies, as observed on the war maps, do not indicate that points of extremely great strategic value have won, but rather that the Italians on vari- ous sectors have given ground before superior numbers and at / time have straightened out a sened the length of their front. In the hills north of the V Plains General Diaz, the new com- mander-in-chief of the Italians, has of Montetomatico. On the Plateau, and ; thence to where thi battle-front. meets the up- per : i as | To Nov, £ Nou WILL Li The pig re Toe as