MILITARY RULE DECLARED THROUCHOUTH IRELAND ansechensrat Siv John Maxwell Sent from London To Take apatch from London s Martial lee has been declared throu \- ish executive officials having placed them- selves under his instructions, He has been given full disciplinary powers for the extension of the operations and the cuppression of the rebellion. to the west and south, is information, together with ct fact that the rebels are ee iS session of parts of the cit; Bin given to the Henig by the Minist, ‘3 in Parliament o1 ices had been a Sai rising at Ardee and Louth and a rather more serious one in to Dublin, Swords and Lusk, close a Charge. further announced, was convinced that the forces oe in Trelan deal with fe situ ation. Restore Order First. Replying to a Sere ba sa Government had been warn dangerous growth of sedition, ele Asquith said :— “The fr irst_ and paramount dut, the Government is to resto and to stamp out rebellion with all possible vigor and promptitude. That we are doing. “Behind that there is undoubtedly an obligation which rests wu) investigation the responsibility for ‘That a svat ve ee recognize and intend to d “Our aie andy have been made ware by Redmond,” ha Premier added, ‘Troops are Adequate. ~ Premier Asquith, who on Wednes- y news re-| ohused something of ie flutter of anxi- “ety by his statement on Thursday the House nounced a spread Of the movement wie parts of rela the retention | yy th revolutionalists ituation in Treland, | Mr, fhe movement is sectional ae and ‘rom the | jrepres~ ace of the Irish leaders. Asquith said that for obvious ‘reasons he did not like to name the in} other places to which the trovble had nin the west west, in| velopment of the Bioeenen Aine pants of Dublin and the fact that eaene stringent precautions ing waa still going on in the streets, taken Prime Minister! deal with these places, The government, the ing y. the. military attnaduee ___ BELGIAN COAST AGAIN SHELLED BRITISH EMPLOY 3 BATTLE- SHIPS, 18 DESTROYERS AND 40 MINE-SWEEPERS. ‘The Rotterdam correspondent of the London Daily Mail, telegraphing “A British atten resumed the bombardment of the Belgian coast at} " Th mor) Mine-sweepers have cleared the coast wat , and nets hi een laid to ard against submarine: The Germans anticipate a severe at- tac “Tn Thursday’s bombardment the British force consisted of three bat- Sethine, 18 destroyers and between 30 aes | barded the coast between Zeebrugge| and Knocke, including Heyst and Blankenborg. $ answere by the Germ an batteries. . The third battleship concentrated its fit torpedo boats which left the harbor ea, after the attack began. Ley was ue several times, ‘an harbor seriously pre isptrtad by consorts. “Thorough preparations were made by the British before the bombard- ment, Dutch territorial ‘waters being marker by colored buoys.” BRITISH TRAWLER SINKS FOE SUB. A despatch from London says :- The destruction of a German sul marine by a British trawler. off the north coast of Scotland. is described yy Dutch newspapers recieved h According to the accounts, the sub- marine had halted two, Dutch steam— ers, when a trawler appeai ant killed with its first shot four men Fi ers say the sub— marine was of the latest and largest type and carried a crew of sixty, all of whom were lost. pees. Wok SWISS FRONTIER CLOSED BY GERMANY. A despatch from Paris says: The German-Swiss frontier has been closed since Monday afternoon even to erat twenty days have elapsed, the des- es GERMAN OFFICER aust STAND TRIAL. Petition for a Writ 0 of Habeas Corpus Boston, April 21. Werner jourt of Appeals ordered on Thurs- day. HAVE YOU A BAD SORE? If so, remember th ts! Buk is by far the most widely- used Canada! Why become 89 popular? is sores, ular? Because it heal: cures skin diseases, and does what is im r it. Why not let it heal Remember that Zam-Buk is iit o “Buk contdins no trace of al fat, or any mineral matter. s ra ate erbal. eth injuries ane Roget cat su oie ic. tablet, ~ TWO PLOTTERS — * orn, of proper quality. There are bat Zam-Bul is at the ites HAVE CONFESSED Germans in Custody in New York to Testify Againse Others. A despatch from New York says: Complete onfessions given in return for immunity have been made by two of the eight Germans recently arrest- ed in the alleged conspiracy to place & 4 6 o $ 4 t| noon ape their story to the Federal grand j This was made known by eee re States District District Attorney Wood, in charge of the investigation of alleged German plots mn are Capt. Chas, von Kleist oa Bente Becker, an elec- 0 have been Maced ships were partly manu- others arrested in the case include Capt. Eno Bode, Capt. Otto Wolpert and Frederick Garbode, employes Hamburg-American A ninth alleged as Dr. Walter T. Scheele, is yet to be ap- prehended. EASES ate DETAILS OF CHARGES OF INHUMAN TREATMENT. Three Cases of Soldiers at Moose Jaw Cited. "A despatch from Ottawa says: De- tails as to the alleged inhuman treat- anda third for neglect to carry out pleat H. Sinclair, of Guysbor- ough, declared that charges ilar brutal punishment of soldiers had appeared in some of the Nova Scotia Premier Borden promised e! just treatment of his men would “be | Teta to book. oe NO MORE ics HAND} ‘ROM UNITED STATES. Only Poor Class of Men Can Be ‘ecured Now. A despatch from Toronto says: The ae fe) De allowed to leave the country before | Ontario Department of Colonization they have pak drumming up hi good farm hands in the State; but the SS special officers when they went after men secured, after landing in Ontario and getting within the sound of the bugles, have prong enlisted er overseas service. Agriculture is now BN that ik the men secured and the help-of retir- fi 's and Hig] ed leased for farm work the situation this summer will be well met, ‘AUSTRIA: ne DOW: RIOTS N HUNGARY. sea A despatch Steg New York says: —Fresh revolts have broken out in Execution of Prominent Citizens ‘in Prague r Ci a d. by the Megeerget according to advices Pay been received here. on the Bohemian National ; ap Mises, ‘rom secret sources in Aus~ | RUSS TROOPS BioraWees a an aide "att oe ) Sur eee FOLK ak. Pin peek Y ZARWICH 2. RS abies NTA Ummel Henna. ERR ANIRY! 3 fe QE Bega Ka # — ‘COAT wRIDGE KUT ELS Ltn AMARA Sm Mason WEEK’S NEWS OF THE WAR. The English const was again visited by German | on Tuesday morning. They were sighted. off eps ey the nayal forces and w t for twenty aoe oe oan Rea one of the Smale fired. into Tete ‘ue little damage was done. et echild were killed. At the same time fire was opened on Yarmouth, and one or two buildings were slight ly damaged, bout the same time a fleet of Zeppelins made a raid over the counties” of Norfolk and Suffolk. This is the region ‘in which are situated Yarmouth and Lowestoft. ‘Some bombs were dropped, but a fog made it im- possible for the enemy to get any accuracy of aim. The British fleet shelled the sea coast in the neighborhood of Zeebrugge on ae 24th. three German destroyers, ‘0 withdraw into the . opportunity is being given the enemy forces to soneentrate in Egypt. Aeroplane reconnaissance i ii Dori eek an attack was made on Gusta, but But this was only for day. It is reported that not sufficiently strong, and a withitssal Wai cnetesary Stronger Soret were brought up and the enemy had t Canadian troops have been in action almost continuously during the week. In the neighborhood of St. iol the; Catan nave beat making frequent attempts to recapture the crater positions taken from them on March 27, but the men from the Dominion have repelled every attack and eaused much loss to the Germans. neighborhood of Verdun the French are taking the offensive more and m y are also proving the Fees of their artillery fire over that of the Germans. Rhee euepiiatatie Aeve ng during week, especially in the neighborhood of Dead Man’s Hill, but the French not only. successfully dedonted that positions but even retook some trenches on the northern slope which had been paren from them some tim: fore = The campaign in Mesopotamia gives ground for anxiety. The Tigris is still in flood, and the advan the British force to the relief of Kul-el-Amara is delayed, There has been some fighting with the revi fore and the enemy have made great claims which have been discounted by the despatches of Sir e. The Ronelniss since they eaptured Trebizond, have kept ‘ipithelr edvance westward long. the shore of the Black Sea, No sooner had the first Russians who landed at Marseilles got half-way toward the battle front than an- other force equally big was reported as having landed there, t00. There is now no doubt of any intention of Russia to make any peace before the Allies d LONGEST SIEGE OF WAR. __ FROM SUNSET CO AST Mora, in the Cam ameroons, Defen For Eighteen Mont! Wie has been the seat siege of | CHINESE ae PLA) ADVANCE ON PEKIN. An Army Several Hh Hundred Thousand pape spatch = an Francisco | the says: ar Seis a Pekin, the capital of China, has been ord |WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Te Te doubtful whothog 1,000. Brit- outside of official life, could’ Bees |Progress of the Great West Told Republic Asocit ere for the first time. It comes) in a Few Pointed nesday. my of ear Nana cH | thousha: under Tarp’ UageTing. | fos tell the. merly commander of Yuan ShiKa's| ‘2, fgrer forces in Kwang SisProvines, ani| When Gebers of the ix is rit. abe a Gen, Lung Chi Kwang, formerly with 'ten it may be known as the Siege of brick ‘fire hall at the Government troops in Kwang igh Tung, will begin the march upon Pe-/@en months: With Mora in kin soon, it was s' a ed. of Paragraphs. B 8 3 3° 3 3 eee oF the most BinioeS ncouver Cit} cost 0: 000. of the coast lights of British | Columbia ‘sre to banged in color | Cranbrook is for a new me nee. “ON= wart Moody is epesat to commence | A despatch aad Marseilles says: “trails chools are closed for The Russian troops which stad here | ‘S$ on account of the prevalence held a dress parad + j of meas ae n || Wednesday morning in the. presence | y r¢noNn ARSEN besoin IN MARSEILLES STREETS. rain epee Cranbrook and AL fa vast crowd which cheered the! Fi A FIRED BY GERMANS, |berley. wily, ‘The troops were reviewed by ¢ SS | gyQVork has bean on the Great Nor: ol. Verstakosky, their commander; | thern depot on the ialse Creek fill, Gerleral Menassier, Governor of Mar. 2 pee from P bai eae A Ye- | Vancouver. seilles, and M. Schramech, Prefect of | Be pes Se tne at: |. There are now 245 telephones in use Marseilles. While the review was in|Tested on the charge of setting fire’ in Rosslan ere were 235 on J: zee neon Peach "aah 0 the naval arsenal at Lisbon is con-| vary last. rae by n¢ n Vancouver, Chinese peddlers are ved: the “Hyssian sand “French Nar|o oan Hayne despatch trom: the Por} iyi potatoes e pla: ey Anthems. a ae troops the .city, pre- ceded by little aoe nin strewed flow. ers in their paths. instead in growing in the southern part of Vancouver Island in- has been started. People who are always looking for| rqy dota "ive years’ imprisonment was the ly instituted an in-| sentence meted out rlie Chew, inate fare never satisfied when they| vestigation, which indicated that it a Chinaman, who owas convict “ts i find was of incendiary origin, ncouver ot 8 mond r ERE = ncouver ity Lome will pliton 5 the Dominion “Gover nment the A RAEMAEKERS WAR POSTER qpiting eked * z nain there until they, leava'for over: {hare continues to be a great de- mand for cement among ipa i prairies. Many are concreting their barnyands and: building concrete silos. Delta riding, which includes surrey and Langley-districts, is down in the estimates for a total ‘expendi- tire of $40,000, of which $2200. is for roads. artlett a ave. fae across the Salmon ie to Deep ‘arm. “pmil “Web: ster, a South. Westmin- ster Indian was, in the city jada court, given the maximum penalty of two years in the penitentiary for on- loosening and taking cables’ attached 0 log booms. “in os a. to Aap Ba small ranch- | © Commissioner | Cuthbert of the Victoria and Island | Development. Association has startea | issuing information on the manage- | ment of ttrke: {o-What the police believe to be an / outbreak. of war, sich as has st_ cities of tacked the store of a fellow-country- an. The Provincial Government. esti- pais. include $3,500 for the installa- ion and operation of a ferry be’ Bamnston sland and thé Surrey shore bea boon to the eeidiets there. Our idea “of an an ‘Gace woma” is one he imagines man chews cloves them, rf is Raemaekers, the f: is Dutch cartoonist, has ara for the Nana Committee for React i 1 . elgium one of the Of all the “war hosters.” It ts reproduced above. ow tn Belgium, whom refuse love our nei iborss” “Yes, but the Bil fore an neighbors lived so: close,” 7 ‘Spired this notahe to his fine: 7 Vndemeati the mere man. Black cod is growing to be a popu- } is again opening a daily Kim-j ana = ronto, Ma: 1 ahs q1. ae No. 19, A 34 rendstnfis, = —Manltobia whent gE tte. gets Nos L OES Canaan corn—Feed, 74 to 760, nomi for every SPORT al, track ‘Tor ite Reeeat ‘EM grating es cud RECREATION ec, according to We forn hy y inember a 1 commeretal, t do, 880 to $101! _ of the family eat, 86 bts outsl ‘No, ‘according to sam- 0 to ee 50, cost to freights a I, according to mercial. 90 to 91c; re: Jected, according t deotad, according perth 86 to 88c, ppl tobe: Seu “y pars ne Iie ro nd patents, in | Jute | $e at, ipl ne akers', in jute bags, Ontario flowr—W Wint sample 44-20 to, $4.80, Cinck Toronto, fn ANIMAL SWIMMERS. ry iff i$4,25 to “9 She Be sda seal v4 Boh — Cat freien tran per "Shorts per A Young Squirrel Proved to Be One $26; mi i oda feed our, ‘pot be ton, SOS of the Swiftest. Conn Nearly all animals are better swim- Bui Fresh, dairy, ch mers than man, ¢ to the water He: ieee yor ok (i ain Ss Ps naturally, wl Fees man must learn to Ney ee a keep afloat and propel himself, Har- | gfioney Pres, Jn 10 to: 60-1b, cia 0 $2:79 to $8; mers’of all climes, the best, although | \ ae to $4. ih, the latter for not the swiftest, . Nid e polar bear, who ce saat alae passes half his time in the water, le syrup--$1.50 per Imperial gai (Swimming and diving: His grisea ry power is peiertals watts Aso reiiy fot and it is to be remembered that the s—~Car’ Tots of Ontariom, $1.06 | Water nthe beet Bel ee ban picked ‘Die es water and New Brunswicks ai 1:80 invariably cold, and that cold wate tol iat eee eee is ordinarily very discouraging to Provisions sw are bears that, ean 1h im thirty, miles or more without per | 21 to backs, espelal effor One of the swiftest of swimming A sportsman 1c; roll » age ;bacon, 21 to 2 animals is the squirrel, on one oceasion, rel that had n | see if it cold a Sto 28 5k to. 15a, pounds isi 3 | ‘Winnipeg Grain, rae Sash tt is said that even noaquatic birds will swim like ducks if anyone _|attempts to drow: ORI PFE, NO NEGOTIATIONOS . gelotet f : WITH BULGARIA. ur Man, Spe A despatch from London says :— oi af ce |Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of War eee :|Trade, denied in the House of Com- $5.1 Britain was precluded by the spirit of the agreement with her allies Hs any peace United 81 ith any of their common enemies Stine 8, May ay, without the kndwledge and consent M >|of the other parties to the agreement. to oe yen, 740. ae BRITAIN WILL TIGHTEN COMMERCIAL BLOCKADE. A despatch Pron 1 London sa} 18. nik sy abe that Great Britain intends 8 “| tighten the commercial blockade Gates eiterated in ea ena ee ss Copenhagen conrepondent of the Ex: to $8 $8" 20 to $8.50; cue Tel No. 2 Northern, $1.1 seed cash and May, §: é c good bulls, $6.35. to sitect an eect, there. xu ‘ough’ buiis, 4.65 5.15; buiahete open: main to $7.50; do, (ed, he adds, that Great Britain desires ood ae 86 to-36.75;-do., medium, $6 to | all Pati "merchants 0 pay in ad- Bt o% 5-25 £9, $5:48!| vance through London for goods. pur= 01 to § Lekota a, feeders, otk es eS gaining wer the commercial connections of neutrals, etree |e sn ‘en 3: i) rivE SONS IN KHAKI; | ho i, fa f ina watered. are ad ARE INJURED. ; ts Hae ere patch: trom Seantfori aya Montreal, May 2—Patr steers at $0.75 |ome Ave sons of Mrs, J. Harrington, 100 Ibs./116 Walnut street, are now in khaki, Ge iS rr Mrs. Harrington received word that From $4°to $8. arta ung amp an 26 | Lateean Aired. hadschieany ia io Fre a doo Ibs’ welled or | admitted to hospital. Later word was ai received in a letter that another son, Pte. Karl J., wh has been in hospital diet dist. Bindiee for d undergone another elve countries having _the| operation, whieh improved his condi- fewest blindness are as follows: Bel: tion very m in peg ae may do many things well; ad ‘ Zealand, 47; but by concentration he wt probably Australia, td ‘ong-Kong, 51;|be ee to ey aie one thing etter: eam 52; oat i ae vin Germany, | than ‘Ise ean do it; and that ; New ales, 60; ani e | hi United Stateh is ae ates, zs “well, as his privilege. NAVAL BATTLE DESCRIBED BY MEN WHO WITNESSED IT Message Brought By Seaplane Sent : Germans} Scurrying Homeward, The Lowestoft correspondent of The London Daily Mail saysi— 3 ‘The scream of shells and their de S Mtonation as’ they burst inland was) sc) o0, he Lait aera Sour coh | the first intimation the people of! pana: ae Vénsele seeking | Lowestott had that for the second) to get at ilo o uartars tol the Ger- thts were off Ae giant storm of ae acne ee giana: els screamed aross the water to- their beds, peering ‘toward ward. them, but whoever commanded| where, loom through the Sis ships had great courage. 5 ould be seen grent lags s Hit Frequently. ioe coke igi cruisers and many sie moment we. e; t ten rman shells moe falling, “/all around our craft but they did not “The saa their clothes their little ones, hurried out not in’ monsters. panic, but out of curiosity, to the shore flame leap from a funnel of one of the to watch and count the German wlegey great warships.” Anotl ! ased B: ‘tagger anaes nee pself, though we could see steam and “The enemy did not have his own! smoke coming 2 unuvual places. iy for long. ‘The watchers saw Ger-/ “Quy ships were hit—they could, n seaplanes, which a few minutes hardly escape, so a astctiy did the before had daft the vessels, come hur-| mans pl: J The reason sea was so churned by the ae arent. From the south came) moving ships and the exploding shells Ee clouds of smoke, drawing pein that’ it looked riven au itwas seen’ that Vie ene nbtth> uta: tarcHie bees? was coming from British cruisers and) message it brought the Germans turn- eee ed tail “The big German ships stream of shells at the eooronching giants seemed in trouble. Our de#\