wevevewS Pr a eel teenies ae DRIVEN FROM | POSITIONS PGES CF (4d PRODI Oeriiads Were Defeated in SGokitter Assau.ts East| Rheims of ie +. the name ieee ng his sign Riise A despatch from Paris says: The French army of invasion in Alsace has penetrated to the town of Hart- manns Weiler, 15% miles from the Rhine. The town, which commands roads, is north-west In spite of winter's severities, the invasion is being pressed determinedly and _ the French are slowly but surely dig- ging their way to Muelhausen and Altkirch. The operations in Alsace are the most interesting feature of the offi- cial reports, gitbengs heavy fight- ing in other principal districts was unusually violent and notably ad vantageous to the allied-arms. In Flanders the deadlock continues, and there have been little more than desultery artillery exchanges. North-west of Arras. at Notre Dame de Lorette, the French have | maintained themselves in a position retaken from the Germans. On the night of January 19 the French stormed the plateau and turned de-, feat ante victory. The German official statement ad- mits the loss of trenches which had. been captured at Notre Dame de | Lorette Tuesday. | infantry fire, There has been rather heavy fighting in the Champagne country east of Rheims.. The Government reports state that the Germans were driven. from two wooded positions north ofthe farm of Beausejour and were defeated in counter-assaults. A very important. success was gain- ed by French aviators, who located yesterday the position of a German ammunition depot in the region of Proznes and destroyed it with bombs. Simultaneously the Ger mans were driven from some fie! forts and trenches, In the Argonne the Germans at- tacked near St. Hubert, their in fantry charging after their arti!leryv had pounded the French positions The charge was met by artillery and which the were unable to withstand. Around St. Mihiel the French made considerable progress in th: tedious business of tightening the loop designed to cut off the German position'on the Meuse, advanci: 150 yards in the forest of Apremont Twe enty yards of newly-oceupied grounds were lost, however, north- west of Pont-a-Mousson. STIR SEDITION IN CZAR'S NAME Forged Proclamations Being Spread | * by Austrians Among Their roops. A despatch from Petrograd says: The general staff of the commander- in-chief has issued the following order : "Our adversaries have of late re- sorted to all kinds of proclamations to the troops and appeals to the peoples of the regions visi Vy the war, inviting them to cease fighting and make peace. 'The Austrians in this respect, exceeded the limits of the utmost insolence and baseness. Some Aus- trian soldiers, especially selected for that work, are circulatin among our troops. proclamations, in which our enemies are impudent enough to address you as aeee noble acne of holy Russia,' inv ses e anaies **Kvery lope eubyeck knows that every Russian, from the comman der-in-chief to the private soldier, is obedient only to the sacred will of our highly venerated Emperor, who alone has the power to declare and to stop war. ur enemies, relying no longer on the strength of their arms an on success on the battlefield, have committed a vile forgery and an in- famous crime. You must know, brave soldiers, that only complete demoralization and full conscious- ness of the fact that they are incap- able of continuing a loyal fight could incite our enemies to steop to such a despicable and extraordinary crime. I have the unshakable belief that with God's help our victorious army will give, in the coming bat- tles, the proper reply to our un- worthy adversaries. 'Consequently, every person cap- tured with these proclamations in is possession will forthwith be brought before a military tribunal = arraigned as guilty of a fel- onrhe general stafi reports, on its part, that an Austrian soldier, en- trusted with the distribution of these proclamations, declared that the abettors of this crime are Cap- tain Sunther, of the general staff, and Cavalry Captain Pollak a The Other Side. "'Isn't it a shame the way they work the help in this store? Fifteen 8/ assistance is necessary. hours a day and the wages almost nothing !" "Why do vou trade here ?"' "Oh, they sell things so much cheaper." IN A DE PLOR: ABL E STATE. Thousands of Arucniaas Perishing in Caucasia. "A despatch from Boston says: The condition of 100,000 Armenians, who have migrated from Turkish territory to Russian ji ge a is descri as deplorable, in cablegram from the Central ore. mittee for Armenia Relief at Tiflis, received on Wednesday by Miram Sevasly, Chairman of the Armenian National Defence Committee. ne message was authorized by Catho- licos Souranian, Primate of the Ar- menian Church, and bore the signa- ture of Bish Mosrop. It read: "As a result of the war with Turkey, about 100,000 Armenians have mi- grated to the Cau Caucasus to save themselves. The situation is ex- tremely deplorable. Many are dy- ing of cold and hunger. In order to save our people from ruin great In the name of these martyrs, we beg you to lorganize for collections of money. Address contributions fe Thourin- Ho ng Director of Bank of ema i EIGHTY MORE NURSES. . maid $ Additional Doctors Also and Sante: | =, ment Will Go Soon. A despatch from Ottawa says: Eighty additional Canadian nurses for service with the Canadian and British troops will leave Canada for England early next month. A request from the War Office for additional nurses, hospital order- lies, ete., was received by the Gov- ernment here recently, and = ar- rangements have been nearly com- pleted for sending over the needed hospital corps reinforcements. There will also be a number of doc- tors, and equipment for another field hospital, sent over in advance of the second Canadian expedition- ary force, in accordance with the request of the War Office. ee ae BAND FOR THE FRONT. Members will Serve as Stretcher- bearers in War Zone. A despatch from Montreal says: The 24th "Victoria Rifles,"' of Montreal, is organizing a brass band to go with the second contin- gent to the scene of war, and when at the front the members of the band are to serve as stretcher-bear- ers instead of musicians. The band has been authorized 'by the Militia Department, at the expense of the regiment, of which Lieut.-Col. Gunn is in command. It is stated that this will be the first regiment of Canadian soldiers to sail with a full band, both brass and bugle. EXPECT GREAT EVENTS:SOON Generals Foch and Durbal Triumph Over Any G:rman Force Confident They Can A despatch from Paris says: L'Intransigeant prints extracts of an interview by a representative of "Lectures Pour Tous" with Gener- als Foch and Durbal, The former, who commands the French army in northern France, shows the gréat- est optimism. "The situation is wholly satisfactory," he says. "The Germans can do nothing against us. My Generals, Durbal and Maud- buy, are. heroes. Grossetti is com- manding the Ypres army, and is in- vulnerable, though he exposes him- self recklessly. You may expect great events soon. We are deter- --- mined to win, and will never aban- don the task unless victorious.' General Durbal is equally confi- dent. "When I first arrived at the post in the north I was forced to attack the Germans daily, owing to the necessity of making 'them think my weak force strong. Now that reinforcements have arrived, I tell you the Germans will never pass. I do not believe the bluff about their wonderful fortifications. I know about that. Why, we could break their line at any point any minute we want. Already they are trying peace negotiations through the Bel- ever we attack.' Germans ' | neronrs FROM THE LEANING : TARDE CENTRES OF AMERICA TS/BERLIN GLOATS OVER AIR GT Me | Five Machines. Took Part Sreadstuffs. Pet AR "jute 'bags; ecsond fret' German Press 'diss Zeppelin Raid te. 86.80; , ; what' tout. "9 per cout va nomial a us Soci weed ; z Wheat-- Man item bor orthern, to. $1.61 12, No "a 1 41.8, 4 ang ie. Pee #9 A despatch from Berlin says: The} , 4 déspatch from London says: Gabe nS TSA gr Salt le monoppi pu Ao lll tra camp, wih tro Fe Oats--Ontario. 53 to 5 | at "lish: d in Beriin contained news of n Couble-deckers and a Blerio va jut ReeveO- ' so ae te 'the attack made by Zeppelins on monoplane, dislodged by the = of Barley--Malting wrades pr a to 70e, _ the- Engiivh coast, and-scanty re- heavy Ge a eles had so seu. ot. port from' the eateru and wetern' Shelter in a hay-field bordering the "--. 9 w Peas--No. 2' Soe oy; Te 75 to $1.85; out- -- No. 5 new American, Sic, al) rat o 80c, outside, won, Toco onto froig it. Buckw 78 t . gs to $26 a r lois, per bag of 90 los, Country Produce. to ,25e; inferior, Bitter--Choiee da ry. solide, 29 ta Oc fa to 270 ic. ha: nd- "picked, tga Je 4 Potatoes of store, wicks 0 6 in oa car lote, 60 to 6 Baled Hay and new hay at 2 ~ #5. ty s $16, and No. Provisions. Bacon--Long clear, 13 1-2 14 1-4e Ib, ee a 6e lote HiaiseMed\m iy to 176; do. jae ag 14 1-2 1Se; =| =e Ze bo backs 2 te : bacla, ar ery prints ear 14 Mm hal v8, . drewced, 4 to 'Te for tevin fowl, , to 070 c "ote Straw. g as follows for car © 88 a ton, 'te car lote on $17 to $17.50; 3 at 813, ae a et quiet at "a 14 fe i 8 for , 934 oe and "putas compound, Winnipeg Cr No. 2 C.W., $1.58. _--. . Plax Noo} NW, Jan, 26 --Cash :--- $i. Montreat its eet, Jan. 26.-- a7 yellow, 84c. 2, © 660; - local "wh white, 57 1-20; °. ©. 1 local white Manttote 800. . $6.50 to 86.60; 90 Middlings $30. Mouillie, No. 2, per ton car lote . 1618 nged. pul uth, Jan. 26.-- $1.38 7-8; No. 1 th Log Northern, Mig: ny | aay, $1.38 7-8, $1.88; . $1. to Tle " 4 Sistex patents. schoice, $7; "do. bags, & ntter--Choic 30 to 30 1-20; "Peponda, 28 12 oe $25. $35 to $36." to 16 1-4; --No. 8 9-74: Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Jan held steady at 8&5 to $6 $7.85, for lote kad care 7 real, Jan. a. 26.--Prian 7 3-40; § "it A 5 fae nitlite 6 mbs, 7 1-2 from fe o $8, and oulls, $6.50 to $7.50, iil Hoge for light. C) doeves, 34 to Te; to 8 1-2. . 8 1-4 to Hew He Got It. . pop, may J cake ra 'Yes, Bobby, your mother.' (An interval of mastication.) op, may I have another piece e?? have if vou won't tall scenes sould sieo! the hearts of Britons and unite every man in the Empi opportunity to renee such acts is reduced to Brannes passing the where per bag; out New Deuiae ag Lined another 0 3%; id. on cartons, 34 to S03 we) the moral effect of the bombard- | : ement cannot fai] to be very gre at, | war "theatres occupied inconspicu-, Meuse, when the teléphone brought i word that two German aeroplanes, a Taube and an Albatross, appar- ently bound for Verdun, were ap- thai this racd will be followed short- Proaching the camps at an altitude ly by others. While the amount of Of 800 metres. The three machines damage done by ihe bombs dropped of the camp disappeared in the froni the airships is not yet known heavy mist before the two invading here, satisfaction is expressed in Machines appeared. Detecting the camp they swooped down to two ous places on inside pages, | With remarkable unanimity, the German press appears "lo expect at do, the fact that all the Zeppelins re- rme.s" BepAFAtOF, %- turned safely and in the belicf that | hundred metres, and black streaks shot out from beneath them. Five bombs struck within fifty yards. Pe especially as it follows so closely the | One tore to shreds one of the tar- 156 "10° to ies pools and other points on the east-; Chines. Ate, blow mt ern coast of Enagiand by German, shot down obliquely the $2.70; et of + No. 4, 61 1-2; fin mt | "3 Swine 714 aed positions, such as an aviation han- Germans a Tax AY rs sterdam say that some of "the Bel- nies recent bowbardment of the Hartle-; paulins that covered the three ma- When one of the Farmans Germans saw them and abandoné d ithe camp. The German official version of the ' For twenty 'airship raid on the Engtish east chines played hide-and-seek in 'the coast is as follows: mi The Germans seared the "Our airships, in order to attack | faster, and soon all became hidden "|the fortified town of Great Yar-;in the black clouds. The incessant mouth, were obliged to> fly over barking of the mitrailleuses became other towns, from which, it is fainter and fainter until all was stated, they were fired at. These still. After several minutes a Far-} attacks were answered by the, man came down in spirals. It land-| throwing of bombs ed hard, breaking wheels and rud-' "England has no right to be in- minutes the five ma-' FURIOUS AEROPLANE BATTLE in the Most Remarkable Encounter Since Outbr.ak of the War der. The men in it were unhurt. Fifteen hundred metres up the mo- tor had. stopped and they had plan- po they had seen G--, the pilot of the Bleriot, try- ing to outsoar the Germans and top em, 'Suddenly a report, dull, distant, was heard in the camp, and imme- diately the clouds split again. A shapeless mass, enveloped in flames, a streak of blue and white, crashed to the ground, The men who rushed breathless to the wreck found the last flickering blue flames licking the remains of one wing, be- neath which the great cross of Ger- many was painted. Then the camp saw, five hundred metres up, Bleriot. Before landing, jus express his triumphant joy, before the little group's amazed eyes, just as he had done scores of times before cheering crowds, loop- ed the loop. He had topped the Taube at two thousand metres, far above the rain clouds. His observer had worked the quick-firer to red heat. e German's petrol tank, punctured, had caught fire and ex- p! A quarter of an hour --- the other Farman return ] dozen holes in her wings. The AL batross had escaped northwards. dignant,; as her flying machines and :/ ships in broad daylight have attack- open towns, such as Freiburg, Dar-es-Salam and Swakopmund. 'Aircraft are acknowledged to be legitimate weapons in ae carrying on of modern warfare as long as their operations are conducted in accordance with the rules of inter- national law. This has been done by our dirigibles. The German na- tion, forced by England to fight for its existence, cannot be com- elled to forego the employment of egitimate means of self-defence, and will not do it, relying. upon her good right." It is notable that the German statement ignores the fact that the airships bombarded Yarmouth be- fore, and not after, flying over any of the other towns. Concerning the bombardment of Ereiburg, the con- tention of the allies has been that the bombs were thrown at military BRITISH GUNS After a Few Minutes of A despatch from London says: The Daily Chronicle's correspon- dent in northern France telegraphs : "In the last week considerable success has been scored by troops following up repeated artillery suc- cesses in the neighborhood of Lille. The British have in the last few days taken from the Germans the little town of Frelinghien, on the Franco- Belgian frontier, three and a half miles from Armentieres. "The British had set up an obser- vation post about-three-quarters of a mile from Frelinghien when the Germans started ito mass a consid- gar and a naliroadl station. CAUSE HAVOC Shelling Not a German Was Left in Frelinghien erable force jn Frelinghien with the object of making an assault upon the British trenches. The Brftish officers at once communicated with the batteries at Armentieres, which a moment later were engaged in de- molishing Frelinghien and sowing ath and confusion among the Ger- man troops, who beat a hasty re- treat. '"'The British turned a perfect rain of shells upon the German trenches and the enemy's first line was rapid- ly evacuated. In a few moment's not a German soldier remained in Frelinghien, and the little town could no longer be said to exist." On Belgian Refugees Y despatch tro" London Brussels despatches by way of Am- BOOTS OF HEAVIER MAKE. Purchasing. Sub-Committee to Buy 150,000 Pairs at About $4. A despatch from Ottawa says: The sub-committee of the Cabinet which has had under consideration the Ly of the purchase of for the Canadian expedition- ping Tel has decided to let or- pal for a supply of 150,000 pairs, of a new stan pattern. The cost will be about 84 per pair, BAYS: gian municipalities have proposed to impose a special tax on well-to- do Belgians who refuse to return to 2\their country. The Germam\ au- igi thinking favorably ot the ea, propose to make the tak ef- Stes for all of Belgium. A fugi- tive who fails to return to Belgium by March Ist will be obliged to pay a ten-fold personal tax. The poor are exempt. The revénues wil] be divided equally between the Ger- mans and the Belgian municipali- ties. ion pitino ses and con- stant exposure to wet and mud. The orders will be distributed among a number of Canadian firms at the standard price fixed by the Government. ------_ Fr. Their Glee, "He boasts that he came of a fine -- family. and how they | laughed when he left ! Y Thousand beams Closed in Germany A despatch from Berlin says that Dr. Dietz, director of- Wolff's Agency, the German Official Bu- reau, has stated that a ---- German newspapers, of w were political, have been Sbliged to cease publication owing to the | war. must have Eurial of Victims of the German Naval Raid *n England, Scenes at Hartlepool at the funerals of the victims of the German ated raid on that town. house: Sueh to fight until the German impotence. Pigs picture = vi the funeral of Margaret 1 she was ruthlessly kil .e Prince. of. Wales Goes... Incognito in Alsace A despatch from B Belfort, Eraice, says: The Prince of Wales, tra ling incognito, has just made a trip to the front in upper Alsace, des- pite the storm which hhas been rag- inspected the military ops in Belfort. The Prince, by his unaffected simplicity, creat- . & most er the population, who were e8- paca! y impressed because he in- sisted upon taking a smal] room on the third floor of a hotel, instead of = grand euite which was reserved or Prussia Pbeparing to Garner Great Harvest The Amsterdam Telegraaf pub- noe a despatch from Berlin say- pg the Prussian Government has onteved all administrators of for- ests to turn over. free of cost, all such lands under their jurisdiction that are suitable for the growing of crops Government cf the Grand Duchy of Weimar has taken similar action. Among the regula- tions concerning this transfer is the stipulation that the first crop from these lands must be harvest- ed this year. SS ee Free Lunch Counters for the British Lines A despatch from London says: At the suggestion of Princess Vic~ toria, the Y.M.C which has been active in various ways at the battle fronts, is preparing to extend its work, and is to establish so- zalled "free lunch ¢ « iters,'? mounted on wagons, ina: can 'be drawn from point to potil, Steam- ing hot tea and coffee and rations of suup will be dealt out to sol- diers tramping to and from the trenches, and special efforts be made to furnish the soldiers who have been slightly wounded, but still are able to walk, an&Thus can get to the wagons. ss ccs slice Favor Prohibition Of Sale of Absinthe A despatch froth Paris says: The License Committee of the Chamber of Deputies has decided to submit ~ a report; favoring the prohibition of the sale of absinthe. The Commerce Commission of the Chamber began on Wednesday the consideration of the rehabilitation _of in industries ruined by the war, methods of manufacturing products formerly supplied by now hostile countries and the question a foreign market for the output.