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That the United States is with the Allies in sympathy is not to be doubted. A. few days ago while replying for the judges in Guild Hall, London, Baron Reading, Lord Chief Justice of England, said that While in America Joseph H. Choate, “that distinguished and famous American”, had de- clared that, whatever the gov- ernment might be, he was not neutral, and that out of the one hundred million peOple of the United States, ninety million were for the Allies, “heart and soul.” SETTING THE LIMIT. Miss Tonsilsâ€"Would you like to hear me sing “All Through the Night?” fir. Lobroughâ€"I’m going to beat it about 10. Better knock off then. The followmg letter has been received by Mr. A. E. Jackson from Pte. J. B. Farrel, a former Tiverton boy, with Whom Mr. Jackson got in touch through the Toronto News Tobacco Fund. The letter follows: 5 “Received tobacco and cigar- ettes a few days ago. Thanks very much for them. Yesterday I received your letter and also the Durham and Kincardine papers and was more than pleased to hear from you. My home town is Tiverton, near Kincardine, probab- ly you will know where it is. I thinkit is much better for the people to send to the Daily News and send Canadian tobaccos out to the boys. Some of the paper funds purchase their tobac- co through a London firm, and get a very inferior grade. The fact of the tobacco coming glirect from home seems to make the to- bacco and cigarettes smoke much better. We came out of the trenches last night for five days and are in reserve billets. We have to go on working parties either at night or during the day. I have a very comfortable ‘bivey’, just large enough for two. We have to crawl in and back out. We have plenty of dry straw and it is comfortably warm. I saw a clip- ping from a Canadian paper of recent date with the account of a scrap we had been in lately. I don’t know where they got their news, as we didn’t'know of it ourselves. I don’t know what paper it was from as I only saw the clipping.” NINETYEPER CENT. ARE wn‘u mus ALLIES Hardware A Letter From The Trenches November - Keep vour floors clean by usin0' some of our Door Mats. We have different kinds. Our Flexible Door Mats are worthy of inspec- tion. We also have some cheaper mats. The orders are coming in very fast for “Hap- px Thought ’ Stoves and Ranges at The Red Front Hardware Store, In fact so fast that We cannot keep pace with our orders. Did you see the immense ship- ment- we received last Wednesd ay '3 We have now in. stock a. good supply of the well known and much talked of Dust-bane, so much thought of by the ladies. ' We always keep up with the times and in sodoing \\ e have made a great chanwe for the benefit of the public by adding a stock of Electric Goods. such as Toasters, Smoothing Irons, Broilers,Lamps Shades and Globes. W. BLACK 322$ The Rhondda district miners, South Wales, numbering 50,000. have decid- ed to tender 3 fortnight's notice on Nov. 15 that they will stop work un- ti‘: all ti: a. men employed in the col- l ones join the South Wales Miners' Federation. Official notice has been posted in all coal mines, stating that such a larze number of miners have already joined the army that “the supply of coal, which is of vital national interest, is seriously affect- ed “ says London. Hereafter coal mite ers offering themselves as re- cm 1.3 will be accepted only on con- dition that they continue to work in t1:9 Illillis until called upon. "The 1:1ers. one and all must remember " tnc notice reads, “that upon their ef- forts the smcess of the country de- pends no 185a than upon the men who are scrvigg at the front ” -'v"â€"'~ The censorship of the Press is to be relaxed. Oflicial denial has been made in London of a report that Earl Kitchen- er, Secretary for War, had resigned. The announcement follows: “During Lord Kitchener's temporary absence on public duty the Prime Minister is carrying on the work at the War Of- flce. There is no truth in the state- ment that Lord Kitchener has resign- ed.” The Court Circular stated that Earl Kitchener had had an audience with the King. who is still confined as the result of his accident in France. Earl Kitchener was in London at the time of General Joffre’s visit to Eng- land. Since then no recent report has been received concerning his absence from the War Ofl‘ice. There has been no intimation that he might resign. In fact, the War Secretary, according to the general understanding in Lon- don. is to be made a member of the small Cabinet committee which is to he charged with direction of the war. Welsh Coalfields Likely to be Tied up in Two Weeks’ Time Mrs. Lillian Massey Treble, the Toronto phiianthropist, died on Wed- :::_-*-;~--:i::.y evening last at Santa Barbara, fornia, where she had gone to im- prcve her heaith. The only daughter of the late Mr. Hart A. Massey, a {:s-‘uztlez‘nan widely known in Canada as the fcunder of some of its most important industries and institutions, the late Mrs. Treble inherited a large 17119.2'0 of her father’s energy and abil-‘ ity. She was a Methodist by religion, Mr. Asquith says Kitchener’s mis- sion to the East has full approval of Britain’s allies. beâ€" relaxed. i Khaki Day. held in memory of the The London “Globe” has been sus- ; birthday of King Edward VII., show- ks 9d. evidence of Toronto’s generosity pezdgdrgntgzgfineias been “unk ! when $34,615 was realized tor recruit: e U : 111130888. T 11 r0 3 by the Russians off Varna. “13 P he city as 9. ms . Ho add $10,000 to this, the Promo? Several nundred Irishman tried tq $5,000, and the final gathe in o escapé to America t0 avoid enlisting. ‘small change will doubtless b the leh has tallen to- the Bulgarians. mount up to $50,000. The latest German super-submarine 250 feet long, has been captured by the British a few hours after she had been launched. The British transport Tara has been 5 .znk by a German submarine and 34 of her crew are missing. ‘ The Italian steamer Ancona with 212 men has been sunk by a German submarine. - Canadians headed the Lord Mayor’s proc‘ession in London, Erig. “The Grecian Government now has been warned that it cannot hold the Bulgarian Government responsible for the consequences of its future at-' titud‘e. ” This nozification, according. to Paris, followed representations made by the Premier to M. Naoum, Greek -Iinister to Bulgaria.’ The United States in its latest note to Great Britain, made public at Wash- ington, covering exhaustively British interference with American trade since the beginning of the European war, declares that the soâ€"called block- ade instituted by the allies against enemy countries on March 11 is “inâ€" effective, illegal and indefensible.” Notice is served that the American Government “cannot submit to the cur- tailment of its neutral rights,” and it cannot “with complaisance suiier fur- ther subordination of its rights and in- terests.” Ambassador Page, to whom the note was sent by special messen« ger for delivery to the London For- eign Office, was instructed by Secre- tary Lansing “to impress most earnest- ly” upon the British Government that the United States “must insist that the relations between it and his Ma- jesty’s Government be governed not by a policy of expediency, but by those established rules of international con- duct to which Great Britain in the past has held the United States to account when the latter nation was a belligerent engaged in a struggle for national existence.” Champions Neutral Rights Declaring the United States “unhesi- tatingly assumes" the task of cham- pioning the integrity of neutral rights, the note proclaims that the American Government will devote its energies to the task, exercising always an im~ partial attitude. The note, nearly 15,000 words in length, carries with it a voluminous appendix, giving a text of American naval instructions issued in 1862 and a summary and table showing hundreds of vessels detained by British authorities since the be- ginning oi the present war. The note deals with all phases of the contra- band question, seizures and detentions, prior to as well as after the so-called blockade was instituted. and announ- ces that a separate communication will be sent soon dealing particularly with the “propriety and rights of the British Government to include in their list of contraband of war certain ar- ticles which have been so included." Prime Minister as War Minister Tem- poraryâ€"Resignation Denied STATES UP IN TIIE AIR OVER BRITISH BLOCKADE American Canadian Phi!anthropist Dead Coal Strike Threatens Bulgaria Warns Greece In “Stern” Message to England Describes Blockade as Ineffective AWAY the European. o-cailed block- , allies against . rch 11 is “in-g indefensible.” 5 the American . mit to the curâ€" , M. Skouloudis, commissioned by King Constantine at Athens to form a new Cabinet, has accomplished the task. All the members of the Zaimis eMinistry are retained except the Pre- mier himself. The new Prime Minis- ter has taken the portfolio of Foreign, :Affairs. It is believed in political circles that the Chamber probably will. be prorogued in ten days, as it then. will have sat for the legal term 91 three months. "There is conscription in Canada though it is not called into being, The law provides that all can be called out to defend Canada. If England to-‘ ,morrow finds that she has not enough; 'men for the war, you can be forced. to go. In England they are talking of conscription, and it is just, for . when a nation is at war all should join :ln ; defence. But we are not at war.‘ jWe (are a colony. I am a British sub-' ject but I am not a slave. The duty of Canada was not to defend England but to defend herself. Canada had not been consulted as to the rights of. Belgium or Serbia. We are free Can: adians, and have thesame rights as: the English-Canadians, or there is no: §Canada.”â€"-Mr. Lavergne, M.P., at St. ‘Stanislas, Que. : Commenting on the report that the $British~ have occupied Bagdad, The fRome Tribuna says: “Such an event is; perhaps, the most important of the 'present war. The occupation of Bag- 'dad will certainly produce an enor- imous echo in the Moslem world, ‘ which considers this the moral capital [of Mohammedanism, more than Con- ;stantinople or Mecca. The occupation 'of Bagdad may have serious conse- ’quences on the issue of- the European :war." Bagdad, the capital of the Turkish vilayet of the same name. lies on both sides of the Tigris, in a treeless desert plain about five hun- ldred miles from the Persian Gulf. Bagdad is on the main route between Persia and the west. The population is estimated at 150,000. } Huge Allied Forces Landing 3 Huge forces of troops are being hur- ried to Serbia by the Entente powers. The men are being sent north as fast as they arrive. For the moment the greatest activity is in the south. where it is reported, the French have crossed the Bulgarian frontier and have al- iready captured several villages. An {Anglo-Italian force, according to an Athens report, has landed at Avlona, on the Adriatic, for the purpose of forcing a way across Albania to the relief of the Serbs. i Three Battles in Serbia ' Athens reports that three severe battles have occurred in Babuna Pass, north of Prilip, ending in the final de- feat of the Bulgarians. Telegraph wires between Saloniki, Monastir and Nish are still open. There are 20,000 Serbian troopsin Albanian territory ready to repress any hostile movement by the natives. News despatches from Saloniki dated November 4 state that a violent bombardment of the advanc- ed forts of Nish, on the Nishava River, was begun on Wednesday by the Bulgarians, who finally captured Nish-Kavola, a village a few miles to the northeast. There was severe fight- ing at Babuna Pass on Sunday and the situation is improved. French .cavalry patrols have appeared at Plev- ;nie and British cavalry at Klepa. Tur- ;kish officers have been seen fighting Ewith the Bulgarians before Babuna. 1 German Attacks Crumble ' The Russian offensive around Riga and Dvinsk, as well as on the Styr and in Galicia, is beginning to tell on the enemy. In the Riga region Hin- denburg’s troops are in a critical posi- tion, the German positions coming un- der the fire of Russian naval guns. In an attack on Platonka. near Dvinsk, the Germans left 1,000 dead on the field when they retired before the Russians. Fierce fighting is reported on the Styr, the Austrians being rev pulsed with the loss of two guns, three machine guns and 250 prisoners. On other portions of the front the Rus- sians are carrying on the fight with great vigor and success. Germany of- ficially admits that the Russians are on the offensive. following official communica- tion rom Field Marshal Sir John French has been made public in Lon- don: “Five air flights have taken place resulting in a German aeroplane be- ing brought down in our line. Since the first of November the weather has been very wet. Mining activity con- tlnues on both sides.” Fall of Gorltz Imminent London states that an Exchange Telegram despatch from Laibach says that at Austrian Headquarters the fall of Goritz is considered inevitable. On the Italian front there has bee" in- tense artillery activity. Austrian at- tacks in the Rienz Valley, in the Val- ley of the Pontebbana torrent, on the slopes of Mount Cavalvario and on the Carso Plateau have been repulsed. Bad weather prevails in this theatre of operations. There have been heavy snowfalls in the mountains and rains in the lowlands. French Re-occupy Veles French troops, after advancing along the Nish-Saloniki railway north trom ifrivolak, drove the Bulgarians from the town of Veles and oeenbiived the city on Monday, according to an announcement by the Serbian com- mander at Guevgeli. Canada‘s Duty to “Disloyalty” is Plain Anyway BRITISH REPORTED TO HAVE TAKEN BAGDAD Bat Turkish Stronghold Fallen, Says Romeâ€"Russians Breaking, Chain of German Offensive Greek Cabinet Reforms Lavergne’s Twaddle Toronto’s Khaki Rally Air Flights Numerous m DURHAM! CHRONICLE. Almost simultaneously with the an- nouncement of Lord Kitchener's pro- posed visit to the East the authorities seized the printing plant of The Lon- don Globe. This is the first action of the kind taken by the authorities since the outbreak of the war against a daily paper in the United Kingdom. The Globe is one of the oldest papers Qublishgg in the county; The Globe __-â€"_..._.- -.-4 Gen. Hughes, speaking at Toronto’s big recruiting rally, got a rousing re- ception. Canadian young manhood, he declared, was responding mag- nificently to the call to the colors, and stated that, although the Pre- mier’s announcement of the Govern- ment's decision to increase the Can- adian forces to 250,000 was but a Week old, the official recruiting figures were already close to 200,000. “We cannot arm, uniform and clothe such. forces in an hour," said General Hughes, “but we are doing the best we can. I’ll back the freeborn volun- teer citizen soldier against twice his number of machine-trained Germans.” Germany, declared Sir Sam, had fail- ed. She had failed to reach Paris, failed to reach Calais, failed to reach, London “except in a sneaking sort of way, dropping bombs on women and children, the only way she will now get anywhere.” “My heart fills every time I see our gallant boys. My heart now is with the boys at the front. It is my wishâ€"I may say it is my planâ€"to join them personally, to lead them in the final march to Berlin, and I may say that that march will start sooner than many of you ex- pect. Let me add that there will be a march to Berlin. There will be no peace, no settlement, no comprcmise even dreamed of until Prussian mili- tarism is crushed, absolutely crushed and annihilated for all time to come.” Hon. W. '1‘. White intends devoting the next two weeks almost exclusive- ly to preparation for the war loan issue which is to be made late in the month. The loan will he offered in Canada only, and Mr. White has been encouraged to expect the co-operation of all classes. Canada’s war expendi- ture for the next year will he very large. About $1,000 per man rer an- num is calculated as the cost of main- taining our troops. Canada’s war ex- penditure next year will aggregate $250,000,000. Our interest charge in connection with this and past war e2;- penditure will amount to over $15,000,- 000 per year. Representative in France: “The period “from October 30 to November 5 has been marked by the fall of heavy rains. Creeks and streams have swol- len into small rivers, and low-lying grass has been converted into swamp. The wet weather and conditions gen- eral; .nzw --.-.._..;.::etl 3:1 3. week almost devoid of unusual incident. At times its enemy artillery has shelled certain sections of our area more or less vigorously, but in most instances prompt retaliation by our artillery has silenced the hostile fire. On Oc- tober 29 a shell from our artillery exploded a bomb depot in the German front trench. All reports indicate that the enemy’s working party has been employed constantly repairing damage to their trench works caused by our artillery fire. On November 4 an enemy aeroplane was brought to earth between the opposing front line tren- ches. Pursued and attacked by three British airmen while flying over our area and heavily shelled by our anti- aircraft guns, the German machine suddenly capsized, and, turning over three times in the air, crashed to the ground. Lieut. A. W. North of the 28th Western Canada Battalion has been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry one the occasion of the ex- plosion of a German mine on October 8, ‘and Private B. Crompton of the! 28th Battalion. has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in con- nection with the same afiair. Sergt. C. Ryer of the 26th New Brunswick Battalion has been awarded the Dis- tinguished Conduct Medal for bring- ing in a wounded man under heavy fire on October 13. Lieut. J. G. An? derson of the 5th Western Canada Battalion has been awarded the Mili- tary Cross for useful and daring reconnaissance." Gen. Hughes Says He Will Ride There at Canadians’ Head Major-General Sir Sam Hughes at Otta va 235 received the following deo spatcl‘ from the Canadian General EYE=WITNESS REPORTS CANADIAN ACTIONS uiet Week at the Frontâ€"Gallant” Rewardedâ€"British Airmen Successful BERLIN 0N HORIZON Canada's Domestic Loan London Paper Shut Up N0. 1, NORMANBY. Sr. IVâ€"J. Mai-dment. Jr. IVâ€"J. Burns, W. Kerr, C. Mc- Alister, E. Morice. Sr. IIIâ€"A. Marshall, B. Carson. C. McNaughton. Jr. IIIâ€"E. Petty. Sr. IIâ€"N. Carson, M. Mountain, M. Marshall. Jr. 'IIâ€"C. Webber, K. Kerr, A. McAlister, R. Mountain, A. Petty, M. Berr, J. Marshall, B. Watson, J. biarShtallo Bâ€"M. Watson, M. Wébbé}, F Carson, B. Smallman, J. Marshall. Jessie Marshall. Average attendance, 28. -â€"A. C. Clark, Teacher. NO. 5, GLE'NELG. Sr. IVâ€"E. Cook, K Edwards, R. Peart. Jr. uIVâ€"J. McGillivray, E Mc- Clocklin, W. Jackson. Sr. IIIâ€"W. Gray, C. Cook, M. Greenwooa. J’r IIIâ€"E. Cook, H. Firth, J. Beaton. A-‘-N. Marshall, M. Morice, R Srgith, J. Hprsburgh, C. Smith. Sarah Bernhardt. the famous French actress, received an ovation in Paris of; her appearance in a one-act play; ”the Cathedrals,” written in verse. It was her first appearance on the stage since the amputation of her leg. Flowers rained upon the stage from all parts of the house, and the cur- tain was drawn up a dozen times to allow the actress to acknowledge the applause. The success of the recent Australian domestic loan floated in the Common- wealth on August 31 last has been beyond expectations. The first issue of $20,000,000 of the Commonwealth 4% per cent. ten year war loan bonds issued at par, resulted in a total num- ber" of 18,697 applications, and the total amount subscribed was $67,000,- 000. A bomb was exploded recently in the building next to the Italian Con- sulate in New York. Buildings in the neighborhood were rocked by the ex- plosion. One arrest was made. The man, an Italian, was taken to head. quarters. Agent pied, hence its seizure. The paper one of the Harmsworth publications. SHEHéd a reporf'bf ffi'e .mfifi‘ Lord Kitchener, utter it had been Australian Loan Successful The Divine Sarah Returns New York Bomb Scare Honor Roll SPECIAL NOTICE One slightly used Piano at a, Bargain. _, O . High grade Pianos of several makes. Columbia (irrafonolas and Records. Musical Instruments and Supplies. Singer and White Sewing Machines. . J. Snell SILENCED. “Their batteries have been sl- lenced.” “Whose?” “The amateur strategists who said the war couldn’t last a year." FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. Taken from the premises of the urdersigned. a thoroughbred African Gander. black billed. With knob on bill. Reward of $5 will. be naid anvone giving informatlon that will lead to recovery. Jr. 1â€"0. Greenwood, B. Beaton, I. Haley. Sr. 'Pr.â€"C. Anderson, C. Robson, M. B. Anderson. Jr. -Pr.â€"I. Beaton, G. Timmins. Present every day, 6. â€"W. R. Wallace, Teacher. NO. 3, GLEN ELG. McCRIEâ€"BRITTON. â€"- At Moose Jaw, Sask., on November 5, by Rev. G. T. ‘Bayne, Mr. William J. McCrie, of Saskatchewan Land- ing, to Miss Irene Britton. of Kincaid. Sask. . Jr. IIIâ€"E. Wilson, C. McMeeken, B. McMeeken, M. Pollock. Iâ€"K. A.llan Aâ€"S. Noble. J. Marshall. Bâ€"M. Lennox, V. Kerr, A. Let:- nox. Câ€"R. Wilson. BYERS.â€"At Tisdale. Sask., Thurs- day. October 28. Melba Caroline, beloved daughter of John and Martha Byers, aged 1 year, 3 weeks, 3 days. Sr. ‘Pr.â€"R. Glencross. W. Green- wood, M. Anderson. M. Morrison. Jr. Pr.â€"M. Ritchie, F. Staples. G. Firth. A. Paylor, J. Morrison. --M. Mortley, Teacher. NO. 2, EGREMONT. Sr. IVâ€"E. Woods, J Kerr. Jr. IVâ€"I. Barbour, R McMeeken. Sr. IIIâ€"I. Meade, W Marshall, B. Barbour and E. Noble, A. Noble, D. Kerr. Jr. IIâ€"M. Anderson, E. Ritchie, B. Anderson, Y. Pavlor. ,, Sr. IVâ€"C. Payloz. Jr. 'IVâ€"J. Ritchie. 81. IIIâ€"H. Ritchie. Jr. IIIâ€"M. Glencross M. Bovd, J. Bovd, W. Morrison, T. Morrison. Sr. IIâ€"M. Beaten, E. McRae. Jr. IIâ€"W. Edwards, W. Anderson C. Robson. GEO. MILLER, Aberdeen. MARRIED. â€"J. P. Ross, Teacher. DIED. Durham