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CPOs tg | 12 eas | EA. FRENCH REGAN | 10ST POSITIONS Around Hill 304 of the Verdun Sector by Vigorous: Blow. FIGHTING IN CHAMPAGNE THE MOST BITTER ALONG THE FRENCH FRONT. | German Attacking Waves Withered by French Fire--All French Gains! or Fsét Saturday Have Been Held. | (Special fo the Paris, July 17. made further desperate assaults last | right in the Champagne, seeking to} drive the French from their newly-| ' won gains around Mont Teton, but | were repulsed, to-day's official stat ment asserted, b | | Whig.) German forces The War Office also- announced a vigorous offensive - blow the | French around Hill 304 ( Verdun sec | tor), which resulted in the recapture | of x lost to the Germans in the great attack of June| "8th and 28th. Many prisoners were taken in this battle, the number not having been counted. | Champagne fighting, during the past-three or four days, was (he most bitter anywhere along the French front Tae Germans have been | fruitlessly trying by every, means of | attack and every weapon to break the French hold on the dominating heights there. To-day's official at- tacking waves were withered in our fire and their troops fled back to their trenches, leaving many dead. All of the French gaits achieved Saturday were held. inviolate by our forces.' n The statement said there was ae \ 'tive artillerying around Cerny and | Courcy. HUN CATHOLIC PEACE APPEAL NOT FAVORED British Catholics ay Peace on Entente Lines Is Thing To Strive For. by sitions which were yea London, July 17. Judging by an © article which appears in the current number of the Roman Catholic week- ly organ, the Tablet, British Cagh- olies will réfuse to listen to the ap- | peal which has been made by the German-Swies Catholic newspaper, | the Vaterland, that Catholics of both enutrals and belligerent countries should strive to help forward a peace movement, The reply of The Tablet is to the | effect that the Central Powers have! never suggested that reparation should be made for the damage that [+ holding with the Reichstag ma- has been done in the countries in- vaded by the Germans, and that a peace which restored the status quo ante bellum would but enhance the | reputation of Germany. British Catholles are convinced that a peace proposed by the Entente | 1s the nearest 4deal for which Cath- | okies everywhere are longing. TO REST THE ANZACS, Hol day for Fighters if Recruits Como Forward, London, July 17.--A Sydney mes- Sage says: "To-day, Monday, the first Australian division of original Anzacs complete a thousand days of service overseas. The Govern- ment, therefore, proposes to bring them back to the Commonwealth on rest leave, but this is dependent on recruiting, so an especial appeal is being issued for volunteers, who will be permitted to nominate the men they desire to relieve and the men at the front will be told the names cf those who are giving them the SAYS MONTENEGRO IS BEING DEVASTATED Fear That Deportations and Hunger Will Extinguish Native Stock. ' Pars." July, 17 A despatch to, the Haves Agency from Rome states that the Tribuuna publishes an inter view anelh a Montenegrin patriot," who says the Austrians are devas- tating his country more terribly than Be im, Serbia, and Rumania were devastated. "The Austrians," the Monteneg rin is quoted saying, "are ceeding w.th ferocity intended minate the Montenegrin ise indomitable nn as fibre e. population is dying of he says the people are by hundreds daily, and 80 many are being deported to Aus- tria that It is feared the Monteneg rin populatioh soon will have dp appeared perishing o* BORDEN AND FLAVELLE ARE ATTACKED Sir Joseph Aliuded To As a "Great Big Hypo- crite." Ottawa, July 17 president of the and Labor Congress, Hull, Que., attacked Sir Rabert Borden, the Premier, who, he de clared. had been guilty of a breach of fa.th in not consuiting organizel labor before. bringing in conserip tion. He asscried that organ J. C Dominion in Watters, Trades a speach at also ized labor throughout Canada would ! oppose the measure, even by a Do minion-wide strike if necessary. Mr. "Watters also attacked Sir Joseph Flavelle, whom he alluded to as 'a great Lig hypocfite," and sand that if the profits were taken from the shell manufacturers there would not be a shell manufactured in Canada. TOBEILILLINPIIISIIMEI LILY - ) # CONFERENCES AT BERLIN % REPORTED "UNFRUITFUL." + »", (Special to the Whig.) + Amsterdam, July 17.--Con- ¢ ferences which Chancellor # Michaelis, Ficld Marshal Hin- # denburg, Gen. Ludendorff and 4 other military chiefs have been + jority leaders were said in Ber- # lin despatches to-day. to have + been "unfruitful'. * . S444 54% 44 | | N ---- CHILD DROWNED AT TRENTON Eight-Year-Old Girl Fell Bridge--RBody Recovered. Trenton, July 17.- Saturday af- ternoon a sad drowning accident oc- curred in the Trent River, when the little eight year-old daughter of Nor- man Chase, while playing with other children on the abutment of the Iron "Bridge accidently slipped into the water. The alarm was soon giv- en and « large crowd gathered, Sev- eral dove into the water in an emn- deavor to locate the body but it was not discovered wntil about two hours later. Three dootors were on the scene, but all efforts were unavail- ing as life was extent. From LANDSLIDE ON WELLAND A Block of Earth Slips Into an Excavation, St. Catharines, July 17.--There was a large slide of the bank of the new Welland Ship Canal last night, where the public highway from St. Catharines to St. David's and Queens- ton crosses -the waterway near Ho- mer. Work on the construction of this new canal was abandoned about a year ago till after the war, and the Cement embankments have not yet been completed. A block of earth about thirty feet in depth and fifty yards wide slid down into the bottom of the excavation, and has repdered the roadway impassable. Traffic has holiday." had to find anotirer course. tn. ct -- ---- OFFICIAL WAR STATEMENTS ¥ Italian. Rome, Ju'y 16.--The official state ment sued today by the Italian Way Office reads: * the whole front yheterday we were much more active In the evening, after baving kept the en- emy lines under heavy fire from Ver- . sic to the Jamiana Valley, we made | ( a successful raid south-east of Hill 247. Despite a violent hostile re- action, the ememy paniifons were de- stroyed. We brought Back machine Buns, war material, and 275 prison ers, incivding elevdn officers "On ¢ Trentino and Carni \ WHIG CONTENTS, 1----Four Qe French Re, The Gerhan « sion Delayed. 2--Jalbreaker for Pen: Young Girl is Injured. Ine of Gadshy's Fine Let- ters Editorial, Random Reels; Rippling Rhymes, S--Death of the Ypres 8 Permission Granted, Kast O N risis: Exten- lent; 10---koxane's Confession: Dar. i Doings > 11---News frm the Countryside, 12--In World of Sport; Bring. MME Up Fat fronts direct hits were obtained by our artillery on enemy abutments, caus ng fires. and dispersing working parties. ; "On the Jullan front, our arti'lery concentrated on Bigha and Bodrizo. We sheHed tion of the act would take at least the | x A KINGSTON, ONTARIO, itish Whig A GLALCE AT THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE \ Er RUSSIAN FLANK PROTECTED BY CARPATHIAN MTS, ' ROovNO 0 © 2 30 (MES) ON CZERNOVITZ @ FOUR GERMAN SHIPS CAPTURED In the Nerth Sea by British Forczs on [3- trol Duty. CUNFRE DAMAGED OTHERS WHICH MAKE TOWARD THE DUTCH COAST. Four Were Intercepted--Two Crews iscaped--The Captured Ships Were Bafely Brought Into Har- bor. (Special to the Whig.) London, July 17.--The capture<of four German merchant ships in the North Bea, yesterday, was announced by the Admiralty to-day. : The Germans did their best to make off and two were damaged by gunfire from British boats which sighted them. Admiralty statement said: "Our light forces on patrol duty sighted v number of German steamers. Our signals wie disregarded and the ships made toward the Dutch coast. Two of the rearmost were badly dam- aged by gun fire. The other four were intercepted and captured. Two crews escaped, and the others were brougit into the harbor. The names of the captured ships were the Pelle- torn, Brietzig, Mariehorn and Heinz Blumberg. WHAT COMPROMISE WILL BORDEN OFFER In Exchange For an Extension of the nt Parliamen- tary Term. { (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, July 17.--This afternoon will finally solve the many specula- tions which have been abroad con- cerning Premier Borden's offer in exchange for an extens on of term. That his resolution for extension will be "accompanied by some compro- mise, probably a period of volun- tary recruiting, is generally expect- As the details for the administra. a month to complete in any event, Sir Robert may claim that he is not really delaying the b'll to any ex- tent by attempting voluntary re- eraiting in the meantime. men, SHOULD END ALLIANCE Czech Deputy Says Austria Should Break With Ally. Zurich, July \ 17.--The Austrian Reichstag was thrown into an uproar last Saturday when the former Czech Minister, Herr Praschek, declared the hate of the entire world was not dir- ected against Austria, but against Germany, and that Austra should detach herself from her ally, fAy8 a Vienna despatch, "How are we to obtain peace" de- manded Herr Praschek, "if we cling to the German side? Must we yn- tinue to sacrifice our interests the expansion of Germany? Must we don- tinue to submit to the German mHi- The speaker declared that Cupoh Deputies had been imprisoned for at- tempting to bring about an all'ance of Austria with Russia and France, and added that if they were to bo stigmatized as traitors then ail Caechs who believed similarly should be stigmatized. NO BREAK YET. (Special to the Whig.) Amsterdam, July 17--A semi- official denial that there has been any break in diplomatic re- lations between Argentine and Germany was received here to- day. 1An amicable settlement of the points in controversy be- tween the two nations is hoped for. LEE ERR RR PEP 4 504400040 DROVE GERMANS BACK. And Made Some Gains in the Belgium (Special to the Whig.¥ * Lorfdon, July 17.--Field Marshal Haig's British soldiers gained during the night northwest of Warneton (Belgium), according to their com- mander"s report to-day to the War fice. E In the Nieuport sector (close to the sea in Belgiwm,) he said a Brit- ish raiding party encountered a large enemy detachment in front of the German positions and after a sharp fight drove them back into their trenches. There the enemy was bombed by the British party . . The debt) is 45,000,000, 000 rubles, five times of 191 An unfavorable feature of the ral si cent. Southern a 08 5 4 Geeta Ay ou g : in He wus the German Under of ies and Food TUESDAY, JULY 1 October 7th, {prism that has thréwn-us into. thisd, ar?" y .jemy reserves and In w | losses in officers, tren 1917. i | THERE IS ANIMOSITY. | The Bavarians Grow Weary Fight: Premier Borden Conscals (o Reguest From Associate Member For_ Halifax. | \ part of the line. | tired of fighting the Prussians' war UPON THE EVE OF A VERY IM. PORTANT DEBATE. several Liberal Members Sorry the Resolution Was Held Over--They | Wish to Wade Right Into It Ottawa, July 17.--DBefore a repre- entative house yesterday afternoon! sir Robert Borden moved the resolu-! ion standing in his name, requesting | 'he Imperial Goverument to amend the B.N.A. Act so as to provide for aj further exteusion of the term of | Parliament for another year ending 1918. Sir Robert was | wccorded a mild mead of applause | when he prepared to rise. Much to! he surprise of those present, how-| ver, A. K. MacLean, junior mem- Jer for Halifax, rose instead. | "Let me suggest to the Prime | Minister," he said, "that considera- | tion of this resolution be postponed { for a few days at Teast. I don't pre- | 'end to speak for any other honor- able gentlemen on this side of the | House, but it is only fair that consid- | eration of the motion be pestponed | it least until-the Military Service bill has been passed. The ultimate de-| 'ision of ithe House on that measure | may very much affect me in reaching | A conclusion on this resolution. | Tid aby Kuggestion and I trust | it :Will pecelvel consideration. Sir, Robert Borden briefly consult- | xl Sir.Gporge Foster. When he rose tlfere was no trace of resentment on | his face. | "I would have been glad," he said, | 'if the honorable member had com- | municated to me earlier the desire! which he now makes. I gave notice | on Friday last, and I came to-day pre-| nared to go on with this resolution | which has been on the order paper r four months. However, in ac- cordance with (He request. I am willing to postpone consideration un- til to-morrow. . In the meantime I] will consider the request further." No Sympathy Shown, + | Hon. Frank Oliver rose. "So far! ks I am concerned," he said in a level but emphatic voice, "the sug- gestion of the junior member for Hailfax has no support from me." (Loud laughter from the Conserva- tive side.) "Make that unanimous," said Geo. Kyte, of Richmond. Hon. Charles Murphy rose, Mr. Speaker," he said, "I am of the same opinion as the member for Edmon- ton." (More laughter.) Dr. Clark, of Red Deer, heaved himself to his feet from a back seat, "I hope," he said, "that the desire of the member for Halifax has not been prejudiced in the eyes of the Gov- ernment by the observation of hon- orable members who have taken their seats." ' (Cries of hear, Government side.) How, Dr. Pugsley rose amid fur- ther. jeer. from ¢ Government side. "I -am sorry'! he said, "that this resolution shoul be allowed to stand over. "It has on the order paper for many days. The sooner it is brought down and decided upon the better for the country." AGAIN PROPHESIES A GENERAL ELECTION Montreal Gazette Says Opposi- tion Will Seal Fate of Ex- tension Legislation. hear," from the yor (Special to the Whig.) Montreal, July 17.---Apropos of the Liberal caucus in terday, the Gazette, Conservative, this morning says: "The extension ' resolution will again come before Parliament to-day. It will be supported by all Govern- ment members and most of the war Li but will be opposed by Sir rier and his supporters in 1 party. This opposition the fate of extension legis- lation and will make an election as Ottawa yes- ---- RUSSIANS NTRENCH : After Austrians Were Driven Ladziang Pet L 1 July 17.--"On the Lead ziany-Krasna Ar d the War Office statement a y "we battled all day. The-%Aus were driven out of zlany, but pressed us hard om the Lom- nica. Owing to the arrival We were com | '| mosquitos are driving ing Prussia's War. { Canadian Headquarters in France, {July 17.--An enemy sergeant who captured three days ago told i correspondent to-day: ""The | chronic feeling of animosity that has always existed qwong the Bavarians aganst the PrusshNns is becoming more and more acute. The Bavac- ians are of opinion that they are be {ing worse used than the Prussians. They get shorter periods of rest, and always have to hold the worst The Bavarians are War Tidings. The . western part of Lens, par- ticularly that known as the Cite du Moulin, was subjected to a gas at- tack early Monday moming by the Canadians, British airmen bombed Zeebrugge and theratlway junctions and s'dings at Ostend. Heavy fighting resvaed on the Italian front. The Italians took 275 prisoners and war material. . A Canadian freighter sunk a sub- marine in the Mediterranean. FEEEPPL PIP IP RFC E FF PPP RG > + MUST PREPARE FOR + A DURABLE PEACE. * <* {An Am- quotes a Berliner London, July 17.- sterdam despatch telegram from the Tageblatt as follows: 'Chan cellor Michaelis must guaran- tee that he intends to prepare for a durable peace and he must also give Parliament full control and respons bility for future events.' < + + <* * + + * TEPPER PEEPIP ELF EL TEI ERE RUSSIAN Stet tp ter Oba, MINISTERS HAVE RESIGNED And Another. is Threatening to Do the S8ame--New Ap- pointments. (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, July 17.--Minister of Finance Shingarefl, Minister of Edu- cation Manuiloff and the Minister of Public Redef, Prince Shakhovskoy, formally resigned to-day. All are members of the Cadet party." Min- ister of Railways Nikrassoff is said be be considering a like move: but Premier Lvoff is endeavoring to dis- suade him. M. Prokopovith was to-day an- nounced as the new minister of Com- merce Vice-M. Konovaloff, who re- signed May 31st. M. Tscharnowsky | will succeed M. Manuiloff as Minis Fter of Education. CROWN PRINCE SUPREME? Kaiser Refers All Party Leaders to His Son. London, July 17.--An exchange despatch from - Amsterdam says: Speaking to several party leaders of the Reichstag. the Crown Pringe asked them for their opinion on Hollweg's resignation. He furthe.- explained that the Kaiser had or- dered him to receive all party lead- ers. "My father," he said, "wants me to come independent of opinion about the Chanceiior's policy." Theodor Wolff, commenting upen this, says: "If the Chancellor goes inte retirement now, the Crown Prince hus apparently taken mat- brs in hand. Our enemies will as- uredly say his fall has been Brought about by the Crown Prince's rty of militarists, which will re- uce . rather than enhance peace hances, as the Prince is regarded road as the very incarnation of uNlitarism. PREFER CANADIAN CHEESE. Since the British Government Takes Over Monopoly. London, July 17.--A large im- porter informs me that there has been a big demand for Canadian cheese since the Covernment took over the monopoly of this commod- ity. The retail price to the consunm- er is thirty-two cents a pound. while English cheese costs the consumer forty-two cents a pound. MONSTER SUBMARINES. Germany Reported to Have Under sea Boats 300 Feet Long. An Atlantic Port, July 17.--Ger- many now has 300-foot super-sub- marines in the Atlantie, according to thé captain of a Dutch steamer arriving here yesterday. He sald the monster U-boat halted and questioned his vessel June 22nd off the Norwegian coast. The submar- ine cay guns fore and aft. =a Th WORK. ---- By Threatening Arrest Mem Who Office (Special to the Whig.) New York, July 17.--Threats of arrests for refust 0 serve on se- lective draft exempilon boards to- day promised to . Pp the work of organizing Toeal ex tion rds, thereby Ayasten 2 coming of raft day." ov . See 7) Special to the Whix ). New York, July 17.--Bel of workmen en- gaged in constructing the » LL, off the (Rpecta |; to the Whey Tondon, July--17: Hger, military | PAGES 18 ome CANOT RAY CERWAN CRS No Means of Telling What is Going on | da THAT GERMAN AUTOCRACY EN. GINEERED CRISIS, Did Erzberger Lead Hollweg Into a Trap to Play Buelow's and the Pan-Germans' Game, London, July 17 In the expres- sive phrase of J. L. Garvin, one of the authorities, on Germany consulted by 4 correspondent, there are no means of X-raying what is going on in that country, and, while consequently it would be rash to jump to 'conclus- ions, one thing seems to be establish- ed clearly by such indications as have crossed the fromtiers. This is that political disturbances and political changes are responsible to the influ- ence of public opinion and more or less well-defined public desires. There would have been no crisis in Germany if the war had been going well and continued to arouse the en- thusiasm of the early stages, Where, it impossible to predicate with certainty is when one has reached the question how far will public discontent force the hands of German autocracy. Neither in Am- erica nor in England, authorities here say, is it sufficiently understood how strong are the interests upon which German autocracy is founded. Re- actionary forces are extremely pow- erful and, while there is no reliable gauge of volume of the current of popular indications of the strength of forces mobiMzed for the proseca- tion of the war. There exists he suspicion that the crisis has been to a large extent engineered by German auwtocracy it- sf. One fact which is rgarded as | pointing to this is that Erzberger, of tife Centre Party, has been steadily working for Von Buelow, for whom the pan-Germans Just now have. nothi- Ing tov kind to say. If the dedue- tion that Erzberger led Bethmann- Hollweg into a trap so as to play Buelow's and the pat-Germans' game, it is a piece of political Mac- hiaevellism which would be difficult to beat, however, becomes Hon. L. J. Tweedie, former Lieu- tenant-Governor and a former Pre- cler, died at his home near Chatham, N.B, aged 67 years. His health had not been good of late, The war Liberals have formed a new party. Bremier Border has asked for har- vest help, -------- FEEPEFP EPP E LPP R PL PbS ROYAL HOUSE NAME. {Special to the Whig.) London, July 17--King ® George dropped his German + family name to-day for himself 4 and all the royal family, He 4 amnounced to the Privy Coun- $+ cil, at a special meeting, that # hereafter the Royal House % would be known by the name + of "Windsor", The Germanic 4 family name held by the fam- & + lly was "Saxe-Cobourg and ¢ + Gotha." * + * A A ---------------- DAILY MEMORANDUM 3 See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities, The #Un rises Wednesday at 4.34 am and sets at 7.37 pam THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following Oity Stores. Ahern, Joseph, Jr. Best Drug Store .. Princess Bucknell's News Depot Clarke, J. W. & Co. College Book Stors Coulter's Grocery .% ., - Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Pri Frontenac Hotel .. ., . Gibson's Drug Store McAuley's Book Store ... CPP 0000000 4» Hadley, I og ul's Clgar rouse's Prue Pi r Southoott's G i : R § Forisj fii FH ; i tol AF He: i THE SISPOON ENTS ~~ , ZT