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+ = The Daily British Whi ES OAR mee = LAST BOITION YEAR 84: No. 279 LENINE'S GOVERNMENT HAS PASSED AWAY | | [+ And a Coalition Cabinet Has Been F el tria and Hungary Will Accept Russia's Pro- * * * * % + +» + * + + * { % + * + 1. + * » KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER :/ THREATENS TO REPUDIATE DEBTS Th is Wit Lee Sas Risa WL D0 | 10_ tas IF ARMISTICE 1S REFUSED THE 30, 917. J 30400404004 480430398400 008 WAR BULLETINS. Lord Lansdowne demands re- vision of the Allies' war aims to bring the war to an end quick- ly. | ® 4 REGARD BOLSHEVIKI + | WITH CONTEMPT. % * 30.--At a + night by + Petrograd, Nov. meeting held Sunday the Petrograd Cadets, the fol- % lowing resolution was unani- % mously passed: + "Citizens of Petrogra®, as- % sembled at a meeting summon- % ed by the Party of People's % Freedom | enthusiastically ac- % claim the good news of the bril- 4 liant victory of the British, 3 army, and express firm confi- 4 dence that all our loyal allies, % realizing how criminal and 4 baseless is the Bolsheviki ad- + venture, will regard with con- % tempt the pretentions of the #% usurpers to speak in the name G of Russia.' 3 CHARGES AGAINST HIM Declares That He Is the Victim of Circumstances --He Will Remain In Office Subject To the will of the Holy See at Rome. In St. Mary' s cathedral on Friday | he was reviled did "bot revile; when morning there was observed the! he suffered, he threatened not; but sixth anhiversary of the consec eration | delivered himself to him that judged of Archbishop M. J. Spratt, who in| Chap: TI 19.23, --St. Peter, 1st Ep. presence of the priests of the archdio-! Dearly Belov ay Brethren: -- cese and a large congregation de-| 1 have chosen this text as the one livered an address in which he told Dest Suitable a er Srl Beets. | u covers e of his connection with the legal ac- | ground-work of the great tribulation tion of Sister Mary Basil, recently that has so recently come upon us. tried in the supreme Court and in| For we have been enduring great sor- which tif® jury found against himself | | Fenty. sullesing wrougtuiy, anq aa | y, ha en crue uf- and th® other defendants. | feted while wholly Be TN of His Grace declared that he had' having comnfitted any wrong hav- «~~~ "ing been delinquent in any dud For {five years I have clung to patience. and kept my soul in peace, and I hope to so continue. During those five years 1 have suffered many things, but I cannot speak of them now, even in self-defence. For I am not here to pass judgment on the actions of others. The Lord hath said: "Judge not that you may not be judged, For with what judgment you judge you shall be judged, and with what meas- ure you mete, it shall be measured unto you again." A German destroyer was sunk by a mine off Holland and only two of the crew were saved. It is said in Paris that Ger- many plans to . gain Switzer, land and strike the Allies in the! rear at several points. posals for Armistice and Peace Negotiations (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Nov. 30. -- The Government of Nikolai | Lenine has fallen, according to a Petrograd despatch to the Daily Chronicle, dated Wednesday. It has been succeeded by a coalition cabinet of advanced Socialists in which, how=- ever, the Bolsheviki is represented. Accept the | Proposals. (Canadian Press Despatch) Amsterdam, Nov, 3¢.--The Aus- tro-Hungarian government, aceord- ing to a despatch from Vienna, 'has sent an official reply accepting the Russian Government's wireless pro- posals to enter into negotiations for an armistice and general peace treaty, FIFI RETR E PIERRE PEELE EIE00e i UNITED STATES WOULD REMARKABLE CURE LOSE $160,000,000, IN LONDON HOSPITAL Soldier Dumb For Fourteen Months From Shell Shock Recovers Voice. 4 | Germany's Commander-in-Chief Con- sents to Negotiate--Fighting on German Front Ordered to Cease, Petrograd, Nov: 30, via London--! Nicholai Lenine, partner with Leon] Trotzky in leadership of the Bolshe-| viki Gpvernment, yesterday openly threatened to declare Russia's obli- gations and debts to other nations invalid unless those nations accepted the-Bolsheviki proposals for a gener- al armistice of all belligerents, SHEA SE30404 4009 perial Chancellor, declared yesterday | GERMANS OF OPEN ATTACK before the Reichstag. He expressed the wish that the present effort of the Bolsheviki would bring peace, The Chancellor declared that the Central Powers still stood by their answer to the peace note of the Pope. He said that the A Central Powers were not responsible | south of the point of last week's for the prolongation of the war and | British offensive, but no details are held out as a warning to others the| available at present. glorious advance into Italy. | Apparently the Chancellor did not gtate Germany's peace terms specifi- cally, nor did he mention the Reich- stag resolution in favor of peace| without annexaticns and indemnities. | batteries of the contending armies Conditions in .tussia apparently are maintaining a violent bomtard- remain greatly unsettled. | ment. The British are pounding hard along their front in the Cambrai sec- tor, and the town of Cambrai is now directly under the fire of the British y . | do not need to registeror to be add- od to the voters' lists being compiled SOLDIERS VOTE at present. They come under the cannon. military system. The German War Office reports Presiding Officers will be appointed Special Polling Places Will Be Open For Them that Italian attacks against the for the various camps and other Austro-German mountain positions places necessary to take the votes.|on the west bank of the Brenta and For 'Montreal district these polls| on Monte Tomba failed. have not yet been determined. They : VOTER MUST GO TO THE MILL. TARY POLLS. will be announced later by who has The Men Who Are Eligible to Vote-- been appointed by the government to look after the voting. Presiding Officers to be Appoint ed Soon, All the voting of military electors Every man in khaki in Canada and in Canada will take place on election]. day, December 17th. . No registration is necessary for every discharged soldier, is vitally interested in the result of the elec- tion. Many inquiries have been mada these military electors. The soldier, New York Stocks, saibor, or nurse, as the case may be, as to the method by whieh a soldier can obtain the vote. will go to the most convenient mili-|, tary poll, apply to the Presiding Of- Ad, Sut er ficer, and be required to sign a state- &O. .. Soldiers, at the front, men in training overseas, men in training in Candda, returned men----these and ment setting out the qualititication | ¢ "ws necessary. C. P. R. xd 2% "pe. He is then giyen a ballot paper and a : may vote for the Government or Op-| Marine pid. position, or other party in general, or| Ny (, *e 681% for the particular candidate in his Reading ' 69 district by name. His vote is applied | gouth . 1%pe 80% in the district indicated in his state- 'Un. Pac. xd 2% 1 pe 111% ment, Alcohob .. ... .. 110 t is to Be noted that while a dis-l\ sn Loco charged man who is a resident with-| A paconda in Canada comes within the term| pay Steel "b" other clagees are affected. The military elector has had his case provided for in the Military Voters' Act passed at the last ses. sion of Parliament. He does not need to pay any attention to the or- dinary proceedings. He does not need to bother, whether his name is on * the voters' list or not. The Military Voters' Act dis in- tended to cover the whole class com- prised dn the ferm 'Military Elec- South of Point of British Offensive Last Week (Canadian Press Yespateh) London, Nov. 30.--The Germans this morning opened an attack on the British lines near Connelieu, just London, Ont., Nov, 30.--An extra- ordinary cure just effected at Wolse- ley Barracks Military Hospital is at- tracting widespread attention. Fours teen months ago Pte. Toll, a Smith | street man, was blown up by high explosives in France. The result of 'the shell shock was that he lost his voice, and since that time he had not spoken a word. He has struggled to U. 8. a Big Loser, make his wants known in a forced Washington, Nov. 30.--Cahcela-| Whisper, scarcely audible. tion of Russian war debts to the] Treatments in hospitals in France . "land England failed to restore him, United States would mean sweeping| and he returned home with a rather aside a bill of nearly $160,000,000.| dismal prospect before him. He This amount already paid out of an| called at the military hospital at authorization of $325,000,000, has| Wolseley Barrack and made known been expended in the Unitad States his condition to Major W. J. Brown, h a former Lindsay, Ontario, man, and chiefly in paying munitions debts|, graduate of Trinity College, who which otherwise might have gone by| las been on overseas duty for the the board. past three years. Entering the clinic, voiceless, he was given attention, and within a few minutes 'he emerged with his old- time vocal powers. "I just rubbed some medicine on his larynx and got his confidence," Major Brown said. "I told him he would be able to speak, and when he tried he could. It was largely a men- tal condition, resulting from shell shock. 1 have seen many cases of | the kind in England, though the longest 1 had ever known before was only seven months, Toll had been without his voice for 14 months." CAN PUNISH RUSSIAN TREACHERY SEVERELY Petrograd Paper Points Out That Entente Can Institute Blockade of Russia. Petrograd, No¥. 30---The Vete- chera, formerly The Vetchernaya Vremya, commenting on the state ment made by the allied military commander-in-chief of the Russian army, who recently 'was deposed for refusing to obey the order to open armistice negotiations with the Ger- mans, that any break in the London agreement by Russia would bring serious consequences, declared that the threat is not only a form of speech, but exists and is a terrible one, "From the moment the allies break off relations," says the newspaper, "the transport will cease, as it al- ready has ceased from the United War Tidings. The end of the East African cam- paign 'before Christmas is predicted, Along the entire Italian front the Must Send Envoys to Berlin. (Canadian Press Despatch.) New York, Nov. 30. --Germany is ready to discuss peace with Russia if envoys with full powers are sent to Berlin, Count von Herjling, new Im- A A A A A a Denies Every Charge. Do not think, however, that I am come into this pulpit to apologize for any fault or default. I stand here to deny every charge that has been brought against me, fully conscious bf the responsibility of such a declar- ation, and I make this statement, not because I am accountable to the pub lic or any other than my lawfully , constituted superiors; bat I do so for your benefit, as you are vitally inter- ested, since my cause is your cause. For five years I endeavored to set- tle this difficulty that is at present | before the public mind and causing 80 great a scandal, using every facul- ty of soul and body and every gift of nature and grace; but to no pur- Germany Consents to Negotiations. Petrograd, Nov. 80.--Germany's commanders-in-chief have consented to negotiate an armistice with Rus- sia over the entire front, according to announcement by the Bolsheviki commander-in-chief, Ensign Krylen- ko. At a meeting Sunday plenipoten- tiaries from both sides will confer. | The Germans, it was stated, will be represented by the north army com- mander, Krylenko's envoys, he said, entered the German lines on the front of the Russian fifth army. Immedi- ately upon the start of the mnegotia- 'tions, Krylenko ondered an immedi- hte cessation of all fighting. STOCK MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by NRongard, Ryerson & Co., 44 Clarence St., ARCHBISHOP SPRATT Howard 8. Folger, Manager. oe HO RAT re not come into the pulpit to apologize for any fault or default. "I stand here," he said, "to deny every charge that has been brought against me, tully conscious of the responsibility of such a declaration." ose. When the dispensation from vows was first and repeatedly requested, I did not grant the petition for up- He further declared that he had! Wards of a year, thinking that I might . ossibly succeed in controlling the become a victim of circumstances. An oid When all hope rolling 1 effort had been made the archbishop | finally forwarded the document but said, to settle the case out of court. | p a SoLusmed; Tn tettery i 1 1d th laintift' licitor Bold, some of which were r uri oy Eph a oo - er] the ial, prove Beyond doubt that h | put forth every po @ effort wit tary consideration, he was of the 0p-| hopeful success for a time. inion that it could be obtained. A| After the first failure I ceased for few days later he had received a note; & time to give Aus Sono Sion to saying that the offer could not be| ation hecame very seriows, when I considered. took the matter up again, and after His Grace stated that the Basil two sittings we came to a conditional case was at present before the high-| Settlement, est ecdlesiastical court in Rome and, he was prepared to abide by the de- Situation Became Discouraging. cision. It would be an easy ane) The conditions tally and the situ: for him to resign and retire in peace | tion became more discouraging. Fin from ail this turmoil, but to do this a Wace Nas x Deo he said would be to prove false to his! hecame more and more hopeless and eccclesiastical superior, to religion | I came to the conclusion that it was 132% 14% 24 95% BS Cah pil A Sl et ad -------- GIVING RUSSIA AID IN CRITICAL MOMENT Head of American Railway Commission Is Doing Everything He Can. Petrograd, Nov. 30.-- John F. Stevens, head of the American Rail- road Commission which came to Rus- sia at the time of the Root Mission, is at Viadivostolo for the purpose of meeting more than 300 railroad men from the United States who are com- ing to help the Russian railroads in the most critical moment in their history, h3 57% 80 655% 26% 33% franchise in the ordinary way. Ifq ed not, he can qualify himself to vote DE Steel xt x2. 4% by taking an oath before the Return- Midvale ' ing Officer at the poll in the polling | 'Atlantic Gulf | a division where the voter resides and|'Ap Sugar xd 1 1% by showing his certificate of dis- charge from active service. 1n this connection polls will be hébd at the various hospitals and at the barracks headquarters of each Canadian Stocks. Can Cement, 67% Dom, Steel .. 53% military elector and does not meed Crucible to register, iis method of voting isiynter Nickel slightly different from the above de-| kannicott scribed. If he is in his home district Wwaxjcan Pet ' and on the lists he should exercise his 'Rep, Steel oC tors." Leaving aside the application of the Act overseas, the question arises: What soldiers in Canada will vote? Where, and how, are they to exercise the privilege? Military Electors, The "Military Electors" in Canada will comprise various classes. There is one necessary qualification com- mon to all, 'They must be British subjects. They need mot be ordinar- ily resident in Canada; they need not be of age. They include all those whp have been enrolled in the Cana. dian Expeditiondry Force, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Mili- tia on Active Service, or the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Resprve. Men who have beén enrolled while in Canada in the British Royal Fly- ing Corps, Royal Naval Air Service or Auxiliary Motor Boat Patrol Ser. vice also come under the provisions Qf the Act. It does not matter in what capacity the service has been rendered, and females are included us well as males. The 'Military Electors" also covers one who has unit in the city. days. % FOR WORKMEN KILLED IN TRENTON EXPLOSION. (Canadian. Press Despatch.) Trenton, Nov. 30.--Four % workmen were killed and two + were injured, not dangerously, # in an explosion in one of the % buildings of the British Chemi- # cal Company here early this + morning. The building was de- #% stroyed in the fire which fol- #» lowed. The company is very 4 busy and working three shifts. CHARGED WITH TREASON rest at Brantford. (Canadan Press Despatch.) Brantford, Nov, 30.-- Deputy presiding officers will be appointed to look af- ter the polls in the course of a few CHPEPFPIPPPPRP FPPC EIP POP 4 Georman-( 'anadian Placed Under Ar- L. Hancel- 'Steel of Canada 50 War Loan, 1937 93% All other Canadian stocks selling minimum prices. CHICAGO GRAIN, Corn, Open High Low 121 121% 120% 1 118% 119% 118% 118 124% 124% 123 123 69% 70% 69 72 72% 1 69 71 Perse Pree tetd Cotton Open Highly Low 2.45 p. ..29.65 29.83 29.51 29. 29,10 29.43 29.10 29. .28.88 29.14 28.85 29. +» ..30.30 30.50 30.21.30. .28.61 28.82 28.61 28 Jan .. Mch May i Dec July. ASKS LAUDER TO RETRACT Zz the ose. 03% Oats. Open High Low Cldse .82 States, and all the frontiers of our late allies will be closed to us." The newspaper says it has been de- clared that Russia cannot exist dur- ing the coming year without imports, and concludes ironically as follows: "Even 'friendly' Germany will not Ye in a. position to supply us with necessities." The Vetechera admits the imposel- bility of Russia carrying on the war, but says it should be conducted so as not to needlessly offend the alligs, 500,000 MOSLEMS SLAIN IN RUSSIA Yopois 3 It. With 'But Two irghi; Tribe Wipen Out in m. 916 by Order of Czar 58 Einsoptions, Nicholas. 27 (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Nov, 30.--Half a million 03| London, Nov. 30.--The Marquis of Lansdowne's letter givin ce sug- 45 oie Siving peace sug members of thé Kirghiz tribes were massacred, by agents of the Russian estions hold the first place in the Emperor in 1916, according to a cor- ditorfal columns of the London morning. newspa but with the respondent of the Manchester Guard- jan, who has been traveling in Cen- David R. Francis, the American Ambassador, is concentrating his at- tention on the pressing economic questions of the country, turning all available American energy to- ward helping the railroads distribute food, which as a whole is plentiful, but lacking in sufficient quantities At certain vital points, such as Petro- grad, Moscow and some sections of the battlefront. The Ambassador also is taking extraordinary measures to meet the needs of the families of rajfiroad workers. at % % LANSDOWNE'S PROPOSALS pers exception of the radical Daily News, which ves it, and-the moderate charge. in office Holy See, He would therefore, remain subject to -the will of the Addresses the Laity. On entering the pulpit Archbishop Spratt announced his text as fol- Tows: "This is thankworthy if for con- science towards God a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully, "For what glory is it, if commit- ting sin and being buffeted for it you suffer patiently; this is thankworthy before God. "For unto this are you called, be- cause Christ aldo suffered for us leav- ing you an example that you should follow his steps. "Who did not sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who when and to the flock committed to his] an A pesaibly one. At different times when the subject {of taking action came before me I | counselled patience and trust in Di- vine Providence, Supported by a decree of the Sac- red Congregation of Religious in Rome, dated April 9th, 1895, declar- ing that in the removal of Sisters from one place to another, the Bu- periors of any Community held this right independently of the Bishop, I refused to have anything whatsoever to do with any action outside of the ordinary. I was acting within my own right and could not safely do otherwise as it would be a danger- out thing for a Bishop to interfere with the rights of others. I have an example in mind at the present time. It was a case of two sisters who were digeiplined by a Bishop, who was one of the most distinguished canonists and theologians in the Dominion. An (Continued on page 12.) A Statement He is Alleged to Have Made. Montreal, Nov. 30.--Mayor Med- eric Martin wrote a letter yesterday to Harry Lauder, asking the ecom- edian to retract a statement which 'Lauder is credited with having made at & luncheon of the Rotary Club in this city, one day last week, when the noted Scotsman was the guest of honot. The mayor quotes the ob- Daily Te! ph, which endorses it, in part, it is denounced wed tral Russia. This was punishment for a rebel- Hon against military service by the Central Asian Moslems. Two million nomads, who have gradually been forced eastward by the acquisition of the grazing lands by the Emperor's Ministers, and others, who filled the lands with Ukrainian peasants, took part in the been honorably discharged from any one of the above forces, To illustrate the above classifiea- tion, the following may be particu- larly enumerated as eligible under this Act: (1) Returned men, whether still on duty, or in convalescent homes, or discharged from the service: (2) Men in units for overseas, or discharged-therefrom; WHERE PROMINENT LIBERALS STAND | man, graduate.of an advanced school 'of chiropractics in Chicago, who has deen practising here in the daytime and working at munitions at night, has been placed under arrest on'a charge of treason. Hancelman was employed by a local firm a year ag then moved to Chicago, and oan returned here and has lately been em- ployed by another shell-making con- (The British Whig has been charged with forsaking the Liberal party because it supports the Union Government and the Military Service Act. It is not #0. We propose to publish on this page, day by day, the statements of recognized Liberal leaders which prove that they hold the same views as we do. Were the Whig to advocate, at this crisis, any other policy, it would in deed be opposing nil that is best and noblest and bravest in db. eralism.) ARTICLE NO. 4. USED THE FIRE HOSE. (Canadian Press Despatch.) + Sherbrooke, Que., Nov. 30. # $+ --Wild scenes took place at a 4 | rebellion. (3) Men on duty in the active militia or who have been on duty "and have been discharg- uy Men of 2% Canadian Navy or R. C. viR; (5) By a Need N ot Register. Military Bod as defined above, cern. LANSDOWNE'S LETTER man Papers. Press is Despateh ) He will appear here Monday 'l'on a serious chdrge. The accused was 'born in Canada of German parentage. 1s Published) ou Prout Pag of Gon jectionable remark as follows: bastard blood to this remark as infamous. the west. French-Canadians believe they have French blood in their veins they de- ceive themselves; as they have only ." His worship refers The Union Govenyment will sweep - * Civil war is still proceed- ing between nomads and the Russian peasants, according to the corre- spondent, : "It | 4 Union Government meeting # # held here. The mob attacked # + Hon, Mr. and Hon. Mr. # + Ballantyne, and scenes of great # 4 disorder ensued. The rioters # $000,000 FOR VICTOR . # were finally dispersed with fire : , ¥ 103N, Turkey in Napanee Day Brought London, ar. 30.--Newspa ho WHIG CONTENTS, . 1denine Government Fallen: May Repudia te Debts; Archbishop's Dendals. 2--'The Victory Loan; Incidents of the Day. Bishop Fulton. 'Wires; Theatrical --Balorias: Rhymes: reas Opt: none: ngs That Children's aid Meeting; Te Be More Polls. s--Meeting for Hardy. 7 =-Amussinents; Announcements; The Forul SMilitary: "Theatrical 9--Music in the Home. 10--Roxane's ON tomon; Telegra- hic News. 11--News from the he Countrysidh, 12--4Archbishop's Continued, 13-<SArchi 8 Denar Continued. 14--In the" World of Sport. Germany to-day publish Lord downe's letter on their front -- telegraphs the Amsterdam corres- pondent of the Exchange Telegraph er The German newspapers consider it the beginning of England getting reasonable. . The letter, the correspondent adds, has caused general satisfaction in Germany, where it is regarded as a semi-olficlal feeler. abit ------ A War Office Statement. Paris, Nov. 30--The night was calm over the whole front the War Office reports, except in the Argonne, where the artillery on both = sides showed particular activity, and in the =< 5 Hundeo of totais oF peopleiis Gans not only have no bank accounts, but they have mever saved a dollar. Now is the time for them to begin and in buying a Victory Bond, which they can pay for in easy ihstalments, they are sot only helping shemselves, but are helping Cuan 10 Tinian, the wae. The Government and every financior in Canada urges the beo- ple to buy Victory Bonds because: 1. They will help you. \ 2. They will help your family. S. They will help your country. 4. They will help civilization. : The man who does not buy a Victory Bond Is going to feel lone- . Napanee, Nov, 30.--One of our oldest and most respected citizens in "\! the person of Henry Evans passed peacefully away on Tuesday last at the ripe age of ot ninery years. De- ceased had been in failing health for some months, and his end was not unexpected. He leaves a family of grown-up ch The funeral took piace on Thu afternoon. w and Thursday was turkey day' in Napanee, and large quantities of turkeys, ducks, chick- ens and geese were brought to town. The prices paid for turkeys were 27¢ per 1b.; geese, 18¢; chickens, 22¢; ducks, 21c, The farmers in this dis. triet received for their fowl over $20,000. The figures for the Victory Loan up to last night totais $810,250. With one more day to run it should bring the figures up close to )15900,000 mark. the | By H. J. Pettypiece, Forest, Ont. There are Liberals who are oppos-| ing the Union Government simply because they cannot drop party poli= tics, even to help Canada in her hour of peril, There are Conservatives who are opposing the Union Government sim- ply because they cannot drop party polities even to help Canada in her hour of peril. Both of these groups of opponénts lof the Government are putting party first, even to the extent of hindering Canada's effectual participation in the war, and are adding to the sac- rifice of life that any delay will nee- essarily cause. What party advantage can they expect to gain by oppesing a Gov- ernment that is not a party Govern- ment? Everybody admits that Can- ada's part in the war can be better cgyried on by a non-partisan Gov- ernment, and no sane person will corr tend that either party could do bet- ter than the other in this respect. Therefore, so far as the war Is concerned (and nothing else mat- ters), the nation's welfare and honor will be best served by maintaining a (Union Government. From the party, standpoint the Liberals of 'the future have every- thing to lose, because the onus of at tempting to displace a Union Gov- ernment for a party Government will, for all time, have to be carried by the Liberal party, unless the Liber- als, who are for the time being lay- ing aside party for country, ean save Liberalism from dishonor. From the party standpoint the Conservatives of the future have no- thing to lose, because those Conser- vatives who are not in favor of the Military Service Act can quietly vote for Opposition candidates, then