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'15 7 followed three futile attempts made FERRARA tte 12 PAGES FEA A ed r The Daily British Whig [=+] YEAR 84: NO. 281 BRITISH REGAIN LOST GROUND The Germans: Are Back to the Point Where They Started. THER LOSSES VERY LARGE THE BRITISH ARE NEAR TOWN OF MASNIERES. A German, Attack on Monday Morn. ing Beaten Off--Berlin Statement Says 6,000 British Were Captured in Three Days. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, via Reuter's Ottawa URGES RUSSIANS The Former Provisional Covernmeat Is- | Sues 2 Manifesto at Petrograd. TO RECOGNIZE AUTHORITY OF THE BOLSHEVIKI, | Ana Forces Are Sent Against It-- | Latest From Petrograd Shows a Much Divided People. (Canadian Press Despatch) | London, Dec. 3 he Russian | Provisional Government, thrown out Ageney, Dec, 3.--The amount of ter-|of power list month by the Bolshe- ritory gained by the enemy in Fri-| viki, re-appeared on the scene Fri- day's attack at a thousands of men, is so trifling that i scarcely shows appreciably on the | military map. Tactically the situ- ation may be said to remain virtually unaffected by the fighting owing to Britain's troops' magnificent spirit | and determination, - { The difference between our recent | splendid victory and the Germah re-! ply is that we retain gains up to al depth of nearly six miles, whereas | they were nearly everywhere heaten | back to the point from which they | started. Their intention was to turn our line and pineh us out from our new line towards Cambrai. It was a test of respective fighting qualities with the nymerical odds probably | about three to ome in favor of the Germans. Further British Progress, {Canadian Press Despatch.) British Army Headquarters in Frange, Dec. 3.-- British troops 'last niglit re-occupied the section of a trench on high ground southwest of Bourlon village on the Cambrai front, which was lost on Friday. The town of Masnieures, which was evac- uated by the British, was shelled last night by British artillery. General | Byng's troops last night pressed near] to the village of Villiers Guislain and | wlong the ridge southwest of that place and their line is n fairly oy the tows, ¢ > t is estimate he Germans had about y ons for: their assault on Friday, which except for the first Ypres battle is regirded as having\beén their heaviest attack on the British. The Germans attacked _ the British positions at Lavacquerie wouthwest of Cambrai at 8.45 o'clock this morning and an hour later it was * rted that they had been success- fully beaten off. Today's attack hy the enemy to take this village yes- terday afternoon. What Berlin Claims, {Canadian Press Despatch) Berlin, via London, Dec. 3.--S8ince Friday the Germans have captured six thousand British prisoners in the Cambral region. the German general stall announced to-day. The guns taken wumber a hundred. Capture by London Troops. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, . 3.--Hostile attacks delivered yesterday evening against our positions in the neighborhood of Moeuvres, Cambrai sector, were re- pulsed after sharp fighting, says to. day's official report. Successful min. or encounters during the night in the neighborhpod of Bourlon resulted in the capture by London troops of twelve German machine guns and a number of prisoners. Beyond con- siderable artillery activity by both sides on the southern battle front there is nothing further to report. Artillery Activity. (Canad Despatch, Paris, DOCS, Bomowhat yiolesit artillery activity on the Alene front and in the Verdun region is an- nounced in to.day's War Office re- port Sthatuise pare ere only in. erm cannonad and raiding operations, 5 Killed in action--T..0. Hawthorne, Warsaw. "Wounded --M y . R. Comba, Al H. G. Flatt, North Gower; G. @; 8. J. Caurtis, Richardson, Renfrew. ~-R. A. Redfern, Bath; R, b 3 messages from Russia ¢ the 'Dukhonin will are to peace be armies Sar Sermons; Jack Hazlett Ontario News. ER Announcements; News; Theatrical 3 : ' 94, Tale of the Sach: A Russian x of "the Ridges;:" War loss of so many | | visional Government, en. thousand |, day, according to special despafthes from Petrograd, and issued a mani- festo claiming to be the only legal authority in Russia and urging the people not to obey the decrees of the Bolsfieviki. All the measures taken by the Pro- the manifesto says, were with the, view of assem- bling the Constituent Assembly and to tide over the crisis until the Con- stituent Assembly would be able to declare the will of the people, but this hope was swept away by the re- volt of the extremists which disloca- ted the electoral machinery. All newspapers which printed the manifesto of the Provincial Govern- ment have been suspended. Their printing facilities have been placed at 'the disposal of the Maxamilists and | peasant newspapers. Won't Recognize Bolsheviki, (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Dec. 3.--The reserves of several guard regiments and machine gun detachments comprise thé forces sent against the General Staff head- quarters which has refused to recog- nize the authority of the Bolsheviki, eccording to a Reuter despatch from Petrograd. . The Council of Commissaries has instructed the commissary of the State Bank, it is added, to hand over to their hominees sums of money not exceeding a total of twenty-five mil- 'Hon roubles. GREATLY IMPROVED a ---- Defensive Positions on North= ern Line and Along Plave Are Considered Secure. {Canadian Press Despatch.) Italian Army Headquarters in Nor- thern Maly, Dec. 8.--Heavy firing has occurred on the northern line in past twenty-four hours in differen sectors around Monte Pertica, be« tween Brenta and Piaveristers and on the Meletta mange running west of Brenta. Each of the opposing forces holds part of these positions. The general condition along the entire Italian front has improved dis- tinctly in the last week. The defens- ive positions on the northern ling are now considered as secure as those along the Plave. This with the gathering strength of the Italiun and Allied forces has relieved the gravity of the situation. Northeast- powerful barrier on the morth and east, whioh is considered sufficient to hold the enemy. : *» 4 RUSSIAN DEPUTATION WITH # LJ PRINCE LEOPOLD. * a -- : > # (Canadian Press Despatch. # + Berlin, Dec. 3.--A Russian $ % deputation, the' official state- $ + ranging a general armistice. * Ad ddd dd dads A ad dh a ad SAYS WAR WILL END Ludendorff--Does Not Fa- (Canadian Press Despatch.) Nov. 11--News from the he 12--In the World of Sport. --------------------------------------------------. | NOT T0 068 GENERAL STAFF REFUSES ern Italy is now enclosed within ad *| Wanton Wrongs Must Not Recur-- + ment says, has arrived at at the & 4 command of Prince Leopold of ¢ 4 Bavaria, with the object of ar- # + IN TEUTONS' FAVOR This is the Prediction of Von 3.--Gen. von - land treasure that will beggar. the KINGSTON, ONTARIO, GRIP OF GERMANS ON RAILROADS OF FRANCE MENACED BERT - pl ROULERS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 917. TERRI IGT NEAR CAMBRAI The Germans Made Two Violent Attacks to Regain Lost Ground. BRTSH DEFEAT ENEMY GOUZEAUCOURT VILLAGE PAV- ED WITH FOE'S DEAD. Fifty Thousand His Attacked-- British Tommies Exhibited Spar. tan Courage--Byng Into Action. { * om PRESENT BATTLEWLINE ---- RAILROADS IN ALLIEN' TERRITORY Wa RAILROADS BEING U ® have been getting coal out of the D BY GERMANS General Byng's move on Cambrai, coupled with the British drive in Flanders, threatens to reconquer the great coal district of Northern France, partly frecd Tast spring by the advance into ~theswestern part of thé city of Lens. Thére : thé "BFS mines under fire, machinery hav ing been sent from England for the purpose. This basin is still in German hands and is well connected by rail with the principal German bases in Franee and Belgium: NO NONSENSE | FROM KAISER After This War is Over, Declares James Gerard. GERMANY MUST BE TAUGHT THAT WAR BY CONQUEST IS FOR. ' EVER ENDED, There Must be no German Domin. ation the Ex-ambassador Says, New York, Dec. 3.--James W. Ger- ard, former ambassador to Germany, agrees with that part of the Mar quis of Lansdowne's letter urging that Germany be not annihilated. He so declared in a statement published here Saturday. He did assert, how- @ver, that "we must teach Germany that the war of conquest is fofever ended, and that wanfon wrongs, like the invasion of Belgium and the mur- cur again. © "The kaiser told me he would stand no nonsense from America af- ter this war,' " Gerard declared. "We want to be sure that after this war we shall not have tp stand any non- sense from the kaiser. "Germany cannot be wiped out as & nation except at the cost of blood world In men and turies. money for two cen- ders of the Lousitania, must not oc-| German conquest is not to be thought of or permitted even though all the men of the allies perish in the trench, for if there is one thing certain it is 'that the world will not suffer Ger- man domination "We cannot let the end of the war leave Germany with increased terri- tory and therefore, increased man- power and in possession of a govern- ment which has threatened us with invasion after proving evil intention by murdering our citizens." SPOKE ONLY FOR HIMSELF. Lansdowne Did Not Comsult With gts Senator Richardson ... .... CW. J Fair 'Ald BH. W. Newman ... .., Major G. L. sesimea on ren ve ae aimee wwe ahs aw Campbell ... ... .. 'URTHER PROGRESS * ¥y MADE BY BRITISH 3 (Canadian Press Despatch.) + London, Dec. 3.--The British + # made progress at some points ® 4 on the western front on Sunday. + Several gains are reported and + # most of the ground retaken by # & the Germans on Friday is ¢ & again in the hands of the Bri- +» + tish. + * * yp Whalli Philips Simms. mw the British Anmies in France, Dec. 3.--Terrific Tigtting has marked British resistance to strong attack launched by Crown Prince Rupprecht along a line-mile front of Gen. Byng's line near Cam- brai on Friday afternoon. At one time the Germans forced the British back two miles. Tanks were called into action by Gen. Byng. As this despatch is cabled, the Ger- man advance does not stand at more than 2,600 yards. They were thrown back from their furthermost gains with bloody losses. Gouzeaucounrt, which 'was overrun by the Germans, had been cleared of the enemy Saturday afternoon. The streets were paveds with German dead. The ruins of houses, blasted by British guns in driving out the enemy, were festooned with corpses. German machine guns, sabres and other war equipment littered . the streets to be kicked under foot by the British when the ground was re- gained. : ' Five Hun Divisions Attacked. sbout 650,000 men) - were against the British line in the north. ern attack launched by [Prince Rup- precht. These divisipns centred their attack along a five-mile front. That their: first day's efforts failed was due to the Spartan courage of the British Tommies who contested every inch of ground. The first rush of the Germans swept the 'British out of (Laleaun wood, Lavacquerie, Gonnelieu, Vil. lars, Guislain and Gouzeacourt. This represented an advance of two miles from their starting point, the fight- ing centring directly south of Cam- brai. The enemy had made this gain by ten o'clock. Around three o'clock in the alter- noon the British launched their counter thrust. The tanks were ecall- éd upon. They came lumbering from their concealed positions just back of the fighting line. They rolled over the uptorn trenches, spitting fire and lead. The British infantry followed them. Artillery fire pour- ed in upon the (Germans in Gouze- court. Germans Shift Attack. The British swept over ground covered with the bodies of men vain. ly, ficed to restore the prestige of Bavarian Crown Prince and on into Gouzeacourt. [Then they re- took Lavacquerie, Gauche wood and moved west and recaptured Villars Guislain, This thrust threw the Ger- mans back to within 2,500 yards of where they were at the "kick off" in the morning. Their net advance was no more than this at its deepest int. With the repulse of the first. as- sault, the Germans shifted their at- tack and delivered the second as- ait of thir doubis tow. Fresh emy troops out against rion wood The thrust was swung from the south of Cambrai to the west. The were hard . they held Hke a stone wall. To the west of the wood reached a sugar facto the Bapaume-Cambrai road, but it only a short time, A sharp ish counter-attack, and thrown back to their starting point. © Calls Tanks, BRITISH IN RUSSIA ORDERED DETAINED Kaledines Assumes Power in! South--Russian Provinces Rise Against Bolsheviki (Canadian Press Despatch.) Petroghad, Dec. 3.--General Kale- dines with the Cossacks has assumed power in southern Russia. The gov- 'ernment here has ordered the deten- tion of all British in Russia. The Russian provinces are on the brink of an anti-Bolsheviki revolt. Bolsheviki commissaries are re- signing, apprehensive of their own safety. Trotsky, Lenine and others of the Bolsheviki ring in Petrograd, are wildly striving by merciless persecu- | tion of elements opposed to them to reach a separate peace with Germany before the deluge. ~ A separate peace would mean the beginning of a Russia-wide civil war. WILL SOON CALL DRAFT. 25,000 Draftees in First Call--100,- 000 to Go Overseas. Toronto, Dec. 3.--Judging from the statements made by Major-Gen- eral 8. C. Mewburn, Minister of Militia, during a hurried visit to the city to confer with General Logie and other headquarters officers with re- army, many men who have been re-| fused exemption will not be permit- ted to remain In civillan clothes until December 28, which was the date previously announced for call- ing the men to the colors. General Mewburn pointed out that owing to the immediate demand for reinforce- ments at the front, every effort will be made to get 25,000 men into uni- form as quickly as possible, and the date for this will depend entirely! upon the various Registrars for the! provinces. Just as quickly as the registrars are able to compile their figures, showing the results of the tribunal hearings, steps will be taken to draft the first 25,000 men, though the procedure for this rests with the Minister of Justice, who will have the responsibility of deciding whether the men are to be called out according to ages or upon some other basis. The first ten thousand put into uniform will receive very little training in this country, the inten- tion being to get them into the ranks, 40 give them a brief training in Can- ada, but to get them over to Eng- land as qlickly as possible, where they will be given the training neces- sary before they are sent to the trenches. A system is being worked out wiiereby 25,000 men from those sub- TOSETeT anatt will Bé Kept In trdining | in Canada all the time, and by which the draftees will be sent over in groups of ten thousand. As quickly as the first ten thousand have been sent overseas, ten. thousand more will be drafted to fill their places, after which the men will be sent over in groups of ten thousand in the order of their seniority in training. Gen. Mewburn added that the call throughout the Dominion will be uni- form, a proportionate ndmber of the first 25,000 to be picked from the gard to the training of the draftee, practised as it was fb various provinces according to popu- lation. tion day" to-day to repudiate Borden meeting outrage. -- LAST EDITION PLACED WOMEN 7 * BEFORE TROOPS Germans Compe! Italians to Shoot Down NES SLAVE RAIDS INAUGURATED ALL LABOR IS CONSCRIPTED IN INVADED REGIONS. Acts of Barbarism Which Revolted the Civilized World Are Now Be ing Practised by the Austro-Ger- man Invaders--Seizing All - the Movable Property, Washington, Dec, 3.--All the op- pressive measures which character ized the German invasion of Belgium and many of the acts of barbarism which revolted the civilized world, semi-official despatches from Rome say, are now being practised by the Austro-German invaders of Italy, Near Zenson, the despatches say, the invaders placed Italian women and children before the troops as they advanced, and the Italian sol- diers were compelled to sacrifice their innocent countrymen. In the Friuli region war taxes, requisitions and conscription of labor is being Belgium and Northern France. Austro-German prisoners tell of Itallan non-combatants massacred by the invading troops, and loot from Italian homes and shops has been found on the bodies of dead troops. Soldiers on the Plave declare they hear screams of women and children from the opposite side of the river. The invading armies have taken away cattle and other property, and burn household furniture for thelr bivouacs fires at night. Bosnian troops the despatches say, have com- mitted uonamable atrocities. War Tidings. British forces in Fast Africa are preparing to make their tinal drive at the single remaining German force which is estimated at about two thou. sand rifles. Lively skirmishing between British forces and Turkish troops around Jer- te re tn BE hms dnt. New Sugar Oop Available. New York, Dec. 3.--The bulk of the new Cuban sugar-crop will soon become available in the New York market under an agreement reached at a conference of the Cuban Sugar Commission and the Industrial Sugar Committee, fixing the base price at $4.90 per hundred pounds. Kitchener will observe "indigna- the | WHERE PROMINENT LIBERALS STAND because it to advocate, at that is best and By BE. T. Malone, ex-Presldent Toronto Liberal Association, "You ask," he said, "why I, a life- long Liberal, an ex-president of the Toronto Reform = Association, for over 43 years in close touch/wigh the leaders of the Liberal part 1 Now found supporting the Unioh Govern- ment. One Gone; One Fighting. "1 draw your attention to the pho- tographs o on the walls of my office. Those boys, with their classmates and chums, saw their duty to King and country, ind on their departure from the shores of the land they loved heard the noble inspiring and encour- aging words of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, to the effeét that the manhood and resources of Canada would be with them until the war was won and the doom of Prussian militarism was an accomplished fact. Those boys of mine are one of the principal reasons why I support Sir Robert Borden and the Union Government. The young- er is buried on the battlefield of Flan- ders. If uy: daily prayer that the other of them will be permitted to return to me is to be answered, an assurance of something more satis- fecatory than a referendum must be o Sir Wilfrid's referendom and Germany's scrap of paper are to be faerchangeable terms. . "With a full knowledge of the spirit of Quebec on the war question, affronts the intelligence of 1 Se res. ts ys and uncer- i i of the much-needed (The British Whig has been charged with forsaking the Liberal supports the Union Government and the Military is not so, Wa pdjioue to ptblish on this this crisis, any other noblest and bravest my two sons which hang |or y Service It SUBS Tiows 34 wo in Canadian Lib. hat they hold the ARTICLE NO. 6. of the war. Canada sent her sons into the struggle for humanity and civilization with the distinct promise that they would receive adequate sup- port, o whom in the light of re- cent events am | to | for a speedy fulfilment of that promise? Laurier and Bourassa (to quote from the Kingston Whig), 'wow in alliance, leading the way to an ignominious retreat from the fields so dearly won by Canadians in France and Flanders, Union Government, formed to help the Canadians in the best and quick. est way? There can be no ice between honor and dishonor. The greatest assurance you can give the men at the front during the spring drive is the assurance that orce- ments will be provi A "I can trust the members of the Union Government to. devote their energy and ability to the accomplish- ment of the task. | er to their unqualified and distinct se to the evasive and triotic reply of Sir Wilfrid, many. nionths ago that he would look into the mat- ter and take it under advisement. "The men and women must wake 3 The our gates. Carr on work, Fr Kay, to live and act is nefarious h, the , he he Cana-|_ 4