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> , ter's at British army headquarters. PRA Bel rt Ay 12 Pages KINGSTON, ONTARIO, w EDN ESDAY, APR __ YEAR & 85: o. _ IL 17, 1918. LAST EDITION _ BATTLE NOW GOING IN FAVOR OF BRITISH BRITISH REGAINING SOME LOST GROUND de No. No Further Advances The Enemy Has Ma Sipe Tuesday Morning---The Fighting is the Most Terrible of the War. (Canadian Press Despatch.) 17.--The battle in Flanders is raging today with incredible intensity, telegraphs the correspondent of Reu- As far as the latest reports enable the correspondent to judge the battle is going in favor of the British. Notwithstanding the desperate attacks of the Germans, they have gained no further ground since Tuesday morning and apparently they have lost some. During his three years' experience in the war zone the correspondent says he never has heard such terrific uninterrupted gunfire as has gone on since Tuesday afternoon. According to a Reuter's despatch the British are continuing lo regain ground lost rec ohtly in the Wylschaele sector. south of Ypres. The fighting is terrific at all points and the Germans are paying dearly in killed and wounded for every inch of ground taken by them. bY Regained Wystchaete. {Canadian Press Despatch.) With the British Army in France, April 17, ed this morning that the British, fighting magnificently, regained the much contested town of Wyslchaete. =» EA A A tt: At NN NAAN Na Pt 7 et AN A THE ENEMY AT ST. ELOI AND MOUNT KEMMEL SLOPES It was report- British Have Been Making Successful Counter- "Attacks at Wystchaete and North of Bailleul --Retirement East of Ypres Voluntary. (Canadian Press Despatch.) * Loudon, April 17. despatch from Paris, the Germans have advanced from Wyls- chaele as far as St. Eloi, and also have a grip on the southern slopes of Mount Kemmel. The British War Office statement] says: | "Yesterday evening we tlelivered . a successful counter- attack in the neighborhood of Wytschaele. At Metren also our counter-attack restored the situation: and the village, remains | 'in our hands. Throughout the afternogn and evening yester- day, repeated hostile attacks north of Bailleul were "repulsed | with loss to the enemy. Bodies of German infantry nfvirie ing in close formation were caught under the fire of our troops at short range and suffered heavy casualties. We secured a few) prisoners. "The enemy also endeavored to develop an attack yesterday | afternoon east of Robee i, following the bombardme nt alre ady reported, bukhis advance was broken up by our artlilery fire. Forward Positions E East of Ypres Withdrawn. "In cofsequence gf the progress made the enemy on the] Lys front, our troops helding our forward positions east of Ypres have been withdrawn to a new line. The withdrawal was carried out deliberalely without interference by the enemy. "On the battlefront south of Apras parties of German infan- trg, whe had entered our trenches opposite Boyelles, were driven out yesterday afternoon: with the loss of several prison- ers. Our line in this loc ality has been completely restored.' The Brighter Side. London; April 17.---The battlefront conditions to-day may| seem somewhat grim in the reading. but they have their bright-! er side, The Germans have won new ground at a great cost of life, and there is no diminution in thal magnificent spirit which "has heen holding against the enemy invasion since April | Oth." There is absolutely no flagging of faith among the office ers and men along this front in their ultimate vie tory. No more gallant defence has been recorded since the war! began than that now going on, and while further sacrifices are! expected, and even further loss of ground, no doubt e the British front that ultimately the Allies will come into their own when the German side has spent its fury. " + THE SPLIT OF 1914 SUSTAINS BRITISH NOW. April 17.--""The % same spirit that carried your # army through 1914 sustains us + all again to-day against over- % whelming odds," says Field : Marshal Haig, in a telegram + sent to-day to Field Ma 4 French, thanking him for a Smestage of emcouragement. SSeS arrests a pled i +3 Wikia CONTENTS, ~snemy N St. Biol: Brit " ew Lie Sete on Creat on N x . a a a2 Todt. ow; Inet ya News; Fighting in Han. i Rippling a ATE Ron er ry, Theat dun Bridge, Satarie News ge ae of Tie The Foru iberta; News; The Woman Whol News. Market Repo, is in London 'as ewe" and lot chaplains during alence in Canada: Res CAPT. A, P. CHOWN, M.D. He has bean made director of Cana. dian' Medical Stores in London. Eng. supplying five depots. -------------- Col. Beattie, formetly of Coban 8, had| ¢ | sols According fo an Exe hange Telegraph} xists on | appeal courts in dealing with INTERNED BRIT ISH SOLDIERS SAY A PRAYER FOR THE ALLIED ARMIES British soldiers interyed in Switzerland leaving the English church Chateau d'Oex after Sunday The English report says the men attend church "quite voluntarily." GANADA T9 CALL UP MORE MEN Military Service Act Machinery is Virtually All Wiped Out. fOUNG MEN OF NINETEEN WILL: BE REQUIRED. 10 RE- Men Between Twenty and Twenty- three to be Called out by Minister of Militia Regardless of Occupa- tion. "i | Ottawa, April 17.--The urgency of the demand for reinforcements to meet the Hun peril at the front, and the failure of the cumbersome ma- chinery provided. by the Military Service Act to supply these rein- forcements quickly, have necessitat- ed the wirtual wiping out of the | whole machinery of the act and the substitution at once of a direct call | to the colors of all unmarried young men physically fit for military vice between the ages of twenty and twenty-three. It is the intention to call out in the first instance unmarried' men and widowers without children be tween the mages of twenty and twenty-three, both inclusive is believed that these young men can be spared with the least disturbance to agriculture and other . essential industries. The calling out of men of other ages under the proposed Order-in-Council must necessarily depend upon the exigencies of the war and the need for reinforcements. It - Men of Nineteen Must Register. n the meantime the Military Ser- vice Act will continue in operation as to all other men in class 1, and as regards other classes under the act. Men of nineteen will be re- uired to register without delay. ro 'effort shall be made to speed {up the work of the tribunals and the balance of exemption claims, out- | side, of course, of the men called out { under the new order. The Otder-indCoupcil not only makes all young men now 19 years of age subject to the provisions of the Militafy Service Act, but also all | other young men as and when they attain 19 years of age. An Exemption Removed. now enjoyed by officers and men who fiave. served in the expedition- ary forces," but who did not pro- ceed farther than Great Britain and have since Feturned to Canada and been discharged. They will be re- quired to serve if physically fit when their class is called. 1 The number of men the "Govern- ment is authorized to raise under the Military Service Act remains at 100,000. _ Whetlier or not Parlia-. ment will be asked to increase this at the, fromt and the prospective need for reinforcements. Senator Landry Operated On, Quebec, April 17.--Senator Lan- dry, former speaker. of the Senate, was operated upon here yesterday at Eo Dieu Hospital. He is doing 1 Weil. i -------- 'New Zealand is raising another | ivomy million pound war loan, tt PAP lS Sa PNP f | ser- } BORDER TOWNS KEEP TO THE OLD TIME Canvass of Merchants and Fac~ tories Followed by Vote 11to1 in Council, Windsor, April 17.--Clocks in Windsor and adjacent municipalities will not He chatiged Bit will remuiry one hour behind the rest of Canada, The decision was arrived at when the City Gouncil, by a vote of 11 t0 1 voted to retain the old time, Thes vote was taken after Mayor Tuson had' informed the aldermen that a canvass made showed 46 retail merchants against any change, only 10 being in favor of it. = Out of §7 factories visited, 39 expressed them- I'Seives as akatnigt "aly . change, ~while] 18 were willing 40 accept it. Alder: man Blake Winter was the only alderman voting for the new time. The adoption of the new time by some merchants and organizations in this city caused great confusion on Monday. BOLO PASHA DIES. He Was Executed in Forest of Vincennes on Wednesday. | PAUL BOLO PASHA. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, April 17.---Standing be- jole a firing squad in the forest of incennes early to-day Paul Bolo The order removes the exemption | number before the House prorogues ! - depends entirely upon developments ; Per-. # viewing present situation at 3 but failing to * the front, Sei the amount ¢ : : Pasha, condemned traitor. lost en- tirely the attitude of indifference he had maintained subsequent to and during his trial. When the or- der to fire was given the rifles spoke and Bolo crumpled up with several {bullets in his head. The condemn- jed man went to his execution iu a new suit of clothes, brought to the | prison dy his brother, and wearing white gloves. A New Foreien Minister. {Canadian Press Despatch) Amsterddm, Aprit 17.--Baron Burian has been appointed Austro- Hungarian foreign minister in sue- cession to Count Czernin, according to a Vienna despatch. Capt. E. F. Mathers, formerly weli- known Winnipeg newspaper man, was killed in action on April Sth. FEHEEMETIII IEEE 0000 FOOH'S RESERVES AWAIT + ie PEYOHOMNIOAL MOMENT. * "London, April 17.--"All this + time, [French reserves under % Gen. Foch, who is commander- % in chief in this battle, have not + given 4 sign of life. 1 can see * po reason why iaey %+ should have done so, hitherto. # Reserves are very good things + while one has them, but when % they are put in during such a 4 # battle as this 'they soon are § + spent." Col. Repington in re- € Sabhihndd ati i | their true objective remains in the | 6 | i | service. | A tn BRITISH MOVED T0 A NEW LINE They Have Withdrawn From Their Posi: tions Before Ypres. | HAVE RETAKEN METEREN There is Marked German Artillery Activity South of the Sommo-- The Greek and British Have Crossed the Strunm River and Oc- cupied Seven Towns. (Canadian Press Despatch) . London, April 17.--The British positions before Ypres have been withdrawn to a new line. South of Arras the Germans were driven out of the British trenches, into which they had forced ' their way. Early this morning the German artillery became imore active south of the Somme. . The British have recaptured Met- eren, on the northern battle front, by counter-attack, it is announced officially. Fighting on the Somme. (Canadian Press Despateh) Paris, April 17.--Heavy artillery fighting occurred last night on the principad battlie- front between. the Somme and the Oise, the War Of- fice reports. The French carried out several raids, especially south- | west of Butte {Dumesnil, in the re-| glon of Thure and north of [Flirey. | On the right bank of the Meuse al German attack east of Samogneux ! was repulsed { Greeks and British Advance. (Cenadian Press Despateli) London, April 17. ~The Greek | and British troops, which on Mon- | day crossed the Struma river on the | eastern flank of the Macedonian | front, occupied seven towns, the] War Office announces. HERTLING'S NEW STAND. ---------- With Erzberger and July Resolution, Amsterdam, April 17.--The Tag, liche Rundschau gives great promin- ence to a curious statement regard-| ing the Imperial Chancellor and the! Reichstag peace resolution. days ago, it declares, the Rhineland Centre party met---Hertling belongs to the Centre party--and there was conveyed to the meeting a statement from the Chancellor that he would resign # the party did - not break away from the Erzberger peace pol- Breaks tag Majority parties as expressed in the July resolution. The meeting therefore passed = idbolution there could now be no question J peace without "territorial quantities" and indemnities as far as the western enemies were concerned. firmation of this that the Chancellor bas so far-broken with that he will not receive this cham- pion of peace without annexations and indemnitied. Political warfare in the Fatlierland has been further embittered by the rejection for the second time of the equal franchise for Prussia hy the Constitution committee of the Prus- rE battle the question ETE | been a notable increase of voluntary A few |. icy, that is the policy of the Reichs-| The journal adds by way of con- 7 | ENEMY 1S FORCED "~ TO PLAY TRUMP CARD The Germans Out For Great| Victory, But Risk Great Defeat. Paris, April 17.--Henri Bidon, | military critic of the Journal writes: The Germans are in an unstable and dangerous situation, having be-| hind them wasted ground and diffi-| cult communications. But more than that, carry out this operation they engage divisions of that y ow] general reserve they had carefully prepared. This is the capital fact. | They had, as a gambler says, 10] play a trump card. For what pur- pose? in order to, had to] number of divisions. | clude almost that with certainty { south, and that, by forcing their ad- { versary to the north they are pre- | paring a thorough attack in the south, . It is, therefore, in their interest] to vary the points of attack. They do so and play their game. But on seeing them thus everywhere en- gaged, increasingly everywhere the number of divisions which they waste, one feels that it is a supreme effort they make and that this effort is of an incontestable power. But [if it has not in a few days obtained {any essential result we will see the enemy left without resources. It | will be all over with partial gains and small results. The enemy is out for a great victory, but he risks a great defeat, WOULD RATHER JOIN THAN BE CONSCRIPTED Voluntary Recruiting is Progress in Many Parts of Ireland. in Belfast, April 17.--Since the Gov ernment introduced their new man- power bill seeking power to enforce conscription in Ireland there has recruiting in the Belfast distrfot. The enlistments are for all branches of the army, and are principally re- cruits of the young unmarried class. The proposal of the Government to rush ho, the Homa Rule Bill as the Manpower 8 causing growing | indignation in Ulster, and in this 'connection there is serious danger of the Government creating grave discontent, if nothing worse, among a large section of tha pop- ulation of Belfast engaged in im- perative munition and shipbuilding work. This is an aspect of the situ- ation the Government would be well advised to keep clearly before them. There is, however, a disposition in Ulster to suspend judgment on the Home Rule scheme until the actual text of the bill is issued, and mean- time to assist the Government in every possible way to carry through the man-power proposals, always provided that conscription is to be appHed fairly to all parts of -Ireland without relaxation In the face of threatened opposition. At Armagh it is stated that re- cruits are already coming in, saying that they prefer to join without the disgrace of being taken as con scripts. LAURIER WAS SNUBBED. Strongly Protested Knighthood For Max Aiken. London, April 17.-~The" Baturday Review alludes 10 the richly deserv- ed rebuke which the Canadian Gov- ernment administered to. the snob- bish and shameless traffic in titles practised. by Asquith and Lloyd George more lavishly than 'any of their predecessors. It is an open | secret, adds the Review, that in 19- 10, when it became known that Max Aitken was to receive a knighthood | Sir Wilfrid Laurier cabled a strong protest, but Bonar Law insisted and Laurier was politely told by Right Hon. L. Harcourt, then Colonial Secretary, to mind his own business, ---------- 'The St. Lawrence will be free for navigation from Montreal -to the ocean by Thursday or Friday. Evidently in order to compel the | {allies to do the same and maintain | {in the north a certain ! From this we can con-| GERMANS TAKE CREST OF RIDGE ob Sos bd er Fightiog in Progress. LLOYD GEORGE CONFIDENT OUTOOME OF THE GREAT BATTLE. Hour the Strength of the reasing--The Difficulty With IN THE | Every Allied Defence Is Germans Have Their Transports, (Canadian Press Despatch) London;- April 17.--The town of { Wytschaete and the crest of Messines | ridge are now in German hands, The British still hold the slopes of the ridge and terrific fighting Is in pro- gress, Despite the latest events, Lloyd George told the Commons last night he was full of confidence In the out. come of the battle, The desperate struggle to advance towards Messines ridge shows that the enemy is able and willing to continue to pay an appalilng price in attempts to crush the British army. Against this, however, every<hour the strength of the defence is in- creasing. The enemy's failure to reach his final objective Somme battle is being repeated to- day in Flanders. | The German Strength, | With the British Armies in France, April 17.--About 120 enemy divis- fons (1,440,000 men) have already been identified on the Bomme and Lys fighting, With their unused divis- fons, the Germans masses are still colossal. Fresh troops continge to arrive from Russia and Rumania. Hindenburg has well over 200 divi- sions (2,400,000 men) on the west front. Reliable authorities in Swits- erland 0 the German forces aig ach. men fea. ze a ps te . Prisoners admit the Germans' great difficulty Is in bringing up guns and material. 'The British artillery has killed many horses and the badly cratered "roads are frequently impas- sable-for motor trucks, necessitating. reuilding. Bridges also must be re- contructed and narrow-gauge rail roads prolonged. War Tidings. The nex step loreshadowed is the organization of a single Anglo- French General Staff. The question is already being ask- ed in Paris why the Italian {front has not also being brought under Foch, and it is being emphatically urged that this be done. The Kaiser was on the Flanders battlefield near Lille (eighteen miles back' of the present lines) from Tuesday to Thursday of last week according to German newspapers." Everything points to the likeli- hood of a third phase of the offen- sive into which the enemy will throw every ounee of power he hes available for the final effort. Twenty German prisoners of the German sub U-568, sunk by an Am-~ erican destroyer, have arrived at an Atlantic port. They are the first German prisoners to arrive in the United States, DOGGED TENACITY, Captured Africas Doctors British Spirit, 'Stockholm, April 17.---~The Sven- ska Dagbladet's correspondent with the German armies on the western front, reports a conversation with three captured American doctors. He says: "None of them was en- thusiastic for the war, but they ex- hibited the same spirit of dogged tenacity as the British prisoners. They bad the greatest confidence in Show ing, "It we don't get over this Year, we shall be here next year." > Record Acreage for oo London, Ont, A --r a greatest acreage of sugar beets ye planted in this district will be, pu shortly, Already more than acres have been controled for, the Belgians who will care for a are coming from across the line in about ten days. Ten acres will. be sown. fn Kent County,' ang the balance in Essex, ford, Perth, Waterloo and Huron Counties. in the . America's new organized army, say-' »