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"the northern jpart of the village, and 2) PAGES he Daily Britis » A Whig PAGES 18 220 YEAR 85: NO. THE ALLIES ARE EVERYWHERE VICTORIOUS ON BATTLE FRONTS Along Mediterranean the Turkish Forces Face Disaster-- Bulgarians Still Flee in Macedonia --British and French Hammering Away at Hindenburg Line. (Canadian Press Despatch.) New York, Sept. 21.--The Associated Press this morning issues the following : Turkish forces along the line from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan north of Jerusalem appear to have suffered serious defeat at the hands of the British and French armies and their allies, the Arabs. If the situation develops as favorably to the Allies as it is indicated by the reports of the opening phases of the fighting, the Sultan's forces may suffer disaster. Attacking over a front sixteen miles in length, the Allies have virtually overrun the whole Turkish defensive system along the Mediterranean coast. junctions have been taken, and cavalry is operating in the rear of the | Turkish forces which are holding the line to the eastward of the | front where the attack was launched vented from retreating eastward by the hostility of the Hejas tribes | beyond the Jordan, and they face a serious problem in making their | way back to safety along the western bank. of that historic stream. More than 3,000 prisoners have been taken by the Allies, who have | These enemy units are pre- also taken great quantities of war materials. ritish, French, Serbian and successes in the Macedonian theatre of the war. Along the battle line in France the British are still hammering | away at the Hindenburg line north of St. Quentin, and have made | gains of considerable importance. and progress must of necessity be slow. The success of the British, especially that of the Australian units, gives reason for the belief | expressed in despatches that the German lines north of St. Quentin | may be broken by the Allied onslaught. South of St. Quentin the, French are fighting relentlessly, and | are making progress in the region Nn on Frensh Capture Beaay in Drive For Out- fling of $1. Quat. SERBIAN MAKE. ADVANCE IN "ONE OF OVER NINE MILES { DAY. And Are Now Near tho Main High | way Connecting Prilop With thd Vardar River. | (Canadian Press Doeapatoh) ndon, Sept. 21. --Further steps forward have been taken by the Bri-| tish on the Flanders front. Field Marshal Haig's statement to-day an- nounced the improvement of British positions west of {Messines to the south of Ypres, where a strong point was captured. I py of St. Quentin the np tigh continued their progres through the main Hindenburg ey advancing their front north- "west of Bellenglise. In their drive for ho outtiankitg 8 of &t. Quentin, on the south, ths French last night captured the town of Benay and made progress north of that place, says today's War Of- fice announcement from Paris. North lof Gauche wood, west VHiers-Guysiain, the British have been pressed back slightly. 'A Bri- tish detachment of seven men was surrounded and believed td have been captured when the .Germans took Moeutres. Their post was in of the held it Tor two days during the German occupation, inflicting losses on the nemy. (When the village was retaken the entire party rejoined its unit without loss. i Serbian Successes. Canadian Press Despatch) London: Sept. 21--8erbian troops cast of Monastir Jhave advanced more than nine miles in one day and are now less than eight miles from We Mat 8 Mahway connecting Prilop erywhere Vietor) hus; Govern- ent minis Near; France © Awaits Fment: Coal Avail. a 2--Chureh Services: the Day: Smale Fund. S--fSocial Notes: Wssaulted a Chinas Incidents of Army Hw ates: The Wife: Aotivi- Story. "The Spoiters." 12 News: Landmarks in adn the Rican World; Mar; 8 Sen a? : \ | of Essigny-Le-Grand. Armand with the Vardar river. A great number of prisoners have been cap- tured, and the Allies have taken Godyak, - west of [Cerna river, and fifteen miles south-east of Prilop. GERMAN ARMY MORALE HAS BEEN SAPPED Enemy Everywhere on Defen- sive--Six Months Ago Big * German Offensive Began (Canadian Press Despatea) New York, 8epr. 21.--The review of the past six months issued today by the Associated Press says: "Six months ago today the great German offensive began. - For weeks victory seemed about to perch on the German banners. Toddy the Allied star is in the ascendéncy. Anxiety and encouragement, decision and joy hav succeeded each other since the dawn on March 21st when the great st battle of history began. It haf been a period of almost incessant fighting and of bewildering changes in 'the situations that developed from day to day_and from week to week. "Germany has lost her chance to force peace on the Allies before the Americans enter the fight with all] their strength. This was her hope in| March. Losses of a serious nature were suffered by the Allies during the long battle, but they have been more than offset by inflowing American legions, Germany's losses on the other hand cannot be made good. Hopes blasted, crack divisions broken up and seeming victories turned into de- feats have sapped the morale of the German armies which today are on the defensive everywhere." RASTATT, BADEN, I8 CAMP FOR PRISONERS At Present About 1,000 Ameri= cans Are interned in Newly "Selected Prison. Amsterdam, Sept. 21.----Rastati, Baden, has been designated by the German war ministry as the central catpp for American prisoners of War. «Phe camp is situated at a point where the Rhine valley reaches the outer fringes of the Black Forest, near Baden-Baden. At present about 1,000 Americans are interned in this camp, several hundred of whom were in the fight- ing that has been going on since July 15th. Sergeant Edgar M. Halyburton of Stony Point, N.C. has been elected their captain. He is 4 regular army man, with eight years' service to his credit. ANARCHY IN PETROGRAD. ------ Thrive Unres ned. 2t---~Numerous Murder and R : stra! Stockholm, Sept. refugees' arrived Mescow and Petrograd, having left Petrograd ou Sept. 13th. They say that the Russian capital is entirely In the Hafids of the Anarchists, and before. There is no police protec- tion or dny other means to preserve order, and persons are openly mur- de; in the streets or held up and ro bed. and there is no risk of punishment - for the criminals. Armed gangs break into. houses, stealing and murdering in their search for provisions, money and clothing. this way lost all even their clothes. The report that large sections of | the town have heen burned, they! fires | Sa¥, #3 exaggerated, but very serious have destroyed certain KINGS TON, ONTARIO, OF THE KING'S Railroad | | | Greek forces are pursuing their | This region is one great fortress, | yesterday from | that conditions are worse than ever |: .| the Bolshevik forces by: the Entente Several of the refugees in| their property, | Chief Justice Lamothe. Mr. Justice A. E. de Lorimier. Ss SATU NEW CHIEF JUSTICE AND JUDGES BENCH, MONTREAL Mr. Justice Loranger. Mr. Justice Martin, a A GOVERNMENT CRISIS 1S NEAR Major of German Part bates Resolved to Form a Parliamentary Government. BOMBARDMENT OF METZ CAV SED AN [ENORMOUS BATION IN GERMANY. SEN. Mans of the Inhabitants Have Left the Fortress to Get. Away From the Horrors of Artillery Fire. {Canadian Press [es cit) Amsterdam, Sept. 21.--A Govern- | ment crisis in Germany is approach- |; ing a detisive stage, according to! the Leipzig Tageblatt, and the ma- jority of the parties are firmly re- solved to form a parliamentary gov- ernment without delay. The Gov- ernment, which will be in entire in- dependence of main headquarters, will pursue a policy made necessa'y by the iseriousness of the hour. The |" Socialists have declared their readi- ness to enter the new government under the dollowing conditions: First, abolition of cortain para- graphg- in the 'constitution; second, entry of at least two or three social democrats in the Government; and third. the occupation of one import- ant political post, presumably the ministry of the interior by a Social- ist. \ 'Bombardment of Mets. (Capadian Press Despatch) Geneva, Sept. 21.--The bombard- ment of Metz by American heavy ar- tillery caused surprise hut no pani, says ithe (Metzer WHeitung, 'the en- emy merely "copying the method of the German bombardment of Paris." The paper "adds that' few people 'were killed: and - the daage was in- significant. qt ds learned from Basie, however, that the American bombardment of Metz caused an enormous sensation in Gérmany. Many of the inhabit- antg 'left the fortress, but neutrals are prohibited from departing. It is the irst: time since 1870 that Metz has been under artillery fire. tn = INFMOT HEAVY LOSSES. t wh (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Sept. 21.--Entente. naval units and Allded troops, operating European Russia have sunk two en- emy ships and have captured three guns, Heavy losses were inflicted on the river Dwina in northern i allies, {On aii nadian Pp 3 ol London Sept. on to-day that a British monitor was gor, ane ninteen men ere. killed and oven, missing 'believed killed. ¥ fers, and the conflagrations spread anil far iy Te department, but are 'ayailablel there is no or- Fett bBd ed tad ios Allied adds fleeing sunk on Monday as she in har- |} 'One officer fio lay I Stree Peder stb ie +a PEACE BY WINTER [REICHSTAG PROMISE. Amsterdam, Sept. 21.---Kon- stantin Fehrenbach, [president of the German Reichstag, de- clared in a recent interview that Jit was net dmpossible - to 'hope for fan armistice before winder, "despite the enemy's beilicose shouting." The interview was printed in [Rhenish \Westphaiian iGaz- eite of Essen, ! - ; , FLEEING TO HOLLAND. Raids Terrorize the. Rhine Towns' Citizens. Amsterdam, Sept. 21-<Allied air- men daily are bombarding Cologne, | Coblenz killing or says the Het Volk. says the number of casualties lished and other German towns, injuring many persons, The newspaper pub- in the German are -mueh under the actual total. that many residents of that are being raided to Holland for safety. newspapers It the owns are AWARDED BAR TO M.C. Stirring Deed Performed on Battle man, field in Fr. London, Sept. 21,.--The followi leed for which the Bar to the if tary Cross has been awarded is r corded: Lieut, Maxwell McRae, Picton, car- information. William. Wal- Toronto, led a rad success- showing courage and good IS GROWING WEAKER. Archbishop John Ireland Has Been Long II i lo CHBISHOP JOHN sia a Path Minn., Sept. 2 b URDAY, SEPTE MBER 1918. 21, "ACCOUNT WAITS FOR PAYMENT" "And It Shall Be Paid," Declares the I. Feach Pre AWAITED MEMORABLE DAY THAT WOULD | INEVITABLY COME AND 1S AT HAND. -- The "Tiger of France" Replies to the Austrian Note and Stirs the French Senate to Great En- thusiasm. bo ict Paris, Sept. 21.--Premier Cle- menceau's speech in the Senate oi Wednesday to the Austrian over- ture of peace will rank high among his noblest efforts. [Never has the Tiger fix -all his long career and Parliamentary experience seized an opportunity with greater eagerness. Never has he voiced the deepest feeling lof his countrymen in more moving 'phrases. Never has the Tiger thrown himself on more legi- timate prey. } 4 Scarcely had Dubost, the President of the Chamber, finished the address which ig customary at the resump- btion of sittings of the House after a |holiday, than the {Premier asked permission to speak, and walked to the tribune with a vigorous step that belied 'his seventy-six years. The speech that (followed was a model ifor| parliamentary orators the world over. Every sentence was packed with things that should be said, and there was never a super- fluous word. (Nobody knows better than Clemenceau how to present, in a 'few burning phrases, the highest ideals and deepest aspirations of France. [He has often done so since he again undertook the responsi- bilities of leading his countrymen, 'but never to greater effect. ' ' Awaited Memorable Duy. After a moving expression of "the immenee gratitude felt by all na- tions worthy of the mame towards the wonderful soldiers of the En- tente," the Premier and War Minis- ter recalled the long years through which France 'waited patiently, un- der Gépman bullying, "not 4 | withom- the threat of war. Not a {day without some skilful brutality of tyranny. [The mailed fist, the dry | powder, the sharpened sword, were the themes of Germany in the days of peace." A moving reference to the many humiliations Germany had forced France to endure, ' and then (a moment's pause): "We sub- mitted to it," continued the speaker, raising his head high, 'and silently awaited the day that would inevit- tably come." ° Then the Tiger, with growing anger in his voice, spoke of | Germany's inexcusable crime in at- | tacking France without even the ap- !pearance off fai jpretext of the fright- [ful results her murderous fury has caused, and of the magnificent hero- ism with which the soldiers of France hiave faced the onslaught. At this point the wholé Senate, which, perhaps, js less given to out- wand display of emotion than almost {any other second chamber in the world, burst unanimously into ap- plause, when the weteran states- in vibrant tones, passed on to detail the woldly-calculated pillages, devastations and destructions which the Germans inflicted, on France. The eloquent old man Tose to the |n eight of his anger and carried the whole Senate with him like a storm- ried a difficult raid in moonlight cap- 'burst. turing prisoners and bringing in valu- able drum, fully, leadership under fire. { Shall be Paid. "The most terrible account ever opened 'between one people and an- other awaits payment," he said, and then, after a significant pause, the spdaker added, with characteristi cally vigorous gesture, "It shall be paid." [The grim intensity of his words and gestures, totally devoid of all suspicion of theatricality, ap- pealed instantly to the assembled elder brethren of the Republic, and again cheers rang out. At that mo- ment, as he stood tense and stern at the tribune, Clemenceau was the perfect type of the "splendid and savage lold man" pictured by Walt Whitman in one jf the most vibrant phrases of our language. A moment jater the orator rose still greater heights, when, in re- '[ferring to the happy change which Jhas come over the military situa- tio] he nobly paraphrased the rseillaise," and triviphantly proclaimed that 'that day an- nounced over a century ago in our ect. | ihe epidemic, which started and pitiless repression in case of re- volt because of the aggravation of internal conditions in Germany. ~~ On the morning of the 18th Brit> ish and Greek troops attacked the enemy position east of Lake Dorian, south of the town of Dorian, captured the trench system and advanced the line two thousand yards. Five vigorous counter attacks made by the enemy against new French positions east of Molsy farm all were repulsed with heavy losses to the Germans. The British Air Ministry reported 101 German planes destroyed during the past week and thirty-seven brought down and destroyed, The British are steadily advancing in tHe St. Quentin district and not a captured position has been lost. The British have completely taken over Moeysres west of Cambrai. CANADIANS PREPARE * FOR PEACE ARRIVAL Officers So Sure of Victory They Are Making Business Arrangements. ~ London, Sept. 21.--""Foch is har- assing the Hun on the western front continually jand mercilessly," de- clared a [prominent Canadian offi- cer just arrived from the front. "The Germans are being kept in the |greatest anxiety along the en- tire 'western front. They do not know when or where a blow will be delivered: These tactics have a very depressing effect on the Ger- man infantry. [They do not fight like they did six months ago. They are no longer capable of i sustained offensive, mor will they resist with the courage of former years. In addition, our tank fleets have done wonderful work in cutting wire and destroying machine guns. Tt is now not a iquestion of who will win, but how long the Hun will stand the' gaff." The same officer expressed the opinion that there jwould He no trench warfare this winter, but ceaseless driveg on the German army by [British «colonials. While the weather might at times temporarily delay ithe operations, he believed that our forces could be depended upon to keep the Hun moving in apite if the mud. 'Of the Canadian comps he sald jit was as keen and fit and powerful as the day they cut loose at Amiens, and would play ia big part in the offensive for the re- mainder of this campaign. "It heartens the men {and the officers to know that we have the man- power and will mot have to fight the Hun with depleted ranks.' * The best tindications of the posi- tion of affairs here are the prepara- tions being made for after-the-war day bali i vainess men in thé city and now {feel they can make plans with the certainty of victory and wan forecast the time of that vietery witha reasonable degree of accuracy. 'Canadian business men in the army are making plans for their return to civilian life. They are 'making a generous allowance for the enemy's further resistance, but they know they will win and about how much longer it will take to obtain this end. GENERAL ELECTION WOULD BE A CRIME "Ex-Minister" Asks "Are We All Going Mad" at War's Supreme Crisis. 21.---~Some sensa- tion has been caused by a letter signed '"Ex-Minister," published in the Times, asking '""Are we all go- ing mad?" The writer, whose identity is the subject of much guess work (Lord Rosebery's name is being most fre- quently mentioned), considers that immediate dissolution of Parliament of dissipation London, Sept. would be a source and adds: "In the midst of the terrible stress of this gigantic war, perhaps at 'the supreme ecnrisls of this war, when we are straining every muscle and making every sacrifice to con- centrate on the struggle for life or death, are we really going to plunge Great Britain, and Ireland besides, into the disruptive chaos of a gene- ral election, a general election with all itg dissipation of energy, its various incalculable issues, its dis- traction from the only purpose which signifies at this moment? It would really seem the plan of our enemies or our invisible hand, whatever that limb may be." The Times makes no comment on the letter, its publication of which arouses much speculation, for Lord Northcliffe has generally been un- derstood to have been one of the strongest advocates of the general election this autumm. EPIDEMIC IN BOSTON. Fair Weather Expected to Aid Doctors' Efforts, Boston, Sept. 21.--Eleven deaths, sight from the influenza and three from pneumonia, were reported here for the twelve-hour period end- ing at noon yesterday. Health authorities expressed the belief that three weeks ago, was being successfully combatted. Deaths yesterday total- led 43. Fair weather, which came after two days of rain, was the d French Steamer (Canadian Press Des: Paris, Sept. 21.--The steamship Admiral Charner, 4.600 tons, bound from Bixerta to Malta, has been torpedoed with a loss of six lives. An unseen ne fired three torpedoes, iwo of which struck the' ship, iB: Dut the vessel remained Leh) neh line expected erfally to prevent further | FHI® disease. LAST EDITION COAL AVAILABLE SHOULD SUFFICE If Wteris Normal And the Supply Is Properly Husbanded. LESS ANTHRACITE. COAL BUT AN INCREASED SUPPLY OF BITUMINUM. Municipal Authorities Must Do Part by Naming Controllers to Ensuro Proper Distribution. Ottawa, Sept. 21.--Unless the coming winter is one of exceptional severity the supply of ooal avallabie for use in Canada, in the opinion of Fuel Controller C. A. Magrath, should be 'sufficient if properly hus- banded. Of anthracite coal, Canada's allotment is somewhat smaller this year than last, but of bituminous coal some 1,200,000 tons more are being brought into the country. Mr Magrath maintains that the Domin- jon fuel control organization has done all In its power to secure sup- plies of control for Canada ahd, by regulation, to secure an. equitable division thereof. Municipal authorities, he holds, nwust do their part by appointing fuel controllers to ensure proper distribution of coal available for consumption in their own localities. Those municipalities which fail to appoint fuel controllers and ta take action, he prediets, will be the ones most in danger of feeling the pinch of coal shortage should the ap- proaching winter be an unusually long and severe one. Representatives of firms engaged in the manufacture of musical in- struments, automobiles, liguors and clay products were here yesterday conferring together and with the fuel controller respecting the man- ner in which the propesed Mmita- tion 'of coal consumption by hose industries is to be carried it - is understoed that a plan not yet been finally prepared. The manufacturers will, it #s seid, con- tinue their conference with a view to arranging for a fair division among them of a Supply of coal al- lotted to their stoup 'of adugtetun, AUSTRIA § r TRY A Resolution n In Ally's Allowance. London, Sept. 21.---The Amster- dam correspondent of the Morning Post, writing under date of Wed- nesday, says: "I learn from a trust- worthy source that the German Government will, in the future, grant only one-half of the subsidy which it hitherto has accorded to Austria. Meanwhile, Austria con- tinues her peace offensive "Tt is understood here that Count Czernin, in association with some members of the Austrian Ralohs rath, is framing a peace resolulivu tq. be introduced during the forth- coming session of the Reichsrath, which begins October 3 "The resolution Avsgent Anstria-Hungary's a submit eventually all tie ro questions, including the future of Poland, to international solution!" enmetsn lst y PRISONERS MAY TRAIN FIGHT FOR UNCLE 400,000 Convicts Likely to be for Army Service Under New 8c e. Trenton, N.J., Sep Sept, 21. --In an experiment whieh may lead to in- tensive military and manual train- ing of more than 400,000 Prisanery in jails throughout the country, prepare 'those physically, noma and morally fit for service jn . the army, hag been approved by the War Department, according to a statement to-day by Burdette G. Lewis, commissioner of charities and corrections, who said that the plan would have its first tryout in New Jersey. The plan, he stated, will eliminate the objections of mi officers. to the enrollment of felons and mis- demeanants with other troops and at the same time end "the Injustice of the situation whith' calls for the sacrifice of our best men and fending classes." ~ Doubtful Body. Armour ' London, Sept a Is