The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

12 PAGES Whi ig | > PAGES 18 YEAR 85: NO. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, ocToBER 3, 230 I ny AST _epimiox Germans Retreating on Whole Western F ront [THE GANADIANS TAKE . LIES FORCE BIG RETREAT Toe amin Compeld 0 Dl An Extensive Wihdtawal of Lie. | BRITISH FOLLOW 4 AND INFLICTING ASL . AND TAKING PRISONERS. ing the total since August 8th | 27,000 prisoners and 450 ---- The Enemy is Evacnating Highly Or- | which is a truly magnificent ganized Positigns From Lens to formance." eres--F rene A Reuter"s special despatch says: Arment} ih. Continue to | "The fiercest sector. of the battle Advance. (Canadian. Press Despatch) ndon, ct. 3.~~The progress made by the Allied offensives in Flanders and before Cambrai and St. Quentin, combined with heavy losses incurred by his troops in thelr en- deayors to resist the successful at- tacks, has compelled the enemy to undertake an extensive withdrawal of his line. From Leng to Armen- tieregs the enemy is evacuating the highly-organized positions held by him since the commencement of trench warfare, and which he had hitherto defended with the utmost | resolution. This movement, which was not unexpected, is being followed wp--closely by our troops, who are maintaining constant touch with the THE WORLD'S NEWS or 4 : ; 3 German rear guards, inflicting many | IN BRIEF FORM! casunlties and taking prisoners i ' Tidings From All Over Told in| a Pithy and Pointed Way. : Schools, churches, theatres ang all places of public assemblage in Phila- delphia are ordered closed indefinite~ ly, owing to the alarming spread of influenza. Saturday's Vienna newspapers de- scribe the tremendous sensation caused in the Austrian capital by the Bulgarian collapse, The pandemon- jum on the Budapest bourse was such that DULL Css Lad Lube suspended, Joseph Henry Williams, a con- seientious objeetorowho was in the 2nd Battalion 2nd Central On- tario-- Regiment, was sentenced at Niagara Camp to the penitentiary for tea years... Williams formerly was a member of the North-West | Mounted Police. | Seizure by a British 'exp~dition of German mining property and other development plants 'n Spitzbergen, including a big wireless installation, is reported with the intimation that the work of developing immensely | ie s the Total Since Aug. { 8th to 27,000 Germans, and 450 Guns. Ottawa, Oct, 3 --The director of} | pubis information here last night re- {overseas military authorities: '"Bitter fighting continues, in | which Canadians are playing a glor- | lous part. There is a general chorus | lof praise for the men. from the Do- | minion in the British press to-day, | the Times' special correspondent | saying: | "Besides: 5,000 prisoners, Cana- dian, with two British divisions, have taken 150 guns since Friday, to |e | teast eight German divisions. | homeric struggleis going well, my impression is that this is an 'all-out' combat, Should the indo- | | mitable troops of the Dominion suc- ceed in cracking the lime, they will | sweep into the blue." Beach Thomas in the Daily says: "Imagine the Canadians coming | on in such a way after two months | of battle in which they and two | English divisions attached to them | captured 27, 000 prisoners . apd 460 | guns. - The Canadiang threw them-A selves on the Germans to-day with | all their- old violence through mud. | and-other-barriers." { | YE | | Mail | 8 Advances by French. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Oct. 3.--North of the Vesle, French "troops continued' their ad- vance and .progressed beyond Loiv- re. In the region of La Neuvillette orth of Rheims) violent German counter-attacks obtained no re- sults, In the Champagne fighting began again yestefday afternoon, and con- tinued into the night. Freémch troops captured Challerange. The Germans made strong efforts to. drive the French from the wood south-east of Orfeuil, which they had. penetrated. Three heavy German assaults were broken up by the French, who main- tained their gains and infgicted henvy losses on the. The attack was resumed at daybreak to-day. -- 2,000 More Huns Captured, (Canadian Press Despaich) British Headquarters in France, Oct, 3.--Field Marshal Halg's forces are reported to have captured Rami- court, Sony, 8 Rist, And Seque- hart. More than 2,0 ermans have _{ rich jron and coal deposits is pro- Joon taken prisoner to-day by Brit ceoling. 7 | i ---------- } FOUR HUN TORPEDO Th omar tines. BOATS WERE SUNK | i) London, Oet. 3.---Brit ish t morn wed attacks nore | By the Kaiser's Cruisers When| this morning resumed attacks north - of St. Quentin, Field Marshal Haig |... the Crews Mutinied in | August. | © reports to-day, The Germans are continuing their reargnard move: ment all along the, front from Lens to Armentieres, hey are evacuat- ing highly organized positions on a twonty-mile- front, a Copenhagen, Oct. 3.--Four ' Ger-! man torpedo boats, whose crews mu- tinied and attempted to take them out of harbor during August, were pursued by cruisers and sunk, ac- cording to information received here, 'The occurrence is said to have been confirmed by the washing ashore in 160 bodies. - Thirty-six German sailors were ox- ecuted at Kiel recently as the result of a mutiny against Submarine duty, it' i% reported. - Lous and Armiéutieves Evacuated, (Cana Press Despatch) London, Oct i as eva- cuated by the Genmans on Tuesday night, the War Office announced to-day. Armentieres was evacuated the same evening. TOOK 100 TURKS. Australian ® Cavalry Charged and Cap- 3 Oolmmn. Londo don, Oot: i og a Mount ed troops, operating in the region north-east of Damascus in Syria, on Wednesday, charged and capturt@ a Turkish column, Fifteen hundied prisoners were taken and two guns and forty machine guns were cap "tured, according to an official state- ; Heng issued to-day by the War Office. "TAMPA WAS SUNK. While Escorting a Oonvoy the Bristol Channel. {Canadian Press Despa atch) Washington, Oct. 3. he United States steamer Tampa, formerly a coast guard cutter in the naval ser- vice, was lost off the English coast on Sept, 26th, with all the crew on board, while on convoy duty, officers and 102 enlisted men of crew, one British officer and five cl- vilian employees lost their lives, The ship was sunk at night in the "Bristol channel. She was struck by a tor- pédo while escorting a convoy. eT -- in Paris, oer, 3-- Bulgaria has already started fulfillment of the conditions under which she, was granted an armistice. It was learned from authoritative . sources to-day that the Hal _garian army is being disbanded. "Arms and ammunition are being handed over to the Al- 'lies. Emtente troops are taking Shargs of. ths saftvags. Ss -- 2 . WHIG CONTENTS, 3 a -- 2--Rations For Prisoners. tie feria; Ron he autre. Ho EEF ern Ontario News. oe Forum, { 5,000 PRISONERS |. { ceived 'the following cable from the] bring- | guns, | per- | is where the Canadians attacked at | The | and |" | frontier. Ten |" TUE INTSTER or : Ban Mewharn! whin §8 Tu 1 of Inspection antl will coniplete Uf or the mobilization Cevvadian fu THE NEW EASTERN FRONT, AUSTRIA - \ HUNGARY" STALE OF MILES hg = 40 oo RUMANIA BUKAREST ar = BULGARIA \. NG PRL 4 "® Al ¥ 4 A" Na Ny \ oo » Rigo? oP = $ & » TN £27 GALLIPQ EGCEAN fot SEA &S OARDANELLES TURKEY IN Q ASIA > ¢ ws ® SMYRNA > Sy Y/ ot The Allies' decision to carry on war in the Balkans through Serbia means that Austria will be called on to defend her southern boundary within a short time. The first objective of the victorious Allies will be Uskub and Nish, where enemy concentrations are likely. nople ailway, = EXPECT ATTACK UPON ALSACE And the Carmans Have Begun to Remove the Inhabitants. FEAR GENERAL UPRISING IN BOTH THE PROVINCES OF AL- SACE AND LORRAINE. -- -- Food is Searce and Little is Avail ablé--Disorders Are Liable to Oc- cur Among Military' Forces as Well as Civilians, (Canadian Press Despatch.) Geneva, Oct. 3.--~German military authorities have begun to remove Tin full operation, a the inhabitants of Alsace, according | to the 'Democrate, in expectation of a Frando-American attack on the The inhabitants of tweniy villages, including Forrette, Gou- | tavon and Winket already have heen sent 'td. Bavaria. Some of the vill- agers have caper Reross the Swiss frontier. Fear of "disorder is rampant throughout Alsdce-lorraine, not only among the civilians, but also among the military force. Food is scarce and little is available. The German authorities in- Alsace-Lorraine, the Democrate adds, are afraid of a gene- | ral uprising in these proviaces. PEACE IN AGREEMENT WITH GERMANY SOUGHT Territorial Integrity of Dual Monarchy Still Striven For by Vienna Severnment. Amsterdam, Oct. 3.--According to Budapest newspapers, the Austro- Hungarian Government -. desires peace, in agreement with Germany, notwithstanding the fact that mea- sures have beem taken for defence as a result of Bulgarta's withdrawal from the war. A despatch received here to-day from Budapest quotes the news papers of that city ag saying that a crown council was "held Saturday, at which military measures had become necessary as a result of Bulgaria's action, were taken guarantee an effective defence, but the Government was still striving at the earliest popsthble< moment, in 'agreement with Germany, to secure 4 peace that would absolutely pre- serve the Honarcay's territorial ine tegrity. MILATIA SE ARENT DENIES Refuites Report Enlistment in Siberia ; Force For Five Years. 3.--The attention of the Militia Department 'has been | drawh to the fact that statements are made that that | to] 8 proprietor pound profit on bacon. The backbone of the en CLASS ONE IS NOW. NEARLY EXHAUSTED Military Service Council Urges Second 'Call Should Be Decided on Soon. ~ Ottawa, Oct. 3.--The Military Service Council, having almost ex- hausted the resources of -elasa 1 called out under the Military Ser- viee Act, is now asking the Govern- ment as to the policy to be adopted in regard to calling out further classes wnder the provisions of the act. i. co It is pointed out that it takes several months to gel maghinery re the ac- tual enlistment of men, 'after proclamation ealling them out is issued. it is now nearly a year since the men of class 1 were called out, and the final round-up is only now near- ing. completion. The second call, if it is to be made, the Counneil urges, should be decided upon in the im- mediate future, if the staff is to be kept on and the machinery continu- ed in steady. operation. « No decision has yet been reached by the Government. The question will be taken up by the Cabinet on Sir Robert Borden's retutn a few days hence from his' fortnignt's holiday in the south. The probabil- ity is that the next call will be issu- ed this fall, and will be for the 25,- 000 young men who have attained the age of 20 yeéars since class 1 was called. THE COAL SUPPLIES TO BE INCREASED U.S. Fuel Administrator Gar field Launches Campaign for Greater Produ ction. Washington, Oct, 3.--Grealtly in- creased supplies of coil to meet the demands of 'the nation's vast mili- tany programme and to assure ade- quate supplies for domestic needs, are expected by officials to result from the increased produetion cam- paign launched by Fuel Adminis- trator Garfield, calling for an in- crease of 16% per cent: in the bitu- minous owtput and an increas f 6 1-3 per cent. in the anthracite out- put in the next six months. The bituminous fields are asked for an average production of 12,- 234,000 tons weekly, an increase of 1,731,000 tong over production dur- ing the same period last year, and the anthracite mines ire asked to average 2,030,000 tons weekly, an increase, as compared with. the' winter months of last year, of 121,- 000 tons. Maintenance of these uotas, Fuel Administrator Gar- field has said, "will give us all the coal peeded this winter." Investigation i to.the prices in Ot- tawa restaurants showed that in one the s making $4.92 4 Prefs Despaichy Oct. 3.~Prince ------ of Baden has been Natied German. Impérial Chan- cellor, "according to the - tung An Mittag of 'Berlin, ------ ¥ Prince Maximilian is a man whose peace views are known to be opposed to thase of the Py _panGermans, He is the re- the | Jthe withdrawal Coma Cor | emy system is the Berlin-Constanti- TRIE GIVEN THREE W 2 | tente taking 1 Wich fo Fllow Tic he Example Set by Bulgaria. THE SUT RESTRAINED FROM IMMEDIATE SURRENDEIL BY GERMAN ASSURANCES Of Help to Hold the Oricnt--It Wil, Require Half a Million Men to Defend Vienna-Constantinople Railroad. London, Oct. 3.--Diplomgats" give Turkey from one to a limit of three weeks as a belligerent, the Sultan being restrained from surrendering by German assurances of help to hold the Orient railroad and = the Danube. ° : t Expert! opinion here inclines to the belief that Germany will not re- sign control of the "corridor to Tur- key" with all that it means, with- out a struggle, even taking risks by of divisions from the west and from Roumania. Events on the Italian front may deter Austria from joining in this adventure, The Kaiser's curt dismissal = of von Hertling is believed to be due to his advice to make acceptable peace overtures to the Allies. It is believed here that Germany must be decisively beaten before she accepts the inevitable, at least so long 2s the Kaiser and the militanist auto- eracy survives and rules. 'is taken in the Kaiser's conversion to a democratic Government while the midlitarists retain the real pow- er, which will be until Germany is beaten to -her knees, still, a difficult and lengthy work. The wanton de- struction of Cambrai shows the Ger- man to be as impenitent and as un- teachable as éver. ---- Austrian Debacle Next. From' South Germany comes the Jews that the Austrian debacle is expected surely to follow Bulgaria's, and even in Berlin. this development is being reckoped = with despite Baron Burian's 'assurancés of un- dying loyalty to the alliance. Bulgania'qs surrender being -ac- cemplished the - question now. is whether the Central Powers, especi- ally Germany, can" Supply troops to create a fresh line to defend he Vienna Constantinople railroad as . and Germany has no such force available, even tthdrew lieg cannot be re " -------- 2,147 New York Saloons Close, New-York; Oct. 3.-- Excise cials estimated "Shak 3441, 2 per cent. ¢ saloons er New York, closed their = © thetr Xb bh xpiaion oon old +4 east affairs, 4 0pgn. to-day if No stock) {ITALY 1S SUSPICIOUS OF BULGARIA'S STEP Experts Say They Understand | Tortuous Points Y Astute- | ness Best of All. Ronie, Oct. 3.--*The attitude of | political circles here regarding Bul- garia's step is one of reasoned, but benevolent suspicion, says the Gior- nale Italia, eiting an expert in near | who says: "We must be | keeping our eyes wide and Lo-IOTTow, jmore than yesterday.' Italians generally claim that She¥: fact that they are also hecause they a ve since. the days of the Venetian re- public been always much in con-| jtact with the semi-oriental modes, | [thought and diplomacy, and the] | tortuous points of view and astute- [ ness of the Bulgarians, and still more, of their Czar, undefstand them better than the northérn poli { | picians, who are unable "to bring { themselves to believe in Bulgarian | {disloyalty and systematic double | dealing. o While declining to commit him- {self to a definite opinion about the | scopé and extent of the results like {ly to follow from Bulg 's move {the expert said two things were cer: tain: However much the German {Government foresaw trouble in Bul- | {garia, it never expected such a pain- {ful and surg Also, { howevel, nec ary |of expecting a too-easy {from Bulgaria, it at ledst pro an {unexpectedly . serious state of the] renemy; perhaps of all our enemies; | | justifying diplomatists of the kn-| a firm, calm, unyteld- | {ing position, demanding that Bul-| | garia_ pays' the pri her yeafs | {of traitorous dipl acy and her un | { principled, grasping policy i on guard, {from the | neighbors, | | capitulation ves a for ALLIES GRADUALLY SAPPING HUN RESERVES |Foch Confident of Driving the, Enemy to a Ruinous { Attempt. London, Oct. 3.---The enemy losses in the present campaign have | been 'very heavy both in prisoners | and casualties, which imposes a serious strain on the manpower, os: | pecially toward the, ending of a | campaigning season when he ex-} pected to rest and recuperate. The Germans have now on west front 189 divisions, four cav-| alry divisions dismounted and [ive | Austrian divisions; --all- much below | their normal strength. | The furious resistance at the cost | of heavy losses suffered 'by the Ger- | ang at all points on the western front, indicates their sense of. the vast results aimed at" by Marshal Foeh's| strategy He .is cfedited | with holding that the Germans can- | not retreat to another line from the terrain to which foulr years of oc- | cupation has cemented them, with-| out incuring tremendous and crip-| pling losses, and he is confident of | driving them to this. perhaps rifin- ous attémpt. t iLianed the THE END FORESHADOWED. iom--. Austria and Turkey Likely to Follow Bulgaria, London, Oct,- 2.--~The loss of the Bulgarians-to the Central Alliance is regarded by the London morning pa- pers as foreshadowing the end of the great four-years' fragedy, ~ The edi- torial writers for the most part are unable to see how Turkey can avoid following the Bulgarian lead; while some believe that Austria- Hungary | must do the same. For Germany, it is held in the surrender spells ruin to! her 'hopes in the middle east, and her aspirations of world empire, "We have come fo a solemn mo- ment in this greatest of all wars, and in the longf process of ciyilization, a says the Times. "It is no time for exultation, but we may recognize in this great event the first clear un- mistakable presage that the confed- eracy of our enemies is tottering to its fall. Tie entire surprise which | Bulgaria's desertion is to the peoples | of the Central Powers.cannot fail to | enhance the moral consequences of | the shock." The Daily Telegraph says: "qt must bring the German rulers face to face with the unpleasant fact that | the keystone has fallen out of the arch of pan-Germa designs, and | should Turkey follow in the steps of | Bulgaria the whole pan-Germén fa- bric falls to pieces like a house of cards." Het T E W. HA) "BER AND IS it was to beware! 's 1} {points | vance of Hl |parition for the evacuation of 2 reached GERMANS MOVING FROM IEE (They Are i" oy Their Big Guns fom Bruges. ENEY EVACUATES LILLE IN RETREAT OVER A WIDE FRONT | North and South of the la Bassce Canal, With the British in Close . Porsuit--French Progress North, z east of Rheims. (Canadian Press Defrpateh) : London, Oct. 3.--Field Mar- Haig's report last night says the Germans are in retreat a wide front north and south of La Bassee canal, 'with the British in close pursuit. The Germans have get fire to - the important railway junctions of Haulers and Menin and are removing their big zuns - frou Bruges and Zeebrugge. shal over (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris," Oct. 3.--The French have made gobd advances porth- wost of Rhéims and have reach- ed the Aisne canal at several points | 1 Tre Germans are evacuating Lille and taking away every valuable article they can find. Britisii' Pursue Enemy. (Canadian Fens Nespateh) Paris, Oet. 3.---Heavy fighting continues in. the region north of Rhelns, and the French pave ear- their advance, capturing dvre. Thy allway junction of Challerange, in the Champagne, is also taken. AGerman citack last night on Uritish poritius north of Cambrat was repulsed. In pushing after the retreating vaemy the Brit si have reithied the peneral line of cite, St. | Auguste, Douvrin, east of La Dassee, east of Aubers and west of Grenier wood. The advance is cotiticuing. Y Whole German Line s (Conadian Press Despatch.) New York, Oct. 3.-- The Associat- ed Press this morning dssued the fol- lowing: With lines broken In many places land held together only by super- | human efforts at nearly every point in the active sectors from the North Sea to Verdun, the Gernians appear to have reached the limit of their en- {durance and are beginning to. re- treal, This withdrawal is not limit- ed to any single sector, but evi- {dences of it are reported at many along the battle line. Out- and imperilled by the ad- the Anglo-Bslgian armies east of Ypres, the enemy is -now rapidly retiring from the La Bassee sector. flanked le te CAMPAIGN IN SERBIA : MUST BE BE UNDERTAKEN Austro-Hungarian and German Forces There Are Expected to Make Firm Stand. London, Oct. 3.---The military: authorities are agreed that the Al- lies must prepare for a new cam- paign in Serbia against the Austro- Hungarian -and' German ' forces, . which number 150,000, including those in Albania. The German ele- ments are chiefly concentrated in the neighborhood of Uskuh, which French cavalry. have ent , while the Austriins are expected to de- . fend Nish as well as the confluence of the western and southern Mor- ova Rivers and the great strategical points down to the Da ube. . - War Tidings. | Canadians had a hard day Tuesday north of Cambrai, where the Ger- mans made a determined stand. The British third and fourth armies took 1,700 additional prison- ers on Tuesday. The British second army still con- tihues, aand has taken the of Le Biset, north of ATmentieres. Two thousand e take en by the French Between Vesie and the Alsne in the past two dayy © An official despatch from Paris says leading Hungarian peace advo- . cates have arrived at Yo on invi- Charles. or 5 tation of Emperor 'miles further will make Ostend un- tenable, Further evidence of of German ye Belgian seacoast gine on Wednesday, Field Marshal Haig reports thst during the four days' from Sept. 27th, on the St, tig-Came-, braj battlefront, the engaged and dsteated with heavy loses thir. ol divisions (apprast- ma ly 32000 men). - The Canadians' Wave taken £000 prisoners and. 159 gums since. s Friday .