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12 PAGES BRITISH PRESS SLOWLY EAST '. ==Propare For Victory Loan--- TET 6% how As Any in the] BRITISH HAVE ENED ASD) { DEFENCE NORTH VALENCIENNES, GERMAN SOUTH OF The Sewblans Have Defeated the | Enemy in the Valley of the Great Morava River--Are Forty Miles | North-east of Nish. | (Canadian Press Despatch.) With Allied Armies in France and Belgium, Oct. 25 which compares in fierceness to al | most any in the war, continued through the night on the field the great battle north and south of | Valenciennes. Belated reports in- | dicate that the British have entered the German defeuées, gaining con- siderable ground and pressing wast- | ward 'slowly but surely. of French Capture Villages. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, Oct. 25.--On the Alsve front east of Rethel, French troops have captured "the villages of Amhly and Fleury, taking 100 prisoners, the War Office announces to-day. & . Serbians Advance Noein (Canadian Pr ress Des London; he "Serbian official statement > yesterday says: "Serbian troops have defeated the enemy's armies in the vaMey of thé great Morava river. The enemy. is retreating in disorder towards the north. We liberated Paragin (in 'Morava valley, forty. ailes north- east of Nish), Varvazein and Belou- shitch, and captured more than 200 prisoners. We are successfully ad- vancing towards the north," a Loon pt 8 have begun an offensive Bet moon 0 the Plave and Bremta. They advanced across the Ornig river and captured Monte Solyarelo, part of Mahte Pras- solan and Monte Pertica. In the Plave river region the Ital fans have captured the islands of Grave, Pattadapoli and = Maggiore. The weather on the front is unfavor- able, \ - I ice ec amet Prisoners Number 8,400, (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Oct. 25.---French forces, advancing north-eastward between the Oise and the Peron, a tributary of the Serre, have penetrated the village of Villers-le-Secand and sur- rounded the village of LaFerte, north-east of Villers, The French also have made an advance further east along the Serre and the Souche. German. 's taken . by. the British on the western front since Wednesday morning total 8,400. War Tidings, Fierce fighting is taking place to- day on the battle front in the region of Valenciennes, especially south of the town, The British have gained round af almost every point along the front. In bitter fighting on, Thursday in the region of Monte Gappa the Ital ians established "th es on' the northern bank of the" Ornio "river They have captured 3; 000 prisoners, £3 + - Despatch, < Can umn rons le Rit accept a pedce based on the principles of right and justice laid down by President Wildon, which the new Turkish Govern- ment approves, Grand Vizier Tewflk Pasha, is quoted in a Constantinople despatch as hav- in parliament. Get Contract. elvey & Birch has plumbing con- with the new t ig 'erected at Car- | Taadon Ont, for! 00. Several London 4 | St Fighting, ! {the following { hospital. | entg were killed. | THE PRESIDENT ASKS + . Shout For Kaiser { To Abdicate | ress 35 Dus spat An enor Canadian Fre Parig, Oct, | erowd assembled | ; : } Reichstag building in Berlin yes- | 25. mous before the terday calling for the abdication William the republic, = Dr, socialist- lead- of Emperor and formatiop of a Karl Liebknecht er, who has just been released from prison, was applauded fran- tically. ter a carriage from which declaring the time of the | had arrived. l Germans Bombard St. Amaud Hospital (Canadian Press Despate | Paris, Oct. 25 In the of | Amand, of Valenciennes, which has by. the | British, the Germans left 11,000 in- | habitants and &,000 persons {from that region who were in a hos- pital in the centre of the town. Ow day, Oct. 22nd, tie] Germans bombarded St. Amand, di-| recting particular attention to the A large-number of pati- He was compelled to en- filled with flowers he made a speech people h.) town north been captured Sick FAVOR OF U.S. PEOPLE Wants Them to Return a Dem ocratic Congress in No~ vember Elections. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Washington, Oct. 25.--President Whison to-day issued an appeal te the people to return a democratic congress in the November elections it they approve of his course in this eritiesd period, A return of a Re- publicasi majority to either house of the congress, the President said, "would be certainly interpreted on either side of the watep ag a re- pudiation of my leadership." 'The President said he would ac- cept the country's Ferdiet without power to Jami &r the great trust assigned to fn impaired. ® COL. HOUSE IN FRANCE. Likely » Represent President Wilson in Peace Discussions, 5. (Canadian r'ress Despatch) London, Oct, 25.---~Col. H. House, personal friend and adviser of Presi- dent Wilson, has arrived in -Franee, according to a Paris despatch to the Times, Col. House was sent to Europe as the personal representative of Presi- dent Wilson on an official mission. This announcement is authorized of- ficially, but further information is withheld. It is understood, however, that the visit of Col. House to Eur- ope at this time is connected with Germany's plea for an armistice and peace; which now is before itis Allied governments for decision, Cal. House very probably is authorized to represent the President én the discus- sion with representatives of the Al- lied governments, WHITE FLAG NEXT. This May Be Expected at Marshal Foch's H unarters, London, Oct. 25. -~~When Dr. Solf has finished wriggling, and if Prince Maximilian's Government is sincere [#h "desiring peace, the next step should be the appearance of a Ger- man Parliamentaire with the white flag at Marshal Foch's headquarters, p Lieut.-Col: Repington. There 'emissary will learn the Allied and American conditions §f evacuation sion «can save the enemy from his humiliation which is necessary in 'consequence of his initiative, NEEDS TO BE WITH HIM, The Kaiser 1s ory Much in Need of {Canadial vine 4 Despatch.) Bayel, Oct. 25.--Comment of Presi- dent Wilson's latest note to Germany is beginning to appear in Ge pa pers. The National Zeitung of Ber- lin says: "President Wilson an- swered quickly. Well, if Em- be with him, is in season Nt is right now." | The Neueste Nachrichten of Berlin "says: "In spite of everything we feel that this answer Wings us nearer peace." » Horse, Vehicle. and Himmmes Harness Stolen. Bellevfile, Oct. 25 -- William Way, who resides in the second concession #rivuny 8 and armistice, and no amount of eva- | peror Willem's invocation that God |i The Daily British ° KIN GSTON, ONTAR]O, F R I DAY, OCTOBER -- re ad I]s. | 1g PAGES 18 LAST EDITION Be Ready With Victory Contribution on Monday =S 7% | | | | Td i A 7% Logs atl rm SR rr MILITARY PARADE | MONDAY NIGHT, ~--Prepare For Victory Loan-- I$ To Be Commanded By Brig.-General G. §. Mamsel. FIVE FLOATS TAKE PART FOUR BANDS WILL ALSO BE IN THE PARADE, mann 7.30 pan.It " eather is Severe the Parage Will be Held Tuesday Night. The details: ef the Victory Loa) 'Parade for Monday night are being worfced out by Major W. J. Mc Manus, and it promises to be a huge success. 'The parade will be com- manded by Brig.-Gen. Maunsell, and the 'order of the parade will be as follows: [Mounted orderlies, Ro. H.A "G0. and staff and' Mayor 'Hugh- es in auto. - Mounted orderlies, RACHA. Heads . of departments district headquarters staf' in autos. GS8.0. and headquarters dismounted. Band RIC.H.A. RIC.H.A. with gups. Fourteenth Regiment Band. Royal School of Artillery, mounted. Depot Batteries, dismounted. Platoon, distriet heaguarters sub- stafy. Band, Regiment. 3rd Battalion Canadian Garrison Regiment. Headquarters and No. Depot Casualty Company, IC.A8.C. and AMC. and Field Canadian Engineers. (Headquarters and C.A.D.C. Band Great War Veterans' ciation Members Great Association. Members Army and Navy Vet- erants' ation. (Band Salvation Army. City Council officials and Victory Loan Qommiites, in autos, 'Mowat Hospital, Great War Vatorars: Association, Canadian Army Bervice Corps, Canadian Gar- Basatated wu City Fire Brigade. ef arated autos carrying wouund- ee transport, C.A8C, Decorated - ore p Phe judges for all prizes will be General ing. Mayor Hughes, 1Col. Genet and Francis King. The parade will assemble on the market square at 7.30 p.m., and all Will report at the post office, and 16 line of route will be as fol- 3 DPrmonss to: University, to Clergy west, aioTEY, to Baste, Barrie. lo Princess. awa Belnsens. to Wellingta . ait i son, Johnson to ing Intel io there to 0 Ditvate parades, Con the VE gusnre weather that rade being: held ds will be Reid on Tuesday have been issued by the staff, dis- 3rd Canadian © Garrison 3 District Fifth Asso0- War Veterans' b < of Thurlow township, was a Sarvried man when he went to his barn Hyuredar to Teed his horse to | A I? so! @ during the animal was a bay Sy about en hundred pounds, not distinctively marked. officer The shaded line is the present battlefront. L armistice. 1 dt urged to help finish the war by over- subscribing the Victory Loan, com MINERS RALLY TO AID U.B. ARMY Promise General Pershing a Record Output of Fuel in Crucial Hour. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 26.~-As- surances of the coal miners of {he country will do 'their utmost to bring up sufficient coal to 'meet the needs of the army in Burope in the way munitiohs, food and other sup- plies- were contained in a message tadled by Frank J. Hayes, president of the United Mine Workers of Am- erica; to General France to-day. Hayes' message he "In this crucial hour, 'the coal miners of America realize their re- sponsibility and will continue 6 do their fall duty. "While your indomitable soldiers and their "brave Allies: under Mar- ghal Foch are Fighting eivilization's battle and winning at the point of their wictorious bayonets 'the peace for which we stand---the lasting peace that your triumphant armies will dictate--the miners of America, with depleted numbers, are break- ing production records. They will stand, steadfast and. true, until their comrades in the field, ander you. have achieved complete victory. This we* pledge. you." he ~~. THE ALLIES AGREED ON ALL THE POINTS Germany's Conception of the Freedom of the Seas Can- not Be Accepted. London, Oct. - 25.--The Allied Governments as a result of continual communications, dre perfectly ac- quainted with and agreed upon the terms under which it .will be poss- ible to enter into negotiations for an It should be' observed that naval questions have never been dealt with jn any negotiations between the United States and Ger- many, and they are of first.import- ance from the Allies viewpoint. "The idea of the freed of the feds ag understood. by Germany," says the Reuter despalch, "is not a matter that any Allied Government can accept at all. "TC Wold appear that the conditions precedent to an armistice must neta the question of sea power, as well as of land power, but hitherto Germany has always limited her remarks to land power. . "The President never assumed that his conditions would be limit- ed to the evacuation of occupied territories, as the Gerniins 'always argued. 'He put a number of gues- tioll§ to Germany after receiving the first 'note as;a preliniinary to ing the matter before the Alifes." Kites in +R: Do; Fret co! Doyle, Ren- be Dotan, Sturgeon Falls; E, 3 THE PREPARED LINES OF GERMAN DEFENCE dt] The lid lines are the prepared systems of German defence. A is the old Hindenburg line; B the Meuse and Schedlt line, before which the Allies now stand: C is the Ante werp-Namur line; D the line of the Meuse, and E the line of the Ardennes. ALL RESISTANCE 15 OVERCOME --Prepare For Victory Loan-- British Smash the Enemy Between (he Sambre And the Scheldt. THE ADVANCE CONTINUES 7,000 PRISONERS AND OVER 100 GUNS TAKEN. the. Home wa Couiplote Victory. 2 (Can@dian Press Despateh,) London," Oct. 25.-On the whole tront hetween the Sambre canal and the Scheldt river, enemy resistance has Been overcome and the advance continues. Seven thousand prison ers and over 100 guns have already 'been taken and the advance carried to the neighborhood 8f Le Quesnoy, is the report of Genefal Haig. Complete Victory Ahead. {Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Oct. 25.--The achieved by the Allies in the recent fighting has been very great and will be pushed: home to a complete victory, King Albert of Bélgium de- ~] clared- to a correspondent of a Paris newspaper. "But," hb added, "we must not forget that the legs of our soldiers cannot move as quickly as our hearts. Cettainly, never for an hour, 0 I cease to think of the day when I shall be able to enter Brussels and again hoist the Belgian flag there, But we are still forty te fifty miles away from it, and there is the Scheldt river to be crossed. - : / -- Further British Captures. (Canadian Press Despa London, . SN y British have captured Maing, south-west of Valenciennes. The British have also captured ' Vendegies-sur-Eeaillon on | the front below Valenciennes. A German counter-attack was repuls- ed and Fighting was resuined early this 8 Mprning. BRITAIN TAKES No CHANCES. Keeping the Front fn High. est State of London, Oct, 25.--The British Gov- ernment js taking no chances. What- ever the outcome of President' Wil- son's discussions, responsible officials in omen indicate that nothing is being left undone to keep tHe mili- tary front in the highest possible Toning state of efficiency. Reeruits for the army are being secured in larger Bumbers, Even skilled = mechanics are being combed out of factories un- der direct Government control. The 'of man-power is the nsideration, commercial interests not directly and fam 'Kaufmann, i peal { fessors {come out with a public Linen {for the war {to take upon itself all success |, ¢ | Militaire Belge" [MUZZLE THE KAISER, THE GERMANS DEMAND |The Emperor's V. erba ments and His hel Sae- Must Be Censored. Copenhagen, Oct. 25.---Prof. Wil-| replying to an ap-| to ®he patriotism of the pro- cf Berlin University, has statement, jin w hich he says: a our enemies assertions. that are right Ini: responsibil lies in an overwhelmin degree . on Germany's -shoulders, | { then those responsible should be im- | mediately removed from public lite | {and the Goverament should mot! {only through wbrds but by deeds, | give our opponenis ample security,| land should also declare its readiness | e just con-| {sequences of responsibility for the| war.) | 7 Erivk Bick in The Vossieche Zei-| {tung names four essent in isure the democracy «f G First, the ministers when the Reichstag lack of | confidénce in them. | | Second, tha imperial ministers must be responsible for all admi istrative acts: { Third, the kaiser's {not only be contersigned by the| { chancellor responsible before the { people, but his verbal statements {also must pass the censorship of the | chane ellor | Pourth, the { changed, so that ibe mworn to Suppo srt { ton. {| While Germany awaits expectant- {iy word -of the character of Presi-| dent Wilson's reception of ithe last official peace notes, the newspap-| ers are busy raking up the past and speculating on events' The note] seems to be accepted by the people] without much criticism except by the pan-Germans, although W olff in The Tageblatt says the people ex- | pected something more than 'mere | document." He compliments Te "guiet objectiveness." must resign voles { decrees must | army oath must b he soldiers shill the -constitu- ALREADY BELGIUM a) 18 BEIN BEING REBUILT Letters From Ost Ostend Bearing | the Beigian Postmark Have | Reached London. ton OAT Ts @ rd. reorganizing and wits Belgium. Has ; gy taken. Belgium engineers left England soon after ihe evacuation of Ostend, for the purpose of taking charge of surveys and constructive work in the har- bor and town. ' -'"We have our plans ready," al high offictal of the Bolglan Govein- | ment said to a writer for the Daily | News. "After the enzineers get their plans well ander way we shall send out builders, and contractors and then manufacturers and busi- ness men, to lay again the fouuda- tion 'of pur industries." Belgian postal cifficials and cYerks | who have been working in {London | are now starting across to coast! towns, to establish felegraphic and | postal communications in the eva-! cuated 'districts. Letters from Os- tend bearing the postmark "Poste have already been received in London. The Government has already pre- pared to take over the administra- tion of 'affairs in Bruges. TELLS ARMY OF PARLEYS, Hindenburg Declares He Approves Move For Armistice, With the French Army in France, | Oct, 25.--Field Marshal von Hin- |denburg in an order to German of- | ticers in the field referring to/ ne- |eotiations for an armistice, declares he approves the peare moves and is obliged to support the Government, He asks that the confidence reposed in him in the days of success be continued. The German Crown Prince, in an order to the group of armies under his 'command reminds the officers of the responsibility they incur When they logo a position or nro ify the line in any way without orders. Copies of these ments have fallen into the hands &f the French. German Toys For U.S. Néw York, Oct. 25 .-.Several thongand cases of German-made toys purchased prior to the war by 'Ame eriean importers, and since them held in Amsterdam. arrived here yesterday on a Dutch steamship. Al- though bought and paid for prior to the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, they held in Holland through ithe Creation soldiers { Regiment in la ro INSURE E 1 wo SOLDIERS SEIZED GITY. OF FIUME --Prepare For Victory Loan-- [They Belonged to the 7th Regiment of the Croatian foatian Army. SHED MINISTRY 0° ur THE PREMIER OF AUSTRIA SUG. GESTS A COALATION CABINET. The Revolting Soldiers Seized the Railway at Fiume and Destroyed It--The Difficulties as to the Present Situation are Increasing. (Canadi Despatoh) Basil, Oct. t was anoounc- ed in the lower chamber of the Hun- garian parliament yesterday that 'of the T9ta had revolted, seized the city and destroyed the railroad there. Count. Apponyi. Coury Rassy and the opposition de- in' Press 25 at Flume { puties thereupon demanded the re- signation of the ministry, according to Budapest advices received here Dr. Wekerle, premier, declared that, of the increasing difficul- ties of the situation he would pre- pose a coalition ministry. view 1 Gave Him Vote of Confidence. (Canadian Press a5 Pan Copenhagen, Oct. 25.---The Ger- {man Reichstag has given Prince | Maximilian, the imperial chaneelior, vote of---confidence;-the-batiot ~ standing 195 to 52, according to Berlin despatches received here. Twenty-three~members did not vote. UITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF COAL [The Fuel Controller May Stop or Restrict Use of Anthracite. Ottawa, Ook. facilitate the & of anthracite a © eommun- ity in Candda have, at heen approv- ed by order in Council, at the in- stance of C. A. Magrath, Fuel Con- "troller. These regulations are devised to prevent disproportionate deliveries of anthracite to large consumers at times when-the ordinary householder cannot be supplied. The Fuel Con- troller is given the right to prohibit entirely, or to limit in any manner he may deem advisable, the use of anthracite coal in any building. This does not apply to private residences {using less than forty tons of coal an- nually. Whenever the Fuel Coutroller de- cides that it is in the public interest at certain points to give effect to the regulations above outlined, he will issue a formal order through the Ip- cal Fuel Commissioner of any or town within his province. In the: absence of such official, the Adminis- trator may notify ny consumer to the same effect, Heavy penalties are enacted for contravention of the regulations. Germans Dread Winter. London, Oct. 26,--A despatch to the Daily Mail from The Hague says: From all information available here, in Germany there is & widespread dread of winter and of daily and nightly air raids from German air- dromes in Belgium which are now in the hands of the Allies, Tt is indi- cated that such raids would produce internal 'results in Germany quite different from the present symp- toms of unrest. Oswego Opens Up . Oswego, N.Y., Oct. 25,~~The saloons of Oswego were opened yesterday al- ter having been cl several days on account of the influenza epidemic. The ice cream parlors and pool rooms were also opened, but the + atres and schools will not open un- til next week. The churches will open Monday. { War Tidings refusal thé British Gover to suthorize thelr shipment and a recent special authorization by the American State Department permit. ted them fo be. 20 be shipppd a BOW. us gine Let Hom ar a has a reference to Be. Paul 8. Gardiner, a Matines, vod f R and a shn of ov. Bufialo. Do Sundier: of He n «Recently |" he wag presented with a fiver med- sharpshooting. North of Verdun the Amerioms have made progress in the face of determined East of the Meuse they captured Pollen. Wood and took 160 ners. British t on Thi the Germans from Bois df Le British plat aaa £ howitzers and other gether with the BLE a German regiment. E -