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J TIRKS MUST BE EXPELLED iy ¥ k 12 PAGES BEd YEAR 84-NO. 15 BALFOUR GIVES ALLIES REASONS For Believing That a Satisfactory Peace Cannot Be Made Yet. FROM EUROPE AND OTHER CON- CESSIONS AGREE TO. Belgium Was Not the Only Victim of Germany --The Allies Terms Are Most Imperative. Washington, Jan. 18.--The En- tente Alles, in a note addressed by Arthur Balfour, British Foreign Minister to Ambassador Spring Rice, «and delivered to the State Department, amplify the reply to President Wilson's peace note, by explaining in detail why they bélieva it impossible at present to attain a | peace which will assure them such guarantees as they consider essen- tial, The note also exnlains why the Allles demand the expulsion of Tur- WN crt tt NSN tN » RT. HON. ARTHUR BALFOUR British Forpign Minister, dresses Entente Notq to President Wil- son. to i a key from' Europe, restoration of Al- | sace-Lorraine to France, of Italia ir- | redenta to Italy and the other terri- torial changes set forth. ' { Those who think the future peace of the world may he ensured by in- ternational treaties and laws, the note says, have illdearned the les- sons taught by recent ifistory, After charging that German influence jn Turkey had resulted in conditions as' barbarous and more aggressive than were. known under Sultan Abdul Hamid, and that it had been shown Germany cannot be expected to re- spect treayy ohligations, Mr. Balfour say: "So long as Germany remains the Germany' which without a shadow of Jugtification over-ran and barbarous- ly ill-treated a country it was pledg- ed_to defend, no State can resard its rights as secure if they have no bet- | ter protection than a solemn treaty} 1 Belginm Not Only Victim. Asserting that- Belgium was not Germany's only victim, and that + "neutrals were intended to note out- | its con- quest," the hee recites the "reign of terror' atte nt rages which accompanied upon Germany's method of warfare, and in that con- fection says: \ "The war staffs of the Central Powers are well content to hornity who ads | can terrorize it." hms KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1917 > | the world if at the same time they | The people of Great Britain, w | Balfour says, share President Wil-| 3 son's desire for peace, but do not be- Heve it can be durable unless based on the success of the allied cause. Such a peace, it is argued, cannot be expected unless these three condi- tions are fulfilled: Existing causes of international unrest shall be, as far ag possible, removed or weakened; the aggressive aims and the unseru- puious methods of the Central Pow- ers should fall into disrepute among their own peoples; and, finally, that behind international law and behind all treaty arrangements for preévent- ing br limiting hostities some form of international sanction should be devised which uld give pause to | the hadfest aggressor. / i Allies' Terms Imperative, It is recognized that these condi | tions may be difficult of fulfilment, | but the belief is expressed that they are in general harmony with Presi- | dent Wilson's ideas. The note de- | clares sonfidence that so far as Eu- | Tope is concerned none of the condi- | tions can be satisfied, even imper- | fectly,wuless peace is secured on the | general lines indicated by the allies' | Joint note, The note was entirely unexpected to officials here, but was gratifying because they Interpreted it as a step | toward the world federation to pre- | serve peace, to which President Wil- | son, both in his speeches and in his | neace note, has pledged the United | States, i | ureat Britain justifies her continu- | ance of hostilities, it was pointed out, not only for the immediate ob- jects of the war, Dut also, on the ne- | cessity' that "behind international | law and behind all tréaty arrange- | } | } ments for preventing or limiting hos- tilities form of international same- tion should be devised which would ive pause to the hardiest Aggres- { it was pointed out, which President | Wilson has been urging, and which | Ig expected to cause wider disagree- | ment in American foreign policy | than any other question raised in | the country's history. | Great Britain's answer was inter- | preted as her official acceptance and | endorsement of the President's pro- | posal, Canadian Casualties, Killed in action--A. 8. Anderson, Peterboro. } | Died of wounds--J. A. McMillan, | Finch. : : | Dangerously ill--Lieut. W. R. West, Campbellford; J. A. Arnott, | Peterboro, all imprisoned adherents of former Premier Venizelos was announced as completed to-day. The Greek Gov- ernment is finally according complete acquiescence to the Entente Allies' demands. -~ { veurons evacuate - CITYOF (Special to the Whig.) London, Jan. 18.-- The défeat of German fordes -on both wings and the gvacuation by the Teu- tons of Braila in Rumania, "was announced -in Petro- grad despatches to-day. Rumanian forees sur- rounded a height oceu- pied by German troops southwest of Pralea (in Rumania) and too "a great number of prison- ers" and four machine guns, said the War Office to-day. \ FECAL WAR STATEMENTS .. = French. Paris, Jan. 17.--""The activity of the artillery and trench guns normal along the whole front," the issued by the War Office Wednesday night. The afternoon statement said: "In tire region of the Somme we re- evening certain, de- tachments of the enemy who were en- deavoring to penetrate our lines to < the east of Qlery, and to the south of the bom- Was says led a minor attack, but this was re-| spirited hand-to-hand ; pulsed after | lighting. On the heights of Meuse and in the forest of French lines at several "The night passed quietly on the the front." : remainder of Rome, Office Apremont' | | (The Gorman Second Line Trenches Reach- of Near Leas on Wednesday. HEAVY LOSSES - INFLICTED ON THE ENEMY AND HIS DUG- OUTS WRECKED. » Canadians Trudged Gaily Forward-- British Troops Occupy a Line of German Posts North of the Ancre. With the British Armies in France, Jan. 18.~In the gray half light of late midwinter dawn and in the swirl of a cloudlike snowstorm, which last- ed through the night, a Canadian contingent of the British troaps raid- ed nearly a thousand yards of the German trenches north of Arras yes- terday morning. Besides inflicting heavy losses they came back with) 100 prisoners, one of them being al company commander and former as-| of chemistry at| tO the right of the map, is now sistant professor | Strassburg. As a raid this attack establishes a record for the proceedings in the Somme sector in the last week, which netted 300 prisoners in what have been classed in the official communi- cations as "minor operations." In ad- dition to a big haul of prisofers, the booty included two machine guns, which 'were found chained to the ground, and one treach mortar. The Germans have been using these mor- tars in lively fashion against the Ca- nadians recently, and while it re- quired a great effort to drag it back over the snow-covered "No Man's Land," the capture of this particular Neapen gave the greatest satisfac- Second Daylight Raid. This was the second daylight raid carried out north of Arras by the Canadians, the first resulting in the capture of 60 prisoners. It was mark- ed by many of the same features that ¢haracterize all such daring and sue- cessful undertakings, except iy this instance there was no ma in- 'orease Sin the - for thé guns, going steadily for neighborhood, had cut to ribbons the uth-vaunted protective barbed- wire entanglements. It was just af- ter dewn that the British barrage hes fo sweep over nearly 400 yards of No Man's Land that separated the trenches. As it formed its cur- tain shield of bursting shells, the Ca- nadians went "over the top." On either flank a smoke barrage had been flung out. . Trudged Forward Gaily. Thus-sheltered by the artillery, the Canadians trudged forward almost gaily through the snow. It was like & touch of home to them. They en- countered comparatively little resist- ance and a very light machine-gun fire, and in little more than an hour they had cleaned out two lines of trenches and returned to their own lines with their prisoners and booty. The British losses were exceedingly light, and all the casualties were ht home. The prisoners were Silesians and Poles, one of baging been a waiter in a popu- lar London hotel before the war. ° At Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre another drive by the British gave them Ger- man positions over a front of 600 yards, which they hed despite a counter-attack in which the Germays lost heavily under the British bar- rage fire ; been t rd A this THE MARKET QUOTATIONS © As Disclosed to Trade on New York Exchange. New York Stocks. Open 2.30 p.m. 146% 183% Pacific .. 10am sida oe BOW sv sae vs 102% ; 90 na AY se ve ww The Daily British Whig ~ Fa a A | PAGES 18 LAST EDITION THE SITUATION IN RUMANIA. » : \BULE ASA I] ea A * The black portion has been taken by the enemy. Galatz, threatened. AMERICA PURCHASES DANISH WEST INDIES Twenty-five Million Dollars to Be Paid in Few Weeks. Washington, Jan. 18.--Sovereign- ty over the Danish West Indies after halt a century of negotation has Passed to the United States with the exchange of ratifications of the pur- chase treaty by Secretary Lansing and Danish Minister Brun.. The actual physical transfer, 'with the raising of the American flag, will take place upon payment of the $25,000,000 purchase price, which Congress will provide in a few weeks. During the interim the govern- ment of the islands will be-adminis- teréd by the present Danish gover- nor . Under the terms of the treaty a joint commission is to begin work immediately, to arrange the details of the transfer, FIPTY HURT AT DANCE. Crowded Town Jian and Oll Lamp Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 18.-- Fifty persons were seriously hurt, ten of them probably fatally, when half the population of the little town of Harford, Pa., aboul thirty miles from this city, was trapped in Odd Fellows Hall during a wedding re- ception and dance last night. A large oil lamp, suspended from the ceiling on the first floor fell with a crash. Burning kerosene flew to all parts of the room, and in an in- stant almost the entire floor was lazing. Escape down the one narrow stair- WAY jas blocked by a sudden rush of es. "Men, women and child- ren, crowding the floor a were panic-stricken and most of them jumped from the windows. ------------ NEW CABINET MINISTERS. Generals Have Been Appointed to Russian Portfolios. . (Special to the Whig. Petrograd. Tan, 18. ES point. ment 6f Gén. Beliseff as minister of war and Gen. Chouvaieff as council for of Empire, was anounced to-day. Gen. Chouvaleff is transferred from the war ministry by the change announced above. He was appointed to this place on March 29th, 1916. the board, or general ministry, which controls the government, but is with- out a specific portfolio. JDUMA LEADER REFUSED. Would Not Take the Hand of Minister of Interior; In his new post he becomes one ol ff, Min- ister of the Interior, and M. Rodzi- % |anko, President of the Duma, is de- scribed by the Novoe Vremya, which a the New Y . tion at the Tsarskoe Selo and offered his hand in a conciliatory way. The 'of the Duma turned away with a yy . Priends of the min- ister say that a duel is 5 UST REVER OR RETURN HOME Drastic Orders For Canadian Supcraumerary Officers of Senior Rank. PROJISON FOR REVERTING PEPENDENT ALLOWANCES ON SCALE OF HIGHER RANK. There Are Perhaps 300 Sapernum- eraries in the Bhorncliffe Area Alone--Some Unfitted for Com- mand. London, Jan. 18.--The Canadian authorities here are in dras- tic fashion with the' problem of sew. eral hundred unemployed supernum- erary officers of semior rank. Col- onels and majors, without appoint- ments, in the Shorncliffe area num- bered 238 a few months ago, and the total since has greatly increased. Their unemployment is due partly to 'the breaking up of battalions, partly to maigamations, and mainly to the absurd system of giving civilians entirely without military knowledge Every senior officer without em- ployment is now offered the choice of reverting to junior rank and fill ing any vacancy immediately avail- able, or returning to Canada. Those reverting retain dependent allow- ances upon the scale of the higher rank. Those returning to Canada re- tain rank also and are given the op- portynity of a short visit to the front before departure. | Further orders-in-council are be- ing drafted to legalize these steps. The problem of eventually deciding the fate of returning officers is thus transferred to the military establish- ment {i Canada, where it is antiel- pated they will either engage in re- cruiting or re-enter civil life. A number seniors express bitter resentment, declaring they will neither revert to lower rank nor re- turn, but intend remaining here un- | til the authoities find them suitable employment. These supernumeries have been a problem here for months. "Some are wholly unfitted for command owing to lack of knowledge of military organization: We should have cleared them months ago," de- clared one in authority. Sir Wiltrid Laurier has been in- formed by Sir Ceeil or qualifications high military rank.} MAY BE FROSTBITTEN London Seeks an Explanation] for the Slowing-up in | Rumania. London, Jan. 18.--iIt is remarked; here that the Teutonic Allies now, fuel the first time since mid-November are failing to make advances in Ru-| mania, and that the offensive.for the! moment at least seems to have a GERMANS' OFFENSIVE to the Russihns and Rumanians, Information is lacking as regards! the cause for the slowing up of the | movement. Some reports say the! Russo-Rumanians have received | large reinforcements and guns and| munitions, but elsewhere the question is asked whether the situation is not] due to the winter in northern Ru-| mania, which is as severe as that in| The Morning Post's Petrograd cor-| respondent says the opinion prevails| ing effect on the German arrange- ments. which has been hightened by the . increased activity of the Rus- sians on various other sections of the northern front. The correspondent says the German lines are thinly held everywhere ex- cept in Rumania, and that the Ger- mans consequently are showing ner vousness over the recent Russian moves. War Tidings. + According to the Cologne Gasette, the Government is about to fix maxi- mum pl for all iron and steel goods, The Italian Government has creat- Sed a special Cabinet' committee to vrovide a more extensive anil rapid system of food distribution. The German liner Prinz Adalbert, captured at the beginning of the war, was sold at auction on the order of the Prize Court for £152,000. ARISTOCRATIC MOVIES , TO AID WAR VICTIMS American Millionaires Incorp- orate Company for Philan- > thropic Work. New York, Jan. 18.--With Henry P. Davidson, William XK. Vanderbilt and William Sloane among its spon- sors, a motion picture company was incorporated here whose purpose, it is announced, will be to "give aid to the American field ambulance ser- vice and to the British war relief work." Through the exhibition in this country of aR pictures for a 'period 'of ' The articles of incorporation of the company, 'state that "no profits, dividends or interest are to be paid to members beyond repayment to them of the amounts orignally sub scribed." a =4 - | | THOMAS pL nde 2 URry nquet is to be &t West Orange, NJ. by his employees. THAW IS VERY JLL. His Condition Is Regarded as Quite Precarious. to the Whig.) Jan. 185. --Harry K. Thaw is still in a precarious condi- tion to-day, it was announced at St. millionaire nm since he his throat and wrists with a rs © mid-Russia. } there that the 'Russian stroke in the| direction of Mitau had a discomfort- KAISER SHORT OF MUNITIONS Trade Also Show 2 of "ly St Sy WHICH DIMINISHES COAL AND IRON OUTPUT. Proportion of Women Employed in Iron and Steel Industries Increased Some Companies Working at Old Dumps. London, Jan. 18.--Francis Grib- ble, in an article on Germany's muni- tions, published in the Daily Chropi- cle, says: " . "Although the censorship is strict in Germany, awkward! truths have a way of leaking out through theicol- umns of trade organs and technical papers, and it may now be gathered from these instructive sources that the munitions supply' 4s a cause of increasing anxiety, First and fore- most, there is' an, t scarcity of railway rolling, Large ord- ers for fresh trucks w placed in 1915, but owing to the state of the labor market only about 15 per cent. of these orders were expected. The chief consequence of the scarcity in 1915 was that farmers failed to get manure, and had a shockingly bad harvest. "The present complaint is that there is not'enough cars to convey coke to the blast furnaces, with the result that the production of steel is menaced. "Another reason may be found in the Interesting lack of labor which is diminishing the output alike in the coal mines and iron mines as a few selected figures will show." - Gribble then points out that the number of workmen employed in German coal mines in 1913, was 405,183. They were reduced to 294,852 in the last three months of 1916. The output of iron ore of three leading companies for 1915-16 de- ceased by 3.713.638 toms, compared with 1913-14. Gribble continues: : "Some companies are now working af old dumps of ore containing less than 25 per cent. of iron because skilled mining 1abor is not available: in sufficiently quantity. The Jroger tion of women employed in the iron and steel industries has inceased during the war from 7 to 19 per cent. Was a Quiet Night. 1 to the ) Paris, Jan. 180-2 Series of re- connaissances by Germans on the heights of 'the Meuse, following three hours of bombardment, were repuls- ed. The night was quiet along the entire fopmt.™ . A Submarine Record. (Special to the .) Amsterdam, Jan. 18 foriin has just announced that a submarine has returned with a record of sinking sixteen ships, despatches from the German capital said to-day. Martin L. Henry, aged sixty-five, i New York letter carrier, reputed to {be worth $300,000, committed sul- i cide, leaving a note saying he was jure of Wood, automobile dealer er, s ! of California, jumped from an eleven- | storey window in New York while {ll and was Killed. The Bethlehem Steel Co. exten- sions to plant call for an éxpendi- ture of $50,900,000. DAILY MEMORANDUM Band at the po rink Eiht. See top of page 1, right band corner nates dizalatss, vr Wes £08 as. vad of Eutugation rooms, Bar: urday afternoon. Hospital, Where. the. Pitts- | BELANG: