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SS ~ LENS ABOUT TO FAIL - T0 THE CANADIANS Who Have Surrounded it- t-Biiih Drive Wedge 'North Around Loos---Boasted Hinden- burg Line Crumbling Before Vic- torious British Armies. (Special to London, April 14.-- Lens must soon fall to the Canadians. and fortifications, a. big mining centre, and au important bulwark of the the Whig.) Hindenburg line, is at noon to-ddy practically surrounded by Canadian in- fantry and cavalry, after Canadian fences to dust. © What is left of the Canadian casualties continue light. N ; Haig Drives South- guns had smashed the German de- German garrison is fighting fiercely. Around 8t. Quentin. > (Special 'to the Whig.) London, Aprii 14.- around Arras, Field Marshal Haig las to the south around St. Quentin and of that city. "Fayet, northwest of St. the important position of Ascension British commander-in-chief reported t " But is Haig struek fiercely around St. tion during the nignt in the power of the British assault Quentin, was carried during the night; <Buddenly| switehing the point of "his drive from t night smashed his men forward far advanced to Fayet, within two miles farm and Grand Priel farm," the o-day. Quentin, around Arras. "We made progress north uf the Bapaume-Cambrai road toward Queant," the British commander-in-chief re por Scarpe, the enemy was compelled to y "We seized Vimy station, La Cha Buquet Mill, "Enemy guns taken include four The Hindenburg ted to-day. "To the Tarth of the ield further ground. \ udiere and positions at Fosse Dix and between Givenchy-en-Goshelle and Angres. 8-inch howitzers." Line Crumbling. (Special to the Whig.) The boasted Hindenburg line was crumbling to-day in the pulverizing assaults of Field Marshal Haig's victorious British army around Arras. _ Lens, the northern pivot point month--ago by the Germans to the Hindenburg line, forces have driven a wedge above it to the north very shortly. British of the "strategic retreat" started a seemed likely to fall around Loos, whils to-day's batt front despatches indicatéd no let-up in the sweep forward, to.the south of the city. It was on this which means another encircling arm shoved forward southern drive that the British made probably their groatest advance ia the present big push, according to full details received to-day. about twelve miles. The ground gained was approximately two miles over a front of Prediction was freely expressed here that the Germans must now re- ~Areat to the supplementary-reqr line o timated by military experis to run from Bfoucourt down to Queant. they do not, the Hindenburg line may £&-the "Hindenburg Hud" --a- front os- 1 be turned around Lens. ARGENTINE IS LIKELY : TO ) HAVE A BREAK Owing to a German Submarine, Sinking One of Its Ships. "special to the Whig Buenos Aires, Apcil 4 --win Brazil on the verge of war with Ger- many after a diplomatic rupture; Bolivia diplomatically severed from Berlin, Argentine was swept by an! anti-German sentiment that seemed likely to result in a diplomatic break between Buenos Aires and Berlin. The wildest excitement followed the receipt of news of the sinking of a German submarine of the Argentine sailing vessel Monte Protogida. Germans Stil Riithing. (Special to the Whig London, April 14.--An 8 sociated Press -bulletin to-day says the Brit- ish broke the German front last night for a"distance of four miles, and that the Germans are in retreat. mm, OFFICIAL WAR French. Paris, April 13.-- "Between the Somme and the Oise our troops this morning attacked German positions south of St, Quentin. Notwithstand- ing desperate resistance by the en- emy, we carried several lines of trenches botween the Somme and the St. Quentin railway. We brought back prisoners and a number of ma- chine glns, "South of the Oise, our advanced troops made progress east of Coucy la Ville, and took prisoners and ma- terial, { "There was artillery fighting . in| the region of the" Aisne, and in the "hampagne. Near Verdun two sur- | prise attacks were made - by the enemy. They were broken up by our fire. "The night was calm on the re- mainder of the front. " italian. ; Rome, April 13.--"On the Tren- _tino front yesterday the artillery was active botween the Adige and San, Pullegtino valleys," * says "to-day's| War Office statement. "Our medium calibre batteries em- [ WHIG CONTENTS | 1-dilusirated Section: War Plo. tures, of Persone] of U. * amnion | Pi Canadian' om u 4---uther Yau Yau Trorate Re- fiona Whout to Fall to Cuna-, (Hans; Wi phic. 'ar and Hed. vices! Loca News, ; Greéiter . Pro- STATEMENTS ployed effective bursts of fire against the railway station of Calliano, where (an unusual movement of trains was observed. On" the Colbricon Massif, in the upper Cismon valley, the en- emy had been mining towards our advanced positions. Last night we exploded a counter-mine which ex- ploded the enemy gallery. The sdge of the crater was occupied by troops and the position tablish "This morning at dawn enemy a craft dropped bombs on the pumping station at Codigoro. No damage was done." German. Berlin, April-13.--""On the north- ern wing of the Arras battlefield," says the official statement issued to- day by the German army headquarts ers staff, preliminary successes' of strong British attacks inst An- gres and Givenchy: g elle were balanced by Ger! counter-at- tacks. The German statement adds that on the roads from Peronne to Cam- bral and Le Catelet minor engage-|U: ments 'occurred yesterday between| Gouzeaucourt and rt. "Lively artillery fire against Quentin and adjoining lines to = southward of that city was a- ed," the German statement says, rupirataty 88 to French attacks this morning. on bath banka of the river attacks, it is added, the Arras Gavinlle i Scarpe." Bo sate "British Rtvisions which attacked, Ne ortpulsed with eave Fane, Xs at in |, Which. cavalry participat- there was-no dimuni> : EOE EEP IER b eet l a) KINGSTON, of LAEUT. W. M. NICKLE wou NDED ON THE 9TH. A message 'was received by W. F. Nickle, M.P., of this city 'who is in Ottawa, stating that his son, Lieut. William" M. Nickle of the 21st' Battalion, had been wounded on the 9th inst. He was apparently in the big drive at Vimy Ridge. ' Lieut. Nickle was wounded on the 30th of June last while a private 4 with the Princess Patricias. Sees VILLA OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO U. 8. Says-Officers of Carranza Army i hie towal D Jl all acts of I 5 Have Formed Compact With Germany. San Antonia, ~apexas, April 14.-- eclaring officers of the Carranza army have formed a compact with Germany and that an 'effort is being amde to raise a large army of Ger- mang and Mexicans in Mexico to fight against the United States. Fran- cisco Villa offers his services to the United States. He says he has an army of 20,000 well-trained fighting Mexicans which could easily be in- creased to fifty thousand and, with the co-operation of the United States. would make the strongest corps of soldiers on this continent. This state- ment was made by Villa under date of April 7th, in the field, near Chihuahua. Farming in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, -April 14.--One hun- dred acres of land are being seeded to wheat yesterday near Wilkie. At several points work on the land has begun, according to C/P.R. officials here. Harrowing 1s reported at Plunkett and Lanigan, MARTIAL LAW WN THE US. Is Suggested As a-Blow to the Activities of Spies. HAS "THROWN A SCARE" INTO THE GERMAN ELEMENT OF THE POPULATION. ! And Has Been the Means of Keep- ing These People Very Quiet--The U. 8. Cabinet May Take the Step. New York, April 14.--Martial law' fof the United States and its possessions is more than a possibili- ty. It is authentically stated that the President and his Cabinet have this step under consideration as necessary for the successful suppres- sion 'of "attacks on munition plants and Government property by alien enemies. The suggestion has had a very marked effect upon the German ele- ment in the. population. It has "thrown a scare" into this elenient, to use a colloquial phrase, which has had the result -of keeping German- Americans very quiet indeed. 'A proclamation by the President declaring martial law would render conspiracy at private plants or [Government institdtions engaged in performing service for the State liable to judgment by a military court and punishable by death. U.8. MAY GO "DRY" TO SAVE FOODSTUFFS | President Wilson, itis Stated, Will Take the Initiative. «(Special te the Whig 'Washington, April 138 nerica's "big push" for food may wipe out her breweries and distilleries. Taking advantage of the threate food shortage throughout the worid and the demands on the American farm- rs to feed not only the United States yt} her Allies, the "drys" in Con- gress are preparing to launch a spectacular arive for, "war prohi- 'I'tant heights. ONTARIO, SATURDAY, / APRIL 14, 1917: [GERMAN LINE. boy DINTED es or rs 1 sem Frat SOUTH OF ST, QUENTIN AND MAKE CAPTURES. \ Quentin and Cambrai and Cross the Cojeul River, London, April 14.--Both the Brit- ish and French puf further dents in the German front yesterday, the for- mer being especially successful, There was marked activity right down the line from Vimy to Soissons. The Canadian, having cleared Vimy Ridge, the northern pivot of the line, pnd Mamehy-leePreux, a key position to the southeast of Arras in possession of the British, compels the Germans to look back- ward for another }ine on which to made a stand against the impetuous onslaught. The British are also giv- ing attention to another important sector of the frost~--that between St. Quentin and Cambrai. British Strike Hard. : Momentarily slowing up here be- tween Lens and Arras the British struck on the Somme front between St. Quentin and Cambrai and advan- ced on a 10-mile front capturing several villages. It was in this region that the great German retirement of last month took place. According to the Ger- mans, the retirement was to have delayed any contemplated British offensive here for weeks, if not months. Nevertheless, the British have evidéntly been able to organize their communications and bring up their guns across the devastated territory and to deliver a smashing and effec- tive blow within a comparatively few days. A little above this, on a line north of Bapaume, they also struck where the line makes a bend on the Cojeul river, gaining a mile®and a quarter on a four-mile front, and materially im ing Shel ir voition by gaining a enemy the side of poverty for. hcatins impor- French Smash Forward. 'South of St. Quentin the French smashed 'forward, capturing several lines of trenches between the Somme and St. Quentin railway.' Desperate resistance by the enemy was of no avail. The French were irresistible, and scoo up prisoners and ma- chine guns. General Nivelle's troops also have kept up their offensive movement south of the Oise, making progress east of Coticy-la-Ville. CANADIANS SHARE IN WAR ON U-BOATS 376 Are Members of the Royal Naval Auxiliary Ottawa, April 14.--In all 376 Can- adians are now engaged in combat- ting the German submarines, as members 'of the Royal Naval Auxil- lary Patrol, and, according to reports which have come to the Naval Ser- vice Department here, aH have re- flected credit upon the Dominion. Of the number 264 are sub-lieuten- ants or officers of the submarine chasers and 112 are chief motorboat men, or motorboatmen, the mechan- ics of the craft. 'Of the 112 motorboatmen 43 are from Britfsh Columbia; 32 from On- tario, of whom 11 are from Toronto and six from Ottawa; 21 from the Province of Quebec, of whom 15 are Montreal men, 9 from "Alberta, 4 Jom Saskatchewan and 3. from Man- itoba. BRITAIN 70 GET ORE, Makes New Agrocment With Spain-- Gives Coal in Exchange. London, April 14.--A new com- mercial convention between and Great Britain ed. Among TA The British Advance Between St.| "|"Perhaps I am mistaken, & FALKENHAYN SENT FOR . HIS STRATEGY NEEDED. + + $ Rome, April 14.--Gen. Von # Falkenhayn has left the Italian | $ front after a long sojourn an. 4 returned to German, headquar- 4 ters, according to a report | % reachin Te today from Berne, His recall probably comes : through a desire of the Ger- + man Statt to utilize Falken- + hayn's strategy in stemming the + tide of the successful British of- + fensive. o Stsrso set etis bed » Tre CAVELL MURDER BURNT INTO GERMAN MIND, Name Costs Belgian Wo- man Month in Jail. Havre, April 13.--A well-authen- ticated incident which occurred re- centiy during a German court-nar- tial in Belgium has just become known here. M. Paul Terlinden, Burgomaster of Rixensart, appeared before the court charged with shield- ing a wounded Frenchman, for which he was condemned to twelve months' imprisonment. His daughter, Baroness de Con- inck, a young married woman, whose husband is at the front, was present at the hearing. A German officer sat down beside her, saying: "I believe, madame, I have met you before." Baraness de Coninck replied: '""¥ou are Ren. I don't know you, sir." The German persisted, saying: but you greatly resemble an English woman whom 1 knew well." "Evidently you mean Miss Cavell," retorted the baroness. For this answer she was sentenc- ed to one month in prison. MIGHT RELEASE THE AMERICANS Who Are At Prescat Enlisted in the Cana- dian Amy. WOULD FORM GOOD NUCLEUS FOR AN AMERICAN ARMY TO = FIGHT IN FRANCE. States It "w Believed Could . Rend 10,000 Regulars Overseas at Onoe. New York, April _14.--A special cable to the Herald! from London, says: The prospect of the early par- ticipation of American troops fight- ing under the American flag on the western front has caused tremendous enthusiasm here. Already the nucleus for a force is at grips with the Prussians in France, it -being estimated that 32- 000 American citizens are fighting in the Canadian units. It is surmis- ed here that a request will be made to obtain the reMase of the 32,000 trained. fighters from the Canadian units to enable them to fight here- after under their own flag. The force could be strengthened by the addition of about 10,000 reg- ulars, to be sent from the United States army at once, thus forming a powerful army corps which, in the forthcoming operations, would bear a part as glorious as that borne by Field Marshal French's first gallant expeditionary force. It is considered here to be of the utmost importance that the United States.should have a fighting force under its own flag at once on the western front. are in the balance. Prussignism is felt to be crumbling, and.if America is to participate fully in the demog- ratization of the wor]d she must be "in at the death" of autocracy and under her own colors, according to the feelings of the leading Amer- icans in London. 'Promptness is of the utmost im- portance. For that reason it is be- lieved that the Americans fighting in the Canadian units can be utilized. Those meén are experienced in Ba na all honor while a greater force is being raised in the United States. v TWO HOSPITAL SHIPS SUNK. | wo woserea. » | es: a at ® British Mention of British Nurse's TEUTONS UNABLE T0 STOP DANE And There is the Greatest Desperation Be- hind the Encmy Lincs. HUN LEADERS ASTOUNDED AT THE STRENGTH OF THE BRI- TISH SMASH. 319920330013 0000utvd toy Gare Enemy. Airmen Try in Vain to Fly Over The British Lines--The Bri- tish Aviators Control the Air. With the British Armies - Afield,] April 14.--Desperation stalks behind the German lines. The German army chiefs, astound- ed at the tremendous, unceasing i PAGES 5-12 Nr LAST EDITION bd ALL UNITED STATES' + WARS BEGAN APRIL. + -- * With the exception of the war + with Great Britain in 1812 : every big war in which the Un? ¢ ited States has been involved started in April. The war of the.revolution be- gan April 19, 1775, at Concerd on Lexington. The war with Mexico was de- clared April 24, 18486. The Black Hawk. war, the greatest conflict with Indian forces, began April 21, 1831. The Civil War began with an Biiack on Fort Sumter April 12 War on Spain was declared April 21, 1898. PEt IEEE EEE be : it BULGARS AND AUSTRIANS WANT SEPARATE PEACE Representatives of Both Coun- tries Trying to Approach .. the Entente Allies. strength of the British smash, are to dig trenches, thus relieving a few more German fighters, while the word has gone out for reinforcements.- While awaiting those reinforcements the enemy is using non-fighting auxiliar- ies of the army to fill up depleted ranks of its fighting regiments. Scores of captured trench defend- ers to-day were transport drivers and assistants, chauffeurs, bandsmen and other auxiliary specimens: been pressed using They had service around Fampoux and Hyderabad Redoubt-- where the British smashed hardest-- in the hurried call for every available man to withstand the British blows. One other bit of desperation was in the repeated--and fruitless--at- tempts by German airmen to fly over learn where Haig's mighty blows might be expect- A swarm of British airmen pa- trolled the air. HOISTED WITH OWN PETARD the British ed. Washington, "April 14. --Austrian and Bulgarian represéntatives are endeavoring to approach Entente diplomats in Switzerland on the sub- dect of peace. Press despatches re- porting Bulgarian efforts in this line developed the fact that it is known here not only that Bulgaria has taken soundings, but also that there has been similar action inthe name of Austria-Hungary. Whether the two countries are working separ ately or together.is not known, nor has any reference been made to the attitude of Germany or Turkey. Officials here see in the Austrian and Bulgarian action nferely a - pression of weariness with nd yar and anxiety to bring it to a without, however, involving any a, cation of desperation on their part which would maks them propose terms acceptable to the Entente. As a result, there is every evidence that the informal efforts now being made mark merely a step in the long road that will eventually lead to peace Great happenings| U-Boat Sunk by German Miné While Shelling, New York, April 14.--The de- struction of a German submarine through striking a mine, while the U-boat was shelling a British horse trapsport, was described here today by an eyeé-witness--an- officer on a Dutch steamship, recently arrived. The Dutch ship was rounding thé Irish coast, the officer said, when the submarine appeared and started after the "British vessel some distance away. Shells from a deck ' gun brought the transport to a stop, and the men. were taking to the boats as the submarine approached. * ~ Suddenly there was heard a heavy explosion, ahd the U-boat was lifted out of the water, and turning in the air plunged downward, bows first, The officers of the Dutch ship were of the opinion that the submarine struck 'a Germati mine. TO SOLEMNIZE U.S. ENTRY Dedicatory Service Will Be Held in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, April, 14.--To solemnize the entry of the United States into the war a dedicatory service will be held in St. Paul's Cathedral next week, under the auspices of the Am erican Embassy and the consulate general of all American oragniza- tions in London, The exact date will be announced in a day or two, The cathedral has been placed at the dis- posal of the American community by the dean of the Chapter as a token of public gratification in this country over the United States Government's action. The service is intended to be a service of consecration, not of jubilation. The American Bishop of the Phillipine Islands, Dr. Brent, will preach. Admission will be"by ticket only, THE BRITISH ADVANCE In Some Places it Has Reached For- ward Twenty-two Miles. - (Special to the ig) New York, April 14 ust about a month ago 'the British offensive be- gan, coincident with the German "strategic retreat" on the western front. In that month, including] Field Marshal Haig's captures to-day, the Franco-British ve recovered approximately 750 square miles of French territory from the Invader, extending over a front of more than seventy-five miles. Some of it has been wrenched from the German's hands in the most violent fighting of the war. In some places the British advance has reached forward twenty- two miles. This much was register- ed in the jump from around Estrees to Fresnoy Le Petit, north of St Quentin, Canadian Dismissed. London, April 14.--The Gazette ustice W. H. Sarina Corps, dismissed from the reir + RETURNED SOLDI + od soldiers stormed munitions 4 plant here and + "allen enemy' employees pris- 4 oners, has announced must go. gulations to put it out of business. and do not offer hoype of real nego- tiations ix the near future, il SEP eee CAPTURED ALIENS (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, April .14.---Return- took several Wilson Starts. wa A Woodrow Wilson, wife of the Presi- dent; Mrs. Thomas wife of the Vice/President; and th wom rate a aid of economy and efficiency dur- ing the war, 80 as to be able to de- vote more time and money to con- structive preparedness work. R. Marshall, é n of the Cabinet have inaugu- "simple life" movement in and ~ relief In this *'simple life" movement, Mrs. Wilson and the women of the nation to follow her example, reduce their living to simple form, deny themselves unnecessary expen- ditures while amit the usual form of entertaining and calling ,and virtually wipe out their social activities. will the wir continues, Fire in Woglwich Arsenal. (Special to the Whig) London, April 14.--Fire 'in the Woolwich Arsenal early to-day caus ed no loss of life, and apart from slight damage to the buliding, material loss, according to a Home Office statement. no Afternoon Tea Seems Dpomed. London, April 14.---England is agitated over the apparent doom of one of its- most sacred Institutions. lord Devenport, the Food Controller, that afteracon tea He will shortly issue re- DAILY MEMORANDUM Shnrstan, magician, Grand, 8.10. top of 'page 3, right hand corner, for Ne oa ties. ¥ in Island market, Rummage sale under auspices of Wednesday, 9% am, Frist Baptist church, DIED TAGGA RT At the Hotel Dieu Hospital, April a Kin gg on Danie Funeral a] residence ain o'clock, ro the Sacred where a solemn Hbera will be su sung. Friends and acquaintances respectfully invited to atte WALSH-4lo Kingston, on Zr 14th," 41 years, 1917, Patrick Walsh, ay resi service sentence of court-mar- tors | tial. ey Brodie Lauder Macdon- dor {ala. Ratiway Troops, Lietitenant-Col- : Pe Feeeae 2000 f § FIIs ee tert eee settee