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(Special to The Guardian)
PETROGRAD, Dec. 15.-German
frontal attacks on the Russian line West-off Warsaw, under cover of night were successfully-revulscd by Rus- sians. ‘At many points along the front the Russians succeeded in capturing isolated German positio_ns. The Ger- man attacks were answered by Rus- sian counter-attacks in which it is said several hundred prisoners and one field battery were captured by Russians. During the last three days
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fflléllling eight machine guns, two bat- teries of field guns and 4,000 prisoners have been taken Exce t for l
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attacks by the Germans there has been
(little fighting in Poland during the last twenty-four hours.; According to the army messenger. $31-man attacks along the East Pruss n front were conrlucted simultaneously with their offensive in Poland, but failed because of tho formidable fortification the Rus- sians had constructed in the fields and forests parallelling the German lines.
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LONDON, Iicc. 15.-All information
received'here indicates that it t`au\inr=. in both the fitter and the bztser metals exist in`Gormany. An uppcal is made by the Cologne Gazette to its reniicrs, and` even to the soldiers in the field. to send.tholr stored goldpieccs. and any foreign gold or jewellery they may possess,‘to the imperial hunk.
Copper has risen enormously, and
thc price is now stated to be $750 por ton in Germany, :ts against $280 per lon in London. The British navy has uruioulncdly been the chioi' factor in creating thc scarcity ot’ copper, as the l'!ri_tish Government requires the strictest proof that copper shipments are designed for domestic use only before they arc ndlnlttcd to neutral counti ies.
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the A e' -tnivspjland for work on t n%Epy route. She was a new, uoatana cost si50.000. »
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HALIFAX, Dec. 15.-When the gale
which swept over Halifax was at its height yesterday morning, two steam- ers anchored in the harbour collided and both were damaged. 'l`ho ships were the collier Treneglos, which has been anchored in thc stream for some time, and the Plant lincz' A. W. Perry, which arrived in port late Sunday night from Boston. Reports regarding the collision are conflicting. The fact' remains that between the hours ot' six and seven o’clock yesterday morning the port quarter of the Treneglos came in contact with the starboard side of the A. W. Perry's bridge. The result of the collision was that two `of tho 'I‘rcneglos’ plates were bent and the rail oi’ the A. W. Perry’s bnidgc was stove in and hor starboard engine sig- nal box damaged. _The shock was quite heavy and nn officer on the A. W. Perry was thrown to the deck. The latter steamer subsequently shifted her anchorage, hut. did not dock ut the Plant \vhari' until yesterday after- noon. lier passengers were taken off by tugs in the morning and landed at thc wharf. The A. W. Perry arrived in port about midnight Sunday and anchored in the stream a short dis- lance south of l’ickt'ord and l'llack's
------ -wharf and not very fur from whore
tho Trcueglos was imcllored.
At 0.30 yesterday morning the
Treneglog dragged her anchor somel distance, but was finally brought up. Other vessels in the harbour dragged slightly. Barges at the south end of the waterfront were moved to north end wilarves for safety.
No. 3 storm signal was hoisted at
the Citadel on Sunday night indicating an easterly gale, and the wind fresh- cried before midnight. At nine o'clock yesterday morning the wind blew 33 miles an hour.
The sea in the harbour was fairly
Iheavy and some minor damage was done to the ocean terminal works at the South End. -
GIFTS TO FRENCH SOLDIERS
TAKE 100 FREIGHT CARS A DAY.
PARIS, Dec. 15.-The number of
Christmas and New Year packages go- ing- forward for the French soldiers at the front is already so great that the military authorities have found it ne- cessary to issue a note to the public suggesting to the families of soldiers that they reduce their gifts lo n mini- mum.
The heavier parcels now require for
freight cars a day, while the lighter weight packages going by mail are averaging 220,000 daily.
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WNIIING INN IJIIISIJIN
(Special to the Guardian.) '
IIUENOS AYRES, Dec. 15.-T,wo
Ilritish cruisers to-day are reported in the Straits of Magellan, off Punta Arenas, where they are waiting for the German cruiser Dresden, sole survivor oi’ the squadron of Admiral Von Spee. which engaged with the British fleet under Vice-Adm‘rai Sturdee, off the Falkland islands.
(Special to The Guardian) . SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 15.-An offl-
cial communication received here from Puerta Arenas announced that the Ger- man cruiser Dresden left there yes- terday evening (Sundey). The com- munication adds that the British crui- ser Bristol arrived at Puerta Arenas Monday but left there immediately.
FRENCH OFFICIAL
(Special to The Guardian)
PARIS, Dec. 15.--(Official to-nigllt.)
-in Belgium Franco-Belgian troops have debouchetl from Nieuport, occu- pied the line from outskirt West- to Lombaertr.ydc Farm, Saint Georges, to South Ypres. We made nn attack in the direction of Klien Zillebeke anti gained 500 metres, (500 yards); also wc continue to hold the heights which dominate Straubch. On the rest of the front there is nothing to report.
ININGN IININ
J IIIINIIII MISSING
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The French
Line steamer Floride, six days overdue on her trip from Havre for New York, has not been heard of since she sailed on November 22, according to a cable message received by the line to-'day froln its agents in France. Each day;
adds to the apprehension felt for the' vcsse|‘s safety. I The Floride, u. vessel of 4,238 tons,
lla§__abQurd twenty-four cabin passen- gers and fifteen in the steerage. Heavy north-west gales have swept the At- lantic recently and the Line believes; that thc stormy weather has delayed'
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LORD CROMER ON EGYPT'S FUTURE.
LONDON, Dec. 15.-Lord Cromer in
a letter to thc Times on “The Future of Egypt," says: I
“ ll`, as appears to be thc case, the:
Khcdive has unwisely thrown in his, lot' with thc Germans, his dcfectionj is probably of' no great political? importance. The personal influence of His llighness In Egypt is at present, slight.
"Wln1isoevcr may be thc future
political status of that country, Abbas Hilml can no longer be its'ruler. The artificial connection between Turkey and Egypt has for a long time been seriously detrimental to the interests .t the latter country. " Egypt as a result-of-t-be war must
be ,wholly and irrevocably relieved from the pernicious mortmaln of turkish suzerainty." ‘ '
A _TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN JAPAN.
TOKIO, Dec. 15.--An explosion oc-
curred to-dsy in a coal mine at Fuk- uoka as a result of which 800 labor- ers are imprisoned in the workings of the mine. Fukuoka is on the sea- coast 65 miles to the North of Nag- asaki.
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SUMMARY 0F THE SITUATION
LONDON, Dec. 15.-The offensive
movement of the French and British has become general and is being pushed with strong forces, particularly in Flanders, Argonne, Woevre and Alsace. While thc French claim to have been successful at all points except Steinbecb, Alsace, the German report says the Allies' attacks were unsuccessful at several points. On the whole, however, it would appear thc Allies, who now have a superiority in numbers as well as in artillery, have succeeded in making progress and withstood vigorous counter-attacks delivered by the Germans. The fact is that the Allies are in possession of llolbooke, in Flanders, and that heavy fighting is going on again to-day, showing that they made appreciable advances during thc past two days. As last week, they arc being attacked by invaders two miles to the west of Stcloy, which 'ls on the Ypres and Armentiercs road.
ln Argounc region the French simply
say wc made progress and maintained the advance of the preceeding days The force which has been checked at Sterubasch ig the left wing of the army, which for some time has been lighting toward Muelhauser, and which cleared a considerable part of Alsace of Germans. it is evident that while the Germans are prepared to offer stubborn resistance to an at- tempted advance in the regions men- tioned in official communications, they expect the main attack of the Allies will be made in another direction, or are themselves preparing for an offensive. for they have gathered con- siderable forces at Courtreal, from which point they can be quickly trans- ferred to Flanders or across the French frontier.
The only news from the east is the
admission that thc German column which advanced _tlirough Mlawa to- wards Warsaw has reoccupied its old positions, owing to the superiority of the enemy. This measure confirms the Russian accounts of victory on this part of the battlefield.
The Austrians have succeeded again
in crossing the Carpathians and, ac- cording to their account, are driving tho Russian left back toward the San River. This Austrian army, assisted by German reinforcements, has under- taken the difficult task of forcing the Russians to withdraw from the front of flrncow and also relieving( Prze- mysl.
The Austrians apparently liavc met
with ut least partial success in the former project. Their army in Servla, however, has not recovered from the surprise which the Servians gave it. Just when they thought to be at Bran the Servlans turned on the invaders and drove them Westward and North- ward out of Scrvlan territory. The
only part of Servla remaining in Aus- trian hands comprises the small ter- ritory including the towns of Shnbatz and Lesnitza.
The little Montenegro army also is
doing its share and according to a Getllnjc report, succeeded in cutting off part of the Austrian right wins which retreated into Bosnia lt is
, . 'now announced on behalf of Servin
CANADIAN" GIF* ‘that previous retreats were due to
,IN LATEST LIST.
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LONDON, Dec. 15.-Princess Mary's
Fund for soldiers and sailors amounts to over $660,000. Yestorday’s list of subscriptions includes $875 from the Daughters of the Empire in Canada.
iack of ammunition and that stores have been replenished by captures from the Austrians. Headquarters at Vienna deal with the situation and as- sert that the retirement of the right wing made it advlable to abandon Belgrade which was evacuated with- out fighting.
NILIIS GNPINIII -
IHINGHIS IN BELGIUM
(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON, Dec. 15.-Official-Com
bined attacks by the Allies wcrc made yesterday along thc liuo from Holle- beke to Wytezchaetc, Belgium. Several German trenches with a number of prisoners were captured. Substantial progress was made.
GIHMNN GNIIISIN
INIINNIII Ill GUNN
(Special to The Guardian)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The Ocr-
mnn cruiser Cormorant with 22 officers and 355 men has been interned for the war at Guan, according to a despatch received late to-day from Captain Max- well, American naval governor at that Island.
GNNMIINN INGIIPS I
NNIIINEII. III EGIPIZ
MONTREAL. Dec. 15.-That the
Canadian Contingent, or at least a portion of it, is probably bound for Egypt, is the information contained in a communication received ln Mon- treal to-day' from n member of the Fourteenth Battalion, First Royal Montreal Regiment. He says. “Just got word \ve are to leave for Egypt this week. Some excitement I can tell you."
FORCE PAYMENT OF WAR TAX.
PARIS, Dec. 15.-A despatch from
Havre to the Matin says: _ “According to news which ,has reached the Belgian government, _the German governor-general of the occu- pied territory in Belgium has ordered the provincial councils to meet on Dec. 17 to take the necessary measures for the payment of war taxof 36,00i);000 francs ($7,000,000).
GERMANS REPORT HOSTILE AVIATORS DROP BOMBS IN CITY ° OF FREIBURG.
BERLIN, Dec. 15.-The Zeitung am
Mibtag publishes a despatch to-day, saying that hostile aviators flew ovcr tho' city of Freiburg, in tho Grand Duchy of Baden, at 3 p.rn. on Dec. 13, throwing bombs i`rom their machines. One bomb hit a house and did 1-on- slderablc damage. Two others fell in Columbia park among a crowd of promennders, and two girls were injured.
GERMANY’S FOOD SUPPLY.
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 15.-The adviser
in Berlin to the Swedish Chamber of Agriculture has forwarded a _report on the condition of the supply of food and other commodities in Germany.
The market for hides and skins lms
lately shown a considerable rise in prices. The government has now com- mandeered all hides and skins and has formed a department to govern all this kind of business. Of dairy produce there is an extreme shortage, and the price of butter and cheese is steadily rising. The government has fixed a maximum price for potatoes.
As regards grain, new regulations
have been imposed, as n result of which under certain conditions all stocks can bc commandcercd by the government. The bakers are not allowed to bake after 2 p.m., and the restaurants are not permitted to serve rye and wheat bread in unlimited quantities. There is an extreme scarcity of eggs, and prices have riscn sharply.
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THEHOUSE. OF COMMONS
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ter follows: t '
“Lord Dandsdowne and I feel lt. our
;duty`to inform you that in our opinion
es.weli as in that of all our colleagues. whom he have been able to consult criticism would be -fatal to the honor
. After reedlnrtbe contents Boanr
Leaders of the House of Commons and Iment was introduced where the Gov- 'House of Lords, respectively, to Prime iernment engaged in conducting a- war ,Minlster Asqulth, Sunday, August 2, ,bas not been hampered and harrassed \when,fbe decision of the Govemrnent ;by the action of the Opposition. That as to whether to participate in the was true in the wars of Marlborough. war or not was doubtful, was read by it was still more emphatically true in .-Benar Lew at a meeting of the Union- ‘lsts'Cbairmnn Agent today. The let-
the struggle against Napoleon and it was true'ln the last war in which this country was engaged.
"I think it is quite possible that we
have made a mistake, in not critlzlng the Government too much, but by criti- cizing lt too llttlc. but if a mistake had been made I prefer that it were made
and security of the United Kingdom, Iln that direction" Bonar Law said
an France sud' Russia et the present june- |“after four months since the beginning the ture. We oder our unbesltatlag sup- of the war. he could look forward to
port to the Gbverumsat lu any mean- Ithe future with hope and complete urupthey may canal er necessary for confidence. "Germany" he said "basl K.,-dm! W"|h|e Wwe m,so¢|a¢|°n, fhst»object."' . failed. They hnve'uot crushed France
they cannot crush France. Already the
Law in his speech said: |Rusnlmn_n.ra on their frontiers. We
"Before the war, party passion were have a terrible struggle in front of as.
intlsmmed to such en extent tlidt I sew ibut the llnsl result is not ln doubt. 3i’.;’.i’ii.f’.l’.l-°l.‘2‘°€i’.i.‘ .'.'3ll.°.'$,"°l‘.l".”l.’.‘.~..‘l° I'i\§‘.¥,.‘i’.°!i°;§fl‘§’“.?ii Y»’.l“t°li`.t‘i¢.‘i..?.°i‘l‘.1’.
. ent the -whole sltuatlon cbnugedi -“In [war is over we can truthfully say that
seat by Bonn-'L\\v and the our country therein not a single ln- we “nothing common dlcl, or mean, of hsnlodewne, Unionist latsnoe since Parliamentary Govern- upon that memorable scene."
Li.
(Special to the Guardian.)
BERNE, Switzerland, llcc. 15.-
Austria madc tentative peace pro- posals to the Russians, but the ex- changes between the two governments, in which Russia made known thc terms that would be demanded, were without result, says a Swiss report to-day. lteplying to the proposal of Austria, Russia indicated that sovorc demands would bc mado when pence would ultimately bc dismissed. The
i Pssgggsorosnts
llussio’s Demunds ure ilegurded us too Exuct-
ing und lustriuns Decline to Accept.
itrrns ol`l`crctl Austria during the negotiations which have just failed included: Surrender of Galicia to l'olnnd. these two provinces to form a kingdom undcr the Russians; surren- tlcr of ilonnia and Herzegovina to Hcrvia and Montenegro; withdrawal from alliance with Germany; granting a now constitution to Austro-liungary, and dividing it into federal states; grunting autonomy to Bohemia. Aus- tria refused all demands.
\VASIIlNGTON, l)oc. I5.-(‘oloncl
Goctl\ul's rciterntf-il reqtrcst, for destroyers for use in enforcing neutrality laws in the Panama Canal Zone, was the subject of conferences to-day between Secretary of War Garrison, ffounscllor Lansing oi’ thc Stott- in-.purtmeut and ltcur Admiral Fiske, chief' of till- navy's burcuu ol' opcrulions. N0 ilecislon rcsultcd, and it was indicated to-night that, because of thc delicacy of the questions in- volved and the scant ini`ormu'timl furnished by Colonel Gootlml, it might bc several days before any action was taken.
Secretary Garrison early in the day
received :1 cablegram from Colonel Goetlmls in reply to his request for details concerning the call for destroy- ers. This message was not matic public, oil account of its confidential nature, but Mr Garrison said in Col. Goethals' judgment misuse of radio communication within canal waters, and the necessity of preventing misuse
‘of the zone as a base of supply by bel- ligerents, required the presence ol’ (swift-moving ‘war vessels. = Before any step is determined upon 'it is understood that officials of the
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administration will gn deeply into the question oi' the powers and obligations ol' thi' go\'4>rhrrn-ut in controlling activi- ties in thc waters near the canal zone.
Ar pri-sr-nt thc officials appear to
in-liew that thc govt-rnur of the Pana- ma canal already has at his command Hmllli' lJ0Wi'r lo cnforco the neutrality laws and all the regulations for the use of the cunul. The fortifications at the terminals are suflicientiy ad- vanced to give military command to ull of the waters within the three mile limit, and beyond that point the llnlted States government can exer- <-ise no control. There is an ample military force in barracks in the zone to maintain order and to deal with any vosscl offer it has passed through the entrance locks of the canal.
lissuriiiiis thc alleged use of wire-
loss outfits by British colilere within the canal waters, the officials are try- ing to ascertain the extent to which this has bccn done. So far only one instancc is said to have occurred, and il IS Sll8Scst<-.d that a warningagainst thc_r_epr-tltion of the offense will be sufficient, without invoking a display of force. '
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MIIIING III
IIIIIINS IMI MLIIINGI
A large and representative meeting
of the Lord's Day Alliance was held in the Y. M. C. A. Hall last night. Rev. Dr. Fullerton occupied the chair in thc absence of the President, Rev. J. llcaney. ln addition to the local ofii- cials and members there wcrc pri-sont itev. llr. ltochestt-r, General Secretary l'or tho Dominion I.ord's Day Alliance, and Rev. Mr. liiinglc. (ioncrhl Secre- tary i'or Prince- Edward Island.
Thc report of the Provincial Searc-
trtry gave rt statement-of conditions with respect. to Sabbath obsf-rvanco in Prince Edward Island, paying the com- pliment that the Island is unique among the provinces of thc Dominion in its "recognition of the day in the light at least of business intrusion." One of the questions touched upon in the Secretary’s report and one also which received considerable attention is the discussion which followed was that of Sunday concerts, ostensibly t'or the Patriotic Fund. Such concerts have become somewhat common in different parts of the Dominion. The attitude assumed by the Alliance was that entertainments on Sunday oven for benevolent purposes constitute an unnecessary intrusion of thc secular into,_the day and unworthy competi- tion with those ng(-ncics of rt-ligious culture which have their one opportu- Iuity of thc week on Sunday and whose work is vitally connected .with thc nn- `i,ion's wcll bring. Ii was ugrccd that
Isuch f-ntertuinments tend to perpe-
tuate themselves ufier the necessity by which they have been justified is post. The Alliance for these and other reasons given unhcsitutingly de- clared agnlnst Sunday concerts.
Rev. Dr. Rochester gavc un interest-
ing address reviewing thc work of the Alliance throughout thc Dominion and instaucing many cases in which glar- ing violations were prevented.
The .report of thc Secretary-Trees
urer was very encouraging, showing total contributions of $456. the largest in the history of thc Alliance.
Tile election of officers resulted as
follows:
President, Rev. Dr. Fullerton; Vice-
Presidents and Executive ('ommi.ttee, Revs. T. Murphy, Edward Il(-ll, J. I.. Dawson. F. ll. Littlejohns, Z. L. Fash. W. J. Whitehead. G. f‘. Taylor, D. Mc- Lean, Canon Simpson, George M. Young. Messrs. James Paton. J. 1'. Gordon. Donald McKinnon. K. J. Mar- tin, J. F. Martin, M. L. A., D. P. Irving, I-Ions. Senator Yeo, M. McKinnon. J. Agnew; Auditor, W. T. Huggan; Sec., lohn A Lawson; Treas,, A. W. Sterns; Financial Committee. Col. F. S. Moore, \. W. Sterns. J. A. Lawson.
AUSTRIA DENIES
PEACE MOVEMENT.
, VIENNA, vin London, Dec. 15.-lt is officially denied that Auntria-llun- Igsry has attempted to conclude a sep- .arnte peace with Servla. I There have been several reports re-
between Austria and Russia but the above official denial is the first inti- matiou here that there has been sim- liar reports regarding Servia. It is probable that following the recently reported success of the Servlans such a rumor became current in Europe.
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MNIII ISINNNiIlS---
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e Last evening 12 men from Montague ‘and Souris arrived in Charlottetown under conluiand of Captain A. T. Mc- Kay, en route to Fredericton, N.B., to join the 2-ith Field Battery. Ten of the mon arc from Montague and two are from Souris. The following are the Montague volunteers:--Alfred Kirk- wood. Montague, n native of Tipper- ary, lrl-land: Louis Poole, son of W. L. l'ool<-, Montague; Hurry Heokbert, son of William Heckbert, Montague; John Cninpbf-ll, son of Josiah Camp- bell, Montague (this is the second son ol' Josiah Campbell who has volun- toured for the front); William Dewar, son of Albert Dewar, Brudenell; Boucher Dewar, son of Alex. Dewar, Brudencli; llerman Martin, son of Mrs John Martin. Montague; Everett Buchanan, son of Mrs Margaret Buch- anan, Montnguc; Milton Myers, son of llnnnnond Myers, Brudenell; George Mclbonald, son of George McDonald, lirudcnoll. The men from Souris are lllcssrs Edison Conroy and George Perry. This makes 13 men for thc front from Montague and 9 from Souris, who will all go with the 24th Field llnttcry ul Fredericton. Major B. A. lngruham. ilvdney. will be in command, while Capt. A. ’l". McKay will lic sol-ond in command. Yester- dui' nfternnon in Montague, before leaving, thc boys were given a rousing send-off. Al i p.m. n meeting to give the boys at farewell was held in the liictliotlisi (‘hurrb, when addresses ippropriatc to the occasion were de- livcrt-d by ltev. Mr Wright, Rev. Mr Mille-r, itnv, Mr llubley and llev. Mr iii-nr_v, who all spoke in the highest praise of the boys for their noble ssc- rillce. From the church the boys marched to the station and boarded :lie train, leaving at 2 p.m.
Practically everyone in the village
were nl the station, besides a great many from the surrounding country. and cheer after cheer rent the air in farewell to the brave boys.
The children of the Montague High
School were also at tho station. and as the train pulled out cheered and waved flags.
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