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(EAN A» » , 191 #zoo-rar vm- (mlm) in 'Tl op !\°‘Yf!'\°° .ll .ltlulldli .Init ¢l-¢l9.nr..u- I. il: 1"' IMMEDIATE APPEAL T0 COUNTRY POSSIBLE Sincer_ity of Leading Liberal Conscrip_ tionists Doubted. Will Propose Amend. ment to Conscription Bill Upon Which All Liberals for and Against Can Unite. it Government Defeated on Plateau inthe Aisne Front and in»A&|“° the Imgans wfre wcsesfiful (Canadian Preso Despatch.) IChampagne are reported ian today's‘gu,,°r",§l;;.;'lteE‘?°'!‘;ut ‘iff men elazlxulg [gg (From Our Own Correspondent.) O’I‘TAWA.- Tile second reading of the Military Service Act will be oil 'l`liul'srlay or Friday. Before that time tho committee appointed by the Liberal caucus today will draft all amen; which will lieclond the issue and retard the passage of the uct. allil upon vhlcli all the l.ihei-als can unite, li the governemnt is defeated on such amendment. there will he lin inilneiliaie appeal in the cf.-lllitry and if not the Liberals will not declare any party po- litics on tllo »nirlin issue hilt will leave the question to the decision of each member. GENERAL ELECTION PROBAIBLE. it is becoming more evident that a general election lllny be iiecessai'_v. There is il growing tloulit ill tho rniliils of leading (_‘onser\'atives r.-l' the sili- ceriiv ol' many leadilig Liberal coli- scriptionists. That tlley would unite with tile anti-conscriptlonists ill their own party to evade the issue and rc- -tartl or block it for party purposes is apparent and they prefer to save their party to saving their country. N0 FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. No iurtllor negotiations will be ell- tero.i iilto by the (ionsei-vntive party and ii' necessary the country will be allowed io judge of the men who would render the (ionscription liill innocuous wiiile pc-sing as ardent. supporters ot compulsion. I ...--.,. ..._,.._...~.,-...~.~... _,_~.... . . I successrui silos A ,M3 _oisiillis or ll iliauvis cilAPPELLE . , iiilmv (Canadian Prose Despatch) VIENNA. via London-An official? v . l -----'--.- I' statement iasuod by the Austrian War Office today says thai, on' the IIIIESSES iiritlsh Successfully ltaided German 'lrenches,,§::t,é°;';l,l;°,;*,.,:',:;';§;,'f‘ 5;;"=;;,'i;,;;g The Bill as Sdbm ~ llcpulsed Hostile Raids and Captured-.§‘l.’2..;...°.;‘.‘7.‘2.‘.‘. 21.22".. .‘l.“.° £33 e Italian army on the Bette Comuni Pr on' Plateau and in Suganivalley has be: LONDON-Miiitar oeratiions on War Oflice announcement gun After carefull artillery preps/ra I Front, German Attacks Being- liepiilsed. "0-»°~ me-5 1;- --g,--» og-, he 0l\°mY yeB or ay t rew his n entry into the iight on a .front between Asiago and Brentarvio. Northwest of ' V P - . ' euem was completely ejected _ ,the British Front in France las-if The statement follows: The artil-, F g ' | It isrumore-din Ottawa. that Newton flight consisted sdlely of raids on lery fighting was rather violent in nealI_g¥l‘v§2;gteZaémmugxlnigymmbafgnfgs Wesley Rowell, leader 01 the Like,-al both sides of Neuve Chapelle and the region of the Californie Plateau of Monte Foréno where me assiuw party in the Ontario Legi lat ll east of Armentierss and north of and southeast of Cerbeny. Jn Cham- _ enter the Borden govsr|\?nenl:r?fwm);i(§ Ypres, according to an official state- pagne bombardment of our positions &Bi;n§ht':,:')t§;§d b¥ntl;,glg:lve\liAil?>E'tA1li services are desired. Sir lioliert Borden is proceeding with tile l'e~oi'gani7.ation r.-f his culli- liet and the anlioullcement of some chflligei-l may he expected within two wc.-eks. A number of Senators will be appointed before the Ponscrlption Bill reaches the Senate. ment issued today by the British at Mount Blond and Mount Caroli- enemy attacks- collapsed On the Ison- |Wiar Department which freinds. We'etto was spirited at about midnight. ' sENA1'ons w|l.i. as ApPolN'rso_ successfully raided the enemy's‘w., repulsed with ease reconnouoi-ing 'here A” “°"‘"’g "’°°I"’E '° trenches lost night north of Neuve Chapelle and took 13 prlsoners.~ Hostile raiding parties were repulsed south of Neuve Chapelle, east. oi' Armentieres anti north of Ypres. A number of the enemy were killed parties at several points and took prisoners. (Canadian Preea Despatch.) ROMIE, via. London-Adverse ot- A BERLAN REPORT' mosphera conditions yesterday ln- (°°"°dI‘" Pm” c'°'9“°h') terferred with military- operations BRRLIN' VU* L°“d°“-Brnmh °°‘v"on tlfe Trentinofront where the and we captured a few prisoners, V airy yesterday _ advanced, against ‘mums on Sands ,took the offensive German lines east of Messines on the y . The statement issued by the .Itaiian Tomorrow the Primo Minister will (Canadian Preu Despatch.) Belgian Front, but only remnants new ` _ _ make public the ec-rrespondemm limi PARIS-Violent artillery engage ,returned, says a German War Ofilco' gg() Pmt;'3e§;s&°;_f;'y gailfgfy 2?, pressed the retirement oi' iloll. E. 1,. '_ments in -the region oi’ the California statement today, uviw was hampered by Bdveme at Pateliaililc. I moe!-,hem con-d,monB_ GROWING SENT-IMENT IN FAVOR _-_-,-:_-_-,~_ ~ -.»_-_-_-_~_~_-,»_-_-_-:_-_~_-;_»_-:.~_-:_:.~:_~_-_-_-_-,-_-. ...»_-_-:_-_-_~ ..... _ .-.2-.1-_-.-¢ ......... - Y _ _ _-_ _ . :fri-Y .-,.--ll-- OF CONSCRIPTION. Ontario members report a growing' sentiment in favor of conscription. ' , R D, Leading Liberals all over -that prov- » inco and in the four western provln- -#- ces are renoiinclng their allegiance to ` . ‘ (Canadian Proto Despatch.) ‘Sir Wilfrid Laurier. it is intimated LONDON-A despatch to the Ex- thbt in the event ofa eneral election change Telegraph Company from Am 8 E sterdam says tLisut Kohen Josef Sc in the conscription issue Sir Wilfrid G w U M E ` _ I , L he mbuir tb first German airmen cannot hope to obtain more than lil supporters from the 139 constituen- cies in Ontario and the west or that I- ' - the first to throw bombs from an . . 11 E. e to use an airplane in battle and also in ri House of 235 members tho iw- Lieut. Victor Morris, of Summer- referring to the honor won by Lieut. aeroplullo. was shot down ln the but vernirient. would have a clear malorltv Side, who left here with the 105th Morris. All are proud of him, he de. tie of Messlnes, falling dead inside WOM Oi' MOHAPGHI and W0\1ld AH Midi' Battalion, was accorded s hearty clared, and he congratulated his 1119 Geffllv-H 111198- ii0Il D0" lloilvily ill the Miwitimo PPO' reception upon his arrivaii in Char- mother and father upon his return VIIICES uuil Puffy some Quebec 001|-dll' lottetown yesterday by the car ferry in a fair measure' of health. .......... ‘........_ _ _ 0..... .... ht. K... ....1 tt... W __ ___ I Quite a number of citizens gather Morris and the soldiers in the trench """""` " ` ’ ` ' ` .ed at the wharf to greet this gallant es brought the gception to a close. _ _ _Island officer. who so distinguished Many citizens t k the opportunity - " , - " [himself during the time he was lin ,of grasping the returned soldiers ~ ' i » e th he as decorated' with band and extending congratulations to hi . 'l‘ile. Jillle term of tllo Supreme (`ourt opened at Sumlricrside yester- day nic-rlllllg, Mr. Justlcr-‘Hnszal'ii pre- slillng. There are three crimiilal cit- ses on the docket, the King vs, Fred Shell, perjury Wilfrid Mcl.cllall, ini'-i ci-ny oi liuttel' ulld l°lriie.~'t l~}llis, lur- t-oilv oi foxes. I 'l`ii¢- iirullil Jury reillrlied il true hill ln each case. The casts against Mc- l.<-lluil will come- up for hearing today i<‘oliow|ni.: are the Grand Jurors: .ioliii W. (‘rei~iwell, N. St.. Eleallors; Joliil lliirvey, llrailforil; Tlionlas Mur- phy, tfouway; Thomas Compton, St. l-llciirlers; Neil Lowther, Carleton; G. 0. (inlliint, St. Chrysostoni; Douglas Reid, A/llbertoll; J. Manson McNeill, ('arleioll; \Villinnl Crockett, N. Carle- l0il1 lit-:njaniili Bowrtess, Montrose; (if‘0I'lre W. Wilrroli. Silnllueri-tide; .lo- _.......-.,.....,.--,.,....~,...........,_........-_..._. i-ieph Noonan, Albany; Charles Do well, (‘:irletoii; Jolln Mills, Clermont; Percy Marciibunki-i, New Annan; Ed- win i‘lurk, Wilmot; Edward Pender- gust, Kensington; Alfred Wedge Pius- vilie; Filltc-n Si-nipi-ion. Belmont; Theo- dore Willie, Slieriiroolrc; Wallace Low- tiier, North tiurlcton; Jot-leph W. Mc- Kinnon, Mcllougalls; D. ll. McDonald. N. lledeiiiic; W. A. Stewart, Slllnlner- side. Peter Burke, ii constable who failed in uuswor io ri subpoena at the last term c-i` the court and for whose ar- rest a Bench Warrant had been ls- sud, was lined $25 or three months. A number oi absent debtor cases were rlesposed oi' and the case of Ma- yor Sciiui-man vs. W. Henry Tidmursli was lie-fore the (‘ouri when adjourn- lnelli was tmailc nt 5 o'clock. _.-._- ...,.» -~..~ .,_..,...,.......»...._..~.~.---..,..» IIIIY SBHIIIII BIIARII NIEEIINII The regular monthly meeting of the City School Board was held last even- illll ui 8 o'clc~ck. There were .present tho t‘liairmeu. Mr. Smith, lion. (Din) Jfukius. Mr. Gordon and Mr. Loug- worth. A letter was read from the (NY Clerk informing the Board of the reappollltnlellt of lion. S. R.. Jenkins as ll i~I(‘llfll)| 'l`l'llFili‘(\_ Lettnrg w(l'(i lily() rI`“ll from the (‘lerk oi' the l<}xe<-ulive foilncil stating illui Mr. .lniin I’. (lor- iioll had lice-ll reappointed il 'l‘rustce Ilyille i’i'ovlneial (iovcrnnlent ulul 'hai _bin (‘.ll.ll. Longworili had been lliilliiillteii lil the place oi' Mr. Edwin /\,It'lteil, resignotl. Tile principals oi lriiiro St. School, \’l/est. l\'ent. School "WI Queen -Siiunre School were pro- sent and matters relating to tho dif- ferent scilools were reported by them. it was agreed to call for tenders for coal for Prince Street, West Kent, and Queen Sfluaro Sclicols and a co-mlnii- tee was appointed to deal with tho mutter. Tile Truant 0filcer‘.~i report was sub- mitted to the Board and it was order- cd that the Sei‘l'eiury liotify the pl- reilis of some of tho deliluiuellt. scho- lars tllai their children llilist attend school reglillirly. Tcuilers for painting the interior of Queen Square School were received ulld placed ill the hands of .ii (‘olllnli|- tee. ' 7~~-' 1- f,~-.-_~,- -_-_-_ av, -.-_~_-_-_-_» -_~_~,»- , RUUNANIAN [III EIEIIIS AGAIN PRIIIIUIIINB (Canadian Preu Dee atch. AMSTERDAM, via liglidon)-The Wolf Bureau. the oillclalfiermaii news bureau, has sent out a telegram from Bucharest saying that the Roumaniali °" I“‘I\\P~ll'Y. despite ruthless enemy destruction last fall. is rapidly re- covering. The Teiegralii says that Production is increasing weekly fmt fully meeting the needs of the arm; U. S. NIIIE IIA SENSAIIIIN INN ANI -_-n_- iv; (Canadian Free; De etch.) “THE HAGU-E. via LoEi|Uon--Presb Men! Wilson’s note to Russia was puh- lhed today in Germany. The news- 31‘°""*‘ mode no comment on lt'ns "° F°|‘9Iiln' Office had" given instruc- °l1e that comment should be polit- Pmlorl iintll tomorrow. The docu- ment is re orte to have caused it D d lenlotion in Gerlnatiy.‘ _.~_-: ;_-_-_ r '_-_-,~,-_-_. ,~.- . _-:.~.».~.-: --Y:-of ~~\ _ , ,~- NIIIIIE AIVI RIC NS ' ARRIVE N FRANCE (Canadian Prana Cvespateh.) BOlll,O(}NE--Another installment of the vanguard of ther American army has arrived in France in the form of 150 ambulance tlrlvors lull 75 nurses. Preceded by il BFIUSYI military hand they marched through the streets to their quarters amid Franc at w the Military Medal and best wishe m (Ca nad lan Prose Despatch.) WASHINGTON-Th-Q American . 5 ~ The Fwrth Regiment Band was on steamer, Petrolite. has been sunk by ihand upon the arrival of the steam- Lieut. Morrisi.. left; for England a German submamm Consuqar re erandias she{drew.'ln|totthe.whl1ri‘ 'the with the 105th as an unattached of- rstu-rned hero was greeted with. the iicer, He crossed to France attached gfrt; whfgg “ML” gf Stiulus of 0 Cuu`udu.' and The to the 25th Battalion in company S3 M' “ if 't 'md ai: £16] ‘Maple Leai’.”' ` with two other -Islanders, Lieut. 18 mm' me ‘UAE mulegnd *il t h sembled to Greet Tralnor and Lieut. Fullerton I; was engineer had been an e a" we I Anwng 1 038 as ` _ ' h boats with an' unstated number oi' i ‘ - the returned hero were his parents. not long before they were in t e men were musing Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Morris, who. midst of the fighting. Lieut. Morris needless to roy, were overioved to was only s week in action when he See ililin once more looking so Woll received his first wound on Septem- ‘ after his experiences in the great ber, 15 1916, di the somme, Fortun- - war ately the wound was only slight l ' City the Mil yy d Society consisting of Mayor Brown, D him the Military Cross. There was e _ _ ' . . i. l A del0B8ii0ll TGDPGBSDUHE U12 was on Christmas morning that he . I . ltar an the Patriotic took art in me attack which won for . nov, Dr. Fullerton. Rev. Cuuoh call for volunteers to go over and m 9. ¢ h_ Simpson, Mr. James Paton and Ma- mid on enemy trench 1" °"d°" E” ST(.c;i‘;Et|l%E.Ilvirig-Thgplguinilis or tor Leigh boarded the steamer ‘us straighten out the uno, .Lieut. Mor- the Bfmm steamer, Nj,,,.d_ wa, 1,, soon as she docked, to receive Lieut. »|-is get gut with is party gf men to den. was ,reported yemerday when Morris and. as he descended to the carry out the order. They crawled he, capta|n_ Joseph Turner, and Wharf 31° W” 5"°°E°d Wm* cheers' °"°" the 5"°““d f°" " distance °f crew were landed here by the Dutch whide at his own suggestion three some sixty feet, cut their way aol- sdhofmm. E_ B_ walteri The Nyc,-d more cheers were given for U06 entiy through the barbed wire en- was bmmd- from Sydney. N_ 3" fo, liovs in the trenches. tanglemente. and dropped in among SL John-&_ Nnd_ She was abandoned The Lieutenant then entered Mr. the Germans, taking them by sur- forty mugs east by north of the R. H. Sterns' automobile»-the band prise. preceodiuz plorios llvolv appropriate After a short hand to hand en- airs and was conveyed to the Citty counter with trench clubs as the I Hall, where he was tendered ad- Canadian weapon' the trench was , _ dresses of welcome from May0l‘ taken After disposing f the . o = , Brown, Rev, Canon Simpson. Coluuol enemy in that section of the trench,` en Moore. and Major Fullerton. the Lieutenant at the head of his m The Mayor said he was- proud £0 was proceeding along the trench. un-. --- meet l..leut_ Morris and congratulut- til he came opposite a dugout. Here* (canadian Pre" Dqq-intein), ed him on the honor which he hall two Germans fired at him together at' NEW YORK-The first contingent brought to his native province ood almost point blank renee. and he was of British recruits gathered in the hiin-self by the decoration which had struck on the head by two bull0t!~~ city for overseas duty, 200 strong been bestowed uD0I\ him f0i‘ HPYVACH He "carried on" about five minutes left las.; nlgl-it for the Canadian in me field, unill he rnched “No Man's Land." training camps. Before their depar Canon Simpson on hohalf of the when he fell unconscious and- wal. ture they were told something of the Patriotic Society said he was triad i0 in that state for five Guys after British soldiers' duties* by General W. welcome Lieut. Morris home. llc- wards. One bullet, entered the corner A, whims Chief British Recruiting stated that Lieut. Morris had W0", of his left SYS. WGN “|09” Vhl'0l\Sl Oiiicer. who addressed them ai. lun- his decoration quite shortly after his head, evidently scraping hir eheon, , his arrival at the front. He hoped thi would be nn incentive to others to Eollow his example and t0`oontinued its downward course lntx MH my" would have something to sayin his spine. The other bullet which ap offer their sei-vices to their country t d so was now only a matter of a The time /remaining at their disposal tered below the left temple and wail E 0 2| B vived these terrible wounds is t skull and coming out at the back when it was deflected in its bone ant patently was an explosive one en shattered io pieces How he ever sur will %==- 55 Ecu § W B . mColol'Eel F. S. Moore said he hoped miracle, ' , (Canadian Prana Despatch.) it was siillhi-s privilege to welcome» l-iq .reached England on Jianuari ‘ MONCTON. N. B-.-Tho Siu'-I0" a returned soldier on behalf of the 2nd, and was taken to the Roya`|Commiti.ee of the Methodist Confer- military of P. E. island, He had the Free Hospital, wilytte be remalner' ence met in the Central Methodist honor to enroll the volunteers for the until his departure a fortnight ago Church on Monday evening at E South Afrlcan war 'and took great He reached Halifax on Friday 'lest 0'¢l0Clf- 'N16 HUOVG 0011112111106 hh! pi-life in welcoming them on their re- He was decorated with the Mill- 91130 bBQl\ All 595950" P°V°|"°I 110°" tum -and he took equal pride in wel- tary Cross by H-is Muiesty the Kim ¢°i3\lY- The miuleloflul léollou 0110118 coming home veterans of the world's on' February 2nd. along with hfioth tllil. Tuesday. .GVBMMS Bi 3 0'¢|0°\¥- - greatest war. He paid high tribute er Canadian, Elliott of Ontario. The The station sheets so far. D|l~¢¢l idle in the Cross was awarded him for his ex- Rev E S Weeks at Murray Huf- :,‘:.,t,}:\¢“'$:?:|-f_E limi?-oherslxsm was of ceptional bravery on that memor- .b0l'..0u\‘l Roi'-' R. S. Crlr-li. at Vor- eiw highest order ima had hover this christmas bay. it my farther. non River. 'uhm uwyv b