, , ~ _ ~ 1 . IL--1 AEELTHE NEWS WORTH REAPTNG ALL THE ADVTS. WORTH PRINTING s 'ii . THE. GUARDIAN COVERS PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LIKE THE DEW I . I -. A ., 7.- " f "'I" ff ' . ll " '= = I - -= , = - *assi ----- - . . . . . . _ I, , i A 'I I I J I I .~f\',|?f'@,"`I"."'-?l_*`;}ll_>..l°l¢'l Paper .ov-er 4i-is,oooI Reader; Daily . n¢¢¢s by 'ii' SS‘.'i‘r',';'rl’_r’.i’.l2'..°:i'.’,’ "" I j cHARLo1‘Tis'rowr~l, CANADA. SATURDAY, Aucusr 31, isis I ew I---. v-- iurii-our Au-»»\»-“S-»-r-I szi- - S8-50 Per Year (De1lve_i_'ed.) -HOW cimiioitiiris i FIGURE The-Glorious Record M d b th C' d' ' I the Taira Inu-Ir urE I I I II" "Im I" High Upon the Scro CANADIANS FEATURED STRONG- LONDON, August 30.-A inessagi; from Reuter's correspondent at -Brit- ish headquarters says that one of the features of yesterdsy's fighting was the clearing of Jig-saw Wlood, east- ward oi' Monchy, by the -Canadians.[ The Gsnnans strongly resisted but the -Canadians swept forward in grandI style and\by three o’clock in the ai’-I lernooll. after beginning 'operations inI the morning. they had mopped up theI wood. The Canadians claim to have captured 60 guns since Monday. ¢1 THE GLORIOUS RECORD OF OUR ' LADS The Canadian corps has _sustained its splendid reputation, has, indeed. enhanced its* reputation in the third battle of the Somme. The corps was not seriously engaged until Aug. 8. Since that time it has captured over r uv In TI-is Frei-rr i 'to imply the Canadians are braver D Ill BATTLE he Somme Places Them ll of Honour. 3,000 prisoners and almost 200 guns. During the three weeks it has fought On parts of the front over 40 miles apart, and on both battlefields it made record advances. These things are not said in a braggard spirit in order mon than the gallant French and the splendid British and Auirtralian troops who have fought day by day to the ut- most of their powers to achieve the great victory now assured. Where all have won much honor there need be no singiing out~of any for special praise. But the Canadians are our own lads, and when the story of this battle which has proved the turning point of the war comes to 'be 'written their deeds will nuve n pluce nigh up* on the scroll of honor. ` -____.._.__ CANADIANS GAPTURED 3,000 PRISONERS . LONDON, August 30.-The Canadi- iins between Monday and six o'ciock this morning have taken 3,000 prison- ers. IAIIBIIIZAIIIIN Eli - SIIIERIAN EXP IIIIIIIN I (Special, to The Guardian) OTTAWA. August 30.-The Cana- dian troops destined for service in Siberia will, it is understood, be mob- ilized Mt either Vlancouver or Vic- toria. The choice between the cities has not been made, nor has the date of mobilisation been set. __`__..._.._.._.__- SIR RIIBERI BIIRIIEN I AIIIIEPIS INVIIAIIIIN (Special to The Guardian) OTTAWA,-August 80.-Sir Robert Borden has accepted the invitation of President T. A. Russell and the dir- ectors of the Canadian National Exhi- bition to attend the director's lunche- on on Dabor Day. The Prime Min- ister wlll speak at the luncheon, and will also during the afternoon deliver N a -public. address at the exhibition grounds. lt will be his first pu-blic appearance since his return from England., L...._.._...__.._‘._.__.. MEIRIIPIIIIIAII-I’l-IEIIIIIIE IIE IIINIIIIN SIRIIIE (Special to The Guardian) LONDON, Aug. 30.-,-The Metropol- itan police, famous throughout the world for its efficiency, discipline and d8V0tion to (lilly. struck at midlllillll- According to the Press Association U10! demanded increased wages, re- cognition of the union and reinstate- ment oi' a discharged man who has been active in union affairs. _-_rr ‘ EASIIAIIY' IISI (Qpeeiei to The Guardian) I OTTAWA, August 80.-The casual- il' list ,today includes among the wounded, M. Lawrence McLaren, Car- dllln, P. ll. i. - . u Anrfoonosmnnrrs. , comm nvnlcrs. Mnlrrruds, mo. _ “Try s Soda at the News and Vsr- iety stern. im. . . »¢»--. "Hamilton L. 0. L. meets Monday ulsut Arcs. nemo. in-seilnl. TH! HOLIDAY OOM SY ORDIRINO YOUR SUP- IIIIAI REIIISIRAIIIINS L IIVER EIIIE NIIIIIIINS P E. Iuluuillius 25,595 Iiuie, 28,294 Females t ‘ _ . 1.- (Speeisl to The eiuardisn) - OTTAWA, August 30.-A total reg istration of considerably. in excess oi s,ooo,ooo, inclurnug several hundred thousand men trained in agriculture but at present otherwise engaged. ii ‘he showing of the interim report of the Registration Board which, undei the direction of Senator Robertson, took a manpower registration of Can ids on Saturday, June 22. P.E. Island has 25,395 males and 28,294 females GERMAN IIEEEAI I IIAIIY AIIIIENIIIAIEI PARIS, August 28.--Each day ac centuatcs the German defeat and adds to the losses in men material and pris oners. Since July 18 the Allies havr taken well over 100,000 prisoners. Thi guns captured have numbered more than one thousand and there als( have been vast stores of ammunitioi capturedn The .British trocips ilrom August 8 to 25 according to the Echr de Paris, alone took 45,000 prisonen and 460 guns. The British casualties ln the same period' it says were fai less than the number they captured R ANS EAIIINII IIIIIM DARK HIIURS AMSTERDAM, Aug. 28.-"The Ger man army nnd nation now face dar! hours.Msy God protect the iathel'land.` concluded an article by General Baror Von Anienne in the Dusseldorf! Nec- hrichten of Tuesday. "The period from August 20th to 28 has been one of thf trying tests of this hardest of wars' the critic continues but he thinks thf Germans have stood the test mailniflc engiy And compares certain isolated actions with the stand of Leonid!! ll Thermppylne. ` _____..__.._- - 40,000 PEASANTS OPPOS! GIIMAN-UKRAINIAN FORCE aroonrioniu. Ausuit 80--All “fm of 40,000 peasants is filhtiill lsllllll s combined force of Germans and Uk- rainisns nesr Birvirs, according to the /newspaper Pravda. ` The railway strike in Ukraine con- tinues. lmmn liourseoiiin-return Ing-from Kieil. report that ls 00°! H' Oerinsn soldiers leave any dllll'|°i'¢u° workmen desert the factories and peasants organise resistance The Ukreinlsn bour!9°lll° the devil and the tile German SIS the Somme nears a triumphant ond. spirit oi’ the Allied armies have won J. great victory. FHE GERMAN PLAN THAT FAIL- ED ln tho battle of -St. Quentin, fought .tiring March and April, the Germans, .tarting from the north of St. Quen- in and Lil Fere, marched westward bout thirty-live miles in a little ov- r two weeks, and arrived at points bout eight miles fro 'ore their advancewss checked they lritish army, occupy the Channel .ould be brought into the field in args numbers. When this plan was defeated by the Iam-ILE oi-' THE sorilriis rin, ,genius oi pncii and ine iigniing soners between August 21 and Aug- -gli (Special to The Guardian) |offenslves of the present oarnpaigning BRITISH HAVE cA.p~rUR5-D LONDON, August 30- With the H011S0fl~ COMBLES capture of Bapaume, the outflankingI THE TOTAL TOLL SINCE JULY 18 -- of Peronno and its evacuation by the LONDON- AUKUBA 30--'1`h6 l0lH| r,n9my_ the cnnini-9 of Noyon and the Entente Allied captures on the wcst- inni-oncn nf ina pi-encii io Gnincni-ii ern front since July 18 now approach and Ham’ tin, iiiii-ii Kwai imiiin of 120,000 prisoners and 2,000 guns. The British captured nlore than 21.000 pri- ‘ust 26, while the British total losses in the same period including all kill- ad, wounded, and inissing were only slightly in excess of that figure. A considerable portion of the British casualties are in the slightly wound- ed class. The total captures by the British since August 8 exceed 47,000 ofilcers and men and the captured guns number nearly 600. GREAT SUCCESSES IN BELGIUM m Amie” ne_ AL30 ~ PERONNE UNDER FIRE or-‘ smr- vere on their wily to the ses, the PARIS- August 30- IBGEKIHH C0m‘- l' mrpose or their campaign being io municatlon.)-Olir detachments at= ISPCCIHI i0 Th¢ GUBTUIHHI V ieparaie the nriiinn and Fmncn nun., tacked last night oil a front of three LONDON- Au$'~ 30-*BTIAASIA f°l'l1€S| es’ and whileinolding me French in kiioinaiei-3 noi-in and south of the cast of Arran resumed their 'advance' been by ii defensive iine niong iiieILangcrlinrck railway, and penetrated (Aus u‘°"uIul~ auu ‘lt au “HY hour *amy of the Summa to destroy the inn enemy noniiionnl Aii on, 0i,ieci_ had penetrated another two thousand Iives were reiached and maintained. ments. AUs~i-RAUANS HAVE TAKEN 40 and the country to the rear of that IIHE S500-ND GERMAN ATTEMPT WLLAGES city are well under' the fire of Britlshn grins. Nortll of Peronne the Germans' I NEIIRIIIG TRIUNIPHANT END The Germans Have- Evacuated Peronne, Following the Capture by the Allies of Bapaume andNoyon. The Captures of the Past Few Days Placeithe Important* Railway Centres in the Hands of the Allies and the Tricolour Now Flies Over Positions Occupied by the Germans Since l9l4. (Special to The Guardian) LONDON, Aug, 30,-British troops have captured Coiirbles between Bap- ilume and the River -Somnlo, it was ofilcislly arlnoilnreil today by the lirit- ish war office. British troops have crossed the River Somme south and west of Peronne between ilendceourt ami the Arras Ca/mbral Road. The Canadians attacked the German line and made favorable progress. -East of the Sonsee the forces ol’ Field Marshal Haig made progress capturing Bulle- court. and Hendccourt Les Gagncourt. The BI'itish also captured Cleury Sur Sonime on the Somme River between Combles and Peronne. *_-_*___ ISH GUNS yards on a front seven miles between - - - "all t din s .A in mn! of France and iinisii the wni- We inflicted evry heavy losses on the u ecour un 9 Carpe eco’ “gi n a hurry before the Americans enemy and brought back 90 nnwonnii, to advises received here the British god prisoners beionging io six regi_ forces have reached within a mile of. the Drocourt Queant switch line and have captured Riencourt. Peronnc _ (Speciai to The Guardian) now are holding the road to Bupauiilc enscious resistance of th; Agied LONDON’ August 30‘__Austra"a" as far as a point opposite commas. l`°°P5 In II`°“I of Ammns E ° er' troops are now about two miies from North of here the advance of the Brit- ‘- uuu Ieuueru by three great success' ish made the enem retire ain Il'lt I ul thrusts on the Aisne the Olsc and the °“ISkII`I“ °f Pe-I`°““°- The A“StI`“I' in i 'i KH in ag I d'I I inn report at the ‘British l`ront states “I Du I`° 5 ‘Im "S III’ 0 Im" ““ l Maru sou ht to uncover the way . . , 19 9- 5 . . .ire moving southward. ‘ , th. tl A t II t I I* * Il- . .o Paris and bring tile Brunch capital IGQI HIecrbe