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GERMANY'S OLD CROP MUST LAST 4 MONTHS MORE NEITHER PRUSSIAN NOR BAVARIAN GUARDS PROVE A MATCH FOR CANADIAN TROOPS PEACE soon IS PREDICTED BRITISH "ASTRIDE" HINDENBURG LINE; VICTORY IMMENSE BOLIVIA NOW BROKEN WITH THE KAISER AMSTERDAM ova London April 13 -The DusseMork General Anrei-rer. an article, expl.tin to the hard working population of Rhinelands of Westphalia tha' hard necessity has driven the country to a new food rationing This will begin April 1.1. and will Include a reduction of -1 er cent in' the bread ration. The newspaper tie oh! rop must serve four months, but tliHt BY SOCIALIST the I there are only supplies for one month (By Percy Robinson) MKITIMI WAR COUREsrON'DKNTS' HEADyl AKT-KUs. April 13.

(Via London, April 14.) At the extreme north of our advance the work was done yesterday by the left livi.Mon of the Canadian troops operating there. On the left, the attack wan delivered on both sides of the Souchez Kiver. Besides breaking through Kimw to reach the. enemy's front line, they carried Bois-en-llaehe Wood and held it, ami also the outlying hill of the Vimy Ridge called the The enemy here fought stubbornly, waiting for our men until actual hand-to-hand and body-to-body encounters took place. The troops opposed to us were Bavarians, with supports of the Fifth (Juard Division of Grenadiers and Ihe Fourth Guard Division.

Neither Prussian nor Bavarian guards were a match for our men when they eame to grips, and on both sides of the Souehez valley, up its hill sunt through the village, alike, the Canadian troops were equally successful. Battle of Arras Ranks With That of Marne and May Prove To Be the Turning Point of War area hae captured prisoners and guns. "South of thf Arrav- anibrai Road we have captured Wanouurt Tower, on a spur cast of Wancourt Village and advanced astride the Hindenburg line as far as a point seven miles toulheast of Arras. Mora Ground la Takan No peace, the newspaper aiUis. even if it came tomorrow, would alter the situation, and even after peace it will be a long time before the food situation is a (rain brought to norma! Thinks An Agreement Coming- in About German Minister and Staff Are Handed Their Passports "We have also made further pr Doubt Whether the Germans Can Continue to Retreat rress on the high ground east of Le Tile newspaper concludes by My-ing thst the Rumanian wheat crop must be rushed up, now that the Danube is free from ice.

and that the people must hold out. It says there Is no alternative. Two Months England is Pictured As Being Sole Obstacle to Ending Conflict in Good Order 13,000 Prisoners and 166 Guns Are Taken Diplomatic Relations Are I O. I i 1L. oevereu ceiweeu uie Nations WW Verguier and in Havrincourt Wood (northwest of St.

Quentin'. "Much useful was done by cur airplanes yesterday, although the weather continued unfavorable for ilylng. The only hostile formation encountered was severely handled by one of our patrols, which drove down four enemy machines out of control. One other hostile airplane was destroyed by ua during the day. Three of our machines are missing.

"The number of prisoners taken since the commencement of our oper CANADIANS SPOIL FOE PLANS WHILE GETTING April If fwm Peace within two months and HUE LOST TO READY TO GIVE ATTACK LA PAZ. liulivia, April 13. The German minister and his staff have been handed their passports by the Bolivian government with an announcement that diplomatic relation between Bolivia and Germany have been severed. FOE PHOTOGRAPHED ations now exceeds 13.000, including THE GERMANS 285 officers. We have also captured 16 guns.

Including eight l-lnch howitzers. 28 howitiers. 84 trench mortar and 50 machine guns in addition to a considerable number German Scheme Falls Down Utterly As a Result of a half is predicted by thte Copenhagen correspondent of the Danish Socialist press, who confirm the reports of official negotiation between Russian and German Socialist against the diplomatic denial in th Socialist newspapers hero and in Berlin. The first negotiation, say the correspondent, who I a Socialist member of the Danish parliament, were broken off. enabling two papers to launch a denial that they were In progress, but they were immediately resumed and are being prosecuted vigorously.

The correspondent then enters Into a discussion of peace lm. In nr 1. i V. t. a i Prisoners Tell About of guns, trenchj mortars and machine guna which were demolished or AND THEN LABELED the Great Courage of the Dominion Men Making Assault buried by shell fire and cannot be "TAME AS SHEEP" enumerated.

Guns Captured by the Canadians Many of the captured guna have BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, April 14. (Via London "From a Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press.) The British last night broke the German front for a distanceof four miles. The Germans are in retreat. The gaps in the German defenses were made in two places. Positions on a front of three miles between the Double Grassier and Givenchy and another mile on the north flank of the Hindenburg trench system were captured.

Advance posts were pushed well toward Queant and Pronville, important points in the German defenses. The Germans are fighting as they retire from Loos southward, and are being hard pressed. Fires and explosions in the territory to the rear of the German lines continued. The weather today was favorable for campaigning. been turned upon the enemy, by us with good effect." ly brought up to relieve or support (By Philip Gibbs) WA It CORRESPONDENTS' HEAD CANADIANS QO AHEAD the Bavarian troops, who had suffer They Had Been Sent Down ed frightfully, and were massed in (From a Staff Correspondent of the wood called Boi de Hlroldelle (Swal CH ARTERS.

Friday, April 1J v1a London, April 14 The enemy Associated Press.) low Wood), In order to steal through From Lille Shortly Before Attack another little wood, called Bois-en WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IX FRANCE, via London, April 13. headquarters staff Is clearly trou bled by the enormous successes gain Hache, to a hill known by us as "Pimple," and so on to recapture Hill At the Vimy Ridge late today fires i By the Canadian Overseas Correspondent CANADIAN HKADQ CARTERS IN" FRANCE, April 18 Ola London. April 14). A remarkable incident is recorded as having befallen the official Canadian photographer. He found a body of forty Germans and two enemy officers in No Man's Land, who, while the battle was in progress about them and to their rear, had surrendered.

There was no one to conduct them to the rear, and they were crouching In a large shell hole to escape the German barrage. There the cinema man photographed them, afterwards sending them on to our rear "tame a sheep," was his i Ajrirain lane German Socialist expectations, and hopes for the government policy. "I am assured from an absolutely trustworthy source," he say, "that Germany is ready to rest ore. Belgium and Serbia, evacuate Prance, and, with Turkey, arrange an agreement with Russia over the free navigation of the Dardanelles. An agreement is also possible on the Polish question, as the Russian government know." The correspondent picture Eng land aa the sole obstacle to peace.

There is reason to blieve that th first part of hi statement regarding ed by our troops during these, first days of the, battle of Arras, and all attempts to repair he damage to his nosltlons. uuoli which his Ho, taken by the Canadians on Mon day night. Soheme Break Down a Thl scheme has broken down ut terly. Swallows Wood being heavily could be seen burning in the German lines. Canadian patrols had advanced beyond the outskirts of Givenchy.

An exploration of Vimy Ridge shows that the British artillery- virtually blew the top off it, and the German stronghold, which had resisted all effort of the. French and British during more thalt two year of war, was finally forced Into such a position by high explosives that it could not resist infantry charge. These bombarded by our airplane, ao that the massed Prussians had an ugly time there. Teterday fnornlng the (By the Canadian Overeaa Correspondent.) CANADIAN HEADQUARTER IN FRANCE, via London, April 13. Amazingly unseasonable weather has retarded the progress of the Canadians on the eastern slope of the Vimy Ridge.

For the third day In succession there has been a heavy fall of snow. The sticky mud and chalk In this area have been turned negotiation ueiween tfuaman and ianaaian iroops maae a-suaaen as future safety depends, have been feeble and Irresolute. It is certain that lie 'desires to make a heavy counter-attack upon the northern edge of Vimy Ridge. I'risoner taken yesterday all believed that this would be done without delay. The Blh Grenadiers of the Prussian Guard reserve were hurrled- German Socialists is correct, but, hi exposition of German peace term conflicts with the recent highly of France from the invader, marks the sault upon "The Pimple," which is a knoll slightly lower than Hill 145.

to Its right, and gained it In spite of fierce machine gun fire from the ficial declaration of the North Ger battle of Arras aa a great victory. But the significant statement from Field Marshal Haig is that the charges, of course, were backed iJp by continuous; gunfire and accompanied BYNG RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM SIR SAM HUGHES garrison, who defended themselves man Gaxette that Germany is willing to conclude peace, but on term compatible with the great sacrifico 'th stubbornly until they were killed or by all the terrible machines and de British are "astride" the Hinden burg line. captured. At the same time, the Boi vices of modern warfare. she haa made.

en -Hache, which stands on rising The famous Hindenburg line had ground across the little valley of the Walking on top of the ridge is virtually impossible, and it is just one tnto a great obstacle in the moving up of our guns and supplies. However, if this has placed us at some disadvantage the enemy's serious loss In artillery is a much greater disadvantage for him. It is stated by German prisoners that several of the big calibre guns River Souchex, was attacked with been proclaimed by lta author as well aa by German experts as- a sort of a great wall of China, which continuous climb from one shell SIR SAM WILL KEEP BUSY IN THE DOMINION great courage and the enemy driven crater to another. Two surmounting l.n.Vpo.V. April 14.

The far-reaching, important and sweeping sut'ees the battle of Arras la be-ing revealed In successive chapter! to the Hrltlsh pubife which hardly tiac realised yet that it In the moat effectual and decisive event to the credit of the Drttlsh army during the war. It may well, rank with the battle of the which turned back the German invasion directed against Varl and may prove the turning point of the whole war in the west and change the balance ef the world conflict. "Field Marshal Kaig's bulletin tonight, giving the number of guns captured aa 168 and the aggregate cf prisoners as over 13.000. and the details of new territory gained for out. It Is difficult work for our in LTV LISTS knobs, known only on military maps would be as impregnable to assaults aa that one of the seven wonders of fantry and gunner.

The ground was a bog of shell craters and mud. as numbered hills, had attracted the fire of the heaviest British guns and and there was a heavy blizzard of had been shattered into unrecognis snow flakes. The attack wa made OTTAWA. April 13 The following message was cabled to (Jen. Sir Julian Kyng, commanding the Canadians, by Lieut.

-Gen. Sir Hani Hughes: "Canadian rejoice In recent successes of the allies, more especially of our own gallant boys. Cannda's eitixen soldiers have fully justified the faith, confidence and trust reposed in them. The trained free man is ever the superior of the repressed serf. While joyous at the able butts on landscape.

the world which was ao long an adamant barrier for. an ancient Chinese dynasty. German experts hare been even firmer in their faith in Field Marshal von' Hindenburg' "eighth wonder of the world" than they were a few months ago that Vimy OTTAWA. April 13. Lieut.

-Gen. Sir Sam Hughe said today that in view of Ihe iact that he expects to devote his full time to. Canadian af It Itttf wonder the German with a kind of instinct, backed with luck. Our men stumbled forward In the wake of the snow squalls and shells, fell Into shell holes, climbed made such desperate efforts to hold FOflMiUS DUE NEXT WEEK fairs and to his parliamentary du the Vimy Ridge and to retake certain portions of It by counter-attacks out again, and by some skill of their ties he has been obliged to decline Ridge was unconquerable. captured by us were new weapons, iiOvi sent down from Lille only iwo dry before the attack began.

T.e enemy's losses of all sorts of material are sufficient to explain why there haa been as yet no attempt at a counter attack, despite the bringing up of the part of the Prussian guard to strengthen the German defences. Official figures now available, but not yet complete, show that among the material taken In the Canadian corps' area are 30 guns, 74 machine guns and 49 trench mortars. It will take own kept their bombs and rifles dry. which failed miserably. The ridge a score or sx of requests from various points in the United States to stood as a natural barrier between Retreat is Menaced the Germans and their opponents, address public meetings or partlci prospect of speedy triumph of democracy and overthrow of autocracy, yet the--silver lining of the cloud Is and had a great protective chain of pate in var preparedness confer hills yielding invaluable coal.

Iron ences across the line. Sir Sam has dimmed by the loss of so many of Now Considered That and other mlnerala which Germany had wrested from France in the first onrush of the war in 1914. also resigned the presidency of his gold mining enterprise In northern Ontario, the Murray Mogrldge Mining company. A cable he received today from Col. the Rev.

Mr. Staeey, our beat and bravest. Their memories will ever be preserved fresh and bright as saviours of human liberty. Kindly communicate to Canadians. (Signed "SAM HUGHES." ple.

But the British general staff for some time has known that there la a different Hindenburg line, upon which the German staff was basing it? defence, and ha known exactly whrre that line was drawn. If the British army can break through a They Will Prove Fairly Heavy No Ground is Lost Machine gun bullet whipped the ground about them. Some fell and were buried In the snowdrift; others went on and reached their goal, and In the white bllzxard fought out the enemy and his machine gun. It wa an hour or two later before German officer, directing operation at a distance and preparing a counter-attack on Vimy Ridge, beard that "the Pimple" and the Bols-en-Hache had both gone the only places which gave them observation on the south side of Vimy, and made effective, sny the Germans some time to bring up artillery, even if it is within a reasonable distance beforehand. The total number of prisoners tak Lens Soon Fall The city of Lens, now within sight former chief chaplain of the Can The Gorman belief in the von Hindenburg Kuddha has ever served to hypnotise part of the Hrlttsh public and some prominent writers who have been disposed to accept the German theory expounded in German papers tha everything which had occurred ci.

tin- western -front, has gone according to von Hlndenburg's plana And as foreseen by him. A number of European military (writers have taken the view that the Hindenburg line was a myth, (jainted to hearten the German peo NO HOPE FOR JONES a dinn overseas forces, announced the of the British lines, is a great mining or Important sVctor, the next chapter may be a further extensive birth of a young recruit In the word, Dominion Men Have Been en up to the present on this front will come close to 4,010. The total along the British front on Monday in now known as reaching almost 12,000, "ly son wlshe to enlist." Gtrman retreat. If, Indeed, the Ger mans are able retreat In good order with Meld Marshal Halg's the greatest one-day of the war. centre.

It is generally believed that in yielding the mines which have been such help to the Germans, the latter will undoubtedly try to wreck them by every means. But even if France does not regain the immediate use of the mines, the shutting off SIMS ARRIVES ABROAD in Hard Fighting Since Vimy Victory army pressing them as closely as It The generat In command of the TORONTO, April 13. No. hope Is now held out for the recovery of Sir Lyman Melvln Jones, senator, president of the Massey-Harris Company and former mayor of Winnipeg, who haa been critically ill for some months, and who about three weeks ago underwent two blood transfusion operations. Their curses must have been dep and full when that message came is doing now.

Canadian corps has received con WASHINGTON. April 13 Rear-Admiral W. S. Sim, of the naval over the telephone wire. Thef or of GermaJy from their precious pro college at Newport, ha arrived In gratulation In the name of the Canadian people on the success of Monday' operation.

Chased by Canadians duct will mean an important step to Great Britain to at a intermediary dered their batteries to fire, con-tlnuou'ily' on those two places, but they remain ours, and our troop have between the British admiralty and the United. State navy department. By the Canadian Overseas Corre ward the ultimate Allied victory. From the top of Vimy Ridge the the response was feeble and spas endured an intense barrage without OTTAWA, April 18. At mfUtta headquarter It I expected that casualty lists containing the name of the Canadian killed and wounded sine th assault on Vimy RJdge on Monday last will commence to be received early next week.

Tho ca. losing ground. British now look down on the plain modic. Thla afternoon there were a series of violent explosions In the mining villages in the Lens-LIevln of Doual and toward the great In pendent) CANADIAN HEADQUARTERS IN IFRXN'CE, Friday eevnlng, April 1J, via London, April 13. The full dustrial sections of France which so long have been in enemy hands.

Sask. and Alta. Names in Casualty List MEXICO PLANNING TROOPS FROM CANADA EXTREMELY KIND TO THE WOUNDED ENEMY "We are the top dog at last," said Canadian officer to the Associated TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR PEACE Press correspondent today. "We have the Germans on the down hill. and once they are started you may be sure they will go fast." sector, where heavy charge were being used to destroy the shaft and overhead structure of the mines.

The sound waked the whole front into life. Our infantry pushed down into Vimy and" Givenchy, where they came Into touch with the enemy' rearguard. At this hour they continue to go forward, meeting little resistance. The spoil wtll be great, and the advantages resulting from possession of the Lens-Uevln mining district tremendous. The llun is at last headed for home, and going strong; Vimy has MKA1CO CITT, April 11 In it fruit of the battle of Vimy are our tonight.

The Germans are In full retreat, and the Canadians, advancing as rapidly as the mined and wrecked roads permit, are hard upon their heels. Givenchy, Petit Vimy, Vimy itself, Farhus and Villerval are ours. Lens is on fire, together with the adjacent villages, and it is believed that it will tie evacuated before morning. All morning our artillery haa been In the continuous hall of shell answer to the American rovernment which is going over and upon the notice of existence of a stato of war Germans, many are their own, thrown between Germany and the United State, made public here tonight, the from their own abandoned field Whenever Fritz" is Found to Be Very Badly Hurt, He Receives the Right of Way Over the Dominion Men pieces. They are tasting what Mexican government announced In British Tommy calls, "the joy of effect that it regretted the United State had been unable to solve it dropping sheila on the German lines some of their own devilish explo slve." especially on the village of Vimy, and helped.

difference with Germany in a peaceful manner, but that Mexico, inspired by the desire expressed In her recent peace nte, would omit no The Germans are also getting a bitter pelting from hundred of their ualty branch announced today that, commencing with two lists will be Issued dally, one la the forenoon and one In the evening. For several weeks past tlte lists have been comparatively light, and; but on list has been "Issued An officer1 who ha been at th front expressed the opinion tonight that the losses in the week' fight Ing will be fairly heavy all alone the British front where advance have been made. Official statements from the front so -far received have been confined to the announcement that the Canadian loose in carrying Vimy Ridgo were less than 1.RQ0, Including 9 officer. Since Monday, however, the Canadian division hav been fighting steadily and have made big advance In the face of stlfl opposition, so it can be assumed that th lo have been growing from day to day. They are, however, probably leat than In any previous fight-in of- like magnitude, owing to the -larger part which artillery play' In presenl-day fighting.

MORE BODIES RECOVERED PKRNIE. April )SL Two more bodies were extricated from the cav-ings-in number six Incline, number Germans Beaten Back own machine guns. to contribute to the bringing about of (By the Canadian Overseas Correspondent) CANADIAN-HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, April 13 (via London, April 14). After the battle I saw LONDON. April IS.

On a U-mlle Pce. consideration ha led to curious results. One wet and weary chaplain, with no place to lay his head, was called upon by a wounded officer prisoner to provide him a second blanket because the hospital waa cold. Said the chaplain: "I would are all east and north of the Vimy Ridge. They are Ballleul.

Villerval. SASKATCHEWAN Killed in Action G. A. Mitchell, Wapella. Wounded and Misting Valparaiso.

Died of Wound Sgt. G. P. Collins, Box 177, Este-van. W.

S. Uowning. Brlihdir. J. Anderson, Flndiater.

CpL J. Saunders, Mervin. ALBERTA Killed in Action J. Brttley, Redcliffe. A.

W. Clark, Medicine Hat, T. R. llopklnson, W. A.

Johnston. Medicine Hal. Died of Wound A. Meroer, Edmonton. W.

Medicine Hat. J. W. Harrison, Whitla, Cpl. 1.

Hobdoti, Elk Point. U. Thompson, Calgary. I. Purely.

Calgary. N. tiorsey. KUmonton. W.

C. Johnston, Calgary; N. It. V. King.

J. r'erguNon, Kdmonton. 1 1 leu. Kdmonton. A.

Goodwin, Edmonton. FIRE AT WOOLWICH SOLDIERS RAID PLANT motor lorrie deliver at the ambulance stations mixed loads of British and have tx-en soft enough to give htm I AN DON, April 14. It i officially announced that a fire occurred today at Woolwich arsenal. There wa no 1. of life, and only a slight damage t- the building.

it if I'd had a blanket to my -name front from north of the River Searpe to of Loos, British troops today pressed back the Germans all along the line and captured six villages. Field Marshal Halg's men. the official communication from British headquarters In France tonight said, gained a footing in German trenches northeast of Ixkvs. I'risoner and Kuna also were taken in the advance. Southeast of Arras the British also: Vimy, Petit Vimy, Glvenchy-en-Goh-ell and Angres.

The text of the statement reads: "The area of active operations extended today toward the north. East and north of the Vimy Ridge our troops pressed back the enemy on our whole front from north of the Ktver Fcarpe to the south of Loos. 'We have, seized the villages of nallleul, WillexRl Vimy. Petit Vimy. GOING TO ARM SHIPS German wounded.

They were packed In aide by side, all stained with mud and blood men who were an hour before doing their, best to kill one another. Our men waited their turn patiently. If badly hurt, was permitted to be ahead in the line and our men seemed to bear no ani-tiJjaity. Thilr attit ws- that of kindly toleration, even while they turned their full resources of the English lunguage loose In vivid de- TORONTO. April 13.

Led by CpL Charles' O'Brien, a' Somme veteran, who had been ordered away by a foreigner at the gate a few day ago, half a hundred returned soldier tonight raided the plant of the Russell Motor company and removed a score of foreigners. No damage wa dote. Col. H. Osborne, A.A.G..

arrived during the raid secured Manager H. Scully's promise to give returned soldiers the preference in the factory. A nnmler of foreigner have been employed ther, When the people In Canada' read what appears to be authentic storie about the cruel treatment, even by the German women, of British wounded, it i worth while, knowing that the Canadians at the front, tin k-ss than the tolerant British Tommy, 'refuse to descend. In Ihe treatment of wounded prisoners to' the lie my level. But Yitx must work and earn his keep, when uhwounded, on the road Made progress and are now astride I Rio, JANEIRO, April merchantmen voyaging into the submarine aone are to be-armed by the government.

German ship In point poini threo mine. Coal Creek, thi afternoon and were identified a those ef me iiuiiienmirg line aa rar as a Uiven.hy-en-Oohelle and Angres and even mllea southeast of Arras. hav, Hainf4 a footing in the enemy's Toe villages seized by the Uritish tremhei northeast of Lens. In thl Braxiltan harbor will interned for their own. protection.

Iscription of their captives. This S. '1J. Betttt and J. Campbell..