Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 31, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba 7 today s weather fair and Cool. Temperatures yesterday maximum 35.5 minimum 33.4, proving big help one of the features of the local Victory loan Campaign ii the splendid attending the efforts of the women canvassers in the Tesi Derrial districts. Vol. 45. Sun rises 7.16 . 8ets 5.08p.m. Mooiki rises 4.06 . Sole 3.32 . Winnipeg thursday october 31, 19.18. Morning pages. No. 102 during week s fighting austrian prisoners capt ured Ameri Farmy enters struggle on italian front review of War situation extending southward from Middle falling Back betwee Brema and Piave fighting particularly in grappa Region Segni sino taken also Mont Cosen Quantity War material taken Kome oct. 332nd american infantry regiment is participating in the Battle in the Brenta Region according to the office announcement tonight. Since oct. 24, the allies have captured of the enemy including 802 officers. In Albania the italians have occupied san Giovanni i Ledua and Are advancing on Scutari. East of the Piave River the italians have reached Vittorio. The test of the communication. Our offensive extended South Ward from the Middle Piave yes captured orders prove miscarriage of plans British army Headquarters oct. 30 Canadian press despatch from Reuler a correspondent cables copies of German orders and Battle objective maps that have recently fallen into our hands show How Complete has been the miscarriage of the enemy s schemes. Great efforts were made to bolster up the men s lagging spirits by impressing them with the idea thai the More strenuously they fought the belter Mould be the Prospect for More favourable peace thus under Dale of oct. 2 the following document was issued the High commander states that the possibility of an armistice depends on the Battle coming to a standstill. Every gunner must carry out his duly night and Day. The English must not Cross the Selle River the artillery must prevent turks Defeated in British Cross Tigris North of Kaleh fiercely attacked by enemy Village captured and hostile positions deeply penetrated prisoners taken Zurich oct. Turks have evacuated the great Oil Centre of Baku on the Caspian sea without fighting according to a despatch r liberate Over Hundred towns and villages fighting on greatly extended front in army Cross Montesano River ans rians throwing new divisions into Battle bal unable to withstand onslaught occupy Follina and Zittorio reaches Advance along Conegliano Odt Rio Road vierday. A third army has from Moscow today entered the struggle. On the front from Brenta to the sea the italians Are fighting in brother London oct. Turks were heavily engaged by the British tues Day North of Kaleh she Ghat. The official report of the Mesopotamia operations says. The British captured turks. The statement Readd on saturday evening our cavalry Union with a Gallant French Divi Sion and the Young and daring 332ad american infantry regi ment. Between he Brenta and the Tigris the River North of Piave Rivers the bitterness of the i Kaleh she Ghat. Joined the armoured a the East Bank of the e Washington oct. Thousand austrian troops hundreds of guns and innumerable machine guns have been captured by italian and Allied forces on the italian front says an official despatch today from Rome. The 332nd american infantry regiment has gone into action and the fighting now extends practically All along the course of the Piave River. The austrians Are resisting stubbornly throwing in new Divi Sions but have not a ble to Stop the Advance from the forces. The despatch says our offensive is Cie eloping far Tiv South and stretches practically All along the course of the Piave the third army is now in action successfully. The line Between the Brenta and the sea is strongly held by the greater part of the italian army alongside of which is the fourteenth army corps of the Britis troops and a French division. The 332nd american infantry Reni Raszl also now in action. Resisting stubbornly the enemy is resisting with exceptional stubbornness and is throw ins into the fray new divisions however being successful in holding Back our troops in the grappa Region the troops of the first italian army with the support the Large captures of prisoners and guns and the desertion by an austrian army corps of its positions and artillery Are symptomatic of the morale of the Austro Hung Arian armies retreating before the allies on the italian front. The Battle now extends from Monte grappa in the North to the shores of the Adriatic. In the Southern sector near the sea coast the italians have forced three passages of the Piave while further North on the flank of the austrians retreating from this sector the British Haye crossed the Montisano. The greatest Progress has been made by the italian twelfth army operating Northeast of Valdoz Birdene which has reached Vittorio an important enemy base. Here the austrian defence would appear to have broken Down completely. The austrian official reports indicate a tendency to minimize the effect of the defeat upon the political situation. The latter however offers no Prospect of improvement from the Point of View of the dynasty. The riota in Budapest accentuate the need for haste if anarchy is to be obviated by the conclusion of an armistice. Steps have been taken looking toward the formation of a. National government in Bohemia with its capital at Pressburg. It is practically impossible that the dual Mon Archy can refuse any terms Tor the cessation hostilities which the entente allies May choose to offer. Serbians reach Danube. On the Southern Border the serbians have arrived on the Danube near sem Endria. The recovery of Belgrade the old capital and the invasion of Hungary by the victorious Are within sight. The report that the austrian Fleet has been withdrawn to fiume from Pola May indicate that measures Are contemplated to restore the authority of the Central government at fiume where a revolutionary outbreak Lias occurred the City being reported in control of the revolutionaries or it May imply that the disaffection is spreading to the Navy. The italians advancing in Albania Are nearing Scutari on the heels of the retreating austrians. To destroy and loot. Y the Western front the French Are maintaining the pressure on the Oise Aisne front but the British reports show comparative inactivity. Various factors will Combine to prevent rapid that the enemy morale remains weather and the More difficult Acter of the country be Irvng important agencies in delaying the Advance of the allies. Orders captured with German prisoners show that the destruction and looting of towns and villages before evacuation is a part of the policy of the High command and is not As suggested in the German note the result of insubordination by the soldiery. In Mesopotamia the British under general Marshall Are continuing to drive tre turks toward Mosul. Little news of a general character emanates from the Eastern theatre. Rumor credits the turks both with inviting the Allied Fleet to enter the Dardanelles preparatory to Capitu lation and demobilization and with assembling an army at Blair and tech Atalyja for the defence of constantinople from attack across bulgarian Frontier. Doubtless events Are., shaping themselves rapidly behind the screen which the allies Are Able to throw Over the develop ments in Turkey. News from Paris Anent the proceedings and decisions of. The War Council at Versailles relating to the armistice demands is also scarce. Germany is displaying anxiety to anticipate the results of the conference by insistence on the reality of the constitutional changes which have been and Are being made there Well known men offer big sums to Victory loan the general committee announces larger subscriptions for Federal government Bonds Cash purchases at the close of third Day probably Between four and five million dollars a serbian cavalry reach Danube resistance and the ask of the enemy supported by Tresta astride the turkish communications reserves have for six clays i. M. Martin saults and -pollard.-. Mrs. K. D. Stanwood . Winnipeg Supply and actual totals Peter Lowe reports actual subscriptions for monday and tuesday As indicated in the following table. In these figures there Are included Only such subscriptions As Are accompanied by Cash subscriptions accompanied by promises or under takings to pay Are not included. Figures Are As follows location applications amount country 316 City women .1131 Banks 722 general com. 45 total the necessity for the Bonus. Final entire i action determining the Bonus and c those entitled to receive it will be Scutari and Rieka according to the taken by the Cabinet next week those dispatches already Are in the Power of the outside service who have not of the insurgents and All communal j already participated in the Hundred administrators favourably inclined to Dollar increase granted last session Ward the austrians Are being Slaugh Jwill probably be included in tired. Coming Bonus to the inside service. Or. Crossin optimistic a. L. Crossin vice chairman of the general committee expressed last night great satisfaction with these figures and with the Progress of the Campaign. He said however that the figures did not mean much or give much indication of the real pro Gress of the movement. The subscriptions As published amounted to two and a half million. There had however been offered to the committee subscriptions amount ing to several million dollars which were not entertained because the committee believed that in these cases the amount could be increased. Or. Crossin also said that he did Cronl hired on Pago British patience exhausted by revelations i of unspeakable barbarity toward helpless London oct. The immediate release of ail British pro will be insisted upon by the government As part of the armistice terms is confidently expressed Here. Sir George Cave the Home Secretary announced yesterday that the same conditions imposed on Bulgaria in this matter would be insisted upon in any truce with Germany or Austria and general Allenby had been instructed to follow the same Iio Licy in dealing with the turks. There is plenty of evidence that British prisoners have received worse treatment throughout the War than the others except the russians. Such will be a very important Factor and it is not Likely that the other allies will show less regard for their nationals who Are suffering in German Camps. Events since the German peace overtures were launched have not tended to instill any spirit of conciliation forgiveness or leniency toward the enemy in British breasts. The sinking of the Leinster Fol Lowed close on the German note. The evacuation of belgian and French towns four years under German Rule has opened what has hereto fore been largely a sealed Book of rumours and authentic stories from truthful people of. German Barbari ties toward the inhabitants have been flooding outs patience gone finally yesterday s discussions in the House of commons of the treat ment of British prisoners appeared to have about the last Straw breaking the Back of British patience which the country Gener ally seems now to think has been carried much too far. The germans have Only themselves to blame that these revelations came at a time so the topic was forced upon the House by a St Toner Public demand for Light upon the circumstances of what termed German blackmail in re fusing to ratify Ari agreement drawn up for an equitable Exchange of toners unless the British consented to go outside that subject and give guarantees against the deportations of germans from China. Captain Craig an exchanged Pri Neri told with emotion of his experiences and the sights he had seen in the prison Camps. Sir Cave the Home Secre tary details of whole Sale deaths of. British soldiers kept ragged starving and vermin us and compelled to work Long hours in Salt mines and under fire at the front contrary to the rules of the Hague convention beaten and tortured and shot for Petty or no offences. Reports unreadable. The speaker said that he held re ports which could not be read to the House because of the character of the atrocities. In one Camp since no vember 1916 More than prisoners of All nations had died. Sir George said nine men purposely drove picks into their feet in order to get away from a mining amp. In a Salt Camp a prisoner was beaten unconscious and when he regained his senses he was beaten unconscious the names of the officers and superintendents who. Carried out the outrages against the prisoners were known. Reports of what had happened in factories the speaker continued could not be read without something More than anger. Regarding the treatment of Brit ish prisoners behind the firing line sir George said it was As bad As any thing that could be found. Although genera1 Ludendorff had promised re dress his Promise had not been Ful filid. Men. Were being marched up British Shell fire. They had to carry of munitions of War and do other work which prisoners should not be put to. It was necessary for these facts to be made known the speaker de. Cared. Germany had a debt to pay and Germany ought to be made to pay it. Bulgaria and Turkey. Sir George said. That in the bad treatment of prisoners tur any had proved herself a fit ally to Germany. Bulgaria also had treated prisoners very badly but happily the suffering of the captives there was Over and the men were being brought out of the country. Old parliamentary reporters say that they Nave never seen such a bitter and Strong feeling pervade the House of commons. And the same feeling has infected the whole coun try. Tho Only group of. Members who held aloof was a handful of pacifists who appear to object to any unpleasant Yor More than they the general nature of the military guarantees which the allies will re quire has been outlined As the occupation of strategical German bases As Well As the retirement of the Ger Rols about Germany object to the War. For German interests. And put to work within Range of the i guarantees Are considered equally important to great Britain. Their nature this far is Only speculative but the internment of the German submarines it not the surrender of. The whole Fleet appears to be the minimum terms which would satisfy the British the sea is Asim portent As the land this Island nation and the Only detail in president Wilson s fourteen Points on which there is constant questioning is what the president Means by the Freedom of the suspicion is the word which Stii summarizes the Public toward the centia.1 Powers manoeuvres. Some i be sent out must have flooded seas _ the vessel As. She was battling against the storm. The vessel left. Triangle Islan. 9 o clock last nigh t from . And expected that disaster Over took the vessel ofe. Cape St. James a Rocky Point at the Southern end of the Queen Charlotte group. Of clue vessels have been rushed to the scene and Are now patrolling Tho Vicinity in Aai Effort to locate the vessel or some Trace of Iier. The weather reports indicate that a heavy southwesterly Gale was raging off the Northern end of Van Couver Island during the wireless message sent out by the Galiano was so faint that it was concluded that the engines were out of commission. The Only theory that can be advanced is that the Galiano was by the heavy , thrown broadside on to the wind and deluged by heavy seas. The Galiano was a vessel of Only 393 tons Gross and was built at dub Lin Ireland in 1913, to the order of the Dominion government. She was 162 feet Long. She was designed for the Canadian fisheries patrol service an d since the War she was used As a patrol ship. The majority of her officers Are residents of Victoria. Lieut. R. M. Pope r.n.r., her commander has been in command Ever since she arrived on this coast. The chief offi cer was Ernest g. Alcock. While it is impossible any official information to Securi regarding the number of men on the ship when she cleared from Sci Simalt naval Yards it is understood that she car ried a Crew of. 60. N of the most important papers believe that Germany and Austria or what remains of Thea Strain government Are working together. They interpret Austria s Rush towards a separate peace As of a that austrian military Power is dissolving place austrian territory As Neutral ground Between Germany and the Allied armies which May soon be Able and ready to March through Austria. Troops still desirous of settling accounts British army Headquarters oct. 30 press despatch from renter s Keuter 3 Cor respondent cables the comparative Lull on the Bri Tish front coinciding with the so called armistice situation is emphatically not owing to any question of design. The unanimous spirit of the troops is to continue settling accounts with the Boche until ordered to desist. The first army has extended the Bridgehead at arties and strength ened jts position eastwards of a Hon Elle. Hostile artillery is More Active a bout be Quesnoy. The second army is slightly advanced towards Iberi Gwit a and Ane Ghem. The in a Lafontaine raid mentioned in last night s communique was a Brilliant Little affair. Every House was trans formed into a machine gun fort yet after stiff hand to hand our the committee of Union and Progress i apparently is still in the Saddle at constantinople. The fact that Djavid j Pasha minister of finance is perhaps i the most influential Man in the cab inet seems to show that Talaat Pasha former grand vizier is still Strong be Hind the scenes and that the Young turks and Germany yet hold the Power. The one and greatest the old guard in Germany judging from the German papers appears to be. To drive a wedge Between president and the allies and to make the president play the part of mediator instead of. Belligerent. German press views. The Frankfort Zeitung says if the allies insist upon such Dij armament terms As to make fur i aia ther Man army to its own soil. Maritime German resistance impossible not Only Germany but he president Wil himself would disappear from among the factors which Are decisive for the conclusion of peace. His own position As world arbitrator depends solely on whether Ger Many s military Power at least is Worth so much that it cannot be forced to surrender without the help of the american the article concludes by cleverly trying to make it appear that the president s role is now linked with that of Germany by saying that in such a position As outlined his role would be played out if he did not cry Menee War against houses destroying or capturing a considerable crop of machine guns. The fifth army had Sharp local fighting for River Crossings at cabaret Lietard where the enemy was finally beaten off with heavy losses. The weather is cold and Clear and altogether favourable for Campaign ing permit travel by London d esp itch from. Speaking in. The House of. Commons today right Hon. T. J. Mcnamara stated Thail the prohibition of British women travelling by sea might removed As soon As it became certain that merchant vessels were immune from enemy Paris oct. Heads of the Allied governments and colonel Job. M. House special representative of the United states government with tie military and naval advisors of the. Respective countries continued their informal meetings today. Differences of View natural to the immensity of the interests involved have Arisen but under Friendly examination they have largely disappeared. It is believed the armistice terms will be announced this week. Although some Points in silent Wilson s declarations May require More Complete definition an entire agreement is in immediate Prospect. The supreme War Council will not meet formally until this full understanding has been reached. It was anticipated today that the armistice terms to Germany will be similar to those offered Bulgaria although extra pre cautions will be necessary and there May be some harsher clauses. The. Inter Allied con Ference is understood to have already agreed on the main political Points of the armistice. The terms must be was agreed in authoritative circles because Germany began the War the renewal of which must be made impossible. Washington oct. General opinion among officials and diplomats Here is that the Ger Rifin proposal for an armistice and peace while having its origin a plan to gain time Lor strengthening the army and restoring its shattered morale has now gotten beyond the control of the military party and that the German pen pie Are the Force which is driving the Ger Man government to make terms for end lag the War. Another note from the. German government explanatory of the changes that have been made or projected in the German Constitution and form of government was received today through the Swiss the state department did not make it Public. This Siote was understood to be supplementary to the preceding German communication saying to the president that he must Piave. Knowl Edge of Tho efforts that have been made to democratize Germany. President Avilton was at work to Day on. His reply to Austria Hun Gary s renewed plea for an armistice and peace and it was expected that it would be despatched before night. Later today it was said at Tho state department that there no announcement regarding the reply tonight. I the administration was Saio to to Well convinced now that Austria a ready is nearly out of the War and that her will for peace is Sim ply tempered by a natural disposition to get the Best terms possible Short of unconditional surrender. May ask Italy Jar peace. The report that count Andrassy. The new austrian Premier to sue directly to Italy for peace on the ground that Italy is Austria s sole is generally regarded As confirmatory of this understanding of the hopeless situation in the dual Empire. It was pointed out that since Italy solemnly engaged with the other entente Powers not to make a separate peace if Austria carries out this plan it naturally would be feared by Italy to the supreme War Council. There was no official information Here today As to the Progress of the deliberations of the to preme War Council and notice of the reserved attitude of the Council in issuing any statements. The infer ence is drawn that a definite policy been agreed upon to withhold All information regarding the discussions the Council of the grave Diplo Matic and military questions which now engage its attention in lion with the preparation of an armistice. Control Germany s Iron and Coal one comparatively new proposition Here relates to the to exacted from Germany .for., the losses suffered by of those portions of continued on Page weather Keport. Under Krasnoff s Rule people shot London oct. The Rufe of general Krasnoff the cos sack Leader and former member1 of. The staff of Alexander Kerensky in the Don Region persons have been shot according to a russian wireless despatch received Here tonight. Following is the weather report issued at us John s meteorological Observatory at .7. . Yaster Clay temperature. 3o.b maximum Tor preceding 12 hours. 35.s barometer. 30.10 overcast Northwest wind blowing 14 Miles an hour .02 precipitation. Tjie Canadian meteorological service weather taken at 7 o clock last evening. October 30, Winn Pek time were port Arthur 32, Cloudy Winnipeg. 30. Cloudy , 30. Fair Quappelle 26. Cloudy Prince Albert. 23. Clear Swift current 30, fair Battleford 36. Clear Medicine hat. 44. Fair Calgary 54. Clear Edmonton 44-. Cloudy. The weather has been quite Cool in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and. Mild in Alberta. Minimum and maximum temperature ii Kamloops. Calgary. 20-66 Edmon ton 28-46 Medicine . 2o-50 Satti a f o re 18-46 Pron cd m Oast jaw. 21-53 Winnipeg. 32-36 port Arthur. 3o-36 Parry sound. 44-56 London. 47-58 Toronto. 50-60 Kingston. 52-58 Ottawa 43-56 Montreal. 52-56 Quebec 48-56 St. John 50-54halifax 58-62 ;