Evening Advocate, 1918-05-04

              THE EVENING ADVDCA
        Official Organ of The Fiahermea's Protective UaioQ of N-e^otmfllanii
Vol. V.   No. 100..
ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND, SATURDAY, MAY f, .£.8.
Price: ,<-j)|^|
YOU ARE WANTED TO PUT THE REGIMENT HACK IN Tl
America Commandeers All Steel
and Pig Iron for War Purposes?
Germany Will Leave Ypres
For An Onslaught Elsewhere!
Germany's Peace Emissary in England'^^iS
CANNONADE IN LYS REGION
iii._-_ wllh tt reverse- In theft of thc situation say tbst nothll
un thu northern side ot wonld bc gained by the capture of *•'
rs Salient where the French ruined city. This may mean that I,
h have stood shoulder to Germans will turn their attention ,
n defense of Ypres and tbe another part ot the front tor a   n.
ht through t
i  British rei
Home Rule is Assuming
More Definite Shape
"It is Expected That the Commons as
|   a Result of the Issues, May Sit
the Summer.
AUSTRIA'S  AMBITIONS
AS   COLONIAL   POWER
.\M_TSRDAM,  May 4—(CorreBpou-1 which has Just appeared in the Ger-'
C ii*.. of the Associated  Press)—Aiu- \"**n Papers urging that   they all   be
r'a * ° ' | Colonists.    "Germany   "says   thc   trt
Commandeer All Steel
WASHINGTON.   May   <
One or these
north of Casi
iled good ob<
_-d communli
y of General
designated
the Allied i
:.  thi   I
Zcitu-
a should t«kc
lonial possessions ol Parte. Italy and Holland. I:
why Holland, which ia .iot
it, should tatter the los.es
t Iiiti-.aii possessions, bui
rdt thinks   that    Holland
itorlcH of old Rus
• prepare In thes<
'herland   for   the   I
world.     The   qucs
remaining    after  v
,-, following puhli'
k of minutes of
t Friday attended
>c no immediate attempt ,j forces on
Expert;     writing    whal|Of  the  mt
risldercd Inspired    reviews-I'onfcrenci
c Italian front as a
Ami. broken out on the subject of tho byc-
-. election In East Cavan, which the SI ji_
ie Do'lr ■pcincr8 PcrsiBl I" contesting dcaplK
f_j ^* Nationalist (demonstrations. Thirty
i..^r_». Nationalist Commoners speak there
n Hay Sth ln opposition to Griffiths,
ie Sinn Mn candidate. John Dillon,
■ader of the Irish Nationalists, ip. ak
'r '"?* Ing at Bailie Borough yesterday, s _ul
IncluJ-*' **** li***°********   were   'n no w*>' *.*•
; sponsible
' lhathad m
hlbiteii  by
'making th
The Home Rule Bill
• polltu
k-iis can't be looked. upo» 'au
ns a solution of Austria's    o
■c difficulties," be said.
ii unpleasant prospect for lhe
■ nf territories occupied    by
rals it is
Jo'ani economic problem,
t.ie'is not what -shall    wc    do with
ihe nalionnlltisls of thc occupied tei
t.f^les. hut rather how shall we proc*-.   „rJ,.r, and xhr'y sjK','u.!
ja-:to group these    lerrltoriea    so    ■"--
[ihey may best serve the {merest
'  "  i latter consldi
-'Germany.
* the keyn-j
atlon   of  I
I  territory.
THE STATE PURCHASE OF LIQUOR
LONDON. May 4—The Scottish and lower as the extent 0( doprec
Irish Committees favor the inclusion can . bc predicted at this time,
of the wholesalers ln the  plan.   IB .;:.. ndi   the    Ml
and J. I-eonard Replogie. Director of N lief i-urn-nt
Steel for the War and Indus,ne* M.n purliameu
Board.   At ihat meeting Rcplogl- an-!tlon   of   theso
to guarantee a constant supply of steel | outlined hy lentil,   stoel mea.thcy woulIT be required
to devote theU-r entire capacity to vat ip-ilei'  that c-oytrnl
pledge agree-       '
program.    Eight thousand
1  tona of pig iron  were    taken    today
- from n large number employed In leas
- essential work and shipped to a steel
mill doing work which was about to
close down because of pig iron s'.ioit-
0*0.    Similar action has been    taken
u more than onco during thc past few
e *lay». anil the practice will be cor.nn-
. ued whenever steel mills and planl*
Wat work have steel and
needed at those turning out
the Government's war re-
Passenger Autoiio-
AMERICAN LABOUR MISSION IN FRANCE
HAVRE, Msy 4-Thi
r DeliKatlon which 1
•nek by M. Chcvrillon of the Con
mission of Relief for Belgium, rep:,
'"ting the French Foreign OfiV-
' I by thc civil and military autho
presented to the Belgi.
Cabinet Ministers, who gave a lu
i heon In their honor. Replying
jioasts. the members of the vlMti,
' d,* legation affirmed the fidelity of ti
j people of the United States to ti
j Belgian cause. The Americans _
• arrive in  Paris this evening.
HOLLAND-GERMANY DISAGREEMENT
l-ONDON, May 4-In an article   r«. location ,. M,n,„ „ .,..„,.„_. .,, „
•"ng the disagreement which haaLb
-•>*'■■ bi-tween Holland and G-r ti
">-. the Hachlchtcn of llamli.trg c
* unrestricted facilities for trans-ja
■"ting gooda across the Dutch l'ro-'n
t from   German-/   loll
•-. • rr.roent until after -he war
stlp,ilat«.| lp the _To_.!i-« |»uc. I
a Will be offset oy thc giant ol
gc sum of money for Irelcnd fri
'mperlal Treasury lind ,i few n
is for tirUxn housing.
More Big "Berthas"
■ the unhappy situation
arisen. If the spirit . x-
ic Sinn Fein leader, ie
indecent attempt to cup-
were to prevail, national
be  Impoaslhlt
A Great Mine Field *
  *   liuposlilon  of conscription  facllltutcd
LONDON. May 4. — According 9-De Valeru, the Sinn Fein leader. via-
Arehibald Hurd In Dally Telegn_i_l ited thc Bishop of Kllmorc yesterday
the area In the North Sea recent™ In connection wllh thc Iatter's sug-
innounccd hy the British Ooverrv gcstlon for a compromise In Eaat
mcnt as prohibited as dangerous (o Cavan. A member of the American
\btpplng aftor May 15th will be ttyl mission now In London. In an article
srcatcsl mine flchl ever laid ror tl*;ln the Irish Independent, appeals lo
special purpose' of foiling submarine}., the people of Ireland to help In tht.
It will embrace 1-1.782 square mllef> greatest crusado the American people
the base forming a line between No£, have ever undertaken. 'He says ihai
way and Scotland and the Peaking Americans were grieved and amnzoj
Island northward into tho Arctl_ that irishmen had not ion* slue*
circle. . Vovcd that conscription wa. unne-
 o              i'ossary.    He  contrasts  the high  fecl-
Exchange of Prisoners-,ing '" ********** w»h  the  voluntary
_____ '   privations of Americans In  behalf of
BERNE,  Swltierland.  May   4—Ge.Vothcr* wboae    need    Is  greater, n:iJ
man and Italian delegates to arrang^ "" ,,ial Americans refuse- to believe |
thr the exchange of   prisoners    helu | •
their first conference here last nlghi."
that Irishmen wish to be regarded as
partner* of tho Prussian and the
Turk'. The lobby correspondent of
thc London Dally Chronicle states that
the Government Is determined to proceed with Home Rule, which on lhe
federal list lines ot providing one
parliament for Ireland will tie Introduced in the week aflw next. An ap
preclablc runpravemeni la tho IrUb
ltuatlon haa bcen reported In conse •
luence of the appointment of Edward
Sliortt. as Chief Secretary, and Osp-i.
Redmond to the Intelligence of Oi-n-
1 French's -taft. The lobby correspondent of the Times confirms ihe
: the Home Rule incasing definite shape. Hn
says lt lays down thc federal prlncl-
■ United Kingdom and tha'
nd excise will almost certainly be reserved to the Imperial Department until after the war. It Is
understood that an additional safeguard for Ulster will bc provided l_i
form of an Ulster Committee with
jte on legislation .affecting Ulst.-r.
latest proposal for the Vlceroy-
nlty of Ireland Is to place It tn Ine-
if a Commission probably con
sistlng of Viscount Mlddleton. t.r.r l
French and Justice Ross. The Dailj
Express states that oirParlla-nant.ry
plans have been upset hy the ' new
instead of a months
^holidays at Whitsuntide thero wl\'-
probably be only a week and that It U
[expected thc  Commons   will     .it   Ml
:   A   I
The German Advance
BASEL. May 4—German troops I
Ukraine with a base on the line tit
I ween Ekutorinslav and Kharkov hai
advanced into the region of the Done!
River Coal Basin. The Donets
e purpose. The despatch says that Canal region Is ln the eastern par <
I the workmen ln tbe factory have the Government of Kharkov and ai
fused to work and will be deported tends Into the Govcrnment of tbe Uot,
** month. Cossacks.   This report shows that 01
■■ German advance.in  Southern .Rustl
lia,; extended to a line almost dlrt-slj
north  from  the eastern shore ot   'li
structlng lonR range guns of thc t
bombardment of Pari
Sernlng. five miles southwest
Liege In Belgium, and tbat thcy
requisitioned the Cockorlll  works for
Finland's King
*£.<
(sued by the War Ofllce tonight -
{There was no infantry flghtlng dur-1
[ing the course of tlie day but linn- gratlon li
• waa great activity by the opposing ar- morning h
'tillery In the region north and souti: houses an
Our batteries took un- turc's Stre
der   their  lire
.*   Hive
STOCKHOI
May
.—Negotia- :
MOIUIKKS   STKIKK.
Killing Them Off
GKNEVA. May 4—-The German ID
»ry authorities are sending direct
e front linen all youths from tho i
*rvo depot   In   Alsace-Lorraine,    t
cording to an Alsaclan chemist    w
arrived here from Mulhaus,
Tb^ chemist already  has    lost    tc
eons, the latest, aged 18. having be
killed at Locre In the Flanders bntl
Tbc  Germans  are    employing    th
says  the  Alsaclon.   i
peclally the soldiers from Alsace-Li
line.    It os the Oerman tuanne.
ttllng the question of the two pi
nces.    If a referendum Is takeu i
w Alsatcian el.
READ   THE   ADVOCATE
m two thousand moulders over a quls-
, tion of increased wages. Most of Implants are said to have been turnlig*-
out war supplies.
s will b
265 Train Loads
Passenger Ship Sinks
A German Submarine
Sub's Torpedoes Came Close But
Ship's Gun Did Good Worn
mburg fi
n High Command, and I
a becoming needed nur:
■■•-<">■ as tho battle, on the wesien
"it rsge more 'tlolcntlv. nnd |<
iTinunlg for men and material in
Dutch Foreign MIhIsr
ied au authoritative
s the Carman Mini-.-*
e and spoke of a causus b.u
i, and
Hindering the War
envellea of the Hague, a
I the day time on April 11 and U-'th
n  the Nam:.
The Victor in Trouble
I    BOSTON.  May  I
'"Igest and  fastest  of  Ilrlllsh  i
r.|dockcd   here  Wednesday    nl|
I, I brought a story of a night ba
** eat and largest type.    Tbe g
> attack.      The
,j ably close to the vessel's stern.   T;
'ship was xig-zagglng and firing at t;
jsubmarlne,   which    had by this   tl*
I come to thc surface.   A dozen Cari_i
v Un officers at the rail watched
d rhot fired by   the gun crew ani
-all agreed that the twelfth and
t teenth shots appeared to be fair lit *)
ate   immediately   after tUt
hoi the U-boat dlsappvJt-
calls had been sent Ji I
;k
heavy artillery silenced marty
batteries.       Enemy      reconnalssa.ten
parties were dispersed north and sjt
Mayaday  In  the  region , of  S«,kjI
I ai  tba    Cerna bend before Orad-
iltra.  a Serbian  detachment   p.nc-
fanncd   by
on Stein
children
1V0IM>KI>   II.I-.TREATKII.
LONDON. May 1,-Duteh papers]
state lhat 17 severely wounded British who have arrived at Rotterdam
for repatriation were not aent from
Germany under proper conditions. No
hospital train was provided and the
Dutch medical authorities expressed
forcible opinions regarding the trane-'
ports of stretcher cases under such'
condlUons. The German authorities.
It la pointed out. must either confess
I   the
thrivlne
ith the worst confle-
irs to-day. At 10.30 thl*
a score ot business
esidenecs on Oonaveu-
ire In ruins and the fire
und dispersed bodies still spreading. Help has been asked
enemy troops, south of Villers- for from Quebec. Montreal. Shsw-
Ilretonncux and before Caste!. Th*?re giving alls, Grand Mere nnd other
were lively artillery* engagements ot, neighbouring places,
he right bank of Ihe Meuse.'. Elglr THREE RIVERS. May J.—At ll.lj
memy machines were downed on May forty houses had becn burned down
!nd. and 1_ others damaged fell be- and the people were driven out of
hind their own line* during a ierie_ their homes on all thc side street,
-onihats with our aviators. Erfe**- from St. Denis t0 PloaSant StroetF.
I aerial bombardments) were ear- The fire Is reported to have slartr-i
ned out during thc day and night in the Victoria Theatre, which sco i
of May 2nd. nnd 27.000   kilogram* of collapsed.
projectiles were dropped on the nil- THREE RI VERS. Quo.. May S--.be
Ham. Nesle. Roye*.-fire, starting In the film room of th-
Chulnes and St. Quentin. and upoc | Victoria Theatre spread' rapidly
tonments ln these!through the building this a.m. and
regions. Seven thousand kilograms after lt collapsed, lu the store and
dropped on incmv residential section of the city adja-
the. region of it;-]cent. A number of stores nnd houses
hel and upon the railway stattou at wcrc destroyed, while sovcra! hundred
sfcld La Vllle. Ifamilies  were  compelled  to evacuate
Eastern Theatre—There were re-1 tholr homes on account of the heat.
|clprocal artillery actions along . il._. The flre got a good hold on the tbea-
Struma sector In tbe region of Vet- tre because the firemen wcre at
renik and at the    Serna    bend.    Our,first humpcre
ir-alns The llamos wcre
a high wind and sprcau
rapidity. In their path
Street waa a school. The
dismissed. They march-
out of the school building without
sign of panic, undcr the direction
of Ihe Sister teachers. When ll wa*
seen that a number of house* wen-
bound io be consumed, lhc town people left their work and bjmdcd themselves together to doahM^ge worn
By   their   timely   i
?  In  t
The total
HEAL)   mt   Ai.-<K.AT*