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- THE OMIM eee FRIDAY,

NOVEMBER’ 20,1914

_ ENEMY I IN CHECK

Most Violent Fighting af War Going
_ On at Dixmude and Ypres—Bom-
barding Rheims Once Mare

Paris--Official — —Between. Niet-
port and Dixmude at Ypres the
eantionading was. resumed. with
great violence... On. ‘the canal
south of. Dixmude . our artillery
prevented the enemy’ 8. effort to
stop the inundation ‘of their
trenches which’ they “were com-
pelled to evacuate. Two ‘attacks | «
of the German infantry failed at
Ypres and south of Bixschcote.
We advanced between Bixschoote
and the canal. German” ‘detach-
ments were destroyed attempting
to cross ‘the Aisne.
nonading is reported from
Rheims. The Germans are show-
ing signs of the terrific struggle
of the past nionth around Fland-
ars where they have made re-
peated efforts to break the allies
lines. A staff officer predicts
that after one ‘month not a Ger-
man. soldier will be in France.
Frenchman. Alfred ‘Duret © was
shot™as‘a traitor at Chalons Sur
Marne. ° Duret diréeted the Ger:
man. artillery fire with a flock of
white:-goats. during .a battle at
Rheims Sept. 9.

COSTLY ATTEMPT |
| TO REACH CALAIS

Slaughtered. Veterans’ Being Replaced
by German’ s Third. Line, Which’
is Beaten Neat Niewport

London—-With practically all
the flower of his army slaughter-
ed in futile’ attempts to crush the
allies, . the: Kaiser” today. burried
forward =new™ masses of troops,
mainly -the second .and third re-
servists, ‘for ' ‘a. renewal of the
campaign to capture Dunkirk and
Calais." Thus. reenforced they.
delivered. a tervifie’ onslaught
against: the. Franco-Beigian army
at. ‘Nieuport,: to: be. only. driven
back:once.in utter. defeat. -'The

‘Germans seem to have launched.

their: last: despairing: attack. upon
Ypres which’ the British ‘army:
continues: to. hold owing to.the:
fact that Ypres controls the most.

important’ highways: and railways |
leading to the French seacoast...

Bie Aivaned Iron. Cross

with ‘them eX:

'| your business: men, :to your employees" and em-

{shouting hurrah for the king. Residents of Ne'

Violent’ can- |

| German neighbors handle us gently and allow us.

aay. “Tt is’-most: ‘rearetable that's SO many. ‘do:
seem to appreciate the full meaning of the: ‘teri
Loyalty to king and: country: are’ ‘most. excellent,
but loyalty: to your town, to: your merchants, :; ‘to.

ployees to their. employers is. quite as necessary £ as

Hazelton who buy. goods from: thé outside that
local business houses can supply are disloyal. The’

town is the most disloyal of all.
price should‘ not enter into the argument’ because.

department stores in Vancouver, Winnipeg or- To-"| i
ronto. Wages « of laborers and mechanies in New.
Hazelton are ‘also higher than in ‘those: cities, It
is merely a question of loyalty or disloyalty to the

town, "A. loyal citizen is a good citizen.
loyal citizen isa detriment and should he treated
as. such, ;

Speaking of the German sympathisers in the
Dominion, the Phoenix Pioneer says:—‘‘Eiven in

but Canadians will make little objection to their |
presence, . providing, of. course, the former will.
only exercise the ordinary ethics of decent society

cause for which this country is fighting.

Canada. is, after all, a good place to! tive in.
It suited our forefathers, who also found it good
‘enough to fight for, and it suits us. Therefore
those people who seem to think we ought to. have’
remained passive at this time, or throw off the
imverial ‘‘yoke,’’ and substitute that of the Kais-
er, cannot do better than leave us to suffer the
dire .consequences of our folly. It's’ our own
fault if things go against, us, but we hope our

to remain on the list of voters.-

joined the ranks, of thane appealing to the govern:

merchant who bays his househeld supplies. out: of ‘
The question of | oj

every: businessman.here charges more than. the |

A dis- :
-No bad storms;. no. ‘Dlizzards; ° “no “deat th dea g
‘eold—just: a delightful, ‘healthy
‘of sun shine and the most ‘beautiful ‘moonlight at
night.” :

Canada the number of pro-Germans i is fairly large ye

1 lent for. gardens, orchards, “poultry, . swine, and,
and refrain from utterances: inimicable to” the |

| ber of. a useless commercial character, 7

patches, The: government. spends many. thous-

were found i in trenches. oecupied
by the/eremy: and were present-
ed to:-Gens.. French and Jeoffre.
Russians eontinue their envel-
oping movement:in east Prussia.
Have entered Rypin and have al-
most surrounded William’s north
favorite provinee. They continue |'

$$$ — — — OOOO

London—Dispatch from Athens
says Turks lost 250 men and’ two
guns during the bombardment of
forts of Dardanelles,
er German. eruisers Goeben | and
Breslau now fly Turkish flag and
have reentered Bosphorus. oe

Améterdam—A ‘priest sive he

‘mining and: com 1
us showed. that'some 00 people: inthe immed

0. provide. ‘wor

only: a matter of. a few. days when ‘the. oads ee -
be in good. shape and: the | ‘winter ‘business: begin, oho
Winter in’ 1 this district i is always a beautiful | Sea-|

“Vibe

istrict: there. are. large
here: is- ‘room : for

The land. is. ‘excel-

h tlie. New Hazelton’
tracts of land. ‘to be'cleared..
many. thousands: ‘of. ‘families. 3

For the most part it is ‘covered. with tim-
‘The com-

mercial. timber i is contained i in, Jess” than a ‘dozen

cattle.

ands of dollars annually preventing peuple ‘clear-
ing land (under. the head: of forest protection. )

We ‘do not object to that money ‘being ‘spent, but} [—
we would like to see the’money that-is spent by|

the. Forestry. Dep rement. in this district, or ‘at
least a large portion of it, spent’ ina: manner: “that
will benefit the district by permitting its settle-
ment, ‘The government would be. repaid many
times over. and. the whole provinee. ‘would benefit:

German invaders. in. . France by
their violations. of. the’ rules. of.
war, . They aim that: millions, of
dollars. worth of wanton damage
was ‘done and no military p purpose
was Berved.”

“The form:

“London: Copenhagen - reports
that a-Russian squadron left Hel-

nee DOMINION AND BG. LAND vets ee
- SURVEYORS ©

The Hlazelton: ‘Ho pit

a The: ‘Hazelton “Hospital: “issues a
* tickets for any. period at $1 per”
month in-advanee, ;. This rate in- |...
eludes ‘office consultations and.
“medicines, | as “well.as- all costs ~
“while in-the hos Here ‘Tickets are.
obtainable.in Hazelton ‘fromthe

"post, office. or “drug store;. or: from...

“the Drug. Store, |New - Hazelton;: -
»from Dr, McLean; Smithers;_ TIy js '

“Thorpe, Aldermere;’ Dr. Wallace, |. .
“'Telkwa; or: by mail, from the Med. ee
“0 ical. al Bap 8 at tthe, Hopital |

arenes .

-During . the’ “recent
‘Germans, after. a.
retreated. carrying

to push the Austrians from Cra-
cow which is defended by Aust-
rian troops under Garman officers

Venice— News: received » here
that Cracow is. burning. and ‘in-
habitants are fleeing.

“Venice : says the fall of. Cracow.
is expected: any ‘time.
the Russians:.means. the key to
the industrial districts of Silesia,

“This to}

and’ will: strike © ‘a val: ‘blow: to

Germany. ao

- lis making a list of: the damage by

saw 40,000 Austrians buried ina
single day. The grave was four
miles long and seven feet wide.

They were buried three deep and’

all had been killed in‘a few hours} :
in a battle in Galicia.

Despatches from trustworthy

sources in Holland declare: that|°
Germans are evacuating, Dixy

mude,

Paris—The French: government

“Mines”

; Frank | Ge McKinnon

tie squadron. °

deep: along. the: battle: front and. a
‘|storm. has. swept. Belgium, and

° Brig. Gen. Chas. Fitzelarence,. of
the: guards, ‘pas been © ‘Killed “in F

sinfor, - ‘Finland, steering: south-
west to engage the" German. -Bal-

“Paris— - Official Snow: is ‘ankle

the Germans are said. to be cut
off by. the’ ‘Belgian. floods

Announcement” is: made ‘that

action 1 in n Ypres. _

: mace |

| Real Fstate and 1 oe

oe one ‘of the: beat:
Se wall Stoel, Maly

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