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\, draconian \. \r HHHH iHNNHHNHH GUNS AND GillER 300W Troops City. A despatch from Petrograd saysfi â€"â€"-Detal~ls of the surprisingly swift, Russian descent upon Trebizond and of the strategy that forced the Turk; ish defenders precipitately to aboni don the city, which, with German; assistance, they had made every eil'ort to convert into a stronghold impregn- able against Russian attack from the sea or land, are coming in'from dif- ferent sources. According to the. latest dcspatches, a decisive part in‘ the Russian operations was played by the Black Sea flcet, which, after a SEVCl‘c bombardment of the city and the destruction of the great Turkish, shore batteries, landed aconsiderable number of troops and further threat-j encd the surrounded city. Employing the same tactics as they had repeatedly used with success in their progress along the littoral, the Rursian warships moved forward for, some distance beyond their objective and sent troops ashore considerably to the westward of Trcbizond, threatâ€" ening to entrap the Turkish garrison. This move was carried out in con- cert. with the advance of the Russian lard forces, which, since thé capture of the Tut-kl: h positions at Kara Derep had penetrated to within striking dis- tancc of Trebizond without meeting serious resistance. and was accom- ‘erable amount of war booty, including 7ing centre for the. Turks operating ‘in this theatre. ‘Minor, and will in the future have to, 'the country to prevent the westward ‘ sweep threatened from Baiburt in 1829, and‘ ‘ with the. important caravan routes ‘ into the interior of Turkey and Persia. From Warships Were Landed \Vest of the Ottoman Shore Batteries Destroyed. panicd by a steady bombardment from the sea. ' As soon as the Turks witnessed the Russians preparations to land beyond Trebizond they gave up all resistance and scattered pell mell in the two di- rections open .to themâ€"~one, the route along the coast, and the other, the road south-west toward Erzingan. Trebizond contained a garrison of between 50,000 and 60,000. A considâ€" a .large number of the latest type Ger- man heavy guns, was left behind, for since the fall of Erzerum, Trebizond has been the chief base and provision- With the fall of Trebizond the Turks lost the second of their two principal fortified points in Asra depend solely upon improvised de-I fences and the natural difficulties of of the Russian Caucasian armies. Trebizond never before surrendered to~Russians arms, although it was, the moral effect of the victory, it is considered here, will be enormous. For centuries Trebizond has been the chief trading centre for Asia Minor HHHHHHHSENNS” ’ , H0 Np iHNNNHg Quarter of a Million to be Rushed to: the Western Theatre-of War. ‘ A d' patch from Paris says :â€"â€"Thel arrival of the transports which brought the Russian troops Sent to join the i‘jnteute forceson the western l‘rcn'. have been expected since Tues-r dziy, lvu‘: a heavy storm in the Medi- (: rmncan delayed their reaching Mar- seilles until Thursday. Every preâ€" caution for their protection had been fitkcn owing to reports that hostile. .ii‘alnlill'il‘lG‘J were operating in ’the, lii‘tlllf‘i'l‘ailic'Ul, but the voyage was‘I concluded without the development of any uni-awed incident. The protect- in"; tio‘illo included number of Japanese warships. The coming of Russian troops toi the \VL'SU‘l‘ll front has been talked of‘ by military people for two or three: months. The reason, as now ex-â€". plained, is that it is ca: ier for Russia, to arm and supply fighting material in Russian troops on the front than on the eastern. still has many hundred thousand more 11 western ‘ men under training than she can use' on her fighting lines because the Rus-, sian problem continues to be not how‘ to get men, but munitions. lies .can obviously provide complete equipment for Russians more easily: in France than by shipping to Russia. Possibly a quarter of amillion men will be sent into France this Spring. l e} SEEDIN‘G IN ALBERTA. lwas lost the night of April 19. Russia 5 The 9.1- i HHHHH succiss lN NHHrHHHN FRANCE Considerable Losses Are inflicted on ~ Enemy. A despatch from London says: The following official communication was issued on Sunday night: “Last night we made a successful raid against the enemy’s trenches southwest of Thiepvah Thirteen pris- oners were captured and a number of . casualties were inflicted on the, enemy by our men bombing their dugoubs. Our casualties were very slight. “Mining activity continues in the Hohenzollern sector. Toâ€"day there were artillery actions about Hebu- terne, Neuvilleâ€"St. Vast, Souchez and Carency and about) the Ypres-Comines Canal. “Our artillery dispersed an enemy working party in front of St. Eoi this , afternoon. _ “Friday night the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry recaptured a trench on the Ypres-Langemarck road which‘ Our line there is completely re-establish- ed.” - ' ’ scssrfiiidfr lS DECORATED» U Boat Which He Commended Was‘ Not Sunk, as Reported. I A despabch from Paris says: In;' Spring Operations Never Faster in the Province. A despair-h from Calgary says: “Seeding is 130 per cent. done in South- ern Alberta. more than 10 per cent. complete in Northern Alberta, and go- ing ahead over all the Province with breakneck speed,” was the statement made Wednesday morning by a high official of the Alberta Farmers’ Co-opâ€" ' erative Elevator Company, who has, just returned to Calgary from a trip through many parts of the Province.‘ “Never did spring operations go fast- er," he added. i The man who is sure of his own ability never has to brag about it. “HHLLHND‘NAY BE ATIWAN WlTillN NEXT EIGHT DAYS” Remarkable Article Publ A despatch from London says: The Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily Mail cables that the crisis in Holland continues to cause great anxiety. It is omierstood that Germany has in- formed Holland that Great Britain in- tended to attack her and proposed to send German troops to Holland. The Socialist newspaper \'o‘.k, which first protssted against Dutch' .William has decorated the commander 'of the submarine formation was received from reliable sources on Wednesday that Emperor which torpedoedl the Sussex. It is understood Wash- ington has been informed of this de-g velopment. The award of a decora-i tion would make it, perhaps, impos- sible for Germany to punish him, in, case such a demand Were made by the United States Government. _+.. -_ Preliminary View. “Hubby, Iam going to town to-‘ morrow to see some new baits. “My dear, toâ€"morrow is Sunday, and: the shops wil be closed.” “Who said anything about ‘shops? I am going to church." y l l I i 4 I ished in the Rotterdam' Socialist Newspaper Volk. l military measures, especially the stop-i page of Easter holidays to the troops, ‘ now writes in a different strain, sayâ€"i n15: : ‘ “After an S0.- c interview between a‘ ialisr leader and the Premier v:te hold that these military precautions i are very necessary. The people must support the Government and must re- cognize the: Holland may be at war in eight days.” THE WEEK’S ( . in; SIHOPE E SIJAS o. . I KS 12.: ERSINJAN @ " “2 " E: Y “a. , The most important piece of news during the week was the announce- ment on Thursday of the arrival.at Marseilles of a strong force offihs- slan soldiers. The news came as a. dramatic surprise, and the first in- timation that there had been such a. movement came in the orders of General Joffre to the French troops! wherein he expressed his apprecia- tion of Russia‘s action in thus show- ing her determination to keep up the fight along with the Allies tor the common cause. There was nouncement as to what the strength of the Russian force was. ' The Russian capture of ish seaport of Trebizond on the Black Sea was another piece of news which came quite unexpectedly. Since the capture. of Erzerum on February 15 by the armies of the Grand Duke Nicholas but little had been heard of any further moveâ€" ment of this force. It was known that the Grand Duke Was giving the Turks little time to recover from thedossfotJheir-..Caucasian . town-7 000,000 GERMANS % 0N VHHDUN, FRONT Enemy Has Thus FarflMad-e USO'Ofl Thirty Divisions of Troops. A despatch from. Paris says: In» their attempts to take Verdun the; Germans up to Saturday had made use of 30 divisions of troops, amount; ing roughly to 600,000 ,men, accordfi ing to an official statement issued by; the French War Office on Sunday.i The statement indicates that more: than this total have been used, since some of the divisions haVe been re-1 organized, tlfeir depleted ranks filled‘ out, and they have returnedto the‘ front several times. “It is Worthy of note," the official statement says, “that the German command seeks to conduct the opera- tions with the smallest number troops possible, but 00' maintain them and keep them on this front, until they are completelypsed up. As losses are‘suffered, it re-‘forms the units with reinforcements and sends them back to the attack barely reconstitut- ed. It is thus that certain divisions have reappeared on the front as many as three and even four times." French surprise attacks were car- ried out successfully on Saturday night against German listening posts in the Bois d’Avocourt west of the Meuse. This is the only infantry actâ€" ivity reported in the Verdun region on Sunday. The Germans have not re- newed their attacks on the court brook, Le Mort Homme front, where they were twice repulsed with considerable losses on Saturday. The German artillery was active on Sun- day against Hill 304, the important position on the west bank of the Bethincourt brook, and there also was fitful bombardment of the French positions on the east bank of the Mouse and in the Woevre. An attempt by the Germans on Sat- urday night to capture a mitrailleuse which was causing them trouble west of Vauquois, in the Argonne,.failed. ._ _ +. GEN. VON ER GOLTZ DEAD. Organizer of the Dardanelles De- fences Passes Away. A despatch from Amsterdam says: â€"Bar0n Kolmar von der Goltz, com- manderâ€"inâ€"chief of the Turkish army, died Wednesday of spotted fever at the headquarters of his Turkish army, according to an official announcement received here from Berlin. He had been ill ten days. DEVEL ‘61:." vcaorox pASUA -.- ,/ W/ .. 7 r .3. TREBIZOND no em I the Tu'rk- ’ 9f, Bethin- ' / I // "v‘ 1 / fio / , - ' . m soisscm. _‘ “t \ . EHT r4 RHEIHS' - c 0 "5‘ "‘5 “(RNA -“' amt; 43.0“ . \J , fl/ «Assign, 5,4,,“wa . ' i O L‘Z BATuq ' ER ‘ ZERUH Trebizond is 185 miles from Erzer-. um. and the difficulties to be our-i, mounted were great, but the Grandl Duke pressed on. and with the help; of the Russian Black Sea fleet cap- tured the town in the early part 021 this week. . , The importance of this capture by the Russians cannot be overestimat- ed. ,l’t practically means the 1055 of Mesopotamia. to the 'Turks,. but 'the' immediate result will probably‘ be that the pressure on General Town- shend's' force, shut in In Kut-el-Am- ara. will be lessened. Sir Percyl Lake's relieving force is having a hard time in its advance'along' the. Tigris, not only on account of the opposition of the Turks, but becausei of the flooded state of the river. Thel Turks are putting up a. strong fight and in an attack on April ‘11-18 they'torced the retirement .0: the British division on the south bank to a. distance 015/500-800 yards. A new offensive by the Allies in the Balkans is looked for as soon as the armies there are got properly together. Despite Greece's protestn 'BNITISH”.‘E..;TAKE A ' ' . - AFRICAN: TQWN. General. Smuts Advances .Into. the Interior. ' .r A despatch from fLOl‘ldOYl-I says: Amazing progress has been made by General Smuts in his-"campaign tle is now in progress .at Kondoa Irangi, over 150 miles across the frontier from British EastgAfrica. In- stead of striking" along the Tanga railway General Smuts has pushed in- land at'a tremendous rate, penetratâ€" ing the Umbugwe and Kondoa Irangi districts. in British hands. knownthat a considerable force Abyssinian troops are” attached-a: to: Gen. smuts’ forces. HNHEHWAEEKCHEH It is not generally Hundreds Slain in Adrianople, Con- stantinopie and Smyrna. A despatch from London says: Wholesale massacres of Greeks at Adrianople, Constantinople and Smyr- to the Morning Post. acting together," say “killed 400 and wounded 300 Greeks ’after pillaging their houses. i 1 . iTroops Brought From A despatch from Pctrograd says: â€"While the northern armies of the ‘Grand Duke were completing the con- quest of Trebizond the other Rusâ€" sian army advancing from Erzerum gained an important victory. In the iregion of Aschkala, west of Erzerum, the Russian troops by a night assault chain of high hills which They and icarried a had been strongly organized. icaptured four Turkish officers imore than 120 men. i FINRTHVE WAR . more men are being massed n Sudai a orce of Bay. and last Tuesday Serbians joined the there. . The fighting around Verdun has lost all appearance of a. eneral as" sault on the defences o the town. Scattered attaoks'here and there by the Germans show that the warfare there has now partaken o! the naâ€" ture of trench Warfare. Both to the east'and the west .of the Mouse there has been a series of artillery duels with but few infantry attacks. ,The British forces in the neighborhood of St. Elol were attacked at the end of last week by the Germans. but they regained what little they lest, and. in addition went some distance through the German lines. The Italians have begun a new offensive aginstgthe Austrians, and have been successful in capturing Monte Fume Pass and Monte An- other Allies cm, a commanding front. |Several other positions have been taken, lending great assistance in breaking down the Austrian defences. in German East Africa, and a. great bat-W Umbugwe and Salanga arei of. : Ambassador , ately. . . _. ithe note, and a short, general conver- na are reported in a Salomki despatch , sation followed. “In Adrianopie ! and Demotica, Turks and Bulgarians» s the despatch,'. In the‘h :iHNHNiAN Cilth 0i Hius -. ‘ w CAPTURED HY THE RUSSIANS Hundreds of Ottoman Dea The enemy left ‘ height on the the Italian artillery _____.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"I' Smyrna district several Greek vil- lages were raided, 200 persons being killed and many wounded. Constanf tinopie was likewise the scene of serious massacres, no figures. pertain- ing. to :whie ,"' adds the», correSpond‘« ent, “are available. All the mas- sacres'occurred on April 11.” . _ +â€"~â€"â€"â€" 'WltSfiN’S NOTE I Now DELIVERED , Ambassador Gerard Hands Message on Submarine Issue to Ber- lin Minister. A despatch from Berlin says :â€" The American note in regard to sub- ' marinewarfare is now in the hands ~ of the German Government. It was delivered -on ~Thursday evening to Foreign Minister von Jagow in the usual manner, with no attendant cir- cumstances to mark the unusual im- portance of the occasion. Owing to the length of the note and the ap- spendix and to the delayed arrival of iii Bit} TURK CITIES one section of the note, it was not ready for presentation until 7.30 o’clock. Ambassador Gerard then. rolled the document‘in a magazine to protect it from alight rain which was falling, and walked across the square to the Foreign Office. The was, received immedi- The Foreign Minister read .__.____n<_ Duluth, April 25.~â€"Wheatâ€"~No. 1 northern, 951.15% to 331.17%; No. 2 orthern, $1.12% to $1.14%. Gallipoli Annihilated ~~ (1 Left on Field. hundreds of dead on the field. Some enemy elements which had been re- cently brought from Gailipoli were an- nihilated, while the other Turkish troops which participated in the fight sustained heavy losses through the Russian fire and bayonet charges. In the Black, Sea a Russian subâ€" marine, although attacked by an en- emy airman, succeeded in sinking a steamer and a sailing ship near the entrance of the Bosphorus under a heavy fire from the Turk batteries.