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A deapabch from Ungeni, Rumania, says: The revolutionary movement in Russia could not remain Without in- fluence in country, where hither- to there has xisted neither a Social- m‘nor Labor party. Friday morning nty members of Parliament as- embled to formulate the basis of a ‘abor party, which adopted a pro- gramme of which the following are ALLEEES HQ”) Lens and Laon, held by the British and French. Field Marshal Haig and General Nivelle are holding their re- cent gains and throwing back th: at- tacking Germans with heavy losses. A despatch from London says:â€" Bitter attacksfiy the troops of Crown Prince Rupprecht and the German Crown Prince are being made against the positions, vital to the defences of South of the Souchoz River, one of the natural barriers to Lens, the Ger- mans have made a third attempt to ~ capture the positions taken by the gridsh Thursday, and for a third time Save been thrown back. A momentary ooting was won by Prince Rup- ‘recht's men, aided by liquid fire, in fine new British positions, but a bril- 1ant counter-attack recovered the lost trenches and left the British line unâ€" INFLE “ant cm trenches ¢han ged The result lb. 9. total estimated de- struction through winterâ€"killing of 187,000 acres of fall-sown wheat, or 28 per cent. This proportion is larger than in any of the two previous years, when, however, the amount of winterâ€" killing was exceptionally low, being not moruhan about six per cent. in each year Attacking Germans Are Thrown Back at All Points With Heavy Losses. The area. estimated to be sown to winter wheat last fall is 818,400 acres, of which 056,500 acres are in On- tario, 105,700 acres in Saskatchewan, 38,000 acres in Alberta, 8,000 acres in Manitoba and 6,200 acres in British Columbia. In Ontario the proportion of the area reported to be winter- killed is 25 per cent., in Manitoba 14 per cent, in Alberta 15 per cent, and in British Columbia 8 per cent. No report on the winter-killing of fall wheat is available for Saskatche- wan, but as the proportions on the two neighboring Provinces of Manito- ba and Alberta are 14 and 15 per cent. respectively, it is assumed that the proportion of 15 per cent. also ap- plies to Saskatdhewan. Ottawa, May 13.â€"â€"The first crop report of the present season is- sued Saturday by the Censue and Sta- tistic Office relates to the area and condition of the fall wheat crop, the condition of hay and clover meadows at the end of the winter and the pro- 'g‘ress of spring; seeding, as reported by correspondents at the end of April. Winter-killed Wheat Area Esti- mates Are Given. CRQP REPGRT OF THE DOMINEQN London, May 13.-â€"Concentrated on a front of seven or eight miles the British troops during Friday night and Saturday morning made a bril- liant attack on the Hindenburg line from Bullecourtnorth across the Arms- Cambrai road to the north of the Scarpe east of Fampoux. The troops established themselves in Bullecourt, where hundreds of prisoners were taken; and continuing the offensive on Sunday after desperate fighting pos- sessed themselves of most of the vil- lage. A German position on the Arâ€" ras-Cambrai road, about twoâ€"thirds of fl mile wide, as well as a mile and a alf of trench system near Roeux have been taken, and the British occupy the western section of Roeux. It is evident there is not much left of the famous Hindenburg line which BRELLEANT OPERATION BY Attack on Eight Mile Front Gained Greater Part of Bullecourt: and the Western Section of Roeux. Sountry for the First Time Has‘ 21 Labor Partyâ€"Planks in Its UENCE UPON RUE GF TEEE R REGENT GAINS .‘l RUMANIA EEE RUSSiAN RE‘JGLUTEON Platform. THE BRlTlSH TROOPS iof 1913 or the present war. With re- Igard to the foreign policy the Labor §party asks for energetic prosecution jof the war until German militarism ‘ is crushed. The new party has already 'established contact with representa- tives of the Russian Socialists. i W'est of Doiran_and west of the iVardar River French troops have car- lried by storm an important position ‘south of Hume. on the Serbo-Greek border and withstood violent counter- attacks by the Bulgarians. Twenty miles to the west, and also near the border, the Serbians have captured two Bulgarian works north of Pojar. In addition to inflicting heavy losses on the Germans and the Bulgarians, lthe Entente forces in the Macedonian gtheatre on Thursday and Friday cap- ] tured 300 prisoners. the main points: (1) Distribution of the land among all who work the land; (2) votes for women; (3) rights for Jews who took part in the campaign i A despatch from London says: On “he lengthy front in Macedonia the , Entente forces continue their offensive lwith sflccess between Doiran and the Celina River. The British have checkâ€" ed Bulgarian attacks south-west of Doiran, and hold their recently-gained ;positions with a tenacious grip. 'Bwom' BATTLES : IN MACEMNAA Every Assistance to Russian Railroads! Will Readily be Furnished A despatch from Washington says: â€"â€"The United States Railroad Com- mission to the Russian Government‘ left Washington on Wednesday for} Petrograd, where it will give as-r surances to the Russian national auth'- orities that this country stands ready to furnish all the rolling stock and other material that may be needed to increase the capacity and efficiency of the Russian and Siberian railroads.J A despatch from New York says:-â€"â€" Arthur James Balfour, Great Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and members of the British commis- sion accompanying him to this coun- try, received a welcome of amazing proportions on their arrival from Washington late on Friday. Mr. Bal- four was so impressed by what he termed the “whole-hearted exhibition of enthusiasm” everywhere, that later in a speech at the City Hall he assert- ed if those on the other side of the Atlantic could have had a glimpse of it, there wofild be renewed determinaâ€" tion to carry through the struggle at all sacrifices. was broken at Vimy, broken at Vend- hulle, on the Cambrai- St. Quentin ‘Canal, broken by the French between lLat Fere and St. Quentin, and lastly, 1broken at Bullecourt. What there is left, however, is of wonderfully strong iconstmction and could not be taken lat once in a general assault, except at l such a terrible cost of lives that vic- tory would be almost as disastrous as ldefeat. U.S. EXPERTS L'EAVE BAEFGEIR WELCOME!) IN NEW YORK British Commissioner Was Im- pressed by Wholehearted Enthusiasm. French Troops Brilliantly Carry Position to the South of Huma. Hence General Haig’s taking it piecemeal, patiently and deliberately, only after every “push” has been pre- ceded by artillery preparation which has flattened out the Prussian de- fences and abolished the communicat- ing trenches so that the men in the forward dugouts have often been with- out food or supplies for two and three days at a time FOR RUSS CAPITAL The loan will be advanced at the rate of $12,500,000 a month, of which $7,000,000 will be available for relief in Belgium and $5,000,000 for relief in Northern France. By making the loan the United States will take the burden of the re- lief of Belgium and France from the shoulders of Great Britain and France and conduct it from this country so far as possible. A despatch from Washington says: â€"The United States has arranged to make a loan of $75,000,000 to Belgium, which will be expended by the. Belgian Relief Commission. to 311; spring lambs sheep. $10 to $11; sel to $18. VViil Toronto. May 15.-â€"-Extra choice steers, $12.00 to $12.65; choice heavy steers, 11.35 to $11.75; good heavy steers, $10.50 to $10.75; butchers‘ cattle. choice, $11 50 to $11.76: (10., ood, $10.50 t~x $11.00; (10.. medium. $9. 5 to $10.00; 60.. common. $8.85 to $9.15; butchers’ bulls, choice. $10.50 to $11.00; do., medium bulls. $8.50 to $9.00; (10.. rough bulls. 6.40 to $6.50; butchers’ cows. choice. 10.00 to $10.75; do.,good, $9.00 to 9.75; do., medium. $7.00 to $7.25; stock- ers. $7.50 to $9.00: feeders, 9.50 to $10.25; canners and cutters. 5.50 to 6.25; milkers, good to choice, $85.00 to $125: do., com and med., ach. $40 to $60.00; springers, $60.00 to $110.00: light ewes, $12.00 to $15.00; sheep, heavy, £8.50 to $10.00; calves. good to choice. 12.00 to $13.00; 3 ring lambs, each. $9.00 to $14.50; lam 5. choice. $14.50 to $16.25; (10.. medium, $10.50 to 212.60; hogs, fed and watered. $16.85 to 17.00: (10.. wel hed .ofi.’ cars. $17.10 to $17.25; do.. f.0. .. $16.15 to 16.40. Montreal, May 15.â€"Choice steers. $12.25 to $12.75;7good. $11.75 to $12; LOA N FOR BELGIUM Flour $14 .0 $34.5 Northern. $2.91: No. 3 Northern. $2.88: No. 4, $2.74; No. B, $2.49; No. 8, $1.90; feed. $1.45. Oatsâ€"No. 2 C.VV.. 8120; No. 3 C.VV.. 78ic; extra No. 1 feed 7830. Bar- leyâ€"No. 8. $1.29; No. 4. $1.24; rejected. $1.02; feed, $1.02. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.\V.C., 33.3635: No. 2 C.VV., $3.30; No. 8 C.VV.. .1 a. Montreal. Mav 15.â€"Oatsâ€"â€"-Canadian Western, No. 2, 87 to 88¢: No. 8, 86 to 870: extra No. 1 teed. 86 to 87c. Hanaâ€"- Manitoba feed. $1.19 to $1.20. Flourâ€" Manitoba. Spring wheat patents. firsts, $15.10; seconds, $14.60: strong baker-5', $14.40‘ “'lnter patents. choice, $14.60; straight rollers. $14.00 to $14.30: do.“ bags, $6.75 to $6.90. Rolled oatsâ€" Bbls.. $8.50 to $8.75; do, bags, 90 lbs., $4.26 to $4.50. Bran. $48. Shorts. 46. Middllngs. $48 to $50. Mouillie. $52 to $57. Ha'â€"No. 2. per ton. car lots, $13 to $1 .50. Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 42%0; secondskfl to 4110. Eggs â€"Fresh. Me; No. 1 stock. 42c. Pota- toesâ€"â€"-Per bag. car lots. $3.75 to $4.00. Jul W'Innipeg, May 15r-Cash prices:â€" Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $2.94; No. 2 Northern. $2.91; No. 3 Northern. $2.88: Breadltufls Toronto, May 15.â€"Man1toba wheatâ€" No official quotations. Manitoba oatsâ€"No official quotations. American cornâ€"No. 8 yellow, $1.71. nominal. subject to embargo. track To- ronto. Ontario oatsâ€"No. 2 White, 76 to 780. nominal; No. a white. 75 to 77¢, nominal. ficgprding to freighitis oufisjgg, Eggs~New-lzdd, In cartons, 44 to 45c; out of cartons, 42c. Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, 26 to 28c: fowl, 24 to 250; ducks, 22 to 25c; squabs, 991‘ dozen, $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys. 80 Cheeseâ€"New. large. 27 to 280; twins. 273 to 28k; triplets. 28 to 283C; old. lar e, 290; twins. 29h. oneyâ€"\Vhlte Mover. Zi-Ib tins, 14b to 150; B-lb tins. Mic: 10-lb, 13M; 60-11), 180; buckwheat, 60-1b tins, 10 to_ loic. Comb honeyâ€"extra fine and heavy weight, per (107... $2.75; select, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2 to $2.25. “Maple syrupâ€"Imperial gallon. $1.65 to $1 v" nay... “nun-v. .4». "an $3.75"i6'"s4.oo; New Brunswick Dela- maroed‘z. per bag, $4.25: Albertas, per bag Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, medium. 29 300: do.. heavy, 25 to 260: cooked. 40 41c; rolls. 26 to 27c; breakfast bacon. to 35c: backs, plain. 34 to 35¢; bonele 36 to 38c. Lardâ€"Pure lard. tierce. 265 to 26 tubs. 28! to 2690; pails. 26$ to 270; cc Eound. tierces. 20$ to 20k; tubs, 20} 033; pails, 203 to 21¢. 25c: perilbizr'é‘léfir Eéx'ifés‘ Toronto, prompt shipment. MJllt‘eed~Car lots. delivered Montreal freights. bags includedâ€"Bran, per ton. $42: shorts. per ton, $45; mlddllngs. per €013,354? good feed flour, per bag. $3.00 0 .1 . Hay-fiExtra. No; 2, Def Coins $12 t9 $_13; Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 Winter. per car lot, $2.98 to $3.00: No. 3 (10.. $2.96 to $2.93. according to heights outside. Pegsâ€"No. 2. nominal, according to freights outside. Bax‘leYâ€"Malttng. $1.40 to $1.42. nomi- na]. according to heights outside. Runâ€"No. 2. $1493 to $1.95. nominal. according to freights outside. Manitoba flourâ€"First patents. in jute b883, $15.00: second patents. in Jute bags. $14.60; strong bakers', 1n Jute bags. $14.10. Toronto. Ontario flourâ€"Winter, according to sample. $12.50 to $12.80. in bags. track TOI‘C-ntO. Dromnt shlnment. m‘xea. per ton ronto. Markets of the World mixed, per ton. 89 t6 $11.50. 'track To- ronto. Strawâ€"~Car lots. per ton. $8.50 to $9. track Toronto. Rutter Fresh daer, choice. 39 to 40C: {eamery prints. 43 to 460; ollds. 42 to Minneapolis. May 15.â€"â€"Wheat. May, :.02; July. $2.715. Cash: No. 1 hard. 1.26; to $3335; No. 1 Northern. $3.01; $3.1M. Corn. No. ll yellow, $1.563 to .583. Oats. No. 3 white. 70% to 723a. our, fancy patents. $16.30; first clears. 4.00; other grades unchanged. Bran, 4.50 to $35.00. Duluth, May 16.â€"Whea.t. No. 1 hard. .23; No. 1 Northern. 33.20 to $3.22; 9‘ 2 Northern, 53.1.5; May. $3.20; July. .23; asked.NLlnsee_d, $31950; May, $359; Cdl‘éd__111'e5:t§â€"-Léfi§ c1 Pprtatoesâ€"On s11 :‘buus Remove Heavy Burden From Great Britain and France. Country Produceâ€"Wholesale United States Markets Live Stock Mark eta Montreal FROM UNITED STATES I Winnipeg Grain Septenlbér} $3 . 415; Ucfdb’er‘ Canadiah. hand-{Sicklefi} 75 to $8.00; Canadian xel. $7.50; leas, per 1b. track. Ontario. per bag, New Brunswick Dela- 15.â€"Choice steers, good. $11.75 to $12; 76: butchers' cows, $9 to $11.75: calves, $6.50 unbs. $8 to $12; old ; selected hogs $17.76 Markets handâ€"picked.’ Vper 1. medium. 29 to Sc; cooked. 40 to *akfast bacon. 30 to 35¢; boneless. ear bacon. 24 to 24 to 25c. 26: to 2630; to 270; com- tubs, 20‘ to A despatch from London says: The Germans are keeping up with great in- tensity their offensive against the Briâ€" tish around Fresnoy and to the east of Bullecourt, but are being hard held by Field Marshal Haig’s forces. The village of Fresnoy apparently remains in the hands of the Germans after its recapture Tuesday, but the Canadians and South Englanders are still holding vantage points around it, from which the Germans are vainly endeavoring to expel them and put an end'to their harassing fire. : To the east of Bullecourt, where the British have established themselves a scant two miles from the outskirts of Queant, the Germans are striving hard to push back the British to pre- vent the capture of the southern end -of the Drocourt-Queant line, which Two submarine sheds were blown up. Sixty-three persons were killed and upwards of a hundred othere were taken to hospitals. Naval and Aerial Units Co-operate in the Bombardment. London, May 13.â€"â€"A naval and aerial bombardment of the German submarine base of Zeebrugge, on the Belgian coast, was, according to reâ€" ports received here from Rotterdam, the most destructive yet made by British warships. Our casualties in the present offen- sive were from 50 to 75 per cent. less than on the Somme. Our success was largely due to our distinct artillery superiority, in connection witl which the Chancellor paid a warm tribute to the flying corps. Average Expenditure of Great Britain for Military " Operations. A despabch from London says:â€"In the House of Commons on Wednesday Right Hon. Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, referring to the west front, said the rapidity of the attack had forestalled the enemy, who had to fight in the open, with heavy losses, because he had not had time to preâ€" pare trenches. Since April 1 we had taken 20,000 prisoners, 257 guns, 227 trench mortars. While in the first 24 days of the Somme drive we advanced three and oneâ€"half miles on a six-mile front, we had now advanced from two to five miles on a 20â€"mile front, where there were twice as many German divisions against us as on the Somme, and half of them had to be withdrawn. DAELY WAR COST . [3 $37,000,000 A considerable number of Cana- dians availed themselves of the in- vitation to travel on the Royal train to Portsmouth, and they were favor- ably impressed with this permanent memorial of the Dominion's interest in the welfare of the navy. A despatch from London says:â€" Tha inauguration of the new wing of the Haslar Royal Naval Hospital at Portsmouth on Wednesday by the Queen was the final achievement of a movement initiated at the outbreak of war by certain Canadian ladies. Miss Plummer. secretary of the Field Com- forts, claims to have made the original suggestion for the hospital ship, and which found the ready support of Mrs. Gooderham, Mrs, Ellen Bruce and Lady Drummond, with the result that $250,000 was collected. Of this $100,- 000 was handed to the War Office for Military use. Another amount was devoted to the building of a. wing to the Chatham Naval Hospital and the balance to Haslar. As the author- ities decided against the hospital ship the scheme for provinding a hospital for naval nurses was accepted. This new wing overlooking the most fam- ous naval centre of Britain bears a suitable inscription on behalf of the women of Canada. The opening ceremony by her MaJ jesty was quiet but impressive, and Sir George Perley's speech handing it;' over, emphasized the magnitude of' the war work carried out by Canadian women. British Také Another Portion of the German Trenches Defending Lens and its Coal Fields. MEWS FIQHTENS CGNTHNEJES AT FRE§NOY ANE) BBLLEWURT 003mm WING 0,000,000 TONS CANADIAN GIFT; 00 S003 YEARLY Queen Officiates at Opening ofIProgram of British Shipping New Section of Naval E Minister to Meet the Sub . Institution. Menace. BRITISH SHELL U-BOAT BASE. would prove of great menace to the important town of Cambrai. The viciousness of the battle is indicated by the German official communication, which announces that the fight for the village is of a fluctuating nature. The British evidently have pushed a step forward toward the capture of‘ the town of Lens, and the important coal fields in its immediate vicinity. South of the Souchez River during a night attack another portion of the German front and support lines, to- gether with a number of prisoners; was captured. ' For the most part the line where; the French are facing the Germansi is undergoing a period of comparative; calm, except for artillery duels andi small German counter-attacks, none of the latter of which met with sue.‘ cess. Author of Gyroscope Submits Plan That Amazes Naval Experts. A despatch from Washington says: It was learned Wednesday night on unquestionable authority that the Na- val Consulting Board has submitted ta Secretary Daniels and his advisers a definite and completed plan to cope with the German U-boats which has proved a revelation to the best tech- nical brains in the service here. The Provisional Government will, however, insist on coalition in order to force the Socialists to share in the responsibility of the government of the country. They have repeated the appeal recently issued warning the people against anarchy and civil war! with a possible return to despotism. The Moscow executive committee of the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Dele- gates is opposed to the idea of a coali- tion Government, and advocates the immediate summoning of an all-Rus- sian congress of soldiers’ and work- men’s delegates. U-BOAT “KILLER” IS ENDORSED. A despatch from Petrograd says: General Duszky has been removed from the chief command of the army on the northern front. He remains, however, a member of the Council of War. In making his statement in the House of Lords, Lord Curzon an- nounced that the program of the Min- ister of Shipping provided for the cre- ation each year of mercantile shipping aggregating 3,000,000 tons gross. The Government, said Lord Curzon, was taking the most drastic steps in its power to acquire merchant ships by building or purchase, and after the war, he predicted, the British merâ€" cantile fleet would be equal to or bet- ter tha; before the war. RUSZKY REMOVED FRGM CQMMAND Lord Curzon gave figures showing tl.at before the war the United King- dom had 45.3 per cent. of the metâ€" cantile shin; under 1,600 tons each, and 45.2 per cent. in December, 1916. In ships exceeding 1,600 tdns each, he said, the United Kingdom had in June, 1914, 3,900 vessels of gross ton- naage totalling 16,900,000 tons. The corresponding figures in March, 1917, he said, were 3,500 ships aggregating nearly 16,000,000 tons. If the Shipping Mlnlster’s program was to be realized, it would be neces- sary, he said, to provide an additional 100,0,00 workmen and to double the weekly supply of steel, while, at the same time, allowing the present Ad- miralty program to proceed. Famous Russian General Is Superceded on the Northern Front. A despatch from London sayszd During a discussion of the shipping problem in the House of Lords on Thursday, Earl Curzon said that the Admiralty had the first claim and the first call on the national shipbuilding resources. The result of the British naval program, he stated, would be that after the war Great Britain’s naval tonnage would exceed the naval tonnage of all the other nations of the world.