The dail v. news VOL, VIII. NO. 32 PII1NCH hUI'KIlT, H. C, WBDNKf l).V FKIHllARy 7, 1917. PRICE FIVE CKNTtJ AURICAffS BELIEVE WAR IS INEVITABLE WASHINGTON RUSHING NAVAL PREPARATIONS-HOLLAND FEARS HUN INVASION WAR BETWEEN GERMANY AND Jam I so HOLLAND FEARS INVASION STATES BELIEVED INEVITABLE AND NOW FACES STARVATION It RUN REPLY EXPECTED TODAY MAY BE DECLARATION OF GERMAN TROOPS MASSED ON BUTCH BORBE WAR AMERICA It PREPARING FOR IMMEDIATE I FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY SPAIN MAY NEXT TO ACTION EFFORTS CONCENTRATED ON I TAKE ACTION TENSION I INCREASE IN NAVY OVER SAILOR'S BHMBCft ,pttl f 1t Dally cus the part each is lo play in .nui to tiw tuit itn.i ifear that. In desperation, Germany Waiblnglon, Feb. 7 Germany bringing pressure lo bear upon Amsterdam, Feb. 7. Anxiety man treat Holland a she did Bel-concerning nfr U) Wilson' note Germany to have her relax her Holland's future is-crinm. relation method of sea warfare. r off diplomatic ; breaking more Keen today than at any Approp-.tions. C L G I UM Spain May Aei. u eipected within twenty-four period since the outbreak of the The House of London, Feb. 7 will sours, It tir be declaration Itepreenlatfves Where the British Torpedo Boat Fleet put the. Oerman Fleet of ar. Several factors contribute -Spain The belief I rapidly agrees to an appropriation of probably be the first of the neu. f ar Fourteen -lrovers lo Flights-Dutch reports of this engagement to the gravity of the situation. rrytUliilnjr among officials here million for the purchase of gun, gave as many a seven German destroyer r auxiliaries sunk, Holland is now facing starvation,jtral nations lo follow the action Uat ar with Germany it in. aeroplane and munitions. while one other was towed to a Dutch port with a pile or ueaq as she has never been able to or lhe Males in severing rela-produce niuble This belief haa been The Marconi Company o f on her deck. Germany claims tbat she lost no ship and had more in a year than she lions with Germany, The govern, rtmiitbened by the. receipt from America, in the event of an emergency, would in has only one damaged, consume four 'months jment despatched a strong pro-and fcrilo of a press despatch qubt-la will place It entire or-gantialion a half. The existing stocks jlet lo Berlin against Germany's Foreifn MinUter Zimmerman at the disposal of the MERCHANTS TO FIGHT TEN THOUSAND HAVE of grain are sufflcient to last only.'unlimited submarine warfare and u nyta-, There la no alep back, government. two weeks. may lake the same course as the sard contemplated h (lermany Congress, over-riding the President's GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RETURNED FROM EUROPE The opinion in official circles United Slates in the matter. fcitostng Preldent Wilson's ac- veto, has enacted into law here is that German concessions Tension Inert asst. tt:0. the.immigration bill, with the . " regarding a protected xone will be Ambassador Page ia gathering America Prepares. long-fought illiteracy provision. There were about fifty business Uliawa, ten. 7. Sir HoDeri a m--e moekerv if th United!full details regard in thu killln The work of preparing for'Protests from Japan are expected men of the city at the meeting of Borden announces that ten Ihou- glalM the war The maMJof an American sailor on the tUBUuhlles l being pushed for-ar4 lover the panting of this legisla. the lletail Merchants' Association sand Canadian soldiers are back. lng of German troops on the British freighter Eveitone. which today, The greatest effort lion. from Kurope. Much Ume is be- Dutch border is eaiislnir consldJwas shelled by a German uh- last evening in the city ball. O. U beitt centred on the navy, the ing devoted to considering Iheir erable uneasiness and there is a marine. Tension has greatly in- moil important measure being THIRTEEN VESSELS Smith, president, occupied the welfare. It is believed that many icreased as a result of the inci- la puilst of the bill to supply chair. Hrilish soldiers may come lo &n-IVJTfCII AVIiTnftC dent. fo&di for la Increased nary made SUNK YESTERDAY Aid. Meltae read a letler which, ada after the war and legislation Prfmier Lloyd George says Imperaiha ia the emergency. So in conjunction with It. A. Grant, dealing with land settlement is MMsTK KKUlWUJ1 that Germany is facing certain h hail been instructed to send ramtMrlj tod quickly U the work tPl Tb Dmy e.. being introduced? defeat, and that this fact is behind United l0 p j Chambjn, president of the studied proceedim tkat. If .the savagery of the London, Feb. 7. Thirteen ves- the Grand Trunk Pacific, in re get 18,000,000 from the Dominion elates tailed to strike. Huns. M upon set were sunk in the war tone gard to the making of Prince flu-perl government, while the C. N. London, Feb. 7. Hostile raids be raa do m immediately and t Prominent American citizens in yesterday. Six of these were the headquarters for the G. It. at the same time got 115,000,- theu-Sommahave, ba.Jeatea A on Londaa.urge.the UnHd Siatea.to complete forcibly. policy .of ;v ooe'ltus-slan He thought that by bring British, five Norwegian, T. P. steamers and In connection fOOO. secrecy it brief followed by the off. Three enemy aeroplane were lake quick action. and The Hritlth in regard ing their steamer headquarters one Spanish. with the lack of action and the All sailings from Norway to the rotrrnmect departments and six destroyed down in Pmldent bat discontinue hi steamer Port Adelaide, one of the to the drydock. The letter pointed here, the company would help the brought United States have been temporarily vessels sunk, was an (4,000 ton out that the interests of the city so much that the citizens a damaged condition. British daily conference suspended. with newspaper-cming liner. Ninety-six of her passenger merchants of Prince Itupert and would -respond and the result aviators dropped bombs on Zee. Swiss Aatton. lo th delicate situa. Uuft. and rrew were saved. The the company are mutual and that would be mutual gain. Kerd-;brugge, doing damage to Germah Berne, Feb. 7 It is semiofficially captain wa taken prisoner by the more support the merchants iwt the believed that', , Bernstorff Leaving. Tssential P0 boaU ,n lhe harbor and announced tbat 8 wl tier-land the submarine crew. Kive lo the G. T. P. and the more the first was to start Tea liernitorff will sail far I !...nn...t II.- .mnonv U-a In Ih h iDbuildinff. I selling are to buildings and toe has framed a replr to the Ecrof next week and prcpara. hed of docks. Wilson note and has declined to i... k..n . ti it nl J. Jabour thouKht that action ; tkj are now under lo con-rrfrat HYPHENATES ARE depart from a line'of strict neu- way PRAVINQ FOR PEACE on to show thai, to date, it had should be taken along lhe line , 7 the German consuls at adopted by the Board of Trade. forces are n ow firm ly been a one-sided arrangement, , Xf York. Ambassador Gerard . T .. 7. . t. . n i ..j etabliheil on the Tieria ami thnir tim t4iir lhe gelling an me en- . u v company ripteiu kt! Berlin for home today and all mp ixiih..rv ha.i irnnA in win.'artillery now controls at shorl Aaerkans in Germany are advised Seattle. Feb. 7.-Forly German. cou""'V" Z' T V tnng the mouth of the Uai Iliver to leave at once. lhe dryuockJ'b7Tnou near Kut-e.-Amara. iraSX'lr'S the, Othse Neutrals. !ociei (.. .. .... .. , . m.u-- k. The Presbyterian Hall was The other neutral are expected .5" .'"tr.lD" !!lluiertwhatlheaP.H,hadbeen his return. GERMANY PERMITS packed yesterday afternoon to t male a response lo Wilson' uniieu mr "' - . v ' i.nff Ihnncht it would h BELCHAN RELIEF WORK "ear Mrs. Godenrath deliver a ebon praying for peace. lO nucuuier, iiutr uau ureu ; (lecture on ber experiences at the today. Should Ihey follow 'hpyhenales are based this statement, which Impossible lo nave mis the ship-: , t lead of the United States, It The crew of the interned Ham. on ping headquarters unlil the dry- t ispteui to Tk Dm? jitw.i 'front. The lecturer was intro- had not been realiied. II pointed w probable that be burg-American liner Saxonia have . I .S, jf It. as t. at 1 1 'duc?d.b Mr- Verne ,iB there will a out that competing line or;icK was acuve. ue inoupi me London. Feb. 7,-Cermany has ,u inference of alt of them to di. been placed under arrest. They .Uamora ant a lami share of the one would a louow t ine a. .. omer a a . auio a lnmm?.i nni i hit ih. nrV nf'ow Broiwd covered tried to wreck the engines of the matically. the Belgian Relief Commissioo.irf lure,ilhf ourl ?u"' W0 CROSS SOCIETY vessel yesterday. business here, which they would . ... ... her audienca QITS KNITTING MACHINE nol gel were the G. T, P. to make Aid. McMeekin suggested that American represeniauves on uie,.'keenly interested 7 from start to . mia.t- t- .nnWMi committee be appointed to lake . this their headquarters. a vmum0 awas hs w ftw w iiu v finish. Her graphic MAY SEIZE PLANTS the drydock question with the remain in Belgium unless the description Mr Chamberlin replied that, so up ,f. Mofcl'Jr. M. P. Pn ha i of the various phases of life at Undly - far. it had not been found prac Ikuninion government. United Stales declares war. Many donated a kaitting machine the front was one of the finest (iitl k T tuj jio 'licablo AM. McRae, seconded by It. A. relief ships are how at sea and! " the llej Cro Society. Sox to make this the shipping things ever listened to in the Waolungton, Feb. 1 In the headquarters, though it had re. Grant, moved that action be sus are in danger of destruction urgently needed and, with two city. At, the close, the. lecturer it is believed that He pended until Mr. Pillsbury re ""chines, the event of war. reived careful consideration. society hope thai made a special appeal for the, Ire the President will have a free understood that the company turned. AUSTRALIA BCTERSHNEB supply will be forthcoming Blue Cross Fund, in aid of the shipping and am- of its J. C. Gavigan moved an amend hand In selling purchased fair share Immediately. Miss Itudland, horses and dogs which are so invaluable Considerable and ment that the association take (Special lo Tb Dally flewa.1 M Port munition plants. ,u,)pirs at Prince Huperl Simpson, with Mrs. W. T. to the men at the front Is being moved from'ouij He- action to force lhe G. T. P. lo Premier K""in, will be at the Ited lo ammunition continue to do so. Melbourne, Feb. 7. and which are often wounded. fooma on Thursday morning U the navy yards at Norfolk l0.ferring to the drydock, he said ittart somelbing here. This was Hughes, in a speech In the House The sum of 142 was realized. '1 1. 1 It l..l I..... HHMAau wa seconded by J. Jabour. Mr. Jabour said thai Australia is "Plain northern port. yesterday, the working of the ma. limi 1 iiau urcii urtcvsai v Mr. Godenrath was heartily "ine. All ladles are Invited lo pair the Prince Huperl in the said that the G, T. P. put determined to fight to the end. thanked for her interesting lec end and to make arrangement RED CROSS SALE south as the necessary steel the drydock question up to the ture. nil 'plates were there. He said that government and the government ODBFELLOWS BANOE ome or their ,n thi spieoidld work. spare lime The Red Cross sale on Friday arrangements were under way lo threw it back on lhe G. Tv P. THE ORABLS 'have boats overhauled A. r. I'arnin pointed out that The Oddfellows held will be in charge of Mr. Allison their here, a most Born to Mr. and Mrs. C II. 'when such the G. T. P. had no sav a tn .,n i i,ii .i-i.- n,i .ton. Mrs. Kelly a is practicable, Selling out at cosl, phone 193, and Mr. J. H. Kelly. course Ornie, a eon, at the General Hospital venalle A Hannan. If. will display the splendid colec- Aid, McMeekfu congratulated where the John was to be tepair-n tj,e K. of P. Hall last evening, thin morning. tlon of war curios which she has the committee of two upon the ed as the repairing of a damaged there being seventy-five couples waeoMTion oe tm crrr oe rainot receded from Kurope. They are,manner In which they had pre-well vessel was entirely up lo Lloyd's,!present. The prixe-winners were, aureirr worth eelng, both as curios sented the matter. He thought who called for tender. Mrs. C. W. Embleton and Mr. J. NOTIOI and works of art. Ladies are re. that the answer of Mr. Chamberlin . P. Lynch said that the mak-iE. Toomire. first, and Mrs. B. F. WESTHOLMg Ir minded that a large supply oi was fair in every particular. Ing of Vancouver the steamer Seir and Mr. A. Enochson, con-headquarters l.l, u W u Jae tai or rsrtbie,roiif home coctking can be dlpsed of J. C. Gavigan said that he was and the purchaslng'solatlon nriie. The ladies first Of SEA BOMB Zt uk ln,tto'. h UI luu if it. at thee sale and that the lej not satisfied with the reply in re. of supplies Ihere only went to;Driie ws kindly donated b Mrs. TONWtT ONLY manl for supplies for led Cross gird to the making of this port make business for the C P. II. g. V, Cox. When the card tables wen Moor and MarfuseHs iwlri" 01 " in (mii work l ii-Itent. the headquarter for the steam, He said thai Mr. Chamberlin did had been cleared away dancing Osuriei In pmi4 uhoi ruruwr aoiir. mi ttr of the company, and It was not say why it was impracticable was begun and was kept up until "ROLLING STONES" CJTT COLUCCTOn. TftAINS RELEASED a question whether the.company to make the headquarters here,an earjy hour this morning. The 1 would ever make the change. He no poinieu out mat to per ceni ,muio was nrovlded bv the West- TOPICAL Cheyenne. Feb. 7. -Fifty trains thought they should force them oi ma u, i. i steamer purchases holme orchestra and all present FOR SALE on the Uiil.m Pacific rt)ad were to make it, as the time for plead, m Vancouver were or goou,enj0yed every minute of it. today after having been lug was past. urouKHi wesi over ine u. f. nM release,! snow.boumi since January 31st. Mr. HofTman said that under wlUch could be landed here at the NEW WELLINGTON GOAL, LONDON CAR . UXUARV ttWOOftCR the circumstances nothing could same price. On the other 25 per phone 110. We have just re. luQir, 12 feet beam. Cold In Berlin. be done. He moved the adoption cent, 'the. G. T. P. would get lhe AMsVtxssxs rite blueprint, photos Berlin, Frt.. 7. U " of the report. This wa seconded freight north, so that they would celvod a shipment of 500 ton Third Avsfius nd Inventory, apply at the . . . i mn.t Kin whole by Aid. McMrekln. be nothing out of pocket in the Lump Coal, We are prepared to of Prompt Ssrvle I urr office of uieiow Icountry tero I In the grip of evere Aid, .Mcllae said that the com. deal, and would be the gainers in put in your winter's coal for you, there Is U sat ai aJ "cCafTsry, Gibbons A Boyla, eold There are nn rimo pany had had a great deal to coiw increased support. He said "If Limited. inetits wove.of Iniporlniif" , of tend with; were not able to pay it U the disposition or the. G, T. Tie makers wanted at Lake BOXES FOR LABWS r - :. the front. operating expenses, and had to (Continued on Page four.) Kathlyn, phone 381. tf.