public 0*9
ienfense."
CANAOIAWtf'CONTINUE WUVE . c
r J AGAtl^T LINE AT LENS
Brazil to no longer a neutral In tie
world-war and the German empire hafc.
another enemy arrayed against ft. <?
Having previously revoked fU poli
cy of ajoofiaess eo tor as.lt affected
the hostilities between the Halted
States and Germany. Bra all now has
come definitely Into the open and an
nounced thai It can-no longer be con
sidered naatral in the wjtf between the
entente and Germany. ? ' . "I c ;
Although no-. amiounccimct hu~
been made as to whether South
&meriefi? repuWfc wilt actualy enter
Into hoehlJitiea by it* revocation ot
fteutrality, it deilnite^- aligns; ifceU
morally on the Bkle of^The United
States and the entente,
/f*# Canadians, men from all parts
?of the dominion, tor? t^ken another
hack Stlir^men Hneft ,$Kitacting
LeM,. the coat center lb- th* Depart
ment of Pae de Calais andbave be
rewarded with another encroachment
?8P n flieir
affective curtain flres. 'stormed?'* and
raptured Cterman first Mne positions
tfeffre Avion an& also the village M
Mauretter Ifcey defeated in ibefr on
RUSSIA LAUNCH
EXTENSIVE j
long a region of eighe*,n and one
German positions. Berlin, says
Utack was mafliF
Strip* and Iho
tributary *f the
soction southeast
i! Berlin reports that
the Zl*a Upa and
,ave brought m new
the opposing forces,,
m of tta .Bosaian
been active, and from
It & learned that an
sfceenhr progreaa in
<Aher war material.
ROOD Yl EUYRALS HAY BE
W$ wppi^ o^MW^rooa
? '?
Which to: Replace With tmporta
^Brought From America,
Waa^lnJToa.? Hridenoe that Ger
many Is obtal^ag >ra?t quantlttea of.
food from th# European neutral coun
tries has been 'presented to the United
gftea by Great Britain tor the Amer
ican governments; oMtno^to de
thisf. the British statistics purport to
show, is replaced by the neutrals with
"flcandtaavla and Holland/ fie
information sets forth, enough fat la
going into Germany to supply 7,700,
900 soldiers, virtually the entire army
of effective in the empire. German
imports froto these countries,^ it la
declared, ..reduced to calories will
equal the total ration of 8,600,000
Hroops, thedtee of the German army In
the we?t.
.|^GmrraanV: purthaaA^of f ftwdsfcOfa
abroad are made through the gov
ernment department oif the interior,
which has organised a special divi
sion to buy from the jwntrals. In the
'^ly '"tla# war, the Qermaa
government stimulated importation J of
food by excluding imports from op
eratlon of maximum' price tews, be.
this drew such ^vigorous protest from'
German producers the practice wa?
?tepgedt^ '
? ^ ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? MB ?;
*nm
__VtRV GREAT.
BITUMINOUS PRODUCT ,'?#??
-' ??* ab vntiiaaiBBi trtcrr.
;v *v?; ,#4Sf3^jifr3gy
41 ? : > ?' i ?? tf> SSv V x ?? 1 ? '
Decreases Ranging FrofnOnetO Flv*
Dollars Per Ton to the Public.?
Question of Price* on Anthraolta
? wa^j; i tl-jssSvk ',56/ ? ? ?-, <>>-,
- :*^hington.-^8iiBwg)jbji reductions
In the price of bituminou* ;OMil at all
mines east of Mississippi fiver, rang
ing from one io five dollars a too to
the public, with an additional cut of
fifty cents for the government, >ero
agreed upon at conferences between
the operators and government offi
cials. The new prices become1 effec
tive JtOfJt
? Fotitlnuidnd operators' who gather
ed here at a call from Secretary Laa* '
pledged thenwei?M to furnish their
pppduct by committees from, each field,.'-!
l^rUer lji the dW tlWF tod agreed tof
place the price lixing in phJ&ipud* of H
the government through the defense
council's coal production committee?
Sedro'ai^ Lane *?*d CowmlsWoner^
Eprt, of the federal trade, commission, ,-j
thuk avoiding the possibility of violat
ing the anU-truat laws:
sutvey, estimated that" th?- ertuee#?
?prices would mean that the operatoro
Fould get fJSO.OOO.OOO less vuiimiy
for their output
In addition to placing prices upon
coal at -the mlu. It n. aunounced
that jobbers. brokers, y retailed and
/commission' men would be permitted
afte^^^^^'?%<fe^B^ ***
operators: fThe^anthc^^ra
have indicated willingness to mc
government In the same spirit
tested by the bituminous men.
?fcrokei; diplomatic
many; Austria-Hat
^So7 ' ii war ha
cl&rod, the Gre?I