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â€"__ WO BRITISH _ _ STEAMERS SUNK _ _ THE CHRONIC _London, Dec. 3. â€"Reuter‘s Salonika correspondent telegraphs:. News that Russsians have entered Bulgaria has aroused intense interest, and there is much speculaâ€" . stt C MR tion as to the next developments. _ It is this move will have a farâ€"reaching effect situation of Bulgaria and will modify the affairs in the Balkans. No direct and sp« fiofi of this message has been r« NOBODY IN GERMANY UNOERSTANOS WHY THEIR ENEMIES HAVE NOT YETBEEUN PEAGE NEGOTIATIONS Berlin, Dec. 2.â€"Commenting on the P the Reichstag concerning conditions upon peace, the Overscas Agency says :â€""This that in Germany nobody understands . why dpfeats in the Balkans coupled | with mili gun peace negotiations. The Imperial Ch: these possibilities in the Reichstag . durin ‘ing debates will probably show that the 1 Germany still blindly believe in Germany stration and similar delusions. Ther efore oimonmmnn aecreveds css Berlin, Dec. 2.â€"Commenting on the proposed Socialist questions . in the Reichstag concerning conditions . upon which Germany would _ make peace, the Overscas Agency says :â€"‘‘This interpellation is due to the fact that in Germany nobody understands why our enemies, . after diplomatic dpfeats in the Balkans coupled | with military failures, have not yet beâ€" gun peace negotiations. The Imperial Chancellor will probably discuss these possibilities in the Reichstag during the next few days. The ensuâ€" ing debates will probably show that the rulers of countries at Wat with Germany still blindly believe in Germany‘s starvatiow, her economic proâ€" stration and similar delusions. Therefore _ any peace conditions put forâ€" ward â€" by Germany, though dictated by her success along all the fronts, would be interpreted by nations opposed to her as signs of weakness and weariness of war." * 00000000 onnccass menitne TOTAL BRITISH _ CASUALTIES _ ABE510,281 Taught h i ght ho *. thing pat ' to y« upon | will London, Dec. 2.â€"From the hbeâ€" giuning of the WaL until Nov. :9th Mr. Asquith told the House yesterâ€" day the total ‘British | casualties were ©510,230. Of these 379,958 were in France, 106,610 in . the Mediterranean, 11,502 in other theatres and 12,160 in the maYyy. ‘Those killed and died from â€"wounds totalled 108,923, wounded 331,051 missing © 66,956. Casualties gmong the officers alone totalled 20,369, of whom 8,910 were killed. CHINA HAS NOT BEEN ASKED TO JOIN IN WAR WS THAT RUSSIANS HAVE ENTERED BULGARIA HAS AdOUSED WTEREST; â€" wC NV PA RERCtINE EFFECT Poeking, Dec. 2.â€"The Foreign Office, has issued a statement | that thel Chinese government has neither _ reâ€" ceived nor considered any proposal to abandon its neutrality abd join with either London, Dec. 2.â€"The British steam ers Colonse and Orange Prince be tween 2000 and 3000 tons each have heen sunk. bresumably by submarines. Why spend months at a dressâ€"makâ€" ing shop, where you do nothing but ‘zi. baste, overcast and all the litâ€" tle things you réally knew pefore you went there,: as no matter how long there, . you will never _ be how .to cut out a dress. . The 4 thing them left is for you . to‘ patterns, these . you will soon: "to your dismay to need alternaâ€" upon alteraation, until your gatâ€" will loose all its original style t %. _ Why endure it * When . a utting course with us will remedy it ‘ Looo AH. â€" We teach a complete course in Cutting, Finishing, and Putting To gether â€" of Waists, Sleeves, Coats, Skirts, Children‘s Dresses, etc., etc., _ No "Qy in advance and a given. 1‘;!’00' are $10.00 after course . is completed and you thoroughly satis . Next olass will commence on 1th. . Full information can pe had at vesidence on Saturday, Pec. 6th. sunk, presumably arn Dressmakin in Two Weeks group of powers. BY SUBMARINES SECTION Ellison Dresscutting Co., 4 Fby St., Rerlin. y on t jz free trial MAJOR OSBORNE â€"â€"NMUTRA _ uT NOR Major=Baron Osborne who left Berâ€" j lin in August, 1914, in command ol'| the gallant â€" fourteen who composed Berlin‘s first quota of volunteers, bas returned to Canada and will be in ‘Berlin shortly, according to word reâ€" ceived here by Mr. Charles A. Madâ€"! dock. l | Writing from Ottawa a day or SO ago, Major Osborne stated that hei ‘had returned to Canada in charge of ‘a party of wounded soldiers and . is ‘now on duty in Ottawa, but expectâ€" _ed to come here as soon as he (‘an] | get leave. 7 umss Tall (encerlunded cesrlacd s. It is expected that ag effect on the internal odify the whole aspect of t and specific confirmaâ€" eccived in London. gyu J0C0b Major Osborne . was wounded early last spring and has been in England since that time, although he thas been out of the hospital _ for several months.â€" Owing to the condition of| lhis pne leg it was not advisable tha!] he should return to the front. | , I REPULSE OF [ RUSSIAN ATTACKS IS REPORTED TROOPSHIP HAS Berlin, Dec. 2.â€"ArmÂ¥ headquarters | toâ€"day: reports the repulse of Russiard attacks by troop$ under General vonl Wothiner. * I"Rooiigllfrggss AFELYE London, Dee. 3.â€" The ocâ€" P L !vu]mtion of Monastir by an 6 ’g?:';a,w . ;i;â€"i;‘:'lv;o:"r:;::'c:: | Austroâ€"German f:()l'('(‘ y(‘s-\ this morning . of the :roopg:i"p_ \torday afternoon is roportodl f::°2i."ui‘3éfl‘u:f |‘2e2dv|d',r°c':rryin¢ (by Reuters Salonika corresâ€" 07; ihe :.‘t‘.:",'g;“;"o';"::"d" ,f:";""lpond('nt. The only flag d e mressainee ies e t ol ns o0 C uriah 2,400 men. lmwupmd was the Austrian magu TRANPS . ensign. â€" The Bulgarians did B,Ri:;l::;::oagg::m‘\ . {!mt onter E\lufmstir, remainâ€" ARE RETIRING!”.“: at I\m.mh, south of the T2 city. _ Itas reported, howâ€" London, Dec. 1. â€"The British armysever, that they will march in Mesopotamia | is retiring. OMecial |jpg, Monastir toâ€"day. announcement was made toâ€"day that the forces of General Townsend were retiring to Kutel Amara. BROTHER OF PREMIER HEARST PASSES AWAY Qitawa, Dec. 4.â€"â€"The armuU®! "" England was officially announced this morning _ of the troopship Saxonia, which sailed from Canâ€" ada on November 22nd, carrying the 54th Battalion, British Colum bia; the 58th, Ontario; and ‘No. 1 battery siege artiliery, making . a total of eightyâ€"three officers and Sop, Dec. 4.â€"Jobn Hearst, brother Premies Hearst qed here . .s mornâ€" ing. He underwent an operation for appendicitis Monday but was thought he was out of danget and the Premâ€" ier who had come to his bedside left tor Toronto yesterday. Lendon, Dec. 5.â€" The British steamer Langton Hail, of 450 tons, has been sunk, presumably in the Mediterrancan, by a submarine. MONASTIR I8 OCCUPILED BY AUSTROâ€"GERMANS NO INCIDENTS OF IMPORTANCE ON wWESTERN FRONT 31 CANADIANS WILL RECEIVE COMMISSIONS Ottawa ‘Toronto, Dec. 3.= duates of the Cana ing _ corps were 1 commissions in the (lenertal G. Watkia Paris, Dec. 30.â€""T ed without incidents ance," the War Offic this afternoon. $00 o, Dec. 3.â€"Thirty one gfaâ€" f the Canadian officers trainâ€" eps were today approved for tons in the British army by G. Watkia who came from to examine them. Chronicleâ€"Telegraph, Waterloo, Thursday Decemb« â€""The night paseâ€" ents _ of importâ€" Office aninounced RUSSIANS HAVE TAKEN 12 MILES OF TRENCHES SUCCESSFULLY EXPLODED MINE TWO BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK IN | MEDITERRANEAN London, Dec. 4.â€" The Russians have taken tweive miles of trenâ€" ches, 700 prisoners and a large quantity of war material and proâ€" visions on the Tukum road, west of Riga, according to a despatch from Geneva : to the . Exchange Telegraph Company. PUBLIC OPINION IN GREECE * FAVORS ALLIES Paris, Dec. 4.â€" The afterncon statement says: Night was relative ly calm. Some shells of large calâ€" ibre were discharged to the east of Grenay _ and in the region of Shapigneut. We exploded sucâ€" cessfully a mine near Vauquois. Torrential rains . interfered with artiliery fighting. Athens, Dec. 4.â€"Public opinion is veering towards _ the fullest acceptâ€" ance of the Allies‘ demands, London, Dec. 4.â€"â€" Two British steamships have been sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by submarines, the Middleton and Clan Macleod. Four men on the . former vesse! were killed and one was wounded. Nineteen were _ killed on . the latter. The ships were of twenty hundred and fortyâ€"cight hundred toms respectiÂ¥@ly. ... 200 k0 ++ ++ .EEXRâ€"-VAUQUOIS : (Greece has c = TELEOGR, Two British ]Gnnncn's DELAY | HAS AROUSED Paris, Dec. 3.â€" The proâ€" ‘longod silence of the Greck Government respecting the ldonmnds of the Allies has again aroused the suspicion 10?‘ the French press. _ One !m‘\\'spnp«'r assorts _ that ‘Grecce has concluded, or is lahum to conclude, a treaty ‘with Bulgaria hy . which .Munustir and the Verdon |Valley in Serbia are ceded to Grecee in return for aid against the Angloâ€"French loxpoditionury forees. Wedding announcements and inviâ€" tations printed at this office at reasorâ€" :'bl‘l; prices, lot us have your next P THAEEâ€"CENT STAMP wWILL BE ISsSUED Ottawa, Dec. 3.â€" INC PDRCLET fce Department, as indicated a few days ago, has decided to isâ€" a â€" stamp of the value of three cents, obviating the necesâ€" gity of putting two stamps, regâ€" ular and war postage, on a letâ€" ter. Upon the two cent stamp a special mark will be placed, givâ€" ing it the value of three cents. In this way it will be easier to revert after the war to the regâ€" wlar two cent postage. r Oth, 1915 . Page 9 MORE SUSPICION The Postâ€"Of \CAPTURE OF | IPEK, MONTENEGRO, I 18 ANNOUNCED Berlin, Dec. 7 nounced toâ€"day Montenegto. ST. JACOBS FLOUR MILLS wheat. Paying 95¢ for wheat, Standard wei ght. For economy and success In your . Mave you noticed how we lead the way Flour Prices? Our "EAGLE" brand of Flour for genral purposts is hard to beat, and sells at $2.60 per 100 ibs. flour 7.â€"The War Office anâ€" the capture of _ Ipek "HEARTS DELIGHT" a high class bread flour is in tlass by itself and seile at 2.75 per 100 the. i These prices are good for cash or farmers delivering Another outstanding feature is QuALITY RIGHT PRICES E. W. B. Snider, Proprietor 8T. JACORS, ONTARIO. FLOUR KING ALFON8O __. > HAS ACCEPTED , RESIGNATI Nadrid, Dec. 7.â€"Kimg Altonso accepted the resignation of his isters _ and _ will confer toâ€"m with political leaders AysASt ; PAGES 9 In your baking use our mNkaA ¢ with RIGHT v CÂ¥