The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-12-07

ing editorial the matter In today ISSUE saying that the
time has now for the allies begin to form the def
mite terms on they would be willing peace
negotiations If these terms carefully considered before
peace negotiations Begin there will be less chance Tor the
allies lose overlook the advantages which they have
gained on both the fighting to date The Post
speaks confidently the matter being possible OF beng ar
ranged suitably to the allies and it assumes that even the
of the nation must admit that the allies are able TO
discuss terms on better than the Central Powers
Much stress is laid upon the supremacy OF Great Britain on
the sea- being said that England maintain her present
naval blockade indefinitely and this pressure In the END
would alone be sufficient to insure victory for the entente
powers.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29-The Canadian government today
threw bombshe into the Chicago wheat pitt when the news
became public that the Toronto administration had ordered
the of sixteen million bushels of wheat now stored
along the Great Lakes and in the big elevators OF eastern
Canada The seizure is response to request from the
British cabinet wish keep the wheat for themselves
prevent being disposed of to foreign buyers The wheat
will be needed in England and its colonies owing to the ex
raordnary market conditions governing food supplies due
to cutting off of the Balkan supply The price which the
Canadian will for the wheat has not yet been
fixed but the effect the American market to force up
the price of American wheat immediately The exchange
opened this morning filled with excited brokers' and trading
started off brsk with December delivery quoted at $lO5
and $06 against O 2 the price quoted at the close OF
business on Saturday.
LONDON Nov. 3O-Monastir has been evacuated by the
Serbian army the civil population having previously de
parted The Serbian troops retired in good order and the
Bulgarans will occupy the place. under the command
of Won Mackensen Although badly defeated and out
the Serbian army still unbroken and undemorazed and
reorganization of the troops will Immediately take place
the Albanian and Montenegro frontiers to which they
treated for fresh action Apparently the Russian
from the Roumanan quarter has caused the eutons to aba
don the proposed offensive movement against the Anglo
French in the Srumsa The Russians report local
gains in North Poland
BERLIN, Nov ao-The Teutons have captured Prsrend
in Western Siberia.
SCUTARI, Albania Nov 3O-The members of the Ser
bian cabinet accompanied by the official saffs of the
departments arrived here today and proclaimed
this city as the seat of the Serbian government.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.-The office issued official
bulletin this morning. announcing further progress for the
Central Powers in the invasion of Serbia West of Stnca
river the army under General Gawz took thousand pris
oner and forced the to retire into the mountain fast
The Bugarans captured three thousand Serbs when
they took the city of Prrend and also seized eight cannon
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-There is every reason to believe
that the copper market will renal nm for several to
come regardless of how long the lasts This fact was
demonstrated today when Germany purchased two hundred
million pounds of ammunition and "copper" costing $4OOOOOOO
The metal is not for immediate delivery but is to be placed
in storage under agreement that 1t will be shipped to Ger
many as the is
SANREMO, Nov 30.-The German attempts to destroy
the muntion plants in Italy have been uneahed and have
considerable excitement In the discoveries made the
German consulate is involved and drastic action will
be taken to punish the offenders
ROME Dec In diplomatic circles it is believed that
the emperor urged Austria cede Pennsylvania and part
of Bukavina Roumania price for her benevolent
trality and in return Germany cedes Sesa to Austria 1t
is reported that the Kaiser visited Vienna in order to
stop the Austrian negotiations with the allies for separate
peace the strain of the becoming too great for Aus
tria to hold out much longer.
VIENNA Dec. There is considerable internal dissen-
diplomatic circles and consequence the Austrian
ministers of the INTERIOR and finance have resigned
and their successors will be Immediately appointed.
VIENNA Austria, Dec. 4-The Viennese proud of
the fact that they have dealt enient with the English
French and Russians in the capital Only suspicious charac
have been nterned and among the enemy aliens at
large in the city there is far freedom than Berlin and
mos the other German cities The visitor from Berlin for
instance surprised to find that language be spoken
the telephone Nothing but German permitted in Ber
lin, and INSTRUMENTATION of German word may be
followed by polite but firm request from the telephone oper
ator to Speak German please The second offense
a severed connection.
CHICAGO, Dec "A bomb shell thrown into Illinois
labor circles yesterday when the state grand jury returned in
dcmens against Of the leading labor unionsts