Vol. :$, NO. $8
PRINCE  GEOUGEoB.C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1918
Five Cents
Allies Continue Forcing Huns Back to Old Line
i Special to the Cltiz^r.�  -!i Arm res m Franco. Au
 Ui
Germans
old I Hiivleiibursr Lin!, which hn-i been reached on northern '.one.    Fort v-two Gcrma-n d'iyi-I5i ve     ^icriHecd     eonsnkJrnb!e i :!ie presejit drive, losUi^ for-m:i i sold.x*i.s ineluding >c\era! i oilicyrs in pn^os'.'is jilone. -h  Army ia Fnim'C, Au�j.'2.l�.--.i nines are \ijroi\�u-iy  follow^ ;iud" success which tt-pjKUvnt-heen  <>;ic "i   tile    'must     dvns-i r t vptTicneed by     th1      Gi'l'-(iennan*-.'      have    Post    wide
 have  g                 tijjcl
:;;!>h ha\e lakcn  �[*- and i.irue ijii days arc re-
irajvlivl a ^r. <*;i t sn.cx-e-fs although file ciHVrny trud tii-ctJoia of withdrawal in "ftitT In avoid battle, (tennan- hnw-i'\'.T [t nipio than thiry-live thoir-|>*Vijcl primmer- besides hnnnbers kil-l" ef Canada    and    said
Canadians Take Towns and Then Push On Beyond
(Special to the Citizen). London, Aug. 27. �It was the Canadians who, early on Monday morning, in the new British-offensive southeast of Arras, captured Wancourt  and   Monchy Le Preux
<';'iindiar^_werc.<�f maiivoiw.'s and  and   pressed   on beyond  them, according   to   Field   Marshal  HaigV communication.   The statement also   records   the  capture by British of   Montanban   and   Bazentin*   Le
�find mutual troodwili    auhal
(i;   id and slrip owner
 S(irii!i!�� river.  All* m!  !�� P'-.i
 Oil ;
 oi     A H
 ami:1.- as
 v. < 'oil'
 I,    miert -
B. C. Cabinet Ministers
Address Big Meeting
 Army m b ranee, Axis 27 I lie   Lnrnian   retirement is con-
-���< .-���:    tinning   along, many parts of   the flrnttie front on Monday night.  The  are   overwhelming enemy's
 ra;�; f
iup-an.l
 a pa ;ni!
" Pise i_-it\ ernn.en? huve  no intention ! recovi
We are u >j on iui ejection tourjey of (houfrh rumors may be <;urncfcit io th.'it svsiw t'ffeet. We are endeavoring to freffcio'f tht e it-el" t't 'tile neevi> �i{ the j'itiopic <>f c:jitie t en! r:s! British ('oludii>:a ivicr nUiv to re.'i .er >
m-d from his recent illnes>>. He w:ih the itiiiil construction poh-
thc iro\eminent, dcfendinir the ti  of e:!uin<*t*rs bi'inu"   in
 work.    He pointed it � the ditii-
:iiiic- in secn.rhii? nieii ia  B.C. thor-
French Arm$>>Qise Front, I 27.�The. First Divisfonof Prussian Guards were brought vrp^on Sunday. At the first rush they^ai^ed K^mid l>etvveen Pont St Mard Orindes Demoute Cove, butweie obliged to abandon the fi�-ld soon after,   leaving   behind   manv dead
 we
eon
'"  uncj four hundred prisoners.
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jUitiick*3     wesi Four biiiidnvl   n Idi-        In a uu>
baw�     bee'j     taken,   dress the I
\riicneai;- .ha.ve car-    (:    !�-r.d.  i<
- far    it,-.    So;>>tni>-    !� j.,re a  h
i  front �?!  e-.v/ht linn"    �:;(�<;.n-
: cl.o(|non< and  Iotv. .1. \\". Kiirr
�i\   <� i'\   i'iiii\cMi!i!   with  }iif'hway leient  mt-   >true:lii�.n tn.it felt satisiic-d    In'tier re- { pREFDOM OF ACTION
.>u:t>u-,,lMM.-,,^v >v!l,,,-�.,lc-o.I lm,l|    FOR CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
tervi 1 iu\-   been  wy.tii.nwsi siiK'e tile    department '
m
ALBERTA CABINET WAS
RE ORGANIZED YESTERDAY
i.  An-.    27.     Th:      tv-or-
of    the    AiUwM't-a    csfil>i-n(*.t
��'�I   y*�4torwtnt;
up:     l*re;irioyle;        I'ubli*-
Lean;   Ktiucat ion,     Smith;
.   Mar-luHl :  MuimVv1  af-
i.     Maelviiy;    Treasurer,
'�re.jirv.  (l.iricj)y;   lOnitry,
in v\thabasc,M.
 a
Attorney   hivd  bc*enUtoi^anir.ed.     "Many    new tV f   New  7*c^ikuu)  and ji'-out six ;niii�ion doilu.rs to me�H    ;ui  niiftwl tuid proirre.^ivs?    land evpcnditun> of dle^en ni'illions. Three-   ule> Ikivc lonir existed has more for-dblhirs )kiv�> io bo foin I an-   ward hind-legislation than the    prov-iiiid    sinkitii:   �ince of  Kritt-is'hCoiumbia-.    Wt
i'proi)lein    of already    outlined    two    development | lenirtli witii the irrigation prol>le.m in conform .areas in Central  B.C.. one at Telkw-a ! the
'n ium1
y to meet  iiKvreM
a rirc.->.�"' The 'problem
 where line b-eginniiuj.to notice '(thatthe. siv'i'e- meas-||v   \>\ < loea.ed o >    I ho    Allie.-.    >iilc  j:; ,   r, p...    'f >%-^�- vic.o    ;#V*oj)    (�r:"i  ! .:-n   th:> bes- have
 ^       and  introduced
 v-ji.riou.s    other  K-^t session.
FOCH IS DECORATED
I1 itt
A.iijr.     'J7.     The     .Muni<-ipal
'   l'a'ris li;i.> uiisniimously a\~
"   -���)!   Marshal  Focli    with
i (|!  honor in rcH^ognition of  ;;l|Mni,' \i\<
1 "�'    ('<'uununve.rHUM'ivt. >o i(t cannot be said tvofiiics are enter-j Speaking: of .{die irovel-mnent l� is no pu'a^ure lor n new ^ov^rn" in.y ruto our pla'.ns for this riding'has ;]u3d here the stated'tfits matter ii eni to incrraxc the taxation and to I an opposition member and a Jevelop- j bct-.n consi^teirtly brought to his ait-eurt;iil public expenditures, where 80. rnent area \\~h\te my own <'(Misti1uency j.lt�mJo:i by-3hiyor Perry ?md though velopmeiiTl^   necessary as it | ..tVl'rinec lvu|xirt 'has a exit inert .minis -the probJem was not solved for Prince
(r a.nd lib land settlement area.    \Vie|Ceorg;e as yer/tha    proporbioiKite al-
 had
uhicIi d
i-in tIts� province.    But we have eop!e.  re-, hope �ns tnueuocs on  to exiteiKl    t'lus itiuitioiu jiiv    d'(it�irmi:uMl I policy    and    th:i>claims    of    I'rince -like a din in-   George for a ii'area will   receive   full
to ha\e ellicicnt  business i-'lration in this |)rovince."
AnyVi '' Id
>' may " ';' ih'i-
�: with the P.Ci.K. he suiid it lubviiur relatives, or friends jwa's the wvUuufcion of the irowrmnent :i! ar� re !|1i'l advlrcs^'s 1o Mrs. j (Jeorjjt' as �o()ti as. conditions mal^. "This yeiar forty-two mi'les !- liiis week in onler    ilwit   of steel lire to.be la.iresentn]ji< aa^riiinents to tihe g"0.v-ei'ii'iuenit. to cJuvntfe i1ie>.riili?ig" so as ti)
, .,,,.,��,.�......     , ..... ...........- ....   ent t           ^e iw.g
we pnu-tioaltly ctmftscate unusod hind j penn-it equHies   in    outside   sub per cent, is pl-aced i>n hin.l nTth-held from sale, besides whidi Mve Uw .1 will bo assessed at ly on property in theTji.t-y�
which had now bceiu done. Alex. Mii.iison-, M.P.P. for Mazelton, spoke in eulogistic terms of the prem-^ and the minisit*irs;iji reply to som<>
upon it by t:he.4u>lder >^io refuses to  H^tiiM^iii^iMi^forwanl by   Mr.    Dey-scll at lh.e pri<�e i( is    vahuited   at by
 kin:
Mr. Gaeskilll ipresided.    The nieotin^ osed with Vhv -naiHonaJ untliA-an.