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.OF TWO AMEN
RARE ACHIRVEMIINTS OF BRIT.
ISH FIGHTERS
Now the Ceusership Boa .Are Down,
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Stories Are Being Ilubliehed of
Many Gallant Deeds.
server earveyed the lorry. One gleam
' was solgrient. Petrol!
'Come our he commanded, in the
most autheritative voice lie could
muster, aml pointing to the tins, semi
, wade hia meaning clear. ' The mech-
anic* meekly obeyed, and seen were
i moving teward the eeroplitne, each
Iwith a load of petrol, the airman cloae
on their heels.
'staving the pilot teedookafter the
filling of the tanks the'' observer
1
• •
For esoinsss and resource in
cult and dangerous Situatiorat Oconee
ot the youthful airmen, who tet the
beginning of the witv had Mt yet laid
-agide their schoolbooks, &mid hatdli
be excelled by some of .the oldest and
most experienced professional tole
diers. A little sheet tehiele !ewe
just heard about hovetwo youngsters
of the Independent Afr Force escaped
from. Germane" -aftee scene thrilling
experiences' le a good illustriition.
These two young men. were com-
pelled recently,. after severe ItglitMitt
to land about Meanings 'behind the
German lines. Finding it impossible
to restart their engine they quielcly
set fire to the machine and lumped
• **ay through the darlmese tower'
• the:lines. -Whenday dawned thee
4found themselves near a wood, which
ttniemed to offer a favorable hiding
, place, Upoivfurther refieetion, how-
ever, they decided to crawl into some
low underbrush a Sildrb distance away.
All day long they watched: the Ger-
Vane seaec4ing for them. in the woad
. opposite, approaching at tunes within
a few yards of them. The day passed
slewlyt and as soon as it became dark
they eteptkirdin their biding place And
Moved Cautiously toward the German.
Thies. •
Arrived4ere vvithout mishap, their'
=imaged thegrope their way umh- -
served as far as the front line. Sonie-'
times they 'panted eentries, and often•
heatel German soldiers. talking in the
• trenches, and in the dugouts.
Home in Thirty -Six Hours. '• •
• c, When they "tried to get through
the barbed wire, however, they were
discovered and a inurdekouemachine
gun fire was opened upon thein, They
' /ay dawn instaatly, and for nearly ten
minutes the Machine gun bullets tore
threat& the air all around them, but
as it by a Miracle, they received no
hurt, At lest the fire ceased, the
Gerfnans eeldently satisfied that who-
ever was there muot have been killed.
re.
turned to the lorry. Opening several
a the tins he sprialed their con-'
tents freely and applied a meta,
with reitolte natutally' fatal to the
lorry. The mist was now lifting tool
by the time he had rejoined the pilot How le it that whereaa Gerraani Was
a large village gold be seen not more, demineut East and West dowa to the
than a Mile tretty. [Middle of July, less thou feur subae-
t • There was no time to be lost. The quer." raouths, reduced her 'to helplees
• engine was started, the two airmen sabmiseion? asks the Londone States;
: eqvering the Iluns in tarn, and as tho man.
, macisher deetedoiesitthly foevrattl the ' nofetn.JulY lil 41' hbaAe° 4 i-51"4
1
.. °beerier waved Mem farewell. oktory had faded; Ludereleeff had
i Ilalf an hour later the two young Toot too much time Yet we were stilt
i men landed safely hi their own aero- bcund to fear for ourselves a terrible
i &gine, to the great joY of their ' winter, evith our armies 'separeted at
I squadron commander, who had given Abbeville, andhvitle Perla more or less
' them up ae lost ,* urder bombardment What expleins
the rapid transformation? '
1819. ----- - The Remus:Who.
Yea, Becher weepeth for he Ohildrenl ' The question admits., we believe, of
• Bet , die knows that in more tender .beieg'imswered, neth eopaiderahle eei.,.
ie arms than even hers ''' tat, tye and for many roue:421a is (lei
• Her hablea neat- ' •-•° -----te -arable -thatetligetereentantereenhould
Because ebeia Rachel, and has been be rightly apprehended. In the first
To dentit's dark gate 'and back again, :
Therefore most certainly she • htiows place the enemy lias not been.reduced
From 'which her own hns come, • ' tngfaerMilinae; tot et kilUi:gCrilivil apilodpnblais.
- Gad's mother -heart
then; but he has surrendered *Ride
But when thg, children weep .10.el .three months of harvest ewhen• hie
Rachel- graie stocks must be far higher thee
Ah, 'tie then the agony that 'lies no they were last midsummer. He has
comfdet. rends , , . , been brought low liy two actore-..
Their untaught- Bouls.1 military ,defeat in the lid and the
They do not hum. Naught have they collapse of civilian morah oth these
to look beck uPon: ' r. deservelo be examined -
For them the blackness . of ;the On- - . Defeat in the West.
WHY DIME WAR
END SO QUICKLY?
MAGNITUDE OF THE BRITISH
ACHIEVEMENT
•
The Great Factor:Which Decided eh
War and Reduced Germany to
' Meleless Submiesion.
Why did the war end so quickly t
of the war will be taipted to Under-
estimate our debt to hini. Ile gave
the allied efforta that element of co.
ordineted strategic piirose which
they had hithertollaekd, arid super-
• added elements of 'quiek reseureefait
news and large planning which were
all his own. But if we Iodic into his-
tory we alinli see that vary few, if
any, of the great strategists have won
their wars WIthoutpossessing a tee-, Suggestions Fier ltViter nTire Care,
.191111P.7.41EVO0110711;; Ar;ring7.;
O 'Meal advantage, whiat enabled them' 144 Many motorietsknow that
to count nOrnalli On wirtning their Arm) (objects when wet cut' tires
• battles. Aleaander and Julius Caesar, menh more readily than when dry?
Cromwell and Gustavne Adolphue and Repair Men alwaye wet their tools
Feet/crick the Great. Napoleon and before eutting away supernuoue parte
Wellingten and /Utile,. are all ex- a patches. Pieces, of lee or frozen
• amines of this rile. And Marshal ridges of sinew injure tirew to• a Much
•Foch is no exception to it. greater degree ion stones of equei
Behind our tactical. and strategical sharpness. '
superioritlea there was a third factor, This is enly one 4 the' extre men-
wshilairetlgilstlunthtirredgeacri sdievdw
e eeitclillttichoces t
r. other eource of tire damage, es-
ahat intinterbas for tires. Are,
wee the scale and quality of the Ana- nodally harnifillt in winter, l under
• erican reinforcemepts. •inflation. Motorists accustomed to
By mining with the utntott caution
and at long interyids the two airmen
Snunigited to work * way under the
barbed .wire and -crossed **alto the
French' lines. In thirty-six hours
•afterethey landed behind the Germant
lines they were back once 'There at
their own aerosleolnet
In his book, "Sister Mary •and
• Company,", Mrs Robert- Holmes is
'credited with telling some true stories
mere amusing than any- fiction. The
• war in the ale Provides more every
day. • have ;just been told •one in
which plenty • of spirit eriv've sorts
figures, which will he hard to beat'
' : The German' munition factories had
been ‘boMbed with excellent effect,
t.ri the homeward journey :the
htBriefsh squadron encountered a heavy
•thendeestom, :in Which several -ma-
climes. lost their formation. One of
2 them; a two-seater, of which the corn -
'mos had unfortunately been smashed
y stray Ulla, emerged from the
densest part of the storm elouds, :but
' on looking .down for a recognizable
village or ,cross roads ftinri which to
get their' hearings the two, airinen
could see nothing for the mist of rain, -
and with no compass to guide them
: they knew they were in for an aux-
bus time. For nearly an hour. they,
pushed on blindly and at last the pilot
decided to land, as ill's tanks Were
practically empty. • • •
COuld`Not Discover Wherealmits.
Beloerewas wide expanse of de.
' eerted heath, and in spite Of the mist
they Made a, perfect landing. Climb:-
ing out of their seats, the nieraennow.
held a council of war. Thep was alit
eolutely hothihg -to, tell them tet which
. side; of . the lines they. had /ended,
' and finally it, Wai decided that. White
:7the pilot itutentet1 guard over °the
'aeroplane the obtervet. shottld neon-
-mitre the adjacent Country.:
Drawing ;his the observer
moVed ofrand quitkly disappeared in
the Mist, whieli 'evdry_minute seemed
to grow denser. After walking a few
hundred Yards he etruelk a road, quite
- Well frequented one by ite appear'.
., ante, and here he -decided to .hide and
• avritit events. • - '
Re was not ke-pt waiting. Icing; for
scam the loud irregular zug-zug-zug of
. a heavy motor etrecic his ears,
!-Oretielliegetiowttettheeditellesthe-obt
server Could hear the lorry slowly ap-
proaching, •and • *NM he could niece
• out its unweildy -form, gradually be-
• canting more and More distinct
• . through tbe miet. The 'engine was
coMplaining badly, and suddenly,, to
the young airman's' delight -fee he
was thinking rapidly ---it stopped cem-
pletely. A. most violent string of
• Teutonic curses -broke the silenee that
followed, and the airmen grasped his
pistol. Be gnessed frOM tile VOideS
•.that there Were only two mechanist:
.charge of the lorrY,.and that they
,11Ad dome downirom their seats and
vier( tinkering with the erigine; stilt
eproing. '
• ttlfortels up, gentlemen!" And a pair
el.' astonished Ilunslooked up to see
a young Englishman deriding over a
- known but closes Oven • Military defeat meant, in the liret
Upon an awful emptiness. • •_ place, defeat upon the Western front,
And little heads toss vainly for that whatever Mr Lloyd George mar say
t soft breast. .: about tlitek doors," this war has been
Arid little bends stretch out to,.feel.' Won in Artois aPicardy. and Cham,-
Thatthise nhoatndthere. . • ' pagne, not in Syria Macedopia. The
, „ public still realize tea imperfectly the
en...t(! vstupendousictoresw' hehicahraectaeLioefd thtahte chainof• • 6
If thou bast aught of comfort .;91
give, • from the Marne and- the Avre• to the
If thou canst hold a little. tired head tcbetnin des MUM* and the Britieli
Upon, thy breait, above a mother :
from nere all ,the outskirts of
If then eanst clasp in*thine, the little
Arras to the Siegfried ; and WotaP
. groping hands- t
lines. AS de they appreciate all
Until this .night has passed- .
that was implied for the GermancthY
Mien )(now, that .from the whiteness
the' instant and total failure of their
God's Throne
To the lite will Caine down the Chita. 'slipreme effort against General Gour-
.
-0e Gee, , 'aud's Army. was • the 'appalling
Who weelneeseit a Chace ' , .disaster Which these, ,hattleio consti..
entet'tilted, and the. instant threat which
orrERED)orom...017r,amts , they entailedi that compelled the Ger-
. • Mani to forfeit ,the strategle oidvan-
tage of their central position, end to
French Are Accepting•Only _Best of
; give up-, reinforcing the Turks and
". Gerinset *Matellat- :Bulgarsr because they no longer had
'Reports from Sarrebritek, 'Rhenish reinforcements' to send.
Prussia, indicate that the delivery of
German railway' material is being . ,
• ' •
carried out very slowly, but -Without What has made the peodess• rapid
aeon objection by the Germans. They has been its uniformity. 'Since the
tried- at first to 'MSS off worn-out tide turned on July 18 there have Been
Freneletailivay cars, but the commis-.
sten which was receiving the material
was strict inits examinations and an.:
ceptecl only two or three eats out of which before Was tipped heavily
every ten!: The, French • authorities against, the allies. The Third Battle
are all the more 'sever -i this ecinnee. Of the Somme tipped it heavily'
tion, as it. is declared they have proof against the Germans. Since then the.
that the Germans during the war had. eriemO has never :at any time been
built quantities • of ears which they able to resist , successfully on thp
held in preparation for 'proposed whole of his Western line at Once, He
economic invasion to follow up the brought the Mnericans to a long
expeeted Gernian victory. • , standsp. north. of Verdun, 'and, cone
The Lokal Anieiger of 'Berlin says sequently, checked General Gouraud
it learns from competent iourees that also. • . -
But the British:Amities under Sir
Marshal Fedi has agreed te'ptistpape
the date.tor the surrender of all Ger- Beughte Haig's command, with the
man locomotives until February 1: First, French Army under General
Debetiey operating on their .rigfit,
It.Decided the War.
few allied set -backs and no allied re-
verses The Second , Battle of the
Marne redressed the military balance,
- • 7-7—*• •• •t.• . have never really been held up From
The Survival Of the Dog. August 8 down to the very eve of the
armistice they won an uninterupted
:things, in terms of wax; but out debt German
think of dogs, as also MOSt. other series anoefilttr v iroacilitto;af inaedis dvia.getvaaeiliirysptitinsee;of: the
to the deg dates back to very many
..centuriee,,beforeithe bleat year. of step thenit- By perpetual reinforce -
:1014, • Deka are our oldestfriends'of ments of Men, 'guns and Material,
Proved nnavailing. The magnitude Of
the animal world; and it.iS believed
that, ,since. the time man began to this British achievernente-rneeh -the
nude greatest in British military annals-
§oniesticate• than, they .have
more rapid strideihn intelligence then. ia not yet :appreciated by the public
it herd& ; In h sense it decided the
we have' ourselves: '
'Tite• day, May? dawn when *we seek I war. It broke the back of Germany's
to: preserve 'ill living thing through nrititaiy:power.
sitrilismibitt that ilay is •long d• istant ' new were 'Peet -e; •
Doge hav,e suevived. to the •tune - Now, hoer were these- ailliri?vieteries
'Peer •175 different tearietiee; because
Wen? Primarilyliy a definite tactical
they am' usefal. . As shepherds, Seeteh 'superiority; le which the use Of tanks
collies are cheaper And more effeetlye a large scale, though not the only
than the average human ' being.' wee the distinguishbv. femurs.
Poiliters and setters are :used with The -GO -Matt High Cominand ..dishee
the gun e Other varieties are eMploy- ' lieved (as for a long tune did our
ed as. proteatotii and emeraides;: whiIel'ewn). in the larger possibilities of
the errands of inner* achieved by St.
Bernards -are known. to the World: tanks.' They used them but little in
their Spring offensive. But on July
SC Bernard that died a few years ag
vion a Medal for saVieg. twenttetwoo.i and. still More on Angust 8, the
I.:. 7-, 7 . ; tiniksteatt Otiddetily-
revealed as a marvellous tactical arm,
But when a dog ce3Ses. to be of use
/rabic bf winning and. followieg. up'
to ns it falls on ill days The original !"-C,'a
btilldeg was invaluabre to 7mati i ba' on the largest scale.
In the situation whirli folloAred•thia
haedling eattle. • When fences wr'e 1 disdovety• it was seen that the Ger-
andinvented the bulldog began to decline, Mahe NW. Tiegiigihie quantity, of the
the present terrienneed. Open Sesame". weapon, whereas the
as A pet marks a pbage thane -very Ittitish, the Prench arid the Americane
likely leading, toward's, extirietilin. • .• Lee wee pone thousands of them,
Death* Delight. eblier• tlelivered or about to be The
An Getmlna, as a:German War Uihistet.
`313991' France 4108 an hitett heti stated, at once et -tiered e large-
eiting itnens< of a peace Oelet nunibee, but tbey could not be 'ready
neation in which he took part: till next. year; and for the autunin of
"We're billeted in a village Which 1918• the allied tactical Superiority
the Bache only cleared out of 'aboirt was aetteme oenteeny the etie .0e
seventeen days ago; and :We've bee e out. counuandera WAS. to exploit it to
having' a great''do" this Cherting. •
the utmoilt while it lasted, .
MO.& A huge Bonfire in the
Peeh''a Tactieal Adyatitage. .
Square, at the top of which we burnt
n effigy of the Inaisete to the denrieue •
Wien, ch. *bout riti small French chit-
• Wenave beenneenstanied lately to
theM With a eevelver. They obeyek
reie".
and watching them cerefully, the oh., d
this eourse was followed, ha we
gpote, by Marled Foeli with' emastim-
mate atrategie ability. historian,
run on less then the peceeribed Pins -
sure during the summer months
RAINBOW •
should discontieue, the practice 'with
the first hint of _cold weather. Heat
of the atmosphere causinfeair expan-
sion, and eold,„ contraction, pressure
ItQi'T. NES
Members of the Air Force Deng
'Deemoite Their Machines.
While discipline ts mitioteinea' in
the R.A..F., a certain amount a free.
dom is inherent In the flying man's
psychology, and perhaps for •that
reason. The 'aithefities altow'hi-ra 0
have hiepet manila painted to please
his artietic or Futurist tastes.
This popular eraze originated from
the necessity in the .earlte days of
preserving the few aircraft we had
by scientifie camouflage. From that
ndcessity' rese the luxury of display -
Mere than in- the omnfort of warmer
TO EXTERMINATE -
THE ARMENIANS
TE4RIBLE TALE OF MASSACRE
,
'. BY .TORES
• .plieation of the braltes, and a COnSe- ,, .0.4.... i
Weather. FolloWing a ear too elem..
RearlitlYeriasZidQUienVeeolr:rs°11: atif ;IF do rtcoe dna"
lailYaiVainIng '1)tthlbetre4clwedlYp8gretleArs rtoepriusniceet°1-1
pectediy, foreirig. hire to a eudderi ap-
. Marches.
qpent ,skid. The skott etep, made The London Morning Post pliblishee
necessart by the sudden' :appearance/. from Constantinopel a detailed ac -
another car from a eide etreettaise oount •ef the massacres of Armenians
causes skidding. by `Links, 'which began in the early
• But even if the greatest caution is part ef 1910. Its terrible tale points
,used in' driving the winter • motorist to a determined attempt to oxterrain.
ia still confronted with the probability ate the Iv/1(de nation and the foliew-'
Of skidding. Besides the old,,famillar big story is told 'of awful deportation
difficulty of • ploughing *matb. ochemes.
streets filled with snow, there is .the o "For hundreds of miles over moue.;
• newer danger- brought about by -thetattla. in scorching heat or freezing
pustom of flushing the streets at cold, long conveys went. Young girls
*tight, The water often freezes, ceV. from the age of ten upward were
-crier, the pavententawith e. thin 'Blip- obliged to march puked for hoursat
pery sheeting of ice. A tinle.' 11111tIredS of thousande died
. Skidding should be erected in on the march., •
which may. have been euffiekent to •thfreent ways, according to the map- ' "Itle estimated that 860,000 *Ito
Prevent tire injure', during the sum,
met will not f ner of the skid. If the front 4.rheels were deported • to Wooten Asia,
eateguard the tires ul are sill:Wing the brakes mao be see- crossed the bridge over .the En-
cOM teeathor,
pliedetor-bring the -ger gradually -toenephratesi.fromoSoriareto-Cluttadheandre .•
The inentat state of winter motor-etandst'll If the wheels are of these wily 1,&1O are ne walive,
, back•
iStS,, AS Well as de/Witt:00s- of road and skidding the driver should never un- „"But the trials of these unlipPy.
climate, makes the' cold months. a der any conditions apoly the brakes people did not 'Cease at the end pe
- •
nue of Much snidding. Persons Who He sheulti allow the •car to coast, that march. The luckiest were the
. drive in the cold. and ;wet ueually o turpieg the front wheeks in the. same yopng girls who were taken into
so because they have to, and the dise&direction as that in which the hack harems Starvation - and massacre
comfort causes them to speed up rwheels are skidding. •• •awaited them.
• ing aerial individuality. Net Daly do
airmen paint their aeroplanee,with
the colors of the rainbow, Many of
then Add names, weird and wonderful,
to their beloved air beasts. Some are
dramatic -such • as "Le Diable .Noir,"
"The Skull and Crossbones," with, a
. .
suitable design, calculated to terror-
ize Fritz; "Blacletess," and the like
Then there ie the light-hearted pilot,
who christen hie best 'bus with such
names as "Wicked Mabel," "Fairy,"
"The ,Chocolate Soldier," and. So on• .
One pilot whose misfortune it was
in 1916 to fly an inferior machine, told
me that his 00 • ordered him at Once
to -obliterate ▪ Aerortheee Never- • •
•. Advertised for Executioners. .
• LAST DAY -OF WAR •• LIRE TRIUMPHANT ENTRY ° one. Governor of th evilaye
Herd- One far, This Canadian Cori-
pany-Several IVIen Were Lost; •
I. The following extract from a letter
Lance -Corp. Joseph Bradsha*, of
•
Tor:Into, shows vividly what' our sol -
were undergoing up to the last me-
ment of the great war. After, peace
was declared, ' until the Canadian di-
vision entered Mons, the writer men.
Boned the rearcirthrough villageafter
villege, where "the. reception we got,
wasegrand; all the -people went wild
gettip,". which, in a ras moment, he
• • with delight. They were billeted in.
hthe railway station at Mons, where a
h • %-tove was kept going. 'At the time of
One of the most oath:ale lialees I ,writing Corp Bradshawsaidthey had
.'have seen was "Harry -Tate's
• 'nee." been there three days. The letter
written itt 1Vions, November 15th, by
111,
Nyas told that the name had • been can.tinnesf ive had an awful clay last
painted by a wag -who often chipped* Sunday, last day ye the war. We were .
th 'lot boa his fi rce moustache ;
e a , • advancing and all went .Vell till we
Many strange,coinhinations of color went to avillage and Were held up by
. are found. in both allied and enemy machine gun .fir We had to extend
aquadrens. Black ,and white _stripes, out through gardens and back yards,
• which- Meke. the reund nae of an as the bullets were flYing froirCall
aeroplane look like the old-fashioned sides.. There were machine guns In.
ball'aleye.sweetmeet,.....are not inicom- a wood and farmhouse, where they
mon in •Ctermazi .squivirens. The fired them from, and.we had U., get
IL KflOWn Tho a . ack is a then:van& I sorry to Say. we lost •
rare bird,• With a pilot who Inuit be :a few ,good,rnen killed and •wounded. '
particularly contemptuous of •Archies, We could not advance till night And ,
for his. craft mikes pod" target :we left there about 11 pan., outflank.'
against blue sky or white. clouds. ed them, and reached Our objective at
Sametintes• a fleece face is, painted 4 in the morning. I tell you, we were -
on, the "cowl of the flying machine: all in. , We just lay downier an hour,
Presently the awftil visage Will dive when we .had to fall in again, when
upon and terrify a, Hun, who may rec. 'we get released, and, just after that
ognize that behind it is a pilot with we gat the glotioui news that host lie'
a stare gun and a .steadir hand. ties Would dertee at 11 The f I
Ikhae been stated by scientists that couldn't believe it, as we were fighting
COlOrs. have an, effect upon the lie- to the last moment. We lied nothing
havior Of an aircraft.' This may be a to eat all day, nor no tea, lint I man.
e no ice w en flying a aged to get , some coffee... My chum,
dark -colored machine that it is mere Jim Marley, was killed. shot through
suaceptiblete air bumps and disturb, the heart. and I left together,that
.ances thee a light-colored one. , ,- morning. Ile -wee ounherethree Year&
. .
and got killed on the'last, dey. They
BRITISH AIR ROUTES
were all buried next day, and the
. • • eivilians were • all crying • R
will be dome time yet befote. we are,
First Service to he BetWeen• London all home, there w:on't.be fro inuCh
'and V arrogate .. .. danger now, so Cheer. up."' •
. •• '.•, .
The first aerial- cemmercial service.
at Viiny Ridge in April, 101'7. but Lance -Corp. Bmclahaw' was -wounded
re-
stagesi nGreat ot Bdreivtae development
onpimaentalreadyiviti; itnyiethieailtirati
ratite eonneetitig Landon. and•freer,- year.'• His wife and font little children -
tithed to the trenches .in Anril of this
t re
••••••••• I leased all. the convicts item , the
.saidier Tam of scenes in France snit. prisons, divided them into bands. of •
. Belgium Refine Ac,„„istike. . 200 or 300 each, armed with clubs
. ' "" •-` 6 at*thert sent them to outrage and
Barrer H. Ridgley, formerly of the Massacre e Armenians collected in
180th (Sportsmen's) Battalion, writes the vil et. In Iliftili soldiers and
aefollows to his vrife in West Toronto others got weary of the 'work . of
under date of October 9th: . • massacre, that ,the Governor 'Otter.
. "Ours is more like a triumphant tised for eXecutioners to complete
tehnitrngylienistoe'atheeosnequclaeiyescl, eitAysth4 passany- . . the work. He boasted that at Play-
throug4 the villigee, now released, 13ekie, 80,000. Armenialls were pnt to ,
death. • • . . i
side with .the Canadian . flag, MeheS. them in. a buildineand set light to it, , -.
"He took 800 , children, enclosed •
after four years of ,serfdoire and
vassalege, the tricolor -floating side by
one glad to be in the game...However,' "C‘irls who were admitted into liar- -'
their tricolors hidden from the prowls'. ...,
Ina -were obliged to adopt the Mussul-
.
they (the French civvies), have kept .. „
man religion, . • ,
t,'t"'''N
ac-
ing eyes of the Hun all this. time. I Three menths ago after his
pass they stand et the door or in the ceSsion the -Present Sidtan . ordered ' ''
street' (for some are large towns); and ell chil7en who had bon forcibly ,•
conVerted to; be reterned to • .their . ..-
do not know, but they have, and ita'we
France,' and 'old, men
itilit women
bodes. 1 ' The Governor of Sameopn, ••_
1 children in. his district and 'Pia'
weep 'with JO to be away froth' the ; fete- the twee sea aid , drown
la i 011. receiving order, collected all thAr'•
shout iVive'ht Canada,' 'arid Thin'
oppressor, for there is net the least ! th4e:eillt: on. barges
zaanlacteillaBdeyth7
doubt but. he has been a bulli.
have gone back. and turned- over the,':
We that his soldiers net be
getic enotselt in, killing ATM*
and he had W.& :pits- du in „ telte
are in a lovely fertile district, and
eince the .fighting is over the civvies
use of theie .houses to us. We are
getting all 'the vegetables :we can 'eat,
an good ones, too -the first in. two
' •
Ani November 9th he wrote from
Belgium: • • .. • .
'Vie are :passing through' great
young children were buried aliV
' VIENNkA.
, •
ped, the woman's hiieband wirsii pHs, .NewstioGpert '
t . - • •
' Vienna, fernier'
law killed, her son wonndecf and lira •
sister
-in
: heilliant cdpitalsiinet
scenes,. where the iron heel
planted.very heavily. 'Where We stop. a k'eetval'CitY''" "Mb'
without food. The German comrn'nd
' ' ci • .
the
ditut ofd to the pitiillie:PirioPf the ..
oiler in „Germany, and her
Wanted the people to sign' a' paper hasIost its raison d'ette. emi:Artemaiy. -,
a small GermareAustrian republic. dn.:
ged away iii a dying conclition,by
asking,. theto. not tie.. bemiteed • the '- now far f • leis political per
.
Germans, and her ehil ren and hereelf
and take to the'Cananian cpmteaneee possesses
towns, and they all loYally refuse; than 1Viuincti. By the eollapse a oe ..
empire. Vierinals left stianded, Yet, it ,
four oears agooand so I Could. go on I while. ale total petittlation ei the eeve'
-ailrie,'11. rier )aalti 0114 IP: 01.(1. day te:1 1
d!:.• so, and were told the Canadian§ iett;cillf:rtteeochsel;Pnogereroleii.vathstinf
should cut • their throats and '.• - . to . , ,„. .,
this they 'peefereed to.German cul'inee '
had her throat- cut by the 'Genitalia ; derelict • coital: numbers.
b u t the day O f r e. t i i b u t i o 'n 1 s a t hand ...‘,. iVb1 Ile: altii::::::11:::Aheliwit,0°1181s1 m0. :ids:ell:71 ne' *II: .:131e: IrlArtfly::::::::11:inval iej:".b6i1 'inViIrrillela.11°irlcle.t:i.I181:
I have just sniet.,4, a boy whose mettle;
We are ail well on the road to Vitiv(iiie
cern-
She greatest -retreat in Wine
;place. and : all oiews. is gaol and our .. rei)oli,eitic:nfi:dbeci:hGieYrvIntii.t.Aft''et:absl-t:icrnild4t4ahsotrieoll*::
casualtieSare emelt, bet ths conthipal street railway anCT nebtinet, ale:antes,-
niarching day after clay te very . try- elee has
cencmsinder of Canadians. Asked *Old
ing. -"Its. 'food -supplies are' , drawe'
largely front Iltipeetry. and. its aoal .
it nearly enorath feed te keep
lege'. • •
MINUTE OF PRAYER , • the 'Viennese population: ffonir, aletret - -
-..........neenoeonn.
• t 'Divitn to•Giie Thank& . . ' tries' are now, in epee he'. Co:tooled heeeet
from Bohemia; both of which ‘fetorter..- e; t
,gonilict witheGerman Aestria, -
.' Pte. R. J. Pearce, lst Canadian Die ' l' Vienna Os in •a state of Sie,?e:0.7q
'won, ',Motor ' Transport, write S as ' dying of starvationn Everts' dev freele
ellows;:to his inotheroin Toronto, on redectione are made in the .ellonieiviee
ev. /Atli:. .' ' ' , -: - of gas and electric light. Not oeht tini.
. .
"This day above 'all ethers, will te- , theatres and mcition _pisturl leteeen, •
'eve many I sad heart, and take away :but the hospitals ' are (nosed 'begairsei
orry from many raillione of people there is no' coil to: lieht . or •tearin
hrolighout the world. We• were ito them. ' Shone elese at 0 'heti street '. •
pected todayby Gene Currie; ,and ear service , i8. reduced. only • a feW .
e mentioned She fact' that hostilities trains' are runniug and the dainete
Lats. ?i.dh .0"atthand ba..31::1,1ifiedd 4tfrierthheipssuitahre, i very real that unless relief ia4erth-
Aged& and thanked all the men for
, to firm coining the trains will 'step. and' en
' or so. , • . # • . • . •
factories will* close :within a fortnight
e. spoke very nicely :of his
bienuniteelaird°111hiadnrcreudilliorSittnitehleg4:111:! Virliteetitels71.Thrio°'1)ciaty*tilestttiltirilelvyaidnetsiZeind. . • -
Ilivaayt.,t,heylia• .d gene tough. s Blend 1 _. As, to •thefoodteliertalser ittistonlYere-
f thein all the time they have been
efore,he got clown he' asked that all i is too miserable to tare ahoutpolitiee.,
si)st.tehrayoniattleat,dithses had
ltitonitsptocpa,melinbtoed Petrograd and Mosette that can"sep-
eve the tearstwere in his eyes. 'But ,
by the Monarthy, whieb betrayed.% --
ph/ a parallel to the present wretehed
eituntion io Vienna. The pontlati
and by the tationalitles Which suffered•
•
•••6••••••••.....6,•••..,,o,....,4 '
. .
•
gate and a speed, to be 120. miles ' live in 'entrant°. •
heurn / • , • t
Holt Thomas, managing diredor of,
the British. Aircraft Manufacturing
Company, -the 'largest in the. world,
said: • • .
• "It will be a summer service at first
-
and we will use.. the single engined
war airplanes, with.comfortable cov-
ered cabins holding four passengers.
ARMISTICE DAY AT MONS
Canadianl Triumph Made More Sweet
, By Final Suecess. , • •
•
• A letter has been received in Ot-
tawa from Major-General W. B.
Morrisoe, Genterel Officer Command-
••
We are also opening, air. routes all
over -the 'werld. in conjunction With. •
mg the Canadian. Artillery, about the f
Canadian. entry into Mons on Nov. 14
local companies. In Frr.nee we will ember 11, the lase day .of the. war.
Nov -
operate in connection with a French
The :Canadian infantrY had made it
company; and. already arrangements a point et honor, he Say, notwith.
for ,such 'a service are practically
standing the cautions against casual -
completed in Norway', Denmark, Italy,
ties, to drive. the, enemy from Mons 6
India and Africa Later we will ex-, befere the "Cease Fire" sounded. Oen. h
tend the service to Japan, China and
.Morrison -adds they had not beeli c
the W$st Indies. o • urged to the fight, but rather forbid -
'made
already have been -den and restrained. Their triumph- H
`made by the British Air Service to would not have been half so sweet' b
keep Paris in close touch with London had they not cilabrated•'t
during the peace conference. A.n•
o int-
. 1 w
.GrandtePlado-Of &drab. ' , - - 1
Tortarit-ag"4111tdd'at the 66Iitert , "There aims," the writes, "little e
enee -will be forwarded from ,,Loritimi cheering, though much suppreesed ax-
to Paris by airplanes •
. ' • ' 'citement among the. civilian multi- b
hake Until A few minutes before 11 t
o'clock, when the beautiful chimes of In
the Mons cathedral, high above the! .0
multitude in the square, easimeneed • a
' • Taxes on Luxuries.
Luxury taxation is .by no means
enew idea. In Rome more than 2,000
years ago, the ()pima law enadted that
'no woman should possess more than
ialf an ounee of, geld; or wear a dress
df different eoldes, or ride hi a car -
liege in the city or within A mile -of
t except on 'occasions of public religi-
ous ceremonies. In 187 13.Cra law was
isassed to limit thenuinber of guests
at entertainniente. A limit was set
ater the cost of funerals and of
uneral nuniunients. , And Julius
Caesar bad. 'officers ..stationed the
branch heat% feuit and flowere at the
market t•lace to seize plvision forlsid-8ed hands buret loth. with ‘God Save
to chime and then pealed forthIhe
• "Marseillaise." In the crowded square
below the'theering conmienced, flint
rising like a growl and then pulsar.
ing to a • mtghty roar which lasted
several minutes. • Then. there was. a
strained silence. All eyes seemed to
be tertted on the clock tower. Three
• minutes -tivit niinutese- p word of
cennitand that eehoed through the
itiquaren-the crash of rifle butts on
cobblestonme-the dashing of fixing
bayotiete-Treserit atmeite-the
under the timiiarchYte corrupt.
Cheering Up blether. Getman Austria is net Se much a etare
.Little Willie -Cheer up, papa, per, ...AS a forsaken torment of the Austro. -
.•
hapit you were right all tile time. • nungarian monarchy - bewildered,
latiL7ittle illieh-You Inatt'y Pavia 14° Itel'Ide°
• Ealser-What - do you mean my isolate , not knowing wh tott tee
by Christman after all. . • It le much easier -to turn the da de•
Orange Illoesoma for Breton
The Arabs first' used orange blea-
eons.; in bridal wreaths Thi era 'a
en by law. and tient sol kora to 'feasts the Itingt-eVerybody CAMS to the•'Sail" nnti 18 Inieref°" C":4(ler.`
o remove illegal eatable's. salatte-apd the Wail, ati 61 tin erAbitTT
elA
per
fr •
• clouds inside out .now, knotving that le -
our boye are not standing in freeett '
trenelaes stuttering all of the ageniet
of battle. What a thing is peace, with.
its _grateful assurance 'of life, and it*
reercifue binding up of the, wolinds of
the world,