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OF BRITAIN IS AT HAND
Further Details of Lloyd George's Great
Speech in British House.
Empire Gan Win, Lut Vast Sacrifices Must
Be . Made.
Loudon elable.--Prentier LIOY'd "And if I am perfectly -certain from
George began his epeech of warning
to the Empire by apologizing for not
being ready Yeeterday, the fact being
that he eae engaged in the diseussion
'tine very problem with Ministere
leen Eranee, wito came over for the
eurpeoe, The Premier then proceeded:
"Tito ultimate slime's of the allied
came depends, in tue judgment, On
our solving the tonnage difficulties
meth wino we are confronted. Before
the war our shipping tonnage waa
only jitet adequate. There was a very
large ehipbuilding programme, bat it
wao to a very considerable extent
sttepeaded after the war, owing to the
eeeential activity ot the easy. Since
the war began there has been an
enormotte increarse in the demands
upon our tonnage. There is transport
lor the navy, for the army and for
'Om expeditions to France ad East-
ern waters. Our alike have made very
cousitierable demands upon British
tonnage. Over 1,000,000 tons of our
&thieving have been allocated to
France, and there is a very consider-
able -tonnage set aside far Russia and
also for hely. Tee balance left for the
ortimary fleeces of the 'nation, after
providing for these war exigencies, is
only about one-ealf of the whole of
our tonnage. The ehipbuilding .oaPa-
eltY of tine country has been coned.
arably limited by greatly increased
tionands for sitipbuilding for the navy
end the ordinary wear and tear of the
navy. Cu toe of that there has bon
undoubtedly a very considerable Ou-
trage .of our shipping sunk by, subma-
'Mao in the .couree of the laet two
nd one -h If yeara
of warfare. In the nd in France, as to the best method
as of
laet four •or five menthe the ratio of economizing the use of timber
The army in France is a Very con-
einking or our tonnage lute increased. siderabie consumer of timber and
and thie month, owing to the very
appeals have been made from time
epecial efforts made by Germany, has
been the worst. to time to the French Government,
"The Germans." he continued; and the French Government has been
"have oncentrated upon the build
. Pxtraord:narily liberal in responding.
c
ing of submarine° in order to destroy, They have aireadY planed two the
our mercantile Marine, fully realizing ests at the disposal of our army, and
that tele is far and away the most of- am afraid We shell have to appeal
feetive way and the only effective o them to make greater. sacrifices of'
way of putting out ot action what their beautiful forests, as tonnage is
they coneider to be the most formid- as vital to them as to ourselves in
able item in the alliance. There has , order to conduct the W itr successfully.
been for some time, and I tho'q "II' we can manage to secure a sufte
House must know it, and the country cient number of forests of France and
meet know it. a shortage of tonnage ale° to secure labor for the purpose of
for the ordinary, needs of the nation, , utnng down the trees there will be
and even a certain shortage of the an enormous saving of tonnage in re
-
military exigencies of our allies and t -pct of timber.
ourseivele. Mr. Carson made a very
frank statement the other day as to
the fade, He withheld ,nothing from
the House, but there is always a dispo-
sition to dwell upon what is pIeesant
and rather to Ignore the graver or
disquieting aspects of a statement.
"I have nothing new to say, but 1
do ask you to read. and read a. see -
mid time the•stateraente of the First
Lord of the Admiralty, and you will
then get a perfect view of the state
of things, and it le undoubtedly one
that cans for the gravest measures to
deal with the problem. If we take
it in hand, and take it in hind at once
and take very drastic measures, we country, and In fact I am not sure that
can tope with that peril. If we do a e have not got practically all the
not, I am not going to withhold fectra timber we require for the duration cf
the House the fact that if the nation ,he War. Provided we could get the
Is not prepared to accept drastic mea- aocessary labor for the purpose of =-
sures for dealing with the submarine t u3 and transporting It.
peril there le disaster in front of us. -so far as pit props are concerned
And I am here, with all the responst- you need not have skilled labor, but
wbet they told Me that they have no
intention of doing anything of the
kind; and if they do I want them to
feel Viet not merely the Governutent,
but the House ot Commons would be
behind the Government in dePrece.ting
any attempt to penalize the good
Worker by reducing thenrate of pay-
ment.
"That has been the greet folly ot
the past, and that Is why the fear of
these prece rates has simply bitten
into the workingmen's mind. In Am -
era they have never made that mite
tithe, and the result lima been that
huge wages are eerned, but in the
long run employers have discovered
that it pays them better. That is all
I want to say about shipbuilding,
TrelBER IMPORTS. '
"Now we come to the. second meth-
od of dealing with the problem of
tonnage -that is home production.
Let us take the articles of the great-
est bulk which consume our tonnage,
The first is timber. Last year we
Ini-
ported 6,400,000 toes of timber from
abroad: Of these two millions are pit
props for the colliers. The bulk of
the remainder is used for -the military
fie ces here .and in France, being ne-
e seary for the efficieacy of the emir,
fer the -construction of dugouts, for
.a.lw ay sleepers, for trench boards
end for a variety of other things. It
•s (mite obvious that if tonnage is to
he saved this is one of the first prob.
lame to be attacked.
"Arrangements have been made for
Toing inta the question, both here
Muni nriett ,pver i definite period of
time, Whiele VAS the ettly Wee to hying
about inunedigte action -
The minimum wage tor tarn labor
announced by. Mr. I.doyd goers°, 2(;
shillinge a week, represent* 44 in-
crease) of 50 to 89 por Ont. over the
present prevailing payment.
PLENTY Ole RUM ON HAND.
Opening the debate in the House.
of Commons to -day on the statement
ot Premier Davie Lloyd George, Wal-
ter Runcirnan, former preeident of the
Board of Trade, atter alluding to the
gravity of the pronouncement, said
that the Met government had adopted
drastic measure ot a prohibitionary
nature in many directions, but that
the country had borne them with
fortitude, Difficult negotiations with
the alliee bad had to be conducted by
tee Government on this stibiect, he
cenarrionted, adding:
"Our hardships here are mighty
ones, as great es those of Italy; but
as a matter of fact, there is aediffer-
mice of teMperament. We, in this
country, do not plaice the same fuss
about restrictions as did the Italians.
In this country, men are aeliamed to
give expression to their teelings, even
if the restrictions are felt to be hard."
Mr. Runeintan said ha thought the
Government should endeavor to re -
duo the amount of tonnage used for
Government purposes,, which at pres-
ent was 63 per cent. If it could be
reduced to 60 per cent. of the total
tonnage, he said, eupplies would be
permitted to enter freely to that ex-
tent. If not, the members ot the
ifeuse, he declared, had not heard the
last of the shipping tale.
Walter Hume Long, Secretary of
State for the Colonies, in reply paid
a tribute to the dominions and colo.
Wes for the manner in which they
had received the restricttons upon im-
Porta whict to them might be very
linportant. The Premier, be said, de.
sired him to say that the Importation
of rum was stopped altogether,' there
being now sufficient stock for the
needs of the army, while there would
be a reduction in the importation of
wInes and spirits of 75 per cent. on
the bates of 1913.
DEVELOP HOME SUPPLIES.
"Lnother method is td develop some
home supelles and make this country
self supporting during the war in tine
bee. The woods aro here and there is
.to doubt at all that if we have the
labor and the means of transport the
whole of the enormous tonnage now
used in importing timber could be
saved; and that is one of the ques-
tions we are devoting ourselves to to
find tee nectessary mete who are just
as resential in.order to enable us to
get Mt props in this country. 'mere
is a itood deal of other timber in this
brlity of a eltaisier f the erown to
tell the House and the eaten that
fact.
HALF ENGAGED IN WAR WORK.
"I will give the House an indica.
tion ce what the ahipping position
is by reading the figures of the. ton-
nage of British ships that entered our
ports itt the twelve months before the
war, and during the last twelve
monthe, I want you to bear in mind
that nearly half our tonnage is en-
gaged in war work. In tlie twelve
months before the war about 60,000,-
000 of tonnage entered. British ports,
During the last twelve months that
was reduced to 30.000,000 tons, That
is not submarine week. That is almost
exclusively attributable to the fact
that a very large proportion or our
tonnage has been allocated to the al-
lies. The Government az' hopeful, of
finding means of dealing effectively
with German submarthes, but we
should be guilty of criminal folly if
we rested our action or our policy on
a tranquil antieipation of being able
to realize that hope, We must be
able to carry the war through- to
victorious end, however long victiery
may tarry, even though we fail to
hunt the submarine out ot the deep.
There is no surefoundation for via.
tory except that. -I want the Houee
and the country to realize that we
cannot build on anytheig eise, e
great deal of our tolfnage has bet n
sunk, and I dare say that a great deal
more will be snuk, before we succeed
In overcoming that mentice,
TO DEAL WITH SIIIP SHORTAGE.
"You have got to deal with the prob.
Mtn of tonnage ruthlessly and prompt.
1Y; and I say de now, because on be-
half of the Government I am submit-
ing measures for dealing with that
• shortage.
'There is one thing which I must
say about shipbuilding, because here
I have got to make a special appear
to labor, 1 am Convinced after'a good
deal of examination Of the problem
and hearing what has been said bY
both employers and workingmen, that
the output can be very eonsiderably
increased by alteration of inethods.•
Wherever payment by results has
been introdueed there has been an in.
erease in the output of the shipbuild•
trig yatds-sometimes twontY, seine -
times thirty tind sometimes even forty
per tent
"We made* a, Reedit1 atMeal to me
trades unions conoerned In ship build-
ing to assent to the ititroditetion of
these methods and in some yards they
have already ireen bitrodueed• 1 was
very lead to get a telegram frorteIelv-
erpool yesterday stating that the /Av.
erpoel trades unlowe had agreed to
recommend to their workmen that
the course should he pureued. u, also
introleeta the undertaking on the part
et the employers that it large wages
aro made by the men. a tha result
of epeeist efforts no advantegb must
be taken of that to redute Wets,
when we come to the cutting of other
timber YOU must need, undoubtedly,
the introduction of a certain percen-
tage of highly skilled labor. 1 am
tOld we have got in this country a
'considerable number Of woodsnien. end
foresters, not of military age, on the
large estates, and if they voinuteer to
assiat us then you could dilute their
labor with unskilled workmen, and by
that means I think We have sufficient
labor nere in due course to cut down
pit props for Practically the whole of
our collieries, and also to cut down a
sufficient quantity of other timber to
enable us to sae pollees hundreds of
teousands; if not a nallIhne ot tons of
shipping.
SUPPLY OF IRON ORE.
"The next heaviest item is iron ore.
We are melting millions of tons
every year or iron ore, and we can-
not cut down the supply by a single
ton. It is essential for 'Munitions of
war, essential for shipbuilding, and
esontial for 'machinery required' in
agricultural works. Therefore, we
Must find ships for 'this work at all
nests, in order not te diminish the ef-
ticiency of the armyand nail', for
that would be folly, unless there are
-wane of finding those materials in
this-countrY, and, as a matter of feet,
there is plenty ,•of ore in this country,
it is tether low-grade ore: Its..euee-
uv is not no good and, being lovie
4racie ore, it did not pay as a coin-
merctat proposition to dig it. It was
Cheaper to get the better class of ore
from :main. But this is not a 'com-
mercial question; this is not a ques-
teen GI getting Hell ore''it is a quee-
non cf getting ore at ail, and'
getting it without uSing up our ton-
nage. It involves, unfortunately, the
inereesing of the number a Our blast
furnaces. This Means More labor for
balding and earrying on the work.
And there is a very limited supply; in
feet, no margin of $111./Ply, Of highly
skilled men who Werk thete blast
eurneces. We have protected then)
against recruiting thr months. In
spite of that rect we are eliort of the
labor for our blast furnaces.. NiVtraeo,
tiis
required for the purpese of n
ing our supply of aro? There are
• mines, I am told, in Laneaehire, mites
in eltimberland„ . and - there Are the
famotta ,Cleeland mites, ell produce
neg excellent ore, and 1 ant told that
if Vie could thereon) the labor in those
nr,nes, tie could augment by millione
of tons a year the quantity 'or tits
et tech tan be ineflueed in this Outi.
try.
”tiere again you reo.uire nki,.ett Pe-
bor, as seep as unskilled labor. I
want to make a special appear to both
elasses.
The opinion was expressed bY the
Premier that food prim's were not
likely to decrease for a long time
atter the war, 111/411111011 as Germany
would then be a heavier purehater
. titan ever before. Therefore it *wag
rare to grant to the faterters 'a thine;
U-BOATS SUNK
TWELVE SHIPS
Tonnage Reported Sunk On
-Friday Wu 13,556.
Mostly Vessels of the En-
tente Nations.
Losses of shipping of' the Allies and
of neutrals since February 1st, when
the German unrestricted submarine
warfare corameneed, have beeu as fol-
lows:
Ships reported sunk on Friday, 12
Total tonuage reported sunk
on Friday .. , ..... 18.666
Total unknown tonnage pre-
viously sunk ,. . .. -.364,447
Total unknown tonnage sunk
since Feb. 1... -.273,105
SHIPS SUNK SINGE FEB 1.
Letteon IX. Inereit 4, 1014.
Jeteie Feeds the Five Thotteand.
Jolla 0: 1 -el.
Commentary, -I. Melly to be fed
(re. 14) 1. After these thittge-What
John now records took place about a
year atter wbat ie given in the Pro -
ceding enapter. He does not write
with close regard to elaronological se-
quence, but with the Mane pUrpOee of
establisliing the doctrine of Christ's
deity. Went over the Sea of Galilee -
Prom the west side of the plain near
Bethsaida Julies on the northeast
snore. Tiberias -This Amite wee an -
plied to this sea later than the name
Galilee, having been given to it by the
limns. Two other names, Gennesa-
tett and Chinneretli, are applied to the
Sea of Galilee. 2. a great raultitude
followed him -They followed JesUs,
either going items the sea or on foot
arouud the northern and. It is proba-
ble that the multitude was made up in
part of residente of Galilee anti in part
of those who were on, their way from
other districts to attend the PassOver
at Jerusalem. They had seen his mir-
acles of healing and were interested
to see more of his work and hear his
teachings. 3. Went up into a Moun-
tain -The other evangelista epeak of
the retirement of Jesus and his disci-
ples into a "desert place" for a period
of rest, but they were followed by the
crowds. He sat with his disciples -it
is natnral to suppose that he wae giv-
ing them instruction. 4. The passover
....was nigh -This verse gives us in-
formation regarding the time of year.
The Passover was observed early in
April.
11. A email supply (vs, 5-9.) 5. Jews
then lifted up his eyes -It was "when
the day began to tipeak of feeding the
multitude. A great company -Their
Inter.est in the mission and power of
Jesus was great. There were five thou.
sand men in the company besides Wo-
men and ehildren. He "was moved
with compaseton toward them, because
they were as (sheep not having a shep-
herd" (Mark 6: 34.) He saitit unt0
Philip -plane was apparently a mat-
ter -Of -fact man (John 14; 8), a quick
reckoner mid a good man of business,
and, therefore, perhaps more ready to
rely on his own shrewd calculations
than on unseen resources. -Dods. Tine
is suggested as the reason why Jesus
put this question to Philip, for It was
intended as a test. Whence shall we
buy bread -It was a "desert place" at
a distance from villages where food
could be purchased. 6. To prove him
-This need not rnean more than to try
whether he could suggest any way out
of the dIffieulty; but the more proba-
ble ineanin.„; is to test his faith, to try
what impression Christ's words and
works have made upon him. -Plum-
mer. Knew what he would do -The
miracle which he was about to per -
American...... 2
Other neutrals ............38
British . • ....
Other belligerents . 18
Unidentified .... • . . • . .... 2
Total ehips sunk 146
London Cable.- German sub-
marines continue to sink Entente
ships. The total tonnage sunk, as
reported Friday, was 13,656. All the
twelve vessels reported sunk were of
Entente registry, except one Norweg-
ian and several of the unestablished
identity. The following aro the ships
listed to -day as sunk: Invercauld, Bri-
tish barque, 1,416 tons; aVathfield,
British steamer, 3,012 tons; Belgier,
British steamer, 4,588 tons; Doravore,
Norwegian steamer, 2,760 tons; Ape,
British steamer, 464 tons; San Mi-
chele, Italian throe -masted barqu.e,
583 tons; Giovanni, Italian brigantine,
105 tons; Adelina, probably the lianas
sailing vessel Adelina, of 528 tons;
Monarch, not identified; EnieroY, not
identified; two British fishing smacks,
100 tons each.
The Dutch steamer Ambon, of 3,698
tons, previouely reported sunk, may
have been taken in tow, says the offie.
[al sea.teneent.
The sinking of the British steamer
Ian Miles, of 687 tons. reported it a
aews agency announcemnt last night,
was confirmed by the shipping ageneY.
TROOPSHIP OF
- FRANCE SUNK
Torpedoed, Though Escort-
ed -1,450 Were Rescued.
U. S. Missionary Died in the
Catastrophe.
Paris
cog°, The French
steamer Athos. carrying Sellegalese
troops and colored laborers, luta been
torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea.
The terpedoeing °Milted decpite
the Met that the Athos was escorted
by the Fret& torpedo-boat destroYere
Mateeluk end Enseigne Henry, which.
aided by it bunboat, saved 1,460 per -
sous frouti the steamer.
The Athos was of 12,000 geese tone.
She was a steel twin-scrOW stouter,
and was Wit in 1914 at Dunkirk.
France. She was 608 feet long, 61.7
feet in breadth and 45.1 feet in depth.
The Miles Was owned by the hlete
sagories itlaritiMes ot Marseillea.
'V. S. MISSIONARY VICTIM.
Washtfigtoo., ateport-Ifebert Allan
Haden, an American Presbyterian
missionary, Metioned at Poo Cheat.
China, perished when the Prench liner
Athos was destroyed by a sabnittrine
210 milee eaet of Malta on Pet), 1.1.
Conant Iteblinger, at Malta, cabled
a Dimon of Haden's death to the State
Department to-dey, and said that the
tniesionare's address was given as it
care of the Presbyterian Mission
Board -at Naehville, Team Iteden watt
drowned while going back to the ship
to assist some others, The submarine
showed 'neither it deg nor number.
Potatoes that are te be Preneh fried
should be pared, eut tato stripe and
soaked In cold water for two houre
.beiore frying. They ehould then be
wiped `very dry before putting Into the
hot fat.
• • •
010 4e4Irod to rimitsin with him. ror
044 remoh its "ooustraihoxi" them
Mork u I 45) to Outer the ahip and
erosa the See at Galilee to tho other
aide, teward Capernawn. They were
re:intent to go away, tor it honors
were coming to their Matcr, titeY
wished to receive those that Nellie
naturally come to theta as his inti-
mate followera. It has also been Pug -
seated that the (Beelines did not whet
to Iwo him Wane, since it would ap.
pear like desertion, The tlizeiplee
were in leat Manse during tea
night, for ono et the sudden Manus
Which Weep the Sea, of Galilee from
time to time bed arisen, and threat-
ened to wreck their boat. Their toll-
ing in rowing inel not beau effective
in bringing the boat far toward the
tlesired hireling -Plum Jesus wee
sPending the night in prayer while
they were In danger of finding watery
graves; but he was not unmindful of
their distress, and toward morning ite
Canto to thein, Walking an the see..
When they were afraid et ble preach, he assured them that it was
he and they received elm into the
boat. The waters became calm and
"Immediately the ship was at the land
whither they wont,"
Questions. --To what place did Jesus
and his diselplee go? For what pur-
pose? By whet conveyance? What
time of year was it? Who besides the
disciples were about Jesus? What
question did Jesus ask Philip? WitY
did he ask the question? Mat was
Philip's answer? What suggestion did
Andrew matte? What course dtd
Jesus pursue? How many were fed?
How large an amount et food was
left? Ilow did the people regard Jesus
a
the miracle? Describe the mira-
cle that followed?
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
form was different from the miraciee
of healing and others already
wrought, in that it involved a creative
itet. It was wrought not only tor the
relief of tho multitude, but for the fur-
ther instruction of the disciples and to
confirm them Imola fully in their faith
in his Messitthehip. 7, Two hundred
pennyworth • is not sufficient -
Philip must have cast his eye over the
assembly and quiciely made ills esti-
mate. The sum mentioned was equiv.
aient to about thirty-two dollars, but
it would buy much more then than the
same amount would now. This would
not July euough to satisfy the thou-
sands of hungry people. 8. Andrew -
One of the 'first to dieciples when
Jesus called. He was lees calculating
and more believing than Philip. 9.
Five barley loaves -The loavea were
round, flat cakes, about an inch thick.
One loaf would not be sufficient tor a
meal for one person. They were bai-
ley loaves, the tood of the poorest
elassea. Jesus had asked, "How many
loaves have ye? go and see" (Mark 6;
38), and Andrew brought the answer,
but asked; "What are they among so
many?" Two small fishes -They were
probably dried or pickled fishes to be
eaten as 'a relish with the bread. The
supply was too small, for one who. rea-
soned from a. merely human stand-
point, to conaider for such a multitude,
but the Master accepted and
uiultt-
plied It.
III. A miraculous ,increase., (vs. 10-
15), 10, Make the men alt down -Mark
-tells us that theY sat down by com-
panies and in ranks. "by hundreds,
and by fittles„" so that an orderly ar-
rangement was mainteined. Much
graes-This indicates teat the time
was early spring. The men. ,About five
thousand, -The women and citileren
would sit by themselvee. 11e Had giv-
en thanke-Jesus blessed the fuOd and
gave thanke in recognition that the
Father was the giver of the!teraporal
good about to be dispensed to tate mul-
titude, Distributed to the dieceoles -
They were to act with Jesus in this
miracle, and were to be la a pceitfon
to receive the full benefit of the les-
son Josue was giving, TI.. disciplee
kept on dietributing the broad and
-the fishes until there wao i o more de-
mand. Aa Montt as they Would -As
much es the' people desired, 12. -etre
filleda-There was no scantiness in the
amount given out, There is 110 soar -
city in the kingdom' of grace. God
gives e,bundantlY. Gather up the free -
Meats -Although there wee an ellen-
dant multiplication of the food eup-
ply, there Must be t.o WLste, 13. Filled
tvielee baskets with the frac-mete - -
These were the eMall wicker baskets
used Int the Jews to carry food th .t
wag ceremonially clean, and were here
used by the tenostbes to carry a sue' V
Of provisions for themeolvee. "In ell
things the Saviour se* us an Mamie
Of frugality, though be had an infin.
It apply at his dist osal, and WaS
himeelf er.01103111ear though He Was
Lord of all."-Darnee. 14. Then those
'men, when they had eeen-"When
therefore the people ..t,W."-R. V, This -
is of a truth that prepliet-The People
Were looking for the coining of the
Messiah, and this 'miracle was viewed
in tho light ot a sign that I whe
Wrought it Was the Christi, Joute had
exercieed divine power in the entiltipin
cation of tho loaves and fitihee, and
Ile heel death thie for the relief of the
hungry multitlide. 16. Jesus- not only
saw the outward atte ef the people
es they wondered at the triiraeee Ho
wrought and adenired Him tut a ben'
factor, but Ile knew their thoughts
and, their purptee. They believed Ile
was their'- ntLtt KLg, nd itt opite
of Hie diffideace they would make
Him the Inn°. of Israel; for it wart
their view that the Meesiah should bo
a powerful toMporal ruler. They pro.
bablv expected to take IIini up to jer.
Usalent atid crown Hine at the ap.
nreadhing haat of the remover. 'TO
earold etty opal eentliet Jesus with.
drew into a 'Mountain let Iiiraeolt to
pray.
IV, Miracle on the sea, (vs. 16-21).
The disciples doubtless filtered the ba-
lIot
ot the people who saw the Miracle
Of feeding the five thousand, that
Christ ehould be erewhea
NEW GERMAN WAR TAXES TO
BE TWENTY P. C. HIGHER
Budget Presented Friday Shbws huge in-
creases Absolutely Necessary.
New War Loan Next Month -Socialist Min-
ority Leplores Sub. War.
••••••••••••••••
London Cable. ---War taxation in+ -
Germany has been inereesed twenty
per cent in the budget presented to
the Reichstag yesterday by Count von
Roedern ,Finance Minister, aecording
to an Amsterdam despatch to Rent -
ors. In the course of his speeen, in
which he announced the new war
credit at 1e.000,000,000 marks, Count
von Boedern explained that the in-
crease in taxation was necessary, be -
Matte the budget provides no new
money, while the "safety law" enacted
last year, called for an twos° of fifty
to sixty per out in the legal reserve,
Dealing with the proposed new coal
tax, the Finance alinieter said that
the question of taking over the coal
mines by the state had been rejected
as impossible. He a.deed that Ger-
many was well able to rely on its own
coal production, and that ,the commod-
ity could be taxed all the easier, be-
cause, in spite of war conditions, the
price was lower, than in foreign coun-
tries, averaging 16 to 18 marks, He
maintained that an average taxation
of 2 1-2 marks on coal and 80 pfennigs
on lignite was not too high, in addi-
tion to the coal tax, there will be a
levy of 10 to 16 per cent. on. railroctd
tickets and 7 per rent. on. all,freights,
Count von Roedern said that the
war credit voted last October was
nearly exhausted, and ocntinued:
"As in all belligerent countries, eo
also here, the war expenditure in the
last few months has created a meal')
tension, but it is certainly not greater
with us than with our enemies. I have
no reason to suppose that the propor-
tion of two to one which I estimated
in October as existing between the
expenditures of the Entente and the
Central Powers has changed. The
war expenditure of the world ex-
ceeds 300i000,000,000 of marks, and
not more than 100,000,000,000, is our
share. The cost In the next few
months will not relax, and therefore -
1 ask a, war credit of 16,000,000,000
marks. Next month we must issue
another U.: loan, and this budget pic-
ture is certainly serious, but, our econ-
omic life gives up no reason to look
to the future less confidently 'than
hitherto. Against tho demands of our
enemies, for reparation we shall be
eine to put the wore. indemnity.
"I have confidence in our ecenomic
future, and in the unbroken financial
strength of our people, and I am con-
vinced, iu view of our rapid techni-
cal development during the war, and
the firm determination of all produc-
ing•eircles, that everything that the
war has destroyed will be rebuilt. Our
strength Is not founded on paper, as
our enemies ettremse, but cn the unex-
hausted income of the people, and the
fact that we did not fall into the slav-
ery of debt to foreigners, as our en-
emie.s largely had to do. Our financial
strength is proved by the increase of
deposits in savinge and other banks,
and by the reports et four hundred
linilted companies which show not
culy increasing profits but wide re-
serves."
The Finance Minister ccincluded his
speech by drawing the hopeful etc -
titre of how all claseen would work
together for -reconstruction after the
war.
Topic. -Food in the Desert.
I. Cheat's gift to his hearers.
II, 'Cliritat'e lesson to his disciples.
III. An occaalon of human error.
I. Christ's gift to his hearers. John's
gospel presents chiefly the discoursea
of Jesus. This narrative is given by
way of introducing hie great discourse
on the bread ot life, lt It the record
of a, critical scene in Christ's work in
Genies which followed a great miracle
in Jerusalem, where he revea,led him-
self as the giver of life in the healing
of the crjpple at the pool,of Betheada.
In this ecord he is revealed as the
Support and Guide of life. At Jera•
salem the central teaching was upon
the relation of the Son to the Father,
In this ease it is the relation of Christ
to the believer, The place where the
multitude gathered was a thoroughly
secludeddistrict, well fitted to prepare
them for the lessens they were to re-
ceive. Jesus sought retirement from
the fury of Herod and the chief rulers.
The disciples required rest and retire-
ment after their first missionary tour.
They needed training in philanthropic
work, as. well as in spiritual things.
The people were eager to hear Jesus'
teaching. They evinced a confidence
in him which he did not disappoint.
rte honored their imperfect zeal. We
are hero made to see Christ's reaaY
discernment et all terms of human
necessity. and his power to relieve
them. What he would not, do for him.
sett, he instantly did for those who
target their own comforte to learn ot
him. The compassion of Jesus was
without respect of persons. He did
not ran) the question .of race or re-
ligion. He did not wait until the
people cried out from hunger. He
parsokveiddeidt. food for them before they
11. Chriet's lesson to his disciples.
It was more to the disciples than to
the multitude thee the events of the
day were significant. They had been
taught by degrees what was involved
In "leaving all" to folloer Jesus. He
now taught them what was their mis-
sion to the world they had left, and
that they had left it that they might
servo it more effectually, and were
now th love it with a new love. Dis-
cipleship involved practical, laborious
service. Jesus put questions to his
disciples which they could not answer,
and laid on them duties which they of
themselves could not perform. His ob-
ject was to prove them, and to reveal
their ignorance and weakness, that
they miglat appeal to him for help, The
proffer of Jesus' own wisdom and pow-
er was the answer to his own ques-
tion. In the reckoning of the disci-
ples there was a large deficit. 'With
Christ 'there was a great surplus. With
the child's gift, blessed and multiplied,
Jesus fed the hungry and refreshed
tho weary with no diminishing of his
supply, Having by the miracle taught
a lesson of beneficence, Jesus incul-
cated a lesson in economy. A solemn
warning was implied in the command
to "gather," and in its reason, "that
nothing be lost."
lit An occasion of hunme error,
The human and the divine idea of
kingship came Into strong contrast as
a sequel to tiae miracle. The multi-
tude itnagined that Jesus was the des-
tined deliverer of Israel from the Ro-
man yoke, and were prepared to sup-
rort his clainneas a temporal monarch.
Though those Galileans were not rep-
resentative men, they were fired with.
the national idea, and they attempted
to carry out the national wieh with re
gard to the efessiale Time and place
w et e, in their estimation, fat -01101e
for raising the standard of rebellion.
Upward of five thousand resolute
hearts would form a nucleus for an
army, which they expected would soon
include every true Jewish patriot.
Instead of surrendering themselves to
Jesus and his teacbings as the Mee -
Mate the multitude wished him to sur-
render himeelf to serve their purposes,
and to accept their hosannao. Their
Prepoeal to make him king was gin -
tore and enthusiastic. Jesus withdrew
to fruetrato their purpose, and Otis to
indieate the nature of the glory he
sought. Ile had Much to plead on be-
half of the multIttfde on whoin the
miracle had been lost, and ranch to
plead in behalf of his disciples, who
had been greatly affected by the zeal
of tho multitude. Ile retired to the
away from the politieal de-
signs of men, to watch over hie
dis-
alples as they tailed in their voyage
across the laite, 'P. IL A,
KRUPP STRIKE
GROWS WORSE
••••••••••• •••••
London Cable. -Dr, August von
London. ----The strike in the Melo
factories rit Essen is eonstantly ex-
tending, actording to Lea Nouvelle
The paper says that 40,000 workers aro
now on strike, due to the lack of
foe& and that disturbanees have ote
eurred at Alit•Le-Chapelle front the
mime Cantle. The pollee asked tor the
intervention of troOpe, telt*, it is eald.
refused to at.
Our deeds are like Children that are
born to we they live and eat apart
from onr own will. (Merge 14illot.
•
THE SOCIALISTS' VIEWS.
Count von Roedern was followed by
the SOcialicet.Deputy, Friedrich Ebert,
who reiterated the determination of
the German SOc1111 Democracy to hold
on until a peace was e -on which
would secure the vital interests ot
the German people.
-We wage this war for the defence,
of the eountry,", said Herr Ebert, "but
we also express our readiness for
peace, and expect the Government to
adhere unowervingly to its note of
Dec, 12, in which it expressed its wil-
lingness to end hostilities. We look
to the Government to be always pre-
pared fer negotiations which have to
object of guaranteeing teo nation's in-
terests and a, peace wilich will be
lasting. On these constderations we
euppert the war credits."
Deputy Gone Ledebour, leader of
the Socialist minority, in refusing to
follow the Administration, said:
"We cannot, be voting then credits,
take the responsibility for the war
aims of the Government. The insin-
cerity of the peace offer minimizes its
value. The right ef nations -to eajOy
independence is violated in the Man,
ner in whith Germany and Austria-
Hungary created a new Polish etate.
From the beginning we opposed unre-
stricted submarine warfare, and we de.
mend its cessation (Herr Ledebour
was interrupted at this point by loud
laughter.) It corresponds as little to
the laws of humanity as the British
plan ef starvation. We ask the Social-
ists 1t the Entente nations to fight the
meehitations of their Governments,
which .are frustrating peace, and we
ask our American Moeda of pence to
Prevent, in the last hour, ear With
America."
Several supporters of the other ra-
tio aillirorted the reedit, which was
promptly passed through all stages.
lei.311teen Socialists voted In the nem-
tive.
ISSUE WITH HOLLAND
Raised in Britain by Subma-
rine Blockade.
The Hague, Cable. via Londen.---The
stoppage of a coneiderable flambe?. Of
iieutral tailinge to Ierlush and Attlee
norta haa retried an issue between Great
Britain and Holland, aceording to the
'Gazette de lIollendee The raper save:
"We cen hardly expect Groat Britain
to rest eontent while Germany teeures
euelt edvanteges by illegal threate end
11 eesure. Great Britain has Made
counter &Mantis amounting t aeomnid-
st.ry resumption Of traffie With herself
The situation eat Only he temporary.
Dutch ehipping must be resumed in due
eotnse, as the nation's life depends on
it trireme& commerce.,
"Cutch merchants are neusible to the
lems that would itectue it the courted -
Mu with Great Britain was more or leaa
PeYere, hut it iff one thine for 5 13rItialt
fleet to tress the North Sea with tet on.
voy et Sestroyere and another for Dutch
Shirol to erase Mote ana unarmed. troth
erttntries haVe a large interest itt'solving
the problem Aet by (tenon ruthleseneste
and the eolution will not be found in
Lusty demands tend angry worde,"
"V.%
11100.
.PS.Nryy.
TORONTO IVI.A.RKETS.
teARMEMS.
Dairy Produce -
Th, -r. choice dairy $0 42
$0 16
ke.liglet7s,o,niebu:-IalcI, doz. .. .. 0 55 0 60
, 0 00 0 30
. 1:Tre'ssleadilIcio.ttlithrY-- • • - - 0 35 0 35
Turkeys, lb, .. .. - .. - 0 33 0 35
P°:S(2SWillg. .
1., ibi• • .• .. ..
• • • • • ... 0 20 9 22 0 15
U 22
Ducklings, lb. .. ... .. 0 25 0 27
k:i/Liir:liv.n:gici,loduclittreyn_s, lb. .. . , 0 23 0 27
Chickens, lb. .. .. .. .. .... 0 21 0 20
'Fowl, lb. ... .., , .... 0 22 0 24
APples, 13aldwin, bbl. .. .. - 3 30 4 30
LIDO 00o..:: (31S1ip. gel eetns. ,i ob bit!: b..b.. l . .... ...... ... :, 23 2000 75 0000
Rhubarb, bah. ...... ,. .. .. 0 10 0 11120 80 1:3
0 rvuenggeetau, b ideosz2 . . . . . , . . . . 0 15 0 30
00c,iitiporietss,f, rbujilentvdbouzi:,............. ...., . .,..., 018 651100g 1. 00
Beets, 2-er bag .. ,. ,. .... 0 00 2 00
Lettuce„ doz. bchs., small .. 0 26
Leeks, bunch .. .„. .. ., 0 10
Cebbages, each - ., _ ., 0 10
Horseradieh, lb. .. .. ., - .. 0 00
PD00,.: 01. -qt. elialc.t0.1 .... .... .... 00 1250
Do., doz. bells., twat) .. .. 0 50
75
30
10
Do. 11 -qt. 1st.. .. .. .. .. 25
149.01,1,:i pes-q, tp. ebristag.. ........,:..... 0 00 75
0 00 60
Potatoes, per bag - .. .. .. 3 50 73
Do., bkt. .. .. .. .. .... 0 85 90
Sage, bunch .. .... .. .. 0 00 04
Savory, bunch .. .. .. .. .. 0 00 04
Turnips, bag . .. - .. .. .. 0 76 00
Do., 11 -qt. bit. ., .. .... -0 20 25
MEATS-WHOLESRALE.
Beef, forequarters, cwt. .. 513 00 515 03
Do., hIntiquarters.... 16 00 18 50
Carcases, choice ,. .. .. 15 50 17 00
Do., common .. - .. .. 11 60.. 13 50
Veals, common, cwt. .. - .. 9 60 11 50
Do., medium .-. .„. .. 13 00 13 50
Do. prime ------------18 GO 20 00
Hedy hogs ... ........ ... 14 60 16 50
Shop hogs -. ... ... ... - 18 60 10 50
Abattoir hogs ,. .. - - .. 18 50 19 51
Mutton, heavy .. .. - .. 10 00 12 00
Do., light ... ... . ... ... 16 00 37 00
Lambs, lb-. ., - .. .. .. ,. 021 023
Do., Spring_ .. .. - .. II. 00 14 01
25
80
15
25
30
Nirellington Minus)
Fire Ins. CO.
mitibuoild uo.
Aria4 Ottios, OW21, ONT.
MO* t4116411 Col 114 4:41011e0 Or 1214illIN
kb1S ilOPerty on the or.th or premi.are
not 4 ortom„
POO. 11141010K434, SOUK D4VI.P002(
Prsoidtmt Porotary
SIT0H111 4 40400,
Aguas, V110.44144, Qat
MaY71-1BR' MARKETS.
WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE.
Open. High. Low. Close.
May.... 1 76% 1 7641 1 75Vs 1 75141
July , . 1 74 174 1. 73is 1 734
Oct - --------1 30fx 1 40 1 39% 1 39s
0 691,fi fa% 0 59% 0 59%
July 0 69% 0 699 0 5914 0 59%
Flax. -
May ,, . ... 2 .5811. 2 58'4 2 681k 2avii
July.. 2 61 2 61 '4._60u- 601.
aTo •$1.7 1-2 sold.
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN MARKET.
Minneapolis. -Wheat -May, $L78 1-2;
July, $1.78. Cash -No. 1 hard, 81.88 1-1
to 51.00 1-4; No. 1 Northern, 51.50 1-4 to
51.36 1-2; No. 2 Northern, 51.78 1-4 to sem
1-4, Corn -No. 3 yellow, 49 3-4c to $1.01
3-4. Oata-No. 3 white, 553-1 to 66 3-4c.
Flour and bran unchanged.
DULUTH GRAIN MARKET.
Duluth. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 51.81; No. 1
Northern. $1.80 3-4; No. 2 Northern, 61.76
3-4 to 51.78 3-4. Linseed, on track, 52.80
1-2 to 52.81; arrive. $2.80 1-2; July, 52.82
3-4 bid; May, 52.82 1-2.
LONDON WOOL SALES.
London. -There were 4,680 hales of Gov-
ernment wool offered at the wool auc-
tion sales to -day. The small offerings
were readily observed. Geelong greasy
selling at 3s 108 and West Australian at
2s 4 1-2a. Scoured merinos and greasy
cross-breds AVOI-0 withheld frOnt sale.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK....
Cattle, receipts 500.
cuaYale ------735 11 90
Nblutalyrekett:etrea
Stockers and feedeis .. 6 25 9 30
Cows and heifers 5 15 20 2)
CalN es ... . 00. 12 16
klogs, receipts 17,000.
hlatrket strong, 50 higher
uatt
12 00 12 85
Mixed 12 45 12 05
itioeugavykl 1121 4455 1213
•.. 30
Pigs ,
60
B.
Bulk of sales . ... . .. 125 6790 1121 2950
Sheep, reccipis ........
Market steady.
Wethers
1120 2950 1142 6105
Lames, -natiVe
TORONTO CATTLE MARKETS,
Flour, winter patents -47s.
Hops in London (Pacific Coast) -44,15s,
to 15, 158.
Hants, short cut, 14 to 16 lbs. -126s:
Bacon, Cumbelland cut. 26 to 30 lbs. -
123s .
Clear bellies, 14 to 10 lbs, -128s.
Long clear middles, light, 28 to 34 lbs.
-ras.
Long clear middles, heavy, 39 to 40
I1,. -l268.
Short clear backs, 16 to 20 lbs. -126s,
Lard, priine v:estirn, In tiarces-nomtn-
.01.
American, refincd-1352, 3d.
American, refined in boxes -133s
Cheese, Canadian, finest white, new-,
nominal.
Colored -nominal.
Amstrallan in London -58s, 00.
Turpentin, s1)irits-653, 3d.
Resin, common -28s, 3d.
Petroleum, refined -1S, 2 1-40.
Linseed 011-64s.
cotton Seed Oil, hull refined, spot -50s,
3d.
1HUN BACHELFS
HEAVILY TAXED
blaastrireht, Holland Cable says:
Leutze, Prussian Minister of leimuico,
has annourteed a new heavy tax en
bachelors, according to a Berlin tele
gram tram/tithed by the EXchange
neneetrarh Copenhagen correspondent.
Families with children, on the other
hand, the announcement states, will be
relievei of part of the burden of ordi-
nary taxation, according to the num
'her of their children.
HAS•OOMPLIED.
Greece Has Transferred
Amy, as Allies Ordered,
Athena, Cable, vie. London -An of -
Delia statement was given eat here to -
dee In regitrd to the tranafer of the
Oreelt army to the th?loponnesua, in torn-
Illance With the demands of the Entente
Poweea. The eannouneetnent follows:
"The Greek general staff announces
that there had been traneferred from
continental G1oper. to the reloponnesue.
tmv tn reit. le, 15,800 men, 4.200horses rola
mules, sis stuns, 155 maeltine guns, 140.000
rifles, 103,000 'cases Of infantry amment.
'don. 333.000 artillery projectiles, anti 133.-
teeeeft eartridges. At preeent there ma
being loaded at Piraeus for transport to
the PciopOtinestia 197 'old TurIcleti guns,
booty of the tlalkan war. There
remain in I:1)1rue a humber of obsolete
stunt from Turalith forts.
"The ribeve figures Wive been tommun-
ieeted to the Entente."
Dudley Holmes
Lotraorm, loomOTOtt, *TO ;
Moot Mom Stook. Whishoin.
Vanstone
sAmos-nut **Liorron.
Mow to lox; itt lowoot 'otos.
Wait/HAW
Arthur J. Irwin
D.D.S., L.O.S.
Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Venn-
sylvanea. College and pleeritiate of Den-
tal Surgery of Ontario.
Closed every Weeimesday Afternoon.
Office in Macdonald Stook.
F. M. DEANS
D.D.S., ,L.D.S.
Honor Graduate of the Royal College of
Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor
Graduate of 'University of Toronto.
Faculty of Denistry,
Closed ever', Wednesday Afternoon. '
Office Over -H. E. lord & Goes Store
In the Dental Parlors, fornterly occu-
pied by Lr. G. H. nO9S.
W. R. HarnbUy
11.8e., M.D., C.M.
Special attention paid to diseaees
of WOmen and Children, having
taken pootgraduate work in Sur-
gery, Bacteriology and gelantifie
Medicine.
Office in the Kerr residen.ce, b.
tweea the Queen's Rotel and the
Baptist Church,
A.11 business given careful attention.
Phone K 1*, 0. fax 113
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31,1t.C.8. (Eng.)
L.B.C.P, (Lend.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
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CAM'S sometimes benefit considerably al -
SO.
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of Canada.
Off Ice Hours -2 to 6. 7 to 8 p.m. Phone 191.
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Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario college of . Phytilcians and
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