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Leseten X. Meath 11, 1017.
Jesus the Bread et letro.-elOhn 0:
3240i
Oenementary.--I, Seeltiug for James
(vs. 32.29). 22, 23. Ott the day follow..
ins tee feedtng of the five thousand,
art, at least, ot the intetatide 'de -
tared to see Jesus nein. They ilaW
that he did not enter the boat tO go
Acrees the sea with his disciples, Ana
then %ended to eind aim cm the east
aide. 24. They also toolshipping-
Boats had come acresthe tie*/ frone
Tiberlas, a city 'teat by Herod Antipas
hu the wet side of tee Sea of Galilee,
aad made by lent the capital Qf ble
aroviace. These boats were used by
the PeoPle in going to the west aide
ot the sea in their aearch for Jaen
They landed in the plain of Gannet:0e
rot, a few miles south of Capernaune
Seeking for Jesus -Their search wati
to be richly rewarded, but not in the
manner they were expecting. 25. Rabbi
-Alaskan teacher. When cattiest thou
hither --.Their seeking for Josue watt
prompted largely by curiosity. Tele
que,ation shows that they were living
upon a low plane. "They expect eome-
thing miraculous. Christ doee not
gratify their curiosity. If the feeding
ot the five thousand, which they had
witnessed, taught them nothing, what
goed would it do them to hear of the
crossing of the sea?" -Cam, Bib. 20.
Verily, verily -This word repeated hap
the effect of a solemn oath. Josue 12
but to rebuke them for their un
worthy motives, that. he may lead
them to something vastly higher. Not
because ye saw the miracles -The
miracle had been wrought primarily to
convince the people of the Messiah.
ship of Jesus and secondarily to re
lieve hunger. They who had asked
Jesus the ouestion. were not affected
by the first consideration, but were
by the second. The sign, the miracle.
in itself had not appealed to them.
but the plentiful supply of food had
Because ye did eat of the loaves -Title
would be a severe charge for one who
was merely human to make, but Jesus,
the Son of God, saw clearly the mo•
the of those who bad questioned
kim, and his judgment of them wee
aboolutely correct. They were seek.
ing for material benefits. There are
multitudes in that class to -day. If
there is any material advantage to
them in being religious, they are
ready to be known as Christians.
They have no conception of stellate]
blessednesa They mind earthly thing,
and are wholly unconcerned respect
ing spiritual values.
27. Labor not for the meat \\*Mob
perieheth-nesus - -would not have us
iadolent or neglectful of our physical
needs. He would have us diligent to
provide for our households, but this
should_ not pe our chief concern. That
meat which endureth unto everlasting
life -He urged upon the people the ne
cessity el giving filet attention to the
intereets of the soul. This is in full
harmony with his words recorded in
Meet. 6: 33. The meat spoken of here
fs spiritual sustenance, grace, salva-
tion. Which the Son of man shall give
-The benefits which Jesus urges his
hearers to seek would come throua•h
bims,elf alone. Him hath God the Fa
ther sealed -The Father attested, or
authenticated, the liessiabship and
Sonship of Jesus by the prophecies of
the Old Testament, by the voice from
heaven and by the miracles *which
wore wrought by him. The recent
miracles east of the sea, which they
had witnessed, sealed this great truth
23. What shall we do-Thattentiori
of the people had beeu drawn from the
material to the spiritual, to some ex-
tent, at least. They wished to.anow
what works they might perform to
aecure the "meat" thrit would endure
to everlasting life. 29. This is the
work or God -This le the work God
would have you do. This e,hould ab.
sorb your interests and employ your
energies of soul. Believe on him wheel
h,e hath sent -The work of God is to
believe on his Son. To do this one
must turn away from his sins, submit
himself fully to the divine will and re
calve Jesus by faith into his heart and.
elle This will accomplish such
change in one that he,becomes a new
creature in Christ Jesus. Tens faite
will free hen from eondemnation, and
aa he walks ia the light; it will bring
to him the cleansing or his heart from
all sin (I. John 1: 7.) It is by a steady
and continuous faith in Chriet that one
is kept pure in heart. •
II. Asking for a sign (vs, 30-34).
O. what sign sltewest thou -Christ's
hearers understood from what he had
said that le claimed to be the Meese
at, and they tasked fora eign -as a
probe of the correctness of his claim.
They did not consider the miracle
of feeding the five thousand suffi-
cient, leas Jesus claimed the right e.
teething them, and as it was mat'
fest that he would teach them differ-
ently from what they supposed Moses
to teach, It was natural to ask him
by what authority he claimed the
right to be heard."
• -Barnes. 31. our fathers did eat
raanna in the desert -Reference it
made to the supply of food the Lore
geve to the children of Israel during
their forte years' watidering in the
wilderness. They who were question-
ing Jesus would liave it understood
that Moses gave the manna, and yet
he was not the Messiah; and Jesue
meet give a greater sign than that
or they would not believe in him, in
gave theta bread from heaven-efosei
was divinely appointed to lead Iota
to Canaan, and through him he cora
rannicated with the people, but it ivEl
the Lotti who provided the Maena,
and not Moses. 32. Moses- gatrot You
not that bread from hoeveneoTheir
atateinent Was wrong in two partie.u-
Ws. In the first place, It Wes The
Lord that gave the supply of food, In
the eeeottd place, it was food for the
body that was given in the wildornesel
while the Father was offering the
World that which Would nourish the
noul, "the true bread from heaven.'
33. the bread Of God is he which
eoneeth down from heaven -That
Whieh feeds the Geld, belpartlag Mid
=teething spiriatal life, Le the bread
of life, but the direct statement is
not made grail a little later, 34, even'
more give us this bread -This Petition
wan based on a low conception of
what Josue wee offering them. "What-
eVet iniractiloue supely he has at tome
maid, they would like to reeeive, not
etensientlY, like the grope reDatit, but
permanetaly-eVermorea Whedent.
This reeitiest rereinds pa of the
Water that Jestis offered het She
wtetild be glad to Ware it, so she Would
not let obliged to cOrae to the Well be
the* (John 4:15.
lit, Jesus the bread of life (ve
8140). 35. I am the bread of Ma-
in n he spoke of himself In the
third iternon, and now he Speaks un
tatetakably of hheself, using the first
person. .lentin In the breed et life
not otil:r betatine of hie lifeametaining
pewee, teat 010 14010 he gitent life.
The Manila Of wiiiell 1t5 hettrere had
ePohou eatiefied only bodily neede tem-
porarily, but Jesua satisfiee opiritual
iieede etoenally. lie that comae
lie taut belleveth-Tho cOaditl0113
upon, which Josue ghee himeelf to
tee individual are that lei leave all
other eieitente Of religious trttet out
come to jeaue as hie only support and
believe in aim with ail his heart. Soul
bungee and soul Whet are fully raet
in Jesus. 3U, Yo ale° luare seen me,
and believe uot-Their opportunitioe
lad been great, for thee lied heard his
instructiene and had, seen the miracle
which he wrought on the other side
of the sea. "They had oven seen aim,
and yet did not believe on him," is
the seliSs of the passage, 37. All that
the Father givete mo shall cow° to
Ine---Tboee who come at the call of
God, be is representing here es giving
to Christ, because it 15 through Ills
blood alone that they can be saved.
God, his spirit, convinces of ten,
righteoueness and judgment; those
who acknowledge their iniquity, and
their need of salvation, he giveto
Christ, that Is, he points, out to them
the Lamb of God alio takes away the
sin of the world, -Clarke, 1 will in
no wise cast out -This „is a precious
promise and it has comforted myriads
of sin -burdened souls as they helm
looked tei.Jesus, 38.40. It is clearly the
will of the leather that all shall come
to bis Son, and be those who thus
come he will impart life, spiritual life;
and those we° receive and retain this
life shall be raised up at the last day
and shall be forever with thq Lord.
He wills the highest good of all.
Queetions.-Who werb trying to find
Jesus? What reason did Jesus give
for this desire to see him? To what
did Jesus seek to call theirattention?
Why did they ask for a sign? What
did Jesus tell them to do if they
would please God? What did the peo-
ple say about manna? What did Jesus
mean when he said that he was the
bread of life? Quote a rich promise
contained in the lesson. On what
coalitions will Jesus become the bread
of life to us?
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
Topic. -Imperishable food.
I. The gift ot God.
II, Retelved by faith.
I. The gift of God, Citric:tee know-
ledge of tee human heart was shown
in exposing the false motivee of those
who followed Him. He did not pro-
nounce it wrong for the multitude to
feel the cravings of feature or to re-
joice in the miraculous supply afford-
ed them in the desert. They were not
rebuked for following Iihn. The de-
fect was in their lack ot spiritual per-
ception and the desire for eternal
tile, They were moved by their stim-
ulated. appetites without way grati-
tude or devotion. Tney did not recog-
nize the Giver in the bread, nor the
Bread of lite in the Giver. Jana re -
puked exceeeive attention to the body
to the neglect of the soul. He pro-
claimed tee eesential superiority of
the food which endures. Ho gave a
striking and just representation of
flinetelf. He revealed Himself plainly
as the Bread of life. Ile intimated that
therewas in Him that, watch if pro-
perly received; would: communicate et-
ernal life. He pealed gradually from
figure to reality. From the miracle of
the loaves the multitude would gladly
nave received Him as their king. They
eould have headed an uprising to
make Him such, but on being inform-
ed directly of His divine origio and
miesion to earth, and that they
must believe on Him no their Saviour
from sin, they demanded further eva
deace, The difficulty was not that the
.eieseiah's origin should be mysterious.
The popular opinion was that when
Cheat came no one would know from
whence He came. The Jews supposed
they kuew exactly who Jesus was,
the son of Joseph arid Mary. Hie mir-
acles could not undo the impression
made on their. minds by the circum-
stances of Hie life at Nazareth, He
was still but the carpenter's son.
Jesus did not utter His words to moot
the moral -difficulties preeent in their
minds. He. pressed His claim, that of
having been seta into the world by
he Father to perforin it specific work.
He aseerted • that it we.s not Mcsee,
but God who fed the people with
manna. Hence there peal be no com-
parison between Moses and Jesus. The
Bread of life was not limitee to one
people, but offered to the whoai race
of mankind. Jeeus proceeded to speak
of Hie Father's placing Tels people
in the care bf Hie Son as the Media-
tor. God the Father was declared to
be the Author .of ohs elan of salve -
tion. Jesus claimed a power within
Himself to constrain wanderers to re-
turn to God.
II. Received by. faith. Jesus urged
the supreme importance of motive in
eligionathe transcendent value of the
:alvation of the soul and that faith in
eineself watch would lead to eternal'
dfe. He declared that believing in
aim is the. greatest of all works, tho
iomprehensive summary of all tree
sork. The requirement to believe on
dm comprehended a full consent to
a saved by him. It was this simple
And implicit treat which created the
lifficuley. They intagined there was
;one higher work yet to be done than
iny commanded by the law of Moses.
ehey believed themselvou to be are.
,ared to do whatever needed to be
Ione. Jesus saw the spititual nature
;f man in all its priceless capacity,
thd to this he aadressed himself when
ao bade his hearers eat of his flesh
ind drink of his blood, He would
Jaye them' understand that the tate
aim in life is not the attainment of
material good, but the attainment of
ipiritual life iu him. To feel hie love,
‘a do his will, W0.5 the aim in ,lie
aorthy of their pursuit, worthy of the
eature with which their Creator had
Indowed them. The very purpose at
ehrist's missien to earth, his teathings
Ind miracles, his surterhigs ana death
was that he might give himself' to
•ne hungering heart cot humanity, Be-
. ieiaiie him consiste ot the turning of
ito soue to riguteousnees. Inner con;
action determines action. Believing
a the' inner process, work le the outer
erocoss. Belief is the motive, work
the tomtit. Belief is, tho cause, work
is the effect. Faith in Clirlit Is God's
appointment as the solo means of sal-
ation. The primary element of al'
atm faith is simple reliance on tile
;eeriei testiniong that Giulia is all suf-
iicierit for the purpose of salvation,
ehe athaeing love ot the fathers ap.
ears in chooeing and drawing gullty
nen to be saved. Every stago. of the
tedeenier's life eorifirmed the comfort.
au; fact that "God tent not hia on
:Ito the world to condemn the' World."'
rue Father ends Ids i3511 tO men; and
nen to his Son.
T. R. A.
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HUNS WITHDRAW OP#grl,
London, Saturday, Cable. -A des.
patch to the Daily Mail trort The Hague.
En-Y(844meny's suggestion to lend trolland
Mims to Ter,Inee those munk annarnIttly
has bcon withdrawri, tirobttbly becauee it
ws.6 reelited the ships would bo treated
the klutonte iter ctorinau and seised
it is understood. that /Tolland TeettIesd
coriv6ntrilloti ter the, lose nt the Veinielk
sunk tt$ tta their replettemerie 'due.
big the ever. '
REVELATION OF PLOTS
MAY OUST DIPLOMATS
Hun Foreign Secretary May
Quit-Bernstorff Is Done,
News Kept From People,
But Charge Is Admitted.
'London Oab1e4-4The German, press has been o ydered not to
ptt1alls4 a word regarding the American -Mexican revelations until
further notice, according to an Amsterdam despatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company, The despatch sa,ys that only a few circles are
aware of the intrigue and that it -is considered possible the result of
the affair will be the resignation of Foreign Secretary Zimmerman
and the ending of Count von Bernstorff's career as a diploluat.
TRE CHARGE ADMITTED.
London Oable.---Foreign Secretary Zimmerman 's instructions
to the German Minister to Mexico, as published in the United States,
are admitted in Berlin to have been correctly quoted, according to a
despatch to Beuter's from the German capital by way of Amsterdam.
The despatch quotes' the following+
telegram, received in Amsterdam
from Berlin on Friday, end which
was apparently sent by the Wolff Bu-
reau, the seral-official German ems'
tor,ency:
"The American press contains re-
ports about instructions from the Min-
istry of Foreign Affairs to the Gor-
man Minister in Mexico City, In the
event that Germany, after .the procla-
mation of unrestricted submarine war.
faro, failed to keep the 'United Statee
neutral. Those reports are based on
the following facts: After the decision
had been taken. to begin unrestricted
set:marine warfare on Feb. 1, we had
to reckon, in view of the previous at,
titude or the American Government,
with the possibility of conflict with
the United States. That this calcula
tion was right Is proved by the fact
that the American Government seven
cd diplomatic relations with Germany
soon after the proclamation of a bar.
red zone, and asked other neutrals to
'follow her example.
"Anticipating these possibilitlea, It
was. not only the right, but also the
duty of our government to take pre.
cautions in time -in the event of a
military conflict with iho 'United
States -in order to balance, if possible,
the adhesion to our foes of a new en.
only. The German Minister at Mexico,
therefore, waa instructed in the mid -
ale of January that, in the event of
the United States declaring war, he
should offer to the 'Mexican Govern-
ment an alliance, and arrange further
details. These instructions, by the
way, expressly directed the Minieters
to make no advances to the Mexiean
Government unless he knew for a cer.
tainty that America was goats to de
clam war.
"How the American Government ree
coived information of instructions eent
in secret way to Mexico is not known.
It appears, however, that the treach
ory-and it only must have been
treachery -was committed on Amore
can territory."
A Central News deepatch from Am-
sterdam says the Berlin telegram in
regard to Secretary Zimmerman's in-
structions to the German Minister in
Mexico is semi-official.
ZIMMERMAN "EXPLAINS."
Berlin Cable, via Sayville -The
following was given out to -day by the
Overseas News Agency (the official
German news bureau):
Foreign Secretary Zimmerman was
asked by a ataff member of the Over-
seas News Agency about the English
report that "a German plot had been
revealed to get Mexico to declare war
against the United States, and to
secure Japan's aid against the United
States." Secretary Zimmerman an
swered:
"You understand that it is impossi-
ble for me to discuss the facts of this
i 'revealed plot just at this moment
I and tauter those circumstances. T
therefore may be allowed to limit my
'answer to what is said in the English
reports, whin cettainly are not In -
stared by sympathy with Germany.
The English report expressly states
that Germany espected and wished to
reinaiu on . terms of friendship with
the United States, butthat we had
Prepared measures of dame° in case
the United States declared war against
Germany. I fail to eee how such a
'plot' is inspired be unfriondlinese on
our part. It would mean nothing but
that. wo would use means univertially
admitted in war, in case the -United
States declared war.
"Tho most important part • of the
eumaimu suompuoo et; si told pollens:
The' whole 'plot' falls flat to the
kround in case the United States does
not declare war against us. And if
we really, as the report alleges, con-
sidered the possibility of bestir() acts
of the Milted States against us, then
we really had'reesons to do. se.
AN AEViERICAN PLOT.
"An Argentine newspaper really 're-
vealed a plot' when it told that the
United States last year suggested to
other American republics eommoh ac-
tion against Germany and aer allies.
This 'plot' was not conditithat in the
least. The news, as published in La
Planet, (Buenos Aires), ogees well
witIr the interpretation given, for in-
stance by all American neveliaPerMan,
Edward Price, in 13orlin end London,
'Who said that the United States Was
waiting only for the proper moment ih
order opportunely to assist the En-
tente. The same Ameriean stated that
Americanfrom the beghtiiing of the
war really participated in it by putting
the immense reeourtes of the Mated
States at the Eetenteet dispeeal, and
that Ameticathe had not declared Wiir
only because they felt sere that as-
sistance by friendly neutrality would
be derlieg that tate, much More effi-
cient for the Entente than direct par-
ticipation in the war. Whothet thie
American tiOwepaperman reported the
facts (meetly we were at a lees to judge
in eatieftiettery faeliion, since We:were
enore prtenweonepletely out off teeth
cottineunicatioh with the 'UMW Statea,
"flit there Were other'fitete Whin
wined to Mai* this Old similar as
surances. /everybody knowe these facts
and I need not repeat them. Tho En -
tette prepagarida, sorviees liaVe staff.
elently heralded all thee proelentente
eemonetratided ere the United Statue
then it is ()Intim that it WO het friet-
oletitt on Out Dart to consider what
defensive itietteures we SbOUId take itt
einar lee Mere attaelted bY the*tfillted
Statee."
WAR MAY LAST
OVER ANOTHER
WINTER STILL
Unless Conditions Outside
Military Zone Operate
to Shorten It.
IkEIAI HUN ASSAULT
To Recover Prestige, Pre-
dicted by British Offi-
cial Expert.
London Cable. -The war May eas-
ily ext,eint over anotner winter, as tar
as purely military factors are coneern-
ed, according to a statement by Goi.
Frederiek. 13. Maurice, Director of
Military Operations for the Imperial
General Staff, in an interview given
to the Aesociated Press. General Mau-
rice Is an authority ou military his-
tory, rind has -been chosen as the bio-
grapher of Itobert E. Leo in a series
paunched under the title of "Makers
of the -Nineteenth CeuturY,"
"Strategy as immutable as time,"
he tend, "Is dominating this war, as it
has dominated all other conflicts. The
strategy of which General Leo was a
master does not change with time, and
In Dee year 2001 military leaders will
be acting on the priaciples of Napoleon
and Lee.
"The men over in the trenches, see-
ing only a brief and intimate part of
the actual operations, are inclined to
assert*that the principlesof warfare
have changed, but this is true only
of tactics, whiele according to Napol-
eon, change every ten years, a period
which, had he been alive to -day, he
probably would have reduced to five
Years. Tills is duo to the increase in
in.ventive Dower over the time when
Napoleon !ought. In the tactics of
this war are seen three tremendous in-
novations which can probably be
placed in the following order: First,
airplants; second, improved heavy ar-
tillery,, with hig'hly explosive shells;
third, machine guns, In strategy, the
immutable problems of time and space
Isett.i11 prevail, and were Napoleon and
Lee alive to -day, the genius which
made them great would find an out -
"In a paragraph, the difference be-
tween ,strategy and tactice may be
explained to the lay reader as follows:
Strategy consists of plans • for the
Manoeuvres of armies seeking a def-
inite result, while tactics are the
operations when two forces are in
aetual contact. The victory of the
Marne was the result of high strategy,
as was tho German sweep through
Belgium and the encircling movement
about Paris. The trench warfare pre
:ailing sine° lia,s been -purely a matte,
of tactics, without either aide being
'tole to make any manoeuvres 111 the
realm of strategy,
WHY ALLIES GAIN SLOWLY.
"People wonder frequently way,
with the superior resources in niab
power undoubtedly posseseed by the
allies that more progress toward vic-
tory is not made. The ree.son lies In
the form of strategy, which made the
civil war so long, and enabled Napo-
leon to keep his back to the wall so
.ong when he had a coalition of Eu-
rope against him, Lea and Napoleon
worked on heterior -Heat from a con-
tl'al position, and they had the genius
co make the best possible use of the
groat advantage this gave them. The
aermans understand this form of
etrategy so well that, even in peace
tirnes, their economic neceseities are
frequently saerificed to military needs.
In their trateportation system alone
the result of this policy can bo seen.
Leo and his small army held back
greatly superior forces for tour years,
and there is no reason to anticipate.
on purely military grounds, an early
collapse of the Germans. Of course
Lee operated on Natio linemeasured
in miles, while the preterit, fronts
eeteftd altriost across continents, but
ptirtiosinms.
•inciplee of strateale eeverlag
hem
tand m
apace, remain the nae, no
the duration of thie war is not stir -
HUNS TO TRY ELSEWHERE.
"I me no indleatiori of What. luta
been asserted, that the Germane are
withdrawing at genie places along our
front betatme of a dettire to force
open fighting. Thia movement is a
retiternent forced upon them. They
de not_ Ilke it Any more than Wo did
when, alter the second battle of
Yprea, vie had to retire s, short dis-
tance to straighten our line, You may
be tome no army likes to retire; and
therefore it is certain that the Ne-
wels will Makeitdetermined 'Wert
9041101110re to reetOre their lcet pros:
tam We are hew merele• gatheriug
the fruits of our whiter Operations,
the reatilt Of Whieb id Wet from Arnie
to the Abere a ealletit, decidedly dare.
Order; to german prlitione, its
been established. Our raids oa the 1
oznme trout gave lis canuuaudiug0 TE s
poeitioue from wilich our artillery H RT I M
fire waamuo moe ofiective. TAU
°OITA)" Whe aro Ito longer occupy-
ing (mug and well -constructed dug.
auto, aro inoro than melee.; to retire
to a safer line, They 4:130 probeblY
Counted en limiting our preparations
for an offensive over this ground
abortive giving up their front Poo
and corapelling ra to alter our plans.
ClaeRMANS STILL STRONG
"I have no patienee wall the idea
that the Germane aro at the cad of
their fighting ranntr,C80. Thew are stIll
capable of, and will put up a stroeg
fight, From a purely military stand-
point 1 see no reason why the war
should not go through another win-
ter, but conditions otitelde the infa-
ntry eerie may operate to end it
moiler. Hew far the ehortege of food
in Germany hae. affected the phyeigee
and morale of the latest recruits, I
Minot say, bet time deterioration
from this Callee Is Wawa certain,
and will become mom end more ef-
feative with the patine of time, In
our armies I believe that we have the
manhood ,as well as the material flue-
erlority, which will mutt iu ulti-
mato viotory."
General Maurice belongs to a fam-
ily of military students. His father
was Professor of M1l1tar Science in
the War State College, end was fam-
ous aa military historian.
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AIRCRAFT LOSS
IN FEBRUARY
Wastage Normal On French
Front Last Month.
,
British Got 41 of 60 German
Machines.
M•110.0MOIP
London Special Cable says -The
waetage of aircraft on the weetern
rrout last month is described aa nor
mat, as miet and fag greatly hum•
tiered huraDiag rates, battery spotting
elm truittal Lice -Astons tor air figate.
..,mording to the daily 'official re.
tarts Ulan 13riush general heatiquart-
au and tee arencli alma:try of War.
eti aeriettanee were accounted for ia
e•eareary, ni J auuary tho lossee
were anemia' reeereen ati he, anu itt
eat emeer 7e. ete the b9 machines 60
ueAongea to the German 'flying eer-
ace. Brittah airmen claimed 41 of
these, and tne French 19. The follow -
Aug partioluars of theee which fell
're OfDelally given: Hight were nes-
troyed, 27 driven down damaged,
C101,10. in our lines, anti une was
orought exam. Tile number of allied
mactunee officially claimed by Ger-
elan headquarter.% partly le air fights
and partly iron antaaireraft fire. is
8, /1/1 interesting feature of the Ger-
man communieuee last moue was
tuat for the nest time since Boelkas
death in October an airmail was sin-
gled out tor mention. The same et
man is Lieut. Von Richofen, who
I s said on February 16th to have
achieved his 20th and 2let victims.
None of Riehaofen's previous success-
es wero officially mentioned. During
the month the French airman, Guy-
nemer, reeeived well deserved pro-
motion to the rank of captain. He
has 30 Gerraan victims to his credit.
Tnough he did not improve hat pose
tion itt Fe.bruary he is Mill ahead on
the liet of French airmen.
CHINA TO JOIN
AWED FORCES
Negotiations Now On With
Entente Powers
For Declaration of War
Against the Teutons.
Washington Report-- Negotia.
tions looking to Cilium's entrance Into
the war against tho Central Powerz
are new in progrees at •Peitin, and In
ail the Dentente capitals, it was learn-
ed here to -day, and their success' de-
pend.; only upon the harmonizing of
the rewards to be given China with
tao amount of co-opetation demand;
ed of her. It is regarded as practical-
ly certain that China will sever rela-
tions with Germany, and declaration
Of war probably ail1 follow if the
'entente will guarantee sateafactorY
relaxation of the restrictions impeeed
upon the Eastern empire by the
world powers after the Boxer troubles.
Fula learned to -day from official
and diplomatic circles servo to claw
up much of the obscurity which has
overhung events in UM Far East in
the past month. Occasional vague
dcepatchee from China and references
in tho Reichstag to "China's abandon-
ment of reutrality*," have thrown only
dim light elm Gormanye endeavor
to keep China out of the struggle, the
Eextentea moves to bring her in, and
China's reluctance tie aleange her
erteent state of peace without itele-
quilt° guarantees.
WHAT .0IeINA ASKS.
Minadesires to secare the com-
plete reraiseion of the Boxer Indem-
whieh total over $30,000,000, a
year and Continue until 1940, If sho
entered the war the part whielf other-
wise would bo paid to- Auetria and
aermany cOuld be repudiated. Infer -
matfett here indicates that the Eit-
teate alreedy has agreed to postpone
payments in case China begins hoe -
Vanes, but doe's not torroborate
Venally,' athlete that France and
Belgiene in behalf of the powers.
leave offered complete reiniestion. The
earn involved is suth all appreeiable
part of China' total expenses that a
eatiniactory agreetneht might well re.
move the fineucial difficulties of the
Govareinent. '
NEW ZEP. AND
CREW BURNED
London Cable. ---'A new Zepeplin
bu speed trials at Gheut, citught 011
fire • on Motulay Rad ;was eOmpletely
.destroyed, according ib reports from
Ilerlin received. by "the Exchange Tele..
eerealf Coliipatty.by . Of . Copenhag.
eta: the deseateh .eaYs..that 'the oreW
of the Zeppelin perished with' their
airship, tind that two 1361816,ns who
Witnessed the diatiater wore arre,3ted
mid t*1ti th Oefilattlitee
OF THE NEWS
OF THE DAY
'Cabinet Members Deny
Rumor of an Embargo
Upon Potatoes,
HONOR FOR SMUTS
Plan Under Way to Bring
Scandinavians to Can-
adian West.
Fire destroyed the rate -knee on
Reeve Doran's farm at Coley Pond.
near Burford.
With an objective oe $110,000, at.
George village will shortly undertake
a patriotic fund campaign.
A Vienna ineesage ete.teli that Em-
peror Charles has appointed Gen.
Count Karl Huyn Goventor or Galicia,
replacing Gen, von Diller.
Mr. J. II. White, lecturer in for-
estry and botany itt the University of
Toronto has been appointed assistant
provincilt1 botanist.
Isaac B. Shantz, one of the eldest
citizens of Kitchener, and the eldest
living member of the Shantz family
in the county, died in his 00111 year.
William Henry Bishop, Ryerson
township, Parry node' district, is ap.
plyiug to Parliament for a bili of
divorce from his wife, Nellie Higgins
Bishop,
An Amsterdam despatch appearing
ha the Loudon Standard said the ex-
pected uew German loan, the sixth,
Is being advertised.
Despondent over the death of her
husband two weeks ago, Cecilia Sauna
aged 50, Toronto, committed euicide itt
her home by inhaling illuminating gas,
Rev, Father Granothier, C. S. B., the
oldest Basilian priest in America, is
dead at Owen Sound. Ile was born in
France In 1836, ana was ordained
priest iu 1862.
Lieut. -Gen. Jan Christen Smuts,
former commander of the British
forces in German Beat Africa, and a
member of the South African Cabinet,
has been made a privy councillor.
Quebec City Council unanimously
adopted the report of the civic finance
committee recommending the voting
of $100,000 as the city's share to the
Canadian Patriotic lanid and Red
Croes Society,
' A contract for twenty more heavy
Matilde freight locomotives for Cana-
dian Government railways has been
awarded by the Minister of Railways
to the Canadian Locomotive Works,
Kingston,
James Bedard. a Grand Trenk braltei
man, had both legs severed just above
the knees at -Niagara Falls. He was
riding on top of the ears on a freight
running to the other side of the river
when ho tell between the cars.
Members of the Cabinet declare that
there is no truth in the story to the
effect that the Government would put
an embargo on the export of pota-
toes. The question has not yet been
considered by the Government.
The death occurred Thursday night
of Charles J. Bartlett, of St. Cathar•
Ines. A sad yet remarkable coincid-
einnc:x.sudrra.s
ovu.iids his death. inasmuch as
threo of the brothers have passed away
The exportation of cyanide of sodium
and compounds and mixttires contain-
ing cyanide or sodium, from Canada to
countries other than tha 'United King-
dom, 13ritiele possessions and protec-
torates, has 'been prohibited by order -
"Prince" August Schrader, self-
styled divine healer, aged about 60.
whose trial on a charge of fraudulent
use of. the mails was interrupted by
his Illness, died from pneumonia, at the
Los Angeles county hospital.
A proposal Is on foot, emanating
from St. Paul, Minn..to locate in the
Provinces of Saskatthewan and Al-
berta 50,000 Scandinavians', partly from
the States of Illinois, Iowa, the Da-
kotas and Minnesota, and, after the
war, from Sweden and Norway,
Tho home of P. A. Scanlan, of Bay.
ham was totally destroyed by firer
supposed to have originated in the
roof near the chimney. Sonia of the
furniture was saved by neighbors. The
by
insswsullrlabnoce.very heavy, partly covered
In reply to an inquiry by the On-
tario License Board as to whether
liquor could be carried with the royal
mail, the Post Office Department at
Ottawa has replied that this could
not be done, as all stage mail con-
tracts forbid this.
Commissioner J. A. Ayearst, of the
Ontario Licehse Board, stated that the
coramiesion would insiet thee a hotel
Must have requisite arrangemenr for
serving meals and providing rooms to
obtain et. standard license.
4
em 2 u. rA A T
aueirt A tri,Anii
13ritish. Steamer Won Out in
Its Fight.
Now Orleans Report.-Dostruction
Of it Gorman submarine in the Atlan-
tic by• the )3ritish eteamer Knight
Companion Wail reported to -day be the,
Titeatner's einem en hor tiATte-TV17.
The steamer was Several days MI her
way to New Orleans, tteccadtng to the
store, when she Sighted a German
eubni a rine. *
The undersell boat fired five shots,
whieli missed tlie steatner, betore the
latter got bor defeeelve gun into rte.
floe, The Knight Conmaniorlie see -
mid stoat, at about 7,00 yards, etreck
the eiennariae, wheat, it was stated,
immediately rank, leaving on tv sur-
face wide patentee of oat' Nothing wag
seen of her erew.
HUNS tXlse'r CHINESE BREAK,
e; 11'1- '
Lenaeu, ). I .(•espoteites hi
the Ithelniseht. Westfitoltsehe.,,,, ,Zeitung
,stste.that eittlev touch Wi.th thoA
nhlric90 1;070110 n' it n In Berlin' hi -c4. pected
Chine will give notice of 0, ru Auto Of
oiplomatle relit tient( titilcsa vorrnany
changel her blecittido polley,„ earl tee
itechatute Telegreph cerrespeaderit at
9h'a
Oerraltli Foreign °fate, It Is
bee beta wetted to that effeet by the
Getman rainiette at Pektrite
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TORONTO 1VIARKETS.
Feetelenta' MARKET,
Dairy Produce -
Butter, (Mole.° dairy .. 60 42 20 44
Eggs, now -laid, doz. .. 0 56 0 Cci
Cheese, lb. 0 00 0 30
Poo falleY, lb. .. • • ...• 0 00 6 35
Dressed l'OttitrY--.
Turkeys, lb, 0 33 0 81
Fowl, lb. , - 23 0 25
Deere, Spring .. 0 20 0 22
Ducklings, lb. 0 25
Spring chickens, 11). 15 8 27
Live Poultry -
Fowl, lb, ... .,. 0 22
Chiekens, lb, „, .•, .1
Fruite-,
Apbles, Wedelns, bbt... 4 fie 0 174
V 0.1 SPles, 3 50 8 10
500 90
040 0 01
Do., 11, -qt. big, (I 10 0 15
Vegetables -
Boots, per bee: „. 115 2 25
Carrots. Cot, bag „ 150 173
Po., 0 -qt. bict, .„.„ 0 23 0 30
Cabbages, each 010 020
Horseradish, lb,. .. .. 0 00 0 15
Lmks, bunch .. 0 10 023
Lettuce, tloz. beim, large .. 0 25 0 3)
Do., cloz„ belts., largo „ 0 40 0 57
°Mena, bundle •, 0 03 0 19
Do, 11 -qt. hkt, „ 0 00 1 50
Do., 6 -qt. hitt, 0 00 1 00
Potatoes, per bad „ 4 00 4 50
Parertins, per bag 00 2 00
Sago, bunch „ „ 0 03 0 10
Savory, bonen 0 0 1.0
Turnip% ha „ „ 0 00 1 09
Do., 11 -qt t. „ 0 25 0 00
MEATS--WHOLESALLI.
Beef, forequarters, cwt, „ 112 00
Do., hindquarters ., 10 00
Carcases, •choice.. .. 15 50
comrnou 11. 59
Veale, common, cwt. .. 0 50
Do., medium .. 33 00
Do., prime 50.
HearY hogs .., 14 50
Shop hogs 13 50
Abattoir hogs ... .• 19 00
Mutton, heavy .. 10 00
Do., light ,.. . 15 00
I•ambs, lb. . „ ., 0 23,
Do., Spring .., .... 11-00
0 21
0 24
0 23
1)o., Oreenings, bbl....
• -
Do,, 6 -qt, Inst. „
31200
13 110
17 00
13 70
11 55
13 50
20 09
16 50
19 50
2000
12 00
17 00
023
19 VO
OTHER MARKETS.
WINN'IPBC/ GRAIN ExcHANGE.
Wheat- °Den, High. Low. Close.
May ..........'el 80% 1 02% 1 801 1 8514
July ... 1 79 1 8014, 1 781 1 3034
Oet. . 1 40 147 1481.4, 147
Oat -
May ... bo 00% 0 01t 0 GON, 0 61%
July GO% 0 613i 0 60% 10 611.4
MaY..• ..' 2 5814 2 537,4 2 57%2 58/4,
tt-To t81 1-4sold. b -To 60 7-43c sold.
AIINNEAPOLTS GRAIN MARKET.
Minneapolis, -Wheat -May, 11.68 1-2; July.
61.79 3-4 to 61.80. Cash -No. 1 hard, 12,03
1-2 to 32.04 1-2; No, 1 Northern. Mee 1-2
to 61,33 1-2; No, 2 Northern, 31.87 1-2 to
61.00 1-2, Corn -No. 3 yellow, 61.01 1-2 to
11.03 1-2. Oats -No. 3 white, 06 1,4 to
58e. Flour and bran unchanged.
DULUTH GRAIN MARKET.
Duluth. -Wheat -On track, No. 1 hard,
11.01 1-2; No, 1 northern, 61,90 1-2; No. 2
northern, 31,84 1-2 to 11.80 1-2; May, 61.86
1-2,
LONDON WOOL SALBS.
London, --Tho' offerings at tho wool auc-
tion sales to -day amounted to 8,670 bales.
It was a good selection and tho demand
was keen, especially for medium scoured
merinos. which were frequently 10 Per
cent. dearer. Victorian scoured sold at
48, 10 1-28.
BUFFALO LIVE 6"11OCK.
East, Buffalo, Report. -Cattle, receipts
35o; slow. Vents, rteelpts 200; netiVe:
.35 to 314.50.
Hogs, receipts 2,500; active and strong.
Heavy 614.25; mixed 614.25 to $14.40; york-
ers 614.25; light yorkers 613.60 to 614: PLIiS
313 to 313,26; roughs 312 to 510,161 stage
610.50 to 11.1.00. .
Sneep and lambs. receipts 2,000; active
and steady; lambs 312 to 314.75; Year-
lings 311 to 913.50; wethers 512 to 112.50;
°WO?. 50 to 311.75; mixed sheep 111.75 to
.312.
LIVERPOOL MAILICITS,
Flour, winter patents -478.
liops in London (Pacific Coast) -1.1,
15s; to 13, 11A-1.
Hams, short cut, 13 to 10 lbs. -128s,
Bacon, Cumberland cut, 20 to 30 lbs. -
1205.
Clear bellies, 11 to 10 lbs. -131s.
I.,ong cletir middles, light, 28 to 34 lbs.
Long clear middles, heavy, 3.1 to 40 lbs.
-129s.
Short clear backs. 10 to 20 1bs.-1308.
Lord, prima weotern, In tierces. -139s,
90.
.A.morican, fefined 411 boxes -135s. 60.
Australia in Londou--60s, 011.
Turpentine, spirits -64s, O.
comjnon--38s, 90.
Petroleuni. refined -1s, 2 1-4d.
Linseed 011-6-'1s.
Cotton Seed 011. hull refined, spot -024.
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HEAVY FIGHTING
ON ANCRE BANKS
Strong British Forces De-
feated, Berlin Claims.
- - -
French Make Several Suc-
cessful Raids.
Weliington Mutual
Fire ins. Co.
ratablistte4 040.
Hoed Ornee, %MIRK
ptbtke taken on all oltseeee et PAW
able property eh the ea* es $aenotaiat
note eyeteM.
01)0.111114324AN, MEN lAVIDOCalil
Preatdent, 0.0setery
R11101410 6 00111114410
Anent*, WiatioldAr 91.1.
Berlin Cable, via Seerillo--There
have again ouen violent infantry en.
gagements on both banks ot the An-
cre, in northern France, the War Of-
fice announced to -day. The official
etatement reads:
"Western front: Before dawn,
atrong British reconnoitering detach-
ments attempted to enter our trenches
near Hullach and LievIn, and in tho
evening hours smaller dotathments
inade similar attempts at other points
on the Artoie front. They were every-
where repulsed. On both banks of the
Ana° there were again violent infant-
ry onattgernents, during which the on.
emy, in addition to sanguinary losses,
lost natty prisoners and eight mathine
game.
"On the A.istie and in the Chem.
pagne advances by the Freneli againat
some of our trenchee failed."
Regarding the eastern theatre, the
statement vats:
"Eattern froia: Front Of Prince
Leopold: Between Dinka and Lake
Narocz tho day was calm. On the attac-
hed the artillery fire was liveller than
an recent days. Near Voronczyn, west
of Littek, storming detathmonte pena
trated along a front of two kilometres
a.ed a half to a depth of about, 1,500
metres into the Russian position. They
returned, after destroying the duiteuter
with 132 prisoners and four machine
.guns.
"During the advance east of the Nar-
eyittka (Galicia) the number of pre
•'senora reathed three officere arid 276
men. The booty has increesed to sot -
en matalae Mince
"Front of Archdrke Joseph and
army, group of Field Marsht l. von
lelackensen: During a, eontinuotte
&Matfett the rightleg activity was Un-
ited.
"Meta:lotion frent: There were no
iteportant weentsel
„FRENCH nAms SUCCEED,
Park; Cable. --1 let 089fni. 'aeon
neeteeing operatioen by lerenea troops
at neveral Wats along the front are
reported in this afternoon's War Office
sta.toeuittir
nrien
. e .
reconneiter-
ing parties eerrial oat setteree sueeek
ful eurpelee attarke agalluit Gernren
trencliee neer.' dahnlin-Soulahoutveny,
mist of Hill 3e4 (Verdun regioe) and
in Apremont forst, Ve teak. Ir:),schi:-.
1 era end .
Nu% -steep faeilw tho light: It
weaken the
Dudley Holmes
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Mot Urfer Shook Wiatoloilatt,
R. 'ironstone
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Mossy to lea* at Wrist WA*
Arthur J. Irwin
D.D.S., L.D.S,
Doctor of Dontal Surgery Of the Penn,
sylvania Collogo and Licentiate of Den"
tut Surgery of Ontario.
Closed every Wednesday Afternoon.
Office in Macdonald Block.
r. M. DEANS
D.D.s., L.D,Eite•
Honor Graduate of the Royal College of
De»tal Surgeons of Ontario, Boner
Graduate of University of Toronto.
Afternoon,
elrlaoesteldltreNn.efryDeAsatnries. day
Office Over H. E. Marti & Co.'s Store
In the Dental Pastore, formerly occu-
pied by Dr. O. 11. Ross,
W. R. Hamby
Lac., M.D., O.M.
&valet atteetion paid to diseases
of Woman and Children, having
taken postgraduate work in Bur.
gary, Bacteriology and Sesientifie
Medicine,
Offloe In the Kerr restdenze, bi.
tween the Queen's Hotel and the
Baptist Church.
All business given careful atteatIon.
Phone 64. P, O. Sex 11I
Dr. Robt: C. Redmond
M.R.C.S. (Eng.)
L.R.C.P. (Lend.)
PHvalCIAN AND SUROE,O.N.
(Dr Chisholm's old stand).
DRUGLESS PHYSICIAN
CrilHoPRACTOR
Acute diseases respond in most eases
quite re,adily to treatment by a Drug-
less Physician. Many conditions which
otherwise • call for oporatiVe interfer-
ccver naturally, So-called Incurable,
cover naturally. So-calledin curable
cases sometimes benefit considerably M -
so.
J. A. FOX, D.C., D.O.
Member Drugless Physicians Association
of Cans da.
Office 7lonrs-2 to 5. 7 to 8 p.m. Phone 191.
DR, R. 1 STEWART
Graduate of University of Terontn,
Faculty of Nfedleine; L centiate of tee
Ontart a College of Physicians and
Surgeon8.
• OFFICE ENTRANCE: .
I'SECOND DOORNORTH OF.
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JOSEPHINE ST. fliONE 29
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strength. Adjustment of the *Pine Eli
other tissues 12 gently secured, there,
by removing the predisposing causes
of disease.
Blood pressure and other ex:treater
Mu* made. Trusses sofentifically
tsd
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Hours---theezdays and ?relays, II sea.
to p.m.; Wednesdays, R to 11 a.sa,
Other days by aPPeintineak
General 'Hospital
(Under Government inspection).
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lashed, Open to all regularly licensed
physicians. Rates for patients (whleh
include board and nursing) -$4.00 te
#16.00 per week, according to location
of room. For further information -
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Superintendent,
lox 223, Wingham, Ont.
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see my Het and get my prices. 1 half*
gems excellent values.
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WINGHAM,
Phone 164. Offilte In Town Ha%
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he'INGIIAlit ONT.
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Tastier of
MARRI&GE LICEIISES
TOWN HALL WINGHAM
Phoniis--OffieS 24: OtesIderatil let
WE WANT CREAM
,atW• 'want crowwill 171
n, and winrplu.
ttat Driers ter geed creant....
a tp- your cream awaY,•ft ions distattee
*ben you 'can receive -as. frood• Pride*
borne; and in sendins Yet& orsgsi
UV will hal:, b. home' industry, w
Truth •two tette 'to etch shipper
par qr.)1 express uharges inn its
rou en boheet hominess. Cheese t
tory patrons having Cream during th
'winter wonlil t16 well to ihlp
Write tor,ttu tiler particulars to
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