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ITALIAN PARLIAMENT ACTS
A Vote of 4 7 to 74 on Bill Authorizing War
Measures
A despatch from Rome says:
Italy took the first definite step to-
ward her entry into the Eu.ropeaii
war on the side of the allies Thurs-
day when, by a vote of. 407 to 74 of
the deputies present at the re-
opening of Parliament, full power
was granted to the Government to
deal with all public matters after
the declaration of war against Aus-
tria, and authorizing the neces-
sary extraordinary expenditure.
It was reported from Milan that
theAustrian fleet at Pol.a, the Aus-
trian naval base in the Adriatic, is
under steam and waiting only the
actual outbreak of ho'stilit'ies • to
proceed to Venice and bombard
that ancient city. In .anticipation
of such an action the authorities
for several weeks have been en-'
gaged in removing the art trea-
sures from the galleries and:
churches of Venice.
The movement of Italian troops
toward the northern and eastern
frontiers proceeds apace. Gen
Oadorna, the chief of staff, is at
Vicenza 'to take full command of
the 1,700,000 soldiers now in the
northern .zone. Passenger traffic
on the railroads leading to the Aus-
trian frontiers has been reduced
to a minimum. Fifty express and
slow trains have been suppressed
in the South, while in Central -and
Northern Italy not even freight
trains are running, the lines being
devoted exclusively to military
transport.
Italian refugees from Pala report
that the Austrian police broke into
their houses and seized their furni-
ture. Practically the entire male
- population of the port, the refugees
said, has been pressed into military
service, and the women and ehil-
drefi of Italian nationality fear they
will be placed in detention camps
or in prison. Martial law has been
proclaimed all along the littoral.
Italian citizens who left Fiume for
Venice on May 11 were seen off by
a large crowd, who shouted, "Come
back soon."
BOMBS DROPPED GOOD PROGRESS
UPON PEREMYSL IN DARDANELLES
Great Battle in the •East Is Cen-
tered Around the Galician
Fortress.
A de'spat'ch from London says:
Fighting +,f the greatest intensity
is continuing at :almost every point
on the 200 -toile section of the Rus-
sian battle front in South Poland
and Middle Galicia. The region of
Jaroslau, on the San to the north
of Peremysl, cuntinue.s, however,
to be the principal storm centre.
At this p int strung forces of Ger-
mans have swarmed across • the
river and established themselves
along the former Russian fortified
lane. Peremysl has been bombard-
ed from the air.
The eonimunicatious of Peremysl
with Lemberg and the main Rus-
sian army appear to be still intact,
aceerding to the latest official in-
fer:rat::,n from Petrograd, the Ger-
meets not having sueeeeded so far
in ,tarrying -the apex of their wedge
sea's: the San into the territory to
the east of the fortress, South of
Jai'.,.,.s1au. aecor{ling to the Russian
sot; niciriitation, the forces of Grand
D: -k,' Nicholas "have pressed the ,
enemy somewhat on both banks of
the San." showing that the Rus -
share. at ]east are holding their own
in this seetiun. Before Peremysl
and further south, incessant
attacks have begin made by the en-
emy, i h_' succeeded in taking sev-
eral advanced Rus-sian trenches at
one point in the northern foothills
of the Carpathians.
.Beyond the Central Galician bat-
tle re ;sun, on the Bukowina front,
the Austrians have. made a, series. of
attacks. all t,f which have been re-
puleed with great loss, and the Rus
siens appear to be continuing their
offensive with considerable success.
.T.
France Will Settle
For Cargo of Dacia
A despatch from Paris says: A
law has been promulgated, accord-
ing to the Temps, opening a credit
for the payment of the cargo of the
steamship Dacia, formerly of the
Hamburg -American Line, but later
under American register, which
was seized by a French warship on
February 27. The cargo of cotton,
however, was not confiseated, ow-
ing to an a•graement existing be-
tween the French and British na-
val authorities.
"The 1a it proposes," says the
Temps, "that the value of the car-
go be reimbursed to the American
owners."
Strong Positions Still Bar Allies'
Way to the Narrows,
However.
A despatch from Landon says;
Steady progress by the allied troops
on the Gallipoli Peninsula is re-
ported, although they apparently
have not yet captured the Turkish
positions which bar their way to
the Narrows of the Dardanelles.
An unofficial despatch reports
the landing of fresh troops on the
Asiatic side of the straits -a move
designed, doubtless, to prevent the
Turks from sending any more rein-
forcements from the eastern to the
western side. The despatoh reads:
"The allies disembarked fresh
troops ner Kum Kale, on the Asia -
tie coast of the Dardanelles. It
also has been learned there that the
Turks on the Gallipoli Peninsula,
who for weeks have lacked artillery
ammunition. have obtained an
abundant supply of shells in the
past few day.
The following has been received
from the Mediterranean force :
"General Cox's brigade repulsed
with heavy loss an attack on his
position made on May 12. A double
company of Gurkhas advanced over
half a mile. The ground thus won
was consolidated during the night
in spite of very strong counter-
attacks.
The Lancashire territorial divi-
sion have made considerable pro-
gress. Our howitzer battery, with
the aid of aeroplanes, blew up the
ammunition wagons of the Turkish
heavy howitzers, and later made a
direct hit on one of the guns in
front of the Australian and New
Zealand army corps. The enemy
trenches and a new gun emplace-
ment were demolished by howitzer
fire. •
Every day sees an improvement
in the Anglo-French position. The
enemy are reported as having lost
very heavily."
Willie Barked.
Willie was struggling through the
story in his reading lesson. '"No,'
'No,'
said the captain," he read, "it was
not a sloop. It was a. larger ves-
sel. By the rig I judged her to be
"- The word was
new to him, "Barque," supplied
the teacher. Still Willie hesitated.
"Barque !" repeated the teacher,
this time sharply. Willie looked as
though he had not heard aright.
Then, with an apprehensive glance
around the class, he ,shouted,
"Bow -wow„:
LEFT AUTOS A TRIFLE TOO SOON
'Heavy Shell Burst Among the flachines, Killing
Kaiser's Chauffeur and Destroying Motors
A despatch from Geneva says :
The German Emperor and his staff
had a. narrow escape while watch-
ing the operations in a village near
the River San, in Galicia. Accord-
ing to a despatch from Budapest, a
heavy shell burst 500 yards away.
It fell among some automobiles,
destroying several machines, in-
cluding the Emperor's, and killing
his chauffeur.' The Emperar had
left his car only 15 minutes before.
As more Russian shells were fall-
ing in the neighborhood, the Em-
peror and his staff left hastily in
machines which they comman-
deered.
GERMANS BRING UP RESERVES
All the Big Guns of the Enemy on the Belgian
Coast Transferred to the Canal
A despatch from London says:
The Daily Mail's correspondent at
Aansterdam cables that the Ger-
mans have held the allies in *check
just beyond the .east bank of the
Yser Canal by bringing up large
reserves of men and artillery. He
says that all the big guns of the
Germans on the Belgian coast ex-
cept their aircraft pieces have been
transferred to the• Y•ser, while all
the Landsturaxl at Bruges, equipped
with new rifles, have gone with
thein.
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Like a Lunar Landscape.: Shell -Holes.
Craters made in the ground by the explosion of projectiles of vari-
ous sizes in a mining district of Northern France. Craters like
these are used as graves and as pits for observation officers, and
sometimes they are linked together to form parts of trenches,
ENEMY'S CAMPAIGN IN GALICIA
Has No Reserves to Support Gen. Eichorn's Army
in Extreme North, it Has Been Driven Back
A despatch from Petrograd says
Gerana.ny's chief difficulty is lack of
men and this now threatens failure
of the entire campaign .against Rus-
sia. She has no reserves to sup-
port Gen. Eichorn's army in the
extreme north and it has been
steadily driven back until now the
Russians are fighting near the
frontier station of Wirballen.
Matters are even worse in the ex-
treme south, near Bukowina,
where the Austrian attempt to out-
flank the Russians and approach
Lemberg from the east has been
itself outflanked, The Russians
are pursuing the enemy, who is
making a disorderly retreat across
the woods of the lower Carpathians
into the flat lands of Eastern Hun-
gary. ,
Moreover, Dimitrieff's army,
which ,sueoessfully holds the west
bank of the San from. Peremysl
southward to the woody swamps of
the Dniester and has Genitally
there on the defensive, has enabled
Ivanoff to extend his line unbroken
from Opatow in South Poland to
Kolomea in East Galicia.
Over this•200-mile line the enemy
has probably,35 corps, of which 15
are German, which are operating
here in a frontal attack. They
failed and lost large numbers on
the San while attempting to estab-
lish themselves on the right bank,
they have brought heavy artillery
by motor traction against the west-
ern .sector guns of Peremysl.
iiiiAPKfiS OF THE WORLD
REPORTS ',ACM THE LSADINC TRADE
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, May 25. -Manitoba wheat -No.
1 Northern, $1.64 1-4; No. 2 Northern,
$1.61 1-4; No. 3 Northern, $1.59 1-4, track,
lake ports.
Manitoba oats -14o. 2 C,W., 66 3-4e; No.
3 O.W.. 64 1-4c; extra No. 1 feed, 64 1-4c;
No. 1 feed, 631-2., track, lake •ports.
American corn No. 2 yellow, 78e, track,
lake lv rts.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 79e, track,
Toronto.
Ontario oats -Ivo. 2 white, 60 to 61c; No
3 white, 59 to 60c, outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car
lot, $1.45 to $1,46, outside.
Peas -No. 2 nominal, per car lots, 81.60
to $1.65, outside.
Barley -Good malting barley, 73 to 750;
feed barley, 65 to 70c, outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal, car late, 77 to 79e,
outt8lde
ltye-No.,'g, nominal, $1.15 to $1.17, out-
side.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute
bags, $8.10; second patents, in jute bags.
$7.60; strong bakers', in jute bags, $7.40,
Toronto; in cotton bags, 100 more.
Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cont. pat-
ents, $6 to $6.10, seaboard. or Toronto
freights art bags.
M.illfeed-Car lots -Bran, per ton, $26;
shorts, per ton, $28; middlings, per ton,
$20; good feed flour, ner bag, $2.05 deliv-
ered.
elryered. Montreal freights.
Country Produce.
Butter -'there ie a fairly good market,
with offerings increasing. Choice dairy,
24 to 260; inferior, 21 to 23e; creamery
prints, 32 to 33c; do., solidi, 28 to 300.
Eggs -The market is fairly active and
easy, with sales at 21 to 23c per dozen,
in case lots.
Beans --The market is quiet at $3.10 to
$3.15 for prime, and $3.20 to $3.25 for
hand-picked.
Poultry -Chickens, drecsed, 20c; Spring
chickens, 50c; fowl, 13 to 15c; turkeys,
dressed, 20 to 21c.
Cheese -The market is firm, being
quoted at 19 3.40 for large, and at 200 for
twine
Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60c per bag,
out of store, and 45c in car lots. New
Brunswicks, car lots, 55 to 60e per bag.
Provisions.
Cured meats aro quoted as follows: -
Bacon, long cllear, 13 3-4 to 14c per ib. in
case lots. Hams -Medium, 17 to 17 1-20;
do., heavy, 14 1-2 to 15c; rolls, 14 to 14 1.2o;
breakfast bacon, 18 to 200; ares s, 21 'to
22c; boneless backs, 23c.
Lard-7.lhe market is quiet, with prices
steady; pure lard, tubs, 11 3-4 to 12o; do.,
nails, 12 to 12 1-2o. Compound, tube 9 3-4
to 10c; do., pails, 10 to 40 1.4c.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Straw is quoted at $7.50 to- 88.50 a. ton
in oar lots delivered on track here.
Hay -No. 1 hay is quoted at $17.50; No.
2 at $15.50, and No. 3 at $13 to $13.50.
Business In Montreal.
Montreal, May 25.--Corn-American No.
2 yellow, 82 to 83o. Oats-Canddian West-
ern, No. 3, 67 to 67 1-2c; extraNo. 1. feed,
67 to 67 1.20; No, 2 local white, 66 1-2 to 67c;
No. 3 local white, 66 to 66 1-20; No. 4 local
white, 641-2 to 65c. Barley -Malting, 88o,
Flour-Man3tob.a Spring wheat patents,
firsts, $8,20; seconds, $7.70; strong bakers',
$7.50; Winter patents, choice, 87.90;
straight rollers, $7.40 to $7.50; do., bags,
53,50 to $3,60. Rolled oats-Bbls., $7 to
57.15; bags, 90 lbs., $3.36. Bran, $26.
Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to 534, Mouil-
lie, 535 to $38. Hay -No. 2, per ton, oar
lots, $19 to $20.50. Cheese --Finest west-
erns, 18 3-4 to 19 1-4; finest eastern, 18 1-4
to 181.20. Butter -Choicest oreetnery,
31 1-2 to 32e; seconds, 30 3-4 to 310. Eggs -
Fresh, 22 to 230; selected, 24 to 25e; No. 2
stook, 20e. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots,
4212c. Dressed thoga-AJbattoir killed,
$13.75 to $li. Pork -Heavy Canada, Short
mese. 'bblet., 35 to 45 ,pieces, $28.60; Canada
short -tut back, tibia., 46 to 65 pieces. $28.
Lead --Compound, tierces. 376 lbs„ 9 1-2c;
wood pails, 20 lbs. not, lOo; pure, tierces,
276 Bra. 11 1-20; pure, wood pails, 20 lbe.
net, 12c,
united states Markets,
Minnea,polls, May 25. -Wheat ---No. 1
hard, $1.68 7.0; No, 1 Northern,- 01..51 7.8
to $1.57 7-8; No. 2 Northern, 51.47 3-4 to
69 8 4 3-8;tJuly,
70c. 9rOats-Nos 3 white, 50 yellow,-4to
60 3-40. Flour and bran unchanged.
Duluth, Minn., May 25. -Wheat -No. i
hard, $1.551.2; No. 1 Northern, $1.54 1-2;
NO. 2 Northern, $1.47 1-2 to $1.50 1-2; July,
$1.49 i4nseed, 51.94 1-2; 3uly, 51.96 1-2.
'1'o.L' the
Live Stook Markets.
Toronto, May 25. -Butchers' cattle.
choice, $8.10 to $8.40; do., good, $7.40 to
$7.90; do., medium, $6.85 to $7.25; do.,
common, $6.25 to $6.75; butthez s' bulls,
choice, $6,60 to $7.50; do., good bulls, $6
to $6.75; :do., rough bulls, $5 to $5.75;
butr'hei's' cows, choice, $6.50 to $7.35; do.,
good, $6 to $6.35; do., medium, $5.25 to
$5.75; do., common, $4.75 to $5.25; feeders,
good, $6.50 to $7.50; stockers, 700 to 1,000
lbs., $6.25 to $7.50; canners and cutters, $4
to $5; milkers, choice, each, $60 to $100;
do., common and medium, each, $35 to
$45; springers, $50 to $75; light ewes, 87
to 58; do., heavy, $5 to $6.30; do., bucks,
$3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $5 to $10;
ealvvs, 84.50 to $10; (hogs, fed and water-
ed, $9.40 to $9.45; do., off cars, $9.65 to
$9.75; do., f.o.b., $8.
Montreal, May 25. -There 'were no choice
steers on the market, but the demand was
good for the beet offered, and sales were
made at $8.25 to $8.50, and the lower
grades sold down to $6 to $6.50, while
butcher cows ,brought from $6.25 to $8,
and bulls. from $6 to $8.25 per cwt. The
offerings of small meats 'were larger than
they have oeen of late, for which there
-vas a good demand. and an active trade
woe done in Spring lambs at $4 to $8
each. Yearlings sold at $8:75 to $9.25 per
cwt., and ewe sheep at $7 to $7.50, Calves
met with an active demand at prices
ranging from $1.50 to $10 each, as to size
and quality. '.Che tone of the market for
hogs was firm, with a good demand from
made rat a9 5 sols of selected lots were
per cwt., weighed off
cars.
YIELDS BIG RETURN.
Receipts Since War Tax Beeamo
Effective Are $171,063.
A despatch from Ottawa says: A
further indication of the successful
working of the war measures is
found in the already 'heavy collec-
tions under the War Revenue Act
by tihe Department of Inland Reve-
nue. The receipts since the wear tax
became effective in March to May
18 have been $171,063. This by no
means represents all the new reve-
nue from the [stamp taxes, as in
many cases postage stamps have
been and are being used. The war
stamp revenue in the Inland Reve-
nue Department alone was $46,570
in March and $45,692 in April. The
total inland revenue in March was
$1,828,794, and in April $1,438,598,
a decline of about $420,000.
GERMAN PUBLICATIONS.
Customs Officers have Been Ad-
vised to Exercise Vigilance.
A despatch from Ottawa says :
Customs officers at all ports of en-
try in Canada have been notified
by -rhe department to exercise
greater vigilance toward the exclu-
sion of German publications. Me
entry of these publtcations has been
prohibited under the proclamations
relative to trading with the enemy,
but some are finding their way in
by mail and express. Special. refer-.
ene.e is made to a book entitled
"Fur Vaterland Und Biers)" or
"For Fatherland and Honor,"
which is said to have been distri-
buted extensively through Ontario
by a St. Louis publishing firm.
Government Enquiry
Into Crucifixion Story
A despatch from London says:
In the House of Commons Harold
J. Tennant, Parliamentary Under-
Secretary for 'War, announced
that the Government was enquir-
ing into the allegation that Ger-
reams had removed the figure of
Christ from a large village crucifix
and fastened a wounded Canadian
sergeant to the cross.
NEW REGULATIONS
AS T.O. PASSPORTS
Must Contain the Portrait of the
Wife of the Man to Whom
It Is Issued.
A despatch from London says:
The Hanle Ocoee is enforcing new
regulations regarding passports.
Heretofore it has only been neoes-
sary for a man to have his own por-
trait on his passport. The new re-
quirements call for the portraits of
wives and children over 14 years of
age.
The new requirements wera first
enforced at Liverpool, where sev-
eral passenger's had diaculty in
securing the necessary photographs
and havng them officially attached
to the passport and stamped by the
Unted States Consul, so that they
might be permitted to sail.
The Embassy has investigated
and found that in the future the
new requirements must be strictly.
adhered to. Through the press the
American Embassy has called the
attention of all Americans in the
United Kingdom to the new rules,
and urges them, if the regulations
have not been complied with, to
take the necessary steps without
delay by calling gat tihe Embassy or
at the nearest Consulate with the
photographs.
You May Not Know.
A coating of a flashlight composi-
tion on the face of a target will
ignite on being struck and show
where a. bullet has entered.
The Turkish Beopire is composed
of many mixed races. It includes
Greeks, Slays, Albanians, Armen-
ians, Jews and Ciroassians.
Portugal's navy consists of half
a dozen sanalil protected cruisers,
in conjunction with a dozen torpe-
do craft and three submarines.
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round revolvesand travels laterally
as ib floats on a small body of •wa-
ter, controlled by an overhead ca-
ble.
Rice flour is used in France as a
hinder in the mariufacture of fuel
briquettes by a new process from
coal dust, lignite, peat or sawdust.
Resembling a pistol and control-
led by a trigger is a new pneumatic
tool far cleaning dirt from inacces-
sible parts of machinery.
The city forest of Zurich, Switzer-
land, adds to the town's revenues
$7.20 per acre ,a, year, reducing the
amount needed to be raised through
taxation by more than $32,000.
Of the total world production of
commercial cotton in 1913 the
United States contributes 60.9 per
cent. Next to corn, cotton is the
most valuable crop grown there,
and it is the largest single item of
export.
On a pesos footing the Portu-
guese .army oonsists of 32,000 men.
When fully mobilized the army
should have 105,000 first-line troops
and 145,000 of the second to put
into the field.
EULfGY OF KAISER
UST co
Public Appeals to Board of Education to Eliminate
It From Chicago School Books
A despatch from Chicago says :
Mass meetings and public appeals
to the Board of Education to elimi-
nate the eulogy of the German Kai-
ser from the Public School speller
are being planned. With the ex-
ception of the German neg•spapers
the various other foreign language
newspapers of the city are uniting
in a demand that the Board of Edu-
cation either cause the page in the
speller containing the eulogistic
text on the Kaiser be cut out, or
to ;have the entire edition of the
speller destroyed.
"There will be meetings, reso-
lutions and communications upon
the subject, and the Board' of Edu-
cation will be asked to undo the
wrong that has been done," said
Vladimir Geringer, editor of 'the
Daily Svornotst. "It is not a for-
eign language question. 'It is
purely ,an American proposition.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, in the in-
terview, points out that the Board
of Education is the place to appeal
to, and that is where we will go.
We will also dsk Mrs. Young to ex-
plain why no other ruler is eulo-
gized. Further, in the next few
days we will issue the facts regard-
ing the gymnasium and school life
of the ICaiser, which will show up
something more."
TORONTO'S MOST POPULAR SUM-
MER DISSIPATION IS CITY DAIRY ICE
CREAM -the demand has spread from year
to year until it is now on sale in nearly every
town in Ontario. There seems to be something
about the climate of Canada that makes it the
,confection that everybody craves in warm
weather -infants, invalids, children or grown-
ups, it makes no difference what your state or
station, City Dairy Ice Cream is most refresh-
ing, nourishing and digestible.
For Salo by discrlrrninatIng shopkeepers ovorywhora
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for
the Sign.
TORONTO.
We want an agent /n every town,
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JOFFRE AflD FREflCfl AT WQRK
DAILY ROUND, OF DUTIES. or
Tug TWO GENERALS..
Oomznanders of Allied.Porocs Tli'Ce
Simply and Are Extremely
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Methodical.
A correspondent sends a first
hand i;npression of Gen. Joffre and
Sir John French land the conditiane
under which the French and British
commanders of the allied lines are
working
Gen. Joffre has his headquarters,
the correspondent says, in a hotel
well known to English tourists. He
received the correspondent.punotu-
a•lly in atiny room with a l ng,
narrow table -most likely part of
the servants' quarters when the
hotel was used for its regular pur-
pose.
"He arrives in this room at 6.30
o'clock every morning," the corre-
spondent says, "and at 7 o'clock
he has a conference with the six
leading officers of the General
Staff. . . . All the reports, and des-
patches of the night 'are gone
through and discussed, and orders
are given for the day. Lunch is
served ,at 11 o'cladk, and always
consists of .the same .articles of food
-eggs and cutlets --after which, at
twelve o'clo,ak, there is another
conference. .At 1 o'clock the Gen-
eral goes out till 4. He either
walks or drives, generally in the
adjacent woods. At 8.30 there is
the third conference, attended by
the same persons, and at 9 punctu-
ally, no matter what happens, the
General goes to bed."
The French commander, hhe cor-
respondent continues, 'spends .all
his time at his headquarters except
for a trip of inspection to the front
once a week.
As an illustration of Joffre's
methods the correspondent says
that all the
Orders Written by Himself
were already drawn upon August
27 for the action which began on
September 5. "He pandered them
all over, and then pieced the whole
battle together, bit by bit, like a
delicate bit of mechanism, which
when the time came ran like clock-
work," the correspondent adds.
Joffre wears a pale blue tunic,
with no decorations except three
gold stars on the sleeve and cuffs,
and the red trousers with a black
stripe. The impression made on
the interviewer was one of massive-
ness -a great, gray head, iron
chin, kind and rather sad eyes.
The daily round of duties pursued
by Sir John French is very similar
to that of Gen. Joffre. The British
commander, like Joffre, is extreme-
ly methodical. He occupies the un-
pretentions dwelling of the lead-
ing lawyer of a small French ten.
and lives the life of a simpleEng-
lish country house. There is break-
fast without 'formality luncheon,
often sandwiches eaten in a motor
car near the trenches, and a good
dinner quickly disposed of, with
bed at ten o'clock, after a day of
incessant work. Sir John French
is idolized by the British in Flan-
ders, as Gen. Joffre is idolized by
the French.
Prisoners' Exchange
Revoked by Germany
A despatch from London says:
Correspondence between the Bri-
tish Minister at the Vatican and the
Foreign Office discloses the fact that
Germany has revoked the agree-
ment made at the request of -brie
Pope for the exchange of British
and German civilian and inoapaoi-
bated prisoners independently of
the question of military age.
The Prussian Minister at the
Vatican has explained that the ac-
tion was taken because Great Bri-
tain was not treating German sub-
marine prisoners as ordinary pri-
soners of war.
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The Seene Which Followed.
"Somewhere in Scotland" (one
may not be more precise) a soldier
named, say, Robinson, died in a
military hospital. News of his death
was wired to his wife and brother
in the South of England, and rail-
way passes 'sent for ;.hem to attend
the !funeral in Scotland; the War
Office orders on such occasions are
liberal. The wife and brother duly
went north and accompanied the
remains to the cemetery. As they
stood by !the side of the grave the
wife •happened to cast her eyes to
this mourners on the other side
and to ! there was her husbandt
The scene 'which followed can be
easily imagined. It seemsthere
Were Itwro men of the same nasus ,
and the intimation of the death had
been senit to the wrong individuals.
Quito Remote.
"Shure, {thenbo
then, are related to J•
Barney O'Brien 2"
"Very distantly. Barney was me
mother's first child --- I was the
seventeenth."
Over 400,000 unaddressed letters,
postcards, and packets are posted
in the United Kingdom every year,
Scented blooms when cut should
., be laid in cold waterefor an hour.
When transferred to vases they
give off a stronger and more last-,
in.g. fragrance.
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