Exeter Times, 1915-12-9, Page 2BRITISH GUNS BRING DOWN
TWO HOSTILE AEROPLANES
Important German Supply Depot Bombarded and
Much Damaged Caused to Stores
A. despatch from Loudon says: The tuiitouarcereent of the raid is
Twenty British aeroplanes took art+.
p P ono of several announcements of ac-
ro a raid on the. German supply depot tivity an the part of the British flying
at Mirauiriont, behind the German !corps. British airmen brought down
lines, damaging the railway and two German aviators in Belgium re
buildings used for storing supplies at i gently. Two British aviators are re -
that point as well as the stores of ported missing after setting out on
munitions, reconnaissance flights.
IW 10te,c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 123'4 to
!Se Levdi Markets 13c"; pure wood pails; 20 lbs, net, 13%
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Breadstuffs.
Ito 12%c,
United States Markets.
Toronto, Dec. 7. -Manitoba wheat Minneapolis, Dec. 7. -Wheat, De-
-New crops -No. 1 Northern, $1.15; cember, $1.01?`s; May, $1.05% to
No. 2 Northern, $1.13; No. 3 North- $1,05%. Cash, No. 1 hard, $1.07%;
ern, $1.09, on track lake ports. No. 1 Northern, $1.03% to $1.04%;
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 48%; No. 2 Northern, 99%c to $1.01%.
on track lake ports. Corn, No. 8 yellow,. '70 to 71c. Oats,
American corn -No. 2 ,yellow, old, No. 3 white, 384 to 39; Flour, fancy
78%e; new, No. 8, 73e, on track To- patents, 10c higher, quoted at $0.20.
ionto. Other grades unchanged, Bran, $18
Canadian corn --No. 2 yellow, 75c, to $18.50.
nominal, on track Toronto. Duluth, Dec. 'l. Wheat, No. 1' hard,
Ontario oats -New crop -No. 3 $1.0534 ; No. 1 Northern, $1.04%;
white, 36 to 38e; commercial oats, 35 No. 2 Northern, $1.00%; Montana,
to 37c, according to freights outside. No. 2 hard, $1, 01%; December,
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per $1.013'4; May, $1.05%. Linseed, cash,
car lot, 94 to 95c; , wheat slightly $2, 01% to $2.02%; December,
sprouted and tough, according to sal- $2,00%; May, $2.07.
ple, 90 to 93c; wheat sprouted, smut-
ty and tough, according a ccord g t o sample, 1 Live Stock :Markets.
75 to side. 880, according to freights out- Toronto, Dec. 7. -The quotations
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Peas -No. 2, nominal, per `car lots, were: Butchers cattle, choice,$7.75
$2.10; sample peas, according to too $8.15; do., good, $7.25 to $7.50;
sample, $1.50, according to freights , medium, $6.50 to $7; do., common,
outside. $5.50 to $8.75; butchers' bulls, choice,
Barley Malting barley, 56 to 59c; $6.75 to $7.25; do., good bulls, $5.75
feed barley, 49 to 52c, according to to $6:25; do;, rough bulls, $4.75 to
freights outside. $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, $6.50
Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 74 to $6.75; do., good, $6 to $6.25; do.,
to 75; according to freights outside. medium, $5.25 to $5.75;; do., common,
Rye -No. 1 .commercial, 85 to 87e; $4 to $4.50; feeders, good, $6.50 to
rye, tough, 80 to 83; according to 56.75; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6 to
sample, and according to freights out- $6.25;- canners and cutters, $3 to
side. • 1$4.50; milkers, choice, each, $75 to
Manitoba flour -First patents, in , $100; do., common and medium, each,
jute bags, $6; second -patents, in jute $35 to $60; Springers, $50 to $100;
bags, $5,50; strong bakers', in jute' light ewes, $6.25 to $7; sheep, heavy,
bags, $5.30, Toronto. f $5.25 to $5.50; do., bucks, $3 to
Ontario flour -New Winter„ Kee , $.4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.75;
to. $4.35, according to sample, sea- Pring lambs, cwt., $9.25 to $9-60;
hoard or Toronto freights in bags, calves, medium to choice, $7.25 to
prompt shipment. $10.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9.50;
Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont- do., f.o.b., $9.15.
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The Week's Development in the -War
Serbia has been almost completely overran by the . Austro -German and Bulgarian forces. The Serbian
army has been driven into "Montenegro' after sufferingheavy losses in : th err heroic resistance of the invaders.
The Anglo-French Expeditionary forces 'still hold the southern part of Serbia but their movements are
being kept strictly secret. 'lhe surprise in the Ba1ka s which Premier Asquith said was beingprepared bythe
Allies has not yet developed.. P p
The attitude of Greece is anything 'J't b bu t. reassuring, probably on account of the Artstrb-German threat,, to
invade Greco -Macedonian 'territory.
Conflicting reports continue to come from Rumania, which country, apparently, is still negotiating with
both the Central Powers and the Entente allies.
Large additional .reinforcements for the French and British are arriving daily at Saloniki, while the Rus-
sian troops are reported as ready for a strong attack on Bulgaria.
British troops are now only some ten miles from the ancient city of Bagdad.
On the western front there have been air duels and artillery exchanges; but no infantry engagements in
force. The most violent fighting of the week has taken place on the Isonzo font, where the heavy Italian artil-
Iery is battering down the defences of Galicia and drawing additional Austrian troops to resist the Italian
attack.
Announcement is made that the French and British Governments have no intention of abandoning the
campaign in the Dardanelles.
AGENTS
real freights, Bran, to • 23 per Montreal, Dec, , $ $ P 7. -Butchers' cattle,LA
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ton; shorts, $23 to $24 per ton; mid-; choice, $7,50 to $7.75; do., medium,
dlings, $25 to $26 per ton; good feed: $6 to $6.75; do., common, $5 to $5.75;
dour, $1.50 per bag. scanners, $3.15 to $4.25; butchers'
cattle, choice cows, $6 to $6.25; do.,
Country Produce. 'medium, $5 to $5.50; do., bulls, $5 to,
i$6.50; milkers, choice, each, $90 to
Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 30c; $95; do., common and mediltm, each,
inferior, 22 to 24e; creamery prints, $80 to 385; springers, 365 to 375.
33 to 34c; do., solids, 31% to 32c. Sheep -Ewes, 36 to 36.25; bucks and
Eggs -Storage, 30 to 32c perdoz.; culls, 35.50 to 35.75; lambs, .$8.75 to
selects, 35 to 36c; new -laid, 48 to 45c,. $9.50. Hogs, off ears, 39.75 to 310.
case Iots.
Honey -Prices, iii tins, lb., 10 to
Ile; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, 32.
Beans -$3.50 to 33.75.
Poultry - Chickens, 14 to 15e; fowls,
11 to 12c; ducks, 15 to 16c; geese, 14
to 15e; turkeys, 20 to 25e.
Cheese Large, 17%e; twins, 18c.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario quot-
ed at 31.30, and New Brunswicks at
31.40 to 31,50 per bag,on track. Minister of Foreign Affairs, who said
Venison -In fair suppy, with prices that Italy had affixed her signature
ruling from 6 to 10c per lb, according to the London pact of September 6
ITALY IS PLEDGED WITH
HER ALLIES; SIGNED PACT
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A despatch from Rome says: Italy
has pledged herself not to make a
separate peace. An announcement of
this step was made in the Italian Par -
'lament by Baron Sidney Sonnino,
to the demand.
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Baled Hay and Straw.
At the same time Baron onnino
Baled hay, new -No. 1, per ton,
$17 to 318; No. 2, per ton, $13 to : announced that Italy would send as-
sistance to Serbia.
The members of Parliament, many
in uniform, greeted both the an -
Montreal, Dec. 7. -Corn, American nouncements with great applause.
No. 2 yellow, 76 to 77c. Oats -No. 2
local white, 45z44e; No. 3 local white,, EARLY END TO WAR,
44%e; No. 4 local white, 43%c. Bars JOHN REDMOND'S VIEW
ley, Man. feed, 65c; malting, 66/c.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 85c. Flour, Man. A despatch from London says:
Spring wheat patents, firsts" $6.10; John Redmond, the Irish Nationalist
seconds, $5.60; strong bakers , $5.40;
Winter patents, choice, $6; straight
rollers, $5.30 to $5.40; do., bags, counted talks he had with Lord Kit -
$2.50 to $2.60. Rolled oats, `barrels, chener at the beginning of the war.
$5.15 to 35.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., Lord Kitchener said to Mr, Redmond:
$2.35 to $2.45. Bran, '322, Shorts, "Can you guarantee me 5,000 men
$23. Middlings, $29 to 330. Mouil- from Ireland; if you can, I will say
lie, $30 to $32. Hay -No. 2, per ton, thank you. If you can guarantee
car lots, $19 to $19,50. Cheese, fin-
est Westerns, 17% to 18c; finest east- 12,000, I will say I am deeply
erns, 17 to 173 c. Butter, choicest obliged."
creamery, 32% to 33c; seconds, 30x/4 "I am convinced," continued Mr.
to 31c. Eggs, fresh, 42 to 45c; se- Redmond, "that -so far as the western
lected, 32c; No. 1 stock, 30c; No. 2 front is concerned we have got the
stock, 27 to 28c. Potatoes, per bag, upper hand definitely. I am also con
car lots, $1.30 to $1.40. Dressed vinced that the war will come to an
• !which was signed originally by Rus-
sia, France and Great Britain.
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315; baled straw, ton, $6.50 to 37.
Business in Montreal.
leader, in a speech at Waterford, re -
hogs, abattoir killed, 314. Pork, heavy
Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45
pieces, 328 to 328.50; Canada short
cut back,. bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, 327 to
327.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375
lbs., 10%c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net,
end sooner than most people believe."
It isn't misunderstanding that sepa-
rate married people, but too much un-
derstanding.
Says Greece Accepted Allies' Demands
A despatch from Ronie says: M.
Denys Cochin, member of the French
Cabinet returning from Greece, made
a flying visit to Rome. He conferred
with Premier Salandra and Baron
Sidney Sonnino, the Foreign Minister,
and granted interviews expressing
optimism regarding the situation in
Greece.
"The allies," he said, "demanded
that Greece make e:Cceptions to the
law of neutrality, since they assumed
that it was Grece's duty to aid Ser-
bia, and that therefore they were
fully entitled to exceptionally favor-
able treatment. Greece accepted the
allies' demands. The question, there-
fore, is now solved. Negotiations are
„still pending for the settlement of
technical details between the general
staffs of the Greek army and the
Anglo-French forces."
Shelled a lL
Arras Again e byGermans
A despatch from Paris says: Con-
siderable activity is reported from the
.Artois district The only infantry atw
tack attempted by a German detach-
ment north of Les Cinq Chemins was
stopped ed t, he French . gime and the
p1' y
detachment was dispersed, The sec-
tors
ec
tor.s of Loos, the Bois en Hache and
Angres were again the scene of lively
artillery bombardments on both side
and Arras again was shelled b.1' the
Germans.
French mines were exploded before
Fey, to the south• of the Somme
and
at Les Eparges.
FOUND GUILTY
Four Subjects of - the Kaiser Con-
1 spired to Defraud the United
•States.
A despatch from New York says
A verdict of "guilty as charged ..on
both indictments" was pronounced in
the United States District • Court by
the Federal jury which has been heat-
ing the testimony- of the Government'
'charges against the Hamburg -Ameri-
can Line against Dr. Karl Buenz, head
of the line, and the other Hamburg.
American men that they had con-
spired to defraud the United States
before and after war was declared by
falsely obtaining clearance papers for
a fleet of supply ships sent out by the
defendants to coal and provision Ger-
man warships at sea.
The jury reached a decision seven
hours after .vetiring. Besides Dr.
Beunz, the other men convicted, a
conviction which lawyers and laymen
agreed was the most important of its
kind returned since war was begun
in Europe, were the engineering su-
perintendent of the Hamburg -Ameri-
can Line, George ICoetter, Adolf Hach-
meister, purchasing agent for the line,
and Joseph Poppinhaus, a Hamburg -
American supercargo.
Dr. Buenz, now 72 years of age, one
time German Minister. to Mexico, and
eminent throughout the active part of
his life in the Foreign Office of the
German Government, and the others
convicted, may under the law be sen-
tenced to not more than two years in
a' Federal prison and fined not more
than 310,000.
A fifth defendant, Felix Seffner,
supercargo on one of the neutral
steamers sent to supply the German
fleet, was not brought to trial; Ile
was captured by the British while on
his errand of relief, and is at the
present time a prisoner in a Cana-
dian detention camp.
The Government's accusation
against them was not, as Judge Howe
pointed out in his charge to the jury,
one having anything to do with vio-
lation of neutrality laws. The de-
fendants were convicted because they
had conspired to obtain through mani-
fests falsely sworn to, destinations
-falsely sworn to, and by other irre-
gular means, clearance papers for
their fleet of at least twelve supply.
ships.
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TOO MANY MOTORS
GEN. GALLIENI THINKS
OVER 100,000
MAKING SHELLS
Stupendous Proportions to Which the
Industry Has Grown'ih
Canada.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
the -munitions
idea of the stupendous propor-
tions to whichthe-munitions industry
in Canada has grown was given to
the members of 'the Ottawa brand' of
the Canadian. Society of Civil Engi-
neerss by Gen. Alexander Bertram, of
the Imperial Munitions Board.
At present nearly 100,000 persons
are employed on orders amounting in
all to 20,000,000 shells. The 'steel re
quired for the indidetry from now till
the end of next year is 800,000,000_
.pounds, which ,will tax .the capacity
of the Dominion steelplants•:to the ut-
most. . Nearly 45,000,000 pounds =of
copper and brass are used, and 102,-
000,000 pounds of lead. •.This. is more
than Canada can produce of these
+metals, and the surplus. must be im-
ported.
Fifteen hundred thousand pounds
of tin and 10,000,000 pounds of resin
are also required. The value of the
shell orders up to. now has been
$220,000,090, with additional orders of
about 3180,000,000, making $875,000,-
000 in all. The number of shells ship-
ped to England so far has been 3,500,-
000.
A despatch from Paris says: Gen-
erals and other high officers of the
French army must get along with
fewer automobiles and horses here-
after, by order of Gen. Gallieni, Mine
inter of War.
Informing -the Appropriations Com-
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies of
Pe decision, Gen. Gallieni said he had
reached it as the result of a report
prepared in behalf of a committee by
Raouel Per"et, fortifier Minister of
Commet'ce, and Emmanuel 13russe.
Newly Married.
A certain minister Iately paid .a
visit to a lady of his acquaintance
who was newly married, and who was
attired in the modern fashion. After
the usual compliments he familiarly
said, "I hope you havegot a good hus-
band, madam?" "Yes, sir," replied
she, "and a good man, too." "I don't
know what to say about his good-
ness," added the minister rather
bluntly; "for my Bible teaches me
that a good man should clothe his
wife, but he lets you go half naked!"
RECALL ASKED
OF CAPT. BOY -ED
Washington Also Demands That
Captain von Papen -Be
Supplanted.
A. despatch from -Washington says:
Demand has been made by the United
States` upon Germany for the imme-
diate recall of Captains Boy -Ed and
von Papen, the naval and military
attaches, respectively, of the German
Embassy here.
Announcement to this -effect was
made by Secretary- Lansing in the
following statement:
"On account of what this Govern-
ment considers their improper activi-
ties in military andnaval matters,
this Government has requested the
immediate recall of Captain Boy -Ed
and Captain von Papen, as they are
no longer acceptable to this Govern -
meat "
The action of this Government
against the German attaches is due
to no single incident in either case,
but was based on an accumulation of
improper activities connected with
the handling of German military and
naval matters in this country. The
connection of at least one of the_ at-
taches with the plot on the part of
certain German interests to set Huer-
ta up again in Mexico as a means of '
embarrassing this Government fig-
ured more than'any other single inci-
dent in the determination to adopt a
drastic course towards these represen-
tatives of the German Government.
ALL LEAVING BRITAIN
MUST HAVE PASSPORTS
A despatch from London says: It
is officially announced that an order=
in -council just issued requires that in
all ordinary cases of persons going
abroad, British or alien, passports will
be required.
1101.111111,110.1.101111.1110111
OUTFOUGHT AND OUTRANGED
FOR FIRST TIDE IN THE WAR
German Wounded ' Arriving at Ghent Says Allies'
Guns Never Give Enemies' Trencheses
a Rest
A despatch from Paris says: In a
surprise attack made south of Lona-
baertzyde, on the Belgian front the
Germans captured a French advanced
post, but again lost it to the French.
Outside of the usual artillery bom-
bardment at various points along the
front,'.., the official communique men-
tions mine -fighting north-west of Fay
and the demolition of enemy shelters
and a provision depot north of Lairs
court, in the region 'between . the
Somme and the Oise. French guns
put an end to,an attempted bombard-
ment of Thann, in .Alsace, before any,
but trilling, damage had been done,
The Rotterdam correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing, says:
"The morale of the German sol-
diers in Belgium has been shaken by
the terrific and sustained artillery fire
of the allies. Wounded who have ar.
rived at Ghent say that the allied guns
never give the Germans a moment's
rest. All are deeply impressed by
the vast quantity of ammunition \ex-
pended..
"'The shells pour into the trenehee
as fast as hailstones,' say the Ger-
mans, 'It is horrible, For the first
time• in the war we are outfought and
outranged in artillery.'"
ITALIAN TROOPS
GALLIPOLI
They Will Also Aid. Against a Pos-
ibis Invesioli',of Egypt by
•Enemy.
A despatch from Rome says: In
.addition to - the. official. announcement
in z the 'Italian 'I'<lrlianient that Italy
had signed the agretenen't with her
allies _ ;not to; consider •a separate
penee, ,Berea, .$ydney_. ,S.onniilo, the.
Foreign. Minister, made.. the definite warrants for 355,000 owing for per -
statement that Italian military aid sonal tares.
would be sent to Serbia, and hinted at The University. of Saskatchewanamuch gre2ter activity .on the phst will likely have a training school foil
of the Italian army and fleet in the army otlicers,
Eastern Mediterranean. ( One hundred men from er:nedipeg
Italy will make Albania lies base are now in Russia building emergency
of operations. Already ,a detachment railroads.
of Italian troops has. been landed at Saskatchewan donated over $10'0,-
A,vlorta.. - Besides,,,she ry}J,1 ca -operate, 000 „iii the past year la cash and 'sup -
with the Entente powers. "in the , plies to the Red Cross,
Eastern Mediterranean," which means • Simeon Choznaic, Saskatoon, heard
an expedition to • the Dardanelles; that his wife had been molested by a
operations on the Daltnation coast of Hun and started for Russia:'`and re-
the Ad iati; or, even' eventual aid venge.
against an invasion of Egypt. Frederick Wagner is charged: at
Thie' position of the. Italian Govern- E'dmontonwith sending money! to
ment,was set foa;th by Foreign Minis- 'Germany to assist the enemies of the
ter Sonnifg Af,the ,outset of=,his de-, Empire,
claration he announeed that Italy for- ! Capt. J. A. Pergman, one of the
mally signed the agreement to act best known navigators on Lake 'Win -
jointly Wath ,.the allies; to the end; nipeg,' has enlisted' ' with .the 45th
Secondly, he; asserted that Italian: Battalion.
treens will be despatched "to the aid Under the Saskatchewan Liquor
of the Serbians, and "the Italian flag Sales Act there have been 219 ton-
oii iL'alltra spohda : (Tho;• Dalni'atia'n ,victions since July, 126 of them for
shore of the Adriatic) will reaffirm . public drinking.
From the Middle West
BETWEEN ONTARIO AND fRIt,
TIS}I COLUMBIA,
Items From Provinces Where Many
Ontario Boys and G rle Are
Erving.
Forty members of Calgary fi
le
fighting departnient have joined
'the
colors. '
Calgary -is-- • considering • distress
Italian interests in Albania, whose, in -1 Mike Jakulson, of near Prince, Al-
dependence is ;iuclispnsable to the bert, Sask,, is held for the death• of
strategic defence of the Adriatic." his son three years ago; he abused
"Italy, is not, insensible, to Serbia's the Iad savagely.
distress: She is preparing to aid that t Walter Fegh and Raymond Pierce
heroic °country;" vas' one of the out- f escaped from'a Montana 'ail, but were,.
jail,
standing points in 'B'aron Sonziino's caught by mounted police near Lahti
speech. bridge, Alta.
Simultaneously with ' :the Foreign The 82nd Battalion recruited' at
Miilister•'s speech was the issuance, of Calgary has 334 Englishmen, ;147
a statement by M. Ristich, Serbian",Canadians and 130 Scotehmen, 51
Minister to Italy, emphatically deny- Irish and 41 Americans.
ing -reports of capitulation in Serbia. ! William Clark, son of the superin-
"Serbia will win with the aid of the tendent of the National Park, Banff,
allies or. die fighting," the statement < a native-born Calgarian, 6 ft. 4%yin„
said..., "In a' Short time Serbia will be has enlisted In the 89th.
in a position to hurl 200,000 men Harry Wood, of Lethbridge, Alta,,
against our enemies." now wounded in the war, paid :his
own way to England to enlist after
four rejections in Canada.
Two thousand enumerators will.
THE GERMAN NOTION take a census of population and agri-
culture in • the north-western pro -
A despatch from London says: The winces next June for Ottawa.
Foreign Offiee publishes_ a statement Major Waugh, of Winnipeg, hopes
which it 'announces wee 'made' by the the Provincial Government will make
captain of a Swedish steamer to the it unnecessary for disabled soldiers to
effect that, before the sailing of a sell laces on the streets.
vessel, Swedish Customs houses in all: Because he was jilted, Peter Nyko-
cases telegraph to Berlin information lak, Ruthenian; Sifton, Man., put a
of the sailing and that the vessel does bullet through his chin; . it came out
not carry contraband; and that all's at the nose and he will recover.
Swedish vessels leaving the Baltic Western elevator /nee will sub -
are stopped at the entrance to the scribe scholarships for Saskatche• Iran
Sound by German patrol boats, which boys and girls to take courses in
examine the vessels very carefully. agriculture at the Provincial: univers-
In making public he statement the ity:
Foreign Office appends the foils•cving , The president of the Calgary Board
observation: of Trade scores the "groupof blood -
'"
The above appears to his •Majesty s suckers controlling everything in Oki.
Government to merit being brought to Dominion, making millions during therm.
the notice of the public as showing- war."
'how the German Government in those f ' Out. of 85 postal clerks in 'Sasha-
waters where they have an opportun- toon, 26 have enlisted. Winnipeg has
ity for displaying naval activity prac- • sent 33 out of 178, Calgary 21 out of
tise the principle of the freedom of 75, Regina 11 out of 61, and Ednien-
the seas for neutral commerce, which'`` ton 14 out of 50.
they have so loudly accused his Majes-`i Mrs. C. H. Wegener of Blaine Lake,
ty's Government of violating." ; Sask., attempted to poison her family
because her husband bad gone 'in-
sane; the youngest died but the oth-
GERliAN FLEET BOTTLED UP. ers refused to eat the deadly food. .
The employes of the Canadian Pa
British Mines Rave Left Only One . cifie Railway, Saskatchewan Division,
Exit For It. contributed recently 33,716 95, which
was more than sufficient to provide
The London Daily Express in the ' three machineg -
uns nromised the
course of a discusrve article on the
navy asserts that it is allowed to re-Government.Calgary street railway is starting
veal a seeret long known in Germany ' to run "one-man"_cars in the down -
to the effect that the British mine town section. The idea is to give the
fields have been embraced
"FREEDOM OF SEAS;
German mine fields protecting their soldiers a good service without taking,•
channels and harbors and that un -
on any ,more men. Conductor and
less their ships are scrapped for
making war material they will stay
in the Kiel' Canal.untii the end of the
war.
The writer declares, nevertheless,
that plenty of space is left to enable
theft to emerge and - fight if they
wish, but that they must fight in a
place of the British navy's choosing.
The British armada of patrol boats is
equipped with wireless to ensure
against surprise.
He declares confidently that there
will be no Trafalgar in the present
war. The great, final naval engage-
ment of the war, he says, was that of
the Dogger Banks in January. He
adds that a map showir ^•. the German
submarines captured recently was
shown to newspapermen visiting Ad-
miral JeIlicoe's fleet. The map cover-
ed only the captures up to June. The
operations since then, tbe writer
says, have been far more -successful.
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Saw
caw the Animal in a Tree.
While out for a walk Pat and Mike
saw a little animal in a tree. "Sure
now," said Pat, "I nivir saw a rabbit
up a tree before!" "That's no rabbit,"
replied Mike. "Faith, this:, I'll show
ye that it is," replied Pat indignant-
ly, as he started to climb the tree.
But that animal was a small and very
fierce wildcat, and presently there,
game to Alike's ears sounds of a wild
combat and shouts for help, "Pat,
Pat/' he called. out "shall I come up
an' hila ye catch the beast?" Above
the breaking of branches Ctimo a holes
low voice, which said: "Faith, no; btit
it 's sake ,, 'or pr y kc. come up,anhila fire to
let him go!"
motorman are combined.
DUELS IN MID-AIR,
The Aeroplane May Yet Be Dominant
Factor in the -War.
It is an acknowledged fact that a
moving aeroplane is an abnormal diffi-
cult target, no matter from what dis-
tance it :is aimed at, because the air-
man can easily adopt rapid and erra-
tic flight and repeatedly alter the
direction of his progress. In a re-
cently published book, "Aircraft in the
Great War," by Claude Grahame -
White and Harry Harper, the authors
discuss the possibilities; of duels inl the r
air. *.
"If against flying craft the land
guns are largely impotent -and in
this war they have been -there is still
the attack from the air; and here, as
we have indicated, there is scope for
daring' work. But there, is one ad-
verse factor.
"Even a motor of 200 horse power
-and this is almost the limit to -day -
gives none too much power for a large
and heavy craft; and for this reason,
if a machine has a gun and nmmuni-
tion, and carries in addi"tzfn the
weight of a pilot and a combatant, its
pace may be so reduced that, when
it seeks combat with some high-speed
hostile scout, it will fly so slowly that. '
the enemy -having no such burden to
check his pace-ean fly out of range,
and so escape.
"Had there been enough naehints,
air fighters would have played a lead-
ing role. But, as it is, the air scout
has beet•; hampered: merely ie hie
work, and this to no great extent,
instead of being driven from.tho"air."