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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-5-25, Page 2ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT G A IRELAND D Premie Asquith to Frame a Proposal to Lay Before the British Cabinet. A despatch :troth Dablin says Premier Asquith has reached the eon elusion from impressions gathere( (luring hie Irish visit that the old for of goverilinert` in Ireland has had it day. The Associated Press learn from sources in closest touch with the Premier that Mr. Asquith's converse tions and conferences have convinced him th t i.1iu future government nnut he cn.l::cted on an. entirely different rys tem. ThPrimeMinister has taken care to learn the ideas and views of many per,,on,e other than those in puiely of- : ficial circles, and these persons have -1 offered greatly varied suggestions. 1 None of these, it is believed, Cana be m adopted in its entirety, but it is s thought they might be welded to - s gether to form a proposal to lay be - fare the Cabinet. His Belfast visit gave a good hint ` to the Premier that the Ulsterites it would not accept a direct proposal iin- plying home rule. But It is believed that they might be induced to enter into a concerted plan which could pos- sibly be arranged to meet their most serious objections. F` rc rE2 thew Middle West NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES, k3C Is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld.. Scotia. Lee: Me_3,thur, Prince Alba..t.:% died sta7t1..nly it a cafe. The Government may drain low lands cf Winnipeg, A Red Cross tag day in Leth- bridge recently netted $900, All Alberta school teachers are re- quired to take the oath of allegiance ntlW. llu.. Fmnieum, of Des Moines, Ioi� a. committed suicide in Winnipeg. rte. J. S . Serymgeour, one of Win- ni;:,e( 'inert cricketers, has been kill ilzaction. Deputy -Mayor McArthur's $10,000 home, was completely destroyed by fire at Edmonton. • ("tat. James Morrison, of Company 3, C.A.S.C„ of Winnipeg, has been awerde;i the military cross. Cet:•,`, C. W. Hodges, of Calgary City's Engineering Department, has been wounded a second time. While in barracks, Lance -Corp. J. C. Fryer. 100th Battalion, Winnipeg, dropped dead of heart disease. Brit <h Colombia Indians are com- plaining about violation of their na- tive right= by B. C. Government. • Fire wiped out half the business section of Bentley, Alta., recently. The loss is estimated at $16,000. W. H. McVicar, manager of the Union. Bank, Moose Jaw, accidentally shot himself, dying in a few minutes. Culler• will have another manu- factory. Vancouver men intend to build automobile threshing machines. B. t Coffin, principal of Calgary Normal School, is new President of the Edueational Association of Al- berta. Falling off the pilot of an engine, Harold Thompson, brakeman on the G.T.P., has instantly killed at Mel- ville, Sask. • Action against the G.T.P. for $30,- 000 30;000 over the death of Clifford Milne, Edmonton, has been dismissed by the court. E. Itiey, a bachelor farmer of bum- mer, was found dead in his barn; the body hanging half -way out of his buggy. Lieut. C. H. Collinson, a well-known MacLeod rancher, has been placed in command of the fist Battery at King- ston. Lan". e -Corporal George Ocidy, a riot- ed lacrosse player of New Westmin- ster; died of pneumonia in Folke- stone Hospital, England. SAVE THE POTATO CROP. Neglect of Treatment Causes Heavy .Annual Loss. t 5 From 1905 to 131, the average an- nuel yield of potatoes in Canada was 78,405,000 bushels, constituting one of our important field crops.. The an • - nual yield, however, is greatly lessen- ed by the ravages of diseases and in - RUSSIAN • TROOPS MARCIZ IN MARSLIL-.LE . 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The season of 1915 was admit- >T tedly one of the worst in years for i LLA ,� BAR , late blight, and the Botanical Divi- sion of the Central Experimental Farm observes that, in one small province of Canada, the loss from this disease amounted to about 2,- 000,000 bushels, not including loss in Sea is Now Ice Free and Activity on Part of Underwater Craft storage. is Renewed. Potato diseases may be controlled in different ways; some by spraying, some by seed treatment and some by seed selection. For early and late A despatch from London says: A ing a cargo of 2,000 tons. Her cap- tain was ordered on board th�e/, sub marine with the ship's a ergs, and SUN (-THREE GERMAN � N SHIPS blight and for flea beetles, Bordeaux mixture is very effective. By adding poison to this mixture the Colorado potato beetle is also kept in check. Numerous experiments have been made which demonstrate clearly the practical value of spraying with Bordeaux mixture. At the Vermont Agriculture Experiment Stabion ex- periments have been conducted for many years. Over a period of eight- een years the yield on the sprayed area averaged 271 bushels per acre, :while the unsprayed gave only 159 o bushels per acre for the same period.', The Ln„�iga Markets. The lowest gain from spraying was I +pS liC Markets 26 per cent., while the average was 92 per cent. This evidence should be Breadstuffs. large number of Russian and British submarines are operating in the east- ern and southern portions of the Bal- tic 'Sea, which is now ice -free. The German steamer Hera, 4,750 tons, was sunk, on Thursday morning off Landsort, in the Baltic. Reports conflict as to whether a British or Russian submarine sank the vessel. The Hera left Stockholm on Tuesday to take iron ore to Oxloesund, carry - sufficient to convince every farmer that it pays to spray. It does not cost much and is not so troublesome as many imagine. If you have not full directions at hand, write ,now to the nearest Experimental Farm or the Central Farm; at Ottawa and you `will receive complete instructions re- garding making and applying. Bor- deaux mixture.-F.C.N. in Conserva- tion. SUMMER KITCHENS. Danger From Stoves Without Safe and Proper Chimneys. A sequence of the annual spring housecleaning period in the home is the exodus of cooking stoves and ranges to the summer kitchens. This removal involves a considerable fire risk. The summer kitchen naturally suggests a building of more or less flimsy construction, usually a frame lean-to without a proper chimney. Too often a stovepipe through wall or roof serves as a smoke outlet, without even protection of the surrounding woodwork. The same care should be exercis- ed with stoves and ranges in summer as in winter. Woodwork should be protected by sheet metal, with at least two inches of air space between tee the metal and woodwork. Sheet metal should also be placed under the stove, projecting sufficiently to overcome the danger from live coals falling upon the floor. Proper and safe chimneys should be provided, and, where necessary for pipes to go through frame partitions metal thimbles, provided with ventil- ated air spaces, should be used. • Insurance companies will not know- ingly accept as a risk any building in which stove -pipes issue through roof or sidewalls. Should such a condition he established and a fire occur' from this cause, the companies are not called upon to pay the loss, the policy being void. It is therefore of the utmost importance to provide safe equipment t for stoves in summer mmer kitchens. Ole BILL PASSES IN BRITISH COMMONS. A despatch from London says: The compulsion bill-'assecl its third read- ing in the House of Commons on Tues- day by a vote of 250 to 35. The compulsion bill was introduced by Premier Asquith in the House of Commons on May 2 last. It becomes effective a month after ibs passage. The Government is authorized by the ' rneasui'e to eall to the colors all males, ' whether married or single, between the ages of eighteen and forty-one. The bill also provides for the estab- lishment of an army reserve for in- dustrial vrork, to which the Govern - mentmaY assign as many men as in- dustrial 'conditions demand. CAMPS OF EGYENEMY PT PT DESTROYED BY AUSTRALIANS Succ ssful Enterprise Carried Out Against the 'furies I ayoud and Mageibra. ' A despatch from London says: The. following official communication con.. corning the operations in. Egypt was made public Thursday night: "The general officer commanding-, in -chief in Egypt reports a success- ful enterprise against ainst the at, p g enemy Baioud and Mageibra, which was g ;tarried out by a column of ,Atustra- Tian and New Zealand mounted troops e Toronto, May 23. -Manitoba wheat - No. 1 Northern, $1.26; No. 2, 31.243; No. 3, $1.183, on track, Bay ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.\V., 534c; No. 3. de., 519c; extra No. 1 feed, 615c; No. 1 reed, 504c, on track, Bay ports American corn -No. 3 yellow, 83c, on track, Toronto. Canadian corn -Feed, 76 to 7le, -izami:- nal, on track, Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 4Sc, outside Ontario wheat -No.. 1 commercial 31.05 to $1.00; No. 2, do., 31.03 to 31.04 No. 3, do.. 31 to 31.01; feed wheat, 92 to 93c, according to freights outside, Peas -No. 2, $1.70; according to sam- ple, 31.25 to 31.50, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting, 65 to 66c; feed 63 to 64c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -70 to 71c, according •to freights outside. Rye -No. 1 commercial, 93 to 94o, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, 30.70; second patents, in Jute bags 36.20; strong bakers`, in lute bags, $6. Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, 34.50 to $4.60„in bags, on track, Toronto; 34.55 to $4.66, in bulk, seaboard, prompt shipment, Millfeed-Car lots. delivered Montreal freights -Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $26;'middlings;-per ton. 326 to $27; good feed. flour, per bag, 31.70 to $1.75. • Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 50-9,o 27c; inferior, 23 to 24c; creamery prints, 29 to 31c; inferior, 28 to 29c. Eggs -New -laid, 22 to 23c; do,, in car- tons, 23 to 24c. Beans --24 to 34.50, the latter for hand- • picked. Cheese -Large, 193 to 193c; twins, 193 to 20c, for new cheese: old, 203 to 203c, Iriaple syrup -$1.40 to $1.50 per Imp- erial gallon, Honey -Prices in 10 to 60 -Ib, tins, 133 to 14c. Combs -No. 1, $2.75 to 53; No. 2, 32.35 to 32.40, Dressed poultry -Chickens, 24 to 26c; fowls, 1.9 to 20c; ducks, 24 to 25c; tur- I keys, 25c. Potatoes -Ontario $1,60 to $1.70, and New ltrunswicks' 'at $1.80 to $1.85 per bag. Provisions. Bacon ,long clear. 183c. per lb. Haths -medium, 233 to 243c; do., heavy, 205 tobacon.1320; rolls. 19 to 1930; breakf3toast 243 to 263c; backs,' plain, 26 273c; boneless back, 293 to 303c•. Lard -Pure lard, tierces. 173c, and pails, 173c; compound, 132 to 149c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, May 5323. -Oats -Canadian Western, No, 5, ic; do., No. 3, 535c; extra No, 1. Emil, 503c; No, 2local white, 523c; No. 3, do., 513c; No. 4, do.. 505e. Barley -Manitoba feed, 68 to 72c; malt- wheatl to ,5o, FlourManitoba Spring patents, firsts, 36.80; do„ seconds, $6,30: strong bakers', $510; Winter patents, choice, 36: straight callers• $5,30 64 ; o in bags, to O, d b 32.45 to .2. g0. SS 6 polled oats Barrels, $5.26 to $66.60; barr 0f 90 Ihs, 32,60 to $2,60, Millfeed- Bran, 324; shorts, $26; middlings, $28 to 330; motiillie, 380 to $35. Hay -No, 2, per ton, • car lots, 320.60 to 321..50. Cheese -finest westerns, 105 to 193c; d easterns, o., ca to ns, 13$ to 1.94c. Butter - choicest creamery. 29 to 29301 seconds, 28 to '235c. Eggs -Fresh, 25c; select- ed, 27c; No. ] stock, 240; No. 2, do . 23c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, 31.70 to 31.75. Winnipeg Grain. ytrinnlpeg, May 23. -Cash quotations: -Wheat-No. 1 Not thein, $1.182; No, 2, at Northern, 31.163; No. 3 Northern, 37.133; No 4, 31.098 No. 5, 31.012 No. 6, 9390; feed 592c. Oats- No, •2 CW., 473a; No 8 C.W 46c; extra No. 1 feed, 463c;. No, 1. feed, 455o; No, 8 feed 443c, Bar- ley -No. 3, 082c; No. 4. 61c; .t`e1eoted. 1VIay 16. The enemy made no resist- ance and fled at once, pursued by us. The very great heat and the had go- ing over the deep sand made possible for the pursuit to be carried very far. "Thirty-six camels, quantity a q ,of y Turkish ammunition and one Turkish t soldier were at captured Ba: oud p y s and $ the enemy camp there was entirely y destroyed." 53c; 'feed, 58c, Flax -No. 1 ',AV:(",, 81.703; No. 2 C,W. 31.073, United'Steted Markets. Minneapolis, May 23. -,-Wheat, nrny,' 1,203;. ,ru1, 31.:03; No, 1 hard, 31.273 No, 1 Northern, $1.2.1k co - $1,243; leo, 2 Northern, 31,173 to $1.216, (.otn•,--No, 3 yellow . 703 to 78c. Y (hits -No. ;3 white, 4,.} to 423o. IIour unchanged. Shiomeni:s, 46,502` barrels. tlran, 31.0.00 • o 310.50. S i'tiluth. 11 t y .`l,3,- \t hntrl' -•-Vn. 1 hitrrT, 1.222: No. 1 northern, 31.21:1: to $1.22.3; Nts. 2 Northern, 31,183' Co $1.193, lin- seed (rttCllr 31,285; May, $1.943; :Tutt', il,'003, paper , made prisoner. 'Sufficient time was given the crew to leave the ship. Al though the weather was rough, all on board were saved. The sinking of two other German steamships by a submarine, believed to be a Russian, is reported in a Reu- ter despatch from Stockholm. The steamships were the Kolga, Hamburg for Stockholm, and the Bianca, ' Live Stock Markets. Toronto, May 23. -Choice heavy steers, $9.25 to $9.50; butchers' cattle, choice $9.00 to $9,25; do., good, $3.75 to $5,85, do., medium, $S.25 to $S.40; do., common $7.60 to $7.75; butchers' bulls, choice $7.75 to 38.26; do„ good bulls, 57.26 to THAT HORROR OF SERPENTS. Not Instinctive With the Human Race a Scientist Asserts. Once who has seen young children playing with snakes, even with rattle- snakes, may well be skeptical about an instinctive horror of serpents, says Junius Henderson, in. Science. Mothers in some regions have found it advisable to deliberately teach their children to fear snakes in order to prevent thein from handling the dangerous species. In other cases the fear probably comes from asso _ dation with those who had acquired the serpent horror. On the other hand, there are many boys and men and some women, who seem to be quite devoid of any such horror. The argument that one "'ttnexpectedly brought into close proximity to any kind of snake "is suddenly seized with a panic of horror and fear" has very little weight, because it is not universally s5, and the -same is usual- ly the case when one is brought sud- denly into close proximity with al- : most any kind of an aniinal. Does woman's proverbial fear of a mouse ' indicate an instinct engendered by ancestral residence in a region where such small animals were dangerous? Many beginners in biology exhibit as much horror of a worm or a cater- pillar, in proportion to ibs size, as of a serpent. • $7,50 do., rough bulls, $4.75 to $6.25; butchers' cows, choice, $7,75 to $3,10; do., good 37;25 to $'7.50; do., common, $6,25 to 55.75; stockers, 700 to 550 lbs., $0.76 to 37.75; stockers, 700 to 850 lbs., 950 to 1,000 lbs, 98.25 to $5.60; canners and cutters, 33.75 to 34.75; milkers, choice. each, $7o:00 to 3100.00; do„ coni. and med.. eac . $40.00 to 360.00; spring- ers, 350,00 ' to 3100.00; light ewes, 35,50 to 310.10; sheep, heavy, $6.00 to 37.50; yearlings, $11.00 to $13 00; lambs, choice $11.00 to $13.50; spring lambs, $6,00 to $12.00;calyes, good to. choice, 39,60 to $10.75; do.. medium, 57.25 to 38.50; hogs, fed and watered, 311.35 to $11.40; do„ weighed off cars, 311.60 to $11.65; do„ f.o.b.. 310,66 to 310.75. Montreal, May 23. -Butchers' steers, choice, 38,75 to 39.25; medium, $7.50 to 38.50; common to fair, 37 to 38; bulls, choice, 37 to 38; fair tb good, $6.70 to 37; medium, 35.50 to 39.50; common, 35; cows, choice, 36.76 to 37.50; fair to good, 35.50 to 36.60; canners •'nd cutters, 33.75 to 34.50, Sheep, light, 83c to 9c; lambs, spring, $5 to 38 each, Calves, choice, to 9cc; medium, 63c. to 73c, Hogs selects, 512 to 312.25 hearys and sows, $10 to 310.25. _ ASK DOMINION O PREMIERS TO SETTLE IRISH TROUBLE. • A despatch from London says: One of the suggestions for dealing with the Irish problem which has gained many supporters in the past few days is for the appointment of a Commis- sion to arrange a settlement, the mem- bers of which will include Premier Borden of Canada, Premier Hughes of Australia, and' Peeemier Botha of South Africa. Discussing this pro- posal The Chronicle says editorially: "The settlement of the Irish question is not only a matter of great moment, but also a condition precedent to any scheme of Imperial federation. There is thus a double reason for the co- operation of the Dominion Premiers." FOES OF COMPULSION --.. FINED IN LONDON Members of No Conscription Fellow- ship Punished by Court. A despatch from', London says: Eight members of the National Com inittee of the. NO Conscription Fellow- ship were arraigned in the Mansion House Police Court on Wednesday under the .defence of the realm act in connection with the publication of a pamphlet demanding ng ther repeal 1 of the compulsory military p ,y m 1 tart' service act. This pamphlet affirmed the determination of the committee to resist the act, saying: "We cannot assist in a war which to us is wrong, which the peo- ples do not seek, which will be impos- sible only when men who so believe remain steadfast to their convictions." Each defendant was fined the maxi- mum penalty, $500, with $50 costs. PRITAIN'S NEW BEER ONLY KEEPS ONE DAY. A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail says that the non-alcoholic beer recently approved by the Gov- ernment has been pub on sale in sev- eral London saloons and has met with astonishing demand during the hours when the sale of a.leoholie drinks is prohibited, One saloon drew forty gallons of the new beer. before 11 o'clock on Thursday moaning. The trouble is, the Daily Mail adds, that the beer won't keep and the supply PP Jr must be macre fresh daily, ALLIES TAKE STEPS TO FEED THE POLES. .A. despatch from London says: Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of War Trade and Blockade, in an interview on Wednesday night announces that. the allitis have taken steps to feed the Belgians, Poles and Serbs. "It is un- questionably the duty of Germany to do this," said he, "but as it has been neglected, the allies have undertaken steps, although the task is not obli- gatory on their parb. The German militarists will regard contemptuously the allies' proceedings, but the latter are not prepared, even for military reasons, to see the Poles se.arved to death by the Germans. • We hear of women and children perishing by the wholesale, and even of grown men dropping dead of hunger in the streets." • POPE ASKS GERMANY TO STOP U-BOAT WAR. forPPy ful NOT0(G BETTER, FOR SUMMER E,R W6 AR e3L"'`�•�1fi�-.tct,+'.k'?�a�.ca,+Srard. d+• - ' Worn sv ,very entlg � ofVhii ratitHy FAIL TO BREAK . VERDllik LINE FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTBS„Op' INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. • What is Gain. On In the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Scottish miners have had their wages increased by (3 cents per day. Lord Eglinton has just taken in hand a scheme for the formation of a local volunteer corps in Ayrshire. By the recent death of Mr. Wm, Drummond, Carstairs has lost one of, its oldest and most respected iuihekit- ants. All the bowling clubs in the Clack- mannanshire County have agreed not to play matches during' the coming season. The amount collected in Troon to the end of March on behalf of the Na- tional County Relief Funds was over $18,875. The death is announced of Mr. John Berwick, a• well-known Duni- '•x • the 62. Germane ,*. f1•iesshire t�,lmer, at age of ci S Make ,g Another , xr z A„ tempt xt on Hill 304 years. Alexander Thomson, a +.miner, who. • Front. resided at Aucheuiharvvie Cottage, Steventston, was accidentally killed at Ardeer colliery. Damage estimated at $5,000 was caused by an outbreak. of fire in Abernethy School. The work shop and cookery rooms being •gutted. Sergeant J. M. Walker, Gordon Highlanders, formerly a postman at Buckie, has been awarded the D,C.Ms for distinguished service on the field. Dr. Hodgson has resigned• the principalship of the Theological 1 Ha11 of the Scottish Congregational Union which he has occupied for 22 years. During the month of March there were*eover 1,200 soldiers and sailors supplied with tea and buns at the Red Cross tea stall at Bonar Bridge station. Pollokshaws Campbell Library, which has been completely reorgan- ized, was formally opened by Baillie Hutchinson. The library now contains 4,000 volumes. The Rev. J. Spoor, of the Tranent • Primitive Methodist Church, has been appointed military chaplain to the troops of his denomination in the Tra- nent district. A despatch from Paris says; An- other attempt was made by the Ger- mans on Thursday afternoon to break through the French line on the Bois d'Avocourt-Hill 304 front, on the west bank of the Meuse. The French trenches were subjected. to the usual violent preparatory bombardment be- fore the German infantry left its trenches, but the moment the attack was launched the French fire -curtain was thrown out and the mibrailleusee. were brought into action, cheeking the Germans, apparently with heavy losses before they had reached the French positions. The German artil- lery is still continuing its bombard- ment in this sector, indicating a prob- ability that further attacks are to be launched. The French guns are re- plying. 37,000 TURK PRISONERS TAKEN BY RUSSIANS. A despatch from London says: More than 37,000 Turkish troops have been captured by the. advancing forces of Grand'Duke Nicholas inAsiaMinor during the last three weeks. The Russians have also captured vast quantities of munitions, which had been sent from German factories and conveyed to the Ottoman front by pro- digious effort. On every hand the Russian troops as they advance find evidence of Turkish cruelty. The Ot- toman soldiers are massacring all Christians. Whole villages are left in flames as the Turks fall back. The Russians soldiers are feeding thous- ands of refugees, sharing their daily rations with starving women and chil- dren. OFFERS 6,000 PORTABLE HOUSES ('creat Aid for French and Belgian Refugees. A despatch from Paris says: Frank J. Gould has taken the first practical step toward helping the homeless war sufferers by ordering 6,000 portable houses, which are about to arrive from the United States and will b given to French and Belgian refugees whose hones were destroyed by gunfire. The Gri de Paris declares that "more charity is dispensed in Frank Jay Gould's chateau than anywhere else in France," and that "no war sufferer is ever refused help, though hundreds call.." BRITISH PENSION SCHEME ANNOUNCED. A despatch from London says: A scheme of war pensions was announ- ed in the Commons on Wednesday by William, Hayes Fisher, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Local Gov- ernment Board. It - provides for grants of $620 yearly to married and unmarried men called to the colors where financial hardships result. This is irrespective of the allowances al- ready given soldiers' wives. It was announced that the assistance would be extended to include rents, insur- ance premiums, taxes, loans, and in- terest installments. A despatch from. London says: Sir c Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, announced in the House of Commons on Thursday that the Government had been informed by Sir Henry Howard, British Minister at the Vatican, that representations have been made to Germany by the Vatican with a view to'inducing Germany to abandon sub- marine warfare. •N MANITOBA ACREAGE IN WHEAT REDUCED. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The wheat acreage in Manitoba is five per cent. less than last year, accord- ingthe estimateof J H. Evans, vans, o Acting Deputy Minister of Agricul- ture. Ir Alberta Crops Look (load. A. despatch from Calgary says; THE OFFICER'S LOOKING -GLASS. What Kind of Officers a Battalion "•' , By Its Appearance. e< cc. pp "The company or the battalion is the best looking -glass of its officers. In the company and the battalion you see the image of the officers -you see yourselves. When you note a com- pany on the march -slack -looking, miserable, dirty, slow, and almost sulky in coming to attention, with half a dozen stragglers creeping on behind, end the officers and N.C.O.'s taking no notice you can tell at once that these are bad officers, and that no discipline and no energy exist there," said a senior officer to a school of;youngofficers "somewhere in France," and reported by the London Times. "On the contrary, when you see 0 company marching well closed-up- inpn with heads erect ((ven though covered with mud of tits:rhes), and quick and energetic In the movements as they come to, the salute -•- these show good officers and a well -dis- ciplined company . . . When your. take your men into action, eithcf• ordinary trench warfare or in a 1 51 attack, all this discipline will cepa you and your men themselves a thousandfold. "Keep up your own energy and that. of your men, and maintain the offensive spirit most carefully . To. do this, don't overlook the fact that one of your chief duties is -to be always thinking. You have got brains; don't forget to use them. That is what you are an officer for. You must always be thinking. How can you make the trench (or your position wherever it is) more secure or more comfortable .for the men? Or hew can you attack the enemy? Or inflict some blow or lose on him? As soon as the thought has entered your head, put it into execu- tion; issue the necessary orders, and see them energetically carried out. Thus you will keep up the spirit of:. Vis' energy and of the • offensive which re of such immense iMportance. All'ener is born of thought; gy therefore remember that to, think is one of your great duties. ' " , Ib Reports received here from all parts a f the province e declare that despite the lateness of the season everything romises a splendid crop y and carry out these p n SON OF ciples, and put the knowledge , LADITFENDER have Ui when. youreturni to our battali0 . ADEN INTO CUSTODY Do not rloo thp06 fact that AKEN you must possess (and: show that you possess) decision and reso- lution inorder to instil discipline into your men ---merely to insist on obedience, smartness, ' and compli- ance with all orders is not sufficient. "Do not forget that the then are your comrades; and do not overlook the fact that the British soldier has a great soul, and can and does ap- preciate what courage, honor, patriot- ism, and self-sacrifice mean. . "Talk to on your men often these 1 great qualities, both in lectures and to individuals personally, You will always find a ready response,..which will one day stand you in good stead; and, what is more important still, will stand England and the Empire in good stead." T Tried to Induce Aberdare Miners to Strike if Rebel Leader • Connolly Was Executed. qes A. despatch from London says:, James White, son of the late Field Marshal, and formerly a captain in the army, was remanded to custody at Aberdare cin Wednesday on the charge of making statoments y � likely bo cause disaffection and prejudice in connection with recruiting. The prosecution describes White as a "dangerous character,' and claimed that it was able to prove that he went to Aberdare to induce miners t strike if John Connolly, the rebel lead- er, o was executed. Documents found in the possession of the prisoner proved it is charged, that he,tin was consorting g with the enemies of Great Britain. White has figured previously in eon- nection with the agitation carried _ on by dim Larkin, who organized g elle street carr strike of 1913,