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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-7-13, Page 2RUS OFFENSIVE AGAINST GEN. HINDENBURG In the Region of Dvinsk Part of the German First Line Trenches Were Captured. A despatch •from London says :-- Surprising even in importance the al- lies.' great effort on the western front, the new, from the eastern battlefield shows that the Russians have extend- ed their offensive on an extensive sealer, On the whole front from Riga to 13aranov ichi, a distance of about 8300 miles, the Russians are being hurled against the German lines. Further to the south General Kale - dines is driving steadily forward to- ward Kovel and has captured two vil- 1agee and a railroad station on the Sarny-Koecl read. Military critics of the allies assert that unless the German can halt the Russian, ad- vanee in the immediate future they will have to withdraw *eh lines along the entire eastern front and probably abandon Lemberg. In the tremendous offensive against Field Marshal von Hindenburg forces General Evert is leading the Czar's troo±is in furious attacks ex- tendir r alerg a hundred -mile front from the Vilnr line in the • north to Barauoviebi in the south. Precef it g their infantry assaults by a bombar enee It of such intensity dur- ing its 24 hours' duration, that the !Germans were blinded and stunned in- to helplessness, the Russians hurled themselves at the enemy's lines in such overpowering numbers that the first- line trenches held by the Germans were penetrated with astonishing ease. The few German soldiers who recover- ed from the shock of the assault quickly enough to offer a half-hearted resistance, were swept aside at the point of the bayonet as the Russian wave surged through the shattered !lines. So overwhelming was the Russian attack in the region south-west of Lake Naroez, where Petrograd claims the greatest successes in the new drive, than an enormous number of prisoners and a vast amount of booty were taken by the attacking forces. Furious fighting is continuing along this whole line. The Germans, speed- ily rallying from the first Russian on- slaughts, are launching counter-at- tacks in rapid succession in an at- tempt to win back the lost positions. Unless the Russians can be checked immediately at the vital points where their first thrusts have succeeded, it is believed that their whole lines in the northern sector will be greatly en- dangered. 525,600,000 PLANT WILL F ERECTED United States Steel Corpora- tions' Plans for Works at Objiway. A despatch from Ottawa says :— That erection would start immediate- ly of the big steel plant which the United States Steel Corporation plans to erect at Ojibway, near Windsor, Ont., was the statement made by Mr. Wallace Nesbitt, K.C., on Friday. Mr. Nesbitt was in the city arranging cer- tain departmental matters in connec- tion with the going ahead of the work. The ccmpany over two years ago secured a large tract of land at Ojib- way, but little has been done up to the present. It is understood the plant to be erected will cost about $25,000,000. BRITISH TRADE FIGURES. Exports Higher in June Than in Any Mer,th Since January, 1914. A despatch from London says :— The Board of Trade figures far June show that imports increased 211,027,- 000 and that exports increased £14,- 041,000. Expert . were higher, than in any month since January of 1914, and £7,000,000 in excess of July of 1914, the last month before the beginning of the war. The principal increase in imports were: Food, £5,000,000; wood oils, fats and chemicals, £6,000,- 000. The increase in exports was principally in manufacbured goods, of which £3,500,000 was cotton textiles, £1.250,000 woollens, and 22,000,000 iron and steel MUNITION WORKERS POSTPONE HOLIDAY A despatch from New York says :— According to a news agency despatch from London on Thursday the Scot- tish miners have agreed to postpone all their July holidays at the request of Minister of Munitions Lloyd George TEUTONS' LOSSES IN MONTH 500,000 A despatch from Paris says : Ger- man and Austro-Hungarion losses of the past month total half a million men, according to figures presented on Wednesday by the Matin. It states that the Russians have taken 232,300 unwounded prisoners, the Italians 4,700, and the Anglo-French forces 14,200. Multiplying the total of pri- soners by two, to estimate the number of killed and wounded, it gets an ag- gregate of slightly more than 500,000, or more than twelve army corps. INDUSTRIAL GERMANY ANXIOUS FOR PEACE A despatch from Berlin says :— Numerous scientists, industrialists and representatives of commeree and agri- culture, have formed a German Na- Wamn'Sb: .^_vawm,+:u, aawvoan n a ?CN[a aav ...-..:.T. g.. PRESIDENT OF FRANCE REVIEWS THE RUSSIANS. One of the outstanding figures in the present great war, is President Poincare of France. Calm, dignified—the elected head of a great republic, cruelly bled in the great strife, M. Poineare presents a picture for admiration, "Phe Russian Ambassador to France, and a French general are with Poin-, care in the picture.—(London Daily Mirror photo.) tees Atka Markets the World 23ABA. !STt1BPS, Toronto, July 11.—Manitoba wheat— No. 1 Northern, 51.193; No. 2 do„ $1.181; No. 8 do, 31.141, on track 13ay ports. Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W, 51e; No. 8 o.W.. 50/o; extra No 1 feed, 5010; No. 1 feed, 50c; No. 2 feed, 49e, on track Bay ports. American corn—No. 3 yellow, 83c, on track Bay ports; 87c, on track Toronto. Ontario oats --1,o. 8 white, 47 to 48e, according to fre,ghts outside. Oto 9Sc; No 2 dot 93 to 95—No. 1 c; No 3edo., 87 to 89e; feed, 83 to 35c. nominal, accord- ing to freights outside. Peas—No. 2. nominal, 51.70 to 31.80; according to sample, $1 25 to 31.60, ac- cording to freights outside. Barley—!halting barley, nominal, 65 to 66c; feed barley, nominal, 60 to 62c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat—Nominal, 70 to 71c, ac- cording to freights outside. Rye—No. 1 commercial, 94 to 95e, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour—First patents, in jute bags, $6.50 second patents, in jute b $6,00; strong bakers', in jute bags, 55.80, Toronto. sa, Ontario4.flour—Winter, 50 t $4.15,erinaccording bag n rack Toronto, prompt shipment; 34,00 to I54.10. bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags included—Bran, per ton, 319 to $20; shorts, prr ton, $23 to $24; middlings, per ton, $24 to 325 good feed flour, per bag, 31,55 to 31760. trona! Committee under the chiarman- eiip of Prince von Wedel, says the Koeinische Zeitung, with, the aim of "awakening a uniform understanding of the German people for an honorable conclusion of peace which shall guar- antee a secured future empire." In doing this, says the Koelnische Zei- tung, "all one-sidedness is to be avoid- ed„ RISING AGAINST THE AUSTRIANS A despatch from London says ;— The London Times undersbands that a rising against the Austrians has brok- en out in Montenegro. Its leaders is a former War Minister, upon whose head the Austrians set a high price. The Montenegrins who have risen have taken to the wooded parts of the country. The rising is prompted by the destitution in which the inhabit- ants have been left by Austria. TO CONFER PEERAGE UPON SIR EDWARD GREY A despatch from London says : The King has decided to confer a peerage upon Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, according to the Daily Chronicle. COUNTRY PRODUCE Butter—Fresh dairy, choice. 25 to 27c; inferior, 23 to 24c; creamery, prints 29 to 31c; Inferior, 28 to 29c. Eggs—New-laid, 2S to 29e; do., in cartons, 30 to 32c, Beans—$4.50 to 35.00, the latter for hand-picked. Cheese—New, large, 18e; twins, 183c. Maple syrup—L40 to 51.50 per Im- perial gallon. Dressed poultrv—Chichkens, 25 to 27c; fowl, 23 to 25c. Potatoes—Firm; Ontarios in car lots at 51.15, and New Brunswicks at 32.15 per bag; Western, 51.95. BALED RAY AND STiLaW Baled hay—Best grade, per ton, $16.00 to 517.00; do., low grade, per ton, 513.00 to $15.00. Straw—Per ton, $6.00 to $7.00. PROVISIONS Bacon—Long clear, 18 to 1De per lb. Hams—Medium, 233 to 243c; do., heavy, 201 to 21e; rolls. 19 to 193c; breakfast bacon, 243 to 283c; backs, plain, 263 to 273c; boneless backs, 201 to 303c. anLd aprda—ilsP, 1111.763 ltao , 73tccmp1ountdo, 11473. 149c. WINNIPEG GRAIN. Winnipeg, July i1.—Cash quotations: '—Wheat ---No. 1 Northern, 51123; No. 2 Northern, $1.103; No. 8 Northern, 31.073; No. 4, 51.016,; No. 5, 959e; No. 6, 923c; feed, 878c. Oats—No. 2 C.W., 443c; No. 3 C.W., 439c; extra No. 1 feed, 48,1; No. 1 feed, 433c; No. 2 feed, 41$e. Barley—No. 8, 72c; No. 4, 680; rejected, 63c; feed, 63o. Flax—No. 1 N,W.C., 31.593; No. 2 C.W., 31.563. MONTREAL MARIE TS. Montreal, July 11.—Corn—American No 2 yellow, 82 to 83o. Oats—Canadian, Western, No. 2, 543c; No. 3, 55e; No. 1 feed, 530; No. 2 local white, 52c;No. 3 local white, 6lo; No. 4 local white, 60o. Barley—Malting, 76 to 76c. Flour— Manitoba spring wheat patents firsts, 56.60; seconds, 36.10; strong bolters', 35.90; Winter patents, choice, 56.00 to $6.25; straight rollers, $5.40 tov 35.601 do., bags, 32.40 to $2 65. Rolled oats- TEUTONS LOSE 500O O '!9 j 2 bags, DO lbs, Shorts, o 0$2364$6.45; 5 aan,z 00:0° M1dc1 ng , 25.00 to $27.00 Mouillie, $27.00 to IN �4 a2.00. Ha.y--No. 2; per ton, ear lots, � �' i r°/�t� 19,50 to $20.00, Oheeee—Finest west - R A CAMPAIGNerns, 163 to 17o; finest easterns, 163 to 163c. Butter—Ohoicest creamery, 30 to , 303o; seconds, 283 to 289e. Eggs— Fresh, She; selected, 32c; No, 1 stook, German arid, Austrian Soldiers Captured, 230,000—Officers, 4,500 bag; No, lots, stook, 27o. potatoes—Per -Wounded 200,000 to 220,000. A despatch from Petrograd says:— Nearly half a million Austrians and Germans have been put out of nom - 1 iissioe. since General Brusiloff began his great advance a month a,go. The grand total of prisoners to date is in round numbers 235,000, of which 4,500 are officers. The War Office announced the fur- ther capture of more than 10,000 Teu- ton, of whom 5,000 were taken an the Dniester front,. Without the actual figures re- garding the dead and wouruled, care - u1 estimates by military experts, bas- ed on the best information, .place the latter at 200,000 bo 220,000. The Aus- trians predominate overwhelmingly among the prisoners, but among the dead and wounded it is said that a fairly large percentage axe Germans. The losses in stopping bhe Russian ad- vanee on; Kovel and in counter-attacks mane in solid ranks were enormous. The booty captured reaches incal- culable figures. It is judged that 250 guns of various sizes and upwards of 700 machine guns would be a con- servative estimate. In addition, large quanbities of munitions supplies and telephones have fallen into the hands of the Russians. GEORGE9 4 F. LLOYD CEORGL EARS, OF r iRY NEW BRITISH WAR SECRETARIES Directors of Munitions and Recruiting Respectively to Conduct the Campaign. is- despatch from L o dtre saere;-1 The Earl of Derby, byt director of re- vid Lloyd George has been appoint- cruiting, !las been appointed Under er Secretary for War. Secretary for War • 'UNITED STATES il+lARE IT8 Minneapolis, July 11.—Wheat—July, $1073; September, 31.085 to 51.086; NO 1 hard, 1.186; No. 1 Northern $1,071 o $1,09 ; No, 8 Northern, 51.049 to 81,072. Corn—No, 8 yellow 773 to' 783c, Oats—No, 8 white $6'3 to 870, Flour—Fancy patents, Ido h her quot- quoted $at °$4.90, flan r i 7,0t o{o S Qos Duluth, July 15.—Wheat—On track, No, 1 ard, 31.12; No, 1 Nor y�ern, $1,111 No. 2 Northern, $1.07 t , 1.0 No 1 Northern. to arr1v $1,109' i o, 'Nor?. ern, On tr'aok, $i.oai to $1,b5 Linse d— pn trach, 31,88 ; to arrive 51.82; Julyy, 81,82 asked; September, $1.833 asked( October, 51.823 askedi November, 51.823. ra4ZI FSTOCB malleiteemgee Toronto, July y.1.—Choice �icavy steers, $10.00 to 310.261 good heavy sj:eers, 0.28 to $0,50' butchers o tle, 0 oioe,$J,25 to 0,501 bit goa 39.09 t;o $9.19; do„ met iu 58.85 to $9.00; do„ corn nor 38 00 to 1.261 but0hers'� bails, choice, $8.00 to 5 .26; do.; good 14111s, 7 q5 to 57,061 do., rough bulls, 4.7' to 5.251 b4i alters' caws, oho ca, 8 000 to 8.26; o., good, $7.35 to 37.60• o med- uin, $6 25 o 36.75; Stockers, 700 to 850 i . 5 '0 7.7 choice feeders, bs , $� 7 �' � �d li � a �, de - horned, 05 to 1, 0 lb . 57.25 to 53,861 ossnners and cutters, 32.(y to 35.50; ilk- ers, choice, each, $75 00 to 395.001 do , od and ed, 3aob. 340.00 to 560.00; angers, 35Q,00 to 31 0.00; Tight eyes, ,60 to $10.501 shoep, heavy 35.25 to 50; spring lambs, por 1b., 14 o 1601 e,ives, good to choice $9.50 to 512.0 do. medium, $7.25 to $8 KO;. bogs, ;fete and watered, 511,40 to 571,50; o,, weigh-. ed, of oars, 51i.55 to 511.76; do„ f.o.b., O. ontreal, July 11. --Butchers' steers, $Tl: 0 to 310,00; niodidin 57.75 to ; d mrin, ,37 26 to $8.2p; fair to' ' d, 'C. :o .� ; ioWs, goof ,60. c gg S 0' ale, o to 0; o n o " .5 7 6, nxx cn , :I q d'�', tis good, , tig �, 0 to $. 60, b ,> cl $�, 0 to S. 0,;• IIto o i o , 6.0 good O n 0to, o6.50 s g' 1t tl .a t +. t qF+ 5heap, $7:00 to 3 ,50; dpring lambs, $S.Oo. to 58.00 each; calves, choice, $7.00 to 510 00; common, 55.00 to 56.00; hogs, selects, 311:75 to 312.25; roughs and mixed, 310,00 .to 511.00; sows, 39.50 to 310.00. BOUGHT PRODUCTS GERMANY IS SEE€UNG.. British Money Used in Holland and Sweden to Buy Foodstuffs. A despatch from London says : Neutral diplomats express the belief that the existing orders -in -council will be superseded by the declaration of an actual blockade, in pursuance, of Great Britain's avowed intention of strengthening her legal position. No evidence of an actual change in the administration of the blockade has been procurable since the allnouuce- ment of the abondonment of the De- claration of London. However, the increased economic pressure on Ger- many which recently has become ap- parent is due, according to the best informed neutral diplomats, to the British eampaiLn in Holland and Sweden, resulting in the purchase of products which otherwise probably would have found their way to Ger- many. STROMBOLI IN ERUPTION. A despatch from Rome says : The eruption of Stromboli has become serious. The flow of lava is spreading to the sparse coast settlement, burn- ing and destroying houses, and the population is fleeing to the sea and taking refuge on relief ships sent from Messina. Telephonic communication with Messina has been interrupted. There are many signs of seismis dis- turbances throughout Italy. The heat has been intense for the past two days. Earth shocks occurred Wednesday morning at Ancona, Rimini, Belvedere, Marettimo and other Adriatic dis- tricts, but no loss of life has been re- ported. Are Fleeing eing to Relief Ships for Refuge. . ' ONE PLATOON LOST 117 MEN IN ATTACK A despatch from London says: A Canadian officer in a London hospital states that when he started in the re- cent attack he had one lieutenant and 144 men. When he finished, the lieutenant was dead, he himself was badly wounded and he had only 27 men left. He said that he was glad to be wounded in the big flight rather than to be sniped. RT. HON. D. LLOYD GEORGE, who has. been appointed Minister of War, succeeding the late Earl Bitch- ener, THE BRITISH STORM IINTERESTING AND CAPTURE WAR RELICS Advancing Over Maze of German Tranches Gain Nearly One- Third of a Mile. • A. despatch from London says :— The second phase of the Prattle of the Somme has opened, Where the great guns of the allies again have pounded a path the infantry" is sweeping for- ward, "We resumed a vigorous offensive ab dawn," General Haig reported ear- ly Friday morning. And in the hours that followed, the British armies sprang once more to the attack, de- spite a heavy rain that made the gratin(' sodden and flooded the trenches. When night lel' the Brit- ish had asevauced all along the line and inflicted terrific losses on the Ger- mans. In a rush that moved onward as re- lentlessly ae the charge of the first day of the great offensive, "Kitchen- er's men" won important successes on a front of almost five miles, from Thiepval to Contelmaison, and broke through three lines of trenehes, South of Thiepval the Leipsic re- doubt was stormed—the British offi- cial statement calls this "an immense- ly strong work," whi.ch the Germans have been fortifying far the last 2e months. Into this redoubt, situated in a s alient in the German line, the British charged, and succeeded in wresting a part of it from the enemy. 700 Prussian Guards Captured. The British have captured German trenches on a front of 'nearly 3,000 yards te a depth of 500 yards, In the direction of Orviilers the British have forced their way into the Village after capturing 500 yards of the German front. North of Fricourt the British drove the enemy from two woods and captured three lines of trenches. An attempt by the Prussian Guards to stein the advance east of Contal- maison was crashed by the British fire; and 700 prisoners of various re- giments were taken. Contalmaison was stormed, but was retaken by the Germans in a. strong counl;:er-attack:. North of F'ricotu:t the Kaiser's troops were ,driven from two woods mill three lines of trenches, These victories have eliminated a dangerous wedge which the Germans held in the British line. Extremely well fortified—for the. Germans have assumed all along that the mightiest stroke in the allied offensive on the west would comp from the British— it was a stumbling -block to further advances. Until the British were able to force their' front forward the French could not resume the attack without danger of a flanking movement. Foch's troops had penetrated so much furth- er than l:Iaig's that their. left flank was threatened if additional ' thrusts were attempte;:h FOE'S FOOD PROBLEY BIG,: SAYS NE ERAL II L MATIST The German People Are Showing Unmistakable Evidence Underfeeding A despatch from London says : A neutral diplomatist stationed in Ger- many, who recently visited London, informed his colleagues here that it was impossible to give an exaggerated description of the depth and breadth of the German public's desire for peace. The food scarcity was becoming serious, he said, and the population generally was unmistakably showing evidence of underfeeding. In one of of the greatest Guinan cities—not Ber- lin—at a hotel whose name is familiar to thousands of Americans, a neutral was unable to arrange for a dinner which he wished to ;give for a few friends, though his requirements were most modest. A Copenhagen despatch says: The newspaper. Heindal of Schleswig states German bread is not eatable, as it contains putrified potatoes. ,Offal in the soap being used is causing many diseases, particularly among children. i STRANGE FACTS OF SCIENCE. The world's highest powered motor - ship has been built in Italy for the Brazilian navy, its oil motore develop- ing 6,400 horse power. The Spanish government -is plan- ning to build an electric railroad from Madrid to the French frontier to con- nect with French lines. To enable migratory fish to rise over waterfalls, dams and other ob- structions in streams, a Canadian fisheries official has invented an auto- matic elevator. The coal in one of the largest new mines in China lies so near the sur- face of the ground that it will be mined with steam shovels after the covering soil is removed. Figures compiled by the Italian gov- ernment show that the world pro- duced 4,000,000,000 bushels of wheat, last year, an increase of 800,000,000 bushels from the year before. Experts connected with the govern- ment of India are considering the use of submarine boats from which men can be released to gather pearl shells. front the bottom of the ocean. A submerged oak forest covering' several square miles, from which logs more than 100 feet in length have been taken, was discovered by Rus- sian -engineers while dredging a river. Economy of fuel consumption in steamships otter} repuires the mixing of two or more kinds of coal and an Englishman has invented a coaling bare that, mixes coal as it delivers it into a bunker. After a long investigation a French scientist has declared that tuber- eulosis can be transmitted by the per- spiration of a person afflioted, with the disease, the germs passing through the Mores. Without stopping his train an en- gineer can move a lever hi his cab and open a reeently patented switch to enable him to enter. a siding, the smite' closing when the last car has PaSsed over it, - 13y treating young chickens with high frequency, high voltage currents of electricity, fl London experimenter has made them grow more rapidly than those of the same age reared without the treatment: The railroad connecting Chile and Bolivia, which crosses the Andes 14- 1 provides above leve � 0 feet sea 1, 5e i oXygen chamber}i, in which passengers cgfl get relief from , the rarefied , air in the high. altitudes. 50,000 Germans Deafened. Acoording to official estimates, more than 50,000 German soldiers have lost their hearing in the battles of this war. To enable the,e unfortunates earn their it to a l e bread after the war a MEXICO'S GREAT WEALTH Mining is the Leading Industry—Oil Fields Are Rich. Mexico has an area of 767,005 square miles. Mining is the leading industry of the country. Mineral wealth is vast and varied. In addi- tion to gold and silver are deposits of iron, copper, zinc, tin, platinum, lead, mercury, manganese and any number of others. While the silver mines are numerous and yield enormous returns, there is little doubt that the coal de- posits will become of even greater value in the future development of tho country. The ^ oil fields, especially those of Tamauliva, near' •Tampico, and those in southern Vera Cruz, are a very important possession. The oils produced are not of the highest grades but are lar=gely used as power fuel. The r'igricultrral resources of Mexico comprise some of the cereals and other food products of the temperate zone, and most of the leading products of the tropics, Manufacturing industry has reached the stage of meeting a great part of the home demand for manufactured goods, where the' raw material may be produced in the coun- try, cotton manufacture being the; most important textile industry. To- bacco is equally so. The chief exports of the country in the order 62 their value are gold, silver, oil, copper, cof- fee, henequin or sisal, thistle and ot- her fibres, cabinet woods, chicle, mttb- ber and other forest products ; hides and ;lkins, chicpeas, tobacco and sugar. The imports consist largely of railway material, industrial machinery, tex- tiles, yarns for national factories, hardware, furniture, building met_rlal, mining supplies, deeds and chemicals, wines and spirits, wheat, Indian corn, paper, and military supplies and equipment. The population of Mexico, which numbered about 15,000,000 in 1910, may be classed at whites 20%, Indians 38%, mixed bloods' 42%, t,�. a e. •Lee 'FOR VERY MR AND RECIMATIO !i5 SOLED DV AGtr f S4(OE ! 1:net number or schools leave been estab- virom T'Y tost' lrr'1 t �I Ti}� Fog y belled with the aid a the Government. :., .esee- ^e:-- +y - DIARIES OF SOLDIERS IBET,RAY GERMANY All Charges Made. Against the Hung i'stablished By These Books. Arthur Gleason, a well -!known American newspaperman, has been permitted to inspect the most interest- ing collection of relics' gathered' since the war began—the noteboo �,�aand diaries of German soldiers, fouiion their dead bodies or taken from pris- oners by the French. These books have been preserved by the French Government, and later on will form the foundation for charges of cruelty, and bestiality made against the Gera man army in France and Flanders( The evidence contained in these books will establish all charges made a- gainst the Germans ; it will make; ridiculous the excuses anddenials d Germans when the time conies fo them to disavow the acts that marked their invasion of Belgium and their ocupation of a part of France. No official statements by German his- torians in the future will be able to refute the damning evidence supplied by these little books in which German soldiers and officers describe what they saw and what they did. Germany Condemns Herself." A part of the outfit of every Ger- man erreran soldier is a notebook of the sort that women frequently use for house- hold accounts. A rule of the German army insists that soldiers record in these little books their own ex- periences, for, as the regulation says, by bringing together the varidus re- ports of active fighting, they are the basis for the later definite histories of the campaign, They should he kept daily." It appears that among the soldiers the keeping of the books is merely encouraged ; among the officers it is a law which may not be disregarded. The French are in pos- session of tens of thousands of these books, the entries of the officers being made in ink, those of the private sol- dier in pencil. Each book contains the name and regiment of the author. Many of them are splashed in blood, and stained by mud and water. Some show that one of the last acts of the wounded soldier was to make an entry. Together they form the real record of joie the war, so far as the acts of officers and men are concerned. • Some Germans Revolt. In face of their testimony itis use- less for Germany to deny the barbar- ism and cruelty of her invasion. Her own soldiers betray her. Often the soldiers narrate deeds of cruelty in the most commonplace language ; oc- casionally one will express his horror and disgust at the sights he has wit- nessed, at the creeds he has been ob- liged to take part in, A Saxon officer, for instance, mentions that a certain village was given to the flames be- cause a German cyclist in falling from his machine accidently discharged his rifle. He was fired at by .someone in the village, which consequently was burned to the ground, The male in- habitants were cast into the flames. "Ouch atrocities," writes this officer, " are not to happen again, one hopes." Inflaming the Soldiers Another writer whose name is stipa pressed for fear that his people in Germany might be punished for his. humanity, expresses his profound disgust at the practices of the army in France, He speaks of the whole- sale pillage of e town, and asks him- self how complaint can be made of the Russians when the Germans be- have so much worse. He feels that in the end this system of making war will not succeed, and quotes the old saying to the effect that "the mills of the 'gods grind slowly, but they grind exeeedin small." He speaks of the efforts of the officers to rouse the fury of the Ilion, They tried by whatever means in their power to inflame the passions of the soldiers so that they would obey without question the most atl:oclous orders that. might be issued. They weio told' about the Russians ravaging Prussia, and were taught that after all it was the greatest kind noes they could do to the Belgian and French prisoners to kill them off,. The Prussian Infection. 'But t%eee men who displayed real humanity' were the exception, Tlie average diery, the diary of an aver- age man; probably spoke of deeds of cruelty with the greatest philosophy. It was war. If women and children were murdeued, this, tea, was war. If on one occasion .s eeptain summoned his men, told them that a fortress tq rte attaelted wee held by 9011 liesf were ,slid paid j.hat no prisoners we to be taken, tins{ too, was war the British Were iheiy worst enemies, Itt ponce of 5 e'diaatl0 , MP: f ioason Pays - in ilia article jn thegW York' blew? was ee Ile detea ed."the common Prdtssian clelusi th€lt tile. Ger'}lions are silllernne/e tat it ay, ha.Ye been sent on a :th ole 1. i mo s e e .il. �.., !1? V., pll .P r nam ,ill 5Q .e' p? ?a less W 1W .110 01210 .04 es lith tbf1111.WeiYe4 tholr stpat : �o POoin to e; iircl th ri i i o es a o r a -re' e n s 4 fl4 nRy$1?g" 4 @ ?1 ati ttlgs Oat mph : bo 404'oxed pa this C: ekei17°1atien, 'German kulttirt, may