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ARE BEING SWALLOWED DAILY
Real Significance of the Battle of the Somme as Viewed. by Ger.
man Correspondents.
A despatch from I3erlin says: The
Vossisehe Zeitung prints the follow-
ing despatch from its correspondent,.
Max Osborne, from Cambrai, France:
"The fearful battle which has now
raged three weeks signifies more than,
the fact that it is the greatest at-
tempt yet undertaken by the western
enemies,with unprecedented force, to
push back the German army •from the
occupied provinces of Northern
France.
"In a historical sense it embodies
the measuring by the army leaders of
the countries of all their forces in a
decisive land battle.
"For the first time at the end of
two years of the war appears the real
significance of the great world strug-
gle -namely, England and Germany
engaged in a tremendous duel. Every-
thing that has taken plaee hitherto
between the two peoples appear now
a niers prologue. The duel has begun,
and day by day it swallows the lives
of tens of thousands.
"I saw here a number of English
prisoners, and these men understand
what it means for our regiments to
hold out against a storm of attacks
by such. They are strong, tough,
wildly courageous, and stern .fellows,
certainly able to stand up to their op-
ponents,"
WILL BE NO REST
FOR THE ��pE RANS
.,. ita� URMANS
KING PLANS VISIT TO CANADA.
Expects to Make Trip With Queen as
Soon as War Permits.
The appointment of the Duke of De-
vonshire as Governor-General of Can -
Spirit of Men at Front is Per-
fect, Says Under-Secretary
of War.
A despatch from London says:
Lord Derby, Under-Secretary of War,
who recently visited the British front,
on Wednesday gave the International
News Service his impression of the
work being done there by the British
army:
"I never saw such absolute confi-
dence, not only among the officers,
but all the grades from the generals
down. The spirit is absolutely mag-
nificent. Men who, fifteen months
ago, were in counting houses, are to-
day the finest soldiers imaginable.
"After all, you cannot beat a volun-
teer army, where such spirit and con-
fidence exists, for remember, I should
say at least 93 per cent. of the army
are volunteers, while the remainder
really only wanted their minds made
up for them."
Lord Derby was asked whether the
ground gained in the recent British
advance was worth the losses of
mer_.
Lord Derby said: "There is no
question about it."
He paid tribute to the Prussians,
who, he said, were fighting like
"tigers," but their confident spirit
was incomparable with the British.
Regarding the length of the war,
Lord Derby said that any one who
named a. specific time could only be
described as a fool, but that the next
two weeks ought to see great things
achieved.
"What will you do with the Kaiser
if you get him?" Lord Derby was
asked.
"I cannot say, but " I promise he
won't be able to do any more harm,"
replied the Under-Secretary, adding:
"But we've got to get him first."
"When you get to Bapaume will
you rest there before beginning a new
offensive?" he was asked.
"We won't rest until we get to Ber-
lin," came the reply.
Lord Derby made an earnest plea
for America's help in ending what he
termed "German kultur."
"We want America in with us," he
added. "Not necessarily in the war
itself, but after it is over to help to
put an end to this thing called Ger-
man kultur. I realize, and always
have done so, that the United States
is overwhelmingly pro -ally. I can
also understand that there must be a
certain amount of friction between the
two countries during a war such as
this, but our aims are the same."
Lord Derby looked towards Ameri-
ca joining England and her allies at
all events after the war in order to
prevent a repetition of wars like the
present.
TURKISH SUEZ STORY
A PURE FABRICATION
A despatch from London says: -
Claims of a Turkish victory east of
the Suez Canal over the British Egyp-
tian forces were denied in the follow-
ing official statement given out by
the War Office on -Thursday: "It
was stated in a German wireless hies -
sage that our cavalry was driven back
from Romani (El Rumen) and Kati,
(El Katie), on Sinai . Peninsula. Our
cavalry has completed the occupation
of Katia and nowhere has been driven
back. Complete superiority over the
enemy has been established."
ado may be regarded as a faselunner
of the King's determination to snake
a tour of Canada with the Queen as
soon after the war as possible, accord-
ing to the London correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian,
Reference is made to plans by the
King to visit Canada during the Duke
of Connaught's tenure of office, the
assertion being made that they were
cut short by the outbreak of the war,
The Duchess of Devonshire is not
only Mistress of the Robes of the
Queen but is one of her closest friends.
She was, before her marriage, Lady
Evelyn Mary Fitzmaurice, daughter
of Lord Lansdowne. She is a 'great
social favorite nand one of London's
most popular hostesses. Both she and
the Duke have visited more than once.
GERMAN WORKMEN
URGED NOT TO STRIKE
A despatch from Berlin says: The
Socialist Executive Committee and the
General Commission of Labor Unions
in Germany have united in a joint
appeal to the working classes not to
participate in strikes ad demonstra-
tions which the Radical leaders of the
Liebknechtt group of Socialists are
endeavoring to organize. The peo-
ple are warned against giving ear to
what is termed the shady propaganda
of "the apostles of protest and the
general strike," it being declared that
such efforts are roomed in advance to
failure and can only injure the partici-
pants and discourage their brothers
fighting at the front.
BRITAIN IS MAKING
HER OWN MUNITIONS.
Factories to Make One Class of Ex-
plosives in Vast Quantities.
A despatch from London says:
During a discursive debate on the
questions of the war in the House of
Commons on Wednesday night, Dr.
Christopher Addison, Parliamentary
Secretary of Munitions, in replying to
a question said that the Department
of Munitions was endeavoring to re-
duce the contracts for munitions in
the United States by increasing the
output here. In one particular class of
explosives, he said the department had
undertaken the construction and
equipment of factories to provide these
explosives on an unheard of scale.
GERMANS EXECUTE BELGIANS
ON A BARBAROUS PRETEXT.
A despatch from London says: Six
civilians have been executed by the
Germans at Ghent charged with "war
treason," according to a Reuter's Am-
sterdam despatch quoting The Tele-
graf. The despatch also says that the
Germans have removed 7,000 men,
2,000 women and 150 pupils of the
Turgot Institute from Roubaix, pre-
sumably for agricultural work in
Germany.
NOTED GERMAN AIRMAN
SLAIN BY BRITISH PILOT.
A despatch from The Hague says:
Lieut. Parshall, the famous German
aviator, was killed fighting a British
biplane.
Butter -making competitions were in-
troduced at the Canadian National Ex-
hibition in 1899 for the first tim in
America. They are similar to those
given at the Dairy Shows in Great
Britain.
ROUMANIA'S ENT{Y ADMITTED
BOTH IN BERLIN AND VIENNA
Deepest Anxiety Prevails in German . Capital, According to Des-
patches From. That City.
A despatch from Rotterdam says:
Both Berlin and Vienna seem to have
made up their minds that anew enemy
--Roumania-is about to enter the
field. According to information frail
Berlin, the deepest anxietyp revails
there, 'While the Roumanian
journals
are speaking of Euigaria and Austria
MS probable enemies, German news -
lar * of the World
Fit. oadettwirs.
Toronto, Aug 1, -Manitoba
No. vite.at-
No. 1 Northern, $1.288 • No, 2 $1,262
No- 3, $1222, on ttaok 13ay part
M'1snitobat onto No. 2 L lS'., 61et' No.
3 G'' W., 31e. ; extra, Na 1 feed, '508e ;
a cm.: 61o. ; extra No. 1 fee- 505e;
ti' aaneBay a orn
t -No 3 yellow, 0230,
on track Toronto.
Ontario Oars ---No. 2 white, 47 to 4Sa.,
according' to freights outaicle.
Ontario wheat ---No. 1 commercial,
$1,01 to $1.03 ; Na. 2 do., 98c. to $1.60
No, 3 do., 92 to 940 ; feed wheat, 89 to
910,
1'cas--No, 2 nominal. 21,75 lo $1.55.;
according to sample, -$1.25 to 21.50, ac-
cording' to freights outside.
Barley--IS7alting barley. nominal, 65
to 668 ; feed barieY, nominal, 00 to 62c,
according to freights outside.
13tiekwheat-Nominal. 70 to 71c, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 96 to 97c, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Manitoba flour, --First patents, in jute
bags, $6:50 ; second; patents, in jute
bags, $6; strong bakers', in jute bags,
$5.80, Toronto.
Ontario flour ---Winter, according to
sample, $4.15 to $4,25, in bags, track,
Toronto.prompt shipment ; $4.25, bulk,
seaboard, prompt shipment.
111i11feed--Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags included -Bran, per ton,
320 to'221; Shorts, per ton, $22 to $24 ;
middlings per ton $24 to $26 ; good
feed Hour, per bag', $1.65 to 21.70.
Country Produce
Butter --Fresh dairy, choice, 26 to 27c;
inferior, 24 to 25e ; creamery prints, 29
to 31e; inferior, 2S to 29e,
Brags -New laid, 29 to 30e ; do., in
cartons, 31 to 33o.
Beans -$4,50 to $5, the latter for hand
picked,
Cheese -New large, 17e ; twins 173o ;
triplets, 1710,
Staple Syrup -Prices are steady at
21,40 to 21.50 per Imperial gallon.
Dressed Poultry -Chickens, 25 to 270;
fowl, 23 to 25e.
Potatoes -New Brunswicks quoted at
22. per bag..; Western, $1,855
Provisions.
Bacon, long clear, 18 to 183c per lb,
Ha205 m o 21eedit olls, 1 24 9 oto 125c ,breakfast
bacon, 95 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 27e;
boneless backs, 29 to 30c. '
Land pails, 173 ton178t0; compound,o14 to
1.48e,
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Aug. 1. -Oats -Canadian
Western, No, 2, 535 to 54c ; do. No. 3,
525 to 53c ; extra No. 1 feed, 52 to 525c;
No. 2 local white, 5250 ; No, 3 do.,
518c, No. 4 do., 505e, Flout' -Mani-
toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 82.60;
do., seconds, $6.40; strong bakers' $5.90;
Winter patents, choice, $6 to 26.25 ;
straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.30 ; do., in
bags, 24.30 to $5, Rolled oats -Barrels,
$5.05 to $6.46 ; bag of 90 lbs. $2.40 to
$2.60. 11Zillfeed-Bran, $21; shorts, $24;
middlings, 226 to $27; mouf111e, 230 to
$82. Hay --No. 2, per ton, car lots,
$17.50 to $18. Butter -Choicest cream-
ery, 30 to 308c; seconds, 298 to 290c.
Eggs -Fresh, 350 ; selected, 28c ; No. 1
stock, 30c ; No. 2, do., 26 to 27c.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, Aug. 1. cash prices -Wheat
21188 ;o. i No. 3,
do., 21 148 ; No. 4, $1. 0/,
Oats -No. 2 C.G., 440c; No. 3, do., 443c;
extra No. 1 feed, 435c ; No, 2 feed, 428e;
Barley -No. 3, 73c ; No. 4, 6850 ; re-
jected, 60c : feed, 60c. Flat -No. 1 N.
N.C., 21.748 ; No, 2 C.W., $1.718.
'United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Aug. I. -Wheat -July
$1.225 ; September, $1.239 to $1.235 ;
No. 1 hard, 21.293 ; No. 1 Northern,
$1,223 to $1.258 No. 2 Northern, 21.203
to 1.231. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 81 to 32c.
Oats-lfo. 3 white, 383 to 390. Flour
unchanged ; shipments, 79,994 bbls.
Bran, 217.50 to $18.00.
Duluth, Aug. 1. -Wheat -No. 1 hard,
No. 62 No.`Northern,o 21.191` t 1 21 211 ; July,
21.243, nominal ; September, 21.238
December, $1.253 bid. Linseed, On track
$1.985' to $1.09 ; to arrive, $1.988 ; July,
21.988 asked ; September, $1,985 asked;
October, $1.98 asked ; November, $1.97
bid ; December, $1.965 bid.
Live Stook Markets.
Toronto, Aug, 1. -Choice heavy steers,
$8.50 to $3.75 ; good heavy steers, $8.10
to 8.95 ; butchers' cattle, good, $7.80 to
common8.00 ; , $6. 6 to $6,60 ;2 butchers' 0 bu de.,
26.75 choice, o $7.25.0to
od$7.75
7 rough bu s, $4 50l to
25.00 ; butchers' cows, choice, $7.10 to
$7.25 ; do., good, $6.75 to $7.00 ; du„
medium, $6.00 to $6.25 ; stockers, 700
to 250 lbs., $6.25 to $6.75 ; choice feed-
ers, dehorned, 26.40 to $7.25 ; canners
and cutters, $3.75 to $4.50 ; milkers,
choice, each, 270.00 to 280.00 ; do., eom.
and med., each, $40.00 to $60.00 ;
springers, 250.00 to 290.00 ; light ewes,
$7.60 to 28.60 ; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to
$6.36 ; spring lambs, per ib., 1330. to
14c ; calves, good to choice, $9,50 to
$12.10 ; do, medium , $7.25 to $3.50 ;
hogs, fed and watered, $12.00 to $12,10
do., weighed off cars, $12.25 to $12.85 ;
do., f.o.b., $11.25 to $11.30.
Montreal, Aug. 1. -Butcher steers,
good, 28.25 to $8.50 ; medium, $ 7,50 to
$5.50 ; common to fair, $7to $8 ; fair,
to good, $6.50 to $7. Butohercows.
good, $6 to $7 ; fair, $5.50 to 25.75;
common, $5 to $5.25. Butcher Bulls,
beQst, $6 to $7 ; goad, $6 to $6.50 ; fair,
$5.80 to $6 ; canners, $4.50 to $5.
Sheep, 70 ; lambs, 11c. Calves, milk
fed, Sc to 90; grass fed, 50. Hogs,
selects, 211.75 to 212.25 ' roughs and
mixed lots, 210,60 to 211.50; sows.
$9.75 to $10.25.
BRITISH STEAMERS SAIL
FROM THE BALTIC.
Leave Russian Ports and Are Navi-
gated Around Sweden.
A despatch from .Stockholm says:
Almost every day British steamers ly-
ing at Russian ports manage to get
out of the Baltic and escape the Ger-
man cruisers. The ships generally
cross the Gulf of Bgthnia and are
piloted around Sweden inside the tet'
ritorial limit. This traffic during the
last few weeks has been considerably
developed. The ships as a rule take
on. board an entire Swedish crew and
Swedish officers. The pro -German pa-
pers here are urging that this traffic
be stopped, contending that it is not
in accord with absolute neutrality,
But the Government has taken no ac-
tion so far against it.
GOVERNMENT TO SINK
ARTESIAN WELLS
A despatch from Ottawa says
The Government le going into the
artesian -well business In Southern
Alberta. The ordinary water Sup-
ply there in many localities is poor,
ut the geological survey, in boring
or oil deposits, discoveretl abundance
f splendid water at low depths. An
order. -in -Council has beenpassed mak-
ng an appropriation for an extensive
artesian -well system in these districts
It will supply the ordinary deficiency,
Heed not a blusterer, but beware of
a silent man.
-b
papers threaten Roumania. Germany f
will support her allies by probable o
military measures against Roumania, ..
which already are in hand, i
Dr. Lederer., of the Berliner Tage-
hlatt, writing from Bucharest, says:
Yale cannot
trust
the Roumanian
policy. The only thing we can trust
is our arms."
GENERAL ALLENBY
CAVALRY LEADER
HE SAW SERVICE 1N TRE SOUTH
AFRICAN WAR.
He May Shortly Have Chance on Big
Scale to Again Show His
Capacity.
Does the use of cavalry by the
13ritish in the big offensive in Picardy
this week foreshadow the near ap-
proach of the day when our horse sol-
diers will be extensively used in driv-
ing the Germans back out of Belgium ?
We are all. hoping so at any rate.
So far this war has been a titanic
struggle between infantry and artil-
lery, the cavalry playing but a small
part; but what work there has been
to do has been done with that splen-
did efficiency which led Lord French,
in his early despatches from the front,
to bestow the highest praise upon
General Sir Edmund Allenby, who is
commander of our horsemen at the
front.
King George has the highest admir-
ation for this great cavalry leader,
who visited His Majesty recently to
post him on matters at the front.
Cavalry men in general and the Innis-
killings in part3'cular swear by Allen-
by, for it is largely due to his methods
introduced on Salisbury Plains that
our cavalry are to -day recognized •as
the best in the world.
Gen. Sir Edirund Allenby.
It was with the Inniskillings that
General Allenby made his mark. As
a youngster he- entered the famous
dragoons and first saw active service
in the Beclnianal'and Expedition of
'84, and afterwards in the Zulu War
of '88. --
"Hard
"Hard service" is General Allenby's
motto. Like Lord Kitchener, he holds
the view that social and society life
should play no part in a soldier's
career.
General Allenby married twenty
years ago, and his dislike of publicity
is emphasized by an incident which
occurred during the South African
War, when he won his C.B. At the
entry into Barberton, after desperate-
ly hard fighting under. Lord French,
the general of the brigade wished Al-
lenby's division to lead the triumphal
procession into the town; but al-
though it had tak-en the honors in
the field, being first in every attack,
Allenby demurred when it came to a
parade of victory.
He excused himself with: "My men
and horses are fatigued," and came
quietly in the day after. His thought
for his men and officers is one of
General Allenby's marked character-
istics.
DUTCH FISHING BOATS
SEIZED BY BRITISH
Ship. Owners of Holland Enter Pro-
test Against English Action.
A despatch from Berlin says
The Dutch Christian. Seamen's Union,
says the Overseas News Agency, has
endorsed bhe protest of the Dutch
ship owners and sailors' union against
the action of the British authorities
in seizing Dutch fishing boats, virtual-
ly all of which have been taken pos-
session of,. according bo news agency.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
SEIZES FIELD CROPS
A despatch from Amsterdam says :
-The Handelsbald says the Minister
of Agriculture has informed the Bur-
gomasters that in the interest of the
feeding of man and beast the seizktre
of all wheat, oats and barley is neces-
nary. The Minister, according to bhe
newspaper, has directed the officials
to buy up all corn in the fields at
fixed prices.
GERMAN SUBMARINE
RAIDS FISHING FLEET.
A despatch from London says :-A
German submarine has raided a Y3ric-
ish fleet of fishing boats. Eight of
the vessels was sunk. The crews
were landed on Friday at the North
Sea port of Tynemouth.
,Previous to 1885 ales and beers wore
sold on the Canadian. National Exhibi-
tion grounds. The sale was abolished
at an annual less in booth rentals of
$2,000, quite a sum in the early days
of the pig Fair to pay for a principle.
If Von Have Not a
Policy in the
H
You are not doing justice
to >~'
yourselfor your family.
Na •.h:,.,•
KEY
OIMPORTANT PASSES
CAPTOR ED BY T ll) ALINE
Nearly Entire Austrian Garrison Surrendered, It Having Been
Demoralized by the Suddenness of the Attack.
A. despatch from Milan, Italy, says:
Since July 20 operations have been
conducted by the Italians in the upper
San Pellegrino valley with consider-
able success. One detachment captur-
ed
aptured the strong position of Cavallazze,
a key to the two passes of Rollo and
Col Bricon, The Austrians, though
they held well defended positions,
were completely demoralized by the
sudden
sistance nearly the entire garrison
surrendered. Four; hundred prisoners,
two guns, several machine guns and
considerable material were captured.
The Italians have since pushed their
advantage still further, and have oc-
cupied Cima Stradone, thus forming
a serious menace to the Austrian posi-
tion on the Dolomites road. The points
of advantage gained by the Italians
give them command of the San Pelle-
attack, and after a short re- grino and Travignolo valleys.
THE GERMAN FRONT
WEST OF _11 SK BRUEN
Czar's Victorious Armies Within 58 Miles of Lemberg, With
Railroad Connection.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Russians have occupied the im-
portant railroad junction of Brody, 58
miles north-east of Lemberg, in Ga-
licia. They have also by another
drive 60 miles away broken through
the entire first line of the Teutonic
allies west of Lutslee and driven the
Austro -German forces from the line
of the River Slonevka and Boldu-
rovka, Southern Volhynia, according
to the official communication issued
on Friday night by the War Office.
Heavy casualties were inflicted on the
Austro -Germans; over 9,000 men were
made prisoner, two generals, and a
large number of guns were captured.
Brody is a great railway junction,
and it had been expected the Austrians
would retain it at all cost. The swift-
ness of this new Russian stroke was
unexpected. The occupation of the
town may have the effect of causing
the entire Austrian line southward to-
ward Tarnopol and Buczacz, which
has been held tenaciously in face of
Russian attacks, to fall back.
The fall of Brody is a serious threat
to Lemberg, and ties rapid and suc-
cessful advance of Gen. Sakharoffs
forces menace the whole Austro -Ger-
man line of communications from the
north to the south. For the present
Kovel yields in importance to Lem-
berg. The position of this portion of
the Russian front seems to be that
Goi:eral Kaledines, having driven Gen.
von Linsingen's left wing behind the
Stokhod River, has suspended his ad-
vance towards Kovel and is holding up
the great Teutonic forces there while
Gen. Sakharoff is pressing on toward
Lemberg, which is defended by the
forces of Gen. Boehm-Ermolli.
BRITISH WIN
ALL LDNGUEVAL
Melville Wood Is Also Firmly
in the Possession
of Haig's Forces.
A despatch from London says: One
of the most furious _battles of the
war is being waged on the five -mile
Pozieres=Longueval front, where the
British and Germans have been grip-
ped in a bloody struggle for more than
a week. The British troops are con-
tinuing to gain important ground
against the most desperate resistance
yet faced in any theatre. With their
full weight of guns and with thous-
ands of trained reinforcements . the
Germans are contesting every inch of
the blood-soaked territory.
The Germans have been completely
driven.fronl the Delville wood, a for-
est fortress behind the German third
line of defence. The British won the
last inch of ground in this vital posi-
tion by a night attack. The wood was
held by _ the famous Brandenburg
corps, which has distinguished itself
on every field from Warsaw to Ver-
dun, and it was against these trained
veterans that "Kitchener's army of
clerks" scored its victory.
Under cover of an artillery fire so
terrible that the German general staff
make special comment upon it In
their official report, the British on Fri-
day continued their onward swing, at-
tacking the Teutons at Longueval, the
fortified village which has seen some
of the heaviest fighting of the war.
With the Germans already driven in.
from most of their outlying positions
the British troops attacked the main.
defence works of the village, carrying
several of the strongest, and obtaining
complete control of the entire place.
At the same time, on the opposite
tip of the day's battle -front, the Brit-
ish engaged the Germans in hand-to-
hand fighting in the neighborhood of
Pozieres.
The final capture of Delville wood
is very gratifying to'the British peo-
ple. It was first taken July 17, but was
afterwards abandoned. For many days
the wood and the village of Longueval
have been the scene of some of the
heaviest fighting of the whole cam-
paign. The possession of this wood
and of Longueval is expected to fa-
cilitate greatly the further progress of
the Franco -British .forces.
BRITISH CAPTAIN MURDERED.
Germans Take Commander's Life
Without Giving a Fair Trial.
A despatch from London says:
News of the execution of Captain
Fryatt of the British steamer Brussels
caused` a painful impression at the
Foreign Office. Under the instruc-
tions of Viscount Grey, the Foreign
Secretary, a note was despatched im-
mediately to the American Embassy
requesting that James W. Gerard, the
American Ambassador at Berlin, pro-
cure complete details of the affair.
The first intimation of the trial of
Captain Fryatt was called to the at-
tention of the Foreign Office by press
reportson July 18 to the effect that
he was to be tried as the result of
finding on hien a watch containing an
inscription reciting his efforts to ram
a German submarine.
BRITISH ADVANCES CONTINUE
IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA
Enemy Driven From Strongly -Organized Positions Astride Rail,
road -German Governor Killed.
A despatch from London says: The
following .official statement on the
progress of the British campaign in
German East Africa was given out
on Thursday night:
"Brig: Gen. Northoy repeats that
onJuly 24 he drove the main German
southern detachment of the enemy
from strongly organized pos
astride the Nen
li
road at Mal
attacks th
the direction of Irangl, abandoning a
4,1,inch howitzer and two machine
"Amonga number of german Eur
o-
guancaptured previously was Dr.
Stria latagovernor of the Neu wilt
genburg district. pr. : Styr has died
of wounds, A map sty of the eqr-
' ring members of the crew of the
an cruiser Ko 1 lourg m for-..
German forces Ices
in this
'From Erin's Green Isle
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE.
LAND'S SHORES.
Happenings in the Emerald Isle of
Interest to Irish-
men.
As a result of the Irish insurrection
125 persons are in penal servitude.
Spotted fever has been'notised in
Newry, Go. Down, for the first time
in nineteen years.
The salmon fishing season on the
Lower Shannon now drawing to a
close has been the worst experienced
within living memory. -.,,
Tho Dublin Recorder stated that
779 claims for compensation for pro-
perty destroyed in the rebellion,
amounting to more than $12,500,000
are waiting to be heard.
As a result of the prohibition of
male adult emigration from Ireland,
large numbers of little boys and little
girls under 14 years are passing out-
wards to the United States,
The death has occurred in the
Meath Hospital, Dublin, from injuries
received in a motor accident, of Mr.
James Connors, a large employer of
labor in the Carlow district,
The manifest unrest existing
amongst workers at the port of Dub-
lin was further evidenced recently by
many formal meetings of various sec-
tions of water side workers.
Disloyal scenes occurred at a meet-
ing held in the City Hall, Cork, "to
protest against the dismemberment of
Ireland." Sinn Feiners turned up in
force and waved republican flags..
The medical offership at Down-
patrick Union Workhouse, rendered
vacant by the death of Dr. E. F.
Nelson, has been filled by the tem-
porary appointment of Dr. J. J. Mur-
ray, Downpatrick.
The death has occurred at his resi-
dence, Aghadarvey, of Lieutenant..
Col. Patrick J. Dempsey (retired),
Army Medical Corps. He was in his
69th year, and for the past ten years
had been in ill -health.
The coal porters in Cork left work
without notice, holding up the entire
trade. Out of eleven colliers await-
ing to discharge, two left to unload
elsewhere, and if an early settlement
Is not arrived at a serious shortage
of coal will be caused.
Capt. Cecil' Hamilton Clibborn, In-
dian Army, youngest son. of Lieut.-
Col J. Clibborn, C.I.F., of Ballycum
bet, King's County, has died of wounds
received in action. His only brother,
Capt. Cuthbert J. H. Clibborn, R.II.A.,
was killed in action a few months pre-
viously.
In view of published statements
that the recent rebellion in Dublin
was a "schoolmasters' rebellion," a
strongly worded . resolution was
adopted at the annual meeting of the
Irish Protestant Teachers' Union in
Belfast, declaring their loyalty to
King and Empire..
The last of a fleet of twenty-two
motor ambulances, contributed by the
people of Ulster, was formally hand-
ed over by Sir Crawford McCullough,
Lord Mayor of. Belfast, to Mrs. Sin-
clair, Strabane, who received it on
behalf of the Ulster Volunteer Force
Hospital in France.
FOREIGNERS IN GERMANY.
Belgians Will Return After War, But
Poles Will Stay.
An interesting series of articles
on German cities in war -time is ap-
pearing in the "Berliner Tageblatt."
Speaking of Dusseldorf, on the
Rhine, the writer notes the precauln
tions taken by the military authori-
ties when trains are crossing the.
Rhine bridges. windows must be
closed, and sentries are about at all
prominent points to gee that no bombs
are thrown out, or that nothing sus-
picious happens.
In Dusseldorf itself, and in the
country around, one is not struck with
any superabundance of soldiers. It is
true that uniforms are more frequent
than in peace, but they are not so
very frequent as to warrant one in
saying that "Dusseldorf swarms with
military." But it swarms with wound-
ed. You see them wherever you go,
in the Streets and squares and public
gardens. A remarkable number of
Wounded have their heads bound up.
This is accounted for by the fact that
in Dusseldorf there is a huge hospital
for wounds in the jaw.' These wound-
ed warriors are met with in largo
numbers in the cafes and restaurants.
Their heads are all muffled up in thick
bandages, but they are supplied with
metal pipes, by which they suck
their coffee and beer through slits in
their wrappings.
Manufacturers in the city and
suburbs are very busy with war or-
der's, and a surprising number : of
new factories of a temporary charac-
ter have been erected. Day and tight
these places palpitate with roaring
furnaces and hammers, and tens of
thousands of hands are here from the
occupied areas of Belgium and Po-
land, and responoible people are be-
ginning to ask what will happen to
them when the native Dusseldorfer
returns front the war. The Belgians
Will go back to their own country
but Poles will never go back, and
when fighting is over they will re-
main 3m the beautiful Rhineland and
Westphalia, and strengthen the Po-
lish communities already too numr-
ous in the west for comfort.
--eM
A man withotit a coantry is ons
who lives in town.