The Brussels Post, 1918-12-26, Page 2After-The-4i'ar C u u^ryatiort,
Bloat of the leeder•i of thio gen.la-
• tion in all lines of tndeav:tr were rasa
ed on the farms of Canada where the
mode of living was economics', sound
and healthy. 1f Canada is to -forge
ahead, it will be by her people adopt-
ing the method-ef living and the elm -
tile, healthful food of the last gen-
eration. This should be no hardship.
People would save money and better
health would be theirs to fit them for
the reconstruction and Ii building of
Canadian industries of all kinds,
Thrift and industry will quickly
Iiquidate Canada's war debts.
Many commodities are sold in pack-
ages which can be bought in bulk for
better value: Take an interest in all
your shopping for food and watch
carefully the savings you can make.
It is the savings of the people that
make for national wealth. There are
other out of beef besides sirloin
steak which show considerably more
food value for the mangy. Beef a:
lower prices tastes Pest as good if
properly ceoke d -
Do not get the idea :hat the end of
the war means the er-d of saving. To-
day not only our soldiers and AIlies
must be fed but the people of van-
quished countries and even some of
the neutrals, making a grand total
of something like 250,000,000 people
in all. Food conservation must go
on with added vigor. Winter is the
season of conservation.
Should children have meat? It is
a vexed question. Food experts hold
firmly to the statement that meat
should not be given to children under
seven years of age. The food pro-
perties to be found in meat can be
secured for children in bread, milk,
eggs, green vegetables and fish. These
foods are good for them, whereas
money spent in meat for children is
unwisely spent.
Thrift does not imply meanness.
It is just good business applied to
the home. We are beginning to
know the meaning of thrift in Canada
to -day. We had forgotten about the
frugality of the pioneer settler;. We
see now that we have been burning
the candle at both ends. Let us not
forget the thrift of the kichen, now
that we have bought our Victory
Bonds.
The waste in the preparation of
potatoes which are peeled before be-
ing cooked is estimated by food ex-
perts to be at least 25 per cent. The
waste is minimized when they are
boiled in their jackets or baked. Try
scrubbing them very clean with a
..brush and when they are dry, rub the
surface til h a little fat, then bake
them. Write to the Canadn Food
Board for its free bookieon pota-
toes. •
Try to work out a standard of
supplies. Keep account f the
amounts you bey and find out how
much you reed for one wt l:, The• '
order the staples a week in advance,
It is an advantage to buy a week'
supply of milk and bread tickets. It
takes no more money than ordering
daily and saves throe and energy. It
is much easier for the average house-
wife to keep
ousetvlfetokeeP one f1than a dozen,'
ze: '
and it certainly pays to keep correct
accounts of the houee supplies.
If you purchase food which i
brought from a distance, you must
pay the transportation costs. This is
why oranges, grape fruit and ban-
anas cost more than apples. There
is no doubt that the flavor of the
fruit enters into the market demand,
but the food value of apples is high-
er than that of oranges. The sante
Is true of vegetable,. Green vege-
tables should have a place. in every
day's dinner. Buy those which arc
reasonable in price and grown locally.
One of the first things we heard on
food economy (hiring the early days
of the war was that people were serv-
ing fewer courses. Now we can have
several courses combined in the one-
up of such combinations as cheese,
dish meal. These dishes are made
rice and tomato, cheese and macar-
oni, pleat stew with vegetables and
rice, baked rice with cheese, pork and
beans, bean soups with milk, corn
and beate, chopped meat and pota-
toes, rice coati Hamburg steak, chop-
ped meat and cornmeal porridge.
To • Ensure Clean Food,
'Washing foods, other than vege-
tables and berries, is quite necessary, i
BECOME ACQUAINTED
With our system of lits e:hoeint
ser mattes by
PARTIAL PA YMINT
We hove compiled a epeeial
booklet felling $on all about this
nota enlent method 'whereby your
favorite she may he bought
on monthly payments.
This method provides a genuine
iafrentive to save. No better
time to begin than now, stand-
ard eeeurlfles selling at very
remunerative ;tricep.
;Write fora free copy of booklet.
e114.Co/wily o0
Meprthtl Sroa,•.rt.it ti,ticl, tsohaug�
108.104 Tranepertaticn Building,
MONTREAL Que.
1 number of housekeepers weed be
h r:keel if they could etc the dirt,
hoetrrria :and molde in many fruits
which they ennsider do not need
washing
Prune., and all • dried fruits should
be: waaheci thoroughly in warm water
before snaking, Then sorer with
cold water and soak overnight, Right
here it might be well to state that all
dried fruits only absorb their original
moisture content, and for this rea-
m son, when cooking, great quantities
of water are not necessary. Scrub
lemons, oranges and grapefruit with
a brush under running water. Wash
all nuts and then dry, before crack-
ing.
If you purchase the shelled nut
• meats plunge them into boiling water,
• and drain and dry before using.
• Wash the tapioca and rice under
. plenty of water, until the water runs
clear, before cooking.
Wine steaks, (hope.aps, rap.s!a an Food Control of Colne
stewing at,ts vtit!r a elesu dale \J
� Y9
r
cloth, Pour f .,Mini^ water over tv:d-}
ed and e.ean-d currants and raiein ,
befote using. Drain, tura o•t a
cloth and pat dry.
Pour hailing water over climbed
orange anti lemon peel and alio eitren
peel. This will not only help it to be
shredded easier, but also removes
duet and dirt, '[his can be quickly
done and thea food will not luso it
flavor.
Wash told wipe apples, pears et,t„
and plunge grapes into a bows of wa-
ter or wash loader meaning water
and dram on .a (iota. Fastidious
people like to know and feel assured
that the actt'al soil, due to handling
and peeking the food, is removed be-
fore placing the food on the table.
Always remove food from paper bags
and place in bowls or on platters be-
fore storing. A piece of charcoal
will help keep the refrigerator clean
and sweet-smelling, by absorbing illi
odors and purifying the box.
Cotton crepe cut into one -yard
lengths make excellent toweling fur
glassware, for it leaves no lint. These
towels have the added advantage of
not requll`ing ironing after they are
washed.
Arthur Stanwood Pier
Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company by apeoial arrangement rangeent with Thos. Allen
Toronto
CHAPTER XXXII.—(Cont'd.) That's what I should expect of such
"Well, you're not going to get such a bad lot."
a position right off; that's one corn- Interest shifted suddenly from the
fort," Jerry said cheerfully, ee re- Armstrongs to Dave Scanlan. In
fuse to think of trouble before ita running fight with two policemen
cornea. And you go ahead, Ieate„ Red Schlupfe, who had been inter -
and in a h rgla ob vas shot
and study typewriting all you want, up u � 1,,y � , t
to. But I am sorry you've set .your down;! the bullet, passing through
face against that college course." his lungs, illlcteI a mortal wound,
1 He was both disappointed and die-! To the priest who was with him when
turbed; he felt even aggrieved at he died he made a full confession of
Kate's obstinacy. When he and his; his part in the Walsh murder and
mother had become so fond of their, confirmed the truth of all that Dave
adopted family, it was humiliating to had declared on the witness stand.
discover that the adopted family had Jerry carried the news of the eon-
becn secretly planning to sever re-' fession to Nora and her mother, and
rations. No matter how admirable on this occasion, at least, had no rea-
the motive, the thing hurt. ee son to feel that Nora was indifferent
wouldn't be the same in the house to her brother's fate. "Oh, Jerry, is
when Kate and Peter and Betty were it true, is it true?" she cried; and
gone. Besides, Jerry realized, with when he assured her that it was, she
a shiver of apprehension rather than danced round the room, embracing
with a thrill of ecstasy, that the fol..'and kissing first her mother and then
fillment of his pledge to Nora could Jerry, and then her mother again,
not then be indefinitely delayed. Thu t while Mrs. Scanlan, overcome with
clear road to marriage that had been' emotion, wept and quavered, "Oh,
Europe Asks For Ment.
1 see 0 tern danger," ;' said Ti. 12.
Heide. Se•*(hoary o! t Intereat.lunal
• Live Stook Show, "Partners through-
• •.,ut the ecu ntry have be1.11 t urlclug
' to raise grains. They hate-riogleel-
ed their rattle, Now they pay the
penalty,.
"Europe as a:,king for meet, and
will continue to do so for a co eid-
erable time. South Atnerl, ut eat.
• tie 1:'hetes have loss. etock tbeaegh
tout am mouth ,llseaa', an, dieuglit.
A big demand for beef product; is
approa/'hing.' haw will it h, satisfied?"'The only remedy is for farmers at
once to turn their energies to raising
more cattle. 'There int ample grain
to fend them, and transportation
facilities will probably bo adequate
for all immediate needs."
4 Franco at the end of the war finds
herself with 2,800,000 less cattle, 2,-
258,000 less sheep, and 2,815,000 less
Pigs than in 1914. She will be glad
to buy pork and hog products iu
Canada as soon as financial arrange-
ments as to credit in Canada can be
arranged. Canadian breeding cat -
tie also are wanted. Canada is the
only country upon whose . cattle
France does not maintain en embar-
go.
Before the war Denmark used to
send Great Britain 2,800,000 hundred-
weight of bacon per year. To -day
Denmark is herself short of 1,873.-
000
,873:000 pigs. And her great hungry
neighbor, Germany, is short 19,306,-
000 pigs. Britain will have to look
elsewhere for the bacon Denmark
used to supply, and here is where
Canada will find a permanent trade
opportunity with the mother coun-
try of no mean proportions.
The live stock industry of this con-
tinent has not kept pace with the in-
crease in population.
' Uncertainty as to the market when
the armistice was declared led many
stock men to throw his stock on the
market unfinished in the effort to
turn his animals into money before
prices went flown. It was a poor
policy as events have shown. There
has been no decline in the price ex-
cept when quality and finish were in-
ferior. The export demand re-
mains steady.
suddenly opened up before him --if' Nora dear, oh, Nora dear!" j
he traversed it in his present mood! 'Can't we get him out right away,
it would l e with reluctant feet.
Jerry?" Nora asked; her eyes were '
His mother found' an opportunity; 'pining and eager. "Right away,'
to enlighten him, when Kate had gone: to -morrow?" lid not a quickly as that."
to help Peter and Betty with their!
c alis, I "Why not, when everybody knows
"I expect I'm responsible for Kato', now he's innocent? What right;
decision," she said, "I wouldn't: have they to keep him in a clay long -1
fitly I spoke with a purpose, but eshe is' e1?„
certainly a thoughtful and consider - Jerry gentiy reminded her that rob -
ate child, to have made up her nand = fiery or attempted robbery was not
sn "What
light offense, cyan i. Dave was now'
?"'
'hat was it you said to her. , exonerated of the murder.
Jerry', tone was unconsciously sev-1 "I'll go and sea Mr. Trask to -mor -
ere, owing to the current of his
thoughts.
'Now don't be cross with me,
Jerry, I suppose you won't like ii,
but it was true enough, and it just "The happie't woman in the world,
carne over me that it would be well Jerryknns,' She gave him another
• + exub .rant hu • n s
e and kiss. Oh won't
to drop a hint to Kate—though I had g ,
no idea of her taking it up so. We it he splendid, splendid!" She danced
were talking about Nora as we walk- ('gain up and down the room, And
ed home from the store, and I told now nobody can never even think he.
her—well, I told her a little about may have dune it, Jerry. Isn't that
how you and Nora had once meant fine too! I feel almost grateful to
to get married, and how I was sure that villain Sehlupfe. Ilow lucky
that now, of course, some time you that he had just that much religion
and Nora would get married. I just 1n him at the last!"
felt it might be a good thing for Tragic lost no tune m petitioning
Kate to realize—" for a pardon fur Scanlan. He pre -
"Oh, mother, I wish you hadn't said veiled on Mrs, Walsh to sign tl:e
that," petition; and when in the course of
"Why, Jerry? Of course you and 't month Dare appeared for examine -
Nora will some time?" tion before the Board of Pardon and
Ile sat silent and looked gloomily Parole, by whose report the Govern -
at the floor, or's decision would presumably be in -
"I wish you hadn't said it," he re- fiueuced, Trask and Nora and , the
peated at last, and in a tone so grave priest to whom Schlupfe had confess -
that she dared not question him, ed appeared also. The members of
After, a few minutes, during which the Board were impressed by Dave's
they both Hat without speaking he attitude of contrition, by Nora's plea,
rose, put on his helmet, and went and perhaps too by her personality,
out. It was one of his free even- and by the priest's assurance that
ings, and he took his way to the law Schlupfie's dying statement could not
IHe walked slowly, It was leave been in any vital respect un -
indeed a elear road to marriage that '(filo; they recommended to the Gov -
had been opened before him—and ernor that he pardon Scanlan; and
how be wished that lie loved Nora • too weeks later the Governor signed
now as he once had done! the pardon.
On a bright May morning Trask
and Jerry and Nora were waiting in
CHAPTER XXXII!. the corridor just outside the guard -
Two incidents—etich bearing, as room when Dave, a free man, emerg-
rney appear later, in a remote way ed. He looked pale and very clean;
upon Jerry's fortunes—are now to be his eyes wore a bewildered, deprecat-
recorded. Rather, one of them shalt ing expression; and when Nora ran
he only hinted at --glossed over as to hint and clang to him and kissed
decorously as may be. It caused an him, he matte only 0 furtive little re -
interchange of whispers between sponse and stood' almost passive; one
Mrs. Donohue and Mrs. Bennett, seine would have thought hit; stolid tut for
decently elliptical remarks by Mrs, the tears that creat quietly out of
Donohue to Jerry, and a pious under- his eyes and Flipped Apel, his cheeks,
standing between the second floor In 'creek's automobile Mrs. Sean -
and the third floor that a knowledge Ian was waiting; Trask and Jerry
of shameful facts should be kept, as stood by whi'.p, ehte gathered her son
far as possible, from the young, In into her arm:.
shorts, the older and prettier Arm- There' wee a - hall bedroom that
strong girl had, to use the unexcep- Dave was to have on the fleet ;.Hove
tionable phrase employed by Mrs, Nora and her mother. And there
Donohoe and Mrs, Bennett in discus- was a jab as well as a b,decom
sing the matter, "gone to the bad." waiting fur him. Trash had induced
Occueionally she returned from her hie friend Murray foo give Dave a
life of gay and apparently prosperous chance; and Murray had been the
adventure to pay 0 brief call of her more wilr,e:;5 to do it because of a
family; Mrs. Bennett had a glimpse •feeling_ alt ,t he had been unduly
of her nn One of these occasions and harsh with '1'ra is other protege.
Mrs. Donohue upon another, "She "K4 to •pied you down when ye,i
was looking," Mrs, Donohue observed were a' epcnderi 11 t sk said to Jerry,
to Mrs. Bennett with satisfaction, "Afterwards, when he got all the
"like the painted Trzede that she is," facts, he bbd remorse, If Scanlan
They wondered what kind of a recep- will show he's steady and hard -work -
thin the funnily gave her. Mrs. Ben- ing heli get ahead.'
net thought that the family must at "I know he will he all right," said
least be cool to 115,'. Mrs, Donohue ;Jany,
disagreed, "Proud of her, more like, (To be continued,)
row," be said. "He'll know the best
way to go about it. I do feel, Nara,
that we'lI get Dave out soon; and
then what will you Ile?"
New Words.
To keep pace with the English
language is no ordinary accomplish-
ment. Since the war commenced
many words have been invented, and
even in peace times it is estimated
75 T , -at.<.e h•ts. 00
Cortildeiic& luspiroti By
hill, ' of M011tro al Sta.tement
Bank in btrongeat i' !tion Roperto Total A^,sets In kscseo of Five Hundred
end Fifty Mlllicns—Prepared For After Wer Period of Rc•Adjustment.
The Think of Montreal conies out nth for the ilia',t tot, of the 1t.N..A.
with its Annual 0etoniet t at a tine end now the total assets Ptautt at
v.•hen the strrnl;ttt hon•\ moat 1+nd 5151411110, summered with
"onfitderabb- tuna t u .e regerding the 010 100 01 tate end of tate prertoaa
$4011. -
manner 'in widelt lite Dominion will year. Liquid assets total $379.361.050
be able to pas:, through the periodof and are equal to 71.2' a, of the total
read]nslntenl, ilubilll es In the public ,old comp•tr0
It is tspe,daile fornicate that the with 5270.065,51'7 last year,
liank of 11101111,1,51, at a time of general 'Slue measure of assistance lent the
itt,ort+ttuty like the present, Should Dominion and llrtt1,1, 1tuvernments
be In a pogition to disclose such is e., by Dominion t
ul r'rrf-
ntttalai solidity, his is tee best $ Metal (lou(, urinesofa value o
auaraler of the usetsthare thehank $40,570,1;511 un contu','iwith $35••
ntands Prepared eountr c Uflltidinn
Il 1„ed to give the Y Muuuu23 ,1 year amt, and
and rlovcrnnlen3P. �' t'otutgpn1 Fe,•utdllcs caul 110 ,31,'1'
1 \1't lh its to hl tt1eeta In oxo e u rd P 08, ell nod dnlal Tahoe 1.1 000 -
Fire lIurdred ne P'ift uu Milnes turd lime, 11th(' than Cnn5511*4 01'50 UES-
I.Igtdd rtsfi g in cxce',•s of Three Tian- f,•5:,', up h'"m $33,466.264. The Ta'i
deed ttnd Seventy :`'union l ulnare, the slon of tho general anmuerrinl
IRaul( or Montreal In reality be«„te+5 business is tltdlettled by Ctirrrni
a National Ittsitlutiln that matinee Loane and ntseonnts of .1116.026,,
the nranufac•turers and commercial 301, as compared with $07.01'7,404,
interests of the eoantry to realise the \chile at the Sarna time Loans to
resources buck of Canada in a period Clues Towns and Tfunlnlplllttea
during which must occur 511011 a. t, ave Pained to 415,505A00 from $17.1,
marked Industrial evolution. 416,5x3, and t'urren[ Leans nml ne-
rhroughout the uncertainty of the onunts elsen•hore than In Canada
war period the hank of Montreal, 01.1,040,505 up from $10,045,011.
6•bite lending Putlrst assfetauee to Deposita at Record Move's.
t eepintan nilusl n6. lto4 u t the ly
followed and counselled a policy of our -
That the policy of thrift s
keeping strong. AB a result tate 1,a• 1} ndwcatcd b\ tate'BzuL
vernal to neaco eotutttletts ands oho
Slack in exactly the position it de-
sired to occupy \t•hee the chanKo
cane to this country as well t P 10
the rest of the world,
A study of the Bank's position at
the close of its fiscal year wilt lm-
tnedtately enable every Canadian to
become more confident regarding. the
outlook Such an exhibit could hard-
ly come et a time when it could be
eatcuhtted to benefit Canada to a.
greater extent in the money centres
lite world,
The \ery unusual strides meee
1 • o strong,
has been
followed in a large measure by tho
people of Canada Ia shown by the
increase in interest bearing, 63 po it"
to the record twee! ofas
compared with 5246,041,766. a gain
of almost One Hundred Trillianl)ol-
lurs, \•]tile Deposits not bearing In-
terest .stand at 5124;176,047 up from
$71,114,041,` As there is no increase
In the Bank's capital stook 1n eon-
neetlon with the purchase of the
Hank of H, N, A. it is assumed the
amount required to redeem the
shares of that Institution has been
Pot aside and included in the total
in* the year are dile in part to the or not( -interest hearing deposits,
absorption of the Bank of Ilritish Profit and Loos Account,
North Amerloa but at the same time,
month by tnonth the Bonk has forged
ahead and with Its large resources
ban been able to lend fullest assist-
ance to both the Imperial and Canad-
ian Governments ne well as looking
after the growing requirements of n
considerable pardon of Canadian
municipalities end industries.
Just how Brent has been the pro-
gress made during the pant few rim's
can be appreciated Prom the fact that
in 1014, the first year or the war, the
total assets stood at $200,562,675.
while to -day them• have ntereased to
$555.413,546. Liquid assets ,\lone now
stand at 5570,351.009, being $8u,000.-
000 above what the total assets were
four years ago. •
llxpaaslon of Year,
The past twelve months have wit-
nessed steady expansion even allow -
The more favorable conditions un-
der which the Hank has operated
during the yeas' have resulted 7n a
slight increase in the (•routs, ns
compared with the pr'eviotts year.
The prbfits amount to $2 662,720,
equal to 10,01?$ on the capital and
compare \vitt $2,477,900 in the pre-
vious year. These pruilts added to
the 'Balance of Profit and Loss
brought forward made the total
amount available for distribution
$4,227,613. Of this amount divid-
ends and bonuses required $1,020 nun,
War Tax on Bank note circulation
$160,000, Subscriptions to Patriotic
Funds $46,000 and Reservation for
Ilank Premises $200,000, leaving
the balance to he carried forward to
Ilahtn05 Profit and Loss 115 51,001,-
611 nce s compared with $1,664,x03 at
the end of the previous year,
that our language expands at the rate
of five thousand words a year.
When Johnson published his first
dictionary one hundred and sixty
years ago, with fifty thousand words,
it was pronounced to be so remark-
ably complete that all similar works
were thrown in the shade, It held
complete sway until Webster's work
came along, in 1828, with one hundred
and sixty thousand words, in two vol-
umes. Towards the close of the nine-
teenth century the dictionaries of the
English langnr,ge passed the two hun-
dred thousand word marls, and twenty
years ago a dictionary containing
more than three hundred thousand
nd
words was published. The latest dic-
tionaries contain nearly half a million
words, and it is to be presumed that
the language will continue its expan-
sion with the passing of each year.
The present estimated number of
cows in• Dcmark is 950,000, which is
avout 200,000 less than in the sum-
mer of 1917.
The whole allshiltet is in this one
sentence of 48 letters:—"John • P.
Brady gave me n black walnut pox of
quite a small size."
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This Christmas d
Islhe.18?
Every -.young man should shave right from the
very start. Encourage him with a Gillette to be
as smooth -chinned all his life as he is today.
Is he 25?
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They say ,smartness begins with "a shave and a
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he the gift of a Gillette Safety Razor.
Ishie35?
Having put up withbld-fashioned shaving methods
for 15 years and over, he would appreciate among
his Christmas gifts a Gillette, so that he may, for
the next 15 years and more, know what real
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Is he 55?
You will delight him with your gift of a Gillette
with its unapproached ability to introduce
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all the fussing.
By all means; GIVE HIM A GILLETTE
Sold Every were—
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414
PALESTINE AS A
TRADING CENTRE
COMMIIIICIA1. POSSIBILITIES OF
'rIII: HOLY LAND
Among rte Future Industries Will Be:
Agriculture, Cattle ititlsing, dant
and ;soap Malting.
In the naiads of most people the
duly Land is hardly associated with.
trade and industry, yet as tt matte,' of
fact Palestine was one of the few
provinces of the Turkish Empire
where economic ad:tatties were pur-
sued with energy incl success. Thi; is
brought out effectively by comparing
the value of Turkish trade as a whole
with that of Palestine. Before, the
war, says the London Economist, the
imports and exports of Turkey am-
ounted annual together in some $243,-
825,000, which for a population of
about 20,000,000 works out at $10 a
head, The trade of South Palestine
alone (with a population of 875,000),
which flowed -through the ports of
Jaffa anti Gaza, totalled some $12,166,-
250. This gives $30 a head of the
population.
Both imports and exports have gene
up in value during the last decade or
two. In 1886 the imports amounted to
$1,167,960, and the exports to $583,-
980; the .figures for 1900 were, res-
pectively, $1840,270 and $1,289,622,
while for 1918 they were $6,375,115 '
and $3,049,875.
Two causes have contributed chiefly
to bring about this commercial ex-
pansion. The railway system is one;
the character of the population the
other.
The geographic position of Pales-
tine, now, as throughout the ages,
makes it the highway between Asia
Minor on the one hand and Egypt and
Arabia on the other. It was therefore
a vital link between the heart of the
Turkish empire and its outlying parts,
and this will explain why the Turkish
government devoted more attention
to railway construction in Palestine t
than in any other province. The fleet O
line was completed, between Jaffa and
Jerusalem, in 1892; to -day Jerusalem
is linked up with Haifa, a splendid
harbor, with Damascus in the north,
and with the Egyptian rairway sys-
tem via Gaza. But such lines as exist
fall far abort of the requirements of
the country. The skeleton of 0 rail-
way system is provided, and there will
be great scope for railway construc-
tion on a large scale in Palestine.
Palestine may not perhaps be /mule
!into n land flowing with milk and
honey, but its possibilities ase never-
' encouraging. Agriculture will,
� of course, cmitinue to be the main
source of the country's wealth, yield-
, ing oranges, winos and olives, to say
nothing of the splendid Marley grown
in the Gaza district, which enjoys a
, well deserved reputation for excel-
,lenee Cattle breeding has also been
attempted, on a smale settle, with sat-
isfactory results, and experience
shows that there tn'e good .pros',ectst
;in this direction in the future. Mere-
over, the industries that are lit=ery
to thrive will he based- on the tillage
of the soil. The manufacture of wine,
brandy and raisins is held by eons-
etent authoritiescapable rtL to t
be Ca L 1
P •p. _ of
great expansion; jam making has a
future ih P.ttestine;,tlee manufacture
will soap � abe facilitated 1
e1 y the
1abundance of oil; and there is an onen-
ling for the cigarette industry, which
will be able to depend on.home•grown
i tobacco of excellent quality.
BUNG PILISONERS UP BY HANDS
Germans Tortured British and Rns-
siuns for Small Offences.
Appalling stories of the torture of
prisoners of war in the hands of the
Germans are told by the correspon-
dent of the London Daily Express in
Copenhagen, who has just paid a visit
to the camp established at Sandholm,
ten miles frons'Copenhagen, for re-
patriated British soldiers, One man
from Doberitz, seen by the corres-
pondent, produced a strip of rubber
ten inches long and of triple thick-
ness, which he had smuggled out of
Germany.. He said: "With this wea-
pon the German cook knocked man
after man senseless if the prisoner
was suspected of trying to got a see-
ond helping at dinner. The cook
slashed prisoners across the face, the
jaws, and the ears. Victims were car-
ried outside and cold water was dash-
ed over them to revive them,"
-While the man was speaking a Brit-
ish wilier came along and confirmed
the account, showing how the instru-
naent had been rased on the jaw and
neck. IIe said the Russians ' were
treated with special barbarity, being
forced to kneel for hours with their
hails behind theist, now and then rais-
ing their feet from the floor while the
German sentry carrying his rifle
eslLt tt, strode the Rnsslans in the
chest and 'face with the butt, if they
did not hold up their feet as long aa
pieasod nt,
In othhier cases, the wrists of Eng-
lishmon were lashed to stakes, their
toes just touching the srrow-covered
ground, and they were left there for
an indefinite period. Many so strung
up were 'prodded with bayonets. These
n s were inflicted for t such
offences as refesiitg to be Worked to
death, the correspondent says,
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