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The Brussels Post, 1914-11-5, Page 6Have a 'Taf =_ Lill on Halloween— Bully alloween— Bully fun, a Taffy -pull, isn't it? An evening of rare enjoyment, and it costs so little for a single tin of CROWN BRAIN CORIA SYRUP —will make enough taffy for a big party. Crown Brand Taffy 2 sups Crown Brand Syrup. 2 caps Sugar. • 1-2 cup Butter. Orated rind of halt a lemon. Boil all together over a slow Sre until it hardens -when oudtelld wer. Printo well. to w. buttered tine and 'when cool enough pull until a pale Cut into 11 pieces. It's the same de- licious syrup that kiddies like so well, spread on bread, and that grown-ups are so fond of with griddle- cakes and hot biscuits. Made in Canada. Sold by All Grocers. The Canada Starch Co., Limited Makers of the Edwardsburg Brands. (Benson's Prepared Corn—Silver Gloss Laundry Starch —Lily White Syrup—Etc.) Montreal, Cardinal, Toronto, Brantford, Fort William, Vancouver. ,,...vorOmarat:,;rikA 'u-ieW,",,,telt.,. Tae a necessary revenue from private subscription was £12,500, but the company present at the first meet- ing was s•o emthusiastro that it defi- nitely promised annual subecaip- bions ;amounting to £26,000. 'Dhe Government will. add £12,500 per annuls—the whole Seereb Service Fund, in fact, at the disposal of the Imperial Foreign Office for similar perpoees (e.g., for the pay- ment of su'bsodies +to ese taan papers abroad), The counpany has sintered into an agreement with the "Agenee Ha- vas"s that the latter'wile in future only publish news concerning Ger- many if •supplied through "Wolff's Telegrapthen-Bureau." The latter will receive its German news exclu- sively from the new company. The company intends to make a similar arrangement with Renter's Telegra- phic Bureau for those foreign coun- tries in which Reuter controls tele- graphic eommunioataons. If Reu- ter declines, the "Deutsche Kebel- gesellsehaft," a 'smaller German news agency supplying 'telegrams from certain countries (e.g., Mex- ico) and working in agreermervb with Wolff's Telegraphic Burean, is to be financed by the mew company to run a service in competition to Reuter's. All the concerns represented at the meeting have furthermore agreed the pay into the company's •hotehpot the very vast 'sum:., which they are accustomed to •spend abroad for their advertisements an foreign papers. The total Of this item alone is believed to be nob less than £25,000 per annum --so the, an- nual sum available for the purpose of the new company wild reach a to- tal of £60,000 bo £75,000. The company will in future issue the advertisements of 'its members only to those foreign papers which pub- lish German information originat- ing ewolusivedy from the new com- pany, which is to be regarded as the oatly authentic source of infor- mation concerning Geaunany and all things German. This information they are to receive free of coat er ab a nominal sum—so that the will- ing foreign papers well derive very material benefits frown their collabo- ration with the company, viz., lu- crative advertisements and free norther written in the language of the oouutry an whish the papers are published. The foreign press is to be watched by the -company's regents appointed in the vacuous foreign centres. Any ineorreot r•ep'orts are to be telegraphed home and eo'r- se,eted by telegrams issued by the company. The countries in which the system'immediately is to be'imediately in- augurated• are chiefly the South Ameaioan Stabes and those of the Far East, tout the system is to em- brace all: countries outside Europe. The Gorman cable rates for press te,legraans see bo be reduced in the interests of the new company. Ib is difficult to say whether the evil which the new company is to remedy •really eadsts, or exists to any perceptible extent, but ib is oertaan that a very influential pri- vate oomptane has been galled into existence with every official encour- agement commanding an enormous revenue for the purposes roe a pro Germain newspaper propaganda.. Whether the evil exists or ntot—the money will be 'spent on secret ser- vice to popularize Germany abroad. It does not seem to have occurred to the promoters of the tseheme that they 'are preparing the ground for a vast system of international beack- mail eharddy a proper way to reach the desired end. 'Note.-gnformation sines furnished to the Foreign Office has conclusively stab• liohed that ouch an agreement, whilst ap- parently intended by the Gorman Com- pany, was not in fact entered into, or in- deed over contemplated, by the "Agent() Ramie." THE SCHEMES OF GERMANY ENILUENCING TILE PRESS Of OTHER COUNTRIES. Despatehes From Iris Majesty's Am- bassador Respecting a Ger- man Organization. No. 1. Sir E. Goschen, to Sir Edward Grey. (Received March 2.) Berlin, Feb. 27, 1914. Sir,—I have the honor to tbrans- reit herewith .a report on flue e.stab- lishment, tinder Government con- trol, of a powerful secret associa- tian for the purpose of influencing the foreign press in ;the interest of the German export bride ;and of the Reread of German influence gener- ally, I have, &c., W. E. GOSCttleN. Enclosure 1 in No. 1. REPORT. For some ten past a variety of schemes bad ,been ventilated in the press with the object of improving German prestige abroad. It was said that in certain foreign pants Germany was being persistently and wrongfully abused, that she could obtain no fair hearing be- cause the press of tiros -e distant countries was in bands hostile tw hay German enterprise, aard'beoause thee telegraphic agencies serving ribose' countrie,s were. equates bias- sed. An "Association for World- Caan:merce" was Ito have remedied this evil by a persinte•rnt pro -German .propega tie, in the countries most bitterly complained of. It was hoped that the u'ecesetury beide could have been raised by contribu- tions from all the trading and in- dustriel societies dntere•stedl in the German export triads, and, in view of the leeprems importance to Ger- many of her export trade, it was intended that agents of the Associa- bion should be sent and stationed abroad to assist the exporting in- dustries by timely advice; an,d an motive policy generally, smelt. ,tis pri- vuite individuals could pursue more effectively than officials. The opportunity for realizing this sdtlgeame seemed to offer itself under the+ following ciroumsttances. A plan was being prepared. to 'chart a German - Amen= Economia Soci- ety. Similar societies with an 'ap- u • i ' her oou tries almwd p] cation to cit n Y exist--e.g., a7 Genue -Argentine Society., a German -Canadian Soci- etty, a German. -Russian Society, &c. The foundation of a German -Ameri- can Society had been advocated in connection with the revisaom. ore the American tariff 'which gave German industries new chances of aninten- sified expert to the United States. As was natural in any matters deal- ing with Geavnan-American affairs, M. B'allpn, of the Bamberg -America Line, was approached tro take the matter in hand. He consented. Under his inspiration the idea. of a Garman-Ameraoan Society was abandoned and the idea of to World Society was substituted. A pre- liminary meeting was held at which the various Ge.ranam-foreign societies were represented; there were pr..esent also representatives of the "Central Association of Ger- man Induetrials," and of its great rival, the "Federation of Indus- trials," as well tis most of the lead- ing :industrial firms, Internal die- sentuons, however, soon eppeawed, and several inliporbantt m•enmlbers sent in their resignations. The details of the foundation were to leave been settled at a me,etiing convened for the 28th February; to -dray the whole scheme ,stands pro- rogued sine due. If it is ever rea- lized its plan will have to be con- siderably altered. In Ibbs mean- time the original plea of a German - American Society has been revived. Tees Society is, in fact, to be con- stituted in Berlin early in Maarch, in the form originally intended. It would acemt strange had M. Boldin 'so readily aocepted defeat. The explanation ides stn bhc fact that, at lige request of very highly- plaoed parsons, his interest has been transferred to another mors delicate and more or less secret or- ganization, devised to undertake those duties of M. Ballin's would-be "Weltverein" which concerned the German reputation abroad. A short time ago, a meeting, of which the secret has been well kept, was eonvened in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of which Dr. Ha- mann,, the notorious head of the Press Bureau of the German For- eign Offioe, wee the originator, and at .which the ' Foreign Secretary himself was present. The meeting was attended by members of the leading industrial ovation's of this country: the Neetlt German Lloy'd', the Hamburg -American. Company, the Deutsche Bank, the Dis'eomto Gesellschaft, the Allgemeine Elee- tricitatsgeeeillsehaft, Siermem:s and Halske, the Sohuckert Worlcs, Krupp, the Oruson Works, Sec. They formed e. plivate company with the purpose of "furthering rehe Ger- man inrkistbrial presttitge abroad"—a conveniently vague purpose. Tho company will be fmanoed by private subscriptions and tby a Government grant. The seen taut forst euggestnd Ont , itrio Horticultural Exhibition EX 11IBITION GROUNDS, TORONTO, ONT. NOVEMBER 1411 12 13 14 9 $ 7 9 FRUJIT, FLOWERS, HONEY, VEGETABLES suck-adui sl151,1bitions of o of e' Y earlust ae large and splendid as the many The Growers in each section have consented to exhibit the best intheir pos. session, anis tc foregothe incept:wee of prise monhy, whielt will enable the giving of ?fie entire "gate remota, ti) Oho RE10 CRSSSCCIEIV S;icolasr Nato; op alt HalIWAya. Ask your Tidier Agent for enemata when pureariefdk tiokbt, Entree aboard be moo at once with tbo ,do'pretary. WM. COi1SE P, W, HODCE'TS, Secretary r Partial -dont nuliding5,. Toronto. reduced mate only to New York or Montreal tespectarely ; ;thence they aro forwarded either free of theme, by letter, err at the ]moat telegram rates per word by telegram, I have, &e, W. E. GOSOHEN. No. 3. Sir E. Go'sdhen /to Sir Edward Gray, (Reeeived May 4.) Berlin, May 2, 1914. Sir, --With reference to my dee patch of the and ultimo, I have the honor to report that, •according t10 an eunnounoement in the North Ger- man Gazette, the systetm of reduced rates for what are called `week -end telegrams" is to be exbended es from the let instant to Cape Colony, Natal, The Orange Free State, Transvaal, South 'and North Rho- desia, Nyasaland, British India, Burma, Ceylon, Malacca, Penang, Singapore, wad Labuan, under the conditions desorib•ed in any eibove- mentioned despot -ch. The rates are as follows :— Pfennigs per word. To Cape Colony, Natal Orange Free State, Transvaal To South Rhodesia, Malacca, Penang, Singapore and Le, been To North Rhodesia and Nyasa- land To British India, Bureau and Ceylon I have, &a, W. E. GOSCHEN. 70 80 95 50 GE111IANY'S ECONOMIC AIMS, T, Extracts front the Deutsche Export Revue of June 5, 1914. Our readers will reamemtbe,r that ono of the 'ibeuns in the latoegramme of the German A•ssoeinuti'on for World Coinimeree was 'bile ostab- litthln'ent oe a 'news• service abs'osid on generous lines, Wbilstt the other parbs of -the Assooiartion'e programme met with hostile crit]• elm as soon •a's they became known, the ,proposed,eorvioe for the supply of news abroad was greened. with . general sympathy, as twill activity promised t'o hove a useful effect on, our foreign relations. The failure tto organize the Association for World Ccammeree seemed un- happily to render it donubtfuth whe- ther the organization of clic news: service could be realized. It is at.1 the more gratifying that, according to information which has reached us from well-informed quaxtbers, bhc scheme fox to German news .ser - vies in i1ereign countries has by no means been abandoned, but that•, en the oourbraay, an exeeneeive b'r- Fanixation is actually doing work' in 'the. desired direction. A German syndicate was very quietly formed a few weeks ago for the purpose of this foreign news ser- vice. It uses the orgaxemation of a news agency already in existenoc its activity is gradually to be ex- tended ever the whole globe. Its main object will be to reply in an appropriate form to the prejudiced news concerning Germany and to the .attacks made uposz, hen, and by . the judicious publication of news papers inspiring the necessary arti , cies to spread abroad the knowltedge of this true state of German indus- try and of Germany's cultural echievements. We axe in a position bo give the following informebian eoneerning the organization of the enterprise. It is presided over by to directorate, consisting of three men, viz. :— No. 4. Sir E. Goschen to Sir Edward Grey, (Received June 12.) Berlin,. June 9, 1914. Sir,—I had the honor, in my des - February lest, to pinball ascheme he re oder which a so- ciety had b'eem, founded with the object of supplying the foreign press, by 'telegraph, with informa- tion favorable to Germany gener- ally and to German jndusbrial en- terprise in pax'tieutar. I have since transmitted lists of the coun- tries to which, under the name of "weekeend telegrams," the cable rates have been very considerably reclined to assist the propaganda of the said •uociety. I to -day have the honor to for- ward a tranelation of a cutting from the Deutsche Export Revue, of ithe 5th Jenne, 1914, in which the ex- istence of the scheme is, for lobe first time, as fax as I know, odmitted in public print. The Deutsche Export Revue, which is published. in Berlin, is a weekly periodical devoted to the in- terests of the German export 'trade. It is regarded as ;well informed, and enjoys an good reputation generally. The arbiele eonfiruns bh.e various :particulars set out in my despatch ; it confirms more especially the fact than the Imperial Foreign Office is supporting the scheme with an an- nual srabsciiption of £12,500, paid out of its Buret service fund. It supplies a list of the members of the society, the names of the direc- tors, Bae. The last paragraph of the article merits special attenbi on on account of a oerbain refreshing ingenuousness. I am informed that the order 'hes gone forth from high .official quax- teais not to reproduce or in any way to refer to this'axtiole, as its inad- vertent publication is nob umn•att- uralily considered exbremely inop- portune and embarrassing. I have, &c., W. E. GOSCHEN. No. 2. Sir E. Goschen to Sir Ed'warcl Grey. (Received April 6.) 'Berlin, April 3, 1914. Sir,—In my despatch of the 27th February last oomoerning rile secret foundation of a Germain society to supply the foreign press of certain .6oentrees. with news favorable to Germany and German iniereste, ib was foreshadowed that German ea- bie rates for press tele'gnemrs would probably be reduced in the imbereebs of tbhe new .society. I breve the 'honor now to repose that, in 'fact, reduced sates for tele- grams to the United Stbatte,s, Can- ada, Argentine, Chile, Peru and the German colonies are to. come into operation tar from the 1st April, 1914. These telegrams, which aro to be officiallly known as week -end telegrams, will be admitted at a re - dined este between Sabunday mid- night and Sunday midnight, to be delivered on Monday or Tuesday re•spei lively, Those week -end. tele- grams must 'haus reached the cable station 'at Emden before midnight on Saturday, but can be handsel in at any telegraph office in the course of the week. The rates, which in some eases representreduction to one-fourth of the usual rates fixed, are :— Pennigsp word To New York, Ciamada, Argen- tine, Chile, Pert (minimum -charge for eiaoh telegram 20 M..) To Togo and Caamea'oons (mini- mum charge 18 M.) .. , Rx German South-West Afliea (minimatrn thane '15 M.) l'iegotiattions ars peedling for ex- t•endmmg the weekend telegram eer.- viee to.other dinbanteou:n.taios. Telegrams semi to the United States or Canada ars sent at thn ea 80 90 75. Privy Councillor von Borsig; "Landreth" Roetger (retired); and Herr Schacht, a direcbor of the Deutsche Bank. A special administrative board, the main duty of which it is to make suggestions as to the organization and lbs method's ei reporting-, cam - prises among others:— Professor Duisburg, of the dye works, 'Bayer" ; Herr Hagen, of the Disconto• Ge- sellschaft; Commercial Councillor Hasencle- ver, of Remscheid ; Herr Hermann Reeht, of Berlin; Director Heineken, of the North German Lloyd; Director Helfferioh, of the Deutsche Bank; Director Huldervnaren, of the Hamburg -America Line; - Director Kosegarter , of the "Deutsche Waffern-and Muni- tions-Febrik" ; Herr von Langen, of the Disoonto Geseilaehaft; Privy Coutacillor Rad:heaven; Director Reuter, of the Maschi- nen Fabsik, Duisburg; Director Salomonso'hn, of the Die - conte Gesellschaft; Privy Co'uncillmr von Siemens; Herr Edmond Bohler, Hamburg, &c., &o. • i TRIER YARD. It Pays to Think About Food. The unthinking lila some people lead often causes trouble and sick- ness, illustrated in the exp'erien'ce of this lady. "About four years ago I suffered dreadfully from indigestion, always having eaten whatever I liked, ,not thinking ct the digestible qualities. This indagesttion caused padpibation of the beset so badly I could• scarce- ly walk up et flight of stairs without stopping to regain' breath end strength. "I became alarmed and tried dieting, wore my cicalas very loose, and used other remedies, butt found no relief. "Hearing of bhc virtues of Grape - Nuts and Postum, I oomm'anoed using 'them in palace of my usual breakfast of coff-ee, cakes or hot biscuit, and in one week's time I was relieved of sour stomach and other ills attending indigestion. In a menthe% time my heart was per- forming its fumetioms naturally •and I could climb stairs and hills and walk long distances.. "I .gained ten pounds in bhis'short time, and my skin b.ecam'e clear and I completely regained my healbh and strength, I continue to Wee Grape -Nuts and Postern for 1 feel that I owe any good health entirely to their use. "I like the delicious flavour of Grape -Nuts and by- making Postum according to direction, at tastes similar to mild high ,grade coffee," Naive riven by Oanaclian Posture , Wlmdsor, Ont. Co_he most per'feob food in the, world, Trial of Grape -Nobs and cream 10 days proves, "There's a The management wild be enttruist- ed to. two managers, Herr Asch and Dr. Hansen. The former has for years elated several foreign news agencies; the latter is known to the readers of the Deutsche Ex- port Revue through a ;series of ar- ticles dealing with; 'the question of a supply of 'news covering the whole world. For :the present the enterprise bas taken :the boom of a ,loose syn- dioate eonsbituted for three years, which is, later on, to be rep]aoed. by a moxe systematic form of or ganizatdon. `lure annual 'subscrip- tion payable by the firms which are members amounts to a minimum of 1150. It is a significant fact that the Imperial Foreign Office has voted a grant el £12,500 towards the espemses of the syndicate, pro- vided the same m.mount is contribu- ted by German in'd'ustrial houses. As the subscaiiptioms and the eon- tributa ns by the latter already ex- oeed the sum of .£12,500, the con- tribution from •the Foreign Offuee funds seems secured.. As every firm snrb•scribing a sum of £50 has a vote, or, rather, ear every £50 sub- scribed the subscriber receives a vote, it may be expected that the Imperial Foreign Office will 'leave a powerful and decisive influence upon the, management of the syndi- cate generally and upon the"devel opnuent of the .news service in pax - tinker. THE. C LEAN LI N ESS OF SINICS,CLOSETS. BATHS. DRAIN S.ETC. IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO HEALTH. 1 11111/I.'rA11V AN NIIIILATION S. 'Peobole ti Terris Are Misunderstood By the General Reader. Many of the phrases ]n the dis- lratehes'fr'om the war in Europe are misleading to the reader who is ig- tenamt of the technical meaning of military terms, That is the case with the words "annihilated". and "destroyed," The breathless read- er learns with horror that "en en- tire division was- destroyed while attempting to storm the forts .ae A,," or that "a regiment of caval-. ry, 'while reconnoitering, on the flank of the enemy, was annihilat- ed," He imagines a terrible Beene of slaughter in which all, or virtu - 1 ally all, the soldiers are feet dead an the field. The trutlh, dtoweyer, is quite dif- ferent. By no means was every sol- dier or trooperkilled ; the division or regiment was destroyed or anni- hilated as an organization or effec- tive fighting unit. In time of war, men fight, not as individuals, but as parts of a fight- ing unit. That unit may be a regi- ment, a division, or an army corps. In order to be deny real use, those organizations must be maintained. When the organization is broiren up, the individual soldiers who com- pose it, no matter how brave they may the personally. degenerate into a mob ; and, as a mob or mere dis- organized collection off men, they are unable to attack the enemy, and usually unable to make any de- fence against attack. So, when the organization is thus tbroken, it is st said to be annihilated or deroyed, although penhaips only a small part. of the soldiers have actually been killed or wounded. Indeed, it is• rare thab a fighting unib survives the loss of more than ten per Bent. of its men. That is because the mortality of officers is always high- er than that among .the privates, and -when nearly half of its officers are killed or 'wounded the organiza- tion generally goes to pieces. In such -a case the men go to the rear as individuals, or in such order as they can meinbain. There they must roman until the organization is re- cruited, reofficered and reorganiz- ed; until that is done, they are useless for war. In the Boer War, General Buller, with an army of some forty thous- and men, attacked the Boors at the Tugela River. He was defeated, and lost about thirty-five hundred men killed and wounded ---less than one-tenth his whole army. Yet his army was said to be destroyed—as, in 'fact, ib was. After the defeat, it had lost all organization, and vir- tually degenerated into a niob. It had to retreat to Esteourb, about twenty miles in the rear, where it would he safe from Boer attacks ; and there it lay for several months, unable to make a single move, un- til it was recruited, reofficered, re- inforced and, most of all, reorgan- ized. man interests in tthe manner indi- cated above. The task which the 'syndioeibe has set itself is in itself erorbhy of ac- knowledgement. But only the fu- ture can allow whether the task can be acecomplashed in the, manages indicated, We are of opinion that good results caul& be achieved, and perhaps with greater success, by uttllzing the German legations and consulates abroad, if 'ample funds for this purpose were placed at the disposal of the offrcial departments. At the Beane time, the joint German and Foreign Economic Societies might well, as indeed some of then already do., work quietly for a bet- ter appreciation abroad ee the state orf German industry and• of Ger- man cultural progress, The in- tended despatch of journaliets we believe .however, in any case, to be a mistake, as it would certainly soon become common talk in the editorial offioes in the several places abroad that they represent a syndicate offi- cially supported by the German Em- pire. If such things are intended, it would the better to fall back open gentlemen who are .already in touch with the respective edeboiial offices, and Who could serve German inter- ests without attracting so much at- tention as would journalists sent out for the purpose. We further learn that efforts are now being made to induce !the joint German and Foreign Economic Bo- cieti•esto• join the syndioabo, as ttliese societies emaibsace pre.-emin.enfey mercli•anpts and manufacturers in- terested in the German foreign trade. These 'societies, it is true, appear rte be shill divided in thou: opinion concerning tite new enter- pries—at leaeb, so far no definite deonsion has been arrived ab. 14 is believed than, an increasing membership will make it possible to establish a reserve fund tout oil sub- seriptions and voluntarycontbribtt- tions. received, tuo''tthat, later on, the interest of the reserve fund may safuce to defray the expenses of the • news, tserviee. 14 is ',blue hoped. that the foreign press may Sven - BOY TELLS SECRET. Poignant Incident in'a French Hos- pital Ward. A poignant tale comes from one of the French hospital wards. A mother called to see her wounded son and found him in bed with his head bandaged. "You suffer much, my son," she inquired tremulously, • "No, mother," replied the sol- dier. "Not much." "The day is fine," she said, "will you come for Si walk in the garden l" • "To -morrow, mother, perhaps," he replied. The next day th.e mother came again. Again she begged her son to come for a walk, and he frankly told hes to bend over so that he could tell her a secret. "My two legs and my left aim have been shot away, mother, said the aol- dier, and the mother collapsed. • Reason. tuella be indneed to ;pay for the Look in the pkgs. for fibs little mewls ua ptplied. Finvtlly it is in - book, ." he, Road *20 Wellviile." bended ka 'send jouxnalattts to this Ever road the ¢boyo lector A now ono teems 'dMiaintri egg iyll]K7' ars there tem• appears teen hnta 10 HMO, rho, are Va o. ', botiuinv, rico, and full of human Interest, ,btisy ithemaabi'es rn lavox of Gcr- Not the Least. . ,'Why do you call.bhc baby Bill 1" "He was born on the first of the month." Site—"Did you 'find Mrs. Smiles a good hostess1" He—"Splendiel1 ;She snakes one Heel away trout home once," Mrs. Smith (on her fact visib to Niagara Falls)—"Oh, Reginald, that reminds mel .1 .forgot to turn off the water in the 'kitchen sink 1" I know that this day 'will Haver coarse again, wrote George Maibthe'w Adams. Therefore I will make it the best day in which I have ever lived. "'Y'ou have your father's eyes," declared ,grandtma, looking earnest- ly at the young girl. "Yes'en." "And .you have your mother's :hair." "No; this. is Sister's hairr," faltered the girl, "and she said I could borrow it." "THE OnITISH l'IHINO LINE," Thie stirrtng poem ie one et sb In rho now book aloalingg with the War. TJvary patlriotie Oantultan ehowld have Woo timeltimely popular poems tram tbo von of y the i1t, Gabaeo, who has entaldy oaughb magination of the people, ',siva 23o, postpaid to any address. Positively the beet t'HEaWARPU91.ISyHING&COMPANY, Ise St Catherine St, W, Montreal, Otto, • MASSACRED, FOUR HUNDRED. Wholesale Murder Was Committed by Germans. A terrible indictment against. the Germans of the little town of Taanines is published by Le Bien Public of Paris. Four hundred and thirty two of the inhabitants were brutally massacred. The following aro extracbs from the appalling story : "'amines is a little town of from 4,000 Ito 5.000 in -habitants, site ¢lad in the province of Namur. It has been the scene of the most terrible acts of 'barbarity. A reeident of the town' has provided us with a sworn statement to the effeob that the Germans used mitrailietures for shooting their victims, Before slaughtering, 'the Germans permit- ted those who wished, 'tu eonfea•i Tihs aged burgomaster, M. L caille, has been killed, together with 1'AIblbo Doreq. Atmong the dead were Joseph Giffee, a well kneel: citizen,_ and his youngest con. 'line two daughters of Mr. Giffen were forced to bo present ab their fa- ther's death. Subsequently ter- rorized iby the Germane, they took refuge with neighbors. "All those who'w•sre not marked to die were given the gruesome Melt - of. burying their fellow citizens. Even those who were not quite dead were buried alive. "An inhabitant of ,the town, Le Sdanr 6---, having been wounded. by a bullet, simulated death. One of hie friends, seriously wounded, fell' on top of hien, For wino time he lay in this position while the Germans counted !the dead, IIis wounded friend tirade a slight movement, and immediately nva s'bit on the head with the 'Mite end orf a rifle, Le ubieur IS---- stall made no movement, Finally, when the Ger-, mans had completed their brutal deeds, Le iSieur t5---- emerged from amongst the dead bodies under which he had lain for tri wo hours. -3 --_ "I tell you Pitt.) army boy," the big man of the town confided, laying a patronizing hand on the young ' Irishman's shoulder, I wish 7 lied your 'tongue.' ",Sure, sor," grin. red Pat, ,bub it would do yes n0` good widoutb tine tbratins."