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CANADIAN TELLS - heard stories to the effect that the
Canadians take no more prisoners
OF ATROCITIESthan they have tel They are true
stories. Our boys go mad at the
sight of their own men ao barbarous-
ly maltreated, and it is indeed true
that at times they give no smarter,
"There are other reasons, too, for
this relentless style of warfare, Here
Is a story by way of illustration. 1
remember once several of us came
suddenly upon a detail of Germans,
For moment both ,details paused
awkwardly. At that moment one of
the Germans affected the voice and
"The German will have to be sound- style of a Leaden cockney, In ban -
sly whipped; and made 'to acknowledge tering tones he asked:
defeat after he has been shown that "'0, I say, don't you remember me,
he cannot conquer the world," says old chap? Dear old Lannon town.
Edwin J. Kelly, one of the survivors We've met before.'
of the famous Fort Garry Horse, of "The lad next to me was taken off
Winnipeg, that went across iii 1914 his guard 'by the Germans perfeet
with the First Canadian Contingent. English and lowered his rifle, As he
He is now invalided hone on crutches gun went down the German made a
with the sight of one aye permanently lunge at the Londoner. But a pal
gone. "Those Fritzies think absolute- further along to the left, who had his
ly it has been decreed they will con- eye on the little scene, anticipated the
quer the world. Each and every one Hun and quick as a. flash ran him
of them goes on that conclusion. It has through the neck with his bayonet,
been drummed into them by their su- saving his pal.
parlor officers, andup to the present -'
time they imagine they are an in-
vincible race. I sin telling you this
from my own observations of the
man in the ranks—the solitary flght-
ing unit. He is imbued with the spirit
of Militaristic triumph, and it is my
opinion that Germany will fight on
until a succession of defeats has fin-
ally brought home to her the realiza-
tion that she is not invincible.
"This spirit of confidence shows in
every prisoner. When we question
them they flippantly reply that Ger-
many is eo big and strong she never
can be vzhipped, Take it from one
who has been out there, the German
is a -hard fighter. He is stubborn and
gives ground only in the last extreme,
when the odds are all against him. i
never saw anything 'yellow' in them,
as we refer to cowardice; they will
' give and take with the best of them.
Worst Not Told. •
GERMANS FIRMLY BELIEVE
THEY ARE INVINCIBLE.
Winnipeg Soldier Has Personal
Knowledge of Relentless Warfare
Waged by a Merciless Foe.
"Against, this, as every one knows,
the German is mercilessly cruel. The
stories of atrocities, the real stories,
have never been fully told. They are
too terrible to give the public in print,
but every man who has been ever
there, as we Canadians have been,
knows how the German wages war.
He is out to win the war, and without
mercy, without pity, he aims to win
his ends, regardless of 'the methods
pursued. We asked many prisoners
bluntly why they cut off the hands
of children and murdered women and
cr cifiecl our soldiers, They gave us
to•uinderstand that this was part of
their program to intimidate their foe.
And it cones to them from their offi-
cers. •
"The boche tries to excuse the bru-
talities practiced upon noncombatants
by saying that military expediency de-
; mends that they cow their enemies.
• They said many of the atrocities vent-
; ed upon women and children were
l done because the French and Belgians
1 would not submit to capture. They
I claimed that women and children
fired upon their troops after they had
captured towns and that they had e'e-
taliated by mistreating these inno-
• cents in the hope that it would dull
:the spirit of the conquered and . thus
facilitate German occupation of the
, captured territory.
Personal Knowledge.
"I remember one German lieutenant
who told ust everyGerman
that for o
' soldier shot down by snipers in an
occupied village they retaliated by
cutting off the hands of six children.
Of that I have personal knowledge.
1, We asked him why they cut the
breasts of French and Belgian mo-
, thers, and he replied that was done so
that there was more likelihood of the
little children dying from insufficient .4 Sumtuer Dawn.
nutrition. This is not hearsay; it is
the actual testimony of German pris-
oners. Germany has set out to con-
quer the world and she thinks she can
kelp accomplish that wild dream by
cutting off the hands of children and
killing the little babies so that in
' years to come there will be fewer
? enemies to fight. It is direct evidence
, of Germany's designs on conquering
and keeping Belgium and France for
I ell thee.
"I have seen our own Canadians
I crucified to barn doors and the sides
1 of buildings near the Cathedral hi
'firms," he went on, "'Nails though
Itheir heeds and legs, Left to hang for
hours until merciful death overtook I So perfect haunuott > ushered in the
I them. These crucifixions were :fee- i• tla y
quant directly after the Canadian ar- y'
mice got to the battlefront and were , Aird Yat my spirit would not be -
' done apparently in an attempt to hit peace'
d . t
. hard at the morale of our men. In our
f,renehes we would have tin dens
thrown over to us by the Germallit.
ttrnside would bo 'e sheet: of white ga-
per and on it written, in periecl, nag-: mouthed gene.
liths 'Don't you wish you were hack I Where brave men faced the closet, of
he dear old Montreal?' All of 1t a; the Huns.
tealinh attempt to dishearten our boys.
- Eut Canada is there to stay and. Gaits 1 4 '
Lida will avenge the horrors Wilcieil J
I A Modeet'Fiahorman.
Aon her sons. ,
"They"n r Silently
1 a No Quarter." He svgs a modest angler, , ,, lent
7hryGv a t �g Y
e "Atrocities? 1 have seen little elite he had Retailed to the campers tali of
tlh
With their handa rtoil. 1have 1 til
n big o at they had e.six
tt
r
ion
ie
Then *Willy own eyes viewed the forme of of therm tremendous fevllnws, Phon by-
i.raged women. 7 stave seen thing's ' and-hy they asked hire if he had dle-
ii'at you - anent put int print, All of tinguislted himself that day by the
, t le b•ue, Why does any one doubt taking of one' worth nrentlorling. '
tit that all these things an) true after "Only 0/10," he saki. "And the
' 11 the evidene'a? river fell six indict when• 1 landed
"He you blame Dirt men for hes him"
n • ,
omni;; 1,tfrrr,atad a!, such tillage and irJhetaup)n tho sympnalt n adj0,t,n-
Yt alining ou until the foe in trent of ed totitehook,
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• LARKSPUR IS VALi.JABLE.
Will- Rid Poultry House and Stables
of Vermin.
Keepers of pigs oe poultry should
plant larkspur lavishly, since either
in powder, infusion, ointment or soap
it is sure death to lice. Any, sort will
answer, but the tall growing kinds
made the biggest yield. Sow seed in
the Spring in any and every waste
spot about the place: The plants will
tato care of themselves 'unless the
stand is very sparse—then a weeding
or so may be needed. The richer the
ground the better. Cut close to the
root when just fairly coming into
flower, let lie till wilted, then spread
thinly in shade to dry or tie In
bunches and hang in aur under shel-
ter.
When bone dry rub leaves and blos-
som buds to powder, sift it out, and
put in something that can be covered
tight. 'But save all the stems, and
trash, packing them down in a big
box 'against the time of need. Use
the powdered leaves the same as py-
rethrum, to. dust poultry, mix in their
wallows, sprinkle nests, &c. Spent
stalks mixed ,in the nest straw give
up there the remnant of their virtue.
A strong infusion of the stalks well
rubbed in, especially behind ears, un-
der the throat, along the dewlap, will
rid almost any.animai of vermin un-
less it be "wolves" in cattle. But a
better way .to use the infusion is in
soap or ointment. Melt bars of soap,
preferably homemade, in it, and cook
long enough to make the soap hard-
en again at cooling. For ointment
boil down the larkspur infusion until
it is almost black, then add clean
grease to it—lard, butter or a mixture
of tallow and oil—and simmer until
the water is evaporated and the resi-
due greenish in color. Grease newly
hatched chicks with this—a little on
the back of the head, and still less un-
der the bill. Grease the mother hens
lightly under the wings, at the .back
of the neck, and very lightly in the
tail coverts• and around the vent.
Grease pigs behind the ears and along
the backbone, doing it if possible in
sunshine and letting them remain in
it several hours.
A big wisp of dry larkspur boiled
in the water for whitewash, then fish-
ed out and flung into the bedding
stuff will help to clear stables, pens
and coops of crawling pests. This by
no means exhausts the catalogue of
larkspur uses, but will suffice to show
Its effectiveness and value.
'ur away Julietta
' By Arthur Heiny GOoden s
ORAPI'l!1R X.—.(Cont'd,) 1 'rWity, this here match wets Larry
Neat lho pot-pflicn they were buil• Dare`s, lend b,Y rlghfa it belongs toy9u,
ed by ha Inas Ir. a dusty buekhoazd,ttob t, ditn Jilletl! •
drawn by a•pab of thhr mules, Rut t e, , Tine Jrtlietta r£hook her ]nail,
slowed down and drew 1n his team, No, Uncle Jlnt has always awned u
era lung ase con remember, Jake, .You
while the •fue ou dt'n n a rant""ilei•, must be mistaken ." a
leaped to the ground and strode up,l "I can. remember lou„ er''n yon;' said
He was elderly, smell, and wet'° a' Jeko grimly. "Larry Dare was thrown
oYet arigtgoatee; !lie face was red, Mei from a horse and Milled when you was
"sAm T g.oin' to have that water?" the
Wurbabells moved Your or tlerraq h; btoout It
he demanded abruptly, ain't thous and the eourthoilse re."Hallo, Dean!" was Bent's suave porde can. prove itn
response. Meet Miss Dare.s7Jim "How do you know?" demanded
Wuzroll s niece, you kt.ow, Use'1 bo J'alfetta coldly. • He read the sus,
be a neighbor of yours when she was 0 n101011 and unbelief in her oyea, and
little girl.' i flared up in hob anger..
Juliebta leased forward, hand ex- "1 been waitin' i'ot• this day to come
tended, I 1 Navel It ain't so longthat I found
"Why, it is Mr, Deanl How do you: auk, neither. Soon as laid eves on
do? yon las' night I knew mY• day'd come
The rancher removed
shook hands. Th n he faced Burt suspicionod,
his hat and to speak for Larry's girl, But Jim
and soot's you drove off
"Did you get my question straight? ! this mornin' he tells me to gin. Iadid
ll
Am I goin' to have that water, or yen baeinec he back aYoup see ose to Mies
ain't'1? r g s
"You'd better see mo Some atherl Dare, I used to know your dad, back
time, Dean; right now I'm loin, of when I'tad my own ranch.
rushed—" "Oh!" Juletta remembered sudden-
ly,l7ean grasped the dashboard, thrust There had been a Robbins ranch
ing •due his goatee, in the old days. "'hank you for nay-
tYou've said that all summer but ing what you did about my father,
by'Juplter, 1 want to know now! Am But what became of your d the "
I or ain't I goin' to get that.water?„ Andyy Burt got it," and the gray
Attracted by the scene, a little eyes filled with a glowering light of
group of sunburned men, ranchers for hatred, Hes another one whale
e most part, had turned and were got things hid. Tweren t long before
watching, apparently keenly interest your daddy died that Andy borrowed
ed in Bu;t'e answer. five thousand dollars from him—give
"Why," said the banker nervously, his note for it. Ireckon you ain't
"{'f you must know, Dean, I can just heaad beat that neither. Look here,
about use all the water there is what girl I Jim Wassell s got that note,
with the ditch.running low—" see? Well, so longs Andy keeps
For a moment the rancher's eyes jtm'lt l i ever Areas hmefor that money;
blazed; then his hand dropped and he and so long.'s Jim keeps quiet'bout'the
turned away, dejected' an hatless, five thousand Andy keeps his mouth
Burt drove on. As they passed the shut and provides water. See? I
little group before the post -office, reckon you stirred up some panic when
Juliette was keenly conscious of au ou droped in here on 'em so sudden.
unkindly scrutiny. With a little
ly
shock she saw the tall figure of Clay
Thorpe emerge from the doorway, a
flash of amazement crossing his face
at sight of her. She nodded smiling-
ly; he lifted his hat, then gravely
turned his back.
Juliette's cheeks were still burning
with resentment, wonder, and disturb-
ed hurt when the smithy was reached
and she was .able to leave the buggy.
"Well, to-ta!" said Burt easily.
"Guess we'll be right good friends,
Miss Dare. Give my rogards to the
folks. I'll be out one. o' these days
—_.--.� anew.
Mme.....-...--
I roused me with the sun; the bough
tops stirred,
'.Couched by the tender- fingers of
the breeze,
And from a grove I heard a hidden
bird
Salute the dawn with golden mato-
dies,
There Was 110 other soil id wee cllan-
ticleer
With his sharp :clarion note, a1 -
though I know
Across the garden paths, 'in whispers
clear, ase
The roses might be talking of the
dew.
Sensing demonic' echoes far away,
7Iad verniers of red conflict with -
nub cease—
The interminable roar of liaelt-
,
for a friendly call. So long! etnbarrussment of Clay Thorpe; ex- Julietta walked slowly into the plaited was the strange demeanor of
smithy. That expression on Clay:s the Wurrells; explained wore Burt,
face rankled. It made her feel as if athe scorn on the face of Clay in
to be 'soon with Andy Burt was conethend Post -office doorway. Clay knew
victioir of disloyally. The brief visit that her uncle was a henchman of
with Maggie had left her 'exalted, Andy Burt's. The knowledge that
was asif cold water had been dashed
compassionately tenders; and now ft the ranch was hers and that Burt
was as owed five thousand dollars and ac -
upon -.her soul. Even old Dean's face cumulated interest did not elate Jull-
boater look, and the faces of that lit -
persisted with her—the hopeless, etta, but it did untangle the knotted
skein of mysery.
tle group of men. (To be continued.)
"See Maggie?" Fttzhorn's voice •
roused her, and she nodded. The
smithy eyed her keenly. "Huh! IF GERMANY WINS.
Don't you be upset about Maggie. —
She's been treated rough, I know, but Terrible Consequences of Failure on
humans is like horses—it takes con-
siderable Are and poundin' to shape
knows His business. The trouble at Part Plainly Depicted.
'em true, and I guess the Great Smith Humanity to -day stands at the
with us folks Is we're afraid of the crossroads. The future of the world
fire, not knowin' what'll come for us; for a thousandyears is in the balance.
and we don't know that love's back of In the early clays of the war the is -
every stroke of His hammer—well, sues were somewhat confused; but
you take my word for lt, Maggie's as the war has progressed the issues
comin' out of her fire, clean and fine at stake have become clear. ger-
and a lot better for it, she bein' some many by her conduct of the war and
£lightly before, but good clean mets!
underneath," by her avowed aim has shown hu -
Juliette smiled up into his earnest torioumanitya. what to expect if she is vic-
face, her eyes misty. If Germany wins Prussinnism is
I feel a good d
< I know—I know,"en! better,
she said kimer, thank youe,e,ply. fastened upon the Central Empires
b
Slowly she rode home through the and becomes dominant in Europe.
shimmering heat, through the clouds If Germany wins it means the tri -
of thick yellow dust that trailed in umph of brute force over justice and
the sultry air. Dean's lace would not truth.
leave her mind's eye, and the face of If Germany wins treaties are more
Thorpe, and those other facet. It was wraps of .paper with no moral oblige -
would
unjust, of course, that Burt teen upon the strong.
would vnl sell them water. If Germany twins the nations must
Suddenly Juliette. lifted her eyes to
the purple hills. For a moment she go armed and live in constant fear
looked startled, almost frightenecll of Prussian militarism.
then.a glow of color leaped into her 1f Germany wins no weak people
cheeks, and from her lips broke a sin- that has rich resources can feet safe
sin-
gle quick laugh as she clapped in her nmol secure.
ahead in indignant surprise.
"Why, of course!" she said gayly. Years of moral struggle are swept
"Of course! And this time it's a real away and the race reduced to jungle
idea!" e ethics.
If Germany wins it means that all
CHAPTER XI. the forces of civilization andkethe
achievements of science have been
She found Mrs. Wurrell sitting on degraded to the uses of destruction.
the veranda. The older woman open- If Germany wins womanhood is in
ed on her pettishly. danger and no mother can rejoice in
• "Well, you did get back at last! Lite birth of a daughter,
Old Fitzhorn's gettin' slower with his
work, eh'?' If Germany wine s universal and
"I stooped to see Maggie," said subtle spy system will destroy all real
Juliette frankly. confidence among the nations.
"Keep her name o'n this pincel"
maid the old woman furiously. "I
don't want sight nor sound of her.
You'd better be getthn that rod back
to Jim."
"Very well I'll tae it to him," re-
plied Juliette.
Mrs. Wassell excitedly ordered her
to stay where she was, but Juliette
laughingly disregarded the -words and
skipped down the steps, She passed
on around the house to the barn, and
there encountered the man Jake, who
had been on the pleceeeneae her first
memory of it. Here's your machine pari„is
Jakesues at elute are opposite and irre-
,
she said, bolding out the ro,dH
, e concilable and one 017 the other must
-made no motion to take it, but re- go down. Better that the race should
garded her with a queer intentness, perish striving against Prussianisnt;
"No else givin' it to me, he mutter- better that the earth should become
ad sourly, "I've quit." desolate and dead than that Germany
"Quit!" aha repeated in surprise. should be triumphant. Better a dead
"Why, I thought Uncle Jim was short- world than a devil's world. ..
blinded!
"He's fired me;." glowered Jake. Therefore in the name of the God
"Fired me, Jake Robbins, as knows, of righteousness, for the sake of hu -
more about renchin' then he'll know in • manity and the future, we will' see
a hundred years'. Matte out be 'fired this thing through. So the 'nations 07
me for loafin' on the t eosher, but he' earth will accept the Cross and pay
can I. tool mc, Jim Wurrell cant. I the pries, confident that thee we shall
know too much to suit mint, !hats destroy the J rusafan weir of darkness
11110!.'' and hasten the rerlernptian nf mten-
About what.?",/demtulle.d Juliette hind,
•
!n e,1ripiIse. Ile gazed et her with
emeldering eyes, and, she studied 1111
(111 ors y --t 0 stoop of his lank fig-
ure, his prominent- bored face, iiia in-
acrutabie gray eyes his red-ate/teedneck, his huge, toll -`hardened hands.
Something' in fiis aspect medalled her.
"About you,' he returned slowly.
New there came 0 strati o glitter into
his eyes,
s a learn
Hint s
o.C of f 9
om
e-
thinB atitel exin= beneeth the sortsce
r
of Some. beood!ng g, wren ; it
frighte,ied the girl.'
"I knew your father, Larry Dare,"
he went on, with a sudden rush of
W01,40, "Heart .as .hig, •ss till orn
rd�oors, he had, Be was toe irustin',
.hhou rlt alta you'd 6 y t. d i:rinw the truth.
about this herr, reach:
dulietttt's cheeks flooded with color,
"What. about me, atol this ninth?
Coll '11ie, Jela.e!"
hat's whey Jim Wurrell tells me to
git. And now I'm goin', since I've
crabbed that little game o' hide -the -
thimble; but" and his huge fist came
up. toward the sky, "I ain't through
yet, so help me!"
The final words came out with a
deadly vehenmence that shook through
Itis whole body. Then he stooped,
slung a roll of blankets over his
shoulder, and strode away without
further regard to the girl.
Juliette stood rooted to the spot,
her confused mind gradually clearing.
Explained were the reluctance and
WAR'S INSISTENT CALL TO
THE WOMEN OF CANADA
eels and sen the bay mare bounding IF Germany wins ten thousand
Ai
to He
Canada •AppeaGreatest Crisis in History--Enaist,For Food Saving is the
is to Her I?augittegs to deify Her, in T
and Food Production.
With the insistent 'net° vf' a 0157100 selves, or they can release a mea for
call to servloe,.the message hoe gone the period of the harvest,
ferthi "To the ;farms!" The -farmers have done 'their there.
For months past it has wavered They are working like slaver, and
aceoss the country, end the 00110 hes their wives are doing no less, They
been caught tip and thrown back responded splendidly to the appeal for
from ohne to time, • But now it comes increased production enrller in the
with a direct• challenge that is as ir- year, with thenesult that it is estlmat-
resistiblo as the soldier's bugle eall, ed that there are now 2,800,000 acres
It sounds from end to end of the more than last year under the privet
country. Men . end women are pal grain crops in Western Canada.
hearkening, They are thinking about It stands to reason that if labor
it; talking about it. But there is n0 was scarce before the war, the greatly
increasedacreage, coupled with the
exodus of young men froin the farms
to join the colors, makes the situation
Infinitely more serious. It has been
eetlmated that over 100,000 men are
deeded to gather in this year's harvest.
The teen-age boys have been celled
upon, and have responded gallantly.
Some thirty thousand Soldiers of the
Soil will help the farmers through the
arduous, period ahead of them.
Flow about the women?
Canada needs her daughters to rally
now. Shh-needs the help and the in-
spiration of every one of them. There
isnone so weak that she cameo}, do
something, and purely none so craven
that she '1VOULD rot do sonlething.
No true Canadian woman would lot
the grain spoil on the stalk were she
actually to see it wasting before her
eyes -the gram that. Is now more pre-
cious than gold or rubies.
But when it begins to rot. would be
too late.
The time to act is now!
It does not matter a scrap what a
woman is or ever will be;, what her
If Germany wins the faith of mil-
lions of people in a righteous and lov-
ing God will be shattered.
If Germany wins Christianity Is dis-
credited and dishonored and the world
will behold a revival of Odleism.
Therefore Germany 'must he re-
sisted and defeated. This will be a
kindness to Germany itself and in the
long future the German people will
thank the nations that overthrew 1Io-
lnenzollernism, The war must not end
in a truce, a draw, a compromise, The
Slow -Burning Powder.
A propellant explosive, such as is
need to propel a abet from a 0800011
has its rate of explosion controlled
to a certain extent by varying the
chemical composition and the size and
shape of the grains of powder com-
posing the charge, so as to be consum.
ed gradually. It is essential that the
explosion of the powder occupy the
same spare of time fhat. it tikes the
shell to pass through the bore of the
gun, in order to utilize in full the pro-
pelling '.force of the charge. In a
email -bore gun this occupies about
one-fifth of 11 second. "This is true of
the tlduch gum
time to play Battledore and shuttle-
coclt with such an itaue, There must
be action—immediate, clear -cub,
whole --hearted action.
The challenge ie 'to men and women
alike. Equality of service is demand-
ed of them. Employer and employee
are asked to help; the rich and the
poor; the busy and the idle, There
is no intention that any industry be
put out of joint or business disorgan-
izird, ' There is every intention that
all the resources of the country be
judiciously used in making the most
of Canada's harvest this year, The
need is imperative. Nothing can off-
set this fact.
What the woman of Europe have
done to save the crops is an old tale;
yet ever new in the wonder of it.
What the women of Canada have done
In this line le negligible yet, although
there has been some brave pioneering
in Eastern Ontario, and for years past
in the West, when no other labor was
obtainable, the farmer in desperation
enlisted his wife's help in the outdoors.
Not even the deeds of the thous-
ands of men who are daily sacrificing
';;sFhv
omen on.
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Men Must Fight—and Women Must Reap.
themselves 011 the battlefields of Eur-
ope have eclipsed the heroism, the en-
durance, the patience of the women of
France, Belgium and Great Britain.
They have known the extremity of
suffering. They have tasted the dregs
of war. They, have lacked the stimulus
of the excitement of war. Nee they
have nobly "carried on." Even as
their Wren have fought, they have
worked,
WIInt they did in tine fields of Eur-
ope temporarily staved off the wolf
1 of starvation from the doors of the
people. What they did in the muni-
tion shops kept the guns supplied with
shells. What they did in office, in
factory, in .work -shop, in every phase
of industrial Life, kept the wheels of
commerce turning and steadied the
fluctuating pulse of an over -wrought
nation.
it was in those eeriy days when the
men were suddenly called to arms and
the crops would have rotted had they
not harvested theta that the women
first showed their mettle and rose to
the occasion voluntarily. As Lloyd
George said of therm:
"They know their country is in the
grip of grim tragedy. In I'landers,
girls harnessed themselves to heavy
barges and plod along the towpath,
thanking God they've released—not a
man, but a horse to ltelg,.in the war."
In Rusala and Italy the women plow,
sow and reap. Even on the beautiful
Riviera the shadow of tear has fallen,
and the young girls in the work of
transportation stagger under kegs of
wine or water weighing eighty pounds.
In Scotland, girls single turnips,
plant potatoes, drive horses and carts
in the fields, and help in every kind of
farm work. In Britain to -day, there
are 6,000,000 women taking the places
of nen in various forme of work,
neve are 300,000 engaged in agrieul
tinl wet c alone.
The Woven of Canada cart do these
1 things, They stave been spared the
suffering end the hiimilietion of the
women of invaded countries. They
have - had few materiel privations,
even in 'three and a half years of war,
They have worked splendidly, and
time and again they have reiterated
their desire to do eJerything asked of
them by the Government Indeed,
they have pleaded for a wider field of
activity,
They have had the answer now. The
way has neon clearly. indicated.
The greatest need of the hour is fol'
labor on the fame, Mr, 'Henry B.
"Thomson, chairman of the Food Mooed,
has put; it up to the moll and women
t,f Canada in to equivoc'nl terms.
The 14'0111/11 can answer this call to
arms in one of two wave, laibhet'
they ran go art '011 the lam! them -
t
TI,LF ISQlwli�AITLI Tri ar
G f,A.NY'S WORK
IN ARMENIA
PART OF THE KAISEIR'S PLOT
AGAINST CIVIL'I'ZATION.
social status, her catenation or her
share of this worl.l's goods. There
is a new democracy abroad—a wun-
derful levelling of. grades. Useful-
ness and service are the things that
count.
Every woman must search her soul
and ask herself how she can hest help
in taking care of the harvest of 1918.
She does not need to be a trained
farmel'ette, though If she is, it's ell
the better.
If she is a city girl who was brought
up on the farm, she should be useful
eight out on the land.
If she is a good housekeeper, she
can volunteer." to help the farmer's
wife for a time.
If she knows of any male loafers,
she can report them and leave them
sent to "pastures new" to pitch hay.
If she can take a man's place tem.
porarily In the city, then by all means
let her do it and add one roan to re-
lieve the labor situation.
If she can give up heuholidays this
year to work on the farm, she will be
doing a plucky and patriotic thing.
If she is a girl of leisure, it is up to
her to go out on the land or send a
man from the city while she fills his
shoes.
In short—every woman and every
teen-age girl can do SOMETHING
dueling July and August towards as-
suring the country of the full benefit
of those crops which Nature so bounti-
fully yields, war or no war. It is one
of the biggest things ever asked of a
woman. It is for the sake of our
Allies. But most of all --for our Wren
"over there." They provide the ir-
resistible argument why every woman
should turn her hand to food conserva-
ti01, to food production, or to both,
Canada's Harvest.
1t is true now, if never before, that
anaoa Ia the bread uastset n't' tun a:tn-
pire.. By Augeet Canada will have
shipped 148,000,000 bushels of wheat
from 1.017 harvest overseas, Over and
above her 01011 normal requirements
the United States last year had only
77,000,000 bushels of surplus wheat,
although by conservation methods she
saved and shipped more, Canada and
the United States both have increased
the area sown to wheat this year. Ac-
cording to ofiicial conservative esti-
mntet 1,823,960 acres represents the
increase in Canada. ,pnofiecial esti-
mates place the figures at over 2,000,-
000 in the three prairie provinces
alone. Fifty thousand extra met Will
be needed there foe the harvest ae-
eording lo report, In the east an in-
! t'reeesed arrange, 1111 nulls fm• wheat
but 70,' other crops not yc.t reported,
hal been plani.ed, and the call fol'
Wm help hits already been raised,
as
German "Missionaries" Were Really
Spies, Says Armenian Girl Recently
Escaped From Tortured Land.
Occasionally an Armenian managefa
to escape from his tortured uativ re
land and reach the haven of Americas
One of these refugees Is Armenuhe
Damerjian, who recently arrived in
the United States by way of Con-
stantinople, and thence to Switzer-' -
land and France, through the good of -I
flees of American missionaries. She'
denounced the part Germany has tak-
en in the persecution of Armenia.
Armenuhe Damerjian, speaking for
her race, epitomizes all the religious
persecution directed against her peo-
ple
ew
ple through the years past; first, un-
der the Persians, because they wouldi
not' become fire -worshippers; second)
under the Russians, because they
would not embrace the faith of the
Greek Orthodox Church. and, lastly,
undorethe Turks, because they would
not acknowledge Mehemet. Coming
down to the last ten years, and point- ..
ing the finger directly at Germettty,
she maintains Kaiserism has stood:
back of Turkish barbarities through
all the years.
"Little Christian Armenia has stood
all this time between the Kaiser and
his dreams of a sweep eastward into
Asia," she says. "Did not this very
same Kaiser, after the massacre of
1895, when 860,000 of my people were'
killed off, go down to Constantinople
and confer upon Abdul Hamid, 'the
Bloody Turk,: the Iron Cross, or some
other decoration for 'valor'? Haven't
German miseienaries all these yearn
been pushing into Armenia, into sec-
tions of our country where tnissione)
and schools already were established)
in such numbers that there was lig'
necessity for any more schools? Han.'"
it not all been a part of the Kaiser's
plot against civilization? Every Ar-
menian thinks so, and, by the blood
of his dear ones, has evidence
enough."
German iperigee.
Armenuhe Damerjian is an educated
Armenian girl, and points proudly to
the fact that at least 96 per cent of
her people have a common education,
obtained through the schools, opened
by Anglo-Saxon agencies, while fully,
75 per cent. of all ,the young people
have obtained a college education, in
whole or part. She knows the Hun
for his full worth, and knows just
how for years past, under the subter-
fuge of missionary work, ,the Kaisern
emissaries have been laying the
groundwork for the present terrible
drive eastward toward the desired
Golden Empire.
"It is not uatlike the method pur-
sued in Belgium," she told the writer.
"Men and women who came into Ar-
menia ostensibly as missionaries were
in reality German spies. This espion-
age under the guise of the Cross has
been carried on for more _than ten
years. To any person with eyes wide-
open the operations of the Germans
were only too patent. What, For in-
stance, was the German plan in pene-
trating to sections of our country in
which flourishing missions ah'eadyfis,
were established? In many of th'80
sections the schools had been in exist: -
once for some time and the education-
al facillties were entirely adequate.
Lerman Asquiescence.
"Put see what the Germans duff!
They built their own. schools. When
the proper time cane they razed their
_buildings ----and there were the con-
crete emplacements for artilltry just
as the Germans built them in Belgium
under the guise of commercial enter -
pelage, etc, These German 'nnissioti-
aries' knew every mountain, 118e1'y
river, every strategic point in the
path toward, Persia and the East, and
when the war began the Turks, with
their German officers, went forward
as no Turkish army could have done
alone. Does it not occur to you that
through all these dark days since
101.4, with our people slain and perse-
cuted by the thmts:uuls. a word fico
Berlin to Constantinople in the neat t
of humanity could ha%, -, opprd th^..1
horrible maasaores?
"Consider my people to elay, ,l'1' en
from their homes, rotting. to ,tooth on
the deserts. Thousands over these
now are perishing beciutre the (API 01,11
commanders have permitted the'i'uee •
ish commanders to herd there about.
like dumb cattle and slaughtec them
like so many beeves in n Chicago -en
eIocicytu•d, The Turk is doing th'
wretched work, but baric of hien stotnds
the Got•ntatr, maybe not nodding his
head in approval, but, at any rate,
turning hie back upon the scene and
with deaf ears refusing to Intercede."
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supply of materials from which thea)
It is to the interest of eve] y farmer
to overhaul all machinery and send
hi an order to the makers of itis 1111-
tihinery for any remit]. pants 'tooic:el
its early es 110ssihle, To wait until
a weakened part breaks. 0r until s
part elri'edy broker la ret:nanlly ne::t.
ed, 1$ to invite die e.terr