HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-7-25, Page 3R A"' COUNTER -OFF' SIVE
BY FRENCH AND AMERICAN TROOPS
Advance to Gatos of Soissons, Capturing Thousands of Prisoners
and Scores of Cannon ---"One of the Most Brilliant
Pieces o$ Work in the War,
A despatch front London says:—I ly to fill the great gap in their ratite
'With wonderful vitality and with:and make needier effort, the allies
spirits still high, notwithstanding that bounded back and staggered them with
-big battle of the lea two . days, a lightning -like diversion from the
Franco -American troops clashed for- Marne to the Aisne,
ward wt aawn on Thursday along the Thousands of prisoners, scores of
western side of the salient formed by cannon, hundreds of machine guns and
the German advance in May, and I much 'other material fell into tho
.drove beck the enemy pelf -mels every- hands of the allied troops, Besides
where or made them prisoners, gaining possession of the heights Glom-
The depth of the advance certainly Mating Someone from the south a wel-
ls several trifles an the averages Many pie dozen 'villages were reeonquared
'thousand prisoners were taken, 20 vil- by the allies, who on Thursday were
'lages occupied and several score guns I engaged in severe fighting whish die -
captured, leoncerted the enemy along the whole
The allied commander-in-chief had 1 line from Chateau Thierry to Soissons,
permitted the enemy to exhaust ai The French eounter-attacic is re -
large portion of his forces in striking' gardecl here as one of the most brit-
.;the blows on both sides of Rheims liant pieces,of work in the war, and it
which were intended to he heavy en- is believed that the results will prove
ough to weaken the French army. The extremely valuable, as the French
'blow ryas successfully parried, and be- have obtained most important etrate-
fore the Germans recovered sufficient- ' gic positions.
,EXPECT A STRONG ENEMY TAKEN
. COUNTER-ATTACK BY SURPRISE
:London Critics Think That Ger-
mans Are Not Yet,Beatep Nor
Ready to Give Up.
A despatch from London says:—
'There
ays:'There is a strong note of relief and of
gratitude h the newspaper comment
on Friday morning an Gen, Foch's
•duecessful counter -stroke between
Soissons and Chateau Thierry, which
•Is hailed as the most cheering news
for a 12 -month ---news which it is ad-
mitted seemed at first too good to be
tine.
Hlearty tributes are paid to Gen.
:Fooh's line strategy and leadership,
while in several of the newspapers
emphasis is laid on the view that his
success has been duo to the reorgani-
zation which placed the allied eom-
-mand under one head'.
Tho courage and dash of the Franco-
Amerlean troops also are warmly
•praised.
The rejoicings over Thursday's
-events, however, are tempered by the
'belief expressed by the newspapers
-that the Germans have not yet been
beaten, and that they by no means
have exhausted their forces. The
opinion is put forward that the Ger-
mans thus far have engaged only 30
of their total strategic reserves of be-
•tween 70 and 80 divisions. What will
•happen when these are brought into
Officers Captured While Asleep
and Men Engaged in Rice
Harvesting.
A despatch from the French front in
France says:—The French -American
attack along the broad front north of
the Marne was an absolute surprise.
Many German officers were captured
while asleep and numbers of the men
Were taken while harvesting rice. The
greatest stupefaction was created
among all the enemy troops holding
the lines at the suddenness of the at-
tack. Some of the prisoners declare
they had been told that it,ves impos-
sible for the allies to carry out any
operation in the way of an offensive
for some time. Many tanks partici-
pated in the attack, having been able
to take up their posi-cions during the
terrific storm which prevailed. The
American troops, co-operating with
their French -comrades in the assault -
did brilliant work.
Around Courchamp, north-west of
Chateau Thoirry, the German resist-
ance was more obstinate than 011 any
other part of the Paris line.
VAST SHIPYARDS
action 'is awaited with keen interest! OPPOSITE QUEBEC
-by the military writers.
It is clear from the despatches from
'w the front that there is no illusion of
.a victory already achieved, and that.a
fierce German effort is expected to
'follow as a counter to General Foch's
Initial success. Seemingly nobody
on the front or in well informed quar-
ters here expects the German high
command to abandon the game until
• the last card is played.
ANZACS DELIVER
SURPRISE ATTACK
:Made Easy Capture of Trench-
es and 33 Prisoners.
A despatch from the British Armies
in the Field says: Further advances
'have been made by the Australian
forces east of Amiens. On Wednes-
day night they quietly annexed a strip
of German defences a third of a mile
deep on a front of more than a mile
south-east of Villers-Brettonmeaux,
south of the Somme. Two field guns
were captured by thein, in addition to
83 prisoners, one of whom was an of-
ficer.
The guns apparently had been
abandoned by the enemy when they
were left exposed near the front line
by the last Australian attack, and the
r Germans were unable to remove them.
This has been the only movement on
' the British front in the last 24 hours.
50 PER CENT. CARRIED
IN BRITISH SHIPS
A despatch from London says:—Of
the 687,929 American troops brought
to Europe in the months of April, May
and June, 350,956 were carried in
British ships, according to a statement
made in the house of Commons by Sir
Leo Money, parliamentary scoretary
to the Ministry of Shipping. He add-
ed: "Arrangements are being made
whereby we hope to carry larger num-
bers in the future."
NEW YORK BILL
RINGS VICTORY
A despatch from New York says:—
The bell in the City Hall tower was
ordered rung by Mayor Iiylan for
fifteen minutes on Thursday afternoon
in celebration of the victorious Ameri-
can advance on,the French front,
Big Concern Begins Work on
New Plant at Point Levis.
A despatch from Quebec says:—
With a capital of five million dollars,
a new shipbuilding concern has been
formed, and will operate one of the
largest shipyards in America on the
shores of the St. Lawrence, opposite
Quebec city. The new concern will
take in a number of actually existing
firms, among which are some Ontario
companies. The new syndicate will
comprise the Federal Shipbuilding Co.
of Sarnia, the Dominion Shipbuilding
Co. of Collingwooil, and Dussault &
Hutchison of Levis and a number of
old eotmtey French capitalists. The
firm will build steel vessels for the
French Government, and the building
of the docks and yards has been start-
ed. •
The Federal and Dominion Ship-
building Companies will cease building
ships in Ontario,
CONSERVE OR PERISH,
Whether we have a high tarif or no
tariff, an income tax or a head tax,
direct or indirect taxation, bimetallism
or a single standard, national banks
or state banks, are matters which con-
cern, to be sure, the temporary con-
venience of the members of society,
blit their prejudicial adjustment is
easily remediable; when ill effects
become apparent, the inconveniences
niay be removed with but little harm
to the community and none to man-
kind at large, or to the future. But
whether fertile lands are turned into
deserts, forests into waste places,
brooks Into torrents, rivers changed
from means of power and intercourse
into means of destruction and desola-
tion—these are questions which con-
cern the material existence itself of
society, and since such changes be-
come often irreversible, the damage
irremediable, and at the same time the
extent of a.vallabie resources becomes
smaller in proportion to population,
their consideration is finally much
more important than those other ques-
tions of the day. . Only those
nations who develop their national re-
sources economically, and avoid'the
waste of that which they produce, can
maintain their power or even secure
the continuance of their separate
existence.—Di'.,,B, E. Fernew.
Raise a freight -saving, year -around,
cellar -and -pit garden.
Moose' Jaw, Saskatchewan, has found that women make good street car
conducteors, Here is one of the condactorettes snapped on duty.
WAR PRISONERS
EXCHANGE ACT
Covers Civilians interned as Well
as Military Captives.
A despatch from The Hague says:—
The text of the exchange of prisoners
agreement between the British and
German delegations, which was signed
on July 14, contains provisions for
the exchange of officers, non-commis-
sioned officers and men—British and
German prisoners of war -and those
interned in Holland, as well as civi-
lians interned in Holland and Switzer-
land. The latter will leave the coun-
try whore they are interned.
The new arrangement provides that
non-commissioned officers will be ex-
changed direct, instead of being in-
terned. German and British Prison-
ers of war and civilians interned in
Holland will leave that country, while
their places will be taken by officers
who have been prisoners for more
than eighteen months, and other pris-
oners in poor health.
The number of persons to be intern-
ed, in accordance with the agreement
of 1917, amounts to 7,600 sick or
wounded British officers and about
2,500 German officers,
COST OF LIVING CONTINUES
UPWARD TENDENCY
A despatch from Ottawa says:—A
continuous of the upward tendency in
the cost of living is shown in the La-
bor Department's report on food
prices for the month of June. The
average cost of a family budget of
staple foods in some sixty cities at the
middle of June was $12.77, as com-
pared with $12.66 for May, $1L89 for
June, 1017, and $7.36 for June, 1914.
In retail prices the advance in meats;
coal, wood, coal oil and eggs continu-
ed, but there were declines in butter,
milk and potatoes.
In wholesale prices the departmental
index number was up to 280.6, as com-
pared with 275.8 in May. The thief
increases for the month were in fruits
and vegetables, and in fuel, the last
due to a rise of freight rates, it is
noted.
QUEEN MARY LIKES BOOKS.
Does Not Read Much Fiction But is
Fond of Memoirs,
The Manchester Guardian publishes
this interesting intimate sketch of
Queen Mary on the occasion of the
royal silver wedding:
"Queen Mary does not care particu-
larly for sport, animals or opera, nor
I has she the modern interest in variety
shows, but she loves modern plays,
particularly comedies; she is fond of
reading, particularly memoirs, histori-
cal or modern, Her taste in this di-
rection was formed by a Freli$ch wo-
man, Mme. Brimka, who succeeded the
German governess who guided her
youthful education, This lady was
with her from 1885 till her marriage,
and soon afterreturning as her rect-
rice, and so remained until site died
two years ago,
"I doubt if the Queen has readvery
much fiction. Unlike Queen Victoria,
she is not known to have written any-
thing with the faintest idea of even
private publication. But she is a
great letter writer, She writes sim-
ply, feelingly, and with much force of
diction. She corresponds at length
with her children, especially the
Prince of wales.
"She is a lady with her strong dis-
likes as well as likes and to her mind
there is no special virtue In the word
'smart.' Queen Mary's taste in dress.
is her own—not fasbionable or un-
fashionable, but above or outside of
fashion"
FRENCH REGAIN, TERRITORY
ON THE"BANKS OF THE MARNE
A despatch from London says:—
News from the other sections of the
front was good on Thursday. The
Germans have nowhere made any pro-
gress, and several of their attacks
have been broken up with heavy losses
West of Rheims the French have re-
gained an important bit of territory
on the bank of the Marne River. This
gives then an observation point down
the Marne Valley, and enabled their
artillery to enfilade a long stretch of
the German lines.
"Necessity, my friend, is the moth-
er of courage, as of invention."—Sir
Walter Scott,
The Prince of Wales on the Italian Front,
Itis Royal Highness won high praise by his easy democratic manners
with all ranks. Incideutally it may bo stated that the Prince told a French
aviator, that he had no intention of marrying anybody but a girl within
the limits of the British Empire.
CO 771,30.
HgI.EN, -r is SUcH A NICE.
DAs, WHAT Do you sA"I
It= WE GO OUT FOR A
L1TTi-E. LANAE RIDE?
I'LL 60 AND G'Ei-,
THE CANOE iN SHAPE
ANO `lou come DOWN
As soari As You'Rt ,
t R1= -AD'
HURRY
From R The Middle Wei Markets of the World
isi~TW BEIsi ONTARIO AND BUJ,
'!'Isis VOL-DAIWA.
iteine Prom Peevinces Where Man/
Ontario Hoye end Clete Aro
Living•
T#readstuli'.e
'1'aratrto,
Ally 23, -..-Manitoba Wheat
No. 1 Northern, 52,22zfa' No, 2 North=
ern, :52'd0ife; No, 3 Northern, 52,17%1
111.0. :4 wheat, 52,101/4., in store Fort
Wlllteen, including 21/4C, tax,
Ni:anitoba 0411s -••NO. 2 O.W,, 92ar4ei
No. 8 O. W „ 89e; extra Nei, 1 Reed,
89e; No. 1 feed, 81e, in store Fort Wile
Lieut. J'. 174, itebertaon, ('•angers, Was Buhl,
eeeeptly reported wounded. American corn—No. 3 yellow, kiln
Joint Lavin, Norwood hotel" Win- dried, norm mall Yellow, kiln
nipeg, was lined $200 en a liquor Orltarie oats•• -•No. 1 white, 80 to 87c,
elrai'ge. nominal; No. 3 white, 85 to 86c, nom -
Hon. W. 79, Knowles has been elect' incl, according to freights outside.
ed Provincial Secretary of Saskatche- Ontario wheat—No, 2 Winter, per
wan, cur let, $2,26, basis in sore Montreal,
Moose ,law bas collected 537,650, Paas—No, 2, nominal, aceording• to
evhlell is approximately 88 per cent, frelgilts outside,
of her Uusliioss levy. Barley—Maloof;; $1,35 to $1,37,
Four thousand three hundred and nominal.
Buckwheat—$1,84, nominal.
ninety-six Alberta men were drafted Rye—No, 51.90, nominal,
during the month of May. 1 Manitoba flour—War quality,
W. A. Shepard has been elected 510.95, Toronto.
business manager of tate Army and Ontario , flour — War quality,
Navy Veterans In Winnipeg, 510.65, in bags, Montreal and Toronto,
Beret, W. A, ,S1111, of Winnipeg, af- prompt shipment.
ter titres years overseas, had a leave $35 per 5 perlfed—Car lots, delivered Mon -
ton, shorts, $40 per ton.
of .only sixty hours In Winnipeg he -1 Hay—No. 1, $18 to $14 per ton,
fore returning to Prance, track Toronto; mixed, 511 to 512 per
The United Farmers of. Alberta, to ton, track Toronto.
increase their memberebip, held about Straw—Car lots, 58 to 58.50 per ton,
eighty meetings throughout the pro- trade Toronto.
vince in one week '--'-
Mary E. Bowles won a claim of 512; Country Produce—Wholesale
000 dathages against the city of Win- Butter—Creamery, solids per lb. 42
nipeg in connection with the death of to 424 c; prints, per lb., 424 to 43c;
her husband in a 'police wagon col- J dairy, per le., 36 tolaid, to to
lison in 1916. 1 Dres d p — poultry—Spring
44c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,
Manitoba sheep breeders are send -,48e; roosters, 22c; fowls, 23 to 28e;
ing their wool crop at the rate of about ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 29 to 32c.
5;000 pounds a day, Over 40,000 1 Live poultry—Roosters, 1.8c; fowl,
pounds has already been sent In to 21 to 26e; ducklings, lb., 30c; turkeys,
the Manitoba Co -opera dye Wool' 27 to 30c. Spring chickens 40 to 42e.
depot. Wholesalers are selling to the re-
L'learinJameg depot. chief engineer at the I tail trade at the following prices:--
i Cheese—New Iarge, 23'/2 to 24c;
Oddfellows' temple, Wiunipeg, after i twins, 23'}a to 1141,.1c; old, large, 261,m
1 three years of work, has perfected an to 26c; twin, 26 to 2014c.
!electrical device by which houses Butter—Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to
!may be heated as cheap or cheaper, 42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 46
than with hot water or steam. to 47c; solids, 44 to 46c.
During the fiscal year of 1917.1918, Margarine -28 to 32c.
there has been more than fifty Per Eggs—No. 1's, 48 to 40o; in cartons,
cent. increase In the immigration from 52 to 54c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,
tie U.S. coming through at Coutts, 55c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 34 to 35c; tur-
•
the principal port of entry In Alberta, ,keys, 40 to 45e.
over the previous Oscal year. + Live poultry—Spring chickens, 50c;
i Recent rains have greatly helped the roasters, 22 to 25c; turkeys, 30e; hens,
,Saskatchewan crops. 130 to 82c.
Swimming places are likely to be Beans -- Canadian, hand-picked,
PFurovidture. ed In Moose Jawin the near
Burma bushel 58.00; imp., hand-picked,
or Inian, 56.75; Japan, 58.60
IHay buyers at Meath Park, Sask.,
were recently offering $8 to $1.2 In the
stack,
A big programme is being lined up
for tits fall fair and "stampede" in ease, 514.50• imperial gallon tins, per
Lathirldge, tin $225• imperial five -gallon cans,
Poison placed for wolves at Padd- 1 , $2 00, j 1 g l ]U
ling Lake, Sask„ has killed more clogs lb 24 2"
than wolves.
Lake Isle, Alberta, farmers are
complaining of poor roads and broken
and rotten bridges,
Practically 5400,000 was received for
the Red Cross in Saskatchewan in the
recent big drive.
Cattle ranchers around Lethbridge
report that the animals aro in ex-
ceedingly good condition.
Slaughter of caribou by timber
wolves is Kill to have been heavy In
the northwest. provinces last winter.
Winnipeg is asking its citizens for
$1,000,000 for the water project. The
city will pay 6% per cent. for the
money.
Grade teachers of the Lethbridge
Public schools' staff will hereafter
Join the staff at a salary of 5800 a
year, advancing $50 each year till the
maximum of $1,190 s reached, Shorts, 540.00. Mouillie, $67.00. Hay
One hundred and fifty local war —No. 2, per ton, car lots, $14.50 to
veterans sang "Pack Up Your $15,00.
Troubles" during an all-night concert
at Moose ,law, while they waited the
opening of the Dominion Lands office
to file land claims early In the morn -
to 58.75; Limas, 18 to 19c.
Honey-comb—Choice, 16 oz., 53.50
per dozen; 12 oz., 53 per dozen; sec-
onds and dark comb, $2.50 to $2.75.
Maple syrup -8'r4 -lb. tins, 10 to a
per can 10;60. 16 -gallon kegs, per
a. ; maie•su at box,
pure, per ., to 5c,
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 86
to 38c; do, heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked,
50 to 61c; rolls, 32 to 38c; breakfast
bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain, 44 to
45c; boneless, 48 to 49c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 30
to.31c' clear bellies, 29 to 30c.
Lar—Pure, tierces, 30 to 301c;
tubs, 301/4 to 31c; pails, 30% to 3114X;
prints, 82% to 331/2c. Compound
tierces, 26 to 261c; tubs, 26% to
26%c; pails, 20% to 27c; prints, 28 to
28%c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, July 23.—Oats—Canadian
Western, No. 2, $1.02; extra No. 1
feed, 96c. Flour—Neiv standard grade,
$10.96 to 511.05, Rolled oats—Bags,
90 lbs., $6.25 to 55.30. Bran, $35.00.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, July 23.—Choice heavy
steers, 513,76 to 514.50' butchers' cat-
tle, choice, 513.25 to $18,50; do, good
ing. 1512,75 to 518.00; do, medium, 511.76
A wonderful war worker is Mrs. f. to $12.25; do, common, $9,25 to
Pollard of Rose Ridge, Alberta, who, $10.00; butchers' bulls, choice, $11.25
though blind, does her own house- 'to $11.50; do, good bulls, $10.76 to
work, raises chickens, knits sweaters 511.00; do, medium bulls, $10.25 to
and socks, and has lately completed $58 50 'doagoodugf 10.75h 1to $11.00; do,
a Red Cross hand -knitted quilt, which medium, 58.50 to 59.26; do, common,
7.50 to
has upon it all the flags of the allies � $7.00 to $8.50; stockers, 58.00 to
upon a background of khaki. $10.50; feeders, $10.50 to $11.00;
,, canners and cutters, $5.50 to $6.60;
milkers, good to choice, 590,00 to
5125.00; do, con, and med„ 566.00 to
575.00; springers, $90.00 to $125.00;
tight ewes, $13.00 to $16.00; year -
1 rout of,Gen. Mangin Attack
Measures About 28 Miles
A despatch from Paris says:—"The liegs, $15.50 to $17.00; spring lambs,
20'/4 to 21%c; calves, 513.50 to 516.75;
Hogs, fed and watered,. $18.00; do,
weighed off cars, 518,76.
�-. Pa'''rl s.
0 queenly city on the Seine.
Who dares disturb thy streets of
'dream,
The regal splendor of -thy ways
With Lordly stride and murcl'rous
reign?
The world has not thy counterpart;
Who dares thy grandeur to molest,
Tiro' shadow•vlctory unseen
With ]laud 0f woe upon thy heart?
Tear not the open foe without
Whose, deeds have filled the eartb with
pain;
The Hun Shall ne'er thy streets parade,
Nor still thy soul with whtsp'ring
doubt,
Nearby thy city walls perchance
Witt dauntless hearts thy cause de-
fend,
Brave with unconquerable flame,
Avenge the wrongs of glorious France.
eetifeeeeeeee
front upon which Gen. Mangin attack-
ed on Thursday morning measures
about 28 miles," says the Temps. "The
enemy was totally surprised. The et -
tack was made virtually without artil-
lery preparation. Our infantry, sup-
ported by many tanks, advanced rapid-
ly under the protection of a barrage
tire, which was extended before the
advancing infantry,"
Memorial Gateway.
When. the Bing and Queen visited
India, in 1912, to attend the Delhi Dur -
bar and be drowned Emperor and Em-
press of India, they were received at
the Apollo Bandar, which is an es-
planade extending into Bombay hale
bor and affording a landing place for
exalted personages, To commemor-
ate this particular visit of royalty a
gateway is being bulla facing one of
the sides of the Aeolic, Bundar, The
foundations aro being laid by divers.
Production and self-denial are the
guts that will get the Huns.
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Major R. Il, Boragraplucher, 'Victoria, has
been appellate() a speeialist to deal
with .eye, ear, nose and throat easel
among the returned soldiers in Mlll-
tary District No. 11.
Practically every species of Rocky
Mouptain sheen can he found in Brit•
lab. Columbia, but the stone sheep, it
is feared, will be exterminated if not
protected more carefully.
l0or the purpose of cutting the
spruce and hemlock, also some flr, trio
13, C, Box Co, will, as soon as pee.
Bible, erect for that purpose a 90,000 -
ft, capacity men in South Vanvouver,
near the boundary 0f Point Grey,
It was decided by the British Ca
tumble dentists, while holding their
annual convention at the Rotel Van•
eouver, to approach the Government
to ask that free dental clinics be es-
tablished to wor'lc among poor child-
ren,
Thirty-four semi -private sections
will bo installed in two wards- at the
General Hospital, and a large veran-
dah
erandah furbished as a Bitting room, at a
cost of $1,200, for the use of returned
soldiers who have beenediseliarged
and so become civilians, by the Wo-
men's Auxiliary of the Vancouver
General Hospital.
The food control committees of the
mainland and city of Vancouver re-
solved unanimously that the policy of
the board would be to discounteuan.ce
the consumption of wheat product of
any kind at any social function such
as garden parties or afternoon teas.
On behalf of the patriotic Serbian
colony at Britannia Mines, about 5400
was sent to the distressed Serbians
in the homeland.
Lieut. -Commander B. L. Johnson,
D.S.O., is home at Vanvouver on three
weeks' leave after an absence of over
three years.
Major George Poarks, M.O., V.C., of
Victoria, who has been iu nominal
command of the 116th Battalion since
the beginning of the present year, has
been promoted to lieutenant -colonel,
with comrnttiid of the unit.
With one brother killed, another
with a leg shot off, a third in the
Royal Air Service, and yet another
eligible for military duty when he is
nineteen, J. V. McLeod, teacher of
North Vancouver, was exempted.
One policeman was dismissed and
several others may be similarly dealt
with at Vancouver for being active in
forming a policeman's union.
Two thousand patriotic women of
Vancouver have pledged themselves
to conform exactly to the require-
ments of the Canada Peed Board.
Major Patterson, with the Jewish
Battalion recruited in London, Eng-
land, for service In Palestine, is a
former Klondiker, having lived near
Dawson.
Vancouver lumbermen met Icon. T.
D. Pattulo, Minister of Lands at Van-
couver, and requested an extension of
tirne for the payment of licenses on
boidings.
Canning 500 cases of whale meat
for Eastern markets every day, the
plant of the Victoria Whaling Com-
pany at Kyuquot Sound is working at-'
top pressure,
CARRY ENEMY AMMUNITION.
Germans Cornpei British Prisoners to
Do Dangerous Work,
The use of the woad "reprisals" la
connection with The Hague negotiee
tions on prisoner exchange has oc-
casioned a certain surprise.
The expression has reference to
the treatment of prisoners by Ger-
many and the consequent counter-
measures which have bean take& by
us. The later are, however, extreme-
ly mild in comparison with the cruel-
ties that have occasioned them, says
an English writer.
In a certain military command here
the prisoners have been deprived of
minor comforts and pleasures, such
as newspapers and the use of band
instruments, and have been required
to attend constantly on parade. Tide
extremely limited forte of retaliation
has Inspired the Connives, with their
usual cynicism, to raise the point at
this conference. They will be con-
fronted with a mass of evidence of
their own cruelty.
Otte of their practices is to employ
prisoners, Immediately on capture,
behind their lines. These men are
fully exposed to the tire of our own
guns. Not only does this apply to
trenchdiggiug, but to the carrying up
of ammunition into the front line.
This is in flagrant contravention of
the agreement the enemy signed with
us last year, wh(oh stipulated that no
prisoners should be employed, on
either side, within 30 kilometers (18%
miles) of the firing line.
Other offences as clearly against.
humanity and international law are
to be charged against the Germans.
The prisoners, nue forced into the
German military machine, have never
been reported and have never seen
Germany.
The discovery of these praoticos
followed the escape of some of the
prisoners, at night, front the Garman
lines, This is a sulioiontly difficult
feat in itself. Scarcely less renmi'k'
able was the fact that. they could en-
ter our own llues, more especially as
some were hardly recognisable as Bri•
tiah eoldiore, for they were fa raga, or .
wformearing, a part of the German uni-
The evidence collected from these
brave and luelg rupawags estabiishos
the feet thfut tie Germans hili hying ,
In the fame of all regulations in tl0IP•
treatment of our prisoners, I 0*
marry 511011 sufferers ere unreported it
Is, iulpps4Ulc ;2 my, bt, it i,5jtl,sPeat-o
ed that rite ao' ;aj.lteFi cc0"cu
light are ,Pete out ofilii ilk. The evt•
dence, shorn" ttts.t numbers of men
havii lag. shot by the Germans In nib
attempt 10 crow No Man's Land te'
ottr IIted, - ,