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BRITISH ROUSE MEETS rAN. 21
-MANY WAR RESTRICTIONS REMOVER
70 per Cant, of Christmas ,Goods Displayed Are British, Com,
• Wed. With 20 Per Cent, British,' 05 Teuton .
- Before the War•.
A despitteh from London Wear* thori,les are. comb;inhtg toward Mak-
Christmas shopping in Iaond'bo is ex-
eeeding all previous records, In
some of the great commercial eotab-
nehments admissiotr to storms of
would-be purchasers hasbeen rogul-
•atetl owing to the largo crowds,
This "Victory" Christmas will be a
notable tine because of the feet that
the general holidays are to bo on a
hone extensive scale than ever bee
fore, A large number of war -time
restrictions have been removed and
horny o1 the food orders modified.
All soldiers in Englandare to have
12 days' leave of absence. 'The au -
ting his' Chrietmas a memorable ono.
Interesting detalle have been cent -
piled regarding the Christmas goods
displayed ibefore the war and this
year. In 1910 German and Austrian
goods aggregated 55 par emit,, French
good's .15 per cent„ Btlitlsil 20-" per
cent„ and goods of doubtful origin
10, This year British geode aggre-
gate 70 per cent:, . French 20 Per
cent„ American 5 per cent„ and of
doubtful origin .5 per Bent. The
doubtful good's this year include re-
lies of old stocks of German --Intl
A.ustr)an manufacture.
FOR CANADIAN
' DEMOBILIZATION
Plans Being Worked Out -Those
in Germany • Await Signing
- of Peace.
A desliatch froin London says: -One
•.of the most pressing questions with:
-which the Canadian Ministers here
have to deal is that of facilitating the.
return of troops to Canada. The stat-
• -ter is the occasion for continuing the
conference with the overseas mints e,
staff.
The Canadian Corps is occupying a
potation of Germany along the Rhine
and the disposition of this force in the
main, must await peace developments,
But in clearing the way for their re-
turn the military authorities are car-
rying out extensive denlobilizatioii op -
orations. The extent of the demobil-
ization is only limited by the tr•ans-
•portation conditions. Estimates ave
that 20,000 Canadian soldiers will go
Iioine this month, 20,000 in January
and thereafter 30,000 per month.
The sources from tvh'ie1) these sell -
orate drafts are obtained are reserve
battalions co i ainin • men who1
t t rave
g
seen service and would be again
I
available for the field were this neves:
sang; non-combatant units and men
of Category 11 or lower.
These demobilization measures are
being carried out in conformity
with the general plan worked outs
some time, ago. The men go from the
various camas to concentration camp
at Kenamael Park, North Wales, and
are then sent fotwwardto the dispersal
depot in Canada nearest their homes
where they aro mustered out.
Troops available for demobilization
in France are daily coating to Eng-
land, but this movement is not large
owing to the difficulty of moving
troons in France. For the moment
soldiers in England have the preferen-
tial chance of getting home, but it is
. ' •-looped this will be equalized later by
the establishment of a concentration
camp in France and direct transport
:from Franco to Canada.
T?, "a7€ Al •tl1 Rntl lh fit li A7
RUSSIA'S DEAD
NUMBER 3,000,000
3,000,000 is Total of Casualties
• Suffered in Great War.
A despatch tram New York says:
--.Estimating Russian casualties in
the world war at "not less than 8,-
000,000 men, of whom 3',000,000 were
killed and. about 1,000,000 disabled
for life," A. d. Sack, Director of the
Russian Information Bureau, . de-
clared in an ad'tiress before the For-
eign Commerce Club here that "Rue -
era's present pitiful condition is clue
to her exhaustion from war.
"She is lying in seas of blood and
teats," he continued, "and 'further,
millions of her people are facing
death, this time from starvation.
About 20,000,000 Russians will die
this winter unless the allied countries
render the unfortunate country 1m -
mediate help on a very generous
scale.
"Russia has sacrifiget: millions of
her sons and all her 'happiness to
make the triumph of the allied cause
possible and at this solemn moment
u1 victory the thought of the de-
mocratic nations should be devoted
to Russda and they should not feel
any right_ to joy and happiness until
Russia is made again groat, free mad
happy. .
"Russia's friends must not coma
and will not came to ,suppress the
Russian demo -army; to impose upon
the Russian people a form of govern-
ment they do not desire. Their aim
mist be the opposite; to re-establish
fundamental older and thereby give
the Russian people the possibility to
express themselves. After ,the
Bolshevist tyranny is crushed and
civic rights are re-es'tabliished, the
Russian people will again call a Con-
stituent Assembly, on the basis of
universal, direct, equal -and secret
suffrage, and the assembly will de-
fine the constitution of •the ,state and
wtin salve Russia's main social prob-
lems,"
CANADIANS CROSSED
RHINE ON BOAT BRIDGE
A despatchfro n Cologne saga: -Tho
IlO T STOPPING tne RrrhatandOtCfenna]d' ibarnidagrems halec.rosT
Commercial Airship Offers a
Great Advantage Over the
Airplane.
A desplitch from London says: --
The Civil Aerial Transport Com-
mittee states that in the immediate
future the commercial airship offers
a great advantage over the airplane,
.particularly concerning passengers,
where comfort and ease of navigation
safety and a high ratio of disposable
lift are vital considerations. Air-
ships now exist with a range of over
4,000 milers and which can travel at
a speed of 78 miles an hour. By
running their engines slower a maxi-
mum range of 8,000 melee can be at-
tained.
On forst speed Cape Town is to -clay
aerially only a little over three flays
from Southampton, while this ship
could fly across the Atlantic and re-
turn without stopping, The com-
mittee points 'mut that -the finite air-
ship will soon develop a speed of 100
miles an hour, be fitted with ample
Saloons, staterooms. with an elevator
to a roof garden; and will he able to
remain in the,,air for over a week,
TWELVE SPIES
SHOT IN TOWER
Death Sentence of Two Women
Commuted to Long Prison ,
Terms.
A despatch from London nye-
During the war 12 spies were shot in
the Tower of London, according to
the report now current. Carl Hans
Lody, alias Charles A. Inglis, who at
one time was a resident . of Omaha,
was the first to he executed.
Two women Spies were sentenced
to death, but both were reprieved, the
sentences -being commuted to long
prison terms. One of the women,
Lizzie Werthe, regarded as very clan-
gorous, was tried in company with a
matt named Rowlands. Rowlands was
executed. The couple made frequent
journeys between London and Rosyth,
$eokland, and obtained information re-
garding the movements of the British
heat, This information, however, it
la declared, neva' reached Germany,
':Che other woman spy Was Eva do
l3ournouville, who is now undergoing
penal servitude for life,
One spy hanged himself in Brixton
Priem, while many others convicted
of ' espionage, escaped the extrento
penalty.;
.iii' you intend to do a Mean think,
, wait till to -morrow, If you are to
do a noble tiring Ito it now.
Canadian division passed. over 00 a
boat bridge. The weather was ex-
tremely wet and spoiled the impres-
sive spectacle. The crossing began at
I) o'clock in the inerrant and continued
until late afternoon., The spectacle
was witnessed by large crowds, who
were deeply impressed by the mag-
nificent fitness and the marching of
the men, the excellent condition of the
trunspor•t ands the horses.
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40,000 AMERICANS A
ARRIVE i'.r COBLENI,
A despatch from Coblenz says: -Ap-
proximately 40,000 American troops
have arrived at Coblenz since the ad-
vance guard reached here a week ago.
A large number of these troops have
passed through the city, while con-
siderable forces will remain here
temporarily.
German officers, who hadgromained
in the city to turn over war ]material
to the Americans, soon completed
their task, mid proceeded across •the
Rhine in automobiles flying white
flags to join the German ninnies be-
yond the bridgehead lines.
360 Ships Built in Canada
During the Period of the War
A despatch from Ottawa say's: ---
Some 360 shins were constructed in
Canada for Canadian registry during
the period of the war to the end of
November. Of the number. 109 were
sailing vessels aggregating 44,136
gross -tons and 100 were stealnships
totalling 69,612 tons, in addition, 22
ships were built thropgh the Imperial
Munitions Board for 'the British Gov-
ernment. Of the number there were
15 each of 1,440 net tons and eeven
each of 2,000 net tons.
Seen At a Glance -The vast German war material surrendered to
the Allies under the terns of the Armistice. It is the most crushing
surrender in the world's .history,
Markets World
of
Ereadetiilrs
Toronto, Doc. 24. -Manitoba 'wheat
-No. 1 -Northern $2.24%; No. 2
Northern; $2,212; No. 8 Northern,
$2.17?{i; No. 4 wheat, 82.1113a, in
store Fort William, not including tax.
Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W., 79Sic;
No, 3 Mit, 75%c; eactre No. 1 feed,
7531c; No, 1 feed, ?Pee, in store Fort
William.
American corn -No. 2 yellow,
$1.07; No, 3 yellow, 81.02; No. 4,
yellow, $1.57; sample corn, feed,
$1.40 to. $1.65, track Toronto,
Ontario oats, new crop -No. 2
white, 78 to 76c; No. 3 white, 72 to
75e, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per
car lot, $2.14 to $2.22: No,- 2, do„
$$2 11 to $2.19; No. 8 do., $2.07 to
$2.15; No. 1 Spring, $2,09 to $2.17;
No. 2 Spring, $2.06 to $2,14; No, 3
Spring, $2.02 to $2.10, f.o.b., ship-
ping points, -according to freights.
Peas -No. 2, $2.00.
Barley --Malting,. new crop, 98c to
$1.08, according to freights outsides
Buckwheat-Ao 2 $1.42.
Rye -No 1 $1 5ii nominal
Manitoba !flour -old crop, war
quality, $11.855, Toronto.
Ontario flour -War quality, old
crop, $10.25, in bags, Montreal and
Toronto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont-.
teal freights, bags included; Dran,
$37,25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per
ton.
]lay -No. 1, $23.00 to $24.00 per
ton; mixed, $20,00 to $21.00 per tan,
track Toronto:
Straw -Car lots, $10.50 '0_03.00,track Toronto.
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Country, Produce --Wholesale
Butter -Dairy, tubs and rolls, 38 to
39c; prints, 40 to 41e. Creamery
fresh made: solids, 51e; -prints, 52o.
Eggs -New laid, 63 to 65e; store
stock 57 to 59e,
Dressed poultry --Spring chickens,
26 to 30'; turkeys, 40c; -squalls, duz.,
$1.50; geese, 25c.
Live poultry -Roosters, 18 to 20e
fowl, 24 to 26c; ducklings, Ib., 22c
turkeys, 85c; spring chickens, 211e;
geese, 18e.
Cheese -Nett-, large, 271to 28c;
twins, 28 to 28iic; old, large, 28 to
23/e; twin 21411 to 29e,
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 4a to
48c; creamery, solids, 51 to 13e;
prints, 52 to 54c.
Margarine -84 to 85c,
Eggs -No. 1 storage, 5" to 54c'
selected storage, 55 to 51ic; new laid
in cartons, 75 10 80c.
Dressed poultry -Spying chielcmns,
28 to 8$c; reosters, 22c• fowl, 28 to
30c; turkeys, 40 to 45o; c ticklings, lb,,
30c; squabs, doz„ 85.50; goose, '25 to
28c.
Beans --Ca nsdian, hand-picked, bus,
$61.00 to 86.50; imported, hand-pick-
ed. Burma or Indian, $5.00 to $5. ,0;
Limas, :L7 to :17i1c.
Honey ---Extracted clover: 5-112,
tins, 29 to 30e lb; 10-1b. tins, 28 to
29e Ib,• 00-1b, tilts, 261E to 27e.
Comb: '10 oz., $'t.5)) to $5-.00 dozen;
12 oz,, $3.50 to *4.00 .dozen.
Provisions -Wholesale
Smoked meats --Hems, medium, 8'1
to 890'1 do., heavy, 30 to 32e; cooked
5•t to 52e; eons,- 82 to 88e; breakfast
bacon, 41 to 45c; basks, plain, 46 to
47c; boneless, 51 to 51)c.
Cured meats -•Long clear bacon,'30
to 81e• clean, bellies, 29 to 80e.
Lara -Pura, tierces, 81 •to 3111,c:
tubs, 801,4 to 8ic; pails, 309' to alefeco
pants, 3 32:to821'ic; compound, tierces,
5 ,1 to 2ip'yi d tubs, 251.t to 2.61/0.;
pails, 26 to 261s; prints, 27'11. t
°7'Y..t.
'Montreal Marlacls
,Montreal, Dee., {.-_Olaf •, extra No.
1 feed, 9'1.1 a, Flour, new sten,daxd
bag 90 lbs.,
grade,
9$25to $4.25o $4 60.
$11.36.
3Rolled Bran
$37.25. Shorts, $42.25. A4ouillie,
$07.00 to $70.00, Hay. No. 2, per
ton, car lots, $24.00 to $25,00.
Cheese, finest easterns, 24 to 25c.
`Butter, choicest creamery, 52
to 531 r. Eggs, selected', 50c; No.
1 stock, 50e. Potatoes, per bag, car
lots, $1.70 to $1,75. Dressed hogs,
abattoir killed, $24.50 to $25.00.
Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 1! a net, 31
to 321/2e.
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Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Dee: 24. -Heavy Christ-
mas steers, $14.00 to $15.00; choice
heavy steers, $18.50 to $18,:e73; but-
chers' settle, choice, $11.50 to $12.00;
do. good, $10.76 to $11.25; do, me-
ditun, $9.50 to $9,70; do, common,
$8.00 to $8.25; bulls, choice, $10.25
to $10.75; do. medium bulls,8.75
to $9.25.; do. rough bulls, $7.150 to
$8.00; butchers' cows, choice, $10.25
to $10.75; do. good, $9.50 to $9.75;
fro. medium, $8.255 Lo $8.50; do, corn -
Mon, $7.00 to $7.70; stockers, $7,75
to $10.50; feeders„ $10.25 to $11.25;
canners, $5.60 to $5,$5; milkers, good
to choice, $90.00' to $100.00; do. eons,
and med., $05.00 to $75.00; spring-
ers, $90.00 to 8150.00; light ewes,
$9.00 to $10.00; yearlings, $13.00 to
$1$.50; spring Iambs, $1.4.50 to
$15.00; calves, good to choice. $15.00
to $17.25; hogs, fed and v tered,
$18.25; do. weighed' off cars, 18.50.
Montreal, Dee, 24.-Steera, 1'1.60
to $12.00; choice butcher bulls, $8.00
to $9.00; 'poorer 'quality, $7.00 to
$7.50; butcher curds„ $9.00 to $5.00;
Press calves, $5.00 to. $7.00; milk -
fed, $12.50; .sheep, $9.00 to $10.00;
choice select hogs, $18.50; sows,
$18.00 to $1.6.00.
ITALY'S DEAD
NUMBER 150,000
Called Up 4,500,000 -. 500,000
Are Permanently Disabled.
New York, Doe. 15 --Italy, with a
population of only 86,000,000, and with
4,5110,000 melt called to fila colors, suf-
I fared approximately 1,50Q,000 casual-
' ties in the war, General Emilio Gug-
licmetti,. military attache of the
j Itanan IVar Mission, announced in an
' address at the heel Cross tally here
to -night.
Of the 1,500,000 casualties General
Gugliemeiti said approximately
150,000 were killed or died of
wound. and 500,000 were , per-
manently di;tabled.
l:eferriug to the pleas of Germany
for food, which, Ile said, were based
ou the maim that the bread ration rues
only five pounds of bread n week, Gen.
Gugliemetti said:
"In Italy we have eat the bread
iettion to three pounds a week, and
bread .is the chief food of Italy.- The.
Italian people, ger" less than, 'two
pounds of meat a month, oriel no
milk ur eggs."
PRINCE OF \VALES TO •
TOUR. BRITISH DOMIINIONS
A despatch from London says: -Otte
5f •thus latest battle er11100re le • being
refitted fur the purpose of the Prince
of -Wales' Impeeinl• tour. It is the in-
tention of the King tp express to .the
Dominions by this tour his deep con-
sciousness of the groat eft -vices they
have rendered during the war to the
f4other Country and the when Pm
Aire.
Britain is the bulwark of the lib-
crty and ihdepeademe of the nation.
-Prince Colonna.
A STRIKING CONTRAST.
in
the upper Matra is given a glimpse of the dl;t•astalmd arca of Halifax jYist,a:ftor the dtsatsteir of a year
ago. The lower picture $hows the same district twelve morale later, after' en.any new houses have been
built ttpon it, As the seetion ie being reCenetimet it it being rude more modern and more beautiful, -
Pictures.
t. $` m ,,, n
froin Leslie's Weekly. 1
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D" FOR 3ODING LONG.RANGE CANNON - KILLED 196
FOR THE FUTURE
Geli'lgan Historian Frankly Ad-
' )girth His Countxy'S BIIMders..
A, despatch from London says:---
Crcrmany's blunders in tido conduetrof
the war are candidly r'evea'led by
Prof, Hans Delbrvok, the eminent
historian, in an article of meant-,
able interest in the, Poustehs Jahr-
baelior, whielt etas just been issued',
"What mistakes wo made," Ito
says, "But bad as things were a few
'months ago I could,tj abandon hope
that our front would hold and would
wring from our enemies an tirade -
floe that would cover our frontiers,
Our hope tae deceived us, our pride
is broken. I . greatly underestimat-
ed . the internal dissolution of our
streni'th and the shattering of our
once firm political' structure. In
truth, I never foresaw such a retell
even in the dark hours of gloomy
approhena5on which I experienced."
Prof. Delbruck had some unhappy
relations with the German censor-
•s1 tip, He was permitted in his wa•it-
anga to mention the British and Am-
ericati statistics of new ship construc-
tion, only by writing that they could
not possibly' he true. When- ' he wish-
ed to report the facts concerning the
tranepont of Arnerican troch; to
France last June he was pos,itiveiy
forbidden to cite figure§ on the
ground that in the opinion „of the
German high command, "Secrestary
Baker's report was nothing but
American bluff, intended to deceive
the Germans,"
He regards the future with sad
forebodiing, All Germans must hope
against hopeethe'says, that this is for
Germany the plowing time and the
harvest will yet come, and he adds in
conclusion, "Why should we not ad-
mit that our faith is overshadowed?
What .1f the age of high'inteileetual
culture has reaohed its end? What
if we are in a closing -epoch which
will end in the migration, of our peo-
ple, as occurred in the disasters of
anolent races? What if our striv-
ing for a new order shall end in
anarchy and anarchy lead to bar-
barism?"
GRAVE OF EDITH
CAVELL 9 LL 11 F
,OCATED
British Community in Brussels
Hold Contmemai'fation Service
For Martyred Nurse.
A despatch from London says: -
The grave of Edith Cavell, the F,ng-
lish nurse executed by the Germans,
in the Tir National Cemetery at
Brussels, is believed to have been de-
liztitely Located from a German plan
of the cemetery in the hands of the
Belgian authorities, and on Tuesday
last the British community held a
commemoration malice at the grave.
The service was attended•., by the
British Minister, who laid on the.
mound of earth a wreatli' from Kin
George and Queen Mary, inscribed,
"In memory of a brave and splendid
English woman."
Sir. F. S. Villers deposited a
wreath bound with -the British colors
in the name of the British Legation
and coiotiy, and Brand' Whitlock, the
American Minister, added a tribute
of htis own. The Spanish Minister,
the Belgian Foreign Minister and the
members of the legations' staffs
were present at the ceremony.
Ono of the first acts of King Albert
after his re-entry into Brussels wus
to visit Lhe cemetery in company
with Queen Elizabeth, who laid a
wreath on 11'1iss Cave,l'a arae
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IRON IN THEHUMANBODY
Certain Foods Supply This Very Nec-
essary Substance. ei
"Eat plenty of spinach and egg -
yolks," says the doctor.
His languid patient is pale-eheeked
and evidently' needs a tonic. There is
reason to suspect that her blood is •
lacking in iron.
A few years ago the physician in I
such a case would have written a pre-
scription for tincture of iron, to be
taken three times a day, but medical
science is getting away from drugs.
White of egg is almost pure albu-
men, but the yolk is a highly complex,
substance, the iron it contains being
doubtless provided for the benefit of
the developing chick.
Lean beef, the cereal grains, beans
and peas, apples, prunes and dande-
lion greens are rich in iron. Milk con-
tains it, else young, babies would soon
die. Beef: juice is good for children
a little older; partly on account of the
Ilion there is in it. .
One naturally asks, What is the iron
good for? The answer is that -it seems
to be essential to healthy cell gtowLh.
But first and foremost it is required
by the red corpuscles of the blood,
which are the carriers of. oxygen. If
the supply of it be not adequate, the
lack is made manifest by pale lips
and chocks. There is a condition of
"anemia."
Tincture of` iron is not agreeable to
take and is likely to -discolor the teeth,
but when the metal is disguised in
food the patient finds it unobjection-
able and more readily absorbed,
FAMOUS iV-ARDROBE
OF KAISER, FOUND
A despatch from London says: --An
inventory of former Emperor Wil-
liam's private belongings in Berlin and
Potsdam has led to the discovery of
the famous Imperial wardrobe, incl ed-
ing 598 German and foreign military,
uniforms, according to the Boerson:
Zeitung of Berlin. Several thousand
horses in stables formerly- belonging
to Herr Hohenzollern have been con-
fiscated.
Negotiations between Potsdam, the
Soltliers and Workmen's Councils ,and
Prince Eitel Friedrich, looking to the
safeguarding of the 'ltolienzollern
family fortinaa,arc proi;l'essilig slow-
ly, It ie Said an agreement will bo
framed next month.
ri,..i. AND WOUNDED 417 PARISIANS
V1ore Than falf the Entalities Occurred on Good Friday Last
'When Church Was Shelled.
A deepatsh Oram Paris says: -Fig- the enemy employed 61 bombs against
Paris, and in 1917, 11, During flip
last ten months of the war there were
1,211 Casualties from 890 tombs,
Airplanes and Zeppelins dropped
228 bombs on August 6, killing two
persons and injuring 802, The long-
range canton fired 168 shells into
Paris, killing 190 and wounding 417,
On last Good Friday more than 100
persons were lined.
ores are now made public for the first
time regarding the number of persons
killed during German air raids aid.
by long-range cannon, These , sta-
tistics relate to the city of Paris may,
and not to the suburbs.
In 1911, 45 bombs were dropped.
In 1915, 70 bombs, 62 of them on
March 20, fell on the eity, In 1016,
TWO ARCH -MURDERERS
Kaiser Wilhelm and the Persian Gov-
ernor, Hassan -Ben -Sabah.
The famous War Book published by
the ,German Government soon after
the outbreak of the present conflict
lays down certain definite rules in re-
gard to various treacheries and crimes
which it declares to be permissible
and even virtuous acts when perpe- A despatch from London says: -An
trated in behalf of the Fatherland, ' offaijal celebration of the success of
Special stress is Iaid upon the virtue the British arms is expected here in
of asseesinatioir. January or Febraary. The auihorties,
There is an extraordinary reminder says The Times, aro considering de -
here of tate political doctrines of the tails of a scheme for enabling the
Murder' State organized in Persia public military ro.
0105 representingtowitness a ovety unitpwhicemsh
sorted in the field. All the armies
will have a place in the historic pro-
cession, with Marshal Haig riding at
its head, followed by the Army Com-
manders, The Dominion and colonial
His followers were culled "Hash- troops, with bands playing and colors
hashin" from which our word "as- flying, will also participate.. To this
sassin" is derived -and their chief it may be added that Thursday's
business was Systematic murder. Their homecoming of Marshal Haig and
code rejected all morality, and the sole cemoin other Generals is not in any
obligation' imposed upon them was way an official recognition of the
unquestioning obedience to the will of services they have rendered. The
their superiors. official announcement gives pro-
Hassan-ben-Sabbah was known as minenee to this; which therefore dis-
the Old Matt of the Mountains, and it ,poees of the criticism that he 'is an -
is understood that by the use of a accompanied by Gen. Currie and Men.
drug, which he alone knew how to ash, the Australian General.
supply, he obtained over his people The Canadian Press has reason :o
an absolute influence and control. 'believe that Currie, besides partici-
Anybody who opposed or offended him pitting in the general recognition by
suffered swift death at the hands of London early in the new year, will'
hisrete-v
fanatical agents, and even the especial honors hero, and will
rulers of powerful States did not also be offered the freedom 'of at least
escape their daggers. 1 one famous Cnglish city.
Not only Persia, but Egypt and A special celebration for Canadians
Syria became fairly terrorized. The is likely to be arranged at Liverpool.
Iiashhashinl spread, a secret political • When the armistice was signed sev-
organization, into both the latter,erai hundred Canadian cadets from all
countries, and it was not until 1256 A. units were in England undergoing
D: that milithry efforts directed training for commissions. The train -
against them on a large scale resulted ing schools ate now closed, hut Cana -
in the capture of Aliamut and the dian Headquarters,. recognizing the
killing• without quarter of 12,000 pro- conspicuous service these cadets eon-
fessional murderers. A short time dered, have decided to return them to
later they were exterminated in Syria. Canada as officer cadets. Each will
The drug alleged to have been used receive a grant of twenty pounds to
by Hashan-ben-Sabbah (knowledge of purchase uniform anti will embark
it being bequeathed to his successors) first-clnss, wearing officers' uniform,
was hasheesh -whence the term Hash- minus rank badges.
ashin,, It is obtained from the seed
vessels of a variety of hemp, and en-
genders of fantastic visions. Now-
adays it is smoked most commonly in SO CA ADIAi Cs
pipes and cigarettes, but in the Orient •
it is also sold in the form of a sweet- T
meat- B TIDED ll
It is interesting to observe how
closely the Hashashin resembles in-
several particulars the modern Ger- Prisoners of War Returning to
man State-i.e., in the repudiation of England Report Hun '
all morality, in the malign complete-
ness of their organization, and in the Cruelly.
blind devotion and obedience to their London, Dec. 14. -The Canadian
All -Highest required of his followers. Mission attended St. Dunstan's In-
stitute for the Blind yesterday and
met the blind Canadians, some thir-
ty in all. A petition was presented
to the Premier asking that the Gov-
ernment give to each 'one of the
blinded Canadian officers or men
320 acres of homestead land, with-
out stipulation that it must he. via
WILL CELEBRATE
ALLIED VICTORY
Canada Will I3e Represented in
Triumphant Procession in Lon-
don Early Next Year.
during the eleventh century by Iltis-
san-ben-Sabbah, a native of Khoras-
san, who, gaining by stratagem pos-
session of the strong mountain fort-
ress of Alamut, established a govern-
ment lasting for more than 150 years.
A MARVEL OF SURGERY
New York Officer the Subject of an
Interesting Operation in England.
A sureon has played a trick on
Lieutenant Clement G. Felt, of Olean,
N.Y. But the lieutenant is not angry sonally cultivated, and suggesting
about it, In fact, be .is one of the the method by which the band can be
happiest men in London, He was hit' located for them by proxy.
by a shell on September 29 in the Lieut. Hitchings, who spoke sup -
battle between Cambrai and St. Quen- potting the petition, painted out al -
tin, when the Hindenburg line was so that in Australia blinded soldiers
broken. He lay unconscious in a shell had been given free permanent trans -
hole, nobody knows how long. HeI portation over Government rniiways.S
doesn't. Sir Robert Borden made a s nn-
When he came to himself, he found pathetic reply and promised careful
that he was wounded in tite hip, in the I consideration of the requests. It is
hand, and also that his lower lip had eat:mated that there are only about
been blown away. He was taken to eighty cases of total blindness in
hospital and examined by a surgeon, the Canadian -army.
who, in due course, placed him under Sir Arthur Pearson, Head •of St.
an anaesthetic, and made him a new Dunstan's, goes to Ottawa next
lip. The work was so perfectly doll% week.
that even, the lieutenant's own mother., Canadian prisoners of war have re -
would never detect that the present turned to England to the• number of
lip is .the second one that here son 2,000 and are now arriving at the
has worn. All that remains to show rate of 25 a day. They reach the
that he was wounded in the mouth is country. at Dover or Rippon and are
a slight scar, just a badge of honor. there taken ehiarge of by the Cana -
Lieutenant Felt often wondered dian army authorlt;es. Each man
where the new flesh came (rani that is fully interrogated as to his 'treat -
went to his face. Was it taken from Ment in Germany and a statement is
the anatomy of some generous colonel, drawn up for his s'ignautre. While
or major! general? Was it a contribu- this information ,is. not 'available for
tion of some pretty young English publication, it may be said that it
maiden? That was what he hoped more titan confirms the stories of
most of all. Lieutenant Felt is a German brutality, and shows Ger-
bachelor. But, alast It wasn't. Only man civilians in a specially bad light.
the other day came the disillusion- This information will be an available
ment. The bandages of his own left part of Canada's ease at the Ponce
hand, which he thought had been dam- Conference.
aged by the shell, were unwrapped.
Then he discovered the trick the sur-
ge0n had played upon him while he GRAVES OF SOLDIERS
was under the influence of the ether. TO BE ALL ALTIfII
There was a deep cut in the hand. _
That was the new lip. A despatch from London sa.ys:-
- » �` Whatever military rank n' position in
1USTRALIA 'l'q RAVE civil life England's dead in France and
8-i)AY CI?LEBRATION Belgium may have had they will have
equal treatment in their graves.
A despatch from Melbourne, Aug. That is the keynote of a plan out-
tralia, enys:---It has been decided lined in a report to the Imperial Wet'
that the peace celebrations of the Graven Commission by Lieut, -Cil. 1I'.>!
Frederick Kenyon, director of the
British Museum.
Many cemeteries will be required to
accommodate the British dead. They
will be of uniform design. with plots
of grace or flowers separated by paths
and set with orcleely rows of head-
stones, uniform in height, width and
shape. Wherever possible the graves
twill face towards the east, and at the
eastern end 0.f each cemetery there
will be a great altarelone, bearing a
brief jthrasa. The headlstono tviIl bei
two feet ono inch ill IOW, one :feet
Hine inches in width. A. simple )Sato,
tern with ' stirred lop had 14611 al+.
pro Yed, j,S.l
Commonwealth include three ;publ!e
holidays. The Imperial Goverit-
mont is being asked to arrange that
a fleet consisting of British, allied
and raptured' warehips shall visit
Australia and participate it the cele -
Mations.
To stone'i'aisins casiiy, puur boil-
ing water over than and drain it off,
This loasens them, and they roma Out
with ease. '
Feathers for pillows should first; be
put into Pillow slips of strong
totting,
then this eats be put inside tate ordin-
ary ticking slip, This enables the
feathers to be easily washed and