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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-03-23, Page 3, 11111111.-- liktfi AMUSING 'EXPERIENCES. FROl CErtiAEX -Australian "Troops , 'Are Short on a' •PIAUS'‘l 111 N ths-Ph- The military •authbritiee aro having an • ineretisingly diffleult task in pre- serving •discipline among the Austva- Ilan recruits. There have.been a num- ber of outbreaks by'soldiers, reselting in the burning of tents, the stoning of Mow Piris Views the 1•Ztilt of the SeCOnnt Repillne on Da.,,Man Mill. st.'despritsh from Paris says: Com-; plete repulse of a second desperate agouti; to wrest Le Melte Homme, west of thr Meuse, from the Emrich, was annouliced Thursday night, A Berlin statement earlier in the day had chinned possession of treads 'Vials hill Lied the repulse of all Frencli! counter-attacks anned at its .recan- ture, At 'the War Office these state- ments were denounced as absolutely false. 'With the saccessful countering of Thursday's assault French critics gen- erally believe that the third Battle of Verdun has passed its crest. Althongh them was no mistaking the despera- tion arid fury of the German attempt, 'observers say that its cumulative of - feet was far less than that of the 'earlier struggles al, Douamont and Vaux. • In the operationsagainst Le Mort Homme'the speed and energy of the earlier drive has neon lacking. Not only was the artillery fire ankh less intense, but the Whole battle dragged Inexcusably. When the batteries had done their best to destroy the French • • elicitors .and trenches, 'instead of the customary rapid throwing forward on infantry, there was delay,in which the French had ample time to reoeein. py their lines. Even the successes that Iad been won were not followed up. Observers see in this weakening at- tack a general exhaustion of the fe'roWn Prince's army. With the ter- tible slaughter exacbed during twenty days at Donamout end Vane, 'even the German commanders have reeitat- ed in sacrificing greet mathes of men for significant gaine. ' Infantry at- tacks have grown constantly fewer with a consequent loes of vigor and elanin the troops. Indeed it would be difficult to de- scribe the gerieral jubilation in Paris. There is no longer. any uncertainty about the fate of the battle. The last doubt, and it can be admitted now that even in high quarters there were Mis- givings, that the great fortress could 'Withstand the 42 centimetre Krupps , and the terrible skodas has been swept aside The big gun has been met and I conquered by men and other guns. Markets of World Breacistuffs. Toronto, Mar. 21.—Manitoba wheat —New crop, No. 1, Northern, $1.09; No. 2, do., $1.06%; No. 3, do., $1.04%, in store, Fort William. Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 42c; No. 3, die, 41,e; extra No. 1 feed, 41c; No. 1 feed, 40e, in store, Fort Wile American corn—No. 3 yellow, 80c, traek Toronto. Canadian corn—Feed, 68 to 70; track Toronto. Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 42 to 43c; coininercial, 41 to 42c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1 to $1.02; No. 1 commer- cial, 980 to $1; No. 2, do., 96 to 980; No. 3, do., 93 to 95e; feed wheat, 85 to 88e, according to freights outside. Peas—No. 2, $1.60; according to sample, $1 to $1.30, according to freights outside. Barley—Malting, 60 to 62e; feed, 57 to 60c, according to freights out- side. Buckwheat—Nee-111nel, 68 to 69; ac- cording to freights outside. Rye—No. 1 commercial, 85 to 86c; rejected, according to sample, 82 to 84c, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour—First patents, in jute bags $6.50; second patents, in jute bags, $6; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.80, Toronto. Ontario flour—Winter, according to eample, $4.15 to $4.30, track, Toron- to; $4.15 to $4.25, bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed—Car lots delivered Mont- real freights—Bran, per ton, $24; shorts per ton $25; middlings, ton $26. good feed flour, per bag, $1.60 to $1.70. Country Produce. Butter—Fresh dairy, 28 to 31e; in- ferior, 23 to 25e•' creamery prints, 34 # open* to 36c; solids, 32to 34c. Eggs—New-laid, 29 to 30c; do., in cartons, 31 to 32c. Beans—$4.10 to 54.40, the latter for hand-picked. Poultry—Chickens, 19 to 20c; fowls, 15 be 160; ducks, to 20e; geese, • 18 to 20c; turkeys, 23 to 25c. Cheese—Large, 19e; twins 1914e, Potatoes—Car lots of Ontarios quoted at $1.70 to 51.75, and New Brunswicks at 51.80 to $1.90 per bag, on track. Seed Prices Steady. Wholesalers are selling to the coun- try trade:—No. 1 red clover, cwt., $26 to 528; No. 2 do., $24.50 to $25.50; Disorders OCcur on the Roumanian Flour—Man. spring wheat patents, firsts, $6,60; seconds, $6.10; strong bakers', $5.90; winter patents, choice, $6.30; straight rollers, $5.70 to $5.80; do.nbags, $2.65 to $2.75. Rolls ed oats --Barrels, $5.05; do. bags, 90 pounds, $2.35.' Bran—$23.b0 to $24. 'Shorts—Middlings, $28 to $80. Moul- lie—$31. to $33. Hay—No. 2 per ton, car lots, $20 to 520.50. I--- United States Markets. Minneapolis, Mar. 3E—Wheat— May—$1-11%; Any, $1.11%; No. 1 hard, $1.16%; No. 1 Northern, $1.12% to $1,14%; No. 2 Northern, $1.08% to $1.11%. Corn—No. 3 yel. low, 75 to 76e. Oats—No. 3 white, 42 to 42%c. Flour unchanged; ship- `nients 74,062 bbls. Bran, 518.25 to $18.7b. Duluth, inter. 3E—Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.13%; No. 1 Northern, 51.11% to 51.13%; No. 2 Northern, 51.06% to $1.10%. Linseed--Cloes: —Cash, May and July, $2.26%. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Mar: 21. --Choice heavy steers, 58.10 to $8.50; butchers cattle, choice $7.75 to 58,10; do., good, 57,35 to 57.60; do., medium, $6.75 to 57; do., cornmon, $6,30 to $6.60; butchers' bulls, choice, 56.50 to $7.50; do., good bulls, $5.85 to.$6.25; do., rough bulls, 54.65 to $5.15; butchers' cows, choice, $6.40 to $7; do., good, $5.85 to $6.25; do., medium, $5.50 to ,$5.75; do, common, 55 to 55.45; feed- ers, good, 56.25 to 57; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs„ 56.10 10,$6.75; canners , and cutter, 53.75 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, 575 to $100; do., common and medium, each, 535 to $60; spring- ers, 550 to $100; light ewes 58.50 to $9.50; sheep, heavy, $6 th $7.50; lbucks and culls, 53.50 to $4.50; yearl- ing lambs, 57 to 87.75; lambs, choice, $11 to $1.3; calves, medium to choice, 187.50 to 512; do., common, 54 to I 55.50; hogs, fed and watered, $10.50 to $10.55: do., 'weighed off cars, $10.90 to 511; do., f.o.b., $1.15 to 510.20. Montreal ' Mar 21. ---Choice steers at 58 to 58.25; good at $7.50 to $7.75, fair at $6.50 to 57, and com- mon at 55.50 to 56, while butchers' cows sold at from 85.25 to $7, and bulls from $5.50 to $7.25 per 100 lb Hogs, 811.10 t 11.35 • cwt. weighed off cars. Sheep, 57.50 to 58.50, and lambs 511.75 to $12 per cwt. Calves, 8 to 10c per lb. for milk:fed steels, and at 4% to 5% for other grades. , RIOTS IN HUNGARY; ALL BAKERIES CLOSED No. 3 do., $24; No. 1 alsike, cwt., $21 , 'Frontier. • to $22; No. 2 do., $18 to 519; No. 3 do., 516; No. 1 alfalfa cwt., 525 to $28e No. 2 do., $22; do. 3 do. 519; No. 1 timothy, cwt., $12 to 514; No, do,, $10 bo $11; No. 3 do., $9,50 to $10. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Mar. 21.—Cash—Wheat No. 1 Northern, 51.08%; No. 2, do., $1.05%; No. 3, do., 51,03%; No. 4, $1.00%; No, 5, 91%c; No. 6, 841/4c. Oats—No. 2 C.W., 41%c; No. 3, do.,' $9%c• extra No. 1 feed, 39%e; No. L fied, 38%c; No. 2, do., 37%c. Bar- ley—No. 3, 60e; No. 4, 55c; rejected, 451c; feed, 51e. Flax—No. 1 N.-Vn C $2.024; No. 2 C.W., $1.99%. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Mar. 31.—Oats—Canads Western, No. 2, 501, to 51e; do., o. 3, 48% to 49c; extra- No. 1 feed, 48% to 49c; No. 2 tonal white, 47% to 48e; No. 3 local white, 46% to 47e; No. 4 local white, 45% to 46c. Barley —Man. feed, 66c; malang, 75 to 770. I A despatch from Milan, Italy, says: Reports from Budapest state that dis- tress is becoming painfully evident in many Hungarian towns. Arad, con- taining 70,000 inhabitants, was forty- Itwo days without bread or flour. All bakeries were closed. The Mayor tele- phoned to Budapest asking for flour and was told that none could be sup- plied. It is feared riots will follow. Disorders have broken out at Talae on the Roumanian frontier, A mob broke into the warehouses, smashed the shop windows and clamored for bread. Soldiers were called out to restore order. No Truck With Germany. A despatch from Manchester, Eng- land, says: The election of directors of the Manchester Chamber a Com- merce on Wednesday resulted in the return of 18 out ef 22 directors who are definitely committed to the policy of no free trade with Germany after the war. BULGARS ARE BUTNERING THE CONQUERED SERBIANS They Are Officially Accused of Massacres Thoroug- out the invaded Region. s• ,A despatch from Paris says: The erbian Press Bureau has issued a m- e part of atrocities committed by Bin - on the Serbian population in the Veontier districts. The reporb says: re' 11The invaders, especially the Bun ne,iare, are doeinrg theirenntutmostftx- heto e tten 4euremreirdupeeetphie. m Thereas is a veritcablO 1, leign of terror in all Macdonia. n"ntefugeee say that life in Serbia (, nder the heel of the conqueror is opeless. Fth For instance, e town of 1 i koplie Was wiped out through pure ge vandalism. The houses were wanton. ly destroyed to make bonfires for the ribald soldiery, who also prey on the Population, massacring them by scores. At Bitolji the majority of the population, particularly the priests and intellectuals, were assembled and ordered bo march under guard to Sofia. "They never arrived at their osten- sible destination. They were massa- cred to the last man en route. The Bulgarians themselves admit that an order to go to Sofia is tantamount to a death warrant." Greek fruit shone ancl onster salt -lone in 'Sydney and Newcastle, and renusai ai ong ealiers en math° to pay their Caine on the State-owned railroads. The Liverpool camp, 26 miles from Sydney, being much the largest and most important one in thn State, ie chiefly affected. There may be seen • the ineptitudes, short -comings and abuses which spring fronn an unpre- pared natiOn being suddenly called upon to. cope with the mobilization; care and preparation of volunteer armies. , Seores of instances of . the • demo- crhtic spirit of the recrints at Like in pool, especially those from the "bush," , could be given to illustrate the prob- lems facing the military powers high and low in Australia. A strapping "Moine" wishing to ask a question of an officer who was about 100 yards ahead of him, whistled loudly in typi- cal country, fashion and then yelled ,"Ineyi" The officer naturally believ- ed thab he was wanted on some portant business, walked rapidly back to the man who had hailed him. "I say, old chap," the recruit began, propping himself againnt a post, "I say"— , "You shouldn't slouch that way when you address an officer," the officer gently reproved him. "Per- haps you haven't been taught yet, but always remember in the future that before speaking to an officer • you' should stand at attention." The recruit eyed the officer critical- ly and then burning on his heel, re- marked: "Well, if that's the way you're going to take it I won't bother asking you any questions." Another raw recruit digging a treneh was accosted by an officer who happened not to have his sword belt on. "Ilard at it?" the officer asked. "My oath, mate," was the man's re- ply., "But while you're here, sergeant, can you tell a chap the difference be- tween all these officers I see knock- ing around. 2 don't know one bloke from another'?" "Well, to start with," said the of- ficer, "I'm not a sergeant." "No?" "No!" "'Well, I don't know what you call yourself, but they call.me a marma- lade,'" was the response, "Marma- lade being the cant word, on account of' the frequency of that ration, ap- plied to the privates at the camp by the privates themselves. 4. ASTONISHING CURES. Hypnotism Is the Newest Cure for "Shell Shock." Surgery is helpless to aid scores of the allied troops who are brought lback to the hospitals mentally inca- pacitated. These men are not wound- ed, have lost no blood, but they seem beyond hope, They are suffering from "shell shock," The explosions 'of the huge bombs close to the heads of the soldiers have wrecked their ner- vous systems apparently beyond all repair. Science, however, has called upon 'hypnotism, the mystic correspondence of the mind, and has made some as- tonishing cures through it agency. Major C. S. Meyers, M. D., Se. D. and F. R. S., one of the leading surgeons in the field department of the British army, reports his results in this dir- ection in a current issue of the Lan- cet. He has divided these shell cases into four classes—those suffering from rhythmic spasrnodic movements, total amnesia, mutism and stupor. All are nervous collapses due to the terrific impact of the torn and rent air at the time of the explosion. Me- mory, speech, mental control of mu- scles and all manner of irresponsibil- ity are attendant upon these ca- tastrophes. Of the many cases which Dr, Mey- ets took under his special treatment something like a third were too deaf or too far prostrated to pay any at- tention to his voice. Hypnotism un- der those conditions was impossible, and yet the 'other two-thirds were compelled to attention in spite of their deafness and stupor. Some miracles) were accomplished in the way of mak- ing apparently insane men respond to hypnotic suggestion. Dr. Meyers reports that 26 per cent, of the cases seem to be completely cured. Men have gained their speech, their reason their nerve control solely by the induced trains of thought put i»th their minds by De. Meyers. Distinct improvement was shown in 26 per cent. of the concussion vic- tims were beaelited by the magical thought surgery. RUSSIA TO ARRAIGN FORMER WAR MINISTER A despatch from London says: Em -I peror Nicholas has approved the de- cision' of the commission of inquiry! to bring evidence of alleged illegal! eats of former Minisper of War Gem! Soukhmnlinoff before the judicial de -1 partmeat of the Imperial Council with a view to the arraignment on a charge of being responsible fps the shortage of munitions for the Russian -.army, says Reuter's Petrograd cos- . vespondent. ESCAPED PRISONERS ARE TO BE COMPENSATED A despatch from Paris says: The Minister of War has announced that French soldiers, taken prisoners by the enemy, and who have subsequent- ly escaped shall be recompensed in the largest measure possible for their courage and attachment to their country. FRENCH WAR NIINISTER COMPELLED TO RESIGN A despatch from Paris says: Gen. oral Joseph Simeon Gallieni, Minister of War, has resigned becauee of health, and and General Charles Roque has been appointed to succeed him. • AT WA CONFERENCE. _ . Sir Douglas Haig. General Joffre. A war conference is reported to be iii progress on the Westetn front ab French Aemy Headquarters.- Great Britain is represented by Sir Douglas Haig, commander-in-chief of the British forces in France; Russia by Gen. Gilinsky, aide-de-camp to the Russian Emperor; Belginni by the chief of the general staff, and Serbia by Peemier Pachitch. LAUDS "PROUD. ELEM.' IN KIEL CANAL President of Reichtag Pays Tribute to German Navy. A despatch from London says: At the opening of the German Reichtag On Wednesday, says Reuter's Amster- dam correspondent, Dr. Johannes Kaempf, President of the Reichtag, paid a eulogistic tribute to the abil- ity of the German leaders and to the. bravery of the German troops "who are shattering the ,enemy's front the west." "Our thoughts are with them," Dr. Kaerapf is quoted as hay - nig added, "no less than With our proud fleet, which by so many deeds and recently by the gallant achieve- ments and the happy home -coming of the Moeine hes proved that our sail- ors are at least the equal of the bold, est sea fighters in any age or country. We at home must prove by making the newest war loan as unqualified success, that the financial strength of Germany is unbroken." • A CENT A MILE, Canadian Railways' Have Agreed on Rate for U.S: Faris Laborers. A despatch from Montreal saYs: It is understood in transportation circles here •that the Canadian railways have agreed to the request of the Canadian Government to grant the rate of a cent it mile in Canada for Attie:dean faern laborers, who are expeded to come to Canada in large numbers owing to the active campaign now be- ing carried on in the United States by the Department of the Interior. OTTAWA :CITY COUNCIL DISMISSES ALL GERMANS despateh from Ottawa says: The Water Woeks Conaidtte of the Ottawa City Council has voted to dismiss all ahen citizens pf German nationality from its employ. The motion carried by a vote of 6 to 2: There are a num- ber on Germans in the pay of the committee. I sen - 'KAISER WILL SELL • CASTLES FOR CASH A despatch from Rome says: Press deepatches received from Switzerland say that the Kaiser has ordered the sale of several of his castles in order to contribute the promeds to the new German war loam No, Claud, a man isn't necessarily a simpleton merely because he lives the simple life, EEON .TOPS OFF .IIILLS AT FRONT INTERESTING TIMES IN THE' TRENCHES. French Travelers—F-i-nd 'Gera an Gal- lery Near and Blast , 'Follows. The rnintisg operations on some sec- tions of the ineench front resemble vast rafiread tunneling enterprise. All along the slope of hills where the summits alone eeparate the combat- ants, there are mouths of tunnels framed with timbers such as support the galleries of coal ininee. All day and all night soldiers wheel 'earth out of those .tunnels to platforms where dump ears on a• strategic Ile LT011,- gauged , railroad are waiting to carry' it off to be used in the grading of new strategic lines. :The offieial communiquee give only slight indicritiens of the object of all this ectivity., • What it means de- pends upon the lay of the land; in some cases it amounts to nothing less than the blowing off of the tops on hinln. There am places where the Germans. hold the summit and the Ftench are dug in on the slope; there are .others where neither the French nor Germans have been able to oc- cup the summit, excepting with small, isolated advance posts that are annihilated at intervals, and here it is necessary to blow the top off the height before an issue can be reach- edThis tunneling has been going on for more than a year in some places, but public evidences of the extent of it date only from the begining of the year. • • „ Tell -Tale Sound of the Pick. Big • mines are exploded every day inside those honeycombed hills where it is not rare for the Frenchman's tun- nel to run into a German underground gallery. If they meet before the mine is ready, it is a "carnouflet" or a small blast, that is set off by the ad- versaey that locates the other fel- low first. It is quickly dote with an queurnatic tool, that bores a hole in the direction from which comes the tell-tale sound of the pick. A charge of dynamite, lyddite or melinite is stuffed in and the hole is pluged-so that the mine is safe and the force of the explosion all turned toward the adversary's gallery. Blasting is sometimes. done also to hasten the excavating work, but most of the digging requiring discretion is the work of the pneumatic drill and pneumatic pick, kept working by air compressors brought up to the foot of the hill. The forests .of the Argonne all along the front have been razed by shell and slirapnel, and the inspect of the hill is being still further modi- fied by these tunneling and mining "eraptirti°ncsti Acal miner in private life, pecialized at the front in this kind of work, describes the conditions un- der 'which the work is often suddenly stepped and :the eneniy's operations checked at the same time: "The sappers are digging, shoveling in silence, when suddenly one of them stops; he, has heard a hollow sound iti the soil wider hie pick; two or three more strokes, and his instinct of an old miner reveals to him -that there is a hole under the gallery; he strikes again, the point of the pick penetrates; there is no more doubt but that a Ger- man blasting hole exists underneath, i By small strokes, slowly, with in- , finite .precaution, the sapper enlarges the opening, then, aided by his com- rades, lets himself 'down into the hole I,With Revolver in His Fist. It is, indeed, a German blasting hole 1 that he has discovered, with a gallery at the end. The miestion is, whether it is occupied—impoesible to tell; the enemy, perhaps, will appear and rush upon the intruders; no one comes, the mine is empty. Leaving a watchman, the sappers and miners ascend into the French gaiety and go and. mport , their discovery to the captain, who ' decides to profit by the occasion to play a good game upon the Germans. While continuing to work in the neigh- boring mines to deceive the advers- ary, sapers and auxiliaries of the in- fantry are put silently to work stuff- ing with exploeives the old German blasting hole which communicates with the gallery leading to the Ger- man earthworks, and to a little oc- cupied post. Every one works un- ceasingly. 'What a good joke to PrAtly u pon them, every, one Y • Germans at the tithes end of the gal- lery are on the watch, and we sae been on the watch for them to see that they did not surprise our plans, tor the slightest slip or awkwardness, a bungling movement with the tools, might give the alarm. Finally, at dawn, the work is done. The entire German gallery at the end where it communicates with our excavation is nothing but a vast canyon stuffed with chedclite; all the men are at their posts; a signal is given; the fuse lighted, and in an instant the earth cranks. It ie safe to raise it head above the surface now, for the enemy is to much occupied to fire. The • trench is entirely unheaved, WO the Germans fly in the air, some of them evTiole and some of them in parts." PORTUG..-A—L G-14;.:T."—IFIE—D AT ' wAtz, WITH GERMANY Teuton Interests at Lisbon Will 13e Looked After by Spain. • A despatch :from Paris saye: The interests of Austria in Portugsl have been confided to the Spanish Nfinister at Lisbon. A Eaves, despatch from Lisbon says bands paraded the streets of the city all Wedaesday night, play- ing the Marseillaise and the Portu- guese hymn, accompanied by cheer- ing crowds. Otherwise calm preyail-, ed throttehout Portugal. Duke Mi- guel of Biaganza, has left the Austrian Rea Cross and his SO113 have abandoned the armies of the central empires. Prince Alphonse it Bra- gesiza and Savoy has offered his ser- vices to the Portuguese Government. KAISNR RETIRES VON TIRPITZ DEMANDS HET Par E DASH Thursday; March 16.—A' .despatele to the Exchange Telenneeph Company, London, fvoin Copenhagen, says the Wolff Bureau, the German semi-of- ficial news agency, announces that! Admiral Alfred von Tirpita, Geignan Minister of the Naty, has retired, and that Admiral von Canelle, director of the administration depaetment of the Admiralty has been appointed his successor. The reeignotion , of von Tirpitz is said to be due to a break with the Kaiser. The Emperor and Prine:e Henry object to the fleet's M- oen vitn, , FARM WORK -FOR 'VETERANS, $10000,000 to, Be Raised to Aid Sol- diers and Salient . Extensive pians, are in preparation for the settlement or the employment on the land. in England and 'Wales of sailors and soldiers discharged, from Russiana in a Virtual Co -opera ion the British army, and if the report presented by Sir Harry Verney, M.P., is adopted a prehininary credit of MM AT 4RAD:: . . .110111. ThifORTH.H. $10,000,000 will be granted as once to those who will be in charge of the scheme. Sir Harry Verney i$ chairman of the committee appointed by the Pre- sident of the Board .of Agriculture and Fieheries to present a report of the subject and in his recommenda- tions he suggests the immediate es- tablishinent of three colonies arid the acquisition of land for other similar establishments. The committe sug- gests that these colonies should be managed on co-operated lines, and the small holdings should be rather on the basis of tenancy than owner- ship. The principal recommendations in- cludet . I That the State should find the' money Inc training disabled men. I That a vigorous campaign should be undertaken in favor of land settle- ment at home, the committee believ- ing that the scheme has far better promises of real success than any thing hitherto tried in this country. That the Board of Agriculture should have power to acquire land for the settlement of ex -service men in State colonies) and that land own- ers should be invited tie offer to the board' any large farms which come in hand before they are relet. That no \man should be allowed to take .up holdings of their own unless they have the necessary experience. Men without such experience should be offered employment at wages in the first instance. The War Office should hand over to the board, free of cost, any of the military hutments which are not ee- quired for military purposes after the war. Expert guidance should be provid- ed for the settlers in each colony by the appointment of a resident direc- tor and an .agriculteral or horticul- tural instructor. . A depot should be established in each colony for the collection and dis- posal of produce, and a store for the sale of the requirements. BESIEGED SEVEN YEARS. Constantinople Once Dedicated a Church to "Divine Peace." At one period a church at C011.- stantinople was built and dedicated to "the divine peace," and another was dedicated to St. Dynarnite, said Sir Edwin Pears in a lecture to the Association of University Women Teachers at University Hall in Lon- don. Referring to the time, centuries back, when Constantinople was be- sieged for seven years, and the walls built in the time of Justinian resisted all efforts to take it, the lecturer said England at that time was not much more than barbarian, whemas Constantinople was the bulwark of Europe, containing the most learned men, who were perpetuating and con- tributing to art, literature and paint- ing. Constantinople Inas the city in which our Nicene Creed was settled upon, the reason of the wording "I believe in one God," being that them has been a tendency to believe in two or three personalities. But eventual- ly the eastern peril which threatened for many years came upon Constant- inople, and it was captured by the Moslems, and had been held ever since by them. 'Oath the British at A despatch from Petrograd says: The Russian troops in Persia are now so far advanced toward the Mesopo- tamian ftontier that they rnay be said to be in virthal co-operation with the Britsh at Kut -el -Amara, where General Townsend's forces have been beseiged for several months, and the campaign against Bagdad has her come two -fold, with the likelihood of the Russians being as imnortant a factor in the Mesopotamia openations as their allies. • ' Before the Russian penetration through the mountain passes of the Kermanshah region it was generally held that the chief aim of the Rus- sian operations on the extreme southern front was, effectively and once for all, to crush German influ- ence and ambitions in Persia, and only the most visionary critics here conceived the possibility of Russia's successfully traversing the Persian mountain provinces and assuming an important role in Mesopotamian af- fairs. The latest hews, however, of the success of the Russians in working their way through the passes of the formidable' range which acts as a na- tural boundary between Persia and Turkey, shows that the Russians are !in a position to convert thein poten- tial threats against Mesopotamia into , a positive menace. I The Turkish reinforcements whicb were sent from Bagdad and Mosul, by way of Suleimanieh and Sane, to 'threaten the flank of Inc Russian forces at Kermanshah and maim a 'fuether Russian advance dangerous, have been compelled to withdraw on account of British pressure from the south and Russian activity in the north, which some time ago resulted in the capture of Bitlis. The Rue- sians, therefore' are now opposed only by frontalresistance, against which they have advanced through all. but one of the difficult passes of the mountains separating them from Mesopotamia. • et— NEWFOUNDLAND WILL INCREASE CONTINGENT A pespateh item St. john's, Nfid., says: Governer Davidson, itt open- ing the Colonial Legislature on Thuns- clay announced bis intention to en- force strictly the TIONViV enacted pro- , hibition law which gops into effect at t'ne end of the present year. The, speech from the throne praised tha! recoed of the colony's iMval end Mili- tary coatingents and announced that both forces would be increased. Wasted Labor: The members of. a .eestain leuened society had a gathering at the home of one of their number. While they were roaming tibout the houae. the host called the attention of his guests to an old clock, a great favorite of his. He told his friondd of MS at- taciiment to this aneineb timepiece, and added, 'gentlemen, I have wound up that clock every night foe more; than forty years!" "Well, you've clone a lot of unnecessary laboe, said one of his friends who was Ex- amining the clock, "for that's at eight- day clock!" • For the Defetice. Jim, the acensed, was explaining: o the -coast how he CelYle tO be caught with the goods. "Yo' see, judge, hit war jest a einous coincidence. Ali were gwine home by on Man Johnson's place, an' statip'n mus' han skeered the chick - nth. One on fool rooster he tlew squar into ma arms. An he was so Skeered he jes' bung foe' to me, ain Ah was so ekeered Ah hung`fas' to. him, An' bolo' Ah could melte him leggo oP man Johnson he came mull- ein things natehelly look a li'l inite susniehus:" Marriage iS an eye salve that re- storee the sight Of blind leviers. ----nee-- ATTACK TREBIZOND FROM THREE SIDES Russian' Reinforcements Landen Under Cover of the Fleet. .A despatch from Rome says: Ac- cording to Wm.:nation received here from a diplomatic source in Petro- grad the Russians are attacking the outskirts of Trebizond, the Turkish stronghold on the Black Sea. The as- sault is being made on three sides, from the north by sea with the guns of the Russian fleet, and from the east and south by land. Large Rus- sian reinforcementis are continuing to land east of Trebizond under the pro- tection of the fleet. Trebizond is practically the only place of import- ance left to the Turks on the Black Sea. tIs fall is declared to be immin- ent, and indeed ib has been expected that the place would be surrendered with only a show of defence, KEEP DOWN DISEASE ON THE BRITISH FRONT - • American Surgeons to Inspect Me- thods Prevailing in Service. A despatch from London says: The Government informed United States Ainbassacior Page on Wednesday that four surgeons from the American teeny service list wouldbe permitted to inspect the medical corps of the Beitish army at the frottt, particular- ly with it view to observing the suc- cess of the British in• keeping down disease. 30 DEATHS 1N BELGRADE FROM ASIATIC CHOLERA A despatch from London says: As- iatic cholera has broken out at Bel- grade, according to an Athens des - Patch to the Exchange Telegraph iCae,nipany.. Fifty cases have been in - ported daily and thirty deathe have L occurred. The .people of Belgrade ere euffering from a shortage of pro- visions, and eartitaey connttione are $niff-Neened Rapture. • The youthful orator came down from the Tian:arm at Oe elese of hie address, and many fieolile -PresSed forward, to. Shakehim by the hands, He necepted their congratulations with a smiling face, but his eyes were on it certain inan who lingered in his seat, The young lecturer pAsaed through the thisMig About him and ex,. tended his hand to the waiting man. "I want to thank you," he said to thab gentle -main "for the close attention you .gave to my remarks. Your up. thened face was an inspiration to me. I11111 sure you never changed yew, earnest: attitude clueing my lecture.", "Non! eaat the men; "but don't flat,. tee yeurself On the account; 1 bave Heard ou the Car. "They say he'very miserly." "Miserly! InhY he wotildn't bay is calendar for near he might not live, to see it all used tip"