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'CAPTURED. BY THE. ITALIANS -.'FORi.THE.:..GERMANS.
Nearly Entire Austrian Garrison Surrendered, It Having Been
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Demoralized by the Suddenness Of the Attack.
A despatch froin Milan, Italy, says:
Since July 20 operations have been
conducted by the Italians in the upper
San Pellegeino valley with consideei
able success. One detachment captur-
ed the strong position of Cavallazze,
a key to the two passes of Rollo and
Col Briton, The Austrians, though
they held well defended positions,
were completely demoralized by the
sudden attack, and after a short re-
sistance nearly he entire garrison
surrendered. Four hundred prisoners,
two guns, several machine guns anti
considerable material were captured.
The Italians have since pushed their
advantage still further, and have oc-
cupied Cima Stradone, thus forming
a serious menace to the Austrian posi-
tion on the Dolomites road. The points
of advantage gained by the Italians
give them command of the San Pelle-
grino• and Travignolo valleys.
Markets of the World
Breadstuffs:
Toronto, Aug. 1. -Manitoba wheat -
No. 1 Northern, nest ; No, 2, $1.26$
No. 3, $1.229, on track Bay ports.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 awe 5110 ; No.
8
OW., 510,; extra No. 1 feed, 5010 ;
3 C.W., 51,c, • extra No. 1 fee' 501c •
track Bay po'rts.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, 9210,
on track Toronto.
Ontario Oats -No. 2 white, 47 to 480.,
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial,
$1.01 to $1.03 ; No. 2 do., 98e, to $1.00 ;
No. 3 do., 92 to 84e; feed wheat, 80 to
91c.
Peas -No. 2 -nominal, $1.75 to $1.85
according to sample, $1.25 to $1.50. ac-
cording to freights outside.
Barley -Malting barley. nominal, 66
to 66c • feed barley, nominal, CO to 600.,
according to freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal, 70 to 71c,
as-
cording,to freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 06 to 970. ac'
cordingfreights
Manitoba flour-Ph•st patents., in jute
bags, $0.50 ; second patents, in jute
bags, $6; strong halters', in jute bags,
$5.80, Toronto.
Ontario hour -Winter, according to
sample, $4.15 to 24.25, in bags, track,
Toronto. prompt 'shipment; $4.25, bulk,
seaboard, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights. bags Included -Bran, Per ton,
$20 to 221 ; Shorts, per ton, $22 to $24;
middlings, per ton, $24 to 055 Coed
feed flour, per bag, $1.65 to $1.70.
Country Produce
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 28 to 2701
Inferior, 24 to 25'; • creamery prints, 29
to 81c ; inferior, '28 to 29c.
Eggs -New laid, 29 to 80o; do., in
Cantons, 31 to 33e. •
Beams -24.50 to 25, the latter for band
Picked,
Cheese -New large, 17c; twins 1790;
triplets, 17/o.
Maple Syrup -prices are Steady at
11.40 to $1.50 per Imperial gallon.
Dressed Poultry -Chickens, 25 to 270;
fowl, 23 to 25e.
Potatoes -New Brunswieks quoted at
$2. per bag ; Western, $1.85.
Provisions.
Bacon, long clear, 18 to 151c per lb.
Nams,-Mediurn, 24 to 25c ; 110., heavy,
809 to 21c ; rolls, 19 to 1910; breakfast
bacon, 25 to 27c; backs, plain, 28 to 27o;
boneless hacks, 29 to 80e.
Lard --Pure lard. tierces, 101 to 17e,
and palls, 179 to 1710; compound, 14 to
1490,
tk Montreal Markets
Montreal, Aug. 1. -Oats -Canadian
Western. No, 2, 05$ to 54c .• do., No. 8,
.421 to 53e ; extra, No. 1 feed, 52 to 521e;
No. 2 loom white, 529c'No. 3 do..
511c. No. 4 do., 501e. Plour-Man1-
toba Spring wheat patents. firsts, $6.60;
do., second% 26.10; strong bakers' $5.90;
Winter patents, choice, $4 to $8.26 ;
straight rollers, $5.19 to $5.30 • do., in
bags. 24.80 to $5. Rolled oats -Barrels,
25.05 to $5.45 ; bag of 00 lbs. $2.40 to
$2.60. Millfeed-Bran, 021; Shorts, $24;
middlings, $28 to $27; mouillie, $30 to
$82. Nair -No. 2, nor ton, car lots,
217.50 to $18. Butter -Choicest cream-
ery, 30 to ale; seconds, 291 to 2990.
Eggs -Fresh, 350 ; selected, 33c ; No. I
stink, 30o ; No. 2, do., 26 to 270.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, Aug, 1. cash prices -Wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $1.219 ; No, e. do.,
41.15/ ; No. 8, do., $1.141 ; No. 4, $1.1.00,
Oats -No. 2 OW,, 44$o; No, 0, 449o;
extra No. 1 feed, 4310 ; No. 2 feed, 421c;
Barley -No, 2, 730 ; No. 4, Ono ; re-
0ected, 60c ; feed, 00c. Flax -No. i N.
$3,741 ; No, 2 C.W., $1.711.
Milted States markets.
efinneano:is, Aug, 1. -Wheat -July
11.229 ; September, 21.231 te '21.231 ;
No. 1. hard, 51.291 ; No. 1 'Northern,
$1.22.5 to $1.061 ; No. 2 Northern 21.209
to 1.23/, Corn -No. 8 yellow. 81 to 820.
Oats -No. 8 white, 881 to 89e. Mem'
unchanged; shipments. 70,994
Branr$17.50 to $10,00. bbls,
Duluth. Aug. 1. -Wheat -No, i hard,
21.261 ; N. 1 Northern, 21.249 to 21.251;
No. 2 Northern, $1,191 to $1.211 •, July,
11.211, nominal; September, $i,23
December,,$1.930 bid. Linseed, On track
1.981 to 21.99 to arrive, $1.989 JULY,
1.081 asked •, 'September, 21.981 asked;
October, 2/.98 asked ,• ‚November, $1.97
hid ; December. $1,951 bid,
rare Stook suer:eta.
Toronto, Aug, 1.-Choice•heaVy steers,
08.50 to $8,76 ; good heavy steers, $0,10
to 8.85 ; butchers' cattle, good, $7.80 to
$8.00 ; do., medium, $7.25 to $7,60 ; do,,
common, $6.25 to $13.60 ; butchtosi bulls:
1holee. $7,26 to $7.75 ; do, good bulls,
6.75 to $7.00 ; do, rough bulls, $4.50 to
5.00 ; butchers' cot's, choice. $7.10 o
$7,25 ; do., good, $6.75 to $7,901 do.,
;nedium, $6.00 to $8.28; stockers, 700
to 850 lbs., KU to $8.75 ,, choice feed-
ers, dehornetl, $6.40 to $7.25 ; canners
and cutters, $0.75 to $1.50 , milkers,
ehoiae, each, $70.00 to 280.00'; do., cont.
and Med, each, $40.00 to 200.00 ;
1 cringers, $50,00 to $00.00 I light ewes,
7.00 tcoa2v8e.s6,0 ;goosdheetioi, totheoal.v:, 1$04:8500
0 :0
5.35 ; spring lambs, per lb., 13/c, to
ovit •e mediuma trrecat's, 012.25 , ' $211$227.2.'02500 tt otoo ;2 ill 800 ;;; •
4dsenoic4.21 to $11,30.
0.01 27, slw.0. fob,,4e; yd
Montreal, Aug. 1. -Butcher steers,
good, $8.25 to $8.50 ; medium, 27.50 to
$8.50 ; common to fair, $7 to $8 ; fair,
to good, 26.50 to $7, Butcher cows,
good, $8 to 27 ; fair, 05.50 to $5.75 ;
Common is to $5.25, Butcher Bulls,
best, ;etc. $7 ; good, $1 to $6.50 ; fair,
$5.50 to $6 ; canners, 21.50 to 25.
Sheep, 7c; lambs, 11a Calves, ;niik
fed. 30 to tic; grass fed, 5a RogS,
selects, $11.75 to $12.25 ; roughs and
mixed lots, 210.50 to $11.50 ; "sows,
29.75 to $10.25.
RABBITS IN GERMANY
ARE WORTH ".$6 EACH.
........1 ,
An Exchange Telegram despatch
to London from The Hague sus: "The
price of horses in Germany has doub-
led, Farmers are making fortunes
selling rabbits at 26 marks each. The
bad weather is spoiling the crops,"
A man without a country is one
who lives in town.
NEW GERMAN WAR HORROR.
Proposd That Prisoners Be Taught
Hun Language.
In a leading article in the "Vos-
sische Zeitung" we have further in-
formation regarding the remarkable
project for increasing the power and
influence of Germany throughout the
world, by teaching the German lan-
guage to the hundreds of thousands
of war prisoners scattered through-
out the German Empire. The pro-
moters of the scheme see in it a
unique opportunity of spreading
abroad what they understand by
"Deutschtum," and think that war
prisoners inducted into the mysteries
of the language will be one and all
apostles in the great cause. It does
not occur to them that to treat these
prisoners with humanity, to feed
them properly, to shelter them from
the loathsome mockery and insults to
which they are daily exposed might
be a surer way of securing their es-
teem and advocacy for the future.
The "Vossische" writer does not
believe that the million or so of
prisoners will unanimously take to
studying German as a relief to the
monotony of their captivity, but there
are thousands for whom dominoes
and football afford no intellectual
stimulus, and these men would only
he toe glad to master the key which
open to them the treasure house of
Goethe and Schiller, Lessing and
Hauptmann. It is pointed out, more-
over, that language is a far more
serious dividing line between nation
and nation than geographical boun-
daries, or differing customs and laws.
Teach these English, French, and
Russians the language of their cap-
tors, and you remove the main ob-
stacle to the growth of cordiality
and sympathy for Germans and their
cause.
"Even should may 10,000 to 20,000
prisoners be won over to take part in
the proposed course of instruction
we obtain thereby this number Of
apostles who will afterwards be spread
over the countries now hostile to us,
and 'will certainly act as the apostles
of the German spirit."
KING PLANS VISIT TO CANADA.
Expects to Mike Trip With Queen as
Soon as War Permits.
The appointment of the Duke of De-
vonshire as Governor-General of Can-
ada' may be regarded as a fetter:inner
of the King's determination ,to make
a tour of Canada with the Queen as
soon after the war as possible, accord-
ing to the London correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian.
Reference is made to plans by the
King to visit Canada during the Duke.
of Connaught's tenure of office, the
assertion being made that they were
cut short by the outbreak of tha war,
The Duchess of Devonshire is not
only Mistress of the Robes of the
Queen but is one of her closest friends.
She was before her marrimee, Lady
Evelyn was,
Fitmnauriee, daughter
of Lord Lansdowne, She is a great
social favorite amid one of London's
most popular hostesses. Both she and
the Duke have visited more than once,
GERMAN womonim •
URGED NOT TO STRIKE
A despatch from Berlin sayst-The
Socialist Executive Committee and the
General Commission of Labor Unions
in Germany have united in a joint
appeal to the wetting classes net to
participate in etieltes ad demonstra-
Cone Which the Radical leaders of the
Liebkneche group of Socialists are
endeavoring te organize, The peo-
ple are warned against giving ear to
what is termed the thady propaganda
of "the apostles of proteet and the
general strike," it being declared that
such efforts are roomed in advance to
failure and can only injure the partici-
pants and discourage their brothers
lighting at the front,
GERMANS EXECUTE BELGIANS
ON A BARBAROUS PRETEXT.
A despatch from London says: Six
civilians have been executed by the
Germans at Gherit charged with "war
treason," according to a Renter's Am-
sterdam despatch quoting The Tele-
graf. The despatch also says that the
Germans have removed 7,000 men,
2,000 women and 150 pupils of the
Turgot Institete from Roubaix, pre-
sumably for agricultural work in
Germany.
ROUMANIA'S ENTRY ADMITTED
BOTH IN BERLIN AND VIENNA
Peepeet Anxiety Prevails in German Capital, According to Des-
patches From That City,
..e' •
A despatch fn Rotterdam pays;
Roth Berlin and Vienna oeern leehave
reede up their minds that a new enemy
a -Roumania -a gbout, to enter the
Aecoreing te information from
srlin, lps deepest anxiety prevails
tb,are. While the Roumanian journals
are speaking of Bulgaria and Austria
se peoleable enemies, german news-
papere threatee Rear/maim GermenY
will support her allies by probable
military measures against Roumania,
welch already are in lama
Pr, Lederer, of the. Berliner Tap-
bleth, writing from aucherest, lays:
"You cannot trust the ,Reureaniae
policy, The ally thing W'tl, ten trust
ie our armee'
-Spirit Of Men 'at Front is Per-
fect, Says Under-Secretary
Of War.
A despatch from London says:
Lord Derby, Under-Secretary of War,
who recently visited the British front,
on Wednesday -gave the International
News Service his impression 9f the
work being done there by the British
army:
"I never saw such absolute confi-
dence, not only among the officers,
but all the grades from the generals
down. The spirit is absolutely mag-
nificent. Men who, fifteen months
ago, were in counting houses, are to-
day the finest soldiers imaginable.
"After all, you cannot beat a volun-
teer army, where such spirit and con-
fidence exists, for remember, I should
say at least 93 per cent, of the army
are volunteers, while the remainder
really may wantad their minds made
up for them."
Lord Derby was asked whether the
ground gained in the recent British
advance was worth the losses of
men.
Lord Derby said: "There is no
question about it."
He paid tribute to the Prussians,
'who, he said, were fighting like
"tigers," but their confident spirit
was incomparable with the British.
Regarding the length of the war,
Lord Derby,. said that any one who
named a specific time could only be
described as a fool, but that the next
two weeks ought to see great things
achieved.
"What will you do with the Kaiser
if you get him?" Lord Derby was
asked. '
"I cannot say, but I promise he
won't be able to do any more harm,"
replied the Under-Secretary, adding:
"But we've got to get him first."
"When you get to Bapaume will
you rest there before beginning' a new
offensive?" he was asked.
"We won't rest until we get to Ber-
lin," came the reply.
Lord Derby made an earnest plea
for America's help in ending what he
termed "German kultur."
"We want America in with us," he
added. "Not necessarily in the war
itself, but after it is over to help to
put an end to this thing called Ger-
man kultur. I realize, and alweys
have done so, that the United States
is overwhelmingly,. pro -ally. I can
also understand that there must be a
certain amount of friction between the
two countries during a war such as
this, but our aims are the same."
Lord, Derby looked towards Ameri-
ca joieing England and her allies at
all events after the war in order to
prevent a repetition of wars like the
presetat
BRITAIN IS MAKING
HER OWN MUNITIONS.
•
Factories to Make One Class of Ex-
plosives in Vast Quantities.
A despatch from leonden says:
During a discursive debate on the
questiont of the war in the House of
Commons on Wednesday night, Dr.
Christopher Addison, Parliamentary
Secretary of Munitions, in replying to
a question said that the Department
of Munitions was endeavoring to re-
duce the contracts for munitions in
the United States by increasing the
output here. In one particular class of
explosives, he said the department had
-undertaken the construction and
equipment of factories to provide these
explosives on an unheard of scale.
BRITISH STEAMERS SAIL
FROM THE BALTIC.
Leave Russian Ports and Are Navi-
gated Around Sweden.
A despatch from Stockholm says;
Almost every day British steamers ly-
ing at Russian ports manage to get
out of the Baltic and escape the Ger-
man cruisers. The ships generally
cross the Gulf of ,Bothnia and are
piloted around Sweden inside the ter-
ritorial limit. This traffic during the
last few weeks has been considerably
developed, The ships as a rale take
on board an entire Swedish crew and
Swedish officers. The pro -German pa-
pers here ere urging that this traffic
be stopped, centending that it is not
in accord with absolute neutrality.
But the Government has taken no am
tion so far against it,
TURKISH SUEZ STORle-
A PURE FABRICATION
,A. despatch from London says :-
Claims of a Tarkish victory east of
the Suez Canal over the British Egyp-
tian faecal were denied in the follow-
ing Official statement ,given out by
the War Office on Thursdey: "It
was stated in a German wireless mes-
sage that our cavalry was driven back
from Romani (El Runute) and Katie,
(El Katie), on Sinai Peeinsula. Our
cavalry has comaleeed the occupation
of Katie and nowhere has been driven
back, Complete superiority over the
enemy has been established,"
DUTCH FISHING BOATS
SEIZED BY BRITISH
ehip Owners of Holland Enter Pria
test Against English Action,
A despatch from Berlin says
The Dutch Christian Seamen's Union,
says the Oversees News Agency, has
endorsed the proteet of the Dutch
ship owners and seal:ore' union against
the action of the leritieh eathoritles
in seizing Dutch fishing boats, viretaa
ly all of which have been taken pee-
gession of, according Ito news agency,
ea_
Does a Clood eel),
"They say that Beat:line Dover
etrikes twice in the same place."
"Well, it doesn't need to." •
Previous to 1885 ales and beers wore
sold On the Canadian National Exhibi-
tion grounds, The sale was abolisbed
at an annual loss In booth rentals of
fe2,000, quite a sum in the early days
of the big Vele to pay '1 or a principle,
From the Ocean Shore
BITS OF NEWS ellteM Tun
MARITIME PROVINCES.
Items of Interest From Places
Lapped By Waves of the
Atlantic.
New Brunewick iiiiduate nurses
have organized.
At the age of 105, Levi Richardson
died last week' at Fredericton, NR.
Wm. Boutillier, a lumberman of 45
years, was fotind dead in bed at Hall -
fax.
Eldon Whnot, a Nova Scotia sailor,
died from accidentally drinking bay
rum.
George E. Thompson, chef in Bond's
restaurant, St. John, NE., was found
dead of heart failure,
The Nova Scotia pilgrimage to the
shrine* of St. Anne de Beaupre took
place recently. Seven cures were re-
ported.
Four-year-old Raymond Sweeney,
of St. John, died last week as -a result
of being run over by a heavy cart.
William Donahue, of Fredericton,
was sentenced to five years in peni-
tentiary for assault on a 14 -year-old
St Mary's girl.
A St. John leather firm predicts
shoes will be dearer this year on ac-
count of the general shortage of hides
and calf skins.
George Galbraith, steward of the
Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club, died
suddenly after two days' illness of
pleuro -pneumonia. •
Senator MacDonald died recently at
his residence at Glace Bay, near Syd-
ney. He was born at River Deeys,
Cape Breton in 1837.
Herbert M. Smith, superintendent of
an insulating plant at Great Barring-
ton, while trout fishing recently
caught a mallard duck while casting
a fly for trout.
Supt. A. R. Ford, of the Live Stook
Division of the N. B. Department of
Agriculture, has been killed in action
while fighting in France with the
Princess Pats.
Dr. Elizabeth C. &cord, the first
duly qualified and registered practis-
ing lady physician in New Brunswick,
m
died at Farerston, N.B., recently at
the age of 72.
Wm. Walsh, M.A., son of Ed.
Walsh, Rockland, N. B., has been
awarded the scholarship at Washing-
ton University, presented by the
Knights of Columbus.
A wedding party driven in a large
touring car, owned by H. Young, of
the York Hotel, Fredericton; was bad-
ly shaken when the machine crashed
into the curb and smashed both
wheels.
F. A. Dixon, MA., of Mt. Allison,
has been appointed to the faculty of
the New Brunswick Provincial Nor-
mal School, and S. A. Worrell, B.A.,
has been made inspector in Mr. Dix
on's place.
THE HEAD RECRtTTER.
Works Longer Hours Than Any of His
Subordinates.
General Sir W. MacKinnon, who has
been appointed Director of Recruiting
at the British War Office, is one of the
most popular men in the army, As
Col. Mackinnon he saw his first active
service in South Africa when be com-
manded the C.I.Ves. He made himself
famous then by his brilliant leader-
ship of the famous volunteers.
It is only fitting that General Mac-
kinnon should be one of the men
gatherinrig recruits for the greatest
volunteer army the world has ever
seen, for he has been associated with
the volunteers for many years.
The (City Imperial Volun-
teers were his first expmience with
the volunteers. From 1905 to 1908 he
was Director of the Auxiliary Forces,
and from 1908 to 1910 Director -Gen-
eral of the Territorial Force,
It was greatly due to his efforts
indeed that the Territorials became
such an important part of the army.
As director of the Auxiliary forces
the militia, yeomanry and volunteers
had nothing too good to say of him.
He has an kmazing grasp of the de-
tails of any job he takes in hand, and
he is said to work longer hours than
any of his subordinates. Yet though
he works like a black himself and
makes those with him do the some,
all the men under him worship "Mac,"
the nickname by which he is alwaYs
known,
GOVERNMENT TO SINK
ARTESIAN WELLS
A despatch from Ottawa says
The Government is going into the
artesian -well business in Southern
Alberta, The ordinary water sup-
ply there in many localities is poor,
but the geologicsurvey, in boring
for oil, deposits, discovered- abundance
of splendid water at low depths. An
order -in -Council has been passed mak-
ing an appropriation for an extensive
artesian -well system in these districts
It will supply the ordinary deficiency.
New Use for Coffee Grounds,
The newest evidence of German
war -time frugality is an official or-
ganisation to make use of the coffee
grounds hitherto thrown away in most
cases with kitchen refuse. It is the
result of successful experiments to
convert dried grounds into nourishing
fodder for cattle, A special filtering
process has also been devised for win-
ning a certain "extract" from the
grounee, which has been found suit-
able for humait nourishment, It is
now proposed that all public institu-
tions, such ae barracks, hospitela and
prisons, ehould jai with hoeseholdere
systematically paving up the eoffee
grounds, Which will be poll:toted of-
ficially at rapier intervale and. Ma
plated for the ebeve-netnecapurposee,
Cold Suatellere.
Teacher-eJoanny, can you tell me'
the function of the pores of our
bodies?"
Johnny -"They are things we use
to catch cold With,"
Heed not teeluseeeer, bet beware of
a' silent man,
ISLANDS CAPTURED
DURING WAR
WHERE ROBERT LOUIS STEVEN -
SON IS BURIED.
About Tropical Paradises Which We
Have Taken From the
To a race of islanders like ourselves
the idea of hoisting the British flag
over an enemy isle makes a strong and
romantic appeal. This is intensified
by the feet that our Australian cous-
ins have taken and occupied most of
the islands captured during the war
says London Answers.
The first islands to be taken were
those of the glorious tropical para-
dise, Samoa, consisting of Upolu and
Savaii; the other island of the group,
Tutuila, being already an American
naval station.
The New Zealanders, under an Aus-
tralian naval escort, took possession
of this group, and the British flag was
soon floating in the breeze opposite
the residence of Dr. Schultze, the Ger-
man governor.
Samoa is the moseemportant group
in the Pacific, and some miles from the
coast, upon a spur of the hills, the
Germans had erected at enormous cost
a most up-to-date wireless station
which can give and take messages to
San Francisco. This wireleas station
and plant were simply put out of com-
mission by theremoval (by the Ger-
mans) of a few important parts, but
was quickly restored to working order
by the clever operator who landed with
the New Zealand Expeditionary
Forces.
The House of R.L.S.
Samoa is famous all the world over
as the last home of Robert Louis Stev-
enson, and his resting -place is marked
by a great granite stone, the grave be-
ing on one of the highest peaks in
the island. His old home, Vailiena, is
now the headquarters of the adminis-
trator.
Apia roadstead Was the scene of
that historical cyclone when H.M.S.
Calliope, as she escaped, was cheered
by the crews of the sinking American
warship and the other doomed vessels.
It was also in Samoa, not long ago,
that Americans, Germans, and British
joined forces in subduing a native re-
bellion.
The island of Upolu is one of great
beauty, hills rising above hills, all
clothed with tropical verdure. The
roads all over the island an good, and
almost everyone owns a horse or
horses and buggies.
Native Choruses.
British, French, American, and
German residents have got many valu-
able cocoa plantations; besides which
there are also 'cocoanut plantations,
bananas, faro, and many other tro-
pical fruits, vegetables, and plants.
The buildings and business places
at Apia, the capital, are of an up-to-
date and substantial character, and
the European habitations all over the
island are roomy, well-built and com-
fortable.
The natives are a 'fine race, courtly
and intelligent, and essentially a war-
like race. Those who have heard the
beautiful native melodies that they
sing in chorus can never forget the
beauty of the scene and setting.
Thousands of Chinese were intro-
duced by the Germans in order- to
work the plantations, for the natives
are averse to labor; but although the
Chinese are splendid workers, they
are a menace to white and native
Upolu covers an area of 345 square
miles, while Savail boasts 660 (Mono -
no and A.poluma are small tributary
islands), the whole population of the
latter not exceeding 3,600, of which
five hundred are white and a thousand
half-caste; the bulk of Europeans and
half-castes are on Upolu.
A Fine Wireless Station.
German New Guinea was another
valuable capture Kaiserwilhelmland,
as it is called, being taken after slight
resistance.
At Henhershoe, the capital and seat
of German Government, the Germans
have erected a fine wireless station
capable of transmitting messages very
long distances.
The verdure of New Guinea is re-
markable for its beauty and variety,
almost every tropical tree and plant
flourishing there, while even forget.?
me-nots grow on the higher grounds.
In contrast to the magnificent bads
of paradise and the many beautiful
species of parrots and cockatoos, the
islands abound in snakes and poison-
ous insects. "
New Guinea is hardly a health re -
Bort, for malaria is very prevalent,
and the natives are savage had cruel,
and eannibals of the worst type.
Gold, sulphur, iron, copra, mother-
of-pearl, tortoise and other products
form the island trade, and the German
settlements contain some fine and com-
fortable buildings, both commercial
and residential,
About seven hundred Europeans are
included in the population of 110,000,
spread over 70,000 square miles. New
Guinea, north of Australia, is the sec-
ond largest island in the world, with
enormous commercial possibilities.
Cannibals Under German Rule.
The Solomon Islands, including Bon-
jamville and Deka, with an area of
4,200 square miles and a population of
45,000, have been in the hand e of the
Germans since laita Here again the
natives aeo a cruel and weft° pee,
ple, inveterate headatentere and eexi-
:Abe% though liyieg ip ee of
blot-
tuve'$ Most Picturesque spots, the
scenery being almost without equal,
Caplet Rue cocoanut -fibre are the
chief exports,
Odtl,
Vale Hoeteee (entertaining wounded
floldier)-And so one Jack Johnson,
btqled, you, Fled the next day dula yea
al) again and landed you op lop of iv
barn! Now, whet were your :eelinge?
Tommy -If bel aeo me,
Ma'am, I was never 1110):e en. prised, in
all my life,
LIVES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS
ARE BEING SWALLOWED DAILY -
Real Significance of the Battle of the Somme as Viewed by GeV.'
man Correspondents.
A despatch from Berlin says: The
Vossische Zeitung prints the follow-
ing despatch from its correspondent,
Max Osborne, from Cambrai, France:
"The fearful battle which has now
raged three weeks signifies more than
the fact that it is the greatest at-
tempt yet undertaken by theewestern
enemies, with unprecedented force, to
push back the German army from the
occupied provinces of Northern
Francs."' a historical sense it embodies
the measuring by the army leaders of
the countries of all their forces in a,
decisive land battle.
"For the first time at the end of
two years of the war appears the real
significance of the great world strug-
gle -namely, England and Germany
engaged in a tremendous duel. Every-
thing that has taken place hitherto
between the two peoples appear now
a mere prologue. The duel has begun,
and day by day it swallows the lives
of tens of thousands.
"I saw here a number of English
prisoners, and these men understand
what it means for our regiments to
hold out against a storm of attacks
by such. They are strong, tough,
wildly courageous, and stern fellows,
certainly able to stand up to their op-
ponents."
VEGETABLE DYES.
Large Quantities Are Obtainable From
India.
In England there has been much
talk of introducing natural Eastern
dyes which heretofore have not re-
ceived much attention because of the
cheapness and reliability of mineral
dyes. Large quantities of the lac dye,
which is the basis for a fast scarlet,
may be obtained from India, where
It is now only a waste product of the
shellac industry. Certain roots' are
found in quantities in India which
might be used as substitutes for mad-
der. "Cutch" is an extract from the
bark of the mangrove, which is used
extensively ie tanning. There are sev-
eral 'varieties, gambler, Bombay, Ben-
gal and mangrove cutch, and all were
considered valuable by dyers until re-
placed by the cheaper aniline dyes.
The two main varieties of mangrove
found in the East Indies are Bakal/
and Tungah. The °etch made from
the Tungah variety is superior for
dyeing and commands a for higher
price. There is a -factory in British
North Borneo which now turns out
about 160 tons of Tungah cutch a
month and will shortly have an out-
put of 260 tons or more. The groves
in its immediate' neighborhood show
no indication of exhaustion.
Chinese manufacturers of vegetable
ryes have also been induced to re-
vive the manufacture of vegetable
dyes which 'had been almost wholly
suspended. The higher prices being
paid for these dyes at present is said
to have made possible the organiza-
tion of the business on sounder eco-
nomic principles. Large quantities of
the dyes have already been shipped
to the United Kingdom, where they
are said to be giving satisfaction.
There is practically no limit to the
supply, provided the price paid is
commensurate with the cost of pro-
duction. In Japan, before the intro-
duction of miner dyes, there were
probably more different vegetable dyes
used than In any other part of the
world. Few of the dyes, however,
were strictly fast, and the only thor-
oughly dependable black was the one
made in"theKyota district and used
largely In dyeing the haori, the short,
jacket -like garment worn by Japanese
men and women alike. The vegetable
dyes were long ago supplanted by
mineral ones, but existing circum-
stances are said by American indus-
tries to be forcing a return to the
older dyes.
IVO EGGS A WEEK.
Ration is Cut Pretty Smell in the
German Capital.
After bread, meat, butter and pota-
/toes, eggs can now be had only on the
ration basis of two per person per
week in Greater ,Berlin. The latest
papers, commenting on this newest
precautienary measure to regulate
the food supply, make a somewhat
amusing attempt to -belittle the im-
portance of eggs "after all." The
Vossische Zeitung's lightning food
calculator says eggs comprise only
1 per cent. of Germany's nourishment
necessities, compared with 13 per cent.
represented by meat, 12.2 per cent, by
potatoes, and 42:2 per cent, by bread.
"Everybody knows," he adds, "that it
takes 12 or 14 eggs to equal the nu-
tritive strength of 1 lb. of beef."
In December, 1912, Germany had
73,400,000 hens, which laid on an av-
erage 75 eggs each a year, a total of
5,505,000,000. Germans imported in
the two years before the war 166,000
tons of eggs per annum, and it has
been reckoned that consumption of
home -laid and foreign eggs totalled 8,-
800,000,000, "Aunt Voss's" egg sta-
tistician says only about 7,800,000,000
of these w,ere used for or as food, or
150,000;000 a week, or 22 per capita.
In families, oven in peace times, he
aseerts, there were never more than
two eggs per person used a week on
the average, so that the war ration
Involves "no hardships."
NOTED GERMAN AIRMAN
SLAIN BY BRITISH PILOT.
A despatch from The Hague env:
Lieut. Parshall, the famous German
aviator, was killed fighting a British
biplane.
GENERAL ALLENBY
CAVALRY LEADER
HE SAW SERVICE IN THE SOUTH
AFRICAN WAR.
He May Shortly Have Chance on Big
Scale to Again Show His
Capacity.
Does the use of cavalry by the
British in the big offensive in Picardy
this week foreshadow the ,near ap-
proach of the day when our horse sol-
diers- will be extensively used in driv-
ing the Germans back out of Belgium?
We are all hoping so at any rate.
So far this war has been a titanic
struggle between infantry and artil-
lery, the cavalry playing but a small
part; but what work there has been
to do has been done with that splen-
did efficiency which led Lord French,
In his early despatches from the front,
to bestow the highest praise upon
General Sir Edmund Allenby, who is
commander of our horsemen at the
front.
King George has the highest admir-
ation for this great cavalry leader,
who visited His Majesty recently to
post him on matters at the front,
Cavalry men in general and the Innis -
killings in particular swear by Allen.'
by, for it is largely due to his methods
introduced on Salisbury Plains th'at
our cavalry are to -day recognized as
the best in the world.
0071. Eir Edmund Allelytiy7
It was with the Imaiskillings that
General Allenby made his mark. As;
a youngster he entered the famous'
dragoons and first saw active service'
in the Bechuanaland Expedition of,
'84, And afterwards in the Zulu War,
of '88.
"Hard service" is General Allenby's
motto. Like Lord Kitchener, he holds',
the view that social and soeiety life
should play no part in a soldier's:
career.
General Allenby married twenty,
years ago, and his dislike of publicity.
is emphasized by an incident which'
occurred during the South African
War, when he won his C.B. At the,
entry into Barberton, after desperate-
ly hard fighting under Lord French,'
the general of the brigade wished Al-'
lenby's division to lead the triumphal
procession into the town; but al-
though it had taken the honors in
the field, being first in every attack,'
Allenby demurred when it came to a'
parade of victory. '
He excused himself with; "My men:
and horses are fatigued," and came
quietly in the day after. His thought'
for his men and officers is one of
General Allenby's marked character-
istics.
Butter -making competitions were in-'
troduced at the Canadian National Ex-
hibition in 1899 for the first tim in
America, They are similar to those;
given at the Dairy Shows in Great,
Britain.
BRITISH ADVANCES CONTINUE
IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA
gtiemy Driven From Strongly -Organized Positions Astride
road -German Governor Killed.
despateh from London says; The
following official statement on the
leregrea: of the British. campaign hi
German put xerica was given out
oe Thuraley night:
433rig,-Gen, Northey reports that
on 'Tilly 24 hp drove tho man German
southern detaehment of the enemy
fro:t strongly organized positions
astride the lieu Langonburg-Trangi
road at' IVIalangali. After igninter-
attacks the enemy retired hurriedly in
the direction of Xrangi, abandoning a\
4.1 -inch howitzer and two machine1
guns.
"Among a number of German Euro.
peens captured previously was PT.;
Styr, late governor of the Neu Lan-
genhorg district. Dr. Styr has &ea
of wounds, A majority of the am-
viving members of the crew of the
Gorman cruiser Koeuigsburg form
peel of the Geernati lotees in this
district."