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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-09-07, Page 6THROUGH THEDARK SHADOWS' Or The Sunlight of Love sa, gate. Cards were produced, and the fear` were soen sleep in the intricacies of bridge, They played- high and recklessly; and after little More than an hour, Shelton and Leroy had lost, over five hundred pounds, "A close run, eh, Shelton?" laugh- ed Leroy, as he took the notes from an open drawer. "Had they played the knaves we should have won. Time for another round?" "Not I," replied his friena, with a regretful shake of his head. "I'M due at Lady's Martingdaleie," "Picture galleries again?" laughed nesses. " 'Yee," Shelton confessed, "and with Miss Mertingdiale,.too." • CHAPTER IlL—(Cont'cl). CHAPTER IV. "Home at last," he said with a smile; and, opening another door on the left, he led her unresistingly into a second room. But here the girl seemed as if struck dumb with astonishment. She Was evidently overwhelmed by the magnificence and luxury on which her eyes rested, and Leroy smiled in a- musement at her unspoken admira- tion. "Come and warm yourself," he saki kindly, drawing one of the divans nearer to the fire. Lightly she trod over the rose car - "pet, and dropped with a sigh into the chair. "Give me your hands, Don't hold them near the fire yet," he said, and began to gently chafe the poor blue fingers, for he knew the danger of too sudden heat. "That is better—they will soon get warm. And now we will have something to eat." He crossed over to the bell; and in a few moments the door opened noiselessly. "Let us have some supper Nor - gate,' said Leroy; and the dignified man -servant diseupeared as silently as •he had entered, while his master returned to the fire place, and stood looking down at the girl he had res- cued. , As yet she had not spoken; but her eyes had been wandering over the many, splendours of the room. Sud- denly she lifted them to the handeome face above her, and said In a low, awe-struck whisper: "Is this the king's palace? And are you a prince?" Adrian Leroy smiled. "By no means," he said. "Ah! here Tines something you require. I know,' he adied, as the door opened, and Norgate entered, bearing a large silver tray. Having set the chairs to table and placed the wine and glasses at hand, the man announced respectfully that supper was served. The master dis- missed him, guessing that the girl would be less embrassed if alone with him; and Norgate retired with a face as expressionless as if the entertain- ing of "street waifs''—as he mentally termed the young visitor—were of nightly oceerrence. Aclrien placed a plate of cold chile 011 a low table beside her. "You are warm there." he said, as he poured her out a glass of wine. The girl looked up into his face with a mute, questioning glance;ki then, tang. courage from the kindly eyes, she picked up her knife and fork with long, thin, but well -shaped hands Leroy turned to the table, and by dint of helping himself from various dishes, under a pretence of making a hearty meal, he gave her confidence. and presently he saw that she bad commenced to eat. Adrian rose from time to time, and waited on her with a delicacy and tenderness with which few of his friends would have credited him; till, with a sigh of content, she laid down the knife and fork. "Aro s)ou better now?" he asked as he took her plate. She looked up at him in speechless a.' adoration, and bee eyes filled with tears, "Hew good you are to me," she said. "I never dreamt there could be such a beautiful place as this. Do you often bring people in out of the cold?" His face became grave. "No," 'he said evasively—"not as often as should, rin aftaid. And now, suppose you tell me.your name." "Jessica," she replied simply, "And have yeti no relatives—no friends to help you?" he continued. ,She shook her head sadly. "Only Martha and Johann," was the hopeless reply. po,oe child! And what, does friend Seha.nn do for a living?" Again she shook het head. "I don't know. He gets drunk." "An overfilled profession that," soil Leroy, with a sigh. "And now, whet, are we to do with you, little Jessica?" ' She looked up with frightened eyes. "Oh." she cried breathlessly, "are you going to tarn me out into the cold again? Must I go? Oh, I knew it • was ten good to last!" in her terror she had started up; but Leroy put her back gently into the chair. ."No, little one, we won't turn you Mit to -night," he promised. "To- morrow, we will see what can be done to make your road softer in future." She did not understand half his worls; but as 'with an almost woman- ly tenderness he placed a silken cut - him, beneath her head, she nestled down, smiling into his eyes with the • gratitade of a child that neither ques- tioma.nor doubts. To her he appear- ed like a being from another world— a world of which she had scarcely dared to chseam, :mei her eyes were eloquent. •Acleion Leroy stood for a little , while watching her, till her gentle I breathing showed him she had fallen asleep. "A beat:I:his child," he Said under is breath. She will be a still more I beautiful woman." He sighed. "Poor . little thing! Rich and poor, young ' and cid, how soon the world's poison reaches us" Then throwing a ti rer skin oyer the 'slender body, he turned out the. lights and left the room. Summoning Norgate, he gave instruc- tions that his nocturnal visitor should not be dui:mime in the morning by the housekeeper, but should be allowed to sleep on. Then he made his way to s his own room, not long before the a. dawn broke, 1 He had befriended' this young hu-.. man thing as he would have rescuedt a wounded bird, and with as little thought for the consequences; yet the day was to conic when he should look a back on this action as one inspires?, in very truth, by his guardian angel. The sun had risen cold and bright when Adrian Leroy awake, and his first question was for the child, Jes- sica. But here a surprise awaited him, for the bird had flown. Norgate and the housekeeper had found the rooin tenantless. For some inexplic- able reason's of her own she must have stolen noiselessly out while the other occupants of the fiat were still sleeping. Adrien made no, comment, but pro- ceeded to undergo the labors of the Itoilet. A cold bath is an excellent tonic; and when Leroy entered the , dining -room his calm face bore no traces of his &imperatively sleeples night. .11e sat down to breakfast Iwaited on by the attentive Norgate , and turned over the heap of letter :which lay beside his plate. Dunn his leisured meal he opened them They were principally invitations though a few of them were bills--bi sums, manye-of them, for horses din net -parties, supper -parties, jewellery flowers—all the hundred -mu -one trifle which were as necessary to a man i his position as light and air. , With a gesture of weariness, he pushed the pile from, him, and throw- ing them carelessly into the drawer of, a buhl cabinet, left them until such I times as Jasper 'Vermont could attend to them. I "Where do I dine to -night?" he asked presently. "At the Marquis of Heathcotes., sir —at eight." replied Norgate who j knew his master's engagements bet- ter than did the young man himself. Leroy nodded , absently. "Order the new motor for four o'clock. I want to see how it goes." "Yes, sir," The confidential serv- ant coughed and looked slightly em- barrassed. "I may mention, sir, that Perrier has sent in his account for the costumes made for the Panay Dress Carnival at Prince's" "Refer him to Mr. Vermont," was the calm reply. "I have sir, several times, but he wants to see you personally. It's a matter of discount—" "Send him to Mr. Vet 'out. I know nothing of his bill or his discount Surely you know that, Norgate," Le- roy interrupted impatiently. The discreet Norgate retreated silently; and ten minutes later Leroy started for his morning canter in the Row. Here, meeting and chatting with his numerotissfriends, the morn- ing passed quickly enough; and when Leroy returned to his chambers again Norgate was putting the finishing touches to the table already set for lunch. "Covers for four?" said his master, as he entered the room. "Who is com• 9,, "Mr. Shelton, Lord Standon, and Mr. Paxhorn sir." "Ah, yes'to be sure," replied the host, who had completely forgotten the invitation. "I thought it was for to -morrow." The loud hoot of a motor outside told him that his visitors were ar- riving; and in another moment the door was flung open, and Mortimer Shelton, followed by Lord Standon, entered the room. "Well, Leroy, old man," exclaimed the former cheerily,, as they shook hands, "you look as fresh as if you had awoke with the dawn!" "Nothing new in that," said Lord Standen, laughing. "Nothing upsets Leroy." "Except a bad dinner," murmured Algernon Paxhorn, the fourth member of the party, who had just entered the room. He was the latest literary lion, and a fast friend—in more sen- ses than one—of Adrien and the mem- bers of his set. With, jest and laughter they took their places at the table. "Well, how's the steeplechase go- ing?" asked Leroy, turning. to Shel- ton. "What do you think of my Xing Cole? Does he stand a chance?" "A chance!" echoed all three. . "The odds are four to one on him, and few takers," announced Shelton: Lord Standen set down his glass "Ah, that was yesterday," he said. I was there later, and the odels were being lifted. You can lay what yon like en' him, sr-slear fellow and you will have no difficulty in fir:ding talc - era.' "Oh!" commented Adrien, almost listlessly. "Something better in the field, I suppose? I thought the roan was not to be touched." "And I also," said Morthner Shel- ton. "I can't understand it! The only new entry was a weedy chestnut, listed by a Yorkshireman in the after- noon. Holdfast' they call him." "He'll require' more hustling than holding." rettitned Paxhorn sarcasbi-s Lord Standen finished his wine. "Ill back the roan while there's a penny to borrow," he said with sub- lime confidence. "There's nothing can touch hint" "That's what Jasper sa'd," remark- ed Leroy, "and he ought to know." "Oh, yes, he's a good judge of a horse," grudgingly admitted Shelton, who frankly hated lib% "and of men too—when it pays him. Leroy's face darkermcl slightly. Vermont was his friend, and he re- sented a worel spoken against him far more than be would have done one against himself. "You 'misjudge him, Shelton," he said briefly, "Possibly," retorted the other, un- abashed. "What you find so fascinat- ng in him I can't imagine. Still, my dear fellow, setting Vermont a- ide, there can be no two opinions •especting your chef, Saateri is a I iossessi n I .' The others laughed significantly. "Say no more, Mortimer," begged Lord Standen; with mock grief. "Your days are numbered. Already I see myself enacting the part of chief mourner—I should say, best man—if you will allow me." Shelton rose, laughing goodhurnor- ecily. "Thanks, I'll remember—when it comes to that!" s "You're incorrigible, Stan," said , Leroy, as his guests were taking their leave. "You'd better settle down your- self first, and leave Shelton alone." (To be continued). • WAR MEDALS 7 you. There is not another Chef in England hat understands entries as he does," "None," echoed Lord Standen. 'Leroy will be famotis for one thing, t least, if it's only for his cook," The meal came to an end, and the table, was cleared, by the silent Nor - I MADE IN GERMANY COLLECTION IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. One Commemorates the Sinking of the Lusitania, Others • German Heroes. The British Museum has recently acquired, for the most Part as a gift from a friend of the National Collec- tions, a small but representative series of medals made in Germany since the outbreak of the war. Al- though these medals bear no signs of being issued by official auttority, the impression they give is that they con- stitute part of the semi-official pro- paganda which Germany has develop- ed to so remarkable A degree. But whatever their origin, there can be no doubt that they provide a singularly interesting index to the state of mind of the Germans, and it is fortunate that a number of these records have been secured for the ' National Collections, although, as the galleries are closed, they will not be visible to the public until after the war. They are described as follows in the London Times: • There are, it would appear, many Englishmen who are reluctant to be- lieve that a medal was actually is- sued to glorify the sinking of the Lusitania; but here is tv.specimen of thie very piece. On one side is a crowd of Americans taking tickets 1 at the Cunard office; the clerk who deals them out is a grisly skeleton. The motto is Geschaf I uber Alles: "Business above everything." On the other side we see the Lusitania going' down, and the inscription tells us that the liner was sunk by a Ger- man submarine on May 5, 1915 (the actual date was May 7). Above the vessel we read the motto, "No con- trabpand," and the justification is pro- Vidgd by the munitions of war (in- cluding a fully -rigged aeroplane!) with which her decks are piled. Honoring Murder. A final touch ef vereimilitudo is seen in her' stem, which has a ram like that of a warship. This medal— which has fitly been compared with the medal issued by Gregory XIII. to commemorate the massacre of St Bartholomew—is by a person of the name of Goetz, who appears to be by far the most prolific among the medallists who are satisfying the present demand for stuff of this kind. The only really humorous designs are unconsciously so. Bismarck— in the post of the famous statue— pronouncing lover the waves an adaptation to Britain of Gate's de- nunciation of Carthage looks for all the world as if he had taken refuge in an armchair from the tide which is rising to overwhelm him. Still more amusing, in its production of an effect exactly the opposite of what was intended, is one of the "Gott Strafe England" medals of Admiral. Von Tirpitz. It is impossible not to feel sorry for the artist who is asked to do anything with this ,hero's fea- tures exceptinthe way of caricature. But the reverse design surpasses all expectations. Neptune is seen seated on a submarine and shaking his fist at British shipping. Something in the way in which the subject 'is treated irresistibly suggests that he has been matooned and is venting his impotent rage at the ship that has deserted him. Crown Prince a Hero. Von Tirpitz is naturally oneaf the chief heroes of this series 'or s this to soup stock in the winter and it is An.. medals, but few of the names that Green Tomato Sweet Picklee,—Out have become familiar to us are !nig,. up a little more than a gallon of sing from the gallery. The reverse of Von ICuelc's portrait represents a Fury riding "To Paris, 1014," an in- 2 telligent anticipation which reniinds us of the medal "struck at London" t with which Napoleon commemorated s that invasion of England which was a never to take place. Count von Zap - ireCAPTe 11 Tested Recipes e airer Pickled Walituts.—One hundred walnuts, salt and water. To each quart of vinegar allow two ounces of whole black paper, one ounce of all- spice, one ounce of bruised ginger Prick each walnut with a fork. Pre- pare a strong brine of salt and wat- er, four pounds of salt to each gallon. of water, into which put the walnuts, letting them stand nine 'days, chang- ing the brine every third day. Drain them off, pub them on a dish, place It in the sun until they become per- fectly black, which will be in two or three days. Have ready, dry jars into which place the walnuts, and do not quite fill the jars. Boil suffici- ent vinegar to" Cover them, for ten minutes, with spices in the above pro- portion, and pour it hot over the wal- nuts, which must be quite covered with the pickle, and tie down and keep in a dry place. They will be fit for use a month and will keep goud two or three years. Watermelon Preeerves.---Rind of one large melon. One cup of unslack- ed lime. Two lemons. Ten cups su- gar. Teel the rind and cut in squares, oblongs or any 'fancy shape. Put the lime in ajar with a gallon of water or sufficient to cover thoroughly. Soak two hours. Wash and drain. Boil the sugar with three cups of Water. Slice the lemons thin ami drop in the syrup with the rind. Boil until transparent. Pill into jars and pour over the remaining liquid and seal while hot. "Whole Ripe Tomato Pickles,"— Secure large ripe tomatoes, whole, solid mud smooth. Pick with a fork in several places; lay in a tub of salt brine strong enough to bear up an egg. When they taste of salt (this usually requires two day's time) lay on a board to drain over night. Next morning put in a tub or other large receptacle, pour enough vinegar over them to cover. Leave in this about three days. Put a layer of toma- toes in a big stone jar; then a layer of sliced onion, alternately, until the jar is nearly f all. Heat one-half gal- lon of good .cider vinegar with a bag of all kinds of whole spices in it. lay bag of spices on top of jar; pour the hob vinegar over contents of jar, as far as it will go; then fill up the re- mainder of jos' with cold vinegar. Tie a good thick cloth over top and set in cellar. If at any time the vinegar gets white, turn off and put on fresh vinegar. Fig Marmalade.—To two pounds of fresh figs add one axed one-half pounds of sugar anel the juice and grated rind of three oranges and three lemons. Cook until smooth (about three-quar- ters of an hour), stirring constantly to prevent burning. Figs should be peeled. This recipe will prove a de- lighful surprise to those who have never tried it. A delicious fig pickle is made by washing and drain- ing figs and cooking till tender in a syrup made from one quart vinegar, one quart sugar boiled with whole cin- namon and cloves fifteen minutes. -A Plum Conserve.elect one basket blue plums and cut into small pieces. Take three oranges, cut the skin into tiny dice and the pulp up into pieces. Add one-half cup chopped walnuts, and one-half cup chopped raisins. Parboil orange peel in a little water. Md to plums, nuts and raisins. Cook until plums are tender, add an equal quantity of sugar and cook until it thickens. serving peaches there will always be found small or slightly imperfect ones which do not look as line as the reit, of the fruit, Set those aside for sweet pickle. Scald omit a fruit jar:, wipe the peaches carefully, do not skin them; then stick into each peach whole 'cloves, four or five to a small, peach. Pack the fruit as tightly as possible in the jars, Then in an enameled ware preserving kettle put on the fire either cider or white wine vinegar with sugar in the proportion of a pound of sugar to a quart of vinegar. Be sure to use an enameled ware keitle, as any other metal will ' darken the, vinegar, Let it bolt 11P lifird and skim carefully. Then add a stick of cinnamon and a little mace. Pour over the frail in the jars and screw on the tops at once, At the end of a fortnight open the jars, pour off the vinegar and scald again. This time there Will be a good deal of scum, which must be carefully remov- ed `with an enameled -ware skimmer. Let the vinegar boil up once after it has been thoroughly cleared. Pour back on the fruit, screwing down the tops of the jars very tightly, Economy Peach jell.—After can- ning peaches take all the parings and pits and put in stewing pan on stove and cover with water and boil till meshy; drain off juice, and to each cup of juice add one cup of sugar. Place in kettle again and boil until it is of proper consistency to set firm. While the juice is boiling take out from time to time three or four tablespoonfuls and place on saucer in cool place, preferably on ice, to cool. If it does not set firmly at the first test, repeat until sample shows the de- sired thickness, If you desire a tart jell you can add the meats of about twelve poach stones to every quart of juice, the meats to be boiled with the Juice. Canned Vegetables for Soup. --One peck Of ripe tomatoes, two heads of cabbage, one dozen carrots (medium size), one bunch of parsley, one-half, peek of onions, three stalks of celery, one dozen ears of corn. Scald, peel and mash the tomatoes, chop the cab- bage, parsley, onions and celery fine, scrape the carrots and slice crosswise. Boil the corn on the cob for ton min- utes, then cut off and scrape. Mix all together, add a small handful of salt to each gallon. ff the mixture seems dry add water as necessary, Boil until the carrots are thoroughly cooked then seal while hot. Add green tomatoes, place in a stone jar nd sprinkle all through with a half. up of salt. Let stare? twelve hours, hen drain off the brine. Make a yrup of four pounds of sugar, weber nough to moisten and a pint of good vinegar. Spice With a teasmoonful ach of cloves, allspice, mace; add severs -i1 sticks of cinnamon end a pound of raisins. Add raisins to syrup when it thickens and let cools until they look plump; then add toma- toes and cook only a few minutes. Take out and? put into glass jam and cover with syrup. Hospital Grapejuice,—Put grapes over the lire, with just enough water to cove!' them. Heat slowly midi the juice oozes ono awl the fruit bo - comes Rafts "Pekoe two sir throe. 1 hours. Turn the fruit Wu a pointed jelly bag and hang it up to drain. To e Juice add one-fourth its measure of sugar, and heat it until quite hot for one hour or more, without boiling. Seal in cans, Per a drink, diwite one- half with water and rieeve ice cold. e Small Imperfeet,Frattee-When pre- pelin has a view of London in the neighborhood of the Tower Bridge going--im in flames under an attack by airships on August 17-18, 1915. The reverie of the Crown Prince Wilhelm'e medal represents him as a young Siegfried, in heroic 'nudity, at- tacking with hie sword the many - headed monster of the Allies. The fact that the monster, hi spite of the hero's efferts, shows no trace of in- jury, and the suggestion of subtle and malicious caelcateve in the Prince's portrait, must be understood we stamose, as the waist's tininten- tional homage to truth, Taken as a whele, the medals il- lustrete the difficulty of gathering the facts of isagtory from recorde Which eve made at the time under the influence of political paeaion, Things to Remember. - Serve fish for dinner twice a week in place of meat. lMempoaninwill 11 remove match scratches fro A little green sage laced in the pantry will clitep out red ants. A bit of ,alum will keep starch fresh for use for several days. The finest cider vinegar should be chosen for all sorts of pickles. To clean mirrors, dip a bit of soft cloth into alcohol and rub lightly. If eggs that are to be boiled are first wet in cold water they will not crack. Borax will remove the leather stains made by shoes on light colored set Cleansing with mustard is said to remove the smell of fish from cooking utensils, Remember there is a wide range of food, as yet inexpensive, from which to choose the daily menu. A cloth dipped into soda and water will quickly remove all stains from tinware and brighten it. Add a little salt to gasoline before using it to dean spots on fabrics and no ring will remain around the spot. When boiling rice add a little lemon juice to the water. This makes the rice white and separates the grains. Never leave the lettuce leaves soak- ing in cold water. If the leaves are young this process makes them flabby and tasteless. Cold chicken left from the roast, cut into dice, mixed with cream dress- ing and covered with grated cheese, is delicious baked. Ceilings where blackened with smoke can be washed with Common house soda dissolved in water—about four ounces of soda to a large pail of water. Curtail the quantity of meat used (meat once a day is sufficient, lead- ing scientists tell us—some scientists advocate a meatless diet) Extend the flavor of meat by serv- ing with it plenty of gravy and dumplings or vegetables in the form of a stew, salmi casserole, etc. A good cleaning fluid is made of a bar of cast& soap dissolved in boil- ing water. Add one pint ammonia and two pints clear water and shake. In making gored dresses for little girls, stitch 'a long strip of selvedge material down the bias skirt seam of the back, and the skirt will not sag. When a screw...becomes loose, take it out and fill the hole with bits of sponge packed in tightly. Replace the screw and it will hold as firmly as sehvewhitest Tstain left on a mahog- any table by a jug of boiling water or a very hot dish may be removed by rubbing in salad oil, and afterwards pouring a little spirits of wine on the spot, and rubbing with a very soft cloth. Use vegetable substitutes for meat' such as combination clithes of nuts and cereals' lentils and rice, dried peas, driedbeans—which, although advanced price, are much cheaper than meat. When potatoes are inclined to turn black in cooking add afewctish'oepysaioef vinegar to the water in which boiled. Thie is,excellent as it makes the potatoes beautifully white and mealy. — EARLY MEXICO. Conquest of the Indians by Stiehl Was a Gradual Task. Before its discovery by the Span: ards, Mexico was occupied by sev- eral Indian races, the Nahuas, known as Aztecs, predominating. In 1518 the exploration of the Gulf coast by Grijalva was followed by the Span- eish invasion in 1519, and the capture of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitean, in 1521. The Spanish colony thus form- ed was created into a viceroyalty and become the richest European posses- sion in the new world, with the ex- ception of Perm The Spaniards ex- tended their conquests -even into what is now the territory of the United States. The viceroys had full sway °vet: all the territory, which was from the southern boundary of Costa Rica and Florida as well as the West In- dies.' However,tho eighteenth century the East Indies and Gusto - main, or (Intent America, were sepa- rated, With the exception of a few Liam wars nothing' molester? the Ire,' el epleedur lod by the viceroys. Groat fortunes wore amassed in the alive,. mines and in the East India trade. Jest Let Her Co it: Never ask a woman for her reti: ons, If you will only keep still and wit awhile the evil lgive them to you. GERMANY'S BRAVEST MAN, Commit be Silenced Despite Prison Terms and Bullets. To mention the name of Herr Lieb- knecht among Germans is 'to bring down every kind of abuse on the politician who has been described as the "bravest man in Germany." Lieb- knecht is a Socialist; and has always - beets an implacable foe of Prussian militarism, against the dominance of which we are now fighting. Although he may not have a single supporter In the Reichstag—the German Perlis- ment--he never hesitates to trounce the system which is bringing ruin to his country. He has been shouted down and assaulted in the Reichstag, and shot at in the streets of Berlin. Earl Ltiebnecht. Nothing, however, daunts Lieb- knecht, for he comes of fighting stock. His father, Wilhelm Lieb- knecht, fought for Babel, the 'fam- ous Socialist, almost precisely the same battle, during and after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and was sentenced to two years' imprison- ment in a fortress for "treasonable intentioni." Herr Liebknecht him- self st- 'ered confinement for 18 months in a fortress for refusing to stop what were regarded as "sedi- tious" speeches. His imprisonment merely resulted in his being returned at the elections of 1908 to the Prus- sian Isandtag, one of the Parliaments of the coentries constituting the Ger- man Empire. A still greater sensation was to come whew in 1912, he was cleated to the Reichstag actually for the Prussian royal borough, the Potsdam constituency, where the court and military naturally constituted the greatest social forces. An excellent speaker, with a tem- perament full of enthusiasm arid fire, highly educated and well read, Liebknecht soon became a leader among Socialists. Although the So- cialist Parliamentary group has ex- pelled him from its supine ranks meantime there is no doubt that LiebknecIhas a tremendous follow- ing of sympathizers. These are growing stronger every day as the people recognize what he has in- sisted on telling thorn time after time, viz., that Germany is waging not a defensive, but an offensive, war, and that all the misery which has been brought to the country is the outcome of Prussian aggrandizement. It is interesting to note that Lieb- knecht, like his father, is a passion- ate internationalist, and three years ego he visited Paris, London, and Brussels, holding forth on the neces- sity of consbatting the machinations of militarists in every country and of preserving the world's peace, NEVVFOUNDLANDERS IN FRANCE They Won Glory in the Action at Beaumont. nuttier details are now available of the lighting in France in which the Newfoundland contingent recently took part. It fell to the lot of the _ Newfoundland men to take the brunt " of the attacking, and after an intense bombardment they leaped from their trenches and made off across the dreary snace between our position and the Theirs was a hard fight in more than one sense, for they never reached the o German trenches. Long before they s reached the enemy position the hidden a machine guns and the spreading sharp', e nel had taken Such deadly tall that the battalion was a broken wreck. They a struggled on, hieing as great odds as , any force of men has ever been asked to face, and it was not their fault that they aid not win through. They died WW1 a cheerfulnecs that has been the chief attribute, next to their courage, o of the little force from the smallest of 1 our oversen dominions. What Anzao will mean to the Acme.4 trail= and New Zealand troops, Hellos to the immortal Thirty-ninth Division I end Ypres to the Canadians, Beaumont, Will mean to the Newfoundlaaders.1 Little has been heardief the titan from the little colony across the Atlantic. s They, have an engaging quality of re-; ticence, and it is only recently that a I great many people in England are aware that there is a Newfmandiand contingent at all, They are not a, numerous body, but they have proved that they "can pull their weight and more,' as their general told tbem after the battle, WAR TO LAST MAN - SAYS DR. SUDEKUM DOES NOT THINK A VICTORY or TIM ALLIES rossiotat German Socialist Believes Adver-, series Will Exterminate Each Other. Antonio Munoz of the heralds, oi Madrid, being a neutral has been visiting Germany and made a special point of studying the role of the So. cialist deputies, as he had found it difficult to reconcile their attitude previous to the war with their atti. lade since. Dr. Sudelcum received him in a room in the Reichstag. Senor Munoz thus reports the prominent Socialist: "You cannot imagine the enormouS amount of work thrown on Parlia- ment by the prolongation of the war. Germany had organized for every- thing, for the diplomatic tension of the preceding two years had forced us to be ready for the eventualities of war at an easy date. Neverthe- less, and I do not believe there is any reason for concealing it, the duration of hostilities has surpassed the calcu- lation of the most pessimistic of my countrymen. The blockade has seri- ously embarassed us and although we are by no means dead yet, the Gov - eminent, on the announcement of the tightening of the blockade, was ob- liged, according to ' that excellent chaiacteristic of method which be- longs to our race, to take up a ques- tion which if we allowed ourselves to be surprised might result in victory losing its route and in our being forced to sign a shameful peace. German Hatred of England. "My political ideas have not chang- ed; I am still decided -to collaborate as far as I possibly can to reestab- lish peace, but I cannot accept Ger- many's being crushed by a country like England." To a direct question whether he considered England the cause of the European war Sudekum gave an in- direct 'reply. "Suppose," he said, "that a people has been pushed into war by the ex- pansive force of its race, and the needs. of its commerce, should a sin of imprudence interdict us from striv- ing for an. equitable peace?" To another direct question whether he admitted that might comes before right, Suclekum replied that there are questions that it is useless to discuss under present circumstances. The chief impression left on the inter- viewer was the strength of German hatred to England. England had come to be looked upon in Germany as almost an ally, and in the begin- ning of the war the press repeated with satisfaction how many English Ministers or great personalities were good Germanophiles. As regards France, Sudekum said, "We have no hatred against Prance and as there is talk of peace, why not say so? Yes, we want peace." Will Exterminate One Another. Then after a short silence, he con- tinued, "But even if we admit that we are tired of was, could we be ex- pected to surrender Alsace Lorraine? The French are crazy. If they want to take back these two provinces they will have to conquer them at the point of the bayonet. "So far, no one can say that we have been conquered. 1, as a German, have confidence in the great resources of our industry. The intervention of neutral countries may naturally modi- fy the result 'foreseen from the war. But even at the last extremity, I tell you sincerely, I do not believe in a crushing victory of the allies. The adversaries will exterminate one an- other, and go to the last in'an and the last cent, and yet it will be impossible to finish by a war of conquest. Whe- ther people like it or not, we are a great country which claims its rank among the great Powers of Europe. Moreover, can we live forever in the miserable condition in whith we are and which England has imposed upon s?" Princess Mary's Criticism. When Princess Mary waa quite a little girl, says Pearson's Weekly, the queen tools her one day to the Tower f London, and was very anxious that he should- understand the historical ssociations of the place. In the ourse of their tour 'the royal party rune upon a particularly fine suit of rmor with sniked helmet, spikes on he knees, and spin's. Thinking to impress the princess vith the 'chivalry of those days, Her Majesty said, "This, Mary, is a suit f armor that used to be worn by the mights. What do you think of it?" . For a time the princess remained ilent, while ehe seemed to be think - rig deeply. . "Perhaps it was all right," she said t last, doubtfully, "but can't yo.1 niagino how awfully it must have cratched the' furniture'?" A Burst of Candor. Tons—"When you propcqed to her I suppose she said, `This is so stal- den,' " Dick—"No; she was hOITOSt and said, 'This suspense has been ter- rible,'"