HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-12-14, Page 3LLOYD GEORGE BECOMES
BRITISII PRIME MINISTER
Mr. Boum' Law, Who Declined to Undertake Formation of a New
Ministry, Will Act in Co-operation With Lloyd George.
A despatch from London says:
David Lloyd George has overthrewn
the Asquith Cabinet and will become
Prime Minister himself. The new
Goveeninent will be coalition, like the
old one, but probably without the
same measure of harmonious support
Which attended the formation of the
first coalition Government, because
Its birth has created additional fac-
tional differences. ,
There was a prospect on Wednes-
day afternoon that the personal of -
flees of the King might solve the sit-
uation. The King called the party
leaders to Buckingham Palace and
eonfearecl with them for more than an
our. Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd
• George, of the eLiberals, Mr. Bomar
Law and Mr. Balfour of the Unionists,
and Mr. Henderson of the Labor
party were with the Sovereign. It is
'a.eiafeny years since a British ruler as-
sembled the representatives of the dif-
ferent faction e face to face when they
had shown themselves unable to settle
their differences. But no such serious
crisis has arisen before to require
such action by the King.
• Whatever passed in council is held
secret, but the inference that the King
triad to arrange a reconciliation ap-
pears a most natural one. The five
statesmen departed separately, four in
their motor cars, and the working-
men's spokesman afoot.
Afterwards the King gave an au-
dience to Mr. Boner Law, who declin-
ed to undertake the formation of a
new Ministry, and then to Mr. Lloyd
George, who accepted the responsi-
bility, as everyone anticipated h
would if the opportunity came to him.
The official announcement that Mr.
Lloyd George had undertaken the
task, with the co-operation of Mr.
Boner Law, was a notificatioon that
the new Government would be coali-
tion. Any party Government would
be impossible because neither the
Unionists nor the Liberals have a
majority in the House of Commons;
either one must attach the Irish Na-
tionalists or the Laborites to itself to
command a majority.
MADE RETREAT
IN GOOD ORDER
All of the Rumanian Armies
Escaped the Teuton
Pincers.
A despatch from London says: -
The Rumanian army at last reports
sva.s still falling back all along the
line east of Bucharest from the Trans-
ylvanian Alps to the Danube. Just
where it will stop and face about, and
with its Russian allies, make a stand
against the Teutonic allies has not yet
become apparent. On the Moldavian
west frontier and farther north along
the Bukowina border the Russian at-
tacks against the Austro -German
forces have failed to make any im-
pression. It 'is officially announced
that the Rumanians evacuated Buch-
arest in good order, saving their
army. The Rumanian rearguard
,was forced to fight strenuously to coy -
the retreat.
Thursday's Petrograd War Office
statement admits the evacuation of
Bucharest, and adds that the Ruman-
ian forces to the south of the capital
als,) have retired, In Wallachia the
Rumanians are retreating towards the
east under hostile pressure, and hold-
ing the Teuton forces by rearguard
actions.
The defeated Rumanians are re-
treating along the whole front, the
Berlin War Office announces. The
Teutonic troops -have captured Cam-
pine, on the railroad between Kron-
stadt and Ploechti. In Wednesday's
fighting more than 9,000 Rumanians
were captured.
An official communication from Ber-
lin says Bucharest was captured with -
Out any fighting, except by the Ru-
manian infantry north and west of the
capital. This resistance was quick-
ly overcome, it is stated, and the in-
vaders entered the town from all sides.
The city is absolutely undamaged,
not a single ' shot having been fired
by the big guns. On Tuesday an of-
ficer of Mackensen's staff was sent
Into Bucharest demanding its surrend-
er within 24 hours or bombardment
would be opened. The officer re-
turned with the reply that Bucharest
was not a fortress, but an open town,
and there was no intention of defend-
ing the place. Wednesday morning
the German cavalry pushed forward
, and took possession of the west and
A-ninthern forts without resistance, and
the southern Danube army then en-
tered the city without opposition,
• BRUSSILOFF THE BRUSQUE.
Something About the Famous Rus-
sian General.
General Brussiloff, the Russian
leader who has played so great a part
on the Eastern Front, was one of the
first to appreciate the value of tech-
nique in this great conflict.
"This in an engineers' war," was a
comment of his.
Like many other successful men, he
Is a stern disciplinarian and rather
brusque in manner, But, clesraite this,
his men adore' him because they know
that no demands he makes upon them
are quite so severe as those which he
imposes on himself.
Such a hard worker is Brussiloff
that he hasn't seen one member of his
family since war broke out, except his
wife, and he only saw her because she
obtained permission, with several
other officers' wives, to visit her hus-
band.
Brussiloff bee never asked for leave,
sir taken a single day off, from the
army during the whole period of his
don:amend!
And yet the Austrians and their
arrogant associates In Germany won-
der why the Russian Bear has such
slatrp (dowel
"SPEED UP" WAR
PARIS DEMAND
Momentous Changes in Policy
Expected in France-
" Knockouts " Busy.
A despatch from Paris says: Fol-
lowing the example of Great Britain
changes of moment can be foreseen
also in France. In fact, the coming to
a head of the British situation has
only hastened in France developments
which were before practically certain.
The secret session of the Chamber
of Deputies, at which the demands of
the French "knockout" group are be-
ing urged, has now almost reached its
end. It probably would have lasted
several days longer, and there is little
reason to doubt that the result would
have been the same, but after the
British action further discussion has
become practically impossible. The
resolution presented by the "knock-
outs" for the consideration of the
Chamber reads as follows:
"In the interests of national de-
fence it is urgent that the secret ses-
sion of the Chamber of Deputies end
as soon as possible, and that in a pre-
cise memorandum the people's repre-
sentatives point out to. the Govern-
ment the demand of the country."
There is no doubt as to what this
means, and there is no doubt as to
what will be the result. A complete
change of policy, probable shift in
the personnel of the high cominand,
and a few minor changes in the Gov-
ernment are almost certain. The
Ministry, however, is likely to remain
as it is constituted.
LLOYD GEORGE HAILED
BY HIS COUNTRYMEN
-- •
British Empire Union Denounces
Those Urging'Peace Negotia-
• tions.
A despatch from London rays :-
As "the first Welshman to occupy the
distinguished post of Prime Minister,"
a meeting of the British Empire Un-
ion to condemn false peace agitators
has sent the following telegram to Mr.
Lloyd George: "The World has al-
ready recognized your value in the
great strain we have gone through.
With confidence we look to you to
carry on the great fight for the success
of British arms, and we are with you.
On behalf of the citizens of Merthyr."
C. B, Stanton, Labor member of Par-
liament for Merthyr Tydvil, who pro-
posed the telegram, made a speech
denouncing those who are urging
peace negotiations and declaring that
the enomines of the allies can only be
defeated by force.
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POTATOLESS BREAD FOR
GERMAN PEOPLE SOON.
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A despatch from Amsterdam says;
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger quotes M.
Stegerwald, one of the Directors of
the War Feeding Board, as saying in
a speech at Recklinghausen that from
January 1st no more potatoes must
be used for breadaThey will be pawed
by a more thorough grinding of the
grain, namely, ninety-three instead
of eighty-one per cent. The direetor
said that the situation of the food
market was such that available sup-
plies would be sufficient for the heeds
of the country, •
FROM THE FACTORIES
TO THal FIRING LINE.
A deeptach from London says: -
The release for military service of all
possible semi -skilled and skilled men
who are now engaged in the manu-
facture of munitions, has been agreed
upon by the Admiralty, the Ministry
of Munitions and the Army Council.
GERMAN U-BOATS AT MADEIRA
• SINK GUNBOAT AND SHELL CITY
The Steamers Kangaroo and Dada Were Also Torpedoed and a
• Number of Sailors Drowned.
or
A despatch front London says: Ger-
an submarines visited the Island of
adeira on Sunday and bombarded
unchal, the Capital of the island.
ifty simile were fired, 84 persons be-
g killed. The remainder of the t,slatlon fled, and only returned when
he submarine departed under eh bl-
ase firs from the fortress. The sub-
marine shelled the shore for two
hours, especially the English cable
station and other public buildings but
only small damage was done to the
city. The French gunboat Surprise,
however, was sunk apd 24 of the crew
peiriabed. A few Portuguese were also
killed aboard the steamers Kangaroo
and Dada, will& were torpodostlo
Markets of ...tko .W. -9r111 CHRSTMAS MESSAGE
Brentistuffsi.
Toronto, De.. 12,---MafiltOba wheat -
Now No. 1 Northern, $1.201; No. '2, do.,
21.942; No, 3, do., 11.071; No, 4 wheat, .
12,1;541.; wtbraoVet, new op,00rit,s. Old crop trad-
Manitoba oats -No, C.W., 080; No, 0,
CO., 651.; extra, No. 1 feed, 651c: No. 1,
feed, 641c, track, Bay porta
American corn -- No, 3 yellow, new,
21.08, track Toronto. December
ments subject to embargo.
Ontario oats -No. 2 while, 03 to 66o,
nominal; No. 2 do., 62 to 64e; nominal,
acbording to freights outside,
Ontario whebt-New No, 2 Winter. per
car lot, $1.72 to $1.74; No, 8 do.. $1.70 to
$1.72, according to freights outside.
fri,Pinettbsts-0,11,51.• de.2. $2.40, according to
Barley Malting, $1.18 to $1.20, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Buckwheat, $1.30, nominal, according
to freights outside. .
toRfy„eiThNtos. ollu,ts$ild.,,40 to 61.42, according
Manitoba flour -First patents, in Jute
Toronto,
$9.10; strong, belt -
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, $7.50 to 27.50, in bags, track To-
ronto, prom p t shl prn en t.
lots -Delivered Mont-
real freights, bass included, bran, per
ton, $32; shorts, do., $27; middlings,
white, per ton, $38 to $40; good feed
flour, per bag,. $2.70 to $2.80. _
Hay -NO, 1, per ton, -$12.50 to $13.50;
No. 2, do., $10 to $11.50, track, Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, *9 to 55.00,
track, Toronto.
j
Country Produce --Wholesale.
13utter-Fresh dairy, choice, 41 to 43e;
creamery prints, 45 to 4801 solids, 44 to
4410.
Iliggs-No. 1 storage, 41 to 42o; stor-
age selects, 44' to 45c; new laid, in car-
tons. 58 to 60o; out of cartons, 56 to 670.
Cheese -Large, Ho; twins, 25i to
255e; triplets, 252 to 260.
Live poultry - Chiekens, 15 to lee;
fowl, 14 to 15e; duolta, 1,3 to 15c; turk-
eys, 25 to 28,3; geese, Spring, 14 to iso.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 21 to 2501
fowl, 17 to 19c; ducks, 18 to 20c; squabs,
per dozen, $4 to 24.50; turkeys, 80 to 250;
geese, Spring. 17 to 19o. -
'Honey -White clover -n -lb. tins, 12
to 1.38c; 5-1b. tine, 12 to 131c; 10 -lb.. 121
to 13c; 00-1b., 12 to 121; buckwheat. 00 -lb.
tins, it to ii/c. Comb honey -extra fine
and heavy weight, per doz.. $0; select,
$2,50 to $2.76; No, 2, $2,25 to $2.40.
Mincemeat -Pails, 28 lb., 10 to 12e;
tubs, 65 lb.. 92 to lle.
Potatoes -Ontario, per bag, $2.15;
British Columbia Rose, per bag, $2 to
52.15; New Brunswick, Delawares, Per
bag, $2.25 to 32.50; Prince Edward
Island 'Whites, per bag, $1.76 to $1.90,
track Toronto.
Cabbage, Nan, per ton, $48 to $50,
Beans -- Imported, hand-picked. per
bush., $0 to $6.25.Canadian, hand-pick-
edper bush., $6.25 to $850; Canadian
Primes, 85.50 to $6; Limas, per lb., 01 to
10c.
Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked meats -Barns, medium, 24 to
e5c; do.. heavy, 22 to 230; cooked, $2 to
35c; rolls, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 26
to 270; backs, plain, 26 to 27e; boneless,
28 to 29c.
Pickled or dry cured meats, one sent
less than cured.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to
1S1c per lb.; clear bellies, 18 td 181c.
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 192 to 200;
tubs, 20 to 202e• pails, 202 to 209c; corn -
'pound; 155 to adc.
Cooking oils - White, tierces, 36/c;
100-1b. tins, Me; yellow, to below
white.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Dec. 12.- Corn -American
No. 2 yellow, $1.15 to $1.18. Oats -Can-
adian Western, No. 2, 851e; No, 8, 67c;
sum No. 1 feed, 67c. Barley -Mani-
toba feed, $1.02; malting, $1.80. Flour
-Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts,
$0,70; seconds, $0.20; strong bakers', $0;
Winter patents, choice, $9.50; straight
rollers, $8.90 to $9.10; do., bags, 24.25 to
$4.85. Rolled oats - Bbls., $7.05; do.,
bags, 00 lbs., $3.40. Bran, $32. Shorts,
middlings, $85 to $40. Afouillle,
43 to 248. Day -No. 2, per ton, car
olo $13, Cheese-FInest Westerns, 23
to 251e, finest easterns, 24 to 241e. But-
ter -Choicest creamery, 44c; seconds,
48e. Eggs -Fresh, 60o; selected, 44c;
No. 1 stock, 40c. Potatoes -Per bag, car
lots. $1,76 to $2.10.
Winnipeg Grain.
WInnipe, Deo. 12. - Wheat -No. 1
Northern, 1.859; No, 2 Northern, $L8821
No. 8 Northern, $1.71311: No. 4, 51,042; No,
5, $1.881; feed, Ole. Outs -No. 2 oav„
Mu; No. 2 C.W., 57c; extra. No, I. feed,
570; No, 1 feed, Mc; No. 2 feed, 642c.
Barley -No. 3, $1.11; No. 4, 95c; rejected,
820; feed, 81c, Flax -No, 1 N.W.C.,
$2.612; No. 2 CAlr„ $2.002.
'United Staten Markets,
Minneapolis, Dec. 12. -Wheat -De-
cerabar, 21.848; May, 21.881 to $1.88
cash; No. 1 hard, $1.851 to $1.901; No. 1
Northern, $1.84 to.$1.87; Ne. 2 Northern,
$1.791 to $1.881. Corn -No. 8 yellow,
871 to 890. Oats -No. 8 white, 612 to
512e. Plour-Unchanged. Bran, $26.50
to $27.
Duluth, Dec, 12. -Wheat -No, 1 hard,
$1.871; No. ^1 Northern, $1,861; No. 2
Northern, $1,721 to 51.838; Deceinber,
21.271 bid. Linseed, to arrive, $2.922;
December, 52.902; May, 52.901
Live stook Markets.
Toronto, Dec. 12.--12eavy steers,
choice, $8.35 -to $9; choice butcher, $7.76
to 58.26, do good, $7.10 to $7.50; • do.,
7tO°11,5u.'76'; $11eitfoer5s6,tog°1o°(:ZIT:IV'to
$7.25; do., medium $6.25 to 58.75;
butcher cows, choice, $0,25 to 57; do,
medium, $4.25 to $6.25; butcher bulls,
choice, $6.85 to $7,50; do., good, $6.60
to $6.60; do., medium, $5 to $5.50; feed-
ers. 900 to 1,000 lbs., $6.00 to $7; do.,
bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; stockers, 700 to 800
lbe„ $9.26 to $6.40; do., medium, 650 to
760 lbs., $6.50 to $6; do., light, 600 to
050 lbs., $5 to $5.76; canners, $4.10 to
14.40; cutters, $4.50 to $5.25; sheep, light,
8.60 to, $0.50; Spring lambs, $10.75 -to
12.50; calves, $8 to -$12; hogs, fed and
watered, $11.75; do,; weighed off cars,
212; do„ f.o.b., $10.76 to $11.
Montreal, Dec. • 12.-Cholee heavy
steers at $8.50 to 28.75 per one hundred
pounds. Good to choice steers $7.50 to
KO, medium at $6.60 to $7, and com-
mon at $5.50 to $6, while butchers' cows
sold at $5 to $5.150 and buns a,t $5.25 to
MTh per one hundred pounds. Ontario
lambs, $11.75 to $12, and Quebec stock
at $11.25 to 211.50; sheep $7 to $7.76 per
ono hundred pouncli. Grass-fed calves
from 4 to Gin per pound, live weight.
Selected lots of hogs $12.35 to $12.60 off
ears.
SIR HARRY LAUDER.
Famous Comedian on New Year's
Honor List,
The way the world rewards those
who make it laugh is seen in the an-
nouncement that Harry Lauder for
his irrestible waggery and its pro-
ceeds, largely contributed to war re-
lief. iv set down on the King's list for
a title at New Year's. Kipling has
told us that a band is the first aid to
the recruiting officer. Harry Leader
made $100,000 of good money go to
work to keep an orchestra of pipers
in motion, attracting volunteers, as
well as to pay for hospital supplies
and trained hands in the ministry of
relief. Moreover, the profit of many
concerts has recently been given by
the minstrel to the war-ehest, He
still has money enough left, it is true.
But though the King's jester went
out of business centuries ago and
"hobby -horse le forgot," the popular
humorist is welcome to toast his toes,
figuratively at least, by any fireside.
With so much that is depressing, near
and far, good fun never soared so high
above par value, Those neon who fight,
to whom Lauder has ministered in
person and by proxy, set all the rest
of us an exempla of heroic good cheer.
With the best reason to repine they
are the last to complain. The extrem-
ity of suffering has hid a splendid
courage of the hospital ward not to
be less extolled than bravery under
fire in the field.
The Hospitaller Sick Children
COLLEGE ST., TORONTO.
Dear Mr. Editor: -
Thanks for the nrivilege of appeal -
tag through your columns on behalf
of the Hospital for Sick Children, the
great Provincial Charity,
Our need of money is measured by
the children's need of help, and you
can Judge how, great that need must
be when last year 2,041 sick little ones
were treated as .in•patients, and as will,
be seen from the. 1916 figures, 692
patients were admitted from 242
places outside Toronto.
Last year 271 in -patients were treat-
ed for deformities, auch as club feet,
bowlegs, knock-knees, Pott's disease of
the spine, lateral curvature of the
spine, dislocations; infantile paralysis,
tubercular disease of knee, hip,' ankle.
Is the Hospital for Sick Children to
take dollars out of your pocket, or is
death to take bablor4 out of their
cradles.? That is the question.
One gift more in the Tiospitars-trea
•
sury means one coffin less ie the
LITTLE WHITE HEARSE.
The Hospital must be digging up
help for little children from the soil of
human kindness, or sextons will be
digging graves for little children in
the soil of many a cemetery.
The Hospital for Sick Children can
only volunteer its mercy in so far as
you friends of little children volunteer
your money for earvice in the Hos-
altars novenending battle for the lives
of the little ones. .
Let your money fight In the trenches
of some mother's trouble and rescue
some little child from the dugout of
Pain, disease and death.
Can the Hospital leave children to
die because the fathers of those chil.
d have left home to fight for lib-
erty on the British battle line, and can
the Hospital help the children of Can-
ada's soldiers with Its care unless you
help the Hospital with your 'cash?
You have money enough to help
every other war fund without keeping
back a dollar from the Hospital's war
fund -the fund that helps the Hospital
save the lives of little children, Includ-
ing the soldiers' little children.
Do not let the little children pay, in
the loss of the Hospital's care, the con-
tribution that should be Oven and
must be given to the war funds,
Your money can send a message of
cheer to some father in the trenches -
yes, send that message from the cot
where the Hospital nurses some little
child -back to life, the child of the
father who is fighting your battle in
the trenches.
Every dotter kept from the Hos•
altars power to serve the little elila
dren is a weight added to the burdens
and a grief added to the sorrows of
this war.
You can bear to have your pocket
emptied of a little money easier than
seam mother cam bear to have her
home emptied of a, little child.
Will you send a dollar, or more if
you cdn, to Douglas Davidson, Secre.
tariaTreasurer, or
T. ROSS ROBERTSON,
Chairman of the Board of Trusteea
AN AIRMAN'S SENSATIONS.
Most Striking Thing Under Gun Fire
In An Aeroplane.
"The most striking thing to me
about being under gunfire in an aero-
plane is the unreality of it," said a
British aviator who has been flying in
Flanders since the outbreak of the
war, to a writer for Popular Mechan-
ics Magazine. "The roar of the guns
on the earth, and even the detonations
of the shells which do not burst very
close at hand are rarely heard. Shrap-
nel bullets fly in a broad cone straight
ahead -that is, in the same direction
as that in which the shell itself is
moving -so that practically the only
shell that ever does any harm to you
is the one which bursts directly be-
neath your machine, and which,
therefore, you do not see explode.
The little puff -balls of smoke which
blossom out around you are perfectly
harmless. At the worst a few of their
spent bullets may shower back ,upon
you, sometimes so gently that you
can see, and even reach a hand and
catch them. A shell bursting even
immediately over you is not danger-
ous in itself, but rather ominous, as
indicating the fact that the 'Archies'
have you well ranged. The back kick
from the shell casing might stun you
if it hit you on the head, but the
chance of that is almost negligible.
"Ordinary heavy artillery is rarely
used against air craft, but occasion-
ally one's work takes him into an air
zone in which some of the big shells
are traveling. This is one of the most
remarkable experiences that can fall
to the let of an airman; in fact, the
weirdest sensations of my whole fly-,
ing experience aye connected with the
occasion on which I blundered into the
COSTS $105,000,000
EVERY DAY
WHAT IS BEING SPENT ON THE
• GREAT WAR.
France is Spending the Largest SWYI
Per Capita,
$371.25.
An estimate bloat the countries now
at war are spending an average of
$105,000,000 a day, and that if the
struggle goes on to Aug. 1 next, it
will have cost by that' time a grand
total of $75,000,000,000, is made in a
study of war financing issued by the
Mechanics and Metals National Bank,
of New York. -
The total military expenditures in
the first year were approximately
$17,500,000,000. In the second year,
ended July 31 last, they were $28,-
000,000,000. For the current year it
is estimated that they will exceed $80,-
000,000,000. A summary of the pro-
bable approximate expenditures each
day of all the nations actively en-
gaged follows:
Great Britain ...$25,000,000
France . 18,000,000
Russia . 16,000,000
Italy • 7,000,000
Roumania . ..... . 2,000,000
Belgium and Serbia • 2,000,000
THE...RUMANIP4..CAPITAL...
..IS..IN. GERMAN. HANDS •
No Attempt Wag Made to Defend Bucharest, The Actions Fought
Being Only of a Delaying Nature.
A despatch from London says:
Bucharest, the capital of Rumania, is
in the hands of the Central Powers.
ExactlY one hundred days after the
declaration of war by Rumania
against them finde the Teutonic allies
in control of about 50,000 square
miles of Rumanian territory -virtual-
ly ono -half of the kingdom--ruaning
from the Transylvanian Alpe north-
west of the capital to the Danube
south of it, and a large part of Dob-
redja, and probably still on the heele
of the retreating Russian and Rumen -
inn artnies, which have been endeav-
oring to hold them back.
S,imultaneously with the announce-
ment of the fell of Bucharest came
the news of the capture of the im-
portant relined junction of Ploechti,
north of the capital, the conquest of
which plemee in the hands of the in-
vaders the) last railroad in. the -west
and gives to them the head of the line
running northward to Jassy, whore
the capital of Rumania is now situ-
ated,
The fall of Ploechti, perhaps, is of
even greater importance than that of
Entente' allies $70,000,000
Germany . $21,000,000
Austria-Hungary . ..... 11,000,000 BOMBS RAPIDLY
'Turkey and Bulgaria 3,000,000
Central allies $85000,000
All belligerents $105,000,000
Cost to Individuals.
It is figured that if the war is still
going on at the end of the third year
it will have entailed a per capita cost
of $861 for the population of Great
Britain, $360 for France, $67 for Rus-
sia, $242 for Germany, and $174 for
Austria. Or on a per diem basis it
will have cost British and French
subjects 32 cents each, German 22,
Austrian 16, and Russian 6 cents for
the entire period.
If the war goes through the third
year there will be an average debt
per person of $202 incurred by the
belligerents. The growth of indebt-
edness per capita is shown below:
Aug. 1. Aug. 1. Aug. 1.
1917. 1916. 1014.
Great Britain . .$422.60 $306.40 $74.50
France . 475.00 871.25 162.50
Russia . '76.85 60.00 25.25
Italy . 140.30 119.50 77.75
Entente naens $192.45 $147.45 $58.40
Germany . 277.95 211.00 76.45
Austria -Hung, . 175.50 140.60 70.75
Turkey. 44.20 40.00 80.00
Central mines .$204.55 ;158.40 $67.40
Grand total .$204,55 $158.40 $67.40
All of the above figures contrast
with a present per capita indebted-
ness for the people of the United
States of. $10.82.
BATTLEFIELD MEMORIALS.
Graves of British Soldiers in France
Cared Iron.
In a graveyard west of Vimy, in
France, there are buried 1,320 French
soldiers and more than 600 English,
says the London Times. The earth
is bare on most of the English graves;
the French onet are older, but all are
carved for alike by the Englishmen
now in charge of the place. "We leave
you our trenches and our dead," a
French officer said to an English one
when our army took over this part of
the line, and both parts of the, trust
are discharged with a will.
What this means for the French
one feels when one sees the visits
of French soldiers' friends to their
graves. The other day a French
woman in deep mourning came here
with a handful of flowers to place
upon one of these. One of the usual
little 'bareheaded processions came
into the cemetery -an n.c.o. showing.
the way; then an English chaplain;
then, on a stretcher, the body, a big
Union Jack lying' over it; than half
a dozen privates. The French woman
rose and fell in at the rear of the pro-
cession, with some of the flowers still
in her hand. When the service was
over she dame close to the grave and
dropped the white flowers in.
One felt the truth of SIT Doughte
road of a passing '42.'
Haig's saying that a kind of work
"As you doubtless know, the Ger- which "does not directly contribute to
Mans have used their 17 -inch guns the successful termination of the
for the intermittent bombardmeeet of wet» May still "hard -an extrtierdin-
Dunkirk, and other points 15 or 20 Lary moral value to the troops in the
miles behind the lines, right down to
field, as Well as to the. relatives and
friends of the dead at borne."
RUMORS OF AIRCRAFT
TO OUTDO THE ALLIES.
the present time. Well, I was at an
altitude of about 6,000 feet one day,
and climbing higher at an easy angle
when one of these big fellows, almost
at the end of its long flight, came
plowing along in the opposite direc- - .
thin.First a dark little bine appeared A ,despatch from Ottawa Says:
in the air ahead, and at an angle of Earl W. Farrow, ' an Ottawa boy who
about 35 degrees -a little steeper has been with the Royal Flying Corns
than the one at which I was climbing
-above me. At first it seemed to be
doming right at me, and I swervea to
the left in an insthictive effort to
dodge the threatened blow. Then a
sort of koning hum became audible,
even above the roar of my engine,
and this sound increased during the
two or three seconds that elapsed be-
fore the big missile came even with
and swept by me. It was probably
seveeal hundred yards away, at its
nearest, but the distance seemed less.
"A few faint stiarings of air began
to rock my machine even before the
shell went by, but the full force of
the 'air wash' was not felt for a frac-
tion of a second later. Then an al-
most solid wall of air nearly throw
me on my 'beam ends,' and, I was
really hard put to get the reeling ma-
chine back on an 'eVen keel.' For the
next mile on' two the air was like the
water in the Wake of a big side,
wheeler -all chopped to pieces -and
the machine rocked like a wingless
motor lorry going over cobbles. The
air wan disturbed for seine seconds
on the Somme front, and who has
been granted leave of absence after
having- one leg injured, arrived in the
capital on Thursday. He said that
while it is true. that the allies have
control of the air, "there are minters
of a new German machine which will
outdo us."
it Stays There.
One day a keeper was out walking
with a number of harmless inmates Of
an insane asylum, and the party met
a pedestrian not far from the rail-
way' tracks, With a nod toward. the
tracks the traveler asked one of the
lunatics:
"Where does this railway go to?"
The lunatic surveyed him scornfully
Los' a moment, and then replied:
"Nowhere, We -keep it here to run
trains on,"
Crude.
"That young man is out to make a
name for himself." ,
"What's the matte)'? Ain't he sat -
after a big roar astern told mo the isfied with the one his father gave
'42' had come to earth." him '1"
BUcharest, Ploechti is the centre of
the great oil districts of Prahova Val-
ley. *Unless the Rumanians have been
elite to destroy, or disable the oil
wells, machinery and germ of oil the
Germans will get a much-needed prize.
Moreover, in the Prahova valley they
are on the line of retreat of a portion
of the Rumanian second army.
No details have as yet come
through concerning the climax to the
drive of the armies of General von
Falkenhayn and Field Marshal von
Mackensen, or whether the Ruman-
ians and Russians succeeded entirely
in snaking their escape behind the
Bucharest line. But it is believed
here that King Ferdinand's armies
are practically intact.
It is thought that the Rumanians
will be compelled to retire until they
can secure a shorter line between the
Carpathians and the lower Danube,
which will be within easier reach of
Russian reinforcements.
With the fall of Bucharest the Teu-
tonic allies are now in possession of
four capitals of Entente allied States,
the others being Brussels, Belgrade
and Cettinje.
REPLACING RIFLES
Only Sure Method of Clearing
Trench, Says Canadian
Officer.
A despatch from London says:
Canadian officers recently returned
from the front remark generally on
the development of bombing opera-
tions. One even declares the rifle
stands a fele chance of becoming ob-
solete. Bombing is the only sure
method of Clearing a trench. Give me
a live party with full aprens and I will
go anywhere. One man will carry
as many as 16 bombs, and they can
accomplish much in wonderful time.
Early in the War we lost many men
because the German was so deep in
the dugout, but he is 'up to our meth-
ods of bombing him out, so he does
not hide low down as formerly. Oae
man taken in the lest little -bunch of
prisoners declared on the way to the
cage that he simply held up his hands
in taking his usual morning Swedish
drill. Believe me, they are not so fat
as they used to be. They fairly lick
our bands when We give them some of
our food, which continues of the best,
"THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY."
Prince Henry of Prussia Now Grand
Admiral.
The appointment of Prince Henry
of Prussia, "the fool of the family,"
as Grand Admiral of the German
and Austrian fleets, him, caused dis-
may among the commanders of the
latter, says Reynold's newspaper.
Though identified with the navy
from his boyhood, Prince Henry knows
as much about seamanship as he does
about shooting. Of his skill as a
marksman all that is necessary to sly
is that he has already wounded three
of his friends in mistake for birds.
CARDINAL MERCIER
AGAIN IMPRISONED.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium,
is confined to his palace by the Ger-
man authorities, according to the
frontier correspondent of The Tele-
graaf, who says he hears this on good
authority. The reason given is the
action taken by the Cardinal against
the deportation of Belgians.
GERMANS SEIZE FISH ,
FROM DUTCH TRAWLERS.
A Reuter despatch froth Amster-
dam to London says that from a num-
ber of Dutch steam trawlers towed
into Cuxhaven, the German author-
ities took 36 per cent, of their fish,
on the ground of contraband, as that
proportion of the total Dutch cateli
had been assigned to England.
True to Life,
Photographer (to young man) -It
will make a better picture if you put
your hand on your father's shoulder.
Father-11'mi It would make a
more natural picture if he put his
hand into my pocket.
ITALY PREMED
FOR VIGOROUS WORK
Has 2,100 Factories Making
Munitions for Carrying
on the War.;
A despatch from Rome says: The
allies do not deSire to force Greece
into war nor do they support any anti -
dynastic movement in Greece, assert-
ed Filmier Boselli in his report on the
war delivered before the Chamber of
Deputies on Wednesday, Premier Bo -
Belli reiterated the demand of Italy to
maintain the war with her allies until
the restoration of Belgium, Serbia and
Montenegro wes accomplished. He
termed this "the noble and essential
object of the war." At the close of
his speech he sent a message of greet -
rag to "our valorous Latin sister, Ru-
mania," trustier for her final success.
As a proof that Italy was prepared to
push her operations vigorously the
Premier announced that there were
mew 2,100 factories working on war
material, the workers being one-fifth
women, whose participation both in
industries and agriculture was in-
creasing daily.
IBRITISH EXPORT TRADE
froL$3015.:(1000101,0says:
IS AGAIN EXPANDING.
--
November Shows Increase Over Octo-
ber of About 00.
A despatch m The
British Board of Trade figures for
November show increases in imports
of £17,300,000 and increase in exports
of £6,849,000 over the import and ex-
port figures of October. The principal
increases in imports were food £7,-
000,000, and raw material £11,000,000.
The raw material included cotton'
from America 46,000,000, and cotton,
from Egypt e1,600,000. The principal
increase in exports was in manufae-;
tuned articles of which cotton textiles!
were represented by 22,509,000.
FOE WANTS BACK
ALL HIS COLONIES.
A Berlin despatch to Amsterdam
says that the war aims of the German
Radicals have been set forth by Prof.
Karl Doormann, leadee of the Radical
party in the Reichstag, as follows:
1"We don't reject annexations if our,
mien believe them necessary from a
!military or economic point of view.
We cannot permit the Entente to de-
, clare an economic war against us after,
the present aver, We must get back
all our colonies. Germany must be as-
sured of hr right to exist independ-
ently and develop as she chooses."
1 French Wheat Crop.
; A despatch from paris says: The,
:National Millers' Association, aften
exhaustive enquiries, announces that,
this year's French wheat crop yielded,
5,700,000 tons. This amount, with
the existing stock, gives a total of G,-
400,000 tont. As the annual consume"-,
tion is 9,200,000 tons, the deficit to be
made up by importation amounts ta
nearly 3 000 000 tons
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