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TRIBUTE TO THE BRITISH
• BY TILE GERMAN COMMANDER-
IN-CHIEF.
elareels et the Manner in Which
the Rilties Survived Attack on
the Trenches.
A New York World eorrespondent
at th,e German front in France has
interviewed Commander -in - Chief
Von Heeringen.
"The British first line troops are
exPerienced and
verytough, especially on the de-
fensive. Mere would be no credit
in beating them if they were, not,"
he is quoted ae saying, making it
clear tthat he ,referred only to the
British regulars. The conversation
turning on Kitchener's receuits, he
seed eignificantly '
"You cannot improvise armies.
England .carfnot hope to accomplish
in a few months what it took Ger-
mane" 1GD years to build up."
. Coming back to the British; regu_
a len,. he- eold the following come-
t .
"Ase one:point we used -a mineen
iee,rfer (mine thrower).agetinet one•
d their trenches. Then mortars go
off webh a frightful noise, calculat-
ed to thake the courage of the stout -
eta After the tenth- shot Our men
advanced with a loud "hurrah'!"
expecting to find :the British .grog-
gy e but—will you believe it 7—those
tough Sao•temen crawled oat, of their
trenches and actually atte,mpted a
counter bayonet charge. The
Freneh—they also fight bravely."
Value of Trenches.
'Speakingeef the larger lessons of
the wax so far, he said:
For one thing I believe that
there, will be in future no great
building- 'boom in forts; and again;
the old theory of trenches has been
sent .to th,e scree) heap. Formerly,
you know, it wa.s• thought indispen-
s,able to have a, clean fighting fleld
of ,et lease 1,400 yancle, if possible.
Now tha,t ,artillery peams such an
oda MI:Portant •role, the thing is not
et wide firing field, but -cover and
protection again:se artillery fire,
even if you 0/121 set to fire for only
fifty yards. Fifty is quite etiough,
and an infantry attack can be stop-
ped in that, distance.
Most Imitate Feench.
"Another thing: After. you have
taken a village by storm the men
must find esaie cover without an in-
stant's loss of time, aa you :can in-
variably expect an immediate heavy
artillery fire from the enemy. The
French are particularly good at
finding cover quickly. Onr men
muse imitate them.
' "Also telephones and ;aeroplanes
are indispensable. 1V,a.r withoue
them would be unthinkable new."
Bravest Deed. •
"Wha,t is the <me bravest deed
that lam tome to your knowledge,
Your Excellency?''was asked,
"Shall I give. you a bernebastic an-
swer 7" lie replied, good -hu mored-
ly• "We'll, them, ihore hawo been
:o many brave deeds that DO. one of
them Otan.ds ontepre-emineetly. But
in the retresemotothe finest thing, to
aeany mewl, was our young • troops,
charging for the first time in the
' face .of a, mitecle.roes fire, tinging
`Deutsch] and, D eu saidand ueber
alles
Some idea, of the position of the
Germain:, in tbe west can be gate:
ered from the fa,ct that elm General
find time .1:o smoke and chat with tee
for F;DITIething like ten hooes in two
dttyS •
"Let the peopleete.ow in America
teat we are not bar:lea:Irene; that
• everything is qudee and in good or-
der with us, and that we are look -
king forward with calm, energetic
'confidence, to vietory," he said on
peeding the parting corresp,on-
ent.
file Allies flake Another Raid
' Aeroplanes on Metz and
A deepetch from 'Dunkirk eays:
In answer to the water plane raid
on Cuxhaven Gorman 'aeroplane§
on Wednesday raided Dunkirk, and
fee more than half an hour ivere
dropping boimbs all over the town.
According to reeurns already in, 15
people were killed and 132 wounded,
The vieiting fleet •compeies,c1 lone
aoroplanes, both Tanbes and Avia-
tiks, which ficw sevene 'times across
the city, dropping bondes on each
journey. ,
Soldiers in the , streets replied
with vigorous rifle fire, but the
aeroplanes sailed cahnly on. One
eeemeel bo leave been het, for _be
turned On his head and demended
eeverel hundred feet before right -
leg himself, but all got safely away.
The boin•be fell first on one side and
then. on another. No eooncr. elld
one aeroplane seem to be delimiting
than another arrived. The- whole
eity croaked with rifte shots and
bombs, which threw up dense
eeoudsof black -smoke. Buildings
and windows were M11.8.511ed in all
directions and trainee:a lines' ab
Wfth Dirigibles arid
Other i'oints
one filace were cut cleter.through.
The.,firet bomb fell on the .;feretiii-
cations end two .more 'near the rail-
way station . Another banded 111t lc
titte Cattniartin and aeother in the
kittheb of bile Military hospital,
Another .fell near the Teeyn
others in tbe Rues Pierre and Niel!:
part, and also near the arse -nal:
Two fell in the suburbs of Rosen -
duel on ,a, jute fae,tory. The dis-
tricts of Coudekegee and of Ferries
elect suffered, , and • m'an'y Were
wounded' there. One child had an
arm blown off, while another with
an old woman was killed outright,
being dreadfully disfigured. The
bombs were filled wieh shrepnel,
which pitted the walla and build -
hip: A horse in the Rue Nieuport,
close to elle sp.o,e where a bomb fell,
was mutilated. British ambulances
carried the's•ufferers to the hospital.
Some were dead on arrival there.
The fifth' • German aeroplane re-
mained as sentry outside the town,
taking no part in the raid, but hold-
ingi-
itself n re,adiness-to attack any
of the allies' aeroplanes seeking to
repel the invading fleet. •
PRICES Of FARM PRODUCTS
LiP0117r11 rsont TEM LEA.452241)
MADE CENTSLMS O .0.2SE1440.6:
Breads/tiffs. °
Toronto, .7an• 5,..,-Ffour—Manitoba, first
Patents quoted at 56.50, in jute Inge; sec.
Ond patents, $6.10; strong bakers', $5.90;
Ontario wheat Sour, 90 Der cent.' natente,
quoted at 54.75 to 64.80. eeaboard.
Wheat—Manitoba. No, 1 Northern
quoted at 51.30 1-2; No. 2 at 51.27 1-2, and
No. 3 at 51.23 1.2. Ontario wheat, 170. 2
quoted at 51.12 to 51.14, at outside points.
Oats—Ontario quoted at 49 to 50e, out -
Side, and at 52 to 530 on track, Toronto.
'Western Canada, No. 2 quoted at 61 1.20,
and No. 3 08 55 1-00.
Barier-r-Market is quiet, with analting
0rades,ab.-64..to .68c, outside.
165,e.' -The 'market is stems' 04 51.04 tO
51:06, outside.
Femr,--The-market is quiet,with No. 2
(looted at $155 to 11:65, outisde.
Corn—No.' 3 new .8i:eerie-ma quoted at
76c, rail, Toronto freight: ,
RackwheatNe-, 2 quoted at 76 to He,
outside.
Brag and eborts—Bran is quoted at 525
to 426,a ton, and4shorts at' $27'to $28.
Rolled oats—Car lot, per bag of 90 lbet.,
53 to $3.15.
Country Produce.
Butter—Choice dairy, 23 to 240; Inferior,
20 to 21c; creamery prints, 29 to 30e; do...
Solielc 28 to 29c; fanners' separator 26 to
27c.•
Eggs—New.laid, selects, dozen, 35 to
38e; storage, 28 to 30c,
Roney—Market Is arm at 12 to 13o per
lb. for strained; No. 1 honeycomb, 52,76
per dozen; No. 2, 52.25..
• Poultry—Chickens. dressed, 13 to 16oi
ducks, dressed, lb.. 13 to 14c; fowl, 10 to
11o; geese. 12 to 13c; turkeys, dressed, 18
to 200.
Cheese—New large, 16 1.4.3; twins,
16 5-40.
Beans—Prime, buebel, 52.60 to $2.70;
hamkt-31105e4„$2,75 to 52.85.
Oft11°=1:10'll'etItT ge!°14:51;r1112:
wicks, ear its, 60 to 650 per hag. •
. Baled Hay and 'Straw.
Straw Is Quoted at $7.50 to $8 a ton. In
ear iota,- on track here.
Hay—No. r now hay is quoted at $16.50
to 617, on track here; No. 2 at $15 to
$15.50, and No. 3 at 81.3 to MIN.
Provisions.
Bae,on—Long olear, 13 1.2 to 14 1.4c Der
lh. in.eaes,lote. Hams—liedium, 16 to 170;
to., 14 1.2 to' Mop:moils, 14 to 14 1-231
breakfast 'hewn, •17 1.2 to 18c; tanks, 20
to 210: boneless backs, 22 to 230.
lard—Market dult at 11 to 11 1-40 for
tierces and at, 11 1.2 to 11 3-4o for tubs and
pa.ile. 'Ormapound. 9 1.4 to 9 1-2c.
.MInneapolls Wheat. •
,.1,finnea•pols,-Jan..5.-.—Wheat, No..1 hard,
.51.26 2-8; No. I _Northern, $1.22 3.5 to
51,257-8; No, 2 •Nortberm, 11,19.343 to
51,52 78; December, 51,21 3.8, Corn—No. 3
yellow, 62 to 63 1-7e. Oorn—No, 3 yellow,
62 to 63 1.2o. Oate—No, 3 white, 47 1-4 to
47,3-4c.. Flour, fancy patents, $6.46; first
clears, 5.35c; eecond clears, 54.30. Bran
_unchanged.
Duluth, Jan. 5.—Wheat—No. 1 hard,
61,25 1.4; No 1 Northern, 51.24 14; No, 2
Northern, 81,211.4; December, 51,23 1.4.
Linseed 61,603-4; December, 51.60 1-4.
•
Winnipeg Crain.
Winnipeg, JRII. 1—Wheat—No, 1 North.
era, 81.22; No. 2 Northern, $1,19; No, 3
Northern, $1.14 1-2; No. 4, 51.10 1-2; 140. 5,
$1,06; No. 6, 51.01; feed. 07e, Onte—No,
2 0.W., 55 1-4;'Na. 3 OW., • 52 1.4; este%
No. 1 feed, 52 1.4; Na: 1 feed, 49 1-4e: AO.
2 feed, 48 Mc. Barley, No. 4, 60 1.2c, Flea,
No, 1 N,.W. O., 51,34 1.4; No. 2 0. W„
51,31 1.4,
Live Stook Markets.
Toronto, Jan. 5.—But0hers' cattle, good,
$7 to 57.60; do. medium, 56.50 00 86,25; do.
0001741011, $6 . to $6.35; butchers' bulle,
choice, 56.75 to 57; do. good Male, 56.35 to
56.50; do. rough bale, 55 to 55.76; butchers'
co,wts, choice, $6 to $6.75; do, medium, 85.00
±0,55.25; do, common. 54.50 to 55; feeders,
900 lbs., 56 to $6.65; do. rough bulls, 55.25
to 56; stockers, 700 to 1,000 lbs., 55•72 50
56.15; do. medium, 55,20 to 56,75 eanner$
and cuttere, $3.75 to $5; milkers, choice.
each, 575 to 590; do., common and medium,
each, $35 to $40; wringers, 55580 $90; light
eisies; 55.35 to 56 do., heavy, $4 to 54.50; do,
boas, $3,75 to $4.25; Samba, 56 to $8,30;
calves $6 to 510; hogs, fed and watered,
57.50; do., off care, 57.75; do., Loh., 57,15.
Montreal, Jan. 5.-55ere was no nod
cattle on the market, and the stook offer-
ed sold" ait from 64 'to $6, cows. at 53.75 to
54, and latrils at 55 to 56 per <mt. Sales of
lantbs 'were made at 57 to 58, and elms')
et 64.50 to $5.50 per cent. Tbe ollialitY 00
the ealves on the market WM poor, whieh
eotd at prices ranging from $3 to 510 each
ae to size and qua.lity. A •st,ronger foaling prevailed in the market for hogs, and
prices advanced 26a per owt, and 00100 of
selected lots were made at: 68 to 513.25 per
Owt, 'weighed off ears.
GENERAL'S DEVOTION. .
Sacrificed Own Life to Save His
Wilde Brigade.
An equal heroism inspires all
ranks of the French army, from pri-
vate tei general. In the mathema-
tical native of things, of course,
more privates than generals show
theanselvee.heroea All the more
reason then to remark the following
act Of heroism on the part of a gen-
eral of beigade, .This general had
emieived orders from the highest
quarters to advance his men along
O certain road which was swept by
She enemy's fire. Obedience to
these orders would mean the prated -
cal annihilation of his brigade, and
the general knew it.
HOW was he to reconcile tbe ne-
cessary respect for authority with
the desire to spare a fruitless waste
of life? He could obey blindly, or
wilfully disobey -'-that to the ordi-
nary man.would have been the ter-
rible alternative. But our general
had a Frenchman's keen jud.gement
as well as a soldier's heroism. He
fonnd a middle and a noble way. In
spite of his staff's restraining ad-
vice, he insisted on advancing hino
sell alone through the zone of. fire..
"11 I 'win through unacsillied," he
said, "my brigade can follow. If
not, my orders are that they remain
where they are."' He advaneed and
fell riddled with bullets. He had
saved honor and his brigade, •
SEND MAIL BY ARROWS.
Germans Confiseate ImPlemelles
'Used to Avoid Their Censorship.
A despatch from Paris says: The
Germane generally confiscated bows
and arrows found in Northern Bel-
gium, where archery still flourishes.
Frenelventmorists were amused at
this action alt the time, bet it ap-
pears that the' Belgians were using
the arrows to shoot letters into
'Holland to avoid the German cen-
sorship. .
—
MARITZ DEFEATS LOYALISTS.
Rebel Leader Takes 90 Prism:tees
and Much Ammunition.
A despatch from Preteria says:
Lieut. -Col. Maritz,, the rebel lead -
es', reappeared et the head of 800
rebels. armed with fetus guns and
four maxims, and defeated the
Loyalists at Schnit•Drift, capturing
90 men, a maxim, and 80,000 rounds
of ammunition.
COMM/111(1pr Hewlett Rescued.
A, despatch from London eays :
The newspaper Aeroplane learns
that two German destroyers were
seen approaching the aeroplane of
Flight -commander Franck Hewlett,
eon Of Mourice Hewlett, the novel-
ist, who was reported missing after
the recent aerial raid on Cux-
haven, and that bhere is rea,son to
believe that he was saved by the
Germans.
FRANCE BUILDS AR FLEETS
Large Divisions of Aeroplanes Will Operate, In-
stead of Raids by a Few Machines at a Time
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A despatch from New Yorks says:
France is •building tev.o great fleets
cif aircraft, armed with eaenon,
darts and bombe, with which to en -
wade Germany in tee spring, mecor-
ding to Pedro Obapa, a Meeican
eviatoe, who has been in Europe
for the ,past for y.eare, and who
arrived here on the Canard liner
Caimathian. 'Hundreds of almond
biplanes, emelt oterreing a small
ca,nrson end bombs, tont nunierons
monoplanes equipped with bombs
and steel darn, will be reedy to
sweep ner05,5 the German frenteer
whey, winter is passed, he said. The
monoplanes axe intended mainly for
scout work, anel will make a speed
of. 120 miles an hour. All the ctero-
panes will leave a cruising radius of
130 miles from the frontiers., said
Chapel, and their attack will not be
im the foern of raids by a few ma -
as hitherto, but by large di-
visions. The, aviatere to men these
intiehine,s are new being brained in
several large cities for the purpose,
he :said.
Austrian Dreadnought Torpedoed
A despatch to the London Daily
Mail teem Venice contains. a report
that a French submarine boat has
torpedoed the Attetrian. Dread-
nought Viribus Unitis at Polo. It
is said the hide of the Dreselnoughe
N
wes pierced, but that she seeceed-
ed in retching her dock. The, Vire-
bun Unites 10 41 20,000 tono displace-
ment, and has a complement of
1,000 men. She is one of the four
ships constituting the largest type
of the Austrian navy.
Slam:Otter Follows EiSorato Res:tine
the Offensive Ditvards
eV meet
1. A. despatch from London say
Success for the Ruseetins in a San-
guinary migagement on the Rawka
River. e0 miles eouth-wese oE War-
saw at-13ollsnow, 'where the Ger-
mans made a desperate' effort to
resuree the offensive, is eeporte.c1 in
an official communication .from the
lie.aelgirartees of Greed 1)ulte, Nicho-
las. The Germans, according to
the Russian statement, moved. for-
ward under a withering fire from
the -Russian aYtillery, and enclea-
lora'i to take by annult the trench-
es in front of three villa,ges east; of
the river. e
"Our troops," the Grand Duke
reports, "by en impeenotts. comiter-
attack slaughtered with their Immo-
'nets all of the enemy with tbe ex-
ception of' a'few, who were made
prison•er. In this engagement we
captured Gelman machineguns
and inflicted enormtnis losses on the
enemy, who brought into action
successively regiments from drivers
army -corps." .
• At Inolodz, on the Plaice, 65 miles
south of Warm*, She Russians
stormed and occupied some Ger-
man trenches. Fertilise south the
Germans, after a. long cannonade,
made an infantry assault, Which
wee repulsed by the Ruseian artil-
lery, excepting at one point, whore
the enemy secured an entrenched
position. Later he was dislodged
and thrown out of this ground by
a Russian countee-attack. -
It is unofficiaily reported efrom
Petrograd that the German prison-
ers taken by the Russians during
the last fortnight exceed 50,000 in
oumber.
IN FORWARDING MAIL.
Many Letters Intended for Soldiers
Abroad are Insufficiently Prepaid.
It is found that a number of let-
tere, post -cards, pa,ekets and other
articles of mail addressed for de-
livery in England, and on the Conti -
neve, more, particularly for mem-
bers of the expeditionary force, are
received at the General Post -office
insufficiently prepaid.
Mail matter addressed to Ca,na-
dian soldiers in France or else-
where on the Continent must be
fully prepaid at the usual postal
union rates, which for letters. es five
cents for the first; ounce, and three
cents for each additional ounce. In
eases where the senders of letters
or newspapers or other articles of
mail matter do not know whether
the addressee is in England or
abroad, the only wayin whieh they
pan be sure of it being fully pre-
paid is to pay the postal union rata
on it. This is for the reason that
-it is impossible to collect any sur-
charges placed on an item of mail
matter from -Om addressee if On MC-
tive service.
All insufficiently prepaid letters,
post-earels and paokees addressed to
the British expeditionary force
serving on the Continent will be
returned to the senders.
As to the rate of postage for par-
cels addreesed to the soldiers now
at Saliebury Plains, or in adive
service, enquiry should be made
the General Post -office or one of the
postal stations.
Made Her Puff.
A eraveller beught *i ticket, and
then, going out on the platform,
said—"How soon does the train
start?" "Why, there she goes j
now," said a porter. "You've ust
missed her," The traveller kept on
the line and set out in purettit of
the train with all his might. But
in two or three minutes he came
trudging back. A laughing crowd
had gathered, and the porter said,
"Well, did you catch her 7" "No,"
said the traveller, "but, by jingo,
made het ruff."
Tit For .Tat.
Here is a good eteory told by an
American, The goose had • been
carved, and evernbody had ta,stecl
it. It was excellent, The negeo
minister, who was the guest of bon -
or, could not restrain his enthu-
siasm. "Datei as fine a goose as
evah I see, trudder Williams," he
add to his host, "Whar, did you
gib such a, fine goose?" "IVell now,
pahson," replied the carver of the
goose, exhibiting great dignity and
reticence, "v‘hen you preaches a
speshul good sermon I never axes
you where you got it. Ishopes you
will show me the same consideem
tee
0:J, • •
Grail d lite:Imes' Elizabeth .Feotlote
0 Mt. •
Sister of the Tsarina who, helped
by members of the dramatic profes-
eion, is en th.e streets of Moscow
making remarkable caravan collec-
tions in aid of the Russian wound-
ed.The picture depicts the Grand
Duchess as.a, Sister of Mercy of the
Greek Ohurch. The Order is called
Martha and Mary.
• ARTILLERY DEVELOPMENT.
New Methods. Have Been Intro-
duced in War.
The diaimeter of the artillery die-
deemd in the was, from the nute
chine gun to the great siege mor-
tars, has introduced largely new
methods of warfare, and the stra-
tegy of the campaigns 10 a subject
gaining ra,pidly in public interns
as peeple begin to realize hoi
meaninglese, although the:idling
isolated engagernente are in th
present coati* and that the re
suit is not likely to; be settled i
any single battle. The subject o
strategy in this, wax entertaining
ly analyzed' for the general under
stabding by a hegh authority i
military math
matters in a series of as'
b;
appearing in the Scientifi
Ameriean, and in the special wa
issue be writes. as follows in re
gard to artillery :
The big development of this wa
has been the great improverinent i
artillery and in the eupply service
Indeed, it is Well named a machine
made war. Like any other macbin
ery the new highly developed type
iequire fewer men, yet aocoinealial
equaled even greeter results.
Especialey is this the cese with
the German machine gun, or auto
matfe rifle, that :has been quoted
so often in the despatches. It fore
the same cal:bridge as the rifle, bu
has them moimted in long bands
from which they are fed intro the
gun. Its fire for short periods 0.1
the .rate of five shots second give
it great value in stopping charges
or in shooting up any bodies of the
enemy that expose themselves.
• The Germane have these guns
posted so as th cover the ground
over which atbacke will rn!.(3,bably be
made. When the signal is received
from 'the -observing s bottom that -the
enemy has needled the danger zone,
the gun that covers this part of the
front can then turn loose 14 storrn
of bullets. thee will wipe out any
troops in its path. Ten men can in
this way deliver as muck fire with
machine guns; as can one 151213(110(1undeed
men with rifles.
Besides the advanta.ge in. ma-
chine guns, the Germa.ns have so
far had an additional advantatge in
that their 6-iuch siege guns, could
ouerange meet d the fiekl guns of
the French, and British, Bee such
eeuipment wean out rapidly in ser-
vice; the .bores get worn and the
seeding is inancurate; guns are
captured; many are broken or des-
troyed. It is doubtfue whether Ger-
many cam replaee this great drain
upon her equipment in spite of her
great ordnance fa,cererleo. The 481-
lies, on the other hand, helm not
only their own gun w,orks, which
are working night and day, t, t
, but,
also are calling on mosth of the arms
and a,munition factories of the
world eo aicl in increasing thole me-
chanical fighting equipment,
At present: the Germans. are
counting on their superior equip.
lima to enable thern to hold batik
the western allies while Germany
end Austria prosecnte tbeir cam-
paign againsti Ruseia, The French
and British have had bo fight for
time to complete the equipment of
their s armies. Franee now honear-
ly caught up with Germany; Great-
Britein, though far behind, is stead-
ily gaining. Thasituatio,n in Frence
seems to point to an early aseump-
11011 of the aggressive by the French
and, British.
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SOON TAKE THE INITIATIVE
The Germans Must Abandon Their Present Tactics
Says a French Expert
A deepatch from Paris sive:
Lieut.-0cl. Roueset devotee a long
editorial m the Iabeete to an analer-
Ole Of the situation ereated by the
extraordinary complex syetem of
ontrenehmente on both side. He
refutes the. argument often, put for-
ward that neither 'the Germans nor
the allies can hope now for a deci-
sive ohange en the near fatuee.
"On the eo,niteary," he says,
"very $00n we ghati be in a position
40 take the initiative. The enemy,
run to eard.h both in the east and
weet, will. be eorced to abandon his
present taction Then a battle on
Napoleonie preneiples will prove
add elecaive as, it proved recently in
no-ona'soam
Benda,' when ,at the very moment
the Auetriane believed they had 'e
-victory an hand they were over-
whelmed. 'Yet before Wilting their
crushing blew the See:veins, had re-
tired some one bunched kilometres,
"We do not, need to retire. Oi
the ,contrany, we are holding firm,
and we are preparing, like valiant
little Service our weapons ler the,
decisive encounter. 11 118 not num,
bees Hint guaranthe viethey, 11 is
determination to wee, and &hove all
a 'steady pursuit of the sole object
OS ever, naniely, the demoralization
of the enema, Weeme-eur general
seaff cees the moment to serike has
0reive,c1 the blow will be stenek."
_
British
Public
Cease Criticism —ll'here Is No Need
to Fear An Invasion
8. deepatch from London seeye:
CrItSoiene of 'the GoYelmtnent's ever
PeeleaaatIone. 'which weft ramp.aet
dorring"the early, eta,geseof the war,
hem largele canned, •
The Wax Office has now enlisted
the servicee of businees men with
'experience in carrying out big ens
thrprises to take pert in the wore::
of supplyieg the 'army, and the
labor 11111000, have voluneeered to
watch the eXecution of Govern -
0(011 contracts, not only to see that
proper., egiiipment andrations are
supplied fa) lee soldiers, 'but to pre-
vent meeting. ,.
Arnold 1•V0)iee, a p.mnaniant wri-
ter and former ;colonial offieial, has
been making a thorongloinspeeldon
of the taaining °amps for the pur-
pose of detecting any scandals and
mismanagement. Having leeen a
bitter enemy Of the Government his
point of view wee not prejudiced in
its heron Be writes:
'llaning visited 36 camps in vari-
ous mists eif the country, I am thole-
oughly cheered . In the majority of •
eaves business nion are h,andling the
etliteralt peebbeene of war, Dweller
ealsend have no conception of the
aierougheess, efficiency and e,ileneo,
with which the War (Ham and the .
Admiralty have em -operated for elle
bueineess of preventing a German
raid or invasion. 'Phe ala,rm that is
gelid felt in some laants of these 10 -
Lando is wholly unjuetified, because,
firstly, the bitoirnem efficiency of the
fleet under Jeleiooe has increased
since the .wae began, and, ezeonelly,
because; the practical measures
adopted by our 'military engineers,
if guise:ad:1,y known, would enahle
the t,ireid to sleep (lonely in their
beds.''
DANGER -IN FLY POISON.
Moye on Foot to Prohiliit • Thee,
Maunfacture.
; Becatese of the large and in,creas-
ing number of meths where children
have .been poisoned by yaricros fly
P0150370, a determined effore is be-
ing made by a number of medical
associations andother sources in-
teresited in the health of c•hildren te
prohibit the manefaeture and sale
of meal products.
In less than three months during
the eununer of 1913, forte -seven
cases of childeen being poisoned
weee reported in the newspapers of
eighteen American states.. Of
these quite a number proved fetal,
and many others were expected' to
die.
The dangee to children in the use
of fly poisons, lies in the ett,et thee
practioaday all of them 000tain
arsenics in a sufficient quanthey to
cause death or very serioue Melees,
even when but a little of the pre-
paration is serallowed. by the
Children are particularly attract-
ed to fly poisons ,becatese of the feet
that if; is customary to mix sugar
with the poison in order to attract
the flie,s.
There were undoubtedly a great'
many eases, of children being poi-
soned in this mazy which diel not
come to public attention' especially
because of the foot thatthe syrnp-
toins of arsenical poisoning in chil-
dren are almost identical with the
symptoms of cholera. infant-nat.
This deadly infantile disease pre-
vails during the fly season and the
d,oetors state that it 10 practically
impossible to determine whether
death was caused by chdera infan-
tum or fly poison unless the chil-
dren are actually seen drinking or
sucking the poison.
The authorities in South &erica,
have already taken steps to regu-
late and betimately elenneete the
sale of fly .poisone, and it is hoped
by the opponents of these prepanst-
tions to secure prohibitory legisla-
tion in the various stake at an
early date.
In the meantime, parents hearing
small ohlidern are particularly cau-
tioned against the mse of fly poison
of-anyekinel in locatione ;where it is
within reach of the children.
He Would Earn It.
"Supposing I give you your sup-
per," said the tired -looking woman,
"what will you do to earn it?"
"Madam," said Tired Tim, "I'll;
give you the opportunity of seeing
a men go through a whole meal
withreue finding fault with a. eingle
thing." The -woman thought for a
moment, and the told him to come
inand she'd see the table.
"I say, old chap, I'm in shocking
luck, wane money tootle, and
haven't the least idea where I can
gee it.'e ',Vele I'm glad to hear
that. I thought perhaps you had
an idea you coeid borrow from
Inc."
POLICE OF VIENNA
CHARGE PEACE MOB
Wound Thirty and Arrest Large
Number et AntieWar
R Mao's.
let despatch horn London saye
The Daily Chronicle's correepond-
ent at Basel quotes repoite from
Geneva, of serious internal troubles
in Austria, and Hungary, A ;crowd
made a demonstration in Vienna,
according to these reports, in favor
of peaee and denouncing the war.
Women shouted "Give us back our
husbands and sons." The police
charged the demonstratoes in the
Praterstrasse, where they were
threatening the official buildings,
and wounded thirty of the manifest -
ants. 'Several other » were arrest-
ed and are being court-martialed.
' "Since the Serene victory," the
correspondeot says, "not a day
passes in Budapest without; disturb-
ance. Crowds once or twice have
turned againet the police, shunting
'Down with Tizses (the -Hungarian
Premier). ,A majority of the Rou-
manian population of Transylvania ,
has refused to be enrolled in Han-
garian regiments and etas appealed
to Roumania to help them. iev-
eral prominent: politicians have dis-
appeared from Prague and the Po-
lice refuse information regarding
them.
'Some students arrented in a.
monstration are believed to have
been shot.
"Sedition and mutiny are rife in
the coast, districts of Daltnatie.
'Scores elf students have been im-
prisoned at Agram beeimee of de-
monstrations in favor ef the Serbs.
Panics reigns in Sarajevo, un which
the :Serbs are advaneing rapidly.
The eamna,nes of the defeand Aes-
knee army are re-forming in Bos-
nia. The new commander, Arch-
duke Elegene, is eliminating the
;Slav eoldiers and is replaeing thein
with reserves to'a total strength of
about, 720,000.
"A --hundred peewee have been
retreated at Sarajevo charged with
being involved in a revolutionary
plot, and ee,veral State employee
have been executed on charges that
they were spying for the Serbs."
Merely Nodded.
In a quiet little 4untry toevn, so
quiet that the silence hurt, a com-
mercial traveller entend the gen-
eral etoee. Going through to the
parlor at the bask he came upon the
proprietor and a friend engaged in
a, game of dra agate. "Here, Mr.
Slocum,". he said, in an energetie
whisper, "there's two a:et:timers io
the shop.'' Slocum never took his
eyes from the booed. He Merely
nodded his head and whispered in
reply, "That's all right. Keep
quiet, tend they'll go away again."
CANADIAN REMOUN
DE L�j
Col. Grant Morden Returns FrOM Front, Where 11
Narrowly Escaped a Bursting Shell
A despatch from London says.:
Colonel Gna,nt Mortice of Mon -trete],
formerly of Toronto, has retorne,d
to 'England after seve.ral weeks
spent at the front. He haft eetab-
lisbed a Canadiansreraou.nt depot in
France. Morden had 418 nanroiv
escape while he was in tlie teenches.
Aeeliell burst dose beside him, and
lite hearing hare ben tenaporterily
impaired by ehe e.oricussion. To a
little ;Freecih village within rionnti
of the gone Princess Patricia'a
Light Infantry, the first of the Can-
adian eentingent to go to 10 front,
are billeted, waiting their tare to
go into the trenches. They :mere
mem:dee] a splendid reception by
their. comrades in aeons and the
French villagers,
"7••"•••••••••••••••:•••6
British War Prisoner Must Die
A despatch from Copenhagen
says: A Devlin message 'says that
the German supreme war tribunal
has senteineed 5 British wax prieo nor
named Lonselale to death tO1'
SIS -
08031 -1519 a Gmena,n officer at the
Deberetz eoementra,tecen camp. Lots -
dale, in the first inetranete. wee sen-
tenced to ten years' imprieceonenti,
but the military authorities' appeal
fee a thetence of capital mandoli-
n:ant has been snoceseful. Lens -
chile, it is admitte•d, diel not heet.
the officer, and elle . pigeon guartl
beat him off.
Portuguese Forces Were Defeated
A deepatreil horn Lisbon says: 'elle
Poettostiese Goveenmene has sup-
plied ceet,ails of an engagement be-
tween the Portuguese and Geemen
threes in Angola The German ar-
tillery abtaeleed Fort Neetkille, and
the Portuguese mittcle a steady re-
siseanee to the enemy's enteye which
tried to eurn electie lett wing, Tho
great numerical superiorley of tem
Germans obliged the Perlaguese
-troops to retrea,e. Ottercary wes en-
gaged on boeh side% and there were
many losses. Eight Poreugueeo offi.-
core were killed and mining And
one is a. prieener.