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The Wingham Advance, 1918-12-12, Page 7AWES COM EVE ti NAME THE UNBOATS AND Tidig STATIONS More Details of the Way the Sea Pirates Were Watehed gileenstown, Cablee-('orrespend- ence ot tha Aeeoeiated Prese.).-•- When AMerican destroyers, (luring the last eighteen months of the war, eteanied out et gneenotown te eonvoy merchant ships and transportn through the sub- naarinenufested area of 'the North Atlantic, they went with ciceurate in- torntation et the enemy It -boats, as eupplied by the British Aemiralty. Aa a deetroyer flotilla moved out to sea the commodore would be bending over hismaps with hie navigatore. On the maps were little rings, sometimes many and sometimes only a few, each denoting where a German submarine was knowu to be. The maps also had eros e mark showing where the flo- tilla was to meet the eonvoY. "How do on know a submarine is e About In that locality?" a, *destroyer captain was asked as he examined his maps. "Well, we know, and prettily define Italy," came the reply, with a smile. "U -bout 76 is about here" (pointing to a Ong). "Site lias been there three days, operating within a realize of abaut thirty mtles, and w111,return te her baee in four more days if some a Us don't get her. We don't know exactly what eeszel this one isover here (pointing to another ring), "but W e think it is the U-09. goifig to ber base to -marrow." The captaln pointed out otlier until he had accounted for ail on his Mae% This knowledge of the whereabouts of the lurking enemy was not unusual, so emirate was the hiformation con- cerning the subMarines obtained by the .Allied naval authorities. Some- thing was known of every submarine operating in the waters about the British Isles. But knowing where a esubtriarine might be and sinking it were two different operations. .0n the evidS' expanse of water the submar- ine might change its plane or act against direct orders. - .A.11. this added to the excitement of the chase, as the destroyers plowed through the sea toward the cross mark, The flotilla would go plung- ing and rolling along until it sighted the ships it was to convoy. The xneeeing place reached, the crews Of the destroyers would answer the shouts and cheers of those aboard the convoy, and then. would turn smartly to the .task -at hand, that the pro- tecting the larger vessels from the 4u1;kers within the cireles on the maps. CROWN PRINCE DROPS RIGHTS He Has Really Renounced Claim to Throne. . Paris, Cable. -Crown Prince Fred- erick Wilhelm bas renounced his right to the German throne. .A. dispateh received in Basle from the semi-official Wolff 13udeau quote; the Crown Prince In. renouncing the throne as having said: "I renounce formally and definitely all rights to the Crown of Prussia and the Imperial crown whice would have fallen to me by the renunetiation of the Emperor -King or for other reasons. "Given by my authority and signed by my hand. Donee at Wieringen, Dec, 4, 1918. • (Signed) "Frederick Wilhelm." In an Interview with a correepond- ent of the eessoclated Press on the /eland of Wieringen, received in New York, Dec. 3, which bore no' evidence of delay and presumably was given not earlier than Dec. 2, Frederick WIltara said: ' "I have not renounced anything, and r havo not signed any decree what- ever." He added that should the Gorman Government decide to foim a republic, he would be content to return to Germany as a simple citizen, ready to anything to assist hie country - even to 'Work as a laborer in a factory. Many a man has called a bluff with a, better one. +MAKING HUNS 110 PENANCE FOR THE PAIS Belgians Turn Tables On Germany in, Alx-la. Chapelle. PEOPLE SUM Refusal to Doff at Means a Hat in the Mud. (By 'Percival Phillipe.) \Vial the British Arme 111 Germany, Am -la -Chapelle, Calele.-Judging by the attitude of Aix-la-Cbpaelle when the Belgian infantry entered it, flying regimental fiags and behind bands of music, occupied Rhine provinces in- tended to make the beet of their situ:, ation as nostages. There are good Frees:nue in Aix but they are ready enough to dissemble their hate, now that they have Inst. Baredbeads sa- lute tee victorea'nevery foreign uni- ferule-British- or Belgian khaki or the fteld blue of Prench-receivee this tri- bute froni meet they pass in. the etreets. Hats are doffed alrnoet with - cut exception by age and youth Thee who actually refrain from dot - ring them, do so not without agita- tion and because they have not seen that the order of the day require, it. When the Belgian advance guard enteree Aix, a proclamation appeared that was strangely reminiscent of an- other military oceupatiee. The inhabi- tants were ordered to remain Indoors between 7 o'clock in the evening and o'clock in the morning, to furnish ten .hostages' and to salute all officere in pithily piacee. Cares and amuse- ment resorts were closed until further erdees. 'enautnorieed ingrese or egress was prohibited. Public meetings were declared unlawful. The German mark wee written down to sevenpence and many other regulations were laid down for the conduct ot the people of Aix. NOTHING TO COMPLAIN OF. .A man stopped beside me as I read the proclamation en lealedrich-Wil- helm-Platz this morning. "It is what we did in Belgium; we have nothing to complain of," he said, When I fin- ished reading it. Aix is under martial law as it is de- fined by the Prussian war makers for the proclamation issued by the Bel- gian wenn.= of the eitY in an exact translation of those put up in Belgian town e by the German .authoeities, hence the universal lifting of Imes. The people ef Aix obey as ail Ger- mares obey the mailed fist -some sul- lenly, some obsequiously, some with; Cold politeness, and some with a smile of apparent friendlineee. That they all obey. The last shred of resistance has been dthpelled by force. This morning, when a !Belgian dl- vhslon entered the city, a few obsti- nate men resolved to ignore it flags. This was expected and prepared for. I atom' opposite the divisional gen- eral and his staff when ne halted in the centre' of the Friedrich 'Wilhelm Platz to review the troops as they marched past and saw all that hap- pened. The leading regiment of infantry ming into the square and the bands played them by the saluting base. As the colors approached files of sol- ders advanced swiftly alone; the pavements on either side of the ,street end a little in advance of tbe colore, and they shouted, "Hate off!" Those who heeitsi.ed had their hats promptly flung into the mud. Per- haps twenty different specimens of headgear were lying. in the street when the flag passed. Men who were these uncovered looked eheepisle. Some younger ones simply laughed. When the following regiment ap- peared anxious eyes watched for the standard, Belgian soldiers going 4in- wroppeo Y T1 CANADIANS. Straw ready for the incendiary's ma '.ch was found in many of the houses ln Cembral when thr Canadians entered that city. it was not for wort 144 plennine thet the Germane did not do more denials then they did. mediately before it glared right and left but saw no offenders. Every hat came off in good tline. I muat coufeee that the incident gave a tiugbo , nt satisfaction to some of ue who Were afraid there might be covert attellipts to exprese hostility. MEET 14TURNINU PRISONERS. While 1elgian-00ns were marching through the square, I heard British them ahead- and a strange BoUnd Ives In the air. The silent erowd wun back a little more anti a -cola= of marching men hove in sight. Coming against ,the strewn of Belgian- bayou - ms were unkempt men in tunics of faded blue and more faded khaki, earryIng odd bundles. They were re- leased prisoners just arrived from Co- logne, and British soldiers from an- other prison, camp who were lookiug On their countrmen for •the first time In four years, A little group of thero gathered around me. They were worn and enniciated after long suf- fering ih one o4! 'p weret prisoU CAMPS in Prussit tx.t they were full of eagerness to hear the news rout home. They told me they were the first to leave the camp where they were held and that 2,000 British prison - ere still remain there, held bit belt ot transport, according to the revolution- ary guards now in charge of the caw! Thd-70 *nen, whom I met, 'broke away from the eamp and started for England on their own chance of find - lug assistance on the way. AS they told me their story, sante Germans! passed ue and took off their hats. One of these returned. prisoners -a Man captured at Mons and 'who was one a the "9,1d Contemptibles"---said gritti- ly that "they weren't doing that four years ago. I am glad, siralehave lived Lo see it and this day." SURFEIT OF SALUTES. More hats were lifted as we stroll- ed to the Rheinish Railway Station. I passed an elderly business naan, well- groomed and outwardly prosperous, who jerked off his silk hat with ob- vious reluctance, Young men averted their faces and compressed their lips and doffed their hats with hate in their hearts. Dilapidated looking workingmen, old and shrunkengseem- en painfully anxioue to show gib - mission. Children had been told to obey and not one Of the ragged urchins neglected taking oft his cap in the rain. One grew ,weary ot the incessant movement of hats, There seemed to be a kind of a grim elee termination by a beaten people .t6 give us a surfeit of salutes. It was Impossible to look at any of the buildings in Aix with any degree of comfort. One could not think of the city for the constant and wholly meildefteeleal features which wearied the "e'N' and gave no sense of warmth lor friendliness. and one •could not ige nore them. hlvery moment some one seemed to say. "Here vie are. You are masters. What will you -have me l Mixing with Ws air of sullen- sur - !render there was a certain amount of -apprehension. Hotel porters and waiters were nervously anxious to, please talking English a little rustily, but none the less volubly after four 'years disuse and asking eagerly whether the English would come to Aix. Meanwhile they -promised to do 'what .they could to make the office comfortable. 4 • • pRovE KEER KURT EISNER TO SUCCEED DR. W4 SOU German Press Fears Fiau- oial Snlash. Owing to the Ng.* Control, PUNISHIYIEK Peo-ple Anxiously Scanning the Outlook at Peace Parleys. London, Cable. -Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian Prezuier, will probably suc- a ceed Dr. W. S. Solt AS German For- eign lelinieter. Negotiations on the subject aro now proceeding between Berlin and Munich, according to the Cologne Gazette, quoted in an Amster- dam despatch to the Exehange Tele- graph Company. A NEW -OFFICIAL. SPeeial Cable. -(By' the Associated Press.) -professor Lula Brentano ,ot Munich University, wide - as an menomiet has been Pointed "People's ommissary Trade, and Industry" in the new Ba- varian state, He evill not enter the %Cabluet, but will Act as a sort of Con- noting link between the leaders 111 trade and industry and the Govern- ment. The police have issued an or- der that all German flags, still flying be removed in the interest of quiet and public order. FEAR FINANCIAL SMASH. Munich, Specit Cabb.-via Geneva. -(By the Associated Press.),-Anxte- ty is being shown .by the German, es- pecially the Bavarian press over the financial stability and even the hon- esty of many et -the hundreds of Workmen's and 'Soldier's Councils now conducting affairs in tbda countrY. Re- liable reports say that the disburse - meets of these councils for the last two weeks have totalled . 800,000,000 marks. lf thb rate of expense con- tinues to be the usual cost oe operat- ing the Government, it will exceed the total -German budget, with Re enor- mous outlay for military upkeep, bit several The Bavarian Gazette says that the money difficultie.s of the councils are constantly growing more acute. The Iwere heated and lighted by thg old eelet iinawial prohlio Alla, slinple in tbe beginning because, It Is eald, the vol. tilers occupied state buildings willch. Matt, awl requisitioned state automo- Mies, CROWN PRINCE .IN WRONG. -Munich, Speelal Cable. ---(Uy the Misociateri Meese-- The interview with lerederiek Williatu, the, former German Crtavn Prince, obtained bit the Atisociated Preece wae• published here in part to -day, and bas drawn out dis- plays of auger from the local peens. "If the fortner Crown Prince really made suen statements, he lias done hie reputation a bad service." says the Neueste Nachriaten. "His belated &settees and atteznpts to clear himself make a disgusting impression that no on.e will neetl to grieve over his flight to Holland." The Augsburg Evening Gazette, cone Wonting on the conviction expressal by the Crown Prince thet President Wilson would be able to bring about a Peace of jostice tor Germeny, remarks that it fears eirederielt William le badly alibied, FOCI THE AVIONGIeRS, Berlin, Special Cable, via Copen- hagen. -The eummary of the address delivered by President Wilsou before Congress last 'Monday, which. lute reached 'here, Us presumably inade- quate, and hence there has been little comment on it in the newspapers. Germans seek vainly for comfort in the message and Mr. Wilsop's pro- gramme, in which It is snenosed that America and the Attlen eave pledged themselves that Germany Will have only a shadowy existence at the peace conference. A large maJority of Germans believe in President WIleon's good intentions, and ail Meer hopes are centred ie him, but there is a general fear which amounts almoet to a settled be- lief that he will be unable to force his programme through. The Zeitung am elittag says: "It is almost unimaginable optim- ism for one to Itope that Wilson's In- tervention will mitigate the Alestruc-- tive conditions ef peace." Other eomment seems to recognize that President Wilson may not be the dominating figure. that Germans have expected hint to be. Sonia papers de- clare that lb approved of "America's imperialistic naval policy," tual has tailed to check the Entente's "piratl- cal-eeononaie plans." tulettriotte. A two-tone negligee of chiffon. A sable eoat costing all or sixtY thousand real dollars. , "My wife tries every war receipt she reads about or hears of". "How does It affect your meats " "Well, you know what they say war is."-13a1- timore AffierIcan. OUR NEIGH° S' TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN'S AR SE VICE United States is Celebrating "Oritain's Day" ir Commemoration CAUSE OF WAR Press Praises JAB Buil, Meals For along Alliance Bavaria to Publish Greerman • Documents, Which Bear the Kaiser's Notations. .Lonelon, Cable -Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian' premier,declared in .a epeecla yesterday that he intends in a few days to commence publication of documents of the G'erman Foreign Offiee, in order to prove thee Emper- or William was responsible for ' the war, according to a despateh received there to -day from Copenhagen, 'Com - meats on certain documents prove that the Kaiser embed the war," Eisner asserted, Dealing with Elsner's speech the Tageblatt ot Berlin says. it is true that notations o11 documents often bare signs of the well-known impusiveness of the Emperor, and declares- ti at „there is no doubt the elocumeots are more compromising for the Emperor than for those Who wrote theet. 'With reference, to the statement by Empeaor Wiliam to Dr. Georg Weg- ener, to the effect that In the three weeks of his stay in Norway during the critical days of July, 1914, he Was inform -ed of events through the Nor- wegian newspapers, the Mergen Blade et gives particulars of the ordinary day's work of the Emperor at that time. Otte paper, whose duty it Was to ree port the Kaiser's doings, declared that the Kaiser during his hist stay in Nor- way was busier at work on board his yacht than during .any other previous year. His visits ashore were remark - 'ably less frequent and more brief. The telegraphic correspondence of the Kaiser in those Slily days was very heavy and he paned eioyeral hours daily in wirelees communication, When the Imperial yacht lay in one of the fjords where ,the height of the mountains prevented wireless tele- grEtPilY a first-claes torpedo-boat ari- peered daily to deliver and receive telegrams and mail. Therefore, it is Tittle probable that the Kaiser Wee on- ly informed eif the Mara of events .in turopt by the Norwegian nowapapere, the more so ae the majority of tele- grams received by him are known to haVe been hi cipher, -BERLIN 'FACES (RAVE FAMINE 0.0.14:01..414 al.. 00,4 ,Copenhagen, Cable. ----An official note, eoneerning the Mod reserves, is- sued In Berlin, says that under the most favorable circumstances there will only be enough breadstuffs after Feb. 7 for a daily ration of eighty grammes, which is one-third the pre - eat ration. The note says that the death rate continue 's to increase in Berlin. It says that in October. 1015, 1,057 women died in Berlin, while in Oetober, 1018, the number of women who died was more than 8,000. "How fast is Myrtle going on with her knitting?" "About fifteen knots arz hour." --Life. Ne wYork, Report, -Britain Day in New York State was celebrated in this city to -day by a generous' display of the Union Jack and a series of dinners and fetes. The Pilgrim Society gave a it;ncheon to -day in honor of the British army and navy, and to -night many promin- ent Britons and Canadians will be guests at a dinner under the auselees of the Sulgrave Insittution and the Canadian Club, SPeeial services will be held in nearly all the city churches to -morrow. The morning papers, devoting lead- ing editorials to the subject, geperalle- pay tribute to the leading part played by the Britioh Empire in the groat war. Under the caption, "To a Great Friend," the Tribune saes: - "America and 13rit9in stand to -day loyal and seasoned friends. "We have fought a great figbt shoul- der to shoulder, with one purpose and With one will, "'Together we have won that fight. "Togethme we Shall stand. while gen- erations ild'w living shall (endure. • "The great war has proved that Eng. land and Frahce and America are bound to the same route and seek the same goal. With very human differ - elites of eharaetee, based on our sev- eral latent nationalities, .we find ourselves united in a common faith and hope or'right and justice tor all men. "This Is not merely an intellectual conception. If It were, all hope of a better ordered world, of a more lasting peace, would be chimerical. It Jo far more. 11 18 a living, throbbing tad of (air common civilization, achieved In the brotherhood of arms and sealed With our heroes' blood." The Times says: MUST BE ALLIES IN PEACE. "Ixt keeping to -day as Britain's day the United States can but inadequat- ely recognize and, honor the invaluable multiform resource, energy and ek111, the quiet and emereme courage and de- votion, the patience, tenacity and im- pregnable resolution, of the British people. Without them the Potsdam conspitatore would have won. Where- ver that great race, foundere it ean- »lre- builders of democracy, soldiers and sailors and Colonists of treedom -on many sea, makers of common- wealths, pioneers and distributore of self-government, beginners and assert - ere of the long inheritance of free in- stitutioMS, kas spread, the American people shlutes and thanke them to- day. 'Po remember their 'deeds Is te praise them, The Syinnathy, the comprehension, the eseential conimunie ty of politteal and moral ideals bee tiveen the two natione ehoald 'make them firm and permanent allies In peace ae in war. "The taro nations have stood should- er to Moulder in the -greatest cause that the world has ever known. The comradeship, the friendship, the cont. mon Understanding brought about am. ong -nations living in the shadow of death, and ready to meet it for the same indispensable objects, the per- petnation and eceurity of freedom, dettleeraeY, International good Nth, have removed aneient elifferenees, broadened the minds of both peeple, taught thein that henceforth they Ultlet stand by each other. in peace as tney have stood -by eech other In weer." The 'Herald' says the eeleteation "cannot be observed with enough ere thuelasta to do justice to our vaioraus and powerful ally." The 'Stine- poieting out Germany's curious misinterpretation of the Brit- ish Empire, says: "Evidently Germany considered all ot the British Empine, outside of one. Island, as liabilities rather than as- sets. To the German mind Ireland was In herself a stop to England. Can- ada was something to be seized by the United States at the first opportun- ity. India was a land of murmuring, ready to rise. Anetralia was a large island, too far off to he considered. South Africa, -had she not grievances? CANADA'S HONOR. "The German conspiracy in Ireland, failed. Canada, quite neglecting the Yankee peril that the Kaiser talked of to hie dentist, sent to France men who wrote at the eccond battle of Ypree perhaps the reddest chapter of courage ineall the war, end the oth- er Dominions, had responded with the utmost enthusiasm." The Sun concludes: "Perham some of these warriors were fighting for demotracy, but it ie More likely -that first ot all they were fighting against the 'German Ertniire; and, seeondly, they were fighting for the empire, that vast coalition, of which hngland has the honor to be the centre and the epeaking volee world 'affairs, but which es dearer to Some of her Dominionthee]. evee England herself. It is that empire whieli eve honor to -day for her meg. nifieent contribution to the victory; an empire which even England knows perfectly for the first time, Etna which Germany understands, at last, too late." The World publishes a strikin- car - toots shewing Uncle Sam with tiBrit- ich flag in his hat, patting the Brit- ish lion. Under the picture are the words: "Good old boy." IN WASHINGTON, Washington, Report -Fifty thousand Government employes were given a partial holidly to -day to take .part In a "Vivtory sing," as a celebration of the signing at the arinistico and in ob- servance of Britain's Day. The tex- ereises were to be held on the Milo° near the White House and it was ex - meted' that the singere anti the attdi- once would number nore than 100,000. THE SOUTH'S TRIBUTE, Atlanta, Gas Deepateli-elouth paid tribute to -day to the part the British Empire has playe1. in winning the world writ Mese meetings at which spealtere told or the colossal effort of the na- tion, and or the individual deeds of bravery performed by her soldiers' anti snarilltotsrsh, Dmaayr.lted formal celebration of Parades were features in ninny cit - lee also, said Britielt Cage wore flown , everywhere. British soldiers 'who came to this country to aseist in training Ameriext'e notdter,s took part AB guests of honor In many eV the meetimie. Some citiee Set :Nide to-MorroW for formal Obeervance of the day. At- lanta, being one of -them, A LON 44,0 R4EORII Of !CONROE 'SIERT BRUTALITY, CA4.01,4 tIEGI,fCT. AS isitafiliNT Of 'REP .Spicl,iers- Ask 0,hancellor to Uead the New Ger. - - -+More Rpvens latioof Hun RE REIECTINt .1 Deviory to liritish Cap THE "FLU" CASES' London, Specitel Inca - London Nurses Increase Trouble in litew Outbreak. City May 'lave to Reim- pose Ban. London, Cable. -The nowillhignese of many London nurses to aceept Spanish Influenza, cases Is responsible for a difficult situation in dealing with tbe rnc ecurree et the epidemtc, accord- ing to the health authorities. Many new cases continue to develop .here daily, but the claim is made bit Dr. W. S, Downham, raedical officer of health, that they are ot a milder type. How- ever, if the situation becomes any more 6erious a ban will again be placed on theatres and other amusement resorts, churches and schaole. The Provincial Board of Health Was roundly crittelsed by the London board to -day on tlie ground that Ho Action had been taken O n London's request that the immedi- ate reperting of influenza- cases by physia:atee be made compulsory, As matters now stand it is alleged that Physielans report if it pleases them, and the health officer is aecordingly deprieeeeof reliable information. • INVLUENZA IN WINDSOR, Windsor, Ont., Repori.-Influenza cases iu the cRY, while decreasing, aro still numerous enough to cause health authorities much concern, There were 'twelve new cams reported to -day, \vitt three deaths. DEATH IN NIAGARA FALLS. Niagare Palls, Ont,, Report. -Mrs. Roberta, wife of Rey, H. L. Roberts, patter of Lundy' s Lane Methoeist Church, fermerly of St. Catharines, died to -day of influenza. .elr. Roberts Is ill also. TIvo small children eur- viied, CARE OP ,CLOTHES. itemoving Scorched Places and Facilitating Pressing. . If an article has been scorched in ironing, wet in t old water and lay where the bright sunshine, will fall directly . on it, This will take the mark entirely out, To prevent clothes from becoming streaky and patchy in the process of bluing, add a eupful of milk to the water before putting in the clothes. To make linen easier to write on when marking it, dip the part to B*e marked in cold starch, and the pen will write without scratching. To remove creases from clothes which leetive been. packed away for some time, hang in the bathroom, then turn on the hot water lap:" The steam wilt entirely remove the creas- es, Press afteewarde if necessaina Social Strad.= and Criminal. It is herculean task to bring about reform in the administration of -the driminal law, But the dawn of a better day is at hand. It is becom- ing more generally:understood that the criminal is one of the by-product of an evil social system, and that in the lee- proyement of our social structure will be. found the solution of the Prob- lem of the criminal. -Alexander Kar- lin in the Humanitarian. - 41 ARE AWARDED MILITARY MEDAL More Enlisted Canadians Decorated Por Conduct On the ,Battle- ' field. London, Cable, -The following 'Canadians have been awarded the Military 'Medal. (Private unless other- wise specified.) Central Ontario Regt.-931,315 a. C. 'Baker; 838,029 Corpl, T. Chard, 1,- 045,759 0, N. Tweet, 706,715 Sergt, H. C. MacDonald, 160,271 Serge K. Niel- son, 706,384 E. E. Wren. Saskatchewan Regt.-141,014 A.- Sergt. A. 3, Bossenbeere, 81,399 Serge R. Holmberg, 1,018,690 N. G. Sander- son, A-24,221 P. Swan, A-24,137 Sergt. C. G. Fletcher; 441,005 Sergt, V. W. niltehell, 925,240 Cartel. N. Smith. Alberta Regt.-467,505 11, Connor, 625.3:35 P. McPherson, 184,021 Serge W. 'Ritchie, 434,24e LeOpi, T. C. Green- wood, 431,550 IL Webb. Manitoba Ilege-e65,753 LeCiel 3, Curry, 426,040 LeOpi, U, MeQueen, 418,262 Corpl. G, II. James, 82e,798 C. V. Nordram. Quebec Itegt.-901,119 Sergt. L. Cutelier, 418,761 3, Waldvogel, 441, 863 P, W. Dueharme, 192,025 3, N, Wil - llama. Field adtillery--249,070 One 3. ta.reford, 21,080 Benidr. F, Braybrook, 91,636 Bundle IL lee Gillespie, 91,637 tInr. 1 G. Hanson, 304,165 Bomar, E. Te. Moore, 348,302 Glue E. Berry, 91,427 Gnr. ht. G. Cumber, 42,048 Serge II. Guyatt, 804,641 Onr. J. McNeice, Garrison Artillery -4,201,316 Gnr, 3, Bell, 1,201,305 Corpi. 3, /I. McKen- na. Railway troops -685,107 SPe. P. Dube, $71,404 Spr. It, 11, Gregory, 472,- 269 :ler. 0. A. Walton, 1,009,787 Cora J. Evertt, 2,204,193 Spr, C. Lamb, 446,820 Corp!. J. W. Warbur- ton, X. I. Ferguson, 532,753 L. Cpl. W. Meueies. West Ontario Regt.--700,800 'Mauro, 028,602 Corpl, W. Rollers. musT RAISt HATS TO BRITeSel. Ameterdam, Dee. 8. --The British auth- UMW'S in eiletrgl' or the ocettotitien 111 the German X0110 assignee to the itrititli army have orderi,d all the German Inca to raire tlicic hats to British offict,re, cord(ng* to an official antionneuctunt in Tlicy namt do similarly whim the petrel ;trammel nthint Is sung, the an. nounectiont adds, ter') -Two further reports we,re Is - }mud teeUfght by the Government cone nettee IMO beee, inveettgating the trea,tMent of British prieonere of war. The first deals mainly with the treatment Of men captured during the elving offeneive of 1918, and re- lates largely to tne employmeut of prisoners directly behind elle German lines. Like preview reports, it is a long, shocking record of brutality end callous neglect. PollaWIng are type cal extracts from testimony giVen prisoners who escitped to Brittsb or Freneh tines: - "Several Prisoners died of starves • tion at Ramcourt." "Later deaths of starvation became even more numerous." "When I left Bazaneourt about 3.50 men were suffering badly from dysen tory, and half of them were mere living skeletons," "dehere was a lot of sickness at Cappey, caused by exposure and lack of food. No attempt was made to remedy these conditions." Large nunebers of prisoners ne loneer fit to work behtml the German lines were sent to Heitsberg, East Prussia, or Trelon, in Pruselan Po- land. A witness, describing the arrival of about 300 of these prisoners at Hellsberg early in October, says they were mostly stretcher cases, and were taken to the hospital, but .many of these Sent to the camp were so weak.they could hardly walk. He saes that youths of twenty years looked like men forty years old. At Proton; which Is eupposed to be a hoeiLtal, foe eveitiners disabled while working on tha vesorn trent, ccinditions a ere even worse. The p1 was was supposed to accommodate 400, but there were 1,000 there. There was but one doctor !in Attendance on the men, many of whom were In shocking condition. Only -one bript spot is found in the harrowing record. This relates to the Deynze hospital for the Fourth Carman .army, wliere, although many supplies were slime, prisoners 're- ceived careful treatment and adequate food, including wine and eggs when neceesary. The second report, which IS dated Oct. 28, says that the conclusion was reeehod that $ vente"1-nthe maps attached to the teuth army corps point to a deliberate Toney of vin- dictiveness, with a definite purpose of reducing the health of officer pri- eoner. It, is said that this impulse sprang from responsible German authorities, and was directed by them. The War Ministery did not interfere, for the alleged reason that lt, had no authority over the commander of any German army corps. The com- mittee says that this eckms q mere pretenee. SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY London Council of Women to Have Candidates in City Eleations. DEAD HERO'S Vog. U. S. T-arns Over Controlled Ocean Lines to Owners. The stearnef. Harriet B., which left Marquette Sunday, has not beep leen or heard of since that time, and con- siderable anxiety is felt for her saf- ety; Madame Catherine Brektikovekaye, "Grandmother of the Rifest= geitelu- s.titoaxtee's". arrived at Tokio from Viadi- Yeetok on hi' way to the 'United :The Brantford aiinieterial Asesocia- tron announced that as ' a result of their campalgn last week for the or- phans and sufferers from the Span- ish influenza outbreak they had se- cured a total ef $11,050. Fire to -day from an overheated stove completly destroyed the ware- house of Thonute Patel, Niagara street, Brantford, in which stoves to the value of several thousand dol- lars were stored, Because twe, Japanese are being em- ployed in tho Galt Coal Mines at Lethbridge, operated by the Catatdian Pacific Railway, of district 18, United Mine Workers 04 America are threat- ening to etrike. The remaval of the Japanese is den.antled. Two million pounds of sugar destine cid for Europe was destroyed when a big warehouse of the Franklin Sugar Refining Company, .�n the Deleware River front, Philadelphia, was burn- ed. Mr. .T. W. Mahon, barrister, died at his home in Cobalt from pneumonia, following influenza. Mr. Illahou Was town solicitor .anti one of the beet Itthr tellortablide onul n°st t y rpopular legal men in Shopbreakers made a good haul at the general store of 0. G. Armstrong, at Orono, when they got away 'with tweeds and sergeS, rubber boots and jewelry worth from 0,000 to e4,000. Pte. Jae. Goddard, of London, Ont., has grave fearsfor the safety of his wife, Mee Annie Goddard, and their olio -year-old baby, all tram of whom bas been lost while travelling between St, John, N. 13., and that city. London Council of Women has sum - melted a convention to place women candidates in the field at the ao preaching municipal eleethr.s. The women intend to contest particularly for the Board -of _Educate:it and an- nounce definitely that they have de* eided upon that course. At the 4er1m1na1 Assitea at rIf rane- tbi , pig aelyt1 ezatoonvechroubsye, ).BIT;:etiTu203t,leae. deserter under the Military feervite Act,ovati found guilty of chootIng ,Tas, nntott when' resisting arrtet, nazi Was sentenced to five eears' penal servItutle. .r man State, NOT MO Iklovement for 'Constitution- Assemblk Grows Stronger. !Copenhagen Cable. ---"The German °public and her first Presieent, Cora- cle Ebert," have been hailed by an organised demonstration of soldlere and sailors at Berlin. The Wolff Bur- eau, the emni-official news ageneY, thus describes the Moident: "On Friday evening, soldiers and sailors armed with rifles deznonetrat. ed berme the Chancellor's plebe% Their leaders spoke as follows: "Germany- atancls on the brink of a, eatasrophe. We dereend teat a national assembly be mum:awed on December 20. The exec,uthre council must eo louger be able to Inie pres- Sure on the Government. Long live the German republic and her Met' Preeident, Comrade Ebert,' 'Chancellor Ebert retilted that the adminithation must remain in the hands of the Government. He coun- seled patience until the Congress of Workmen's and Soldiere' Cowles had decided regarding the couvocation ot a ,AsailornselonaimI assembly, apoue 0: 1 will put a straneht question, whether Comrade Ebert will agree to our election of him as President of the t3e411haeOlrhelnucbellilr ° r replied: 'Not with -- out conferring with the Government.' "The soldiers and sailor's then 'marched away." HOPELEISFLY DIVIDED. The rioting of Friday In Berlin, the mysterious reed on the executive committee of the Soldiers' and Work anon' Council and the demonstration: obyliansoeu ldioerrs Ebert (whendrtohne btgsti 'as QC -f claimed es President of the republic but ea' ti..aide the honor) have in- tensified the existing gap between the two wings of the social deraticraey. wbich seem now mole than ever hopelessly divided. Politleal onlookers are wondering to -day whether the Ebert andeHatiee factions have reached the Parting ot the ways arid are askieg whet will be the attitude of the Berlin regiments from the front when they arrive hotted aert cRys 11, i3erlin despatch. returning troone led; glop, officers and bearing the old axid•neeeveImperial and State flags, demanded' a:speedy- sum- moning of the NetioneleAssembly. The Bavarian Premier, Kurt Eisner; was compelled to, come out and re- spond to the demenstrators. He pro- mised the eally ealline of the as- sembly. Herr Eisner was surrouee'eS by a bodyguard and had armored cars brought up. The soldiers protested co , vigorously against the presence ot the ears that they were withdrawn. VOTE ARMED SUPPORT, Amsterdam Cable. -Twenty Guard regiments have voted their armed support of the Ebert -Haase Govern - pewit againet all opposition, reaction- ary or Bolsheviks. - The movement in Germany for a Constitutional Assembly is gaining in strength, On that account the elec- tions will probably be held a month earlier than had been planned, Jan. 15 being the probable date, 13ellef that no food can be had from America un- til a National Assembly shall bring about a stable Coyeriunent, on the basis of a new constitution, furnishes convincing argument that no peace will be possible before the elections. Berlin reports a startling increase of the unemployed. • SOLDIERS IMPATIENT, Berlin. Cable. -'What ..proneises to be a decisive battle for the elimine- •tion of' partisan politics in the Sol- diers' ' and Workmen's Councils throughout Germany ha,s already. _home .precipitated -'by the, --announced determination ot the soldiere to in- sist upon party representation ot all governing boards. The leaders of the soldiers declare that if the pres- ent 'virtual dietatorship eystem of government is to be continued, they will demand en equal vote with tile working men. Otherwise, they insist upon the immediate convocation et the National Assembly. It is commonly understood that the soldiers are anxious that both wings of the German etoeitel deincieraey busy themselves in trying to get to - other on a eommon. national plat- form. The existing condition ot a donaprombe governmeht is said , to ahoalvdeieresx,hausted the patience of the !Demonstrations on the part of the trope reterning from the -front are commonly reported here, as in ap- proval of the E bert-Seheidentann group. Phillip Scheidemann le de- livering the blln. of the patriotic egaeclies and glerlfying the Wean- WM while the •Hatide Vieg of stile Cabinet and its Independent follotv- ing apparently is In noseeszion of a decisive strategic ticleantrige, DECIDED AT PISTOL POINT. !Muni& special cable cresvd of armed soldiers laet night went to the residence ot the 'Minister of the interior, end, after fereing- an en- atirgannacedonlewmhaincelhe tthoenteedttendi.ster's re- Revolutioniets ?deo sterniedthe newepeper offices, except one. They withdrew several houre later at the earnest mutat at the Baearien Pre, - Mier, Kurt Eisner, Who harried to the (seem e. iferr Auer, the !Minister whose rteignation Was tlemainded, Was Welt two minutes to decide At the point 6f relroleete SPAIN IV EXPEL Htnci- eNvov. pari$, Dee. 8. -La. Llberte to -day print A de:vat-eh rrom Madrid' saying' that the new Spanish Prcutter, Nutt nomanones• intends to mei the German Alabama. dor, Prince itatiner, and met seVeral inonbcts of the 'Gorman cznhaany,, who Ivaco b -en notoriomly engaged in .<vyitix aml sun/wiling the antklynastie &eta.s tion. etinggins-Germarty must be fed. It is poseible to reit& the heart through the stomach, you knew, Buggins- Yes, if you coneider that sort of heart Worth nutting.