The Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-06-24, Page 7'N,e4
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OM 'BARBAROUS AND OPE
Extracts from CaesarSeneca and other Win Classics, Shows That,
Spirit of the Race Has Not Changed ;In Twenty Centuries. .
Ap. extract" from a newspaper
which has just -come to hand the
following quotations summarizc a
fatuous and curious study depictin
the preenI war.
e , possessionof our territory
*fie ng a -special attraction t� the.
Germans, after having invaded all
the eastern pad: they, established
th elves as if A ought to belong
to t.Ieni always, the 'General Staff
exercising As power withinsoleaCe •
• and cruelty, demanding hostages,
• even „children,.7aral delivering the,
'• inhabitants to every kind Of, ter -
'tare if; at the toast sign;of their
,obief; Ilis orders' were not earned
Out _immediately, „These feroeihus
e -end ebarbaeauf•e",.menesoughtretcr--:.in--
all the soun,try and beeaMe,
raentice-to.Ite,ly.'
•'What -the date of this extract
and :What is , its title 7. It is not Of
:yesterday or tlAl day befog.. • It
. dates from. fifty 'years'. before. our
, • era; It is,: in £aet, frmn the Coin-
• montwrieS.- of Caesar, -. This great
.4.ncineror, wlho was, ';14'verti-isi1its;-
not reniarkable for his, tenderness,.
had been struck by the savagery of
'the warriors. frOan -.beyond
Rhine" irlrO were the terror of
" peaceful, populations. Two thous-,
•arid years ago ,these arrogant and
crnta, Invaders were the 'Alikeas to-
day. Going' over the pages of the.
famous Roman general,one would
- think he waS reading the news -
japers of t4i4d1.3.,,Y.1,
• •' And his jUdgment-Isnefisiiiia-Rd:
•. LetL_Atfi_Q•011.1.41t....111'f.t
best. Latin
classics, There is •iiiinirnity. The'
▪ same words, the Saone opinion
about the Germans.
'"They are born tor • deceit,"
. writes the:histerian Vellejus Pater-
. euluS; r tenteniperary of. -JosaS
,Olirist;'•-"jOinink-rase-....-to -such-
point„that one• eannot ocornpreh.end
until after having experielleed
'Duey thus lulled Yarns, deoelybig
iraPrOVidence by a, perfidious
ingenuity,seeingthat the man most
ea.5,11Y surprised.is he who dove not
suspect anything.'" -Boman''
Ilis-
tory, 11., 118,
Elsewhere.Sen‘ deelareat--*
"The Rhine ow -Ls between the Ito
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mart world and As eneraieS; it sep-
arates US from the -German race,
always insatiable for war."9„nace-
tionealilatisrao, TIT• : •
Tacitua, on.his side,' notes ;-
"The Germans themSeIVIS men
of war.fire and that name has been
invented by 4tbern, to•inepire:fright-
fulness.. They like best to seek an
rathei
'till the soil and await the harvest
.and to acquire by the sweat of
onsee 'body what -they can, .gain by
:fighting." • , e •
Another portrait, outlined. ,hy;
Stroh° Germans,!" he says,
"differ ir450.1"the .Gauls in being.
taller, 'more blond and, more .fero•-
• • • "
Siltre'Saing'. the 7. names of the,
niltbiOre,i :do not „these • doeunienta
Chargeterite'the PreAent• .situation
Could they.' nof. bp -palled --,extraceir
from tales we receive 'every day of
the, most forniklable of wars?
- Twenty centuries have alonost en• 7
timely passed since the.,epech when
the Germanic race was etignatieed
by the Latin writers. Its ,mental
,abbitude has not been 'changed since
these times, only its baybarity has
liecoine SCientifiii:* If lies eiiiIehed
itself.„.„witivall the seientle refine-
ments -Whieb seenifd destined only
to raise buina,nity .toward a better
future of progress and justice.
Very 'fortunately the Germanic
barbarity is going to be .eNtinguish-
nd in bleod and infamy:awl- civili z a-
--tion'ia-about -to -trium.ph -After the
meet frightinl043
'of struggles.
-4Y .scuolf.
- .1014-ELTO!'".111P7V0144COVSTAi,i1.'ING IIIT-FRO-NT
• Above are shown' twO -of the Daily News meter truCks laden 'with tobaoce for eanaditm• soldiers in France 'and Belgium; This'
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'- shipment, which consiitsil of about fourteen thousand paekages, was sent off on Saturday. The DailY News, Tobacco FlInd COO-
• tinues.to grow, and ebiPMents tO that inst sent will be forivaided from tirao to tirae. '
plw.cmimicorionatme. "WO•Tirgavasw.,.
h,at Gosid 'load
ean to Gan da
• e'• %yr, • ".4.1,
to obey, even those of us who had
never been called disobedient be-
fore. , From discipline we learned
'respect. At first we had no reapeet'
for our immediate sliperiors, oor-
Porals and :sergeants. They were
'legionaries, perha,psi, with. histories
that would not .bear. telling; often
they' Were .our inferiors' ?al many
ways,. but not as,soldiers,' '
tenc...140:e:Wee:fie2c)p,,..WelPe0,...e740;Me(044310/.... , , :47,-e4Yeler0,4
•The attendance tee the mural from farina, ;,..,„;:t'ht the wing
'. -„4,
the.eting plaee diminishing the :at tibg:.itilioenee_ Of the '0harecter-
attendanee to the sehoolhou,ee_ is institutions .of the , eetthe
dwindling; friendship, is • being'Sev-f try.•. • .• - -„
erred the .neighbor, living a •A :great.-thinkei400.i : "If new
Abort distance away, as -' as ideas are abroad,' W; hopes. ares -
with the person to N,elioni you tegu- ins, you' will see it by the, roads
larly send a letter, and the village that are building." ,Simultaneaus4
preaCher being discouraged. ly with the movethent for the need
'What is 'the reason for this? Ira- of. g.00el. roads arises one far-recteh-
passable roads, and nothing elsc. ing idea, even.anore profoand than
Country communities are not, going the enhancing of land values. It is
to. wade through mud' to post a -let- the social betterment of the world.
r, g0 :SoliO01;' Visitn-elluXeli -Canada' 'is playing a distinguished
or to visit „a„friend,_ neater w part in the uplift of world.
-they suffer - theii-:116-TrSei :to .attempt • 73176* citiTiAjfae-.iiieztting of zotag--
it. They Will not be. Pestered with ' in the econ,omio sphere, It is a
doctoee because the' road is good business .policy. Canada's
transformed into a. qnagmire. BA' manufacturers, men, of ecatmerce
ral inhabitants are being degraded: and business, admit that •Canada.
educationally, socially and %orally. ne,eds, such _ _a policy, ..bat •_.heeriarSe
-Country-folk-are- not.migrateng-eto they-oannot, see - any unre,
cities because they don't like rural .steitted and .tevailable gain that
life heit because the roe.d,s, if. theY Would accrue, theY don t eare. T e
.
,may lin d' are. impe,aeable, coet_ 01..\.a. breakfast roll_ wonisl....b.s
o .
ord; lthe Lor
-astahlished-at leste- A enallewhohim
ries to seize his -own assumes that
-God wiD come too late to' keep' His V averted and his throne Mere firmly
wbut d
- trifling did it not cost the f.am
,rer
h
These peopleare intelligent enough
:to see that all :file 4i-scornfort-T-anct--
)2reyention. of soeial' enjoyment is
dueto th a c'of good roads, You
OTTiRNATIoli4L'LRSSON; cannot ll? Sti- in dolla,ras Atia
in_the_fulfihnent_ef ismurPoses-is never belated
The .nts_th ti, -10 s -e tailed :hi_
' JUNE 7.:: - heavenly King never- hurries and -is
the Cons ant withdrawal of labor mete, . .
never tardly. ' - •
eighteen „anti bwhel, merle to
transpart wheat. nine miles to a
railway • station thanit did front'
New York ta LiverPoOl,:a distsal,
-of, '---three. ...tIousand--„one--hundre
• •
eeeemeeye -__The4aelereemethe4ereheeeee.
9. • Tfie Presence ,of: God- inworship__ _
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F on 13. --David tbe Shepherd of stirs the hearts of the worshippers ono QTATQ IT A
Isree , Gltilden the divine presence; and when David ' '
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— Training Good Apart- from Var.
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A. seldier. a- man; ihe7w-a,
animal, a human being stripped Of
• Eielc. 31tIi., ' . ' ' brought it th -Jerusalem,. he confess- his brain.- He millet not think, he
' ' - • ed by his act his conscious ,nee o must not reason -ell thatIs left -t
The -Hely, acri,ritures_ are corteerned God and his desire for worship. "Pod 'those in -charge -he only has, to" f?e,-
, primatily with stri and salvation. All met him in. his pious deed and filled
Other subjects are secondary to these his soul With inexpressibleegladness.
. MOW eventa are passed over Without • Ours is, a glad God, who delights. to
mention by the inspired wiritersi :and givejoy and Peape to here, who adore
the histery-giVen by them ii pene- Him. , et- . .
AMERICAN IN' TUE WO ZONE
MiLITARY TRAINING. .
• trated• in every rt by a spiritual 10. The holiest, if unWatchful, may
•PerpOse. Our lessons •dhring the_
1188-te dalle-and ein by nien whose previous
quarter, taken in the main from history has been -most blameless.fan-t
the' lives of Saul end David, the first not escape the cendemnatien, ofe'God
and the: second kings of Israel, inns- or the consequences of wrongdoing.
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trate e this- truth: The peehee elm& The -rebuke. of David by-Nathan'the
we have studied -belong °also to ' this prophet, at the command of God,
___perioctotifeancloar_Easter
_ showa-how-no-sinrhOwever --seer
lesson Concerning the resurrection et can be hidden from the 'divine, eye
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our Lord; was the record of the 'fu!- or he shielded from the divine judg-
fillMentin him of "the sure mercies ment. , s,
of David" (Acts 13.84), .even the 11. There is forgiveness :with God
' everlasting establishment of David's ,to all sitmera who in hearty repent-
, throne; The leading truths whichare ance and trite faith return to him.
contained in our lessons stand out This is the saving truth which David,
clear to yiew. - ' ' ' out of personal experience, sings in
' „1 -The risen Lord is the Saviour of notes. -almost -divine--in Pecte--82---th
-----hearts)- dispelling7akoriew and -giving --
eleventh lesson of. the quarter.- And
hope and - Pis?' to despairing souls. he also reminds us that if • a man
Thus he 'canie to the grief-steicken
- — - cover his 'own sin', God will not aver
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women at the .septileher, and 'thus he
continues the revelation of his grace - 12. By prayer the tempted preVail
and truth to al *rho: yearn ;for his 1
over temptation. •
Says Country Is at Mercy of 'Wei -
like State -Sees War and •
'Hates It. • by the effect of the training we have
ciime a naaeltine eakply handled by
thaae: holding the responeibility, ae natural death during our train -
And all this takes time : to unlearn ing. .
is harder than to learn: . 'This Defenee--Itingui-ouglit
to ob-
And `' yet we all agreed on the .tain Crovernm,ent supervision for a
value of military training as judged 'Coarse Of training :like ours that
should be compulecity , for every
American young man. At the
ginning vee al& looked askance
eating from a; .gamtelle (tin bo
it wag notiitilturgirriiiheli fold
v.o.eaulnizi._diecertaftinropillandoes itwewhisa
houfatr
to sleep on.the floor or on str
Cleani.ng one's own eating- utensils
caused wry faees, washing one -'s
own clothes was torture,. but our
trairicag saen made all such tbings
trifles. .
• Our training .adapted to ordinary
life mould include repairing and
inetional high roads,
bridges and trench making
could be thanged to. irrigation
-work. ••
' War. Materials Buraedi -•
A despatch- from • Lenclon says:,
• Bbildings eovering three acres, 100
Red Cross mob= ainbulances and .200
arniy nicitor vans, all 'ready for deliv-
ery to- the Government, were destroy-
ed by fire Friday when the motor
works df Bria,Hughesand Stra'clian,
at Park Royal, Went -up in flames.
-heedima-geeis-estimated-ate$500,00
Trqops had to be called in to assist
the firemen. •.
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Salisbury _Plain has an area
about 200 'square miles. •
OfeMANYARhi WOMEN
EVENT1.TALITY NOT BO, IMPROB-
ABLE AS MAY Appg4R.
. -
Women• Trained t;oi.n„ Childhood gave
. Thencnine datY:. It was our ditty
to de this. or OA ..AP4 Wa'..soOn F°4414 71/11"11711i1ST4rEc '
'vit.:vit. 'iseaf dnit byteetrkeitd b•Wieethoometitad hot wit, . , opilfil'a,11,11176 : P:::: . her women,
learned '''that We onast, do it, even
bit to do things without 'Asking why thereby doubling, or very nearly so,
0,414 nwherefore, _al:11d to do, taielet. set her effective fighting strength? • .
otie,:a d .p ,etaiis and g. othersti ,ete:9. ieitgvi hho IQ .yy , 11441, so. taeinvreeirtbecuiryt., oc cussed,
aThes,ettd-b., squaurned: even.iO6ne r n: uaysYleyteoi..tud jnissdebusesuisupegedr,r Isl.: .
est in thear ,being done„ .. Berlin. where Already above twenty ,
- ' - - erallye to the task, of - crossing eteel
. „ tensonn Mean nett to won.. •
-thousand dtwyeonntnyg and thirty
•
M with steel in '. a- ,-rough-and-tumble-7; :
.. A •oomiiany.- is-....divide'd.400,four, ed thenieelyes into rifle clubs,
Sections; eacb, eietien bas its ahate volunteered to fight, -Wield Tie-'-`il - ber' a Inale-swemieS '- -*:- --. - -
4114 .igB"lititt*ihtahy'acinnYettlicinl!arlgikees,a :I although bIludme: '
of, the work on hand,' eacill doing fence of the Fatherland. . . .
seriptions. of them naturally bulk
'Under in°deTil: conditions of wax- large in. accounts fro? the Fred'. •tly
lour°i4.7.,:t.oeci:t° h1ier 't.h6 ,y .,.. ot. squads;:::,oht,i:4i,:dipando:kedos,foathrlee,. ofcourse,Barr inBarring
exceptionalthe thing is quitercaseheref st-
one -fourth of the section's
.
nian. shirking -i-oi ' share 7 :"dr * his
squad's Work, no squad shirking its
share of its. section' s. At first sUca
thiiiga liatiPelia;:ii-Tiffain Shirked; a.
Sq't
Mere thee aintlea *aorta
meteor* hay. lataarvirle
know* the dowers psloos.,
iJi aydestsovers. awe
lcitowa that such
eontais assegais itikr4NOW
00*S, %bey have reawed dee
Peril to Me children duot
cwaPaulesuoupeoreepolitess.
But for those •wbo lava sloe
tairera et nips* camera, we
buote from a, sweat issue ot
the chew r$vacezerit atsgevise.
welch comments uooatbirty.gee
cocoa obildreir PPisoist4
last rem
"The danger to chlldren is
great, arid the daagerto adnas
Waoinewalueobstderabie."
In tbo P.cevraber ittbue, of the
Mighigan btato Zlediegt .Toure
aneadoriet•en the sarao sobi
altea47 eases caidgoes (pt? state:,
"4=011104111v volsous are as
daagerous ubosoboras
tuateb. They should bo ab.
isbed, frbere or as ‘eilieletit
. and. more sanitary ways of
eatebler or baling lack ,ael
fiv Poisons. if used at
should not to -14,oititraoiflet
where tbero aro ebildren, or
where aback= visit."
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ANGI,E„
..../Dostroe.
Catelgs ehe arm #474
• $tiutateug4i7
, brnE c). & Timm
Dept.24 arettiervek, 0*.
a'aceateenAeareet .
irfrarel Reales, wee::
and there, women did not march forth
to `War itethe olden dam because they
lacked. the necessary ,Physical
strength. The average Woman, for
instance,. -could not swing- a battle-,
.equed eleeited, saurktd, axe, or . bend the tough, yew -bow our
hut 'although there was ix -Yeomen arehers-dehghted in till
ment for suoh a thing, 4 t died away less Could,. she wear, arniOr, or wield
from a senee shame. . • . the heavy lance of mediaeval times.
•
When-4he Sire- ngest-, Wort --
not be expeaed, was a nec'essary '
In those days hand -to -hand -fighting
lesson to many, and many only •
realized in time that oleanliness was the rule, instead of the exeeption
was necessary for the sake of
others ' as _ .
Or thary bad habits •of lagthess
boutgoing to bed and getting up,
th-t-lealeit -eTating---orie-vilutoic
"haleit of , breathing --improperly,
holding oneself improperly, all died
gone through,• Not that we are in
I have just been , reading in .the love with witt-ive have net seen a.
battle -but war ..as we know it as
riot a 'fight.'A shell doitte,s from
miles away, a bullet is firecT y an
Seerrerremyrand -a-mari-is7dead
without, a chance to retaliate.
American e pripe,rs. . about -•the
--Leugu:e-,44--.orfence
Leasite,"and 'that the idea-
was.---caggested--hy,aa:-Anaericanr.
now in the -war Zerre.,;'!.' writes 11
Ohalkaff :in New York 'San, I
weneler whotAt. was., but eundoubted-
1 y •:the idea; occurred.'to Many
new Serving in the FrEinch „ariny,
I . knew' we have had diseussioas
about sueh an arganization„ )flit. we
wanted a, purely military.; organiza-
ion .w7iCh. lithe .
Y(*Tg iiearcLof. man who studies • law
B• Ut 'course .of military tesining
such as we Italie received: is good
for young inert • in • itself, cin,d spacifi-
ciste need not object to its being
pailitary,', as it is' a ' Course . edit -
'cation, a better training for future
anhoed than. anythingej have ever
men of the aeuntry a snail -Lary train- may learn how to commit acts•whieh
ing are. unlawful before gad and yet
It seemed verjeclear.to , us Arneri.- withinthe -letter of the • lor., .
dans .iehe, hare. beef' -seeilit Same- Who Studies ineditine inay. 'able
to' temsnit crienes'afterward with-
qut being detected, -yet that does
not make.. the- study . of l-aw or Medi-
cine .bad.. -So,. though .this train-
ing •fits a'than, for war, and 'war is
a• crime, it is not,. therefore, tO be
condemned. ' • •• • • .
---WeAlave-seen English;-bOys--after- in...our, _Company _tells
eight. weeks ntraining with as at .me that -thie.course . of .instru•ctibn
n.7
de. Afailly and two or three • months est his e*ye,i;'. to his farther- helplesst
- the ..trenehe a". leave . as, and take Reiss,. and,that ne've-r forget_
up Cominiisiens inthe'English arnay, it. . 'Even. to day, 'W.ting. War • like
and yet their were only second-do:Ss eve•rY. soldier and -knowing that that
Vares--.-here; -4;nd-some- of them. training wee.' to fit „him for War,
he remains .eatliusiastit aboutethe
benefits- he- has- .obtriined.. . •
When we • entered the.. array -We.
.were throe:en-in axaiing.'all.serts and
:What little I. know, little it •es„ too), types anclethus• obtained our first.
7h,tivi:orie. regiment et riegirlarSA'lian b.euefits.,. association. with: others,
.4:volunteers:- .VolUnteers .have The. second ..--benefit was to learn.
ow. ...itirvj.vpi's ineanse.
• t-what--what7it-ie
beco.•
, . •
----thing-of war -that the United States
• presence. To them who, most lament •Satan trembles when he sees • • is. unprepa,red.fOr war and is at the
hisita sence he- apPeare moat, surely T
• • • he Weakeit saint upon his knees.•mem' of any 'warlike ttate, and
qUickly. They who . miss him
• that thb arguments of • pacificists
find him first,
.1e= • could no longer hold,. asStates will
2; ,Oharaeter is a Matter of inward 'always resort to force.' of arms.
toridition. -of- the heart 'and not- of • „ '.'wrie AND HUMOR. Bence the need of training. -
--1-outwarappetiratee.-- This avas-e-the__:____• --e--- •
lesson will& the venerable' and hely And., said the sergeant, as he
Samuel -needed -to -!earn wheiritt---his--emieed his humming. aka& turned
,old age God sent him to anoint David. away' from the 'squad of -recruits to
..The.aged._uroPhet was made to., seal wtioni he had given a free and
that ,thlifairest to the eye is not el- ea,sy le,spoit in French; "we have to
:Ware the fittest in the soul. ", I look after. 'em, and no blooming
reThe Lord guidesee-and-gnardsilefear-,--T,Anies--,ia-ediffeyent, '
and peotidee for his people. , This is they, 2 . . . Stand easy, fellows,
lovcy lesson -of -the, Shepherd
; of .the'heart of the
Shop prcl7king the Lod . sent 'forth
OVA song of solace tb his ,fleck in
every age and limo.
' No doe' is formidable enough to
fear if dii.Ugoed forth With God :by
-----hiii-7.4deGtrAlath fell- before David's-
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faith, and by the mere ?force of the gle your fingers a,nd point ape'
--shePherd-.15ey.-'-The'-nerreof-e•-lesse- wratolv your-sidcs- like ---n
went aimed by an invisible power ocedieeaneees:. - •
g 41 P.
poor. onei at that.. Not that any
and east your . eyes _ever them
phraise's. And don't grin. This -of Ws are soldiers-; we• !whin -
ain't nohippodrome, Mebbe- ythell teens, winch is another thing alto-
gether,' and I W'Ould rather (with -
thank Gocl when 'you get over there
that He. brought yen. ittfci contact
-with a man wtho could teach You to
ask for year grub a. foreign.
et-Tantry -instead_a_linating--tiv- Wag:
. 1*--of-takem, . ttle. Trade
queltion, in. a subdued. voice- f
;Whielt no ',,spear-or-sword-cr-slue.
could' withstand.. "The: weapons of
our Warfare are not caihal,'.!. even as
his • were not; but they are -mighty,
nevertlretess.-:..:k : • ' • -
The titliteens Walk eVer, • under
the protecting are of Clod, who
livers thera-from theaubtlest enemies'.*nd raises up for . them. friends • and
defencleis in Meet . unexpected. -gnat-
ters; Thea :David VMS' saved. AMA
the rinirderous. wrath of _Saul and
given • hie noble friend, Jonathan, were'. Like duck &slope for •kae,
_-;•,13.041.4 ;Iv -4
, , n e- 117 - .4%ran
' -true friend is the gift of God,, beer 'I' No, , one van!' That's Wine
•
, and hal Wind Ship -reds Sy don't have anything sem em-
• goundation love between thew! rem) as hoer. You're, going out as
*ha 'share alike precious faith. God a, gent, me lad, not . as'' arty-
gaVe David and Jonathan to one an honse.'n •
60'1611- end. no distrust etret sprang- gtflon't trouble- about the spen-
t* between them because' both trust.' frig," . said the sergeant. "The
' id God. Fidenity in friendship is not French Welt never people ' spell
possible to to the &Mikes.. . Much. You ask for bread? 'Donny
7: 1Vragnainity and mercifulness moir u p g:' " •
" "And if he doesn't understand;
set ant 11).' „ .. •
Ir en he „don't inielerstand „his
own language. Grab What you earl
and say, Pardonny CheeSel
-That's 'fromanidge ; but 'don't be
too keen cheese,
knovrn it iceep many geed man
out of thefighting line for doe.
Too Much of it, mean.,
•
, .
you wanted eats -feel Well, . didn't -
1 prOnounce it a dozen times- .
'Donny moir edify oily!. 'St•ruth. from 20
13 to ;montha old. -Experts
, .
Where was you educated- ure ladu are of the opinion that with . the
Back parlor of • thine ',Int ., ‘-. imprevement-of-- -Iv
shouldn't •wonder. ' And a9n't' - for- SEC.& it "will be possible to:market
get the sivvy plait, either. If the at ' an even earlier date.. Among
F,tiitelly 'likes anything mot itne •the advantages .of earlier finishing
other it's' Manners. .- . . • , of cattle, 'the following aro Men-,
' G¶'Eli 7 I thought so • ' ive me
9 tioned by some of the leading cat-
it is now. The result a a battle de-
pended -largely on the. outcome ef a
-serieseedesingle cornhatabetween,men
and man, or between small isolated
dies_of_men.__The ...strongest won;
the Weakest . were threrpowered, and
killed or touted. • . • ••
All this now altered. Battlesare
fought and won often without the op-
PoPint-fereesiesUning . into ...egiltaet
with , one another. This being ski,
there no real reaton, as has,already
been. intimated; why' Women 'eshoulcl
be_ not heat:rained to wee; equally" With
•
lei). The niedern ainallebote rifle Poe-
a,t,1 men. .
sessee'doinnaratiVelY-littIe,-recoil; -so
that-Sbe couldlearnto.shoot -straight
we • ,„
ror•----w!mg-Atjiijasyjiaeaman
-
aw, Numbers of wemen, indeed, have al -
newspaper correabondents,atnd other,
are • comParatively. infrequent. ,
It has been abundantly proved, IOC,
by Mir officers 'daring the ' PreSel "
conflict that the iutematic.-magazine-
pist91 is at least as deadly and effee:
:Live aweapon at close quarters as is
the --beyenet-;--- And- --women- can
as quickly and as well with. a
magazine -pistol as a rain can, pro-
vided she retaini her nerve, and bas
bein .previously 'trained, infitseuie-Je-;'
•
. Have Proved Their Worth.; •
Finally, as eegards the quality 0:.
eourage, witheat villa), of coulter yin
. -
soldier of' either: .sex eveeth _
_ .„ . _
r, more
more clearly recognized .riowedaya..••.:
hitteewomen---Peesets this-deeireee
able attribute _ equally man. -
, You do .not 'believe it? Then ask
the 'French soldiers Who fought in '
Dahomey .in 1892 against King Ben-„
hanzin'e e'ainazens, celibate female
waft -lore, trained to battle from child-
hood. ' • •
•
They Will. tell yon ---and it, is a'ariat-
ter' of history also -that 'these women
soldiers fought and flied .where they
stood, after the regiments . that were
composed men only had broken and
Train disorder .- . -
Andedidenotellie.:evomenof gallant
'little Wales -..several hundreds of
ready. done so,- and that not only in tbeee, clad in the national. costume
Germany, but in England, in Prance,
and elsewhere. . • .,. of red mantles and beaver hats -
It has been objected , that. women
soldiers could net stand the,:phyeical
strain involved in. marching long, dis-
tances; and day after day, but this re-
mains 'eta be proved. elend-inany-cese;
-marching has been eeduied to a mini --
mum nowadays; so fie • as ' regards
campaigning- in so-called civilized
'countries. - , . • • -
• Mtiviag-By Motor.
march forth to -battle alongside their
husbands and brothers when the
French landed at Fieliguara, no ronger,
ago than the year.1197?
S CO1'0 S WAR'S ALA.11
in A.. musiag ,Story of • Sir John
' • French,
The Svenik,a, Dagbladet, Stock
T. the preient virar; 'for insiance' tells an. amusing :story which'
it eeeeived efrom oarrespondent
at the 'front,, showing that Field
Marshal Sir John French, cora
ing moyements are being executed and Mender of the British fortes en • •
reinforcements hurried from one part
of---the-farzflung 1,4ttlewline-• ,to. t
other, by means of the same nen.
• . •
• the bulk of the „ combatants on both
sides are being taken to the front by
most train and motor transport,. and .turn-
'Tree,' thet-----e 'le:the-question of lian•-d-=
, - to -hand fighting:with the- bayonet: -.It
' May well be doubted whither the merit one night on •the outskirts *1,,
of :Compiegne, where the Field 11tar-
of physical etrength ..end endurance
- women would be equal, speaking gen- alai \arid his staff had, their head.%
, quarters. . At six.. dock
• France, will not •peranit the war to"
interfere --With- his peracnal
forts
-sponindee -
:who was. on Auty with his ;regi
. „ Randolph Bruce, a well-
, I 1 anch in Western, Canada,
hat juSt retarned-fram-EttroPiAirith
rnany interesting opinione as to the
•effect that the •warwiUhavaonthe
'Cat -Indian farmer: The immense
slaughter of cattle for the 'armies
.are the fruits of faith in' God, Da-
vid todet:tiafebr'aphte. Saul, 'since ,he
knowoed Nvoio.cife Nell*. Re-
• ',Maga le ban of distrust in God quite
o•as muCh ad it .orings from 'bitter.
. teas toward'Mou If we believe 000d
-When he myth. "Vengeance is mine;
will repay, , the Lord," WO
shall be toady to 'teed our enemies'
Uett-tho henget and to give them
ink whon they 'thirst. Ife who takes
earla intohis own handshas lost
Confidence in. the LOIN CATO fot-the
teitgal. Order Of the 'UtilVerse.
fisXIs who 'believes wIfl not Make
haste. David litiStened not to1 en'
tOr0 111§ rtite over all ItSfaelf IMO*,
'At la#017. that God. would 641111,111s
optornisaito We« 11100civil we was
• Desire Vihounded,
Recruiting 0,ificer-You *Int to
eht •
Irish Recruit
Yddi air --for the *duration. the
Weri or tonalif it,,.iestet,
to •
in the field Will, be thinks,--calis tie men: Firstly, younger ' cattle
. .
egleatee,thereaee_eiet the,.Anticel „inakk-leaiver geeias,4_,Ocal • fill, a ,
,t_
beef 'and. ;those' firthers .-Whae. ar *Way- eiet, tott-of teea--iiltin----Old: -
raising ca;ttle will make mord In' 0-' tattle ; seCondly, the money invest,-
ney 'even than ,those Who are raise a is turned ,-fasterr, ;being turned
ing wheat at 4 dollar -fifty per bu- over in eighteen months, where.
shel. Every effort should' be made formerly it took from three to ilVe
to Taisecattle for the market in as
large quantities and as quickly as
"possible. *Ur. truce is a great be-
liever in 'alfalfa as the most satis-
fectory food for the rapid raising
of cattle for beet------ - - •
In this connection it is int'erest-
ing to note that fattening young
stook is becoming very popular in
the United -States, where the rear-
ket•for beef in inefeasing So, rapid-
ly that more studyliariheeli paid
methods of inereaSiag production.
In° the early days tattle were
-kept on the ranges from three to
Ow Years. :Eleperienes, however,
has shown that tlie use of thor-
-ongh.:•hred hulls ati4 . the totise-
rime* itaprovenent in the 'quality
114irtgagirhOW1=
teollogo has Made, 46 possihle to /nit
just as *nth beat on tlic marko# at
_ _morning a •heavi'bornbarklMvit • Of '-
,the town was begun by the •Ge:'
lifetitelViht
sent to inforni the Field Mari:hal .."; •
• that the Germans we -re- --front oi.
the .
the deer Castle:18e
_
aNtoppi-ed-by.- -atr--orclerlY,
• -The .young Officer 'bald the orderly
, • „ nation 'looked critical- and he Must • e
ir Joins -Fri ench.at e te.
"The Field Marshal a•in;14.41 and
nitt-4 not be disturbed," said tbei.
Orderly cabely.
ae
In the street ttreuibiles : were •
-standiugLivith--4.1e4-ebttliffnr
to. take !Sir -John to 41:-p.1-4,ca .0.%afe• , ,
ty. 4fter a -wait.'-of an hour•th• e .•
liententint was again ordered be •
superior effiter tO See 'Sir "
French and adVise him •;of , his den.
years; thirdly., heifers under two
yeArs old sell -eh-readily at steers.
and finish more rapidly.
As the census statisties prOve
without shadow of doubt, the value
of beet -cattle- in -Canada is steadily
increasing. In 19f11 there were
..8,101,744 veined at $54,197,341, or
an average of $17.12, taking the
good with the bad. In 1311. there
were 3,939,351, valued et' $80,08,-
490, of an average -of •44;2/1;90,-tto
in-
creaae Alf $4,18 per het, Mr. .11.
S. Arkell, Assistant Ve Steele
Commissioner for the Dominion
Government, says that never in our
statisticalhistory, have' prices at-
tained So high a; figure either 'for'
wade, on the hoof or for meat in
:the butcher shop as to -day. What
it will be nett year when the full
effoot Of tate war is -telt no One can
tells
said
eld;
bafhL ‘e'wht1 the -.eV& . .
, • , French and Englivh foree4,,bic.
-1-4-ken their places in the, aittorno.
• biles readv to start, but. 3.0hf
'was net worried. At eight o'clock.. •
when it 'waS nrOmen teribe exii et teC
rahint
the 'town, 'the lieutenant' wee , fe. '
epiested A third . time' to try to
make the eituatien clear to :the
Biittsh teinmanderee
"It is absolutely necessry
• sea 'the Field 1.114:nehal,"..seed the.
lieutenant. , •
"And it is absolutely linporsible •
for yoti to stb him," replied the or- •
,derly fimirtly, "The Meld Afaishost_i___,,i_ .,
is now taking hie breakfaet." ..
. Oply at nine o'clock did Sir &Ain
entel his automobile to .1kave the
town; and at that hour the Ger- ;
. The Canadian Eye.Witness. .
' market Naos' a Coinpiegne.
man tvo.o71,7d ti..1....,_,Irtiost teethed the-
' This photograph of Sit Ilex Aitken (in the centre); the Canadian Eye- On an hyotige, •sdotgitor, are dia, ..
witness, 'Wad' taken fn Hyde Park, London, and. shows him talking. with United Ringdoat, Irish -
Major F. t'.. smith, jai, M.P., the new ttritieh,seneitei.Getietai, and mi...., :tallest 10 the '.
lehtt Redmond. the Melt Leader, . .,
. Men tome second, gnglishnien thirdt
. „ .., and the Welsh last*
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