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Temperance 'Leseon.--Isalith 1-13,
Connacht -tau,- 1. A nation in dan-
ger tvs. 1•4). 1. Woe, This le not int
Imprecation, but a warning, The pro;
phet toretelling the destruetion of a
debauched nation. Crown of pride -
Samaria, the capital of Israel, wile
situated upon a beautiful, round hill
about three hundred feet in height. It
here spoken of es 'the crOwn of
pride," Drunkards of Ephraim -Nigh
ram is used to gaud for the entire
itingdono and the inference is that tliie
was a nation. of drunkards. A fading
tiower-Samaria was a thriving city
and beautirul for eituation, but the
propnet maw it as a lovely flower be-
ginning tO fade, The destruction of.
Samaria and the captivity of Israel
were only three or four yeare in the
future, Even then the Assyrians uuder
Shelmeneser were readv to bring
ebOut its destruction, Head of the fat
valleys -Samaria was surrounded by
beautiful, fruitful valleys. 2, Bebold
-The prophet's' message demands at-
tention, The Lord hath a mighty and
strong one -The Assyrians were eager
to conquer and take possession or
Israel. and the Lord would withdraw
his protection and permit Aseyria to
eerre out her purpose. The fiercenese
tied destructiveness of the Ansyrian
ariny is vividly expressed in the lan-
guage of this verse.- The army is com-
pared to seine of the most destructive
forces in nature, "a tempest of
and a deetroying.storm," and "a flood
or mighty waters overilowing." 3.
Crown of pride, the &nutter& ot
Ephreim-The city of Samaria in all
its beauty and prosperity is spoken
of iu these terms. The people were
revelling in luxury, and drunkenness
abounded. The nation was "overcome
with wine". or, 1). Trodden under feet
--'-ft the people of 'Israel had not been
tender the power of drilik, they would
bave rea.lized their danger and would
have been able to defend themselves;
but they were blind to their condition
and became an easy prey to the Assy-
rian host. 4. The glorious beaety
shall be a fading flower -Samaria is
represented as a fading flower in a
sightly place. After the Assyrians, as
a "tempest of hail" end a "flood or
tnigbty waters," had swept over it,
there would be uothitg ieft of its
beauty and prominence. The hasty
frult-Some of the fruit of the fig trge
became ripe as early as Jetne, when
the main crop ripened in August. The
"hasty fruit" was the "first -ripe fig,"
and was esteemed a great delicacy,
which was eagerly devoured by ehose
who found it. So the Aseyrians would
eagerly devour Samaria and the land
of Israel. Isaiah in his beauty saw
this fearful deetruction which' wee
only a few years in the future.
lit Help in Geld (vs. 6-6). 6. In that
day -At the time when the kingdom
of Israel saould be overthrown because
er Ile. drunkenness and other forms
of wickedness. The Lord of hosts--
"Jebovab of hosts."-lL V. A crown
of glory -in striking contrast to the
"crown or pride." Onto the residue
lde people -Direct reference is
doubtless made to the tribes oE Judah
and Benjamin, which constituted the
kingdom of 'Judah. About the time
•the Assyrians took the northern king-
dom into captivity; Hezeklan became
king of Judah anh instituted important
and far-reaching reforms, and the
krngdom prospered. It- stood for a
period of one hundred and thirty-five
years after the northern kingdom
ceasea to exist. It is also' doubtless
true, as, many commentators ehink,
than the prophet saw in hie visiop the
ushering in of Messiah's kingdo and
the blessings that would attend hie
reign, 6. Spirit of judgment-Justicee
righteousness. To him that sitteth in
judgment -To the ruler or the people.
To them that turn the battle to the
gate -To those wno wage a victorious
Wtrfare. The idea is that of driving
the enemy back to the gates of the
city froth whence they came. There is
great encouragement to the children of
Ged in these verses. The Lord will
be tse them a crown of glory and a
diadem of beauty, and he will give
them wie,dore and strength to make
them victors over all that would
• oppose their spiritual progress. Ile is
a tower of strength to the righteous,
but to those who persist in a course°
of rebellion against bim he bringe
punishment.
HI. Needed' instruction given- (vs.,
7-13). 7. But they elsoelaste ,erred
destottgh eitine-elselatc Turns to the sins
of his own people, the kingdom of
Judah. He had held up the condition,
morally, of the people of fsrael, and
had shown the coming destruction, as
a warning to the people of Judah. He
charges them -with • indulgence in
'strong drink, which is haying its usual
effects. It produces weaknees of body
end mind and is destructive of spirit.
ea life. The priest and the prophet
have erred through strong driol--
They who shOuld be the moral and
spiriaual guides of the people were
incompetent and wicked. Their vieWs
of truth are not clear and they fall to
s weigh causes jostly because they are
given to strong drink. 8. Filthiness
--The liquor teaffic produotiete of
physical and moral filth. It .defiles -
everything it touches. It pollutes the
very air, so that the space about the
doer of the saloon Is foul with the
oder, of the drilik, and the breath of
the drinker is nauseating with the
Nines of ideohol. brino its victim
below the level of the brute.
9. "Whom final] He teach knowledge
-The condition deecribed in the two
preceding vereee ohoWs clearly the
need for inetruction and warning; but
those to whom the prophet epeke re-
•eented eis words. Wad Ienialcialking
to thcM fiti if they were mere babes?
Did they not know what they were
doing? 10. Precept upon precept, etc. -
It eeenee that the peeple wereolnoeks
ing Isaiah in las continued effoins te
teetruct aud warn them, TheY Were
thoronghly diepleueed with bins fOr
eolng over the eanee thing again and
again. They e onsidered it an affrOnt
to their intelligence to deal with them
us; a teacher would With little seals
dren. It, With 'Stammering lipee--"By
Men of etrange lips," --R, V. The nro-
ithet replete to the ecoffere. They
v'ould not hear and heed the- inetrue-
thins and warnino which he gave
them, but they would realize the
truth when .0 A Asisyrians, 'In en of
etrange lips" and of a foreign tongue,
caned break down tbeir haughty nor -
them neighbor. The Lord weeld
epeak in jedgment if the peopie Weeld
1Iot lieten when he evoke in nlereys
le, The; is the resit -This its the re-
frsehing-The Lord had Amu 141S
people the Way of rent front their ett-
t.mico anti of true nreetierity. They
bad known' et the great deliveraneee
get.'
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tee bee wrought out for thelnet Yet
thev wattle, not give hetet to Mei r6-
tilliremento and promieee. le, 'The
word of tee Lora was unto them aud
pleaded \she theni repeadediv by hie
propliete, but tee; wOnlii not Mel
tiWir warnittilo. Then Ile flPolte to
them lie lite Inclement% permitting
the Atseyriane to atfilet them until
they v ere "broken and enared, and
taken" into vaptivitte
Qua:unitises-Whet le the meaning' of
the ivora woe ae bere steed? Met wee
the erewn' of pride? "What partientar
sin Avast Isaiah tiondemninge To What
deco drunhenntece lead? To. what did
the prophet Compare the Aceivritut
ermve What bope was held out to the
kingdom of :Wall? *Vhat was the
condition of Judah? In what words
did the people seofe at the meseoge
of the propliet? What would finalle
overtake the rebolUouo nation?
PR A CT ICA L SUAVE T.
Tople.--A ruined flatten.
Depravea by tweet:Ante:ea%
IL Deprivea of divine blessing.
I, Depraved. by self-indiligence. The
leeson here ie one of united and fear-
less opposition intemperance end to
Whatever exposes the people to its ray -
ogee. This chapter ie the first ot a
group • ot representative - discourses
which deal with conditions existing
throughout Israel, all enfoecing the
same principlee . In this instance the
prophet Isaiah warnea the ten tribes
of thp coming judgments Which were
soon after executed by Assyria. Words
are searcely possible with which tO
exprees greater sorrow and calamity
than are found heie describiug the
prevailiug iniquity caused by. intem-
perance. Ephraim'in thte leseon etauds
for the kingdoM of the ten tribes. The
•drunkards of Ephraim stand for its
dissipated and desolate. people. The
Crown of eameria stands for ite capital
city, etrong and beautiful. Priee was
a sin which generally prevailed. Be-
cause of this the propbet boldly pro-
claimed a woe to the crown of pride,
The people were not mile overcome
but ruined by the use of intoxicants.
Tbey sacrificed reason, • virtue. con;
science to the love of strong drink.
The loss of everytbing desirable over-
came them when thee lost control of
their appetites. In the place of indus-
try. indolence prevailed. ln the 'place
of intelligence, ignorance abounded. In
place or thrift and comfort: poverty
and wretchedness existed. In !some of
honor and virtue. dishonor and eice
held. swat, until life became almoel
unendurable. Appetite as a Wong
giant brought his captives into com-
plete subjection so ae to render it•
practically imeossible to cast off his
chains. Drunkenness is compared to a
combat between man and his habit. in.
which man is' the victini and habit the
victor. The, figure is of a people laid
prostrate and helpless in utter bewil-
derment, and unconscious as to what
would happen to them or their homes
or their nation. a condition heart -sick-
ening and hopeless. They were so
stricken as to be unsound in judgment.
with little or no vision ,of truth and
duty, with no susceptibility 'to moral
and religioes impressions, unable to
speak intelligently, subject to the
snares of all evil, afflictions and cal-
amities, exposed to contempt, not -able
to retover themselvee. They had no
capacity to receive instruction end
were prejudiced. againet it.
IL Deprived or divine blessing, 'Isa-
iah was one of the -most eloquent. men.
yet the people. resieled his words and
objected to him as God's .meesenger.
The word of Clod commanded their
serious attention, which they' refused
tn give, but rather ridiculed it. What
really angered those scorners was that
the prophet treated them, as they com-
plained, as though they were 'children
and not as masters in Israel. They de'
spiged God's method of dealing with
them. They were weary of. hearing 'of
morality or of having the prophet's
warnings applied to the sins and needs
of. their hime, They sneered the
Aimplicity of the means vouchsafed to
the church of lsaiah's time. By their
profane contempt of God and his word,
they' hastened their own ruin. They
were to be broken by their enemies,
snared in their own pelicy and taken
In Satan's net. The refuee they chose
for themselves would utterly fail them,
They were to suffer puniehment by a
continued hardening or their hearts
until they were no longer able to un-
derstand, The prophet's prediction
was fulfilled. Terrible and exact was
the retribution that fell on their sin.
'The literal meaning of tne "residue of
the people" io that after the pride of
the apostate tribes -had' fallen, they
who had remained -true to God and to
themselves should glory and delight in'
Jehovah. It was a prophecy bleiseinglge
ruifilled. "A crown of glorteasol a dia-
dem of beauty." ..aete-eefriployed as tim.
blesins te- reereient what God regards
as the most precious and beautiful•de
naments for het peop1e. Such a crown '
unfadIng and imperishable, substans
tial and immortal, "a -crown of right-
eousness" rightly obtained and rightly
poseessed. Death. has no power over
11. God will impart •to his faithful "res
sidue" by his grace, that white.' will be
infinitely more desirable and valuable
to them than the most costly crown
upon earth. --T. R. A,
GEN. PETAIN'S POST.
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French Chief of S4ff Has
Wide Powers.
Paris Cable. -e -President Poineare
has signed a. decree leaning tile status
of the new post of Chief of the Gen-
eral Staff, to widen General Petain
has been appointed. General Petain
is the delegate of the Minister of War
for the etude of all teebnfcal questions
concerning military operations, and
for the direction of military sew
Vices in French territory.
He gives to the Minister of War
technical advice on, first, the gen,
era eonduct of the war and the CO-
operatiOn or the Allied army; second,
eft The general plans of operation
ciresyn up by the generals In chief,
wheee duty it will be to carry there
out; third, on the programmes for the
construction of war Material (artillery,
aViation, railroad, ate.); fourth, oil the
distribution or the resources of the
country in effectives and materials
between the different theatres; or op-,
eration; fifth, oh the use of the Means
of transportation in France as regards
the Movements of.troops and material,
and, general, on all questions sub-
mitted to hien by the Minister of War.
"He will centralize the questions of
staff and genera officers and will
lieve authority over the military nes.
sions, and military attaches 'abroad.
Foreign military 'IniSSions in France
Wilt have representatives attaelied tO
the thief or the general Mare
"1 always believe hi etartiny, the
Week right, Said 'the wise guy. "BO
even a strong beginning results in a
'Week -end," murmureil the alulple Mug,
. • , •
. ticteeted the higher °Week,: they were
welt itware that it was the sacred
ranee of humanity, of aemeergey fund
or itemises they woe defending. '
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French Statesma3 Thrills Seat° ad Ham
With Impassionate Oratory.
Marvellous Scenes of Emotion hilow Words
of Fire As to the War.
Ottawa, May le.--Canade has Add- wive bad brekell iget aelleel4
otie c ay, .
To canada M. Reno Vivian!, former
Premier and present Minieter of Jute
Lice of France, brought a meSsage.
To Canada's .Parliament -Senate and
House el C.Ouunone in joint eeesiou-
he delivered it, again. Women, shaken by gob% roee
livteance. It WAS no sterotyped pro-
oteidel de- 1 end %Meet! Their handkerchiefs. All
Parliamentary decorum was talon:tn.
It was no fittely-phrased
duction secretarial skill, cluttered 111.r. Jacques Bureau started the
with erupts nothings und safety -first =gine, of the Mareellialse. Row eer,
fermalities. It was tho living, throb- Dolierty took it up, and in a moment
btng, burning revelation ot a patrigt. Parliamentarians and galler:es were
11 was it glimpse of the eoul of Old singing with all their power. Then
Frage% Mr. te, F. Pardee etarled the Brition
There are septuageuarians itt ails National Anthem, which was suns
dale= and in the Senate tele) de- eith the same earnest, entinudasne M.
scribed it 11.$ the most powertui mese- Viviana rine and joined in the senglnie
sage ever dellvered Canada's Par- of both anthems. The moment the
lia.ment. It thrilled by its IntensitY. resolution te adjourn was formally
Most eloquent of an eloquent roc°, passed by both Housee in the ,body
-Rene Vivlani poured forth his heart-- of the elcamber great eheerine (womb
the heart of his people -in words that surged nem the floor of th.e House.
glowed, in gestures that gripped even and for nearly half an hour the odes
those to wnom the language .was
-es tingueshed vie'itor was surrounded by
etrange and its sense ,unintelligible.
unadians eager to shake his nand.
The men quivered with emotion. His e s
eitiana.kineed the hand of several
elem. blue eyes lit with fire. Glisten-
ing drew; shoue on the broad forehead oirthe ladies presented.
rhe IntenAo and' emotional enthu;
under the thinning and greying- au-
burn hair, He was in earnest -in- swam pi:educed by. the fervor and
tensely in earnest -and tho wards elormence a the French stadesman
Latin welcome, the "bravos" and the ane tho grip of his message, if ade-
"bienyenues" touched chords untun- quately told, would not be betieved.
eel by Anglo-Saxon cheering, or even 011e much -loved French-Canadian
Celtic enthusiasm. British, French member voiced his sentiments in tbe
and American newspapermen who corridor, when he declared that ."
have travelled with the 1111E5Sion since viani could sweep Quebec againet the
its arrival on this side of the Atlantic Pope himselr Another vouched for
say it was Vivittnes masterpiece -and, the fact that "Vivian' could raise a
Viviani, his fellow -countrymen main- regiment ‚every night if Ile spoke 111
tau, • is the statesman -orator of our Province." But perhaps the meet
Franco. strikine tribnte to the feelings of the
Tb.ose who did understand were gathering was paid by Colonel Smith,
moved as Parliament has never seen the veteran Sergeant -at -Arms of the
its members moved before. Han, Al- House of Commons, and a stern stick-
bert Sevgny, Mr. George Boivin, ler for decorum and order
ed to lier Parliamentary a hles Fonts to lite „seat liy theSpealterei Pleats
INDESCRIBABLE SCENE OF EN-
. THussAsm,
No words can describe the eeinee
whice followed, Men ehouted "Vive
Vivian'!" and cheerea again end
Mr, Ernest Lapointe, Mr. . Pius „
In all my years of expereenee,"
Michauct and others made no eitort . „
wegy said he, 1 never CAW anything tO ap-
t() .eonceal their tears. They proach it. I saw members of the
and were not ashamed. In the *front
Press Calory shouting, cheering and
benchee there were similar evidences
singing, I saw some among the •first
of the profound emotion which swept
ladies of the Dominion clappipe their
the House. Sir George Fester frank-
ly took momente to control his voice hands as though tboy would clap them
ere he attempted to spedk. Sir Wile off and crying their approsal. 1 saw
Erid Laurier, leaning forward over his anti hee.rd myself standing and (inept -
desk in ' tense attitude, suddenly ing enthneitism from my seat in the
sprang to his feet, clapping his hands, centre of the ehamber aisle, and I saw
as Viviani, ota.yinge his eloquent tri- Sir Wilfrla Laurier kise a wet -eyed
bete to Britain and her sacred regard maiden white tee mare was alin on
tor a "scrap of paper," exelahned: the 'table and the Douse in seesion.
ain it has no double morality. Brit.
"Honor has no two codes. For Brit- p, w an tease things wed never ogea
to etop them."
ain's honor was 1101 te De denied." Ottawa awoke in the morning 'to
eamentary precedent was thrOWn to flOUSe had met promptly at noon, la
AM( the week; assemblanee-for Par- find -itself ablaze with bunting. The
the winds -was stormed by ttunel- joint session of Senate and Commons,
tuous cheering. with Deputy Speaker Raintelle. of the
THERE s,rrs FRANCE!" Commons, in the Speaker's chair, and
e"We have not lietened to a epeech," beside him another chair reserved tor
declared :Sir George Foster in moving M. Viviani,
that the mcceage be recorded upen The, entrance- of the French statee-
Hansard. "That is a feeble word to man was the signal for prolon.gea
deecribe was an exhibition of cheerine. He wao preeented to the
thought, or feeling, of fire, of. high Deputy Speaker by Sir George Foeter
ideal. and etrong puroose-a transla- Mr. Ritinville tben read Parliament's
non of what his counu.y meane and address of welcome, which referred
Is at Re best." And an Canadians to the fact that Lieut. -Col. Baker,
looked upon- the etateeman who, ee 1\1. Pe had given his life, that Hon.'
Premier of hie native land, cstood be- Dr. 1 1 .5. Reland was a prisoner in
hind Marehal doffre in the tragie daSe Germapy, anti tbat fifty or the mono
when that warrior "stopped them" tiers bad sons at the front.
and began to "nibble," and upon the
GRATEFUL FOR CANADA'S
father, the only eon of wboee. home
' WELCOME.
gave his lire in the battle of the
Marne, Sir George swung round. When the vieitor rose to respond he
"There," lie cried, waving rite arm to- was accorded an ovation. "You have
ward the distingutehed visitor, "there been so kind," paid M. Viviani speak -
elite France -the France of many ing French without a note, "to
Gloried centuries>, the France which . confer on my fellow -citizens and my -
emerged frora the dininese of pad. eelf the honor of a reception swilann
ages, by Uhe clear adaptation of the precincts or this your House of
Ideals, has Waged her part of the Parliament, and there could be no
world's warfare and the werld's erre greater, boon, no higher .honor, thao
grecelye work noble and wen." this provisional .ndoption "Bite ' Omer
DAWN OF LONGED -FOR 'DAY, • -commullet3e You may rest' assured
thet our fellow-eitizens in far-awaY
BoIntine to the-iuterWolen and ia-
France, when they are apprised of
this honor, will have toward ' you. a
high feeliag graftiude. You have,
Wilfrid Laurier, who followe In oa
requested tte, Mr Chairman. not to
erne! and lofty expreeision of mice -titill-
ate emotion. in wnich oneke ef tee forget the reception now tentimed
otern and eared eaeritices of tee ant through us, te France. Allow
etruggle, the proud mourning 'of The me, itir„ to thank. you.
eteicken homes.% and the glory of bat- 'Inc debt of gratitude we owe to
tling for tiberty and rsght, earnestly your great country iMpressed us, par -
declaimed: "May we not See in this ticularly on -thee day when, in the
allianee the dawn. of the day long ;streets of Paris; we saw passing your
hoped for, long prayed. tor, long des- admirable Canadian soldiers, proudly
bearing on their helmets the Maple
Leaf. That tragic boa we realized
that your motto•of former days. 'I re-
menibere wae no vain' formula.' Yes,
Yeti have remembered. and we 'have
,proof that yoo have remembered.
Your .generosity tower,' Fratiee 1111.
fathomable. You tiave given Franya
field hospitals without number: the
eospital at St, Cloud, in which you
have reserved 1,300 beds far French
patients, and other hospitels evere-
where established • with Canadian
flume and medical superintendent% 1
need not .1Mint especially to the su-
preme sacrifice in recalling that some
members- a this House hates fallen at
the front: that softie are held prison-
ers in Clermany: that you ,gentlemen.
have given fifty of your sons, who
have gone to resist, in the name of
truth and justice. the most formid.
Mile avalanche which barbarity bits,
ever let loess on the civilised world.
tPxlettted-flage of Britain, Franee, the
"'United eltetes and the other alites, Sir
paired oe-the rotlization of glory• to
God. iu the hig eet, peace on earth
and good -will among men?" Again
the Chamber was ewept witli prorouud
entinteiaem.
APPEAt. TO CANADIAN FREEMEN.
Deeply inspressive were Vivianee
cicsing words - hio direct meesage
and appeal to Canadians, With arm
outstretehed, he leaned toward the
Parliamentarieue. "Ye Canadians wbo
'Oaten to me." he • cried in quivering
tones; freetnen wbo. cit in (hie
Parliament, pray mark My words. I
realize that you are farther away than
are we from the battlefields. Tho roar
or guile dotes not reach your ears.
You do not see the return of hosts of
woulfded men. But, morally speaking,
you are just as dope ass are we te the
fray. Confronting one anothen-you
And as --we have autocraey anti de,
mocracy in a hie -and -death etruggel.
Should, perchanee, the freemen fail
to win, democracy and universal jutt-
nee will go dowa to defeat at the eame
time. It %VW in the citiese of juoticc
that, at all epochs, we drew the
swbrd, It was in the cause of justice
that. Britain and • France, together
with their noble alike. catered the
Aar. lit is to enable the children et
Men, to enjoy weit-tteoured and pro-
longed peace thaa we are fighting."
Looking up to the Orowded gaiter
lee, people by many women. en-
vie:an: again stretched forth hie artee.
"Mothere," be pleaded, "now lieten to
Me. It lo for your childrenet freedom.
to «retire pettee and liberty for man-
kind, that a. whole generation is giv-
ing Rs life, is to -day making the ett-
Drente etsertfice. tet pietist thoughte
accoMpeny (twee Who go tO the front.
All latelatery Pp:theta nava been ea-
t:twitted. There in nothing left td eay
In their Melee other than that mane
lieve giver their livee for a eriered
(Witte, and the others; are «till fight -
lag for the salvation of all mankind
-tight:tin for Plaice, tighang tor
trail, fighting foe right. Their fame
and their coerage invist ever be
immortal example to all men."
Dropping hie ante in etchttnielen.
the d:oilugtikibed etateentan, Whom
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TRITICTle TO CANADIANS' Mlles
"Canadians, figAlit(iliT13g beside the Brit -
101 and French troOps. bare shown su-
preme courage. At Ypres, in the north
of Franee, in a country devasta.ted by
tioode, the Germans, follevving a cloud
1,1' asphyxiating gas delivered a terris
tie assault. That hay Germany had
'o meet yea Soldier% who, teeing in
their mig'ht. saved the bottle for the
Allies. And lit malty !trance they have
W011 vietories: they sire the men who
stood up. At this Moment. we have
leifere na eyes your bees, so alert, so
altietie, so brave: the first to storm
vietorionsly the heights of Vimy,
which were .reputed in be Impreg-
nable. flail to ail those soldiers! Let
us bow our heads reverently before
these Who fight, theee ethe Rarer and
those Who have laid down their lives
for Illeir vonntry. When they left Vele
ninety Huse, had clear pereeption of
what their netien Mont; HWY Were'
welt aware that it was not only (Ireat
Britain they were •ealled upon to de-
fend! that it was not only Pranee they
were going in proteet against atacks
Of inVaders; no, their elear vision
.1•1:41t 1111161; he brief. 0 Would MO
ta hate tisitect Quebec., Toronto enti
Montreal. to have travelled at leiettee
(Der tine beautiful country, refiecting,
1,11/0:1 the p011118 at \vision ems,
iiegory interlocient 014 QIN%
u1:411, in coming to elle country.
would have been to pay" a tribete tu
Groot Brawn, tne lane 01 W.10(10111,
WhOHO /101111, WhereNtr they go, carry.
with them emapejentel011 .anct liberty;
ender every shy their mis41011 ie 501
to reduce man to elave1 y, but to
11W114en conscience teed arouse deter.'
mination. eboutti have aesured Greet
tiritaiu. our noble ally, of our atitede
for having risen to man to tilt
moue or erance tu thie her eupremt
hoar; because Br'srieli stalesmea Mid
1133e0eiggitartr ritliecust 12,kt:114 ;trebitetcymeist,t,a teueilanes:
pledge was not- to be dented; becauee
your nation's honor has uot two codes
no: a MAIM° morelity; and every
eountry ohoted talte'tie arms and fight
evith all its unget te redeem hel
pledgee,
"I had also another detdre:
would have paid a tribute to our
anctstors, those Frenehmen ivho came
to this country in. olden timce, aud
seem to have brought to tille nail all
the elegauce of =mere and the
beauty or Frame 'and of Normandie,
elmaid. have been happy to note in
their 0010110 the ancient and strong
qualities which are repeated, the
eroud characteristice 'of our race, I
ewe them thanks for basing ulaia--
tained, in all its purity and perfection,
that French language syldch le to be
heard throughout the whole world.
ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE
W A R.
"What was the origin cif the wart
Who le responsible for, having started
it? That Weedy war was let loose on
no by tee whim of an absolute ruler;
a ruler whose will is the only law,
who governs heedless or Parliamen-
tary or Millistertal responsibility. It
was let loose by the pride and madnese
of a whole people;sit was let loose to
destroy the free democracies and the
peace -loving peoples."
M. Vivian! said that among the pee'
ples of the 'earth none were more
attached to eace than Britain and -
France. France, vanquished in 1471.
carried on her breast a eleeding
wound, but. svould not move to diss
turb the tvorld's peace. Britain,
though slanderously eharged by Ger-
many with haying brought on the war.
had not thought even ef conscripiion;
had not created the fighting machine
without welch war is Impossible. She
was thinking only of universal peate.
"noth these nations were attacked.
and so was Russia. A challenge was
„tent out to the whole civilized world.
and It was a question, not. as to
whether we were going to fight for
the aequisttioli of territory, not as to
whether \ye should recnyer sections et'
provinces, but as to whether free men
sliduld be allowed to enjoy the warmth
and light of liberty, Such le the great
struggle which is going on between
arrogeni autoeracY. which we Nave
aready struea down on the bailie
fields; between autoeracy, bent on
ruling' over. the whole world. and do
mocracy, whose sole aim is to regen-
erate it. .Such is the great struggle
hetween absolute rulers -who consider
as mere poesessions the people over
whom they rule, who aim at laving
hande on men's bodies -and demote
racy, whose object is to elevate tie
nthul. the conscience and the soul."
MTH PERFORMED I3Y BRITAIN.
'Viviani paid a tribute to the
work- of Edward VII. and George V.
"as the artisans who brought to-
gether the two great democracies of
england and France." I3ritain, real-
iztrig that the war would net be won
through the bravery et the few thou -
rand men who formed her army,. had
performed a miracle. Not only in
Britain, but in the colonioe were ree-
ntries created for the eroduction of
guns and projectiles; and thousands
upon thousands of men, "live hundred'
thousatd, one minion, one, nett a half
million; Britten -stagers, includinc
your -own 'Canadian boys, stood un
and entered the fray alongside their
French 'comrades.
a "Before the wag the Germa,n
'calumny Must have reached th.is
country, that Prance Vas a lost couto
try -corm -et, dissolute, frivolous.
catering vilely to its pleasares: and
so renteby dissenelen that when the
great struggle came Germany. would
be facing a dividend army, only to
scatter. Well, you have been wit-
nesses of whet France is capable of.
that wonderful France that stands
undefeated because her .sons Maintale
both the traditions or the revelation.
We had arms, we had an army. But
what would our army do, with only
40,000,000 people to draw upon, in s
etruggle againet the Germans, who.
fcr the past forty-five years, have
been practising their war machine, to
hurl it against our country? We
eave Way at first, both British and
'Fermin; we gave way • before the
storm; we were not in Sufficient mine
bers But we righted ourselves Oen-
the battle of Mane, How bas
this been possible? It it became the
world's estimate of France Was not
exact.
NESSAGE TO PEOPLE OS CANADA.
The denature ef M. aim
bis enact from the Capital Was marked
by many exprcesions of honor and
esteem. He enpecially asked that the
correspondents of Canadian papere
gathered together to meet hint. Tc
them he gave a menage for the peo-
ple of ("auntie. He said: "I with tr.
thank all Cannikt for the wonderful
weleolne extended to me to -day.
:alto it as a !tibiae to Teranc.e weom
I represent. The welcome hes touched
we deeply, ana will, I know, strength-
en the hearts of my fellow-country-
1nen, I regret exceedingly that cite
cumstahere prevent us from stayine
longer With you and seeing more ef
yea vountry and its good people."
M. VIvinni then proceeded to ewe
of the Writ done by the press of Cite-
eea. (hiring' the wee, and leaded: "Con -
Mute in your good wOrk fa the cause
of the Allies and human liberty,"
A guetd of honor in the gement uni
term of the (Werner. General's Peet
qntirtia Wao Ihe etaion to speed
the parting gueet, Vivian!, ae
rompanied (lert. Vignal, of Pratte%
Inspeeted thq, guard, atter width ete
Vivian! waved lea. hat in salute ziini
boarded the train,
One manes iitalim «1 etches is a. ateatt,
tt siring ei thoroughbrede and A
"garage." AllOilter DM'S Odell is abll
ity to finance a hreakfast -table
upon a baste Of all o' the hive:Vogt
beeon yea Wanto-Leuieville °ender -
journal,
retablishod 1544.
IN HANDS OF THE BRITisfi ea ell *lessee Of Weer*
Head Offloe, Gunavi, okrr,
property on 010 ;AO 0r primitive
net. System,
httack 'Moog Eight-Mlie Front Won Heavy
Gains—Awful Slaughter.
Australia:is in the Post of 11)nor--Lens,
Coal Centre, Again Menaced.
Lemlon, 1:1,-(lonerntrated en
a front of eeyen, or eight miles, the
Britieh troop duteng Friday night
and Saturday morning made. a bd.),
Ilant atty.* on the aindenburg
line from fluilocourt north .acroeu
tee ArraoeCambral road to the
north of the Searpe east of Valle-
poue, The troops eatable:shod them-
eeleee ie. Bullet:Qum where bun -
atter &operate fighting poesevesel
xilii1:010tiersonw eti:co t:titrernas; ,caanaTt
eontintung tee offensive CIO Sundae
themselves or most of the village. A
‘brai koad, about two-thiran of a mile
wide. as well as a mile and a half of
trench system near Roeux have been
taken, and the British becupy the
wcotern seetion of Itoeux.
It le evident there le not Inueli left
of the famous iiindenburg line, which
• was broken at Vimy, 'broken at 'Vend-
ou the CambraitSt, Qnentin
Canal, 'broken by the French betweeu
La Pere and St. Quentin, and, leatly
orokeu I.3ullecourt. What there 15
lett, bowever, le of wondertully strong
coeetruction, and could not be Moen
at once in a general aseault, except at
ouch a terrible ,c6st of lives Witt vice
dtoelieyarule be almost se diciadrotts ao
•Hence 'General Haige taking it.
piecemeal, patiently and deliberately,
only (After every "push" has been pre-
. eedtd by artillery preparation which
nes flattened out the • Pruesien de-
fences and aboliohed the tiontrounis
eating trenches eel that the men in tne
forward .dugoute have etten been.
without food or snippily; for two and
three days at a time.
PRUSSIAN LOSSES IN'OREASE.
iretimatese lent 'Week regarding the
tirt.csian losees were entirely too low,
and there have been eubetantial addi-
dons during the hest eeven days. They
ere now stated to be nearer 31 0,000,
of which. about 50,000 prloonere have
been counted on both fronte, about
20Q,000 are believed Le have beeu se-
riously wounded, and C0,000 to have
been killed in action -an unueually
large proportion owing to the deeper.
at nature of the Pruteian ceentee-at•
lecke in donee formation, attempting
by sheer weight or men 10 regain loot
pooltione.
Ballecourt has been the centre of
thvee repeated atentults -ever Once the
Auterallans pushed their way into it.
lava Monday, The Hindenburg Hee ran
threugh the village, which evas honey-
combed with earallei trenches, coin-
utualeating liner; or defence% and dug-
outs, the whole being most strongly
fortified. ln the vidnity is a email
wood. which was a nest or machin -
gun positions. The wood was first
thoroughly shelled till only broken
.bolee et trees remained.
'rhea the Austratians carried it- With
a rush and pushed into the village,
which they have held with bulldog
:enacity against assaults of liquid
fire. boiling oil and other unpleasant
accompaniments of Prussian attacks.
To -day's advance ,here was made pos-
sible ch.eifly through their valor and
determination. Reineourt. about a
etile and a half away, is the immedi-
ate objective of the move, and the
Wotan or Drocourt-Queant bait
I mile further on is gravely menaced
et its southern end.
LENS AGAIN THREA.TENED.-•-
Little has appearee.aboat the situa-
tion at Lens tiering the week, but the
Britielreine around it is being gradu-
alle extended until it is more than
half encircled. The British are in the
suburbs. of the Cite.St. Pierre and the
Cite Jeanne d'Are on the northwest,
hold Lievin securely on the west and
en the south last Wednesday. captured
t hamlet called La Coulette„ just west
Avion.
Lens still has one means ot reeeiv-
'ng supplies from the railwae . Mitch
-tale Crow a loon below • the toent
sortheast of Lille. This junction le
lust north of Avion. which it; only a
mile and a half from La Coulette. so
that there is every prospect that with
their methodical advance this source
sueply will soon be cut off.and, the
importatt noel eentre or Lens be en
British hands.
EXTENT OF GAINS.
;By R. T. Small, Staff Correspondeet
of the AssOciated Pdess.) -
With the British Armies in France.
Any 1 3. --in a series of attacke Friday
Aga and Saturday the British troops
eaptured 'several strong German lega-
tions, including Ono or two whica nave
beeu sources of more or less trouble
aver since the battle of 'Arras began.
rho famous chemical work.s, north of
the village of Roeux, has at Iasi; been
dofinitely.taken possession of els well
Is the Roder chateau and 'cemetery.
The cemetery has been a very bitter
spot, the Germans having fortified the
graves into defeneive positions anil
turned the underground vaults into
itrongholds.
Southeaet of Monehy the British
ctiptured several pita and detached
eorman trenches,. as Well as Cavalry
Farm.
South of the Cojeul River, in the
eeighboehood of Bullecourt, the- Brit. -
eel materia,lisr extended their holdings
:n the Hindenburg line; lied tonight
Bullecourt le all but surrounded 1/3" the
British lines, Whin include the Ans.
trallans. It is believed that the num-
ber of. prisoners in thee° actiOns will
more than 800, About 400 men
were taken near the didn't:11 works,
most of them Brandenburgers and
Berliner%
The fighting north or Roeux began
teat night.nbout .clusk, just es a seore
of Britieh aereplenee were entailing
'From their das"s work behind the
German Ham :Seeing the
battle in program, joined in ati thee
emceed over, and Donred streams. «I'
menthe gen belief's into the tletmati
ranks. They were cheered by the
in fa ntrY, atid acknowledged tho
+ciente by loeping met fertile WAWA:,
As their' aniteunition was gene 'they.
Atarted for home.
The heat to -day was Intetiso. *The
artillery 111011 1101171111; ming wers
etripped to the Waist during IV bar-
rage Ure. The Mist nlong the Made.
'wan CbOking,
cteralrY ram. east 02 Monchv.
takeit by the Welsh, hoe changed
lianas several Hines, aud hns ben
one of the 1i1031. St011111' defendee
wants which the Germans haee pos•
eeeeett, having paetieular advantage
for machine-gun fire. Eight -of these
deadly weapone were captured FridaV
entrIstniegi„0.together with a number of
The fighting ebout Laeoulotte.
Mine of the Souchez River was Yen'
. bitter at times, and cosily to t.ho
•uornians. 'When the British Fs:Wetn
back into !maidens they had lost a few
hours before, they found the place lir-
•81-4110rued: With dead from all the three
regiments composing a Getman divi-
iiindelthurg's strategic reserreA are
everywhere being flung Auto animist
frantic; counter-attacks, and rite
British are confronted be the beet
troops Germany now possesses.
THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
London. May 13. -The report Diem
British headquarters in France refute.
Satarday night -Details of opera -
Lien undertaken by our troops Teri. -
day night aua Saturday morning eon -
firm the sac:pees of attneks denverea
on the Hindenburg line, in the neigh.
hoehood of Bullecourt. also astride
the Arras-Cambrai road, and north
of the Scarpe. We gained our objec-
lives at all points, and have taken
some hundreds of prisoners.
"'Yesterday evening considerable
hodies a the enemy were observed
massing for a couuter-attack in the
neighborhood or 13ullecourt. Thee
were effectively 'dealt with by 01W ar-
tillery. ann the hostile attack did not
develen.
"T,ater in the night our troops et-
teckea, and, after heave fighting,
:lasting throughout the night, hare
to -day establisted themselvee in the
village of Bullecourt, wiser° fighting
still continues.
"This afternoon an enemY attack
on the positions gained was scattered
by our artillery.
"estride the Arras-Cambrai road we
have captured some 1,200 tetras of a
German trench, including a StrOng
Point 'known ae Cavalry Farm. Noi•th
of the Rennie our trooge; last night
stoenied Roeux cemetery all t he
Chemical WOrkS to the north To -day
they have earried enemy -poet dons in
this neighborhood on a front or abom
ono ;wit a halt milte4.
"In the eourse of these operations
wr., have 'captured over 700 prieonere,
including 11 officers and a number et
trench mortare and tnachine guns.
"in the air fighting yesterday eeven
German aerOplanes were destroyed;
five other wore driven down out cif
control. Four of oue aeroplanes are
missing."
Sunday afternoone---"There were
patrol oncounters last night _north-
weet ef St. Qaentin and north-east of
Le Verguier. Casualties were in-
flicted on the enemy and our posts
were advaneed at 'certain points.
"Fighting continues at Ballecourt,
"We advanced our lines slightly
during the night. south of the Scarpe
and improved our position on the
western slopes of Greenland line
north or the river, 'capturing a rew
prisoners.
-Early in -the night a ItOstile ennin
ter -attack east of Roeux cemetery was
repulsed. We took 60 prisoners."
Sunday evening -"Early this morn-
ing the enemy made two further
COUnter-attACIts upon our positions in
the Hindenburg line. east of Bine-.
cour t. In both- cases his attacking
troops were repulted and left a num-
ber of dead in frout of our trenches
"During the past ten daes the Aus-
tralian troops have gallantly main-
tained their positions in this seater
of the -Hindenburg lige, having dun
'lig -that period repelled af least twelve
cletermlned hostile counter-attadts,
The greater part of the village «1
Bullecourt, which lies in the I•linden-
burg line, ie now in our hands. North
or the Scarpe our troops established
themselves during the day in ,the
western houses of Roeux, and again
made progrees on the western slopes
ot Greenlend hill, capturing a few
prisonere.
"Five German aeroplanes were
brought (Iowa in a:11 fighting yester-
day; five others we.re driven down out
of vontrol. One other hostile machine
wae shot down in our lines by our anti.
aireraft guns. Six or our ma.chines
are missies."
THE GERMAN VERSION.
"The great British-attaeks launch-
ed yeeterday againet the German po•
sinew on the Arras battlefront," says
the official stateMent issued lo -day,
"have broken down. At Roeux the
British were successful In forcing
their way through the German line.e,
but. at all other places they were re-
pulsed after hand-to-hand fighting,
suffering the heaviest losses "
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