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Exeter Advocate, 1914-9-24, Page 6House" Or, Dulcie's Confession •IMMIMINAMPION.C111110.111.101011111000.101•MAN CHAPTER la.--((entinued). "Please let no go!" she cried, and struggled so violently that he released. her. `You meet be mad! I have, never isaid I loved inn; How eau 1when I ase engaged to Mr, Belturbet" Iferiett looked, at be with surerise. "Do you mean 'to tell ne," he asked, "that yell' love Belturbet?" "Of course I do„" replied. Duleie de- flantly. I - "Yeti poor little thing,said leslett" "I don't know waet you mean," she re - torte& iluthine. "Oh ye e you do," averred her eompan- ion mith an unpleasant smile, "You un- derstand that I know yea 110II% care a button for Belterbet. It J rs amuse and money that appeal to you.. Well, you can have them; but I will tell you this—you will never have his love. I may be penni- less, but at least I love you, although I know yoti are not worth it, But I have done with you now. Take Belturbet eed his money, but don't forget that 1 hare heel this," Ile caught her in hi arme and kiseed her on the lips. "Be never kissed you like that," he said with a sneer, "and never 'will!" Then he turned and left her alone in the dusk of the woode- Duleie ran qukkly home. She locked herself in her room, mid endeavored to calm herself. But, it was not eaey to shake of? the recollection et Jim's kiwis; the memory of them still moved her and breught the color te her cheeks. Poor Jim, she thought, how feud he was of herl Quite different from Arthur! Yet what coeld she do? Give ttp Arthur kr penni- less Jun? NQ. Some girls might do it, but not Duleie Caswardme, who meant to be something more than the household drudge ef a poor man. Still, it was eleasaut to dwell on the recollection of Jim'e love; it was flattering to think elk could inspire such feelings. She longed to meet him again and toll him Low sorry she was that circura- Stances would not allow her to return his affection—for she did lace him, much bet- ter than Arthur. She -understood him and maid always talk freely to him, and be enjoyed hie merry jokes and gibes. Por Jim—yes, and poor Dulcie, tool She lik- ed to have bis arms round her, and to have hie kiesee. It was very heed to be obliged to marry Arthur Belturbet! Dukie began to be influenced by thoughts and feelings to which the had hitherto been a stranger. It might be el very well, she decided, to flirt lightly tvith a man; but to discover that he was in earnest, and that she had to -diecourage hita because she was engaged to scene one for whom she did not care in the least, was a serious matter. Before long, Iter feelings towards Jim underwent a change. It was several days, however, before she realized the real meaning of the alteration. She did not visit their private letter- box, and spent her a!ternoozi in dreary solitude, wouderine how on eseth she could get through the coming winter lf her only relaxation from the tedium and guietness of the house was to be a morn- ing walk with Arthur Belturbet. On the fourth day after Heriottes de- claration, Dulcie conquered her pride suf- &kale to -skit the letter -box. It con- tained nothing. She experienced a great sinking at heart, and before she reedited Blue Post felt that the only thing ;that mattered wee anothermeeting with-41er- Jett. A thought struck her. Suppose he ad left Old. Houee? But if he had., thee - y Belturbet 'would have mentioned it. She must see Jim somehow and put things right with him. She was feverishly anxious by this time, and visited the letter -box vere, freely dur- ing the next few days, but without result. One Turning she put a eheet of notepaper between the stones and wrote on it the words; "Stone Gap. Six -thirty to -night.' "If he doesn't go to our 'pillar -bee, he won't know I have written to him, she told herself, "and. if he does go, he will come to Stone Gap." He was there when Dulcie arrived a eel's minutes late. "I -thought I should never get here," he said breathlessly. "Martha has watched me like a at watches a mouse." She smiled at her lover, but no anewer- ing smile met her gaze; Jim regarded her with hard eyes. "What do you want to see me for?" he waked brusquely. Dulcie, who had. expected a verydiffer- ent greeting, felt a abeck of surprise. "For many reasons," she said in an ag- grieved tone. "Well, be as quick as you ca,n," was the cool retort, "becaeke I have only a few minutes to spare.' "You are forgetting your manners," said Dulcie, crimsoning with mortifies, tion. "I am not going to forget again that you are engaged to Arthur Belturbet," was the significant reply. "And since you are, it will be better in future for us to see very little of each other. You made a fool of me once. but I don't propose to give you the opportunity of doing so a second time." "You sre exceedingly rude!" cried Due cis hotly. "We need not discuss my manners," re- plied Jim. "You 'wished to see me, and I am here." He looked at her unmoved. Dulcie struggled with her disappointment. In- stead of the tender words and glanees she had expected, and, indeed, hoped for, the encountertd only this frigid demeanour! "I think you are very unkind," she said in an injured tone, -which, however, ap- peared to have no effect on the man who (Stood looking at her. "Very unkind in- deed. I am euro it was not my fault that You fell in love with me; 'you knew I was engaged to Arthur. I suppose it was wrong of nie to meet you here; but I don't see whY you need be horrid or un- kind neve" She looked pathetically at him with wistful blue eyes. "Dulcie,"he replied sternly, "I am not going to argue with you—but I want you to underetand that I have come to my senses. I have been a tad to make love to you in 13elturbet's absence, and worse than a ead to belaave as 1 did when we laet met: but as you are going to marry Belturbet, 1 ba•ve detertaine4 to put, you out of my mind. Philippa and I are re- turning to London next -week, and when 'Wo meet again you will be Belturbet's wife, and we shall have both forgotten the folly <if thie summer." ealm voice and the finality of, his words angered Delete beyond controh "1 tongratulate ;sem on the wisdom of your decision." she said, "It must be a relief to you to find the wound that you eretended was so deep, is only a super. fIolal eeratchl" , "It is, aS you sarmiee, a great consola- tion tzi ,me," he answered, "and it mut else be a relief'toyou to enew that you have infikted no permanent injury:" Dulcie, laughed lightly. "Of muse, I am bound to believe you," the said. "The suddenness of the cure is almOst as remarkable as tbe quickness with whieb You taught the complaint. Good -117e. Give my kind regards to your sister. With a little nod he left, ben and re- turned to her room full of asiger (me something very remelt like (limey, leeriott, whom she thought she could, twiet around her little, linger, ha4 lune. Peeteclar become a, very' different eersett. The ardent lover had 'beetled into the cool eritie Who admitted that, lie had behoved dishonorably, but wae determined to lo so ro more. Such a dieeovere wee extremely teethe. teriee. aid Dukie, wlioee reseed for Jim had been growing warmer, felt chilled yilti 11snppdtntmorit et, the repulee sho would not ioave her, iire woald have not -lung more to do with her.It was in- tereilee, intolerable. unpermissibleT Way seemed the, Dukle, he separated Vern the only TiMshe had ever loved! Por she knrw now that she did care for ".‘e for Arthur Delturbet, 1 simplY lOatlp, lam!" Fits broke out suddenly, "Bs • bores um to exhaustion. We have not a eingle taste in eentmon,Aild WOU.14,1 ra- ther die than marry him.' After this eballition she felt better, ai- thoegh a little athamed. "How 'was 1 to know?" the asked her- s.elf helplessly. " that Arthur and I (shoved not get ou togsetherF It w-asn't my bait, that Jim fell in love -with me, or thee I prefer him to Arthur, How could I tell what wee going to busmen? And now Jim eretersde he doesn't care for nue: At this point she began to try, and to ufrY herself greatly. Here was Duleie Carwardine who a few weeks ago had made up her mind to marry for snoney and position, in love with liennlieeS Jtel Iferiott, wha declared that she was a Mercenary, and that he did not intend to have anything snore to do with her! Oh, Why aad eheanot been rieh that the could have married whom she liked? If she had ever such a little money she need not marry Arthur-Belturbet. and by rights, the and Primrose ought to have the money which had belonged to their ince thee, Duleie erica vita renewed vigor as alut remembered what Primrose had said about their father's .deterniimatioe to leave them only a pittenee. Then .the suddenly •istepped crying and. her breath between quiyenag sobs. "If there were no Will, the 'money would be mine and Primrose's,'" he whis- pered.- lter sobe ceased,and ,for a long time she stared .with wide eyes into tM dittjt: nese. Before she foil asleep, she had formulated a plan, which., if it eueeeeded, would, she believed, bring her what, she lnud 4esired more than enything else — marriage with Jim Herlott. ' CITA.PTEle VII. • For several, days Dulcie meditated whether .to telleerthur Belturbet at, once that she only levee him as 13, brother — or in plain Engliele to end her engage- ment to him' -or to wait 'Until the 'was as- sured of a definite 'position. That was how she preferred to describe, the situa- tion in whith she would fuel lierseleafter the termination of her father's Meese. John Carwardine was -undoelatedly dy- ing. Martha's grim features "wore, if poe- sible, a harder look, and Primroses pale and pathetic face, her •deeply shadowed gray eyes, filled Arthur Belturbet with the keenest -distress wheneeer he -terty her. It was not very often, for he (seldom called at Blue Posts, and Delete had reduced her walks with eine to -one- every other day, on the plea that elk was needed in the, ins .room, hut in realty because she feared the might ebetray herself when she was alone with him. Belturbet was relieved, but politely- expressed lus re- gret at seeing her so little. "Everything seems different now fa.ther is ill," Dulcie said to him vaguely, one day. ""I don't seem to know what to do or think." Belturbet remarked that illness was very unsettling. He felt that he was un- sympathetio, but his engagement witb Dukie -was so unnatural that he was un- able to attempt to console or corrifortther as a lover should have done. He taw that Primrose was fax more in need of help than Duloie, and, it was for Prim- rose that his heart ached. Dulcie, he knew intuitively, merely regarded her father's illneee, now the first shock -was over, as an irksome and unpleasant busi- ness which could. terminate' in only one way, He supposed that when Dulcie was fatherless, he -would bave to marry her as soon as -decorum permitted; it would naturally, be expected of him. He blamed himself repeatedly for hi folly in being beguiled by forget-me-not blue eyes and red lips. If Philisspa could have read hi thoughts she would lave been able to say with truth: "I could have told you so, only you -would not have believed me." A hundred times, he 'wished himself back in his chambers, a brieflese , bar - rioter, poor, it is true, but happy and un- fettered, bound by honor to no woman, and at liberty to woo where he chose. He had been far happier, he told. himself bit- terly. a year ego. There was no doubt about it, he was a fool! lee confessed it many times, yet he was prepared to abide by the consequences of hie folly. It never occurred to him for a moment. that Dukie might give him his freedom. She seemed so entirely- satisfied with his perfunctory attentions that, he took it for granted that his extremely cool -woo- mg suited her mood. Many plans -were maturing in Dulcie's Pretty head, but she feared to break with Belturbet, lest the precautions she had ;taken to prevent herself and Prirarose be- -Mg bit practically vennilese on her fa. eherds death should orove unsuccessful. The Heriotts had left Old House and returnee to their flat in London, both in bad tempers owing to the failure of their Dlaxis. Thu worked furiously in his little -workshop, haunted by excee ng y un- pleasant recollections. He had made love to the girl his best friend was engaged to, and ended by quarrelling with her— in. fact, he had behaved like a *ad. all the way round. He knew that Dakie was a pretty, mercenary little creature, but since he happened to be in kve with her, he regarded her failings and peccadilloes 'with a very lenient eye. She might be, selfish and untruthful and. it host of other things, but she -was bewitching little Dui.* ole Oarwardine, and he loved her, and—. there it, was! So he ,hub hiraeed up in, his workshop and spolt a large euentity of . good materials in a savage endeavor. to invent something that 'would—to use his own words—inake the engineering world "sit tie." While Dulcie -wee trying to make up her mind to regain her freedom. Belts bet struggling to reconcile himeelf to the unenviable state of beteg engaged to a girl be did net /eve. Primrose striving to understand -why everything had gone wrong in her little -world, and Old Martha trying her beat to conceal the triumph she felt in having achieved 'the object for which she had schemed during the last ten years, John Carwardiue died. , The day thee, followed was to Prifarese and Dulcie a waking nightmare. Beltur- bet called and saw two white-faced girls with eyes swiraming in team. To Prim- rose her Lather's death was pitiful in its loveliness, and she sorrowed honeetly for' him. Dukes 'wept an aympathy and be: ca.ust her tears came easilY. They bad few friends, end Belturbet was alsneist their only 'visitor. Martha posseesedhemelf et the keys of the house, and Primrose felt too ill to request them to be handed over to her. 'Yo -a are too *yielding, Primrose!" said Dulcie. 'But never mina, perhaps Mar- tha, is not quite as clever as she believes herself to be. There is such a thing as oounting your chickens before they are hatched," 'Primrose looked blarilitly at Duleie, who, in :mite of the shadow that lay on the house, did net ,seem particularly dispiset• "wir. Norton, the Severer, 'will be, here to.artOrrow," she said. "Then I euepose, weelethriltil,v.k•onr°telve tPherinsw,rrfletp''Iied Diddle oom: solhigly. "I dare Oily things won't booSo -very bad after AiIi. 1 ea,n't believe that father meant, it when he told you fhet Ile had only left 12e fifty poen& a yeas! oath." • "Ile spoke as if he did." "Al, well," said Daleie, "it, is alwovsl darkest plat before the dawn, ' Then she changed the sub.iect. John Carwerdine 'wee buried in the lie tie thurebyates his two daughters, Ar- thur Belturbet, Doetor Crewe, Mx. Nor. ton, and Martha, 'were his only mourn - ere. Martini. Craddock—tot this was bet fiame—with a new and very unbeeemine, blaelc bonnet, and a rusty back renewed Pruniose our Dulcl� and the lawyer irto the Nomwtlieet nf' hlaiedyb.ntilurlriredr Canwardine's study, h h "unerai Iliellard Norton vies Woos:Ant, middle. I aged man, who made himself very agree; able to the danghters of hie late client, , whose monetary affairs, his bad fmanaged for mem years. When Meribe followed there luto Ile studs!, he, looked in quiri n g y at her, "1 ani here, 'eeettuse I believe the master he was going to do ,so, lett Me A legacy'," Site eald 'with at jos THE of Iter head, "IXe told, sii,e me than.;erOnce "Vett le very nose/Vie," scat' Mr. Nor - telt gessielly, loolsing et, John earwar- dizteet daughters, but neither made auy renletrk. Primrese was anxious to know the worst, and she felt too tired. and un. nerved to say anything; Dulcie's feelings were very different. .. "Mx. Carwardine made A Will when your mother died, tea ,Years ago," said M.r. Norton, "under which, he divid?d his InOneY between his two daughters,' 'Tt was our mother's money, you know, Mr. Norton,' said distinctly, 'My father had not a power of hits owit when my mother nmrrieci him. eo qaitttra?.ly cur =ether's Mney Cones to eV 'Quite so,"seid Itschesel 'le -erten Ogee- antly. "and 1 have ,here the Will that leiter 'the money to you end' your SiS. ter, • As he drew • a, legaalOoking envelope Iran; bus pooket, Martha Oraddeek rose trout the *hair on which the had seated 'lomat and epoke briesquele. "Mr. Oarwetdine made satether Will some weeks ago—he told me so." she. en nounced, "Indeed,l" said Richard Norton, raising his eyebrows, "Who drew dm the WW and witueseed RP" The master asked Doctor nitre),ve to writ; it for him,and the doctor Witnessed .it, and Janate 'the gardener," replied Martha - shortly. , "Indeed," remarked Mr. Norton again. 'Do yen know where the Will is?" "I heard the master ask the doctor tO teat it tu one of the drawera of hie wait- eig-deek here,"—she looked toward the desk in question which stood in a recess in the room. "Anti 1 believe the doctor did so. and locked the drewer atel see turned the key to the mater." "We bad, bettet Gee if 'we cen dud this document,' said Ur. Norton drily', "I doubt, however, whether Mr. 0as-ward/nes medical adviser could dra ub a Will stealth would be legal. ,Neeertheleeke ere" will have a look at it. Have yee the kee of your fateees desk, Mies Oerwardine?' "Martha, took all the keys immediately our father died." said Dukie, "By what right. 1 have not the slightest idea, be- cause I cannot believe she is eetitled to do so." "The keys, of course, sheuld 'be in Miss Car wardine's possession,' replied Mr. N orton. . Martha shot a venomous' glamee a,t the two girls, thrust a hand into a capaoioue pocket, drew out a heavy bunch of keys and Rung them on the 'writing table, "There they are!" she said rudely. 'Mr. Norton picked there up and handed them to Primrose. "Do you know which is the key of the Writing -table?" he asked. There were a good many -drawers be opened and a quantity of papers to be searched through, but Mr. Norton found no trace of a Will. *'There does not seem to be any such doonment," he said, turning to Martha. "It must be somewhere." she asserted doggedly; "I remember the master tell- ing Doctor Crewe to put it in his desk." "Shall we help you to look through the papers?" asked. Dulcie sweetly. "Per - Thereupon they all began to seareli the drawers of the desk, Martha with feveri3h haste. Dulcie without much sign of anx- iety, and Primrose with easeful thorough- ness. But they could discover stotanig like a Will. "Suprecke we send for Doctor Crewe and question him," suggested Mr. Norton. - Martha. went off hurriedly to fetch him, and -e-hen she had gone Mr. Norton look- ed at the two girls with a slightly puz- zled sir. ' "'It is rather odd," he ,said, "that if yonr father intended to make another Will he did not send for nae." • "I think it most -neonates," agreed' Del- ete. "I don't understand it at all, do you, Primroee?" "No," answered Primrose quietly, "be- cause if our father mode a Will, it ought to be here." "Well, let us have tea, and when Doctor Crewe comes, perbaps he can throw some light on the matter," said Dukie. It was nearly an hour before Martha returned 'with the doctor. "Here they arel"' cried Dulck as she saw them coming up the drive. . "I shorad like -to epeak to Doctor Crewe first with your permission," said Mr. Norton. "Please do everything that ought to be done in the eircunktances," replied Primrose. (To be continued.) GERMAN DEAD MERE LADS. French and Germans of Every Class Lose Flower of Youth. ^ A Belgian despatch recently call- ed attention to the youth of the German soldiers as if this were a surprising thing. But the German, like the French, Standing ,army is, of, course, composed- of boys ,be- tween the ages of eighteen and twenty-four. Each year a third of the army goes back to civilian life and a, new third is recruited. None of these are, of course, married; hence there are ifew widows being made by the German fighting round Liege, if this'is any compensation for the loss of the flower of the country's youth. It is only when the French and German reservists join the first line that married and older men are in aetion. This is, ,by the way, quite unlike the record of our own vblunteer regim.ents in which. so Many of the men were married. As for the French and German non- , e„onetniesioned officers, they are, of course, in large part professional soldiers and family men, like their officers. But their soldiers are too often mere boys just out Of school, without the faintest appreciation, perhaps, of what the war is- all about. In a zense these armies are de- mocratic, because the sens of rich s,nd poor alike serve; the eduee,ted. for a year onfly, and perhaps in crack regiments ; but there is no can it France or Germany that will not pay a terrible pried in young men for the inhumanity that is going on to -day, Tile, Real Test. "Success 'brings out a man's friends." "Yes, but if you want to know your real friends emint the few who'. sapport you when you don't seem ,to have a_ehance ,to and send it along with 10e, in still/iris or tein to P. 0, Box 1240; Montreal, Que. You will receive by return man, postpaid, a new and one of the best household Specialties on the market, and at Christmas time a handsome 12 color Calen.clar. This is the only time this splendid offer will appear,. Don't miss it, if you do, Yon will only have yourself to blame. D[FENCES OF PARIS SDI° N GEST I'oirt FICATION S IN TILE WORLD. Ralf a MilliO4 Men Necessary tQ Invest the French - Capital. While detaile of the defeneeS Paris are, guarded with striet score- cY by the French military authori- ties, yet their general eharacter and "formidable strength arc Well known to military experts; who re- cognize them a,s among the strong- est fortifiCations in the world. The fertifica,tiorie consist a three distinct eircles sweeping around the city•--firet, the solid wall of m,asonry. 18 feet high,extending for 22 miles a,rounel the old sections" of Paris; second, the system of 17 detaehed forts arranged at intervals,- two miles beyond the wall, and making a circuit of the city 34 miles leng,' and, third, an outer girdle of forts 75 miles long on the heights cona- ma,nding the valley of the Seine. • Each of these circles of 'masonry and steel is a. complete defence in itself, the forts being linked toge- ther with redoubts, with bastion and glacis, whieh permits a cross fire against approaches from any di- rection. The magnitude of the sys- tem is shown by its area, whieh ex- tends 400 square miles, Third Line is Modern. The wall around Paris and the 17 detached forts two miles beyond the walls were built by Louis Phillippe. They.sustained the German siege of 1870-18711 4tt-nd the outer forts have sinee been gre,atly strengthened. The third line of forts, on the hills of St. Germain, Cormilles and Vil- lie,rs, are of modern construction, with the latest types of batteries and heavy guns. The inner wall about Paris sur- rounds the best known and most im- portant sections of the city, includ- ing the business s,ections along the grand boulevards the residence sec - gong to the north and west of the city and. the Latin quarter and other sections of the left' bank of the Seine. Outside of the wall acirele of suburbs extends for many nines, including Nenilly, Argenteuil, Ver- Vinceinnes and many others. The fortis of the second la,nd third line of defence are dotted among theee suburbs, protecting thein and the a,pproaches, to the eapital. The wall contains 93 bas,tions and 67 gates. Some of these have been abandoned owing to the pressure of modern construction and 'trade. But recent advices received here from. Paris state -that all the gates still existing are now closed .at 8 o'clock at night, with rigid regula- tions against movements from with- in or without. The' second line of forts ineludes the famous fortress of Montv,aler- ism, which wasthe eentre of attack in the German siege of 1870. It is strengthened by two. groups of workse-P,autes Bruyeres and the Chatillon fort and batteries. South orthe city is the row of arts at Ivry, Bieetre,' Mont Rouge, Vanves and Issy. North and east of the city are three great forts around St. Denis, and two others at Fort Aubervillers and Fort „Oharenton, commanding the approaches from. the great wood of Bondy. Defences Require 170,000 The outer circle of -forts, which are of the most modern type, have from 24 to 60 heavy guns, and 600 to 1,200 men. In all the three lines of defences require 170,000 , men` to operate them, not counting troops assembled 'within the city. Accord- ing to military experts it would re- quire a, force of 500,000 men to, in vestthese defences. General Count von Moltke, field marshal of the German forces at the time -of the siege of Piaris of 1870-71, stated in a report on that siege that the.French artillery arffiament cen- sisted of more than '2,600 pieces, in- cluding 200 of the largest calibre of naval ondnanee. There were ,500 rounds foreach gun, and a re.serve of 3,000,000 kilograms of p.owder. There is never a time when the skill, ex- perience and resource back of Waterman's Ideal is at rest. Can, anything more be done for its users ?—is the constant problem --the aim of its makers. Users of Water - man's Ideals have the world's best to -day. If to -morrow can improve the slightest 5 detail, they'll have it. Try Them` at Your Dealers L. E. Waterman Company, Limited, Montreal. Count von Moltke 'emphasized that the bombardment of a fortified place in the heart of an enemy's country was difficult, if not impossible, un- less the in'vader was master of the railways or waterways by which heavy •siege artillery could be brought up in full quantity. He explains the failure to bombard Paris at the outset ,of the siege by saying it would have required '300 heavy guns with 500 rounds for each gun. The movement forward of these heavy guns would have re- quired 4,500 four -wheeled wagons and 10,000 horses, which were not available, At a later stage the Germans brought up their big siege guns at- tacking the enciente and ports, and dropping :300 to 400 15 -centimetre shells into the heart of the eity. Notwithstanding the' fury of the German attacks, Paris withstood the siege for 132 days. Sinoe then the entirely nevi and outer third line of defenee has been erected, and military experts say the fortifies, - 'dons as a whole are far more for- midable than those which resisted the siege of 1870-71.` WRY KAISER DECLARED WAR. Dia Not Want to be Called "Wil- liam the Coward" Again: -There is no longer any. doubt, that, from a very early date after the news of •Serajevo murder reach- ed the Emperor at Kiel, his Ma- jesty had determined "to, see' the thing through"—to see it through against Russia, so says the Berlin Correspondent of the London Times, In hie speech Iron the throne to the Reichstag the Em- peror said that the 'Sera,jevo mur- ders "opened up an abyss." At any rate they caused his Majesty to lose his head. Be hastened back to Berlin—only to involve himself in a quarrel with Vienna about the State funerad, which a,fterall for imaginery rea4nons of ill -health he did not attend. His Majesty then went on his northern cruise, but returned to Berlin eircidenly on July 26, to the open regret of the Foreign Office,as the British Charge ,d'Affaires, Sir Horace Rumbold, telegraphed to London. As soon as the crisis became acute I made some inquiries about the Emperor's earlier _frame of mind, and 'Was told on excellent author - iter ffnal for the 'first time he had abandoned the part of "keeper of the peace." There were in fact to be no more German newspaper articles ifl the press such as ap- peared during the Morocco crisis under, the heading "Guillaume le Poltron." I do not mean that the Emperor *as determined upon wart but he had removed his re- straining hand, and Germany drif b- ed slowly but surely through the dros.s-currents to the Russian ulti- matum and to wer. The more' sin- cere the efforts macl.e for peace, the more futile. they' were. Instead tof drawing back from the "abyss," Germany tumbled into The only justification, if it is a justification, that can be offered of the Empercr's attitude iS Ihat Ite was deeply moved by the Serajeyo murders and believed that their ini- quity would unite Western Europe even at the coet of the obligations and interests of the Western pow- ere—other than Germany. He • could, itis a matter of fact, have achieved very different results by almost any other course than that which he actually followed, a ,e0urse which led straight to a re- petition of the effort made success- fully in 1909 to humiliate, Russia, and led straight to an unnecessary and immoral war with France and England. Against France Ger- many has no shadow of a ,case, and has merely unmasked her eontempt- uous covetousness. FAMOUS IRON CROSS. German Raiser Revives Coveted In- signia Bestowed for Valor. , Shortly after the opening of hos- tilities the German Kaiser, follow- ing the precedent estabiAlied. by William L, reinstituted the famous , Order of the Iron Cross. The New York Staats-Zeitung furnishes art interesting history of this eaveted mark of distinction whieh is award- ed solely for the performance of deeds ,of the highest valor on the field of battle. , King Frederick William III. of Prussia founded"' the order on March 10, 1813, 'as a reward for ser- viees rendered to the Fatherland in the Napoleonic wars. The plain- ness of the iron insignia, was intend, - ed to rean„ind its, wearers of the hard times that had brought it into be- ing. It was a ,small iron Maltese cross inlaid with a narrow silver band just, inside the bevelled edge. The only other marks upon it were three oak leaves in the centre'the royal initials., F.W., surmounted bit a. =an, crown, and the date 1813. As is cusItonstary in the case -of royal orders there were two claps and a grand cross, the later twice the regular size. In 1841 a permanent endowment was added paying fixed annual sums to the wearers of the decoration. On July 19, 1870, the day that Fra,nce again declared war on Prus- sia, the order was revived by King William I. on the same conditions as originally instituted. At that tirn,e the three oak leaves were drop- ped, and the letter W, the crown, and the date 1870 were substitnted for the original marks, but the three leaves were restored by an order of the Imperial Couneil. 1895. The decoration as revised in 1870 has been bestowed on 48,574 German warriors of all ela,sses in- cluding those coming from GF..14nan States outside of Prussia The Grand Cross is conferred only on *0=1-an:ling of6.cers wh,o have won a decisive battle followed by the forced retirement of an enemy, for the c,apture of an im- p,ortant fort, ,or for sueceszfully de- fending a fort against the enemy't capture. In addition to the soldier who have won the cross for indivi- dual a.cts of distinguished valor, it has been granted to all members of regiments that have performed es,. pecially meritorious service. There is no. decoration for a German mili- tary man that. carries with it a greater glory than the Iron Cross, • and it is significant that the thou- sands of veterans who possess this priceless decoration have always been looked upon with the most pro- found respect by the entire German public. Wit 11. 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