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~ _ ciples. In lifting the Goyernment road out of the hole ` _
Mr. Cochrane has naturally run foul of local patro- _ ' ~_ _ 1 ` " -' ' ' _ -F
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_ m».~¢lq9, Allicrion. lwrll and Montague. '- _ saturday- Weekly (founded 1887) 81-.00 por annum by
mall In Garuda or l.l.A.A. » ‘ ' »
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‘ Mill In G\I\ld§~¢nd 82.00 for UAA.. .
ii“.,.f»a_i in-any ` w you (mailed) In savanooi
.llomlii_v, January ist, being New Year'_,-_ Day and ide,-ations from the National Railways_ We remember
that, despite his prestige and personal strength, Mr. Blair was unable to carry through a similar reform. When he tried to run the system on business instead of political principles he was waited upon by a body of Eastern Liberals and forced to abandon his effort. Mr. Cochrane’s courageous, sustained and highly success- ful policy deseyves the united applause and support of the Dominion.
ii .\'tiitiitor_\~ holiday, the Morning Guardian will not be i.\~.\‘imd on 'l`iieJda_\'. The Evening Guardian will not In' i.i.iiird on Monda_\', but 'will be published as usual viii 'l`i/v.idu_\'. Adt'erliser.i please note these rliiinges.
Wi-:i>Nissp.».\', DECEMBER 27, 1916.
l)lRl'IC'l`0R OF NATIONAL SERVICE
The Honourable _lohn A. MacDonald of Cardigan
luis; been appointed Director of National Service for iliis province and he has already entered upon his di.\- iics. The Director General for Canada, in making this .ippiiiiitiiieiit has followed the rule adopted by him at
lliiiialil he has certainly made no mistake. \iVe con- _-s-ixitiiliite the province on the selection made for this niiisi iinportant work, and Mr. MacDonald on his`ap- pniniineiit. \\'e believe he is the i-ight man in the right liliicc.
The province has its work to do in making this Na-
iioiiul Service inventory :i success. As previously an-
iis .\':ition_:il Service Week. Arrangements have been iiniile with the Postmaster General to have the man- piiwer inventory carried out in co-operation with his -li»p:i|'tmcnt. Under this arrangement a cardand ,a pwsoiial letter will be sent to every man between the :igi-s of ltr and (i5 inclusivef The card will contain a `_s"i;i'ies of rpiestions which the recipient is asked to
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_ 'l`|ie object of the inventory is to ascertain definite- ' 1 l_\' iln- :ictiial man-power of Canada, not alone for mi-
__ in iinike up the life, the vitality, the vigour of the na- " tii»ii__ There is a shortage of labour in many of these _._ <1-i'_\'iri-s while many men are employed in positions Comment
- \\|iii~li ilo not call forth their utmost usefulness to the
<»niiiiiry. It is with the object of equalizing this ser- vice that the inventory is being taken and if carried fini :is intended it will greatly stimulate and strengthen
lzvery n_ian in the province between the ages speci- to jbin;
-\ list \vill be ke t of all’ the cards sent out so that
I _ . _ will he no shirkers to be reported from this province
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nage committees which insist on the line being staffed by politicians instead of by efficient railway men`. It
_ iS On this _issue that the chief Conservative Whip has
”'"'"|"9 °*\ 'WNW l\"))» ll-I0 Nl' Yllr. (Ur resigned his seat in Parliament and that his brother
__ ._mail dr0i>_-out of the Legislature in protest aginsl the "--W"--nv-wvnnINY"_Vv'"7"-"_“W”:L_'-:'_:::`:::`A::"”'*‘LTlf'|ISf€l',S d¢tC|‘|11i|13ti0|'\ to gliminafe consi.
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PRESIDENT Wll.SON'S NOTE
President Wilson’s latest note, that to the belliger-
Ilie outset to appoint thoroughly competent businessent Wwe-rs asking -them to considgr term? of iiicn for the position In his selection of Mr 'Mac-'I peace’ IS hkely to recpwe as much nomnety as hls fa-
' ° ' mous phrase "too proud to fight" did during an ear-
lier stage of the war. It is a peculiarly applicable se- quence to that unfortunate remark of his when he compared the war to a drunken brawl in a bar-roon_i.
This particular document, which nobody yet pri!-_
tends to understand and which Secretary Lansingfs “chaser” endeavoured toexplain but only mystificd,
iiniiiiccil the first week in january has been set ap`ar'ti ]',:vz'-leSr$e;?y‘2€ i;Ej:;rofna:?10St as hmuch gotmment is
. _ a _mg exc anges e ween t e
governments previous to the declaration of war. The comment however, is generally not serious. Irony, sarcasm, pity, indignation and other human attributes are strongly mingled in the comments, and through them all runs a confession of mystification and
~ - The.London Evening News which is the after- ziiirwer irom tl and r ti ' lf- dd l - - - . . ’ _
` 1 1’ Y e ‘rn "1 a Se 3 'C5599 “We noon edition of the Daily Mail, heads a reprint of the
comment of the morning papers with the one word Il !l ' < s l
PNo in large black type, and under it ‘ Our answer to
_ _ _ _ _ _ resident Wilson ” and again “No no no that is the . i"»") ~*‘~'fV“`° fmt for °V°"Y kmd Of 5*-`fV'Ce that goes answer Great Britain gives today without ,a moment’s
hesitation to the surprising note from President Wil-
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son. This is the general trend of the British press
The New York Tribune sarcastically remarks:
\/Ve are_on the verge of war--Mr. Lansiag has an-
;0l\l1C€d lt. Very well, whothreatens us? We should
not only enlistment andthe niaitnfactiire of munitions t}:;\iha;1(i]W~;;“;Stt tknow' Dld ‘She president’ feeling Init the civil calliiigs such as a ric ltur d l 1 m a es was on t. e verge of being ____I__s___y_ '\. g “ e an genera drawn into the war, ask the belligerents to state' their - _ ' " _ purposes that this nationmight decide which alliance
Iicfl will receive one of tl ese d b f th f ~ ~
_Nxt ___cCk_ It is hoped _‘hat 3;; c;§";___eb;i"_§l__;’d 'lhe Edinburgh Scotsman says: “President Wil- iiiit :incl mailc<l_pronipt|y. In this way the work of ;(;nn?j~s ihithifto lfbserged a glscl-e.et regceime the Natioiial Service Board 'll b d f l m ame W en t C Sma- mmons e ls now so
_ , p W' e ma e Success u ~ concerned_about were suffering unparalleled wrong. inld any fail to make a return their names will be Wllat moiwc can have pmmptid him to throw aside
islcil and further enquiries made \Ve trust there ibm pe-Cuharly prudent reserve Jusi at a moment when
iis action was most likely to be misunderstood? It is
_hm when the __e_u____S are an in every man_S name strange that_no one among his_ counsellors had the wit
will lic found in the list of men ready to do their duty io See~that Intervention at thls Jun.Cture’ immediately “_l___r____L_r and whe__eve__ Called upon . ollowing the manoeuyres of Berlin and before the
Entente Powers had time to deal formally with that movement runs the extreme risk of bein ' ` -
A , -_ _ g miscon C S -s_trued._ His explanation _on this point makes his ac-
___ CO____cCt_0__ _th th ____ __ _ _ tion still more unintelligible. If he_ brooded over this
___________ events hw' C Wafiwdl C “§Sl2\’fll':1gylm- conception so long in silence, what reason can have __ - or _(___ da pvc een recpr ed uflglg f 6 _Past lmpelled hlm to become suddenly communicative, just
“kc Stagg; ‘;"“`d““"°" Sdare °"'C‘“g "3Pl¢“)’- at a moment when his perception of the proprieties _hc __ °_0“b5 MOU" _3 C@“¥f¢» l0W3l'<lS makes him _uneasy and distrustful. It is not surpri-
_ y a e no (ou _t converging and where they sing that he feels embarrassed for he acted so that he nill nnilonlitedly break in the not distant future. became virtually an interlocutor on the side of Gei-
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____ _vs_ ofhth_e trends of Even? “Ty be hid ff0m many. Why did he not wait for the Entente’s reply
_:_ _;_§__W ‘C1 .CITE i0 ana ad 0f_ HT; 0l1SHl1d to Germany? Why did he step into the ring with _ __ ‘ WHY "30 age-_ 35 ffm' fd I" _e _GUa_l'- proposals which. whatever his intention, must present .i _cw days ago. This rapid railway building in themselves to the Allies as directing the course in his
ls intended to facilitate the movement of sup- judgment they Shoup! take
"ml " "OOPS and bling file Pfesenl bflse CIOSCI' The note is a particularly unfortunate break-at the
front. It was _not practicable to wait for the, present juncture. Especially so is Secretary Larising’s
_ °f'"_°“’ “'15 nm' was lt ¢xP°d'@_"t as 'he so called explanation when he says: “The sending of .it present prices would have been excessive. And this nom will mdicam the Possibility of our being
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Q______r_'_‘;__'£l‘ flsked ‘O SIUPPIY *he Qleed- Canadifs forced into the war and that possibility ought to_ serve
. ___£'______ 0_1' 3135;: il °gf\C)_/)_0f_ ormerrextrava- as a restraining, sobering force in safeguarding Am-
. is case a essing I" 15811156- erican rights. . . . Neither' the President nor nullnun IEIDEIS
lli_e_ s__iipplyi_i:g of a thousand miles of railway will myself regard this note 35 3 peaqe noté, It is merely "'.._-..- '
in er ere . _ ' _ . -_ ~
_ _ Wi 1 0*" t"'1llfP°ftal‘0"~_ The m0"Um€I\ an effort to get the belligerents to define the end for pm-||||||¢¢ gy
txtravztgaines of the l`ranscont|nental_era” have whichlhey are gghting H ' uswitlitliu. d* f 'l f -I . '_ _.W.l»Ll\\lll~_
_ of u__u__;Z;;"Su5p;__e':'t_:;_oargrgrx e‘;':_:__'_';I&‘_:’;: “_The end for which they are fighting I", The sane _ `
portion ‘bf the American press has surely made plain ".'°'°‘°» ‘°'.“'._'.'m I I
Carrying charges' The Canadian GQ‘"""m'°"t and 'to the President the end for which both the .Ententc ‘ THE 95"-V T55* ,
r:iil\vay com anies will d btl b ` f _ , _ - i _ _eval at fai__pmteS_ Whs: thgsivaf il;a;‘1_er°'3:_i:_°s’;‘;__ ing ;heb_Cent:?l Ptowei; are _:l_Zhtil1fE. Th? Belgian 'ro love your frtenrls and tell them
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cquipirient prices return to reasonable levels, there .th “mfg ` aff I les' 23';-llgg 0 passengir`s\“_ps' T; SING U10" l°Y 'md “U0 i\\°lf W°°i 'be'tlté"0pportunif` £61'-¢ |a e th t u e __ _er ° _"V9_f_‘.1§!‘ all .C l. W" 0" U16 high $¢\9 To help them where-so-e'or_ they so; . _ _ _ Y _ _ P ° e om' P 5 "ms and in open- cities must haverhade it plain to the Pre- T0 W8 \’f°l\1°f; ' ml `“"|'"g‘° “'h`°"°"°" °°"d‘“°“S th?" make if advisable' sident why the German allies wer# fighting why the T° makemek lone” hw” more
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Wmk Will be Created for returned soldiers mone - » - _‘ . __ _ . I Y Entcnte Allies were fighting and are going to keep on 'ro make their joys lie your dottzhl: “ln llc ‘Wed ‘“.-l“f°"°3f dufmg *he ba|°",°¢' 0f-th* W?" fighting till such attfocities are made impossible. The Tm'»Il;,ff_‘:nf|°',¥°",:;l',',,‘f‘f'“fml mlm
Illlll the periqd immediately following, and we shall~;nf¢,.m'ce f,-.om me not-e is that th - U‘- - _ . _
ll-wc I' uidafed sli htl on f ' ' _ . . ' . _ . e. med Slat” is ` ' S lin siiect 'i-` mlm _“___ wa'(_:_th1g§of_th§su’_;efHu;‘:_';‘:__;ea:: "_F:; reariytgo £5129* _lln onyf _tfhe sale gf _:ther of6tl;_e_belh- ?;¢in',‘£,‘ET§U:eetngT shalt i|‘;i_,:,- io, :i 'real ‘economic -gain ln our tangled railway problem, :;d¢ pkg" _lf s¢:;:,`,:| 'ca 5 M; tg If A'_ll‘?»""°“~ 5°* ,“‘°V '”*Y“‘*"° 1”” _-ities giving aid io me Allies in a way mon noi to dm; g,,,,,,,,,`,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,',d be -“’,l,,,-:Ld inf; fd" °s fm, ` f,,'§‘.§‘°$’,,,,,,.i. .,,';i_,,.§..¢,',`
Illlsflifll °f *he °“¢“9lV¢ fh°*'Wm d°¢ld¢ Ill* WU- ration against a possible invision across the '{°"'h°" m°"'m“"“i'f'"” "Y _ arm chair critics of the government . will find b0,.d¢»,._ Nu doubt muh" not” and ‘X lmaiwawm £:f';,:,'.L':t,,§°»§2;° ,:g,?“,';,. T,-ff,”
_ something to think about in the' alertnessof the Go- f0||°,, am possibj fa I. | from 'me Pvtmmmts of This In your duly. _ ' -`
vcriiment in meeting changing war-time demands. Al `¢h¢ Eugenie Alliesyalthoii yhf their replgo .
sfion as the need became known Mr. Cochrane got-all-nad in pam; U0 d is *mkhy t th
. tie necessary machinery moving. Forty miles of track of the B,;¢i,hVp5r|;Kment‘:rg:w_“ho“t
__1,_*:e°g:f:'n _‘mf°‘lr‘¥Péo;1gbii_h!pped to lfrance. restoration peace is‘i_i_npossible." “Without__inirer .- ° ""3 30° mtl” Of antees than those which the Germanrm liglttl
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_a_i___ll|, Canadian _Northern and Grand in ipmmiugii ____ ____ ‘__ _ L_- _ _ `. ‘__
(F. H. Simmons lu' New York Trl-
bune, Nov. 21.) .
For nearly a fortnight now the
world has been treated to a renewal of peace talk from Berlin and from) Vienna. Knowing the extent to
which `German*x_iewspapers are con- ¢f°ll°d by ° Kovernmeut.--and French and Brltlsh newspapers are not free from control-It Ia fair to conclude that the German press has ben talktng peace under orders and to i:-arve governmental purposes.
About all thls talk. whether It comes
In the press or In the speeches of pub- Ilc men, there Is an uumlstakable sameness. It begins with the assump- tion, for from unreasonable that the' Germans are about to wln a great vlc- tory in Rouinanla. Within o certattn number of weeks Bucharest Is to fall: this Is arranged by the German Gen- eral. Staff; all that Is open to question is the date. When this happens the Aflltes wtll at .last recogntze that the war ts over, because their last chaifce has gone' gltmmerlng. °
Now, the odd thing about this
talk its- that tt Is the- fmost famlllar of all war talk. Eighteen months _ago, when Mackensen and Hindeii~ burg were careerlng through Poland Berlin blandly ,tolld the world that the campalgn would shortly ond In a supreme German vtctory-and peace. _ A few months late-r Macken- sen opened the road -to Constantin- oplo and Berlin chanted that he would meet peace on the road.
As for the Verdun episode, has -any
one forgotten how often the German press asserted -that the French clty would fall In a brief tIme` and that Its fall would mean the collapse- of France and the end of the war? lt was only when the Russian offensive, the Italian dash -to Gorlzla, the' Anglo- French offensive on the Somme got undefway that there was abuse In the peace discussion at Berlin.
Now the' Germans seem on the
potnt. of making a considerable tn- ctdental gain. Now there are clear signs that they may be able to oc- cupy much of the Roumantan terrt- tory and possibly the Roumanlan capital, and for Berlin tlits service as the busts for the saline peace dis- cussion. All the Alltedsuccessos of the summer. mlno successes. to be' sure, even the latest Iltttle triumph at Monastlr-are pushed aside, .dis- mlsaed; they do not count.
Why do the Germans talk peace?
Qbvtously because they remain cou- vlnced that the Allies are In des- perate stralns, _that the Allies are satlsfled that they _cannot wln -the war andthat It needs- only one more push-a iltttle- push. too-to land them on the reasonablle side of the dlscusslon. The German looks at the map, he recalls the progress of the war so far, and he concludes that only ii mad man could care to continue
'RIght` here Is where the whole
German reasoning goes astray. The' one factor that the German does not recognize ls the ddtermlnlng factor, the state' of mind of his enemies. He has created _the state of imlnd, but he -does not know.of._tts .oxIstenceJ~Ils. con.-_ ception is that France has found out she cannot reconquer Alsace-Lorraine. Brttaln ls satlstled that she cannot destroy Germany, Russia tg, perman- ently held up In the east, and Italy Is defeated on the south. Hts proof of this ls the map and the hlstory-of the war. / _But the Allted polnt of view Is n'ot based upon the map or the history of the war; It Is based flrst of all upon' the manner In which Germany has conducted the war. The mass of the British people are determined I0 continue the war because' the submar- ine crimes and the Zeppelin raids have aroused anger, hatred and a desire or revenge In England. -England today hates the Germans as the Germans hated the Brttons when' Llssauer wrote hls Hymn of Hate two lon( years ago.
As for France, she ls thtnklug of
the atrocities, the crimes, the hor- rors of the German Invasion. She Is flghtlng not a nation but an Idea, the Idea of bestlaltty an'd brutality eit- pressed tn action by Germans. The French are not _thinking of making peace. wlth a foe' but of contln- ulng a struggle wlth an animal whose' predatory habits threaten the Itves of French imen and the honour of French women.
One who vlslts France and ~EI'ig-
land gots a very different notion of
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the war from any conception to be acquired outside. Ona who- read; the French or Brltlsb pres-3 sees the. same Idea wflected. lf, two people' quarrel over property. precedence, rights, they wtll tlght. for a time. but- presently reason. will ailsort ,ftse~lf, provided nelther can wln the iitruygle. But s. man' cannot abandon a struggle with a tiger merely because he- has rather the worst of the fight Iivtbg tlrst. hours. _ \
If the Americans would understand
the conditions lu , ‘Europe today they‘must. put aside any con- ception of war. as wars are ordIn'- arlly understood. This war does not mean anything of thls sort' to the French or the British. The Frenchman and the En'gllsli'man have a clear con- ception of what Germany means. The conception has been created by the conduct of Geninan soldiers, by the manner hi' which Germany has waged the war, Fy the atrocities,--murders, wrongs wblch Germans have done In Frapce, Belgium, In the air, on the
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Ity, pf common sense, of reapon do not enter into the thought of Britons andl Frenchmen, because they_do not feel' that they are fighting in a struggle tn' which auch considerations have wetght. Germany has preached lfritc. practised murder, committed every sort of offer-'se a-galnat law and against; humanity. The' result of her lrourse, has been to arouse In ‘her eiieuilesn determination to continue the battle until they are destroyed or vlctorlousl
Peace could be_made at any tlmie`
tf[Germ`any's foes and tier allles were ready to make mutual concessions. The real Issues of the war, on the mtl- if/ary side, are well nlght. settled. No one believes that Germany can ba de- stroyed and _no sensible German be- Ilev-es Germany can liolld Belglifm or Northern France, or that the' holding of them would be worth the cost of additional years of war. There ti no conceivable profit that any one of the contestants can now make-material profit, that Is-which can repay it for the cost of war. It must prove a great failure to all sides, viewed
But France and Britain", and their
allies with the-in wtll not view the` war In this fashion. because Germany has made It something else. The way Genmany- has made war has trans- formed the whole' character of war and given her enemies new determin- atlon, new pu-rpose and something ap- proaching ia paslonate resolve to pun- ish. Things like the recent deportat- Ions In Belgium and In France give new power to the French people and silence every wlitspering thought of peace In Francef It does the same ln Britain; It has an effect In neutral nations.
If Germany crushes Roumanla she
will be no nearer 'to pence than she was when she crushed Serbia. ilf her vlctory is attended by the atrocltles which marked her success In Belgium, she will only increase the' anger of her foeg and give still more strength to
their arms and thelr wélls. She wtll stlll__ f_\_n‘_t.lieq__gQrrob0rat ` tli_e__l_1;asert- ion oi Feiicn and ni-iiisii leaders that what Is being fought Is not a war be- tween nattons but a struggle between ctvlllzatton and barbairtsm, ~betweeii men and beasts.
If France, Brltatn, Rasta were ex-
hnusted, If they we-re unable to bear new burdens, the conquest of Rouman- Ia might. brlng peace; but they- are not exhausted. France kept on In 1870
rttory was occupled and Parts was shut up. France fought. all Europe from 1792 to 1814, before she flnally ylelil- ed andthen she yielded only because h-er enemies guaranteed her Integrity and -recognlzed her Independence; she changed dynnstes, but ._she' kept her provlnces.~ _ <
Poland, Constantinople, the Trent-
Inc, Alsace-Lorraine, Serbia, .these are issues that might be oetttled by conference. Belglum could not be dlscuiised; It 'would have' 'to be con- ceded In advance. But these _things are not the things that welgh most with the French Ur the British. They are ftghtlng the things Germany means In the world and the/y cannot bargain with Germany. because Ger- many does mean' these things.-_.lt -Is not a. question of the oplnton of plates- men, It ts not the result of French and ollow this efnotlon. $- A time may come, years bencebvhen exhaustion-wlll sap and destrdy the French and Britten sptrlt. When that
time come; peace' may _become a mat- ter of aura gement on the basl; 'of the map of the world as It than stands.
But that time, is far hence. Mtlllgis of Ge mans wtll s supply cannom dder before tt comes and they suffer bo-. cauiie of German 'acts in coiiguei-eil lands and upon the high seas. Wd shall have war and not peace tn' tbeilworld for it long time yet, because Gqlmniiy has created among ber foes that splrlt and that emotion which cannot-lbe af- fected by maps_or_successo| of the 'sort the Roumanlan Invasion 'prom- lses to be. Thlsits a fact hidden only from all Germans and: some _Amort- eanii.-'> " ‘-
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YUIEIIBE BRINGS ' HAPPINESS ill SULIIIERS
Wlth the Brltlsh army In France-i
Dec. 22, 'vla London, I)ec.22.-From a staff corresp_oudent_ of the Associat- ed Press. In these 'last days before Christmas, It is a strange procession, Indeed, that winds Its way on the travel-scarred roads of Northern France to where the greatest armies the world has ever known are locked In a life und, death struggle. _ _
Vielng wttll’ the seemingly endless
trail of piotor trucks groaning under capacity weighs of pc-wder, shells and all the varied and slnstor niateclul of war, are number-less other trucks fairly bulging wtth presents and greetings of the Yuletlile. lt appears now that ng soldier, regardless of h'ow humble his station, will be forgotten.
a TWO DAYS FROM LONDON.
The handling of the vast amount of
mall for the English, Canadian and 'Australian troops is fought with great. dlfflcultles, for powder and shell as- sert thelr prerogative of preference, and the holiday season wtll bring no lessening of the gun pressure on any part of the front. Despite the com- plex problem connected wlth the task, the organization behind the British front makes It possible for letters and parcels to reach the men In the front Ilne trenches forty-eight hours after their posting In London. One reason for this Is that the mall Is lielng hand- led and dlstrlbntod by "Tommles" who formerly were postal employes.
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The Canadians received the bulk of
their mall last week, most of the sol- dlers obeying, with chtldlsh Impatl- ence. Iniitructlc-ns not to open the par- cels unttl Christmas. The mall of the Australian troops necessarlly was posted slx or seven weeks ago, and naturally there were many casualties In that perlod, s that the authortttes are confronted wglth u number of par-
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cols which never will reach their In-
A feature of the Christmas army
malls Is that the outgoing post ts al-
lng. with a strange cross-current of money orders going home and coming out. Soma Idea of the army postal, problems may be gatned from the fact that normally tho Britlsh army sends 1,100,000 letters and postcards and
most as heavy' as the Incom-l
11,000 parcels daily. This number Iii mama being nouiiiea and ii-spied dui-iii; nie " Pl It C
. _\_- t . _ Christmas rush. Ano her Interesting . _ _ "
Dbtlvteh gallons owed; ctdgr In n tact ts that a soldier rece-Ives an over- _ . ' 2
brass kottlld untll reduce to Ilve age of four letters a week, and wrltes' "_ °- °“ % - :nu un gallons; take one bushel apples. Dare, que. _ ' _ ‘ #in _ 4--
eore and quarter. and nut iliulm into aouvsnino in Piuics-i.s none, *#3* "‘ , ._ _ .. tho boiled elder and when soft, iitlr The packages beting sent from the . _ constantly wlth A wooden' _bpoon un front. conutn all dimmer of souvenirs *_ __ _ _
MARl_(El FOLLOBSTERS
SIi‘,- There Is a rumor about that
11 danger threatens the ‘lobster Iii- dustiy for the coming year and l wish to call attention to the fact. The rc-port Is that tI\e' Brltlah goveriunciit; durliig the continuance of the win- In- tend to enforce to the utmost tho ex- oluelon of all articles on their "Lux- ury LIst." lt' thlii be' done, -the Freiicli government wlll no doubt adopt tho same rulf, and as lobster is ut pree- ent Included In t.Iie 'Its-t there will lie' no market open to us, but the United States, and our experlencoof the year 1914 hue. shown ui-1 that when other markets ore closed the United Status market lu no market at all. WB are awaro that Str George E. Foster, Minister of Trade and Commerce, was alllle to Induco tha French govern- ment to remove their embargo on lobsters' the past season, even after their Importation had been prohibited but there might. be ix doubt whether he wguld hc- able to repeat last y'car's perfor`mimce sh`ould the Englleli and French ‘lfnts he published before un- tlon had] be-on taken bythe authorltlcs at Ottawa. Perhaps- our representa- -ttvea would draw _the attention of Str George to the impending danger to the lndustry and enlist his good ser- vlces In Its behalf.
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FISHERMAN. .
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Thio Better Man
Nclighbor (who had heard ntcnin-
motlon In the _Caaoy tenement)- What’s the matter, Mrs. Casey? Ara ye havtn' dltllculty wld yer husband?
Mrs. Casey twlth ucorii)-Huvtn'
difficulty wld hlim. N01. much! Hee. dead atsy for ine.
Pot and Kettle
Wife-That Mrs. Tucker next door
inus be an awful gosslp. - Hub--Wliat’s the trouble' now? Wtfe-Oh, nothing In partie-uliir, but
I nclver can tell ller anythlnE._but what sl\e's heard It_before'. _
from thc battletlelds ‘find trenches. Letters and parcels for the man on the ycry front llne are sent._to them wt th their ratlons. The favorite Christmas card that ‘the "lommles are sending home Is one pn which Ir/vtng niottoeri are woven w_lt.h vari- ous colors of stlk thi-eldo.
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