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OUR WAR
Thi- clyilizi-il world stands iigiiast at thc ilaily reports
oi miriiagc in liluropc. the fearful sacrifice of life, theheurt~
reiiiliiig siiffcriiig ot' the innocent. .-\iitl the same civiliz-
ed world, also, ctiiiiplacciitli' consoles itself with the
thought that the war with all its cruelty. involving the
iiinoci-iit as well as the guilty, is the only remedy t`or that
crowiiiiii.: evil, (leriuaii niilitarisni, and that when the
rt-iii+»ii,\' will have iiiiislii-il its pitrpiise. the worlil will he
cleanci' and purcr anti ciyiiizatiiiii, freed t`i'otii its we-ight
of iiiilitttrisiii and iiiaterlulisiii. will advance \\'ith longer
:intl niorc rapid striiles than ever before.
.\iiil we talk glibly of the materialism of our day, the
need of ii niorc pronounced spiritualism, always with our
tlroiigliis iixcil upon and our arrows directed against the
pi'oiliict ci tleriiiaii pliilosopliy.
.~\iiii yi-i thi- war in Europe is only a magnified type of
thc war in which most oi' us non-belligereiits are constant-
ly cngngcil. in the political. the i-ominercial, the industrial
-i-vt-ii the so<~ial~iit`e, a similar wnr is raging, blood-
lcssly, gt-iicriilly, it is true, 'hut i'ruell_\', relentlessly, merci-
lessly. and involving siii't'cri'iig all the more intense be-
raiisi- eiiiliircil iii silt-iitzc aiiil \vitliout the accoiiipaiiiuieiit
ot' iiiiiitury noises aiiil the lilnre of trumpets.
_-\i thi- back of the l~`.iiropi-an war is selfishness or greed.
.syiioiiyiiioits terms, kindred vices. The German idea is
to airriuire more territory, niore power, to make itself the
iloniiiiant factor in world governiiieiit. And there are
"tici'inaiis" ainoiig our politiciaiis, our traders, our inoiiey
makers. The one great aim is to acquire more wealth,
iiiorc iiiiiueiire more power. The little "Belgiums" that
sta_iiil in thc way uiust be trampled iii order that the
“Geriiiaii's" big store niay control the business, that the
“German” inaniifactiirer may have a monopoly; that the
“Geriiiiiii" politician may secure the scat. or the office.
t'onipi:\itioii aiiioiig rival business enterprises, among
politiciiiiis who iionestly hold ilifferent opinions upon piili-
lic tiucstioiis, is coniincndablc and health giving. \’Vhen
that competition is pressed to the point of injustice, when
ailvaiitiigc is taken ot' ilii- weak, when the crediility of
the ignoraiit is imposed upon. the struggle sinks to the
it-vel oi’ thi' wnr now ilcliigiiii.: thc fair fields of llurope
iviili liloiitl aiiil tOttt‘t~‘. '
The l<Jiiropc:in war bccanii- ii necessity. it was iicedcd
to burn out thc grcctl that had been accuiiiulatiiig until
ii licifaiiic a pliiiosopiiy and ii religion. Whitt it has cost,
:iiiil will yet cost. to hurii it otit ict the people ot' Belgium
and thc stricken cities til' l<`riiti<'c. the widows and orplitins
that will sch the price piiiil. let tlieni answer. The greed
unil thc seltisliiicss that we are nursing in our mad race
for wr-alili and pleiisiirf- and power, nnii wliich iiiay yet-
ii` it has not alrcziiiy--~iiiwiiiiic our philosophy and our
i'clii;i<iii, iiitist also lic liuriteil out, let us liopii, with loss
sui'l`eriiig than that upon whicli we now gaze daily with
linrriir. ,
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" ANANIAS' succizssoiis `
r'-.;'~ti.i'\-.gilt _ _, L _ ._
Aiiaiiias and Sappliira have long held a sonicwlial un-
i-iivinhli- rcpiitniiiiii for proficiency in prcvaricatioii and
have :tt-coi'i|iiigly iiecii iiuotcd ns patterns in tho uri.. They
have bccii oiitclasscil iii this gift however. as manufac-
turers iii otlii-r lines liayc been outclasscd. by Germany-
'lt is now believed tlint the spies who have for yenrs been
cnrryiiil! Iionii- to thi- Kaiser, secret iiiformtitioii concern-
ing thc plai-cs :intl peoples that it was his iutcntion to con-
i|iii-r as soon as he i-oiilil iiiid out all their iveakiiesscs. have
far oiticlasii.-il ilic two liistoric cliartictcrs above named.
.\ l`niicd States exchaiige says that there is ii growing
siispit-ion that tho l_viiig oi` spies gave Kaiser Wilhelm his
ovi--r coiifidciicc. The German limperor, oi' course, ilid not
believe that liiigluiiil would declare wur. However, he
liii.d not been lacking in foresight. if England did take
the side of l~‘raiice and Russia, he was convinced, through
his long niaiiitaiiicil systcni ot' espionage, that great indus-
trial strikes woiild follow. thiit conscriptioii would be
necessary. und that political disseniiioiis would piirulyze
the liritish Govcrnnieiii, oven if there were no i'ormid-
able revolt. llc had had spies in thc labor orgiiniziitioiis,
spies even iii the English (iovernme-nt's service. For years
he had had them iloiiig his bidding. llc thought they
were telling liiin the truth. They thought no war was
possible, and so earucil their money iii the easiest way by
bringing hini the' news lic wanted to hear. Ethical con-
siderations do not at`t'ect a man who is ii. spy. Otherwise
he would be ilift`erciitly cniployeil.
Accoriliiifg to ii story said to have been fold by it Ger-
inuti officer, now ii prisoner iii thc south ot' ireland, sev-
eral ot' the iiiife-bellitiii liars have been locked tip iii Ger-
man prisons, and one or two have been shot for their An-
uniusiniii. (lrent lirituiii is found united. Even the irish
are united. The labor unions are not striking. The colon-
ies ure eilthiisinstic. The Kaiser is disappointed, and his
spies have to suffer.
()f the espionngo exercised during the past ten years by
fleriiiniiy over other niitioiis. the oiitcropplngs have been
notorious and undeniable. France, Russia, England have
arrested Gerinnii spies ut iliffcrent times. The Dreyfus
scaiidal iii Fruiice wus just one of the incidents. Every-
wlierc, since the fighting began. in France and in Bel-
gium. the spies of pence times have helped the Germans.
lf some were iinrcliahle, mniiy were loyal to their own
governments.
The man who dreams day and night for a long time of
looting his enemy's henhouse, and le solemnly informed
by n confederate that on a certain night in the dark of
the moon the place will be deserted and the task easy.
hu.
o right to be indignant with the confederate it
s stalwart man with s gun waiting for him, and
h
is system full of bookshot. This is a
iiatrs Ni:ui;i_iAi.irii
lt is just as well to bear in mind. says an excluiiige. that
lta|y's refusal to enter the war, on the side of the Kuiscr.
was tio surprise to the Gerniuiis. 'No well-informed Ger-
man ever expected the co-operation of Italy. italy was iii.-_
cluded in the Triple Alliance by Bismarck in order to
keep her from going to war with Austria. A war between
italy and Austria would have seriously embarrassed Ger-
many, aiid the best \vay to avoid it was to compel frictloii
between France and italy. and to seize the opportunity
to get Italy into the Triple Alliance. iii lils own masterly
fashion. Bismarck did just that. but ltuly‘s relation to
her allies was never more than platonic friendship. ._
At the present time the Gernian claim is that italy is
bound by her engagements to her allies to reuialn neutral.
At the same tlnie. ltul_v’s neutrality seems to be assured
only so long as Gerinany and Austria appear io be cu-
Haged iu a losing tight. The iiepi‘eciatioii iii German
standards of national honor wliicli this war has brought
to ight must inevitably have convinced the italian people
that “a scrap st' paper" such as the Triple Alliiiucc cr-
gfageineut is a. poor thing lo liiilt up German support with
italian interests when as is thc case these
interests_ clash in very important particulars with
the territorial ambitions of Gei'uiaiiy`s fighting ally. Aus-
tria. lt is plain, therefore. that the potential strength oi'
italy is in reality ati asset ot' Great Britain anti her allies,
and that this asset remains to he realized at any time when
it may be required to turn the tide of victory. No nation
is watching the progress ot' the present war with more
serious concern than is italy. ller national honor, which
the Italian people cherish as :i heritage from ti history
that is an admirable account of righteous achievement, is
at stake. lt' Eiigland went to war because of a “scrap of
paper," italy remains out of \var because ot' a “scrap of
paper," resisting, by all accounts. what is a very pressing
temptatioii to her people. iii certain eventualities, italy
may decide that her national necessity demands the break-
ing ot' her neutrality bonds-but nothing in her past his-
tory leads us to believe that she will succumb to a pass-
ing ambitious impulse. It' as Germany claims. italy is
bound by her alliance to remain neutral, only a very dras-
tic cliaiige in the present condition ot’ the warring nations
will give italy an opportunity to plunge into the struggle
free of all suspicion that she was actuated by more or less
unworthy motives. In the meantime, we may take some
satisfaction from noting the strictiiess ot' Italy's neutral-
ity. Gerinaiiy'a treaty-breaking exhibition when she in-
vaded Belgium has lost her ltaly's support. should matters
come to a head, as surely as ii lost her respect of all neu-
tral iiniioiis.
Tor A Nizw ruins
An exchange directs attention to the fact. thot the Ger-
man reputation for devilish cruelty was not acquired iii
the present war. l-lc reminds us that the Duke ol \\'elliug-
ton in 1807 used the following language in a letter to his
mother in referring to a Germaii legion with whoni Brit-
ish troops were co-operating: “l can assure you that l`roni
the General of the Germans down to the smallest _ilrum~
boy in the legion, the earth never groaned with such ii set
of brutal, intanious villians. They murdered, robbed and
ill-treated the peasautry wherever they went." .-\nothcr
and tliffereiit authority, the famous French novelist Erck-
maiin-(`liatriaii, in his book “'l`lie'Plebiscite" thus shows
how the Geriiiiins in the days oi' the`great Kaiser behaved.
and his description might well be applied to conditioiis
today instead ol' 44 years ago. “They itlie Germans) were
a religious people. tiiucli attaclied to the doctriiies ot`
the Gospel, and who sing liyiiiiis with niiicli feeling. Tlicir
Emperor especially, after t-very sticcest-ii`\il lionibariliiieiit.
cvcry niassncre, whilst women and children and old -men
are weeping around their liouscs iiiestroycil by shells. and
from the battlefields strewn with heaps ot` dead are rising
the groans and cries oi' thousaiiils ot' sufferiiig whosc lives
are crushed, whose flesh is torn, whose bodies :irc rent
and bleeding, their Emperor, thc vcneralili- inaii, lifts his
liloiid-stained hands to lleayeii and thanks God for hav-
ing permitted him to commit thcse alioiiiiiiuble deeds."
The present Kaiser is evidently imitating his grandfather
in his inipious ittterances.
.i_1.-_-Ol____i___.
EDISON’S GREATEST DISCOVERY
Thomes A. Edison, the electrical wizard, told an infer-
viewer this week what he considered the most valuable
and important conclusion he had reached as a result oi' his
sixty-odd years ol' ceuseless work, including physical und
mental labor. The public ought to be interested in this
conclusion which Edison considers the most valuable he
has achieveil. The public may be surprised that it is not
the invention of the iiicaiidesceiit light. the tiiotioii picture.
the phonograph, traction power or any oi' the tliousund
and one contributions to modern life that have come from
Etliaoifs brain and Edison`s toil. What is it?
Simply, the conclusion that the average man ents too
mucli and sleeps too mitch.-News.
__`”`WfFs"_“
ln 814 dietl Charlemagne, pnrvenu conqueror of all
Europe, transcendent. (though illiterate) warrior und king.
lu 1814 another conqueror of Europe retired to Elbn amid
cheers and tears. And somebody is going to make a sensa-
tional exodus from “the fierce light" in 1914.
The figures of the flollcctor of the port of New York
show that shipments to the neutral countries that tire
neighbors of Geriiiimy and Aiistriu-lluiigury took an ex-
traordinary jump during the month oi’ September. Per-
haps the enemy is getting goods by the untlergrouiitl
route.
it is announced that two hundred wireless stations have
beeti dismantled in Canada at the order of the Govern-
ment since the beginning of the war. Many of the plants
were the property of amateurs. The latter fact is nn ln-
dlcntion oi’ thc wide interest taken in the science. With
so many students working for the love of the thing. wire-
less telegraphy should he in line t`or much improvement.
A German brought before the Police (‘ourl at Toronto
was fined $300 for having in hit-i possession an automatic
pistol and cartridges, two dlrks, n long knife, ti set of brass
knuckles and an electric torch. ills was more like a
burglar't~i than a belligerent‘s outfit; but it fairly justified
the punishment. A man so foolish as the owner of such
nn armnmcnt must be needs u lesson.
During the occupancy of the Valcartler camp by the
expeditionary force a number of stories were current to
the effect that there was "graft" in connection with the
procurement of supplies. The stories have been traced
to their source in at least one case, and on the motion of
the Department of Justice at Ottawa a man named Cape-
weil is under arrest at Toronto and will ho prosecuted
for demanding money from men concerned in certain con-
tracts for supplying boots io the soldiorn. The action of
the Government le in the public interest in more ways than
nu .~f.\' ... i
(By Stephen Black.i
RCTTERDAM, Sept. 29. (Br mail.)
-The following intimate picture of
life iu Berlin has just been told me by
a special representative whom l coin-
niisulotiod to go into Germany at con-
siderable rlsk for the purpose of ascer-
taining tlie truth. This gentleman,
who is not un Englishman. had ex-
cellent facllities l'or uioviiig among
all classes of people.
()utwardly titers is no sign of war in
Berlin; inwardly there is nothing less.
l had been in Berlin only u few
hours when l discovered that scarcely
a soul, or at all events scart-cly u com-
rnou soul. wliieli to the Prussian war
cuiite is no soul ut all, knew anythiiig
v.'liatever ot' the war. l felt. indeed.
that i was in thc centre of Bureau-
cracy. Berlin is the heart of Prussia.
and Prussia is a land in wliich the
citizen has no existence. Every\vliere
the oiiiclal is paramount, and today
more so than ever. On all sides l
saw fat, pompous, brutal nien strut-
ting about with lmportaiice stamped
upon every line oi' their faces. They
looked as though they were bursting
with ofllciul secrets that the Kaiser
had forbidden them to reveal until the
appointed time when all good Ger-
mans sliould participate in the great
blessing. Berlin today is a little of-
ficial paradise, in which the arch-
angels'are very fat and particularly
proud.
The phychological observer in
search of truth soon learns to sub-
divide thc population into three parts:
tal Those who know nothing at
all ot' the war.
tb) Those who know a little and
think they know a lol.
ici Those of the ofiicinl class. peo-
ple indirectly iii the employ oi' the
state. and n little body oi” esoteric nut-
siders. such as journalists.
LITTLE WAR GODS.
Naturally, Class "A," which knows
nothing at all, contains the most fer-
vent lielievers. Their watcliword is
“We must win! We shall win." Their
daily food is fables. E.\_i-ept that they
have added or siiperaddeil the Kaiser
to the 'l‘riiiity. iheir_ professed religion
seems to he fouiidetl on t‘liristiaiiity.
But they liave sct up ii lot ot' little
war gods, such as Kriipp, the 17-inch
Zeppelin and Hiiideiiliurg. This class
comprises porters, barbers, coiicierges,
tram coiiductors und \vaiti>i~s; and its
principal literature seeuis to be very
vulgar “t'oiiiic“ postcards. Any real
damage that the 17-ini-ii siege gun
niny have done is nothing by compari-
son with what f'liiss “.»\" in Berlin be-
lieves it to have done and to he going
to do. For cxaiiiple-,`l heard it said ii
thousand times or more. “Tlic conqiiesi
oi` England will be eusy."'
So I kept asking “Why'?"
"()li." was the iiivariable reply, “we
are going to Vuiais to law down the
guus which nobody knows aiiything
about-and then wi- shall strike ling-
laiid in the lieart."
“Anil tlieti?" l asked.
“We have ti fleet of sixty ships l_v-
ing ready in Willioiiiisliaveii wiiirii
will tish up all the Eiiglisli iiiiiii-s. The
brave crews on board have iiilcrcd tri
sacrifice tliciiiselves fiii thc l<`uilicr-
land. After this our glorious ilcct
will go out of the Kit-.l (‘aiial anti luke
Eiiglaiitl."
The people who told me this were
nearly always, despite their humble
position in life, on intiinatc terms
with important officials of Krupp's.
Cni- or two, however, iiiodestl_v con-
fessed that tliey had been told only
by naval ofllccrs. But all had au-
thority l'or their statements. They
reinindcil me oi` nieii on a rncecoiir:-ic,
each with ti sure tip from the stable.
w/irrinc Fon ~su=iPnisEs."
Class "li" iinitirtl.;.' is :~ liitlc legs
extraviiiuiiit than claus "A," ulthouuli
it. liolil.~'. the same view with regnfq
to the easy conquest ui' Eiiglniitl. But
llmmlll (floss "I3" are those who iiicic
up stray crumbs ot' knowledge i:~oi_i
oiiliritils, and they adopt a kiiowini; at-
titude, every now and thcn pooh-pooh-
ing some postcard tlieory of the pan.
er's. When the final result is discus-
sed, liowever, it is always the sunic
thing. What is discounted of the
“Strike England iii the heart" story
is niude up for by exclusive iniforma-
tion about the air fleet.
This is being prepared says Class
“ll” for the destructioii ot' the Eng-
lish fleets, after which the (lei-mlm
navy will cross the (`huiincl aiiil iii-
vaile England. There is a certain
vugueness about the details ot' the plan
which is got over by implied deliber-
ate concealnieiit, apparently for strut-
Glllf reasons or on national grounds.
Several times ti representative of Class
"ii" ended the conversation by laying
a cautious finger upon a broad nose
and suyiiig: “Tlicre are surprises iii
store which iinboily but n few know.
and iliese will overthrow England
completely."
Yet all the tinie huge casualty lists
nre being piiblislieil and greater ones
concealed, und some oi' thc more
thoughtful people ui-ik themselves why
so much life is being sacrificed, why
the surprises are ivithheld ami the day
of Gcrmaii Joy postponed?
The sorrow of the women is brushed
aside amid brutal shouts for the
-Tatlierlaiiil. People who wear black are
unpopular since the Kaiser forbade
mourning. Street-corner oracles
abound. They lay tlown the law in
crowds and look for every opportunity
to bully the inoffeuslve and gain n
spurious reputation for ardent patriot-
ism. l had an experience of this.
Standing in a group recently, u man
turned to me and said, with reference
to the Kalscr's published cable to
President Wilson: "lt is good what
our Kaiser has done, is it not?" `
My reply was perhaps lukewarm.
So the bully shouted. “l said it was
good what our Kaiser has done. It"| a
tlne thing that a lot of foreign spies
are allowed to go about in Germany."
The crowd had iiwarmed around ine
and it was beginning to be hostile. f
speak German well and know a good
il I of the vernacular "Halt'ii maiill”
or gh |(`| ' - ‘ _ ' ~ l nhoutél, which ia eqtixbto "Shut ~ p p
e nlorii frame of mind. Em mrs. it will check a bad practice st the start. and it will Wm hw.. ‘Q wmcnmw crowd mnghed , . ,, _H
ea - - - ‘ p -ir. . ~
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special guns which Krupp is inakiiig--
THOSE WHO KNOW NOTHING: THOSE WHO KNOW LITTLE AND
PRETEND THEY KNOW A LOT; AND THE DFFICIAL CLASS,
WHICH ADMITS, IN CONFIDENCE, THAT THE POSITION IS
VERY SERIOUS INDEED. -
being a spy.
THE NEW HARVEST.
Since fantasy is the food of the peo-
ple it stands that everything Germany
does is good. Once or twice I asked
the question: “Why do you let Eng-
land blockade your ports and keep
focal out'."’ Thi.; inquiry wps met by
laughter. ’llien it was said, “Wo have
so niany youiisz ini-ii and old men and
also .vomen to worl-'.--tliero will bo H
new harvest nc.\'t yct\r."
.'. i'<‘.\\~ --~--ri-t ic t-:ut this ha".'t-st
wot. ii i-- -\ c nt :ii-fic ng and sox'-1.,"
’|‘hi-y :li -‘: iw- : “ fr." and said il.n.
l.\et`oi‘e 'lic n.;r '»-':\:<. tver every 'itil
woulil hu' e to pi :. .il that there \vi.u'f*
zziil Lo itil,-.»i 1.-iio'.;',li 11 grow uti.i i‘e`."1)
the crops. iiut ci.-iz the pessimists tou-
iiieiit, "Uh, ivcil, 'lie (‘-overiimciii will
be careful -.iitli life Jcoil and we L-il.::la
have |i-'_-ace lu less than I iviliio
ii.~.-..t':;'.," nu.. not icng ago it \'.‘:::
i»eiii:e .ii ---f :li-vi twelve weeks.
if i--<~ \::i'.» |i`\ tn=fiuci'ed Ein, .ii .,"
is the final \\'ord ri' ' ass "li, "'4-
sliall invade Egypt and force E iulaiitl
to iiiamr pt-ace." 1 pt, indeal. is
higlily .i.-inc? L - f in t. is respect, shit e
india, lreltiiiil anti South Africa have
iii-liken down.
ln Class "C" are the only ones who
possess any knowledge 0t` the truth. In
oiiicial circles the enemy is not un
derated and the position is admitted to
be very serious liideed.
This is what Class “("' says: Aus-
iria's' plight is more than doubtful-it
is bad.
Greece, Roumtiniu anti Italy may
any day join the Allies.
()ii the western frontier “Things are
not as they should be.
Italy is privately cursed and it is
UW lllltlyilltt resolve of every Geriiiuii
official to be revengcd on what they
call these mucaroiii-eating swine.;'
ll' ever Gerniuny is restored to her old
position, or ti better one. Hcnveii help
italy! This is what oiiiciul (iertuunv
is siiyiiig. `
'rue i.iT'ri_E TiN Goa.
\'on liiudenburg is at the moment
Derlin’s little tin god. He is the idol
Uf the Women in particular, for he
l-lf1S_, So Says the otiicinl Durenii, au.
iiihiluted the Russians in llnst. Prus-
sia. Nothing is too fantastic to be.
lieve of von llindenburg's army; the
list of his prisoners is so great that
thi? DGOPIB are asking, "|lo\v are we
going tii feed them?" . t
There is no doubt that the wonicn
Ol Berlin get illf.0 u highly yicryoiig
sf-ate at the mention of the Russians.
Hideous stories are circulated daily
as to the snvagery oi' the Gossacifs-
this reminds nie that a barber told
me he had heard on good authority
that "thc liussinns eat huiiiiin flesh."
At all events, von lllndeiiliiirg is
niiirching-to the help of Austria, unii
Llreslau has been in a ferment for the
past ten days, the preparations for
defence being such that ull telephon-
ic connection with lierlin is out on,
Fuverish training and equipemcnt of
l>'0llll;.: soldiers are taking plnce uli
over Germany. Big i'einlorceinciit.e.
hnvc liccn promised to the uriiiy on
the western border by the beginning
of tictober.
'rite oiiii.-nh idea is uint iiy one ing
defeat France will lose her nerve and
UIFOW out the Present. ministry,
whose successors will hasten to make
Deuce, no matter what Russia nnd
iiiiuland say. Austria will then be
relieved by the defeat of Russia,
iihile England in a iiltilitary sense
does not count.
LITTLE EN'|`I-IUSI.-\S;\l.
By beliefs such as these the ollic-
ials are buoying themselves up, but
at bottom they have little enthusi-
asm for the war. I reached Berlin
immediately after the. sinking of the
three English cruisers and can vouch
for the calmness with which the ex-
Dl0ii of Y-he U 5’ was received. Here,
again, it was the arrogance of the
race. “We \von'f. cheer," they said,
"because we are superior to thc
French; we rlon't stand npplauding
our victories an day." 1 thought
that some of the petulance which I
Sain now and then displayed wus
due to the inflated ideas which had
been Drevalenf: in the early days of
the war. Such exploits were recorded
then thot. the people grew blage and
expected at least the capture of Par-
ili und the Sinking of .the entire Brit-
ish navy,
I talked several times of the won-
derful twgnnizatiiin in the field and
heard surprising contradictions from
\\rl.‘_ informed people. At Leipzig said
one. two trains hill of soldiers' let-
ters aail parcels had been chanted on
to a side line and completely forgot.
ten.
Atrocities-well, we can‘t help
these. There are good and bad every-
where. Some of the men in the Ariny
have been in nrison-it must. rc they.
Besides, the lialtitluns are a lot of
beasts, and it is very natural that.
our soldiers should do severe things
’in return. ' ,
This was what I heafd 011 me mb'
ject of those deeds which have
shocked the entire world. One mlm.
however, admitted that the Army had
gone Pity the men could not be re-
strained.
A1.-‘Tian 'ri-in WAR. _
.wi "r
While the people are still. told that
the retreat from Paris was a Bl-FBW'
gic move, the oliiclals know better.
One told me that it. was caused by
the breakdown of the coinmlssariat.
1-‘or B whole fortnight the greater
part of the Army had lived on
bread, biscuits, and water. H»S~ U10
food trains could not reach th8m.l
The nerves of tlioiisantis of men
broke down completely and many bc'
eame insan¢_ One of these was a
(iunrdsnian, who now spends his
days idiotically singing;
Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles.|
It is admitted that all trade has
been killed by the war but: the con-
solation is: "After the war‘tbere
will be more trade for Germany and
more work than ever.” The manager
of A large factory confided to me
that in one way the war was a bless-
ing as it would bring down the rate
of pny_*"\\`0rkrr.en get 5 marks a day
skilled. '|`he war will bring theiii to|
their senses." I could not help
thinking that they were not the only
people in Germany whom the war
would bring to their senses.
Krupp’s men arc working eighteen-
hours a dtiy each at an increase of
20 per cent., bull oi. which they have
to give to what'is called “the lied
Xf” There is much ;_:i~uiiililing about
this Cotitribiition, which the men say
is used for any war purposes.
COUl.l) HAVE l‘ltl~I\'l<INTl-ID IT ,
i
German self-sntislnctioii does not'
extend to its diplonincy. I never]
heard one word of sntisfiiction ut-
tered-it was continual coiiiiiluiiit
and execration of the \vhol.e Diplo-
matic C`0l‘llS- “T110 win' could easily
have bien l’l’ff\'eiitt-tl." any the upper
Class. Austria could have been told
not to go so far.: Kider ` '
and von Bulow would hagenlzezcflhg
this trouble. Our diplgnmginl `
ed to know everything nv, hy?
late, while nobody )r_n¢w anytmoo
at all about lEngland‘s attitnq,-.ng
And alter paying tbl; comma"
to angina atpiomm and admmlgi
that Austria' could hav; bam pr" S
ed "M" 3°i”§ "50 f9»F"'the¥ Pour sillitli
B stream of invdctive upon |-:Henna
Nobody lfnew anything abwt .F '
inane attitudntnaretcre sir saving'
Gfév is *N0 greatest nieonndi-el gn 
world! Ot course it is all. wmmme.
Jealous lot of retailers .the I-Lnghsh.
   
AHYDOW. BBY_the represents '
Class "C"' the Kaiser is vent-.1 ;e:glf’f
with the diplomats, and hghas my
fused to receive Prince Lichnowaky-
Japan is hated only Less than- ,l-In 1
lima. - 3
After the w-ar? Well, we Simi] ,ml
take -Poland and the Baltic provincesy
France is rich and we shall let hef-
oll with a heavy tina, egpeqaily if
she makes peace soon. Holland and
Belgium we do not want. lierhaps
inter on . . . Holland may enter
a Geriiian union. England? Oh _ _
-Encland? About England . . __ wé
shall see .~ . . We shall see,
Gives nssenvisrs
1-iivis To sow coops
BOi`lDEAU.\', (via Parisi. Oct. 2il,_
The Minister ot’ War, M. Alexiiiitli-9
iilillerantl, upon the represeiitatioiiol
l<‘erma.nd Davis. Minister ol' Agricni.
ture has given the territorial reiicri,,_
isis under arms at depots oi' the in.
tcrior leave that they niiiy work iit’.
iceii diiys sowing crops, citlinr fm.
lheiiiselves or others. This is doiic in
the general interests of Pruiice.
“Show a good spirit of patriotism
-lluy Iloxull Reiiiedies, and help tn;
swell the Patriotic Fund. Should you
he dissatisfied with the goods, return
tlieni and get your nioiiey-tlioy are
guarniitcoil. McKlniioii Drug (‘0__
i‘or. Great George und Kent. Streets,
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