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AMSTERDAM, Dec. 13, via London.
._-ln a ions Rrticlty deaiinz with the
pgssibility of the United States play.
mg an important role in the conclu-
Bm ofipeace among the European paw,
ers, me colozne Gazette says that
me "peace movement in America is
“American bankers with German
names, in urging the desirability of
peace, render a doubtful service to
Germany-"
Such language, the newspaper says is
not inspired by Germany." and matt
face the fact that America cannot be
an arbitrator in the -iight between Ger-
many and Great Britain.
It would be an ostrich policy. the
newspaper declares, not to recognize
that public opinion in America, taken
KB 8- WIIOIB, ls _entirely friendly in
Great Britain. It may be argued, it
Ellis. that the American government
has observed the strictest neutrality,
but one can be neutral in an indiffer-
*ml WHY. and, on the whole, American
neutrality has been favorable to Gi'eat
MONTREAL, Dec. 14.--The western
Belgian reservists which, hurriedly
answering the call from King Albert.
entrained at Winnipeg and are now on
their way to Halifax to sail for the
scene of the war, between 125 and
130 fine and fit-looking men, arrived
in Montreal at 10 o'clock yesterday
imornlng and left for Halifax at 7.30
this evening.
\Vhile in this city they put up at
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greeting from the local Belgian con-
sul, Clarence I. De Sola, oi a wooilen
sweater, knitted scarf, "Balaciava
cot.'.’ two pairs of woollen mittens
and wristlets, a pipe. tobacco and
cigas. ,
Mrs. De Sola pinned on each reserv.
ist the Belgian colors, with a picture
of Kink Abert.
More than 100 Belgian reservists
from Montreal will leave tomorrow
night for Halifax, similarly provided
likely to`,be misconstrued as an indl- B'"a""'
cation that Germany is exhausted by
me war. and it adds, such rules and No FEAR
notions only tend to inyure German '
¢-reilit with neutral states; ~ -
Despite all friendliness with Amer- Johnny-"Pa, in tt. wrong to steal
it-a, the Cologne Gazette continues,Ger- from a trust "
mans must not allow themselves to be Pa--“Don’t let thc question bother
deceived, and they must look in the you, my son. lt's impossible."
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THE iDElIlL"S TRENCH
The following says the llianchesterlduor, whereupon twenty German sol-
Guardian. is taken from a letter writ- dlors under an oiiiccr surrendered.
ton by an otilcer who is no\v u prisoner We marched on down the deserted
in_the hands of the Germansz- street, when we were again iireii upon.
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camc u prisoner of the Germans and scruil' ot' the neck and told him to
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stating the German attacks for several escort, which left me with only a
ndays, und on this particular night my little over hull’ my company. We left
\r-ompauy was in reserve about two the viluge and continued our niarch
_miles l'rom the advanced trenches in I decided to send on ilii-utemtnt;
to see me.
l went outside and found poor Lien-
tenunt --.- Ile wus very badly
wounded in the thigh, and has since
died. Ile told me alarming news-thut
rt trench we called “the Devll‘s
’i‘rench," because it has been taken at once shot dead.
and rataken so often, had fallen once _
again into the hands oi’ the Germans, waiting fm- me Dawn
anti that all the men of our regiment
that he had wandered uit to the left
and had come upon one oi' the trenches
which had been captured hy the ene-
‘my. instead of returning to me he
,seems to have charged the enemy
,with his three companions. All were
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who were in it had either been killed
or made prisoners. Ile advised me to
collect my company and go and retake
it. i called my color sergeant, who got
the men out of the houses as soon as
possible and mustered them in the
tlurk. ' g
5 By the Scruff of the Neck
l On `onr way wc had to pass throuiih
another valinge about 600 yards i'rom
our advanced lines. Passing through it
wc received a vollcy from one ot the
this glue; Subscribers to The Guardian can take advntitzzga of ,houses which wounded two of my men*
' ` i’l‘he remainder oi' the company with-`
out waiting for orders battered in the
After waiting some little tlnic I
moved on and found "the l)evil‘s
year round.,
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to his son. The most acceptable and useful Christ-
mas Present for a Farmer would be a 4 h. p. Wood
pecker Gasoline Engine. lt will bring Cheer all the
We are giving a special price for Christmas.
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in. m. I was aroused by my plcket,who him, and shortly afterwards we heard , Q
0  or on y $ ° eg said it wounded oiilcer had crnwletl in- heavy tiring t'rom our left front, and
The Gmudmn has been mlmonzed by the Management Qt to the village badly hurt nnd wishctl he did not return. I sltbsegiieiitly found ,
CH TOWN
village were those who had taken the
position. They had pushed on in the
darkness, but not being supported had
surrendered to my company.
ed it was my duty to hold on to "tin-
I)evii‘si 'l‘rench" until daylight. I sont
'l‘rcuch," unoccupied except by the]
dead und a great number ut' wounded
men oi’ our regiment mixed up with
man wounded Germans. The trench
in fact was a horrible sight.. Many of
these poor fellows had been bayoneted
and had fearful wounds. One of them
told me that the Germans had taken
them by surprise two hours before and
had captured the position. I asked'
him what had become of them. He
then explained that they had continu-
ed their advance, and then I realized
that the lot we had captured in the
ers and told my men to rejoin as soon
us they had deposited them in the
nearest village, All these brave fei-
Untler these circumstances I devili-
back the seriously wounded on stretch-
many mon hit. Suddenly I heard heavy stwuiiti-class compartment with eight
firing on my right. and I saw ii. mass other oillccrl; and nine German sold-
o|` the enemy rusli the trencli on my ters. I had no food for twenty-tour
right. Many of our men nnttie good hours, and for twenty-four hours more
their escape by running out at tht-A we were gtvcn nothing, '
hncli, but the reninlnticr \v<-i~<- tukcnl Our trnln passed right through Bel-
prisont»rs. 'l‘hcn I saw the trenr-li on`gium, I was starving and terribly `uu-
our lt~i`i was nlso lil tin- hands ofthe t‘omi'oriahlt~. Ai the end oi' twenty-four
tlvrnizuis, and that parties ol' tht-ni hours thi- soldii-rs gnve us some bread
wt-rv right lwliind "thc 1)evil's'l`re|icli" und butter. Tlu-ty seemed very afraid
txcciipwtl by my company. to do so and told ua to eat it without
lows turned up again before dawn.
ilu-ing set-n. i have to thank these good
We then threw out all the dead and Surrounded follows for my iirst bite ln forty-eight
made ourselves secure as possible by
rebuilding the wnils of the trench. We \vcr<» in fnct u little island sur-
whicll had been much damaged by rounded by it st-it of clir~|1|l0s_ \\'ht~n
shell tire. _ they brought xnucliine guns to lwur on
Dawn seemed an eternity in coming. us the guinc was up, and wc were
Directly the light appeared n terrible'obligcd to surrender to save the ro-
flre of shrapncl was opened on us. I mninder oi' our men. The Gcrnmns
counted as many as sixty shells burst- then niart-in-d us buck to their lines.
ing to the minute. We lost a great That same i-vcning i was placed in u
hours. On the following morning we
i-rossotl tho frontier and reached-~
\\'h<:rc wi- wort- interncd in the empty
l'l\lnn bnrrntvks.
W are not well treated. At break-
fast we are given black bread and some
very bad coffee. We have no lunch
and for dinner receive some thin soup
nud more black bread.
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