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GUARDIAN '
' , MARCH _8, 191g _
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d,ity apply,-tio_ potatoes as to cattle
Plant -pot_ato8§ 11.10.! have been select-
ed for several generations for their
them thick enough so thov will not
"lf A    suardianhnotoriety- In language direct enough to `“ “°"°°’“’ "`“°"1‘l‘1‘f°“ ‘@1651 1°’ ~“'°""’°i-i`ii`ii`d"'ii`i{£i* riiriéiil- \'111“"11‘i"‘"""”“"
 _ __ _ _create alarm ‘ throughout the country 1 I
  .“,r  _f,=.=-* - - '-among Conservatives as well as Liberals, iv    '.
nn), A; 1,i ¢"'qla_ck the order comes
to advance ‘ titer' the aitllleri' “"5
tlioroughly prcD8l'@11- 111" “‘°““d
io ment lT€th wcrc marching lll
1 moi-+¢ osliy ifwnuso' 1sso;»siso ‘psf ym, (osiiv-. but vague enough to enable Mr. Kyte’s  .. uniform size and shave. and P1111" "hm, The pisn-i~.= and innum-
°'°“) 1" '11-1"'-'°°» *2-5° P5' >'°°' <"‘“"°") 1" "“’°"°°- '“- counsel subsequently to declare that Mr."='
Onnadn, and $3.00 for U.5.A
Headiilfiice at Charlottetown. Branch Office at Sum- f R- h d NS f h. 1 . th
House made a speech that enveloped the
~ R. E. oosNEL|.. "
Drlscd to see how uniform they nic in
" Kyte had “made no. charges,” the member __ 1="°W 10° 1'“‘g°- “<1 >'°“ W1" "° “'11” :ffm or ii.-_ san- .1 smfiii \-iinia-.
tit latter was ilred o by the 'ln-
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_._ merstde. Alherton. Souris and Montague. __ Ol” _ IC m0l'i . , 10m ls P ace In e  §_-size and shape. Keeping the ground h_\hnm“_<_ Abou, 220 mjmpimnis
 Evening Daily (founded 1907) $2.00 (delivered or.hy
5- Man in canada, mi $2.50 mr u.s.A. _ Dominion Shell Commission and Sir Sam
ix - » ,_

~  Hughes, the Ministeizof Militia, in an at- - --
_ - ' rain.-\v_ nincu sin. mis. mosphere of criminality. The House and
~....._;.._.a-'~.~._..~.-~~.-_--~-._.-...-- the countr_v.\vere shocked,_Mr. Kyte was
i ' . famous General Bertram and his asso- _
` (‘0L0.\'l'Il. l).\\'i.\`l()N'.S‘ _\'l'l`I'l`l_`DE ’
_.  __ _ _ _ciate, already tired out through over-
work were made the target _of the most
Th "Patriot,-,of \d%dnesday-publishes om _ _ - ,~ --» - _ _
its fr t page, with considerable display of» ShaIl]i?,fLf{l',)z|13tet,f1cl§»?,,l,i:](,r;]a 1-lh';men't arid lg;
_ _ . S t 'o e to th c -
capita S* il letter “`eCe1`Ved by one of the sion. He immediately ordered ahjudicial
' Liberal F. deral candidates from Colonell`
. .9 - _ 1  ' ' .‘ ` 'z . - ' :
Davisdn.” The letter is dated London, D_e-. Hf,}§§éS-tggén
‘fiber 20th four days a1‘-ter arrival in- - ’ '*’
_ _ iii d ___ 't.h »_ __ _h  _ _-__. _(___. liver _members of the Shell Commission were
0" 0 1 9.1)” 5 avmgdl .“ m ’ Fabsolved from all_the vague charges, no-
((‘ontinueil.)
` The rllflci-ences ln price quoted on
tfic Noir York inarkct are accountol
fir noi only iii quality but ln grading
_:ind appoarance._i.ai‘go quaiitiiies oi
potatoes' are shipped' to New York uni
- _oihor markets which have to be grad
cd by thc doaleiz The groivor loses
.not only 5 to 15 or 25e a bushel wlilcl
lic had to take less per l>usliel_ but
lin loses sometimes as high as 32! per
ci-nt oi' the potatoes sorted out which
hc niight. have kept at homo and used
as food. Air. Talmage sums ll up as
pool on Christmas Da_v and in London the thmg. was found m these charges éxcept iiiiinw-$1 \ -
11€Xt- l _ _' ' _ ___ that certai'n Americans had made a good
111 131115 19391' C0l011@l Df1V1S011 Sf_1.VS We thing' out of the extremity in which Cana-
Were Pleasefl t0 1e31`n> On Om' i11’1`lVi‘l» Qf da found itself because of the imperative
U1? _1`95111ll 111 1101119 and We 110119 l'0111'11121J_j and immediate need for fuses, and some
01`1§1@S.31'€ l211`g@ _@11011g`l1 t0 _keep X011 S21f@_-_ small though belated public recognition
This sentiment. the Patriot displays in was given to the Splendid Work of the
black l3.Vl79~ Shell Commission. '
‘W9 U0 110i k110“' What U19 P11l1`11'1f`S 011' The members of the Shell Commission,
_ Ject Was 111 l>l1b11Sl1111g £1115 l@tt€1'- Ill 1SlWoi‘n-out by their previous exertions and
wellknown to Patriot readers that__(`olonel hm-asspfl almost tmdegth by the Vicious
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_  = ~ _-< ~ f- -_i ,ave nay to a new orgaiiization, the Inipe-
211111? \‘\?0ll l<l10\_\_'1i _that liissvinpatlics were rial Munitions Board, but not before they
with the Laui'iei'ite candidates_ in Princi-.‘ had placed orders in Canada for five hun-
Edward Island and elsew_here in Cana_da.l'lred million dollars worth of munitions.
Th_ese were his sympathies on le_av1ngll`he industry they started was continued,
Priiice,1udwai'd Island and a_ftci-landingiiiithe campaign they inaugurated against
England;.he was naturally pleased that;-great odds bore fruit, and the orders
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the candidates of his party had apparcntlyl ‘ilacecl in Canada for munitions have now
been elected by the home vote and he nat- i ‘-feached a total so fabulous as to be beyond
' uially hoped their majorities weie sufiici- iuinan appreciation. Eleven hundred
'ently large _to ensure their safety. ' iinillion dollars!
A month after this letter was written, or By the votes of Canada’s fighting men
ii France Mr. Kyte has been turned out of
1918 after a niont;h`s inteiconrse with C-an- l°2l1'li21lll@11t 11110 1119 C01111t1'.\x' 1151!* 1`021S011 10
adian officers and soldiers, after a month’s 1‘@j0lC0.
association 'with ofiicials in England and ---O--;¥ |
I‘i'ance, Colonel Davison had learned the ll 'S '10 ~*`-“ll-"71 I
truth of the situation and had the coiirage _ -rl
and the manliness to admit it in a letter _ Patriot readers will smile at its effort
which has already appeared in. the (;u;u~- ii its yesterdav’s issue and at the consol-
' dian, and in which he gays; 'it-ion offered by its friend, “Simple Sini-
I ~:  _ _ -:~:.<: 7 _'."in,” - ‘~_ '~ _
“Till lil Sl l 'l‘ (il-‘ 'l‘l[1 I Il ("i I0\s \\ ho applauds its scolding because
7- --»--J-Pi’---t-‘-.xesiafis-\4(A..<~l-Maxi-2-)l9leI=kG00u»%he-»-Guard-ian _-h-ad-~insul-ted- ‘-‘our inothers
FOR t‘_\N_\l).\ 'l‘ll.\N 0I'l_t l‘l’.0I‘I.l<l AT' ind sisters by calling them ‘females.’ ”
Il0.\li~: l_._`.\_\__~l_\_[.\(ilNl~:; l'l‘ \\'0lL1.D The Patriot as.usual takes the role of
ii_\vi-: uni-2-N _\ si-:iiioifs i=i.ow 'ro orii injured innocence. After a weeks out-
i‘.-\N.\ iii_\.\' i-'oiti‘i<:s iiicitii Ji-‘ i'i‘ i|.\ii iowei-ing of billingsate and finding itself
~lil~1E.\' 0'l‘lI|~)ll\\'lSl-I. vorsted in the end, it whines that' the
It is quite true, as the Patriot evidently 'iuardian began it and even intimates that
wishes its readers to understand, that zhrough fear of the Patriot’s wrath it has
Colonel Davison changed his mind between deen “driven to cover." lt is not usual for
lhe victor to take to cover. With two out of
'hrec constituencies in the Province to vin-
'licate itspolitical attitude we cannot con-
-_eive of any reason why the Guardian
ihould take to the woods. The country is
iafe; the Patriot made one of the most
a moi`ith’s association with the soldiers.
This, however, should not surprise the
Patriot foi at least once in its own histoiy
it has had a similai experience The Patil-
ot was, not many moons before the elec-
tion, unswervingly in favor of conscription, ierious mistakes in its history by abandon-
but later, for partizan reasons changed its-_ _`ng the Liberal party in which it was once
1 figure of some iinpoi'tance but the fact
that it did so is no reason yvhy it should
'Jour out the vials of its pretended wrath
upon the Guardian.
mind on this vital question. The only dif-
_ference between the Patriot and Colonel-
Davison is that the former recanted its pat-
riotism, whereas the latter realized what
true patriotism demanded. No\v that the Patriot has made such a
"' sorry mess of its political career would it
 A KYTE ,|,"_\,I, |_,_\n_m) ind lay them away carefully to be used
- It is a fitting coincidence that on the
daythe defeat of Mr. Kyte in Richmond
° N.S,,' was announced, official figures should
be published showing that through the Im-‘I
penal' Munitions Board orders have been
placed in Canada for $l,100,000,000 worth
_ of munitions, and the sum of $875,000,000
already expended in respect of these or-
ders in 'plants established in every prov-
ince. of Canada outside of Prince Edward
Island.
Th_e Imperial Munitions Board is thc_
organization that carried on and developed
the --work begun by the small commission
appointed and inspired by Sir Sam Hughes,
presided over by General, now Sir Alexan-
der Bertram. That small commission was
appipipted within two months of the decla-
rat on of war in 1914, and six or eight
mo!itlis`before the British Government
wokegup to the need of special organiza-
tion of fthe counti\y’s industrial resources
traitoro_us sacrifice of its “unswerving’
convictions. -
\\'.\I{ IN THE .\lR.
not be best for it to cork up its little vialsl m“|_y 5E|_Ec-"mis mp _
1 when occasion requires it. The. Guardian
"l-`irsi, the groiver takes ii lower
prirr lieciniso his potatoes are not
properly graded and luis to pay the
high priced city dealer to sort his
potatoes; si-coiid, hc has to pay
fi-oiglit on ii lot oi' potatoes that are
north little or nothing in the city
in:irkr~t; third. he loses tho foeiliiig
oi' ilicso potatoes. which he mil-:ht
have had ii they had brian kept at
lionic, tho feeding value ol’ four bush-
els- _oi potatoes being roinpariihlc
wiih one lnisliel ol' corn; l`ourtli. ow-
ing: to the rojoctinont of cars hocniise
of poor igradliig ,tho _iniirket is dom-
oi-:ili7_r».l and thosr- liuviiig properly
giuiiloil stock sill'l'oi' as well.
“'l‘:iking all th-ings into f-oiisiiler~
aiion l do not think that the good po-
tato grower and forinr-r president oi
the .\’o\v York State l‘ot:i|.o Growor’s
/is-siir-iiilioii. Daiiicl lloan, was very
f..r wrong when hc said that ii' the
izrowcrs of Now York would sort
c.ircl`\ill_v and send tio per cont oi
tficii- potato crop to market. and keep
ilu- oihcr 40 per cont for iced, they
v. mild get nioro inoncy i'rom. the 60
|‘-.»r cent and linvo ihc hztlnnco to
i`ii\.l to farm animals at home. This
\.oiild ho especially true during ii. sen
.~'.iu oi' low prii-.os‘.liko the your i914.
.\lr. 'Talmage zoos on at coiisldor-
:_Zili\ length to clnliorato this feature
-of ilio biisiuess.
'i`iioi-o is anotiiei' evil ol’ tho hnsiii-
rss which lic points out and that is
'lic mixing ol' potatoes. Farmers iu a-
their
ti
are
iicii:lilioi'l\ooil iiislst on growing .
own variciics and in shipping
iiinkc up ciirload lots which
dumped together. llc says:
l "l‘lir~rr~ is ii simple rr~.mcil_v for this
lronhlo. Plant only potatoes grown
iroiii self-.ctcil sr-cd; and raise only
one variet_v in each coininiiiiity or al
l .ist i-online yoiiisclvos to one type.
tin Long island _we raise only one
cfii-1_v :ind one lair type of potatoes;
thc lrisli tlolihlcr and the Green
illountaiu, both oi' which are round.
wliiio potatoes. We can noi. however,
ini; (`obhlei"s with Green Mdntains
and get away with it. Oni' iarincrs
v. onld not accept :~r-cd as ii. gift. of any
oilior type.
"'l`hi- next thing. io do is to iaise
potiii\rcs oi' uiiii‘orni size and shape.
Yni will say, as one ol` our i`ai'inors
dial; “Do you expect us to grow in ii
iiiould?” And I say. “Veal” in lloly
Writ lhcre is a passage which reads
sriincthiiig like this: “What ii inan
s-riivoili that shall he also reap.” Ii' _voll
should breed' a Jersey sire. and dam
‘would _von expect the progeny to he
I _________
GUIRDIMI READERS 
’s ouite satisfied with the situation as it is; -
it is in good company, the company of the
best Liberal and Conservative newspapers,
in Canada, the United States and Great
Britian. The Patriot was in quite respect-
able company once, the company of Can-
ada’s leading Liberals and Liberal joui'-`»|-im ii... |...,,,,i..@_.... .ma 50,.. or nite
nals. Had it taken the Guai‘dian’s advice
it would be with them still but the fact
that it chose another course will not just-
if-Y the Virago Screaming that has Jisgrac” li is ciii-ned bv work well done;
ed its pages since the result of the -elect-lnoi iii..-ciimiai by nw wtnini oi man.
ion was announced in order to cover up its
Furnished by W. S. Louson
 
LIFE. _-
Are you lonely and do you fool
.'i‘liat Life has no place for you,
Sail hy its a dream in tho night?
Listen lhi-n io this ~l tell:
»l.ifi\_ has ii plueo for everyone.
‘lliipplncss is not easily won;
lint on ii liiglier, mighlicr plan.
i I\'ol.liliig comes to us ity chance
A'nii this is the reason wli5'--
So many inlsii the joys of Lilo
ily not getting into the midst oi the
strife,
lhut sitting aside and wondering why
The joys of Llie on others' ure piled.
l
There is _oiiicial denial of the story that_ E,,(_,._,.,,,,,, ,,_,_. by ,_ _,gm ,\,,,,,,,,
French politicians stopped Nivelle’s offen- _
SlV€. Sli) iS Said that it SiZ01')p€(l llZSelf be-l But. ir not landed and cared lor right
cause it was a failure. Explanations and
inn um wi-_-iiiii of ii wciiiiiiv mimi,
it soon loses the true' joys of Life;
Sou biaullful thoughts of others in
f0rj_gl¢_ell making, The Canadian C0mmiS.|` counter-explanations after the war will be ' ,,’__,_,, _
sion ad a tremendous task in inducingl11]01‘€ _V0l111'111110l~1S than the l1fSt01`y Of 20 - wet-ii mn snr. which is miiiy mesa.-
Canadian manufacturers to start making 1110118 In lt- _
sprinkle .i utils kindness here mid
shells. \-Appeals and arguments would The German offensive on the Western “‘““"-
' '  ' ‘ ' ° And scatter your iovo over . cV0l‘l"
_- have failed but for the financial induce- VOM IS a long time coming, and it may w__m_
ments that the _Commission finally offered. Devel’ Come. If it were coming as prompt- ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, ,hc ,,,,,,,,,, ,,.,,,.,, ,|,,.,,
Then the new_1ndustry was thr@nten@d_ ly as suggested, why should it be so wide- tunic your way ' _
With Wreck l)€C_2.1,lS6 the Will' Office W()u](l ly &`t(lV0l'i'.lS€(i l7_ViZl1G GCl‘lT`l2ll1S? T0 Stay 011 lint let them not hurl, or wlili you
not take unfinished shells, and in Canada the defensive on the West-maintain an' ”'""" h e _ ,__
V 0|' SHOUH
ther were no facilities for the manufac- impregnable front-while they develop|"°"" ff,°';‘,,,,',',',°'" mv R -
ture- fifpses. The Commissionagain was their gains in Russia mightvery well suitnimi iiimiigii ii in will-siinip on am
fore o offer generous financial induce- the General Staff. Germany can now af- Soon you will min wh-if in-1 imc
men to United States manufacturers of ford to wait throughout 1918 aboutias “°.“'“
` d ' ' ‘ .' ' Anil ii wealth' or Happiness will he
fuses in .or _er to relieve the situation. well as Biitain and France can. She ha
- This was Mr. Kyte’s opportunity for Russia as a. source of food supply "
S ~ 0ll\‘ OWII
y .
» E I R. W.
tof-.s and lost his own soul
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lin good, mellow condition will he-lp
very much iii growing good shaped
potatoes." _ '
The iuorul oi' all this is obvious
Good potatoes well grown and proper
ly graded are profitable. Qtherwise
able iiidustiy. The weaknesses of thi-
system_ or lack oi' system. pointed ou
trol to get the i'urincrs, through thc.
Departinent oi' Agricultiiro to stand-_
arilize their lndustry, not only to don.-`
onsti-nie unil`orin inclhods but to ln»
slst upon them in order that potatoes
should he marketed, properly griidcil.
ind tn prevent the waste ot' food. l
Fron‘i :i comnierciiil point ot’ viewl
thci'e_ai'c many advantages. as thcrel
we in handling grain and i`ruiis,- to
the i'iiru1or; but apparently ii lot of-
wero shot and thc villililil “'05 |1111‘11“‘l-
Arllllerv is coiiliuiiously i=lio0l.|ll§!--
. _ _
Tho village lies in a large rnvlue.
Just now, li o‘clock iii the uftoriiooii.
tho ci-osslng ol’ lhchluas bei!!-llll l\f‘1\1`
lllnniit  “ '-` \ll vlllnl-lf"=. Phill'
i _ - _ - '
p°tm°`gmwl"g 'S nn extreme]-‘ ‘Ml oaux and houses are burned o'0\\'fl
during this ulglii. ll. was a be-ii\itli‘\il
~.' hi to seo the iircs all around us
l - -'lil - - '- -
_ by “Y” Talmage' me °“‘\y 1°” uppurllii the distance." (From thc diary ol
ent in Canaria, and especially in tlie_“mh,,_,n_ fCm_,h r,m,,[mn_\._ H _yngnr
_ lower_ provinces. Ei`l`oris have licciiinmmuom Mm.|mx_g_)_ I
mud" by me Dmmrmlont "E Frmd Con' lioinbarilier \\'ct'/.cl is :iii emotion-
li-ss llun, ll‘ one niay judge l'roin these
iinpiisslve oiitries in his diary.
August S. First light and sct ilre lo
srvcral villages, I
.lugust 0. Ileturneil to old 1111111"
icrs, where wc si1iii°chcil :ill the
houses and shot the nia_\'or and shot
incnnian down from the cliiiiiiiey-
poi, and then iigaln sct ilrc to the vil-
logo.
October 11. We lniil no iight, but
sducntioiial work has to be done io_
overcoine the prejudice ugaliist ineih 
oils which long ago should have gone,
into the ilisonid. i
ln l'ood, the farmer holds lhe key
ho can and all lin can. Tho inoro he
proiliicns and 'tho hotter ho pi~o<lni>cs
tho gi-f-alci' will ho his prollls, and noi
man is more cnlitlml io what is coin-J
ing to hliii than tho i`armci'. li' he spit'-2
s his desire for production and profit
with ii large inixtiiro of patriotism thi-_
‘Jr-iter it. will he. llis gmalost i'c\vardj
after all will bo victory i'or the Allios.|
What would ii proilt hiin if he gainful
the whole world in the coin oi potn--
GERMANS |l|AlllFS 
Rflill AlRllU|l|lS,
‘ When those who prepared tho flold
service rules ol' the Geriuan ariny ad-
vised oacp soldier to keep a diary
they over looked the possibility' oi
these human documents falling into
the lninrls of thc ciiciny. thorcliy con
vin(-ini: them, us il' by their own lips,
oi' tho :ilrocities_ that have followed in
the “ako o-t’ the invading Ilun. The
Uiiiteil' States Govcriiiiienl is in' pos-
scsnioii oi” inan_\- Q' those diaries, lak-
zii i'i'oin (`loi'iiiaii pi'isoni\i‘s, and they
have bccii piiblisheil in it pamphlet in
which the war pi'nct.lccs of tho Gei-
mans are sei i'ortli. llerc are soiiiencx-
tracts, 'printed in thc ljiiicaigo 'l`rilninc
which reveal the varying scril.inient.s
'if the writers as they compiled the
rc-cord ol' each da_\"s liorrors: l
“_\ horrible bath of blood. The
whole village burned, the l<`i'encIi
thrown into the blazing liouses, civil-
ians with the rest." (i~`i'oin the tliary'
ol` Private Ilusscincr, of the Eighth
Army l‘orps.)'
Burned in Their Houses
"On the night ol’ Augiist 18-19 the
village oi St. .\'laurlcc was pim-
lslicd for having ilred on German sol-
liers iioing burned lo.the ground
‘iy Gm-iniin ii-oops (two i'egi_niciits
the l2t!i l.aiitlwolir and the 17th).
l`lie village was surroiinded, mon
posted' about a yard froin one an-
ither, so that no one could got out.
Then iho Ulilaus set. ilro to it. house
by house. Neither inan, wonian or
~liild could escape. =‘ * r Any one
who ventured to come out was shot
down. All the inhabitants left in the
village were burned with the
houses." (From the diary of Plc.
Karl Sclieiifclc, of the Tlilrd Ba.-
variun Regiineut of Lundwelir in-
’nntr_v_)
“_-\t 10 o’clock in the evening the
First 1'iiittallon'of thc 178th march-
ed down tho steep lnr-line into thc
biiriilng village to the north oi'
Dlnani.-ii tcrrlilc spectacle oi ghastly
beauty. At the otitrance to lhc village
lay about 50 dead civilimis, shot for
havlug llrcd npoii our troops' from ain-
Iuis!i_ ln the course oi' ilie night. many
others were also shot. so that we
counted over 200. 'Woiueii and child-
ren, lamp in hand, were forced to look
on at the liorrihlo scene. `\\’e ate our
rico utter in (he midst oi the corpses,
for we had' nothing since uioruing.
When wo seaiclied tho houses we
found plenty ol wine and spirits, bni.
no entiibles. Captain llamnnn was
drunk." (This Inst phraso in short-
hiiiid. From tho diary of Private,
,Phillpp, of the 178th Rag-iiiieni. of
lnt'iintr_v. 12th Army Corps.)
Beautiful Sight for Flrebug
wc caugln about 20 men and shot
|hr~ni. _ I
Touched Hearts of Hun 
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ui ilio slhiaiiuii. lie is asked as thc_ M 5 __.__lm_k wc wm.`,-m.dm.(,_;. by
Kim' mn or mc Km' Mm' L" ‘l°-“'hm'lilic oillccrs in coininnnd of ilie
rouinioiit in shoot all iho male. in-
liahliiinls oi' Nonicuy, bei-aiiso tho
population was l'ool|_-lil_\~ all:-mp|iiiL‘.
io slay ilu- advance oi’ the (lcrninn
troops by force ol` arins. \\'r> broko
into the houses and seized ull who
rc.~=istcd_ in orilci to oxociilc ihcin ao
coriling to inarilal law.
Thr- liouscs which liiid not. been
Rey-@i'oiii;.__ pui'upli,»asiiig Sin-iptiii'c: _l|__pml__ _l__m,0_\,(__| M, ,lm Fmnch
ai-tilIr~r_v and our own wore sci on
ilrc by us. llizil nearly the whole
town was rf-iliirroil to ashes. li is ti
tori-iblo siglil when helpless' women
'ind childicn. uiir-rl_v destitute, are
hr-rdcd iopcilicr and driven liilo
i-`raiii:e, (i~`roin llio diary ol' llrlvaio
i-`lschci'. ldigliili .lliivarliin ltegiiiionl
oi' liifiiiilry. 'l`lilri_v-ihiril' llr~sr\rvi\ lilv-
ision.)
The iiihahitaiiiis have lleii in the
village. lf. was horrible. 'l`lici‘e
was cloiioii blood on all the boards,
and wiiat laces one saw, terrible
in lioholil. The dead. sixty in all,
were at oncc luirlod. Ainong tlioui
were iniiii_v old wouicn, sonic old
inon_ a\vi'ul to seo; three children had
claspcil ouch otlicr and dlod thus.
llfroin the ilinr_v oi' i.ancc-("orpoi'al
l‘nul Spielman oi' tho Ersatz, Fiist
ilrigadc oi' iiil'iiiiii'_v -of the G\iard,)
Iii thc night tho inhiihitanls ol' Liege
bociiine iinitinous. Forty persoiis were
shot and llileeii houses deniolisheil;
icn soldiers shot. The sights hero
niako you cry.
Sacking of Convent and Murde;
Thr- following extract from ilic
ilinr_\- oi' an oiilccr c.iilinl_\‘ .iccorils
thc _-'ackiiig oi' a convent and the
iniirdci' of the inmates. Mark how
iriuiillioiis were conserved:
Oni mon ciiine buck and said that
at the point. where the valley join-
ed the Meuse we could not get on
any farther as the villagers were
sliootiiii: at us from every' house. We
shot the whole lot-sixteen ol' theiu.
'I‘Iic_\' were iiriiwn up in three ranks-
tlic saino shot did for three at a time.
* "’ _'l' Tlio-ineii had alieady shown
their hrutnl instincts. * 'i' * 'Pho
sight oi the bodies oi' all the iiihabli-
iinlu who had been shot was indescri-
halilc. ‘Every house ln tho whole vil-
lage was destroyed. We dragged' t`_i.e_
villagers one iiftci' uiiothcr out oi' the
most unlikely corners. The ineii were
shot ns well as thc women and child-
ren wlio were in the convent, since
shots -had been fired from the convent
windows, and we biirnod it afterward.
SHllRlAllE lil Fllllll
ASERIUUS llllESl|llN
lloovcr. the United States food con-
troller, has amazed Brltlsli olllcliils
by thc iniinncr lu which hc is doing
more than he promised to do. lio has
announced iliut. there will be mll~
ilions oi' tous more ioodstiiifs for ex-
port to the Allies than he had expec-
ted. Thcre will ho enough food to
go round, according to Rhondda, but
no more than enough. There must
bo sell'-deiilul, nurl it this luils there
must be denial by authority. in
Canada wo see little denial ol’ any
kliid save what is voluntarily im-
nosefl by patriotic men und women
in whose minds are ever present tho
sore needs oi the men at the front
and tho clvillnii population oi Great
Britain, France and Italy. Our own
autlioritlos have hcen' extremely
cbiiry ln imposing restrictions upon
the unbridled Canadian appetite.
They have shrunk from price-'hx-
ing. mid it -has been explained that
“Aiigust, 23, Sunday (between
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while price-ilitliig is feasible and ne-
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-feasible here. if we get gl; mn
war without _t e _ii.i!ei-_ng lim tl"
people -_ 513% fi  W
-aww vm- g_i-nail eil'ii'§isf.i°'»i»p -
to the iuetio s ot t-he Cnniidlig
Government, in dealing- with me
food problem. it we dot not me
Government will have to heh; "_
lioiivy load' of responsibility. ii. ann.
not plead ignorance; folly “-in be
its fitting delenco. '
Food Ration: Now. _ -.
After reviewing what he conslilqpq
some ot the follies of those i-@3995.
sible for food production and dlatrl-`
hution ln En|;'lanii& Mr. P. W. Wu.
_-ion says in the . .Y. ’l`rlhuno_ mm
ii' the Aincrlcan Government- is 1_9
avoid the shifts and nrtiilcos that
have been resorted to in the Qld"
Country, -it might well put the Am.
orir-.an people on food rations uo\v.'
Germany put her whole popnlm|'q,,__
on rations early ln the war, noi lie»
cause tho people were starving, but
to save tliein from starving, Ti‘9_»
rlch were over eating, as usual. lla.
tioniug put an end to ‘this in Got.
many, and will have similar results
in whatever country it ls impoaoil,
uint-.oi'iliiig to the llrniness with which
the policy is enforced and the nuin.
her- of articles ot' food it governs,
The lfiiited States adopted the se-
lective ilraft as soon as it went to
war; Cauadii iollowcd with the Illlli-
tary Service Act. The United States
liadlieatless days.. (‘imndn followed
suit. li` the United States goes on
food rations Canada will have to
observe the exainplo.
Soldiers Well Fed.
Mr. _Wilson says that he onine
iroin Englaiid with ti niau who had
lost thirty-six pounds through rc-
siricted diet. llo does not say whe-
ther, the ninn reduced from 272
pounds lo 2116 or from 136 to 100,
wlilcli is really tho important thlnio;
hut there is undoubtedly it sei-icuii
food slioi-tagn throughout- England.
Si-oilaiid and Wales. There is no
wliero the people are fairing so pro-
ilignlly as in ireland: The soldiers
at thc front ai'e as well fed as ever.
the groai majority oi' them better
foil than they were before _ioiiilng
the army; but the troops ln triiln~
ing in Eiigluud are now upon a ro-
sli-ictod diet. The mnnltlou workers
are probably better ~ fed. on the
whol'-, than they ever were before.
'l`liorn ure cortaiii other industries
where such methods as those long
adopted aiihe Sunlight Soap works
are sprcadhig_ -But apart from sol-
dlcrs, iuunltion workers and some
other i`a<-.tory employes the poopln
oi' England are not porinlttcd to out
:ill they wiinl. l-lven iiiliil-.i's. ship-
buildi=i'.~: and i':iil\va.ynioii, who arc
not pi-ovidod with special caiiteclis
inspected by thc Goveriiiilcnt, hui/.c
to sci-iiiuhle for food surpluses after
others have eaten their illl. » .1
Cost of Living Doubled. - -  ~_
The writer osliniatcs that tho cnet
ol living has slightly more than
doubled since the beginning of the
war. Tho [lrst-effort to grapple with
the problem was made when wiige_s
were raised, hut then prices worn
riiised'nguin. so that the wages in-'
crease failed of its purpose. 'iflie
ilrst serious. shortage .wasi in sugar,
i`or l~Jngla|id had rolled considerably
upon Gerini\ii_v'l'oi' her siigar. -Ra-
tion ciirils \\'e-re issued ioi' lt. Next
there was ii sliortiige-iii ten., duo _to
an oflicial uiidci' estimate of the tou-
nage required. Then inargarlno sud-
denly becaiue scarce, and for some
time butter had failed. For u while
p_rocers insisted that purchasers ot
sugar. iniirgarine and other articles
that were liard to get should buy
other goods with them; hut the Gov-
eruineiit put an end to this form oi
blackiiiall. When meat prices were
llxed, i'ai-niers undoubtedly held
back their stocks. though the ilxoil
prices gave them more than a iulr
proili. This resulted in many thou-
sands of families going without
incat. ' _
New Ratlonirig Scheme.
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At Graveseiid an interesting. ra-
tion experlment is now being mods.
the idea being to ration moat by
value, and Mr. Wilson believes that
this is the most sensible wrt. oi ru-
ilon. lt the Government nlciilated
what a properly balanced .wari time
ration would cost and ilxcd all prices.
then allowed ii muu to spend so
inucli money ii weolc on food.~it
could aiiord to he indifferent as to
whether he spent his allowance on
crcain pulls or oatmeal porrldg-
Much has been dono to relieve tho
situation by bringing under cultiva-
tion hundreds ot thousands of acres
ol land previoui-ily used as privilto
parks or pastures. Convalescent
soldiers have been of great help in
supplying luhor. There wlli_ be 11
iurtlier agricultural extension this
year, and with even an iipproximll-
tion to the imports that are, <51'
‘pected from the United Stillw-
there -ciiii be absolutely no fblf
oi’ starvation. But there Will
be some hardslilps before the 1918
crops and importiitions are on tliv
market. Those cannot be avoided
All that can reasonably he demanded
is that the dlscomiorbs or iiui'ioril18'=‘
shall bo oqually borne by the l‘l¢‘~ll
and tho poor. Moreover. it can bo
demanded with .fairness that. 9°
for us possible, ull the nations tight-
ing- Germany shall boar an Bflllfll
share. By the wily. Canada ls 0118
or the nations lighting Germany.
Unionist i-:Lauren sv -A -
iiccliiiinioii iii iisisoll
THE PAS. MAN.. March 7- dn ill!!
deferred eleftion; Nelson, Mala. f0¥‘
the House o Commons. J. A. BIDD-
hell. Unionist, was elected -by 'M015'
lcossary in the British lslcs, lt ls not _matlon. ' __ '_
Patent and Gun Metal
sizes 2 1-2 to 7 at $3.50.
Button-Boot at $1.85.
§.
Boots for Growing Girls Selling Cheap.
Also a ,Gu_n Metal Laced High Cut with low heel for growing' Girls or Women
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