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THE BOOK OF FATE Presented to Both Houses of British Parliament by His Majesty Has there ever been such a- Book of Fate as this Parliamentary x White-book entitled c£ Correspon- .de nee on the European Crisis, into which the Foreign Office has compressed within seventy-four foolscap pages the diplomatic stor> of a fortnight! _ _ A grim story told with grim sHR" plicity. The drama unfolds inself from page to page, sw not less than this country or France or Italy, and seldom has a Power made a 'greater effort for peace than Russia then made, by pressing upon her protege suet counsels of moderation that the Ser vian Government actually consented consented to drain the cup of humiliation almost to the drags. _ Within the u , s lllovJL ^ forty-eight hours Servia accepted rift- and the whole monstrous series of Aus T* £- rj W m SB compelling, naked and brutal. The dramatis personae move across the stage almost like automate driven by the evil genius of Germany towards towards the inexorable catastrophe. Only once or twice does the frigid language of diplomacy reveal the hidden fires. It never departs once from the canons of self-restraint and formal courtesy which constitute its code, yet it thrills throughout to the hot pulse of passion none the less feverish because kept under -stern control. From one capital to another the telegraph wires flash for one brief fortnight the conversations conversations carried on between dozen men who hold, or are. the mouth-pieces of those who hold the fate of Europe in their hands. ■ 'Then the curtain falls, the conversations conversations cease. They have given place to the hurried tramp of arm ed millions, to the more aw silence that has fallen u seas. "Fruit-a-tives" Have Proved Their Value In Thousands of Cases' triean demands save two, and even these she merely asked to be reserved reserved for The Hague Tribunal But even that was not enough. Austria Austria dismissed with contumely both Russia's plea for delay and Servia submission as incomplete -and "all a sham." The Austrian Minister left Belgrade forthwith. The Austrian armies were already mobilizing for the "chastisement" of Servia. So far, Austria has been in the forefront. She had set the fiery ball rolling. Henceforth the storm centre is shifted to Berlin. Already, on July 25, Russia- had read the full the'half-I meaning of Austria's action. Over Servia's head it was aimed at Russia. Russia. But M. Sazonoff had not yet read Germany's intentions, for he still "did not believe that Germany really wanted war." Germany was soon to undeceive him and the rest /fui I "the world. The one chance of " saving peace was to interpose, be- P th I fore hostilities actually broke out, between Austria and Servia the re All Within a Brief Fortnight. I straining influence of the Powers There is a sort of sinister humor On July 26, Sir Edward Grey m- m the short prologue which shows quired whether Germany, Italy British diplomacy suddenly awaken-1 France ing to a vague sense of danger, "would in struct their represen Austro-German diplomacy still | tative-s in London to meet him m WONDERFUL RECORD OF A WONDERFUL CURE Only Remedy That Acts On All Three Of The Organs Responsible For The Formation Of Uric Acid In The Blood. Many people do not realize that the Skin is one of the three great eliminators eliminators of waste matter from the body. As a matter of fact, the Skin rids the system of more Urea (or waste matter) than the Kidneys. When there is Kidney Trouble, Pain In The Back and Acrid Urine, it may not be the fault ot the kidneys at all, but be due to faulty Skin Action, or Constipation of the bowels. "Fruit-a-tives" cures weak, sore, aching Kidneys, not only because it strengthens these organs but also because because Fruit-a-tives" opens the bowels, sweetens the stomach and stimulates the action of the skin. "Fruit-a-tives" is sold by all dealers at 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25c or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. speaking "with flattering lips and a double heart." The first dispatch is dated July 20. It- records a con versation between Sir Edward Grey conference immediately for. the purpose of discovering an issue which would prevent complications." complications." _nd the German Ambassador in Germany alone refused (July 27) on London, who being asked whether the ground that "such a conference he had any news of what was going wa s not practicable." The German on in Vienna with regard to Servia, | Secretary of State advanced merely replied that "he regarded Many Specious Objections, the situation as very uncomfortable uncomfortable " Sir Edward remarked that but not the one solid reason, name- he had heard nothing, except indi-1 ly, that such a conference was clear- iXiist.rinn Foreign lv "not practicable from the point rectly that the Austrian Foreign Minister had "deprecated the suggestion suggestion .that the situation was grave,, but had said that it should be cleared up." Sir Edward added that he 1 'assumed that the Austrian Government would not do anything until they had first disclosed to the public their case against Servia, ^Hounded, presumably, upon .what ' they had discovered" (at the trial of the" Sarajevo murderers). The German German Ambassador promptly took the cue. saying he certainly assumed that they "would act- upon some case that would be made known.' Three days later, with the knowledge knowledge of Germany alone, the Austrian Austrian Government, which had so warmly deprecated the notion that the situation was "grave," flung its ultimatum at Servia--an ultimatum unpa rale-lied in -the history of diplomacy diplomacy As Sir Edward Grey said on the following day, "I have never before seen one State address to another another independent State a document of so formidable a character"-- and, be it added, rendered doubly formidable by a- minatory demand for an answer within forty eight hours. It Was the Time Limit even more than the ultimatum itself which meant war. Every Power that wished for peace saw this--Russia PERRINS ICE CREAM WAFERS Just about the daintiest confection imaginable for hot-day teas and evening parties. 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Similar arguments were used by the- French and then by the Italian Governments Governments to press Sir Edward Grey to throw the weight- of British influence influence into the scale in the only way in which they believed it could effectively effectively redress the ba-la-nce .against the influences that were making for war in Vienna and in Berlin. But the British Foreign Minister had to reckon with public opinion in this country and to M. Gambon (July 29) he explained that "Ifc approached the present difficulty difficulty from quite a different point of view from that taken during the difficulty as to Morocco, the - dispute was one in which France was primarily interested and in which it appeared that Germany, in an attempt to crush France, was fastening a quarrel on France on a question that was the subject of a special agreement between between France and us. In the pre- sent case, the dispute between Austria and Servia was not one in which we felt called to takç^a hand. Even if the question became became one between Austria and Russia we should not feel called upon to take a hand in it. If Germany became involved and France became involved, we had not made .up our minds what we should do; it was a case that we should have to consider. France would then have been drawn into a quarrel which was not hers, but in which, owing to her alliance, her honour and interest obliged her to engage. We were free from engagements, and we should have to decide what British interests interests required us to do." Nevertheless--and the same intimation intimation was conveyed to the German Ambassador--we were taking all precautions with regard to our Fleet, and Germany was not to co unt- On Our Standing Aside. Would Sir Edward Grey's lan o-uage perhaps have been more emphatic emphatic had he already received the telegram which reached him that night from the British Ambassador in°B.erlin! It was the 1 telegram reporting reporting .the German Chancellor's offer for the purchase of England's neutrality. Mr. Asquith has quoted it in full in the. House of Commons, and branded with burning words that "infamous proposal.' ' It must suffice here to quote Sir Edward G rev's official reply, which was prompt and categorical. On July 30 he telegraphed to the British Ambassador Ambassador in Berlin :-- ""His Majesty's Government cannot cannot for a moment entertain the Chancellor's proposal that they should bind themselves to neutrality neutrality on such terms. ' 'What he asks us in effect is to engage to stand by while French territory is taken and France is beaten so long as Germany does not take French territory as distinct distinct from the colonies. "From the material point of view such a proposal is unacceptable, unacceptable, for France, without further further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed crushed as to lose ner position as a Great Power, and become subordinate subordinate to German policy, "Altogether, apart from that, it would be a disgrace from which the good name of this country would never recover. "The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. Belgium. We could . not entertain that bargain either. "Having said so much, it- is unnecessary unnecessary to examine whether the prospect of a future general neutrality neutrality between England and Germany Germany offered positive advantages sufficient to compensate us for tying our ha-nds now. We must- preserve our full freedom to act as circumstances may seem to us to require in any such unfavourable unfavourable and regrettable development of the present crisis as the Chancellor Chancellor contemplates." A man of Sir Edward Grey's -moral optimism and high sense of honour is loth, however, to credit- others, even on evidence straight out of their own mouths, with the. full measure" of their patent duplicity ; and Berlin must- have smiled grimly when it learnt that he bad added as a sort of postscript- a curiously Utopian appeal to The Better Feelings of Germany. "If (he continued) the peace .of Europe can be preserved and thé present crisis safely passed, my own endeavor will be to promote giQjQg arrangement, to which Germany Germany oo-uld be a party, by which she could be assured that no aggressive aggressive or hostile policy would be pursued against her or her allies by France, Russia, and ourselves, jointly or separately. I have desired desired this and worked for it, as far as I could, through the last Balkan crisis, and,- Germany having having a corresponding object, our relations sensibly improved. The idea has hitherto been too Utopian Utopian to form the subject of definite definite proposals, but if this present crisis, so much .more acute than any that Europe has gone through for generations, be safely passed, I am hopeful that the relief and reaction which will follow may make possible some more definite raprochement between the Powers Powers than has been possible hitherto." hitherto." Little was Germany recking of any future millenium. She was hurrying hurrying on military preparations not so much against Russia as against France, wber was still laboring as earnestly as we were in the cause of peace, and had, at no small risk to herself, confined all military measures to the most indispensable precautions, and • bad even withdrawn withdrawn her troops beyond aAzo-ne of ten kilometres from the-^German frontier in order to avert the risk of any accidental collision. On the very day after Sir E. Greys pathetic pathetic appeal to her Germany finally threw off the mask. It was no longer a question of Austria and Servia, or even of Austria Austria and Russia. Those were cards which had served Germany's purpose. purpose. They served it no longer For, in spite- of the bombardment of Belgrade, in spite of Russian general mobilization, conversations were at last actually proceeding between between Vienna and St. Petersbuig, and, thanks to Russian moderation, seemed to hold forth a last ray ot hope Just when Russia was consenting consenting to a British formula for mediation and Austria was, for the first time, expressing willingness to discuss the substance of her ultimatum ultimatum to Servia, Germany deliberately deliberately Sundered the Thread upon which the peace of Europe still hung. On J uly 31 came the two-fold ultimatum in St. Petersburg Petersburg and in Paris, to which neither Russia nor France -could be expected, expected, or was meant, to yield. The rest of the official dispatches are so many flashes of forked lightning. lightning. On August 1 Germany formally formally declared war against Russia, and on August 2 -her troops moved across the French " frontier without even à formal declaration of war. British ministers still clung desperately desperately to the hope of avoiding, or at least of limiting, England's own active active intervention. But her, too, Germany was bent on goading to the last extremity. England was bound to defend Belgium. So, it was Belgium's turn now to withstand withstand Germany's final onslaught on the peace of Europe. On July 31 England had demanded from France and from Germany assurances assurances that the neutrality of Belgium Belgium would be respected. France .gave them at once. Germany with held them. On August 2 she violated violated the neutrality of Luxemburg, and, whilst seizing British ships in her own harbors, she made, mainly to gain time, a last insolent attempt- attempt- to secure Belgium's consent and ours to the use of Belgium territory territory for her operations against France. They were of course rejected rejected The German troops were already crossing the Belgian frontier, frontier, and on the morning of August 4 a British ultimatum, to expire at midnight-, was dispatched to Ger- Thus closes the Book of It should, above all; be circulated as widely as possible throughout the Empire; and for the instruction of our foes, as well as of.otir friends abroad, it should be at once translated translated into the principal foreign languages.--London languages.--London Times. Your home merchant will back up our guarantee on this splendid range» Ask to see CAIN. There' s many a man in flaring hell For a single (twist o' the knife ; There's many a rotting prison corpse That keeps his cell for life.; But there's none will stand By the man who planned With a Pit-perverted skill To mint the world with a German die-- ■ At the price of a maillon -kill 1 It isn't the Uhlan battle thirst, It isn't the Belgian rage, It- isn't the English greed for land That mires the reeking stage, But the monstrous plan r _ Of ;a Single Man With a wo rid- en gulfing, will, Who calls to the vultures out o- the north To feast on a million-kill. m ian armoured and let him demonstrate its Jlg/Zy" ynany exclusive features to you. A McClary dealer in every town. «» " MADE-IN-CANADA" Sold by R. G. STDRGEON & GO. The- Kaiser sits train, _ . Far hack from the battle-grip It's the Liepzig boy and the Paris boy Wh-o crouch where the bullets nip.. It's the Antwerp, man Who is ending his span W 7 ith a blood-choked prayer, if he will, As he lies by the side of the Liverpool Liverpool lad In the Kaiser's million-kill. The Kaiser's mother -- rest her soul !-- She hides' her face in heaven. She prays that she were; the Yorkshire Yorkshire maid , Or the widowed wife in Devon. They mourn their dead With proud-held head, Whose souls are in God's will, ^ She mourns for the thrice-damned soul of him WT10 planned the million-kill ! --Betty D. Thornley in October Canada Monthly. - edicts CF FISH PRODUCTS &HFOKTS raOM TUB LEADERQ «TIULDE CENTRES OP AME3ICA Breadstuffs. - Toronto. Oct. 13--Flour, Manitoba first, patents, $6.60 in jute bags; second patents. patents. $6.10-5 strong bakers', $5.90; Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent, patents, quoted, at $4.50 to $4.60. . , Wheat--Manitoba No. 1 Northern, old, at $1.15, and new at $1.13; No.. 2 old, $1.12 1-2, and new, $1.09 1-2; Ontario rail wheat, $1.04 to $1.06, at outside ports. Oats--Ontario, 46 to 47c, outside, and 49c on track,' Toronto; Western Canada. No. 2, quoted at 54c, and No. 3 at 52 l-2c. Barley--65 to 66c, outside. Rye--80 to 82c. Peas--$1.10 to $1.15. „ Corn--No. 2 American is quoted at ozc, Toronto. . Buckwheat--65c, outside, nominal. ■ Bran and shorts---Bran is $23.50 to $24 a t-on, and shorts at $26 to $27. Country Produce. Butter--Choice dairy, 23 to 25c; inferior, 20 to 21c; farmers' separator, 24 to 2oc; creamery prints, 28 to 29c. Eggs---New-laid, dozen, 30 to 32c, ordinary ordinary stock, 24 to 27c. Poultry--Chickens, dressed, 17 to j-Oo; ducks, dressed, lb., 15 to 17c;. fowl, 14 to 15c ; turkeys, dressed, 19 to 22c. Cheese--New large, 16 to 16 l-4c; twins, 16 1-4 to 16 l-2c; old, large, 17 l-4c; twins, 17 l-2c. Beans--Prime, bushel, $2.90 to $3; handpicked, handpicked, $3 to $3.25. _ Potatoes-- Ontarios, 70 to 7oc per bag; Fashion Hints have longe v Sul V of How's This ? j We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Care. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Chenev for the last 15 years, and believe believe him perfectly honorable in all business business transations'and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. National Bank of Commerce, « Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and. mucous mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle, Sold by all Druggists. Take Halls' Family Pills for constipation. constipation. I out of store, 55 t_Q I'd Z?.Z lO'sC Provisions. Bacon--Long clear, .14 1-4 to 14 3-4c per lb., in case lots. Hame--Medium, 20 to 20 l-2c; do., heavy, 16 1-2 to 17c; rolls, 15 to 15 l-2c; breakfast bacon, 19 1-2 to 20c; backs. 26 l-2c; boneless backs, 24 1-8-c. Lard--Market is quiet at 12 3-4 to 13c for tierces. - Compound, 10 to 10 l-2c. Baled Hay and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for car lob deliverie-j on track Toronto: Straw is quoted at $8.50 to $9 a ton, vn car lots, on track here. . Hay--No. 1 new hay is $15.50 to $16.50 on track Toronto, and No. 2 at $14 to $lo. Their Future. Johnny Jones, the office boy, had been detected in a- lie. It was not one of the ordinary prevarications of the everyday world, and moreover, moreover, to make the crime more grievous, grievous, he had persisted in adhering to his original mendacious statement. statement. "Do you know, my lad," asked a rather father!'- clerk, in a kindly fashion, "what becomes of young' lads who trifle with the truth!" "Aye," was the assured replv : "bosses send them out as travellers when they g*ow up." 90 Mid Hay. No. many. Fate. • v , It is a book which every Englishman Englishman should not be content to read about, but should read and master Jim's Measurement. "Here, Jim,"' the old man's master master said, "take this footrule and measure that marble seat in the garden for me. Jim said on his re- turn "The seat is the length of the rule, sir, with three _ fingers over, and this piece of string, and the breadth of no- hand and arm from here to- there, barrin' a thumb." It's the little things us, but one bad tooth that annoy will really for himself and put into his library, j feel' as big as an acre.. Montreal Markets, Montreal. Ocfc. 13.--Corn--American No. 2 yellow, 84 to 85c. Oats--Canadian Western Western No 2. 55 1-2 to 56c; Canadian Western No. 3, 54 1-2 to 55c; No. 2 local white 50 to 51c; No. 3 local white, 49 to 49 l-2c; No. 4 local white, 47 1-2 to 48e. Barley -- Man. feed, 63c; malting, 80 l-2c. Flour--Man. Sprixig wheat patents, firsts, $6.70; seconds, seconds, $6.20; strong bakers', •_ $6; Winter patents, choice. $6.25: straight rollers. $5 75 to $6; straight rollers, bags, $2.o5 to $2.95. Rolled oats--Bairels, $6; bags, lbs., $3.20. Bran. $25. Shorts. $27. dli'.igs, $50. Mouillie. $30 to $34. Ha 2 per ton, car lots, $17.50 to $18.50. Cheese -Finest- Westerns, id to 15 l-4c; finest Easterns. Easterns. 14 3-4c. Butter-Choicest creamery, '27 i-2 to 27 3-4c; seconds. 26 3-4 to 27 l-4c. Egg=--Fresh, 32cc;- selected, 28c; No. i stock. 26c; No. 2 stock, 22_ to 23c. Potatoes psr tiag. car lots, 60 to 65c. Winnipeg Crain. Winnipeg. Oct, 15.-Cash-No. 1 Northern Northern $1.06 3-4; No. 2 Northern, $l-0o 1-4, No.' 3 Northern, 98 l-4c; No. 4, 9- o-4c. ; No. s R7 l-2c • No 6, 82 3-4c : feed, <9 l-4o. Oats --No 2 C.W.. 49 l-4c. Barley--No. 3, 66c ; No 4. 60• l-4c ; sejected, 57c; feed, 55c. --No. 1 N.W.C., $1.13; No. 2 C.W., $1.10. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Oct, 13.--Wheat--No. 1 hard, SüSÜ' 3 'white?' 43 W5ÆV --Fancy patents, $5.60; fir8t c1 < l 1 b ' 84 " ' 1 H-d C1 07 7-8• ' No 1 Northern, $1.06 7-8: No. 2 Norther'll, $i. 03 7-8 ; December. $1 06 £8 to $1.07. Linseed--Close Cash, bl.t , December, $1.35 1-2. * Live Stock Markets. Toronto Oct. 13--Butcher cattle--Choice wehrhty steers, $8.25 to $8.50; choice handy T hr S8 25- good butchers , $/.fo S7 - 75; lr r;Sootocho„-, heifers. $7.75 to ueueis-yumi common. $8 25; medium, $7.25 to $5.75 to $7.25. . 7 - Ttn teber cows--Choice, $6.7o . tr, C6 75- medium, from $3.50 to°S6.25;' cutters. s4 - £ °, t -° 0 M°65 m °" ^ VaUhtr n »,-moilei'l7 t Vs7.50 : good. $6*50 to $7; medium, $6 to $6.50; common. 8 % tickers and Feeders-Heavy selected SHfiâ^hea^ykoS. *St£ fo^f'good Milkers and Springers sold at $65 to $1U each for choice offerings, with good at $55 ^$65 and common t-o. medium at $40 ^Calves--Choice, $9 to $10.50: from- $7 to $9; common from $6 to $7, ^bs^LW' cheep ewes Se^oS'fVfo HVff to $4; yearling lambs brought $7 to $7.50, CUll8 nf-HoS Vent at $8.15 ,Lo-b.. f 8 ^ 5 j .55 fed and watered, and at $8./5 on Fads and Fancies. Dyed laces are to be used. Beaded shell pins for the hair arc new. All the new suit coat-s. One piece frocks are mo The hourglass figure is to be tne fashion. . , ;n The all 'black hat- of velvet is stü ^Darker shades are noticed m the 1 fall millinery. wuMr Brown velvet is as-smart as 'black for street cape's. ' The small hat is worn with ti basque costume. Coat shapes range from the sh to the redingote. The new tunics are not moie than three yards wide. _ . The oriental note m dress has al- I most- disappeared. I Occasionally we see a.hat with the mushroom brim. The silk jacket and short., loo. coat are in good fashion, _ Frocks of net arranged in plaits or ruffles are favorites. The old fashioned chenille embroidery embroidery has come back. ■ Both light and dark toned fa toll furs will be fashionable. The Jap an est neck and the stand a,way collars are still good. The feather trimmed hat is the fashionable hat this season A new idea is the combination ol black satin and pla-id serge,' --* : King George's German. A German a-ccent, like a German name, is at a discount in England. But- what- would have been the feci th ing if war had come during^ reign of Queen Victoria or of Edward- Edward- Y II - '1 Queen Victoria liked German above any other language, and made its use one of her household, household, or at any rate, nursery laws. Edward the Seventh spoke it as fluently as lie spoke English, and only when George V. came to tho throne was there a complete divorce between the English Court and the Kaiser's native tongue. 'T don t like it and I'll never learn it,' was his Majesty's boyish way of meeting the family persuasions ; and_ though to some - extent lie had to give way before- parental pressure, he never cot on to really good terms with a language for which he had an instinctive instinctive dislike. "Kmg George understands understands German perfcetly but it happens that lie- is the fiist of a long line of English Kmgs to speak it imperfectly. common, S7.25; Brides With sour dispositions are tpt to spoil honeymoons. ITTLE IVER PILLS. r,miri»blo mcccis 1,13 liccu sho,vu to curing British Cycle Corps, with its Colt Gun, Fording a Stream En Route to Join the Main Corps. to $8 C Montreal, Oct. 15.-À tew of the: beet cat- tie brought 8c: medium, 5 12 to , ~ . ns lambs. 7 to 7 l-2c; hogs, 9c. A Fighting Family. '-V remarkable record is possessed , bv Mrs. Broadly, of Bradford, England, England, who called at the Town Hall of that city to offer her services to the lady mayoress as a sewing volunteer." volunteer." Mrs. Broadly has twenty- seven relatives serving in the war. Among them are her three brothers, brothers, five cousins who are brothers, three nephews, .three brothers-m- law, four uncles, the "remainder being being cousins. Her husband is an army pensioner, and she says she wouldn't- mind if he went 1 to do bis bit again." Hoada-he. yet Carter's Littlo Livev Pills Sffi'S855g5SSirSffl l %i sssss;ss^sssr^^<-» cured J ehe thev would be almoa t priceless to those who wennike^ur gnsa.t^boast.^thir^iill^ciireit'vidiiia ° clrlr's L°Utle Liver Pills are very small «4 very easy to take. One or two plUa ™ V^ne or They are strictly vegetable n P w ho purge, but by their gentle action please all w use them. . OABTEB 1ÎZDICIHS 00., HSW ICtt. Small EiM MîSmall Price, '-Y-- 1 M 1 ;;)f : y ' «v-ri •1. M