THE DAITV =T m= SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1915. FRIGHTFUL JOURNEY FROM GERMAN CAMP -- Jew and Gentile Alike will Rejoice When Palestine is Free Any consideration of the effe='s of the elimination of the Turk in Europe must be incomplete if the correspond-| Four Soldiers Who Undertook Perilous Trip to regain Their Free- dom Underwent Terrible Hardships--Ziearly Died of Thirst in the Desert A fearful tale of suffering in an al most desert land was related in a let- ter from Corporal McElnea, one of four soldiers who escaped from the German prison camp at Franzfontein, German South West Africa, and made something on the coastline which did their way to Swakopmund. The prison enclosure was of barbed wire with double sentries outside Two men in the plot strolled to di* f the others went oa. ferent ends of the sentries' beats one | aL I saw three men coming to me | power. 'moonlight night and got them to talk while the four slipped under the low {ang est wire and 'ercpt from bush (o bush. th | | | 1 Once out of earshot they walked forty- | eight 'hours without a stop for sleep. | In preparation for thé escape they had saved up food and water botfles. First they made for the ccgst and they turn ed south. This region was thé haunt of the "Klip Hotteutots," who use poisoned arrows. The .our fugitives followed watercourses. There Lad been no heavy rains in that region for | ten years, it vas said, but cn the third or fourth day of their trip a tremen dous downpour took place. The r 'oot- wear was soon in tatters, Maritz, one of the four, had trained himself for the escape by six weeks' barefoot work, Once they saw two "Klip Hot tentots" hunting with a dog but man- aged to avoid them. By the end of the fifth day Mc Elnea's sandals were gon= and he was walking In agony, but they kept on. Of* the sixth day the water and food were dome. The next morning they came in sight of the ocean. time McElnea's feet were cut and bleeding and worn into open scres filled with sand, pebbles and all man- ner of dirt. By afternoor he com- mencéd to fall back and being the superior officer, he ordered the others to go on and if they got to civilisation, to send back to rescue or bury him, That evening the three reached Cape Cross, a deserted former mine station. At night a second storm came up and the three drank their fill, then fell ex- hausted and slept. A Terrible Ordeal Meanwhile the shower had aroused the and - he stumbled after them. In the middle *f the night he passed through the dismantled station where they were sleeping and missed them. In the meanwhile his (hree companions decided to go back and save him. One stayed as a lookout while the other two retraced their steps. For a long time they searched the neigh and had finally given up and were returning when an empty 'box told them' the corporal had passed them in the night. "The delay kad cost them a day. The 'next day McEinea rested under a fig tree in a dry 'watercourse and found He still tolled on. . The night alone he thought he heard the grunting of pigs and the bleating of lambs. He hurried on, expecting to find a farm; Hut came upon a great congregation of seals on the beach. The next afternoon, McElnea was no longer able to keep upright and felt himself becoming light-headed. He was still two days' journey from Swa: kopmund. McElnea continues: "I pick- out a small but prominent sand near the beach and crawled up the point where I would be most ikely to be seen. There I tied my waterbag-~the only flag I could raise-- stick and planted it as a under that I lay down. conscious iH jul | £3 § By this! ing and related effects of suth remov- al in Asia be not taken into account. It is not to be forgotten that Premier Asquith has declared that "the death knell of the Ottoman empire not only jin Europe but fn Asia has been sound. | ed." And drastic as this may seem | It 1s not unlikely that the opportunity | more effort, ong more day, and we |to remove the sick man of Europe | struggled on through Sunday. Thera | wiil also furnish the cxcuse to put an | was nothing but the never-ending end to the decayed system of adminis. | sameness of sun and sand and suffer | tering the government of Asia Minor | ing until cbout mid-day we sighted |and the Red Sea countries. | Naturally Christians the world over | not look like a rand dune. Later on will be interested in this devolepmont. | we thea knew. | was so far gone that | likewise will hail the disapp [coulda not walk clone; and once more the Turkich form of governs Yith the relig ous pragtices « Fi eading a spare horse. Then 1 knew | Mohammecdans . there will be ro in- Béventy miles eleven days, aud lghown the inability of the Turk t« last five without boots and on one rainister the affairs of government : ---- abolition of Turkish rule in Palest'no "em esSen----~--~ | Christians will be rei":ved cf tho. ig- H { TALY'S JELUCOE » {nour of soeing paces and cirucro Sr ii mmm. | UDA ET the eontrol and Cirecticn of the war with Tutkey that the Duke To thedaws the We: 1 a : yer cine of Abruzzi, made a name for himself | 40m of Palestine wil ning a big ceputation as a dashing sail- of the ol onists, » pick or and explorer. A cousin of the King! When the Young Turks energetic and athletic member of the vived, The PE bee European Royal houses. He is one of | Unite on sacrcd soit and Fa world, and his Polar cxpedition reach. | its religion: ed farther north than even Nansen's. men, lived on dog's flesh for weeks. and lost two fingers through frost bite the Duke vas only fourteen years of age he showed a great liking for geo- lite; so they sent him to a naval aca- demy. The Duke .ntered the Italian himself to Lecoming a competent naval officer. out equal. His first feat was the as- cent of Mount St. Elias, on the far bor- tain of some 18,000 feet, another ex- ploit being the ascent of "The King peak in Central Africa, reputed to be 20,000 feet in height. The Duke has ally, he'is the despair of match-making mammas. -- Healthful Training is Open Alr Made For Much Better Vision we saw the smoke of a chimney and | Not only Christ'ans, however, tut Jes A couple of hours | the e!fmination of Is s a temporal we had got through! Two hundred ! tepference™ but the past ceatury has bit of seagull arfd two drinks of wdter." applied to natioua! entities. With ti nomy of sceing places and struc.ur-s, It was as Squadron Commander in Mohammedan officials In modern naval warfare, after win-|€Ven greater siga'ficazce of Italy, the Duke is perhaps the most | €7 In Constantinople, will be as the finest mountain climbers in the | 0% in truth the home of tue race a He ehared all the hardships of his while helping with the sledges. When graphy, mathematics, and for a sailor s navy at the minimum age, and applied As a mountaineer the Duke is with: ders .of Canada and Alaska, a moun- of the Clouds," the highest mountain always led a Spartan life. Incident SOLDIER'S WEAK EYES but it sufficed;; it saved us fcr one Among the many "surprises" which the war has revealed none has been more striking than the one showing the enormous number of young men compelled to wear glasses on account of weak eyesight. Prior to the war no men wha were under the necessity of wearing glasses were accepted in the regular army. With the formation of "Pals" battal- ions and other specially-constituted corps, drawn in very large measure from the ranks of city workers of the middle class, and used, for the most part, to desk work or other sed ry Occupations, the rule prohibiting ed. As a conse quence, many men who had become accustomed to wearing spectacles or pince-nes, after passing the regulation army tests to prove their sight was not VEPPOIIeeeoe "ooo 2 For H eevee is B Yeeee In the Paris "Liberte" a touching account was published of how a major who commanded a battalich in the Artois died. The major was beloved by his men. le was a strict disciplin- arian and had a kind heart. A quarry had to be carried in order to take a certain village. Before the operation Dogan the major addressed his man "Youu know, my lads, what France expects of you. Advance!" the quarry was reached the major was struck by a shell, and fell never to rise agair. In spite of his mortal wound he conserved all hia clearness of mind. His men wanted he refused. "No, my friends," he said, "my place is here. when victory is assured. of learning that the WHEN THE TURK GOES | {chfidren a: d- | Dartford S000 POPPIN Died As He D sired eloved Franc 0006000 PITIOIIVINe ITALIANS WAR Every Italian soldier on leaving for the front receives a card containing the following prayer: "0 Lord of Hosts to which we now belong, cleanse us from all hateful things that in this hour of wild hatred our prayers may ascend to Thee, as PRAYER | innocent as the prayers of our ch dr n. | Thou scest, O Lord, that we have net joined the. strong against the weak no desire for rule drives us to destruve- tion. We will not plunder and burn the country of cthers. given us the lands of Italy They avere created Cr us, and our ancestors have made them free with their blood from the yok2 of a hundred years. Bless cur wearons, O Lord, when the day comes for us to fight, oless our King of the ra e of heroes, aid saints, and give us victory, and an clive branch of c¢2 for the sale cf cur "W.VeS aad tha graves of our fathers" Recscgnized Saldier Hus ard is a very happy women in er name is drs. Cambors Her huvsbard was report Th 3 dtr" Mrs ree GTS There "aethill, killed olrs 1 | int | There statement ght ha a ints en set at rect A plctegraph o British 'solders of war in Jdermany wag published in a Lo .don paper. Mr; Cambers saw this picture .nd recog nizcd her husband French, and Cerman consiats six guns; twelve, TEACHING SOLDIERS A TRADE Artillerymen are taught useful trades as time permits. shown learning how to make harness. Here i two are * Pee 000000000000 ll POPTIIIINNNNe ve me to my men," he said. die in their midst." He was placed on a stretcher and carried to the place where the regi- ment was 'assembled. "Thank you, my friends," he said, "you have deserved well of the country, and your major is proud 8f you. Continue your work. Be always valiant and strong, and remember the last recommendation of your chief: "I want to to convey him to the ambulance, but | wards I shall only go | with The dying officer had the consolation | h i | ] iE . fe i i is if 1 I i i i : § & 4 i 3f I 2 & i E R ge ki : 8 i Exe 6 sound. = i » 1 i But Thou hast | im | calted for thirty a | oficred. t | silence xt +} v UNDERGROUND | Germans Fortified Cellars With Tun- nels Leading to Trenches Some of the most desperate fight- ting north of Arras took place in the cellars of the villages captured by the French. Nearly everyone of the stone houses in these Artois villages {inside courtyard. The Germans had | turned these cellars | resses eomm 1 { Passages wih a trench outside the i village. | An officer {from this d strict gave a vivid account {Of the takiug of one cellar at Abiain. | It was necessary to take a large baild- ling called by the men "the prison." | At ten o'clock at night .volunteers j crept forward to within twenty yards {ef the house ard thea threw them- {selves forward with a rush. . The { louse was carried. On the cellar floor | incl a person was to be found. A ser- | { gednt descended the cellar steps and was killed instantly, { One of the | hole frcm the cellar. The captain volunteers Sixty With half of them he went {ed in the hovse. Thers was a long f and then several muffled ex- csions. At last the voice of the cap | tain was heard cryipg, | tha other side. Forward!" | in the house rushed down th and found a great underground room dimly lighted by o lamps. In the centre stoud a Ce a liantenant and | forty men with theirjarms up. Here and there lay dda wounded, Surprised by fhe rear attack the enculy had mage only a feele. resist: ance... On the ™Krench side only six were wounded, "The booty included seven machine. guns, 200 rifles, hand grenades, barbed wire, and cart- ridges, in short, .a veritable. little ar- | senal. There was also an important | telephcna installation, The soldiers who discovered the bolt holes was mentioned in ordérs. A LONE FRENCH HERO Single-handed Stood Off % Whale Ger man Company and Won Medal The "Bat d'Af" are the men of the African. battalions into which those who do not behave well in civil life are drafted. That these men can fight is shown by an incident which took place in the vicinity of Ypres. A section .of 200 men held an advuaced trench which was marked by a Ger- man aeroplane. The position became untenable, and the captain gave the order to his men to retire. A "bat d"Af" who had recently joined the force, was the last to retire, and with Some of his comrades protected the retreat by exchanging shots with the Germans who had left their holes. A shell came, and he had just suufficient time to throw himself fat on the ground. When he rose he found that the explosion had caused such havoc as to prevent him from Jeining his section. ! Cooly he charged his rifle. He was the only occupant of the tremch, and he fired at one point and then another, always hitting his man, and shouting commands in order to make the enemy believe that a strong detachment was in readiness to make an assault. The Germans hesitated, and advanced by crawling, thus giving the man in the trench an opportunity of selecting his victim. : For 35 minutes the French soldier kept an entire Prusgian company in check, and gave his comrades time to reform and reoccupy the trench which, with the aid of the French ar- The wen is | provided with a large cellar, in many | | cases reached by a staircase from an | into little fort-| nicating by underground | trade of war. 'a large number | money at the front by rin the allies' lines. {far behind the attacking party found | | about 100 yards from the house a bolt | | stroyed by the German big guns. other class of trader 0 the tunnel while the rest remain. | will not be looted. "Look out on | The fear of spies has made it extreme- {ly diffcult © sta reasc | of traders, following the troops for, at! {a comfortable {One of the most profitable trades is | SHOPPING IN TRENCHES ° WHILE BATTLE RAGE Tommies Sometimes Start Business Make Fair Profits Supplying Soldiers With Farm Produce 'and Comiforts A modern battlefield seems. the most | ducting any business except the grim Nevertheless, there are of people making | supplying foods | required by Tommy and his comrades To begin with, there are now established a large num- ber of coffee stalls, where refresh. ments, candies, cigarettes, ete., may | be obtained even by the soldiers in the firing line. Some of them are not very | rest billets. The pro-| prietors are mosily French and Beigian | traders whose chops have been de-| An- { is the peasant | who takes a big risk for a moderate profit by bringing in farm produce. | These people knew that their goods! Tommy's honesty | is as unquestioned as his courage. | for a stranger to set up a shop in or near the camps, otherwise there would have been a small army war prices, a daring trader may make competence from the | profits of a dozen well filled wagons. | Tommy often sets up a shop himself. | that of selling and mending watches, | for, next to his pipe or cigarette, aj watch is Tommy's most treasured pos A A ANA a A GAS MURDER IS CHEAP Britain can Excel Germans at Own Game with Chlorine There is no difficulty about produe- ing chlorine gas--which js that mainly employed by the Germans--and dis- charging it at the enemy's trenches when the wind 4s favorable, Any of Britain's manufacturing chemists could produce enough chlorine in a day or two to suffocate the whole German army from the Yser to the Vistula, for chloriné {is ° familiar to English chemical manufacturers, who, until a few years ago, were the only makers of this chemical. Chlorine is a greenish-yellow gas with a peculiarly unpleasant and suffocating smell, nd with very terrible effects on the lungs, throat, and membranes of its victims. The cost of suffocating our troops by the Germans is not heavy. Liquid chlorine costs about $120 a ton, con- taining 170 gallons, and this will pro- duce a large volume of deadly gas. The idea of "gassing" an enemy was suggested nearly half a century ago by four Frenchmen, but at that time it was thought that the invention was too horrible to be allowed in field operations. When shells are filled with shrapnel bullets there Is poured in about a pint of boiling resin, which keeps all fixed until the discharge. , About fivesevenths of the Bulgar fans are engaged in agriculture, most of them being small proprietors, hold- ing from one ts six acres. 3 "Se - Al For Themselves -- Pi } 2 w i J 21g TY session. The expert watchmaker elk Sy EY i i 4 -| no lack of repairin lor whi who returned to Paris "PlKely place in the world for con : pairing jobs, for wl on) he charges half-a-crown to five shil- ling®. If he be of a speculative turn of mind he will order a consignment| of watches from home, which he 1s always sure to sell at a good profit, Cameras is another good line. Nothing! Pleases the old folks at home like = snapshot of thir son as he is at the front, and one enterprising photogrpahe er who joined the colors has made enough to set up a decent establish- ment should he have the luck to re- turn home. A very profitable line is phonographs and records. There is a paying streak in the mouth organ afd the accordiym. There would be no difficulty in selling cartloads of these instruments could one only get them out there. Playing cafds are also in great demand. As much ts $250 is risked on one card in a game of bank- er by men drawing a little" over 25 cents a day. The queerest trade is the manufacture of charms guaranteed to bring back luck at cards to the wearer. This work is generally done by watcha makers with a file. Another prosper ous trade in the fashioning of curios from empty cartridge cases awd pieces of shell. Not every soldier ean make a handle for a walking-stik out of an empty cordite cartridge, and many of these presents, proudly displayed by the senders relatives, represent a nice profit to the actual maker. ¥ A INP GALLANT SUSSEX MEN Second Battalion Lost Fourteen Offk cers and 580 bf F.ank and File An officer of the 2nd Battalion Roy al Sussex Regiment wrote about the share they took in some heavy fight. ing as follows: "1 told you in my last letter we were about to embark on a desperate enter prise. Well, we have done so, and by the merciful power of God I got through. safely. I cannot say too much, for never has there been such a day. After a bombardment by our Own guns- on the German trenches, the good old Sussex went forward like one man, only to be met by a fire from the gunners which simply mow- ed us down like rabbits, The barbed wire in front of the German trenches was not cut by our shrapnel as it had been planned, and we were caught up like rats in a trap. I cannot ex- press myself as I should like to, but it was perfect hell. We had 14 off) cer casualties and 680 men casualties, Luckily our colonel was not touched nor our adjutant. Though we. were unable to take the trenches and had to retire, we got through, and 'the men were all heroes, for they enabled oth- ers to go through us and reap the hone or and glory." ! ---------- a MH Fooling the Women At the outbreak of the war the Ger mans filled railway carriages with dummies made of straw, and dressed in French uniforms, in order to make people believe that they had captured numerous prisoners.