4 4 X 83, NO, 4 ENEMY EXPORT ~~ TRADE RUINED Says Offical Paper Issued by Biitain FOOD NOW ONLY HAD GETTETAR, en « : AT FAMINE PRICES AND RIOTS ARE RESULTING, The Imports Are Greatly Reduced-- Great Discontent Among the Pop. + lation In Germany. London, Jan. 5.--A parliamentary memprandum was issued last night dealing with 'ths measures adopted to intercept the sea-borne commerce of Germany." Referring tb German exports to America the report says: "The latest returhs available, namely, September, show that more than 92 per cent. of the German ex- ports to America have - been stop- ped." The report also states that effec- tive measures have been taken to stop exports on a small scale from Germany and Austria to America by parcel post. Summing up fhe results of the blockade the memorandum says: FIRSTLY German exports * to oversea countries have almost entire- ly stopped. Exceptions which have been made are cases in which a re- fusal to allow the export goods to go through would hurt the neutral country concerned without inflicting injury upon Germany. SECONDLY ---All shipments to neutral countries adjacent to Ger- many have been carefully scrutinized with a view to the detection of a voneealed enemy destination, Wherever there has been a reason- able ground for suspecting the des. J tination, the goods have bee placed in charge of a prize court. Doubt- ful consignments have been detained pending satisfattory guarantees, FHIRDLY Under ' agreements with bodies of responsible merchants of geveral noutral countries adjacent to Germany, stringent guarantees have! been exacted - from importers. So fap as possible all trade between ~--fioutrals and Germany, whether aris- ing fvpm overseas or in the country itself, is restricted : POURSHLY By agreements with shipping Thes and by vigorous use of the power to refuse hunker coal in Marge proportions, a neutral mer- chant ,marine which. trades with Scandinavia and Holland has been induced to: agree to the conditions designed jo prevent the goods of these ships from reaching Germany. FIFTHLY-~Every effort is.being nade to introduce a systemy of ra- tioning which will ensure that the neutrals concerned will only import such quantities of articles as are specified' as normally imported" for their own consumption The white paper adds; "German Jinipords also have been greatly re- duced, such important staples as cot- ton, wool and rubber being excluded, and others, like fats, oils and dairy products, being obtainable in Ger- many only a famine prices; wile ad- vices reaching his Majesty's ver ment show discontent among the population" and feed riots in some of the larger towns." 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Suys He Will Not Again Seek Presidency. : New York, Jan. 6.--If Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Is seeking the Republican nomination for President, as a number of 'politickang have as- serted, he is at least determined not to permit his name to appear on the ballots im any of the states where de- legates to the ie wip conventions Roosevelt are'chosen at , the prijparies. This order will apply to th ticket sub- mitted by the Progressive party well, That much was settled definitely to-day when the Colonel sent a let- ter from Oyster Bay to the office of Secretary of States Vaughan at Lan- sing, Mich., requesting hing to see to it that his name was not placed ou the ballot as the candidate of any party. He had received .a message from Mr, Vaughan informing him that his adhegents in both the Re- publican and Progressive parties had filed a sufficient number of names to put his hat in the ring + As soon as that lettér was sent, the announcement was permitted tc go out that Colonel Roosevelt would not appear as a candidate in the pri mary elections in any of the states The position the Colonel takes is that { he is. not a candidate in any sense 0 the word, at this time at least. But the chances are. that the Colonel, thus in a sense "unattach- ed," will put in an appearance at Chicago on June Tth, when, by all present signs, both Republicans and Progressives will assemble in that | city to hold their pational conven- as | 4s an observer of a situation unique in the political history of the: coun- | try, ~ A SPY FOR LINCOLN. Dies At His Home In New York, Ag- | ed 75. New York, Jan. 6.----Major Henry Bascom Smith, who helped to organs ize the Federal Secret Service in _ the Civil War, died of heart disease on Monday at his home, 225 West 122 Sireet. He was the chief of the sei vice under Gen. Lew Wallace froni <62 to 65, was responsible for the ar- rest of Lonis Payne in connection with the attempt to assassinate Sec- retary Seward and performed many daring operations for the ' Federal Government during the war, working between the lines ai times from Har- per's Ferry to Richmond Major Smith 'was born in Cornwall- ville, N.Y., Sept. 3rd, 1841 When thewar began in '61 he enlisted with the 5th New York Heavy Artillery, and served with that organ'zation for about a year. Its operations were largely confined to the vicinity of Harper's Ferry Early in "62 Major Smith waé transferred to the secret service in the department of the East under Gén. Lew Wallace, with the rank of chief, He soon distinguish- ed himself in that branch of the ser- vice, and came to be recognized as one of its three notable veterans He discovered the "conspiracy against Lincoln, and uncovered the election frauds in-the.army at Balti- more. He was- active, too, in break- ing up the "bounty jumpers," who were defratiding the Gevernment of thousands of dollars MME. SARAH BERNHARDT. Received A Great Ovatiop In London . Coliseum. London, Jan. 6 crowd fought® vainly Tuesday to ob- tain admission to the Coliseum, in which a vast audience, including Queen Alexander and Queen Amelie and Princess Victoria, accompanied by Lord Howe, in the Royal, box, ex- tended a wonderful welcome to Sar ah Bernhardt, when she made her first appearance here, reciting "Las Cathedrales." The audience cheered and plauded the actress for fully ten minutes before permitting. her to gpeaki. At the close Mme. Bernhardi wat called before the curtain seven times, while the Coliseum rang with cries of "Vive la France!' and "Vive Bernhardt." While the enthusiasm was gt its height the orchestra strack up "The Marseillaise,"" which "the whole audience joimed im singing. The critics agree that Mme. Bern- hardt's interpretation is beyond praise and one of thé most brilliant successes of her long stage career. ap o tions. He will go, if he has his way, it 4 . GERMAN PATROL OF SHARPSHO OTERS IN MOUNTAIN FIGHTING. ¥ Ne rr 3 "SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES Special Correspondence by H. F. Gadsby. - 'Feeling The Ottawa, Jan, 6.- The new year sees the Cabinet ministers definitely assigned © to their respective roles Premier Borden is the heavy father, Finance Minister White is the lead- ing juvenile, Sir Sam is the man-on- horseback, Sir George Foster is wis old Ulysses with a touch of Nestor and a dash of Cassandra, while the Honourable Bob has what they call a thinking part, which means that he is supposed to say little but to think deeply over what occurred in Mani- toba. This is a part that suits his mood and he neéeds:little prompting Arthur Meighen is understudy to the whole company. The Premier seems to do his share when he emits a distant rumble in the presence of the Canadian Club of New York or Boston on his way to and from the hot springs in Virginia where he goes to warm his feet Meanwhile the important announce- ments fall to Finance Minister White who distributes the sunshine. in his heart among the etectors. la & cabi: net of elderly gentlemen Mr. White passes ag young and he gels a young man's w tg do. He speaks not on- ly for himself but for all' his collea- gues who remain silent and act as a background. The Finance Minister's role is in- vincible cheerfulness. Keep 'em smil- ing-- that's his cue, and he doe¥ it very will indeed. In the seventeen months the Empire has been at war not one doleful word has escaped his Nothing Hamilton ator Sir "Ed Grey's objection to} even thé modified" form of conserips] tion proposed by the British Cabinet] is that, by the other -nations with | whom he "has to desl, it may be re- garded as a sign of weakness. Cer tainly it would have been a source of endless pride if we could have fought the war to the end and achieved all Jour: purposes- without it. But {an conscription itself there is nothing inglorious. It wis embedded in the very essence of feudalism, and with- out it Crecy and Agincourt could not have heen won. It was in full blast during the war of the eigh- teenth century and down to the Na- poleonie epoch EXiepU Great Brit- ain. every European nation employs it. Under it millions of 'Russians come to the aid of their "Little Fa- ther," and millions of Frenchmen answer the call of their President-- for the most part wijiingly and glad- Inglorious In It, y. If there is one thing settled by the present war, it. is ot civilized nation a Sront form of compulsory military train- ing. with conscription in cage of need in the background. Even the Unii: od States is beginning to see this. % om, \ The promises of God sure for 'those who have the ion, m are made ra them : Footprints Of A Man Who Swore Off Drinking New Year's ------y People Out. 4 J dips. According to the Finance Min- ister this country is getting along as well ag could be expected and a good deal better. His message is that Can- ada has had an unprecedented wheat crop, 'that the foreign trade condi- tions are prodigious, the customs re- turns buoyant, the special war taxes fruitful, borrowings not too difficult, and general prosperity on the up- grade. tion devoutly to be wished and most encouraging if the statements are taken at their face value. The Fin- ahve Minister has never been down- hearted at any stage of the game, being convinced that the financial precautions which he took at the out- break of the Yar, fon which were baged on the wisdoin of the ages sift- ed through the business intellect of Tom White were all that could be de- sired. It is true that he set aside ths advice of a number of bankers and money kings-- but who is running this show anyway, the bankers or Tom White the man chosen of people? Meanwhile does nothing tha will cost the Canadian Bankers' As- sociation a 'minute's sleep. The gold standard being for the moment suspended Canada need ne- ver lack mohey so long as the print- ing 'presses aré in good running or- der. What's more the United States, overlooking those cruel words about nQ truck or trade with the Yankees, is more than willing to lend and the people of Canada themselves are al- All of which is a consumma- a Pr ------ ways ready to help the Finance Min- ister out of the hole at five per.cent. or batter. Wherefore it is Mr. White's privilege to be cheerful and te make no bones of saying so just ag it is Sir George Foster's duty to. remind the voters that those who pay the piper : It was the irony of fate that wish- ed the role of official crvaker on Sir George. The Minister of Trade and Commerce had become mellow with advancing age and philosophy. He was looking back at life over his shoulder and was in a position to say, as he did, a plague on ' both your parties. He-eould afford to look on while his colleagues gouged each other's eyes out and say 'let the lit- tle darlings play." That was his at titude-- one of genial detachment from political strife. Having attain- ed peace himsélf he cultivated a ser- ene indulgence toward those who still mingled in the conflict. Far from the madding crowd, a Minister of Trade and Commerce, with noth- ing to dg but travel for his body's health and his soul's comfort, he beamed on 'this hard world like a beautiful sunset-- that if if you can imagine a sunset that talks through its nose and wears chin-whiskers. At all events there was a benediction in kis manner and it suited him well. Whenever anybody started trouble at Ottawa, Sir George took the wings of the morning to the ut- termost parts of the earth whence he returned, once the bearing with him a reciprocity treaty by which Australia traded boomer- angs for our Christmas trees or some useful gift like that. Such was Sir George's. lot for three 'years, some- times bagman, anon yogi, wrapt in beatitudes, Then the war came an jolted him out of his nirvana. 3 Somebody had to remind the peo- ple of their responsibilities. 'Some- body had to tell them to sit tight and | save money and make provision against the taxes which the Borden Government hopes to stave off by do- mestic loans until the next gemeral election is over. Somebody had te tell them thatthe worst was yet to come row was over, Photo shows a patrol of German mountain fighters garbed in white uniforms and equipped, with skis taking a bead on the enemy in the Vosges. A AA AA Nt" Bl and as it did not behoove the Finan- ce Minister to dash his bright gospel with dark forebodings this sad duty fell to Sir George who was elected to do it by the unanimous choice of his comrades in the Cabinet. Sir George's smiling mask did not deceive them, They had seen him at work in coun- cil, or rather not at work, and they sensed what he felt at not being Fin- ance Minister. can put real emotion into his words. Sir George's job is to feel the people out. He may not like his job, but his colleagues fel that it is good for him not only because it brings him in touch again with human frailty but as a sort of punishment for his pre vious detachment from party politics Penance, as it were Thus it happens that Sir George is the first to breathe conscription to a people four thousand miles dijtant from the war. It was a breath, thet was all-- it did not: meet With a po- pular response, so Sir George ceased breathing in that direction. His lat- est task is to forecast a probable do- mestic loan-of $300,000,000 for war purposes---- a large order which will find Canada not only ready but will- ing to take that but perhaps another rich blessing at five per cent. The fact that Sir George is chosen to break it to us gently does not neces- sarily stamp it as bad news. It must borrow it is' perhaps best that we. borrow from ourselves, thus drawing twe profits-- the five per cent. and, thd self-reliance. H.F.G. Sure Enough, How Do They? Little Elizabeth. and .her mother were having luncheon together in a restaurant in Eastport, Me., and the mother, who always tried to impress facts upon her young daughter, said: "These little sardines, Elizabeth, are sometimes eaten by the larger fish." Elizabeth gazed at the sardines in wonder and then asked "But, mother, how fish get the tins open?" do the laige (URLS waasneni ts nnn nas {t a am They surmised that he had a fountain of melancholy to it: This is why Sir George is the one appointed to try it'¢n the dog-- he we The Fate Met By Austria AVALANCHE RELEASED BY MINING OPERATIONS--THE WHOLE PARTY BURNED, The Region a Popular District For Winter Sports--Omne Survivor Lay Under Snow Fourteen Hours, Berlin, Jan. 5A despatch from the front to the Loka Anzeiger to- day confirms the official statement is- Sued yesterday by the Imlian War Office. reporting that in the region of Lagazuol mining operations by the Austrians. caused the fall of an av- alanche It develops fyew the Lokal Angzeiger's despatuh that 11 Austrian Alpine soldiers were killed by the falling rocks, oply one of the detach- went of 12 being rescued alive: Zeiger says: "The conditions faced by the Aus- trians in the Alps and on the Isonzo are appealing. © A detachment of Austrian apd Alpine troops met its doom in an avalanche in Southern Tyrol. The troops were engaged in patrol duty and only one out of 12. | was rescued alive. The sole surviv- {or lay buried under snow 14 hours , before he was rescued. He was un- {iniured. : i 'He had falien under the aval- anche in such a manner that he was left in a position where he could still breathe. When. a rescue corps excavated him from the snow at mid- night his body was frozen stiff, but he was still alive ands he was prompt- ly resuscitated, The soldiers killed by the avalanche were all experien- ced skiers and mountaineers The region in which they met their fate is a popular district. for winter sports." BELGIAN "GOLDEN BOOK." Belgians During Was. i 6.~-A Belgian Royal issued creating the commemoiate the ¥ toward Mei Golden Book war." tain three parts. The first will give plete list of the monetary gifts that the generos- ity of the peoples of the world has placed at the.disposal'9f Belgium. in the second part will Bé a notice of each organization created to feed and help the Belgians during the German occupation, with "the names of the persons who djrected the organiza- tions. The third part will describe the work of the various institutions formed abroad or-in the undccupied territory to succor refugees, wound- ed, prisoners, and in general, all Bel- gian vietims of the war.® : roto oe AA a ; WOMAN A SUICIDE. After Killing Chaoffeur Who Lured Her From Family. New York, Jan, @.~-Mrs. Kate Wilsh; who en. Thursday inherited $25,000 from the estate df her faih- er, Willian 'G. Opry, owner of Arion Hall, one of the largest amusement places in Brooklyn, 'killed herself early in a furnished room house at 136 St.-Marks avehue, Brooklyn, at- ter she had murdered William A Beggs, 30 'years old, a chauffeur, with whom she had bees living since. | she left her husband and two: chil | dren. The tragedy was not discovered | until 8 o'clock to-night, although the shooting occurred .at otie o'clock in the morning. ' lice and the coroner, largely borne out by letters which Mis. Walsh left {in the room, the woman was over- come by remorse, She blamed Beggs for bredking gp her home. Her ef- forts to regain the love of her hus- band, do the police wate tald, proved futile. She was 25 years of age. In making both ends meet you and 1 may forget that the work could not have been accomplished without the aid of others. : If vou cannot enter the sick room with a smile and a word of edntour- agement. you had best stay out of it. A spasmodic religion 'ig not the kind that edunts for iness Telling the story the Lokal An- Will Recount Act Of Generosity To According to the theuss of the po-.