REY. FATHER MEA OF Hi INTERFERENCE ¢Continued from Page 12.) Mary Gabriel replied. that she had heard these statements, but they never bothered her anyway. She under- stood that the archbishop did not like the order she issued; she supposed he considered it humiliation, but he never said anything to her about it, About Sister Basil. Witness said she saw Mary Basil when the latter arrived at St. Michael's convent, Belleville, in October, 1916. To the question if she saw. the copy of the réport Sister Mary Basil sent to the Superior-General and then to Rome, the witness replied: "Well, now, | could not say whether he (Fa- ther Mea) showed it to me or she did. I could not tell your I didn't pay very inuch attention, ey were a bother when they did come, both of them. | I suppose 1 did see it; buy | could /not tell you one blessed thing that was in it just now . If you knew the gource from which they came, if yoy thought it was a lunatic wrote thém, you wouldn't pay much atten- ti6n. Nothing that they showed or read to me impressed me a particle." She admitted that Father Mea went to Belleville several times in connec- tion with Sister Mary Basil's charges. She could not recollect him readin the report to her, He certainly di not leave her a copy. Father Mea, witness said, was backing up Mary Basil in her complaints. e tried to convince her of the justice of the complaints. Mary Gab: erstood Fathgr Mulhall was sent by 2 archbishop to St. Mary's-of-the- ad an investigator to discover if Basil's report was true. = She sd that she thought it was posi- rong to take out jhe heating in St. Mary's-of-the-Lake be- can it was unnecessary expense, Thi%Wwas one of the complaints made by Mary Basil. Mary Gabriel admitted that she heard the allegation that one of the sisters of the institute had given birth to a child. She heard this from Mary Basil. Mary Basil also told her that the election of Mother Superior-Gen- eral in 1916 had been manipulated. Letters Sent to Priests. Witness admitted that she had seen a card sent to her parish priest warn-! ing him that he would he guilty of crime if he encouraged young Roman Catholic girls to. enter an institute whose members were treated worse {MORE DEVILISH than convicts in the pevitentiary. She heard that similar anonymous letters were sent to priests, and Mary Basil was blamed for doing it. When Mary Basil was in the Belle- ville convent the witness received in- strictions to look after the mail. She { instructed the sisters to have nothing to do with her that she was an incor- rigible subject and getting all the oth- er sisters into trouble, and that they were not to have any intercourse with her. She was in the building without communication with anyone. Wit- ness told Mary Basil that she was no longer a member of the community. "I told her to go to the devil she did not belong fo the commanity™ She remembered some trouble be- fen Mary Basil and Mary Justine. ¢ was not there, and gould not tell hat happened, but she saw Mary Basil afterwards. One eye was a little black next mornin Mary Justine, witness said, had slapped ary Basil, that was all. Mary Jus- tine was punished for this. itness denied opening the corre- spondence between Mary Basil and ather Mea, ey were instructed that Mary Basil was then acting un- der Father Mea as counsel, and she did not suppose they would have any tight to open. their correspondence. itness said that she had held back two letters Mary Basil had wnften to Father Mea. One she burned and the other she turned aver tc Mary Frances Regis, She also told the sis- ters to refuse tq allow Mary Basil to use the telephone . The Mother Gen- eral instructed her to do this, The letters she burned or withheld, wit- ness said, contained nonsense and lies. One of them ke about the arch- bishon and thef Mother General and that kind of talk. Witness said she believed the reports of Mary Basil were the work of Father Mea, al* though she admitted Ahat Mary Basil wis fairly well educated, was a train- ed nurse, and very clever. Her intel- ) owever was crooked intelli ence. She did not believe half of ry Basil's charges were true. Mary Gabriel said that when she was in Kingston in 1916, Mary Fran- ces Regis told her about trying to send Mary Basil off to the asvium. She believed that Dr. William Gibson had refused to sign a certificate to send Mary Basil to the asylum. Dr. elan gave a certificate, but Dr. son would not consent. '0 the question as to what she said | cate, 'wit hn Mary Frances Regis told her ¢ Dr. Plain had ogyed the certifi- |. »" FT had GERMAN GAS Gas Masks Useless, Penetrates Clothes, Causes Irritation. Paris, Nov. 15.--Fritz has a new gas. It is a bit more devilish than any of its pdedecessors because it is more insidious. Gas masks are small protection against it, because it penetratés the clothing and 'sets up an irritation in any sport on which the skin has been rubbed or broken. Then it spreads. This is the third new gas to be discovered in four months By the «me the Americans get into the field this may have almost become a "gas war." Persons given over to forebod- ings visualize troops fighting in the front trenches clothed like deep-sea divers in suits that cannot be pene~ trated by the new deadliness. 1 The mew gas is delivered either; frome hose, in the old fashion; or from bursting shells, in the new. It camn- not be detected by the sense of smell, and often an hour or more passed before the unfortunates discover they have been "gassed." The sub- sequent treatment is rendered more dificult by the fact that the methods adapted to the asphyxiating gas, are positively dangerous with the "'sul-] fure d'ethyle dichtore," which is the new form. Yet it is often difficult to; distinguish between the sufferers from the two forms. With the ingenuity that distin- guishes them, the Germans use both |. Saggn In the same sector. [The new gas y attacks the mucous membranes. "In the autopsy we are often able to pell off the mucuous membrane as one would an old glove," said one surgeon. "Sometimes it breaks and curls up like the shingles on an old rool." The gas clings to the clothing, so that subsequent wearers may be at- tacked if it is mot thoroughly cleansed. The nature of thy new weapon may be indicated by some of the directions given to army sur- geons for treating those injured by it: "Strip them at once # possible and bathe in @ solution of soapy water, This should be done at the dressing stations, if possible." War Tidings. During several battles around Passchendaele the Canadians have captured 1,174 prisoners. Cana- dian troops moved steadily to their objectives, taking each one on scheduled time, The British War Office announces that the British forces on 'Tuesday, in Palestine attacked new Turkish positions and drove the enemy back seven miles, and took 1,100 prison- ers, -Maj-Gen. Maurice, chief director of military operations at the British War Office, says it will be several days before the Anglo-French force could operate on the Italian front. The Italian situation will be eriti- cal for several days. If the Italians fail to 'hold the Paive line {it is al- most certain that Venice will fall, cates mera wo Waiils Quacks Supp Calgary, Nov, 15.--That the medi- cal faculty of the province should {ake action with a view to prevent- ing quacks from peddling nostrums and dnjurious patent medicines around the homes of the people was the sense of a rider which the cor oner's jury added to its verdict om a woman who died here of pulmonary trouble. Evidence showed she was advised to take a certain drug, and the jury found that the result had tended to shorten her Gife. Village Destroyed by Fire. Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 14.--The, business part of the village of Alex« ander, eight miles south of Batavia, Genesee county, was wiped out by, fire together with a number of resi- oo The village is without fire protection and the fire was beyond onto! when aid arrived from Bae- 26,000 Now in G.W.V.A, wo aireal, Nov. 14.--The Seat ar Veterans' Association, as Gene. ral Secretary Norman Knight an- nounced at last night's meeting, is now 26,000 strong. A PROMINENT NURSE ' SPEAKS. : Many Nurees in Cansde and Else "THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1917. EN ST -- -- --_ ast RAE ER ATER Sy pla + 3 + Buyers of War Bonds in Brita = 1/n 23 if /n Uruted States Lin 27 4 3 in Canada__ tinigy } 4 s 4 EWER CANADIANS in proportion to the population have lent their money to the nation than have either the British or American people. : This in spite of the fact that the individual wealth of the Canadian people to-day is greater than it has ever been and is one of the largest of any country in the world. ~Canada wants you to help change that record now. You owe it to Canada, to yourself, to your children, to see that it is changed. If you never bought a war bond before do it now. Be ready when the canvasser calls. Remember this -- That to win this war every man and woman in Canada must do his or her share; and to-day the most important, v necessary thing 'is to buy Victory Bonds.