YEAR 86. NO, 13 a ----------------e & "My § By Won. Heari 5. Belind, M0. NP. rare ed dh he ~ CHAPTER XIV. \ In Germany. Overcome by the tidings of what was 10 be my ate, I had no inclina- tion for lunch before I jaft Antwerp. "In the evening I was seized by the pangs. of hunger, and as there was a dining-car on the train 1 suggosted to my guardian that we should take din- ner. My companion, however, did not understand one word either of Eng- 1i#h or French. I was unable to speak German at that time, so our only mode of communication was by ~ mesture and signs. The spectacle must have been quite comical to an onlooker. Finally I made the man understand that 1 wanted something 10 eat, In the dining-car we met with litle encouragement. I un- derstood the conductor to explain _ that the tables were reserved exclu- sively for aficers and persons accom- panying them. As my escort was hul a non-commissioned officer we were politely but firmly refused re- freshment. ® At Cologne our every attempt to reich the station restaurant failed. The place was overcrowded, and my guardian naturally gas very appre- hensive that I might escape amid the throng. In this event he'would have been severely punished. There was nothing to be done, so we returned to the train. What a night was spent in that compartment among German travel- les, taciturn or snoring! Happily the nights in June are short. Boon dawn appeared radiant: I marvelled at this wonderful re- awakening of nature. A rly as four o jock 1 was able to ume my reading' At nine o'clock we reached Berlin anid I saw for the first time the capi- tal of the German Empire. On the station platform a man whose name I" was never able to ascertain glided Three Years in a German Prison" SY yy ? Conytight 1919 | hers dhe Arana beside us. He was dressed in civil- fan clothes, and after exchanging a few words with the non-commission- ed officer it became manifest that he had assumed charge of the party. Outside the station this clyilian, in all probability an officer of high rank, motioned me to get into an automo- bile. = Then, addressing me in excel- lent French, he daid: 'Is this your first visit to Berlin?" "Yes," 1 answered, ' "Berlin is a very beautiful city," he asserted. I made no rcuiy. We proceeded to drive through the streets--where to, 1 «did not know, I had been un- der the impression that [ was to be conducted to Ruhleben, the intern- ment camp for civilians. I wonder- ed whether 1 was being conveyed to a hotel or a boarding house, where prisoners en route to the camp were temporarily lodged. My chief hope was that i might obtain some food. It was wow more. than twenty-four hours. since 1 had anything to eat. On our way to Berlin the non-com- missioned officer had nibbled some bread he had in his knapsack, but I had no opportunity to break my fast. The automobile wgs passing along a beautiful avenue. "This is Unter Den Linden, the finest avenue in Ber- Hn," said my fiew companion. One can be anti-German, and at the same time acknowledge that this thorough- fare is a charming one to behold. It strefyhes from the Brandenburg Gate fo the Imperial Palace on the river Spree We passed the Imperial Palace and immediately afterwards turned into narrower streets. After a drive of jabout fiffeen minutes we arrived in + front of a huge building whose walls were a dirty grey. It was, as the reader will have' guessed, the jail, 1 had arrived at my destination. {To be continued.) AT THE SN "Mie TutbtiaMonal Sunday School : for Jan. 19th is; "The yer" --HBxodue 11: J Even a superficial consideration of the history of our own times reveals strangg world tides, which find their explanation in --God. There are (- manifest movings of human life" in | contemporary which betoken to the discerning observer the pres- ence of that Spirit whose hand first shaped the spheres, and has ever since guided the currents of history. This "is the depper meaning of t - day's news; it is consciousness of this tremendous fact which sobers id es reverent many men who have been called upon to play an impor. tant part in the world's work. Every man from the trenches brings back a new conviction that God is doing things in the earth to-day. * That is the pregent-day application ot*the great Old' Testament story of the Passover: Jehoval is in the event. The awesome wonders of that still- wcolebrated Might which witnessed the of & new nation, were merely that then, as ever, _"Standeth God within the shadow, ; watch above His own." > It is admitted that 'only historical, but ing of history for % R NN OF THE BLOOD By Willlam T. Ellis: 80 dramatically emerged from slav- ery has had the longest distinet exis: tenge of all the peoples that have ever lived upon earth; and even to this hour their persistence in undiminish- ed identity and refiivenated national CONSCIOUSNESS is a witness to the pro- vid of the God of Abraham and Moses. Remove Jehovah as a fac- tor, and who can explain the Jew? A Hard Apprenticeship. More than four hundred years had elapsed between the day when Jacob and his train left the famine-scourged fields. of Canaan for the granaries of Egypt, and the day when, God spoke to Pharaoh through Moses, saying, "Let my people go." In those years Fthe shepherd clan of Joseph had be- come a great host. Their stréngth had come to be regarded as a men- ace by the Egyptians, who had sub- jected them to onerous slavery and ruel oppression. In the furnace of affliction they were welded into one- ness, awaiting God's Jour of deliv- erance. There are no meaningless blank spaced in life or history. The provi dence in all these years of bitter Ye- solation is now plain; even as we al- ready see great blevsings being wrought by the'war. When He had prepared Israel, and had prepared a man for the hour, God moved for His reople"s deliverance. The divine clock may seem long in striking. but it always strikes. Like many mor. tals, groaning beneath a fortune which hardly can be borne, Israel The nation which then{ cried in travail and discouragement, You Won't Need Cascarets A Cg Great exercise! Keeps Stomach, Liver and | 7 But if you insist upon taking your exercise in - y. The very, very best laxative is Cascarets work while you sleep." f | AJ | ITALIANS REPULSED AN ATTACK Of Austrians in Mente Asolone region, one year ago today, Jaguary 16; 1918. ; Find another Italiane YESTERDAY'S ANSWER Left side down nose af right shoulder y * "How long? © Ldrd! How long?" but the dawn was surely drawing nigh, even though the night was at its blackest. We who are at the daybr Ak of the world, and able to glim the high Providences in the war, should be reverent before the faith that held out throughout the midnight experience. A Stubborn mgs Hard Lesson. Kings do not learn easily; that is why, their ranks have recently been 80 dramatically thinned. haraoh would not listen to the plea of Moses, the divine ambassador, that, the overworked Hebrews should be per- mitted to @o off for a period to wor ship 'their Deity; he who will not heed Gogfs pleadings and warnings must be made to feel His judgments. There is no escaping God, who is in- carnate and inevitable justice. Great aggregations of material wealth have thought themselves above the law, and immune from those obligations which. society lays upon individuals; but they have heen brought to book in a manner not dissimilar from the experience of Pharaoh. The inevi- tableness of God should be accepted 'ay a basdl principle hy whogver 'heeks a life of peace. . - No one can evade. Him or defy Him or ignore Him. The plagues of Egypt are but incidents in among them the war, which signify that God is bound to have His way in the world. » The ten plagues whieh God sent upon Egypt were natural events su: pernaturally administercd. * Each ¢f them had at some time or other, in a T measure, heen. felt by the Egyptians; so. they were fully aware of the 'dreadfulness of these vigita- tions, which ame and went at the bidding of Jehovah's messenger. Mo- ses, by the way, was the first man in the Scriptural history to bear a commission to others, and the first to work miracles; for miracles the plagues undoubtedly were, although each had its natural analogy. Then followed the crushing blow which broke Pharaoh's proud spirit and, accomplished the deliverance of the Hebrews. This time there was no display of the rod, no tragic invo- cation of high heaven's aid, no in- strumentality to impress the people, no awesomes warning. Silently and unseen by any mortal; the final blow was delivered in this audacious duel between a proud earthly mpnarch and the almighty King of kings. = In all the mystery of unexpectedness "and midnight darkness, by no visible sword, the first-born of all Egypt per- ished! Pharaoh had doomed all the male #.long train of historical events, chief } infants of Israel to die; now his own son (the Pharaol' of the oppression 'was su ed on the throne by his} widow, rding to some -authori- ties), and the first-born of every fam- ily, down to that of the slave toiling at the mill; yes, down to the first Pension a of x 4 (ANADA'S yearly pension bill is estimated by the Minister of Finance at $30,000,000. This, is a minithum figure. be administered ? - To whom will pensions'be pai Here is the official answer. these questions. The Organization A huge opganization has been built up to handle pensions promptly, smoothly, fairly. > At its head is the Board of Pensions Commissioners. This Board is to be de- veloped as a civil rather than as a military body. . It consists of three men, each ap- pointed for ten years, each devoting his whole time to his duties as a Commissioner. She Head Office of the Pensions Board is at awa; and 'there areSseveriteen branch offices in the principal centres throughout Canada. An important branch is in operation in London, England. ¢ from soldiers' dependents for pensions; send "Visitors" to call on pensioners in 'their hoes; hold medical re-examinations: o handle eomplaints. The Board keeps a representative trav- elling from coast to coast interviewing nsioners and addressing organizations +, intérested in their welfare. He has already conferred with more than 30,000 pen- sioners. ; At present 60,000 pensions are being 'administered by the Board. 3 = A Pension pstonH kiat itis Mal vs '* A.pension is- not a gift, gratlity or re- ward for service done. It is compensation money paid as a right by Canadians, through their Government, to offset in a measure the handicaps suffered in war by their fellow-citizens--a debt that the coun- try owes to our returned men, and to the dependents of those who have fallen. t is in this spirit that Orders-in-Council governing pensions are framed. It is in this spirit that the Board of Pensions in-Council. = A To Whom Payable Pensions are not awarded for service. Broadly speaking, any soldier or sailor who was. disabled during his service is entitled to a Pefision™provided medital treatment fails to' restore his full normal capacity. TS ~~ These local branches receive applications ¥ Commissioners administers these Orders- - How is this vast fund to dP? Everyone is asking The amount of the pension is based on the extent of the physical handicap he has suffered. . The physical condition of the disabled man is described on his discharge from the service by a Medical Board. Pension i $ awarded according to the amount of dis- ablement from which he is then found to be suffering. The percentage of handicap has been carefully and thoroughly worked out for every disability. * It is both accurate and fair, ; The relationship Between the Medica Board and the pension applicafit is that o 1 f doctor and patient. Every opportunity is m his point of yiew. » Amount of Pension a ----------ss i. given to have the man's condition judged The pension is awarded to a soldier or sailor so that he can live in decent comfort, Gespite his handicap. he money he may be able to earn, or the money. he earned before the war, does not affect the amount of his pension. The extent of his handicap alone in the genera iabor market is considered. _,. Every. man who has increased his in- come 'by Vocational Training will not have © his pension decreased or discontinued. The amount of the penbion varies also according to the soldier's rank: but his trade or professionsis not considered. The minimum pension for a totally disabled unmarried soldier or sailor of the lowest rank is $600 a year: A \ Pensions to De pendents Widows of soldiers or sailors who have died during or as a result of service, are' entitled to pension so long as they do not. remarry. Children of soldiers or sailors are en- titled to pensions up to the age of sixteen, if boys, or seventeen, if girls. * Pension is awarded to the parents of a soldier or sailor according, (a) to_the de- gree of their dependency on the deceased soldier and, (b) Sxcording to their needs A complete schedule of the pensions granted to disabled soldiers and sailogs, and to their ge endenss, will be sent to.anyone inter ested. Apply to Board of tons Commissioners, Ottawa. The Repatriation Committee To, # phen bitdig 13