wu Lo Wmerate, a | unas | The Daily British wi / i y 7 PAGES 9-12 mi sn-------- SECOND SECTION en YEAR 86. Np, 19 NYY Ip By Hon. Henri S. Beland, M.D, M.P. "My Three Years in a German Prison" png Ay Copyright 1919 i x CHAPTER XX. Maclinks and Kirkpatrick, The names of two prisoners, Mac- links and Kirkpatrick, reeall to m mind one of the most tragic events my prison life. - Miclinks was "al- ready in the Berlin jail when i arriv- | ed in June 1915. The door.of his cell bore an indication that he was a British subject. He spoke English fluently, and if one may believe what he said of himself he was for several years the correspondent of the Lon- don Times at Vienna, where he lived, According to all initial appearances, Maclinks was a loyal British subject. He associated with the British pris- oners, who in turn would visit him in his cell. He ®Wad great talent and intelligence, Some months later there arrived at the prison a young Englishman nam- ed Russell. He had been arrested at his place of residence in Brussels. A friendship immediately sprung up be tween Russell and Maclinks and they spent much of their time together. One fine day, or rather one bad day, Russell was peremptorily ordered to leave the prison for a - destination which was not known to him. He was not allowed to take with him any of his books or papers. "Put on your overcoat and hat, and follow me," was the abrupt order given him by the officer at the door of hie cell. A minute later and Kus- sell had departed. The incident aroused an Intense feeling among us. "What had hap- pened? Why had Russell been or- dered away .without a minute's notice? What added to our appre- hension was the fact that at the bot- tom of the stairs on the ground floor we saw two armed Sentries, and they accompanied Russell from the prison On this same day one of the Kom- mandantur's officers, Captain Wolfe, had visited the jail, and it was known that while here he had an Interview with Maclinks. "We were getting very suspicious of Maclinks. Why? Well, forfan infinity of reasons, which I have net space here to en: The British prisoners would have no more relations with him. Only one man continued. to speak to him from time to time. He c'was a Mr, Kirkpatrick. "Confident, perhaps, that Kirk- patrick would continue to be his friend in any event, Maclinks several days afterwards made a confession. He showed Kirkpatrick the copy of a letter purporting to be the"one he had sent to the military authorities, and in this letter Kirkpatrick read that Russell had been denounced by Maclinks as having been a spy in the employ of the British Government in Belgium. Kirkpatrick was more than amazed, but before he could make any observation, Maclinks ex- plained that he was an officer in the reserve of the Austrian army, and that his conscience had prompted him to do what he considered to be his duty and denounce Russell. Kirk- * patrick could no longer contain him- self. He stood up and threatened that it Maclinks did not leave his cell im- mediately he would throw him out. The mews quickly cirefilated - through" the prison, creating an at- mosphere which is difficult to dg- scribe. The evening was very dis pressed as though our every action was being pled upon. 'Wha knew 'what might happen to anyone of us? It might be the fate of oblivion ot | jon December 31st, when we it might be condemnation to execu tion. Life had become intolerable in enemy--Maglinks. On his side, ex- istence was 'made so miserable for him that he finally requested to be removed, and a few weeks later he left the jail, never to return. One noteworthy feature of this spying business in Germany is that the authorities can never trust, but are constantly suspicious of the spies they employ. Maclinks, it-is . true, was allowed to leave the Stadtvogtel, but he was not allewed his full lib- erty. Authentic information we were able to obtain that he 'was moved from one prison to another, Kirkpatrick, who was the oldest prisoner amongst us, was much liked and highly respected--he was in fact, as we often told him, our ' "guide, philospher and friend." And his Scottish humor was of the best qual- ity. . w For example, he would sed two or three 'of us sitting together at table partaking of canned beef and bread, and very seriously he would say: "Really, boys, 1 cannot understand how you can be so unfeeling as to enjoy such luxuries when the poor German people are on the verge of starvation. Don't you know, gentle- men, that you are here to purge a sentence a thousand times merited?" It was the same Kirkpatrick who, asked him how he hoped to cross the threshold of the New Year, answered, "You will hear of me before to- morrow morning." We all wondered what he meant. None of us had the slightest idea, but the arMswer car.e punctually, as he had predicted, At midnight, while the bells of the churches in the neighborhood mark- ed the passing of the old year, a win- dow was heard to open in the dark- ness near us, and, ad the last note of the bells died away, the first silence of the new year was broken by a stentoria voice singing "Rule Britan- nial" The patriotic hymn had searcely ended when another window opened. It was that of the non-commigsion officer in charge of the prisoners, and he thundered forth an order for silence. I afterwards made inquiries amongst my prison companions to ascertain who it was that entertain- ed and cheered us on the first of the New Year with the singing of this grand song, but 1 colild not then ob- tain the information I sought, Then at about nine o'clock Kirkpatrick came into my cell, looking cheerful as usual. We wished each other a Happy New Year and I asked him "Were you the brave man who broke the stillness of the morning with the echoes of 'Rule Britannia?' ™ He shook his head, but his signifi- cant smile was eloquent of the truth. We had changed the subject when a non-commissioned officer appeared and demanded to know the name of the noctural singer. We were each of us asked in turn with the eéxcep- tiofi of Kirkpatrick, He had never been "heard before even to attempt to sing a note, so the question was not put direct to him. Hence every- body was asked, truthfulHy de- nied being the singer the jail author ities were seeking. The joke was a good one in the circumstances, and we enjoyed it immensely. (To Be Continued.) 4 v If it were not for faith and antiei- pation there would be no need of to- morrows. vr WAR PUZZLES the presence of this emissary of the| WHERE PHARAOH © IND KAISER FARED William D, g-- By Ellis. *The international Sunday School Lesson for Jan 26th is, "Israel Crossing the Red Sea." --Exodus 14:1--1§:21, J Coincidences great and small have been crowded into the war; as, for instance, the facet that both sultan 'and kaiser came a cropper at the very spot where Pharaoh met disaster in his attack upon the Israelitks. When the German-led "army ob deliver- ance" went to Egypt two years ago it was in the full expectation that the British would pe crushed and their hold on the East broken. All sorts of curious devices to overcome the desert wastes were adopted, but in vain; and the expedition ended in a mad rout. The failure of the "Army of Deliverance" broke the spirit of all thé Moslenis who really believed in a "holy wav." At present, in contrast, thé British have established a pipe line across the desert, and a railway; s0 that one may go by train from Cairo to Jerusalem. Aeroplanes make the flight over the forty-year route of the Israelites in' four hours i o} leaders in Zionism are thus travel ing for the new liberty of the Jews in the Land of Promise. All mankind is observing the new case of the Jews as it is being worked out in Palestine Jven the street-corner philosophers behold the strange providence in the case of the Chosen People, who have been again freed by the world war for lberty. The meaning of the word Hebrews is "the crossers"; and this signifi- cance is more deeply embodied in the history than if the name. From its beginnings in Abraham down to the present, Israel has been finding a way to cross streams and oceans of decision and peril Floods of dis- aster which have engulfed grealer and prouder nations have left it un- touched. The story of the crossing of the Red Sea is symbolical of this chosen people's deliverance from countless perils and their preserva- tion amid great dangers. For the larger Israel which ealls Jehovah Father, there is here a dra- matic re-epforcement of the ever fresh and practical teaching that somehow God makes a "way for the feet of His own; and that by His dealings with His children He teaches the unbelieving His might and ma- Jesty. ; The story is the story of a miracle. All the ingenious theories of tides and shallows and'sandbars seem fool- ish to. one who bas looked upon the site of this great deliverance. Let me quote from one of my own Les- sons, penned a dozen years ago, while travelling from India to Egypt: "At the minute of this writing I am sailing up the Red Sea, with: the mountainous Sinai peninsula in sight on ane side and the sandy shores of Egypt on the other. A strong west wind, such as drove the waters upon the Egyptians, is blowing and the sea is running high and heavy. dashing upon on the deck of the great ocean liner. For five days we have been ploughing swiftly through the Red Sea, which suggests how great is this body of water which some commen- tators would treat as if it were a shalljow mill pond. Only the super- natfiral interposition of the Ruler of wind and wave could effect suth a wonder as the crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites; it was a miracle of Providence." "Spoiling 'the Wgyptians." The enslaved Israelites went not forth from Egypt empty-handed on the night of the Passover. When the suffering and panic-stricken Egyptians did at length let them go they were of a sudden more eager to get rid of their slaves than they had been to retain them. So when the Israelites cane asking for gifts-- which is uci a strange procedure in the eyes of one at all acquainted with the East---they were met with an at- titude of "Take it and go; anything to get rid of you." - The old version says that the Israelites "borrowed" of the. Egyptians; but this is a pal- pable mistransiation; "asked" is the word in the original. The state of mind of the /Egyptians . must have been akin to the terror-stricken Chi- nese of Peking after the rélief of the siege; when, Int abject fear, they not only gave foreigners whatever they them u ing. Bo it came to pass that vhe 'exiles went not out empty; Fr K ---- asked, but even heaped gifts upon | and probably, also, from the dead bodies' of the engulfed Egyptians washed upon on the Sinai shore, they obtained accoutrements of war. The route chosen by Moses was not directly. across the isthmus of Suez, for that would have led into the country of the Philistines, and the newly-emauncipated slaves needed much disciplining before they were ready to enter upon hostilities with this warlike people. So the line of march lay down the shores of Egypt toward the Red Sea; apparently into a'"'cul de sac," but really into a great deliverance that would forever elimi- nate Pharaoh and his hosts gs a fac- tor to be feared. . An Army or a Mob. Even a disciplined army is cum- bersome in its movements; those who have seen a great unorganized mob of people know how difficult it is to handle. So the leadership of this raw company was no small task for Moses. © 'The Israelites were each carrying such of his meagre posses- sions as he could bear away, and the 'whole were encumbered with flocks and herds and the inevitable impedi- mentia of an army of families. Yet it was an army, notwithstand- ing all. It had a large measure of homogeneity, a common purpose and a childlike dependence upon the man who represented its divine leader- ship. The national sentiment which ryaded the people was indicated by the fact that the mummy of Joseph ER HALE uo victorious way a whose spirits eep the Home E 'Safeguarded =X Housekeepers who have always used Royal Baking Powder with utmost satisfaction are sometimes importuned to use other baking powders because theyeare cheaper. ° It is not economy in the end to use other ~~ baking powders because they cost less. They almost always contain alum which is derived Jrom mineral sources. a» The laws of Great Britain and France prohibit the sale of bakin taining alum. ® g powders con- Royal Baking Powder is made from cream "We always use Royal Baking Powder because a when we use it we are riot using an hing injurious."--]| the war chariots, that thé Israelites first described the approach of Pha- raoh's army. It followed in their track, and came approaching them from the north, there was no escape in that. direction. Flight was im- possible; defence seemed madness. Once more the faith of Israel signal- ly failed, and they broke into mur- muring against Moses. But the Lord was faithful. What now took place was to be not only the final act of sovereign 'deliverance by God's arm alone, nor yet merely to serve ever afterwards as a memorial by which Israel's faith might be upheld, but also to teach, by the judgments upon Egypt, that Jehovah was a righteous and a holy Judge." John Knox before Mary, Queen of Scots, and Luther at the Diet of Worms, are suggested by the answer which Moses made when. the people began to show fear. It was the tre- mendous certainty of a man of un- shaken faith. There is something terrible about the assurance and bold- ness of the man who knows that he speaks for God. Here the sWish of the sword of battle in these words to the faint-hearted: "Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He will work for you to-day; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen' to-day, ye shall see them again no more forever. Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold you peace." Doesn't it make one hudder at the thought of undertak- ing combat with the will of the Lord of hosts? This surely must be the crowning horror of the fugitive ex- kaiser's tormenting thoughts. He now knows t the Supreme Being Whom he blasphemed fought against him. -- ny. The In Cloud. that they go forward," Jehovah to Moses. 2 terposed "Speak unto the children.of Israel cried From an unsolicited letter. MADE IN CANADA the Red Sea was a miracle; why try to minimize it or explain it away? Only the -direct interposition of the Lord of creation could have wrought this mighty wonder, making'g way of escape for the Israelites, helmed in on all other sides. Dozens of great ocean liners may now anchor in what is commonly regarded as the site of the crossing; water like this does not naturally become dry land for a night. God did it; it was but one of the countless unguessed tafitics which the God of war has at Hiis com- mand. The wall of water on either side -- the simple statement of inSpiration is majestic---made an impression. upon the marching Israelites; even: as it has made an impression on all who have heard or read the story since. It was a rampart such as only God could. build; one of the highways of help for His own which the word of Jehovah obliges Him to build when- ever there is occasion. " But what is help for friend may be hurt for foe. When day broke, the Egyptian army, with its six hun- dred picked chariots, essayed to fol- low by the same path. But vrhat had been easy going for the Israel- ites proved a snare for their pursu- ers, so that the latter were soon ory- ing, "Let us flee from the face of Is- rael, for Jehovah figheth for them." The Song of Victory. > Therein the Egyptians, ere they b were engulfed in the grip of the God Whom they defied, showed an under- Watch : ~ Your' Little One Bring joy to}cross little faces. Sell for a dime-- "work". every time. of tartar which is derived from grapes. It contains no- alum, leaves no bitter taste in the food and is absolutely pure. standing of the significance of the whole matter. God was caring for His own people and vindicating His own name. That is the point of the whole story, as it appeared in the song of victory which Moses sang; and in the later song of the Psalmist (10: 7-12): a "Our fathets understood wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of Thy loving kindnesses , But were. rebellious at the sea, even the Red Sea. Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, : That He might Make His power to be kuow He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; | So he led them through the depths ag through a wilderness. And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand. of the enemy. And the waters covered their ad- versaries; -. There was not one of them left, Then believed they His words; They sang His praies." { : \ not Thy mighty On Saturday the death occurred at Hamilton of Miss Etta Wiltse. Ths deceased, in her sixty-second year, was a mative of Leeds county. , Don't argue with the man whom: you know in advance you can never convince. : with Candy Cascarets. 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