1 -ey | BELGIUM DEATH RATE _18 ALARMING Jutters 7 To et] Frail Bodies and Wan Faces of Little Children Tell Terrible | Prof. Denys Wollos Froin | Tale of Starvation There. Montreal, Oct. 16-- (To the| 5, of Brussel I eports out of the city of Brussels Editor): Nothing, alas, against| tna the death rate is amounting Time's scythe can make defence, eX-|,. sourteen people -per thousand Gept it be friendship.: However,|.v.ry month, and most of these great your ambition, chivalrous your| ge.¢hg are due directly or indirectly courage, years. in their unrelenting | io starvation. course, are won't some day to land| fqphe starvation that the Belgian .¥Ou 'midst the Jong list of venerables. | Relief Committee has been endeavof- Whether you be a brilliant organist, ing to ward off for so many months . & potent of the pen, a magnate of | is coming and bringing with it its money, a sober, saintly recluse or a| ravages. Actual deaths from starva- jolly, sparkling sinner, age steals|tion are not so frequent, but day af- fire from your mind, vigor from your | ter day some poor woman, some help- limbs, and your bark must return | less child . succumbs to the lack of ashore or sink on the spot. But| nourishment experienced for months whilst this is true, a kind providence | past. wills that through the drear of de-| Here are a brave neople scourged 'clining days, there-shall gleam fair, |into submission by tlipir German fond memories that time nor distance | conqueror, brave because their hus- can alter or efface, bands, sons and brothers are away Many good friends, before we left Aghting Bog thelr sountry, sd Sue Kingston, bade us years yet of life| now forced to see and pleasure, and A were not slow | taken from them by death--a death on return to our native sky to trim that misnt be averted if they were * Hope's lamp and set seriously to re-| given foo vewing our youth, The result I pro- 'ine picture of these little tots claim with pride--two pounds gain-|standing in the long queues outside ed in as many weeks! Two trenches] the feeding stations is a pitiful one, won from the enemy! The sun, in all Clinging, cringing with fear, to the his state, never cast a mare radiant Skirts of their frail mothefs, thelr 4 ; whole. mela .is. one .of. pleadipg ray than did this little avoirdupols something to eat, Starvation is writ- beam over a pretty blue body. fn all over their faces. Their sunk. § And now passing to another fleld | I 00 DV oir" Yittle bodies tell 5 oy, % ot thought, 1 could not tell you how |, yorpipie tale of the suffering they & 5 7. aE el u . proud the people of Montreal and |, vo y;dergone. Death is the only Cr FY Ph Fl 颀 » : 9" Quebec were to welcome the Onyfario | o)i0¢ (fr 100d does not come. Soon ; Ce a : x delegation of prominent men VISItINg | o Goqtn rate will be more than 4 ; ive Ns this part with a view to. a better|g,, een to the thousand every x 4 p ; sual N . \ acquaintance and understanding be-| noe , i {ween the two dominant races of Can- | pye Belgian Relief Committee is This ancient, historic province | going jts utmost for these people, do- is guite aware of the strength and| ins what it can to relieve them In standing of its big. energetic sister | peir plight, but the work is futile if to the weet and wishes nothing. more [ine food is not given. Will you send fervently than a perfect accord your bit to the Belgian Relief Com- which shall lead our good, promising | mittee, 59 St. Peter stpeet, Montreal, young land to a full, happy realiza- | gp to the branch in your town? tion of its aims and destiny, ado, oy, brother, to whom in con- | KAISER "GIVES TWO I was communicating these aaa ther "advanced" SLOGANS TO TROOPS . 2 Ny Will you help to relieve the Victory in the great conflict is now in sight. As it draws nearer, however, so does its cost grow swiftly, and a heavy, share in pain and sufféring is laid upon the shoulders of our heroic defenders on the. battlefield. and on the sea. Whatever our burdens'at home may be, they cannot equal the-weight of anguish our sick and wounded must un- avoidably undergo at the Front. There isn't 2 man, woman or child.in Ontario but would wish to lift this weight, and there is one swift, splendid, efficient, economical way to do ideas on things Bolitieal, national," with a it, and that is to-.contribute on. "Our Day," Thursday, Ocfo- 2 : smile the most benizn uttered words | "He Shall Not Get Through" ! {iv & 3 . . P that, to my ear, spelled, "Up to now | and "He Must Be y EN : ! ber 19th to the there were but seven sages; henoce- | 1 | forth 'one' more must be reckoned | Beaten." with," Dazed by this sudden fame | and believing in 'safety first," 1, Berlin, Oct. 16 (via London) .-- climbed down the heights of erudi-| During his visit to the eastern front tion and suspended my rhetoric ill]last week, Emperor William told the it would return to a more modest, troops of General Von Eben that meet mood!---PAUL DENYS. their slogans should be '"He shall not get through" and "He must be beat- en" B Following is the Emperor's a ylen there is strenght, but the u own husband of, a prominent wo- Int M Not far from your ranks the man doesn't believe it is equally dis- [pattie 1s raging and we hear a cannon uted. 5 now and 'then ad the privi- 1a 200 man amd woman--and she| lege of receiving deputations' from the troops, who, in hard fighting against great odds, won glory and did a great service to the Fatherland. "It is for me a duty and an honor to express the most profound and most cordial thanks on behalf of the Fatherland that you, along 'with your Austro-Hungarian comrades in arms, have held your ground so bravely. "When you again moye dgainst the enemy take with you these two slo- gans, first, 'He shall not get through' and second, 'He must be beaten.' We are fighting for a just cause. Every- one of you knows why you are risk- ing your life, but many of the enemy know not why they fight. Numbers] do mot impress you, and f am con- vinced that you will show rselves WHY MONEY IS NEEDED. nearly ene thousand have been equi and 'ed, also numerots officers' and nurses' Just as plucky in the future as in the past. "Let the enemy crush his head against a wall or iron. God help you in his great work." . n a speech to the troops under General von Boehm-Ermolli, the Em- peror sald: "We are afl convinced that we are fighting in a good cause and we have the confidence that the good Lord of Hosts will help us to victory,' ALLEGED FRATRICIDE OUTS THROAT IN CELL Joseph Mohtgomery of Madoc, Accused of Murder, Has Poor Chance of Life. * Madoe, Ont, Oct. 16. --Joseph Montgomery, who is being held in custody pending his preliminary trial charged with the murder of his bro- ther, Walter Montgomery, on the 3rd inst, attempted suicide 'on Friday night in the Madoc lock-up by cutting his throat with a small pocket knife. } The constable in cha says he had been thoroughly searched prior to being locked up, and cannot ac count for his possession of the knife unless some one threw it in to him from outside through a small grating over the lock-up door. The deed ri evidently been done found in the stove with blood dried on it, also dry blood on his hands. the knife in the stove, and returned to the cot, as he lay down in a posi- the floor. still Hell, Sight signs of e, but Dr. Eagleson, who was called, says there ugh aor ch chance of recovery, man appeared a early in the pight as the knife was] He must have done the cutting, put} tion to permit the blood to fall en}: On Saturday Morung there were] Each fiew offensive means hundreds' and thousands of new wounded, who are largely transported and cared for by the British © Red Cross. RED CROSS TRANSPORTATION. The most of the work of transporting the British wounded in France has been taken over by the Red Cross. Over 2,000 motor ambulances and 600 other vehicles are in daily use. Not a man is ever kept walting. RED CROSS HOSPITAL TRAINS Four, capable of carrying 500 men each, are running day and night---one of these. in 12 months has carried over 26,000 patients and travelle 26.000 miles. Operating tables, kitch . dispensaries and expert' staffs, form part of the equipment. SUPPLIES AND COMFORTS. Depots have been established iniFratoe, Egypt, Malta and Saloniki, with ambu- lances, hospitals and rest stations. Bvery- thing & hospital or wounded man may need is stored and freely distributed at need. Our alistant Allles are also helped. - RED CROSS HOSPITALS Thirteen are maintained in France, with 2,214 beds, and more than twenty are super- vised and staffed. In Egypt, ten are estab- Jshed, with 1,971 beds. In Great. Britain convalescent homes, etc. FOR THE MAIMED AND BLIND. The British Red Cross pays special at- tention to paralyzed and maimed soldiers, to the blind and those who have suffered severe facial injuries, and marvellous work is being done in selected hospitals. HOSPITAL MOTOR BOATS A special Red Cross tranaport service of 30 motor ambulance boats for Mesopotamia has been supplied; also a shallow-drart, par- affin-driven, 160-cot Hospital Ship, with ice making plant. Spécial services of this kind are always being undertaken, SUNDRY CEASELESS ACTIVITIES. Bix offices In France, Egypt, Malta, ete., have sent out Er a Jams oe bo formation ition Towataing for is provid mel BE oa looked after, Over two million woaks : have been sent to Hospitals, etc., for convales- cents. Rest stations are provided--one fod over 30,000, and dressed the wounds of gover 1,600 others in a single week. or LOW COST OF MANAGEMENT. ~Owing to immense voluntary ald, the ad- ministrative cost of the British Red Cross is cut to 2% % per cent. Practically your whole gift will go to the direct relief of the sick, Founded and shattered od all the Battle routs. Pas 4 How and Where to Give Will you not give those féw cents or dollars you well can spare to so noble a work ? The British Red Cross makes a direct app: to generous and prosperous Ontario for help. Give through ¢ Treasurer of your Local Committee, or the Clerk of your Manici- pality, or send it to lion. 7. w. McGarry,