Former Ambassador Deres Corman Pet Ml ast et Rd of Bohra NOTHING LES THAN DEFEAT WILL SHOW THE GERMANS WHAT THEY MUST DO. Annihilation of Terrorism Will Show all Nations for all Time That Civilization and Not Barbarism Is to Prevail. $ London, Feb, 12.-- Viscount Bryce, formerly British ambassador at Washington, gave to the Associated Press his views of the current phases of the war and the probable effect America's action, Speaking first of Germany's des claration of war zones and the men- ace to Seutrals, he said: "This is the first definite step that brings us nearer peace. It looks like the beginning of the end, Up til now many thought the outcome of the war might be a drawn game, but now the German government, recog- nizing approaching economic ex- haustion and the growing scarcity of supplies ig resorting to desperate measures, Seeing no other hope of success, it is throwing over. every remaining restraint of law and pro- claiming its contempt of neutral opinion, "It andertook the !'nvasion of Ru- mania in the belief that victory there would startle the world, would ap- ---------------- ANAL i NNN NINN / of VISCOUNT BRYCE nn pease discontent in Germany and enable it to dicMe peace on its own terms, ------ Banked on Rumania, "When the German armies scored success in Rumania the German gov- ernment thought the time for dictat- ing peace had come, - This was its calculation, But the offer was made in & way which showed the terms were to be terms imposed by a ocon- queror which would enable her to retain most of her ill gotten gains, She ought to know the Allies could not possibly admit such terms, but she underestimated thie resolution and confidence of the Allies, "When the Allies unanimously re- jected the offer because they kne it could pot secure a durable peace, but would merely give her time for resting till she was ready to resume her attacks, the German government grow desperate and determined to try desperate expedients, Hence these submarine threats which al- most amount to a declaration of war against neutrals. Britain Not Surprised. "We need not be surprised, in view of the whole conduct of the German "\fevermment, They began by invad- Belgium, an innocent country, with which they had no quarrel, merely to gain a military advantage. They slaughtered thousands of inno- cent Belgian civilians, men, women and children, They drowned imno- cent passengers and orews of pas- senger and merchany ships, many of them neutrals, 1,200 on the Lusi- tania alone, D "They stood by and tacitly ac- quiesced TH the plan of their Turkish allies to exterminate 'the who Christian nation of Armenians with unheard of, Srusliijds, 'when they - could have | the massacres by "Oe Buy B AA AS Rt SS ST APR 12, 1917 12 PAGES SECOND SECTION re ---- stead, they have been comferring Envey (Turkish war minister), the principal author of the massacres. glan. workmen, who are driven by try and help maintain in Belgium peen slaughtering their fellow coun- trymen." Scorn for All Humanity. "All these acts show absolute dis- regard not only of international law and treaty obligations, but, what is far worse, all scorn for the first prin- ciples of justice and humanity. This { is what made us in England feel that | no peacé can be made with such a | government until Germany has been uefeated, | the pale of civilization, and the in- | terests of civilization require that | Its methods be branded by defeat so | that no other government will ever | hereafter repeat them, | "Nothing less than defeat will {show the German people that they | must get rid of such rulers. | "What we in England have been { hoping ig that neutral nations, es- | pecially people like Americans, which | so often have shown respect for jus- | tice and humanity, will understand | what it is we are fighting for. Tt is {not a war for territory nor trade, | like -s0 many wars which have gone | before it; it is a war for freedom." |U. 8. MUST FULFILL | WORLD OBLIGATIONS W. H. Taft Says Her Island Possessions Make Monroe- ism Obsolete. New York, Feb, 12.--The question whether the United States should follow the policy of Washington and keep. out of entangling alliances must be settled, ex-President Wm, H. Taft told hardware men in conven- tion here, 'by comparing our posi- tion then and our world relations then with our position now and our world relations as they are now." Owning the Hawaiians and the Philippines makes this country "an Asiatic power," guarantee of the in- tegrity of Panama and ownership of the--Danish West Indies and Porto Rico make it "a South American power," the former President de- clared. Mr, Taft said: "Impending events make of the highest importance our world relations," and the country power, which it cannot ignore, In alluding to the Japanese ques- tion, Mr. Taft asserted, he had been told by a Japanese statesman that if the Japanese were treated in America as the Chinese were, the Japanese Government, although desiring peace, would not be able to restrain its peo- ple, We Are Facing War. "We are facing war now," said Mr. Taft. "I believe the only policy we can pursue is to have it under- stood that every male who comes to manhood shall spend a certain time in training to be a soldier against the time when he may be needed. Call it anything you "like--military training conscriptidn or what not-- but it is necessary." While Germany if unimpeded could' land 500,000 mex here within six weeks, the speaker said, that could not be done "if we had the biggest navy." Mr, Taft supported President Wil- son's declaration that in another great war America could not remain neutral. "If we don't have a league for peace, we will have two lvagues, both ready for war," he declared.' A SECRET AGENT Take German Captain Off Chilean Steamer. Lima, Peru, Feb, 12.--A British d@uxiliary cruiser stopped the Chilean ship Maeto a short distance off Cal- lao, boarded her, and took off Cap- tain Krauss, marine superintendent of the Kosmos Line, a German steam- ship firm. Krauss was charged by the British officers, according to in- formation received here today, with giving German officials information relative to the cargo and the sailing time of the Peruvian sailing ship Lorton. ' Krauss was declared to be "a se- cret agent of the German Admiral- ty." whose activities have been under suspicion for dome time, a ES Interned Vessel Centre of Espionage. Paris, Feb, 12.---A despatch to the Havas Agency from Madrid says: "El Liberal publishes a letter from Corunna affirming that the German steamer Belgrano, interned in that port, is a centre of espionage. She has aboard wireless apparatus and has made a number of sorties at night." . There are nearly two thousand veterans of the great war in Toronto. warning the ks to desist. In- in| The total expenditure "Ahd now they are carrying into 1 slavery many thousand peaceful Bel- force to toil again®t their own coun-| It has put itself outside | has obligations, making it a world\ honors on the blood-thirsty ruffian, | { | { | i { | German tyranny of those who have | aw = dn nop SO = A ISY Op -WwNS NA THE NEW COAT OF ARMS FOR THE NOVIA SCOTIA TORY PARTY. HYPHEN LEADER URGES LOYALTY Dr. Hexamer Issues Letter | From Philadelphia to Ger- man-Americans. Philadelphia, Feb. Charles J. Hexamer, President of the National German-American Alliance, has made public a letter he has sent to members of that organization urg- ing them to remain loyal to Am- erica in the present crisis, and advis- ing them of the action taken by the Alliance at a meeting here last Wed- nesday night. Resolutions were adopted at this meeting endorsing the action of President Wilson 'in severing diplomatic relations with Germany, and in case of war it was decided to turn the funds collected for German war relief over to the American Red Cross, In his letter Dr. Hexamer said: "I beg leave tg inform you that on wednesday night the directors of the National Finance Committee of the National German-American Alliance for alleviating suffering met with me, and that we resolved that if war should be declared all collections for the German Red Cross and for wid- ows and orphans should be stopped, and that only collections to aid the United States shall be continued. "The National German-American Alliance must in-this crisis stand on the same high plane of absolutely American patriotism which it has al- ways upheld, and unless it does so it has no right to exist in our coun- trys" SOUND REASON ING Joes Not Imply Killing of Neutral Sailors, Copenhagen, Feb, 12.--The torpe- doing of the Belgian relief ship Lars Kruse has caused a sensation in ship- ping circles, The Copenhagen says: 'We owe it to our dead triots to declare that such a deed will never find an excuse, The starvation of England, which is aimed at by Ger- mans, does not necessarily impy the killing of meutral sailors." Convicts Would Fight, New York, Feb, 12.--A regiment of convicts recruited from the 5,000 inmates of this city's penal institu- tions will be offered to the govern- meant should the President issue a call for a volunteer agmy, accorifig to plans announced here by Burdett C. Lewis, commissioner of correc- tion, CL ------ Will Not Seize Bank Deposits. 'Washington, Feb. 12--A formil statement giving assurances that the government has no intention of seizing bank deplgits or other prop- erty belonging to any foreign sub- - in the event of War-- was by the State Department with the approval of President Wil- sen. : . ---------- Uniforms For 500,000 Troops. 'Philadelphia, Feb, 12. Bids for textile materials to provide army uniforms for more than 500,000 men are asked by the Schuylkill'arsenal. is edtimated at about $15,000,000. 12. Dr. } FIGHTING PADRES AT THE FRONT Canadian Chaplains In France Face Fire in fhe Trenches, TE CHURCH NTT WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT. They Are Their Creeds They Work Together for the Common Good. OHaw Fed, 10.--~Writing on the work of the Canadian Chaplains in France, Captain Charles G. D. Rob- erts sends the following to the Minis- ter of Militia: } The work of the Canadian Chap- lain Service hag been so successful, so rich, in results, and conducted along 'such breadly human lines, that it is impossible to do it anything approaching justice within the space of a newspaper article, Only when the full story of it comes to be writ- ten will it appear for what it truly is--a thing on which Canada may not less pride herself than on the splendid achievements of her sons in the fighting services, Padros Work in Harmony. Unity gnd harmony, it is to be ob- served, are maintained among our "Padres" without any sacrifices of WAS ANAEMIC For Over a Year Anaemia, or blood turning to water, is caused by the heart becom- ing deranged and if the heart be- comes weakened it cannot pump the blood as it should. As a result the blood becomes improverished, and it loses its nourishing qualities, The face becomes pale and thin, and the lips bloodless. There is a weakness, tirédness and loss of weight, When those suffering from thin or watery blood start taking Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills they can see a change from the outset, . Every dose introduces into the blood those vital elegents necessary to make it rich and red. The pale cheeks take on the rosy hue of health, the weight increases, and the whole being thrills with a new life: Mrs. R. J. Grey, Fredericton, N. B,, writes: "When I was a girl working Non-Sectarian--Sinking : those particular principle or doc- trines or dogmas, as may be, on which each communion bases its dis- tinction from the rest. I have seen an energetic young Jewish Rabb! coming to a Canon of the Church of England for assistance to enable him most effectively to minister to his scattered Hebrew flock. All ri- valries are strictly eliminated, except thie high rivalry in zeal, self-sacrifice and courage, It is not, by any means, to matters spiritual alone that the tireless ener- gies of the C. C. S. are devoted. The service looks after the comfort, re- ized system. THls system is run on strictly business principles, but on a merely nominal margin of profit. Coffee a God-Send. Narrow as is the margin, it yields a handsome profit, which is returned to the men again in whatever form may seem to be most needed. No small part of it goes to the provision of free coffee,--not coffee--at all hours of day or night, for the men who are entering or leaying the trenches, The coffee stalls are situ- ated, for the! inost part, close up behind the front lines, in a position of imminent peril, under frequent and often continual shell<fire, They are served with a cool courage and de- votion which are ceaselessly adding new point to the old phrase of the "Church Militant." When the sol- dier stumbles back from the long strain of his turn behind the, crum- ling parapet, by the fitful illumina- tion of star shell and every light and the flashes of the guns, he finds the little stall asaiting him with its warm weftome, The big tin of steaming drink is a God-send to his spent body. No less a God-send it is to his tired spirit to find that those who do not have to share his fight- ing are these close at hand, ready to share his peril that they may minis. ter to his heeds. ® Fighting Padres. But 1t fs wher a battle 1s on "that the "Church Militant" pecullaMy justifies its title, 'Where the wound- ed and dead are falling, there you will find the "Padres." They are by no means confining themseves to their spiritual functions, They are bearers, the ambulance men, the sur- geons, Their activities are limited only by the needs of the situation. For instance, during the second bat- tle of Ypres the "Padres" in differ- ent quarters of the battlefield, organ- ized voluntary stretcher bearer, par-| ties, guided them up into No Man's | Land, and worked with them night | after night in finding and bringing | out the wounded." In this task one of the "Padres" was taken prisoner. At the Somme, too, one of the "Pad-, res" organized a rescue party, led it up under deadly shell fire and brought back ten wounded men, who had been lying in a trench for four days. The trench was one cut off from our lines and occupied in part by the Germans, Another of our "Padres" was wounded while rescu- ing Australian wounded 2% Moquet farm. ; For Valor. It would be contrary to the wholé self-sacrificing spirit. of the C.CS. to si out by name any of those who ve distinguished themeelves by deeds of individual heroism. In some casey ach achievements have creation and entertainment of the | troops, by me, tf a highly organ- helping and inspiring the stretcher- ] 1 official they received recegnitio Other casas, have e pd, such recognition Nagfthat three C. M. G's and | #% Crosses have been among the "Padres" | more such howors | deferved, It i {that of the 3 'Padres' Canada with ir first | September, 1914, there are now nine remaining in the field. NEVE only DRATS TO BE SENT IN FUTURE OVERSEA Battalions to Go From Canada. ! Ottawa, Feb, 12 Provision 'been made for the representation « | various territorial divisions of Can- / ada by battalions gr groups of bat | talions in England at' the ! Consideration is consequently being {given here to plans to bring into conformity with this ATrTANR ment overseas, the system of raising | reinforcements in the Dominion ana despatching them to ngland When the new s) 1 out there will be uni tion in Canada producing reinforce ! ments which will move on to that | district's reserve battalion or bat {taliong in England, and thence be | transterred the corresponding units in France. A number of mil |itia units have already been author- | ized to raise reinforcements for over. | séag service a permanent units tor the enrolment and training of { recruits will probably |No more complete infantry rions will be sent abroad | Instead drafts, including a percentage of lieutenants and head ed, perhaps, by a "conducting officer' of higlier rank, will go from Can- ada, The "conducting officer," if no employment at his own rank is avail- able for him in England, will have the option of reverting to a lower rank or returning {oeCanada i n new worked each sec n to be battal small Untruths As to Air Losses, London, Feb. 12.--Commenting on the German official elaim that the Germang lost thirty-fo aeroplanos in January and the British, French and Russians fifty-five the Time says: "All that need be said as to the figure of German losses is that it is just about as reliable for Jan uary ag it has been in any of the preceeding months. pointed our in the Times on Febru 2nd, Brit ish and French alrme accounted for seventy-five German machines % January. If count "only those which were officlally reported ds stroyed and captured we get a total of forty-five. Of these sixteen fell either in British or Fre 1 lines We lost fifteen aeroplanes in Jan uary." " we ' HARD ON NEUTRALS. U-Boats Cost Spain Twelfth of Shif- ping. i Madrid, Feb 12. | mercantile marine, whict 11914, consisted of 640 vesse an aggregate tonnage of 846,491 |to January 31st had sustained lo of ships ta. the vaue of about 000.000 pesetas ($13,650,000) b reason of the war Seven ships, aggregating 18,000 tons, an 22 ships have been sunk by m'n 'or submarines . The losses repre labout 12 per cent of the merchant | marine. 5, wit 7 steam 0 Denmark is facing a coal famine land the consumption | electricity is restricted. | Governor Goodrich signed | measure making Indiana State, of gas and a | We guarantee Good- year Wingfoot Air Heels to out - wear any other rubber heels you have ever worn, or any others front. | formed.« | by I -------------------------------------- Nt [BRITISH ACTIVITY © AROUND YPRES Dugouts Were Destroyed ARE Prisoners Taken in Socesfl Rais GERMANS ATENPT ATTACK |CAUGHT BY BRITISH BARRAGE ) IN NO MAN'S LAND has," And They Were Easily Repulsed-- Gen. Haig's Troops Are ilound to Give the Foe No Rest--The Admis- sions of the Germans, : Feb, 12 General Haig's continuing their policy of giv- London, os, the enemy po rest, have carried ful raids vast of Ypres yut a number of succes of Vermelles and south-east Nt erous dugouts were destroyed and about fifty prisoners taken, two f them officers," Saturday's report from headquarters reads: | "We carried out raids {this morning and last night east of { Vermelles and south-east of Ypres A large number of the enemy's dug- outs we destroyed andl several prisoners were taken A hostile at- tempt approach our lines south Armentieres during the night, {after a heavy preliminary bombard- { our trenches, was caught by rage in "No Man's Land" and repulsed, Thirty-seven pris- oners were taken by us in the last 24 hours at different pointg along the front "Our artillery performed much successful counter-battery work and caused two explosions in the enemy's lines Yesterday evening an enemy working party in the neighborhood of the Butte de Warlencourt was dis- persed by fire." successful Tre to | of | ment ou our Admissions, War Office German The Berlin reads: 'In salient, & Somme, duels, "In tacked report Wytschaete Ancre to the artillery Ypres and from the » were lively the British- at- They were re- pulsed, On the north bank of the wncre, after a short interruption, new. attacks were launched during w.ioh we lost a little ground near Baillescourt. 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