‘Distinguished French Writer Urges Britain to Take | Over More | So France May mae 82 e From eae Ys epics from “Paris, ‘France fears a dash by ‘the Germai neutral Broesiend. in the relieve} talked aris as a ee es To- reall in the inion the French it has Sapa a peter " _ military forces now at their maximum fa fg peeping. for~ her supreme t of mais eee one reales Fran : that under Field Marshal He Hlinden. rg Germany is mustering all her aie pe for the decisive pikes she launched eae mete in the opening campaign oh views expressed in La Vic- .ys:|toire by Gustave Herve, th n Tes Publicist, who devotes ing article to Britain must “ake over a still greater portion of the line now held sABy, the French, M. Herve declares, x a sufficient body of many has mol 1919, giving oy six hundred thousand | ditional men, while her civil mobil- | ization will liberate a force variously estimated at from 500, 000 to 2,000,000. is force, while it will be used pee ly for service at the rear, will fret a corresponding ni number of yor seer ine. “At what pre wl they strike?” M. Herve ai lenburg’s pet objective is iaiias the article con- tinues, “but a grand recat ive on that front is out ot the question until April owing to weather conditions.” GERMANS PLEAD WITH NEUTRALS Vorwaerts Wants Wilson and Others to Tell Germany When to Capitulate. ae despatch from Berlin says: rwaerts, returning to the dcuein of ‘the situation created by the rejec- tion of the peace offer, eth that so [ons long ither side is able to gain a decisive victory the only way out is through peace by compromise and un- derstanding, and it pat the task of the neutrals to find a suitable mo- ment for this. The Vorwaerts further says: sident Wilson has he ing his purpose within a reasonable time if he knows how to avail him- self of the growing Lneig sentiments of the Eui myopeen peopl he i willing to resstre, this he ane direct posinkt the allies, not the Cen tral powers, and it would be a Gat torious act if he could convince the Entente that even the most peaceful part of the German people cannot ac- cept them as judges. . “Hatred, revenge and greed of con- quest are not fitted to establish anew international legal status upon which the temple of peace may rest securely, | ° and ie entire German people reject e powers in the office of bets tevin A by them.” SINK BRITISH SHI MURDER THE CREW Germans With Sub Give Display of Disregard for Non-Combatants A despatch from London says :— of an- : man wireless despatch on November 2 10 reported as having been torpedoed. a 3 of wood ae as bee ashed ashore, together with dies on the Cornish coast, it is presumed that the crew, which tcok to the boats in the gale then raging, were drowned, GERMAN TERMS VERY LIBERAL A despatch from Washington saya: me that the allies must listen to them according to Ger- sources here. ident Wil- son, it is said, is to send another note to the belligerents, no matter what re- ply the allies may make to his first BEAT THE ENEMY British Take Strong Positions and Inflict Heavy Casual- ties on the Foe. A despatch fro m London says :— The ites official communication the War Office on Tae night: ‘In East Africa our forces, in the vicinity of Kissakis, south of the Ulu- med the offensive New | t and howitzers. Pursuing the en- emy we approached, on January 3, the Tiogowali River, sei miles northwest of Kibambaw: jie NES a Se, TIN-CAN WEALTH FOR HUNS. British Castaways Transformed to Articles Made in Germany. How Germany and Austria made | 7 money from the old tin cans care- lessly cast aside in Britain was des- cribed at Caxton Hall recently, at a conference of puna authorities, says fetaton Chronicle out, Ger reaped huge rotita tage Mig nae and de-galvanizing of our refu: ea metals, and fruit pulp tins, sardine tins, sal- mon tins, and all kinds eg peewee were returned to us fro many, after tre of trays of all descriptions, boxes, match strikers, The Germans had taken from this pests at the very lowest 30,000 | $7 tons tins per ne average cost of £1 per mans “recovered |} worth of pure tin alon In addition they had the taee ae left and various bi-products, such a: It was also oo that the in this way had made into et rails, which had been supplied by and other mentee saris It is proposed with the aste tins in this. anaes oy a spe- cal process. Ough, “I want some cotton for my tooth,” Said suffering Mr. Baker; “I think that I will need enough To cover a whole acre.” The dentist peered into his Betas is patient’ to servi He saw the little tooth that’ ‘ached, And said: “I like your nerve.” TIME NEAR WHEN GERMANY MUST HAVE PEACE AT ANY COST _The Allies Urged to Make a Clear and Full Statement of Their Terms in Note to Wilson. lespatch from Taare says: The Pally News pecan the Drapes in jewspapers on the a faite reply, at citing Stier of erings of the peoples of the Ce tral Powers, sees indications that the fe fast approaching when they mist i {eae SASSY have peace at any cost. It finds con- firmation of this in Count Andrassy’s er the motives for the de- 0 sub- is .to President thet She to the President.” BRIT ISH TRANSPORT ~ SUNKIN THE IN ( “A san from London oe IVERNIA THE MEDITERRANEAN} ing bad weather ae while ante earte troops, Four officers and 11 Idi well ‘as pea of the ee _in igs pidortndinrt py _ Bt a ae ‘ soldiers, as — the missing of- ,| troops for the purpose of the first st is to be a acids eat the fu. Th Crs i this ch the IN EAST AFRICA ©: Seon Previous e the va “it was pointed low rate te competition with British |¢ fe NG tahts 0 New No. Pwint eG ieee do. : uals Misa nae ee ‘Ebcording 7 ee ea tre $1, ts Liners $1.25, ights. an tata, ‘ aes ar ofainn” to four First patents, in jute bags, $870: snd do. $9.20, strong bake ers. wae. $8.80, Toronto. tario , ar Wainer, according to Tont » prompt shipment. aia bra ar lotg—Delivered Mont- coe tre i ine ed pepe per ton, $32; shorts, phorts, do. feed our, Det oA per ton, $B to He 50; No. 2, ao on $0 1 to, sin, fees ‘Toronto. eae per ton, $9.50 to $10, Pack Poronte: Country Produce—Wholesale. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 41 to 420; creamery prints, 45 to 47¢; a 43 to A3}0. J, atorage, 29 to 400; ator ects, 42 to fies new'laidy in car- é to 400; out of cartons, 60 to 620. jo—Large, 254 to 26c; twins, 26 ti ete “Ysa to 268c. ou ‘Chickens, 16 to 1Tc; ‘ohey—White clover, 24-Ib. tins, 140; 5-ib tine, 18 to ihc; doth, i2n to 130: fob. Ba 13c; Wace $0-Ib. tins, ra fine and heavy rai phat r dos. select, $2.50 2. he Nar fs to $2.: $2.10; rio, Dar Bae ‘Bri ish, soolumbla soiee ag, $2 to ag 1p New Brunswick elawares, per 8 to che 35. a hand-picked, per picked,” per rimes, $6 ‘Oc. ete eae 5 Ham: dium, 25 to 260; "Soe ‘heavy, 22 to Bic: cooked, 34 to 36c; rolls, 19 to 20c; packs. plain, 36 t j—Long clear bacon, 18 to 18$c per pes Pelear elites, 18 to 1Bkc, arg-Pure lard, tlerces, 214 to 2120; tubs, 213 fo, Saer Pails , 22 ‘to 224c; com pound, aye farkets 500% Canadian weslenn "No. Bite 3, 68c; ex: 1 feed’ Gsc. Warley, Man, teed, ay iting, $1.30. Flour, Man. Sprin jatel $9.80; seconds, firsts, ns, $9.10; Winter, pax ralght rollers, ae ity to $4. 25. eb. soul 348 ais be rel, ‘338 to" ‘40 No. $3. = ioe east sholsest. Creamery, 43 10 484c; do., seco: onda, 40 Baggs, feenhs Goo; selected! Ado! Novi steek, ibe: No. % stocks Sie, oar lots, $1.75 to $2. ‘otatoes, per bag, wiinnines, Norte. No. 1 fee lo fives No. 2 Sw, a Gate? No. Pax Ni vy $2.51 564. a States Markets. Unit Stissaenit, Jan. $1,928 to $1983) Ju 1 hard, $ to lo’ °h . 9 ef 1 ve ae | Northern, 1°86 By to $1.89}; “May; Gan Pies ~~ arrive, $2.873; May, $2.913; e Stock Markets pel a ea $6.26 a - oe tea and 0. hed 44.78. watered: $13.50 to $18 off cars, $12.75; do. 28! 8 nitreal, Jan, .-—Cholce. st $7.80 to $8.2 ai! a 5 2.50; select h —._ THE CHILDREN OF BELGIUM. ity for any hav to be partly fed by. the Neutral Com: mission. merican specialist who spent three months investigating _in Belgium states that tuberculosis is in- born now weigh less than those born efore the war. ean a MAXIMILIAN HARDE! AKES PLEA Ton PEACE. [A despatch “from~ London ‘says: Ma: ximilian Harden, editor Die Zukunft, delivered a sees Berlin Sat 1 his en not to allow them- selves to be deceived abor emy’s streng’ 3 cannot be exhau: ” he said, “for, indeed, the war proceeds only on the edges of this Eng- aad hunger, moreover, is only a word, for which there is 2 foundation, while France’s lack of men can be balanced by B ritish ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED _ IN SCOTTISH TRAIN WRECK. AU dedpateh, ana om Bainburgh says: d forty inburgh collided with a switch miles seame te city. “Phe stationmaster is lord of ,|dian village sles station” rie “S. : Seine hae eae a clerk, Jaap: ret de to. $1.35, according | @re the $0 to $7.50, in bags, track ‘To- _ - | tiful in themselves , | thousand \d-| She— ft ee buy pve me? ten rnton y in Harper’ “Maga- ae “He 1s the ‘gole official. He is} ket agent, telegraph operator, bag- man, trackman, See jis usually an easy-going man, rather bored. ‘with ‘life, becoming some: > | what Heelan et ae effects of In-| — 1- i neg ot the peace, Saad the village fok before vos with kan ae and their fallings-out. | Then you see him on the platform, in tling the disputes of the See gesticulating, loud-tongued natives. “When an English army ice) takes a train all other passengers fall back into insignificance. He is gener- ally tall, his eyebrows bushy, has face ee Ba fe is dressed in and wears a medal on his breast Teac from a ee. of many-colored | ¥! ribbon. He drives up to the station late, with a clatter ef ees and swirls of dust. As he steps through as gates the stationmaster hurries with bows and escorts him to the ee * |partment which has been reserved for him. The officer’s baggage fills the platform. His servant, per- haps a Hindu from Madras, has long hair tied into a knot, strides about giving orders to coolies who stream to sant Sts staggering beneath trunks id box “It is Se past the scheduled hour of departure. Everybody else is long From the third-class ca: Hindu faces lean out watching. Eas th box is lifted to the back of a a clatter, a rattle of wheels, the officer's wife drives up. She walks across the platform swiftly, her long yell blowing out behind. An ayah follows, shrouded in white, with two t of English voices, children’s trebles, of yells from coolies as the servant pours into their hands, The stationmaster looks enquiringly at the officer, and steps into the car, The last door The Sats waves his arms and blows his whist the train begins to SOME FAMOUS DISHES. Historical Plate Sold of Elizabethan Period. e Government his Have Proved Useful and f __- Profitable. : ~ It isn’t ous business men who have made big fortunes owing to the war. re several cases of mere boys owing to something they have done or designed or invented that has caught the fancy of high officials or she gen- eral public. ‘The most striking example ah prob- sly. that secret of barks and | some yeai ‘ods | officers the ine dyes. So excellent was this dis- covery that the authorities at anes took it up, and are paying young £2,500 a year for his rights in the ine vention, says London A\ Corr wai being trained as a a chem ist when i Soe and, as he is still a nae “the im ane eo se on, and are placing the rest to his account at the th he is of age he will have a considerable | tune. ry 3 Sh ess Inventor. se also will be recalled wees a tel still attending St. Matthew's Day Schools at Hastiies wt stay- ing at home owing to ight attack of illness, sketched a new weapon- improvement, which he forwarded — e 2 ¢ how useful the people there believed his design would prove, and erlosing a cheque for £25. joon after war broke out a young Beri in the evenings, and ha after night in a blacksmith’s sho Soon after he became a soldier his noticed how much he knew about horses, and the former teacher was promotes on-commissioned iui andégWenichage ue am eaarge farriery work, He did so well in this th t a commission, and was then promoted with extreme rap- idity. To-day he is practically at the in our great / Fate and me Fish-dealer. From being an elementary teacher just over two years ago, with a salary In a London auction-room som time ago there was sold a service of twenty-two silver-gilt dishes, so beau-| and so famous his- SS that they brought fifty-seven five hundred dollars. TI romantic story es gC eee bethan banquet! iow, is thus, told by nike New York) nee Ke the Hae: quien ther Suanisleacs out to conquer England | aes . | thirty-five volunteers on a “veasel call- Wil- Harrises, as a reward, obtained ean- eeiape Lo considerable share of ie Joot from the tuckdess Spanish si it is known, the amity pos- eek ee silver-gilt dishe spoils from the Armada ajentciat Ae i the service was extended: {9 fifteen dishes severally _hall- with the coat of arms of Sir Christo- pher Harris. Soe - Time went on, and the civil war re Suffering From Hardships and|pegan. Sir Christopher’s descendant Disease. held a command in the royal forces T 75, ildren in| #* Plymouth, and became alarmied for Nar Bene 000 Te nuldven i'l the safety of the heirlooms. Accord- ‘ ingly, he had them hidden away in - which @ heartless invader has forced | 78 74."1.6 narish of Yealmpton, Dartmoor, and hy, ope of their hide ing-place died wi For nearly ae ree years the Elizabethan banqueting service lay | di loy e¢ m, who wished to lat aban- into his’ own aj vice, and by this lady’s orders it was offered for sale at Christie’s, London. When unearthed” eighty-four years ago, the local experts judged it to be of Queen Anne design. The judges of jaturday, pleading y to-day ww better. aol- agree, ecording Reglors dane ey eer see denverbe ws ser the Berliner Tageblatt, er. | chase re fa Peart wee Pevatly, ring to the enemy miscalculation of | Put have faile Germany’s _streng’ err arden warned ENGLISH FIRM’S BID DER ALL U. S. RIVALS demands upon aaa muni- fields, Limited am En iis alcatel ee we Se ees in] ex posals opener Thursday for Toaneh and id-inch ‘amor plein projectiles for the Waited res mi oe but the time is cut in. ae the shells to be delivered in United States duty paid. ee Should Know The Symptom: re you ee. that you Peatly sure? J've | loved dozens ‘0 know. J of ‘oa a a fant sues | z ought tc commanded | no h crstieh: as his thirty-three creditors | 1" a|they have realized more than bury, Cirencester, pure chased ihe ser- |r0 is A despatch from om Washington says:| se Had-| Fund, vy.) plan t- aa aan dreamed of in olden day instance of the mga mien ee an interesting case is East Coast fish-dealer. This Sectienies in 1897, became bankrupt, with Tiabilities approaching £9,000 and He had had serious _mis- then Seconiness 2 in due course he got to wi ; war ee i ima chan fuindhicceus gia fishing teakaiaie to him ime just when the coun- ey ae want aE fish tt ae get, and from this he has fate, Recently We eatieg ne sateabee year-old creditors together, and, their delight, paid them all off in full. Cash From “Chips.” The writer heard not long ago of a alee pie whose quick brain, gned that feather whuld demands. bough: p all he could during the following this months, borrowing money in several cases to do this. He has had for more four times what h gave for it, and has realized a small fortune by his astuteness Also mi, be mentioned tl ie he as ult & coven going aMiyplbg- cletict Cardiff. These smart young men sabe together, purchased isused steamer over a year ago for £5,000, part of which sum they bor- from abroad. by their acumen, and they still own the vessel, to sey or dispose of by ae as they ple: Sears pater i bring in it further riches, to a e for- e already ‘ashe $y: it. egory comes the y of sixteen, who bor- in order to start a “chips” booth near one of the He camps. it youth has now money to open half a dozen fr fod. rfigh restaurants. ae TO CARE FOR SOLDIERS BLINDED IN THE WAR, $200,000 Raised in America by the British-French-Belgian Fund. A despatch from New York sites countries blinded in battle. Of- ficers of the fund explained that ee was to obtain an amount enough so that the capital might te kept intact and the relief work car- with the interest on Good Prospects. Officer—And what are you going to do. sels ae get there? Emi; ‘Take up land. Offic z aera shovel @} enquired of the A despatch isc London says: cording to the Daily Aas r by have | so British a t ben have found themselves wealthy} who wish to je been denied that geo owing to lack | of substitutes. With a view to meeting the diffi- culty, the Daily Telegraph continues, the army authorities some time ry medical authorities in the Unite tes whether could send to ‘England detachments ‘of ds yi nerretee ey those ae aes come wi be welcom: head: of all ese fener work | +). Ola waineaiay. 4 }0f the sugar crop at Hay Fri SAYS) men, completely trained and rea ‘r= GERMANS STRIPPING |FROM SUNSET COAST 6 | WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. baat 1,000,000 cs salmol were packed in British Columbia in ey S = S Short courses in mining will be in- troduced at the University of British | 7h Columbia. Investigation into the high cost of living has started at the City Hall, Vancouver. ‘At Victoria an early construction of the Ferien alt dry docks Leste stores nate started closing at one cy relock for Saturday afternoon holiday at Vancouver. Courtenay pupils held a dance and concert to buy comforts for the sol- T | diers overseas. At English Bay, a Vancouver-built 100-horsepower Feabinne is being put through its final Molybenite Masa on Clearwat kena River, n deny the report of hav- aaa inquiry or order for a billion feet of lumber at Vancor Dunlop, of Fort stele, “BC, has lost an eye, two fingers and the Gee of an eoey Oputing tor We toons Mai ‘any Russian refugees came in on the Oska Shosen Kaisha liner Can- ada, Maru to Vancouver, on be & g 15, The Federal Government has been | asked to encourage the development of the iron and steel industry in Brit- ish cone: a strong feeling at Victoria that ‘the Sataralinn of British and colonial shipping should be the first sonal sritish Pacific Tron and Steel Co. as pra a ten-acre site on the Fraser River near Eburne, and will Eee a steel mill. mass meeting of citizens was at Vancouver to protest against n of the city in putting jit- ness. t G. L. Clarke, Pomitlon fruit carne for British ports the crop for aire nee: all expectat retail merchants Bae Mawel Ned are eating that changing the Betray ale holiday half-holi In yancoutaie at King Gade High |} School, the work in drawing has been wonderfully Micceaerile owing to the ee ees of subjects given to the, pupil ns. J. N. S. Williams, of Victoria, has | invented a process by which the value ‘awaii will be ineregsed approximately $2,000,000 er an The Aree keel is si laid at the jipyards, on Fair , B.C., for i new steel steam= ers, the building of which has been the result of last summer's negotia- fone pe ae Flight of Golden Plover. e longest pene flight of a1 pit is made Saath America the entire flight of 2,400 miles is accomplished without pause or rest. | Progress of the Great West Told is being foun re- | Te: ee fae risen ‘ ‘Known to President A despatch from Amsterdam Count Sulu Andrassy, on New Yea 3 Day. e Count says: ni the allies reject ffer of pea <i ant ly 7a aad “ft che say ‘her cannot en-— 3 ter negotiations ee ct know the conditions, rn them: President, Wilson, ¢ to whom they will be communicated. Peace does not pene. Rae se CER fore we le further for peace with all ae Ne etath and make it im- possible steps Andrassy’s speech some sort of ceaiiieet on of the al- ie ged terms will now be made to Wil- on. — The akc Zeitung says the ee sofa arist S Germai eer open | the dear of peace with the PRISONS ARE FULL OF HUNGRY PEOPLE. Trouble in Vienna—Why Germans Advertise for Swiss Servants. a despatch from Geneva, says:— Burgomaster of Vienna, Dr. Weiskirchoer katana ds to resign if lungary continues to refuse to send eo to Vi here. the prisons are filled ¢ men and children. civics of having stolen food, while housewives are afraid to go shopping for food even in” the principal streets. owing to rob- beries and fon Its. s and German, Papers are advertisements for ‘rom ome weekly ten sect of foodstuffs, pectin thea owe Recognized. Miss Hathaway, teacher in a coun: ty. schoo, always tried to make the as esting as possible to a little ae ats 3 e| “Now, hildren,” she “said, “you have named all Bhs domestic animals [but one, Who can tell me what that eis?” e|. veWhat!” ‘eried the teacher, “Dovs no one kno’ Now, thi it has bristly bai is fond ‘of the diet and likes to get in the mud.” boy at the end of the class raised a timi a » “Please, ma’am,” he said, reflective- ly, “it’s me.” ; ‘TWO ZEPPELINS BURNED 3 IN SCHLESWIG SHEDS, A despatch font London says: Two Zeppelins have lary destroyed at Ton- dern, Schleswig, by a fire due to de- fe rats ae ina pcb se construct~ ed di satan, de« spatcl res Copenhagen, quoeing, the Ribe, natiaal: Stifts Tidende, ij 2,000,000 BRITISH This is Entirely Exclusive of the tee r of ‘A special’ cospateh from the British front in Franc “Gen. Sir ‘osugine Haig to-day mands the largest army Great Britain r soil, The number on Jan. 1 was nearly 2,000, OLDIERS ON THE FRENCH FRONT ALONE Forces Employed in Seven Other f the War. — Ge day or night, to ea at orders from eir pemantee) -in-cl “This figure only rete to the Brit- ish pete in France, and is exclusive ~ of those employed in the defence of Great Britain, Ireland, India, | Salonica, lena Mesopotamia and Afri OF BR A Reuter despatch from Amster- eae isa ‘icht n thority, for the statement ¢ be ordering-the d eral of Toei hailey seizure of [1 BELGIUM ASS, i ca AND Tl dam to London says that the wom tri Les N ing kitchen ut loor