- needed for 'the early days of the war. SELES F ned to face in the future: pcarsey care as the janitor saw~fit to give 'The Way 'fo Find Ont. ¥ never want to go to school, t Vd rather lie right here : 'Upon the hay, and -think about Some things that are so queer. -"P})} eomé2gain. Geed morning, sir." The boy went away whistling theer- }fally. At short intervals he reappeer- - jed,.amd.every time tried to comvince Until aoe sald ee }the.man thet his servieces..were DEeCes- ee aa ie ti -- sings, -jwery. The Jawyer. grew interested in " =o meatier a bse ae the boy who refused to be discouraged, Fhere's something kind of stings. fiutieg he did not need him he still declined to employ him. ; One morning, however, on entering bés office, he found the boy seated at a table with 2 law book before him. Aaime?! ached 'Ttweems co funay thai the moon "Which lcoks so big and reund, V6an stick up in the sky and-not "Come tumbiig to the greund. gerous situation as-existed in 1914-we os never-again risk a.great wat; (Bot History Shows "That nd since our enemies would know this and would act accordingly, "We should become the absolute depe of the enemy powers." Value of Ore-Yielding Region. What dees this mean? Jt mean} that Germany intends to annex th whole.of the ferruginous basin. such further territory as will put 'it/°° beyond the reach of even the heaviest ;guns. In 1934 rather less than half of the entire ore-yielding region lay on the German-side of the frontier and rather more than half on the French' side. Germany is resolved that: hence- INDIVIDUAL Hage TOW 'OF PROPERTY LOSSES FORM A' DAILY GROWING FOPAL. Reeovery: _ From Devastating Wars! Has Been Rapid. AT THE GOLDEN SUN HOTEL. Life*in the Mueh-Bambarded: City net <Seissens in. France. The Goble: Sem Hotel,-in the mueh- "elasons, ean be conducted onder unueurl - cir- mestenees. 'After Mme. Frances Wilson 'Huard--who telte' her "experi- Lenees in My Home in the' Field of 'Mercy--had retired to her reom, -* meid rapped and entered with an ex- tra washbasin. "Tn case it might rain: again," "st reof In a conflict -of sue blasting artillery 'fire that» whale vil-| s and towns are levelled till not) ¢ stone rests upon.another, in which ithe buildings of cities are-stark and, broken skeletons through which the: winter winds whine to the accompani- | Tent cf machine guns, where fer long} dreury leagues the armies camp in de-} solaticn---by what rule can that de-: .forward the-wholecof iteshall.be in her | Matruction be measurei ? AVR? Mtwinn bawe bean arerrnin INTECH 1984) associates How to estimate the property loss 40f this war? he {HOW AVIATORS ? net, SPLENDID 'WORK OF "BRITISH ~ CONQUER U-BOATS NAVAL AIRCRAFT. Admiralty Reports Concerning the Re- cent Destruction of Ten German Submarine. Detailu comeerning the destruction explained. gee, the: ipertly gone on thie-end of the Sina' 'and it would be very disagreeable to \paddie reund in the wet to-merrow 'morning. 'I'll put the basin where it: dayill eateh the rain." The tired traveller eli promptly asteep, but mot for dong. "Had | dreamed it, she-says, orcwas that: hor- | lyible noise x reality? ~A Jong, ghast- | ly -serecehing .sound rent the | air. | Whiz! Bang! The detonation rocked |™ ' "Well, a alias And then there is another thing-- a. > want t wish somebody'd tel! the boy.ee Just how the turtle over get« magia' a nto its funny shel! cay. : do -li? - " 'hod then bow can a tadpoie----that maornte S Is just.a-pollywog ~- Riiots 'Keep changing all ihe time until . Tt gets to be.a frog? that theed tO) Meadowbroo cae 4 london, Ontario There seem io be so many things ies left the I don't know much about, "Bue Bh Perhaps I'd better go-to schoo! ee And then fF can find ent! amor: : "That's rata read your qu The snd Who-Kept At It. bei 'A lawyer in a western city of the wade. "Th "United Btates. after rerving several , understanec terms in the state senate, returned to |bay beyou: 'his home town, opened a law office and ; the privite wat down to wait for his interrupted | question. practice to flow back to him. and remari One day en attractive, energetic. | tinue sellir Jooking young feliow appeared at the| The com «door of his office. He carried a num. |inoreased ber of newspapers under his arm, but | the lawyei his errand was nof connected with |pay that fi them. The boy 1 "Do you want an office boy, sir?" he |his books asked. newspaper "No, son," came the reply, "I can't That of afford en office boy yet. There may 'school; f not be any business for a long time." /the bar. 1 "Don't you want someone to sweep | his own;a and dust?" be asked, as he stooped to | been a ste pick up some scattered papers that , fo success -had been aimed at the wastebasket | First. be but had fallen short \the busine "The janitor does that for me company" "L could keep your books in or rder bewnel into. character, glanced at desks eax! | grew olde tables, which showed plainly the need |He repres -of:more thorough house-keeping, The pares ace "man, -however, was unmoved. He /and from. »eould = afford any extra expense; ithe United ro he wwith:such | still serxip ~GERMANY'S VIEW og OF PEAC OF heme' Resting 4 jlay so clo joompletay If they h A leharacter leeen that woukl be destruction SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCE HIGH AUTHORITY. | . . * 2 b} Mineral Deposits of France Must be | have blow |works of t Centrolled as Protection lof the dec. Against Future. | operations ! impossible A recent speech delivered in Co- logue by a German commercial mag- nate is full of significance for the British people and their allies, "What Does the War " was the production pended ah ore raised would soo <ufficient 1 This ith mous valu Germany When Mo marek, ag assented 't Lorraine, minds tegic they didim thing far something on which towering DOWEY, S@Tuc uuog Teach Us? subject of the significant remarks of Herr Haux. one of the directors of Krupps. It is well known that, next to the military clique. Krupps is the most powerful element in the kaiser's councils of state. Herr Haux, there- fore, speaks with authority. What is it, then, that the taught Germans like Herr First, that Germany's old frontiers, the frontiers of 1914, were a source of extreme danger and weskness and must be rectified in the peace settle- ment, He begins by pointing out that so great is the supply of munitions a long war that it is im- war has Haux? ov aeoeureeu. pe sneesn neue many would not have begun this war possible to produce sufficient war ma- or could not have waged it for six terial in time of peace. Everything, menths. They secured the largest de- therefore, depends on a constant and posit of iron ore in Europe and the uninterrupted supply of coal, iron ore second largest in the world, surpassed and other materials while the in value and extent only by the Lake war is in progress. Thus it hecomes Superior deposit in Michigan, Wis- of the highest importance to Germany consin and Minnesota. that no enemy should ever be able to lost provinces has made Germany's interfere with her sources of supply, fortune. She has derived from it her Herr Haux admits that during the metallurgical ascendancy, the motive; present war the Allies have not been power for her industries, her wealth in a position to disturb German in- dustries seriously. Her coal and iron areas have remained intact. But that, was as much due to the ignorance or lethargy of the Allies as to Germany's energetic and victorious advance' in The French failed to realize what damage they might have inflicted on German indus- tries by prompt action, According to Herr Haux they might have crippled and defeated Germany at the outset, if they had known where to strike. That sounds, byt is not rather wild way of putting it. Sere Haux proves his case by a reference to eographical facts. The coal and in- ustrial district of the Saar lay in 1914 hardly fifty kilometres from the! basic tary and political power. Will Not Restore, Provinees. There are reckoned to be 2,800 mil- lion tons of iron ore in ail Germany. Of these, Lorraine alone is responsible | for some 2000 millions, or _ five- sevenths of the empire's total supply. | For the last three and a half years ( she has dépented almost entirely on): the Lorraine mines for the iron and: steel which are the basis of all mod- ern warfare. Liberate those regions from her clutch and a long step has been taken toward binding her down a to peace. Without Lorraine her car- | 'eer of conquest and spoiliation comes automatically to a-stop. With Lor- raine it will always be within her pow- ' frontier. The French push .at the er to resume it, opening of the war came perilously That is why Germany with one voice near it. If it had been a prolonged | answers ' "Never!" to ali demands that attack in full force, and not a mere | she should restore the lost provinces push, that invaluable region, whence'to France. She not only means to Germany kas drawn the raw maniesied kee them, but she means to add to e c The soil of the | and, as a consequence, her naval, mili | Grant us the will to fashion as feel, k Drive, Suite 137 N6L ICS PART OF THIS PAGE IS BLURRED Vicrows apdnc Consultanon, (ONSEN AMR 4s aaeananecnnge wows: -.seee versity, in Palestine and, should mili- tury exigencies permit, to take steps for the initiation of this undertaking. The purchase of the land to be used as the site for the university was com- pleted a few days ago, ramemnenaamageese -------~ -- A Prayer. Lord, not = light in darkness do we Not that 'the veil be lifted from our , Nor het the slow day Be otherwise. ascension of our we -- us the strength to labor as e know, -- us the purpose, ribb'd and edg- ed with steel, To strike the blow. Knowledge we ask not---knowledge Thou hast lent, Lord, the will--their lies hitter need, Give us to build above the deep intent The deed, the deed. --John Drinkwater. But, our | | quickness jleaps far beyond what*the most jtimistic might have predicted. Vicropublishing, Equipment Sales "teWouldbe about the same as for preceding year. For these two years ,$10,000,000,000 in property loss has been allotted. Mr. Gehle concludes from his study of the war that the outlook: for the 'future, from the moral, social and {economic viewpoints, is far from dark. (War's lessons, he points out, are of the offsets of war, and in ee past 'all nations after Jong and devastating | wars have recovered with amazi ing | and even progressed in Op- | one Doctrine of Hope. "Instead of disorganizing the world, | as other important conflicts have done, this conflict has organized and regimented it," he says, "So, then, just as the great war brought sur- prises, we believe that peace willbhave its surprises to astonish the world. "A doctrine of hope can be drawn not only from history but as well from the realm of animate nature. Man, in the conduct of his affairs, ia a resoursceful creature, capable of supreme and - prologged effort, and when properly organized, of notable | accomplishments. It is in the effect of | militaFy organization where we must! Great Britain on Rations. look for the inspiration of the future. A Service breattast ¢ sitnennnsnaniife Local Officers Have Initiative. Medical health officers of munioi- palities. police officers, attorneys and, oth ar ties having to-do with the: enfortement of law, are now respon- ' sible for | against waste of food which has just been passed by the Dominion Govern-, ment on recommendation of -- the Canada Food Board. Where proceed- ingen any case in which a fine is im- ficer, | pality. Similarly in case of a prov- incial cfficer the fine accriies to the | provincial treasurer. ------s gie people. Japan is now producing 600,000 pounds of camphor annually, suppiy y. Fruit and ornamental trees of all kinds can be set out now. The earlier the better. Keep the roots | of trees and shrubs moist until they are planted. Ifthe roots dry out in ; the sun and wind the-tree is likely Great Britain is now on rations a |For if tremendous effect can 'come out) to die, and if it lives will bé slow in meat, butter, margarine and sugar. scheme of bread rationing for 'ie United Kingdom is being prepared. | of military organization tremendous effect can also come out'of industrial organization." starting to grow. Use water liber- ally in the hole in planting trecs and shrubs, the enforcement of the law | posed were taken by a*municipal of-: the fine accrues to the munici- | A single front, a single army, a sin- | about 6,| a little more than half the world's! recently of ten German submarines by imaval aircraft, eight by seaplanes and ithe others by dirigibles, have-been cl:- 'tained by the Associated Press from 'Admiralty reports. The first case is 'dexeribed as follows: | "While on patro! in the English ' easvine: eight miles away, directly in | the path of an oncoming convoy ef merchant 'ships. The seaplane 'dived 'at 90-miles an hour. The submarine mpted to excape by submerging, was just awash as the seaplane hed a bombing position and re- ed two bombs, one of which ex- ied on the couning tower. The sea- ve dropped two more bombs inte midst of the air vessels from the apsed submarine, which was of largest type, carrying two guns." he second ease: "At-dawn a sen- w sighted a large submarine or sutface, with a member of the v standing by the gun. The sear 1e dropped a bomb on the tail o U-boat and afterwards photo phed the sinking submarine, with g hole in its deck. A second bomt dropped close to the submarifie': ¢and the U-boat collapsed." Attacked by Seaplanes. third ease: "Two seaplanes at ced x large submarine travelling the surface at fourteen knots . 1 two men in the conning tewer yomb was exploded close to the aing tower, and the submarine an to sink stern first. A bLomk n-a second seaplane completes work." he fourth case: "Three patre es sighted a large submarine at mas submerging. and dropped twe ths close to the conning tower sing the submarine to turn turtle disappear in a mass of o:] anc ekage." he fifth care: "A seaplane sighted submarines close to the surface ] dropped two bombs. One bomt ; imeffective, but the other hit deck fairly amidships. The sub. 'ine washidden by the smoke of expiosion-and -when the smok« = the U-boat was sinking, with hoends in the air.' 'the sixth case: "A seaplane caw Mrack of a fired at s_ Res It: UOC Ea and- sighted the biaek: Shadow the submarine weil below 'the sur- e. It dropped two bombs, which fr exploded close to the submarine aking inca large quantity of oil. bles and wreckage." Demolished U-boat. 'he sevent® case: "Two seaplanes ated u U-boat on the surface and pped a bomb each. The first ib caused a heavy list to the U- t, which began to sink by the rn. The second bomb exploded » centre of the swirl. demolish- the U-boat." 'he eighth case: "A seaplane droj- a bomb ona submarine just erging. and the U-boat ditappem with a heavy list to port, The 1t dropped a second 'bomb into swirl, and a few minutes later a ch of oil 150 feet long and 12 t wide appeared on the surface." 'he ninth case: "A naval airship midday sighted a suspicious patch oil and cireled it in an effort to ertain the case. Suddenly a peri- pe broke the surface in the midst the oil. The airship dropped a nb close to the periscope, and a ies of bubbles began appearing, tenting that the damaged submar- was moving slowly away under the ter. Several more bembs were ypped in the path indicated, until isfactory evidence was obtained of enemy's destruction." The tenth case: "An airship drop- } 'ped two bombs over a submarine which was engaged in attacking -merchantmen. Great patches of oil 'and bubbles indicated severe damage, and trawlers made this complete by idepth charges." f+ -------- To A Child. | You are my silent laughter; | You are my unshed tears; 'You are the elfin wonder Of my ecstasy and fears. | You are my heart that dances; You are my soul that leaps. You have biden the key of the fone- ' ly Where + my " Eedatiled spirit sleeps. '| Dear changeling, how I love your smile! : | Fleet as a timid fayen }i¢ breaks upon me suddenly And with a flash is gone. It's hardly like « smile at all, More like a bimding light That darts across the starless sky -- A firefly of the night. > It is not so much money that Canada wants to prosecute tho war, as Savings. 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