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ut ie NOTES AND cOMMENTS Official denials from Germany that the recent orders regarding the food supply signify an actual scarcity are not altogether convincing. It may be merely the part of wisdom to reâ€" strict consumption â€" rather severely. But such a course is certain to arouse discontent, and a Government would hardly venture upon it were it not imâ€" perative. If, as is said, the means of subsistence for the, civilian populaâ€" tion are just as abundant as they have been for the last fourteen months, why should such rigid rules be proâ€" mulgated? The excuse for the Zepâ€" pelin raids on England has been that an attempt to starve Germany was being made by the blockade of the German ports; a "hunger war" the Germans call it. Since the cutting off of the enemy‘s supplies has always been regarded as a legitimate feature of warfare, the extremity of the bitâ€" terness against the blockader sugâ€" gests that in this case the work has been done successfully. If the British submarines have really gained that control of the Baltic which is credited to them, so that intercourse with Svyeden is seriously interrupted, there might easily be something approachâ€" ing famine among large classes of the German people. The reference to the potato crop is not reassuring. There is, moreover, direct evidence that the situation is more alarming than the German Government would have the world believe. Why the newspapers are. allowed under a strict censorship to reveal the facts so frankly is something of a mysâ€" tery. But when the Frankfurter Zeitung says that "the sinister aspect of things certainly provides no food for laughter," and explains the growâ€" ing hatred of England by this fact; when Maximilen Harden, of the Zuâ€" kunft, admits that the German peoâ€" ple are in distress, all the explanaâ€" tions of mere providence for future needs have a hollow sound.. "Can we hold out ?" asks the Neue Zeitung, of Strassburg. Such a question must strike a chill to a nation which has been told again and again that defeat is impossible. Of what avail is it to hold the western front, to take Poland and press far into Russia, to ‘endeayâ€" or to force a road to Constantinople, if the ring of enemies can keep all supplies out of Germany itself? It is futile to boast of military victories, to talk of Moltkeism versus Mahanâ€" ism, while the great storehouses of the neutral nations are barred by the sea power of the enemy. Since the efforts of Germany tof win by a rapid stroke came to noth-i ing, it has been plain that the war, was likely to be one of endurance. It| was, therefore, a sound strategy to | make every German.advance costly in | men and at the same time to sweep | German commerce from the seas. It has been said that an army marches on its belly. Therey are no i11dica~‘ tions so far of any failure of supplies, | either food or ammunition, for the German army. But it cannot be fed while the people starve. Such a policy, | if a Government were inhumaneg enough to pursue it, would mean reâ€"| volution. Unless, therefore, the cries"‘ of distress that now come from Gerâ€"| many are insincere, which is hardly a reasonable supposition, the country' is now in a perilous conditionâ€"one that must have a great, perhaps a de-i termining influence upon the military | situation in the near future. | The New Commanderâ€"inâ€"Chief in the Dardanelles. All the official dryâ€"asâ€"dust details of the life of Sir C. C. Monro, the new commanderâ€"inâ€"chief in the Darâ€" danelles, have been published. Here are some more intimate details from an officers‘ _ mess _ somewhere in! fls a_â€"_â€"â€" Fr_ance. In appearance he is a rather | United States Markets. thickâ€"set man with a short, bristlyll Minneapolis, Nov. 23.â€"Wheat â€" moustache and steely eyes, full Of‘December, $1.00%4; May, $1.03% to character. His voice is quiet but emâ€" $1.037%. Cashâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.07%4; phatic. Every word he utters and, No. 1 Northern, $1.02% to $1.05%; every gesture he makes is instinct No. 2 Northern, 98% to $1.02%. with a restrained pugnacity and dogâ€"| Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, .68% to 690%%ec. gedness. On parade he is typicallyloats_No' 3 white, ,34% to 35A ¢. British, and no general can inspire‘Fllgur unchauged" Dram $17.705. to more confidence with l'e.ss perspnal=$ ]juluth, Nov. 23.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 effort. You can see a regiment stiffer | hard $1.05%; No. 1 Northern, under his very glance. A terror, but $1.0Z1%; No. 2 Northern, 99% to a juast terror. |$1.00%: Montana, No. 2, $1.03%; He is a terror to slackersâ€"officerâ€" slackers â€" included. Punctilious in military etiquette himself, he exacts a similar standard from others. One of his most cherished convictions is that the firstâ€"rate fighter keeps himâ€" self as spruce under war conditions ars possible, and no one will ever forâ€" get his rebuke to certain new troops: "Regiments that have been months in the trenches and seen hard fighting maintain their soldierâ€"like bearing and smart appearance, while you men yet untried are going about in a slovenly, . unsoldierâ€"like fashion and neglecting military courtesies," he said. He added, "This will cease." ‘And it did. NORWECIAN STEAMER IS SUNK BY A MINE pot NCE n A despatch from Lordon says: Reâ€" rts have reached here that the Norâ€" gian steamship Ulriken struck a pe and was sunk usar Galloper A TERROR O SLACKERS. <cor> sssert that a Greek Iso met with disaster. their c and memoers of the crew of the ve landed on the east coast. _was sunk in the four of the crew Barleyâ€"Malting barley, 56 to 60¢; feed barley, 49 to 52¢, according to 1 freights outside. \ â€"Buckwheatâ€"Nominal, car lots, 78 tgd 80c, according to freights outâ€" side. \ _ Montreal, Nov. 23.â€"Cornâ€"Ameriâ€" | can No. 2 yellow, 77% to 78c. Oats â€"Canadian Western, No.2, ble; No. \3, 50¢c; No. 2 local white, 46%¢; No. 3 local white, 45%¢; No. 4 local white, | 44%c. â€"Barleyâ€"Manitoba feed, 65%¢; ‘ malting, 66%e. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, T5 to 80c. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.10; seconds, | $5.60; strong bakers‘, $5.40; Winter lpatents, choice, $6; straight rollers, |$5.30 to $5.40; do., bags, $2.50 â€"to ‘$2.60. Rolled oatsâ€"Bbls., $5.20 to |$5.25; do., bags, 90 Ibs., $2.45 . to |$2.55. Bran, $22. Shorts, $23. Midâ€" |dlings, $30. Mouillie, $30 to $32. Hay ‘â€"â€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.50 to $18.50. _ Cheeseâ€"Finest _ westerns, \163/; to 17¢; finest easterns, 16%4 to \16%e. â€" Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, |311% to 32e; seconds, 31 to 31%4c. |Eggsâ€"Fresh, 42¢; selected, 33¢; No. ‘1 stock, 30c: No. 2 stock, 27 to 28e. The Leading Markets | L stock, 30¢; No. 2 stock, 27 to 28e: | Potatoesâ€"Per bag, car lots, $1.10 to |$1.20. Dressed hogsâ€"Abattoir killâ€" "ed, $13 to $138.50. Porkâ€"Heavy Canâ€" | ada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, |$28 to $28.50; Canada shortâ€"cut back, \ bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27.50. \Lardâ€"Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10%e; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%e; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 12%¢; |\ pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to [18%c. Breadstuffs. Toronto, Nov. 23.â€"Manitoba wheat, new cropâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.11%; No. 2 Northern, $1.09, on track, lake ports, immediate shipment. _ sa __Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 GC.W., 47¢; No. 3 C.W., tough, 43%e, on track, lake ports. ce <uy 55 en it Ainidchh mt u e i al t is ereinl e e n Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 96 to 98¢; slightly sprouted and tough, according to sample, 92 to 95¢; sprouted, smutty and tough, according to sample, 75 to 88c. Peasâ€"No. 2 nominal, per car lots, $2.10; sample peas, according to sample, $1.25 to $1.75.. & _ American cornâ€"No. 2 yellow, 74¢, on track Toronto. Faclks _ Ontario oats, new cropâ€"No. 3 white, 38 to 39c; commercial oats, 37 to ‘38c, according to freights .outside. _Ryeâ€"No. 1 commercial, 88 to 90c¢; tough, 80 to 85¢, actording to sample. _ Canadian cornâ€"No. 2 yellow,73%%¢, on track Toronto. ea A Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute bags, $6; second patents, in jute bags, $5.50; strong bakers‘, in jute bags, $5.30, Toronto. Ontario flourâ€"Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4.10 to $4.50, according to sample, seaboard, or Toronto freights in bags, prompt shipment. ______ _ Millfeed, car lots, delivered Montâ€" real freightsâ€"Bran, per ton, $22; shorts, per ton, $23; middlings, per gin,5§§25; good feed flour, per bag, Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, 28 to 30¢; inâ€" ferior; 22 to 24c¢; creamery prints, 32 to 3%e; do., solids, 31 to 32¢. . Honeyâ€"Prices in tins, lb., 10 to 11c; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $2. Beansâ€"$3.25 to $3.50. Poultryâ€"Chickens, 14 to 16¢; fowls, 11 to 13¢; ducks, 15 to 16¢c; geese, 14 to $16¢; turkeys, 20 to 22c. Cheeseâ€"Large, 17%¢; twins, 17%¢. Potatoesâ€"Car lots of Ontario quotâ€" ed at $1.10 to $1.15, and New Brunsâ€" wicks at $1.15 to $1.20 per bag, on track. Eggsâ€"Storage, 30 to 32¢ per dozen; selects, 35 to 36¢; new laid, 42 to 45¢, case lots. : . 2 Wholesale Hay Market. Baled hay, newâ€"No. 1, per ton, $16 to $17.50; No. 2, per ton, $13 to $14; baled straw, ton, $6.50 to $7. Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 15 to 15%¢ per lb. in case lots. Hamsâ€"Medium, 18% to 19c; do., heavy, 14% to 15¢; rolls, 15% to 16c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 23¢; backs, plain, 24 to 25¢c; boneless backs, 26 to 28¢. | § + Lardâ€"The market is firm; pure lard, tubs, 14¢c; compound, pails, 12¢. _ Montreal, Nov. 23.â€"The quotations | were: Best heavy steers, $8.25 tol $8.50; good heavy steers, $7.75 to +$8; butchers‘ cattle, choice, $7.35 to $7.50; do., good, $7 to $7.25; do.,l medium, $6.25 to $6.60; do., common, $4.85 to $5.15; butchers‘ bulls, choice, 1 $6.25 to $6.75; do., good bulls, $5.75. to $6; do., rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers‘ cows, choice, $6.30 to $6.50; do., good, $5.75 to $6; do., medium, $5 to $5.50; do., common, $4.25 to $4.15; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7; |stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $6.75; canners and cutters, $3 to ($4.50; milkers, choice, each, $65 to |\$100; do., common and medium, each, \|$35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $100; \light ewes, $6 to $6.50; sheep, heavy, |$5 to $5.50; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.50; Spring lambs, ewt., $8.75 to $9.25; calves, medium to choice, $7.25 to $10; hogs, ‘fed and watered, $9.25. _ Montreal, Nov. 23.â€"â€"Choice steers |sold at $7 to $7.25, but the bulk of the trading was done in stock rangâ€" ing from $6 to $6.50, and the comâ€" mon and _ inferior_ grades brought from $4.50 to $5.50, while butchers‘ ~eows sold at $4.50 to $6, and bulls at 1$4.75 to $6.25 per ewt. There was a hard, $1 $1.04% ; $1.00% ; December $1.04%. $2.08%4 ; $2.07%4.. Business in Montreal. Live Stock Markets. _ Linseed, cash, $2.08 to December, $2.04%; _ May, Nov. 23.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 .05%; No. 1 Northern, No. 2 Northern, 99% to Montana, No. 2, $1.03%; , $1.00% to $1.0014; May, Country Produce. good demand for canning stock at steady prices, with sales of cows at $3.15 to $8.35, bulls at $4 to $4.50 peér ecwt. Lambs, Ontario stock, $9 to $9.25; Quebec stock, $8.50 to $8.75; sheep, $5.:25 to $6 per ewt. Calves, fairâ€"sized lots of grassâ€"fed stock, 3 to 6c per lb.; milkâ€"fed stock, 7 to 8c per lb. Hogs, selected lots, $9.25 to $9.50 per cwt., weighed off cars. THE SUNDAY LESSON Verse 1. A Iamentation â€" Hebrew, "Kinah," which means a "dirge." A composition carefully prepared, in poetic form, and usually sung by woâ€" men as professional mourners at a funeral. See Jer. 9. 17. 2. The Kinah is represented by two parallel members, the second member of which reâ€"echoes the first, but with a plaintive, melancholy cadence. Verse 2 is a good example of this form of poetry. & Lesson IX.â€"Amos the Fearless Proâ€" phet, Amos 5. 1â€"15. Golden Text: Jer. 23. 28. See the book of Lamentation (for example, chapter 1) for a repeated use of the Kinah. The virgin of Israelâ€" The nation is personified as a maiden, but one no longer blithesome and gay, going her happy way erect and vigorous, but cast down and mournful. (Compare Isa. 50 1f.) The idea of a nation as a maiden or mother is here used for the first time. Afterward the personiâ€" fication is frequent. II. The Fate of Israel Deserved (Verses 4â€"11). 4. Seek ye me, and ye shall liveâ€" The Hebrew has a more forcible exâ€" pression: "Seek ye me and live." (See Gen. 42. 18). To seek God means to consult him through a prophet or oracle (Gen. 25. 22; Exod. 18. 15; 1 Sam. 9. 9; etce.). It also means to reâ€" gard‘ his revealed will and to obey him (Isa. 9. 13; Jer. 10. 21; Psa. 9. 10; 24. 6; etc.). It was in this latter sense that God wanted Israel to seek him, not as in verse 5. llllll, Eon Nes n e 7. Justice to wormwood â€" Israel‘s crying evil was civil injustice and the oppression of the poor. The Hebrew word for wormwood has been turned by the Greek and Latin into absinthe, which, let us hope, is no more to be a synonym for curse to the strong drinker of France. 1 I.. The Impending Fall (Verses 1â€"3). 8. Pleiadesâ€"‘"The seven stars," as used in Old English Shakespeare, Henry IV., I., 1, 2, 6; see also Job 9. 9; 38. 31. Orionâ€"See Job 9. 9; 38. 31; and in the plural, Isa. 13. 10. Pleiades and Orion,â€" in Hebrew, mean "the group" and "the giant." III. The Warning Repeated (Verses 4â€"11). 12. For I know â€"Jehovah is not ignorant of their transgressions, as they perhaps suppose he is (see Psa. 73.11; Job 22. 18). This knowledge is the ground of the sentence proâ€" nounced in verse 11. Take a bribeâ€"That is, a ransom for a life (Exod. 21. 80; Num. 85. 31) Needy in the gateâ€"Compare Tsa, 10. 2; 29. 21; Mal. 3. 5. The broad, open space near the gates of a city were used as places for public deliâ€" beration and for the administration of justice (see Deut. 16. 18; 21. 19; Josh. 20; 4; Judg.9. 85). 13. An evil timeâ€"When men may well fear. But not those who are just and righteous. "What is the difference between a visit and a visitation?" "Well, when your pretty young sister comes to see us that‘s a visit. When your mamma comes and stays a month that‘s a visitation." The virgin of Israel is fallen: She shall no more rise; She is cast down upon her land: There is none to raiseher up. Chief of the Impcrial Staff at Army who is in temporary command on Headquarters, London. Gallipoli Peninsula. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOVEMBER 28. SIR ARCHIBALD MURRAY THREE NEW BRITISH LIEUTENANTâ€"GENERALS A desfiatch from Petrograd says: In the Baltic nearâ€" Libau Russian torâ€" pedo boats have sunk a German cruiâ€" ser of 3,000 tons. The cruiser had an armament of 4â€"inch and 3%â€"inch guns. The Russian deadly artillery fire made the action a short one. Only 20 out of a crew of 200 were saved. RUSSIAN WARSEIPS IN BALTIC SUNK SMALL GERMAN CRUBSER ALLES ACCEPT GREEK PLEDGE A despatch from London says: According to authentic information assurances which were given by King Constantine and his Ministry that the Serboâ€"allied forees would never run any danger from Greece are considerâ€" ed sufficient and sincere. Also it is apparent that the Greek Government will not hesitate to transfer its forces to East Macedonia and Epirus, thus doing away with every suspicion. Only Twenty Out of a Crew of 200 on Enemy Vessel Were Saved Assurances of King Constantine Are Considered Sufficient and Sincere. Instead of declaring a general blockade of the Greek ports, the allies have, according to a statement issued by the British Foreign Office, withdrawn, or threatened to withdraw, the special privileges which Greek commerce has enjoyed since the outâ€" break of the war. The intentions of the Entente with respect to Greece are reported to have been entirely misinterpreted by the press and Government of Greece. It is stated that there never was an inâ€" tention to declare a blockade of Greece, but what the Entente allies had in view was the cencellation of special privileges enjoyed by Greek shipping, such as permission to load in British, French and other belliâ€" gerent ports goods which were not T Ceeeiimne n DemierTal . special privileges enjoyed by Greek shipping, such as permission to load in British, French and other belliâ€" gerent ports goods which were not allowed to be exported except under special licenses, but licenses for which heretofore had been granted Greek ships. French Invention Weighs Only 15 Pounds. The Military Inventions Commisâ€" sion has bought from a French enâ€" gineer the patent of a mitrailleuse for aeroplane use which weighs fifâ€" teen pounds and can be operated by an aeroplane pilot without endangerâ€" ing the balance of the aeroplane. Tests were made at one of the aviaâ€" tion centres near Paris, and one of the factories manufacturing mitrailâ€" leuses for the French Government will hereafter devote its capacity exâ€" clusively to the new model. The model formerly used on aeroâ€" planes weighed fiftyâ€"five pounds and could not be easily operated by _ the pilot. â€" The redoubtable Pegoud was in fact one of the few pilots who did successfully manage both his aeroâ€" plane and his mitrailleuse. The new gun does not differ materially from the old one as regards range and acâ€" curacy, but it reauires a superior system of bracing to make up for the increased shock of the kick, dug to the smaller weight of the gun itself. Emoetg en .car. CHURCHILL HAS LEFT FOR THE FIRING LINE A despatch from London says: Winston Spencer _ Churchill, former First Lord_ of the Admiralty and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the uniform of his regiment, has left for the front.. His wife bade him farewell at the railway station, where ilréi Vpassed unrecognized on the platâ€" form as he waited to enter a special HAVE NEW AEROPLANE GUN. A despatch from Copenhagen says SIR WILLIAM BIRDWOOD that the new German Dreadnought reâ€" ported sunk by a mine in the Baltic was the Markgraf, a warship of 25,â€" 575 tons, which was placed in commisâ€" sion after the war began. Some believe that the very recently increased activity of British submarâ€" ines in the Baltic, and not a mine, may have been responsible for the German disaster. Irish Wit. The foreman of a gang of railway men has more than his share of Irish wit. The other afternoon he was walkâ€" ing along his section of the line when he found one of his laborers» fast asleep in the shade of a hedge. Eyeâ€" ing the man with a stern smile, he said slowlyâ€""Slape on, ye idle spalâ€" pleenâ€"slape on. So long as ye slape ye‘ve got a job, but whin ye wake up ye‘re out of wurrk!" Parentâ€""What is your reason for wishing to marry my daughter?" Young Manâ€""I have no reason, sir. I am in love." "They feared the Lord, and served their own gods."â€"II. Kings xvil., 33. Thus the historian, with a dash of irony that bites like vitriol and with one stroke of the pen, depicts the reâ€" ligious life of a people. By this brief but terrific arraignment he brands them as a nation of double faced idolâ€" aters. Those degenerate sons of godly ancestors, while they feared the Lord â€"that is to say, while they worshipâ€" ped Him according to the established forms and ritualâ€"did in reality enter into religious alliance with their heathen neighbors whose creed was less narrow, less exclusive, more artâ€" isties, more tolerant of certain habits and practices that were forbidden by their own Mosaic law. They prayed as Jews but they lived as Pagans. Their creed was that of the children of Jehovah, but their conduct was that of the children oi; Jove. PS 1 ai en ns S en crerd The First is the Golden Calf; the Second is Force; the Third is Intellect. These words mfght have been writâ€" ten yesterday, so persistent are they and so_ applicable to present day tendency. I wish to point out the three most popular deities of the modâ€" ern world. There is, first, the golden calf, the god of wealth, whose devotees are counted by tens of thousands. Money, more money, is the be all and the end all of their very existence. They fear the Lord, oh, yes; they go up to the temple or to the synagogue; they sing the hymns, say the prayâ€" ers, repeat the creed, genuflect at the proper moment, Keep the Feasts and the Fasts, compliment . the preacher and pay their respects to the old God, but their thoughts are afar off on the high place or the grove where their favorite deity is installed. To be rich and increased in goods, to fare sumptuously every day, to ride about in liveried elegance, to occupy a still larger space in the social firmament =â€"this is their ambition. A second deity which men serve while professing to worship the true God is Force. This god has uttered a new and flattering beatitudeâ€"blessâ€" ed are the strong, for they shall inâ€" herit the earth. Under his supremâ€" acy only they who can smash through all resistance, only men of blood and iron, are fit to survive. The dominions of this deity are wide, but he has set up his seal of government in Prussia for the present SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON Chief of the General Staff. The Most Popular Deities where his sway seems to be unchalâ€" lenged. There he is worshipped in spirit and in truth. Might, kultur, efficiency, "the will to power," are the watchwords of his worshippers. He is Germany‘s "good old god" its war god.. He is invoked by the Kaisâ€" er and he accompanies the Kaiser‘s armies. He knows nothing of mercy | or chivalry or fair play, but only \ force, before whose onslaught civilizaâ€" ition must go under. He knows no ‘respect for treaties or pledged word E of honor. Any respect for such things Iis only mediaeval foolery. Hence the |atrocities which have filled Christian | hearts with horrorâ€"women violated ‘and mutilated, babies impaled and | erucified, old men and invalids ruthâ€" | lessly murdered, priests torturedâ€" and \ slaughtered.. All this in obedience to |\ the god Force. Culture and Barbarianism. Still another deity whom it is ‘fashionable in these days to serve is \ Intellect. Men fear and in a perâ€" functory way worship Him who is the |giver of every good and perfect gift, lbut they serve and put their faith in | intellectual attainment and â€" achieveâ€" | ment, and they cherish the delusion ‘that the greatness of a people is to ‘be reassured by their knowledge. They seem to be blind to the fact that knowledge is at the best only a weapâ€" on which may be wielded by a scounâ€" | drel as well as by a saint. ‘The whole ;world is indebted to the Germans beâ€" | cause of the results of their scientiâ€" ‘fie research. Their achievements in ‘this respect have enriched the other ‘nations, who have not been slow _ to |own the primacy of that people in ‘various departments of _ scientific knowledge. But the civilized. world |has no oblation to offer to knowledge which transforms itself into asphyxâ€" jating gases and inflammable liquids ‘and Zeppelins and undersea boats for ithe poisoning and torture of an honâ€" "orable foe and the murder of innoâ€" icent women and children. If this be |eulture, give us barbarianism. The i nation which rules in science but rules |out ethics, which rules in culture but rules out conscience, which rules in \ Thor but rules out Jesus, invites doom. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy Godâ€"the God_ of justice and | mercy, righteousness and truth, and \Him only shalt thouw serve â€"=â€"~ lThomas R. Macleod. Pursued British Steamer Into Sweâ€" dish Waters Where Her Designs _ Were Frustrated. A despatch from Copenhagen says: The British steamer Thelma‘s deparâ€" ture from Trelleborg, Sweden, where she had been lying since the beginâ€" ning of the war, was marked by an exciting naval adventure, in which the vessel escaped capture by a German destroyer through assistance rendered by the Swedish torpedo boat Pollux. A despatch from London says: The Austroâ€"Germans, accordimng to Rusâ€" sian reports, attempted an offensive in Galicia, and actually moved some advance guards across the Stripa, but the offensive broke down under the accurate fire of the Russian artillery,. Southâ€"west of Dvinsk the enemy was badly cut up when he assumed the offensive, and finally was forced to retreat to his former position. Ausâ€" trian forces fled when heavily attackâ€" ed by the Russians. This encounter took place on the middle Styr. Many were bayoneted and two officers and 177 men were captured, The official statement from Petroâ€" grad announced that in the Dvina disâ€" trict, north of Lake Sventen, the Rusâ€" sians captured a German first line trench. Different Now. "Before we were married you alâ€" ways gave the waiter half a dollar," she said. «Yep," he replied sadly. "Before I was married I always had a halfâ€" dollar: to give." GERMANS LOSE DVINA TRENCHES Russians Capture First Line Posiâ€" tions North of Lake Sventen. When south of Landskrona, 16 miles northâ€"east of Copenhagen, the Thelma was pursued by the German destroyer W132 into Swedish territorial waters. While the Germans were in the act of boarding the steamer, the Polux forced them to return to their boat, and, running between the two vessels, informed the Germans that every means would be employed to prevent the Thelma from being taken. GERMAN DESTROYER STEAMED AWAY away. One thousand lemons give seventeen gallons of juice. After an interval of silence in which both warships cleared for acâ€" tion, the German destroyer steamed