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e s Mayors of London used to. be electâ€" ed for life. While â€" Belgium _ appears _ calm enough, there is a strorg undercurâ€" rent of antagonism, and the Germans have to submit to constant pinpricks. Humorous remarks under _ official posters is a common form of annoyâ€" ance, _ although â€" heavy penalties, amounting to mnesâ€"of $2,500 or five years‘ imprisonment, are imposed for interfering with Germans or Gerâ€" man cfficial proclamations. Brussels and the towns generally are quite Germanized now," she says. Even the roadside sign posts bear the names of places in German. The cities and country are full of spies, male and female, who pretend to be Belgian patriots, so that the people are extremely cautious in what they say to strangers. An English governess, who has just been released by the German authoriâ€" ties and who has just arrived in London, declares that the Germans are using every means to ingratiate themselves with the people of Louâ€" vain. As the ruins serve to remind the Beigians of their woes, the. Gerâ€" mans are doing all they â€"can to enâ€" force rebuilding. But the people are antagonistic, and want the ruins to stand until they can be seen by all the world. Belgians Oppose German Plan to Rebuild Them. Plans and descriptions of a rebuilt Louvain, prepared by German artists and architects, have been distributed in Louvain in order to get the Belâ€" gians interested in this work, but so far only a few new houses have been erected among the ruins. The deâ€" scriptions are in the Flemish lanâ€" guage. ; Though Germany eoncentrates allsE her strength for a quick decisive blow, yet she has shown great powers of enâ€"| durance. Frederick the Great manâ€"| aged to maintain the war in spite of | awful defeats for seven years, during | which time Berlin was taken twice~ The whole country was ravaged and even the seed wheat was destroved.‘ But the country had no foreign debt.| The currency had_heen badly inflated,i but under Frederick‘s wise despotism | Prussia was able to reâ€"establish her-f self. | CGermany had hoped to repeat these quick contests in the present war. She expected to crush France before England and Russia could come to her assistance and then jump, as Frederâ€" ick the Great had done, upon the other Allies, and defeat them in succession. The history of the war, however, has been a grave disappointment to the German militarists who have not sucâ€" ceeded in securing a decision anyâ€" where, although they have had most astonishing successes. f In 1866 Prussia with everything in complete readiness jumped upon Ausâ€" tria, who was only getting ready, and in seven weeks forced her to a humiliâ€" ating peace in which Austria was exâ€" pelled from the German Confederaâ€" tion, allowing FPrussia to become the head of the New Entente. This was followed four years later by Prussia catching France similarly unprepared, and erushed her in a war which lasted only from July, 1870, until January, 1871. In reality France was crushed inside of three months. | Napoleon caught Prussia unawares by his superior quickness and ability. The Prussian army had become, through its aristocratic control, badly dryâ€"rotted when Napoleon struck it with his enthusiastic Republican Volâ€" unteers. Prussia‘s defeat was comâ€" plete and pronounced; butâ€"there came later an uprising of the people and again Prussia helped force a quick deâ€" cision at Waterloo. In 1864 Prussia and Austria descended upon Schlesâ€" wigâ€"Holstein and brought about Denâ€" mark‘s quick defeat. Austria made peace, but a little Jater. Frederick found out, or preâ€" tended to find out, that a coalition was forming against him, and again jumped upon Austria before she was ready, and opened the Seven Years‘ War, which spread to England and France, and cost France Canada among other colonies. Austria sucâ€" ceeded in arraying against Frederick, Russia, France, Saxony, and Sweden, but the Allies did not coâ€"operate, and Frederick was able to do what the| Germans have been trying to do in the present campaign, tush troops from one side of the kingdom to the other to defeat his enemies in detail.| Frederick was a wise old despot,! greatly developed his country, and| when he died left a regular army of! 200,000 wellâ€"trained men, which beâ€" came a force that all Europe had to! keep well in mind. § German militarism _ has always trained and prepared itself to secure an immediate result. Frederick the Great established the German traâ€" dition, which . has been maintained and enlarged ever since. Frederick the Great‘s father had died in 1740, leaving his son a standing army of 80,000 men highly trained, and better than those of any ‘of his neighbors. He pretended to discover a plot against him and suddenly launched his army against those of Austria, comâ€" pletely defeating them and annexing Silesia, by which Prussia got an inâ€" valuable territory, rich in iron and { coal. WANT RUINS TO BE SEEN. NOTES ANDCOMMENT S ~"I didn‘t say they were fine. I merely said I must say so." ~_ biscuits?" inquired the young > wife‘ mother in a private interview. P The Bride‘s Cooking. "I must say these are fine biscuits!" exelaimed the young husband. "How could you say those are fine Montreal, Nov. 30.â€"Choice steers, $7.25 to $7.50; steers, $5.75 to $6.50; common, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers‘ cows and bulls, $4.50 to $6.25 per ewt. Canning stockâ€"Cows, $3.15 to $3.35; bulls, $3.75 to $4.25 per ewt. Ontarie lambs, $9 to $9.25; sheep, $5.25 to $6 per ewt; milkfed calves, 7 to 8¢, and grassfed, 3 to 6e per lb. Hogsâ€"Selected lots, $9.75 perâ€" ewt., weiched of cars. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Nov. 30.â€"The quotations were: Butchers‘ cattle, choice, $7.35 to $7.60; do., good, $7 to $7.25; do., medium, $6.25 to $6.60; do., common, $5.25 to $6; butchers‘ bulls, choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do., good bults, $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 $fl5.,5‘0; do., common, $6.25 to $6.50; canners and cutters $3 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each §’Z§ toj $}20, do., common and medium 1. } Business in Montreal. ‘ Montreal, Nov. 30.â€"Oatsâ€"No. 2 local white, 46%e¢;.No. 3 local white, ’45%c; No. 4 local white, 44%c. Barâ€" leyâ€"Manitoba feed, 65¢; malting, 11661/2c. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 78 to 80c. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patâ€" /ents, firsts, $6.10; seconds, $5.60; | strong bakers‘, $5.40; Winter patents, choice, $6; straight rollers, $6.30‘ to ’$6.40; do., bags, $2.50 to $2.60. Rollâ€" {ed oatsâ€"Bbls., $5.20 to $5.25; do., \bags, 90 Ibs., $2.45. . Bran, â€"§22. ‘ Shorts, $28. Middlings, $29 to â€" $30. | Mouillie, $30 to $32. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.50. to $18.50. | Cheeseâ€"Finest _ westerns, 17%% to (17%e¢; finest easterns, â€"16% to 17c. Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 31% to oz2e; seconds,; 50% to S1c. BEggs â€" Fresh, 42 to 45¢c; selected, 33¢; No. 1 stock, 30¢c; No. 2 stock, 27 to 28¢. Potatoesâ€"Per bag, car lots, $1.20 to $1.30. Dressed hogsâ€"Abattoir killed, i$13.75 to $14. Porkâ€"Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to $28.50;, Canada shortâ€"cut back, bbis., 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27.50., Lardâ€"Compound, ticrees, 375 lbs., 10%4c; wood _ rails, 20 lbs. net, 10%c;" pure, flerges, 375 lbs., 12% to 13¢; ypadre, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13% to 13%¢. | United States Wheat. Minneapolis, Nov. 30.â€"Wheatâ€"Deâ€" cember, 99% to 99%; May, $1.02%; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.05% ; No. 1 Norâ€" thern, $1.01% to $1.03%; No. 2 Northern, 97% to 99%e. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 68% to 69%e. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 35% to 36¢c. Flour unchanged. Bran, $18 to $18.50. Duluth, Nov. 80.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.02; No. i Northern, $1.01; No. 2 Northern, 97¢c; Montana, No. 2 hard, $1.01; December, 98c; May, $1.02%%4. Linseedâ€"Cash, $1.99; Deâ€" cember, $1.97%; May, $2.0214%4. Lardâ€"Pure lard, tubs, 14¢; comâ€" pound, pails, 12c. 15%4& to 16¢c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 23¢; backs, plain, 24 to 25¢; boneless backs, 26 to 27c. | _ Baconâ€"Long clear, 15% to 16c per Ib. in case lots. Hamsâ€"Medium, 17% to 18c; do., heavy, 141/2 to 15¢; rolls, Honeyâ€"Prices in tins, 1b., 10 to 11¢; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $2. Beansâ€"$3.50 to $3.75. Poultryâ€"Chickens, 14 to 16¢; fowls, 11 to 13¢; ducks, 15 to 16¢; geese, 14 to 16e; turkeys, 80 to 32c. Cheeseâ€"Large, 17%e¢; twins, 18c. Potatoesâ€"Car lots of Ontario quotâ€" ed at $1.25, and New Brunswicks at $1.40 to $1.50 per bag, on track. Country Produce. Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, 28 to 30c; inâ€" ferior, 22 to 24c; creamery prints, 32 to 34¢; do., solids, 31 to 32e. * Eggsâ€"Storage, 30 to 82e per dozâ€" en; selects, 35 to 86¢; newâ€"laids, 43 to 45¢c, case lots. 5 Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montâ€" real freightsâ€"Bran, per ton, $22; shorts, per ton, $23; middlings, per ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag, $1.50. Ontario flourâ€"New . Winter, $4.40 to $4.35, according to sample, seaâ€" board or Toronto freights in bags, prompt shipment. eC e Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute bags, $6; second patents, in jute bags, $5.50; strong bakers‘, in jute bags, $5.30, Toronto. s Barleyâ€"Malting barley, 56 to 580;‘ feed barley, 49 to 52¢, according to freights outside. ! Buckwheatâ€"Nominal, car lots, 75| to 7T7c, according to freights outside.| Ryeâ€"No. 2, nominal, 86 to 88¢; rye, ’ tough, 80 to 83¢, according to sample. | _ Peasâ€"No. 2, nominal, per car lots, $2.25; sample peas, $1.50 to $2, acâ€" cording to sample. _ _ sys RRs E0 d e Eie en ied an Eid ce eecme oo 10 igeet ies on mares Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 Winter, per car lots, 94 to 96¢c; wheat, slightly sprouted and tough, 90 to 98¢, accordâ€" ing to sample; wheat, sprouted, smutâ€" ty and tough, 75 to 88c, according to sample. . â€" Ontario oatsâ€"New crop, No. 8| white, 38 to 39¢c; commercial oats, 37 ’ to 38c, according to freights outside.} American cornâ€"No. 2 yellow, 77%¢, track Toronto. eC â€" Canadian cornâ€"No. 2 yellow, 76e, track Toronto. l Ne Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 â€"C.W., 48¢, track Jake~ports.. _ .! t _°o~ ... Breadstuffs. Toronto, Nov. 30.â€"â€"Manitoba wheat â€"New crop, No. 1 Northern, $1.11%; No. 2 Northern, $1.09; No. 3 North: ern, $1.05, track lake ports, immeâ€" diate shipment. s * The Leading Markets| Provisions. A coated tongue (may be due to snoring. You see, you cannot snore unless you breathe through both the nose and the mouth at the same time. It is impossible to snore with â€" the mouth closed or.with the nose closed. Breathing in through the mouth and nose at the same time, however, occaâ€" sions a vibration of the soft palate at the back of the throat. So‘when you snore you draw a current of air over your tongue. Being moist, the tongue ecilects the germs from the air and not infrequently produces a. very heavy coating of them during a night‘s sleep. * An important particular in which cow‘s millk differs is that the former is likely to curdle.. Some children fed on cow‘s milk are apt to suffer from the formation of large, tough curds. If citrate of soda is added to milk in the proportion of half a dram of soda to a pint of milk no curds will be formed. Given in this proportion citâ€" rate of soda is said to be entirely harmless and is often found very useâ€" ful in feeding infants. The addition of barley water or any other thin cereal gruel has much the same effect. A simple and effective remedy for ivy poisoning is given by Dr. John E. Lane, of New Haven, Conn., in the Medical Record. Dr. Lane‘s treatment is to cover the affected areas with two or three thicknesses of cheesecloth, which is kept continually moistened with a solution of borie acid. Health Hints. A cold bath, or a sponge bath rubâ€" bing, or a rapid walk in the open air, or going up and down stairs a~ few times just before retiring, will aid in equalizing the circulation and proâ€" moting sleep. ’ Milk is not exactly a favorite drink, yet when one is "runâ€"down," there is absolutely no better or quicker "pickâ€" meâ€"up" than a glass of hot milk. It is fortyâ€"seven times better than alâ€" cohol!â€" Milk, being a perfect food, will sustain life for months. The obâ€". jection of many that "milk does not agree with them" is simply due to the fact that they don‘t know how to. drink it! 7 | _ Milk should be sipped slowly, and a glassful should take five minutes.| When milk enters the stomach it is instantly curdled. To drink a quanâ€", tity right off is to have in your stomâ€"| ach a large curdled mass, on the outâ€"; side of which only can the digestive | juices work. _ Troubleâ€"nausea, 1or‘ indigestionâ€"follows. Sip it, and each sip is curdled separately. Instead ofi one large mass there are many small | ones, and the stomach can do its work. | Troubles disappear. { "You can make a man take a new lease on life by telling him how well he looks, and how young; by telling a fellow he‘s sure to make good when he‘s down and out, and by declaring that you yourself are as young and healthful as you ever were. The prinâ€" ciple is that it encourages, it makes us think differently and act differently, for, «after all, we are only what we think we are." & when the cause of illness will have to be accounted for personally. In other words, nature is no longer going to be blamed for sickness when it is simply the result of ignorance, indifâ€" ference or wrong ways of living. "It is not only bad taste to talk of your pains and ailments, but it is a reflection on your intelligence and . your knowledge of health, sanitation and hygiene not to keep well and fit] and enjoy good health," says the doecâ€" tor. "We are not far from the time According to Dr. S. R. McKelvey, this policy of the new health moveâ€" ment is putting a new feeling into hundreds of persons. How to Keep Young. ‘ If you want to stay young and keep | the folks about you looking young,| practice the habit of always telling | your neighbors how well you feel and | how well they look. | Premier Goremykin, who â€" has relinquished that office to assumd the duties of Chancellor of the _ Empirc. Lloyd George of ; Russia Acclaimed MPJean ‘Goremilairt The Milky Way. HEAL TAÂ¥ _A despatch from London says: A_ message from Brussels, \foywardedfi from. The Hague by the Exchange Telegraphâ€"â€"Company correspandent,1 says that the French soldier whose! confession to the German authorities | resulted in the arrest and execution‘ of Miss Edith Cavell has committed suicide by hanging in the military| prison there. i greedy and unsocial and she is acâ€" cordingly ostracized. . The only social |' life among these women is at the pubâ€" ‘lic houses. At all times of the day \they may beseen around the bars ‘or in the street in front with beer | glasses in hand. Since the law preâ€" Events minors entering the barrooms, ‘the women with babies in their arms lstand outside for their drinks. But ‘often children tend to the babies while the mothers and grandmothers are inside. BETRAYED MISS CAYVELL NOW HANGS SELF IN CELL a cheap place to spend an evening. The halls are provided with pianos and games, and tea and other soft drinks are sold at cost price. Heretoâ€" fore, the saloon, or "pub," has been the only social meeting place for the people of the slums, who are glad to escape their own dismal tenements. Settlement workers count on taking advantage of the new liquor regulaâ€" tions by starting more social halls. A number of these are in operation in the slums now, and their popularity is growing. They were especially deâ€" signed for soldiers and their girls as AUSTRALIA WILL HAVE â€"â€"~390,000 MEN IN KHAKI The noâ€"treating order went into effect in the West End and in the more respectable parts of London without a protest.. It was taken as a joke, and the public houses were crowded with men buying their last treat. But in the East End, actual resentment was felt, chiefly among the women, They regarded it as a blow at their main source of amusement. y s c |_ Do you realize that capital in the , The noâ€"treating law now enforced | United States is beginning to look] in the London district will, from preâ€" ‘ for opportunities for investment, and sent indications, â€" greatly decrease " that when the war is over the influx. drinking among women, for it is |of immigration into Canada will be. ; among the women of the lower classes almost uncontrollable? [ that treating is the most prevalent., Try and look into the future. \ Even in the most povertyâ€"stricken _ Toâ€"day Canada has more money in | slums of the East End, a woman who [ savings accounts than at any period in | drinks by herself is considered mean, | her history, and this money must be[ 20. They thrust him out quicklyâ€" His own men thrust him out, for death was the penalty (see Num. 18. 7; 16. 31â€"35). And they wanted to get him away from the incense altar as quickly as possible, so as to escape the penalty. Has Caused a Decrease in Drinking Among London Women. 19. The Iepr(&s\y brake forth in his foreheadâ€"Gehazi was thus suddenly afilicte;d”(see 2 Kings 5. 27). With him fourscore priestsâ€"Uzziah doubtless had a large retinue with him. Azariah, therefore, takes a strong following, to withstand Uzziah with force if necessary. To burn incense â€" None but the priests were allowed to celebrate this rite. Hence Uzziah‘s transgression (xverse 18). 17. Azariah the priestâ€"The high priest (verse 20). 16.. His heart was lifted upâ€"His pride became strong. _ The plainâ€"The rich grazing land! beyond the Jordan, on the plateau of | Gilead. | II. His weakness (verses 15â€"21). ’ 15. Marvellously helpedâ€"See verse| The lowland â€"The maritime plain to the west of Jerusalem between the hills of Judza and the sea. Hewed out many cisterns â€" Reserâ€" voirs cut into the natural rock and covered at the top except for a small aperture. These were for storing the rainfall. Many remains of ‘such are encountered by the traveller in Palesâ€" tine toâ€"day. The wwalley gate â€" The . modern "Jaffa" gate which leads to the Valley of Hinnom. 10. Built Towers â€" Primarily for defense from marauding bands. The wildernessâ€"To the south and southeast of Jerusalem, extending from the western Shores of the Dead Sea toward Beersheba. 9. The corner gateâ€"Probably the gate at the northwest angle of the city where the north wall approached the Valley of Hinnom (see 2 Kings 14. 18). I. The Fame of Uzziah (Verses 8â€"10). Verse 8. .Gave tributeâ€"See 1 Kings 4. 21; 10. 25; 2 Chrop. 17. 11. â€" Part of the tribute which the Ammonites gave Uzziah was evidently a right to pasture his cattle in the Ammonite country (see verse 10). Lesson X.â€"Uzziah‘s Pride and Punâ€" ishment, 2 Chron. 26. Golden Text: Prov. 29; 23. THE SUNDAY LESSON TREATING FORBIDDEN. INTERNATIONAL LESSON DECEMBER 5. ‘And â€"then, ‘thirdly: In a life ‘of worldliness we lose our sight.. We beâ€" gin by not wanting to see God and we end by not being able to see Him. A Loss of Moral Refinement. And then in the second place: In a life of woyrldliness we lose our faithâ€" fulness. No man can lose his reverâ€" ence without impairing his obedience. When we become prayerless we alâ€" most inevitably become careless. If thereâ€"is spiritual neglect there will be a loss of moral refinement. All the finest loyalties are dimmed when we become disloyal to God.â€" If worldâ€" liness kills our faith it will also make us unfaithful. By what settled process is the blindâ€" ness brought about? First of all, in a life of worldliness we lose our faith. Our fellowship with the unseen comes to an end. We may keep up a sort of communion with God, but we have no real communion. We may be members of Christ‘s church, but we are â€"not vital members of his body. Our names may be on the roll of the church, but they are not written in the Book of Life. In crorldliness we do not "enâ€" dure as seeing Him as He is invisâ€" ible." We walk by sight and not by faith. 2 "The god of this world hath blindâ€" ed their minds."â€"II. Corinthians iv. 4. New industries are springing up in Canada, financed by American capital and the probabilities are that Canada will be flooded with such enterprises. Are you going to sit still ? You can, at any rate, help others who are building up Canada, by enâ€" couragement and by insisting as much as possible, on Canadian made goods for Canadian people. This is Canada‘s century. Do you belong to it ? It Is the Surrender of the Life to the Flee‘zing Fashions of the Present Day. ; The United States is in the same position, and has over a billion dolâ€" lars of a favorable balance of trade for the present year. spent in the future. Do you realize that Canada could give every man, woman and child in Great Britain, 65 acres of land, or one acre each to every man, woman and child in the entire world ? |.â€" Do you i " in the Wes 000,000 bu: ’every man West? Do youâ€"realize that for the first time Canada is able to borrow money in the United States for Dominion, Provincial and municipal purposes ? Do you realize that for the first time there was a trade balance in faâ€" vor of Canada of $37,000,000.00 in exâ€" cess of all imports for the first seven months of this year ? Do you realize that Canada has reâ€" ceived upâ€"toâ€"date over‘ $500,000,000.00 in orders for war material, and that this will be doubled in the next six months ? Do you realize that you can add to this $144,000,000.00 for products of our mines, $182,000,000.00 from our forests, _ and â€" $33,000,000.00 from our fisheries, and leaving out dairy products, meat and furs untouched, have a total of over $1,100,000,000.00 produced in 1915 ? Do you realize that the total field crop will equal $800,000,000.00, or $100.00 for every soul in Canada? You haxi shells, boo visions, of being boug Have yo what it me Do you i You mal hearsay, tI wheat, oat peaches, bi beyond an phied min(] You ha these lies of the hi. mines. You have had your eyes closed for | years to everything except silver ket. A despatch from London says: The safety of both the British and French naval brigades which recently were in Belgrade is now assured. The French section arrived at Monastir, near the Greek border, a few days ago, and a telegram has been received from Adâ€" miral Troubridge, commanding the Naval Brigade Which Assisted in grade Heard Froim BRITISH JACKIES ESCAPED In a Life of Worldliness YOUR OPPORTUNITY By the Optimist. WITH THE SERBIAN ARMY And yet we may avoid this treâ€" mendous peril. â€"It is possible to be in the world and not to be ‘its captive. We can keep our minds open to God and the god of this world will be routâ€" ed. In all our concerns we can let the light of Christian truth flood jour minds. We can receive the‘ truth of the Gospel and obtain all our mental furnishings about God and life and sin and destiny from that holy fount, and then I think everything will be flooded with light and we shall be "lightâ€" in ~theâ€"_Lord."â€"â€"Rev. â€" J./ H. Jovwett, D.D; f Our minds are blinded. Day after day and week after week we see noâ€" thing of Christ; there is no Christ in our life. It comes to this, that when we have to make our daily choice we surrender Christ and we choose the world._ Judas sold his Lord for thirty. pieces of silver. His mind was blindâ€" ed; he sold the Pearl of Greatest Price for an old song. Let Truth Flood Our Minds. Worldliness is, therefore, not a question of how much we have but in what manner we live.. It is to be tested not by the contents of the purse but by â€"theattitude_ â€"of the soul. Worldliness is a horizontal life; it is life without height and depth. 1t has no sky. No morning stars sing toâ€" gether for joy. | The position of the Russian armies has been enormously strengthened, I’however by an abundance of ammuniâ€" tion, the correspondent says. Gunâ€" .ners now show to infantrymen inâ€" seriptions written by workmen on amâ€" ‘munition boxes, which read in subâ€" [stance: "Don‘t spare shells. Plenty {more are coming, comrades. We ara | working hard to keep you supplied. E Cheer up." * l Notwithstanding this, the Germans |still are making desperate efforts to |advance in the direction of.the Dvina. \They have built a new road for the {transport of ammunition and heavy guns. Huge quantities of ammunition 'recently have been forwarded to the ‘regions of Ikskul, Friedrichstddt and Jacobstadt. An official communique attributed the disappearance of these prisoners to an epidemic of cholera. A despatch from. Bucharest says: According to trustworthy sources at Debreczen, 2,000 Russian prisoners confined nearby, who revolted ‘owing to bad food, and killed two sentries, were shot by Hungarian troops. Number of Victims Is Placed at Two Thousand. HUNGARIANS KILLED RUSSIAN PRISONERS On the Dvin% front, the Germans are row upon the defensive, although strong â€" counterâ€"attacks have been launched north of Illoukst in â€" an effort to capture the ground lost, to the Russians. Field Marshal vyon Hindenburg‘s army has been driven from important positions in front of Dvinsk and the Germans have sufferâ€" ed severe losses. An official report tells of an attack by Russians on the enemy near the village of Semikovtze, on the Stripa. The Germans were driven to the river and those who escaped Russian bullets were drowned in an attempt to cross the river. Over 100 killed or wounded were found on the scene of the action. Germans _ and from crossing. RUSSIAN RIVER â€" ARE on British and French naval were sent to Belgrade last took part in the fighting ag Germans and Austrians prec evacuation of the capitali by 1 za, November 20, stating that well. British brigade, dated £ cold weather is prevailing the front in. the eastern war, and already the river; to freeze up. s of the Austrians to use the Styr River for fording esulted in the annihilation tire battalion. While the he battalion were crossing the ice gave way and all ed. points on the front, Rusâ€" ‘y is breaking up the ice is in order to prevent the Battalion Attem})ts to Crosq e Styr, But Is Anniâ€" hilated. ( itch from Petrograd says: in Defence of Bet, the fighting against the Austroâ€"Hungarians from Mitrovit preceding the by the Serbs N§ UP brigades fall and all was