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1 am kept pretty busy in the office here, I have all the .letails 01 working parties to look after, and there are about twenty re-1 ports to be sent in every day. 1 also censor all the outgoing‘ mail of the company, and believe me it is some job reading over. one hundred letters every morning. However I get a nice little drive every-day of five miles to the Field Post Office. We are being fed better over here than any place since joining, the quantity and quality is ext--l cellent. In the morning we have‘ bacon, bread butter, and tea.l neefsteak, potatoes and vegetablesi for dinner, and of course we neverl run short of jam and cheese,; bully beef and biscuits. ; I often take a trip up through the front line trenches of our3 area and have a look at Fritz through a periscope. In ~some places the enemy’s trenches are only about 60 yards from ours. My Ottawa room mate is station- ed about a mile away. I see him almost every right and have tele- phoned right to his office. Our company have been very lucky, only having two casualties so far. Lizzie is nursing in Moore Barracks Hospital, where I spent the mumpy month of May. I spent a few days in London with her before leaving England, and did the whole town. . Well how is Durham getting along? I suppose it is just the same 011 place, the war will not make much difference there except raise the prices for the farmer. In one more week I Will have finished my first year in uniform, the time has sure passed quickly. I wonder how much longer I shall have to wear it? 11 ike the life allright. but won’t be sorry when it is all over and I am back in Canada again. I am getting very fat, and weighed 196 before leaving En!- land and have gained ten pounds since then. The men are issued with rum every night, and as I have charge of it I manage to keep a little extra for myself. I had a letter from home to-day. I guess they had great craps this year, father is going east for the winter. Well Howard, there is little work to be fone, so will ring off at pre- Will be glad to hear from you anvtime. Letters look mighty good over here, Yours, etc, Dan nus was a. ,loVely country oc- Iore the war, much like Ontario umy more level. The farmers seem to be a lazy lot, the women uomg an the work. They slouch around in wooden shoes and are anything but attractive looking .t in so ioug since either oIfus rung; Written that. .l. MVQ'IOIch- Ls.“ Who wrote .aa‘t. 1. ha» en I. reâ€" ceiveu any uurnam news or pa per: AUL mouth: :U .L «10111 800 w u e suii in town or not. flow- .) u u '41. ‘ . p: \ e" L g ucbb [111: “n 111 1.an you 211132110 W. W e 181t . . OLU nngianu on the iuth oi weptcmuel', and alter a Iew days or heavy travelling on (raw, steamboats and marching OVCL' aLUDc roads We landed in our pre- aent biuets, one mile behind the mung nne. Censor iaws forbid us giving our location, out 1 may say we are right up in the distrim. where that heavy st I was puilei "ozf last A. ril. We have had lovely Weather eVer since we arrived, but the pany is at present en- -..gcd in draining and superintehw «ting the repairing and strengrheh» ing or the trout line trenches all») come oacx to camp .eV’erv night. We are onletteu on afarm.‘ LLLG men and ouicera are In Vcl V‘ cumiortame dugouts, or uuuei-n snouuu nuts. r haVe my Olzlkhf and oed in the pariour or the ram: house, a real oed in one corner and an sin-as oi oid iasmoned rur- niture and easy chairs, so u thev omy ieaVe us here 101' the wwter evuytmng win he 11118, out we are name to move at any time. u it were not for the roaring 01 the mg guns you would neVer “now tncre was a War going on. ’l'he farmers carry on as usual and work in the nexus with the mg sheu wmzzmg OVer their heads, up to Within a iew hundred yards or the hack trenches. Ah the vmages and towns around are Shattered to pieces, however the peOpie {do DOL Seem to mind it as it is nothing unusua; to see a storefieeper carrying on uuSlncSS in one corner or a uuixuing that has peeh practically oiown down. 'l‘he ar- tmery 18 scattered all mound here, and When those mg Buns cut roose you would think It was an earthquake, but it does not take one long to get used to it. I Dear Editor,â€" The great route march is over, and I wish to jot down .3 few notes which may interest your many readers. Our battalion did not leave Nia- gara until Friday, November 5, although we were supposed to leave on NOvember 4. On account of the rain some of the battalions on the road did not move and so held back all behind them. The rain also prevented us from tak- ing down our tents. To outsiders. removing the tents may seem a big job, but the 58th battalion had Continued on page eight Dear Howard. LETTER rROIn DAN McDOUGALL 1h: following letter has been re- Cqu-u by Mr. HoWard McDougall 1mm his cousin, Dan, at the front. LETTERS FROM THE i BOYS IN KHAKIE FROM TORONTO T0 BARBIE November 25, 1915 Bclguim, , aunaa)’ mght October. 31: 13 Chicago Doctor Refused to Perform Operation to Save Crippled Child Six physicians, composing a Coron- er's jury at Chicago. held that Dr.‘ H. J.- Haiselden, who permitted an in-3 fant. John Bollinger, to die, when an‘ operation might have saved him to a’ life of unhappiness as a defective! was mtraily and ethically justified in? refusing to perform the operation which his conscience did not sanction. ‘ An implied disapproval of a course wherein a physician might determine on the part of the enemy during the period, but on each occasion prompt retaliation by our artillery, with its superior weight of fire, has reduced the hostiie batteries to silence.” if it was or was not desirable for a? patient to live was contained in the concluding paragraph of the verdict: . “We believe that the physician’s high- - est duty is to relieve suffering and to save or prolong life.” Dr. Haisel- den in his testimony said'he did noti reach lzis final decision not to operate ! until he had consulted fifteen practisâ€"g ing physicians. fourteen of whom ap-‘ proved his course of letting the little life expire. The mother of the child,- wit‘e of a workman and the mother, of three other children. all physically and mentally normal, also agreed that the baby would be better off dead, he declared. on the success '01- this enterprise. The health and spirits of our troops remain excellent. Patrol Work Hindered “A bright moon and the marshy condition of the land between the op- posing trenches have added to the dif- flculties of night patrol work. The enemy has displayed little inclination to leave his trenches, and our patrols have been hampered in their work by prevailing conditions. Owing to the poor state of his communicating trenches the enemy has been forced to show himself in the open more fre- quently than usual. Full advantage has been taken of this condition by our snipers, with good results. Re- taliation by the enemy snipers has been generally ineffective. There has been consiedarble artillery activity Billy Sunday, much praised and rum 1. abused American evangelist, M10 9 spectacularly original methods have attracted monster gatherings in tarious cities of the United States during the past year or two, made his firt public addresses in Toronto. In the afternoon and again at night big crowds came to hear him hurl fire and brimstone at the liquor tramc and all its works and pomps. This le did in true Sunday style, lashing t‘.1e “demon“ without mercy and in language new to local temperance ad- vocates except as they had read it in reports of Sunday meetings on the other side of the border. Neverthe- less he can scarcely be said to have lived up to the lurid accounts of these gatherings which have trickled across through the medium of the American reporters. The lectures were under the auSpices of the “Citizens Com- mittee of One Hundr ,” which has taken as its motto “Ontario dry by Dominion Day, 1916.” A royal welcome was accorded 148 wounded soldiers at Toronto yester. day. Rev. Dr. W. Jamieson, Presbyterian missionary ‘in Trinidad, “and a Can. adian citizen, is dead. , The exportable wheat surplus in Canada will be 228,132,0000 bushels. weak. The prisoners taken aflorded useful information as to the compo- sition of the forces opposing us. Field Marshal Sir John French sent a message congratulating our troops Evangelist’s First Canadian Appear- anceâ€"Enemy to Liquor Another Zeppelin was destroyed by drOpping a lighted cigar in the gas The village of St. George, Quebec, has been destroyed by fire. Radium is selling in New York at 37.000 a gram. . . The whole town of Parry Sound The MinlSter 0f Militia, majorGen°¥ nas been in a fermeng 0‘: BXCitcmCht eral Sir Same Hughesnat Ottawa has: owing to two terrific exPlosions which received a communique from Sir Max’ rocked ’the town like fierce earth- Aitken, the Canadian Record Officer’ Quakes. At once it was known that now serving with the Canadian Army; the 9x91051935 000“"?d at the Nobel Corps in France, which says in part:.; plant 0f tne Canadian Explosives, “In order to gain information a minor? Limited, situated 4 miles from here. operation was undertaken by our 2nd. F" a “me the greatest apprehenszon Brigade on the night or November; was felt by the People owmg to the 16-17 against two points on the, large number or men from here em- enemy’s front line. 'Small parties oii ploy ed at N°b91- Tdegraph and tele' our 5th Western Canada and 7th BritoE phone communications are intact, and ish Columbia Battalions were selected the latest and “.105“ authentic new-‘5 for the enterprise. and for several. from the works 13 t0. the effect that days previously underwent special 3‘70 or more magazines have been training and preparation. On the air-g bojlm up, probably deSlgnedly. The ternoon of November 16 our artillery m drugs were literally blown to cut the German wire opposite the 3 atoms. The magazines are located points of attack. The- wire was cut! from a mile and a quarter to a mile in other places also in order to mis-| 8‘94 a half from the works proper, lead the enemy. Trees and as no men are at work in the somewhat with the wire-cutting open; magazines after darkbthe only ItOSS ations in front of our 2th Battal on, . may e ,one or wo and scouts were sent forward ér] “1113.113“; Wfichmegg MaJor §i0reÂ¥g {11 dark to complete the work. These c ,ge of the 9V9r5é3§ centmgent m scouts, under command of Lieut. W. 3 training there, 13 sending 150 soldiers Holmes, 7th Battalion, remained out to Nobel, and will throw a corddn‘ for several hours, and succeeded in cutting three lanes through the Ger-, man wire without attracting attention: Bombed Enemy’s Trenches, “The 7th Battalion partys consisting of brigade bombers unde'r Capt. C. T. Costigan, and rinemen under Luiets. Wrightson and McElray, reached the enemy’s parapet unobserved .under cover of a heavy rainstorm and en- tered his trenches. A telephone was carrieu with the party, and touch was maintained throughout with Lieut.- Col. Odium in our front trenches. The party bombed its way down German trenches and communicating trenches. Many Germans were bayoneted or killed by bombs in their dugouts. Twelve prisoners were taken. Re- taliation by the enemy’s artillery was around the entire works to keep them from {urther entry. Alarm Sounded in Toronto On receiving word of the eXplosion at Toronto Exhibition headquarters a general alarm was sounded, and im- mediately all troops in the camp fell in on their alarm posts with rifles and bayonets, while preparations to serve them with ball ammunition at. a moment’s notice was made. At the same time an emergency call to the Soldiers’ Club sent all .men from this point back to camp post haste, and all officers on leave were communiâ€" cated with by telephone, ordering them to report back at camp imme- diately. In anticipation of a call be- ing made to send troops by special train to the scene of the explosion, A---LI _ 81:- Max Aitken Gives Further Details of Our chs at 'the Frontâ€"Many Successful Onslaught: EYE-WITNESS TELLS 0F MORE CANADIAN DOINGS ‘ ‘Billy’ ’ Sunday Arrives Child Allowed to Die Canada’s Domestic Loan Commences â€"-Chance For Everybodyoto Help Subscriptions have begun for Can- ada's domestic war loan. The issue is to total $50,000,000 of 5 per cent. bonds maturing Dec. 1, 1925 and re- payable at par. The issue price is to ,be 97% and a full half year’s interest will be paid on June 1, 1916. Appli- cations accompanied by a 10 per cent. deposit of the amount subscribed must be ,forwarded through the me- dium of a chartered bank and such may be had at any bank or the office of the Receiver-General. Ten \ per 'cent. must be paid on application, 7 $9 jper cent. on Jan. 3, 20 per cent. on |Feb. 1, 20 per cent. March 1, 20 per :cent. April 1 and 20 per cent. on May 1, 1916. All payments are to be made ito the banks to the credit of the {Minister of Finance. The bonds with 'coupons will be issued in denomina‘ .tions of $100, $600 and $1,000. Fully .registered bonds without coupons will fbe issued in denominations of $1,000. '36,000 or any authorized multiple of i$6,000. Subscription lists will close ,on or before Nov. 30. Hon. W. T. fWhite has issued the following appeal , In connection with the war loan: “The Canadian war loan is now oflered for public subscription. The Government confidently appeals to the Canadian people to support this loan and thus further demonstrate the strength 'unity and solidarity of the empire and our invincible determination to prose cute the war to a victorious conclus- ion.” a special train could be secured. Lat- er advices indicating, however, that an ample number of troops from near- ;by points could be secured without ;bringing men from Toronto, the men 'were dismissed to their quarters at about 11.15 pm. British Prisoners of War Treated Like Dogs in Camp, Says Ambassador The British press bureau has pub lished the reports of James W. Ger- ard. the American Ambassador to Germany, and members of the Em. bassy Staff in Berlin, relative to the condition of British prisoner: of war in the camp at Wittenberg, Prussia. Lithgow Osborne reported that his whole impression of the camp authori- ties was utterly unlike that which he had received in every other camp he visited. Instead of regarding their charges as honorable prisoners of war, he stated, they apparently re- garded them as criminals whom a re‘ gime of fear alone sufficed to keep in obedience. All evidence of kindly huo man feeling between the authorities and the prisoners was lacking,” said Mr. Osborne. “and ii. no other camp have I found signs of fear on the part of the prisoners that what they might say to me would result in suffering for them afterwards.” The Daily Chronicle has the follow‘ mg from Petrograd: “In the Baltic sea, near Windau, a flotilla of Rus- sian torpedo boats sank a. German cruiser of 3,000 tons. The cruiser had an armament of 4-inch and 31,5. inch guns. The Russian deadly artfl. lery fire made the action a short one. Only twenty out of a crew or 200 were saved. A despatch to The London D Mail from Rotterdam says: “Oneaigf Germany 5 newest Dreadmmzhts _ ‘ _‘___L L- Sea and went to the liottom.w All the members of w the crew were saved ex- cept thirty-three, who were drowned... At the Kingston General Hospital ant week” the sister. of Lieut. Donald Mccaggar of Bellevflle, who suffered severe burns [on his arm at Barrie- fleld Camp. gave up” portions 01 skin from her body to the doctors to' suit on her brother. - __.v v“_ â€"v-- in on their alarm posts with rifles and bayonets, while preparations to serve them with ball ammunition at a moment’s notice was made. At the same time an emergency call to the Soldiers' Club sent all . men from this point back to camp post haste, and all officers on leave were communi- cated with by telephone, ordering them to report back at camp imme- diately. In anticipation of a call be- ing made to send troops by special train to the scene of the explosion, double companies of the 74th and ,76th battalions were ordered to se- cure their equipments, and were lined up tovbe ready to entrain as soon as Canadian Factory Smashed to Atéms â€"Town Shaken as if by Ezrthquakc â€"Casu:2ties Are Uncertain MUNITION PLANT BLOWN . UP AT PARRY 39m German Dreadnought Sunk More Hun Beastliness Sister’s True Devotion Russian Fleet’s Success OUR WAR LOAN '. ‘ .uu' .. Ff" The, hospital ship Anglia, with about 300 wounded men aboard, in addition to the crew‘, nurses and at- tendants, bound from France for Dover, struck a mine in mid-Channel last week and sank in a very short time. Eighty-five men, most of them seriously wounded, and therefore in their cots lost their lives. The collier Lusitania. which was nearby at the time of the accident, immediately went to the assistance of the Anglia, and her boats had just been lowered when she also struck a mine and foundered. All her crew was saved. A patrol vessel succeeded in rescuing 800 of the Anglia’s passengers and crew, including some nurses. A num- ber of bodies were recovered. The Press Bureau issued the following re- port: “The hospital ship Anglia struck a mine in the Channel last week and sank. There were on board at the time about 13 officers and 372 men, making a total of 385. Of this num- ber about 300 were saved by a patrol boat.” The Anglia had 200 cot cases aboard. When the rescuing vessels reached her she was badly down by the head and her propellers were rac- ing. He‘r stem was so Tigh above ~ ~â€".. “Anglia" Strikes 3 Mine and Many Wounded Soldiers Are Drowned pitcher 19?: Athens after his series of intervie': s. aermaus Lose Ground at Dvinsk Fighting on the northern and south- ern flanks continues without interrup- non. The Russians have driven the Germans out of their positions west- of Dvinsk, the enemy abandoning arms and munitions in their precipi- tate retreat from the trenches. On the left bank of the Styr the Austro- German forces were compelled to abandon their positions, the Russians occupying villages in the neighbor- hood. No important change is re- ported elsewhere along this front. Se rbs’ Great Triumph The Serbian Legation at Rome re- ports an important Serbian victory at Leskovac, in the Nish district, after a battle lasting several days. The Bul- garian losses, the Legation adds, were enormous. Important news comes from the south, where it is reported British forces have arrived at Mona- stir. Deep mystery has cloaked the situation in this region for several days, the Bulgarians in the last de- spatches being reported in possession of the town. A strong defence by the remnants of the imperilled Serbian force is now expected with the help of their allies. On the French front the situation is quiet. French Artillery Scor: Paris says: “There have been steady, violent artillery actions around Loos and near Hulluch, in Ar- tois. Our fire has caused great dam- age to the German works. In the Ar- gonne, at Boland, we successfully blew up two mine chambers. At Va- quois there has been very violent can- nonading. On the heights of the Meuse, at Bois des Chevalliers, a Ger- man mine chamber was blown up without causing any damage to our lines.” Gorizia is Doomed It is reported unomcially in de- spatches from Laibach, Austria, that the fortifications of Gorizia have been almost destroyed by the Italian artil- lery. Intense bombardment of Aus- trian positions in the Goritz zone by Italian artillery continues, says Rome. A successful attack was begun north- west of Oslava, and Italian infantry obtained a firm rooting on part of the summit of Monte San Michele. This is the most important Austrian posi- tion on the east bank of the Isonzo south of Goritz. EGREEEE ES 31.0me 3 Z’ ALLIED WARSHIPS ,w---“ “w”, _-___ ___- __ {form or receive reinforcements to at- tack the Bulgarians and ‘ Germans again. London says the Entente ‘al- li::s have demanded that Greece either 3cm with them and fulfill her treaty obligations to Serbia or demobilize, and to impress King Constantine that their mean what they say, the allies have declared a commercial blockade. of the Hellenic Empire. It is very certain that Lord Kitchener, the Brit 1511 War Secretary, who had confer- ence with the Greek King, and after- wards saw Premier Skouloudis, took firm stand, and told them What the' allies could and would do unless the demands were conceded. Lord Kit- -A €93 3.331 dated Athens says: (2:83;; can; edes that if“ the allied t: osps “:c it; rced to retreat into Greek crr‘tory Greece will prevent the Ger~ mans from following them. On the .ot.;c.- hand, Greece maintains that the @1426; troops must not remain or re- ‘ ;.";7..- :3 .;0w Forced to Show Her ham-.â€"<itchener Sees King Con- staaineâ€"Further Successes Hospital Ship Sunk Athens after his series of COD f-er (1 ft Me tlng - - L“.- - Q- ° 3318,8203? e s of South Gle annex.) Instltute what the will be held 111 the followi 10 places on res- nless the . “‘1 K“ pective dates: series of ‘ Nov. 30 Hanover fisyton Dec. 1 .Dromove Holstein “ 2 Durham Varney “ 3 Dornoch Twp. Hall, Glenelg fAlI After-noon Meetings at 2 p.m., Evenings at 8 pan. Roumania is only waiting the few :weeks necessary for Russia to cem- gplete military preparahons along her ifrontier beicre she throws '11 her 10‘. 1with the allies according to 2 C203?- ation cf 0011.1: 1-11 Ta «113,835.50. 3-. ., 2°1- xmanian nouie;:'.;.11.‘i: 1:..1111)’ 1.. 11.1.- 'ter of a few weeks he . re Rou Liz-min. ,will be in the war,” he s;.id $119113: Zbefore he sexed 11-; 11...,e '12: 3389213110. “--.'. ;.o 12.1.; 1;“: L... \o\ MR. GEO. GIER, Waldemar, at Hanover, Holstein, Durham. Varn- ey and Glenelg Township Hall, will talk on; “The Economic Pm- duction of Beef.” At Dromore and Dornoch, “The Breeding 0f Shorthorns.” At Ayton.‘ “The Drainage.” MR. H. C. 'DUFF, District Representative, at Dromore. Holstein. Donoch and Glenelg‘, a selected subject. MR. JN'O. R. PHILP. at Hanover, Ayton, Durham and Varnev; “Alfalfa or Corn.” the sea 2.27.? V..- 3': Iii-3, :‘€:;C.' ' " -. J eels was able to pass- under her 40 men dropped aboard. Country to Join Allies, Says Native, on Completion of Preparations Other Speeches and a musical Program will be provided by lat-34 talent for the evening meetings. All are cordially invited to attend and take part in the discussions. MRS. W. J. HUNTER, Brampton. will speak to the Women’s In- stitutes at all Afternoon Meetings and at the General Meetings in the Evenings. A Practical and Entertaining Speaker. FARMEflg" mg? J. W. BLYTH Agent "9: MI SPECIAL NOTICE One Slightly used Piano at a, Bargain. High grade Biamw of several makes. Columbia. Grafonolm and Records. Muszcal [nstrmnents and Supplies. Singer and Whitu Sewing; T‘Iachines on the“ Brink President . J. Snell In Aftevnson at In Evening at PROGRAM any indgcisio‘p 9n t_hé part or my cd‘uii ,,-_' ivâ€" try as to what she intended to do. From the outset the minds of the Roumanian people have been set on entering on the side of the allies. All this talk we have been hearing about Roumania maintaining a friendly atti- tude toward the Teuton has been cooked up in Germany.” The British Admiralty have issued the following‘ statement: “Lieut- Commander Layton. who commanded Submarine 12-13, which was destroy- ‘ed in Danish waters, has escaped from the Nanel Barracks, where he was interned. He was not on parole.” Advertise It iri’thE-Chronicle British Commander Secretary Durham Escapes