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WEI} VICTORY lil VOSGFS 2li(lhll0llil) AS [MPORTANT IN VON PAPEN SAILS AWAY, SAYS "I'M mNoCENT" French in 1 may be fou coming: by that Field who led the victory in I Serbia, is Number of Prisoners Captured Largest Ottensive of September Last o1 A (Maven-h from London says: The French success " Hartmanna-wei1t kopf appears to have been of consid- erablr- proportions. The 065W French statement gives the number of .prrroners captured at 1,300. A part of the rnsitions gained, however, was lo t again after a series of coun- ter-attuvks. _ _ _-e--. n... A despatch from New York says: Franz von Papen, Gernutny's recalled military attache, left New York for Rotterdam last week on the steamship Noordam, bearing a safe conduct to Germany from the Entente ullies. Departing he issued a final statement to the American people, in which he aid: "1 leave my post without my feeling of bitterness, because I know too well that when history is once written it will establish our clean to- cords and columnist: spread broadcast at present." Von Paper: was appointed military!i attache of the German Embassy in', December, 1913. Public attention? WIS directed to him in September last,) when a letter which he wrote to hisI wife wax found among the papers; seized by the British Governmenti from James F. J. Archibald, while he) was carrying them to Europe. In this letter von Papen alluded to "Bloedsinnitt Yankees," which was translated as "idiotic Yankees." His recall and that of Capt. Karl Bor-Ed, the German Naval Attache, was re- quested by Secretary Lansing Dee. 2. Mr. Lansing described their ottenees as cumulative, but gave no particu- In". It is reported that Capt. will leave here for Rotterdam steamer Rotterdam. PUVERTY AND SQUALIHI NO MURE IN EAST END TARTAR FOR STATES ALLOWED BY FRANCE The heavy loss of life of the Ger- mans at Liege was said to have shat- tered the confidence of the General, and a report that he had committed suicide gained wide currency in Au- gust of last year. General von Emmnch was com- mander of the tenth army corps. He tittured prominently in the early events of the war, being in command of German troops which invaded Bel- gium. llo it was who issued an ap- pea! to the Belgian people not to re- sist the Germans. A 1ioc,r,ntett from Paris says: Upon the attire of Alexandre Ribot. Minis- ter of Finance, the Government has rescinded the decree prohibiting the exportation to the United States of crude tartar and its by-products, which are used to a large extent in America for bread-raising. In ordi- nary years these articles are export- ed to the United States to the value of about 9,000,000 francs. The tartar comes from deposits in wine masks. Its exportation was pro- hibited because it was believed to be an element employed in the manufac- ture of certain explosives. and it was suspected the ultimate destination of the tartar was Germany. A despatch from London saysz! Probably no part of Great Britain has‘ been more radically atfeeted by the war than the east of London. A so-' cial reformer. desiring in days tronel, by to see poverty and squalor in! their acutest forms, naturally turned to the East End, knowing that there he would ftnd both in full measure. I To-day the East End has been transformed. If poverty has not been! wiped out by causes due to the war; it has largely disappeared, and toilingl people are enjoying a degree of pros-' perity such ms before never existed; there. For a long time past every’ able-bodied man had been working six and seven days a week, and all ww men and boys can get all the work they want. i A despatch from Berlin says: The death at Hanover of Gene"! von Em- mich, the conqueror of Liege. is an- nounced by the Overseas News Agency. VON ENIMN'H DEAD. LED ATTACK ON LIEGE CERMANY HAS' SECURED RUIXVIANIAX GRAIN Arrangement" Perfected for Exports" tion of 50.000 Carioadsc A desratch from Berlin says'. Ae- cording to a Bucharest despatch, the exportation of 50,000 carloads of grain of various sorts has been finally arranged. tt satisfactory agreement on the method of payment having been reached between the German and Ron- mnlan negotiators. " bblh no. po My motive “tuning the) ch in making the violent glue! in found in reports from Zurich pr: Ly way of Rome, which says FILM Marshal von Mackensen, led the Austro-tlermnn armies to ry in Poland. and then conquered in, is to head a new German Fiz'l- in unner- Alsace. According w:- "mom the Germans have u! Ct00,000 men in upper Alsace, 'Yrr,r:y'1, (Shame! of Peace Negotiations Boy-Ed on the ttssion Th '"rii"Friiiich trains, a part of which has been lost again, were on the eastern slope of the mountain, accord- ing to the French communique. As described by the German War Office in its official statement, the ground won by the French included the sum- mit. all foodstuffs in the vicinity have been requisitioned, and 22 villages hove been evacuated to facilitate the opera- tions. These preparations have been continuing for 15 days, according ta the reports. I D ‘,£_L The French success resulted from careful artillery preparation and the dashing onslaught of the troops. The Germans have been forced back some distance on the eastern slopes of the mountain. Fifteen Million Dollars for Artifieial Limbs. No industry, considered relatively to its importance, seems likely to pro- fit more by the war than the manu- facture of false arms and legs. One American concern is said to have al- ready received orders from the Bri- tish and French governments for $15e 000,000 worth of artificial limbs. The normal producing capacity of this es- tablishment is 250 legs a month, but its output is expected soon. to t mul- tiplied by five. I Another American manufacturer, who has a factory in France, has just returned to secure additional machin- ;ery and workmen. To obtain the lat- ter is not easy, for false legs and arms, especially the former, are com. ', plex pieces of mechanism, and to con- l istruct them properly requires much ipraetiee and long training. The cork leg is familiar in works of fiction. In real life such a thing is not, and never has been, cork being, just abdut the most unsuitable ma-j terial for the purpose that could be imagined. Artificial limbs are made _of basswood or willow, supplemented ‘ to some extent with leather. ', Such false legs and arms as can now be bought are of course very mo- i darn inventions. It may be taken for , granted, however, that artificial sub. lstitutes for lost limbs date back to a (remote antiquity. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka {of the Smithsonian Institution recent- 'yly dug up in Peru a false foot of wood, apparently prehistoric, which “was a mere block with a socket, evi- , dently intended to be fastened to the , lankle of a person whose foot had been .. _ amputated. _ .. . r. . _g___" u...,.......w.. Famous in history is the iron hand of Goetz von Berlichingen, a knight of mediaeval Nuremberg; and there was another nobleman of the same epoch who had an iron foot weighing ten pounds. Too Many of Our Desirable Goods Are Demineralized. Entrance of a parasite or fungus growth is a cause of cancer, accord- ing to the opinion of Dr. Horace Packard, of Boston University, who discussed "The Cancer Question" be- fore the Surgical and Gynecological Society of the American Institute of Homeopathy at Chicago. Dr. Pack- ard emphasized his belief that the possible cause of cancer is dietary and argued that demineralize& foods form a factor in the disease’s devel- opment. The human family is under- fed in mineral food salts, he said. "A momentous fact," he added, "is that the flour mills and the rice mills of the civilized world are busy eliminating every particle of iron, phosphorous, sodium, potassium, silica, calcium, chloride, magnesium and sulphur (mineral salts), from our staple food supply and sending out food material rich in heat units but pitifully meagre in energizing and immunizing mater- ial. In a single flour mill of the Middle West, approximately one mil- lion tons of wheat are milled each year. Of this about 550 thousand tons go to the human family as refined flour (wheat starch) and 450 thous- and tons of the by-products bearing the energizing, immunizing food salts go mainly to feed domestic animals." A despatch from Geneva, says: The secretary of the Austrian Con- sultate here, Herr Taussig has been arrested on a charge of espionage. The charge. it is said, grows out of his alleged denunciation of Mrs. Merrick Hildebrandt. of Louisville, Ky., recent- ly expelled from Germany after her arrest and imprisonment on a charge which she said was not made known to her, and who came to Geneva and caused a strong protest to be for- warded to Washington against what she declared to be the treatment accorded her man authorities. 300 GERMAN WOMEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION A :lcspatch from Amsterdam says: According to advices to the Tele- graaf, a powder factory and several ammunition depots were blown up at Muenster, Westphalia. Of the 600 women employed in the mill, 300 were killed. trtiTRiA N DIPLOMAT prove to be the ultimate channel of Face negotiations. A Copenhagen nlcspatch declares that the Socialist “any in Germany is now completely ,'iv'.d.od, 21 members having seceded .-.~-! formed a new party with on in- w'-s'c,'at ortrartiantittrs. 'BAD DIET CAUSES CANCER. THE FRUITS OF WAR. American manufacturer, ARRESTED AS A SPY. Since the for Artificial unwarranted by the Gor- INTERVIEW WITH VON TIRPITZ WHAT THE GERMAN ADMIRAL SAID A FEW YEARS AGO. Professed Great Friendship for Bri- tain at That Time at a Peace Banquet. Yesterday I had what housewives call "a clearing up," and in the pro- cess stumbled across some notes I made a few years ago of an interview I had with Admiral von Tirpitz, writes Ailas K. Hocking in the London News. The occasion was a banquet given in ‘Berlin by Count Douglas to the mem- bers of a Peace delegation represent- I ing the British churches. _ I A Peace-Loving People. i "l am glad of the opportunity of ,talking to an Englishman," he said. ATo be strictly accurate, he used the fterm “representative Englishman.") 3“] am exceedingly anxious that Eng- lish and Germans should understand each other better. I have a great ad- miration for you English. I admire your customs and institutions. Two "of my daughters are at present in an English school at Cheltenham. Eng- land and Germany have so much in (Common. Our commercial interests are almost identical. We are one in literature. and one in religion. There ought never to be enmity between us. How it came about that my seat was at the host's table and next to Von Tirpitz I don't know. Scarcely were we seated when he turned and spoke to me. "“My name is Tirpitz," he said, and he handed me his card. For a moment the name conveyed nothing to me. I was not familiar at the time with the names of German naval or military officers. Professors and pastors had been more in my way. Then his resplendent uniform, richly decorated with gold braid, gave me a clue. I adjusted my spectacles and read his full name, "Admiral von Tirpitz." I welcome your visit to Germany. 1 hope it will do good-l believe it will. We are a peace-loving people. Our greatest desire is to live in the friend- liest rotations with the whole world. Particularly we are desirous of living in peace with England. I fear some: times you do not quite understand us." I looked at him while he was talk- ine-forgetting to eat-and I am free to confess that I was immensely im- pressed both by his manner and his appearance. He spoke fluently, and in quite correct English. His voice was pleasant and carefully modulated, and the impression he conveyed was (mo of absolute sincerity. I should deseriU' him as of rather handsome appearance-tall and well built, though inclined to rotundity. He had a long blond beard only slightly tinged with gray. frank blue eyes and a square forehead. His full beard hid his mouth and chin. Preparations for War. "I hope you have been pleased with your' welcome f" he went on. "Very pleased, indeed." “I am glad. I hope after this visit you will understand us better. Eng- Land and Germany ought to be close friends. Standing shoulder to shoul- der we could preserve the peace of der we could preserve mu pcucu u. the world." "From one in your position," I said, "such sentiments are peculiarly grati- fying. What we in England fail to understand is your vast and feverish preparations for war." -- _ , g.___e..h. ws..,,,,,,,.,,:,',-'?" "Vast and feverish preparauomV he questioned, with a gentle and dis- arming smile. I felt that I was in for it now, so I said quite bluntly: "There seems to us nothing in the present condition of Europe to lead you to amass and equip such a vast army as you are doing. Moreover, we frankly do not understand why you have accelerated the building of your warships. Who are you building against'." l m, looked at my cud, which he had The mwmhip has withheld new» or mum. operations at tlte Strait: over there will be un 1rttereoattut story on the pmnutlons taken the Mediterranean and tho rum employed by them to avoid m ntn. Above are several News ot this Important key position, v no between the Atlantic and tho Mediterulmn. His looked at my car in THE GATEWAY TO THE MEDITERRANEAN tie war." feverish preparation? T" , with a gentle and dis- MORTALITY FROM summon IN SERBIA IS APPALLING A despatch from Rome says: The number of Serbians seeking refuge in Albania is daily increasing. In the interior of Serbia conditions are said to be hopeless. The mortality from starvation and exhaustion is appal- ling. The remnants of the army are subsisting on horseflesh, and the non- combatants, unable to find means of transportation, especially women and children, are often absolutely without Before Aid Can Come Thousands of Non-Com- batants in the Interior Are Doomed to Death I "But yours is out of all proportion jto the coast you have to defend. Ex- icuse me speaking quite frankly. We :in England do not understand it. :Thero are many amongst us who re- "tard it as}: direct menace to our na- f val supremacy." food. placed on the table in front of him, 5nd smiled. “I can asaure you, Mr. Hocking, on my word of honor," he said, "that there is nothing in this so-called ac- celeration. Our ships are built by contract, and are to be delivered at a certain date. If in the meanwhile la- bor or materials should happen to be cheap, we do not interfere with the contractors taking advantage of the. cheapness; but the ships will not be taken over by the Government until the time specified." Unfriendly Nations. "But why do you need a big navy at all? You have not a long coast-line to defend." "But We have a considerable mer- cantile marine," he smiled. "Also we import fifty million pounds' worth of foodstuffs t'very year-that must be protected." "Against whom I"' "Against any possible contingency. We have enemies. France is not friendly. Russia is uncertain." "But neither France nor Russia will attack you from the sea, and your army is suifieient to defend your land frontiers." "Every great nation in these days must have u sufficient navy," he re- plied gently. . "I um sorry if they think so," he replied. "We have no desire, believe me, to rival your fleet. We could not do so if we tried. Let me repeat again that we are anxious above all things to live in peace with England. Why, a war with England"--he added earnestly-would ruin us for a gen- eration." Taken Atrack hy the Duration of the War. Lord Haldane, the one-time British War Secretary, speaking at Hamp- stead, England, declared that the Ger- mans would have reached Paris and perhaps Calais had not the Govern- ment taken prompt action upon the warnings which he himself and others had given of German intentions. The British Government, he said, did everything possible to get aggressive ideas out of the heads of the other nations on the Continent, but that did not prevent the Government from tak- ing precautionary measures. Great Britain was not taken unawares, but was able to mobilize the army and navy at the first moment of the out- break of the war. Lord Haldane ex- pressed the belief that there was not a single Government among the Pow- ers that had not been wholly surprised and taken aback by the magnitude and duration of the struggle which has since developed, and that nobody has been so much surprised as the German General Staff, which "had ex. pected a walk-over in about three months." THE H “V HRS Sl' RPRU4ED. tite Stnuls ot Gibraltar. but when the m " ions when to keep German submarines out of {0 avoid mines and new prepared try Great Brn- position, " hm British guns dominant the pun- the Straits 1 E The sneezewood tree of Cape Colony is so called because the dust, which iarises from it when it is being sawn, fies of such an irritating nature that it genuscs sneezing. In addition to the food shortage the refugees are constantly exposed to at- tack from Albanian tribesmen, who are shooting down men, women and children at every opportunity. At the coast towns, food, especially flour, is available, but it is impossible to convey it into the interior because of the hostility of the natives. Re- ports say that before aid can come thousands of non-eombatant Serbians are doomed to death by starvation. It is possible to detect the presence of chicory in ground coffee by allow. _ ing a few grains of the suspected mix- 'iture to fall into a glass of cold water. 31f it is pure, almost all the, grains !will continue hard and float on the iwater, imparting very little color; but iif chicory is present, the grains will he quite soft, and sink to the bottom iof the glass. coloring the water i brown. Yeast is a fungus. Vegetables should not be given to young puppies. One cofrve-trce yields about a pound of beans each season. Seaweed is sometimes used for making the handles of knives. Bananas take the place of bread in many of the countries in which they grow. To save firewood, dry your potato- pvelings in the oven and use them for lighting fires. Overgrown cabbage-stalks from the Channel Islands are used for making walking-sticks. The word "elovc" comes from the Latin "clavus," meaning a nail, cloves being very like nails in appearance. In Russia the tea used is not sold in loose packets, but in small or large tablets that look like pieces of wood or stone. Gooseberry-bushes were originally called gorseberry-bushes. from the plants having prickles similar to those of the gorse shrub. Cinnamon bark will be found a simple and useful remedy for the odor of tobacco. The mouth should be washed oat with water in which some of the hark has previously been boiled. Data grow at the top of such tall, slender trees that, in order to gather them, men have to swing themselves up the trunk by degrees by means of a rope, one and of which they fasten round their bodies, whilst they loop the other end so that it will catch on to the notches in the trunk of the tree. New Minister of Interior Adopts New Methods. There has been a great speeding up" of methods and men on the Russian railway systems during the last few weeks, as a result of investigations undertaken by the new Minister of the Interior, M. Khvostoft. His in.. vestigations were begun in the first place owing to complaints regarding scarcity of food supplies in Moscow. The minister', plans for remedying the conditions include the specding up of managers and workmen, the use of motor vehicles for unloading and do- livery, the use of the electxic street cars for freight at night, and the fix- ing of maximum prices for distribu- tion service by private conc'rns. The new int-warns: are 1 ine but The new In? into operatior ind other i'c necessary. SP BEDS CiCt It's RAILWAYS VEGETABLE NOTES. ttht, and the fix- res for distribu. e conc'rns. are 1 "mg put "row, Pctrottrad 0 they are found ONTARIO ARCHIVES Markets of the World to Ontario otiu--No. 3 white at to Mc: eommereinl onto, " to he. u. cording to freight, outside. Ontario wheat-No. 2 Winter, rt car lot, $1.05 to 81.07; wheat slid t- ly sprouted. " to $1.04. ond‘tough according to sample; wheat sgrrouted, smutty, and tough, according to sam- ple; Ned wheat, " to Me. Iteas---No. 2, nominal, per car lots, $1.90; sample pens. according to sam- ple, $1.50 to 81.75, according to ‘freights outside. l Kir1ey--Maltiryt barley, 57 to 60c; (it barley, tro to 53c, according to freight. outside. I iiiriekwheat--Nornie1, _c9r lots, . .70 "iil',iiraiG'iLulomimy, car lots, 76 to Tle, according to freight: outside. Rre---No. 2 nominal. 86 to tthe; rye, 'git""' 70 to Mc, according to sun- we .. . - A“... [Eh--0 ”A...“ h, ""iranito1m ttour-First patents, jute bags, $6.60; second patents, jute Yum ff .Aou1'tryf, bakers', it]; IKE; fipy/:r,tr.on,tgi..: - A . rm ‘v-... "rt. lawn?! Butter-Fresh dairy, 28 to 300; in- ferior, 22 to Mc; creumery prints, " to96e; solids, 31%;» .82ta _ A w iiiiiir-"iitTr'iiF," gif t; jitte per doz.; selects, 35 to 36c ; new-laid, " to 609, case kgs: . .. . Itoney-Prie, in tins, lbs., 10 to Ile; combu. No. I, $2.40; No. 2, " Beans-$4.15 to $4.25. Poultry-Chiefs, 15 to 16c; fowla, 12 to 18e; ducks, 15 to Ihr, geese. 16 to 17e; turkeys, 25 to 27e. Cheese-Large, liNe', twins, 19e. Potatoes-Car lots of Ontario quot- ed at $1.35. and New Brunswick: at 81.55 per hag, on track. ‘ Montreal, Dee. 28.--C,orrr--Ameri- (d No. 2 yellow, 80 to tlie. Oats---. f No. 2 local white, 45c; No. 3 do., 44c; iNo. 4 do., 43c. Barley-Man. feed, l60e; malting, 67e. Buckwheat-No. 2, 182m Flour-Man. Spring wheat path (ents, firmtrr, $6.70; seconds, $0.20; ;strong bakers', $6; Winter patents. gchoice, $6.20; straight rollers, $5.50 Ito $5.60; do., bags, $2.60 to $2.70.' ,Rolled oats, barrels, $5.20 to $5.25; I do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.45 to $2.50. Bran "24. Shorts, $26. Middlings, $28 to $30. Mouillie, $81 to $88. Hat-ho. I2, per ton, car lots, $19 to $19.50. lCheese--Fimst westerns. 17% to Mk; [ finest easterns, 171, to [Thu Butter _--t'hoicest creamery, 34% tn 35140; 1 seconds, 32% to Me. Eees--Fresh, " ';to ir8r; selected, Mc; No. 1 stock, Mc; No. 2 stock, Me. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.80 to S! .35. Dressed hogs. abattoir killed, $13.50 to 1313.75; do., country, :12 to $12.25. l Pork-Heavy Canada short mess, bbls, ‘35 to 45 pieces, $29 to $29.50; short icut back, bhls., 45 to (r,i',tiri't,r:, $28 to $28.50. Lurd--Alompoun ' tierces, 375 ilbs.. 1Mic; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, ,12‘.c; pure, tierces, Mr, lbs., 14titc; 'pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, Mr. 7 United Sum Markets. 1 Minnen olis, Dee. 2tt.--whetst---No. t hard, {1.20%}; No. 1 Northern, "i.17h to '1.18%; No. 2 Northern, $l.13% to 81.15%; December, I31.17%; May, $1.18%. Corn-No. 3 1 yellow, " to 74e. oats-No. 3 white, 40% to 40%e. Flour unchanged. Bran, $l8 to 818.59. .... .. Cured meats are quoted as follows: --Bacon, long clear, 16 to "We per 1b., in use lots. thuns-Medium, 17% to MK; do., heavy. 14% to L5c; rolls, to to 16%e; breakfast bacon, 21 to Met backs, plain, 24 to 250; boneless backst263) 27c. _ . . '"iii.'dCHitarket is steady; pure lard.13% to Me; compound, 12 to 121he. Duluth, Dee. 1g.---Wheat---No. 1 hard, $t.17%; No. 1 Northern, 31.16%; No. 2 Northern, $1.12% to 'i.13%; Montana, No. 2 hard, $1.12% to 31.14%; December, $1.16h; May, 31.18%. Linseed, cash, $2.11 to $2.il%; December, 312.0912; May, Live Stock Math-us. Toronto, Dee. 28.-Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.60 to $7.90; do., good, $7.25 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.23 to $7; do., common, $5,60 to $6; hutch- ers' bulls, choke, $6.50 to $6.75; do., good hulls, $5.75 to $6.25; do..ruugh bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cuws, choice. $6.35 to $6.75; do.. good, $4: to $6.25; do., medium, $5.25 to $5.75; do., common, $4 to $4.50; feeders, good, $6.50 to $6.75; Hackers, 700 to 900 lbs, $6 to $03.60; camwrs nnd cutters, $3 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $75 to $100; do., common and medium. each, $35 to $00; swingers, $50 to $100; litrht ewe}. $6.50 to $7.50; sheep, heavy, $5.25 to $0; do., bucks, $3.30 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.75; lambs, cut. $9.55 to $10.75; calves, medium to choice, $6.50 to $10; do., common, $4 to 84.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9.25 to $9.30; do., paekers' quotations, $8.75. Montreal, Dec. 2fk--Choiee steers, $8 to $8.25; good, $7.50 to $7.73; lower grades down to $5.50; choicv Butcher cows, $6.25 to $6.50; and bulls from $5 to $0.75 per cwt.; lamlm. $9.75 to $10; sheep, $13.25 to $7 per cwt.; calves. 9 to 9he per ll, for milk fed and at c, to 5% for gm» fed; hogs. selected lots, $9.50 to $9.73 pt-r ch, weighed off of”. Two days of this month, the 1701 and 2ist, will be observed. through» out Prussia as specie! occasions of fasting and prayer. In Berlin no pub- lie performances will be permitted in theatres or other places of public amusement, except such as are espe- cinlly designed to conform to the char- acter of the day. Plays must have a serious and patriotic tendency. Mov- ing-picture. shows may exhibit only films illustrating sacred history, ac- companied by religious music. In cun- cert halls oratorios and sacred “my“ my be given. Granite is earth's crust. 5 Business in Montreal Prayer Days Country Produce. Provisions. iii,Ts white 87 to mm. 35 to 37¢. Ic- the lowest rock in the in 'rutmia in in In “moms! morsoomm A d-teh from Won an: m Athens cormpondent of the Dnitr, Mail lays: "The outlook in more util- [utory than at any use since tho Macedonian alumina started. Gen. Sam“ said that he was fully satia- tled. Envy an: have arrived uni are new in position. The delay in the enemy's advance has been of tho greatest value to the alum." The Salonica correspondent ur the Dolly News In”: “Assuming that the reports of the disposal of the Ger- mmie forces are true, it is possible that half a million Germans, Turk:' nnd Bulgarinm are available for In attack on Saionica. It is understood that Premier Radosinvoif, of But.. lurk. recently hinted that a smash- ing blow would be struck in Junuary. Therefore the period of calm here may ‘be short. Gen. de (‘utrinuo arrived ‘here unexpectedly recently. He had ‘long conferences with General Snail liiiit' General Mullen. and visited the (French and British fronts. The popu- llution of Salonieu in quiet, reassured by Gen. Snmil’s "athnent that the city in not in danger." Despatches from Greece to the Lon.. don morning 8trer' add to the myn. tery surrounding tho nest mow of the Central powarn. Correspondents of the Times both in Saloniu and in Athens, and the Morning Pan's cor- respondent, suggest that the Bun-tar inns will be in the “nun-rd of the Teutonic advance toward Saloniru. "All pretended German guaran’ tees," lays the Morning Pours Athens correlpondent. “Ire mere sedativel, intended to induce Greek public opin- ion to take the bitter dose as nuietly " possible. The correspondent adds that there is n rumor in circulation that the German- ure preparing to clothe the Bulgarian: in German uniforms m that Greece rvnnot ohjeet to their entry. Necessary to Overcome I” I’m- Settlen' Clearing Fires. Formerly, one of the chief source. of fire dnmnge in the Adirondack mountains of New York was tho set- tine of fires by settlers in forest net'- tions for the clearing of Und. The damage resulting from the escape of such fires, set in periods of drought, wu BO great that i law was enacted providing for the regulation of set tlern' tires, by requiring that a permit for burning he first secured from u forest oiBeer. The result is that it has become I rare exception for a nettlcr'u fire to encape, and cause damage. Out of I total of 418 fire, repnrted in 1914, only 20, or lens than twe per can" were caused Ivy settlers clem- in land, and of those only om- did upmchhk ducky. This indimtn clearly both the dosinbility and the praetieability of controlling thin men Ice in such a way an to reduce the hazard to a minimum. while at the sane time interfering us little as pow sible with the lacitimuu- developmvm of micultunl lands. The nine lei-on has been learnt‘dl by all the provinces of Canada, 1"fi nil except Ontario have nude mntor I iol progress in applying tho lesson ini I concrete way, through improvcdi legislntion or regulations. Quebeci and British Columbia hnve provisions requiring settler-i in forest auctions to! take out permits before setting clear-fl ing fires, and the some is true as to: the Dominion forest reserves in the prairie provineem. New Brunswick‘ lu- recently made a nimilnr provinimx,‘ Ippliuble to the settlement: of IU ' zen Ind Grimmer. where Horiou! dam age Wu caused by unregulated wt _ tiernf fires during the past F'ktttrtrrter,' in Quebec, notable prom-e» tmnmii The organization tr tive associations by Ii the enactment of a law by the Provinc would constitute noun progress of forest I” urio.--4'. in. in Cons 'rttservcr itcncrihes Ltmlw Night." how ew. re PERMITS FUR "IRVING I'I‘II'I STRAIN ttl' “\HI Ludwig nrominu the on Soldien' I lin MUN' t 'een It ur “1 sit