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s 4#4 # y *» $4 [44 M l-Why?u For a moment she did not answer. Part of her reluctance came from the fact that she was going in Scarborâ€" ough‘s company. That would have antly "Of course I will go," she said. "Mr. Scearborough will be here in ten minâ€" utes. He and I are going to ride over on our bicycles. Of course I will go." "But reluctantly? You do it reluctâ€" She knelt down beside him, and stroked the big white hand which he held out to her. Elt i. P Anccagaiot ctsiatueth 1 admit; but I have never known you | shrink from a task because it was unâ€" pleasant. 1 would spare you the unâ€" | pleasantness if I could, butâ€"" he | pointed to his left foot, swathed in‘ bandages, and resting on a pile of | cuchions. "Someone must go to Ponta I Delagada, to see this cireus," he nid,‘ "and I can‘t!" "Little girl," he said, "we have been through hard times together, you and I; but though the world has been against us, we have been happy, beâ€" tween us. You have trusted me. Is that trust beginning to fail you ?" "No, father," "Then why are you so reluctant now ? Your task is an unpleasant one "I believe you when you say it is. But 1 don‘t understand." Mr. Page hesitated. Then he held out a white, rather large, but beautiâ€" fully shaped hand to her. She came to his side. ‘"You don‘t like your errand?" he asked. "No." "And 1 don‘t like sending you upon it. The part of the spy is always an unpleasant one to play; but unforâ€" tunately it is sometimes necessary. You understand that it is necessary here 2" Mr. Page shot a glance at her, movâ€" ing his eyes only, not his head. He made a habit of economy in moveâ€" ment; and besides, as Elsa was not looking at him at the moment, by not moving his head he concealed the fact that he was observing her. ly COd CCEEE Cerees‘y TTR Tt & sCouct one, "The spirit of them, yes. But don‘t hint; ask straight out. Or, get Scarâ€" borough to ask, and back him up in his request." "I want to know exactly what I am to do. Are those my instructions?" she asked agaiq. but in a gentler tone. for her answer, but the snEilI orâ€"t'i:'.‘i spasm of pain cooled her anger at the laugh. A shootin} ;)am«n;hls gouty foot had eut his merriment short with a gasp. His daughter stood before him waiting There was a note of scorn in her voice, and her father was amused. He laughed loudly, and then winced with a sharp indrawing of the breath. "If he doesn‘t," Elsa broke in quickâ€" ly, "I am to give him a hint that I want to be asked, and to continue the process of being charming until he takes the hint! Are those my instrucâ€" tions ?" "Then why am I to be charming to him*" demanded Elsa. Mr. Page smiled. "Because, my dear, if he is a cadâ€" and his name suggests that he can hardly be anything elseâ€"he will be all the more impressed by your condesâ€" cension, and will probably offer to show you over his schooner. If he doesn‘tâ€"* ‘ Mr. Page laughed, and his daughter flushed slightly. "I will do my best," she said. "Yes, my dear, I know you will, for your father‘s sake," said Mr. Page. "I leave the method to your own woâ€" man‘s wit, and to cireumstances, which your woman‘s wit will tell you how to turn to profit. If, however, an introduction to Mr. Val B. Montague, the manager of the troupe, is one of the cireumstances, I should suggest that you give yourself the trouble to be charming to him. He is probably al' cad." "I will ask myself," said Elsa quickâ€" doesn‘t manage somehow to your whim.," "You can‘t," said her father, "but young Scarborough can. Tell him you are interested in the people, that you think their life romantic, and that you would like to see it a little closer. He‘s not the man I take him for if he 9 * "Yes, thank you, dear. How are you to do it?" Why, observe them when they are performing. Speak to some of them, if you can. The members of a travelling cireus are not gencrally exclusive, and in a forâ€" cign country particularly they will welcome advances made by those who speak their own language." "But I can‘t go and begin a casual conversation‘" she objected. "Even in a foreign country, people would think that queer," "How am I to do that?" asked Elsa, and added, as she gave a carâ€" essing pat to the cushion which supâ€" ported her father‘s gouty foot; "Is that more comfortable?" " You quite understand, my dear," said Mr. Page, signing to his daughâ€" ter to shift the cushions, so that his left foot should rest more easily. "You are to bring me a careful deâ€" scription of every member of this cireus troupe. You are a keen obâ€" server, and it is essential that you should make the best use of your talâ€" ent now. It won‘t be an easy task. ; because you will have to penetrate the paint and tinsel and describe the human being underneath." "You THE CABLEMAN AN EXCITING PRESENTâ€"DAY ROMANCE BY WEATHERBY CHESNEY CHAPTER HIL Sold by any druggist, harness dealer, or delivered by SPOHEN MEDICAL Co., For Coughs, Colds and Distemper, and at the first sy toms of any such .Ilment& give asmall doses of that won ful remedy, now the most used in existence Watch Your Colts gratify l The malefactor had one virtue , at least. He loved his daughter with a love that was ready to sacrifice all for her. For her sake he was about to undertake a task in which he had little hope that he would succeed; little hope, indeed, that when she reâ€" turned he would be alive to welcome her. Then, a moment afterwards, with something like a moan, he added: "And when she knows the whole truthâ€"my God! will she stick to me ?" "That young man is a good sort, I believe," he said; "but I wonder wheâ€" ther he would cry off, or stick to her, if he heard the truth about her faâ€" He watched the two b'icyclis{s till a turn in the road hid them. Then he turned from the window with a sigh. He waited till the sounds on the gravel below tol«! him that the pair Mr. Page rested back in his chair with a smile. The caress had surprisâ€" ed him, and, curiously enough, it made him uncomfortable. "I believe my little girl is beginning to suspect me at last," he muttered. Acting upon a sudden impulse, Elsa bent down, and kissed her father. The action was the more remarkable beâ€" cause she was not a girl who was given to showing her feelings in this way. Then she ran quickly from the |_ "Little girl," said Mr. Page quickly, |"it can be, and is, or your mother | would not have sent thatb message. | Now, there is one thing more. Do | your work thoroughly, but don‘t delay | unnecessarily afterwards. If I should | not be Rere when you returnâ€"" ’ She turned to him with a sharp cry: "Father! why do you say thab?" ! He was a prisoner in his chair, chained by the leg in the grip of his. ‘foe, the gout. How was it possible‘ that he should not be here when she! returned. Unless he meantâ€"heavens! | | was the danger something which | | threatened not liberty only, but life? | | Mr. Page smiled at her alarm. ’ | _ "I don‘t mean that I shall be dead, | my dear," he said. "I do not expect | to move from this chair, or at any rate I from this room, till your return. But | we must prepare for everythingâ€"even | for things which, at first sight, appear | to be impossible. And so I say again, | if I am not here when you return, look in my desk, and in the second small drawer on the left you will find a . paper which will tell you what to do next. Hadn‘t you better go now? | Young men, even the most devoted, | don‘t like to be kept waiting." [ CHAPTER Iv, In spite of the trouble which she "Our safety!" she cried. "How can it be threatened ifâ€"*" Elsa thought involuntarily â€"of the complete answer which her father alâ€" ways told her he had to all the charges against him. "Then, my dear, I don‘t delay you. You know what your work isâ€"do it as thoroughly as you can. Our safety may depend on the accuracy with which you remember a mole on an arm or a scar on a forchead!" "It‘s Mr. Searborough," said Elsa from the window. p MR VC TScAOn Of fraud upon you 7 | _ _Mr. Page winced. He always winced , when the word fraud was used in conâ€" | nection with himself. "Yes," he said, "‘those, and others. When I know which of my enemies is a member of Val B. Montague‘s cireus troupe _I shall know what the danger is for which I must be ready. I think that is the meaning of your mother‘s cable, but I wish she had taken the risk of being a little more explicit, Ah someone has jumped off a bicycle at the front door! An invalid‘s ears | grow sharp, and I hear the crunch of ; gravel." | . â€" "Dangerâ€"cireus," said Elsa. "Faâ€" they, what is the danger ?" & "I don‘t know. When you return from Ponta Delgada I hope that you will give me the information that will enable me to answer your question. My dear, as you know, I have enâ€" emies." "You mean the peopl thg accusation of fraud "And rarely to me," said her father. "Letters are not safe. But she is working for us, you may be _ sure, watching over the safety of her husâ€" band and daughter, and waiting anxâ€" iously for the day when we can return to her. It was she who sent us the cablegram." "When we can do so with perfect safety," said Mr. Page. "You can‘t imagine that I enjoy living in hiding, and that I have willingly separated myself from your mother all this time!" "What is my mot] never writes to me." "Father," she said at length, "how, much longer is all this gwing on? When are we going to return to Engâ€" land and be known by our own name again ?" been a pleasure to her a day or two ago; but now, when the part of the spy had to be played, there was pain to her in having to make use of him for such a purpose. Besides, though she did not yet admit the fact to herâ€" self, her trust in her father, absolute hitherto, was beginning to be subject to qualifications. mother doing? She cople who fastened Men are just‘like=children. Quite so; the daily work of one half of the women in this world is to make alâ€" lowances and excuses for some men. "So far as the enemy is concerned, there can be but one result. I should liken his position to that of one who is afflicted with slow cancer." among the German generals, and there is reliable information that the Emperor‘s illnessâ€"whatever may be its natureâ€"has had a depressing efâ€" "Apart from the question of public opinion, there are also indications that all is not well in enemy military circles. ?Iew‘l_ reaches us of disputes "Yes, I suppose people are looking for big victoriecs, and fail to discover anything of this character during the past months. People seem to forget that we are wearing down the enemy and that every month his losses in killed and wounded are such that in many respects they cannot be reâ€" placed. This we know for a fact. | _ Thomas J. Macnamara, Financial | Secretary of the Admiralty, adds: \ "If asked to put the matter in a | sentence, I should say that for every \ man in the navy, of whom there are | something like 300,000, there are cerâ€" tainly two persons and possibly even |three at work on ship construction, | repairing and contributing to the genâ€" ‘eral efficiency and fighting ability of the fleet." Progressive Deterioration of the Enâ€" emy‘s Military Strength. An allied diplomatist, discussing the progress and prospects of the war with a Reuter representative, mentioned the feelings of depression and impatience that are expressed in various quarters. In regard to this he said: [ Official Figures Given â€" Fighting i M Strength Over 300,000. ]‘ The magnitude of the work going on in the navy is shown in a letter \from the Admiralty to Sir Gilbert |Parker, answering his inquiry in the ‘British House of Commons. The navy proper had 146,000 officers and moen | when the war broke out, now increasâ€" |ed to 320,000, with authority granted for a further increase to 350,000 ofâ€" ficers and men, besides 67,000 naval reserves, There are also 85,000 mon \engaged in work at Royal dockyards and other naval establishments and several times that number on Admirâ€" alty work under contract and subâ€"‘ contract. | There are also the men engaged in getting coal for the fleet, dockside workers and civilian crews of â€" colâ€" liers, oilers, mineâ€"sweepers, supply ships, etc., and men and women enâ€" gaged in making clothing and preâ€" paring food. ;‘ Her mind clamored for distraction; | for something to engross her thoughts ‘in the present; to take them away from her disappointment in the past [and her fears for the future. Scarâ€" , borough obediently talked; but after ;the first few sentences she did not ;hear what he said, or heard it vagueâ€" {ly, and answered â€" without interest, mechanically, when his pauses seemed | to demand an answor. Her brain was busy with speculation. What was the danger which threatened her father ? ‘ ' (To be continued.) ! *"Would you prefer to walk the last bit?" he asked. f She dismounted at once, and Scarâ€" borough took her machine and pushed it for her. "Tired?" he asked. "No," she said; "only hot; and â€" I think, rather cross. Talk, please." MILLION WORKING FOR NAavY was over. She went slower and slowâ€" er, and Scarborough thought it was because she was nervous in the trafâ€" fic. At nineteen it is not easy to remain depressed for long, if health is good, if the day is fine, and if one is riding | in the company of the man one loves. |__Long before she reached Ponta Delâ€" | gada, Elsa had let the Atlantic breeze blow away her cares for the present. She did not talk much; she had the healthy English girl‘s delight in phyâ€" sical exertion, and she devoted all her "onergy to setting a pace. It was not until the white buildings of Ponta Delâ€" gada, picked out with edgings of black stone like a funcral card, appeared in the distance before her, that her mind returned to the crrand on which she‘ had been sent. As she entered the‘ beginning of the long street of mean | houses which forms the approach to | Ponta Delgada on the north, she slackâ€" i ened her pace, and allowed Scarborâ€"| ough to lead. Her mood of exaltation ; country through which they were ridâ€" ing was beautiful, the air fresh and exhilarating, the road was good, and she was riding with the man she lovâ€" ed. Moreover, though she had refusâ€" ed him last she knew that he loved her, and she thought that he was not one of those who love and then for-‘ get. He would ask her again some . day; there was plenty of time; for | she was only ninetcen, and he wasi twentyâ€"four, or perhaps twwentyâ€"five, certainly not more. Perhaps the clouds | would blow over, and next time she j would say "yes" to his question, and | feel no shame in saying it. ’ felt to be hanging over her, Elsa en-l RATS A COSTLY PEST. joyed her ride to Ponta Delgada. The | Tok country through which they were ridâ€" | Millions of Dollars Worth of Di ing was beautiful, the air fresh and on French Battlefront. exhilarating, the road was good, and | & she was riding with the man she lov=â€"" Rat tails are not worth one is blended from selected hillâ€"grown teas, famed for their fine fHavoury qualities. Imitated yet never equalled. per cooking utensils (the pride of the thrifty German housefrau), been converted into food for rifle and gun, but even the ancient clocks with heavy pendulums of coper have been "mlde to add to the war contributions.} The picture shows some quaint old clocks in the Black Forest. The copâ€" per weights of the pendulums have' been removed and stones have been’ substituted for them. The shortage of copper throughout the German Empire is marked to such a degree, that not only have the copâ€" Stones Take Mrs. Ne\\'l&richâ€"ewWalking? dear doctor, you must be acet to attending poor people. To Cheap. The â€" Doctorâ€"Madam, you â€" must take more exercise. I should advise walking every day. An Army School of Cookery â€"at which women instruct has now been inaugurated for the training of miliâ€" tary cooks who will serve at the front. Thirteen women are already engaged in this work. One hundred women cooks were takâ€" en. Twenty were installed at the Convolescent Hospital at Dartford Camp, and the plan was spread â€" to Epsom, Eastbourne, and Alnwick, and will be to Blackpool, always with a marked improvement. At the Blackâ€" pool Convalescent Camp alone 160 women will be employed. Last August the employment of the first women cooks was sanctioned by the War Office. The scheme was put forward by Lady Londonderry when the appaliing wastefulness and inefâ€" ficiency in the various camp kitchens became evident. ly that trained women operating â€" in their own sphereâ€"particularly â€" in the camp â€" kitchensâ€"are immensely superior to untrained men. British War Office Finds Them Efâ€" ficient and Economical. The work of the British "Woman‘s Legion" ha:f dqmonstrated conclusiveâ€" a day to nourish a rat, and conseâ€" quently figures their depredation on that basis to amount to fortyâ€"four milâ€" lion dollars a year in francs alone. Another _ statistician };’ns; figured out that it costs a centime and a half | but immediately buried, and the tails !dnn(- up in a paper impregnated with ‘tar or petroleum." The order was not obeyed in all its details. The new |famhion of trimming women‘s garâ€" | ments with fur has created an outlet for rats‘ fur, and the ratâ€"hunting solâ€" | diers sell the skins to the sutlers beâ€" ; hind the front. I Rats have destroyed millions of | franes worth of provisions sent to the | soldiers by their friends and relaâ€" | tives at home. An officer at the front ‘recently wrote his wife that it would be useless for her to send him any more provisions, as it was impossible to preserve them from the rats, and in no case had he any more than a single lunch out of all the eatables sent to him. A mathematician has calculated that a year‘s progeny of a single pair of rats may easily amount to more than one hundred and twentyâ€" two millions, which he holds is proof that only wholesale poisoning or sufâ€" focation can cope with the pest. Thousands of them were picked up dead in the first line of the trenches after one of the German gas attacks. of the tails of tfi;.'&'esz;:oyed animals. The rats bearing vermin susceptible of spreading disease must not be handled each on one part of the French battleâ€" front. The general commanding in that section has ordered: "With the object of interesting the men in the destruction of rodents a premium of fie centimes shall be paid for each rat destroyed. The premium shall be paid every ten days, on presentation wWOMEN BEST ARMY COOKs ake Place of 4 opper Clock Weights on French Battlefront. tails are not worth one cent Liansuee TORONTO Worth of Damage ng ? My accustomed _ Fig Puddingâ€"Run three ounces of beef suet and oneâ€"half pound figs {separate]y three times through meat chopper and work thoroughly with the hands afterward. Have ready ‘two and oneâ€"third cups stale breadcrumbs whicl® have been soaked in oneâ€"half cup with milk thirty minutes, two. wellâ€"beaten eggs, one cup sugar and threeâ€"fourth teaspoon sait. Combine‘ mixture. _ Butter individual molds,! garnish bottom of each with four strips of figs radiating from center. | Foamy Sauceâ€"Beat yolk of one egg until thick and lemonâ€"colored and add threeâ€"fourths cup powdered sugar gradually, beating constantly. _ Mix oneâ€"fourth cup powdered sugar with one teaspoon corn starch and oneâ€" eighth teaspoon salt and pour on gradually oneâ€"half cup scalded milk. Cook in double boiler three minutes, stirring _ constantly until mixture thickens and occasionally afterward. Combine mixtures, flavor with oneâ€". half teaspoon vanilla, grated rind of oneâ€"fourth lemon and one tablespoon lemon juice, and then add one egg white beaten stiff. . | _ Spanish Steakâ€"Select piece of round of sirloin steak, cut about two |inches thick, and brown in little dripâ€" ‘ping or bacon fat in frying pan. Add ‘one can tomatoes, two sliced or chopâ€" | ped onions, two green or red peppers chopped small (with seeds and white fibers removed). Cover closely and |let cook two hours. Season with pepâ€" per and salt and serve. Do not add‘ Iwater. I Baked _ Cabbageâ€"Trim mediumâ€" sized head of cabbage, cut in two and put on to cook in cold water. After fifteen minutes‘ boiling, drain off water and cook for twenty minutes.‘ Drain dry, chop fine, season with salt, | pepper and butter and put in buttered | baking dish. Have ready two beaten | eggs, mixed with four tablespoons | cream. Pour over cabbage and set in | dish in oven to cook for twenty minâ€"| utes, or until well browned over thef top. I _ Ham, Country Styleâ€" Place one pound slice of ham, cut oneâ€"thirdâ€"inch thick, in baking pan. Cover with milk â€"about â€" twoâ€"cupfuls. Bake slowly, basting frequently and turning once or twice until ham is tender, has abâ€" sorbed most of the milk and is brown on top. This will take about oneâ€"half hour. A byâ€"product of cocog, is cocoa butâ€" ter, which is the solid fat extracted from the cocoa bean. This butter is used extensively in making confecâ€" tionery like chocolate creamsâ€"or for toilet preparationsâ€"or wherever a pure vegetable oil is desirable. | A Healthy Winter Beverage. |_ All cocoa is much improved by beâ€" ing beaten with an eggâ€"beater for several minutes before serving; also most varities are improved by the adâ€" dition of a pinch of salt and a few drops of vanilla extract before servâ€" ing. As a winter beverage, cocoa takes foremost place. The child comâ€" ing home hungry from school, the grown person chilled from an evenâ€" ing outdoors, the diet of a growing child will all be improved by the use of good cocoa, properly made. If the digestion is rather weak or if the child is under five years of age, it would be better to use the drink of nibs or shells which contain less oil. â€"and that is, not to boil the milk. Boiling the milk makes the beverage far less digestible and prevents the milk and cocoa from blending thorâ€" oughly. The better way is to dissolve the sugar, cocoa and water together and allow this to boil to a syrup, then add the milk and bring to a scald, but do not boil. | In Various Forms. | _ In 1910 _ more than 115,000,000 pounds of cocoa beans were used in the United States. Besides the familâ€" iar powdered cocoa, there is the soâ€" ealled "cocoa nibs," which is merely the cracked cocoa bean. This is often recommended, especially for children, because it gives the nutriment of the cocoa bean without any oil or sweetâ€" ening. There is also the cocoa shell, which is‘ the shell separated from the cracked bean. This naturally does not contain nutriment, only the cocoa flavor. Both the nibs and the shell can be made into very palatable beâ€" verage by boiling for a short period and serving like tea or coffee. 1 Although the directions for differâ€" ent makes of cocoa may vary, there is one general rule to be followed in making cocoa to which milk is added _ _But in making cocoa a great deal of the oil is separated from the ground portion, and we thus have a dry subâ€" stance or powder which we call coâ€" coa. Thus cocoa is far less rich in fat than chocolate, although it has the familiar chocolate flavor. It conâ€" tains a property similar to the stimuâ€" lating theoâ€"bromine of tea and cofâ€" free, but its nutritive value is very highâ€"an average bean containing 49 per cent. of oil, 18 per cent. of proâ€" tein, 10 per cent. of starch and other carbohydrates. 1 cocoa tree. These huge pods are cut from the bark and the bean taken out. The beans are then treated to various processes of sweating and drying and roasting, and a final proâ€" cess of grinding. This ground materâ€" ial is full of oil. _ When this ground material is allowed to solidify at a proper temperature it forms the bitâ€" ter chocolate of commerce which we generally use for icings and candy. €ocoa which is really a corruption of the word "cacao," has become a permanent food supply. Not every one knows that the cocoa of powdery, familiar form is a residue from the manufacture of chocolate. Both coâ€" coa and chocolate are taken from the bean or seed found in a pod in a most oddâ€"shaped gourdâ€"like pod which grows on the bark and trunk of the About the House __â€"~â€" Simple Facts About Cocoa. Tested Recipes. As a rule the man whofi tries fails absolutely. angri‘y,. "Where are you off to?" "Ah‘ve had enough," replied the reâ€" cruit in disgusted tones. "Tha doesn‘t know tha own mind for two minutes runin‘t" "Here, you!" yelled the angrily. "Where are yvou « One burly yokei klvog'f;--.loft the ranks and mad off toward the barâ€" rack room. "Rght tirn!" he bearked. Then beâ€" fore they had got fairly under way he gave the order: "Left turn!" _ The men about whom London Anâ€" swers tells the following" story were the roughest, rawest lot of recruits the sergeant had ever had to tackle. He worked hard at them for three hours, and at last thought they were getting into some sort of shape. He decided to test them. Do not allow moths to breed in your house. It can be prevented by eliminating the garments that have had them in and by keeping a watchâ€" ful eye on all closets and chests. When a window is difficult to raise, pour melted lard between the frame and the casing and put a little also on the cord. To insure the creamy sauce being ;’;:': smooth, always rub the butter and Su flour together until smooth and add Herr to the hot milk. r+cantett !ll{lMQEIlllll:unng The end of the rib roast can be sawed off and corned. If boiled with cabbage it will make a good lunch dish. Try to induce children to eat each at least one apple a day. It will keep the_iy systems in good condition. A daily bath, into which a little biâ€" carbonate of soda is put, will allay the burning of the feet. Cook the cauliflower entire; the leaves and stem which surround it are delicious served with it. The clothes wringer will last twice as long if the pressure screw at the top is loosened after using. Don‘t forget a child needs persuaâ€" sion; an ounce of encouragement is worth a ton of birchâ€"sticks. | Don‘t let them grow up thinking |that they can‘t do wrong. | Don‘t make a habit of distrusting {your boys. _ Distrust is often the leause of deceit. When a child exhibits an irritating trait, just pause and reflect about the law of heredity before chastising him. Don‘t forget the bairn‘s origin. Don‘t treat all children alike. Don‘t forget that each child has an individâ€" vality, each one keyed up to a certain pitch. Don‘t forget the potent power of sugpestion,. Keep on telling the child he is bad or wicked, and he will beâ€" come so. Don‘t fail to find new outlets for their superâ€"abundant energy. | * Don‘t forget that your child must always be doing something. | * â€"Don‘ts For Parents. Don‘t always be saying "Don‘t!" It is better to take a little more trouble to prevent trouble than always to be devising pains and penalties. C Useful Hints and General Informaâ€" tion for the Busy Housewife Houschold Hints Tired of It. L 4 o S o ECmy PVCTCIG UUL 1H only half less money a man has the quicke; | will the doctor cure him. sergeant Tommyâ€"It‘s what you‘ve ; you haven‘t got as much » just hadn‘t nothin‘, Teacherâ€"Wait a moment, Tommy What do you understand by the word deficit? | _ "Experience in Alsaceâ€"Lorraine and l&-hle:wi;-liol:tein has shown that if the Central Powers would achi ve, as the Chancellor said they _ must, , frontiers which would protect them from attack in the future, they must !drive out the entire population from the occupied territories and replace ’the present inhabitants with Gorâ€" ‘ mans. *"Why should we shrink from sn an undertaking?" Our enemios a trying to starve us. They spare n ther grey hairs, women nor child~ The world at large has been tur» against us by m lying press. Rep: sals are necessary, Russin stripp Poland of all supplies, and left + Poles to starve or depend on Germ:» good will." Buch, at least, is the conclusion of Herr Rudolf Geller, the editor of the \Prague Tageblatt. He strikes the note of brute force in his vory first sentences: Then let the inhabitants of the ocâ€" cupied territories be subjected to starvation. That would arouse such a worldâ€"cry for peace in the lands of the Entente Powers that their Govâ€" ernments would be compelied to sue for peace. Money may present power, hbut + German â€" Editor Suggests Starving Belgians to End the War. Here is one way to end the war. First, let Germany confiscate all land in Belgium and Northern France now in its occupation, and send all the disâ€" possessed landowners to the centre of Germany and Austria, installing Gerâ€" man people in their places. _ Present English taxation, continued [Lord Incheape, is bringing in nearly ] £400,000,000 1($2,000,000,000) _ annualâ€" | ly. He explained that this would mean | another â€"£200,000,000 (1,000,000,000) ‘ would have to be provided every year and expressed the opinion that this could be done either by "additional taxes or by a reduction in extravaâ€" gant expenditures not only private but public." His Lordship appeared to think a $25,000,000,000 debt a possibility but about the maximum. _ To this his lordship added an esti ; mated £100,000,000 ($500,000,000) an \nually in pensions. Before the wa: \he remarked the country‘s annual ox lpenditure- were £200,000,000 1(%1,000, |000,000) making the totai: ‘Interest _ and sinking fund . »xss>«sr+sis+«%5 Estimated pensions ... ... Fixed chargest on preâ€" wwar ESS . ;. +1.«« . _ Buch a load, said his lordship at a National Provincial Bank of Englang stockholders‘ meeting over which h presided recently, would mean an anâ€" nual charge of only £300,000,00( (about $1,500,000,000) reckoning 5 ‘per cent. interest with a 1 per con. sinking fund. Britain â€" Can Finance a Db Twentyâ€"five Billion Dollars, Even if Britain should end th, with a debt of £5,000,000,000 proximately £25,000,000,000) the den would not be crushing accor to Lord Inchcape, the English f cier and statesman, Nothing for An Ar wWoOULD APPLY KULTUR. EWGILLETT COMPANY LimiteD ‘; WiNN!PEG BURDEXN OF TBE waiar TORONTO, ONT lsw er MONTRTAL £600,000,009 £300,000,000 100,000,.000 200 .000 .0( if rman ich d Oi Monard s "L 0; at #Ol the Tal stof ehanged and stor t KEEP 1 W W W1 Wi W by 1e, th re with lut W The flice onl, inadia Al a s O n t OM aliti Wwiof