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fl? REVISED 1mm SCALE J, v _ , com g, 1’ f rs.," ffi g plat. ver H he lo A despatch from Copenhagen says: The Berlingike Tidende says that five Inge Swedish stesmers with coffee from South America have been seized b the British and that the steamer prinuuin Martmrerta, also coffee on, has boon taken to Iii-hull. action is believed to but been the remit of .iltrtiottut German A despatch from Havre says: Fur- ther successes for the Belgian columns invading German East Africa are claimed in an otricial statement issued by the Belgian War Mice on Thurs- day. The statement follows: "Gen- eral Tombeur telegraphs that after beating the enemy on June 6 at Kiwi.. tawe, our advance guard again cough: up With the Germans on June 12, and forced In engagement with them on the road from Kiwitawo to Kitega. out of the River Ngokoma. The enemy we: routed nnd retreated, abandoning the killed on the fleld. The pursuit continua.” GERMAN FORCES FLEE Canadian Order of Foresters Are Prospering. A report of the annual meeting of the Camndinn Order of Foresters will be found in this issue. The reports of the s,eveal officers of the Order show the same steady progress during 1915 whirh it has experienced since its inception in 1879. The Insurance Fund increases during the year to $465,500.32. the largest sum since the Order's inception. After the payment of 592 death claims, amounting to $692,179.88, this fund showed b5,205,- 868.52 on hand at end of the year. The amount on hand at the present time is $5,388,754.58. The yearly re- venue from investments now amounts to nearly half the total amount paid in death claims. The sick and funeral benefit fund shows a larger net in- crease than in any year in the Order's history. Arrangements: have been made for carrying enlisted members without inconvenience to the general fund. The death rate for 1916 was only 6.50, but if the war claims were deducted the rate would have been 6.20. Altogether the Order is to be congratulated on its strong position in every department. A despatch from Athens says: Greece has accepted unconditionally the demands made by the Entente Powers. This derision was communi- cated to the French Legation by M. Zaimls. the former Premier, to whom the formation of a new Cabinet is re.. ported to have been cntrusted. It in- elude the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, the reconstruction of the gemlarmcrie. and the holding of new elections. The sudden decision of King Constantine was brought about by the issuance of orders that the allied fleet, under command of Vice- Admiral Moreen, cruise before Piraeus. the port of Athens. A land- ing party was to accompany the fleet, its action to "depend.upon results." ARTIFICIAL LIMBS WILL BE PROVIDED Canadian Expeditionary Force. "It cannot be too widely known," says the Secretary of the Military Hospit- als Commission, "that the most ample provision is being made by the Gov- ernment for the latest and best types of "titkial limbs, both in Canada and in England. for all the members of the cr,'.F. who may have suffered am- putation. Special study has been made of the matter by the Military Hospitals Commission, in conjunction with the medical authorities of the Militia Department and in conse~ quencc, a special factory is being es- tablished by the Hospitals Commis- “on in connection with the new Con- valescent Hospital in Toronto, for the manufacture and fitting of artificial limbs for all who require them." A despatch from Ouawn says: The Government has adopted the recon!- mondations of the special committee of Parliament which last session con- sidered the revision of the war pen- sions regulations. The present Pen- sions Board of the Militia Depart- ment has been authorized to adopt the new scale. And to make it retro- Ictive. applying to I" pensions " ready granted since the outbreak of the war. . A permanent Pensions Board, ap- pointed for a long period of years, and removed from all political influ- ence, will be named later on, but meanwhile the present Military Board Arrangements Made by the Gov. ernment for Needs of Soldiers. A despatch from Ottawa says: The attention of the Military Hospitals Commission has been drawn to the fact that certain persons are going about the country soliciting subscrip- ions to funds for the provision of trtifieial limbs for soldiers of the GREECE CONCEDES ALLIES’ DEMANDS King Suddenly Agrees to an Un- conditional Surrender. Higher Rates {in Men Up to Rank of Lieutenant Adopted and Are Retroactive-Over 5,000 Names in No-. Annual Bill Will be Heavy. Britain Seim Colee Cargoes. A PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY risuit of all dons m wen LIE! of col!” tt fn H'Ioon u flu wu- Handed. IN EAST AFRICA. largo quanti- tot exporg to , COMB INTO EFFECT PFK7er6.' u A‘IL a, uul‘. "v. o, “RICE ellrl AVO I feed. $350; Nu. 2 local white, 530: No. 3 local white, 520; No. 4 Local white. 51c.’ Itjuley-r-MNtirur. 75 to 76c. Flour-..) Manitoba Spring wheat patents, tirlits.i 16.60; secnnds. $6.10; strong bakers,', $5.90; Winter patents, choice. $600 to} $6.26; strulght rollers, $5.10 to $6.60;i do., bagn. $2.40 to 82.65. Rollsd ottttr--- Bbls. 34.75 the $5.65: do.. bags, " lbs. $2.40 to 82.6 . Bran. $20.00 to $21.00. ‘Shorls. 3241)". Mlddlinzs $25.00 to $27.00. Moulllle. 827.00 to $82.00. Hay --No, 2, per ton. car lots. $20.50 to' $21.60. Cheese-Finest wean-ma. 17itsr' 17tc; tittttttt easterns. lei to Mic. But-' ter-Choirest crrnmory, 29t to 30e;: seconds, FU to Me, Etrtor--Fresh, Ir to 27; selected. 29 to $0e; No. 1 stocit,1 27 to Mc; No, g stock, 24 to 25c. Pater; ltoes~Per bag, car lots $1.95. j The tish-hooks used to-day ure of precisely tho same form as those of two thousand years "o. The only difference is In the material; then they were made of bronze, now they are of and. A dospatch from London says: Allied forces which are invading Ger- man Erst Africa are continuing the ndvance successfully. It was an- nounced officially on Wednesday that the column moving from British East Africa into the north-eastern section of the German colony has occupied Handeni. Another column, advancing from the south, has taken Alt Langen- burg. near the head of Lake Nyasea. ty BRITISH SUCCESSES Toronto. June 27 ----Cholee heavy steers $9.90 to $10.60; hutvhors' canny. choice, 89.40 to $9.75; do, good, $9.10 to 39.25; t o.. medium. li'"'?, to 33.85; no.. common, 8.00 to 88.2 ', butchern' hulls. nholcs, 8.35 to 58.80: do., {mod bulls, $7.50 to 7.75; do., rough bulls. 34.75 to €5.25; butchers' cowl. choice. "" to 58.50; do., ttood. 37.50 to 87.75; do.. common, 85.25 to "Ir. stockers. 700 to x50 Hm. $8.75 to 81.75; choloo feeders. dehorned. 050 to 1.000 ttttr., "" to $8.85: canners and cutters. $4.00 to 85.00; mum", cholco. each. $76.00 to $100.00; do. com. and med.. each $40.00 to 860.00: spring- era. $60.00 to $100.00; light owes, $9.00 to $10.00: sheep. heavy. $8.00 to 88.00: spring lambs. per ltr, 14te, to Irue.; calves. good to oholce. 89.50 to 312.50: do.. me turn. 87.25 to $8.50; hogs. fed and watered. $11.20 to 211.25: do,. weigh- ed off cars. 811.50 to 811.60; do., t.o.b.. $10.75, -.. “ . . . \\'1nnlpeg,.1una 27. -Cttslt pr|('os:~' . . Wheat -No. l Northern, V1.11}: No. lizzethea-rs it b"l'l", shoppers; I fear 'sh/ou')"','.,',.; {510. l; .12” 1.r1i'li No. 4, a .it/'g,'J/'r,r/ t cannot be over- .0 ; o. a. " r; No. " 0; feed, . ' - h-Iic. ()atsimNn_(2 c, w., 4tlV; No. Lg"? rt m L' [we pussy: WE?” I,)a"ih':' ex\t'rn i)"';, l ffgil, "na To, t','sen .'ra' an IregarM t as” tsate- .em. (-2 . o, g, (0., C. ur ey- . . . . . No. 3, 6M; No. 4. 63": rrjecttud. 594'; “and. l, It',',' l, po.(;cy w?! t judge 590. FluxrANo 1 NAN). $1.55“; i,'i1'laptly terms rein ent 1301‘s hop- 2 CW, ".535" 1,skip-and-iurnp" policy. Minneapolis. June 'eh-wheat-July, 31.081; September, 31.0%; No. 1 hard, 1.15]: No. l Nurthrrn. 1.09' to $1.12!: No. 2 Northern. $1.053 to "OM. ttrn-- No. 3 yellow. 74 to Nun ottttt---No. 3. white, " to “be. Flour unchanged; Shipments. 52.163 bbls. Bran, 317.50 to 18.5 . Duluth. June '?.7.--wheat--No. 2 hard. 31.12:: No. 1 Northern. 'Clit; No. , Northern. 31.059 to tro"; No. l Nor- thern to arrive, $t.ltl; No. 3 Northern on track, 9” to 81.0439 will apply the new regulations. The new scale is wonsiderably higher in the case of privates and other ranks up to Lieutenant than the scale adopted a your or so ago. Already there are some 5,600 names in the pension list, and when all the casualties so far incurred have been dealt with by the Pensions Board, it is estixpated the total num- ber of pension awards will be up to the ten thousand mark. The aggre- gate of the annual pension bill is now over two million dollars. By the time the war ends it is estimated that the yearly bill for pensions will be fully $20,000,000. Hams-Mettidin 235 20. to 'Wi rolls. t bacon. 24 to 26hc; 27,0: bonelmm lmt‘ks Lavd---Pure lard, any! ptsiln. 17.1 to IT Montreal, No. , .venow, Western, No, Ontario ttour-Winter, according to sample. $4.05 to $4.16, in bags. track Toronto, prompt shlnmam; Winter. n.0- cr-rglng_ln sample, $4.00 to "IO, bulk Toibil (I; lmnun. Toronto, June 'rl-Manitoba wheat --No. 1 Northern. $1.17!: No. 2 Northern 1Uhi; No. a Kerwin. um, truck Buy mm " St-nbnal'd. prompt shipment. Mlllfeetl~Cur lots, delivered Montreal Heights. bags ineludod:--Bran, per ton, $20 to 821; shorts. per ton, $24 to $25; mlddnngs. per ton, $25 to $26; good feed ttour. per bag, 31.55 to $1.60. Butter fresh dalry, choice, 25 to 270: interior. 23 to 240: (‘I'eamel‘y prints. 29 to 3tc: inferior, 28 to 29e. h1turr--New-uio. 26 to Mc; do., in car- tons, " to 29e. Beanswuds to 34.50 the latter for hand-picked. Cheese-New. large. 18e: twins. ”In Maple "yrup--$1AO to $1.50 per Im- m-rlal Rnllun. Dressed poultry- L'hlvkens. " to Me; fowl, " to Me. Potatoes ttrut--- Unwrius 31.85 and New grunswlrks at $2.15 per bag. westerns. 1.95. 14h Markets of the World Fish-hooks Don't Change. Una-d States Harte". N, 1.1V. Stock Huh". lam: clear loan-Gin Kan-tn. Country Produce Winnipeg Gum. June '27.---Corn--Amepican M to Ho. 1hettr---Canattlan T, tir'; No. 3, 6350'. extra No a1io. 2 [and white, 630: No. IN GERMAN AFRICA. Irma-1mm Her-ces. 17- to INC; te; compound, 11 to Is to Hun per lb. to 245v: do., heavy, J to 1990; breakfast bugks. p)u)tt, 263 to ,rion 3135 and New per bag. westerns. of the United States has not escaped his notice. The prevailing sentiment of the former towards the latter is a growing one of distrust, and Mr. Self- ridge, American to the core though he 1 be, does not blink the fact. "This feel- ‘ ing of distrust," he says, "is evidenced (by the talk of workmen travelling to {and fro upon the trains and trams; 'one hears it among shoppers; I fear 'that it is general. It cannot be over- come, I think, if we pursue our pre- (sent policy, and I regard it as disas- i Mr. Selfridge finds the basis of the ‘coldness towards the United States on the part of the British people in the thought--the mistaken thought, as he terms it-that the people of the .latter country are merely money- isrrabbers. In a very interesting ana- lysis of the different national char- , acteristics of the two peoples, he gives it as his opinion that Americans do lnot love business for the sake of its (mere money profits-that they like it for the sake of the game itself. In ishort, he takes the view that busi- lness takes very much the same place in the American, as politics and sport '-those, twin idols of the British-do in the British scheme of things. Per- ,haps he overrates the place which _business and the successful business man should occupy in an ideal scheme 30f things. But be that as it may, it tis certain that the British people, as lil whole, underrate that pit-ttd ihav,e been systematically taught to ;underrate it. A despatch from London seys: After Monday next no relatives of sick or wounded officers will be per- mitted to visit France unless the of- ficers' condition is dangerous and spe- cial permission has been granted, it was announced oi? Wednesday. This restriction has been imposed, owing to the necessities of the military situa- tion. from her own reserve. I want my country to learn much from England. First of all, that frankness, then calmness, honesty of underlying pur- poses, and unalterable determination, along lines of progress well planned in advance. We are the two great peace-lovers among the ntttiorta." OFFICERS' RELATIVES BARRED FROM FRANCE. Deplorable as Mr. Selfridge regards these differences between the two peo- ples, he does not view them as being irreparable, given only a sufficiency of good-will on both sides. "l want England," he says. "to get from the United States, virility, initiative, open- ness of mind, and freedom of expres- sion. You note that I do not say frankness of expression. That she has already to a degree which we have not, and might well copy. But she too often does not speak. She suffers from her own reserve. I want my IF WILSON CNTINUES [HS PRE- BENT POLiCY. Says Distrust Is Growing in Greet Britain of the Stun. One of the most notable pronounce- ments on Anglo-American relations has recently proceeded from Mr. Harry Selfridge. This is a subject on which the great merchant-perhaps the greatest retail merchant in Lon- don-is peculiarly qualified to speak. For he knows Great Britain-or at least he knows England-and he knows the United States; he knows the people of the two countries, and he is persuaded that they have so much in common that it is a thousand pities that they have not even more. "After the war," says Mr. Selfridge, "England will have to change some ot her habits which were born of ex- cessive wealth, and perhaps we Am- ericans may gradually change some of our own, which are the conse- quences of excessive youth." As has been said, Mr. Selfridge knows both England and the United States, but, of course, he knows the United States infinitely the better of the two, for he is 58 years old, and of those 58 years 51 have been spent in the United States, in which coun- try he was born, and only seven in England. He was once the partner of Marshall Field, in the world-fam- ous Chicago store, and it was in 1909 that, having taken up his residence in England, he caused "Selfridge's," the London store, which he has made equally famous, to be formally open- ed. He bears the reputation of being one of the very shrewdest and sum-st, yet most intrepid, business men in the world-a veritable Napoleon of commerce. As is only to be expected of so keen an observer, the changed attitude of the British people toward the people DISASTER MEAD A. Gordon Selfridge. The Distrust Grows. Brethren at Heart. copied. A despatch Hrorn London says: Premier Asquith announced in the House of Commons on Thuredey that the resitrntrtion of Baron Wimborne as lord lieutenant of Ireland, tendered shortly after the suppression of the recent Irish rebellion, has been ec- A despatch from Lomlun says: Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade, is slowly recovering from his recent indisposition, but will not be able to resume his ofrieia1 duties until the end of Jul . When Mr. Ranciman's health broie down, he offered to resign, but Mr. Asquith refused to consider his withdrawal from the Cabinet. BARON WIMBORNE A British force operating from north-west of Kilmanjaro made its way south to the road connecting Moshi and Arusha, seventy miles from the British border. The Germans re- treated south from Moshi, which is surrounded by rubber and coffee plant- ations. . An attempt was made by tl ". Van Deventer and his force of burr hora to envelop the left wing of the Germans, but again the nature of the 2l'."lg. interfered with the British plans, or he was held up by a river infested with crocodiles. ltr' NCI M AN'S' HEALTH A despatch from London says; Four weeks have passed since the battle of Skagerrack, and it is pos- sible, in the light of an immense mass of information from British and neu- tral sources, to form what will prove a verdict of the historians on one of the most splendid incidents in our na- val annals. The enemy made a strong stand at; Moshi, about twenty miles from the; British border, and so well fortified' was their position that the British) avoided frontal attack and sought to take it by an enveloping move, They! were not quick enough to surround the place before the enemy had de-' camped, however, and the only spoils taken was one of the four inch gunsl of the Koenigsberg, which was notl suited for operations in the field. l The hill, however, was finally esp- tured when the Germans retreated in the face of an enveloping movement, which threatened to cut them off. The advance of the British forces was at all times hindered by the almost im- penetrable jungle and the boldness of the animals lurking everywhere. Startled rhinoceroses at times charged the heavy motor lorries carrying sup- plies, and despatch riders mounted on motorcycles had hazardous encounters with lions and other dangerous beasts alarmed at the invasion of their fast- nesses. Even the giraffes proved hostile to the British advance, for they scratch- ed their long nocks gainst the British field telephone wires until the wires broke under the strain. The German High Seas Beet, weak- " by five capital ships, is so lame that it cannot move and so blind that it could not move if it dared to do GERMAN MT1t0trll,hlIE . l AND BLIND TO MOVE can be no doubt. Six Battle Cruiser. Lost. When the war opened, Germany possessed the following ships of the cruiser class (built and building) less than fifteen years old ,those lost in the course of the war being given: The advances”: made in the region of Kilimanjaro, a mountain of 5,899 feet, regarded by the natives as a holy place. An attack was delivered on Salaita hill before the arrival of Gen. Smuts to take command, but owing to the cleverness of the German de- fensive fortifications the British force was repulsed with losses. The Ger- mans had very carefully concealed their trenches and pits with living vines and trees, which had been trans- planted. Battle cruisers-Original number eight, since lost six, comprising the Lutzow, Goeben, Seydlitz (a complete wreck), Blueeher, Hindenburg and another of a similar type, which, it ls believed, is the Von Der Tann. Canadian Wounded Subscribe Fund for Graves of Children. A despatch from London says: The patients at Ramsgate Canadian Hos. pital, which was struck by a bomb in the air raid of March 19, subscribed for a monument to be erected to the memory of the Sunday School children who lost their lives in the raid. The necessary sum having been secured, the Canadians have placed the monu- ment in position by the children's graves in Ramsgate Cemetery. It takes the shape of a maple leaf. Rhinoceroses Charge the British Sup- ply Trlins. Details of the fighting between the British and German forces in the jun- glee of German East Africa, where wild animals of all sorts abound, are given in despatches received from cor- respondents with Gen. Smuts, who is entering the colony from British East Africa, in the north. Large cruisers-Original number seven, since lost five, comprising the Yorck, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Fried- MONUMENT ERECT ED Ti) GERMAN VICTIMS Enemy Losses in Skagerrack Fight Are Found to Very Seriously Reduce Possibility of Any More Naval Battles. BEASTS ALLIES OF GERMANS. is a matter on which there NO LONGER VICEROY. SLOWLY LVI’RDVES. {Britain Sends Seed and Implements I for Dominated Farms. i The fund started by the Royal Ami- ieultura1 Society of Britain to help 'farmers in the countries devastated J by the Germans to replenish their holdings now amounts to about "MO,000. _ _ - Mich Karl, and the Prince Adalbert. iThe two remaining vessels are the *Roon (launched in 1908, therefore ithirteen years old), and the Prince iHeinrieh (1900). The Fuerst Bil- Imarck (1898) is of no military value " and can be ignored, owing to her slow [speed and weak guns. She is believed gnaw to be serving as I training ship. ) Light eruisers--orittinnl number lthirty, since lost twenty, comprising Ithe Karlshuhe, Madgeburg, Koln, iMainz, Edmen, Dresden, Nurnburg, lKoenitrisbertr, Leipeig, Bremen, Un- fdine, Bosbock, Wiesbaden, Breslau, 'rFrauenlob, Elbing, Ariadne, and three (others, the namee of which have not [yet been revealed. i Fourteen Elective Cruiaen Left. i Out of the forty-tive effective cruis- Vers of all classes which Germany had (built and was building when the war iopened she therefore possesses to-day ionly fourteen, and of these a large ‘proportion was so seriously injured in ;the battle of Skagerrack as to be at ‘present ineffective. Those fourteen !cruisers have to suttiee for duty In ascouts for battle squadronl, parent ‘ships for torpedo tiotil1o, and for (patrol work in the Baltic. It my perhaps be inter:. Led u a sign of complete conflder. in the resisting power of the Fr; h army that l llrge proportion of :he out: was sent. to farms immediat y behind the Verdun lines, where th ed MI been Bown---s0me of it wi. .m “we at the enemy guns. A So fur the executive mmmixter have only hem ublr to (iv-al with Ilu parts of France from whim me up cmy has been driven limk. The mix- signments of rams. boers, poul- try, machinery, implements and sew] wheat forwarded in the autumn were supplemented in the early spring by 2,200 sacks of seed oats and 800 sacks of potatoes for planting. The claims of Belgium, Serbia and Poland will be comidered u 'i'iriiiUdiGi permit. In the relief work that hos so far been accomplished th: French And British Governments l, .\'e co- operated, the latter doi l: 'f work of transport ond the "(firm winder- takintt the distribution of t.1. gifts free of cost. In the great war of to-day Turkey has led the way in the use of super- barbed wire-barbed wire that is so thick as to more resemble enble--- wire of a diameter equal to that of a drawing pencil, sometimes as thick as a man's little finger. Wire-cutters, as worked by hand, are of no use for cutting such wire. For entanglements of modern barb. ed wire there is only one destructive agent, and that is shell-fire. Such an obstacle being encountered, our men draw back; word is sent to the guns, and over the heads of the waiting sol- diets hurtle showers of shells till the entanglement is demolish]. With heavy-weight wire that is the only way. On the Continent the barbed wire used by the enemy is mostly thinner than that. But it, also, is too sub- stantial to be severed by hand-cut- ters. Often it is pulled down. A Bpe- cial kind of Javelin is thrown, the barbs of which catch in the wire, and then by a line attached to the Javelin our men pull the wire towards them, thus tearing down the uprights that support the wire. The idea of using barbed wire irtr warfare was borrowed from farmers and agriculturists who, years ago, be. gan to cheaply fence their lands with such wire. Big American catt'le ranches are so protected. The Boers, copied the notion in their extensive grazing areas; and, when the South African War broke out, with typical "slirnnetus" they employed barbed; wire entanglements in order to check] the onrush of our troops. Often guess? and other crops were allowed to grow I high on purpose to hide the wire. i A despatch from Paris says: On Thursday a very marked aerial activ- ity by the French squadrons followed a raid on Wednesday night on the town of Treves, when 18 shells were dropped, resulting in a fire of large dimensions. Thursday's operations were extensive, and were attended by much success. One f1otilla of nine aeroplanes dropped shells on Carls- ruhe, about 120 miles from Nancy, while another f1otiM of ten planes reached Mulheim, on the right bank of the Rhine, in whose military estab.. lishments 50 shells were dropped. A squadron of Fokker: pursued this last expedition on their return, and the French machines gave battle. One Fokker was brought down and a French machine was forced by motor trouble to make a landing. Boers First Adopted It During South African War. French Air Squadrons Drort'f'11t; Bombs on Mulheim, Treves /tg.tt and Carlsruhe. We (be BARBED WIRE IN WARFARE, AID FRENCH FARMERS ARE SHELLED JFf.i?.2i'i,'5rW7 CANADIAN ORDER OF FORESTERS t The increase in the Insurence Fund lduring the year amounted to $465.- i500.3l. This is the largest sum added Ito the fund in any one year in the his- tory of the Order. The standing of {this Fund at the end of the year, after ‘the payment of 692 Death Claims, amounting to $592,179.88 showed funds on hand of $5,205,868.32, the amount at the present time being $5,388,754.58. The yearly revenue derived from the investments of the Order now constitute I very substan- tial Amount of the annual income. Interest earned on investments of in- surance funds during 1915 amounted to $251,435.51, and paid 42.45 per cent. of the total Death Claims on the Order. 1 in spite of the energy and capacity 1which Germany is displaying in order 1 to settle her food problem. tshe will be unable to carry on the war until the lend of the present year. I There are even people who think that the war will not reach Its swoond ianuiversary. The 87th Annual Meeting of than: fund at the T"" tine ataud- Canadian Order of Forester. conven- I inHt “62.6803 . ed on Tueedny afternoon, the 20th! e General Fund in alao in a aatle- of June, in the Masonic Hall, in the-factory condition. Many special City of London. Ont., at 2 pm. Dele- j charges. connected with the war gates are in attendance from all Eda l and the arrangement for carrym of the Dominion, every province ing enlisted members hereafter refer re resented. no. have been arranged without any Ire, following otricers of Hiah inconvenience to this fund. A despatch from Amsterdam says: According to the 1'orwaerttr, . potato famine is threatening Cologne. The quantity available at the present time ll two And one-half pounds per head per week, but, the "per declares. the alc of potatoes is to be completely m In tho next few can. The following otticers of High Court were present " the opening aeuion: J. A. Stewart, lligh Chief Ranger, Perth, Ont., in the chair; J. A. A. Brodeur, High Vice-Chief Ran- ger, Montreal, tte Robert Elliott, igh Secretary, rentford. Ont.; Dr. U. M. Stanley, Chairman of the Me- dical Board, Brantford, Ont.; W. G. Strong. Superintendent of Organize- tion, Brantford, Ontkw. L. Roberts, First High Auditor, rantford, Ont.; J. P. Hang. Second High Auditor, To. ronto, Ont.; W. A. llollinrakc, High Court Solicitor, Brantford, Ont., und A. R. Galpin. London, Ont.; F. H. Davidson, Winnipeg, Man.; A. R. cor. fin, Truro, N.S.; A. E. Wright, To- ronto, Ont.; Dr. E. W. Moles, Nor- wich, Ont., members of the exeeutisc committee. COLOGNE THREATENEI) WITH POTATO FAMINE. In addition to the above, D. Creigh- ton, Dist. H.C.R.. Brandon, Man.; John Murray, Past Dist. H.C.R. lla- miota, Mum, and D. E. McKinnon, Pfstrict High Secretary, Winnipeg, Our informant thittks that. own it the mum i., not the "me for all the Gertnttn armies. it ls truly luau-alive of gem-ml condition.u Thin the pti.vMuut. of the Mlldivrr- huh [won wrutkeued; they return homo- (m lune sunburn! and apparently in good health. but they are undn‘lod " will be lack of loud which will de. (ride the walv Troow. gum- wul ammunition Ger. man has hum uhlp to (-ommuud in abundance, but they have» wasted dreadful losses. It looks mi month they are coming to the end at thelr menu It they do not cull Inn ova-r " to the colon. Mam. a.'ijren/,tt,irvtes "from .156 District igh Court for Manitoba, wete present: - _ --- The annual reports of the different officers of this Order ire of I very Iatisfactory nature, showing that the steady progress which hu been its experience since its inception in 1879, we. eontinued in_the yet; 1915. 37th Annual Meeting of the High Court-Over Five “I‘M Delegates Present. This, order confines its business en- tirely to the Dominion of Canada, and notwithstanding the tremendous handicap imposed on the work of the society, as . result of the war the year just closed shows splendid pro- Meat has become MIN9. only one , n . , . piece being obtainable now Ind than; l BEFY's MO GFatMAN"A. the troops do not get enough bread ', , _-___.. Besides receiving a 12 or " on. lot! Turn Cloud. of Inset-In on hunting daily. they used to be allowed to pur-‘ British . clause half a loaf every week. This in I Ferrets. no longer permitted. I The Natal Mc-rcury 'tf Durlrfn pulp Doubtful if Coetfilet Will Ln! to End of this Year. Reports of death and privations in Germany continue to be published. Although some reports cannot be veri- tied, smut: are exaggerated, and some may well be suspected of being made in Germany with intent to deceive, they are informative as showing what is believed in neutral countries com cerning cur wwmy's internal condi- tions. Their hot food now consign ot boil. ed horse-buns. soup. boiled rice or big you: or boiled macaroni. only one counu- each day. Rarely they re. ceive "sweet soup" with prunes. In some instances a piece of dried ttMt is added to the "graupemsuptre" chi; groauu. The Sick and Funeral Benefit Fund shows a larger net increase than that experienced in any previous year in the Order's history, the increase for the year being 855,398.81. Interest earned on Investments of Sick and Funeral Benefit Funds (these invest- ments being of a similar nature to those made of the Insurance funds) amounted to $22,746.91, Ind after the payment of 7,472 Sick and Funeral Benefit Claims amounting to $19t.- 924.95. the amount standing at ', credit of this fund was $458,6g,'l., _', Following are ”(new [thou from the "Btittstidende," a Danish paper published within a mile or two of the German frontier:-- In respect to the matter of invest- menu, it is interesting to know that the Order confines the investment of its fund to Government Bonds and Municipal and School Debentures in the Dominion of Canada. During the last two years, with an exceptional market in such direction from the in- vestors' point of view, the Executive Committee has been able to take very extensive advantage of the situation. The Order purchased $300,000.00 of the War Bonds issued by the Do- ni'insion Government in the Fall of 1.1 ' Food was plentiful for the army tilt six or seven weeks ago. when rations were curtailed. So far this has not been acutely felt In the firing littotr-, the real fighting lines-ttut It has been more severely felt by those in the re- serves. *NTARIO K LACK OF FOOD TO END WAR In respect to membership, nub- suntinl JI'l',W't' was also made; the member Sp It the end of the year 1915 sand"; at 9__l,046. _ - - Besides the ordinary benefits from its life insurance sud sick and mural benefit departments, specisl provishn is msds for suistsnce to those of " members suffering from tuberculsr trouble of say ki . A special krsntis made extending over I period of six months, with s’view to assisting to defray the cost of treatment in say of a number of aanitsris in Csnsds msking s specialty of such cues, and the 2ge,p,tl.t is urged to take sd- vantage of suc treatment in the in- cipiept Matte? of the msisdy. it is gratifying to note, after l per- uni of the reports of all the officers, the far-reaching benefits that m be- ing derived by the membership in the VIriouu directions in which thin society endeavors to be of nuisance to the individual. composing some. Since 1879, thou! eleven milliom, of dollars have been paid out in bene- fits by this society, and, in (not, the whole record of (in Order in well worth the perusal of those who ti',',',; haps have been skeptical roger inn the permanency and Mobility of frr ternll insurance societies. These re~ ports furnish evidence of careful man- Ti'.,'.",',.", in the conduct of the Order": a airs. and reflect credit on its ad, ministration. "Of the ingenuity of the (ivrmxum there (In he no doubt. 'IN' the follow- ine incident will prove: Round about Tunmt. when the Lanoashires landed, is a consider) bee country. The natives have u device whereby th , place hollow logs in the tree: to en- able the how to construct their hives, and from then the natives collect the hum y. In mu- plam- thy Germ-HI tied a whole lot of these logs togethee Ind “necked them to I wire in the long mas. They Also invented a plan which eluted I white an to jump up when my one came into con- tart with the wire, this being the sig- nel for them to turn a ”than can onto the spot. A party of Luna-him hadtheitliueetrrstamtaosrer the wire. with the result that loun- d the bodlivu fell and a" the white tue, revealing their We. A poinv of general interest, as in. dicating proper selection of risks, in the death race. This for I915 was 6.60 in the thousand, but if we de- duct the war cluims paid, it would have been 6.20, Ind tho average death rate since the Inception of the Order, over I period of nearly 37 yeernli|_5_.3l ptr Hgousand. . In looking into the report of the superintendent on organization, we find he has been able to report tho institution of thirty-four CM) new Courts, demonstrating that the Order continues to establish agencies as new fichis, for the prosecution of its busi- ness open up. Particular attention in evidently being paid to establishment of Subordinate Courts only in such place: an otfer a reasonable prospect of_permatteeter. The Natal Mercury of Durlun pub. lishes on account of the ditriculuent confronting the British fiehtirut forms, in But Africa, furnished by In othcer in the Boot African Mounted am... who won formerly I coffee planter at Nairobi. This ofrieer aid the principal ditriculty Wu the great density of the bush. which rendered effective smut. ing almost impossible and the pro- visioning of the troops very difricult. "The Lancaahires immediately had beer and bullets to contend with, "IQ between the two they ind . lug The "mum-m “at this order ho corded to tho-e of It: members who enlisted for oversam- serum- hill malt “hem. 'The "murmurs ot all n berg who were In the order mm In In of August. Mn4, and who lune lulled for (nor-nu numb-u, ll kn! force whhnut any lineman- In nutm- mdlunn to thin. for the ttrwt " mu of the war. all lnuurnncc and ulok funeral benettt -etqterttetttF of members wern mud out of the (in: Fund of High court. (m the In February. MIG. lhlu policy was all: changed. and. at me pro-PM“ time, u I mettittet' ending for "Hiram-1w In“ ha pay: hitr lnsurlm‘e ttFtaeFaitttertt.' A despatch'from Milan says: In- formation from Vienna and Budapest reports that panic reigns in lmberg, and that the exodua of the population from Bukowina and (ialicia is extend.. ine the feeling of panic to the Aua- trian and Hungarian capitala. In or- der to prevent further alarming newa from reaching Vienna from the front- ier Provinces, all telegraphic and telephonic communication has. been atopped. Railway trufrie also has been reduced. and refugees prevented from pouring into Vienna and Buda. pest. In one week more than 100,000 refugees reached Lembi-rg. The feel. ing there that the town will again fall into Russian hands is general. PANIC REACBES ENEMY CAPITAIS Feeling Thu Lemherg Will Fall Into Russian Hands. 'ur nt, order hun Be. horn who luv. .icu hlul been -o ot all men- 'r prior to the who hau- ell-