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One Hnudred German Plungers Deâ€" M®D, taking full advantage of the long stroyed by the Entente Allies lsp._n of good weather, are continuing A despatch from New York says:â€"! their relentless offensive aloft both by It is more than likely that Germany, day and night fighting. Within three has on the ways and approaching comâ€" daYs they have accounted for 55 pletion not fewer than 500 submarines‘ enemy machines, and have carried out of the Uâ€"53 class, and that within six many enterprises behind the German months she will have about 700 subâ€"| lines. _ The German soldiers dislike marines afloat, and in twelve monthsg the continuous presence of the British 1,200. Evidence at hand indicates the @irPlanes, for many unposted letters German yards have room to keep work Captured during the infantry attacks on 530 submarines of the Uâ€"53 class dwell upon the uneasiness the maâ€" constantly under way. chines cause. ‘ k n mmunamennem hi g L. Th [A Close Second to Great Yield of 1915, FIGHTING r%sntd‘:#no#l}(s»wfus | _ According to C.P.R. Estimate. k & | A despatch from Calgary says:â€"A More of Original Hindenburg Line computation of the grain movement Penetrated and Rolled Up I?;léhehl’ro‘vmce since september 1, hss | , has just Leen compiled by the By British Troops. l’Cunadian Pacific Railway General A despatch British Headquarâ€" Superintendent‘s office in this city. ters i:ql'l::nnce rso.mys: l:;.‘:: batetTe 3 has It indicates that a total of 54,000,000’ fAared up again, and the Germans are PUshels of all grain were tr.an'sporte.di again getting heavy punishment. We PY that company alone within this| attacked Thursday morning while it Rrovin;e since September. 1, 1916, or" haryy . fighti 1 al1 Since the new crop came in. | ::: :nmnd.fiont Q;c:i’::;ngf:::e( t:le Of thg total of 54,000,000 bushels of f north of Arleux to beyond Bullecourt, all grains, 35,000,000 _ bushels were, a distance of 12 miles. Almost Sumâ€" Wheat, while the great bulk of the ez mer heat prevailed, with a thick haze, m?ll.mkr." p(t);tlon fiwas oats . in i i making it impossible to see anything Aking these figures as a basis, it | and making the observation of the arâ€"| SC°M#® not unreuonab!e to suppose' tillery difficult. It is not possible as that the wheat production for the last , yet to give a definite account of the 8%28°B Was at I”'t. well over the fifty : gains, but it ap s we won importâ€" million mark, which would make a | Ant sUECGESKOS .nd'lcal" tured the village clo:g second to the great yield of the‘: of Fresmoy, and apparently Bulleâ€" P"°V°US Y®ar. ,{ court, besides making a considerable â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"#&â€"_.._._ } advance on the greater part of the line | between these places, taking a few' BRITISH AIRMEN\, w P ‘: hundred prisoners, of whom 300 have NOw SUPEEME ; come down. ‘ I 1,200 GERMAN SUBS WITHIN ANOTHER YEAR There was on the Western front on April 1 a general reserve of fortyâ€"four divisions. _ But the German divisions are not what they were. The process of attrition brought them down to little, if any, more than half t.hcsiri former strength. We shall be justifiâ€" ed in saying that the German general | resrves in the West did not exceed a' fAgure between 440,000 and 500,000 ; men after the great retreat and be-' fore the beginning of the allied ofâ€" fensive, but this was virtually the) only general reserve, 16 lows: Total of Vd;;l_n;n-d.i';‘i'sions, 219; on Western front, 143; on other fronts (Russian, Rumanian and Macedonian), ® s A despatch from the French Armies‘ correspondent, says:â€"After seeing a number of estimates which broadly agree, I believe that the recently &ablished figures of 100,000 for the tal German losses in April appears very far below the reality. It may be but half of the truth. The Gerâ€" man forces on April 1 stood as fol-.' Fighting on the Western Front FOE‘S APRIL LOSS EXCEEDS 100,000 Stories of prisoners and of our own wounded as to what occurred in Fresâ€" noy, and the trenches which protected it, agree that the enemy, who, as at Arleux, had taken over the defence only a few hours before the assault, had largely sought shelter from the fearful shellâ€"fire to which he was subâ€" jected by descending into deep dugâ€" outs and to the cellars of houses. Our infantry followed closely behind the bursting shells and reached the enâ€" emy‘s dugouts before he could emerge, For the occupants of the dugout that meant either surrender at once or a | horrible death by the bombing of thef dugout. Some of the Germans holding{ the trench to the north of Fresnoy | did emerge from their dugouts and‘ A despatch from Canadian Army , Headquarters says: Shortly be{ore;' dawn on Thursday morning a Canaâ€"| dian column, composed of veteran troops, carried the fortified village of . Fresnoyâ€"enâ€"Artois by storm. ’ Stories of prisoners and of our own Infantry Reached Enemy‘s Dugouts Before he Could Emerge Hundreds Were Forced to Surrender. CANADIARs CAPTURE THE _ _ _ FORTIFIED VILLAGE OF FRESNOY &A 2 wl Q’f'l ie P Am.sf , /Lx'“’\"‘ <g o. [Ph Disastrous for Huns. Tom,LOOK HERE A MINUTE, THERE ARE SomE Goop BARGAINS IN THIS Winbow . Beat the "Red Devila" In Spectacular Battles | _A despatch from British Headquarâ€" | ters in France, says:â€"The British airâ€" men, taking full advantage of the long "spoll of good weather, are continuing | their relentless offensive aloft both by day and night fighting. Within three | days they have accounted for 55 ! enemy machines, and have carried out ‘ many enterprises behind the German: Taking these figures as a basis, it seems not unreasonable to suppose that the wheat production for the last season was at least well over the fifty million mark, which would make a close second to the great yield of the previous year. of all vessels except small coasters at fixed rates of pay also was announced. |_ A despatch from London says:â€" ‘Great Britain‘s war budget for the fiscal year which Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introducâ€" ed in the House of Commons on Wedâ€" nesday contained no surprises and \fewer changes from the existing taxaâ€" tion than did the previous war budget. No new forms of taxation were proâ€". posed. _ The only changes were inâ€" ’cruned excess profits tax, which was raised to 80 per cent. from 60 per cent.; the placing of excess profits on munition works on the same basis, an increase of tobacco duty by 1s 10d in’ the pound, and increased entertainâ€" | ment taxes on the higherâ€"priced tickets. Economy in the omployment! of ships by Government impressment | ALBERTA‘S WHEAT CROP WELL OVER 50 MILLION BU. | _ The capture of Fresnoy carried the | | Canadians almost a mile further than / jbe{ore on the way to Douai, which is | only a little more than eight miles | due east from the further point of â€" ‘Thursday‘s advance. | British Finance Carries Heavy War Load Without Any Additional Taxes. BURDEN BORNE > WITHOUT STRAIN ed only when they could no longer carry a rifle or operate a machine gun. A captured enemy officer said there was not time to bring the machine guns of his company into action beâ€" fore the men were overwhelmed. | begin to fight. They speedily discovâ€" eved that the Canadians, after passing over the wire and trench system, had posted men between the front line trench and the enemy‘s supports, and cut the Germans on the front line off from all chance to secure help. The men thus cut off were from the Rhenâ€" ish provinces of Prussia. Practically an entire company of them surrenâ€" dered under these _ cireumstances, through officers with them, but while the greater part of the prisoners were taken in this way, others surrenderâ€" The Doings 1 1 C e C ECCC CTC CHTS, $17.%5; do., f.0.b., gl&fl. |_ Montreal,. _ May .â€"â€"(Choice steers and , heifers, $11.75 to $18%.%5; good, $9.15 to |$10.75; butchers‘ cows, $8.50 to $10.50; bulls, $9.50 to $11.50; calves, $5.50 to $11.00; sheep, $10.00 to $11.00; yearling lambs, $14.50 to $15.60; né;rln: lambs, ‘n.Ofl to $12.00; hogs, $17.25 to $17.50. ‘‘Well, I never!" exclaimed the fore. man ruefully; "and to think I‘ve hoistâ€" ed more‘n a million chests o‘ tea in the last fifteen years with that ‘ere rope ang nothing never happened before." | _ Toronto, May 8.â€"Extra choice heavy steers, $11.75 to $12.50; choice heavy steers. $11.85 to $11.65; good heayy steers, $10.86 to $10.75; butchers‘ cattle, choice. $11.35 to $11.65; do., good, $10.50 to $10.75; do., medium, $§.75 to 10.15; do., common, $8.85 to $9.15; butchers‘ bulls, choice, $10.50 to $11; do., good . buils. $9.85 to $10; do.. medium bulls, | $8.50 to $9; do.. rough bulls, $6.40 to $6.50; butchers‘ cows, choice, $10.00 to $10.560; do.. good. 39 to $9.75; _ do., | meddum. $7 to $7.%5; stockers, $7.50 to $9; feeders, $9.50 to $10.25; canners and cutters, $5.50 to $6.%5; milkers, good to choice. $85.00 to $110.00; do., com. and med., each,. $40.00 to $65.00;‘ s ringers, | :oo,om to $110.00; light ewes, fu.oo to | 16.00; _ sheep, heavy, $8.50 to 010.00:,! calves, good to choice $12.00 to :u.oo;z spring _ lambs, each, $8.00 to 18.00 ; | lambs, choice. $14.50 to $16.25; _ do., medium, $10.50 to $12.50; hogs, fed and | watered, $17.00; do., weighed off cars, | $17.%5; do.. f.o.b. $18 2% I | _ Minneapolis, _ May 8.â€"Wheat, â€" May, $2.521; July, $2.284. Cash: No. 1 hard, | $2.781 to §$2.821; No. 1 Northern, $2.661 ‘to _ $2.724; No. 2 Northern, $2.594 to ,$2.721. Corn, No. 3 yellow, $1.51 to $1.53. ‘Oats, No. 3 white, 694 to Tlc. Flour, ‘fancy patents, $14; first clears, $12. ;)‘t:eor grades unchanged. Bran, $39.50 to $40.00, bat ae me. 22 0 PRORTITY special, $2.08; No. 1 Manitc SLA!.OA Oats, No. 2 CAY., 72 W.. T1%e; extra No. 1 feed, feed, T0ic. Barley. _ cash Flax, No. 1 N.W.C, $3.034; $2.98; on track, $3.06. Winnipeg, May 3.â€"Cash 1 Wheat, No. 1 Northern, $2.82%; Northern, $2.77%; No. 3 Northern, No. 4, $2.40; No. 5, $2.08; No. 6, feed, $1.37; No. 4 special, $2.30; special, $2.08; No. 1 Manitoba, on » P S ow bon P vah i s ciicbcd ) Montreal, _ May _ $.â€"Oats, Canadian Western, No. 2, 81c; do., No. 3, T9e; |do., extra No. 1 feed, 79%c. Barley, Man. feed, $1.1%. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $14.50; seconds, $14.00; strong bakers‘, $13.80; Winter ?atentl. cholce, $13.75; ‘straight rollers, $13.20 to $18.50; do., bags, $6.35 to $6.50. Rolled oats, barrels, $8.25 to $8.50; do., bags, 90 lbs.. $4.00 to $4.25. Bran, $43. Shorts, $46. Mlddlin{.«. $48 to $50. Mouillie, $52 to $55. Hay, No. #, per ton, car lots, $13.50. Cheese, finest wertaerns, 27 to 27%¢; _ do., finest easterns, 26% to 26%c. Butter, choicest creamery, 41% to 42¢; seconds, 39 to 40c. Eggs, fresh, 40¢; do., No. 1 stock, $8¢. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $8.75 to $4.00. e 0 9A im eeillt CCOITC 474 10 AVE, tubs, 26 to 26%c; paile, 26% to 262¢; comround. tierces 201 to 20%c; tubs, 204 to 20%¢; pails, 204 to 21c Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 21 to 22¢ per lb; clear bellies, 20 to 20%c. es nds d ons NVE Green meatsâ€"Out of than smoked. Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear. bacon, in tons, 30ke; in cases, 21¢; clear belâ€" lies, 23¢; fat backs, 24¢. Smoked meatsâ€"Rolls, 27ic; â€" hams, medium, 28%e to 29%¢; heavy, 26c to 27¢; cooked hams, 40c; backs, plain, 88¢; backs, boneless, 35¢ to 360. Pn EOEA PHIT CCECCT DDMH ir:r bush., $7.50; Limas, per lb., 17 c. | track Toronto Eggaâ€"Newâ€"laid, in cartons, 40 to 41¢; out of cartons, 38c. Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, 26 to 28¢; fowl, 24 to 25¢; ducks, 22 to 25¢; squabs, hor doz.. $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys, 30 to ¢. Cheeseâ€"New, large, 27 to 2%74¢; twins, 274 to 27%c; triplets. 274 to 28e; old, large, 284c; twing, 28%c. Butterâ€"Fresh (ri;lfir‘y‘. choice, 39 to creamery prints, 43 to 45¢: solids. 4 43¢ LW a0 OROCBMIT CUIBTTE. ’ Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute bags, 113.20; second patents, in Jute bags, $12.70; strong bakers‘, in jJute bags. $12.30, Toronto. Ontarto â€" flourâ€"Winter, according to sample, $11.50 to $11.60, in bags, track Toronto, ‘rrompt shipment. MilWeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, _ bags includedâ€"Bran. _ per ton, $42; shorts. per ton. $46:; middlings, ror ton, $48; good feed flour, per bag, 3.00 to $3.10. Strawâ€"Car lots, per ton. $8 to $9, track Toronto. ‘ Hayâ€"Extra No. 2, per ton, $11.50 to. §12.50; ~" mixed. ner ton‘ *e *duasvean l uEC PSRRWUTE PUIETTYY Jntario wheatâ€"No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $2.78 to $2.80; No. 3 do., $2.76 to $2.73, according to freights outside. Peasâ€"No, 2, nominal, according to freights outside. Barleyâ€"Maiting. $1.35 to $1.37, â€" acâ€" cording to frelfhts outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2, $1.88 to $1.96, nominal, acâ€" cording to freights outside. M Toronto, May $.â€"Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern. $2.94%; No. 2 do., $2.899; No. 3 do., $2.84%; ‘No. 4 wheat, $2.523, track Bay ports. Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W., 82%(': No. 3 C.W., S1ic; extra No. 1 feed, 81ic; No 1 feed. $0¢, all rail delivered. American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow. 163; nontrlnul. subject to embargo, track Toâ€" ronto. Ontario oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 74 to 76c, nominal; No. $ white. 73 to Tbe, nomiâ€" nal. according to freights outzide. Markets of the World FROM OLD SCOTLAND United States Markets Live Stock Markets cou_t_ry Produceâ€"Wholesale Provisionsâ€"Wholesale meatsâ€"Out of pickle, lc less ed. ure lard, tierces, 254 to 26¢; P Fiadl" Vio whv EUIRRCY aTC â€"€0 Montreal Markets ‘Winnipeg Grain No. 3 Northern, $2.724 r a ao . 18 a ESH ‘W., T24%c; No. 3 C 0. 2, per ton, $11.50 to per ton, $8.50 to $11, y, choice, 39 to 40¢; to 45¢; solids, 42 to ‘ash _ prices Tliec; No. 1 not quoted. No. 3 C.W., tolg. e $1.75; No. 5 track, No. 2 an attack so that he could not stand, followed his men on his hands and knees, directing them. R One of the most picturesque figures was that of a colonel, no longer young, who led his battalion, with the~bagâ€" pipes going on before, playing "The Cock o‘ the North." The colonel was so ill that he had to go to the hospital the night after the attack but insisted on staying with the battalion till they had gone over the ridge. | \ an unknown sergeant of another command, he proceeded to bomb the enemy dugouts. In the first one he | found over 150 Germans, with seven officers, all of whom promptly â€" surâ€" ‘rendered to this little group of nine. ;Sendini his men back with the prisâ€" ioners, e entered, with the lergunt,] another dugout. A German officer there threw a bomb as they entered,l killing the sergeant and smnshingl the Heutenant‘s rifie. The lieuten-, ant then, with his revolver, shot and | killed three German officers in the | dugouts. Later in the morning he | took out a Lewis gun and disposed off the enemy who were enfilading â€" our j line. . to of a lieutenant of a machine gun ; company in the attack on La Folie | Farm. So impetuous was the young fellow that he reached the objective | with his men ahead of the infantry | whom he was supposed to be sup-’ porting. With seven of his men ‘and Of the picturesque side of notable bravery, wherein the object was the destruction of the enemy, perhaps the most conspicuous case was that to see through his gas mask. Well knowing that he risked his life in doing so, the surgeon removed the mask in order that he might minisâ€" ter to a wounded man. Of the same sort is an incident in which a surgeon was called up to a battery position to dress a serious wound, under heavy fire, and in the shell attack he found it impossible A lieutenant, who pine iistiitstr ind fks sds B w io3 Here are some examples. First is;' the story of a corporal in a patrol | which had come under the enemy | rifle and machine gun fire, so heavy . that to remain where they were‘ meant extermination, while to retire was extremely difficult, because of l! lack of cover. This corporal exposed ; himself to the fire of the enemy, sayâ€"| ing as he did so, "When they see me‘ they will all fire on me, and you! boys can then make for cover." | Stirring Tales of Bravery of Our Canâ€" adian Troops. The pause in the forward move has permitted the completion of the reâ€" cords of conspicuous bravery in the reâ€" cent action, writes our own Canadian war correspondent on April 26th. | Lieut. J. A. Craig, Invergeldie, was in command of a draft from the Cameron Highlanders on board the Ivernia when she was sunk. He escaped, but eleven perished. Permission has been given by the Dunfermline Dean of Guild Court for the erection of 1,000 houses at Rosyth by the Scottish National Housâ€" ing Company. Pipe Major Aitken, Argylls, who recently received the D.C.M. for galâ€" lant conduct, has been presented with £15 War Loan stock by the Stirling town council. Perth is at present taking great interest in the approaching marriage of Miss Beatrice Christian Pullan and Major W. A. Gillam, D.S.0., K.S.0.B. . The offer of Sir Hugh and Lady Alice Shaw Stewart of a portion of their mansion at Ardgowan as a hospital has been accepted by the Government. Sir Murdoch Macdonald has been appointed Adviser on Public Works in Egypt, retaining the Under Secreâ€" taryship in the same department. 1 Great excitement was caused in Falkirk when an explosion in the Carron Iron Works blew the roof off one of the furnace houses. ‘ CE CEmIM S MEW MIIBVCE C What is Going On in the Highland# fairs: oad Lowlands of Auld ' Prof. Milyukoff is the I ingâ€"and enigmaticâ€"fig Scotia. ;,Russian Cabinet. Dr. James R. Riddell has been apâ€" _ Milyukoff is one of th pointed lecturer in electrical diagâ€" Academic training who nosis and therapeutics at the Glasâ€"| â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" gow Royal Infirmary. ‘ _i sttz NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. HEROES OF VIMY RIDGE. was hit early in t /1 hear the robins, firstlings of a a spring, ¢] That yesterday so warm a promise n made, â€"| But that, toâ€"day, such promise has M gainsaidâ€" ~|I hear the robins as they, cuddling » cling ‘| To leafless boughs; while now the I snowflakes bring { ‘| Again a wintry mood o‘er hill and q glade, ‘ | _ And sky and earth in such grey , " whiteness fade } |As would make summer songsters | j loth to sing. f ,Yet hark! These robins have no keen| | dismay ; | \ _ Their chirping is like talk that children use | \ When, at some ghostly makeâ€"believe, ; in play, | _ They feign a terror that they do ; not feel; $ _ Sham secrets whisper, give each | other news '1 ' Of horrors that they know to be’ unreal. j â€"William Struthers in the Boston' Transcript. 4 The academic experiences of the iâ€"] two men are somewhat similar. Milâ€" yukoff was educated in Moscow Uniâ€" ; versity and became lecturer in hisâ€" '.’ | tory there. He was not long in earnâ€" ;"ing distinction as a writer of books " jand articles on Russian history, and "jas a popular lecturer. But his liberal 'views brought him visitations from 1| the police, and he was forced to give " i up his post. ; ‘| _In 1893 he was called by the young ; Principality of Bulgaria to ornnizej :| the State College of Sofia along uniâ€"‘ ‘|versity lines. At Sofia, Milyukoff | ;fmade a study of the Balkan question, | and is toâ€"day one of the foremost auâ€" :?thorities on Balkan affairs. On his |return to Petrograd, Milyukoff led |the life of a litterateur, but at the 'inception of the liberal movement in ; Russia he threw himself into the . work of organization, and soon beâ€" |came a prominent member of the‘ |Liberal League, the leaders of which | were the Zemstvo Constitutionalists. | ‘ An able and resourceful speaker, | | he has a wide knowledge of European || history and politics. His study of‘! ,‘the evolution of nations and Govern-l’ ments has not helped to make him‘‘ sanguine in his f:=th in drastic measâ€" :l ures. He is neither a demagogue nor | a visionary. His imagination does not | march in sevenâ€"league boots. | _ But his most characteristic and adâ€" mirable quality is a sort of downright doggedness. In this he resembles Guchkoff, the new Minister of War. in other ihings,ificri‘s_ -rvn;)-t"unii.ko' .i;;,ul- dent Wilson. good in practical politics. In this, as Prof. Milyukoff is the most interestâ€" ingâ€"and enigmaticâ€"figure in the Russian Cabinet. Milyukoff is one of the few men of New Minister of Foreign Affairs Is An Interesting Personality. Louis S. Friedland, associate editor of the Russian Review of New York, writes as follows of Paul N. Milyukoff, Russia‘s new Minister of Foreign Afâ€" fairs: I HEAR THE ROBINS. Paul Nikolaivitch Milyuko1t. ONE OF RUSSIA‘S BIG MEN. have made ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO ] A despatch from London says:â€" _ The Food Controller, Lord Devonport, | has ordered that after May 9 maize, ‘ barley and oats and their products are | to be used only for seed or for human | and animal] food. Tapioca, sago, and | arrowroot will be restricted to use as 'l human food. ‘ &A "Hullo!" he exclaimed. thing lost again ?" One evening, while cleaning a room the janitor saw written:â€" "Find the greatest common denom inator." At a certain public school it was the custom for the teachers to write on the blackboard any instruction they desired the janitor to receive. MUST BE ONLY UsSED AS SEED OR HUMAX FoOp The Arcadian was of 9,000 gross, and was owned by the | Mail Packet Co. Before being verted she was employed in t« traffic between New York an West Indies. A despatch from London says :â€" The British transport Arcadian was sunk in the Mediterranean by a subâ€" marine on April 15. It is believed 279 men were drowned . ' A despatch from Petrograd says: The Russian Provisional Government \has sent to the Russian representaâ€" |tives in the Entente allied countries a note assuring the allies that â€" the 'change in Government in Russia canâ€" not afford a pretext for any slackenâ€" ing on the part of Russia in the comâ€" mon struggle of all the Entente allies. 279 BRITISH TRANSPORT STATES AND MEXICO , Light Thrown on German Propaganda f Led by Rintelen f’ A despatch from New York says:â€" Plans of Capt. Franz Rintelen, of the ‘ German navy, to embroil this country _ in war with Mexico and Japan, and the ineffectual efforts of former Reâ€" presentative Frank Buchanan to enâ€" list the support of Samuel Gompers,| president of the American Federation of Labor, in a project to prevent the‘ !mlnufacture and transportation of ’mum'tions in this country, were | brought out in the conspiracy trial of | these two men and six others here on | Wednesday . The defendants are | charged with fomenting strikes deâ€" \signed to disrupt the Entente allies‘| munitions trade in this country | ‘through the activities of labor‘s Na tional Peace Council, of which Mr. Buchanan was first president, ( NO SLACKENING IN WAR ON PART OF RUSSIA. _ _A despatch from Amsterdam says: f â€"The German Reichstag resumed its °¢ session on Wednesday. The presidâ€" â€" ent of the Chamber, Dr. Johannes |Kaempf, in his opening address, ‘lpuking of the entry of the United jsum into the war, said a new and mighty opponent had foin~d the ranks of Germany‘s enemies. President | Wilson, in a message to Congress on | | April 2, he declared, said he was wagâ€"‘ ‘ing war against the Germans in the interests of mankind and on the | ground of justice. | ‘"Without truest hearts‘ blood," he‘ lsaid, "we establish the German Kaisâ€"| erdom and with our truest hearts‘| , blood we shall fight for the Kaiser and the empire. (Renewed applause.) | ‘Whnt our forefathers fought for and . longed for, what we have achieved on , the battlefield, will not perish, even at ) President Wilson‘s word of command. | , ‘*"We decline all interference by a j ,fortfgn Government in our internal| affairs. _ If all signs are not misleadâ€"| % }ing the decisive point of the world'l't war is approaching. _ We see ourl' deathâ€"defying troops withstanding the 1 enemy‘s assaults. . Our Uâ€"boats will | & show England how Germans cnnf avenge her nefarious starvation war." |, HAD PLAN TO EMBROIL * f P A Ubcsame» President of Reichstag Says United States is a Mighty Enemy. FIGHT FOR KAISER WITH HEART‘S BLOOD He‘s rd the Vessel Were Drowned. owned bY_the Royal ARCADIAN SUNK yed in tourist York and the d the ranks | £45, 883,529 tons 1 Â¥ d taimts 2 C inss vschnr dsc â€" t poar, If a few radish seeds are drop. ped at intewn;g these will mark the rows and allow safe cultivation. CBP "ht tetetis t ssdind d , Even British Guiana, in South America, is bigger than New Zealand, !und British New Guinen proper nearly {as big. India, with Ceylon. runs to | nearly two million square miles, or | sixteen times the area of the Byjtish ‘hlea. |__Nor does this take into account hundreds of islands in the West Inâ€" dies, in the : Pacific, in the Indian Ocean, and those cormers of the world‘s ocean highways, like "Gib." and Aden, and Singapore, and Hongâ€" Kong, which all go to swell the total present mileage of the Empire to eleven and a half million, or rather more than a fifth of the whole land surface of the globe. Seeds of beets, parsnips and carrots germinate slowly, â€" and often weeds come up thickly before the plants apâ€" poear. If a few radish seeds are dropâ€" neul \ nt Ainsiuatin Cnyc 122 I +\ _ New Zealand is our next antipodes. »] The little boy who talks of digging ® / through his back garden till he comes ‘| out in Australia, really means New 1| Zealand. It is generally regarded as / one of the smaller colonies, yet it is only a sixth less than the area of the British Isles. * Bouth Africa runs to about a milâ€" ) lion square miles of territory, without | including the newly conquered terriâ€" / tory of Southâ€"West Africa, British ’Ent Africa is another millionâ€"squareâ€" mile piece, whilet Nigeria is about ,’half as much, and Greater Egypt | about the same. Add to this the «mallâ€" ‘er colonies, and Britain‘s stake in the Dark Continentâ€"without reckoning | Germany‘s contributionsâ€"works out lto the size of the whole of Europe. Nh s 110030 0e 0E 0 c cauc P ul I There are 4,500 miles of ocean beâ€" tween it and Africa, and 8,500 miles between it and America. It is as big as Europe, with the three peninsulas â€"the Scandinavian, the Iberian, and the Italianâ€"amputated. , , Some Comparisons Which Enable 1‘s :v To Measure Our Empire. ; _A man who met the present writer _ in the gardens of Hampton Court _ said: "Six months ago I took my â€" two _ boys as far woest as 1 have now come ‘east from our home in Montreal, but | we got no farther than Vancouver," | says London Answers., ‘ Who would have thought that it was as long a journey from Montreal to Vancouver as from Montreal to |London?* â€"In realizing that fact, one ’getl a little nearer to realizino the huge size of the Dominion of Canada., | EP V us Australia is the sn if it be reckoned such island in the world. , P ET CC mnuue,. It is 3,400 miles wideâ€"bigger than the U.S.A., unless Alaska is reckonâ€" edâ€"and as big as Europe if Germany be left out! It could easily maintain a population of two hundred millions. TV TPPRIEP 1M 9B JUNT B â€"Gardens, Liverpool, on the occasion of the anniversary of the relief of Ladyâ€" smith, _ _A statement was made in a Londo® court that many unskilled women munition workers were earning £3 per | week. |\ _ The business of the Coast Line has ‘ been acquired by the Elder, Dempster ‘Company, Limited, and associated companies. U 0 s e mepesnnne lundidnte for Morpeth Borough, on | the Independent ticket, is reported ‘woundod. | James Inwood Jeans, M.A., of Trinâ€" l ity, has been awarded the Adams prize ‘in mathematics by Cambridge Univerâ€" sity.. | _A part of the royal mews at Buckâ€" ‘ingham PaÂ¥ace has been lent by the \King as a dormitory for soldiers on §uC0t Mrs. Frith, an old resident of Islesâ€" worth, Middlesex, who died recently, had one hundred relatives fighting for the allies. , Farmers are urged to place â€" their â€" orders early for binder twine for next harvest, as a shortage is possible. i Richard Pugh was fined £15 and | costs at Bow Street, London, for atâ€" tempting to bribe a military officer. | Graeme Tomson, C.B., has been apâ€" pointed â€" Director of Transports and ,Sh'!gplnc by the Shipping Controller. leave reaching them safely is a much gratification to the The Government vi“s' .:Jr.;l‘ic;:ri.ng the issuing of medals to munition workers at the close of the war. laborer at Islesworth dug 1 sovereignas. | â€" The ratable value of London John Hodge, Labor Minister, is reâ€" covering from an injury _ sustainâ€" ed while driving a hansom cab. mercial World. ' Birkenhead has now policewon , fully uniformed and on active duty, |_ While working on his allotment, Inhosaw 4 e Wl 2 The King has sent £100 to the emergency fund of the British« and Foreign Pit‘ale Society. I P im spictntrigh tds w se c B 5. .2A of £150,887. Essher, in Surrey, has secured as a trophy, one of the field guns captured from the Germans. oUR FARâ€"FPLUNG EMPIRE NEWSFROMENCLAND â€" > service was held in St. John‘s Reigns Supreme in the Comâ€" 8 BY MAIL ABoUT 3 BULL AND HIS PEOPLE parcels for , an increase Newton, the prospective smallest continent, ch, and the largest ondon is now over last year policewomen up two of +3