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y gFeai Text, Lulo Veàe, 1. Je.usr-answered-Replied- ta the »ngered ?hariseeswhen they isought 4e lsy hcold on him becausse -o! bis. ,lIhing ta them as the wick- ed husbandznen (sec preceding les-, son). His zepiy is couchgid in the words o! anobher paraible even more pointed anid direct tihan , he' one wieh sa gre*tly offended -thein. A Mgrriage feast-In accord- anc. with Oriental custoým, the l es- tivities ëonnecitèd with the wedding would lait for days; Judges 14M. 17 giveî tihe tnumberasseven. 3. Ilis sexvrv.nts-The messengers wlioa these Pharisees 'had heard rpak 'were Jolù4 the Baptist and Jesus, hoiqgk otiher prophets still - spç,ke to thein through titeir writ- ton messages. Thern that were jbid4en-The coin- pany, to ývhom invitations had al- rsa4y been sent. ,Perhaps Jesus bad in mmnd tht the first invita- ioni had -been given iby ý&oses, the 1owgiver, and the-earlier prophets-, 'withi whosee writ.ings his -hearers were ail fà7miiar, and that the sec- ond invitation, w'hich custom re-- quired to be sent out wien te hour for the festivities to begin arrived, had been give by John the ]3sp- tist and himseý f, who liad preached "the kingdonlof! heaven is at hand." Tfiey wouldj not come-This was the height o 1 discourtesy and an open insuit toj the ho4t. 4. Oi'her ser anta-In the inter- prftation of t iis parable, perbaps the other, serifrnts were. the dis- ciples who h been sent forth to * preacit. Dinner-Th s was the'rnidday uneai. Supper wohld corne laVer in thecay.' .My oxen and my- !atlings are kili- ed-Ei5pecially kept and fattened for the feaiet., This shows hà it wais Vo be a feast on7 a large scale. 5. Mode light of it-They treated the pressing invitation of the ser- vanta and, theiri desciption o! the fes&st with edipIcte' indifference. The verl here used is the saine ,which in- Heb. 2. b3 is tiansated "inegleet" .- IItO shah we escape if wep nelect so great a saivation." 6. The rest laid hold on his iser- -.vauts and treated thtm shaimelully, and kiiled ýthei-those who- were not content with simpily disregard- îng te invitation, like the- Jewish People generally, but like the ohii.! priestsaàad rulerà, persecuted those Who gave the Invtation. 7.- The king wap wroth-Their re- fusai os! the invitation mplied dis- loyalty and defiance of! his author- Sent -hie, armies, aind destroyed Uiose murrderera, and burned their city--Ihiis was dons at the tine -o! -the dgstruçtion or JePUBaiein by the."Romane. 9. thi.partings o! the iti-giways -Very likely i. places Wh e réthe roacle -froi tise countiry -came Vo- gether o enter-tise city eates. As maxiy as y. sha f id, bid- - Th4 Talmud saysi tat i-s ivaa cita- tcmairy amexig riait men Vo invite 2or travelers Vo feastfe, se that sttisprushle woulId noV sçee strange ta Jesus'e hearers, Beiug interpre- ted, it of course means tat te gw.- pel invitation wae Vo W. extended to ail peopies. Titis was doue by - -P-Jaul and etiters before hs destruc- tion of Jemusaie-m, and after tat event its proclamation and accept- ation among thre Gentiles became -generaF. i0. l3otit bad aud good--As in te * *-parables cf te net and o!fte witeat;and he tares, titis impiiesi -that ýbaci as well as ggod will re-1 spoud Vo te invitation, and xnayi ho found togetiter in te citurcis cf T Chbrist. - IV 'may aiso méanu tiat ad- miseiou into te churdit is not Vo 'be Aenied Vo any except kuown evil- doers; .If he heart oc! a bad maxi respoudeVto te gospel invitatibnx, sisouid net tise chut-oit eceive hlm sud endeaver by ineans o!f-ympatit- *-etie training ta -ielp hlm correct -bis faults, put away 'hie, sixis, andi Ieasd a-new life? - - ' 11. But wheu tise king came- in Vo be'hoid te guesteý-Not Vo loek fox Possible offenders but Vo greet hie guests and bid teinwelcame. A main who had noV on a wedding- gaimient-These- clcsing verses are1 tisougitt by saine te be a part a! an- other parale, refemning taeVthe laist * udgnxent, witere eaeh maxis pre- aeucd"is ested by hie fitness. If it is connectec w ituh tisé' pneceding1 verses, we will ýhave to uxidrstand tuait iV waï te custom Vo have tise robes uupplied ýby Vise king's ser- vante, since te invitation had bèten urgent aind immediaite, te guests hIia<d corne iu a hurry, and thèe1 would1'ave been ne tue Vto procure - _ ~a weddin«g robe, evea itad thèse pon guests had te means of pur- chasing oe. W'hat tise custoin was is not indi.cated. Tte-pairaible sim- ply states thait a wedding rdbé a ineonsqaryq 'andtat -te <alure of' his guet o'havé ane was due ta indifference on Lh. part o!fte Suest, on Vmo open -deAiance ol tise rules of ths king's -ituseitold. Iu the interpretation o!fte parabie1 the 'weddixig gainent refers Vo a Iuofy .lif e. 12.- .And h. was spee4chleus - Be- cause ctsDnsciously out o! place. 13. Bind him, hand and 'foot, and cast hiu out into. thé cuVer Icark- - xres-To our demoeratic vievs tits punishment seeraîý,out o! propor- tion t2_tW 'Msot ,so Vo th"erefr ci J'esusi 'who khewitow seriouaiv inatters 'o! etiquette.are], S. T aad e r opw AM ge Titis mâp ih wertli.preserving,- because t shows in greater cletail than dio net,,«mail atiases te part o! Europe in whieh thbe issues o! the war are Vo b. decideci. Present indications are titaitte Germains' main attempt to reach Paris wiii be t rough flelgian territory. The 'out- look is tat battles will be iougitt around Brussels, Liege, and Namnur, aniti may be that another conclusive engagement wili take pla-ce at Waterloo, which isnot named on the map, but is located just west o! Brusseis. Other Germain armies are operating te te west e! Metz, and near Epinai, lower down on the French border. The Northt Sea i- also shown, with te principal ports plainly iudicated. phrase descriptive of the misery of one turned ont into outer dsrk- ness. One comnientator mentions that the suggestion rnay have corne <rom thje howling and snapping o! teetit o!fiung ry wolves, heard by a Ionely traveler in the darkness. The expression ie useci five times- ini Matthew and once in, Luke."1 14. Many are csaled, but few chosen-Tbis was especialiy true in our Lord's tine. Ris message ea for the "Iost sheep of the ise cfi craei," and of the multi- tudes wiho followed hum and heard his message oniy a few were chocs- en. In its application Vo the churah o! to-day it ineans that not ail who belong Vo the visible church- are meinhers also of the sinaller corm. pany o! those who have brought their lives into harmony witb the eaehingg o! the gospel. G UARD M THE Q UEEN 3IOTIIER. Sir Dighton Prohyn -Attends lier Whcrcvcr Site Goes. Wherever -Qusen Alexander- goes the question that ià more frequent- ly heard t-han amy otiter i-s, "W'ho is te dean old gentleman witis Rer Majesty 'i" Sittinig opposite thé' Q neen Mather in iter carniage ounl occasions àistée grand old maxi with t'itb patriairclha whiLe Jzeand, and wisen on state occasions te Victor - ia Cross catches ail eye upon hie brcast curiosity ais ta hie personal- ity is great. - Titis is General Sir Digiston Pro- byn, V. C., _K .C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C... Titougit well oven 80, titis itaudeome military patniarcit losess none cf hie vouth!ul ardô,r witeu "on guard" aven te King's mot'her, and te higis position accorded hum in tise entourage of Quexi Alexandra hais been weli won,_ noV only by many years of !aitVsuI watohfuinessE over te destixiies o! tise royal faim- ulv, but by moast distinguiohed ýser- vices Vo the counitry se an army of- For a long turne ie was keeper of RHer Majesty's privy put-se. Quesu Victonia's peisoxial htousehold cou- sisted o!f-wexty pensons. Uxider King Edward te number was eut down Vo Vweive. Titrougitout thse reign Sir Digitton kept hie place, but rwithitheis accession o! King George, sud tise uecesàItty of the widowed QueenAlexandra having okk- faces Vo wliom se hiacigrown attachéd about lier lu hem sepanate he-useitold, Sir Dighton wiiiingiy re- linquished bie post in arder ta give tite Queen Mo0ther Lise ccmfort o! hie preséxicé Iear hier on al utate occasions. And non. outeide the n'yar entourage kuow how absolute- ly Queen Alexandra relies- upon thé aid V.O. hema for ensuring her personai coffiort and 'safe condiot in lier daity jaunts a-bout London and elseWhere,- Sim Dighttan, teeo, lenda consider-I., able eclattVa a Vae progress, fQr lié baa for mauy years-been ame .o!f the resu arnaiments 9! royal ae axitry in Londau. As Âlngry Constituent. -"No ; Il nover voté for Viat- fel- iow again." "Why not?" e'I wrote hum tat I wanted a gov- ernnoent pluni aind. hé sent me a couple oci seedlings froni tIe Agni- cultural departoient." Cioo-djudgmexit usualhy shows -up the day sites'. .ome cases titis'circuit-cloEing de- latent V-o destroy. commerce. At BIOEttSOMARNEcircular seat, witich rells against are to neove nè:éâthey have -contact srnsadin ohr fapatd.Terlswr oremain MOS8T TREACIIEROUS MODE 0F body o! mercury whicit cornes in in force seven years. WARFARE. contact with a spindle witeute mine is tipped, and titis complet.. Britain Opposed IL. - ite electric circuit. Titis methiod i Tite Britisit Governinent hais al- A 3ioern nvenionand heretomatefiig. Mines are ways opposed mine-layixig in shal- usualy nrou~e fe coph 'atun low water as ai dieloyal: and cruel Are Oni> Two Metliods of flring, titaï i,"for eithen judgmexit forni o! wan, cruel because it is di- Filitlng Thei. or automatic firing. rectcd- largeiy against merchant Eiectre-mecitanical mines diffen shipping, and so may cause heavy Suibiarine mines are proba-biy f rOm electro-contact mines in titat sacrifice cf life amoxig innocent non. te meet treacherous war auxiliar- Jtitey themselv.es contain the finink combatants, women and chldren, ies used in modern warfare owing, hattery. beeause it is often carried out. as Vo teir location being so well itid- Extemporizcd mines may be madeuittis case, by vessels taken over dlen fron tise aIl unsîsspecting ves- by Ifiling a barrel or box withi gun- f rom te merdhant marine. sel. Once titey are bit al is uver. powxder or gun-cotton, and fitting Britisht envoy8-Vo The Haigue Con- IV was one of titese witich -unk thsej an eiectricai fuse te it. ference in 1907 macle earnestefforts "Amphtion," Subinarine mines, except punely Vo secure prohibition o! mines, but Tite use o!fte submarinc mine automatic floating mines used in wene defeat'ed by te opposition o! as a legitinmate weapon ef defence emengencies, are controlleci (nom Germany for reasons wiiciare now and offense in wanfane neceived te tise mining case-mate on sitone- le-arly understood. seual o! international aiutitonity for witicit neceives i-Vs information and ninTrao te firstt ine duning te American orders f rom te mine commander ln nTrao Civil War. Tactical and local con- stationed in hie'- observing tower. ('apt. Fox, wiso was in commandi dliions determine tise location cf fthe The mines are planted in seve rai cf te Anmphion, was a midshipman systei cf subinarine mines for amy lhues, so as te compel hostile vessels on board tise Britisit warsitip Cal- barbon, Vhe -former deaiing witi thVito pa-ss in range o!- more than one liope, te only wars-iiip witich es§- relation cf te mines witit refer- mine. caped destruction in the tcrrific Sa- ence Vo te other elements o! heetise . h.. moa tornado o! 1889. defence; te latter with widtit and D-toy hej.Tise Lance, w'hicit sank tise Ger- depth of channel, swiftncss o! cur- Subinanine mi nes are usuiaîiy at- main mine layer, Koenigen Luise, is rent and variations o! tide. tacked by counter-mining, whicit one of te newest types o! destroy- Subianine mines ai-e cititer buoy- consi ets ilaying a fresis line o!, ers, developing 27;O000 horse-power, axit or grouind mines and in generai mines acro.e or near a 'Mine field, witis a speed of 33 -knots. Sisc is are o! four kinds, (1) observation and in causixg te exploqion o!fte armed with titre. 4-i-ncb quickfirers ,mines; (2) electro contact mines; (3) o-Id mines by te cussion resulting and bumes ou. Hen tonnage le 5,- electro mechanical mines, and', (4) frein firing the neîv cnes. Anether 100, and liser complement 100 men. extemponized mines. Gnouind mines methoci o! attack je by sweeping,- + o! te second and tisird classes ha~ve whiclx consiste o! sexidixig a pair o! Falthfulness. tise firing mecitanisi in a floating 'boats, coxinected by ienseo! cabies Thé diamond Ie oue klud of crystal buoy. fitted wîth aranrslinoe irons. andl and coal Ie another. But, on thé Controlled on Shore. Observation mines are controlied f ran a distant observation station, generally on shore, and fired by electricity whien the target arrives over the mine. These mines are usually oniy about 10 feet under the water and titis method is some- tmes calied judgmen.t firing. Eiectro-contact mines are intend- ed for explosion in actual contact with a ship's bottoin, and expiode upon receiving a violent blow, or upon being tilted sidewise to an aggle sufficient toýýclose the eleetric circuit contained in the mine. Inl A detacisment c!iei'yian sametimes with explosive rharges, Vo drag aven sùspectiug mine fields. Innocent Sufferc'd. Owing tO te havocreated among neutrai vesseis during Vhs Russo- Japanese war, and among ail ahip- ping forn several yeams, by drifing mines floated i-nte vicinity o! Pont Arthtur, t-he Hague coufereuce in 1907 forbade thee usé o! unaxichoned mines, or* cf anechot'ed mines broken lose f nom hefr cables except titey., were of a tylpe *witidi became batrn- less soon aftei; aise thé placing o! mines along te coasta and in front o! thée ports' of au enemy with te whýole, though --t-hé -diamnd lu 5beau-tl- fui, thé worid wouid rathér give up Its diamouds titan IVe coat. More dé- pends upon th coash-fan more. Genius le as shlnlug as the dlanond;l falth- fuinese Vo dutY le often as duihi as the coal to thé sys. But it le thé: latter, after att, that heipa thé wonld meut. Glacei in Plsàee of! mon. Thé iran ore- deposits of thbé wcnld are 'being ex'iaiustéd, and te turne is noV fan çlis4axit -witeu we will have Vo xeV alarig wititout i-non azid steel. ",ome substitut. wiIl have Vo be {eît n 4 it hais býen suggesited by a seps tbtteoialsuccess-, or wili be g:ÃŽ-se. -Servian Troops Ready foré Action. troopis, sbowixig thé type o! mma anii equipinent inite ajýxy 'o! couxsVry engaged -in war withAustria. -the little Pert Who reeenxtîy tourea Europe studying -fod conditions, eays inj tii. New York Herald z- Should the. Armageddon corne, it will be a 'war o!foocds. AIready the famine scare lias seized ps.rtïsT o! Germany and England,- _and it wouid not ïbe surprising if it soon, developed into a panie. France,. too, -rememnbering te days -of 1$71 When-meat sold-at $20 a pQund, is feeling relos To England and Germnany the pro- blein is cf most moinentous con- cern, for these two nations arc de- pendent on te outside.4or xnost o! tiheir sustenance. "Starvation, noV invasion, is te danger cf te coun- try," declared A. J. Balfour sever- ai years a-go in arguing against, the declaration o! London, The declar- aion wiIi prevent America from contributing prominentiy Vo the re- lief o! war-ridden nations.' England expects Vo gain by ber reaty wiih Russia more than she wiii have lost through te* restricted rel iations witit the United States, and maybe in that site lias iShown wisdoi. Titat remains Vo -be determined. England's Serion.9 Problcm. It is the most sérious prcob.lein England hias to consider, the con- tinuance of her food suppiY. With her it is noV a question of qualitY. Hen>ce littie attention is paid there to te purity o! foods. The food iawe are lax and inadlequately en- forced. Cheinical preservatives are used freely. A report o!f t.e Local Oovernment Board of Seotiand shows that o! -three hundred and flfty-two saxnpies of! Britisht engin Embmnitted Vo chemic7al analysis, one hundred and fify-eigitt were found V-o contain boron conipounds, and tw eive preservative suiphites. Any means o! obtainingte requisite amount o! food and making tihein këep as long as possible is welcome in Engiand. Should the nation'@ food supply be shut off by' any nieans, starvation wouid impend inimediately. London's PlIght. Think what it would meaxi Vo London alone 1 Loxidoni with its en- virons 'hais a population o! nine mil-. lions, which receives its sustenance Vliroug thVie London marktets anid produces no food at ail. NçxV in his- tory is there a situation 11k. tid- sucit a vaut assemblage of people huddled, togetiher ini such a usal area on an island and ail dependent for theïr food on outside sources. If London :Whould b. ibesieged ais was Paris in 1871 famine would set i immediately. Tii mighty swanm -of people consumes each day five million boaves of! bread, four thous- anid tons of potatoes,350,000 gallons e! miik, nearly a million cabbagee, and in sieason 20,000 peeks -ci peas aud beane. Ail aven te world peo- ple are bu>sy growing te grain, raising te cattie, looking alter te pouitny, catciting tue fisit and tend- ing tise fruits anid vegeta-bles Oto keep Landau and England suppliéd wits teir foode from day- Vo day. Anenica hue been supplying an en- onmous proportion of it.- Rearratîge Food Aventues. But there uîust hé a great rear- rangement o! tise food avenuies in case a! war. The way Vo'Anenica i-s long and periipus. Titis 'penhaps le tise cause o! certain articles in Vhs Déclaration- o! Loundon. IV itéips Vo explain te cause of Eughand's alliance wit-i Russia s so on ufter tise Russo-Japanese war, witen we found liern a firmnaliy o! Japan. Bnitaîn 's main source of suppiy in case o! war will be u ssia and tise Britisit colonies that are noVt Oo fer distant. Tisét is one great disadv-axtage with meut o! thé Britisit colonies. They are so fan a.way tisat tise route is beset witb ail mannen o! puislu i case of war. And then iV is dif- ficuit ta keep many route ope n and protected. Fan simpler it wouid be Vo maintain one great route of suppiy fnom Russia, patrolled -by the meut powerful of England's wareitips. IV was for eucl' a pur- pose that they wene buiit. IL is for sucit pur-pose that titéy wili hé used if war is Vo be. Gexsidernxg Eng- land's position, then, 'we muat ad- jmit taL %ite lias been fan-a3ighted li buildingh'er mi-ghty fleet -s!-bat- tlesliips anid !ormixig an, alliance wit~h iussia, Vise greatest food pro- duueing nation ou eanth. Tii. saine le trué o! France. Augirials Position. Austnia-Hungary is a ýrèat food prodntcing country berself, 'but ne- titing Va compare witit Ruszuia. Thèn thli art cf agricult-ure is; sutt pcorlv developed. thena, In many panrts thé people -are -ainost in a 3tate of se-mi-civilization. It is a cou -ntry whéme thé womnen- go liarefoot and do most of th&-work, while the nlen drink -beer. lu néarly aHl respects the nation is fan bhin4 th otiter great powers o! t-hé world. Italy is lairgeiy dependent ou, cuteide sources for her (oaci supply- and les-a v.ny weak nation fnom many stand- Points. Germany'a alliance with Austnia, like England's wi-t Lussla, is for te pu-rpasc o! assuing a iood sup-_ phy in case QIf war. Austnia-RIun- gary is Genmany's cupboard, and Russia is Englân 'd'e, Ge'x-mainy's ouphoard .is mzacre< soacessi-ble but leais productive. ýongGerrnany has reallzed- her wealçne,,s in titis - Te- spcand she 1uas, ta.kei'! erPic The German Problea.'., With an airea of les thanm'0à OS, square miles-lIes. thàn iwýSatf qoZ Textas-Germany bas severfty mil- lion mouths to feed.' What .-ths~ ineais-'cân beat be understoqd Yb~- comparison with 3Tnif,éd States. America, with a- populaio~n d!901- 000,900, hai an area cof 2,624,0122- ! square, miles, or more than--se.Pn- teen Vumes that o! Oerinany. Anleri- ca has 22 6-7'acres cfý land tô every inhaibitant., Germany only 1.9. -And tusiss true;- notwithstanding te nation's great efforts- towa:rd- conservation. Every foot, indeed, almost every in 'îh, o! Germany' s ares -is cailed upon to- contribute its -share oward the 'nation's siib- sistence. AIl possible -sources -o!f waste are avoidéd, Owners o! va- cant lots are compeiled Vo leave theni Vo tenant ait-regulated prices for garden plerposes. The trees aiong nîany of(the highways" and country laines are 1 food 4bearing trees and te ahrubberyin ýo fara-s consistency pernxits, yields. bernies and other edibles. The -Inuits can- noV b. piucked except-at specified times and',by licensed person .Evrp' the wild nuts and berrnes c<~T forest are gcverîîed by ,.I;ulcli- , rè7*- striction~s, 1and anyon'>e, ihe'r-1n thein with out àa license is lhable 1 to arrcst and fine. Since mosVt.oIte soil is pqor l~n quality the Govern-- nment has given a gréait deal o!. en- couragement Vo te raising 'o! Po-, tatoes, as titis vegeta'bies wili. titrive lin poor land. Potatoes, geese and sugar beets are tliree -of German's most important soun ej o! economy. Test For Many. Now, with war on biand, Gerniany hais a chance tVo t est te efficacy z>! her conservation sciteme- as weil as lier other preairranged scitemes for pyreventixig a food,. fimine. _Each- eity and village asiaunit is commis- sioned Vo look eut-for its own,)popu- lation. Likelihood that te ril-road system wiil b. blocked Vo ordl'nary' traffic 'has caused.each ta 'take steps Vo increase te stock o! -pro-visi-ons within its-own ju isdiction. The Berlin C0ity Council lias commis- sioned a nuniber of fli:ms Vo Pur- ehase and bring i-n suxnulies o! grain and fleur. Most of tihe other muni- cipaiitieý have fullowed siflt, LIVEIRPOOJ.s IE A 1 N E S Always Relgiied SupIrerne ili the,- Silipxpilig st'viee. NO accounit o! Livelmpool'it ilarn- ine greatuese wolild be complets wititout a passing reference tete vas'Vness sud -aiiety o! ber oversea tmaffic. A inyxiaci vessels o! cveny type -sud vize ply betweeu-iV, and te other great ports -oftise worhd. Rer. it is that te argosica o! na- ýtions meet, icisly laden with the rioducts -o!tise globr.-I--EasV India mercisautin, wbose fleecy cargoea o! finest wool fnom fan BL>pibay anci 1Calcutta are soon to hé turned in- te clothitin te textile nulh-, f Yor-- sbiire,> and wisse duHty, cargocs o!, Karacisi whient axe deptinecl Vo be grouind into flous- in tise nutuerouts cern miuls o! tise port; steamers anxd eailons laden witli sinilax- commodi- ties, and wit-h frozeu'meat f romVise River P late and! the faî-flting porti-s cf tise Aiitipoüdes ; schiooners o!fte - Ixhuge four-mastcd tý,pe b-itîgig nu- t rate cf ncda f rom t-Chu ian ports- of Sothis eruca, and otiters wiîosPF3 freiglit cpnsi8ts of grain (moitti he Paciffie Flopes of Norths America-z la-rge steaiFi-ps ladert witismnils- tomr packages,,b! provisions. tobaccu, timber, heatiser, andd o-t-ber prodi teits ( rom Canada and Vhe United States, and witis bales (,f maw cot- - ton f rom the gx-eat Gif puits c-f tise Soutiteru State; vessels witit Shksand ceneals f(rorn Cisia - îd~ Japan. niec andilimier -fnom Rait- goon, stîgar frein Javun, GeËïrma ,,--- and Cubla. banhey andot- r rao f rom te Black Sea, f ruifs frcjià t-hù Mediterra-nean, br-andy Ind 'I-i querurs (nom Bordeaux and C½Imr-- ente, rubitér (nom tiie Braïils. - palm-cii aud:palin-nxut kernel5 (rani tise West Coaset cf Afnica,a: cp -- peraud silven cnes f rom CalIula-9àd ottIr Peruivian parts; tank-stea- ers, specially consitructed for carry- ing cffilubislk, bring Viiousansdi e gall -ns cf That tusefsl lubiclaîit froin Amerian and Rit ssian - ertu: taril s9; trainp steamers that have ssili d uncltarted sens. wit-lî uci-des- cripý cargoes (rom' Mwhëreei6' fit v eau find a fr igh t; fisisiu*g. ,-Vmu1lcre witb th e ir finny frirétg fron neigit borng waîeéms andid celahd'i'c seas; and aset, but by ne ineanig lentý-t, tise gresV Atlantic liners, for , whith Liverpool ile noted, fori-ti-b f rom- titis pait that Itise lar-gest -fli,,Lst, sud !astest stea mers exigagzd in tise on-t- Atlantic, trade stant on theii journey Vo 'V hëftr d thé us tanla, thé Mauratanla&, and Qie latest êiantof Vbexp ahi, thé Aqu tanix, wlie 4as:;ýust --eern addE d Vo the Ouua-rd lept. a- - pott Liverpool basaIwa>rsreigné suprm md ii tliis >, se'r'vioe. , 86w. l turne ;-no' fewer titan six -o! t4-f st-t ily aii*ps'y, bao,-h with iîti ýompIë- men o! pha h#erà and argo, dçp 40ow -the tideway on a. single àfter nec ,axidNuin9' <tut' tbrough ,thé;. grear gaiteles.s gateway o!f te port1i mn route for tise land o!fte umttîngf- '>_ sun. A hensy man and a naggiogwo* main ualce -ai weI natched air. N4 one1-okkiso ridiculous liet V feilo 1who - pute %2q pJuL&Âieu flot wish Vo ei Vo pretend1 re winnîng a baitties. -Thei ail intninsical nimaking a hal d o! the Prus Lt is a Mnost N n raids sý -ACOMIRAL.VON' Comrnandr 'of theC forces SOCLILIST LEADER Itefusüd tlu Perfori Mili viee fer Germany. A despateit' -!rom Lond The Paily Cftizen, organ -~ Laibor party s53y5 t-was f rom a reliablei authority- Kari Lieblcueeht, the-QGe cialist leade.rlias been ah fusing Vo do miIlitary serv D - ii -ilaily Ctiensyé Uial tt waa- broiight Vo Lonidonb -maxi refugee,. Who repo BelnÃ"wing Vo the shp food, wais in a virtual stat lution. - Dr. Liebknecht w oer of the re&erves, ançI w *upon for -service. Hie re re sp ond -on conscientious iv4iereupexi, according tVo t a detacliment of soidiens Vto-hie residence. 'He wais the militairy _banriàçks an mairtialéed, -After à short wasconvicted and %,hot b taon 9f infaintrymen.. h is port d that- Rosa Luxemb n-oted Sociajt, writer, who thtsoldiere-Wère nmaltn the army, lias- beeri shot. OFFICET TOBED 0 111iIh Seven 'o!f Iis Melî- A despatèh f rom Paris s first, office r te be decurated lantry -in te war is Secon RH.; J. Bruyanxt, o!Élite Dragoons. General Joif French clirnmander-in-Ciief, -ferring te- (ross e!,tise L ifonor on LiJut. Bruyant, office r, witit ,even -cýf lus- chargcd duirty Uhlans. a -Brti.yant- had kiliedite c the Uhlans witls bis owii while the eter -niexubers * band werc rout&d. C ORNEUED BV -MUT Ileported. A despatcit frein Lond Tii. Hon-Kon g cornespo tue -Exchange Telegraphi_ saiys it, is. re po rted -here t Britisht fleet ini the Farn1 succeeded lxi cernering te Far Easten quadron. lent the- report, te eorrr Esdds, bv teé fact iliat aleng te-cc'at-is nesui M'al basis. W. E DW A 7D, cG i the iiili-im tt, AF TORONTO