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CIVILIANS SHOT BY ENEMY The Germans Turned 8-inch Guns Against Dense Hasses of Poles i! A despatch from Petrograd says : Very great forces ari- bring pn '>'! into battles of nuitunl dcstrueti-n fr..in the left Lank f the Vis-tula. near How. southward along the Bzura and Kawkii tn tlie bi-nil of tho Pilica below Toinas'iw. Sometimes the It.issians, sometimes tin' Ger- mans take the offensive These pitched battles. whi'-h cai. not be described as a giner.i! Ger mnn offensive, are the fiercest in the north. They her-, me more favor- able to the Russians as they ap proach the point win-re lli>- A us trians predominate in the enemy's ranks. The most southerly battle in Polan<l is on ih-- N'ida. Urn- the I.' -KIMS have gained a victory over (i-ii. Dank!, vho-e task apparently w.-i- to link up with the . \imtro- Cieriimn army on the I'ilii-a. -JO miles iu-t of Nowo.Hadtmsk. and a- i-t the Germans' attempt to force a wedge between the Russian north- ern aini southern armies. Im- mense slaughter is t -iking place in these battles. This doubtless will not lie ahiite<l until the ascendancy has been definitely established. In the region of. S< chuc/.ew thou- sands of civilians have been killed. The Germ-ins HMH! eight-inch guns against the (own and Miia-.hed tin 1 hi<h tenement hou.-.ts. Tin- inhabi- tants were crushed under the ma soisry. When the population tried to fl"e to War- aw, the Gr,in-'in guns poured shells into tho dense musses of n;r::. women and children, and hundreds were trampled to death The same thing occurred at Lowicz. A liiis-ian officer who was decor- ated for capturing six German gnus at Low it-/, states that HO German women were lighting in the trench- es. <;KitM.\Ns iMsn.i.i SIOM;II. l.aM .\\.-iilalili' Man (ailed to the Colors, The Pen: Pari:'-u p-.ilnslie- a Statement !>;. i- l-'rem iiinan who suc- < i o!eti in rs-a-niik; fr. m li rm.-iny, and whose nil nn;i::oii. -:ivs the journal, i-. r , -e. "nd bears the impre,. b O f truth 'I i 'rrm.-i! 1 s, l:c -a . -. n- l< n_- '' belie-.-- the ln'-uiti'u! fab.-s which I -. e I. c-ii |o'<| t In m Tb" impre-* ^ M which tb---. give, and -.ihicii they d" n .1 is one of ter i ,n,d iiiinii-ns" w .-ai-.ne-.-. Tiie rnthnsia-!.! ,,f ,-, ii,.i I \\ 'i: . ,i . f.- en place to a dull iii<l in! '<< .in/e'- ! A : n !| in-. ..ni'-s e\ idi-nt in every in . UMC-I Jn f.ht i AH-, f in i. Id it- and *oii th- em German;, v. bii-li he parsed tluoiigh is-, in re recruils were to be tvii. The l!)i:> class !ia<l been Called t .1 !ii- . r ,-u:-l i|i>- oar racks arc ab--i!-.::, . -. rinp". Ger mj'lV ll.-l- a- I hi- present llMlii'-n' <l a!i ; :i-- effective-, at b-r ii IMI--.I I - ',\ho ai'.- nut in t l tiiiht -_ lin are packed on the fr -nti-r. -in<l in concentration \ * ' |B Til- ,ir-:' n : r iia^ .-my na- Fitioral rrf. -i \e-. a"o -A i M, 't be able & to form them. <\ ,|i a: tli" price .- i in :'n It ,n. and it cannot 1 reinf-ir.-- i :ie front except, by dim- _ i - f. '- ,n .-inotber front. T- 't is why Ginernl Joffre. who kn .w^ a':. :- able to MIV that our I !i"li is v-r> good. 'I . i : li id .-.,iii n 4 t liitht, <le- f i ui ' n i aken. anio-ig tb- ma- : Gi-rman people, and t.iie Ji' ; '- -i f ' li-- an my -,f ils IIIM ,\> rioii;- ' -IT ih" fut.-i' moment 71 oilai ail ^a I i:i!lll>ll (ItVUI.I.Il SINK. . : mi .nis Mown Uilli Li-lit Men O'l !'"-M(|. .\ (J i ,-n 1 1 -n Gi i'i,-!iv, l-ing.. Ra\ - : Tb<- Tr.i .v i i ( i, ana wir-siink I,-. .1 llVIe i 'Pi. i] 'a\ Klglll in n vei i'nm'iid. n>.\\\ tin- -i-eond en g!i. ne'l Ti," trawler wl. n MIM!. v. . - i: ,l far .'loin the line -traV--i I 'i- Gf-ni.a'i ci ui'-t-rs in tl: r r< nt I :ii n I be Knglifih t. ;!i-d -t s b'-li'-\ rd I he Oea'i i st ; i-cl -i , ; i ' .- niiii!--- <h<|iped by thf li'':l.-i.-, 'i 'riv Hi<<bl back to t! . oi i'itisoM-:its. Or iiiiin -ll'l \;i MI -M <'ii|iliven Number .I'l.niMi. A i\>-^\ '\ i. oai I.OIM! m says ; Ac -oivling |.i a I'ctroKrad despiil<-'i I \{i ulei's Teli ifiam ('ompan.v, t he ni nbc-r of (I riu.'i-i jn-i.-ioners re^i.s tere/l !; l.l'n <)fli"ers nnd 131.700 in 'i ; |.!ie irriilii ,- of AuMrians peg ihi i i In :;. inn o!li-r,s and a-Jl, 100 men The, s;'av prisoners have ask- od for I!" '.u naturalization w> t.)i:i! they nmy be win against tbe Turks, ^ ___ jf. _____ _ . __ Doctor TJo you talk in your gleep? Patient- No ; I talk in otliT pe<>i>'.-'s. I'm a clergyman. I1H3 i:\rOKTS MAV 1:1 HltOUKN Ir.-nle and Commerce Department Issues \lllllial Hi-purl. The Department of Trade and Commerce has i-vii,/| its twenty- -i-iMud annual report. It covers i the fiscal year ending March 31 last, Canada's record trade year. Tii- trade t .tal amounted to $1!,- t^'i.-.'T'i more than the total for thtf previous year, reavhing tin- impos j ing tiguie of $l.l-J.V;i!.7:i.V Th i im- ports totalled )?!-..-,!),7-l<i.77, a de- j crease oi s-s 11, i *;">. ">!."i as compared wi'.ii 1WI3. lint an incr-ase of #!>!,- li'D.i.jH over the t-otal of IIH-J. Kx- I'.ii^ for the year amounted to sir:i.i:!i7.'.W-i. an increase of !S85,- ;ii."),S7l. Deputy Minister () llara, in his report, says: "For several years in presenting tlie annini! report of thisd epartment, it has been my privilege to make exceedingly op- timistic observations as to the pro- bable increase in the total trade fur the ensuing year. Ju every case tlie increase lias ex. -ceded the most sanguine expectations. This year, lio-Acver, in view of the Kuropean war and the unprecedented dis- turbance in trade throughout the world resulting therefrom, it IH not possible to reach any conclusions as to future possible trade expan sion other than to observe that from the latest information avail- able it would appear that the im- ports into Canada for the fiscal vear 1015 will show <i considerable decrease, notwithstanding the very large increase in the imports of coin and bullion compared with 1'JU. but that the exports of 1913 will probably equal if not exceed, the record figures of last year." The report makes special men lion of the fact that the war has wipe.) out the export trade of Ger- many and Austria-Hungary, amounting to almost 15 per cent. of th" total export trade of the world. + I'rRcH I'sc of Poorer FOIH|H. A despatch from Amsterdam says : The Voshische Zeitung* of Herlin prints an appeal by leading Ger- man professors of political economy which urges Germans to live on vegetables and rye bread, leaving meat, white bread and delicacies for the sick and wounded, "Eng land wants to starve UH, and we must therefore do everything pos- sible to economize in the use of our food," tlie appeal says. ^t_ _____ Sei/.es N'.S.W. Win-ill Slock. A despatch from Sydney, N.S. VV., says: The Government has sei/ed the entire s|,.<-k of wheat of New .Smith Wale*, excepting the amount needed for seed supplies for the farmers. This action is aim- ed at speculators, who, taking ad- \anlaifp of war conditions, luive been seeking to inflate prices. The Go\ eminent has fixed a price for the wheat of $1.20 per bushel. The Prince of \\.il.-- M.nvhiii- (u Join General l-'rt'iich's Army. Since the outbreak of the war, the dearest wish of the Prince of Wales has been to go to the front, into the very tiring lines. Though sadly disappointed a'mimher of times by Ird Kitchener, who trans- ferred the heir to the British throne from one regiment to another until he had- served his apprentice- ship as a "r<M>kie," his dearest wish at last was granted him. The photo Allows the Prince marching on his way to jr.ii. u.io Expeditionary forces in France King George wns in Krn-noe ;i. few days ago on a visit to Field Marshal Sir John French, the commander of the British forces. Here ^ie met the yi.'.pur Prince and with him as companion, the King made a tour of the base hospitals, cheering the men who are recovering from wounds received on the battlefield. The Prince was elated over t.he fact that he was permitted to accompany his father on these tours. Ql'EEVS NEEDLEWORK GUILD Now Yenr'H Gift to Quern Mary Froni Women of Canada. The following appeal has been pent out by the Queen Mary's Needlework Guild to the women of Canada, asking them to contribute toward a New Year's gift to Queen Mary : "Will you kindly allow me, through your valuable medium, to ask the women of Canada to unite with Queen Mary's Needlework Guild in sejiding a New Year's pre- sent to Queen $Iary which shall bo worthy of our great Dominion, and the magnifizcent work the women arc doing. "Will each woman in Canada, who is working for the soldiers and sailors, send one garment during January through Queen Mary's Needlework Guild for Her Majesty to distribute 1 . This can be clone very easily. "Thanks to Lady Williams-Taylor the Bank of Montreal has kindly in- structed any of its branches to re- ceive parcels on account of the Guild, and such paitek will be for- warded without ooet to tho donor. Persons residing in a town where there is no brauch of the Bank of Montreal may forward parcels to the Bank of Montreal at 213 Peel Street, Montreal, at the Barn* time sending the Bank the receipt for the charges paid, the amount of which will he returned to them. "It will be rny pleasure to sup- ply material for ons thousand gar- ments to those who are willing to give their work but have not mater- ial and patterns available. This material will make flannelette dresses for infants, woollen under- clothes f<:r children from two to eight years old, men's flannel shirts, socks and children's stockings. A postcard sent to Mi. -.a Weller. Assis- tant Secretary. Queen Mary' Needlework Guild. St. Catharines, Ontario, saying how many garments can be made, will result in material and directions being forwarded to the sender free. "Queen Mary, by her unselfish de- votion to duty, and splendid exam- ple, has endeared herself to the wo- men of the Kmpire at this crisis,, and such n New Year's gift as t hiv suggested would not only prove that the women of Canada are ready to "'serve the Queen" as .ire our brothers to "serve the King" but also give to Her Majesty the pi-eat pleasure <,f distributing useful garments to thr soldier? and sailors, the refugees, the poor and needy, the waifs and 'trays. "Hoping that the idea of a, New Year's gift to Queen Mars from the women of Canada will meet with a hearty response, believe me, "Yours faithfully. "(Sgd.) C. WKI.LANI) MERRITT. "Honorary Secretary." \ When asked by her teacher, "Which of the tV;> i lni . .1 t.ri'be <-.an lift lihe heaviest weight* I" a little girl replied "The. crane." ENEMY IN BELGIUM HUNGRY V . o r-ooj Lxactions Are Imposed Upon the Im- poverished Civilian from NoiM.herji A ilctftilcd account by thn German nu- Antwerp shows that the. i andfd in 14 tons of H <y ( potatoes, eight 11,,-at,- three nnd one- p! im-wrvrd meat, thn 'tj .,( .moked meat, I wo ton-, -i .',,,, s;,,,,i b,,itles of wino, < '***'*, 85,000 cigars, 1 "'"' ! ' ' -f ' co ji-nd twenty MM of oal 1^ef,,,ago sin.,.;, have <MI fo., ,,, ,,, p r , V1( |,, f |t .|,|. K |,,HHp h tin- GeriminWLeMg^tia J),.,, obliged* riva t'leir MT no; n<iti to Mipjihr .irtificial teeth toni luilf ton* unni- MMiu i and gold ftilin^s without payment. On Wednesday and Thursday last : German and Austrian troops, com- posed of infantry, which had been entrained at Schaerbi-ck in a la- mentable condition, passed through Hrusnels on their wny back from the YST. They had anything but the air of conquerors. They were sorely in need of c\ erything. They lonke<l bai a>.sd and worn out and went about their duties ,,, absolute >ilrii.'e In the tattered, mud st.ain- : e<] uniforms the troops ni\e the im | premioa ..f being absolutely deni.T ali/ed. Only the olliccis retain their arrogantly disdainful man- ner WON VICTORIA ( HOSS. The Iteiu.-irkalile Sinelc - Handed Feat of (icoi-Kc Wilson. Particulars as to Private George Wilson's line feat in winning tin- Victoria Cross have been given to the London l>aily Telegraph. Wil- son discovered there was a German machine gun stationed in a wood, and, apparently on his own initia- tive, lie decided to stop its opera- tions.. In his desperate venture he got the co-operation of a pri\ate of the tlOth King's Rifles. They went out alone and man- aged to get quite close to the enemy's position, when Wilson's companion was killed. Undaunted, however, Wilson continued on his perilous mission. One by one he- shot the officer and entire gun. team of six soldiers and then ran in and took pOMession of the gun and two cases mul a half of ammunition. Wilson a few months ago was sell- ing newspapers in the streets of his native city of Edinburgh. 9 ^ KIM. I H.ll I OF I NMM . Ttvo Manchester OlllccrH (JH Vic- toria Crosx. A despatch from ^Indon says : Victoria Crosses have been awarded to Second Lieutenant James Leach and Sergeant John Hogan of the Second liattaJion of the Manchester Kegiment for "conspicuous bravery near Kestnhert on October 29, when, nfter their trench had been taken by Germans, and after two attempts to recapture it had failed, they voluntarily decided on tho afternoon of the same day to re- enver the trench themselves, and working from traverse to traverse at close quarters, with great bra- very, gradually succeeded in re gaining possession of the trench. They killed eight of the enemy, wounded two and made sixteen pri- soners GERMANS BID LILLE STARVE Prussian Commander Tells Mayor L'ick of Food in City is Solely the Fault of the British T1IF FOG SHU Nf.WN. j Biiti-h Sailers Toll How (Jcrmnn Haider* Ksc.-'ncd. i Naval men whose ."hips have re- j turned to Harwich, Kng'and. after | taking part in the i '"a > of th-. 1 raid- I ing German cruisers .-tare that the esc.iprjo? ih'.' enemy was due entire- 1 ly to the fact that the North Sea -.ias enveloped in u- thick mist. "It was desperately hard lines n ! us." said a member of th-' crew < f A despatch from Paris says: To I ficient resources for her arn\v and j one of the ships. -\V" \\-rs absn- her civilian imputation. Britain, in lately certain we h.,u!d bring them attempting to prevent the arrhal of , into action, but t lunch we wrrt overseas protluce with the \iew <f hard at their heels, they gave u tl starving out Germany, was but in-js'tp in the ooolotinded fog, which j . *+ ti i _ ! i : ft ,1 ..i^ .. , the many other horrors which th Geriran invasion has brought tn the inhabitants of Lille is now to be added that of famine. Citizens of France and Uelgium. population would have to put up with the consequences, for the Ger- the northern foi tress town, which has been in the pos>ession of the (Germans for some months and is now destitute of food, have already- paid an enormous war tax to the invader. Its textile industries have been ruined and 1, - -'(H> of its houses destroyed. M. Charles de la Salle. the heroic Mayor of Lille, who has remained at bis post throughout, in an eloquent letter recently ad- dressed to Gen. Vcn Hindrich, Ger- man commander, pleaded f<-r relief for hi starving fel!ow-citi/ens. In his reply, which was oharacter- isticially Prussian and worthy of the Imperial Chancellor himself, Von Hindrieh set out to show that if Lille | If the mayor refused to seek women and children lacked bread, I from the Swi-s Government, then. Britain, and not Germany, was tojas far ns the German co'iimnndant blame. Gerniiany herself, ivdded the ! of Li!h' wins concerned, the people commander of Lille, possessed suf- of that city were free to starve. dieting suffering upon the iivhabi- ! liftod occasionally only to tanis of tbe occupied towns ofjoown again like a thick curtain. T.'ie starving ^ hat could dition* They did not light, ami directly th.--y under sucb COD- want to we man Government could not under- j '<" re on their tracks tV.v sou? tied take the f<-edi:ig of French nnd Bel- aay like frighten-ed ia ; 'bit-." gian civilians iind^r its jurisdiction Informntiuii which conae from an- so long as Britain eloaed the eetts to other quarter shows that t % c *}r.\.-. the importation of ft>odstuffs. Having deUvered himself thus, Gen. Von Hindrieh told th" Minor of the destroyer flotilla which en- gaged the cruhvrs before the latter turned and lied, put np a very of Lille that he had better apph for I plucky fight. Th-v were nt a ter- i .11 - to t'ho Swiss pniniHinif that the Govern- rible disadvantage in 'haying to pul Germnn llu'in-elves np;a.i:i.st vessels of I'rgcd to CiMiHi-rve I-'ooilstnlTs. A despatch from Merlin sivvs : The Norddeutschc /eitung issues a warning against using grain to feed animals, especially rye, which is run KAisuirs MFSSAIJI:. "To I'M- Fiiicmy I Uring Itullel anil nnyonet." ^\ d< % vpat.,-h from lioltenlam -a\s: Another of the (ler-rnn Kmperor's speeches to \\'<;- t|-,. .|is IM ih ea-t has just reached Holteidrni. After announcing tint he In M from the troops in the \vv.'t, thfl Kmprror cijiiti'ines 1 I'o 1 be elieniN I bring tlu- lui'li't an<l the ba> >:iet. In an.\ OC*8 th:- cneinv will be beaten." FRENCH BOMBARDING MHZ Carry the Woods Northwest of Pont-a Mousson A Notable Victory A despatch from London says: Th' 1 Times publishes the following from Paris : "1 have it on goinl authority that the French have carried the Uoas- lep-Tetre, northwest of Ponl-a- Moiis-on, and have begun to Imm- banl the forts of Metz. "Hois lep-Telre, which covirs thfl 1 lights in-t I).. ii-th of the road lead- M i i Pont-a Mou.-suii at St. Mi- biel, has been hs-kl in K 1 '' 1 '*! part by the (j'.-i niiiiiv for many weeks, lull ment, , (iovernmt-nt woukl support the re- j superior type, but they replied with quest to the utmost *yf its power, j gvent <ia>h and courage to the guns help f t- ne enemy. A brief account of the nghtin-.r is contained in a letter from :i s;u' . T who was in the action. The writer -ays : "One of our small light ciuis- ers absolutely saved the situation. .She was, however, no match for such - *tej^b4r_ optxHients. a . nt } t} ie fact that she .^TtX^^^mj, of VilfcifMI" counter -n s\e.!l is attributed to the poor gunnery of the Genuans." Another of the crew savs (he thrr-e German ships literally rained shells at them, but made very few hits. ''Them were many very nar- row eswipeft." he slid, "and It was marvellous how we got out of the affair at nil. Of course, we en- uiiged them, and we did our best. l"it \VP were outclassed by tli 1 powerful German .^lups-. They ti>oi\ m:i<le off, howexer, when the.\ smelt danger to themselves, and we wore, needed for hre-ulstuffs. It nays the empire's food Mtpply must be c'aTe- fiilly liusb;imle<l t" gu.-ird against n possible shortage whiih wouhl f-u-ce upon the people u diffu-ult pioblc-m. ", cral recent cuMinuiuiquea have | Legina." mentioned that the French were making progress there. "The capture of this \vood brings the French up to the Nori-ey l{i<lgo, whioh is within range of ths- nearest of thp Met/, fort", parjlu-ulnrly r'l.-u of St. Hl.'tis-e, which is aim i ori ':> {rontiiM- and <lonilnate tlu 1 village of I'UKiiy-sur-Mosehle. "Several weeks ago the French pushed forward -nd endeavored to cut the coinmunicni ions of the (,; r- man army at St. Mihiel by blowing to pieces the station -ai Armiville, where the briuich .Hue to 'DJiianeonrt powerleu to stop them. 1 ' Proved by Many l.xliihils. A d-'siiatch from I/oiulon s-iy-: An is being held in London i i pi-ovc i'e- (K-rurrence of German ;itro< -ities. It consists of offieia! ments and numerous photo- graphs. I'.-.! !,er -Don't ask so many qu<? tions, child. Curiosity killed th cat. Littlo Hoy -What d:d the oal wui!t to know, dad ?