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CR \ ",. _ Advices did not giveâ€"thei place Of the Latiles,,. _ .. . < . , , Getna, "."“'f," broke through the Britis® lines in many placâ€" . es ‘nglish held their ‘ow! until ‘th> Fr m b _ reinforeements arrived ¢ an‘d then retired in good order. The military experts of the allied forces are reported greatly encourâ€" aged py the manper in which the British _ ferces â€" withstood the superiof w forces of the enemy. The information came from Paris through diplonratâ€" #4 "{Military Terms Explained| "p A i# y ponb P‘ Auis, Ssn sench is & * * * * ‘ ' HELD BACK ARMY OF |ow sextey puny‘‘ * " «~see4e f ¢ Monireal, A\u‘,â€"z:_.p"'“w Betts, (The ‘t) Filth Royul Highlanders, was shorul What ch | 9 aud killed at Soulanges this morning{TPads the . Accordine to â€" advices reaching loeal|hind, ‘pub QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS _ READY TO ENTER THE FIGHT KAISER‘S ORDERS TO SOLDIERS ARE "TAKE PARIS OR DIE" In the dispatches are used . many militery terms rather confusing . to the civilian reader who is not up in military terminology, and which _ in th> â€" various _ armies have differing mG@nings. Here is an _ explamatory seesesssee8sec.c0e0e0e.s.s08 e Q\QQ‘QQQQQQ“QQQ“““ seesesccsceesecr esc ec.cce.228 e Army corpsâ€"Its staf, two infantry, two regiments of field artillery, three squadrons of cavalry, a company _ of pioncers, a brigade train, field bakerâ€" ies, tilgraph _ troops, field bospitals, ete., ore or more: batteries ‘of hcavy field â€" Lo vitzers or mortars, and _ a machine _ gun group. _ Total, 10,000 men. Notwithstanding the success achieved by the (GGerman army, the deâ€" spatch shys, there is a feeling among many (Geriman soldiers that they are fighting against too great odds. Despite ali efforts to conceal the news from Prussia, it is stated, the Emperor has made it known to every soldier that his orders are to "take Paris or dic,‘"‘ the despatch concludes, and helpful tabulation for Infantry _ divisionâ€" Two ptigade Total 12,000 men. Brigadeâ€"Two _ regiments. Tota €,000 men. Regimentâ€"Three battalions of fo companies each. Total, 3,000 men Battalionâ€"Four _ companics of 2 man each. Total, 1,000 men. Regiment _ of field artilleryâ€"Nine batteries ol field guns, howitzers, 72 pieces, and three of field battery, 6 guns. . Canadign Press.) 7 ~_ We bington, August 31.â€"Seventy tho:sand British troops for the Jast three days betd in check 200,000 Germans troops until relieved py Fremch reinforcements, according to information here toâ€"day through neutral diâ€" LA wb wnim 2w1 dow . M caxers uk kaidt ic sources 6 «London, Aug. 31.â€"The Times correspondent at endâ€"hand a conversation with a German officer ff that frantic efforts were being made to inflict a c lies, especially the English forces. London, Aug. 31.â€"The correspondent of the Express at The _ Hague gives avotber version of the conversalion between King Albert and Prime Minister De Broqueville when the King erpressed his determination _ to light to the last The iucident occurred in Antwerp on Sunday, when the King said to the Prime Minister in the presence of the Queen: "If necessary . you; my dear Minister, and mysell will take out‘rifies and go to the field." "So will 1," said the Queen, ‘"‘and all the Belgian women _ will . go "So will 1 with me." Brigade of cavairyâ€"Two and occas In Thousands of Homes early and certain relief is found for the ailments to which all are ehbjectâ€"ailments due to defective or irregular action of the stomach, liver, kidneys or bowelsâ€"in the most â€" famous â€" faraily _ remedy, prbved to be so reliable®n @errectiven mmam.ucmm danger due to indigestion Or billousness. If you will try them to cleanse your system, ‘purify your blood, tons your stomach, stimulate your liver and regulate your ‘bowels, you will know why so many rely on Beecham‘s Pills to Insure Health and Happiness *bdmw.h‘o'-“ dburywhere. in bexes, 25 conts _ Germany nâ€" Two prigades reference Total, (Can. Press.) (Can. Press.) four 250 sesssesees8sessece208s8 fonally three to 2400 men Army .corpsâ€"Two fnsantry divisions one prigade of cavalry, one prigade of horse and _ foot artillery, onge . engiâ€" neers‘ divisjon, one squadron of train force. ‘Lotal 40,000 men Infantry divisionâ€"Two prigades . of infantry, one squadron of cavalry, 12 batteries. â€" Total, 12,000 m>nâ€"gad 48 Regimnt rems of 200 men. l!\u(udeâ€"'l‘\\.s regiments of three battalions each. Total, 6,000 mon. Battal.onâ€"Four com| waies of _ 250 men each. ‘Total, 1,600 men. Cavalry _ divisionâ€"Two and someâ€" gul Cavalry _ divisionâ€" times three brigades men. Brigade of â€" cavalryâ€"Tworegiments of eight squadrons, with two batterâ€" ies of artiMlery. . Regiment _ of cavalryâ€"Four squadâ€" Bri ade of _ inflma‘ryâ€"Four pattal ions and administrative and medical units. Total, 4,000 men. Ca‘alry brigadoâ€"Two regiments of four $juadroag each. Total, 804 men Brigade of artilieryâ€"Three bratter ies, 18 guns ; hoavy artiliery, 12 gume feld lo vitzers,. two & Abofls ; huim artiller? two batteries, Ba{teryâ€"Six gims. Divisionâ€"Fifty foyrâ€"field guns, ( 12 howitzers an@ four heayy field guns ; 13,000 combatants. â€" rons ; 800 men Squadron of â€" eavalry men Battalion of infantryâ€"~ight _ bundâ€" red men. * Sqr @ Irom of â€" cavalryâ€"One ho nired anmd twiontyâ€"five men. Fattery of artilleryâ€"Eight guas socks is the order the Kinzston Hos iory Com any received â€" from the government, and the order will _ be fill«t within a month Thy socks will be sent to Valcartiet, ani will be for winter use. SOC With the price of nuts, raisins, cut rants, ptandv and four soar n; be yead reach ths coming (hristmas will be pretty much a puddingless . one Macaroni will also soon be left out of the menu, as even before _ declaring war, Italy had probibited export. A PUDDINGLESS CHRISTMAS Hattery â€"of artillery nCKs FOR soLpIErs. Fifty thwusand pairs of heavy ‘grey it Ostend records at secâ€" from Brussels who waid crushing blow on the alâ€" regiments. Total, 1,600 0i cavalryâ€"Kourâ€"squadâ€" men each. â€" Total _ 800 France Britain Russia SiX ghns 200 to 4,800 wo hundred Monireal, Aug. 28.â€"Private Belts, Filth Royul Highlanders, was shot and killed at Soulanges this morning mucording to _ advices reaching loca} wilitary headquarters. _ Bince the outbreak of the war a guard hus been placed over the canal at Boulanges:â€"‘Betts was on sentry duty at Suulanges andâ€"© was> whow through the eye and killed instanily Aun‘inquest was opebed‘ this morsâ€" ing, ‘but was altjourned as no details ol ‘the shootving are so ‘far available. The kiiling of Betts. comes as a culmination to a number of attacks that have been made on sentries pos ted along the canal at Soulanges, during which shots have been repeatâ€" cdiy Sred at them. Betts was . sixâ€" teen years old and resided in . Montâ€" real. WOMAN WORE A Val Cartier, August 28.â€"Masquerâ€" ading in a soldier‘s uniform a * woâ€" man, arzed about 30, who claims _ to have come from Boston, was arrested by the sentry near camp headquartâ€" ers at 11 o‘clock last night. . She told many stories to 1h» officâ€" ers. {h> stated sahe hired the um form from a costUmer and came . to Valcartier on a wager with some friends. Later _ she asserted she had torrowed the uniform from a private hor intention being to write a sefies ef articles â€" about the camp for _ an An.erican Magazine. She said she bad accomplished . a sinmilar feat at various other camps on the continent. "TRUST IN GOD" IS ADVICE FROM "BOBS" THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS WILL BE REQUIRED Loudon, Aug. 30.â€" Field _ Marsbal Lord Rebetts made the declaration yesterday that Great Britain would require in the present war hundreds nf thousands of soldiers. ‘The occasion _ of this _ statement was the review of a new regiment of 1,300 London business men. _ In his address Lord Roberts said in part: > "You are the pick of the nation‘s highly educated business men. You follow vatious professions, and you are doing exactly what | all able bodied men in the kingdom _ should uo, no matter what their rank or slation in life. My feeling toward you is one of intense admiration. How very difiercnut is your action to that of the mena who can still _ go _ on playing cricket and football as if the very existence of the _ country were not at stake." NO GERMAN RIGHTS EXIST IN CANADA ‘Toronio, August 28. â€"‘"We are . at war with Germany, and py the law, so long as a State of war exists, no German _ firm has any status in & Canadian court. Even if it were not the law I would refuse to give id4gâ€" ment in fa or of any German firm so long as th> war continues," _ said Judge __Morson yesterday in refusing to give judgnent in a case in which stefiens & Noble, Limited, a German firm, sued a Canadian fitmy for $59.77 vayme~nt. for two picces of dress weods / ' "b\! judgment of the court in . this sing@ll case is very significant Acâ€" cordin: to the interpretation of Judge Motscn, it means that German firms have absolately no _ status in _ this countr}. It is the first law action in Canada by a German firm sinve . the war broke out. . ~ _ + Th> arnial picn‘c of the mixed cloir of St. Peter‘s Church was held on Wednesday afternoon at Idylâ€" wild. The party, apout seventyâ€"five in PICNICKED AT IDYLWILD m mbet, made the trip by special car leay mt here at 1 o‘clock, ard returnâ€" ing bome at 8.20 e‘clock. London, Aug. 27.â€"The British nation at heart is still profoundâ€" ly religious. The naval and miliâ€" tary nussions are distributing inâ€" dividual pocket Bibles to . every man in the army and fleets. Each beats tius inscription for _ every sailor and soldier, written by Lord Roberts, "Fighting _ Bob," the idol of the British army: "I ask you to put your trust in God. He will watch over you andâ€"â€"strengthenâ€"you~â€"â€"Â¥ouâ€"wilh find in this _ little book, guidance wheif you are in health, > comfort when you are >in sickness, â€" and strength when you are in adverâ€" sity." SOLDIER‘S UNIFORM AT VALCARTIER ful) Wuile || my noan WILE _|} â€" â€".WENT TO WAR (Signed) Chronicleâ€"Telegraph, (Waterloo, Ont. September 3rd 1914 | N A ROBERTS, F. M the mixed . What chiefly surprises one w ho reads the English newspapers uow at hind, ‘publish.d during the week endâ€" B; August ‘5, is the extent and inâ€" t.â€"nsity of the. leeling #:0 ”‘3 to war with Germany. was, of course, an active war party. in the press it was led by th: London "Times‘ aud ‘Daily Mail.‘ And naval men, it is evident, were hot fof strikâ€" inz now that the bour for whichithey LaA been watching bhad come, _ But there was a powerlul antiâ€"war party. Its moderate expon at was ths ‘West minster Gazette,‘ a newspaper which has long shown that it stands ‘closer to the Liberal Government than any other. It was all for caution and re stta‘n‘, and, till the last moment, anvious to keep England out of the war ani to find some means of comâ€" ing to terms with Germany. But the impassioned champion of peace, thru all the time when the issues hung in the balance, was the ‘Manchester Guardian.‘ _ ‘This @le newspaperâ€" thought by many to be the most inâ€" Auential in Englond; outside London it certainly isâ€"made a most gallant light againet. the war. Day after day And this opinion found very â€" wide support thâ€"oughout the country. A Neutralty League was formed. It at once wained numerous adberents. 1t spread its protests proadside. And a host of enlightened FEnglishmen +ostâ€" ened to array th>mselves against the war partv. Among thrm was the edâ€" itor of the ‘Economist‘ still the chief financial guide of England, with clerâ€" gymen, pro{essors, | philanthropists, and homorable women not a _ few. One begins to understand why John Motley, veteran Liberal and friend of learning and progress, should have been so moved py all this demonstraâ€" tion that he resigned from the Cabiâ€" met rather thin put tis name to a declaration of war. Or«, of the most stri.ing documents put out was an it made powerful appeals, . arguing that neither English interest nor English homot required the nation to fling itself into the gulf of a Europeâ€" an war. ‘Appeal to Scolars,‘ signad by Oxâ€" ford and Cambridge"professors. Those who have lightly maintaired that all Envlishimpen were mad to strike _ a deathâ€"blow <at Germany should at least be giveh raus# by such a pasâ€" wage as the following froin this Uniâ€" versity appeal : ‘We regard "Germamy as a mation leadinz the way in the arts and science, and %e have all learned and are leatning from German scholars. War upon her in the interest of Setâ€" viaâ€"ant â€"Russizâ€"wiltâ€"pea sinâ€"against civilizaticn. If py â€" reason of honotâ€" a‘le o‘ligations we be unhappily inâ€" volved in war, patriotism might still our mouths, but at this juncture we consilar ourselves justified in proâ€" testimg against being drawn into the struggle with a nation so near akin to our own, and with whom we have so much in ©oinmoa.‘ What was it, thin, that swopt . aâ€" way all this opposition to war with Germany, or rendered it futile? > What finally proke down English patience ? It was unsiiestionaply the German i vasion of â€" Belgium. This _ reckless tearinz up of a solemn international treaty, guarantceing the neutrality of Belgiun;. and regarded for eightyâ€"five years by ull the lowers as a part, in Professor Westlake‘s words, of ‘the permanent _ system of Europe,‘ could rot but fill England with aâ€" larni, could not but frustrate th efâ€" forts of th» peace patty. Eatly in the discussion the ‘Manchester Guarâ€" dian‘ had admitted that a violation by Germany of â€" Belgian â€" neutrality would pe intalerable; and when _ the thin: was done, and the die was cast, it could only pow its head in | grief and say: ‘Now there is nothing â€" for Englishmen to do put to stind _ toâ€" gether and help by every means . in their power to the attainment of our common objectâ€"an early and decisive victory over Germanyâ€"‘ Sir Edward Grey put the case in a way to â€"which every Enzlishman could not fail to respond. ‘If it is a _ case that Belzium‘s msutrality is gone, No matter whit might have been offered her in return, then ber independence is gone, and the â€" moment her indeâ€" pendence gors, that of Holland . will follow.‘ ‘This _ statement, _ declared Prof. J. H. Morgan, is ons to which every student of international law will unhesitatingly subscribe.‘ He pointed out hy how many binding aâ€" greements | Germany _ was â€" estopped drom settins foot on â€" Belgian terriâ€" (Ths ‘l%ening Post,‘ New Yorky et%e8sss*sete%88s °* 8e8e Try them. #5c. a bottle. Druggists and Dealers, or by mall. Chamberiain Medisine Co. _ tomeâ€"woman‘s surest cure for woman‘s most common allments. Wa(el E8 #ory, and ‘asked permission to do so. the ‘Treaty of London. ; This was care. have the first symptom of a runâ€"down q’..-,u‘utn- too bften con» , while, 1/ me , this condition often foreruns more serious trouble. _ fublly ‘opserved by Germeny in‘ 1870, when Bismarck was in charge »of Gerâ€" man diplomacy. After Sedan, Gerâ€" many thought of transporting . her wounded home through Belgian terriâ€" tory, ind asked pernussiog to do so. Belgium qbjected, and Germany . acâ€" qulesced. Later she took upon herseK msCE C CV T NCB 1 +# e ie ies ris Rrandatined of beakth and take the pure, strengthening .-muum.m.u-«fl create new blood bcz through the organs, refresh their and build up the whole uervous system.. Jt is rich, sustaining nourishment, free from wines, alcohols or drugs. Shbun substitutes. a Still more sacred _ Ooligation never to do what she has now done in Belâ€" gium. The Hague Conventicn of 1907 contained this explicit provision: ‘Belâ€" ligerents are forbidden to ~ move trcops or cemvoys of ¢ither munitions ol war or supplies across the terriâ€" tory of a neutral Power.‘ To that Convintion Gern any was a signatoâ€" ry ! Euse W onv dourt remained that it was Germany‘s disregard of hor treaties, aud ruthless invasion of Belgiwm,that threw away hor last chance of _ reâ€" taining, .ue will not say the friendâ€" ship, bit the neutrality of England, it would be dispelled py Sir Edward Grey‘s speech in the House of Comâ€" mons, the full text of which has now reached us. e reviewed the . whole matter of the relations of England to France, and of the earnest _ and unâ€" censing efforts of th> English Govern miat to prevent the Austrian clash with Servia from drawing the other nations into war. He bad no word of animosity to Germany. But â€" hs solemnly pointed out _ the insvitaple consequences of violating the neutralâ€" ity of either Holland or Belgium,toth of them states which had no desire except to be left alone and indeperdâ€" ent, quoling with great effect the woerds of Mr. Gladstone, that a wanâ€" ton disregard _ of the international guarantee of Belgium‘s independence would be ‘the direst crime that ever stained the pages of history.‘ But, of course, none of these things moved the German General Stafl! It bad its military plans all made â€" for striking at th> bsart of France thru Belgium, and nothing must be allowâ€" ed to stay their execution. But the plans themselves have already failed, and in prinzing Englamd against Gerâ€" many have a thousand times outâ€" weighed any immediate military: adâ€" vantage that might have been gainâ€" ed. It was a colossal blunder. Gerâ€" â€"manyâ€"mightâ€"wellâ€"makeâ€"her.own..toâ€" day the historic warning sent hy the French militaty attache in Berlin to th War Office in Paris: ‘Beware of the German Gcneral Staf." THOUSANDS CHEERED THE GUELPH TROOPS Guelph, _ Aug. 28.â€"Guelph gave â€" a most enthusiastic sendâ€"off to the secâ€" ond quota of the first Canadian overâ€" seas continzent th s morning. It was the artillery that left this time, 95 of thom, and th> _ whole city turned out to bid them farewell ind _ Godâ€" speed, The parade Started from _ the Armories _ at 10 _ o‘clock and after marchinz around several streets went to the CG.T.R. station, where there were several thousan} people congreâ€" gated. Many touchng and affecting scenes were enacted, | but th» men were in the pest of sPirits ani anxâ€" jous to get to the front. _ They are as fine a _ body of men as ever left any city, and Guelph can _ well feel proud of them. Captain Simpson, 0. C., 16th Field Battery, left _ with thein. This makes 180 men who have left: Guelph for the war. SIR ADAM BECK‘S HORSES TAKEN FOR WAR PURPOSES t Included in the number were alÂ¥thd fine Beck horses, many prize winners bring seized. Private Gordon M .J. Be & of the 3th Royal _ HMighlanders, Wontreal, rixteen years of age, was shot in the eye and instantly killed as he . was toing sentry duty atony the Soulâ€" anges Caual. â€" MINARD‘S _ IINIMENT RELIEV ES NEURALGIA, If those so affiicted would stop taking , War cost is computed from various .:?u. 1809, . 10 ats of viewâ€"the finanzial obligat , 16,000 jons‘it injposed, the industrial and :"":' ol i commercial t, moral laxi * » s eise that thaim Sfter "the tingend imied wooke tie uk ment of armiessend the time consumâ€" | gians, 230,00Ff cnraged ed in the recovery: of normal ad}oUfDr | op y gunded; te, and losstes, in mneu killed _ and| yejpsic, 181%, Ft 94 Wiktead .. . /9z 2 W sawd 14 hiA kiled ar WAR‘S HEAVY TOLL _ _ â€"__ > IN MEN AND «MONE & clompnt of buman sacrifice is ol::n at first of ; 1ount interest. A writet in the it issue of the: en einaipenen on 8 a . recent‘ wars have Yaried 0 tozf Ler cent. olmmd aite engaged. Th: ratio to uo aiâ€" ed has been about dne four.: ©Of the casvalties from*65 to 80 per cent have been caused by ride fire and from 20 to 30 per cent. by artillery fire. Bayonet and gabre ‘wounds have been of comparatively inffequent . ocâ€" currence. In the American civil war 90 per cent: of the wounds were due The one morciful quality of modern warfare is that it causes less permaâ€" nent crippling and fewer amputations thar did former wars. to ‘‘Experiences in ths Russoâ€"Japanâ€" ese and Balkan wars," the Medical Journ:l says in dealing with this feature, have demonstrated that at the ereater ranges perforations of the akdomen, chest and skull ray _ take place with astonishingly slight _ > fects. When only the soft tissues are involved men are oftcr able to _ re sume duty in from two to three weeks. Fatal primary hemorrhage occurs much more freqwently than in earlier ylars, because ti> small caliâ€" bre jacketed pullet is more likely to gever vessels, whle th> old large calibre bullt, moving with less velo city, a"oâ€"ded time for the vessel to be push d aside from its course. It has becn estimated that 85 per cert. of the d aths n the modern bettleâ€" feld is due to hemor:ha«e, "Amputations are much less _ freâ€" quenily necessary, and them _ .only where there is extensive | dostruction ol limp, as in wo‘nds py large shells fragments or injuries to blood vesâ€" sels completely arresting circulation. ‘"Wounds indicted by the _ modetn rifle â€" bullet, _ if properly â€" protected against infection, nâ€"ver require . amâ€" putation unless the circulation is arâ€" rested. M ing a much lower velocity. Shrapael wounds ato frequently amuitiple _ and almost â€"invariably suppurate, _ s.nce they are very apt to canry forcisn material from the clothing into (he w o nd." + ‘"Wounds imlicted by shrapnel difâ€" fer from those caused py the rifle bulâ€" let in that they are accompanied by a greater contusion and involve a greater amount of tissue, | shrapmel bullets peing a greater size and havâ€" Death‘s toll in some of the â€" great wars since 1850 _ has becm computen as follows Crimean, 750,000; ..menâ€" can civil war, 800,000, _ Francoâ€"cerâ€" man war, 215,000; Russoâ€"Turkish vat 330,000, and _ Russoâ€"Japancse . wait, 300,000, Th Balkan war, which endâ€" ed last vear. will. show totals proporâ€" tionately large whes accurate data are compiled. The record of great battles in . the ninetceenth and twentieth . centuries down to the Balkan war, makes th> following showing Austerlitz, 1805, French 70,000 enâ€" gazed, 12,000 killed or wounded, Ausâ€" trians anl Russians 84,000 engaged ; 26,000 hilled or wounded. C Eylau, 1807, French 85,000 engage1, 30,000 killed or wound»d; Prussians, 75,000 cngaged, 25,000 killed or wounded. Mod>rn Surgery and Modern Arms small arms and only 10 per cent artillery fire. It gives much more nourishment than its cost in meat, is infinitely more easy to digestâ€"conseâ€" quently better for you, IampiW 4 1 se oo io Wecdogl ’Jow I & . \ Some people may eat lots of meat without inâ€" jury to their health, but it‘s hard on their pockets. Others should avoid meat almost entirely, yet they eat it dailyâ€"these pay in both health and purse. Meat May Be Injurious and Is Expensive! Either class will benefit by eating less meat and more Kellogg‘s Toasted Corn Flakes. Men Lost in Great Battles It‘s the original, 10 cents per package. m“u‘n"‘t?liedrm gaged, 40, or sians, 220,00F onjaged or wounded 'm‘uk, 1812,. Et. ueki,, 160,000° en zag4, 45,000 !uk:_‘qf wounded; a trians, Russiabs: W'. 000 cnâ€"aed, 36,0'00 killed or w0 _Waterloo, 1815, KFrench,, 11,900 zaged, 29,000,killed or wounded; lies. 122.000 engazed, 22.976 Avitic tath , ~ ~ * 88De4tederials:s}"75,000 engaged, 12,500 killed â€" or wounded ; Confederatrs; 40,000 engaged, 11,000 killed or wounded: _ _ © ce Gettyspurg, 1863.â€"Federals, _ 82, 000 engaged, 17,589 killed or wound ed; Confederates, 73,000 engaged, 15, 301 kill»d or wounded. *% [ 3 G1avelotte, 1870. Germans, _ 270, 009 engaged, 23,000 killed or ’“"-')fl ed; French, 126,000 eng 4 : A9, killed or woundéd: * ; Sedan, 1870â€"(Germans, 1 en gaged, 13,000 _ killed or.. .wo 3 French, 124,000 engaged, 14, kill ed or wounded. 4 Shaho, 1904.â€"Russiags 250(000 enâ€" gaged, 60,000 killed or wounded; Jaâ€" panese, 230,000 engaxd, 15,90@â€"ktlled or wounded. > ~tws M 0 Armed activity is not the heaviest burd n of war, especially to the vanâ€" quished. In an article py Gen. Percin of the Fronch army it was said that the cost to the French of the Francoâ€" Prussian field hostilities . was $490,â€" $00,000, put in addition it eost $200â€" ©00,000 for aid to victims or suferâ€" ers; $1,000,000,000 indemnity and interest loss to revenue and forced contributions much greater than the total of army and navy maintenance. On the Gierman side, 380,000 «men were laid oli for a considerable time in hospitals. (ien. Percin says that in the Ctimâ€" ean war the allies lost four times as many men thru disease as wete killed in battle, and the proportion . â€" was three to one on th> Russian side in the war with Turkey in 1877. War preparations strike at . public crcdits. _ RBefore the present war beâ€" gan Prussian 4s sold at th» price of Egyptian 4s, and German â€" Imperial consols sold lower than _ French 3s and than Italian 31s. Austrian 4s rentes sold lower than Argentine 4s om1d about th> same as Rrazilian 4s. Municifal nanagement in (Germany is supposcd to be more â€" efMicient than anyvwhre else, but the hish interest on .Government Joans afected municiâ€" pal rates. Prime American railroad bonds have ruled higher in internatâ€" ional markets in the last yvear than the best securities of Getman cities. .‘The Canadian N: opening on Menday per year. The _ HMousckeepers‘ _C Stores, Limited, with ca of $400,000, was organize onto ro keep prices down ond about Municipal supposed anvuhere Why Wars C Nattona! IExhibition, ay. looks for a bumâ€" ts‘ â€" Coâ€"operative vith capitalization rcanized in _ Torâ€" ost Money h , . 220,000 Ctte ound xd ; iWt 10,000 WillcGg < l trded 200 000 104 1