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t sea power testifiesto the sucâ€"| : m ’m" m""“' ““; “‘ west, we have diibosed olr will| enemies, _ We began the war "A matetial Abcendancy‘; ‘this ‘has Itab hu‘tu%bq »llmndmi Mited with the Allies in + o'tnm';ndanm?imm implete annihilation.of Germi@hn mm-} iriam, and the future safety of the mall neutral nations of the world. ‘The entry of Itaily intd the donfiict an emphatic vindieation of the ause for which the Allied nations bavs boon Aczhting for nearly â€" toh E Feinforced and strengthened by. ense of . moral supériority. The ce speaks of conditions so overâ€" an | & tecord of the inctâ€" s which\are occurring in the sevâ€" trom . %o day, â€" The silencg w&;u of ‘A me journals sneered as . if bora of ns â€"Actount.‘ Thise Wwho imarine blockade in British waters h exception to the general rule. ) #o far it has not in the least atâ€" ‘the militaty situation." "It > is imon knowledge that, undet dif« Ities which all sailors appreciate, : <Btitish maty ‘ is Coping‘ with a $ work of the fieet, . howâ€" h sys in ‘melarlt afe availible " ol the great maval , hut they know, that it is at k.. We know, it seys, that y north, ~within‘a compardtitely degret of the Pole, our men ~ of! qw.flnfllm amid the ito and amow ; . ths .dk. paticnt, rent, < activity is â€" belidg mm ieb e« ‘ mWd in all : the other occaus. we Eould be proÂ¥ided with a cine \film of vast extent we &hould : Soid ty all good Shoe Decters & material in abundancé. And it Britain‘s sea power that will ulti iile itaiy has beon the fast nat pin forces with the Allies agai imingly â€" in our favor that â€" the. ny dare not contest our rule . in ;é_mottpvut',oeunlfl‘cu‘dl‘ wotli. "It may ‘be said ‘that ‘ the is to their eventual undoing. In iplete harmony, . the navel A-il itary forces are working on . our alf, the mavy bearing the army on ! back _ and _ supplying its fullest ds, while at the same tine . en ing to us in the homeland food and h the best of amuthority th is prépired to the last have and whooe string, whilt hor na strongest and best orga | tn «ile worldâ€"is ready to atrike , in spite of exbibitions of htfuiness‘‘ py the Germahk, ths t pressure of seaâ€"power is being itlessly exerted against our eneâ€" y in connection with the sinkâ€" iths to take up her share _ of “3 t. Her soldiers have Seen th g uuu‘:? foodstaits u¢ uflt while wer factori THE smTIghn NAVY thoughticesty about thé Brit Garmpanâ€"Austrianâ€"Turkish . combtâ€" : been working day and right tu m ¢..'.?f"’u ITALY IN THE WAKR. Ads Cmnal eogint w bouge ma nliies a h ;m-zwt that em.l:y \vas en Mampeomine | Tt het dbo :: it i idte u:- u;t*oom.b and could not m her &ll!.:' fiewho occupfes thp â€" fRrone _ of|". "Abouy 11 pn.I was awakened by m’m mm [Sile purey fie “fihi,u-‘i!n&)oy-‘; ‘and wmmmieicmmnine ce a in << 49 h ¢ 1 ih"w-wm NOTES AND COMMENTS. .. |was “i; T‘iearned that the Alâ€". Aon Eningtes ‘ f M.k h hfl -;d“w“nfl thousand more wanted. | { * Tw " '& { alréad: Young : imgn, yout % y&u. |teached ou? town tmo'wmz_ xb womnmmimises .‘ our R.:O M.C. were ordefed up ‘imâ€" Vermany‘s friends aniong the naâ€"| mediately ‘with the mw +t tion» #f the world are few and far beâ€"| the attack, so I got all up, but tween. ° ~ m~, â€" aâ€" Pjust as I was"about "to fall in, * the es in Qiex.c«â€" o_ |Q. C, tame up to me, saying,‘ E. ~ It took a long time fer italy to «deâ€" iptl‘ 'm%.:’b&' fl‘bthm” dâ€" cide, but she finally took a leap on.t'he E” ‘fof in case Uf a Mdmt right side of the fence. ,Mwoddall.hpquho?(_r 5 % Stmiters . : " * ~‘l safety. Ican assure you that I felt The British statesmen are‘ getting| rather disappointed at no#% having the ‘ together *o: finish the : wat . as quickly chance of alittle excitement, but conâ€" us possible. . . .. .. . ] soled myself with the thought . that 1 . ettgnih ie ‘rhaps, the work I had been allotted The signs for big crops, not‘onlÂ¥ in | to was even just as great, so back L the Northwest, but in Old Ontario,| stayed. * hive mever â€"been better at this seagon | . * The first thing 1 did was to go of the yeRT, < > ass .0~> o m'aaxs,,“nivigqun‘ ‘Ammunition if Lord Kitchener goes to the from ,"”'!"F yoPh ’i?k“ lofrics im ‘fi""" : | us or four jarge lorrie §K5 ‘&antin+ will unfioubtedly take to| we had to make n;fl;qu.\ h . The signs for big crops, not ‘only in mgpuortfiwest. but in . Old Ontario, have never been better at this. seagon, twm & Ton@ fAnie‘ ‘to ‘get Thto the war‘â€"But the eountry was getting Feady while. the diplemats were trying Aind a way 440f<~~â€" ~ F "W w aitnerd BX Conalialt * eitica) ‘towhs and villages bearing â€" German fanies ‘oontinue they may be forced to change: them in self,«Jefénce. . the war: study. ~The mimowos isw aprie gamoilt Great Britain will ‘hate a obatition Government during ‘the remainder of the War. in other words all parties are getting together to down German that 16 of Werahanâ€"off@i _ We are sori. to 2@ cifmbseage chites thut placed TA a critical position. . ‘There appears to be a disposition in some centres G'Mg}‘“firymmq call & rose by gny other name would h u ‘ fh' a ¢ 2 J S ane sns mm in ar mortal Bard. versilly accepted dictaum of the Imâ€" While German submarines ;. have bech succosibil in : Acktroying : nome seventy shipg during the fAirst / makiie t the year. there were lautich ed furing the same period" 143 ships with a tonnage of 288,817. ‘There are new 471 merchant <â€" shipe under conâ€" struction. in the IJnited, Kingdotp, Fopâ€" reseating:a tonmage of 1,58746%, : .. es dane es dkimatety ‘4,500,000" ° aéfeh uh ;:.m than 1,300,000,â€" tgpes. rung m'\ow‘.:h dm cach, attholgh thits year‘t trop is At nearly 17000000 aacks. the Btazilian doffee orop is valued at $200,000,000 per annuim, "What‘s Th a nathe* That Which we Hime in getiing op Aus , und mfi' been recorded she the latter country rmies from Belgiv of the ‘Fripglt W in the breasts of 1 ‘extremely anxious ‘Turkey from Wuro ; _ > W e‘ ty a6C. in 6t hapeng he: '°“:j;- "Jp on Yam Bradjord, ‘ghysiviah to : o tectlept sor BA ‘visited the hospitals. He > Ao Capt.‘lIrwin, anoâ€" Witt {V MJC.A. ‘attache. ‘HMe s#ays Ne ks â€" Trwik ‘is dead! : The let: hok :: ns‘ Aprit m m ,‘ A f + f hm-u:‘mm"m i in: the wicinity of Â¥pres, but we t thiilk ‘anything " of it, for * it ithen * Eounds ‘fike that, so T retited Q;: 40 p.m: fiotbhl;e:olt v‘t:-.i | n ‘tiles from mm&flmmmtw Wikal work ‘with whout‘ 100 dick. We wete abtached to the brigade ‘ which was back uité a waysresting &t the BÂ¥ A.3ip t;s with: Xpres. ‘ We had at one time ‘to #top the cat in order to drag ‘an md déad. horses out of our : m Our work ‘eatried us Fight up to St; Julien, where we were‘right in nf of the ,Get mathiné, guns.‘ tfuly: flmm like a bad nlgltmdr; to me. .â€" In our : little unit we 10% Tour > ‘kiHed and . many ‘ woundédy ‘g:"‘m”“' my : friend Caph« vall, & Baptist drom (Cirando Ligne, 1 Tihinee: . T4 a o on o u.. o ale :M who behaved Mke heroes, and worked without sleep meatly three days, under‘the most gonditions, and it was only by force that they were compélled to give up. mt nes \"On Sunday 1 came back to Mpn w I worked there un as my ‘ bed WY ‘Capt. Grzham .on Tesday night. 1 nad, . t0 have to leave Of; P was im with pain.‘ & Aried : “‘\-fmm}:u.mu( out to the ‘fnish: Thursday they teok me: away on a stretcher to=â€"an -.nlpMulumd'uio the dleating station at Hazelbrooke, and there‘ held me over night, and on the wtbAMlG "Ic;:-'um?:s % ‘Cross nany were the cries of ... The mcq.-ny ul-m ‘ beâ€" youd words, ‘One has to be here> to, see it for oneself. They were actual~ â€"**The ~â€" Werrihle ‘Joss "of life is so ureadbully sad, / \Our ws simply went _ to them like m. and tyâ€" geen â€" destroying ~our ‘ wounded,| _____ _ _ .. _. ) ;. _ 2 cp mai among whoin was ‘a majorfriend * of | ing ol the Lusitania, the use of poiâ€" mitie. Odr "poor‘4th Battalion ~ was |son by the German army, or the kil}â€" wiped out, all my personal friends|ing or wounding of innocent women were â€" killed, â€" and onlyâ€"116 out of and children in the name of war. It 1,000 reported© nekt niorning. :‘ is not war, it id foul and inexcugable "Capt. Youngs was wounded, % s 4 to what ‘extent I‘hsye Mot heard Ashamed of German Barbarities. yet. AltothM“lhown&-{w“ 3 a iz / | While ashamed â€" of present German ing} only that glagry «Coghill is 6240 1, Lo _zitiee 1 am not ashamed; of my ARE LOVAL LIBERTY IS ENJOYED "‘Are Gmâ€"k”, inâ€"Canddiatis disloyal‘ to Britain ? A conpleté answer to this P “_;‘ s in a letter: _ to oFO B9 i P 3p .#4 Daniel ‘&mm‘ tels â€"I am over 70 years of uge; and my! ‘ather, when a very young man, came from Germany abd séttled in Water| 100> | County, Ontario, where I was born. . Tcame, to Hanover, . Grey County, ‘fifty years ago, without cap{ ital sz'vq‘_‘g‘ good sound body and <a determination to succeed, if economy and industry could bring success. L b’a%xsnoceeded'mw‘z‘ extent that l“mmg‘ft and a chief share; holder ‘~ of _ §uehtu Furniture Company, Limited, having large face ;:‘hs in éluov@& ;‘:Q C ptob, , wi % fiu&i::c and > wa smmfi Canadian, citizens of Hanover as felâ€" lowâ€"shatehqlders ; . and am :also. presiâ€" dent ‘and | mabager of, the Hanover Portand* Oément Company, Limited. As with very many other Germanâ€" Canadians, my business success ~has been much»greater than I would havé peen at all"© likely=&o ‘have achieved had I staried life in Germany ~under the caime iisadvantage of lack of capâ€" ital, and>"7T acknowledge with gratiâ€" tude the stuccess> I have had â€"andâ€"the kindnesses I have received as @ Canâ€" adiab * ~citizen, and my contentment under Britain‘s flag. . I~have> never Looa‘ in ‘Otttady ‘and hare n0 conneeâ€". tion with Cermaby in any way, aud have no.desire that the fagâ€"of Gerâ€" tu-y-li;n "<ver :z.m Canadian goil ; fully realizing that such athing wodd be a catastrophe â€"antl would largely © curtail the liberty, freedom, and privileges. ofâ€"every witizen ‘of this jnion., I have no sympathy what ver. with ‘such atrocities as the sinkâ€" . Knechtel, of Hanover, Writes an Effective * mr. N ind +Business Suctess in Canada, \ ‘TO BRITMIN GibbO® German name â€" or German descent,| and you"would not respect me if (I were.© Like most other Cfilflhnlot‘ CGerman descent I am destended mot from the militaryâ€"mad Gérmany | of toâ€"#ay, but from a Germany of bét terâ€"days, of higher~ ideals, and â€" ‘of fobler pursuits ; and for the German people of Canaida I ask,‘ even in these sad, gloomy, and excitable war times, and | unquestionably. ‘wrong German acts, for which ‘weâ€"Germanâ€"Canadians |.u in no | way tésponsible, ‘British | justice and British faitâ€"play. _‘ | ‘fin Hanover | we. have & ‘population Of about 3,000, 80 per cent of / whom. are of Gérman descent, and there ate few Ontatio ~ towns more l:x;l or more practical in their loy ; and in expressions _ and â€"proofs of loyalty our Germabâ€"Canadians do‘not lag. : ~~.‘ _"Fighting for Britain. j he4 perrefecadon mite N. §., ns .’.‘J:.‘i....,..- Ts and wpold not ind anyihing to ‘... # B4 20, tri M ‘ :‘l l raseit th ¢ 3909 . SRospnnet® Ts io patd." 1 tontiaued gQ) cath Bu and ans niow completely c trom hundreds ‘which "bave ts o eamin t l ns ues Wh? not do HkC . Whethers it. be. : Piles, : Pz anse reselats % A u_C‘t 24 M‘&fim\mm ‘skin digeases and injuries. : A dragâ€" wise ? 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