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DAVID BEAN &4 80N8, Remtt C000 M“"‘" v~*os ~~2â€"onable and will be made known on application. Germany invites the hostility of nearly all the naval forces of the: world while professing to promote, by: action closely resembling piracy, and equally indefensible, that freedom of the seas which, she asserts, "has always formed part" of her "leading principles." The lawless methods she has adopted and‘is using are condemnâ€" ed by the United States and other neutral nations. They fail to see how ruthless violation of the accepted prinâ€" wigtze <f i tong! Iuw can as she says, "gorve the welfare of mankind." From day to day the chorus of neutral protest gains force. Germany‘s policy is denounced by the South American press. As the number of ships sunk and of lives ag cargoes lost increases, the neutral World‘s indignation will become more intense. The commerâ€" cial interests of this hemisphere now menaced are of great value. Our exâ€" ports to Europe last year were $3,813,â€" 000,000. South America will suffer inâ€" tolerable loss in both exports and imâ€" ports. , Germany mas set out to starve Engiand. |f she starves England she wins the war and peace widt be made on German terms. Do we know what a German victory means for us here in the United States ? We know it with full cerâ€" tainty and conviction. it means cither that we buy freedom from molestation by perpetual poltroonâ€" It is inconceivable that the navies of more of the neutral countries may eventually be found in direct opposiâ€" tion to the German lawlessness, says the New York Times. In the followâ€" ing table the naval forces of the world are â€" measured.. _ Information which might slightly affect the figures has for some time, past been withheld from publication by the belligerents. The number of small craft would be larger in any complete and official statement. 1t has been necessary to estimate tennage in some cases. No accurate enumeration of the forces as they were at the heginning of the year can now be published, and it is. imâ€" practicable at present to make . full allowance for losses and for recent additions from the shipyards : ENTENTE ALLIES. ... ... Battleâ€"Cruisâ€"Other ery, or that within a few years we shall be engaged in a new war for independence against an incomparâ€" ably more formidable foe. And for that war, unless we adopted a permanent policy of noâ€"resistance, we should be compelled to begin instant preparation. England and the Allies fight our battle now, the battle for democracy against absoâ€" lutism, for the freedom of the inâ€" dividual against the tyranny of the state, for the freedom and the seâ€" curity of peaceful nations, for the peace spirit against the war spirit, Nations. _ ships Great Britain . 77 France ... .. 31 Russia ... ... 14 Haly ...= ... 14 Japap ... ... 25 for etérnal 7rigM against . old wrong.â€"From . the New â€" York Times. United States Argentina . Brazil ... .. Chile :.: ... Peru .:. ... Colombia .. Venezuela .. Uruguay .. . Norway ... . Sweden ... Spain .... . Nethorlands Denmark .. (Greece ... . Chins. ... . UIVvE "SYRUP OF FIGS*" TO CONSTIPATED CHILD Delicious "Fruit Laxative" can‘t harm tender little Stomach, liver and bowels. Look at the tongne, mother! lf!"‘"‘ bhbilsAidsiil oblilcat ! coated, your little one‘s stomach, liver â€"~â€"â€" â€"â€" > # and bowels need cleansing at once. NORWAY SWEDEN AND When peevish, cross, listless, doesn‘t o | sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever DENMARK PROTEST ish, stomach sour, breath bad; hm‘ wmdtiers sore throat, diarrhoa, full of cold. give a a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Londen, Feb. 14.â€"â€"Reuter‘s ‘states Figs." and in a few hours all the fnul,|"‘“ Norway, Sweden _ and Denmark constipated | waste, . undigested food | have handed to German _ ministers 'all:g oohgr blilo ‘l‘;:"’z mt;V:n out ?f its |identical notes protesting against the e bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again Ask haveal m""‘"" tsken by | Cermany you @iruggist for a 50â€"cent bottle of and Austria.Hungary. "California Syrup of Figs," which conâ€" l â€"â€"« i * tains full directions for bables, chil MINARD‘S . LINIMENT _ CURES dren of all ages and for grownâ€"ups. . GARET IN COWS§. THE WORLD‘S NAVIES. 160 234 1,251 NEUTRALS. .. «u420 340 163 w4 ers 128 34 116 18 16 11 Ves‘ls. Tonnage 488 â€"2,900,000 339 1,100,000 158 824,000 148 540,000 1 148 118 26 20 h 6,219,000 1,200,000 162,000 110,000 $0,000 17,000 16,000 5.000 2,001,000 37.000 117,000 120,000 80,.000 40,000 84,000 18.000 5.000 neutral nalions, IMOFC TBSD PDMECMINMAT A0G of this tonnage will be used against|O, M. Bowman Disposes of Not every man in the United States who is just now loudly prociatming his loyalty to country and President Wilson is honest in his assertions, a¢â€" cording to the New York Evening Telâ€" egram. It continues: The simultaneous ,cri.pll%ln- terned ships all over the coast, t re on the Deutschland‘s pier and theâ€"reâ€" crudescence of the suspended proâ€" paganda in finer shape and by more devious means all show there are traiâ€" tors working. There is a fanatical element whose creed is that any one raising hand or voice against the K{L 1020 B c t 20 t ar adieov ut Oy T ser is fair prey. Against these the loyal citizen of German descent ls‘ powerless. He cannot answer for these Danites, the avenging angels of Prussian kultur. But we know the auâ€" thorities have not been idle. They have not been lulled into any false sense of security by fair words from false hearts, and with a little more provocation a net of justice may be drawn that will both surprise and parâ€" alyze the forces of treason. Watch for the vipers. The pu;port of these remarks is true to some extent as applied to Canâ€" ada, observes the Stratford Beacon. ‘The fine. work of fanatical elements is frequently apparent, and really loyal citizens of German as well as other descent are rendered suspect thereby. A few disaffected people have done much harm to loyal citizens of Ger-{ man descent in the nei_ghboring Flty; of Kitchener. If the first manifestaâ€" tion of this had been dealt with promptâ€" ly, it would not have brought such discredit on the city. The evident inâ€" tention of dealing lightly with disafâ€" fection was good, but it did not work out that way. It may justly be quesâ€" tioned whether manifestations of disâ€" loyalty to the country which has sheltâ€" ered people of any class should not hereafter be met by prompt punishâ€" To connect the continent of Europe with that of Asia by a tunnel under the Bosphorus is the scheme of Gerâ€" man and Austrian financiers who are now trying to interestâ€"their governâ€" ment in the project. The Germanâ€" Austrian Orient club has sent out notâ€" icos to all its members giving an outâ€" line of the scheme, with elaborate drawings prepared by expert engiâ€" neers. The tunnel would connect Conâ€" stantinople with Scutari, and accomâ€" modate both passenger and freight trains. The advantages of the tunriel both strategically, commercially and politically are given at length. At first it was designed to bpild a bridge over the Bosphorus in accord: ance with the plans drawn by Herr Siegmund Schneider when the â€" rail road from Berlin to Bagdad was openâ€" ed, but it has been found since that there would be so many difficulties in the way and the cost would be so treâ€" mendous that this project has been abandoned. A GERMAN AUSTRIAN SCHEME. The commercial advantages of such a tunnel are admitted in all quarters of German and Austria and Turkey looks with much favor on the _ idea. The tunnel would make it possible to run trains direct from Berlin to the Far East. Get ready . for the Patriotic Fund campaign. * EARLY 4g Tion is NECESSARY, l ‘Torento, Feb. 16. â€"C. P o Te 93 "Votes for women" in Ontario is reâ€" ceiving more than ordinary attention during the carly days of the Legislaâ€" ture. The Kaiser is not in as big a hurry to declare war on United States as he was on little Serbia and Belgium. Over 3,000 prisoners were captured by the British along the Ancre on the western front and the Tigris in the ncar Our _ merchant sailors, exposed to continual peril from mine and submarâ€" inc. and in spite of increased difficulâ€" ties of navigation owing to the removâ€" al and alteration of leading lights and beacons, have calmly pursued, their apâ€" pointed business. No men before _ in our history have been submitted to imn:h a test of nerve and seamanship as the crews of these ships have faced, says the London Telegraph. Let the fact not be ignored. London, Feb. 14. â€"Reuter‘s _ states that Norway, Sweden _ and Denmark have handed to German ministers identical notes protesting against the naval measures taken by Germany and Austriaâ€"Hungary. NOTES AND COMMENTS. East. This is a good "nibbling." Liberal whip, in the toâ€" day completely di-md-d: ‘rm_dl wade on him in the West Simcoe byâ€" election by Licut.Col: J. . Currie, M.P. He would not bother, he said, about what Col. Currie had said, but Premier Hearst and Hon. I B. Lucas, attorneyâ€"general, had appeared on the same platform and apparently â€"counâ€" tenanced the colonel‘s reckless state ments. "From the personal standpoint 1 have been more ghan amply repaid in connection with these attacks made y Col. Currie, and the charges tmtl he practically made that I was a proâ€" German agent," said Mr. Bowman, "by against such tactics, which‘ I have received from the Conservatives of the county of Bruce, who have known me. for so many years. I leave the matter of my record as to whether 1 have iuken a man‘s part in connection with the war, to the Conservatives of Bruce ‘Coumy. connected with the patriotic fund, to the Conservatives connected with the Bruce County preparedness feague, and to the men of the 160th (Bruce County Battalion), from the colonel down to the humblest privale. Will Not Suffer by Comparison. "So far as anything that I may have been able to do in connection with the war is concerned, all I have to say is that when the real history and full record of the war comes to be written I know that my record will not suffer by way of comparison with that _ of Col. Currie." 1 Mr. Bowman quoted from _ Eby‘s history of Waterloo Township, _ and pointed out that the first Bowman of whom they had trace was born in Switzerland in 1681, and . when a parents, moved to Holland, . where they had promise of protection from William, Prince of Orange, afterwards William the Third of England. â€" The family later moved toâ€" Pennsylvania, °_ S. A., and then to Canada previous to the, war of 1812, or shortly after. In Ontario they had made a record of which they were proud and the aston:â€" ishing thing to him was that any pubâ€" lic man would have the "nerve and the hardness to impugn the honor and loyalty of a descendant of people who. for centuries, have been standing for full religious and civil liberty." REVOLUTIONISTS IN CUBA CLAIM SQME VICTORIES New York, Feb. 14.â€" Representa: tives of the Cuban Liberal party.! which has established _ headquarters here, declare that the revolution in Cuba is in full swing and that they have won some important victories. U. S. WARNS CUBA. Washington, _ Feb. 14.â€" Secretary Lansing sent to the Cuban people toâ€" ‘day a warning that any movement that might be established by . revolt 'could not be recognized by the Unitâ€" ed States. London, Feb. 17.â€" Four hundred thousand officers and men compose the personel of the British navy, acâ€" cording to this year‘s estimates. * BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. London, _ Feb. 17.â€" The _ British steamer Lady Ann, 1000 _ tons, has bcen“unk by a mine. Two _ were kille®, five injured, and the captain and 18 are missing. Mother‘s unending work and devotion drains angd strains her physical: strength and leaves its mark in dimmed eyes and careworn expressions â€"she ages before her time. _ Any mother who is weary and languid should start taking as a strengthening food and bncl;:: tonic to add richness to her bl and Build up her nerves before it. is too late. Start SCOTTS todayâ€" its fame is worldâ€"wide. No‘Harmfal Drugs. \ $COTT$ EMULSION Mother‘s Troubles OF PUREST COD LIVER OIL Scott & Bowne, Torento, Ont. 400,000 MEN IN NAVY. to the humblest private. NS SEVERE WEATHER 15 MODERATING _ ON WESTERN FRONT; FORESHADOWsS GRIPS OF WORLD‘S SREATEST AAMIES British Guns, Never Silent, Are Beginning to Roar More Steadilyâ€" Some Bombardment Could be Misâ€" taken for Grumbling Echo of Passing Thunder Storm. London, Fcb. 17.â€"British Headquarters in France (Friday.)â€" The seâ€" vere cold of the past month is gradually moderating and it is easy to sense all along the battle line an unmistakable quickening, which tells of the approach of spring and foreshadows the commencement of grips of the greatest armies yet assembled in the world war . tn anticipation of eventualities the Germans have removed the civilian population from cities and towns in proximity to their lincs, but no such preâ€" cautions have been felt necessary along the British front. â€" The British gun‘s, never silent, are beginning (to roar more steadily. Toâ€"night heard from a distance the Somme bombardment might easily be ‘mutaken lqr the grumbling echo‘ of a passing thunder storm. The chorus of guns rises and falls like great peais of thunder and there are flashes in }the darkened cky like the play of lightning along the iiorizon. l ARTILLERY WILL BE DECIDING FACTOR. | The artillery is looked upon as the deciding factor in the coming battle and the constant blaze of British guns all through the long dark winter has !had a deeper meaning than the casual scattering of death and destruction. | It has meant careful training of officers and men in ali the modern art of gurnery, from the delicate timing and placing of curtains of fire just _ in front of advancing infantry to the most skillfub coâ€"operation of aeroplanes and guns in hurling long distance shells against selected targets far behind German lines. There is a grim realization of the fact that it will be tedious work tryâ€" ing to blast the Germans out of their manhole of defense, but the Britisn and French commanders are confident they will eventuaiiy force the fight ‘ing into the open, while the recognized strength of resistance which the : Germans are likely to make. ‘The British officers state, ‘that their inforâ€" ‘mauon obtained in continuous trench raids shows that recent German conâ€" |cen'.rafion is not as formidable as it appears and that many of the soâ€"callâ€" | ed new devisibps. are merely a réâ€"arrangement of new divisions. P “ 3 and Good Luck!®" WRIGLEYS DEDTSGHLANO NOW IN BRITISH UANDS, SAYS AN AMERICM Is Chained to 186 Other Captured German Submarâ€" ines in England. meire es [ary i. PaAIMeF Was PGZMIENZ €1M TT RBaltimore. Md., Feb. 16.â€"â€" That the|gineer here with the Chesapeake SS. morchant submarine Deutschland hna!Cnmpun.v. been captured, and that he saw her in‘_ Photographs â€" of the Deutschland Pl)moulh harbor with 186 other Gerâ€" ;wruppod with the chains which . held man submarines, was the statement her to others in the harbor were . on made here toâ€"day by ,William Palmer.|exhibition, Palmer continued, and i second engineer of _ the American | was generally known in shipping cir transport liner Mongolia. Palmer sahl]cles that the freighter had been cap> that the British had captured 400 | tured. cnemy submarines, and that 187 of| Where Captain Koenig and his crew them were in Plymouth, chained to-iwnrv detained he did not know, bu ‘nther and in the centre of a huge ,nld all were put in jail as soon as the network of chains attached to buoys | vessel was brought to port. _ He dif and wharves. not learn how the Deutschland | wa! Every letter or parceh T T g H 2 V . for your soldier friend s'4§ WRIGLEYS, should contain a few ||}SZEKYIYZ)IIM T bars. Appetite, digesâ€" ;s!é iz EWiN as tion and spirits are (7/rroarZrairimâ€"cB/L the better for it. SEALED TICHTâ€"KEPT RIGHT Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Ltd., Wrigley Bidg., Toronto The Flavour Lasts! "Thank you for the wishes and for Captain Koenig, commander of the|captured Sold Everywhere Â¥ The Flavour Lasts This great little pickâ€"meâ€"up is full of vigour and vim for the jaded soldier. Quenches thirst, allays fatigue, gives new life to enervated spirits. tj d s IGI.EYSFE& | ETWP D; Z fiw EWIN UM P 5ts 2 7 arin 7 i es #4 4A VOR RD/LJ CHEW IT AFTER EVERY MEAL Photographs â€" of the Deutschland wrapped with the chains which held her to others in the harbor were on exhibition, Palmer continued, and it was generally known in shipping cir Where Captain Koenig and his crew were detained he did not know, but said all were put in jail as soon as the vessel was brought to port. _ He did not learn how the Deutschland was T MADE iN CANADA 5¢ MILITIA AGT 1 LKELY T0 BE _« ENFORCED T0 SECURE LARSE ABMY FOR CANADN‘S DEFENCE Qttawa, Feb. 13.â€"Sir Edward Kemp, minister ofâ€" milâ€" itia, issued the following memerandum toâ€"night: Reorganization of the militia forces of Canada, the units of which have been greatly depleted through enâ€" listments for overseas service is under eonsidcration.-d P dng NO t t 4 1e 4 4 4i h B An lc to itb at More definite information regarding this subject wi be forthcoming as soon as th» plans on which to proc with this reorganization have been matured. _ vara t BEORS 2.. PV ENe URPVm SE Rie yc C C emcn ces This is as far as the memorandum goes. JIt is underâ€" stood that a plan being considered Mfil&tes raising through existing militia regiments 25,000 to 50,000 men available for home defence, releasing for overseas duty a similar number of troops now in Canada. Likewise, it is believed that a large number who primarily would enlist for home service would be willing to go overseas. CREAT BRITAIN 16 MASTERMNG _ suUBMARINE ONSLAUGHT WITH .. â€"â€"tERT KNOWN OEVICGE 1N USE London, Feb. 13.â€"In the He ford drawing attention to the : had been taken to meet it, said had Deem IRREM MV MMRDD OE MUMOCOC "We have lost since the beginning of the war 4,000,000 tons of shipping. That is a fact which the public should know. But it is not nearly as serious as it appears. We have made up the loss very considerably. Three milâ€" lion tons which have been lof" nave been more or less adequately filled. "There is not the slightest necessity for panic. We have done remarkâ€" ably well, and shall do a great deal better in future, but we have had time to face it, and it is to that time that . desire to call attention." The country, Baron Beresford continued, had been informed in August, 1915, that the submarine menace was well in hand. As far as he could gather it was nearer coming to be well in hand to«day, owing to the new ideas brought to the admiralty by men fresh from the sea who had had exâ€" perience in this novel form of warfare and its mysteries. SIX WEEKS TO ROUND UP SUBS. In conclusion, Baron Beresford, while acknowledging â€" the â€" subi menace was serious, said it would not be a fatal menace, and he was c dent that in six weeks or so the nation would have the submarines rea hand. ~ 3e Hecas oo un ul EL wve wlinnt lies, We are the sea police of the wholeâ€"world, UAE LC incumg ..« ypec â€"»5t ing. the role _ of highwayman. 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