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The coal mines are running at only 70 per cent. of their capacity, not for lack of mine labor, but because they cannot get cars to ship their product. In view of that situation the National Coal Association sys that interference with the war program is inevitable unless there shall be a readjustment of shipping over the Eastern roads to accomodate coal, Readjustmert of war shippimg cannot be made, as the Brooklyn Eagle says, while the United States has men in uniform for whom the French are waiting, nor "so long as our troops and our Allies need food which is to be had on this side of the water." The lack of rolling stock to meet the needs for freight shipment raises the fear of a coal shortage next winter. The most promising suggestion of relief is found in a statement 'g'nmn out by G. Ashley Tomlinson, the Federal Director of the Erie Canal Mr. Tomlinson has been a large shipper on the Great Lakes for years, and he is rushing the building of both steel and concrete barges for the canal in order to relieve the railroad congestion. He talks conservatively about eanal development, saying that the first barges will be ready in a few weeks and that modifications of construction may be adopted thereafter as the reâ€" sult of the early experiments. But he insists that besides bringing wheat from Buffalo, his barges can take coal to New York from both anthracite ard bituminous mines, relieving the railroad traffic almost as much as the shipâ€" ments of wheat will do. The anthracite coal can be carried to Ithaca by a short haul over the Lebigh and there transferre« to barges. and the bitumiu ous fields can he tapped in the same way at Waterkins. As four canal ha~â€" ges will carry ~» freight from fifty cars, many coal cars will be released other rouis> Registration of the manpower of Canada, including all persons over 16 years of age, both males and females, will take place in June. It is expected that the registration will be of very considerable assistance in securing men needed to help with harvesting operations. An official outline of the regulaâ€" tions says in part: "Males will be particularly asked whether they were brought up on a farm and if they would be willing to do farm work. _ They will also be asked if they can handle a horse, drive tractors, or use farm machinery. Women will also have to state whether or not they have had any experience in any general farming, truck farming, fruit farming, dairy farmâ€" ing or poultry farming. Also whether they are able to drive a tractor, motor or horses, harness a horse, or do farm cooking." Provision has been made by the military authorities for temporary leave of absence to farmers and farm laborers in categories lower than "A". Any such person may be granted leave of absence on production of a certificate from the District Representative of the Federal Department of Agriculture to the effect that the man concerned is an efficient farm laborer, whose services are urgently required on the land. Such leave in the first instance wis ! granted until July 15, and may be extended for 3 months on produciion «+ â€" further certificate showing that the man concerned has, during his first ! » been continuously engaged in agricultural work and that his services «io «0 urgently required. U 109 Loh ow cg 2c 2ls es t 4 9 fipenklng of the labor siuation, in an interm Gregor, Director of Agricultural Labor, Canada harvestâ€"time arrives the help needed by the fa stated: "No matter what happens, the crop wil country must be organized so that there will be T y C OS O Rmiiceaet fipenklng of the labor siuation, in an interview in Calgary, Mr. J. in 8 Gregor, Director of Agricultural Labor, Canada Food Board, said that whow harvestâ€"time arrives the help needed by the farmers will be provided. . He stated: "No matter what happens, the crop will have to be taken off, and the country must be organized so that there will be the needed help." In a message to the farmers Mr. McGregor said: "Plans already formu lated enable me to state confidently that, if the farmers will seed and raise a record this year, labor will be provided to harvest all they can grow. It shall be our paramount duty to mobilize the labor to save the crops and Canâ€" adian farmers may begin seeding operations confident in the knowledge that the rest of the country will not fail them. Labor will be available to harvest the crops." Hon. G. C. Robertson stated in the House of Commons that an arrange ment had been completed between the United States Department of Labot and the Canadian Department of Immigration and Colonization, for the inter change of colonist laborers. Several thousand farm laborers have already gone into the Canadian West under this arrangement. I oo o2 e c 40 cR s _sa ds 4n hels in Business men and others are 0 solving the farm labor problem and to the effectiveness of this work. ~ Food grqwlng is second in importance only to fighting. Such is the gis'l of an army order issued a year ago to the British troops in France. _ Much military cultivation of land has been undertaken since then. ' Every military camp in the United Kingdom, every German prisoner‘s camp, ard every airdrome has been brought within the area of milltary! agricultural operations. In addition, 50,000 acres are being cultivated behind‘ the lines in France, 7,000 acres at Salonika, approximately 700,000 acres in Mesopotamia, and large areas in Egypt. Palestine and Cyprus. In France the Army has its own Directorate of Agricultural Production working for : the cultivation of derelict land in conjunction with the French authorities. At Salonika the crops now growing comprise 2100 acres of barley, 500 acres of wheat, 700 acres of potatoes, 2,000 acres of maize, and 1,500 acres of other crops. It is estimaged also that the work there will result in a saving of 20,000 tons in the quantity of hay required to be imported. In Mesopotamia, small irrigating pumps, driven by steam or oil, are in use on the banks of the Tigris. _ It is estimated that this year‘s yield from miliâ€" tary cultivation in Mesopotamia will total 25,000 tons of â€" wheat and 100,000 tons of barley, besides fair crops of other ‘grain. â€" Tractors, threshers and hband imnlements of several kinds have been sent from India and Australia. In Mesopotamia, small irrigating pumps, driver on the banks of the Tigris. _ It is estimated that tary cultivation in Mesopotamia will total 25,000 tons of barley, besides fair crops of other 'grain hand implements of several kinds have been sen as well as from Great Britain. In Egypt. Palestine and Salonika the British armies will this year grow all their own vegetables, and they whl also produce a large quantity of bay and other forage material for horses. Last year the army in Esypt produced for itself 198.000 tons of hay; this year it is estimated that 124,000 tons will result from i. "ond labors. _ Last yeat‘s yield of barley was 26,000 tons; im year the a~ apl, it be about quadrupled. _ Last year a portion of the Arim, sugar suj y wi _ _mported; this year the whole requirements both for Egypt and for salonika .ill be produced in Egypt. The figures from the Aldershot Command prove what great work has been accomplished in England. _ Only 28 acres were being eultivated there eighteen months ago; this month, 1,200 acres are under cultivation. . The blossoms on the fruit trees give promise of a bountiful growth cherries, plums, apples, etc. Hundreds of Sinn Fein leaders have been arrested. Punishment ade quate to the offences committed should be meted out? The call for the young men of nineteen years ‘The response will no doubt be a general one. While the enemy hbas been making preparations for a final decisive blow the Allies bave also made plans to turn this blow intoâ€"=a decisive defeat for Hirdenburg. Every pound orrood saved by each Canadian citizen is a pound given tc the support of our army and the Allies ‘Every pound wasted or eaten unâ€" necess@rily is a pound withheld from them. It is a direct personal obligation on the part of each of us to someone in Europe whom we are bound to help. Some of the German cities are getting periodical visits from Allied avia tors which are helping to break up the morale of the people at home. Some jdea of the magnitude of the food industry is to be had from the fact that last year the packing firm of Swift & Co. did a business of $875, 000,000. _ ‘This volume of business means that this firm shipped 550 carloads of products every week day during 1917. gr° " °C WATERLOO, ONT. f ADVERTISER®S. Migh class printing, English and German, in all branches. Notice of changes must be left at this office not later than Saturday noon. The Chronicle â€" ANOTHER COAL SHORTAGE Is FEARED. GROWING FOOD BEHIND THE LINES. D Oeine d ootes aoe Department of Immigration and Colonization, for the inter t laborers. Several thousand farm laborers have already adian West under this arrangement. and others are organizing in all parts of Canada to help in rbor problem and encouraging reports are being received as ewspaper, published every Thureday morning DAVID BEAN & S0ON8, LIMITED LABOR FOR THE FARMS. NOTE AND COMMENT. for service has been issued ADDITIQ‘AL ARRESTS. London, May 18. â€"Additional atrcsu in Ireland reported in a Times deâ€" spatch from Dublin include Dr. Hayes and Darrell Yiggis. ARRESTS MXDE IN BELFAST. h Belfast, May 18.â€"Among those arrested here are Joseph McGuinness, { Sinn Fein members of Parliament for the southern Division of County Longâ€" ! io1d: J. McGrath, Waiter Scoles, John M. Centes, the Belfast Sinn Feiner who was sentenced to death in connection with events at Dundalk during rebellion Io' 1916, and Denes McCullough, another Sinn Feiner. Comprehensive Dragnet Drawn by Soldiers and Police for the Sinn Feinersâ€" Prisoners Are Quietly Placed Aboard Ships by Captors. of COMPLETE CLEANâ€"UP ALL OVER COUNTRY London, May u.â€"-!vl‘fl‘o that the Sinn Feiners are in direct communiâ€" cation with the German Govenment has now been obtained by Great Britain, was told yesterday in a wellâ€"informed quarter. * A pn.cumtio'n issued to-nlgi‘ says a German plot in Ireland has been disâ€" covered. in the prociamation the Viceroy calis upon all loyal irishmen to deâ€" feat the conspiracy. & 4 The prociamation, signed by Edward Shortt, Chief Secretary for Ireland, asserts that certain persons in Ireland have been in communication with Gerâ€" many, "rcflecting on Ireland‘s fair name." The proclamation calls upon all loyal subjects to aid in defeating the manoeuvres. It urges voluntary reâ€" cruiting so that compulsion may be avoided. 5 IMPORTANT ARRESTS ARE MADE. _ London, May 18. â€"A considerable number of arrests have been made in Dublin and throughout Ireland, agcording to a despatch to the Times. Profesâ€" sor Edward de Valera, President of the Sinn Feiners, Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Feiners, Countess Markievicz, Dr. Dillon and Wiliiam Cosgrave, Sinn Fein‘s, M.P., for KilKenny, have been arrested, according to an exchange Telegraph despatch from Dublin. ! London, May 19.â€"The Government has adopted the policy of the iron hand in dealing with sedition in Ireâ€" land. All the leaders of the Sinn Fein society have been arrested by a swift comprehensive dragnet drawn by the police and soldiers during Satâ€" urday night and early hours of the morning. The movement was apparâ€" ntly a complete surprise, and most f those arrested were quickly and jetly placed aboard ships. The dragnet swept all over the country and there was no possibility of resistance. The majority of those arrested were taken from their homes while abed, and only a few scuffles and a little revolver play took plnce.l According to latest reports hundreds: ° arrosts were made. | Pisttinc With Germany ; grolum=!fon issned by the new lireres stuies thut the ~rrests were nxite . beearse; i pict with Cermany ies Ast t m d Nims gtees the covermuent creund for #nstification. The Sinn Fein movement has been a Ton« time conducted in defiance of all civil laws and war prohibitions but the Sinn Fein leaders, execpt in the case of oratorical outbursts. have not idâ€" entified themselves with the Germons and so long as the Sinn Fein appearâ€" ed to be a purely Irish movement a considerable section of the gEmglinh nopmlation have been disposed to ‘ think that the Government might turn E“ blind eye to it and trust to the solâ€" ’ Aier elements in Ireland to maintain a balance. . All the Big Guns â€" Prisoners rounded up Saturday inâ€" ~lude Prof. De Valera, who was the oratorical chief of the Sinn Fein, Arâ€"j thur Criffith, who threw his news;m-l per, organized fourteen vears ago. inâ€" to annnort of the societv: Conntess Markleviez. who figured dramatically in the Faster insurrection in 1916, the small groun of Sinn Feiners who recently won their parliamentary Plâ€"| ection from the Nationalists and wreâ€" fused to take their seats :t Westminâ€" ster with variovs leaders of the local branches. A large nroportion â€" of those arrested figured in the Easter ’rlsln! and were afterwards pardoned by Premier Asauith‘s Government. _ The latest turn of the kaleiodoâ€" scope of the compnlicated Trish _ situaâ€" tion has passed the whole of Britain as completely as it did its victims. Only a few weeks ago Llovd George‘s rabinet proposed toâ€" setWe the Irâ€" ish question hy ~oupling home rule with corsaription. Neither Side Placated It seemed for a time that both facâ€" tions would be nlacated by that plan hbut after a short agitation it annesrâ€" ed that both were excited to greater antagoniam than has exiated hefore. The Nationalists anestioned whethâ€" er the bome rule offer was not a serepn for envssription. The Uster ites jnsisted the* conscrintion was a device for thrnstinz home rule on them. and the Trish anarre! among Irâ€" ishmen settled back into the old time worn rut s The general interpretation af the Covernment‘s new nlans. read from the vicerov‘s‘ nroclamation, _ is that «nnscription will be sidetracked for a tifme. while a schems for . voluntar? onlistment is fried. The latest devel wment nlaced before the Nationalist L orty pnnts it in an embarrasin= posiâ€" tjon. _ Iohn Dillon and his followers have withdrawn from Parliament and inined the Sinn Feiners and the church in a strike against conscripâ€" tion. * Allianc« Must Break If the Sinn Foin is proved to be in eansniracy with the Germans. the Naâ€" tionalists must dron their new | alliâ€" ance herause the Nationalists never have been proâ€"Germans, nor even anâ€" tiâ€"Pritish but only some rulers. American oninion is always, on Irâ€" ish affairs. an imnortant element in the case. A! Irishmen want Ameriâ€" man _ cemnithv . and â€" &supnort. . Prof. Tohn MacNeill. nresidant of the Caeâ€" lic Leagne and head of the Sinn Fein valunteers who is one of the few nmâ€" minent Sinn Feiners not aprested, deâ€" nlares that the Sinn Foin is not in svmnathy with the Germans. The war cabinet hos a free hand for Aealin® with Trelond for the tima ®~ ine. Parliament has adjourned until e 98th and eannot hindor the eshinâ€" ‘in the amestions nf fesisinns. Memâ€" here nf the Hanse of Commons are alâ€" readv becinnine to criticize the Govâ€" arnmont n~ the eroun1 that it waited «ntil _ Parlisment â€" adjourned . before "Thowing its hand NA Vita Documents Belfo«t, Mav 19 â€"There is same eviâ€" dence that the Sinn Fein leaders had m‘vpnnnogfi made for a long time for anv conp®that misht take place. When the police and soldiers went to IN TRELAND ARRESTED 1N RAIOS the headquarters in Harcourt street, Dublin, Saturday morning they discovâ€" cred that bevyond a lot of more or less routine correspondence there was no document of importance. It was from these offices that the whole Sinn Fein movement was directed. Prof. De Valera was in the offices FÂ¥iday night for a few hours conferâ€" ring with some of his lieutenants. He left shortly after 10 o‘clock, taking a train to Mis home at Greystones, where he was arrested. He made no attempt to conceal his surprise. Countess Marcleviez protested | bitâ€" terly against her arrest, and insisted on taking a pet dog, which wore the republican colors, along with her. â€" The latest developments were con sidered at a con‘srence at the Man sion House Satumlay. â€" _ Tadge Barry, who has twice been. imprisoned already in connection with revolutionary movements, was arrestâ€" ed and conveyed to Dublin by a strong escort, Peter Houris, an editor of the Southern Star Skibbereen, was also arrested. Dr. McNab of Belfast was taken by the police while electionâ€" eering in East Cavan. James Cotter Arrested London, May 19.â€"James Cotter of Ireland and Ricard Cotter, Gaelic Leaâ€" gue organizer in Dublin, have been arâ€" rested and are chargeu under the de fence of the realm act with taking a boat within 15 miles of Kingstown pier on April 15, that being a prohibited area. James Cotter is further charâ€" ged with collecting information which might be useful to the enemy. . It is not stated whether this case has any connection with the Irish conâ€" spiracy. _ James Cotter, was sentenced to six mont hs‘ imprm{)mnent; Richard Cotâ€" 'lcr was discharged. According to the prosecting attorâ€" ney the Cotters were found at midâ€" night in a boat outside Kingstown harâ€" bor, their wherabouts being discoverâ€" ed by their burning some papers. James Cotter had in his possession a document bearing on the air raids on London, the suggestion being that he intended to convey this to the enemy. { Four Shot Down | London, May 23.â€" 3 a. m.â€"Four enâ€" cmy airplanes were brought down in {last night‘s raid over eastern Engâ€" land, says an official communication ‘ just issued. i The communication says: | _ "Reports show that four of the enâ€" emy airplanes which raided London ::md the southeast last night have ‘hm-n brought down. j / "The raid appears to have been on ‘a large scale. _ A considerable numâ€" i ber of bombs were dropped. | __"No details of casualties or damage |are yet availalbe. FOUR GERMAN AIR RAIDERS . ARE SHOT DOWI London, May 19.â€"Hostile aircraft crossed the coasts of Kent and Esâ€" sex shortly after 11 o‘clock toâ€"night and procceded towards London. At midnight the raid was still in proâ€" gress. Let folks step on your feet hereafter; wear shoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never again send elet‘:"rlc sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. He says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, instantly reâ€" lieves soreness, and soon the entire eorn, root and all, lifts right out. This drug is a sticky ether eomgound. but dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn without inflaming ef*tven irritating the _mr{fmnding timc.. oo e n o s It is claimed that a quarter of an ounce of freezone obtained at any dr: store will cost very little but is eu clent to remove every hard or soft corn of callus from one‘s feet. Cut this out, xuny if you are a woman reader wears high heels. . SUFFERING CATS! GIVE THIS MAN THE GOLD MEDAL Ottaws, May 15.â€"Negotiations for Government aequisition of the Grand Trunk Railway, and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway were announced in the House of Commons toâ€"day by the prime minister. The G.T.P., he deâ€" clared was a national enterprise "to which the credit of the Canadian peoâ€" ple has been committed and, in my judgment, it is expedient to maintain it and not permit it to go into liquida tion." The taking over of the G.T.P. pracâ€" tically involved the taking over of the Grand Trunk as . well,. Confidential negotiations had been opened . with the G.T.R. "We have," declared Sir Robert Bor den, "made what we regard as a reas onable offer somewhat along the lines suggested in the Draytonâ€"Acworth reâ€" port, but somewhat more favorable to the Grand Trunk than the proposal made in that report They have reâ€" plied to us by making a counterâ€"offer which was of such a nature that we did not consider we could ask Parliaâ€" nrent to accept it." NEWSPAPER CHIEF CONDEMNED TO DIE The Proposal \ The Government had then proposed ; that if no agreement could be reached | the question should be submitted to | arbitration, without fixing any limit ‘ as was done in the case of the C.N.R. | Paris, May 15.â€"M. Duval, who was director of the suppressed Germanoâ€" phile newspaper Bonnet Rouge, was condemned to death today by courtâ€" martial for treason. The six other defendants were senâ€" tenced to imprisonment for . terms ranging from two to ten years. 8o_ M. Marion, sasistant manager of the Bonnet Rouge, received ten years‘ imâ€" prisonment at hard labor. a 0 Jecques Landau, a reporter on the newspaper, was given eight years at hard labor. With Military Degradation. Goldsky was sentenced to . eight years at hard labor and military deâ€" giadation. _ Mr. Joucia, a reporter on the Bonâ€" nei Rouge, was given five years at bard labor. M. Vercasson was sentenced to two yoers in prison and fined 5,000 francs, with sentence suspended. 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