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paper Ceases Publication. rs addressed to the Oshawa fator have been returned to the office with remarks to the that "Vindicator is dead" or closed.". A few years ago three were published _ in Oshawa, %nlr one, the Reformer, survives t to Y.M.C.A. Fund. CObrinty Council of Wellington Elfi on Wednesday afterribon unanimously to contribute an t @qual to threeâ€"quarters of a the dollar to the Y.M C A. Red le â€" Fund, exclusive of _ any which have been made by any unicipalities in the county mbans that the County Council $ to the Red Triangle Fund the Of $22,000, which makes for the @ county slightly over $25,000 AD: AND ADUPRTISE IN THE NÂ¥ TELEGRAPH. ?fl‘ Unauthorized. ohn Gibson. partly because he that his wife was deeply interâ€" in the Hamfiton Council of Wo ll?o a handsome contribution un® being gaised by a collector. Lady Gibsoxs attention _ was to the mattert* issued _ a ng to the effect that the collec f tWe fund had not been authorâ€" ARD‘S LINIMENT USED BY ICIANS. ging labor‘s support that of â€" freedom â€" justice _and may be maintained, the declared. ‘#s the time that tries men‘s ‘we fail to do our whole du; boys over there will lose courâ€" use men cannot fight undér lfun‘mtanm-u Knowing the At we hove to deal with, we M,repeat, ‘let us have liberty us ‘mvr- death * r Apple Crop. _there will be a bumper apple + assured providing there are ere frosts in the next few days. bas not been a good crop of in the last two years. Strawâ€" also promise a bumper crop. sign to Farmers. Canada Food Board hes ruled farmer with more than sixty llngly of flour an hand on June J be perinitted to hold the exâ€" i@Rtity if he notifies the dealer er â€"from whom. it was obtained ount he has on hand. Paul, Minn., June 10.â€"With rs pledging anew the loyalty anized labor to the Governâ€" the" annual convention of the fAN‘ Federation of _ Labor &‘ way here toâ€"day. Several nd lelegates were present For Red Cross. lesex County‘ Council decided an extra mill to the tax rate ~coming year and in this way $40,000 for the needs of the oss work. ris, June 11.â€"The German drive between Montdidier and continued unremittently last night, says toâ€"day‘s official _ On their left the French offered effective resistance. ecaptured the village of Mery. The principal German efâ€" is directed against the centre. Attacking with heavy foreâ€" my drove back the French as far as region of Aronde river, a brilliant counter attack the French hurled back the enemy ztllis front and reâ€"established their lines south of Belloy ur, south of Marqueglise and at Vandelicourt. of Freedom in World | Go Out if the War is Lost. is, June 11.â€"All advices from the battle front toâ€"day show enemy is putting forth cvery possible effort in his design toward Paris, throwing division after division into the Pt. So far he has succeeded in two days of fighting, in ‘forward his linc at a maximum point of advance, at Vigâ€" a distance of six miles.. .In this he has been materi.lfi' a considerable number of tanks which the French artilâ€" at first unable to demolish. The balance seems in favor ol SAM GOMPERS o CAUSE 15 PLEDGED Enemy Advance Is Six Miles In Which Tanks ‘d of Great Help; Balance Swinging in Favor of ‘h; Artillery at First Unable to Demolish Tanks. E OF MERY RETAkBN BY FRENCH om in the world will go FRENCH OFFER STIFF RESISTANCE. T GOUNTER â€" ATHAGK "AND : ETELY REâ€" ESTABLISH LINES Canadian Press Association. About 300 editors and publishers, I¢presenting every province in Canâ€" ada, will meet in Toronto this week as the sixtieth annual mecting of the Canadian Press Association, Inc. The meeting will be presided over by the president. J. H. Woods, editor of the Calgary Herald. A special session will he held on Thursday evening. when addresses will be made hy Hon. T. A. Crerar, M.P., minister of agriculture and Hon. Dr. Cody, minister of educaâ€" tion in the Ontario government. All other sessions of the meeting will be «devoted to business and editorial topâ€" ies. Simcoe‘s general tax rate . was struck by the fown council Monday night at 25 mills, an increase over last year of two mills, due largely to the increased county rate â€" arising irom the new policy of the county council. to cornduct its patriotic fund raining campaigns on a .pay as youâ€" go basis. Last year some $75,000 in ucbentures was raised for . war _ reâ€" quirements, but this metood has been dispensed with. War Hit Home Missions While lack of young men and stuâ€" dents to carry on the work of the home mission field on account of the war has added new â€" difficulties . to those already being faced, the report That the penny bank system in Onâ€" tario. should be extended in the schools of the province, and facilities for giving instruction in thrift in creased, was urged on Hon. Dr. Cody, Minister of Education, in Toronto, by a deputation of three, of which Prof. MeMichael of _ Toronto University was spokesman on Monday. The Minâ€" ister promised _ sympathetic _ treatâ€" mment.â€" While ploughing on his farm near Newport on Tuesday afternoon, James Bailey turned up the body of a twoâ€" dayâ€"old white child, which was perâ€" fectly normal in every respect and which had apparently been â€" buried within a very recent time. The body was wrapped in cotton and newspap ers. County Constable Taylor and Corâ€" oner Dr. Cole went out to the scene and the case is not being investigated. 25 Mill Rate for Simcoe. Bruce A. Carey, director of the Hamilton Conservatory of Music and conductor of the Elgar Choir, is the new ‘singing master of Hamilton: Pubâ€" lic Schools, succeeding the late Prof. Jas. Johnson. ‘The initial salary is placed at $2,500, if the Board of Eduâ€" cation endorses the recommendation of the Internal Management Commitâ€" tee. William Banks, Toronto‘s chiet censor, has warned the Canadian Naâ€" tional Exhibition authorities against allowing the playing of German musâ€" ic at the Exhibition this year. The censor has learned, . with pleasure, that a number of clergymen have bunned Mendelssohn‘s wedding march in their churches. o. the home mission board of the eastern section of the Canadian Presâ€" Eyterian church, which held its preâ€" ©**000000O0OONIROOEORADNENLON NEOOODOROROOORANNNNDD Great Honor Roll. Should Extend Penny Bank Plowghed up Babe‘s Body. avsembly meeting in London Wednesâ€" day is favorable and encouraging. Of 16 men manning the mission fields of the church in Eastern Canada,. about An honor roll, which will rank with the largest in the province, is that of Trinity Anglican Church of Galt, and which now bears the names of 383 parishioners, 49 of whom have made the supreme sacrifice. one third come from the colleges of the United States. Twentyâ€"two conâ€" gregations. comprising 53 preaching station. were occupted by ordatned missionaries caring for 1,159 familtes, and adding 85 new â€" communicants, making the total number of communiâ€" cants 1.159. President cf. Historical Society. Singing Master For Schools. Ban German Music. George R. Pattulla, of Woodstock, was elected president of the Ontario Historical Society at the annual meetâ€" ing. City Topics District News and LONG RANGE GUN | KILLS TWO PEOPLE | IN PARIS REGION ANNUAL MEETING OF ST. MARY‘S HOLY NAME SOCIETY It is an ill wind that blows nobody good and the school children of Gerâ€" many have their reasons to rejoice over the coal famine. The order has been issued that for the purpose of saving fuel there shall be no 2fterâ€" noon or early morning . school. and home lessons shall cease because home study conduces to an undesirâ€" able consumption of both fire and light. _ The decree, simultaneously promulgated, that those . who _ dts must not be cremated is unlikely to perturh the equanimity of youtn.â€" Westminster Gazette. _ TO ORGANIZE .__ A NAVY LEAGUE IN KITCHENER The annual meeting of the Holy Name Society of St. Mary‘s R.C. Church, was held at the church on Monday evening at which the . offiâ€" cers for the ensuing year were electâ€" ed and a profitable address was deâ€" livered by Rev. Father Scholly, C. S. S. R., Toronto. Father _ Scholly spoke on the importance of the Christian life and example and . the necessity of greater assistance _ in war work, particularly in connection with Catholic army huts. The officâ€" ers elected were: Pres.â€"W. J. Motz, Viceâ€"Pres.â€"â€"F. X. Schmuck, " Sec.â€"C. Cooper, , Treas. â€"J. . Winterhait, Marshallâ€"â€"P. Ringle, Guardâ€"E. K. Wey. A hearty vote of thanks was <tenâ€" dered to Father Scholly for his adâ€" dress, after which the meeting . ad: journed with the singing of the Naâ€" tional anthem. Mr. Rumpel stated that he has alâ€" ways been a warm supporter of hocâ€" key in ‘this city, and while nearly all of the teams have been made up of jolly good fellows, none of them exâ€" celled the team of the season of 1918. He hoped they would be able to reâ€" peat the performance next season. (‘. J. Stiver, assisting Capt. G. C. Cole of the Navy League was in the city this morning in connection with arrangements for the organization of a branch of the Navy League in this city. Mr. Stiver is a returned solâ€" dier who has attached himself to Naâ€" vy League work. He stated that Capt. Cole will be in Kitchener either Wednesday or Thursday for the purâ€" pose of interesting citizens in the orâ€" ganization of a branch of the Leaâ€" gue. At present Capt. Cole is in Preston where a campaign for the organizaâ€" tion of a Navy League branch is now in progress. On Monday, Capt. Qle and Mr. Stiver were in Galt and "efâ€" fected an organization there. Paris, June 11.â€"The long distance bombardment of Paris was resumed this morning. Two were killed and 9 hurt yesterday. The pins are of a triangle shape, made of solid gold with a green and white facing, on which is inscribed "18 Allan Cup Champions, presented by K. M. A." There was a represen tative attendance of the K.M.A. memâ€" bers as well as few friends. Presiâ€" dent E. C. Kabel presided and referred to his happy associations with the team, and stated that it was an honor to the city to have a team whose reâ€" putation for clean and fast play was worldâ€"wide. Mr. Kabel called upon Mr. Oscar Rumpel to make the preâ€" sentations on behalf of the K. M. A. The officers and players of the Kitâ€" chener Hockey Club werg agreeably honored on Monday evening by the members of the Kitchener Manufacâ€" turers‘ Association at their rooms on Queen street, north. After the team was successful in winning the Allan Cup it was decided by the K. M. A. ALLAN CUP HOLDERS ARE AGAIN HONORED to show their appreciation of the splendid advertising the team gave the city by their clean and sportsmanlike play throughout the season, by preâ€" senting them with suitable gold pins as souvenirs. plate room Total $2,578.47 The ladies of the K.â€"W. Hospital Board wish to thank all donators from the largest to the smallest. The press K. W. Railway, Bridgeport Ry., Galt Preston and Hespeler Ry., and to all tag sellers who so kindly gave their assistance | which â€" was | very much appreciated. The total receipts for Tag Day amâ€" ounted to: Kitchener ........ ...... $1,929.01 Waterias :...:.. ........ 500.00 Eimira ...l.... .G....... 116.36 St. Jacobs ...... ........ 12.30 Breslau ........ ........ 11.50 CORCSLO®O ...... ......s. 9.30 The regular meeting of the K.â€"W. Hospital was held Monday afternoon The president Mrs. J. B. Weaver was in the chair. Minutes were read and approved. Bills amounting to $156.â€" 86 were passed for payment. Mrs. Chisholim is on the buying ccmmittee for the month,. There will be no meeting until _ September. Those present‘ were Mesdames Weaver, Ruâ€" by, Lippert, Dibben, Gabel, Doerring, Holtz, Bricker, and Chishoim. Mrs. T. H. Bowiby donated a hot water plate warmer, furnishings | to. her GERMAN SCHOOLS HEATLESS â€"W. HDSPITAL | aemmas P6n or conguering 116.36 12.30 11.50 9.30 1 Until July .5 the other three clasâ€" :ses continue writing French authors in the morning and Frech composiâ€" tion in the afternoon of Wednesday, i trigonometry in the morning and hisâ€" | tory. in the afternoon of Thursday; German authors in the morning and | German composition in the afterâ€" | noon of Friday. ‘The daily sessiâ€" ; ons are 9â€"11.30 in the morning and 1.30â€"4 in the afternoon. 39 years, died Monday morning after | «k22 z222222222 k i lengthy illness in his eightyâ€"sec | Replics ta 1.D.A. ond year. He was born in Ireland and , _A protest has been made by Rev. came to Canada at the age of nine. He| D. W. Snider of the Lord‘s Day Al lived in Bornholm and also in Oshâ€"|liznce, asainst the issue of a permit awa, where he was married in _ 1863.) by Mayor MacBride, allowin: Sunâ€" He came to Stratford in 1872. Thro@l:lay construction work at the Motor Caughters and three sons . survive,| Trucks plant. at Brantford, where adâ€" with one brother, namely: Mrs. (Dr.)\ | dit‘ons gre being put up for the manuâ€" W. H. Corrigan, Wilkesbarre, Pa.;, focture of shells for the United Statâ€" Mrs. (Dr.) J. J. Corrigan, Hazelton,.|es sovernment. Mayor. MacBride has Pa.; Mrs. (Judgé) J. J. Couglin of replied that he deemed the work of Chatham; T. M. Hagarty of Toronto; | national importance, and could not P C. and J. J. Hagarty of Stratford., refuse permission to anything . so and the brother, C. E. Hagarty, of directly connected with winning the New York. | war as the manufacture of shells. Parcels can thea be sent every three months. through ‘this society. The folâ€" lewing list is â€" permissible: Pipe, +ponge, pencils, tooth powder and toothbrush, cap badge and cap badges, safety razor, boot laces, candy (eight ounces), medal, ribbon, brass polish, mittens (one pair a quarter), muiffler. bi ces and belts (provided they are ma ie of webbing and include no rubâ€" ter or leather), housewife, handkerâ€" chief (one every quarter.) _ comb, bkairbrush, buttons, hob nails, shaving soap (one stock a quarter), health salts, insect powder. The following games: chess, checkers and dominâ€" oes. * Next of kin who are desirous of sending parcels to prisoners of war io Germany must‘ first write to the headquarters of the Red Cross Socâ€" icty, London, England, ‘and . get a coupon (obtainable only in England). Parcels can thea be sent every three months. through ‘this society. The folâ€" lewing list is permissible: Pipe, While Normal entrance cadidates have an allâ€"day art examination â€" on June 28, honor and pass matriculants and those writing on entrance to faâ€" culty‘ take Greek authors in the foreâ€" noon and Greek composition and acâ€" cidence in the afternoon. July 2 all write the whole day on Latin, authâ€" ors in the morning and composition Parcels/for Prisoners. Death of T. Hagarty. Timothy Tagarty of 147 Cobourg street, one of Stratford‘s oldest citiâ€" zens, and a hotelkeeper for nearly June 24 is the first day for pass matriculants and those wishing _ to enter the Normal School. Ancient history is in the morning, while all four classes write on chemistry in the afternoon. On the following day Tuesday; all write on algebra in the forenoon and English composition and rhetoric in the afternoon. Wedâ€" nesday all write in the forencon on physics and history in the afternoon, while Thursday brings geometry for the morning and English literature in the afternoon. in the afternoon. That finishes the Normal entrance _ pupils‘ examinaâ€" tions. . June 20 is the first date for examâ€" inations of pupils in the middle and upper High schools. | On that day candidates for honor or senior matriâ€" culation write on mathematical probâ€" lems and candidates for Faculty of Education on mineralogy. Both clasâ€" ses write on zoology in the morning and botany in the afternoon. The programs for the Midsummer examinations matriculation and | enâ€" trance to faculty examinations in Onâ€" tarie are now in the hands of all responsible for the conduct of these tests. A brief summary here may be useful: . "It is up to the woman of America to stop the Hun invasion. We will have no loafers among men or womâ€" en either. _ While the women of France and "ngland are staggering along under the awful loads imposed by the war, the women of America are loafers, going about in highâ€"heelâ€" ed shoes, wanting to be entertained by the story of the conflict. "If the women of Germany had laid down their arms and ceased doing the work of the men, the war would have been over long sigce." "Three rules govern the German in the retention of the French civil po pulations." the speaker said, "Those retained must be of value for fightâ€" ing, labor, or breeding. Germany knows well how to conquer the woâ€" men she makes captives. She knows that when a French maid has beâ€" comeâ€"a mother, the maternal instinct will assertâ€"itself, and the mother will never leave her child and go back, evâ€" en if the child‘s father is a Hun They know that the girl is their proâ€" perty to do with as they like, ever afterward. MATRICULATION AND FACULTY EXAMINATIONS Speaking of the ~"Esthers â€" of France," Dr. Lovejoy who _ recently returmed from a six months‘ sojourn in the war over zone, declared that 350,000 girls over sixteen, and boys over fourteen, had been detained by the Germans in the captured French Provinces. DR. LOVEJOY SAYS Chicago, June 10.â€"Germany, balkâ€" ed in its effort to conquer the manâ€" hood of France, is attempting to subâ€" jugate the women of the republic through motherhood, while the womâ€" en of the United States, unhseding the call of their French sisters are "loafers, going about in highâ€"heeled shoes, wanting to be entertained by the story of the war," Dr. Esther Lovejoy decared in an address here toâ€"day.. â€" Dr. Lovejoy former Health Comâ€" missioner of Portland, Oregon, was speaking before .the Medical Woâ€" men‘s National Association. France Through National J. A. HALLMAN IS HEAD OF EASTERN Windsor, June 10.â€"The rand Chapâ€" ter of the Order of Eastern Star, which closed its third annual session here toâ€"day, elected as officers: W. (%. M. Mrs. Robins Mains. Toronto: W. P. P., J. A. Halliman, Kitchener; Associate G. M. Mrs. Mary Ralston, Toronto; Associate G. P. S. Worth, Toronto; Grand Secretary, Mrs. Lanâ€" ra Moore, Windsor; Grand Treas. Mrs. Carrie Watson, St. Thomas; Grand Conductress, Mrs. E. Taylor, London, Grand Chaplain, Mrs. G. P. Furness, Toronto; Grand Marshal, Mrs. Bertha Burney, Ottawa; Star Points, Mrs. Linden Toronto: . Mrs. Edwards, Toronto; Mrs. McGill Torâ€" onto; Mrs. Savage, Windsor; Mrs. Diâ€" demus, Niagara Falls; Warder, Mrs. Dowling, London. It was decided to hold next year‘s gathering.at London. â€" Added interest was lent to the oc easion by recognition of the apâ€" proaching marriage of â€" Miss Elma Wagner, one of the officers and a valâ€" ved and esteemed member of the society. She was made the recipient ol many useful gifts. the presentation of which took the form of a miscelâ€" lanecus shower. YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOYED THE PICNIC SUPPER A few hours were afterwards very pleasantly spent in the group games of the two young people‘s clubs, unâ€" der the direction of Major Cunningâ€" ham. ‘ On Monday evening about â€" sixty young people, members of the Methoâ€" dist Epworth League and the C.G.LT. and C.S.E.T. groups enjoyed a picnic supper in the Sunday School room of the Church, it tbeing found inadvisâ€" able to hold the picnic in the park owâ€" ing to the heavy rain of Sunday. ~ war as the manufacture of shells. _ but a report presented recently to the 140) Surprise Soap wrappers were collected during the year. These go toward the support of ‘Travellers‘ Aids in Toronto railway stations and is a splendid work. Oflicers for the year were elected as follows: : Pros. Mrs. C. S. Boehmer. Vice Mrs. J. Kaufman. Rec. Secâ€"â€"Mrs. A. B. Musselman. Assistant Mrs. C. B. Dunke. Cor. See. Mrs. A. Ehy. Treas. Mrs. W. F. Pushelberg. Mrs. Heisey as Rec. Sec. and Miss Bowman as Treasurer, resigned. Vice Presidents for churches: Mrs.. Wagner, Zion. â€" Mis. Weaver, Methodist. Mrs, Breckbill. Presbyterian. Mrs. J. B. Shantz, Bethany Men. Mrs, Yost, Benton St. Baptist. Mrs. K. D. Lang, King St. Baptist. Mrs. Thamer, Alma St., U. B. Miss Snider, Old Mennonite. Miss Weaver, Congregational. The county convention will be held in Waterloo on June 25th. Temperance reading matter is alâ€" ways available in the waiting rooms of theâ€"railway depots. The patriotic department has been very active this year. The Provincial members decided to raise $25,000 for Y.M.C.A. work at the front, so Kitchâ€" ener rallied and has raised over $200 for the work; over $30 of this was raised through the "trinkets" which were colocted in March. Oranges ..... .... . ..... 64 doz. K&gs ;.. ... «.. sues. cou.. 1 dor Visits to private sick 46, visits to in stitutions ‘13, plants 2, jelly 3 glasses, preserved fruit 1 jar, maple syrup 1 jar, custards, grape fruit, coffee cake and clothing to sick or needy ones. « Leaflets are distributed every quatâ€" ter to the Sunday Schools for Temperâ€" ance programmes. ANNUAL MEETING OF KITCHENER W.CI.U. BKANCH Franchise literature is also distriâ€" buted to help the women voters . to vote intelligently. Gen. Botha urged all fit to immediâ€" ately enlist. _ He also dwelt on the succees of the scheme of obtaining recruits by substitutes. ‘The Flower Mission convener â€"re portedâ€" Boquets distributed |........... 362 Text C&FOK ... ... uscclse sisei 2807 Oranges ..... .... . ..... 6% doz. K&gs ;.. ... «.. sues. cou.. 1 dor Visits to private sick 46, visits to in stitutions ‘13, plants 2, jelly 3 glasses, preserved fruit 1 jar, maple syrup "Today ‘the allies ure fighting agâ€" ainst odds," he said "but 1 believe in God and he Bever allows a righteous cause to fail. _ Even if Paris fell we will not cease, because we â€" cannot surrender our faith, our freedom," (Cheers.) . Encouraging Reports Presented ol Work Done Last Year. The annual theeting of the W.C.T.U. was held in the Y.W.C:A. parlors. Re ports were given from all depart ments, uad showed a very successful year. Over $300. was raised by the Unica $201.13 being tor our soldier boys. » Estcourts, Natal, _ South Africa, June 10.â€"In an address here General Botha said that South Africa would be unworthy of its free constitution if it did not recognize the call in beâ€" half of the allied cause. WON‘T CEASE STAR ORDER Through neutral representatives an agreement was reached between Gerâ€" many and the Entente Allies providâ€" ing that prisoners of war should not be employed behind the lines in France and Belgium, on either side, at closer proximity to the firing lines than 30 kilometres (approximately lgi miles). ‘This agreement is closely ohâ€" served behind the Allied front, despite hypocritical German statements to the contrary, but with characteristic seorn for "scraps of paner" thomand,s\m;)f British prisoners slave under condiâ€" tions revolting to the imagination unâ€" der the fire of British and French machine guns, and artillery, light and heavy. EVC REDOITRTOCTUIMY® 1 Worst of all. however, is the lot of |2"4 those illâ€"fed, illâ€"treated, vilely housed tres and altogether persecuted, Btitisa pri-f ther soners of war in occupied territory in jr“s' France and Belgium, who are made iror‘n to toil in areas swept by the fire of !" / their own artillery, until weak and fron emaciated to such a degree that the * whip _ of _ the captorâ€"taskmaster nol""b longer avails and the unfortunate men | cold are considered fit candidates for inâ€"| D‘@" ternment ‘in the regular German pri-I‘fmz son camps. Here. at any rate, it . is , J°"C possible to get enough water m[was wash in, a roof over one‘s head amd | WA beyond the shelling range of one‘s W®" own guns. s star The Imperial German Government knows this and coolly and persistently liea about it. That the cruelty is measured and deliberate will not come as a shock to the mind of an enlightened world, | Enemy ‘Reports Capture of Three Villages and a Footâ€" hold in the Village of Marqueglise, Representing an Extreme Advance of About Six Miles. AT NO POINT IS\ALLIED LINE PIERCED "Biscuits for us toâ€"morrow, mate. There goes our bread ration for the next few days." In strong contradistinction to this humane treatment of enemy prisonâ€" ers meeted out by the British Army Officials is that received by the unâ€" fortunate Imperial, Canadian orAusâ€" tralian who falls into the dragnet of the Germ@n army. Anyone who has seen the Latches| of Germ2n prisoners that stream down behind the British tines following an | Allied offensive of major importancel knows thag the outstanding expresâ€"] gion on the faces of the captured Bosâ€" ches is one of relief. _ The â€"average German soldier knows that he is little to fear from his captors in ?he way of treatment and that the rations ahead of him are very likely to be ; decidedly superior to those he has receivedâ€"from his own army commis-l sariat . *~ There is a deep conviction in the heart of every British Tommy that the Hun prisoner is even better fed than he is and it is almost the invariable rule, as a party of captured Germans trudge past, to hear some tired and warâ€"worn Tommy growl: Ottawa, _ June 10.â€" The _ world . Parliz knows that there is no magnanimity jstill f in the makeâ€"up of the German for his ; perfid enemy,: however heroic or helplcss.l, The This has been shown time and again | piling in the reports, both official and otherâ€"{ after wise, which have been made public ofhamy the brutality practiced on his prisonâ€" « pjp ers of war, especially those of British }is no: origin. man â€" Aerial operations on a large scale also are in progress and fights in the air are of 49w seenrrenpe Near Bussiares, northwest of Chaâ€" teau Thierry ,the â€" Americans _ and French again have delivered strong attacks against the Germans and takâ€" en miore ground. They also captured a number of prisoners and 30 machine guns. On the remainder of the front ir France and Belgium the operations have been of a minor nature, although south of the Somme the British, near Bousencourt, have carried out an opâ€" eration which straightened _ out _ a The French still are exacting a terâ€" rible toll in lives from the Germans as they deliver their attacks in waves and are giving ground only when forceâ€" ed to do so under superiority of numâ€" bers. Nowhere has the enemy been able to plerce the front, which has Leen bent back in perfect order whenâ€" ever the necessity arose. Most Furious of War. The battle is gescribes by corresâ€" pondents us one of the most furious that has been fought since the war beâ€" gan, with the enemy unusually reckâ€" less in wasting life to gain his objecâ€" tives. The latest official communication from the German war office says adâ€" ditional ground has been gained . by the Germans _ southwest of Noyon against newly brought up French diviâ€" sivns and that the Germans have takâ€" en about 8,000 prisoners and some guns. rasty salient that sagged in their line. Germans in British Camps Have the Same Treatment as Men in the Fighting Ranks, and Their Lot is a Happy One Compared With British in Germany. London, June 10.â€"The Germans in the center of their new attack on the {ront between Mont Didier and Noyâ€" on have gained some _ additional ground against the French, but on both the right and left wings they are being held. !n violent successive attacks toâ€"day they captured the villages of Mery, Eelloy and St. Maur, and also pressâ€" e~ forward and gained a footing in the Vilage of Marqueglise, the last uamed place representing the deep est point of penetration since the ofâ€" fepsive beganâ€"between five and six wlies. HOW GERMANY TREATS BRITISH _ PRISONERS OF WAR 1N CAMPS t e en o se e ne ue n ere esn ttye Zand were literally nearly dead with illâ€" treatment and starvation. _ Oneâ€" of j them could bardly walk, and was + Parliament of Great Britain contains {still further damning proof of German i perfidy and brutality. |._ The committee charged with comâ€" . biling the masy of evidence before 1t, :afler detailing cases of incurable bruâ€" $nd T 1 February out all day in the wet and cold; ho qvercoat, and at night â€" no blanket, in a shelter where the clothes froze stiff on him; no change of unâ€" derclothing in three months; and he was one mass of verfnin, no chance of washing. ‘The bodies of all of them were covered with sores. ‘Beaten and starved,‘ one of them said. ‘Soner than go through it again 1‘d just nut my head under the first railâ€" way.‘" "In September, 1917, 75 N. C. O.‘s, who had been behind the lines, were brought into our camp. _ They were in a bad physic#1 condition, famished beyond words. They had been workâ€" ed to the bone, and were in a filthy condition. _ They made . our camp lousy. _ The camp doctor said they were the worst cases he ha@ seen and said they could stay in bed for a week. _ They were so famished that two died of eating the food we gave them. ‘"They had been working on the Hindenbursg Line, and the railway Cambrai to Lille, and repairing it under fire. _ They said they were on very small rations and compelled to work. f Here is rnother tribute to German Kultur given by an inmate of a camp in Germany: just a skeloton. _ He had gone down from 13 stonc to less than 8 stone in 3 months. I fetched him back fromâ€" the line, and it almost made me ery. All that awful January and , Large quantities of explosives have : been dropped on enemy positions by | Italian airmen and a number of enâ€" iemy air craft have been shot down. | © Fury Unabated. | Londog, June 10.â€"*Throughout the | night anyd morning the battle raged | along the new front of attack with un jabated fury," says the ‘:‘" corresâ€" pondent at . French adquarters, |hhonw dispatch was filed at 2 o‘clock ‘in the afternoon. "On the wings the |exemy was still held on practically | the same line, in spite of his persisâ€" | tent and reckless attempts to advance. _ How cireumspect the Imperial Gerâ€" man Government is of its solemn pledges not to employ prisoners â€" in the danger zone may be gathered from the report of a major in the first Anzac Corps: "Three men -esraped from â€" behind the German lines to us the other day. They hnd_ been prisoners 3 months, tality makes these observations: "The Hague Convention of 1907 is now a far off thing. But the Gerâ€" man Government was & party to it, and some of its provisions may be useâ€" fully recalled. Prisoners of war, go says the annex to that Convention, must be bumanely, treated; all their personal belongings, except â€" arms, horses, rnd military papers, remain their property; the State may employ the labor of prisoners ‘of war, other than officers, according to their rank and capacity, but the work shall not be excessive and shall have no conâ€" nectfon with the operations of the war. _ The Government into whose hands prisoners of war have fallen is charged with their maintenance. _ In default of special agreement between the belligerents, prisoners of war shall bo treated as regards rations, â€" quarâ€" ters, and clothing, on the same footâ€" ing as the troops of the Government which captured them." "Further loss of ground _ need not disccurage us. The enemy, instead, of sweeping on. victoriously, as in the first days of the Aisne battle, is adâ€" vancing painfully yard by yard, payâ€" ing the full price for every step. His main effort for the moment is towards the Oise, with the object of turnng the salient we hold in his line, with its apex at Pont1‘Eveque, on the Oise, which comprises Carlepont and Oursâ€" campe forest, in an angle in the bend 8Y "The enemy has from 18 to 20 diviâ€" sions in his attacking lizne. Behind this line his reserves are ready to reâ€" place shattered divisions. We must reckon on a prolonged and deapqrata struggle and may have to meet the shocks of Von Hindenburg‘s disposâ€" able reserves before the enemy breaks cff. i "On the extreme left the Village of Courcelles changed hands six times. On the extreme right Plemont, alâ€" though almost in the first line, was still holding out, the little French garrison having beaten off a wave of German infantry. Mont Renaud is still ours. "In the cenier oi the battlefield, by pouring in fresh battalions, the enâ€" emy succeeded in pushing deep into our line and are pressing southward between Cuviily and Thiescourt. The fighting was of the boldest character, bandâ€"toâ€"hand fighting over every vilâ€" lage, hamlet and farm. The effemy‘s losses are extraordinarily heavy, there kaving been this time no surprises in the attack. ©" the river." Bloody Fighting. FORCES H 0) U M