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BISHOP RETURIUS iKICilC ON THE i " Tffna- i iini i iir itMilii r w ivvv -ivwrtiiVTirtpiQ ibi DQicniu pftnnpq cm lADfio 11 'MIL,- -iklhM RUSSIA: JIRE N OW j g PBIS0N CHIPS SUCH LABOR jgs. f GER11P g$&3& EKTB1EI BAB 1? Found The Captured Allies Were In Cheerful Spirits at All Times. BOXES FROM HOME , WERE NECESSARY. Could NotLive But For That, He Declares Tells of His Inspec tion. London, Dec. 30 Dr. Herbert Bury, Bishop of.JSTorth and Central Europe, has just returned from the German prison camps at Runleben ancLBlaek enberghe. where he made an extend ed examination of the conditions there with the -permission of the Ger man authorities. , Fnlike Dr. Scarlett Synges attd Miss Hoohouse, his inspection was made with the cognizance -of the British Foreign Office. He said: 'The food at Runleben is now? per fect, because it is our own. The men could not live there, in fact, without the parcels from home. The morning before 1 came away 80,000 parcels of food and other things arrived for the men, and on the previous day there, were 56,000 parcels. "The soldiers are able, , through their sense of dicipllne, to keep up their spirits to some extent, but the civilians on both sides find it hard to endure a restraint which they feel they have not deserved. "What struck me particularly at Ruhleben, where I shared the prison ers' life exactly ate .their Jfood,. ex cept that served at midday,- and was received by them in their horseboxes and forts, or whatever accommodation thev might be in was the cheerful. spirit of the men in adversity. They made me feel proud to be an English man. 'Their chief anxiety seemed: to be that they are unable to convince their friends at home that there has been a change in their condition, and that with the parcels from home their lifej is now more tolerable. Their desire to relieve the minds of their friends was most touching. "They are still terribly , overcrowd ed but they have become accustomed to the environment and- their fellow ship life there, and themselves peti tioned that it should not be broken up when recently it was proposed to send 700 of them to another camp. "They have their recreations, and in fact, a footblal match, in which Steve Bloomer, the famous Derby County player, jgas'-in one of the teams, was arranged as a special wel come to men. I was asked to 'kick off. - "They have converted a bare loft into a theatre and lecture hall. There they are filling up their time by seri ous studies. I found them busy at engineering, languages and commer cial science. I might almost speak of the "University of Ruhleben," so di verse are the subjects which the men are taking up. These activities are the outcome-of their own exertions and their determination to overcome all the circumstances of their lot. "One of the greate recollections of my visit is that of hearing the men, sing the National Anthem: I ob tained permission for them, and they just let themselves go with fulthroated enthusiasm and a great waving of As One Result pf jhe Con quest of Rumania, Says One Air Expert. Berlin, Dec. 30. An aviation ex Pert predicts that the first result of the conquest of Rumania will be an enormous increase of the German and Austro-Hungarian air forces. "We can build thousands of . aero Planes within two or three months PREDICTS PLENTY and have the crews to man them," the j effect that some time ago it was said expert says, "Only our lack of fuel pre-!he was a high diplomat in disguise, vented us so far from organizing, an 1 ; The sage, whose name is Nakamura, aii- fleet numerically superior to ttiej was recently, introduced to President combined air forces of our enemies.' Li by an influential Japanese resi During the last year we built a very 'dent. As the result of the interview large number of Fokker and other', Mr. ..Nakamura is informing, bis coun- machmes which are ready for use. but were kept in reserve, because we bad; to husband our limited . sunnlies- of , Petroleum and gasoline. With the oil fields of Rumania in our possession we will have unlimited fuel and will ; ue able to esablish our supremacy in i me air permanently Thousands Are I ritaratd. Berne, Dec. 30. M. Huffman, Chief or the Political Department, in-a Port on neutrality made to the Na tional Council, states that at the pres- nt time there are 30,000 persons In terned in Switzerland. - , Englishmen Not Taking The Proposed. Plan For Negro- Toilers. LABOR SHORTAGE , -IS THE CAUSE. Talk of Utilizing The War Prisoners For The Work Badly Needed,. i London, Dec. 30 The proposed plan to import negro. laor to Egg- land as. a means of covering the pre sent serious shortage of - labor is meeting w.ith ccmsidetrable opposi tion. It is not improbable that pris oners of war will be utilized instead, as it is pointed out by those who favor the latter, plan that it would, be a humane as well as a saving meas ure." . . .'. ; At the present time there are in England some 25,000 naval and mili tary prisoners and 31,000 interned I civilians. . The leatter class is com posed of Hungarians, CzehSi . Poles, Germans, Croats, Armansi Bul garians and Turks. ! Among these, are many men who ate; familiar: with ag ricultural work, and it is thought that it . would not qnjy yrelieveeiminds. but keep them in Setter physical con dition if they were employed. . . The practical value of employing themt would be evident. The serious food shortage which- is daily becom ing more of a problem would be help-j ed and the production of the country cojuld be greatly increased. i . Lord Newton early last Summer j made it possible by. a Home Office ruling, to empj waj prisoners on the j 1U.UU. ii a v eil , ur Lumiary prjgoners must be sent out in groups of not less than a hjmdrjedriiej&litary guard.. There have been numerous cases, liowever, where the military ruling has been abolished and small parties Of prisoners have bean, employed un der the watchful eye. of the farmer for whom they work. There is? of course, a certain risk of escape, but the prisoners are kindlv treated and most of them are of the opinion that it is better to. be a live captive than a dead hero, hence a cer- tain, sense of contentment. Other countries -have made use of military prisoners for a like purpose but here the deep-rooted anti-alien feeling has been, responsible for a suspicious attitude on the part of the farmers, which has seriously handi capped their production. In France , thje employment of mili tary prisoners fs largely responsible for that country being well supplied with food, while the two milion or more captivates . in Germany haye been utilized in numerous ways. Sir. Henry Johnson is in favor of the importation of the negro labdrers from the British possessions in Africa. There are some 343,000 negroes who would be available, but Comman der Wedgwood in an article in the Daily Chronicle wrathfully declares that these . men should be trained as soldiers. He estimates that in addi tion, to the African British negroes there are 23,000,000 more in the Bel gian and Portuguese African territor ies, who could be welded into a formi dable army. . In France Cape negrpes are . already at work building military roa,ds, and some , of them have even enlisted of their own volition. These men make splendid soldiers. - "The black man is far too valuable a military asset to waste on the land." seems to be the general opinion here. Queer Stories Afloat About a Japanese in The Flowery Kingdom. Peking, Dec J 30. Queer- stories are going about, this ancient capital con cerning a Japanese fortune , teller who hands out political advice with such tflRTIIWF TFllTR 58 I U II; I Mill- I L.L.L.I.II fSFY IN DISGUISE trymen that the new i President is ac.rable interview with the late Presi most ..patridtic Chinese . statesman, j whose one object in lite is the recon-j stnictlon of China through friendship w'th Japan, the iatter, being the only way to. weath and pro.1-. t republic. The, last piece of public advice cred ited to Soothsayer Nakamura was Riven; to Tariff Snao-yi at the time ( when that sifcatesman reached Tientsin re-'on his; way;;to the capital to accept the : premiership, but these . got . a diplomatic illness, which prevented his challenging General Tuan for the permiership. : to iii ' cvs - f w m if i VsK 11 f I . , , , m II - : ' - : - -' a fa J -r ws - n o i - - - - 'r lis -n..i,i; TXrr. n Tt io iiriflflrotnnd determined effort being made to Mvummou "v v nrison. She was sentenced to- practically a uie term ior ner pan m we 'ouu' " . ....... . . rebellion here last year. She was one of the chief lieutenants or sir " L uaAa a fHm, . attack on the consta- rwgm . (jdacLucui auu pci ouuouj uv,clvvi - - , bulary, . ' . ' J : I Wife of King's Private Secre tary Makes a Hot Reply. London, Dec. 30. Mme. Carton de Wiart, wife of the private secretary to the King of the Belgians, has writ- IHTl LMH. IllltllW lilt: LU LiUllM llv Kf i house, who recently endeavored to exercise and minimize the alleged German atrocities in Belgium: "Mademoiselle 1 have just read lflftn. ahnnt T.mivair. and T f fifil' that I must tell you, with the free dom of one woman speaking to an other, what my woman compatriots think about it. We have never asked for pity for our unfortunate country, but we do demand justice. The hor rors which the Germans have perpe trated there are so great that we can afford to dispense with any exagera tion in the description of their crimes But we are unable, without an indig nant protest, to permit anybody, un der a hyphocritical form which ren ders this attitude still more odious, to exonerate the Germans from crimes the disgrace of which is established by unimpeachable witnesses. "It is 'out of consideration for the feeling of your Belgian friends, as you say, that you have stated that Louvain has suffered very little; that the library was destroyed 'in spite of great efforts (on whose part?) and that you perfidiously insinuate that 'Belgians and Germans fraternize in the restored churches,' as if it were ; possible for the Belgians to prevent the enemy from entering their term pies otherwise tahn by their glances of contempt.' "We should be happy to lear that the devastation in our country has been less than we have believed hitherto. But you will not be sur prised if we do riot hesitate for a moment between the testimony, on the one hand, of our own eyes and of persons whom we greatly respect, and the testimony, on the other hand, of a person who, although of English nationality, was not ashamed to allow herself to be conducted across a por tion of Belgium by German agents. "What a spectacle for our friends and compatriots there who for two years have been resisting all the pres sure of the enemy! One English wom an such as you Will not be able thank God, to diminish our grateful affec tion for noble England. "Accept, mademoiselle, my greet ings. (Signed) "LOUISE CARTON DE WIART." Nakamura then advised Tang Shao yi to return to the safety of tho in ternational settlement of Shaugkai to "rest and sleep" and wait for future opportunities to fetch the. premier ship from Tuan. The same fortune teller had a mem- dent Yuan just before he launched his fatal monarchy campaign. He eulo gized Yuan as the second great hero of the Yellow Race . (the . late Emperor of Japan being First Hero), and : gave him, all sorts of assurances that his monarchical movement would receive the blessing of Heaven and incidentally Japan. These . prophecies - were exactly in line with the buncombe uttered by a Chinese fortune - teller, and between theiri the pair were largely respon sible rf or launching the ill fated agi tation to make lYuan an Emperor. on p-nnri nuthnritv that there is release the Countess Markievics fromrx es 'During the last two weeks .... A i i. i ii. I at least, ten newsDaDers which for- TAKES UP STYLES IN WOMAN'S SHOES. The House of London. Dec. 30. Commons has taken up the matter of j Dutch traders and bankers are in styles in women's shoes. Not that 'mortal fear of England. They be the 'lawmakers were particularly in-lieve that Holland will share the fate terested in the footwear worn by' or ureece, ana mat uutcn snipping British women,; but because, of thend commerce can only be savedfrom shortaee oL leather. Londou. women, especially those en- gaged in taking the place of the men at the front; are' for the most - part (wearing high shoes that reach almost to the knee, and this fact, has ap parently created .unrest ' among the members of the lower house.. Mr. Wiles, Liberal member, asked whether the attention ;of the Presi- 'dent of the Board of Trade had been called to the prevalent fashion for the ladies to wear -high-legged bootsv the demand for whicSancreases theprice I 01 SllOeS. II SO, WUttb . ttCUUU Il pi U- poses to take having regard for the reported scarcity of leather." Cannot Export Tobacco. Rome, Dec. 30. It is now .prohibit ed to export tobacco leaf and bottles, according to an order just Issued by the ; government, il fe il j i ' . , .. . . . ,. r I . . ' ' " -a of Our Wholesale Department is already receiving large daily have therefore decided that our retail stock ft . . . . , ' ,. - ' . . '' Fall Coats, Df ess It is needless to, quote prices w That Country's Attitude Caus- ing Considerable Anxiety in The Fatherland. MANY NEWSPAPERS ARE PRO-BRITISH. Change Has Caused Worri-1 ment in Berlin English Propaganda Bears Fruit. Berlin. Dec. 30 The attitude of Holland is .again causing consider-j able anxiety to Germany. 'Although) the government in The Hague still : maintains correct neutrality, many of the Dutch newspapers which former-J ly were friendly to Germany have al- j must over uigiii utscuiue yiu-rriuisu and influential bankers and merch ants openly advocate an alliance with i England and France. "The English propaganda in Hol land i bearing fruit," the Amsterdam correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt - - ... Ittiot1-i7 moro neutral with nrnJiormar merly were neutral, with pro-German , r 7 " learnings, haye faced straight about and now advocate the cause of Eng- land and her allies with all the zeal of new converts. "One does not have to go very far to find the reasons for the change , manifesting itself especially in the I commercial and banking circles. The cnmniete destruction dv- tne uovern- ment, and the people throwing them- selves into tnearms oi jngiana. "The Amsterdam Telegraaf, which has been pro-British since the be ginning of the war, demands the clos ing of the Dutch frontiers against Germany, the expulsion of all German residents and the leasing of the en- tire merchant fleet of Holland to Eng land. The paper day after day pub lishes dispatches from J London pre dicting that, the. United States . will enter thewar on the side of the En tente before Spring. This assertion is also spread by other newspapers and the growing army of British agents which has V been active throughout Holland since the early days o fthe war. "The majority bfthe Dutch people believe that there is some kind of a secret . understanding between the . ..:::-'- . 11 20 MARKET STREET The First Week of the New Year We expect to Make Memorable by a practically our entire remaining stock Winter Garments must be sacrificed regardless of its initial as you know from experience Tl JnioJiesaJie 117 AW Rome, Dec. 30. The Queen of Italy has been visiting the field hospitals & T I of the Italian army. During the past extensixe etudy year she has made an 0f the medical faculties extended to ,the wounded and has often taken un due risks to visit the advanced post dressing stations just back of the i nrt trenens. In many intances sne nas oravea death to see tor nerseu mat er m- diers were receiving the proper m?di cal attention. f , Named Royal Commissioner. rans, ieu. ov. xjVi6i ernment has announced the appoint ment of Colonel Malfeyt as Royal Commissioner for the- conquered terri tories in the Belgian Congo. United States and England, vacause the British agents and the pro-Eng lish papers continually point to the j aggressive attitude of the Govern-! ment in Washington against Germany and make much use of the recent protest notes and inquiries sent to Berlin by the .American State ' De partment. "The fate of. --.-Rumania- has- im pressed the Dutch, but little, .because they are told the' tirumph of t,he Teu tonic allies in -l tie East does not change the general war situation arid will be more thari counter balanced by the confidently , expected entrance of i the .United States into the I warJ' ' " I r : ', I eimfeaMirini ::: - - . shipments of advance stales of Spring Goods. We , . k.;-. . . ; ' ; Blouses Etc. Cost to make room for our new the wonderful Bargains we offer at these final, sales. am .... m; Swedish Physician Tells of ,What,He Saw On a Visit to Russia. INDUSTRIES ARE ALL CRIPPLED. This Caused By So Many Men " Being Sent to Front Harvest Below The . Average. , Berlin, Dec. 30 Dr. Sigurd Seven son, a Swedish physician who was permitted to visit the prison camps ... in eastern. Russia and, Siberia a ,'a.: representative of the Swedish. Red : Cross Society and returned recently,; has arrived here to make a report to the German authorities. In an interview, he said: "Con-' ditions throughout Russia are! ex tremely bad. So many men have been sent to the front that all !n- dustries, even the railroads, are crippled. . Although there is an enornious surplus of foodstuffs in cer tain sections of the vast empire, the , population of the large centres is 0 ZM 1. starving Great quantities of wheat j are roiling in me grain eievaiurs pi Odessa and in other, ports on' the Black Sea, while in Kishlneff, Kteff ; and Charkow, only a few hundreds miles away, the people can get no flour and bread. The transportation service is demoralized. This year's Russian harvest was far below the average, but the gran- , aries are still filled with the sur- ' I plus from former years. There would be no suffering if the government were not thoroughly incapable. Much of . . the misery Is caused . by the fact that ' certain dishonest high officials are silent partners of the food specuia-"- tors and prevent reforms from sheer . avarice. "The Russian people are sick and tired of the war. This Impression 1 gained everywhere in my travels. 1 In many places I found much unrest and ' ; I know of at least two cases of scri- . ous riots. , Melbourne; Aus., Dec. 3V. The. Aus tralian Wheat Board has decided to advance the farmers sixty cents a bushel on the new wheat crop which is to be pooled. in the .same .manner as last year. . . The Commonwealth Bank is to finance the movement. The harvest ing of the crop ist now- under way. ;. 0 of Merchandise. 2 v; t i . f - 1 . v v. ' ' i i J V I. mm
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