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WAR NEWS.
MILK SOLD AT 2.0, A POUND,
Owing to the scarcity of fresh milk in Germany it is now being sold, chiefly in condensed form, at 2 marks 55 pfennigs. (.3d.) per pound,
HUNGARY'S BREAD TICKETS. On February 10 broad tickets will be introduced throughout Hungary iving the right to 240 grammos (about half o pound) daily for each person,
NEW FOOD FOR GERMANS. According to reports from Berlin, over 100,000 reindeer will he slaughtered forex port in Scandinavia this month. Several trainloads have already been sent to Gor
many,
-NEW- BOOKS, IN SEARCH OF A LOST FAITH
AUSTRALIANS LOOK AHEAD, TO BE PREPARED FOR ANOTHER WAR.
PIERRE LOTI IN JERUSALEM Jerusalem-By PIERBE LOTI. Translated
**FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC. from the French by W. P. Baines. Seven Coloured Illustrations, Lon-
Particulars aro how to hand pos don: T. Werner Lauris, Ltd.
cerning the launching in the middle of "There is nothing in the world which November of the Australian cruisen can fill the place of Christ when once we Brisbane, the first cruiser to be built prao- have lived by Him," This is the conalitically entirely by any of the Overse sion arrived at by Pierre Loti after a vain Dominions and the largest ship of any typo quest in Jerusalem for the faith that was yet set afloat under the British Bag in the
Southern Hemisphere.
once his
"The
air. The simple pressure of ply of throughout the whole Empire is suggested.ings and doubtful relies by the various bo the last, and, if we know anything of
GERMAN REVOLUTIONARIES.
modestly termed a machine ship. It
BUTTER REGULATIONS FAIL was really a submarine, and decidedly in- genious at that. It hold only one man and pletely failed in Berlin. A uniform ar- The now butter ragulations have com he would stay under water for thirty minutes while by just touching the rangement for the distribution of butter surface he obtained a fresh
a foot ad. Potato tickets have been introduced in mitted a sufficicnoy of ses, water to sinkTriesto. the boat and a few pulls at a brass force pun ejected the water, whereupon she rose. This wonder ship was fitted with a gauge for showing water pressure, a phosphorus lamp, a rudder, and a screw-Fagracht publishes a long communication The Swiss Socialist newspaper Herner shaped our for propelling. One man at from Berlin to the effect that working tended to all these departments and, in classes throughout Germany are deserting addition, he had to unship the clockwork the official party for a revolutionary topeds when the right time came; in other Socialist movement.. words, when the submarine was under the keel of her victim, The right time appears to have come but seldom, and fortunately, too, a few warships can continue sea- worthy after a 150-ih, cannister of E-cigarettes, a newspaper and some clothing, For giving an English prisoner of war powder has been exploded under then.
German woman near Frankfort was sen tenced to a month's imprisonment. The prosecuting lawyer asked for a light penul. Wys" as the woman acted from no dishonest
REWARD OF CURIOSITY.
A century later, when Britain was at war with America, an American intentar brought out an improved submarine, with
The great French stylist is woll fitted
Some notable speeches were delivered on by temperament to paint an impressionis. the occasion of the launch. The Brisbane tro picture of Jerusalem. He went there was named by Mrs. Andrew Fisher, who as a frank unbeliever, after having visited is a Queensland woman other countries and lived amongst Oriental Mr. Hughes the Federal Attorney races, confessedly-unless he is acauming General (now Premier), in the course of a pose, as so many impresionists diro fond some striking remarks, said: of doing to revive his lost faith in the blindest of men must see that it is in the Catholic religion, Cook's touriste and Pacific that the great problems of the vulgar Gormans jar upon his sensitive future will have to be faced. There has. nature, especially at times when the sight already, one might say, been a knocking. of sacred places touches him most. But at the door, and none but the incurably what confirms him most of all in his ua. and hopelessly blind can surely fail to belief is the warring sectaries assembled in see, though dimly, the problems that Le the Holy City and the ritualism and ahead. We all hope that this present. ostentatious display of rich votive offer great war will be the last, but it may not representative Christian Churches. human nature, it will not be the tast
In what a strange fashion have
The thing to do is to be prepared. the Catholics and members of the Orthodox That is the only sabeguard. religion interpreted the lesson of simpli- shall live to see patrolling the Pacifio. i hope we city that Jesus came to give the world! squadrons made up of Canadian, Austra To be sure, they are interesting, theselian, and New Zealand ships. The lesson. and treasures make live again the days of prelates; their ceremonies, their ornaments for us is this— blind and all-compelling faith. But then tion except by preparation and readiness. There can be no salvation for civilisa- we all know, that this past of pompous Wo canant de better than to take the religion existed, and as a matter of fact advice of Cromwell to heart. Let us put it proves nothing; ita reconstitution"
can our trust in God, but keep our powder only serve as a vain exorcise of the ima- dry."- gination, Behind this Conventional Mr. Jensen, the Naval Minister, ropiy- Christ, who is shown here to everybodying to the toast of the Australian Navy, precious stones and strangely belittled by several Australian marine engineers to behial this Christ aureoled with gold and said he was about to take steps to send. having passed during the centuries England to study the construction of sub-. through so many human brains, the true marines, with a view to the ultimate con- figure of Christ is now more hidden from struction of craft of that type in the Com- my eyes than ever," he exclaims. Ia themonwealth. Brst impressive hours of our arrival at Bethlehem and at the Holy Sepulchre under the mere influence of their magic names there came to pass in mo, almost reawakening of the faith of our ances tors. Afterwards, in the inolancholy county replied: tryside, and in the exhumed ruins of the Herodian roads, a reflection of Him again appeared to me, but tinged with something already more terrestrial, scarcely divino and scarcely comforting And how it is all over. To-day, returning to Jorusalem after these three days of absence, I saw GERMAN DESERTERS ESCAPE IN again coldly the place of the Great Re membrance and my visit to the Treasury of the Franciscana, I am not able to ex- plain why, has completed the freezing of my heart,"
IMPRISONED FOR A KINDNESS.
motives."
AUSTRIAN HUMOUR.
A message from Zurich to the Secolo states that the Reichspost publishes a Note of an exceptionally humorous character. The Note in question is to the effect that owing to the high price of paper they will discontinue the publication of the liste of Austrian casualties.
which he modestly offered to clear home waters of all British warships. But when it came to the crucial moment he passed the job on to an American sergeant Tamed Lee, who was eager to blow up a few ships for the pure love of the thing. He tried his 'prentice hand on H.M.S. Eagle but owing to the strong tide, failed to get near her. On a second try the clockwork torpedo went off too soon, and gave the British sailors the surprise of their lives, for why a huge column of water shouldIGNA suddenly tower nity feet above their ship's stern they hadn't the remotest idea. Not to be foiled, the indomitablo serjeant. made a torpedo, which had declined to go off, was picked up by a boatload of Jack Tars, who were busy investigating their curious find when it blew chen and bout to
smithereens.
The most promising submarine," of former days appear to be those which tever got beyond the designing stage. Thus the Marquis of Worcester in 1655 planted a submarine boat and torpedo of such mar ing powers (on paper) that he repilved not to proceed further with them. | An- other inventor long afterwards took jut a patent for a submaring for which he
claimed breathinka
-
pation but to this day nothing furthey has
heon heard of the vessa!.
OVERWEENING RACE PRIDE OF THE GERMAN.
AN AEROPLANE.
"According to the Echo Bedge, two Ger- man deserters arrived at Aardenburg in an aeroplane. They were a lieutenant and a private.
The aeroplane passed over the frontier at a height of ten metres, Both men were sent to Flushing later to be interned,
ANZAC
́SUGGESTED NAME FOR AUSTRALIA'S NEW CAPITAL
Bir H. L. Galway, the Governor, said that Anzac would probably be the greatest name in Australian history, and he thought the suggestion that the name of the Federal capita should be altered to Anzac was a great idea.
PRESS ROLL OF HONOUR.
Lot for the study of religion Though But, after all, one does not go to Pierro we have quoted his views, it must not be supposed that his Jerusalem a thosis on Christianity. It is an impression, in his own inimitable style, of a country and a city that will always have a more or less sacred interest to the human race, Never have we visualized so vividly the Palestino of the present day, from Gaza to the banks of the Jordan and the shore of the Dead Sea With deft touches ho brings before
Wh countryside, with that wealth of He makes us thrill with the glimpses he gives of places hallowed by the most sacred Russian peasants, we see the flocks of of memories. We see the processions of sheep and herds of goats on the mountain. aide, we listen to the galloping Arabs and Bedouine whom he meets in his pilgrimage, we smell the incense on the altars and sense the atmosphere of the churches and synagogues and mosques brought together in such strange juxtaposition. Here, we Journalists publishes a roll of honour show-lem of the day before yesterday; and it The official organ of the Institute of have brought to our mind's eye the Jer use
at some of the extravagances that have arises round the name of the Founder of Christianity.
55 JOURNALISTS KILLED IN THE WAR.
There was laughter, and also some ap- planse, when the Hon. Mr. Joseph Cook, in the course of a speech, jocularly invited Mr. Fisher to say where the Australian Navy at present was. Mr. Fisher prompt Where it ought to be!" ~
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Poland With Maps.
By W. ALSUN. Political Thought in England:
PHILLIPS MA
The Utilitarians from Bentham to J..... Mill. By WILLIAN L. DAVISON, MA, ID, London: Williams & Norgate,
T, F. CLAXTON, Drusion, when she believed that a swift victry wasing thing 1,468 journalists are on active aer-Fis not Loti's fault if he makes us marvel to bo topical, Poland lias always had a
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IT MUST BE BOVRIL
BRITISH TO THE BACKBONE
At the last of the series of medings of the Fight for Right Sociey, Sir Francis Younghusband presiding Mr. John Buchan said the purpose of Grmany was clear. In the first month of te war, certain she made no secret of am bitions; after the battle of the Mine she changed her tune, and became the griev ed nation. The ruling classes ha pre pared the war as one of conquest They stood for something mort, and evenvore, than militarism. They had coinced themselves that there were no deges in civilisation, and that theirs was only true brand. So they set out, not ly to conquer, but to obliterate all otheidels rmed:
and impoas their own or The.
We
the
vice, including sixty-ave from Overseas.
Fifty-five have been killed, seventy-one wounded, and cleven reported missing. Ten have been decorated for gallantry.
Many women journalists are serving with the Red Cross. It is hoped to publish a complete roll of journalists with the Colours at the end of the war.
RUSSIA'S NEW SEA ROUTE.
TRAFFIC WITH ENGLAND ALL THE YEAR ROUND.
A new route for steamers has been es tablished between Tromsoe to the north of Norvege, and Alexandrowsk, in Russia. The Norwegian steamer Rong Helge has
His book on Jerusalem is someching more than a more book of travel, but its chief charm lies in the very things that have stablished Pierre Loti as one of the best of living writers,
land.
Knowledge, the first may almost be said the Home University Library of Modern Of these two small volumice, belonging to
deep interest for the British people, and, as Mr. Phillips says, recent events have deepened the sympathy that is felt for tho unhappy Polish people. the tide of war, terrible in its devastation
Three times. beyond all human experience, De station backwards and forwards over that devoted Onco more it must roturn, if the stricken country is at last to find peace and a reasonable measure of contentment.” Mr. Phillips take as out of the map of Europe as seen to-day, and slows the vast extent of territory once covered by Poland. He traces the origins of the Polish people, enlightens us as to the divergent forces that led to their disruption, and informs of the supernatural are always ready to us of the events that brought about tho scoff at tales of ghosts. But after reading partition of their territories by Russia, and Austria The last chapter ing collections of psychic phenomena deals
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?" The
Grey Ghost Book. By JESSIE ADELAIDE MIDDLETON Another Grey Ghost Bank By JESSIE ADELAIDE MIDDLETON. London: Eveleigh Nash
Those of us who have had no experience
to England, Mr. Buchisaid made the voyage under very favourable Miss (or Mrs.) Middleton's two Eascinat Prussia the Poles and the present, war,
dogma on the rest of besetting sin of the modern Germ was overweening race pride. Of courstrace. pride was no new thing; all tions possessed it in more or less degree it in Germany it was allied to Bross materialism Turning
too much of our rights a too little of our duties. It was the chlaim of the fight-for-right" movement help the British people to search the own hearts, so that they might defentheir own traditions and those of other cons in a puro spirit. We were fight not only against wrong but for soning. The happy warrior had much to land much to hate. The war had me the British Empire and the French Roblic conscious of their great heritage, had. set before those nations a clear et iberty and the things of the
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria baftri buted fifty golden nails to be hored into the wooden statue of Hinder Berlin.
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GERMAN PEACE PAMPHLETS FROM THE AIR
Indeed, he
believes that upon the fate of Poland depends the fate of Europe, and that for Russia's Allies the liberation of Poland. from the German hosts is an object as im portant as for Russia berself.
Dr. Davidson has a beautiful: olcarness of style that makes his historico-political treaties easy to be understood. his analyses of the writings of the various Besides philosophers grouped under the title
we are willing to admit the possibility of and Mr. Phillips arrives at the conclus there being more things in hoven and sion that Poland must be freed from the earth than are dreamt of in our philoso grip of the mailed fist." phy. Some ghost stories we may doubt to the end of all time, but the names of the people given in these two volumes are such that we cannot dismiss offhand the experi- ences they relate at first hand On another occasion, for instance, we have referred to The Wynward Chos, Story, told in the second of the volumes, surely one of the best authenticated stories of a ghostly Visitation. The chief actors in it were off cera in the British Army, one of whom, "We will give back Belgium to the Bel-while the 23rd (Wellington's) Regiment Canada in 1816-1818. The incident occurred gians; we will give back to France the in-waa itationed in Nova Scotia ju 1784 vaded departments, and even a part of Al- There are several versions of the appear saco. Why will you continue the war?" ance of the wraith of the brother of one with, though most space is devoted to the The journal adds that the German airmen of the officers, but they all agres fairly three first-named. As the Utilitarians had would not throw such proclamations unless closely on the main facts, and one must agreas influence upon the political life they had special orders to do so. Germany needs be a chronic doubter to throw over of their own times, and much to do with desires evidently to secure herself on the lightly the evidence adduced by our pa own age, to one who wishes to take an the shaping of the political ideals of our.
The Gazette de Lausanne learns from an absolutely sure source that for some days past the German aviators have been throw- which it is announced:- French is in
West by special concessions in order to ob- tain a fre, hand in the Near East.
FROM CAPTAIN TO GENERAL IN THREE MONTHS.
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Utilitarians," he presents us with bip-
their teaching Bentham, James Mill, to grasp the more readily the trend of John Stuart Mill, George Grote, Johu Austin and Alexander Bain are all dealt
taking authoress,
Another well-authenticated case is that active interest in political affairs today,, of The Murderous Mook, given in the with a view to the advancement of their first volume. It is told of baunted fellowmen, can afford to forego a study of mabor in Wessex, the main facts being their writings Dr. Davidson's clear ex presa ed by Mr. Olifton Walker LD.S position is a very valuable introduction In this instance, the apparition was to such a course of study. As he says of Following General Joffre's example, Lord photographed Kitchener is now promoting young men to ghost-sera is best put by the late Mr watchword and their uthusiasm for Perhaps the case for the Utilitarians: "Progress was their he generals, Brigadier General L. A E Andrew Lang, himself a hater of shams liberty and the public good supplied the Price-Davies, V.C., D.S.0, of the 50th and a rank enemy of charlatanism? In driving power. That is what the present Rifles, who was gazetted recently to his well-known essay on the Cock Lane time inherits from them. They supplied the command of a brigade, being only Ghost, he wrote: "I trust that the candid to the world no complete pheosophical thirty-seven years of age. General Price not say that anyone in London or anywhere that have stood the test of esults, and reader understands my position, I do tem, but certain well-defived principles Davies has already had a distinguished else ever saw the soul or spirit of a dead that still allow of indefinite beneficent military career having won both the Vic-human being-but that many people have toris Crosa and D.S.O. for his service in had the experience of supposing themselves form, they were often too critical and too
application.
In their eagerness for re South Africa, but owing to our regimental to operaeng certainly dead, or persons merciless in their wish to destroy, without system of promot ou he remained a captain who, by their costumes, indicated that they suficiently appreciating the value til September 1st last, when he was pro- were not of our world." Readers who like opinions, customs and institutions that moted major under the fifteen-year rule to investigate the occult will find in these were marked out for destruction, From captain to general, however, is not two volumes plenty of material with which had their defects, and their failures, but a bad rise in three months-Truth, to feed their imaginations
their face was ever towards the future,
They