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EXPOSURE OF LYING OFFICIAL LIST8.
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The mobility of the Arab cavalry, who It is considered in France that the scris ride light and are unsparing of their horses as inaccuracy of the German casualty lists is something beyond experience. On ap és definitely established. It soeng how preaching a Turkish position' ta reconnaitrs, ever, if one may judge from some articles our scouts will often see a horde of Arab recently published in the London Tresa, emerge from the dark masses and spread that in England the accuracy or inageurngy in a fanliko movement over the whole heri- of theme lisip is still a matter of rioubt and zon, These irregulars are eternally swoop- discussion, Indied, in some cases, it ap:ing about for no apparent reason, unless it poars to be suspected that they are as ac curate as the English lists on which so doubt has ever been thrown
TEACHING OF GERMAN IN ENGLAND.
REMARKS BY EDMUND GOSSE,
TRADE WITH SPAIN.
GERMANY'S SUCCESS.
In has annual report on the trade of Northern Spain, Mr. Consul Nightingale, points out that British merchants have at
A GERMAN PROFESSOR'S MANIFESTO present an opportunity of capturing & mar- Let hitherto largely in the hands of Ger-
Mr. Edmund Gosse, in his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Modern Languages Association at London liniversity, put the question, “What is to become of the study of foreign languages after the war?"
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"In going round the different shops in Vigo one cannot but help being struck by they are all stocked. Most of the articles the amount of German goods with which are of good appearance, but will not bear suit, this market. I have noticed in the close inspection. However, they appear to
course of my experience in Southern Political hits, he said, certainly in Europe, Africa, and South America, where TIILATJAP be bravado or the instinct of the kite influenced the study of language. Was the
the climate is never very severe that a goo complicated movements and figures of eight, study of the German language to her the material is of very little substance, but dend of dress material is of German make; Drop a shell in frost of them and they will I have received on unquestionable authori. swerve like a flight of teal make a wide legated after the war to a place entirely it is suitable for the climate. The German ty figures which makes it at least legiti-detour at full gallop, and appear on the subordinate to that of the language of the manufacturers boom to have gone in for
ate to regard with the graves suspicion other finnk. we
supplying the cheaper class of customer all all information provided by the energy
Allies In Germany there bad been a movs over the world and undoubtedly this is the. as to bis Iosses. The Germans pride them the haze or mirage it is difficult to tell if English. The very fact that German pro-Most people of slender means in three
The atmosphere is most deceptive, and in ment to discourage the study of French and class which, collectively, consumer most. selves on the frank and open fashion in which they announce their losses to the the enemy are horses or foot, or to make fessors were so intemperate and absurd on Southern countries have not the patience to world, and compare it with considerable self- any estimate of their numbers, Everything this subject should put us on our hard save up their money in order to buy articles: antisfaction with the silence of the French coas a fort with walls 2011, high, a group
is magnified. A low-lying mud village be against a like extravagance.
of good quality, and in generally both the in these matters. The Frencs, however,
Ho had been struck by the fact that the poorer classes and hoe of moderate means despite these protestations, have been of donkers a palm grove Camels appear patiently engaged in putting the German near horizon, like huge dissipated com German leaders of scientific investigation are more attracted by a showy appearanco statistics to & practical test. They haya
passes. There is not a cavalry regiment were much more bitter against us than the and set-up-quality being a subordinate with tho force which has not no some time scholars were In this convection he had consideration There is also the desire for ofter noticed that e totul German losses in killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners, or other mistaken sheep for infantry. All road a manifesto which had been issued by novelty and change which could not be announced for a given tegimen during a that is gained in scouting by the flatross Professor Ulrich von Wilamovitz-Moellenly gratified if the botter-class article
dorff on the subject of intellectual inter-
was bought, given period, is considerably less than the of the country is discounted by the eccen
relations after the war, This had great im number of prisoners alone, taken from that tricities of the mirage, Often in rom same regiment during the same line The naissance the enemy are within 600 yards portance in view of the position held by its resul has been that the department special. before the squadron commander can author, who had come to fill almost an offi- cial position as the recognised head of the Fy charged with this task has been able tinguish whether they are mounted or on
intellectual world of Germany, The mani again and again to convier the Verlust foot.
fosto sald: listen (official German casunity lists) of flag- rant and deliberate omissions. by merely comparing them with the French lists of
prisoners.
The following statisties concern, four regi ments which have been continuously on- gaged on the German frout:-
The 108th Regiment of the 12th German Army Corps Just during a certain period na prisoner. according to the French offi- cial records. The German casualty fists neknow edged during the same period 159 prisoners, and of these 29 are not included in the French returns. There is a shortage, therefore, of 144 men
er 35.7 per cent of the total.
The 112th Regiment of the 13th German Army Corps lost 234 prisoners Recording to the French, but the German lists acknow- Jedge only 48, of whom 34 do not figure in the French records There is an omise of 186, or 79.4 per cent, in this onse,
The 14th Regiment of the 16th Army Corps, los 94 prisoners, of whom only five figure in the German lists and the other
The academies and learned societtes which guide publ'e opinion in Germany have been watching every step which might intercourse at the end of the war; but until prevent the resumption of intellectual
Catering for the masses is, without doubt, the best business and the German manufacturers and merchants know this. They also seem to have studied the tastes of the people, and pack their geo's in such a manner that the covering boxes or wrap. There is also the cuestion of credit, which pors alone crenta an incentive to purchase.
never less than minety days with the Ger mans, and we often than not six months.”
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Apart from the wirage, the country affords little or no cover, save the mud banks of an occasional dry irrigation chan. nel, There are high, and in the distanco might be taken for the walls of a city. The dieused water channels look as if the channel Lad been carried above the level of the sur- rounding country. The low isolated sand-vention, they will proceed no further, bill in a suure which draws artillery fro far as we know the French Academy is the and leaves an exposed fank on either side only learned body which has adopted an
In no theatre of the war is our cavalry opposite line, and it must take the respon the Dutch marcantile fleet in 1913, shows
A survey of the changes undergone by ARAKAN... no essential, for the Arabs make up a kind sibility of whatever consequences my that. as compared with 1914, it deceased of irregular arm for the Tark. They smile from its action. The manifestations in actual numbers by 9 ships but increased always hovering on our flanks ready to take made by isolated scholars in various couin tonnage by 5.315 tons gross and 1,162 tong advantage of any accident or confusion by tries must not be allowed to produce a mis the way. And they follow like jackals in
chievous effect on the resumption of correct our rear Two jibbing ponics in a Jaipur connections between corporate bedies after transport, cart have to be anyokid and the the conclusion of peace. Our hopes and care abandoned, The Arabs are down on
our wishes should be allowed to extend na it before the rear-guard has passed on to further than this to acquiesce in whatever yards. After this the nondescript herd closes may ultimately prove in harmony with such ir, emboldened by the loot,
reciprocal relations of the States as may be accepted after the conclusion of peace.
"There can, however, be no harm in cir-- culating writings and communications, the
They are frankly plunderers, and murder is merely the preliminary to pilage. Thy leave the dead stark, and have been known
by their misguided countrymen to be sti'isoners clamouring for food and water and fighting whereas they are certainty French hands.
The 133rd Regiment of the Fourth Ger man Ariny Corps lost 196 prisoners, but the Germans officially acknowledged only 55 of these, of whom six are not named in the French returns. Therefore, 138, or 70.4kish officer, per cent, of the 163rd,ave brys omisteri from the German Ver. ustlisten.
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otherwise than favourable to the researches attention to the wounded, you would thing of foreign scholarships. In the resumption they had been trained in the comity of of a coudition of concord between the
TAIKOO As compared with the flourishing condi tions. I is on record that they have some scholars of the belligerent Powers, thetion of Dutch shipping, the activity in the times spared the wounded, but only on oce learned sooieties in the honourably neutral ses-ports continued dull throughout the sion when some responsible person has been States ought to find themselves in a posi-year Only Delfzyl bonefilted by the fre by influential Sheikh, or a regular Tur-tion to take a prominent role. In Germanyquent arrivals of German cargoes of tim such intervention of neutrals might to meet with candid support. The learned world of Germany, however, will not sacrifice the honour of the German nation ou a single pout, either for the sake of peace or in the interests of science."
TREACHEROUS FRIENDS.
Nominally they are fighting for the Turk, but they are the most uncomfortable allies Their Islamic sympathies are butskin-deep, and they turn on their friends and murder and loot them, too, if opportunity delivers FRENCH EXPERIMENTS IN BLOOD them into their hands," The Turks use
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MR. GOSSE ON "XULIUR"
them, but put ne trust in them. That good abandoned the hope of forcing the whole "He took it that Germany had now tacitly sportsman Saif Ullah, once commandant of the pompier brigade at Constantinople, ex-world to accept her form of intellectual Acroplane sickness is, of course a well-pressed our mutual case against the Arab training. He was not one of those who laughed at the Teutonic scheme of imposing when he became our prisoner at Amara Kultur-that is to say, a form of mental would be better,” he said. join hands and make an end of those scaven
if we could.
and moral discipline acceptable to the Prus. gers. We could settle our own differences
sian race alone-upon the rest of mankind. later."
known condition, and a great deal has bee: written concerning it. It is probably to be classed with mountain sickness, though there are many points of difference.
Thus, the airman reaches a grant altired.. much more quickly than does tho climber and except perhaps, when the climber goes up by a funicular railway--with less physical exertion Again; the descent of the airman is very rapid. The man has therefore to adapt himself in an exceed ingly short space of time. to entirely differ ent climatic conditions,
This juedical side of the problem is being worked out, and she French are devoting considerable attention to it. They recog nize that a great deal depends on the phy
He thought it was the most formidable and
ber, coming from the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and using the Groningen port as a transit port for Amsterdam and Zaandam,. The number of ships now building is 114. with an estimated gross tonnage of 417,850, whEst on December 31st, 1910, the fleet numbered 455 steamers with a gross tonnage of 1.369,008.
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sical condition of the man seat up. If all ration of grain for his, horse, and was much less than would be supposed have left the Godowax, and all goods remaining
The Arabs, of course melt away whenever our cavalry charge. We can never get in among them. They are light and carry little kit, and seem to be independent of supplies, Their hores look thin and poor, but are hard and well fod, and they do not mind using them up. Our chargers are hand capped with their six stone of accoutre ment, rifle and sword and ammunition, water-bottle chak, two blazkets energency rations, a day's grain for the horse, and generally a heavier man to carry. The Arab horseman has his bag of dates, * is the wrong type the strain imposed on him by altude alone may well defeat h's nothing elso save his arms and ammunition, utility. It he is the right type his value always, Martini Henry or Mauser, a dagger, These are of no regular patterns rife must preds be very much greater,
The work is of a highly technical nature, or sword, or both, waist belt, and bandelier but it is also highly interesting. Some of of ammunition, and occasionally, especially the most recent researches are described in among the Mantofiks a lance, a broad La Presse Medical for February 14th, uni headed, formidable spear like an assega
Te well worth attration, The writer, Dr They fire from the saddle for choies, and G. Ferry, Aide-Major de 2e classe au Paremploy no dismounting tactics. Each man d'Aviation, took careful records of his puts holds his own horse and stands or knees and blood pressure during several fights firing Their tactics are always to sur and his conclusions are as follows:- round a smaller force, shoot the horses, and The pulse becomes more and more rapid lose in, or to lead our cavalry on to an from the ground up to a height of 75nfantry ambuscade. They fear ambuscades metros, From this height to 1,250 metres it themselves, and are ehery of following us still angments, but less rapidly. boy up. They are naturally more formidable this heigh; it again accelerates more rapid-in a retirement when they wait until our ly. The period of slower acceleration seems cavalry are mounting, and get in their fire to be explained by the fact that between before they take up another position. They 750 metres and 1,250 metres the air is usual will only attack. small bodies when the odd ly calmer. Above this height the cold beare five or six to one. They have cut up comes a great fae or in acceleration. Each patrol or two, but have never gor in c time & gust strikes The aeroplane the pulse 4 troop or squadron, much less on a regi. accelerates. During a fight at a particularment and are not encouraged by their altitude the pulse remains constant,
superior numbers, which are indeed dis counted by our guns,
À SOLITARY CHARGE.
When derernt beg ne there is again for a very short period a quickening of the pulse, dine, it is thought, to the thrill of excite- ment exper erced when the engine is shut Shaiba, in March last was. I think, the A skirmish at Birjisiyeh Wood, near off, After this the frequency falls in a
slow descent, only occasion on which they have charged regular manner during Each "event" in the descent causes an as They believed they had taken us in an am celeration short but deinite. The pulse buscade, and at a disadvantage in the deep at the end of the flight is always more rapid mud. We were 450 cavalry with than at the beginning.
ptions of horse artillery, and vastly out Blood pressure to dealt with in the same numbered. We had no time to close in way, and the au her concludes that in the ranks and crumple them up, but wheeled choice of pilot-pupils men with heart or on to them in extended order. We were Hood vessel weaknes should be rigorously interlooked. For a minute it was sword excluded. Eve the slightest weakness and lance Then they gave. As they re should, in his vien he sufficient ground red they came under our infantry fire,
Options) Cargo will be forwarded on unloe intimation la received from the Consignes It was rare to find English officers who TO-DAT requesting it to be Landed spoke or even read French with ease, bat bers, he was told that the practical inconvenience
The sentimental inconvenience, however, over we should see to it that so far as per was considerable, and when the war was sible the impediments to our comprehen ira of the French spirit should all be swept,
France Our officers in away. ported that a frequent sight on the fat. roads in the district behind the fighting line was an English soldier sountering along with a French peasant girl on his arm. Neither knew a word of the language of each other, and yet they were seen de be talking all the time. The nature of this droll and mysterions communication was UB- known, for if a listener stole near them the interesting couple invariably withdrew into silence
This strange interchange of impressions was a litla Hike the sympathy with Frond ideas which was enough to-day for too many of our fellow-subjects, They felt the warm- est regard for our neighbours across the Channel, and they were delighted to feel themselves in the company of friends, but their sympathy was inarticulate There should be an rivalled opportunity after the war is over of exposing ourselves to the radiance and warmth of the French genina. (Cheers,)
ignorant of the Russian language and could Mr. Gorse confessed that he was entirely scarcely transliterate a proper marce from that odd and picturesque alphabet No doubt an active young persen, born in 1816, would come to think it incredible that a president of the Modern Language Associa man so ignorang could ever have been made
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best fight they have put up
It will be gathered from these notes that the Arab is not a sportsman in the much derided Pritish sense of the word. He is not out for casualties, but foot,
It should be explained that what I have written has-na-reference to the Turkish
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