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SEVERED ARM REPLACED, BENKEI AND THE BOASTER.
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A man who is working at the Royal Mint has been the subject of one of the most remarkable operations ever per- formed. His arm was cut through com- pletely in two places and a portion was taken out. The severed arm wa placed, and the limb is now in working
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was sent home with
A KAISER STORY FROM OLD JAPAN:
THE "GRAND PUSH IN THE
SPRINGTIME. &
THE ENEMY'S STRAITS.
VERY NOTABLE DECLINE IN MORAL
UNIMPEACHABLE GERMAN
EVIDENCE.
their sufferings must be discouraging- reading to the men in the tronebes.
From Elberfeld:"Every day bringt. trains of wounded from the Somme. Try and leave that dangerous place.
From Frien n: How long is this hor rible murder to go on and always no prospect of peace coming soon! Three Although they have fought bravely ever or four days ago we were all in good dince, a very notable decline in the spirits, for a telegram was placed on a board saying that Russia will conclude morale of the German armies has been a separate peace with Germany. Now, however, comes this awful disappoint observed since their defents at Verdun that the whole thing was a false- and on the Somme. This decline has been hooth. I think they often do this sort of noted not only in the actual fighting thing with the idea of calming the
pressed in letters found on dead bodies, self but also in the sentiments ex- wounded men and prisoners. We will
From the letter of a N.CO. in the Field Artillery Everywhere orders quote a few example, taken at hazard.
are being awarded. One could write a book on it. Major Faeckenstaedt has Allies been relieved of his command and made As a sop 0.0 of a munition column. he receives the Iron Cross of the first class. As for us, da wint we may we. Today I was with my platoon who were ser nothing more than the F.D.M. ** quite unaware that Capt. de Lague was on leave they have not seen his face for For Lille and the news weeks. That is charming, I think, but just like him.
The old England of the great Harties -Henry V and Henry VIII-of the
UY A JAPANESE OFFICER.] Ironsides, of the Napoleonic Wars, has found itself. Slow to anger, it has at
TOKYO length been aroused; slow to move, it
Winter season is in progress, and in has at length fastened its bull-dog gi
Japan, all thoughts are apon brave on the enemy; slow to comprehend
order. but quick to adapt itself to great
The man is David Ballantine, a son- emergencies, it has revealed its wonder-in-law of Mr. James O'Grady, MP, Allies in the trenches to make war ful apbness at improvisation Long and a former lance-corporal in the East upon the German. German has had poor suffering, God-fearing, tenacious, old Surreys. England has been born again.
He was severely wounded in the fight time, and Allies have been most calculat It will be for the historian to examine in
ing
in September, 1916, and lay
nd times Wars, winter time was time for and more far-reaching than any since the four days and four nights. A shell and analyse the immense changes, deeper out on the ground without water and ing to make him most uncomfortable. In modern wars most unlike the old-time Civil War, which this country has under-fragmeal bad smashed a part of rest on both side of the fighters but gone since that fateful August 4th 1914, upper armh between the shoulder and the
trench raid upon the Huin, so that he is Yet one must be very blind not to be elbow and ent into his body driving All to do to the present is to make aware of the revolution which has taken out a portion of his ribs. Geruan situated in the most restless conditions,
lays
When Hun receive the trench aid in place in the mental outlook of the in-machine guns rattled over him as he habitants of the United Kingdom. Old Sometimes he was unconscious.
Subsequently he was taken up by the the night's time and he is cold and barriers have been broken down, a steady fusion of the classes has set it, ancient Germans had made prisoner, and sent sleepish, he has exceeding little stomachs prejudices have been swept away, politi-into Germany," said Mr. O'Grady to left upon more fighting. He is to become
Dudy Express representative last nightwihappy, and is full of nerves.
inust continue to the nibble upon cal formule have been upset and the Where he was in hospital for a German lines, to take smallish trench here professional politician with and copy and even wounded prisoneys apt brought till spring is to arrive.
and make dying bombs raid all the time Then when mambo jumbo of catchwords batch of book maxims, has been exposed as a
to Millbank Hospital.
car take place. Push He was discharged from the Army spring-time makes honourable appear bumbug A sane and healthy democracy
Grand
WARRIOR MONK. on the march to govern England as as physically unfit for further military c she was wont to be governed--by service. His case was brought to the
Kaiser is more than usual greedy te Parliament representing the people. The netice of a distinguished surgeon at the more one examines the nbstract issues of Middlesex Hospital, who took it up, and the present. First Kaiser has the desigt Ded the upon Belgium, then upon Russia and now he wants Houmana. Soon Kaiser not get such wish.
Long many year ago, in Old Japan, lived famous warrior monk called Saito
**A SCOUNDRELLY AFFAIR." Musashi Bo Benkei, whom I have fald
From a man of the 425th Regiment, story of already. One day, when Renkei liantest idea; to possess one thousands was young man, he has had most bril swordsmith Munechika, and said to him, with the regiment since the 18th of Please to make for me a pair of sword, September and since then we have been swords. He went to the smithy of famous October 25th:-"I have been in Russia strongest of all you reserve, but I can tell you that I sharpest and most busy ever made." Manechika bow, suck would rather spend four weeks in the Hai, your trenches than one week here. For hunger honortable order is to receive my most and thirst is the order of the day and humble quick attentions, and he bow I am feeling old. It seems as if I must collapse I am sure that we men of forty Benkei from emithy.
Then
Benkei makes call upon best cannot stand it, but this is not consider armour smith in neighbourhood, one man ed here:""
order most, strong
nation."
From Luneburg I see from your letter that you have gone with your My chief wish is that you are made prisoner. D agree with you that those at home can regiment to the Somme.
form no idea of what you have to go through out there. If some at home could they would not fleece the mothers, wives and children of those out there and suck their blood, which is what is really happening. One's blood freezes in one's veins when that shameful crew of profiteers shout daily from their well filled necks,Hold out
this war, the clearer it becomes thas itabout four months ago will want the whole world.. But he will papers he has plenty of time, but none mandeered and must be given up to the
a
is the conflict between despotism, as re-operation.
Hu Fut the arm through in two presented by the Hohenzollerns and the f
repre places, above the elbow, and removed Hapsburgs, and democracy, as
bone, sinew, and sented by the peoples of the British portion of the
all: Then he joined up the arm ng Empire and France and Russia.
But this is infringing on the task of and the operation was so successful that, the historian. We are still too close to although the arm is shorter than the this great revolution to be able to weigh other, my son-in-law can use it to some cup of tea, for and appraise correctly its whole scope extent. He can take up, n. and effects. It bears on its surface, how instance, with that arm and raise it to "He has the piece of bone that belong ever, certain symptorns which are worth his lips, noting if only an indications of which ed to the portion of arin that was that new England will be upon which removed. He keeps it as a souvenir the survivors of this war will have to He is not capable of heavy labour, but Iny the foundations of the great work ofis hack at his old place the Mint-where reconstruction,
he has light worked and
COLONEL MAUDE'S OPTIMISM. At a sitting in bankruptcy in the King's Bench Division, Mr Justice Low heard an adjourned judgment summons against Colonel F. N. Maude,
of
in breath, and make reply,
suit of armour.
A MISCALCULATION.
for his immediate duties. And then one is supposed to look forward to becoming a comrade of these, gentlemen 1 laughable,"
It's
From Lauds: "If the war does not, soon end and the ruling classes carry on their humbug with us much longer, a revolution will break out here. It is a swindle because everyone wants to make Emperor. Everything we have is com- huge profits and stand well with the
Communal Association They bur things dear. Now the ninyors of Heckfeld and cheap from the farmer and sell them Gissghem have fetched away the people's cattle from the stables, whether they want to sell them or not, and have given them to the Communal Association In- with so much cattle, and so they are As the two mayors being sold again to the farmers as breed- the end they did not know what to do
ing cattle. had furnished so many catle they have both got the Iron Cross. What a picca of humbug!"
From Dresden - My secretary learnt
You canbut prisoner by the French. to day that his son had been taken imagine this man's joy, he would, have many people present." kissed me for joy, unly there were ton
FEMALE CRIMINALS!!
One of the most remarkable changes which this war has brought about is, in my opinion, the triumph of efficiency over the old traditions of birth and age. The young man has come into his own. It is true that in modern England the young man has always had his chance, but almost solely in business and in one or two professions. What is happening Emsworth, Hampshire, writer on mill new is that the young man is getting history subjects, who appeared to show opportunity in the Services and in the cause why he should not be committed State Departments as well, and this for failure to comply with an order of altogether irrespective of his family tree the Court directing him to liquidade or wealth. Nor does this triumph of the arrears of a judgment debt by instal young man mean that we have adoptedments of £10 a month.
Colonel F. N. Maude gave evidence the Too Old at Forty theory, The serier and the junior are working hand He said he paid the instalments when in hand but only the efficient senior and he was able to do so. He had been the efficicul junior the incompetent is wrecked by the war. He had nothing but beftig weeded out and neither bie grey his literary work to rely on. If his sofici hairs nor his pedigree nor his influence tors had not stood by him during the shall save him last two months he should have been In contemplating this most satis starving. He was writing a book on the factory innovation let me remark on an-war it was half finished. He added that Father feature of this symptom of our it was, at Emsworth, but he could not my sword, I will make him give me, his whole government. If I do not return don't think it will go on much longer renascence The young man is disap-get it because he could not pay the rail pearing. It is the age of precocity. A boy way fare me leaves school has three months of inten-
Asked by Mr Harvey-Samuel, solici sive training at Woolwich or Sandhurst tor, who appeared for the judgment or in a undet corps, gets his commission creditor, what he was doing for a living and hey presto! before he is out of his hefore the war, he replied. 1 lived tequs you find him earnest, self-possessed, partly by my pen, partly by lenining responsible, and by some trick of nature, wearing the air and manner of an ten years his senior. And the surpris ing thing is that the boy does his work very bit as well as that man would.
of called Subarubei, and grab the From a man of the 3rd Regiment of suit to be made in best materials, and it the Ersatz Reserve: The way
From Manne:-It seems that you is to be all in black colour. Benkei 114-16 is & low scoundrelly affair and the
warriors fight that the oficious stay-at most, ferocious warrior in his black as any other government. It is carried thought to himself that he would look the Prussian government is as much to blame armons and with the famous weapons of on with the object of murdering men s01.
hand. The officers we have, up to the I wanted to get something for baby and. swordsmith Munechika. He was most that the government may keep the upper homes may treat us as female criminals.
rank of captain, are mostly boys who could only get what those who keep pigs. pleased upon himself.
When the armour and swords were have no ides of anything; they draw buy for 18 pfennigs. We did not want finished. Benker would make stand on high pay and get food and drink is to eat it. For the poor here it is terrible bridge called Gejo to rob the Samurai of abundance. We on the other hand live and yet the rich gobble up everything their awords. None who seed him stood miserably and don't receive by any means in front of our very eyes. You have to un bridge had enough courageous livers what we ought. The German newspapers fight and go without to swell their bank to make fight with him. He had collected are always writing about other states, balance. All toldiers-friend and foo many hundred pairs of aword. One most but the German government is far worse ought to throw down their weapons and boastful man, who was fencing master to It is deceiving the people in a shame' on strike so that this war which only
One can hardly help cease. sale slaughter. exploitations. the young Samurai of Kyoto, have heard way, one can see it clearly in this whole increases the slavery of the people should upon Benker's bridge go to gather all pupa ar make this warriors being ashamed of being a German when From, Karlstube: Ou the Somme its turn our rifles round and destroy the We shall soon have had enough of it. I priest fight with me, but I will not loose wh, put up with all this Wo enght to seems to be terrible from what one reads, like this. We have really almost nothing
though ten years ago the idea of an officer commanding a company at the age of 20 would have struck down with apo
plexy half the denizens of the smoking
room at the United Service Club, mag
to cat
in the stead. Then he call for his armour. He put on most fine suit with think how I've told you that the gang red silk cords on it, and gold inlay he has caused us to be killed for fun and met. With his black mask and fiercest sport. It is a very different thing with moustache he looked most formidablest the enemy that is why they do not have Here then are instances enough to show warrior Good-bye," he say to the early so many losses. If only one of us what the German moral is really like to- ammunition, but they work in hundreds said for severa tonths, namely, that admiring pupils, I will soon make shows himself, they will fire off a lot of day. It proves exactly what has been return with the swords of this Teng without Dover and our guns do not fire. Germany is literally in great straits. fece paid by friends, but mainly by
It is already deeper into her vitals every day borrowed money." He was confident he He was most beautiful man-like Kai-They are not allowed to as there is a and is feeling the grip of the Allies enter would be in a better position in a shorter, and made long speeches upon his shortage of munitions.
pupils to tell them how must brave man
getting into
tting into a terrible sness. time. NA
Mr. Stavridi, the debtor's solicitor, said he was like Kaiser does to his populnite clear, that Germany is losing and that since last June Colonel Maude's tion. Longtimes did the pupils wait for literary work had ceased had killed it,
Botu (demon
boastful fencing master to make the Benkel, but nobody has come to the
bis optimism triumphs return with the swords of
WHOLESALE MURDER. "This does not matter to the upper
These extracts show that Germany is in a very dangerous state. We read of the contempt of the soldier and the N.C.D for his officers, Eitherto the idols of the country, the complete lack of con- His lordship said he had rend enough fencing hall. At lengths, when the night ten, but only the poor people and the fideos in the Higher Command, the of debtor's writings to know that, what-
shout to open the doors. It was the most people in Germany are just as derived which still maintains a certain discipline One of the most visible effects of this ever his gifts might be, he did not shines to turn into dawn, some one make poor soldiers are to be pitied. The poor hatred of the regiment of the knout breaking down of old barriers has been as a prophet,
boastful fence master. All pupil make us we are here. At first I was always devoid of a spirit, the conviction that to simplify life. It is only by the
Mi, Stavridi: That has really put an how before hiri and assume the respectful sorry to see all that the officers wasted the war is lost the shortage of food in ght and what quantity of material they the trenches no less than at the rear, the end to Lis literary work. All his papers positions. When they look up this sight process retrospection that one can
is to be seen. Fence master stand before used up, but afterwards they didn't anxiety of parents to see their sons takes England, up to the war, was controlled by snobbishness.
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There is not space prospect in the next few months of deb What has bap incidents, say, the carry on a working party..whether it is the German Emperor and his advisers
tor having anything out of which to pay the instalments, and therefore he would adjourn the summons for three months..
is
ask pupils. It Blways to bury everything one has to of the people. We cannot believe tha most regrettable boastful man. The Tengu Bozu has not wood or tails ur cement, for the sooner have failed to notice the fissures that Svordsholesale murder will be over. The can-State, but they evidently regard it as to loft me anythings Benkel had taken the money is exhausted, the sooner this have appeared in the German ship of everythings from the boaster." and all. Beester is most similar case to teens make a profit of 200-300 per cent, far gone for repair. The demand for cognition of the unseaworthiness of the Kaiser. Only is the difference that Allies not for us as of course they ought to do prace in December last marked their res
the innocent but for the officers' club. do
robberies not make
We re lousy and into a state of ship. The truce they wanted was refused".
folk are doing, from necessity, from usements for officers and men home peoples like Benkei,
on leave from the front that people do invention was most brilliant idens absolute misery while the oficers live in her and so now they have adopted th
THE TERRIBLE TÄNKS,
Old
desperate resource.
here to enninerate the things which in different grades of society, from Mayfair to Wigan, one might and might not do the people one might and might not know. The quicker way is to reflect an the things which the most exclusive- patriotism, or because it is the fashion English snobbishness wal: always have its say!) in war time. All of us have not know that most men back from the
MEN WHO COSE THE WAY. each and severally discovered that we front prefer to spend the greater part for the Great Britain Ariny, to panish great luxury. In the line the officers are less submarine warfars the>slagt The news of the breach with America can get on quite well without Montent their furlough with their families. at German armies in France. German brain in bomb proef dug-outs. We on the other The Carlo. racing, wachting, professional home for the home circle is the best is not stupid, but was not enough sharp hand have filthy wet tumble down holes.
When Hun has made war invention, he about our pitiable government. football, champagne for supper and and most enjoyable rest-cure after life to think of tank before English brain. If I return, I shall enlighten the world
Maternity is the fashion. Tango waves say to all nations,Look how most clever officers and those who have the issuing as bad it most depressing effect in the even if the Post Office carries out its in the trenches.
we are to make such wonderful of it, take away our food which we ought German trenches and shall not havi meanwhile we may note how completely threat to desnobbify our addresses and coll West Kensington Hammersmith and the gadabouts who lived for pleasure, inventions" and he tells to sil neutrals to have and do not get (example of a to wait long for striking proof. In the shear Hyde Park off the Jotter paper of night clubs by night are tahoe. Look country how he is to make honourable piece of abuse addressed by an offer to the Goranas General Staff is aware of the
defeated with new invention. This men), This is what a German officer the Maida Valers, we shall doubtless night-ure manage to put up with that also at the picture papers, full of photo- Allies most unlike German: When Ally says to men from 35 to 40 years of age, sinking moral of the uriny and we will
graphs or mundanes with their babies,
nation have made more surprising fathers of families! But they don't give two Amusing examples of the way Margarine has been one of the dis- We are widening our view. We are mechanical invention than Blun they keep come out of their shell-proof dug-outs in which it attempts to concent. One is coveries of this war. In our topsy-turvey learning geography The Canadians, the the shut longue. Nothings is said unot where the noem have to guard the rascals taken from the German official communi English way of doing things, lots of Newfoundlanders, the New Brunswick the surprise until it is used against Hun and do hear work in, addition. Our que and shows the German manner of forcea A French regiment accom people who can afford butter at 25, 4d, ere, the Australians, the Now Zealand with most discomfortable effect upon him offers are quite incapable of making explaining how German troops retired posud are eating margarine, while many ers, the South Africans, prend the That is proper way to make war.
ost so much and treated the men more like panied by artillery advanced to the west others who cannot afford butter, but who geography of the Empire wherever they Japan proverb say, Shut tongues, most war. If the young officers didn't swank at all speed before the advance of our would not demean themselves by P. In the villages about the camps of proper soldiervrite upthese boys human beings, we should be more con of Koritza (Albania) towards the posi cating margarine, are still eating butter. our overseas troops Alberta, Adelaide, playing games never talk to watcher tent, but we hate our officers.tions held by Austro-Hungarian. Jaegern..
"Here at Ten Brielen where Bero and Albaman formations, who, however Thousands of moneyed folk, who hardly Bulawayo, are something more than a dot. That is their child's training H
hoy, so penaltice are to him for planes drop bombs and where we shall be did not allow themselves to be involved shelled very shortly, there is a dug-out in an engagement but withdrew to their knew what margarine was except as an on a red map square They are the home too proud to receive lesson from amallish.
is one most hall, are now eating margaring and dis- und depicted with all the overseas Payday in covering how little different in taste it Briton's low of home, which must blow 16 from butter like a clean; fresh wind into some of the topics. When war is to finish. Average this wholesale murder we get to know The other example comes from an order
Amplifying our 11th a fresh, opinions say that end must come in this Neccesary 18 amplifying
ations mostly extremely empty in getting to know how badly we Germans creasing number of desertions. Owing With eggs, at its honour in the mattor Everyone is talking trench slang as a larders region, and because German are cheated and deceived. It is worse to the numerous cases of men who lose With eggs at 38. of 4s a dozen and the landing summer's time this year, because German Enout. Even the women in Germany ste reads as follows with regard to the in- of the neat ration, people are finding fad, but unconsciously our speech is populations eyes have made openings being with the Prussians than with the their way (a very happy phrase) and to
2881milated many military expressions. lately over such happenings as Zeppelins' out that the English breakfast of bacon and eggs is an honourable tradi- We carry on and stand bywo failure to beat English country to ruin Russians. I know much more of the dir consulidate our grip of a question and the Crown Prince William failure at gusting conduct of our government, but rather than a necessity of life. Let us hope that the Army, when it returns we talk about platoons of waiters Verdun. All must win Great War. As it is not always advisable to write like from the wars, will bring back from Penza in insion of new accents the time makes nearer approach to this France the French breakfast habits of a heard in England in var time, we shall springtime, when grand push is
German
reccives more gun-fire cup of coffee and a roll, and abolish for eradicate the slovenly speech which has place, ever this English breakfast super- largely replaced the old Cockney. The than is suitable to him, and at the same of ours to point the obvious mors!.
Fostermongers, after all did speak a times he must make tighter belt pullings Britain stition.
Darkened streets and the taxicab short tongue of their own which was practi- upon his amsiler stomach. Great age have revived bome life. So machcally a pators and a nobler thing than Navy will watch that German is not able
which is German national institutions nonsense is written about the necessity the affected and ugly mannerisms, of the to make the fullest meal on the sausage,
(Continued at foot of nezt column) vorage Board school product.
Hun
inexpensive necessity for the servants towns of Mike or Bill or Jack described the Japen met telkable for officers but pope for the men in prepared positions on the hills in rear
ta Such a document requires no comment
HORAL OF CIVILIAN. POYULATION, Here are some extracts of letters
friends at the front, The descriptions of written by civilians in Germany to their
the increasing number of men reported missing (not so happy!) officers and
mente so that it is impossible to gross N.C.Os must strengthen the entangle- them except by a limited number of passages, and a chain of sentries must be posted in such a way as to render it in- posible for anyone to pass without being noticed. Bo German troops must be penned in like goats on a field lest they
our lines. should lose their way and wander into