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the Army on Wednesday evening has not killed or even discouraged it,
There have been weird and mysterious war measures of the future will have to
internal despotism of Schor Alfonso invests its one-sided reading of what the their explanation Sir A Conan Doyla by the anemic clap-trap with which it Palangka kaldes de Made Conte's Government, › Major be put into shape for the enacting vote.
Major Sid
Sidonio Founder of Christianity taught. Pies, & Unionist and formerly the Porta-
The pre-war form of it is hardly worth dent of the Society for Psychical Re and Sir William F. Barrett, ex-Presi the war when the fighting would end, Roussadna took command of the revoluous brink to which Europe had long tion in the form of a cave has been made guese Minister in Berlin, and Colonel fallacy of shutting the eye to the danger search, have been consulted. An excava alfading to now, as it was built on the he said he did not know, but that Great ionarios, and, with the cadets of the boon trending, and it nurtured itself on in the grounds of Enbrook Manor, the Britain would begin to fight about the Cavalry, the 16th Infantry and portions fraternity which never existed-not even residenon of Mr. P. Jacques, a County,
Military
School, the lat Artillery, the 7th the delusive ideals of an international middle of 1918
of other regiments constituting the Bit in the days when Christendom itself was trict Council. The work had been en Parque Eduardo VII where they strong
Garrison, took up a position or the one. S
Justice and Chairman of the Urban Dis fantry is one of the regiments mainly has been very outspoken as to the mealy the Cheriton Council. A ly entrenched themselves. The 16th In responsible for the success of the Revolu-mouthed war prayers for victory put had been cut out when
The Dean of Canterbury (Dr. Wace) who himself was formerly a member of trusted to Mr. F. W Rolfe, & builder, tion of 1910
latex, which are generally qualified by
A. roomy cavern forth by the Archbishop and other pre and alarming things happened uncanny, 44 Its " even when Heaven is being of his experiences. He states that on addressed on a cause they tell us is of one occasion a large stone hit him on the Rolle hes given. a detailed account the best. The great mass of the parish crown of the head, causing a cut (the clergy are not implicated
dignitarica" who sit in Convocation.ha matters, but it is far therwise hand, and again blood was
in these wound is still visible) on another occur sion be received a violent blow on bia copate who have made themselves notori as well as many members of the Epis
missile struck him with right
violen ous hy letters in the Freas notors tinguished by air and
on bis Candles
sand to the accom repeatedly ex- It is probable that all this want of several occasions pieces of
paniment of
of a whixing sound. On rock varying
bon
The members
embers of Congress specially charged with seeing that the fighting forces of this country receive all the back ing they may need are now, spparently, in the same persistent, unyielding framehe troops loyal to the Clovernment of mind, says the New York 'smes. Although seeking in this interviewohly consisted almost entirely of the Republi for himself, so far as his prophecies and can Guard, both cavalry and infantry, specific figures are concerned, Charlene Feal Guard, and Marines Major Pope Caldwell, Representative in Con-
Norton Mattos directed their operations gress from New York and member of the Colonel Bay Cascoso they occupied the the Ministry of War, and, under ground of the aity called ***Early on Thursday morning the under Commander Loote de Rego, to the Government, bombarded the Washington the other day. It may take from five to seven million mon from posed forces notably changing positions
and during
of the op
House Committee on Military Affairs, fairly represents the feelings of his asso ciates.
"It will be a long war and a war to
tha
car
the bitter end," mid Mr
Caldwell PIENI the
day, neithg con decision is the result of the whole history from eight to twenty yade in TEZ
respec
Then
in a large portion of the ecclesiastical were bricks on the Hoor. These rose world cous
of their own volition and were parently hurled to other positions.
FATUOUS DEBATES.
SLEDGE
and Tudor times the result of her inces. A lad named Penfold, of "Anglicanism, dating from Stuart were buried from one position to another. America, It may cost from fifty to feenwhile the populace sacked groceries sant attempts to be half one thing and ves perhaps an inch, then drop seventy billion dollars. It probably will and other shops throughout the city, here half anothor, ever letting a Yen stand last from Gire to ten years, not from the as at Oporto Volleys of musketry were upon No. Yet as on the most import again, then about thres inches and drop beginning in 1914, but from the present fred along the river, which, with Rocio ant issues in the first stages of the war once more. Then they would lift thera working with states that he
saw the stones Fift moment. It will set back the develop and all the low part of the ment of Europe a century, but cut of it Avenida Palace and Inglaterra were in make up his faltering mind, it would other occasion there was a
held for the Government, will come progress and America ill re
hotels
Pope Benedict was equally unable to selves, and fall some foot away. On pn main free. The price is going to be high shells, one bursting in the dining-room political discretion) is widely prevalent themselves
the direct line of fire, and suffered from seem that mental indecision (watered by at one) but liberty is cheap at any price, and
of stones Americ, is a spertthrift nations of the Avenida Palace, where a fire broke
place, and these would ta Congress should realize that in the cut. Some
to another position. - There Sixty-fourth and in the special sessionNATA
eral Barnardiston, retired to thing on of the Sixty-fifth Congress we made only LogE SALLED AND WOUNDED
tive Legations.
It is however, significant that the a beginning annational preparedness. The Boo Jose Bospital was also in a no signs of this travesty of Christianity come in a straight line, but took a semi- In this session we should develop, and dangerous position. By 2 p.. yesterday Actual invasion of their country's soil circular course French bishops and their Church show Mr. Rolfe said:
HAMMER DROPS NEARBY. expand the law to the end that the armed this hospital had received over 100 sort was perhaps not the only reason for their all over now with the blows I received Referring particularly to the stones, force of the United States grow strongerously wounded people, of whom twenty outspoken utterances, another probable from the stones and rocks. In fact.
Often these did not cach day until the victorious end,
Our army should be increased as Vasco da Gama, Gil Bunnez (), and the (especially since Church and State lthough I determined to stick it through
died early yesterday The battleships reason is that they are really chosen came so
se.I am sore and bruised rapidly as it can be trained, equipped, transported; and supplied, up to £TE OF but were silensed hy the separated) for other causes than their I said to Mr. Jacques at the end of one
Guadian resumed the bor
warm down there that even ten million men, but the burden of heroin force Republican Guards he is too often the case with us, as
indefinite safeness of attitude, and not, day, Well, I had two days off, and taxation should be laid as lightly as afternoon
revolutionaries During the possible, for the war will probably cost and Marines advanced from Rato, to the The writer had occasion in July to to finish the job.
really can't put up with it any us from fifty to seventy billion dollars.
reward for their party politics.
longer. These figures seem huge, but not so much with two 70's on the trenches, but with fatuous debates in Convocation, due to After this things became wor
Branmcamp Frei
mp Freire, and opened are draw public attention to some specially every thing went well for a couple of
then after consideration, I determined. So as the same statement when it appear
the effect, ed a few months ago and even if they
On starting again troops under Bidonio s continuing the light confident of are above, yes, considerably above, what
Just before sunset there may actually be required, it is much extremely heavy firing from the artillery better that we prepare for a seven-year the Tagus, the Republican Guards were the revolutionaris and the ships in war and have it end in seven months than
of
was
out
others dealing with the air raid con so that an iron stove and iron pipe were
motions by Lord Hugh Cecil and.
and rocks began to fly about, to troversy. As an exercise for wits, in the smashed to
pincée, Then, to crown all,
r's hammer
threw itself
about dib, in
debated by pugnacious theologians, such the well-known one as to the provise
Middle Ages, very curious points were short brefold shouted
and have it last for seven years, të plosio lig ended, save for my CK number of angels that could stand on the boy
When war was declared fow realized,
he
that we should so soon have a having a
to the last dollar and the last man, if nced be. Even the women and children willingly do their share and vio with men in individual sacrifice for the common
thin
doctrinaire chaos which has been lot loose here now."
give
aledge
that we prepare for seven monflr war forced to retreat in some disorder, and
and rifle sting in the lower needle point, and whether if they so stood
hammer will move.? out and were visible to human optics more came over and dropped near with a thud.
had the fighting in France, fewer believed that we
boy uttered the words the sledge hammer weighing 141h, resigned, the than one would be seen by any one person. That is not all. The could obtain, for foreign service, by in- during
issued two proclamations But they did not debate during a war quite another part of the structure, came dividual enlistment as many as half a Revolutionary Committen declaring that Were examples to be here given of the There were three chairs, too, on the floor
the sday the firet, signed by the abstruse points of ethical million men, and fewer still could see they had been fighting who th
pickazo lying
in morality, for me, that the expense would be so enormous of the 5th for the country
the crening kind of thing solemnly debated in Con of the cave, and these danced and flew too, in ominous manner. AMÉRICA IN 20 LAST MAN,lic, and were on the side of P
and Amorion is in this war, and she is in ancient ally topics chosen would stem incredible and If some al those weighty stones
the
vocation during the present war, the shout in the most extraordinary style signed by Sid intent, saying that he would constitute in
Sidonio
second,
only equalled in incoherence by the fallen on me probably was to the
CAMC esteranl
tolorant
I should Government internally, and externally would continue with the A that of Christianity was displayed by the vis statements and says I enn surg went. We now have in the armed service the movement is a pro-German one it audacious and wholly uncalled for resolu you have had enough of the place, and A salient instance of this mawkish type give assistance to Mr. Rolle eroroborates
A Canadian soldier who war with Germany. of the United States approximately routed as an invention by the Govern- tion of Convocation to Bowdlerisc
idea 1,500,000 men, and are about to call ipment and the newspaper Mundo. the second draft another half million,
se shall what some people are pleased to call the that I bave seen and experienced a hid We have obtained by voluntary onlist It is generally regarded as an answer merely some of the finest in the Psalter
it wide berth. I ANSWER TO THE 1915 ment in the army and navy moto men to the Revolution of May, 1915, and as but like the rest of tlist book, have been and listened to all I had to relate
REVOLUTION.
"Imprecatory Psalms, which are not A Conan Doyle had a long chat with do know den force which I cannot than the Becretary of War would admit not modifying Portugal's pro-Ally etti universally used by the entire Church, with a sympathetic interest.”
explain. sit would be noxied for the war when he tude The number of deaths so far is East and West, as well as by all the Hesketh, presented his argument for the draft and clieved to be 70 and of wounded about Christian sects and the ancient Jewish stone Electricity mappige of the Folke announced his intention to nec only The Government side possessed to race. Mr. Wyatt, in the Nineteenth Cen was through his action that Sir Arthur
The matter 138,000 regulars, 164,000 National Quartillery give that of the Flect and 15's bury, has dealt trenchantly with this and Lady Connan Doyle and Sir William was reported to Mr. T and 500,000 drafted men, with a possibic manipulated by Marines. The firing was matter, which actually occurred between Barrett paid a visit to the excavation, 800,600 more if needed. Volunteers are heavier then that in the twe previous some of the air raids. In reply a certain and intereviewed those who had had Supply and it coming in at approximately 1,000 a day Revolutions and many buildings were Canon Welch thinks he has found an actual experience of the occurrences. The without stimulation.--
damaged. No foreigners were wounded adequate refutation to the charge by opinion of Sir Oliver Lodge is also to be GREAT FIGHTING MICH NE
Senhor Affonso Costa is reported to be Congress must lay the foundation for prisoner. Other reports stato that his serting that neither the war nor the invited be the establishment of a fighting machines was sacked. that will outweigh in size and effective
air raids brought about the Psalter ness that of the Keiser and his allies.
resolution, as it was first contemplated coming from more than one member on Corroborative evidence is also forth in 1912. And that it originated in the the household staff of Mr. Jacques, Men should not be forced to: constructions of the present
Upper House of Convocation 1 - Three law to increase the army to any size that
years of war had to take place, and then, maybe desired to which end the limit,
The influence of the mother's age on single lesson from it the fuddists of having learnt no wisdom nor drawn a if there be any, to the size of the regular Ewart, Medical Officer for Barking Town 2 Canon Welch says, for many year her children is dealt with by Dr. RJ Convocation pass the resolution because army should be removed. MR. E. P. HENDERSON, LOC.S., Retired, ernors should be encouraged to raise and were investigations show that past the use of the Imprecatory Palms
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OLD PEPPER"
general who was known on active ser Peppor," Mr. A. G. Empoy, an Ameri and his vitriolic language, as Old vice, owing to his blustering manners
There is (or was) a British brigadier-
can who joined the British Army after
There is no doubt that the book From the Firestep."
rises Accation are equally guilty of this pie stories of him in the frank and breczy amended so as to take in the men who fact that as the mother grower than ho letters of Kentish people during the trench we were horrified to see our have become 21 mince Tegistration and who chanous of her children be older that archbishop of Canterbury, alarmed by One day while in a communication
curious
may hereafter become of age to eliminate Blue-eyed increases. Whereas all child air raids, who aptly quoted those. Paalms from the draft those beyond the effective ren are born bluseved, the eyes of ar to him as very applicable to prosent con- vide for the universal training of all as they grow older. Of a large number fighting age, and last, but not least, pro-tain proportion tend to become darker finds he can undertake this without in birth; 34 per cont, at 6 years 38 per our young men as soon as the resident examined 100 per cent were bine-eved at terfering with the
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2. Large Insurance protection is immediate prosecution of the war 26 per cent at 46 tot, at 31 to 40 and $640,000,000 programme for air service it Congress launched it only started that which is to grow into pla
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spurgation from the coming Pacifist ditions, took measures to expedite their Psalter. What an exhibition The Parish Church of Brompton promptly teplied that it would continue to use the Pasima as much as it chose and so it will be all over the country where emasculated theories have not crept into the Church's life.
Quite recently two more English
an army in the air In the great wars Each year there are in the United States great battles hade almost always been about a million men who teach the age bishops, Oxford and Ely (perhaps on the 3. Since Insurance Companies are the fighting lines extend from Switzerland the largest army worshipping the same bear a suspicious similarity), have found won by flanking maugmenta. Now the of 21 50, therefore, we could organize itiative of the Primate, whose viewa largest Investors in all War Loans, any The flanking movement was successful be loving the same
to the sea and are a hundred miles deep. God, speaking the same language and time from their ardious dincesan duties money thas sent home helps, the Old cause it permitted a cross-fire and enabled ever known. Amer, thus the word has to combine in a fresh admonition to The Country in ita hour of need,
the cutting off of supplies, We cannot cord in the transportation of
America has set a new re Copy of conditions on which Me and money 10 go through, but we e
of transa
Times
on a matter wholly outside their cannot be fully
As yet, bombing the towns of Hun-land. The such numbers, with such affective
from the MANAGER OF THIS PAPER
1006
go around now. It is expensiva in menugh the size of the task porom province namely the wickedness of
tan
ighting
brigadier general, Old Pepper. being - brought down it by a big private in the Royal Irish Rifles. We saluted as the general passed us. The Irishman had a broad grin on his face, and we could scarcely believe our eyes the general was under arrest. After passing & few fest beyond us the general turned and Tell this fool who I am. He's sand, in a wrathful voice, to Atwell arrested me as a spre
Atwell was speechless. butted in with Open that face o The sentry yours again, Mr. Fritz, an I'll dent- in your napper with the butt o me rifle."
The sequel was unpleasant for the
sentry
HENDERSON's advice is given can be obtained and will go over, and we will go crow in 1 mir my that never before was a mili bishop's themselves would, of course, be Perhaps the prelates in question will men and machines that the Bentary expedition of its size assembled, coufar from admitting that it did lie outfall back on their Diocesan Gazettes, but will be suttained. It will mean a forec, and landed without mishop inside their province, as they clearly con whether they do so or not what they mena igual Corps of a million ried them 3,000 miles across an ocean and international can be illuminated and that immense harm is being done to the Bo short a time by any nation. We carider the whole range of ethics, national require to have pointed out to them is Section of
now easier to visualize infested with hostile submarines, and we partially controlled, or even carbed, by Church in their whole attitude upon this tban sue tenth of 1 por cent of that her was at the beginning of the wor
um did this extraordinary thing with the their incursions into what, under the topic Among the laity everyone has corps will become the cavalry of the airing was confited to small pections of from The Labout a stop to their inter they know but few of them with way Then privates will ly 7 and the flying
precision of an ordinary days work changed conditions of modern warfare, been talking about it; but many bishops
When America entered the war fight Under the act of Congress nearly ten ten to twelve miles long. When
in a purely military matter However, never hear what the laity really think: million American men between the ages of really gets into action the fighting
Ameri
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