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Germby Admits Failure.
The Bain Port has published a statemnt admitting that sab marines bave failed to reduce England military efficiency,
·Died Lewlag 331 Descendants,
Learig 331 descendante in direct lie, Mre. Jean Baptiste Bigrse ded at 0.tawa recently at the sp of ninety eight. She wae mover of two sons and ten. daughter and bad 79 grand- children212 great-grandchildren, and 28 great-great-grandchildren.
Pape Shortage in Berlin, The storage of print paper in, Berlin isso serious tust many of the import at Dewspapers were unable o appear on Esturday, according to Berlin advices to the Exchange Telegraph's Amsterdam correspondent. Oiber newspapers were issued caly in four-page form, with the prospects for a paper supply zo poor that they may soon have to stop publication altogether. Virtually all the newspapers in Saxony bare consed publication for an indefinite! period.
Making 1,200 Rifles Daily. American plants making f
for the Army have exceeded the best expectations of the Govern ment "in "peed of delivery. The War Department announc ed recently that two plants are forwarding completed weapons to the Army storehouses a month. sheid of the date on which they expected to begin deliveries. Their outpat, with that of Govern- ment sreenals, makes a total of more than 1,200 new rifles a day being supplied. This number will be increased through the treike to come.
Women "Commercials.“ Men commercial travellers are con Isining that some of the women who have recently takeD "to the road" ere ignoring well- recognised rules and customs. For example, says the Drapers" Record, it is so unwritten law. that if a buyer is engaged with: Ope traveller apother shall not interrupt. S me women travellers Berm to be flagrant cffenders against this time-honoured rule, and presume upon male politeness- to an extent that causes mach indignation. We are informed," add the paper: "that direna gion of this subject in commercial rooms have been frequent and sometimes heated." The number of women commercial travellers: has increnerd considerable,
Russian Schools Want Films. Toe Raven Parente League, said to have o membership of] some 50 000 in more than 200) citia and towns of Runia, has become interested in the safject of motion picture film for schools, and has asked the Ameri can Consulate General at Moscow for catalogare and idstractions in the use of each filme. While the inquiry does not promies a large basinees, as the League will andcqbiedly take most of the pictores it displays in order to present a familiar background and setting, there is an opportu nity for friendly co-operation between American and Bassis educator, with possibly incidental baaivers, Baya a "balletin of the Department of Commerce. The address of the League is Veeror sisky Reditelsky Soyuz, Balcheg No. 15, apart. 7, Moscow, Russia. The English language may be
used in correspondence.
Germany and Baltic Provinces.
Buckholm September 21.-The municipality of Lubeck bas con. tributed 10,000 merke to the Ger zan Baltio Society, which organisation has reken a etand for the annexation by Germany
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Mr. Henry Wood, United Press of Americi ecrre-pendent will the French armning in the Geld, in the following article elle how This is vertoon. However, the Germany, at long last, is trying-perior direction of the army THE Undersigned has received to economise the liver of bespot issue a new general order lic Auction on soldier:--
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Germany is at last facing the cooremption of monitione,, be realisation that her "hum cages our losses on all the fight. material" he even inore valuableng freate coolings to be very? than her "munitions sad waigh, and would become even material." German army orders, higher if further general il- signed by Ladendorf, bave re-tructions were made. cently heen taken from prisonere, Exnomy in men is even more in which for the first time since the important CHRO Economy in
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beginning of the war the Prossis anilions. It is necessary to try military chief began to talk of the and obtain an improvement co necessity of economising their these two points, To this end it "liman material." Beretofore is necessary to use as freely as it without reserve owing to the "economy" orders captured on possible the munitions according failure of a firm to take up the German prirodere dealt with only to the orders previously given on goods). the importance of economising repeated arcisions, and on the other other band to regulate the tactics
A Quantity of Gent'sand Lady'a helis, munitione, sad general material. Even in the of our methods of Sighting accord-Boots and Shoes in Brown and present order, while Ladendorfing to the regulations given and still places the utmost importance the circamatancer, -80 upon coɔnomy of shells, he condimizieh our lowes. cedes that economy of lives i According to riders which we now more important, and mus have seen, and according to the take first place hereafter. cmplaints of the troops, it is no The recent definite announce- lenger in denbt that we persist in ment that out of. 14,000,000 men four old ways of seeing things, and of Rassis'e Baltic provinces who have figured on the army that we continua along those rolls of the Prussian military lines on rertain occasions. These chiefs tires the beginning of the are; in first line praitiona too war, cair approx mately 500,000-scie fighting for the possession are left in the fighting ranke ground, even в trench element receives additional enfrmation which is of little tactical value, in there documente. Even the without importance and even dis-1 Germans themselves pow appear advantageons to be defended; to realise that they are facing &naty counter-attacks without in- steady decline in their effectives, formation from the ertillery; the which can no longer be replaced. too dense occupation of first lines:
territory for German colonisation in the eart arid as a barrier against Bossie. A meeting of the Scotty was held some time ago, at which asweeping programme of expansion in the east we develop ed. The Lubeck Socialiste have protested repeatedly against the appropriation of public fands to smpers the political propaganda of his organisation, hat were Voted down by a heavy mejority. Senstor Neumann, of the Labeck Senate, in defending the appro priation, declared that cannes tion with Baltio territory was of extraordinary importance sa re garded Labcok's economic posi- tion and that while he did not desire to speak of annexations, Abs Baltio provinces must be freed from the Russian yoke.
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"Economy of the bomen the keeping too close of large] material" is now the order of the reserves in the open when no day to the German army.com stack is planned; too menders, an order that is tertillery fire against positions marked contrast to the massed where there is no enemy, such as formation and wholesaleracrifices destructive canzonading of empty of "human material", which have trenches, meeless barrage fire, and obaracterised German war met cannonading, especially daring hods to date. Ladenda f's crder, the night, when there is not in which economy of man is stufficient information for regalat Inst placed above eponomy of ing the fire.(Signed) Laden. sbolla, zends as follows:-
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