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A Priest's Lapse;" priest attached to the Babi Well Tample was charged The Mized Court, recently, with
theft of Baddhist, sorolls "Falood at $24. The cann waa remanded on the request of the
bos in order that they might make further inquiries into an additional alleged theft of temple property valued at $70.
~Some Reward.”
Henry VII was so pleased with the discoverer of Newfoundland, the first oslony added. to the Crown, that he presented him with a $10 note. Mr. E. Hall, öf the Navy Lasgas, alluded to this circumstance at a meeting of the Society of Engineers at Barling- son House. The first effort to glenise for the Brithish Empire,
said, war made in 1500.
Relict Ship to Russia, The American Red Cross has made arrangements to dispatch a large cargo of supplies to Rostia. A ship has been chartered for this purpose, and the cargo will be accompanied and distri buted by a group of Red Cross representatives, who will work under the direction of the American Red Cross Commision now in Russia. The cargo will consist particularly of foodstuffs, clothing, and medicine for his ses of the civilisa popula tion, returning prisoners, and refugees of Russis. The Bed Cross has been advised that those deserving of peculiar attention and assistance ara Rusisa prison- ers returning from captivity in Germany. They have been starT- ed and large numbers of them are afflicted with tuberculosis. ⠀
Drunk with War. Commenting on the istest Hun abomination an officer in the R. A. F. writes from the western front: "War, to s German is what strong drink is to a -pertain type of criminal. -The whole astion has beocms drunk with war. I have seen mich the samething happen, is past daya, sa regards the Turk, Particularly during the Armenian atrocities. The Sultan's soldier, arged an by their officere, ran smok, sparing neither friend not enemy.
"They, like the Han, bad become drunk with war. In these conditions, the most appalling bratalities were perpetrated. The general -opinion out here is that the Hon o-day is in very much the sams frame of mind."
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ant of one another's languagee,
and of the nineteen deck crew | only five or six krew how to
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