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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1915.

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Fleadquarters of the British Army, Northern France. Ploegsteert Wood (the Tommies call Plug-street is, is elin. Some day it will be a great historicul park, The, the field of Waterloo, Just now its trees are scarred by huilets and shells., Geroun bullets whistle now and then through the branches and clip them off with a lightning snis: frap time to time the ambulanes men, zu to some corner of the forest to pick up a British soldier who has been hit by the stray German missile; and, taking it altogether, now is at the time to are Ploegstrert Wood,

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I want to come back to Pluggstoert [ Wood Again some day, when the big, shells aren't whipping ove it and the German billets aren't singing death | songs through the trees, and think out in quiet, all, this strange mystery of war ↑ that makes you kill a man aril then makes you put flowers on his grave and krepa you smiling and, happy through it all.

AMERICA'S TRADE WITH GER- MANY.

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Official statistics abundantly stu tiate Grant Britala's contention that American exports to neutrals have not been injured by the British blockade, and that the mass of incrensest neit trado between America nail Sennalinavian countries, Holland, Italy, and Switzer land has been for the Tentonie Allies, wrote the New York correspondent of the

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Just beyond the word lie the British trububes; and just beyond Blas llại- tish trenches is the German line. A riek brewer in Armentiere owns Ploeg-established, what can be nante intolerable steert Wood; it was his phensout ground. The pheasants are gone now. before Christians the British soldiers in the word bagged twenty-two of them for Christinas dinner, and that finished the lot.

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1 We followed another sidewalk ani In October the Germans, sweeping and to a huge mound covered with down towards Calais, tried to take the yellow flowers, which had been planted NY EUROPEAN, For ASTATIC orPloegeert Wood. Commander-in-Chier by the English soldiery. On a neatly INDIAN desiring to lars, the Sir John Freugh gato vane of his iron made crues at the head of the mound an Olony should apply in writing for per

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Landen opta por Rubion for Bauer Wood went on Hero le seventeen German ACTURING Co., Ld.stating che rame of the sostar or other fell, the great forest was dottest with or more heavily beflowered than the

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trenches circled its outer edge and the shells, but the British German trenches were dug four hundred feet from the forest' limit.

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Knots of the passid along the narrow walks now and then going to and from The forest is two miles long and s1 barās, juga of water, bags of food, trench the nearby trenches, They carried mile wide. We rune, to its border after stoves, boxes of ammunitive, and all the "crossing" plonglad. Selds, where German, great array of things that are needed fu xin-ils fall daily. We found a sidewalk the big ditches." two feet wide, made of sticks fastened

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**PILATRAL-CENSORSHIP, ** What is more insolent than to be swatred by such a friend, thir, on inter- rusting our lawful trade with neutrals, she will graciaply refrain from violence sand cufucation. Is there any outrage A one nation can inflict upon another ut for

World that must be redressed. bit to the 9th Auget instant. pracy more humiliating than to subject We have ather injuries in the Old

inest Americus this, being in the fatnily, so to speak, and reviving a quarrel onge settled, as my thought, for all time, may as well in attended to first. We went to war with Great Britain Featury go for

Britain, what reason have we to hope for 1 cause no more grievous. If the United States cannot command respect. in 'Great any consideration in Germany ?“.

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TRYING TO RULLY REITAIN.

The World has quite failed to tip-| preciate Anserican fegling upon more than

It was spukable here in the wing reading Plendilly cires. The occasion recently- Evideners show ter. The men floundered in mad to sidewalk that passed through "Picen.. their waists until we built these foot dilly.cirepst way," explained the English major wheste." There was also.

WILS marked."

that it misinterprets * American.- feeling now, but manufacturing interosta, urged Urgent Leicester strong German partnerships, are in-

sacrificed to francia) and trade in-

was acting as my guide. The footway are and Tourists Welcome,lined to demand that everything shall

led straight into the heart of the forest. "It's rather ticklish living in here,

white "Very Lights, three peinien," said the major. You see, the trenches the calcium trench lights "which" are reed another sign. Vers Lights "- ure aren't far away, and the German bullets thrown into the sky in right trench that miss the tops of our trenches come felting. ie here among the trees.

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Everywhere, in Fleegstert Wood wore

terests.

This clemens Ima apparently misled the "Work" into its late belief that now is the proper time to bully Great Britain. while watering down the tone in refer- ences, to German sinking of neutrals and the assassination of non-combatants, un

The banging of rifle fire in the freigns of high spirits; every soldier we ches was ingemnant, but not heary. A het hovi a smile on his face or a happys they be American citizens. bullet song above us and clipped off a rezaark. They led us to odd signs C America will not stand for that, be stall twig, which fal to the ground. to particularly pretty gardens falf dozen bullets sang their son SOLDIER'S GARDEN,

before we reached a dug-out whudi stood

eause she recognizes that Great Britain has been setuated by a spirit of con

In the midst of all this a cry cassideration for the rights of neutrals, white

among heavy tress. A fire wooden side up through the Inza.

Walk, passed in front of this urg-out and

stretched away down an avenge of trees. Between the dug-out and the sidewalk- in the front yard, as it were, of the varther residence-was; a beautiful gar- den of wild Bowers which had been transplanted from various corners of the forest,

POOLNÁNUS FORING.

**Bring the amb

(iermany has persistently, contemptuous

Jane," a soldier was calling. Two pienly and brutally ignored all dictates of

ran out Im a bit earring a stratcher. soldier who was sixwing us his gardes. Teutonic fighting men.

"Somebody has been nipped," said a Smebody or other eta it in here every

humanity and the rights of everyone but

day,

THE CHINESE STANDPOINT,

Then he showed us some more fine points about his garden of wild flowers, There weet all the signs of summer him; it was only a matter of being Peninsula towards Great Britain in the Twasn't bravery or braggadocio with

The attitude of the Chinese in the Mala life the forest, except firds. They have accustomed to that sort of thing e framed to stay away from Ploogsteert and the other soldiers in the wood, whs present crisie be one of auswerving hyalty. I 'rove,

"There are two three robins that are of them even singing, had spent expressions used by leading Towkays when

Julled about reading or whistling, and We have instances of this every day in the haven't gone," said an offer who lives terrible winter in these woods, with eror the war is-mentioned. That it is not in the digt ut they're specially. foolhardy."

Violets and

riproses and cowslips.

alt headed ur forest floor in pisces.

A gimp of violet mot deg op | LOSING WEIGHT:

Bar of earth by a trérman abeli, fas lamide the preut extern, with its flyers healthy and strong

There's one spot in Ploegsteer Wood That Germon slicus night never to reach. It's nave wifi sarinly made wood Lingeroes on, it; and the lettering says: Here is two gallant German athware.”* "That's rather unexpected," said a eisilían piio was with us.

jor,

ha Usit they werm ve said the

The Cornmi, aren't always so bark, Fise offeers from, lay regiment were min in due time," and we never:öven ex- posed bond their bodies. But when we show the Germans book, we found n grave on whielt nos macked fiere fie find the all, and their bodion were taken Are brave English officer. We identi

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Chiperor to waver in their opinion, but tha progress of events has oured oven these to reconsider their attitude, and China the ureat majority of those who :in toding think of interactional affairs at 8:1 are in Faydur of Great Britzia and the cause which she has espoused. At the same tide they perve vary open and no a Dy of the points of far between Great Bri taip and Germany: The decated Chinn so is in a eplendid position for wighitg the pros od ceas of the present Barn situation. Ha is detached from the direŐ eudies by mcand temperant, hilo Tin owns recent history under him to ant up standardano mparison between allthe natiuba involved. und absensib's the European of American, neutral observer.

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