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"SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1918.

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TRUTH ABOUT "CONDITIONS ON ENEMY'S WESTERN FRONT:

THE KAISER AND DESTINY,

The truth about Germany's Western Front is very clearly told by a Dutch

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how all possible linen, even down to white | shirta, bed linen, and bewels, had bein commandered for the Western hospitals. To described how ia village after village schools, convente, and other big pable word private building had been and still |were being hurriedly converted into hos pitals Belgium is one huge hospital and the Flanders front is one vigi sham

[bles,” he said.

DESERTERS' STORIES. And then there is tho camelovo

“FISITORS "IT"THE HOTELS.

HONGKONG BUTEL Mr D. Horaham Mr A. H. Lay Miss A. G. Anderson Mr and Mrs J. 7. Mr Geo. S. Archbitt --- Leiria

Baring Major and Mrs. D. Mr and Mrs Bagot. Me C. Little Hra Z. Baring

Lorimer Mr. W. Backer Mr and Mrs. W.

MEN W. Adama Me Louis Lan?

Capt. J.Batter Mr H. A Baxter

HEB Li Bayley Mrs E. R. Ballic MC D. J. Bell Mr RJ. Birbook Mr J. D. Birrall

Mr G. Ladin F.Major and Mrs D.

Macdonald Judge & Mrs Mac-

Mahon

Me and Mrs F

Kaitland

Mr G, H, Malcolm Dr and Mrs 0.

Marriott

4.11 article in the Time." The correspondent asks if the British public are paying sufficient siten- tion to the real facts' which lie behind evidere al thousands of Ceramo Germany's Western Front, or if they desepters. Take the case of a sergeant, mess the same knowledge as the batch wearing the Iron C, whom I met at as to the terrible casualties that have been Maastricht. I have been wounded three M CO. Bobanjan Mr Froch B. Marshält indicted on the Bower of the German times," he said once on the Russian Mr and MMA. L. MeG. H. May

front, nes before Verdun, and once nerd. H. Boylan

Bout

Mr G. M. Melanes Army since July 1st, 1916.

"Me and Me” J. Capt. & Mrs French Metatrab Mrs Brand & family MrJ... MeMichael Mr W. G. Browell. My J. Marech Kr. H., Brown Me A. Mirovitch Mr M. W. Bruce wife and two

MrH-Molden Barna 2 Mr

#kra, R. Moulder Mr La A. Dalderet Me and M Mr R. V. Cameron Muller

Now sed then (he continuest, a little $6. Quentin. I have been on frontier light je thrown by some obscure and duty recovering," and just received noti lightly censored provincial jonreal of thecation to join up again, at Brussels. Rhineland or elsewhere on the conditionsThat's bough. I have a wife. prevailing behind the Gate of Hell. Children in Thuringon, but I am not going Sometimes, too, there is a sentenco in a

to Flanders,"

lending article which nouns much to those who have ears to hear but in general, the facts regarding the Western Freud ace very carefully kept from the German publie and are apparently quite unknown. to England.

"Sens to Banders" is a suntence of death. day in Germany there is ample evidence that You will be.. went

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Mr J., Nicolson Dr. and Men” 6.

Ozorionmy

A little later I had occasion to talk to Miss Carpmael

Mr & Mrs Carpenael Mirqand Mrs.

Nicholls another non-commissioned man-a native Miss Cherney of band who, with a few privates, bad and Mrs G. R.

Christie fed through Belgium "and" across the Me CE Chabb Mr and Mrs F. G. Thutch Belgian frontier. I have been. R. Plunkett- Fenry

Colors

Master Petar Penny under British gunfire," he said. "We Wr J.J. Coleman Hr M. Patro

sible." This man I met on the following Miss Cox cannot stand it any longer. It is impos-Mr and Mrs Cordley Mr J.L. Plummer

MrJ.D. Courtney - My A. O. Potonky Hr W. J. Pringle day, and again two days later. When Mr and Mrs Darby Her B Pritchard

Mr and Mrs J. and a wo

Dhevideon Mr R. Pujades

first met him he was full of his terrifying,

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ticas of labour, rate of pay, or quantity it had been withdrawn, and shortly and quality of food rations.

THE MASER' YEARS.

It is hat a few weeks since, the Kaiser, in the very middle of one of Germany's "pence offensives," blurted out the truth from Flanders. However mach may be

afterwards he was himself ander orders for the front line again in the same place,

Bay, and Mrs W/8.

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Grimble & family Mrs H. Shocksa that last visit to Exlgium to realise where flinching the idea of being shot whilst Mr D. 8. Guthrie Mr R. 1. Sbeldon

Mr and Mrs Robi Mr and Mrs Ed. Germany's gravest danger lay.

trying to escape, they have at first an

Hall,

"Skellim and baby Shaling his fat towards the ridgn which almost over mastering frar of befag caught Capt. T.-P. Hall Mr P. B Simmons was yet held, be declared that at all fonts dod went back to the front. They have Mr E Hammond Mrs M Blade Fagland must be beaten to her knees usually been some days on the way, and Mr and Mrs W. A. Men W. EL Sparks

while the immediate effects of their Mr and Mrs H. R. Mz J, Stalker

Hannibal Mr AW.P. Spiers I was no petulant ery of a dotard; it experiences have had time to wear off, the Harling and child Mr. A. W. van der was not (as it was here and there inter-iron of it has eaten into their souls. The Mr. G. Harper the Star preted) a protest against the diplomatic Western front has become their night. Mr and Mrs J. E. Mr H-F. Stoneham

Hayes

Mr R. A. Stabington "offensive" of his statesmer: it was the

Mr A. Hicle? spontaneous outburst of one who eat, what,

Mr and Mrs Paat Mr C. P. Templeton

Hodgson was happening and could form worne ides)

Then there are a set of people, I believe M.W.E.Hoogewer#MAF. G. Thompson of what was destined to happen ont for mostly women, who are on the look out Mr.A Shelton Rooper Mrs R. E. Thompson

Mr. P. Thomson. from where he stood.

to get hold of deseñers and get them into Mr.I Hope

Mr L. Houghton Me CFTrimm trouble with the There is other and more direct evidenes especially when they are believed to have Capt. and Mrs R. Intwiler

Datch authorities. MrD.Jivan Houten Mr and Mrs T. W of what is happening behind the Geraangiven away valuable information.

Vollenweider fine in the West. First, there is the

Quite recently, in a Rotterdam tranyway- Mr and Mrs M-Mr 15% van WARS | oral months 11 per cent. per annum. evidence of Belgian refugees who have car. I was accosted by one of these agents, Mrs L. M. Joblin ded intry Holland across the electric wire. respectably dressed women of suddle Mrs M. Tolles For Further Information, Famage Fares Freights, Handbooks, Dates of Sailings. It is true that, in recust inonthe fewge Deutscher Militar he asked, Mr EM. Joseph Mr P. P. Whitham

under her, breath, Kann ich etwa hel | MIN,O,KalpakdjianMfrs P. Whitham 1- onour came from Menin. Courtrai, and Tea (Are you Gresa military mi? De F. Beyt Mr. T. Williamson no forth, because so far, as has been Can I be of any assistance I replied Mr W. D. Latimer Wilson

Capt. TheLarsen, Capt. and Mrs possible the civilian population has been slayd, "Thave not the harro Bra C. Mr. F. Walsifier, espensted from these places, pat, dre may Pardon, pardon," whettered, and Lanriter Mr G. G. Wood

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two nights. in a hotel close to Gheat. Be it is now becoming fairly well known Mr. and Mr»H^A^ "McLachlan Day, travifer at their option balances of AUTHORIZED, CAPIELL...Tots 48,000,008,807,

was a man of means, ngwise anxious to

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be sure, out of any cure for their lives, but because in Menin and Courtrai they

But in general these agent of the know and see Soo much, and sometimes German authorities are no longer very

FEAK HOTEL

they get away to tell it.

successful. In the eyes of the Dutch law Mr and Mrs Adams Dr and Mrs Koch Before Passchendaele fell, and just after they are, of cours, guilty of grays offence, Mr and Mrs D. R. Me and Mrs G.

and when caught at their work are de Blair en British troops had reached part of the punished. Also, despite the careful Mr. and Mrs O. T. Mes W. U. Latt ridge further south, I was talking in advertisement given in Belgium and GerBroskapear Caps & Mrs H M Botterdamn to a Belgian who had spent many to the rare cases in which deserters Mr. and Mrs. Camerun Macaulay have been recaptured after reaching Dutch Carta Me and Mis C..D.

along the frontier that deserters are not Cartwright

Mr and Mrs G. tell a story," sape, and on the whole handed over by the Dutch authorities, as Mr&Mrs F W. Cary Nightingale sot particularly well disposed to British the Germans so long succeeded in getting Mr and Mrs F. B. L. Mr T. L Ferkins airmen, whom he accused of "unneces-frontier troops to believe.

Dowbiggin

Mr and Mrs W. sarily datinging" his home city, Bruges. The elaborate machinery set ups and Mr and Mrs J. Róberts But he discribed vividly, how all night maintained for preventing desertion, the Douglas long for two night trainload after train. recent offer of pardon to all deserters to Mr 8. Evans

neutral countries who would came back; Mr Denman Fuller load of wounded, dying, and dead Ger and the efforts to lure deserters back from Mrs Garlick mans passed through, one train succeed. Dutch soil by way of inking of them a Mr and Mrs Be

BA ing other at the shortest interval deterrent example are sufficient evi Hale

Mr & Mrs V. Findlay possible.

dence not only of the German anxiety Mr and Mrs. R. Smith about desertion, but also of the conditions Harling & child Mrs K Sveen,

Mránd Mrs J. C. M. Lt Col John Ward

Karles

Mr and Mrs G. E.

7+

A few days later another Delgisa, when the Western front which make men so

house outside Brussels, told me desperately sanions to get away.

"For the Blood is the Life.”

YOUR BLOOD WANTS PURIFYING.

YOU are troubled with Eccents, IF and paint of Bid Legs, YOU are suffering benches Blotches, Spo, Pimples,

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Hoils, Sores or Eruptions of any kind continually bursting through the skin.

IF YOU have that constant toning IF YOU are in the grip of Khatt Atostiam, Bastion, Lambago,

and inflammation of Pilor Chat, ste

All these are sure signs at ligging blood Impunity, calling for itqumalists treatment through the blood, so don't waste your time sna money on parlam lotions and messy cintments, which cannot get below the arrface of the skin, What you want and what you must hare is a medicine. that will get right to the rook of your trouble, a medicine that will thoroughly free the blood, of the poisons ous matter which Alons is the trua aspisal of all your, suffering. Clacky & Bĺpod Stixture la just such a medicing. It is composed of ingredienty, which quickly attack. overocme, and expel from the blood all Impurities (from "hatever caung Tingg and by renduring it clean spd turs, can be relied on to effect a lasting cure. The True Value of CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURK? Uis oertified by a moet, reniarkable"col" Lection of unsolicited testimoniale frame grateful patiënts of all clumenstienta who bare: beerleared aftar docfers ind hospitals have given them

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