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EVENING VISITS.

THE AFTER-DINNER WAY TO REAL

FRIENDSHIP.

Why people do certain things is casier to dingover than why they do not, says a writer in The Times.

A

** REGULAR” BLOCKADE

SOME REASONS AGAINST ITS

ADOPTION.

[BY BIR FRANCIE PIGGOTT.]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 2821, 1916.

The papers have been full these last days

“

This is especially of a suggestion purporting to come from our friends in the United States, thus if we would only abandon our irregularities and declare a regular blockade. all the clouds which is between the British Ines and Amerion would eit away in happy sunshine,

true of social habits, which are in 'constant change through the adoption of the new sad neglect or discontinuance of the old Commentatory on three matters are all agreed that their chief characteristic among the people who are supposed to see The fashion in cur time is informality; a leasing of the bonds of etiquete, and the

adoption of less, formal and more spontane

ng methods of jutercourse.

In a worki where such intercourse is the thief interest of life, it would become

BATTLE OF VERDUN.

MUD

"AND" ADVENTURE

THE BALKANS:

SOME INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS.

[FRENCH TиDASRY DISPATCH.]

PARIS, March 14th, military authorities have been trying to During the past few days the German envince the German people and the neutral States that the battle of Verdun was a result of the attempt by the French to are through the terman lines, and that the French took the initiative." This strangely out-of-date view of the German The British merchant is a practical military authoriting in refuted not only by and I am sure that he is fairly puzzled by facts, but by the many items of evidence the technical jargon that has been disne obtained from the Germans, into his ears. He does not profess to be a profound student of international law, but he has a working knowledge of the meaning of blockade." Also of contraband of

GERMAN ÉVÍDENCE OF FALSITY OF FLEA

THE CROWN PRINCE'S ORDER,

ALONG THE BRITISH LINES,

[BY HW, NEVINSON.]

IN

AMERICA AND THE WAR.

THE REPUBLICAN POLICY.

SPEECH BY MR. ROOT.

Mr

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VISITORS AT HOTELS.

Hostorda Ho

Speaking in New York ex-Bonator Root Me Ms A E. Adar fenounced in vigorous terme Presiden | Mwa Mis Athỗl Ander Wilson's policy towards the European wat, I have just returned from a walk along and bounded the keynote for the Repub-Mr. Aki on

non ansi maid the British dines as far as the Gulf of an Presidential campaign a; the State Mr H. Muciny dimin Orfano, To and fro, it took me a few days, Convention, which will nonstunte a can-Mr J. 11. Baring didate for the White House, Mr. Root. Bellve for the distance is about fifty milen from declared that the diplomacy of the United Mr & Miss Batas on to sea across the bass of the Chalcidice Sta' as was in contempt, and said that a Beckinsale

Mr L. Peninsula, which we are defending, as I Government which first shook its fist at have described in recent telegram.

0. D. J. Bell lust two days of the walk were all snow

The aggression and then shook its finger fell into C. W Beswick and rain and almost impassablo mud. Those

rid cale

The greatest demonstration came when Mr R. J. DIFUSOR Mr H. Bickerton who know the Balkans know mud. and egn Mr. Root referred to the failure of the Mr. J. Blesker understand why Napolony called it the American Government to assert its at Caps B. Brash fifth deinent.

the time Belgium was invaded. Mr. Ruot

Mr J. F. Bucking Food and shelter are usually difficultion took the attitude which Mr. Roosevels has Bashen traband powers are in the aggregate Tessment on the afternoon of February 14th wallowing into a mountain village about which is chuttry was directly concerned. war. He knows that a belligerent's card read before the 172nd Infantry Regi-ay collegie, Mr. Ward Price, and after neatrality by Germany was a matter with

The Order issued by the Crown Prince in the Balkans, and aways in war. Still procaimed reportedly and declared that Mr J. H. Husser

the violation of the Belgian treaty of ||Mr T, J. Borns than his blockade powers, because contra.

was as follows:-Our Fatherland has half-way, discovered a

Mr G. huiswin intolerable and unreal if it were all sbarch-band, applies only to certain specified goods been compelled to start an offensive, and here an old man and wonzin (Greeks, or,

peasant house The aw protecting Belgium, which was

Mr A. F. Buyors ennnected morn or less directly with carry our troops will deliver a crushing blow at all events, Christians, but speaking coly and the law of every other civilised country.

Dr B. di Canovi violated." said Mr.. Root, que law. ing on war, whereas a declaration of the enemy. You are now ordered to at-Turkish)-withdrew from their leg fire, and blockade signifies an intention to deprive tuck the engisy." the enemy of all supplies, of whatever-na-

For generations we have been urging on This was heard and distinctly remember up the wart ron to us spreading and helping in its development and estab. Luse they may be, from neutral countries.

ed by the men of the Beginne who became its upon the boards for var beds, ank-lishment, The invasion of Belgium was prisoners of war. The German officers, at

ing maize pancakes for want of bread, reach of the contract with the United that time, further explained the ordering. They welcomed us with even grester

and drawing a bucket of water for wash States for the maintenance of the law of and astouneed that the gerral offensive kindness a second time; and at our fina!

natious, which was the protection of our would be preceded by an artillery attack departure the woman (who was singularly,

peace.

Mr & Mrs F. X, Davis for 70 hours.

I the nations." Mr. Root continued a J. Dewas like Savonarola na George Eliot and amidst cheers, "were to be, in fferent to Capt. Dowar looked fit to lead any reformation in art the first great concrete case for a century Mr R. C. Dickson For several days provding the opening descending to my goodbye to her as well will the independence, liberty, and life of a D. R. Lug

or fife) kissed my hand gratefully for con of metary power trampling under foot trek Mim-rasuM of the German attack on Verdun, the munas to her bund. All this they did in peaceful, moffading people, of repudia- Mr B. K. Dental ber of the German deserters who appeared Christian charity, and for two dirty dtion of faith in treaties and the ww of an Manter A Douglas in front of our lines considerably increased.

pieces of paper stamped with figures re One of the a Light Infantryman. stated

tons and morality and humanity—if the ther soldier in the 5th Battalion beard resenting a few drachinus, which in Eng public opinion of the world was to remin Mr W. Downe the same Order read before them. A Polic

and might possibly buy one hen,

silent on hat and neutral on that, then all private belonging to the 39th Regiment,

the talk about peace, justice, international corroborating the statement unde by others

law, and the rights of man, the progress and the spread of liberty is said that be heard one of the office say ax to the exact text of the Order, farther that the object of the attack on Verdun was ju order to compe; France to sue fo a separato prner by the fall of Verdun," -

GENERAL DAMRHING'S DADER.

ed into formos. As you get lower down in the social scale, where social intercourse is not an occupation but a rare ceremony, you get more and more formality' until tortaining becomes thing of a sal- emnity, bedged about with rigid ritual.

He knowk, too, that on and after Match 11th. 1915, we took off the kid gloves, as And it these communities, just as a the saying is and signified this intention rtiof from the intolerable stiffness, and also by Order in Council; and as a consequence Because of the uocessary rarity of inter-of it there is, somewhere up in the North aimnent, enjoy more spontaneous methods of these islands, a cordon of cruisers than a class which has released itself from through which neutral vessel with cargnes sucial Londage.

for Germany and the Scandinavian coun tries must pass and submit to examination and possibly to process in the Prize Court.

At this moment, especially, when the more claborate forms of social entertainment ar in abeyance, would it not be an advan- tage if some simple customs could be res slated, or even introduced amung people who have never used them? Take, for example, the custom of informal visiting in the even ing after dinner. Just because people have coaned to entertain" (in the" rather sbsurd technical sense of the word) is no reason why they should lose sight of their friends What is the use of friendship without friendly intercourse? And although all kinds of merely vaip and extravagant semen' are uncongenial and impossible in these days-of war, there is all the more red for the confort and help which cac from the more real kinds of iutageourse among those who are friends.

B

A GAP IN BOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES,

A BORT OF BLOCKADE,

The official mind besitated at the time to call this a blockade; it was not at first quite certain what the consequences of the bad attempt to get rid of the legal nice ties " attached to the old-fashioned blockade really werd. But the merchant called it blockade, because it seemed to him that the result was the same whalevor name was applied to it.

MANY GERMAN DESERTERS HEARD ORDER.

Other two nights we occupied a room to ourselves in an setuai 1.6. On a good

A FRANK AND FEARLESS POLICY.

you may find it marked as "Skula.ty, Stavros," perhaps meaning. Steps to the Crass *----I "chọn't know. Atal events, it i a mixture of wine-shop and gambling- hell. dose upon the beach by the mouth Then a swarm of witnesses arise, British

of the ravive tunning from Beshik Lake as well as ricas, who protested that

into the Gulf of Orfano. Across the bay. the Order was illegal. The Americans were affected by it, so their attitude was inclruary 23rd revealed the fact that Genera: entry it. I believe the city of Amphipolis Enquiries among the prisoners on Feb.where the great river Strutin or Strymon ligible; but for the British-well, it is a von Daimrbing, seeing the uber of dence s'ood, and I dimly connect the place way we have, and that is at that is to be sorters from among the 10th Corps under (perhaps quite wrongly) with Thucydides, said for them. On the top of it all eames command daily increasing, sued the who commanded sous sort of a flout there, gravely worded protests from the United following Proclamation addressed to the

and was Stellenbosched" for ill-success. States Goverment, aise alleging illega

men recruited from Alsace and Lorraing Now, in simple unanalogical language, I who belonged to the 172nd Infantry Hegâ. wel explain what a blockade

ment of the 30th Division. The Proclama- prior to March 11th, 1915, which will ex-

tion was circulated broadcast among al plain what the correspondents mean by a

men in the 10th Corps. It rend - regular blockade."

meant

In the ordery course, if you want to

wanna credinary Frioul, not on specific business but just for the peasur" of his company," you either have to ask him, or be a ked by bine, to dinner. If your days are filed up, as at present they are pretty tice to be, there is no other time

A squadron of fast cruisers is placed off available for such purposes, except the evening. How many houses are there in the enemy's coasts, or off one or more of Idoo, among all those as which you are his ports, whose businers it is to cut off in the habit of going to lunch or dinner, every vessel going in and every vengo) com- at which you would care to present your-ing out. The effect of this is to cut off all self at about 10 in the evening without supplies from neutrals and to prevent him ties or arrangement People would raising money by the sale of his exports to imply wonder what you had come for, or eutrale.

that you had come on some very specific errand. They would think it very centric indeed of you to came just bo cause yoli were lonely and wanted" "za

them that

And yet, if intercourse with one's friends is to be real, in there not a need of just that kind of opportunity? There should sertainly be something between losing sight at people altogether and foramlly advising at certain hour and place, a week or two heage, you are going to bo, glad to 200 them. If you walk Mr. Smith to dine with you xt Thursday you cannot be sure (especially in these dis turbed times) that when next Thursday comes you will be in the mood to see him at allor, nathar, you don't want to live for a whole week with the idea of Thursday and Mr. Smith coming upon you like Fate inevitable. But you like him; you don't want to lose sight of him; and you would probably be quite glad if he were to come in for an hour sone evening of his own accord, You would know, at any rate, that he had

elmo for no other reason than that be had wanted to come,

BOCIAL LAZINESS AND THE TELEPHONE. There may be a good reason for the no gloct of so simple and modest a form of friendly foregathering; but it is hard to seu ay, which applies in the present condition of things. It is not all a question of hours, although doubtles the tendency to ges later. sad later his narrowed the uses to which the social world cares to put the evening If people dinod at 7 instead of at half-past they would be more ready to consider the evening as an available time. What may bo called social laziness" has doubtless. * good deal to do with it--soeing laziness and its prime minister, the telephone. The telephone has made people unwilling to take any risks-has, in fact, made many risks unaccesary. But it has also had o curious effect on the mentality of the society which use ab, making less ready to be jaken by surprise, pen pleasantly People's minds, must be prepared beforehand for seeing someone, however intimdbe; they mast know exactly what is going to happen to them, who they are going to see and when; and they are apt to be disconcerted by any disturbance of the programme-al- ready arranged. As for having to pro- gramme at all, that represents a kind of cancy for which the telephone has given people a horror, What am I doing on Wednesday Nothing? Ob Heavens! Ting-a-ling-a-ling one-after another of your friends are called up if they are en gagod on Wednesday the conversation is abruptly beinated and another mimber zako for, until some one eles it found who timo happens to be in a panic about an an appropriated Wednesday work und

· It would be intersting to see what effect it would have, on social life if the use of the domestic telephone were abolished for n months Not an altogether bad effect. be sure, A programme may be a good thing for some purposes, but it is often the lives which have no programme: stall in the tes mapped-out billie z timetable And if we do not trust Fate enough to leave a fow black space we shall miss of those unpremeditated and unlooked-for ples. www.wowheel? megandong the best things in “dio. “Teto laut Providence are really mur

sher than wete, and provide for the humblest and dullet #fer are interest ing and eventfaldlife than the wisest can imagins or plot out,

The son of Alsace bave proved gullnut soldiers and have always commanded my respect, but the incidents of these days are surprising In this our lare attack gainst France, expect that the 10th Corp wil achieve glorious victories as before,

EXPECTED TO WIN IN TEN DAYS AND 'A WALK-OVER.

Three deserters from the 143rd Infantry Regiment of the 10th Corps are authority for the fact that on and after February 15th the German officers among the men, declaring that the attack on Verdun was expected to be finished in ten days, and that as the infantry attack would be pre.. peded by the most violent artillery fire the infantrymen would only have to walk into Verdun when the firing ceased,

CONVICTED OF LYING OUT OF THEIR OWN MOUTH,

WILD LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES,

ar P. T. Caroli u. Champkin

Cofin Ma J, Logan Mr T. J. Ekely Capt. Plunket C.le

A R. Conses Mr. Gronober

and ure

M. E. Daffy Mr Van Exter Mr James Fiuluy Sex. Ą.

Maner French Capt. & Mrs E.

Frendha

GEO SON

Foulks

Mr H. J. Frau Mr Danmam i'mler › Mr. J. Gibb

Hr A. Shelton Hooper My 8. L. Horrobin Mr J. Houwort My J. St, C. Host Mr H. A. Joste Mr E. M.

Jompu Mr. Kats

Mr Y. Ki susre

Dr A.T: Knodarer Capi& Mrs Lennox

Mr & Lubra

Lapt Unbergh Mr, Litle murs. Longfield Mr K. Hackensie Mr. B. mann and

вод

Dr & Mrs. O, Marriott fr J.-D. Monoken Mrs McCulloca, auð

child

Mr D. McMurray Capt W. McGuls Mr is. K. Manta Capt. D. Marcyst Dr G. W. Ken

·Mr W. D, GioÜaan

Mr J. Merecki

Mr W. do 10 Mr W. Muore

Mr J. Ormiston Me B. Orant. int

de our E. V. D

Patr

Men Bedford Pim Me A. B. Parres Bir zi, H. Kay Mr G. V. H. Riagh Misa F. tay. Bad, Konme

S. van Bouke}

Mr C. E: Seybu

Mr & Mrs J. R Shaw me D., Shalim Mr & Mrs T. W.

Bimuoas

M. Mrs M. Sade

Mr. Roos, pledged the Republican party o a foreign policy which, with courtesy and friendling to all nations, is "frank, fear. less, hemost in its assertion of American

to protect and defend her independence, hurMr & Mrs J. Gould rights, and leaves no doubt anywhere in the world of America's purpose and courage Mr V. Gouldbourn territory, and the lives and just rights of Mr A. G. Gordon her citizens under the laws of nations In T. P. solen tereux, which greatly impressed the Mr & Mrs W. Republican delegates, Mr. Root emphasised Hanibal that the great decisive question upon which Mr G. Hamel American peaco depends is the question. Gordon Bare whether the rule of action applied to Bel- gim is to be tolerated. "If it in ta'ërat. Mr W. J. Hodge edhe glid, "by the civilised world, Ame. A. E. Hodgias rich will have to fight for her life. There will be no escape,

That is the 'critical' point-defence of the peace of Ainariça,”

A.

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Bra aðra J. F. Eles Mr. H. Speci Ale C. S. Speyer Capt G. Blberg MṛA. H. Sorensen

J. Malker

Mr H. H. Taylor

MW.B. Tyler

Mr A. L. Tout

Mr EM. Tozer Mr O. Trunler MrT. P. Walker Bird dies Wallace Mrs Warnock Mr J. F. Wright

KING EDWARD HOTEL,

The Haik lod tog the southern side of the two great lakes of Langaza (the second is stort or unaccented) and Beshik, which between thus must cover at least twenty-five miles of the line to be defended. and in themselves, therefore, for the strangest parts of our line. They abouud in fish and in gamebirds of various kinds, duck, asipe, woodeock, and large, grey geese, of which I any as many as five bun WHY GERMANY MADE W R. Mr G. Bannerman dred in one flock, rising with innumerable cackle and moving away in wedge-shaped phalanxes. There are boots and kingfishers also, and in the mountains, covered with prickly ouk sorub, wild boars uro reported, After all these things our nayo officers soek, delighted to and sport, ashero, and monte- times they bring a bird back to mess

From the end of Beshik castward to the

RULES OF BLOCKADE. Blockade in the extreng manifestation of seapower, and is ealy possible because oỀ. it. Of course, neatrals are affected by, it and the cargoes they would like to send to the enemy will not get to him; but that is commerce, not war. Now, international law says that they are not ordered not to send their cargoes to the duty, they may send them if they like to take the risk of their being captured. They may run the blockade if they like, if they get caught that is their own lookout. Now. I would

In view of this evidence there is no bave you observe this about the ordinary blockade: it is off the enemy's cost. ground left for doubting that the German military authorities originally proposed The consequences I will explain presently.

and attempted the attack on Verdun. The Now, one thing became obvious NO MORE as blockades because common: the object fact that they insist, when their attempt was to cut off the enoug's commeres with has proved a miserable failure, that to his neutral friends. But it followed that never harboured any such intention, shows the trade of the neutral with one another that in their desperate flimsy excuses they must not be interfered with; and gradually have unwittingly confessed the very things the law of blockade the Queensberry which are worth our while rememberinging his buoyant spirits, while he sat plan-

Rules came into existence: They must

ed: that because two nations get to fight-

TROUBLES IN BUNGARY

SCENES IN PARLIAMENT.

TEN POINTED QUESTIONS.

Māru Russel Almond

Mri Barclay

Mé à ritzi T. 5. Cheng Mr C. Fritz

Mr. T. van de Graaff

Mr £. Grieve

sir & Mrs Haminan and

childion r Airs

Mr J. Joseph

A profound sensation, writes the Ex-MrT. N. Gregory change Telegraph Company's Berné corres- pondent, has been caused in Switzerland by the recent publication of a book on the brigins of the war, written by a German domiciled at Zurich named Hermann Fernau. The auther adopts the view con tained in the famous book, “J'Accuse," bu declines to hide his identity. He de mandy from the German Government answers to the following ten questions;--

Why the bullying tone of the Austrian altimatum to Serbia #am

or a narrow but will and clear flowing iver rang to the sea down a deep raving or defile called Rendins. It would be pos. sible, I believe, for good mountaineers to club the mountains on both sides almost anywhere, and even to get mountain guns over them. As I passed up and down that beautiful ravine (it's six or seven miles long) I often wondered how I should at- tack or defend it. But happily that was to my business. It was the business of a genere who made his habitation in a rocky

Why was the Serbian reply, whos, humi- cave, down the sides of which rain and melting snow trickled into a great puddleiation satonished Europe nevertheless

rejected t

Why was Sie E. Grey's proposal for a upon its floor, without in the least damp.

conference rejec edi

ning out big purposes upon charts of his own desighing, and only wishing the entry would came on,

A SERGEANT'S CAMPAIGN PHILOSOPHY.

Why he brutal refusal of Austria to the demand for delay made by the Triple Batente ?

Book) that Austris could not be cited be

Why did Germany declare (vide White

foro & European tribunal ?

Wu,

kir A. Latuedan Mini E., Lambden ada V. D. Les Mr H. Murphy Mr E. Netria kiri.Qiven mud whiti Mr QKhatau

Mrs W. C. PAMOTE Mrs Pearman Mr W, J. Pringle Mr H. A. Hainang By J.F. Reid MU. Richardson Dr. & Mr S, Sams MrJ. Bio

be e, M. Bowers Miss Square Mr E. M. Baigh Mr U. starkey Mr H. Thoracon Me...d Man- J.B Underwood

Mr A. C. Vermen'en Mr van Vlies. Mr D. H. Weobal Mr H. Wyamalan

localisation of the conflict when as her Hiplomatic documents show, she know Rats was bound to intervene f

Why was the Austrian ultimatum ap- proved at Berlin when it was obvious. Its | dospatch meant a European war ?

Why has the German Government, sup¬ prossed all reference in the Tsar's proposi- Fios the Kaiser that the whole question in dispute should be submitted to the Court of Arletra ion at The Hague 1

•Copies of this new "J'Accuse" have boon seised by the police in various Ger woan cities.

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to introduce

our

AMULET

be borne in mind; and they are quite iple The blockade must ha› effective;" that is to say, there must be a real risk

Why did Austria declare that "she was of seizure if you tried to run through the

As to the knowledge whether the enemy obliged 10 dee'ine the British proposal blockading squadron: iminent dangor of capture was the formula. Then there

are coming on or not, an obvious difficultywide White Book)!

Why did no4 Germany counsel moders- is the presence of a considerable Greek

tion to hot slly 1 must be fut notics to neutral of time and place, so that they might know the precise Reports from Budapest reveal scenes in army between us and the difficulty

Why did Germany talk so much about risk they were going to run. But to such the Hungarian Chamber and angry disincreased by the recent Greek avowal that, in.extent was the right of blockade putes between the leaders, who mutually if the enemy chooses to attack, the Greek recognised that a highly artificial rule was accuse each other, and the cause of whose army will only stand aside and watch invented and agreed to a blockade is not fissension is the ever-increasing economic events, What is the prevailing sentiment regarded as raised if the blockading iffcuties A challenge to a duel was ex-in the Greek arty no one quite knows. force is temporarily withdrawn on account changed between the Deputie, Sandor and Some corps are all for Germany and wili- of stress of weather." Rather as in Rakiwaky after a recent sitting, which was tary science. Others swear they wil die ortant rule, and one that is spt to be over memorable for another incident, in the rather than let the hated Bulgar encroach looked in current discussion. Finally, and coutre of which the Minister for Agricul. upon confines, The one thing certain is most important, this fact must not be ignorture made the following very noteworthy that neither party wants to fight. For "But there she is, unfor ing, neutrals should not go on with their admission:-"Our economic situation is Grecce has already gained all she could pos ordinary aromations and trade with one doubtless grave, but it could not be other sibly hope for. another.

the British feet. So these rules were also agreed wise, considering the long duration of this tunately, standing between the devil and to that a blockade must not extend war." boyond the ports and coaste belonging to

For some time past the Hungarian Minis Up and down the British position our or occupied by the enemy", and the tere have, in fact, been remarkably frank on are labouring, as is qual in this war blockading forces must not bar access to

their admissions of the financial and trenching, wiring, building dugouts, plant- economic difficulties of the Austro-ing the strongest armament at command sentral ports or coasts."

And for the last two days, and Hungarian Empire Count Apponyi, the posts. leader of the Independence party, aso cri- nights they have continued the work in "The rain and liquid alush and snow, their boots Now, you have here quite enough ticked the Government, saying: material to enable you to appreciate the problem of food supplice is a most import heavy with mud, their clothes copping wet. Late last night the sky cleared for bitter meaning of the discussion which is going ant one. Our enemies are making their frost, To-day the sun shine, but promises on. A regular blockade has all these chief attack on us in this direction and frost again. Yet the men endurs. They --and one or two others which I need not an economic breakdown would be as dissauer without complaint, U trouble you with peculiar features, trous as a military defeat. He proposed Outside the Skala Stavros all night, Therefore, it is argued, what our cruisers to impress all available labourers for the white I slept and okers gambled for penos are doing up at Kirkwall and round abous | cultivation of lands lying idle, so as to under a ‹robi'a shëster, a guard of six men must be au "irregular blockade,” That avoid a general famine...

and a sergeant lay or sat round a fire under is what the Americans protest against Meanwhile, the Government has issued the stormy moon, and when I asked the ser so vigorously. And what our friendly lengthy decree, which occupies columns gesm in the morning how they had got on advisers want as to do is to abandon of the Press prohibiting the importation he replied. “Well, you tee, we gow a little this "irregular blockade" that of all articles of luzury.

charoca) and we takes a litle charcoal, and withdraw our

cruiser

squadron from The list is very complete and forbids all we heaps up these here less as being soft its station in the North and declare

$4 B squadron off. the costs of Germany. tion,

regular blockade that is put that fumes, ladies hat trinudings, tobacco, for the hipbone." The leaves are the brown Wines, and fadoy goods of every descrip- and withhered leaves of the plane tree That is what repealing the Order in

such as villege girls at this season tie togo- Council" means. Barely have said enough of hotels, restaurants, cafés, etc., as well brate some immemorial dance-Hanchester This decree also obliges the proprietors ther into rustling cloaks in which to cle to make even our thoughtfuly Americana of bars and hops, to hand over to Guardian,

WHAT IT WOULD MEAN,

larger sense whichs in overy, patty detag friends realise that the changs would beo, Government all their copper kitchen

momentous one; the most thoughtless of our- own critics understand that there are very strong reasons why their advice cannot be followed-Pall Tall Gaselte,

ricks and utensi's. Hotel keppers are even obliged to hand over any brais'bed- The Correspondent of the Petrograd: sleads they may have, and all' the brass Boures Gazette writes from the Rigs ornaments on the belmets and old uniforms Dwing from, that the Germans are pelor's in the army are to be turned over to the ang to the use of artillery projectilos con- smelting furnaces. Those who neglect to taining prusic sed. The

all of the The American Government (saya tufer) deliver their brain goods to the poison was plainly foʻadeable on pieces of“ has assured the Canadian Government that Government will be punished and fined as hell four hours after explosion. Even the it will not allow the United States to be delinquents," "The penal y 'may reach 1,000 slightest wounds from the pieces osaso used as a base of attack against Canada, crowns fine and three years' imprisonment, death.

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