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V Thfsday, December 1'2, V - vsounu coverlng arm 15 tflililly uppneu. `i This llmtter of co'.'c1'ing \-muxlds ymiule in full or early winter is fro- } (,=u'.~n:1y slighted by orcha1`d men, k_)|.iI. ; lhu \1.".`i;c1' has seen such serious dam- ~:::;0 result from 11-;-glect of this pm- E <~.nlir\n Ihnf ho t'mJl.r4 illlifll) in ' woven: cnecmng Elit uljylug U1 _ ,l'L'L:l ood. Coal tar makes an elzcellc-nt vxountl covering and is ez=.:;i!y applied. 1 'I'hi-4 mr.Hm- nf pnvm-ins: wnnnds 70 I`QSll1[ lrum Lwgxeu 01 (ans plu- (-rminn that he feels juslied in \.':1ming fruit growers with ro;,'urd m the pr:1r:I.ice. In G.VIDX`ill1Cl`Li:.`J trials in the college apple orchard, \'zn'i<.-- -:l'i(-S so hardy as Duchess of Olden- ;!::1)'.;:. Wolf liivm`, Snow and Scott's "inter have slxffered very e;eri:.>us i11~ . I`.-dlnu-inrr l\.'-numnhrm nr-nninsv `nun u .. ., lla)i:$ and rL"ular:e l \"'.)'.l}1(]. l.`-uring L! .95` :`.:'e lic-;;: cu 1 luun weeds. ln ml 1! L;n:(l with lnmmre. 7 and bed is plume I fall :1 large part < taken up, leaving s "anotller bed the 1 roots are taken up 3`, the l'.:ll l)el'm*e the I.l llmr pumps nnd an l \4 Intel` nave Sllll(. l'l.`U \ er_\v' :scnuu.s :11- f jury following November pruning lwith the cuts left ll)I[):`UlL`C1{?d. The i wmincls dry out ar0=.ind tlic ccxiges mill 1 by spring the dead 4192. . is greatly en- El'.1r:,`c(1, frequently c;-xteuciing down f the trunk or b1`3l".(`ll for 2`-. foot or ! nznre. The (lead l)'d.l`k C()lllC'S :.1`.';a3' ` lz'.l:-,-I`. leaving zx lzu-gt: (Ir-ml anza, detri- `lmcntal lo the pz11'lsab0ve and certain ; also to decay l. lt1`.------;I l`Of. J. W. icroxv, O. A. C0ll(3_$`, (:`, Guelph. How Wilmer lilmbnrh ls P1-ud`nL!ed. The production of 1`huba.:-h in win- In" has become of considerable value zx.m(mg gardeners. It is easy to do ...,.1....m nun rnn.-mmn n` .r -,\.. `ill (iurmg Ule wuau.-1' LHIL V.\`U.1 H.-mu.iu lisuzcn. Ezlrly in Dec-cniber take in :1 isuliicicm number of rams, aizzce these bud side up on the oor or .3. wan-n1 cellur-about 68 de..~_:rees-01' 70 v dogwees --- and cover with an inch at mud. Be sure to (ill in an en'.c-r- soar.-e. Keep this sand moist. About :1 \\'.-";k later the buds will begin to `swell and in from fo|.r to six weeks, depending upon the heat of the roam I --1he cooler and slower growth smrts ---3 uu should have rhubarb n .413]. A Afxer these roots are exhausted throw `z_u;.n.: ,:ns.~.;,~ am`: pm in more. U :1 ",c<)n.-dam ssupnly is rc-nguirecl made 9. In-.~w bod every two or tlzres weeks l1m`ing ms; v.'i:1tr:r-. Be sure to keep r 2.2! the from rznmeci. Put burlaps _ ' ui h."m'.'n [)d.\CI` over the windows to `Ev: die hziyht piuil (-.0301` so much ,- ..irod.-~ .. 1-I. M`L(:L`l'lil(Ln, B.S,.A.. `ontariu V0,:-mtabl-0. Specigilist, Light Fall I :-uning is Safe. Light pruning in fall is DGl`1`HiSE.`- unv :1~ r`Innr1r~.a .. I....L 1.,-..... ..... mENfsTnE"Nuw LAYING, places as Newport in summer and -Palm Beach in wintnr. To come in contact vxith our st'ntwsn1en :mr1 diplo- mats, \V:1sb.in.gtnn would naturally be the most likr-1:," place to '.'!.~:it." rm..- 1-n:r'r\v< Hmvxi.-an mo frm H10 111- ! By !.%g%:t n"r Pens Till9p.m. Egg Production Nearly Doubled. `, Cnuse. Symptoms and Cure of Ring- worm Explnined-As It Is Very` Cnntaggious the Stockman Must Take Great Prnmmiuns to Pre- i CnnLr-il)-Mud by Ontario Department at /\a;riuu|ture. I`ernnto.) OSTLY ever_vbody_who is : keeping: poultry wants to get eggs in winter. Gener- ally speaking, -the` number of eggs graduzilly goes down from week to \vr=el September to Janu:xry and ilicn there is :1 slow but gradual increase until March. April and May. which in Ontario are the best months for egg production. r It is IlnlISll1`.1. and in most cases very unwise, to publish gures in re- gard to experiments until the ma- terial has been very thoroughly test- ed, but in this particular case, con-- sidering the high cost of feeds and the general scarcity of new laid eggs, we are giving the gures on a rather short test of but four weeks dura- tion. The results appear to be gen- . erzilly true in all pens tested and are- ` in accord with results obtained else-` 1 where. I mp... mu.-.:,.un in n.rv,rr viplrl has been E where. The increase in egg yield has been : obtained by the use of electric g lights, or prolonging the day. The 1 _ facts of the matter appear to be that .. hnn c r-rnn in mn small a reservoir : facts of the matter appear L0 De Luau a hen s crop is too small a reservoir to hold sufficient feed for the long ` night. A hen, to lay, must have a. surplus of feed over and above that required for body maintenance. In tl1o.c:P nm-licular trials. the re- required for body malntenztuce. In these pm-ticular trials, sults of which z_n'e given below, the lights were tu-ned on at dusk and were turned off at nine o'clock at night. The birds get their first feed in the morning at seven o clock and a. (Any u" l11(\V`Y1il'lER 1`(4(l`.lil'C 1iE. h.t3 in the morning at seven 9 (:1()L'K am: :1 few dull mornings require lights for about one hour. The usual feed of grain given at about four to five o'clock in the after- noon is missed or only a handful or two of grain is given to t\`.'eni`.y-ve birds, simply to ken:-p them moving 3. little. The full [sell is given at about 0l}L`j1lL o clock. 'I`hr.1 l'nllnwi.*\E results have been about r.-i_.'_l\t Cl0C!(. The following results secu1'ed:- There are many people keeping poultry who have no electric lights. Fair to g-nod 1`es:~.1t:s `nave hvcxx se- cured `i/\ls;.:=\ ~.*11ez'e by using m'rl.r\ary barn lunte1'n:=.. The ('\:m:;-;z of lire when s.'.six`;:z }:H\.l:'!`z1.`; is u.:.m1'i.'1lly in- cr(~a:=.ed. \`-.'`e l`- - not tcsxed those as yet but hour} to hrs. -'2 them u11r`.m` way soon. Fm: eicr-tric 1i,:1h1i'g, we use 1.111`-:-0 ordinary b'.'.11:s for a pen of one ]1ur_xdrod birds, or one light in a. twenty-'ve bird r-r.`-n.~--I m{. R. VS . Graham, 0. A. (.'n1ln_:;c*, Gu-elph. OI any omer Imuuu. -When he presented a statue of Frederick the Great to this country, {in McKin1ey's ndxninistmtinn, it cre- tated a great stir in congress. What -could be less npproprizlte, it was ur- gued, than the statue of :1 monu1'r_-h in _the capital of :1 r:-`public? The statue was not set up in 1\[cKin1ey s z1(`.minls- tration, but 1`.o:). accepted it in the interc-5': of diplnxnztw and had it -erect(.7!.`in front of the Arm_-b11iIdin:_-:. seeing that his gift had h?m just the opposite c.-fI"ect to that intend -:1, the `kaiser 1'e1n'im:umcw.l 11.`: :=.I:`.`.'r:sr=:::`.m` for not h:`.\'in_; iI12<*1`}:'.'."'.~.`,(1 .':!:`..-;'1`iC'.1E] `sentiment more ":1cr:11:-:m~Zy. in-v {Ln f!nn..: .'x`. TC?'.1? Ul'd.uI1l;'I', Lilll I _, '\.\nuu 'bing 6101115, ('10., I `aifected aui:n;2.1;~, 01 on other aninmls, cause of infection. (3|1\\1Y\II\l1`.4: _...\K hi causc of infection. 5 Symp!um:s.---Whiie L`-_11_V pzu't of the animal lnay 1:9 the sea: of the dis- ease. the ssh"; -,rmm(1 the eyes and of the face, and on the neck and back, 2\pp'u;u's `.0 be the favorite seat. I r'.m.; ca, .r4vmn1mn shown is usual- buck, z1,')',)c'.u':; in be the lEl\'0l'lL-C St"d.l.. I The firs! synmtoin ly an itc-liiness, w is followed by 21 slighl form o1`,oru ._,_.v.'l1icl1 soon .'-.l.SSlllll`..,< the :\ppez1ru efdflittle yel- lowish scales of {L cii `lur form, the mass scales forming (L circular space, hence the term "ringworm." A var- iable number of these circular pzuclics may be noticed on different pans 11:1` the body. : 'r`w-ntment.--It is-necessary that pans the body. g T`r`Ci1il!i('ll[.--It is~nec.essui`y `ggreztt care he [alien to avoid the con- Veyztnce oi` the viru:s from the dis- eased to healthy animals. Where practicztble, it is well to remove all non-infected animals to non-infected premises. "The infected premises should be disinfected by thorough- ly sweeping; and (lusting. and than giving a. thorough coat of an insecti- cide, as :1 hot 10 per cent of one of the coal tar untiseptics or carbolic acid. or a coat of hot lime wash with 5 per cent. carbolic acid. Local treatment consists in mois- tening the scales with warm water and soap, or sweet oil, removing them in order to expose the unprotected ~ surfaces of the affected areas. An insecticide, as tincture of iodine _ should bz: applied once or twice daily until cured. -- J. H. IL, Ontario Agi`icultii,1'o.l College, Guelph, U131. 2H'\? l1!*jL3U any class, if used b('-cmne El fertile 11} {U (1KL'\}lI)':I' U] xmis m the at- - m:_~:::siIs, cloth- 24, blunlu-1.3. 1110 1 \vim the stalls, '. etc. In like br11sho.~_1, rub- . ...~., ncmi nn `SL`1U.luIL`uL zuuu; up-_u...u._v. _ A few ay: after the am`. _Edwa1d, I:un.:;-volt m'rl\'o_l. if. espite the fact tlmt ull 1-217.1% was _ =ln xnourning. the l<::lsc1' ar;':.1l;_jr>. he ~most elubomte xnili1:lry dress l`(.`\`iL`\Y `ever given in honol` of n px'i\':xtc citizen 3-to CC1(`.l)l`{lt`3 Roosevelt's visit. Tlle re- view was held 111 the lar;:<> military n ,.,`I:_. urn...` #`\nv\ of King `v'..,z'lin. I0 (.'L`l(!l)l'ilL': J.u1\.'-3\;vL-Lu -.. H, _ reservation nr:r:1' Bein. More than _1_Q0,000 soldiers: pns.'s<.:72- in rc:\'ie.-xv be- fore the lmiscr and his .st:n`i and their shonored guest. :1... 1-,... 41... 1-..:m.n nv/-wz Imvn rrnml 'llUHUl CU 5uu.:I.. How far the l:ai.~:e1` would lmve gone in his a Ltenllon_.~: tn Roclsewlt lmtl he not been in nlmxrning it Is impu.ssll>le l `to say, but I (l-m`t believe he woul j `have left unyllxiug}; \lnt`.<>ll0 to show hl. ' admlrntion for the Ame1*lc-.1n o:<-p1'es- ` .Amerlcnn millionaires ident and to curry favor with this country. But Roosevelt was not the only American to whom the kaiser made overtures. He was constantly inviting to pay lxlm yachting visits at Kiel or wherever else he happened to be. tr- ...+ 4... .. nr 1-h hv nn Amm'l- else he nappeuuu LU uu. He sat for :1 p<.1't1'nlt by an Anm1'I- . can painter, which was exhibited with 9. large collection of other American works under the kuise1-`s auspices. m|.....n uvnu nnxinrv Hmf the kaiser W01`l{S unuer ulu mu.sn:1' .3 uua1u\.\;.:. 1 There was nothing that the kaiser 1 `dld not do in his elforts to in;:I`nti-ate ' . hlmself with this country in the hope . that he would reap his reward when l the great war he was nntlclpatlug eventually broke out. m..1..... inr1IvIr1nn"\` {hr-:9 various in- eventually Drum: uut. Taken individually. these various cidents seem trivial enough. but I have every- reason to know that the kaiser attached considerable impor- tance to them. I know that there was _a good deal of chagrin in the tlrades he delivered to me against America for _ 'her.part in supplying munitions to the "..allles--chagrin at the thought thatqhe seed he had sown in America had iirauea to bring forth better fruit. . When we nally entered the war and he realized that all his carefully nur- ytured plans of years had availed him naught. he could not restrain his bit- terness nor conceal his disappoint- P197-IL ' til!) (le.~;U`llCl i0:1 HI an un: nuuuus Lil` \'ol`. e(l in it. Dz) you think there is any 1)OS.~'ll)llity of America e'..tei'ing the wa1"2" That, of course, will depend, your : excellency," I answered. upon devel- opments. I don't believe my country is anxious to light, but I'm quite sure that nothing in the world will keep us out of it if our rights as :1 neutral nation are not respected. We certainly don't like the way lhiglies has been talking on the stump," declared the relclisicnnzler. Did you hear any of his speeches or any of Wilson's?" I said I had had no opportunity to hear any of the Cllilll-illgll speeclius, 1 L r 1....` a..n........1 4| .... t. in Ln (Chapter IV. ............................. ..... ....... . ......;...................................a....-,..c..n..,..........;..: .._,.....a V ><><><><><><><><><>0<><>0<><>O '\'>O<><>O<><><>Q<)-<> '~. >-s .>.9 ._ - an more subtle pleee oi propugunfm " was ever conceived than the kaiser's plan of exchanging prot essox's between Ith United States and Germany _;fthrough- the estuhlislnuent of the ` oosevelt and 1-Iurvux- chairs at the $u1vers1ty of Berlin and colwespunding *- -dlnim. '1 t .,EI-:;1:'.:;:.:41~_,'!rs '1 ,o,t11t-g_A1;_:erican , "universities. ostensibly the purpose of -the project was to foster good-will be- M` tween the two nations. Actually, it iwus Intended to Germunize Americans . ito such an extent that their co-operce . `tion might be rolled upon in the event Of War for which Germzzny was sed- gulously p1'epa1'ing. - 1-. .....,. I-\n`Cn\'nr1 nu-.+ Hm n'.'r-`.1nn\_'n of By m?.".m-xua N. DAVIS. 3.` D.` sf` (Continued) ihvn 1.. M01; 1918. IIYU VV E5Ll'.'1'll .L'1t!lLll.b]_J1lt:1U. That the kaiser followed American _polltics very closely, especially after } the war bre out, was very natural. 3 The fact that there was a great Ger- ] man-American vote in this country ; was not overlooked in Potsdam, and I { haven t the slightest doubt the kaiser 3 imagined that he could exert consider- } able influence in our elections through 1 his enilssziries in this country. -r ,._A._....AJ 4- T`I,\..I3-. `alps :.. ntnknn All my efiorfs to Show my frind- ship for A11:e1'ic:a--u:;ch:n1:.;ing profes- sors with your Colleges, sending my brother in your 00112111-y, all--alI for nothing! he excl-.\imed, disgustedly, after we had entered the war. n.. ....Au.,... ..,.,-.nn:.-.n Ins ahnn-nil nvnn I I 5 i lll.[Ul' WU nuu eutcutu uu: \va.u. On another occasion he showed even mo1`e clearly how far America had fal- H1Vfhn #- `Inna . len short of his expectations: hnnnvnn ni fhnun N011 i lell SllUl`L `UL H15 U.\]_JC\.'|.ilLlUu:I. What has become of those rich _ Americans who used to visit me with 1 their y:3_cl1t_nt Kiel and come to my ! entertainments" in Be1'1iri'?"` "lie ske`u', } surcastically. Now that we have i England involved, why aren t they ,utilizing the opportunity to serve and to make their own country great? Do . they think I put myself out to enter- ` ltain them because I loved them? I lam disgusted with the whole Anglo- l Saxon race I" mun Irnxarn. nnuhilrlv nnavufnn whv ggf The Kaiser as E Knew Him ff for Fourteen Years DHXULI FHUUI The lmiser couldn't understand why ;the United States did not seize both ' Canada qnd Mexico. Apparently, from the way` he talked from time to time, it he had been sittlng in the White House he would have grabbed the en- Itlre Western Hemisphere. mv...a- um I.-nhann +`nI1nmm1 Amm-Sr-nn I115 Cllll-3-Sillltlb L11 Lula \_uuuu.A_yo I returned to Berlin late in October of that year. Within :1 Guy or two after my :1r1`i\':1l I received 21 telephone 3 xnessznge from the I{eichskan'/.191` von 3Bet11n19.zm-llollweg to the effect that ` the k:xi. ha. sent him word of my return and that he would iike me to call at his palace either that noon or ` at four 1\. m. 1 ....... ....1.`,u.,.r1 I-.-`in n vnvxv lnrrro rnnm zu. L\lUl 1:. m. , I was ushered Into a very large room 3 in the cox'ne'r of which was a business- like looking at-trmped d'esk,h11t whlch ` was cthem'i;'e o!::b:)z'ately furnished. The reich:~t1::1u:a1e:-, :1 tall, bro:1d-s11ou1- dered, lxamisome specimen of a man, ' came over to me and, putting his arm in mine`, vmlked me to :1 seat beside ` the desk. He asked me wlmt I would smoke. and upon riy taking a cigar- ette, he did liliewise. urn. , 1. ~_.._ `\r\r\r\ a.,1nn~ nan nn. EHO, nu uxu 1nu.:nm;;. The kaiser`s been telling me, doc- tor, he said, of ynur recent visit to_ America, and I would like to ask you 9. few questions." --~-, `I can-1 fhnf T xvn n1 )vg glud to talk few questions." I said that I was :1! iys glad of America. Indeed. I was p:1rticu1nr- iy glad` of the opportunity to speak with the prime minister of Germany at i that time. 3 Then followed a bewildering succes-' 3 slon of questions. the purpose of` . which was not at all clear to me. We ` had a peculiar r:onversat1on-im1f in ` German, half in English. The reichs- ` knnzier did not speak English partic- uluriy well. ` unnm .,..,. fhlnrrc In Anmar-ir'n9" he uiuny VVEH. How are things in America? he aske_d. Did you have any opportu- nity to gauge the political situation? who do you think will he {he next president? Do you think that Ameri- cans are opposed to peace because thut would end their chance to make rnoney out of the war`? Are your people so mercenary that they would like to see the war [)1'0lm`.gCd for the sake of the money they can lllilke out of it?" No, your OX(_'Cl1'X1(`.3'," I 1`0pli0Ci, you are quite \\'l`UI!f. if _V'()1Lli`.l:l}. ,'lllO that Ln}; cnmntrymun wuulzl lil-:13 to pro- lnn__L; {ho \'\'2l'-_` for the .<;:l:e of `r.'-.iv_'- -.-- `nm '1 4! lg x-.w~.~ 1'-iv fumn Evin! n-run; nnnun un:._u. 101' we will lilac it." `u ,n_. .........n._; \.. Wl!.<.>n lws tho grmtosw omm2'tu- ' uity ever [)x'<.-. to 9. man to make hls name lmmur!.:1l---by l'n`in::in;; ulrnut pcnce in the \\'orld." he wxm-1' an. We feel now.-` that he is not our frien<,1, hut friendly lo the allies. hut novc-rtlwless he may be nlxle to sue that if. this war is pl`l)I\`Jll_'.;'0(l lndellnitcly it will mean the destrurrtlon of all the nutlons in- volved Do there war? urm... + u-will ilnnnnd A5 nnvlvvnn \7n'l`I1` uuy UL vv noun :3 L ' hear but thnt I had followed -ihcm In the ne\)_'s__p_:\pers. lll p\'uu.\: \.-uu nu. IrA\Au;sx|u basis '.`.`hi<.-h will have we nf permanency the bet- I-.. H" all true, I r v countrymen ._.r . that when they rotux-am to nu-1: nu- five land they w<,m1'J disse1in:1te it rfrtnbng their associtztos and students. `Some time before the kaiser con- ` lapsed. l the '"n'ont." The interview with the reicliskanzler and the fact that it was instigated by the kaiser indicated to me that Amer- lca occupied a most important place in the l::1iser s plans. When, a few months later, we declared war against Germany, however, all the kaiser`s planning and plotting of years col- The edice he had been so condently erecting came crashing to the ground because it was built upon ax false foundation. low elementary was his expectation that his efforts to win UM`. friend.~;liip cl? the United rn -.-...- ,.,...1.1 nu-nil "?m`Il. did you gather from what you read that the American people w:1nt~to see peace in Europe or do they want the war to go on so they I-.:u continue to make fortunes out of it?" _ A.....:.. 1' _..u1!AA 3-1191` 1' nvng nnpfnn of it?" Again I replied that I was certain our country would never be inuenced by such sordid considerations as were i!=.`;p`.ied in the reichslmnzlers question, but that if the right kind of peace could be brought about the "whole country would eagerly embrace it. The subject of tlze U-bent campaiigai \'. :1;~` never int.-nti-run-:1 and it was not until several months later when the .==nbr.3arine wuz'i'::r:3 was si'm`ted again on 11 greater scale than ever that I realized that the vxhole purpose 01 this interview was to ascertain if they could, without telling me their inten- tions, who was the candidate, I-Iughos or Wilson, who would be least (lun- ,ct<-rous to them if more Annericun ves~ sols were sunk in the ruthless sub- marine campaign they were then con- templdting. rim,-. nlnnHF\v1 n-nr: ch-nwimr rinse: it tempumng. The electlbu war; drmving close; it `rns necessnry to notify Von Items- `-:::r!1 of Potsdnm s px'efe1'euce; the kai- ser believed that pe1"n:1ps he held the drciding ballot in his hand in the slxzme of the Gerlnzxr.-Almeria:-.n vote and he didn't know how to cast it. uvii-11 xvhinh fhpv rv..._..- u... ...-...r...nnos Lllt: gluuuu lJ\.LlL\|~.'\, .-. ....., ...`...- ax false ' was expectation , Stzntes in time of peace could avail him anything in the face of his bar- fb:u'ic mcthmls of Ixmking war! mm no uxunv. 1m_uw uuw LU Luau, u.. Hcnce the eagerness with which they inter1og:1tc-d me upon my return from the ``front.` nu. 3.16.`:-v-3n1111vv:f`1 Hm ~m:r|h<:L'.r\n'I.1nI` I Defends Me .!';ods. The kaiser was ulxmzxs ve1`_v careful about ch-`:erything_ \\`11ir:h n1igl1t affect his hr-nlth, and evvn ::f1c1j_1he war ::'.n1'i'r`-x], when his attention was natu- ruliy ormupied by m;m_'v },v`.'u5 ivms, he did not 1`.n;:1-er.-L 121.; ?.0c:'n, but c-zrne tn me as 1'e{.:ulm'i;-; as he had 9.`.- a__- The Kaiser German War .1 g prob- 3 _ IU Ll:-`\_I.A~.'.-. an \. --.-- fvsus an Axncrican 1:`-C: i _L'I`(`:1tQI` 1(`!1f.;U)S in his ` (}e2'mun war methods ` U1: he might oti1ex'\:'i:~;< L.l\_- 'l` h 0 ` the WI`. ave u .tu:u B;-1-Iln ulously p1"cpu1'mg. It was believed that the e:~:c`n:1ngc of professors would uccompllsh the Ger- man purpose in two wu_\`s: not only could the professors the kaiser sent to America be depended upon to sow Ger- mim_seed in American soil, but the `Ainerlcan professors who were sent to Berlin, it \`.'::s hoped, could be so in- oculated with the Gernmn viewpoint they rotui-nud to tlu-it na- .)u..,. n... .Iia;~ it H` [~11 u-nnhl at nine o`r:I0c1<. He was about to make _ his rst visit to the front and wzmted : his teeth examined before he went. - nu... ...,...v.. 1' 1....1 .-. ma 1",... hhn xx-ncv lllb LCCLII L'.\.llllllllCLl L)Y.JI11\; ;n\; 1- 1.111.. nothing of a serious: c11:11`:~.<>Lvr and did not occupy more than g\\'cnt_v 1nin'c.`ces. , One of his Vnlets stood by to ;.;i\'c me 3 any assistance I might Ixoed, but left the room when I was through. lT'Y.\...\ ..,.u hnnu IvnnI1=nIr hm (hm nn. s The work I had to do for him was: ' nmxeu ti) i't'{JU1'L Lluxu u;x_v LU uuy. The object: of these lies was to jus- tify the outrages which the G01`111:1I1S ' were cmmnitting in their plan to ter- ` rorize the inhabitants of the countries they were overrunning. According to reports the activities of franc-tireurs _ in the occupied territories were met by the Germans with the most bar- \`baric punishments, crucifixion and similar atrocities being very common. ` Undoubtedly the kaiser was aware of what his soldiers were doing. and to defend their conduct he lent :1 ready ear to the unfotm charges made :....A. \t\ Dal"! LUL`, LUUHI wucu 1 nun uuuugu. Have you been rrmding in the pa- ` pets, Davis," the kaiser asked when we 1 were alone, how our soldiers hm-`e. been treated by the Belgians? 7 an:/I T hurl nn4- hurl n r-Lnnrwn fn ueuu u\:uu:u u_y uu: A)L;|bAuu-)1 ` I said I had not had :1 chance to read the papers that morning." HXVAII x-nu muaf mn-eninlv 1-mad fhrnn, tuuu Lu: pilycxa Lllill. Illllllllliu Well, you must c01't:1in1_v1'c-and (ham. , 'l`hey ve been gouging out the eyes of ` our wounded and nxutilutlngx my men horribly! They call it nxonl-.~1'n, civi- lized warfare. Cl`hz~.t'.=; .<:wn;:m'_v! I hope your president is talking noiice of those :1t1'0cities." rxn Y . m , nr r.r.4~HI/un fn (3: * . 3.1/V C i'rIiA:r".* I. l.ll\'-EU ill,l|)\.l|.|l.'-7. Of (:mn`se I was in no 1';os*.iti0n to ,com'.1'ndiet the kaisefs n. as ` I \\".1r.: not in possession of mu.` of the facts. but I leamed :1ftex'w:'.1'd that 0111` Ameri tun newspaper !2m'resp0m1- ents had scoured Gerxnnny from one end of the country to the other in an effort to run down these reports. They left no rumor 1xuinves`..iga1ed, no mat- ter how far they had to travel to ver- ify it. When they had nally e:~:hnust- ed every clue and followed every lend they had not found :1 single case to justify the charge the kaiser had made n_v:ninst the Belgians and which, of ` course, the inspired German press con- tinued to report from day to day. :l\r\ nhlnnf nF Hnncn line '51: fn `lI1- ' [lII.:.`Lxuu.:~ {Kid whic , .1.- Ul'.`U.:lIl.l lllktu. Luuu< unfog against the Belg! HT Iunxvn nlronr b/{rruung I.ul:u: ila.`:U\.n:\\;-) ulzu ...........w. `gceived the schexnx.-'of the Cxchange `.Professors, he sent his b1'ot11a;r, Prince IV-Ienry, to this co1:nt1':; to clrzu-.' the yawn nations f_`IO.c1 t>;;o=J::c:r and to in- ml in the ht.-.1r5: of o\'uz'y ham burn ' `r `\Y\ I--.. P\:` I1-....~...n ,~ uguunnn. Luc us.-5. ~37 I have alrea _y"` framed a message ` whleh I intend sending to your presi- dent regarding the use of dumdum bullets by the Belgians and French," the kaiser went on. We have ample proof to establish this charge not only in the clmmcter of the wounds sulfered . by my soldiers but in the shape of un- I used cartridges which we found in the Cll[ltl!I`C(1 tolts." \`(-vnnrrnlv pnnmvh Hm knlser sent cnpturcu I01 LS. Strangely enough. the kaiser 002 his protest to {'res`u1(2nt Wllson about the same day that President Poincare forwarded a similar protest based upon the use of rlumdum bullets \ by..t!1.s:. .6`-_<.=r.!m_1_ns. S unne. : this I was very gmd, because it : me an oppnx-i.uuii_v to draw the = 131` out on nanny of \`!; ixncrcstifxg ' uions which`tZ".c v.':u' suggested which I found him ::!'.\':1ys :'ez1(]_',' !i. I e2"n:1p<: the fact that I lent`; the kaiser t0_ Ufxcation of .n.l 1VIr)u".`l1I`(`-`X Lter ... ,.u..-..!,.. ; u: nu. u-4 .\.,., 5 done. ....` l\7\ nv-xvsnu-inn ':':u'_`_;. ~ l"u's=t time I szws the lmiser after V ';11- st:11'te(l was u'uz.-xx-7; Augu.<:t 10, ` `urtweon eleven and twelve k the night llofnre, I h::=_l been (1 by telephone that the kaiser ` i like me to attend him at the :1 p-.=.l..ncc the following morning CHAPTEIR V. _ 'HE.NORTEEI-EN ADVANCE Auuunun L -3 il. 2 have t11ou,:ht I . 'Il'g':i`rin'ng the vzoiauon or l,3Pi.`:!u:u neutrality. the kaisr was uhlv to of- fer no reasonable argument. I`l-..- fact that he was willing is: pay 1-`.e!;:in::1 fair permission to allow his -,2:-:'~.:a..-5 t-., sin through that country v.':.is :.~1p;v.i--:i.'i;y sufficient justification in his eyes for` taking by force what Belgium refused to sell. Y,`r4-yvvv ....1:=1. na `nalainm 4-n hnvn rn. [0 sea. How foolish of Belgium to have re- l slsted us i , he declared, in this con- nection. Hnd they consented to let us walk through we would have paid for evc:'ything:--everythimg! Not :1 hair of their heads wonicl have been touched and Belgium toiluy would be in the same happy nancial -condition that Luxembourg is." A 1 _ ___|_ . . _ . . .....L. :..a.-....:.nn uvn 1~n.l ..w ._ -.- "_t1H 1119 hull: `fr: America oi` ` Jibiding lcfu fur Just 1: : ' re 12: ~ +1. Luun. uu.\l:uIuuuL5 La. At a subsequent interview We re- ferred to Belgium again, and the kni- ser alleged that Japan had violated the neutrality of China when she sent troops through Chinese` territory to seize Kiao-Clmu. nu :. ..n ..:..|.+ om. nun nlnne 1-n n "WOI'LLl. They refer to us as the Buns ! the kaiser observed bitterly. If your people could see what the Russians have done in the Bukowinu and east- ern Prussia they would know then who are the real Ilunsl They de- stroyed everything they could lay their hands on. In one of my shoot- lng lodges which the Cossacks entered they even knocked out the teeth of the boars heads which hung on the walls! With knives they cut out t11e\cove1's of my chairs. They had special fire bombs which they threw on peaceful villages. These bombs had been con- . : structed in peace times and were de- . ` tlon. signed solely for pillage and destruc- n7._...:.,... .1 Ac 4..m.#:.... Hunt`. K`n`r()"Ql IJCIEIQLJAI u um. utunk;-J ....D...--.. .. -..--.... I Some of the arguments the kaiser I raised in his discussions with "me re- 'garding the war were so weak and untenable that one might well doubt `his sincerity in urgng them, but IE shall give them for what they are` --Worth. umn-.. ....c,.... L- can run l>`r1n `K .1`.-una I" Han seize .l\l's1U-bllllu. It is all right for the nllies to do these things," he commented sarcas- tically, but when Germany (loos them England rises up in righ/teous indig- nation. The hypocrites! Why, we found papers in Brussels which showed conclusively that England and Belgium had a secret ngreement by which in the event of war with Ger- many Englnnd was to be permitted to occupy Belgium! We've got those pa- pers in Berlin. We could have no more positive proof against them. The Belgians were simply Englan s tools l ' a,...... -4: LL... .....-nw..-tn:-n ohn lrncnr uou. 1 Instead of treating their soldiers `us prisoners of w-.u' we should have istrung them up by theneck-every `one of them!" c<.\........I nu-nnnnn 1 ).-~.1n-2 xvhn \vn'l"D UUU UL LHUUJ: Several prominent Pa:-10:4, who were 'patlents of mine and wlxose ne es- tates in Poland were looted and Lle- `molished, told me pcsitivelyfhtit the destruction and Ileaprerlzuions were committed entirely by German troops. The Russians had 0CCl]I)l(`(.`i.tl)(2 houses when they were in possession of. that ` section of `the country, but it was not until they were driven out by the Ger- . imnns that the acts of vandalism were committed and theyhad convincing evidence that in every case the Ger- , man soldlers and not the Russi:1ns= were responsible. Yhn tsrul-vnrvn nnn1rnH'r\(1 l\\' 1`.f_I\ (EDP- were I`espuumuu:. _ . . . "V The out1':1ges commltted by he Ger- . mans in their treatment of prisoners _of W{\1' will probably never he~known in their entirety. We do know 1:11:-.*. they executed Captain 17`1'.':1tt, the c:>mm:u1der of :1 B1`ilish mr>.rchunt ves- \ >591, who was (':`p`.171'0 :`1fle1' he hm; .............a .. rm .... `r?_m.u+ 1 mm`!- '53], \VlH) \\2`:S `it \'.'::.=; quite 9':1-Jent that he \\'us'. in `entire .. with acts of that . .L......ne.-..- j)'n.'.l1'lI\l illlkil 1:?` Ihlu rnmmed :1 Go am U-boat. I dun: \ lznaw to what c-xtc-mt the ! \\'ns"| G`n'e(*t`.y 1'0:' for that dilstnmly : c:`i:no, but from. what he said reg:`u'd- ' int; the c:1;:-`.u=:e of zvnother lrjtish cup- tnin, the (~mnr:mn1or of the I .:u'u1ong, ientlre : ch:u'act< A IV. It \.i"\fl II \J'I;I1.'-L huu -yuun u ..u.. M) w:<.<-cl upnn '.\'2=.i.r \\'m'e some of the 1`L2:.m'c-s of the c1'eW of the bum- . .lm.- crew :2:-.\quo::tI_v by the Barn- lozxg. zmd :v:cn.(`:ir:g to reports in Ge1'- ` u=.:`u1_v y v.'e=.'e h:.n-.s1.1\y treateazl. Then it was r<:p:n'ted that the Bnmlong lmd boon <*:=.r:turc--:1 and that her cm3`.nlu and U10 <:-row woulil be smmuarily I of this U-hunt was` 1 x 1 i . 2 I \V'('_.9 I-`.a.:u _.here wuh 1 I14: tail 1 . 213 |.l:\_-_\. -cu; nu.-.-. 1 1 v.'0u1 dealt with. at L .. . "1.-iwvlx n them can be fully understood only by ireeomes 100:. All 11113, euzut, nur.-u Au-`, \'.u3in;: troops: seize private property it _ . is rn. to pay for it. That the Germans were tzcod takers but poor; 1>:1_ver:: is revealed by two lncldentsg which the kaiser narrated to me, and the keen enjoyment be derived from; those who know how much the kaiser appreciates getting something ox'.. nothing. ; I r)v-uIInnr\;n mne-fan nnr md for food. ` what they had to sell nnd we were` I foolishly declared wa1'_ugulnst us and` we got it all for nothlngl When I nothing. ` , ``Rouxnnni:1.\vnnte(i our gold for food . 1 products," he told me. '.IIb (lmntmd-2 1 ed pure gold nnd they s`=`.'anorrnoun 1 prlccs on their wares; but we needed "4 ready to pay even the outrageous prlces they (l0m:mdcd. And then they spoke to Hlndenburg about the con- templated campalgn against I{numa- nla he sold, `Thls will be :1 very inter- esting campaign.` It was. We got all; we wanted and didn't. lmvo to pay a* penny for it." ` 'l`hn 1.-.-`mm hsmnmd all over as he: I01` 1:." Tho kaiser beamed all 11: contemplated the results of Roman.- nm's entry in the war. TI7`\nv\ fhn (`.01-n1sn\ Qrnrms 01}t"0d" 1 l ,( 1 i . I I1lll'5 euu'_y In un: sun. When the Gernmu troops entemd` Tarnnpol. Itu:~rln, at n 1n`.'c1' tizne t}:e.v_ captured vast quantities of .\mor1V:au- made lxospltul surmlles. __ H I `U-boat lnul sunk a Bx'it- 2 /`I. V|v!\\I/\ anrnn n?1 (To be continuc(}) ag I I1on,p1easure auu cuuuurt. _. What Me` By means of a. line shaft :1. gas , [engine may operate many labor-sav- as Buns! I tterly. hat ikowinu vould I-Iunsl cr-an run the grindslone, root puiper, fimning mill, cream separator, churn, sheep shearex-s_, horse clippers, rotary ctlrry-comb and the milking machine. '.\.'il]1 which it is possible to milk two cows in about six minucs, includiniz the `time required fm_- changing uni setting. Further assssiance may he Onenof nfy S1_`_0E had by attaching the power for re- 5C0>>5`'-'k5 9111-919 Ly":-in-nrnfinn and 1 m r-irr-ninns-' milk ing machines at the same time. it |MAsmNEs save M393! the most i1I<<-1:; p1:u:e: lu L. The kaiser thanked me 1'0`: the in- 'formation but did not onim` intn fur- ther details as to the object he hm} - -mind or whlch son he had planned (J6 send across. It was to curry favor with America `that the kaiser had his yacht Meteor -built in our slxipyards, and it is :1 fact that more American women were pre- sented at the Gerrnzm court than those of other nation. '71... 11A nv-nannfn Q gfninp of 's`.'i`rk of iiiicievt i`;.'2s Engine in House and Barn. .urt.s . sled a How Early Winter Pruning May Be Done Without Injury - VVintcr Rhubarb ls Delicious and May Be Grown by All. (Contributed by Ontario Department of Agricuhure Toronto.) - \ AVL" } 1ZU)()I' in gtnbic and ` hmnc-, by the use of nxachinery. is one of the great <>.c0n0mlc problems engaging the atten- tion of farmers t0-d1y. Through the use of machinery they can produce even more, at less cost, than in years pas, when labor was plentiful. am`. tolombly cheap. _ l'\..._L..l.1.. .......... I.......... .'n ll-.-. I-`Lu 2'1`(3-`SSIIY. No longer need the prepm':Ltitm of whitewash and its application with u |)1'ush be consigned to Wanner re- ;;i;m::. fat; the `engine can pump the mixture from` a tank or ham-.=l through :1 hose attzmhed to 3. spraj.'- ins; outt. It is possible to mum) '21 two hundred feet. When the job is done the hose should be cleane cut by having fresh water pumped thvough it. rrhn rrngvnlinn (*nirr:-xn u-rdxrna `Tnr H10 '.ux\ Auu._y \ un.s...a. Probably never before in the his- tory of the f:1rm_i_ng world have so many farm problems been solved by a single piece of machinery as has now been accomplished by the gaso- line engine. In the stable it can be employed to advantage in grinding feed for the stock. It can cut: feed and ensilage. It can pump water for the house and stable whenever one pleases; a hydrant on the lawn, and i in the stock yards to which a. hose may be attached for washing the buggy, sprinkling the lawn, ushing pens and stable and for other pur- poses, 1's 2. source of much satisfac- ' tion, pleasure and comfort. Rv moans n! :1 line shaft :1 2:13 ; I 1 1 H110 Dy IIIIZLCIIIH5 [[18 [IU \ v Cl' L U I` KC` frigeration and in` circtxlating milk over :3. cooling sur1'acc~--a practical nrsce-ssity. Mn Inn nor nmnd 1h :2 m'r>n:n';11'mn 2 mrougn 1:. 1 The gasoline enginrz solves for the `firmer the problems of comfort in 1 the house, safety in the stables. and :1 great deal of drudgery genemlly.-~ 3 Prof. John Evans, 0. A. College, ! G11elph._ i luau; ynuunub us nu. ..; `I\(AAA ible, but heavy pruning is dangerous; {and likely to result in serious (Lam- `age from winter killing, especially if the sulcceeding winter is severe. The = injury is caused by drying out of the 12111 ztrea. and may be prevented ll:-,' : covering all wounds of any size sviili in svnnri r-nvpring nl` nnint made from