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1 was walk ost a cabin whete ve pt our prisoners tight, > sentry-go says "1.00k here," 1 seca funny sight: There was two of them a-lookin' at the picture in' their hand, Just as it there's German mothers in the German Fatherland. But when you're in the fight li It's "Forget your thoughts and fire!" While the lookout wi7k beside ttle higher." When I "stopped an' ooked to Veavark i in a tiny breathin' spell, 1 see a Dreadnaught stagger. with her nose deep in the swell; 'She was struck below the belly, ah' she sank an' gurgled down, Very casual like and careles, made. weat to see her drown. But when we're strip Say, it's "Glory, | Glory," then. An' its "Sweep ihe sea 0' Germans," As we pick the range again, yin' close i in. harbor, .coalin up at Halifax, : Twa messin' with the range guns, streakin' polish down their backs, There, w was 'Somethin' in the air"-fell-like happy English rain' An my mate, he says "You' re bawlin'" an' I'says "I guess that's plain." But when we're sweatin' dirty, And the sea's unholy red, Say, 1s "Mates, we'll fight for England, Till the sun herself is dead!" ARTHUR 'L.. PHELPS. Ww 2 of this most awful of wars. It is good; but we expect id Hed in the "Montreal Weekly Witness." The stanzas voice the best British spirit--strength tempered with tenderness,, We have been proud: of the tone of the Witness editorials on the War Situation, and these editorials are doubly valuable because of the reliability of the in-~ formation given, By the way, you can get the Witness from now to the + end of the year, by sending fifteen cents in stamps or coin to John | Dougall & Son. You may have plenty of papers, but fnone just like ton events.' 'The tide of baile has surged back and and se ébb and flow of that tide has carried its thousands back; but the enemy is still on French and Belgian soil. We are settling: down to & dogged fight; and are compelled to ac- '| appealed to by press, * was done for their comfort. . The General and his officers dined that * night with the family--the Burgomaster and his lwife, their son and : daughter. 'The meal progressed with eveiy: sign of geniality, and the conduct "of the officers' was perfectlyjrespectful and{normal. But toward the end ~~ dinner they drank very freely, and kept the drinking up arterward. the time everybody had retired to bed, the three fGermans were all very much thejworse for drink. In the early hours of the morning the members of the household were aroused by a shriek from the room occupied by the daughter. The son rushed in and found his sister struggling in the arms of the Chief of = Staff, still tipsy, The young man aroused to a frenzy by what he saw, "attacked the scoundrel who had so terribly violated his fathers hospitality. * "There was a fierce struggle. of which the details are not clear, and it ended in the son shooting the Chief of Staff. ~The tragedy was witnessed by most of the household, including the male and female servants. - But the shot did not arouse the General and the other officers, drunkenly asleep in their beds. The terrified household, afraid of what might be in store for them, had to wait until morning for the denouncement of the tragedy. ' Next morning the body was discovered by the officers. - The Gen- eral was terribly cold in his wrath. The price must be paid, he said. The Burgomaster, his wife, his son the daughter, and even the servants pleaded pitifully with him, and the body of the Chief of Staff lying in the girl's room was sufficent evidence of 'what had happened. But: General Van Bohn was not to be turned aside by anything so weak as tears and supplication of a household which had already endured tor- turesjof suspense. He knew his German duty. The Burgomaster, the son--avenger of the attack on his sister--and two menservants were put against a wall and shot out of hand. Then the officers directed their attention to the woman of the household. The carnage of the streets, the burning, the hacking, and stabbing followed. Such is the storr of Aerschot and its Burgomaster. Is it any wonder we dread was. It is for sufferers like these that the generous gifts are being made to the Red Cross Society and the Patriotic War Fund, Manufacturers and other large em- ployers of labor have agreed among themselves to maintain their working staffs as fully as possible even if they operate at cost or in some cases be low cost. In so doing they are not actuated by any desire for profits, welcome as these would be, but solely with a view of relieving the distress which unemployment always brings The war "has had a sudden and|myey feel that it is far better to fur- pronounced effect .on the "Made-in-|nish a livelihood for Canadians Canada" movement which has been|through' honest work and honest carried on in Canada during the past|W28eS than to dole out a pittance fow yoars. Hitherto the 'educational through charitable institutions. "Made- in-Canada" is, therefore, more than. campaign, to promote the sale of ever a practical business policy to- "Made-in-Canada" goods, has been day. Every Canadian housewife, In viewed pretty much as the concernifact every purchaser of goods in of Canadian manufacturers, and has,|Canada should practice it and en- for this' reason, been denied the sym.(COUrage others'to do likewise. About pathy and support of a section of the|ffty cents of every dollar spent on people. The war has changed all the product of a factory goes to the this, and to-day the "Made-n-Canada*|WOrkingman. All interests are, there- policy is no longer looked upon as a fore, combining in Canada during the matter of sentiment and patriotism, {ReXt few months to increase employ: but is regarded as an economic neces-Ment by distributing as much as pos: sity. The manufacturers and other sible in the form of wages to the Can- large employers of labor are being adian workmen in the Canadian fac pulpit and/tory. The campaign of the Canadian public men generally te provide the Press Association in this direction is 'maximum of employment with a view most commendable, and will do much to relieving | the distress caused byto restore confidence in the business "| QUESTION OF WORK AND *"MADE-IN-CANADA" Economic Situation of Grave Concern to Canadiane--Co.operation From all i5ides. to Give Work ly Can- 'adian factories cannot - operated un- Encouraging Manufacturers Last week was "Made in Winnipeg" ppeal on. everyiweek in the Manitoba capital, and oi to i 'to patronize the!manufacturers, retailers and citizens ® ¢ 'made by thelr fellow-citizens in generdlly co-operated to bring the Canadian factories. It 1s admitted on {products of local industries before Uneipiorment, and consequent people, to help build up a bigger and ; th pest few mon