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Ce eat Mad pee eG >. ar CAUSED HIM TO WEEP inhipenen in giecrmen eres Saw GERAIUNS-r AU RE aon WOUNDED ENGLISH, Heartrendiig "Description of Out~ rage on Station Platform in' Belgium. From the Tijd, the leading Ro- wan Catholic'Dutch paper, is taken the following letter from-its Belgian war correspondent, dated= October ie I travelled' on a train containing more than two hundred wounded terrible thing because of unbearable cmeéll of the open wounds. With me was a girl @&yine, the tie pein ter of Mr, de Bruin, of Amsterdam, whom I had taken from a convent in Louvain to conduct safely across the border to Maastricht. As far as possible I stood with my little protege on the balcony of our car, where we had some fresh air at Jeast. ; We arrived in Landen, a little yillage between Thienen and War- emme. Here we had to stop for some forty minutes in order to give the wounded soldiers a meal. of a big wash basin every one got 2 plate of soup, and.1 and my little! companion also were provided with one: Having eaten I trod the rail- | way platform up and down to get some movement for my stiff limbs. for we had a full day's journey still before us. : No Food fer Five Days. All of a sudden I noticed a page| gathering in-front of one of the last cars. J] went there, and what I saw | 1 won't forget all my life. Oh that I never had seen it! Between some | wounded Frenchmen three severely wounded English soldiers lay on their backs upon some straw. They looked miserable and completely worn out. Upon information I was told that these men had had no food for five continuous days. Before the open doors of the luggage van stood between two and three bun- dred German soldiers partly be- longing to the slightly wounded pas- sengers, partly to the garrison © the village, the latter evidently be- ing ordered to give out the food And these two or'three hundred soldiers stood there yelling and | orying, jeering and swearing at) these three badly wounded English- men who Jay 'there utterly helpless on the small heaps of dirty straw; not having eaten for five days! Then the bowls with hot soup were brought under their very noses ae the Gernians cried :--"You want. eat? Swine, you dirty swine! Best them to death, murder them ! Death is alt they can get!" , saying this, they drew their rifles upon the hungry, helpless and bleeding human beings. Others spat upon their clothes and in their} faces, and their general behavior was that of lunatics, to say nothing worse. With broken eves, indicat- ing the aproach of death, one Eng- Out ; _ Tam. per- tion' I poaaera maleate cand gaat but. I) am willing: to take the most 'sdlemm oath that nothing in my de- scription is vent Etie; that dot' one word is exaggera And'to allow the' Caciaen: authori- ties to investigate this matter thor- oughly I will give the era nearer détails :--The scene nessed and' tried to deere tos mere way station of Lander on Friday, October 9, in the train that arrived there from the direction'of Brussels between' nodn and' one o'clock. After the train started again atid some soldiers began speaking to me, as 'before, I could not give any more answer. I eat silent and-stared:at nothing, seeing nothing but the monstrous sight of these three mis- erable English soldiers, lying. upon the dirty ee ie dazed and almost starved to death, and in front of them this beastly multitude of spit- ting, swearing and menacing Ger- mans. Weeps Because of Scenc. Then al] of a sudden I began to ° ery. I could not hold my any longer under control, and final- | ly wept like a little. child, and at} last I gained thereby a crumb of | comfort, a grain of solicitude. But} iI am ill again. the moment | think |of these Englishmen. It is*the worst | seene I witnessed yet, and I have | been for two continuows months jamid the most terrible horrors of |this war, amid burned and pillaged i villages, amid sacked towns whose 'inhabitants had last all hope ,amid i fire and-bullets a | struction, devastation and death in} its most horrible form. Before our train had arrived at} endan some German soldiers had | | told me already that they simply murdered the English wounded that feil into their hands. Some phi had denied this, it is true, or least said that it had not Pemened in their regiments, but one of them | told me that by his company alone |no fewer than twenty-six English captives had been mutilated .and finally murdered. I would not be- lieve him then, and I actually ask- ed why they made themselves worse than they really were, but. after what I had seen at Landen, I--ne, ] will not draw conclusions. I know that I may not make the whole Ger- man army responsible for the beast- tly conduct of these three himndred monsters who did not possess the semblance of what is known as mili- tary honor. I only hope fervently that they may be punished yet. Neahee PURE FOOD LAW. Syrup. In a previous 'ers we dealt with the new pure f law affecting the maple syrup and suger indus- , try which comes into force on Jan- uary Ist, 1915. It forbids the use of the werd Maple on any product that-is not entirely the pure ~~ of the maple tree. We now make - cial mention of the -- that await adulterators who vy be lishman alternately looked upon his tormentors and the soup. unable to | utter a word any more, though his | eyes still asked for pity and implor- | ed for merey with his terrible suf-; fering Turn Heads Away in Agony. | The other two oo turned their | 'heads away an y almost reo scious, with cca eves. At: st | the first one also shut his eyes od | turned his face away with a look of | wildest despair. The soldiers con- tinued yelling and swearing, spit- ting and menacing them with their | rifles, using the-most vile and ob- | scene language. Others who did not participate at least laughed -at the helplessness of their enemies, and they did nothing to stop their com- ' rades. ] se I siood $ still--metionless stupe-| « fied, petrified, and for a long rein 8 was unable to utter a syllable. | Then, however, I walkéd up ta a! rergeant who stood near and who | jaughed. Shivering over my whole | ¢ body, I faintly muttered, "Sir, | what happens here is terrible; is more thin beastly, indeed. they not men who also have fulfill- ed their duty as you have done | yours!' I cowldtsay nothing more; my voice broke in my throat. And | what answer did I get? "What! They and duty! Swine they are --!' paid swine! They get money for | ' their dirty jobs! Swine and no- F thing more !" I did not say anything more. I} simply could not, and felt that one | word more might incite the mob to ren} madness. For some time I re- ained there staring at the mon- strous scene and not knowing if I] was really awake or under the | clouds of a terrible nightmare. If, I only had possessed.the physical force of & Hercules I would have beaten back these cowards with one hand and with the other would have crongat the invigorating soup to the trembling lips of these exhaust- ed and most miserable of men. ' No One Made Protest. What struck me most 'wae the fact that between these two or three hundred soldiers in front of this martyr pit there was not one human being who tried to put a stop to the hellish scene or who would take the part of the' sbarving "enemies."' ? tempted to break the law after the date named. While these seem to be fairly substantial they are not | likely to appear excessive to right- !minded people who are anxious to jsee the maple syrup and sugar in- | dustry thrive in our land. a in one particular (see paragraph A | fixing the manimum fine at $50 and costs) the penalty would appear to be inadequate. However, the pen- alties to be meted out in other di- rections are calculated to deter the | dishonest from pursuing their ne- | farious practices. The 'Canadian Inland Revenue | Department, in a recent bulletin, uotes the following from Section 31 of the Adulteration Act: 'Every person who wilfully adul- 'terates any article of food or any 'drug or orders any other person 'so to do shall "*(A) If such adulteration is wath | 'in the meaning of this Act, deer Hed to be injurious to health, for | "the first offence incur a penalty | 'not exceeding $500 and costs, or 'six months imprisonment, or both, | "and not less than $50 and costs, | | "penalty net exe ---- $1,000 ayd "costs, or one ear's imprison. | 'ment, or a be not less than | "$100 and ¢ ""(B) If ins pibuttevetins is with- 'in the meaning of this Act deemed | 'not to be injurious to health, in- | 'cur a penalty not exceeding 8200 | 'and cosis..or three months impri- | "sonment, and for each subsequent | "offence a penalty not excee ing | **$500 and costs, or six months im- | "brisonment, or both, "and not lees | " 'than $100 and costs.' "Those concerned are therefore 'notified to be guided accordingly, "since it is intended to deal as the 'Law directs with offenders in this "regard. This new legislation benefits the farmer and consumer alike. Botti are protected. The one will pay more attention to his maple grove, as his product will be worth more, the elimination of the adulterated article in competition enhancing the value of pure maple syrup, which in reality is a luxury. The con- sumer, will benefit by getting the genuine article, for which he gladly pays an increased price. This new pure food law, its pro- visions and penalties cannot be too y known. nerves; 'shrapnel, de- |. ay" ae es for "Aiton sional 2 veret: a Was E of M there will be the finesb kind of wea-| age of raimfell during the Summer: months, Autumn rains have replen- | will be congratulating Our Navy's Anti- Aircraft Armament. A Gun on High Angle Mountings, Pointing Sky ward, It is se cea 3 to know, from. the a is very int ship ' 'The Tror Duke' om a estin tests on board, a British warship with months before there was any prospect considerable experience in firing at carries re oa guns for use_againct a s taken in South @ gun on a angle mountings. eet the,present war. Since it mes, airships and captive | iustration -- as this, that the Navy ts fully alive to the menace heey cellent friends, even. ee there' "Jis not between: them. the same feel-. ing of kinship-as exists megan ide ly between Britons: rwer- nd 'muah! - |ians, One does: not spoken so:m in pa@took hol as it is in Christian Recoll ect: tes the. Germans are their close neighbors-and that they have been indueed to believe the . German army. the best in the world. They have oupied the German grey ior their soldiers' unifdrms and 'their officers affect: the stiff, clean- y shaven Prussian: style. ; Pupers Influenceii. _ And then add to-this the third reason for the German sympathies of the mass of ish people. who ave no means of checking what 'thelr newspapers tell them. This reason is that the Swedish news- papers are industriously fed with German '"'news" and views. Herr von Kuhimann, who. was in charge of the Press department at the Ger- man Embassy in London, 'has 'been doing the same dirty work here. And most Swedish editors swallow- ed whatever he chose to offer them, though, it-is true, they sickened of his diet before he left. The only Swedish newspaper which is really neutral, and which has the honesty to say that the Ger- mans have made war like savages. is the Socialist organ. i means a good deal, seeing "that th Socialists are very numerous an j have the strongest party in the pr sent Swedish Par! ee Th | realize what the trimmph of Ge man "militarism" would mean. African waters, and shows sunac-y The Government is, of course, The target was kite. This was Lineutrel, and honorably maintains began gunners on land have had : | this attitude. There is, litte - like- Ane rah Sir John Jellicoe's flag- | jihood of Sweden joining or even é * } helping' Germany so sO 0 LS King's ministers remain unehang- - Severe Freezing. SEVERE. WATER iwi." TEMPERATURES ARY AND FEBRUARY. Great. Thaws and Floods Will mel Fotlewed By Backward ' Spring. The coming winter promises to b# one that will be remembered for many 'years, on account of some very unusual features, says the New York American. Every indicating points to a lute and beautiful Autumn, month later than common, and very unusually warm in some ine is the far eastern. ; ther, resemb]ing Summer, wil] extend far into the last monte: of the year. Last Winter was noted -for its cold streaks, and one of these was the wonderfully warm spell in the middle of the time allotted us. for Winter. The temperature was up to Summer heat in, many of the mid- dle and western sections, but it will be just the opposite. this Winter. We shall have temperatures below normal-in January and February. Winter will 'be shorter than it has been on some former occasions, but we will be satished when it begins to moderate. "A Late Spring. After the most intense cold we have experienced for vears, we shall have a mild spell, and great thaws and floods will result, and folks themselves on the likelihood of an early Spring | but it would be advisable to wait until the*forecast of the truthful caterpillar has been realized. If the indications hold good, we shall have a very late and backward Spring, with real Winter at the |time we should have fine Spting-. | like weather. The caterpillar shows light in front, followed, with a very well- defined dark spot of considerable size, and this dark indicates our Midwinter snap. Then the light appears again, and Are | |*'and for each subsequent offence a! this indicates the warm spell, and if there was no more dark there would be a prospect of a very early Spring, but another dark spot ap- ars toward the rear of the cater- | pillar, and this will bring the~ late amd unseasonable cold at the time we should have our mild weather. Last Winter was noted for its un- usual severity in some of the South- ern states, where we naturally e@x~- pect a mild climate. The far North, where we natural- ly expected severe weather, had a mild Winter and these conditions were due to the fact that most of the seismic disturbances during the last months of last year were in the north. The earthquakes during the past few weeks haye been more notice- able -in the southern portion of the northern 'hemisphere, and this will modify the weather in the southern sections of our country, while the cold will be i northern portions, and al! through the northern part of North Ameri- ca the temperature will range far below normal during a hae por- tion of eur Winter peri t has been many years 'since the vernal equinox was on the 2nd of September LOW JANES! 'tions along since 'the United Staten expesieened as little disturbances at the equinox rs was algae this year.. No y degree appeared sane the North Pacific Coast. eS this part of the world the lows nd highs, as we are used to speak- a relative atmospheric con- -which move 'across the cou a producing the changes in ourcweather, were moving eslowly as at any other time of the year, which is different from the usual ae at the period of the a of insects are deeper in , field mice and other bur- ben running springs, and if cold er does come live stock will 'pot suffer for want of water. Rainy Autumns are pretty cer- tain indications of severe freezing during the Wirter, while dry Au- fumn months often foretell a mild, open inter. Autumn léaves tinted with frost indicate early Winter, but when the leaves die and fall off without frost the Winter will hold off late, but be more than ordinarily cold. Corn husks and the chaff on grain were heavier this season than berries and weed-seed are retain-' in heavier coverings than are aus: noticed. Our weather is the result of a eause and if we only get at the cause we cak easily foretell the re- sult. Watch and see how. these pec ato compare with the act- tal per a Weather Reports Forbidden. The publication of weather ports has been forbidden. by re- the Freneh government, presumably for military reaso mas. , Heretofore. fore- casts a throughout ance "in the Englieh channel, southern Bufope and ihe Mediterranean havey been publish- ed daily. This has included, of course ,information useful to mar- iners. It is assumed that the gov- ernment has in mind the possible use of this information by Germany in both naval and military opera- the western littoral. The part that fogs have played -in the Belgian coast battles is recalled in this connection. "By order of the government," reads the --an- nouncement in the Figaro, "the aos pea ge of meterological in- formation is suspended. We are only able therefore to give the tem- perature of Paris.' +$--__ Most Famous Victories. ' British satlors have on their uni- form @ perpetual reminder of the Navy's glorious past, though t everyone who wears them knows that the three rows of white tape round the edging of the blue collar and the-black silk searf knotted in front are links with Nelson. The white tapes eaeecnrete Nelson's most famous victori open- hagen, the Nile, and Tratalear cand the scarf is a token of perpetual mourning for the great admiral, ses osrgeattor fad by the sea- men themselves, and retained ever since ed, and so long as the businesa men of the country have a say in the SWEDEN 1S WITH GERALANY matter. They know what the coun- try would lose if she raahly gave her little"all to prop up a falling THE SOCIALIST ORGAN THE) house. ONLY NEUTRAL NEWSPAPER. scvasiieL smnerngiA ., THE GERMAN MACHENE, How Will It Stand Up Under Pos- sible Defeat. Whatever may be the 'ntoome of the war, and whatever opiaions we may hold of the effectiveness of the the well-known German army as a body of fighting writing sam en there is no question that jn the field of preparation and mobili- zation the German machine worked' with all the smoothness 2nd aecur- aay that its admirers had expec stead 4 to show. The Nation, ta describ- spe that triumph of ergaaization, says Ab the end of the first week of 1 the chief of etaff Gen- English Language' Is Not. Much Spoken in the Swedish Cities. Hamilton Fyfe, English journalist, Stockholm, says: 'It 'is a pity,"' said a Swede the other day to an Englishman, "that England is not fighting in a more just caus The exne ion which followed pro- duced. an instant apology. Never- the. pours surprising as it is to us, in spite of their Frenen For thé there are several! réas-}. ons: « : First of all, Sweden is terribly | 5 afraid of Russia. She is afraid that her big neighbor wants to ateal from her. .She thinks that Russia wante the rich iron-ore lands in the north of Sweden, a harbor, too, that does not freeze in winter and can be used by warships al] the year round. tions © cteepiaiae thaad hoon re- oneed Per r somes days a pawveful nation had been transforming itsalf into a nation in arms; four millions of men had been turning soldiers, and it did not. appear:that in the slightest. detail thad anything gone he end of the seoond waek. the record was the same, and aapehigcwopsrgts was conipletos. nan had got his orders, picked up Russia's recent representatives | his i and gone to hia place at the in St m have unwisely given | fron | . x Sweden ground for these fears. | "aa all history there is fowebuin ta They have forced her- into -looking| surpass that triumph of planning tow ards Germany for protection.| and organization. The Freadh went 'Can you not rely upon British de-/to war an their famitiar red trous- , termination to preserve you from ers; the Germans- rales in their attack 7'? I asked a Swedish states-| gray khaki unifonms, the very exist man. atl looked at me with half-/ ence of which _was handy chown closed e abroad. Each" soldier inal new Ww 3 Bhat Belgium 1" > havsaid. | ponerse and new undere!othing, ha: 'England guaranteed Belgium. Buts written instructions what traia t take. what seat to occupy. ood f land not keep up an army : Anes enough to aa ts guaran-| the journey was handed him ; at ce: tee effective. Belgium!' he shrug-, 2!" Stations hot drinks wero hand ged his shoulders. "Belgium is-no | ted him. He had no thi niaag to do more. --only to read his order The re WAS, "But in the ead" Tprotested: | not the slightest confirsion, in apite "Ah, in the end! Perhaps. But |? the dislocation of syery. catation 1 ita ot Belem eo We o ordinary life and the crowded now: Tn OF DOLE BOW: thousands who preseuted them- cannot afford to run such a risk."' -That is reason number one for! Sweden's sentiments in Germany's favor. i walved to be transported to tate + few 'fmiins Mee great mobilization polats, telephones, telegraphs ware ut « jtaken over by the army; factori ' ceased to work instant!y an civilign contracts, and began to Itwhor ex Sweden, far! cl lusively for the general staff, mak depends on: ing biscuits, clothing, che a8, <LI © * Imitate the Germans. Reason two is that more than Norway, | Germany for her art and her ideas. | nition, and so forth. Every pou into believ-{ of copper was seized at onca, every ¢ jing that German ."culture" is the | Serviceable horse in the country 'was bought, for the goverament av i tually had a record that was fit for its use, owners had to bring them at once jt = the nearest army supply deport. For them as for everything oleae, ihe fee eere paid in cash. | finest-and the most likely to endure. 'Not that Swedes are like Germans. | me a pretty curtsey, Little girls al- They are a pleasant, light-hearted charming manners. No Swede ever keeps his hat on in a room, not even} of every animal and 'the if it be an office-room. When I a stilt of thee ck vitals take my coat from the cloakroom cimnigak: Otasivetion ine Raia guardian at a restaurant she makes advance through Belgiu a oe w8ys "bob"' politely when they northern Rrance that almoee veach: greet older peuple. The policeman] og the walls of Paris within a * who directs me in the street, th month. MMiere it wih ate. prnienet taxicab driver when he is paid, the ticket examiner in the | train, all salute with maniv courtesy a take leave with a gracious wave of the han Nor have Swedes been altogether content either with the heavy-hand ed art of Germany, or with the view of woman which Germans share with Mohammedans alone--the view that she can be no more than a do- mestio drudge or an instrument of pleasure. Women are given a very high place in Swedish national life ; and one result of this is that many English plays, studies of women's character, have been produced on the Swedish stage. Further, Swedes and Britons have always been | ex- test. It remains to be sean how this greatest of human twuelines wl stand up under ~epulse wad possibile defeat. Will the defects of its qual-. ities lead to its undoing? Has the: very perfection of the organizal )ont made the German soldier less vers- atile and adaptable than those of other natiogs | Has the peneral sta in thinking of #s men as / pawns to be moved back and forth in the carry: ing out of intricate plans of cai asked mone of the machine 'tae its homen ments are capable of? what this war is ved decide. lt takes a Woman to settle a rt who is made of dust,