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The death of Lord Roberts
will cause regret throughout
the whole British world. Com-

ing as it did so suddenly and
at
her great soldiers was so much
the loss
will be felt all the more. Lord
for himself
in British history that
is on a par with great heroes.
He
long and well.
at

a time when the counsel of

needed by the Empire,

Roberts has made
a place
has served his country
He was the man
the helm on several occa-
sions when the prestige and se-
of the Empire at
stake and he saved the honor
of the It will be well re-
membered with what enthusi-
asm his appointment as Field
Marshal in the South African
War was received and how vic-
followed his appoint-

ment in quick succession.
ace Le

It would be folly, however, to
think that the death of Lord
Roberts will affect the conduet
of the war. His full quota of
service has been already
dered.

surity was

flag.

tories

ren-
He carried the weight
of 82 years on his shoulders
and his part in the war was
little more than intensely
interested ‘spectator. Indeed,
it is possible that the excite-
ment of the in which he

an

> Tuesday, Nov. 17. 1944.

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RIALS

It
each crisis finds s
ter
breech,

is significant how

very
yme charac-
big enough to stand in the

The

never been with:

British nation has
jut its quota of
One

great men. seems to fol-

low another in regular order
and when the people have fin
ished weeping for one of their

al.
sud-

to
ruld
it

historical heroes who have

ready passed away they

another waiting
All this we
that
responsibili-
That the
potency of greatness exists in
the that
only requires the

denly find
take his place.

lead to
opportunity

one believe is
and
ty that makes a man.
average man and it
circumstance

to draw it out.

* * *

Historians will continue t
tell us that history is a re
our great men and the histori
to know better

man will never understand his
he finds out
but the fo-
cus of the potentional powers
of the What
about the British people
but their
capacity for

surface.

ans ought \

until
that great men are

tory aright

race. is great
is not
their heroes

their

breed;
throwing
great men to the Even
the

alone.

genius does not

He

stand
could never exist if

 

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CANADA'S FOOD GIFTS.

dicts Unreliable London

This report appeared in a Lon-

don paper possessing unenviable
notoriety nowadays for unrelia-
bility of its special information,
but despite this it was cabled out
to the United States and went
through Canada. Mr. Perley re-

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es in Canada.

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without exception, says Mr. Per-
ley, have dealt promptly with all
eargoes from Canada, Which at

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only

a few hours

HAD HALF MILLION

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German Losses on the Belgian
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to his hasty demise. The con- thought of the muldtitude
duct of the war has all along struggling for spine:

‘ finds vent in some one man
fallen on the rugged shoulders and he becomes the genius He
of Bari Kitchener, who appears receives all the praise while
to be well able to carry the the multitude that made hin
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Before Russian Invasion Pour- | pyeia) cavette records the pre
ing Into Berlin, Dresden mn of 121 non-commission
and Other Towns. fYieers to be second lieuten-
London, Nov, 47 With foe ints eervice in the fleld, but
mido ov. 47. or «
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1 stone wall, gradually wear-| Kitchener's army whieh Parla
down the German forces ent will vote this week remains
Russia continues her pres-| unsolved
upon the heart of Meanwhile, sixty-two men from
CGiermany Berlin me Victoria, B. ¢ who came overt
ices through Holland ‘indicat ndependently, offered them ely
despite whole month rday All could ride andj
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in goal and hatred of B regiment at any pay |
most ower me a
ae FOR A PROLONGED eTAY |
ther authoritative state:
inating from Germany show |@erpmans Took Their Threshing |
that the real situation is still hid Machines to War With
iden from the German people e Them
lv, but The Times produces —
‘ . ee London, Nov 16 \ Petrograd |
idence showing that the great
despatch to the Post dealing with
vankers, shipowners and captains
: the failure of the German plans)
f industry know Germany cannot
ossibly win. Men like Bailin,|°*”*
- rhree weeks ago the Germans |
Meniken and Thyssen were asur- |
, ' ' planned to occupy Poland up to}
renee Sycnd -apetendcetaer erations the Vistula, wintering in Warsaw
break of the war that they could] and Ivangorod They even
smash France in three weeks, and| brought reaping and threshing
then knock out Russia before she | machines with them to gather the
had time to complete her mobiliz- Polish crops, and there were
tior Belg bs - _ jother indications of a long stay
Hye wear eyeing a tagnae ile While established on the Vistula
quiescent and Britain entirely in-|iney were to assist Austria to re-
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tations has been falsified

already, “Unfortunately th

e Russian

commander also had plans which

and panie is becoming evident as
' th all tt bel he eurried forward with iron
iviiians, wiltila them belongings
eine rigidity and it is believed that
ee from Silesia to Berlin, Dres- Russia is preparing to move on
den and other towns before thela wide frent into Germany when
Russian advance. The more Ger-|the time comes This front has
man army corps Joffre and still a considerable extent x ee
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markable changes in the ocean
nce and sue separately for} qgor off the Alaska coast were re
cave ported here by Capt. C. D. Ped-
Recruiting in England is stilllerson, whaling master and ex-
far too slow for the purposes of|plorer, who returned from the
Kite he ind French. Only 800|Far North several days ago with
‘n came forward in London on|the whaler Herman.
rh irsday, while yesterday there According to Captain Pederson,
were only four at Bristol, sixteen|the water between Hog Island and
at Leeds and seventeen at Not-|Amaknak Island has shoaled from
tingham. Trish reports are muchtan indicated chart depth of nine
better It is evident that the Na-|and one-half fathoms to a bare
tionalist volunteers are begin-|two fathoms at high water, mak
ning to come forward. The Na-|ing it impossible for vessels of
tionalist publie bodies through-|large draught to use the passage
ut Ahe country are readily giv- Captain Pederson believes the
ing their servants leave of ab-|change is due to voleanie disturb
sence for military purpeses. For-|anees on Bogoslof Island and in
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