, 1916-10-28

soon TO become IA struggle between mare
boys. The pace is said 80 be entirety to)
fast for the older men longer to endure. 1t
is asserted here that next year the Entente
Allies will be facing boys OF II in the Ges-
man army. General Sir Dougl"s Hang,
commanding the British expeditioDnry force,
is said to Rave objected to the sending out
of men OF middle uge. He wants men from
Is to Is years OF age. After the lat
ter year, it is said, the fighting value Of
the human unit shows a rapid and steady
decline. The good soldier of today seems
must be of the age which excels in the most
strenuous athletic games, the football play
Ell type. The Older men have their place in
the supply and transport divisions where the
strain is not SO great. These men are too
susceptible to trench diseases to be of great
use on the firing line. England already is re-
cruiting boys born in 1893, preparatory to
calling them up when they attain their IS
year.
Winnipeg, Oct. 25th..-After an almost
continuous session of fifteen hours the coli
ference of c. P.R officials aDd representatives
of the conductors and trainmens unions.
seeking 10 avert the strike set for this after
noon, adjourned at 7.30 this morning for two
hours. AT five o'clock the compauy's officials
drew up a new schedule aud submitted it to
the mems representatives,. 1t is stated that
several important CONCESSIONS were made, but
that III the opinion OF the men they did not
warrant calling off the strike. This sched-
ue is being considered during the adjourn
ment and the attitude of the men may be
clearly revealed on the resumption of the con-
ference at $50.
London, Oct. 24th-L!oyds announces
that the Danish steamer "Guldborg' Las
been torpedoed and that the Danish schooner
"Llbra" has been set afre 10y a German sub
marine. There are two Danish steamers
named "Guldborg" one Of 1869 tons and
the other136 tons. The schooner sLibra''
was of ia tons.
Washington, Oct. MISREPRESENTATION
to Greut Britain in behalf of American
Tobacco Shippers who have had 10000
worth Of leaf consigned to the Scandinavian
countries and Germany, tied up by British
restrictions at Copenhagen, have resulted Ia
action by the British Government which is
expected to result in some relief.
London, Oct. 25th-The statement issued
tonight from headquarters in France
reads. Rain fell again during the greater
part OF the day. South of the Ancre The
enemy artillery was active especially in the
neighbourhood of LIE Sars aud Eaucourt
LAbbaye. Elsewhere on the front there
was intermittent shelling on both sides.
ANOh0, OO'OOSk AOtH.-AtLllIerY action
was again impeded yesterday by the bad
weather says today's official announce
ment, but on the Julian front our bat
terles were active against the enemy COM
missary depots at Duins, Brestovizza aud
ComeD. In the Carso our troops ia surprise
attacks iecaptured certain points on The
front.
Paris, October 25th.-A bulletin issued
by be War Office fought reads. North of
Verdun the enemy delivered three sue
cessive counter attacks in the region Of
Haudremont and Douaumont. None sue
ceeded and our front was maintained
intact. The number of unwouuded pri,-
oners actually counted exceeds 1900. On
the remainder of the front there was nothing
of Importance.
New York. October 25th.-OAicial an
nouncement was made today by j. P. Nor
gan and Company that a new British loan
by American bankers, aggregation 800, 900,
600, had been arranged. 1t will bear inter
est at five and one half per cent and is paya-
BILE in two instruments, one of three years
and one of five years.
Amsterdam, October 25th..-The Deusche
Tages Zeitung Of Berlin announces that
cardinal MERCER, Primate of Belgium, has
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