, 1916-12-23

there must be M ample return foI ali 'ctli-
ces, that full repartllon must be made by the
eneii v for his countle>s crimes, ana secunl y
gwen That those crimes VIII u0t be rep~a Ell,
nm that thu sacr fees ma lie shtl nol have
been made IN vain. The governments aim
is that the peace Of Europ- shall be re es,ah-
llsleG on the basis of the free and Independ-
eut existe zee of natiors great and sma !, and
that as regards this country it shall be free
from the menace which the triumph OF Ger
many anil the German sp TT would tnta''.
Our answer to Germany's latest move must
be W it and sure. Ii Is not too much to
ask the people to luke upon them selves for
a few months, the Obligations which Ger
many has imposed on h.rSef. The nation
is fighting for its life, aml 10 entitled to the
best anil fui est sew ces Of us SON. Ain l.
ing to the po ,ition of RI mania. Loud Curzon
SAID that Gormlny's success was 10y 40 IN ans
AS great rs she WAS tying to make out. EVl-
deuce is lortlcom ug ,iai Y of tie desperate
straits Of Ge,m,ny ut nome and in the
Il i'll, he said. The position Of the Cent
raj Powers is not so good as they would
have the world believe. Out attitude should
not he one OF dependency or alarm. Lrld
Ca! zon spoke fox an hour aud twenty min
u!es, and was follow 4 by the Marquis of
O. ewS, Lord President of The Council IN the
late Governm nj, VIII" approved III general
terms The policy ou liued by hs successor
Lord Culzon. Touching pttce, lie sud, we
have not much hope that G. %rinany', pace
Offering vii! lead to aEythi e. The of /
b wrver seems an inltcaIon of he strength
of the pressure If our blocka le. If peace
were made on German term Wine the
present age may not see war again, robody
can say hat cur children VIII not witness
another war wi h greater horrors. We
must curry it Oh 20 he last slI'llnS."
lava, Ont. Dc .mber 10 Ii. "A MESA "a
TO the Cana IIaL PEG lie has bee iecelved by
Sir RooeIt Borden from the Premier Mr..
Lloyd George. L IS rs follows: GA taking
up The high Office which HIS Majesty has
clat ged me, | send to you on behalf Of the
people OF The old country a message to
our brothers Deyon The seas. There is no.
faiteriDg IN our determination that the sncfl-
fees winch we and you have sill 10 make
shall u / be in vain, and that he fight vii eli
We are wngiug together for humanity and
clvi z ton shall he fought to II triumphant
issue. We rea.ze that we shall stdl need
every man THAI Va can pnI in The field, every
pound that rigid and prIvnte aud pub lc
economy can produce, and every fort Mhich
Il uilt6u DeOIl6 can lub lClln 10 n6'p Ill tu6
heavy task of our soldiers and sal ors. The
splendid contributions to our common cause
already made 10y the d mlnion Government
CIV me sure confidence thai their determi-
nation is no less higher than ours, and th,
however long the path OF final vicloiy. we
shall Tread it side by side. (5igued) Lloyd
George.
Paris, Dec. 90 b-Heavy artillery fighting
continues on the Verdun front, the War
Office announced this afternoon. Daring
the night the engagements were most spi-
rlied in the vicinity of Louvemout aud
Cham5Iettes.
London. Dec. 21st. The official statement
from BRUSH headquarters i'll France le dds:
Du lug the nlght the enemy Ines were
entered by US IN the neighbourhood Of Com
mecoarl and considerable damage was dom.
A number of prisoners were taken III ho
course oil another successful raid c,rrie out
by ~ early this morning against the enemy
trenches aorth of Arras. Il "a pltro' en-
counter this morning north of NeuVo Cna-
pelle, the leader vi the hostile patrol was
killed and his men were taken prisoners.
The enemy exploded a camofet sou.h of
Ypres. The enemy's artillery was particu-
larly active OH the right OF our line north Of
tho Somme and in the neiglbouthood of
Festubert aud Ypies. Our artillery vlaour-
ous!v replied. Enemy trenches mt CONNIE