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WAR IN TURKEY
WORSE THAN HELL
General Shermans Description Totally Inad?
equate, Applied to Present Day
Conditions
AN EYEWITNESS'S PLAIN TALE
Robert W. Service, Canadian Volunteer in the Red Crescent,
Tells of the Manifold Horrors of a Ward in One
of the Many Makeshift Turkish Hospitals?
Worms Writhe in Men's Wounds.
By Robert W. Service.
[Special to The Tribune- 1
pera. Turkey. Jan. l.V-When the
/afflou? American f-eiieral made his
m?morable pronouncement that "War
- hell." it is my humble belief that he
fXprf!,ged himself in ?. manner inade?
quately mild and conservative; for the
klppenings of the last few days have
convinced me that war Is hell indeed.
but bell in a ipedal de luxe edition,
with cut?, steel engra\ings and the
ftuiofraph of Lucifer himself. F\>r long
and long will the tights I have seen
skBf vitriol-bitten on the plates of
memory, and the belief grows in me
that tho?e responsible for war should
forthwith take their places In the lurid
front of batt'.e itself.
Thinking that by so doing 1 might
roeceed in getting to the fighting line?,
! volunteered for the Red Cieacent,
which la the Mahometan equivalent for I
the Red Cross. Furthermore, 1 nlaclajad
myself on being accepted to say noth?
ing unkind of my dear friend, the Turk;
fo I will have to tell you what a won- j
?erful fellow he is; how full of re?
source, energy, decision; how solicitous
of his wounded; how admirable In the
conduct of his field hospitals.
The Red Horror* of It All.
Those there are who may assure you
that he had no field hospitals; that his
men deserted in thousand?, knowing j
that if they f<dl they would never he
picked gp; that those who ?eached US I
managed BOtaeho*. to writhe unaided
to a train and Jolt their way Stamboul'
ward: that on th* battlefield the swing
of a gun butt or a bootheel Jammed
in the mouth of an unconscious man
saved lots of trouble; that, in short,
there was the abaence Of provision foTj
u> wounded that characteriaea a bar?
bat?an horde. And you Will hear a
Mamboul surgeon bitterly comment:
"I haven': cut ol? a leg in two weeks;
'he interesting case? never reach us.'' t
But. in truth, there are enough inter
is'in?, cases to give one a faint Idea of
the red horrors of it all. Let me take
.voij through ana of the wards of one
o? our many makeshift hospitals. It is
the ancient muse'im, whose lofty halls
are being pat to strange uses in these
evil da1 a
Between two rows of cots you pas?,
and from the dc* ;!i? of fevered pillows
the tired brown eves peer at von. Over '
their gulf of pala they peer, and von
Kaze at them wondering, noting how
fne they are. i ow purged bv suffering
Then as you move the eyes in the tired
Irown faces fo?nw von. follow you,
?hlnini? and dark and piteous. They |
never leave you, these haunting eyes;
they beseech you with the Infinite ap?
peal of dumb brutea stricken unto
death.
It is the shrapnel that makes all the
trouble. Ugly stuff, that shrapnel!
The bullet is a gentleman, does his
?Paras in a clean, efficient way. But
tlils shrapnel Is a coarse fellow, a brute.
* butcher In the- art of destruction.
Here, for Instance, ih h naked man
I? ing on his fare, with one of his hips
?hot lavishly away. For day? he lies
like that, and sometimea you wish he
oewvld hurry up and die. hecause there
I no be/pe, and his hody where he rests
ia raw with hod (?ores.
In the next rest is a man who has J'.st
?j his leg shaved to prepare for am
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putation. He looks at you \ ery sadly,
and yon onder h..\v you would feel if
you were going t?. have a leg taken off.
Alorageidc bbn n- a comrs?*le who hsd
one saaputsted y**s*tordsy st the brp
Joint. )?,... a few hours sfter he r? -
| ?ain.-ri consciousness and asked for ;?
eigarette, n? is gtssoUng sow, but hit?
eyea burs lividly. and In the night he
Will die. This you know as si:r?-l> as
you know there win o?- roffee for
Itraraskfsst As you note the Iteddlna
sag in the place of the missing limb you
! shudder und pass on.
By way of a ?hange her?1 is a tUT?
I baned fellow who ssturdih sits up in
bad. He has a jaw broken Where an
ammunition wagon ran over it, an?i Il?
ls now trying t<> feed himself with a
i spoon. He is one of the lucky ones
I who will reco\er.
You caiin.it gay as mich lor big
neighbor there, with head snsrwathed
in blood-corroded clouts This man
was peering out of a trench, when a
bullet took off th?' top of his skull, just
as you would chip your matutinal ,'gg.
He is conscious and speaks sensibly,
but his brain is wofuliy expos?-d. and
there is no hope.
See. on his left, another doom'-d one,
a poor beggar who had his inside torn
opea by a Shell. Through that Jsggcd
hole you can see the 1nn?-r workings "f
the machine, and It's not pretty
The Black Shadow of Death.
s,. much tor one little corner in one
1 little war.l in this city of man) hospi?
? tais. And mostly the wounded c*om(
I to die. Staring at the hopeless sgoti)
jot tlrem in the black shadow of death,
? ..?? wonders If the bullet, tlv gun butt
| and the barbarous bout heel an- not,
when all is said, the kindi-st and ths
beat
what is r*-**msrkable about theee men
| is their gtip on life. Hut perhapg II la
?a case of the Survival >>f the fitt?-st. and
| but for their vital tenacity they would
i haw die?l in the tr?-n-!ios Be it renvm
gered, they must bare lain for days and
nights with neither food nor shelter ere
they reached a transport train, for in
nearly ail cases full-grown worms
were writhing in their wound? Then
there was that hideous jolting Journey
in a eramm?-d and cumbrous train, so
| that when they arrived at last with
r?.tt*'d clothing and with filthy bodl?M
I they bordered on delirium. No won.i? r,
.ifter gtDCh exposure, such rontamin.i
! tion. many died in the agonies of
I tetanus. Yet bad as they were, they
were loath to mount the operating
? table. Better, they thought, to go to
Allah full of pus and maggots than to
j go dean hut minus a limb.
Their Stoicism Under Pain.
Another remarkable thing is finir
stoicism under pain, in all that weary
I caravans??rar of woo ji (j rar?"* t.. haar
[a murmur or g groan. A surgeon, ex?
tracting a bullet from a patient's shoul
I ?1er, also pulled away a large fragm? nt
I of the hone In which it was embedded.
| yet that Turk never ma?le g whfanper.
And nearly every one of them Is
equally good stuff.
But most remarkable of all is that
those who recover are frantic to get
ha^k to the front. When yon consider
thnt they are trAatefl like dogs, that an
oligarchic government, sHflsh, graft
obsessed, will hardly be likely to re"og
ni7.e their devotion, you marvel at. gttOh
patriotism. Yet, perhaps. It Is b*9CSUSg
th?8y look on this as g war for their re?
ligion; perhaps because th*y think that
n glorious death on the battlefield will
be a passport to that hnurl-haunfed
heaven of their dreams, fa lions, pro?
crastinating. ln?-.npnhle the Turk may
be, but surely tie is no coward.
Something More Pleasant?Cholera.
If I have dwelt ton long on the*?
thingH It is becsuag l CSD see only the
dark side of war. But now 1 will go
on to speak of something more pleas?
ant?to wit, the cholera.
For nomo da vu past I have been in
charge of a transport of nupplies be?
tween Stamboul and the great cholera
camp at San Stefano I have procured
one of the hateful f"z things, which I
?Ion wh?n there are no Europeans near
to witness my shame, but which I find
to be the open sesame to many a door
hitherto barTed.
San Stefano is a little coast town
all of an hour's trip by boat from Fora.
Steaming out of the ?raft-crowded
Oolden Horn, we round the point on
which glowers that monument of
bloodshed and mystery, the Old Serag?
lio. We are now in the mouth of the
Bosporus, and on the Asiatic shore
the minarets of Scutari glisten in the
sun. Across thfse blue waters on ?his
bright morning Stamboul Itself sur?
prises us with, a strange, bizarre
beaut y Rising in terraced splendor
from the sunlit sea, it curves !n a
gleaming crescent of cupola, roof and
tower. In the enchantment that dis?
tance lends yon do not see Its furtive
alleys, its mildew??d tombs. It? BSOthlBg
Bulbn throng. You see only those
golden domes, those minarets of slen?
der light, those brilliant courts, those
frisky eypreeg pwaaa. And. lo! there it
smiles, the Stamboul of your dreams.
Their Rags Fluttsring in the Breeze.
The coast undtilntes in turves of
marmoreal monotony, and the aged
land is bleak and barren! Round one
ol thf".' .iirvrs Buddenl) you r*eam
Sii? Stefano, with ? .rowdid wi
;i|i,i ? ? lets <'f rammer t ?Uns.
itesmcr from Asm has htel arrl
and promptly ?lisgeu-t-"? ;, regimen
Anatolian cavalry. Their horaea,
the Arab tj pe, ??re m Qne condll
bni tii.ir carbines ?ire old-fashk
and the scablaarda ?>f iioir h.
?..brr:- ,,!?. r?sj sritta ru?'.. T?j t the i
themselves -"em very tierce ?ind fit
with their rags Rotterlng In the btt
11ll v i lutter off to the front.
S;m Stefano fr?im the arharf le
i', locent enough. The whlte?wa
i villas gleam la the nintor snnshi
? the ?oiir. sinw eeaa, boa\*y vvith jc
Iflsb, crush on th? rugged slu-rc;
thin, bare bougrba wave in the :
' br?ese. No sipn of horror here.
1 Fo but a little tray up the miry str
and ?tin .ptiy a sharp odor rreets >
?the pungent sun II of amnionni. Tl
I turning ?i corner you are suddenly
! the ??dge of the cholera (?imp.
The ground is white with ojuteklil
?und in the centre' of this blanc]
I Devil's Acre equata the Greek Hch
i v. itli al...m ? bundled touts e Inste
?around it. In that BtUnted build
i inere arc alanred awaj over six hi
died cases of cholera, while ;n the te
are probably three bundled more i
yond are other camps of greater
tent, bul less under i ontrol.
And here I would sav that I Uli
the ?hulera at ott has be n greatly '
laggerated by the Turks t.i check
Bulgarian advance. At no time
thla, the- largest of the Isolation cam
I did the number of cases ex. eod f?
Ithooaand, and al the date of whtd
Speak it was probably or.lv- halt tl
number. Pari of the greal retreat I
| through a land of vines, and the Heel
?soldier?-, ravenous wllh hunger, ?
?avidly of tin sour and rotted fn
'?'he result in their enfeebled slate w
i .m acute and deadly dyaenterj arhl
leven the cleverest doctors could hart
I distinguish Horn cholera.
Cholera Loses Its Terrors,
i must sdmil thai a eloaer acqusli
?anee vvith cholera dlspeli much of
I terror, it is not contagious; the get
must be taken through the lips into t
stomach to be Infectloua, and ni
proper oara there is ? sporting chai
of recovery. In the handling of i
lienta, gum boots, .? rabbet i ".it :|
jgauntlet gloves ara all .hat is nee?
vary. Oa coming utf duty you I
i sprayed with dlalnfectant, araah >o
hands carefully and ko to supper a/I
?i cheerful appetite. About all that <
? done ?ii a camp of this kind is
i\. ep un- patients 11 an. feed th? in, ?
I occaelonal!) relieve tbelr pain, Bi
?oh, the keeping ol them dean what
I grim, hideout business II la!
in the tuiv tents tv ". tir> e and ofl
four men are packed. Sometimes ti?
lie so clone thai they overlap, Tta
peralal In keeping the tent Map dow
and when you lift it there greets :?'
'an odor so strong you could o*ell tiii
hang your bal and coal on 11 HuddV
In their clothes under the graj Man
? ? ga ii'. yellow visaged man sro?
-. ? i ? ? i .'.ri'iie. Some- cough continual]
ai ll with pnaiioaonla, and nearlj i
beg t"i medicine to relieve th?-ir pai
Alas: the fortitude of the i oeplte?i do
not extend to lha cholera amp. f<
t'litn every otboi tent come groans ai
wails of egonj Th?' ?ur reeks with r!
scrid, nauaeetlng odor of the dieeai
i and the ground underfool Is unspeal
' ably loathsome
A Model Camp.
Vet tin? camp is reell) a ine>.i-i on
because i em ensured that only ? f<
?days ago lonfusimi and pan! r?iKii?
j supreme. The Turks were afraid "f tl
epidemic and beelteted to cupe with i
Buapected men wer?- ruthlessta throe
from transport trains to die in aeon
b*, the track-side Arriving al Be
Stefano, the* were- crowded Inte u?
tiny tents, and lay on the bare gr i in?
shunned and abhorred.
. . . Six men are m a t< nt
in. ant f'>r two. Squirming with
pain, ihey cry and 'lav ?it the fetid
air. Cheek by Jowl they huddle.
end in the night two of ihem d e.
it means more room, but tin others
nr" too weak to drag out the. bodies,
so Ibera they lie. the living and the
(bad Then a third passes away,
and at last with the strength of do?
spalr one of the survivors puahes
the eorpoaa Into the ripen, it is a
great relief. As the three who live
on writhe In the tiny t'-nt the, can
hear the starved pariah dogs gnaw
and tear at the stiffened limb of
th'ir dead comrades. . . .
Ves. thi"-? Is ? model camp, yel whei
all Ih said the Bpoctacle is h trrlbl
enough. The darkness has fallen, am
I am on the edge "f the bluff ihn
overlooks the Sea of Marmora, dlinktn,
graadlly Ot that thin, pure air. Tin
moon ?h!nen on the living waters, am
every wave throb- ends In a hap of sll
vor 5pr.1v. The summer villas an
nil?-nee-haunted, and the wind in the
Withered trees has a peevish whine
? Wore m? the penca ,if that anrlvni
hea; behind, the shadow ..f Ihosa SOT
ried tents, each with Ita ? omph nmni
of pain, Above wind and amva can ;
h?>ar then). k?on rrles of ggjony, tenir
Otto moans, walls for aid; whihi ovet
all Is the hoarse voie e of one win
shrieks wildly to Allah.
?von as I listen I knor. that ma.n>
aro dying. Somehow It nil seeana Ilk?
a dream, a nightmare, the fantaetll
setting of a diabolic drama, tOO nal
istic to he real. Walking 1 IVc?-*? lost, souls
perishing Ilk? rotten sheep, dumped
Into a ditch like so much carrion, can
these unfortunates be human beings.
(.'an we v. ho handle them SO callously,
with jolt.*? of brandy to keep up our
nerves, he creatures of human MadttOM
and mercy?
Sixty deaths a day! It's all itrangely
demoralizing. How one loses one'a
sonso of proportion! Where is the
sanctuary of the grave0 Where the
sweet benignity of the great refeuao?
Mummies we s??ni In BOOM tfflhallOWed
play.
I f-'i'-k of its burden sixty death? a day.
! WIRELESS FOR ARMY USE
'Portable Apparatus Success?
fully Tested in France.
Alencon, Frame-, Jan. IL Q?ineral Oil.
let 10 flay tested a new imitable Held
winiess telegraph apparatus. The vari?
ous pints of the apparatus are- cirri d
oti the backs Of three men. and It n -
quires enlj three minutes to put them
together and Lasada opera um;.
Tin apparatus is MM la facilitate
Kreativ i ommunlcutinn betwcea the vari?
ous units of an arm> imp-, and bus
power sufficient to send messages over a
large area.
POWERS CONFER IN VAIN !
T? MSI M? WAR;
Fail to Find Practical Way to
Prevent Resumption of
Hostilities in Turkey.
DELEGATES PACK BAGGAGE
Each Side to the Dispute Still
Accuses the Other of
Bluffing?Pessimism
in Berlin.
Laondon, Fob 1- The Balkan allies
aird the Turks aie mailing activa
pieparalions to resume hostilities in
Bouthosatsrii Europe.
The delegates of the allies to the
peace ?-onferen?-?? bere are saying fare?
well and packing ih.-ir baggage pre
psrstory to departing from I.ond.in. It
seems thst only th.- g?i...i offnes of ths
powers can avert a further reseti to
arms but thus fsr thess apparently
bSt ' failed.
Evan at this late hour tscb sl?*ls ta
the disputa is accuaing t!??- other of
blufllng. The Turks dcclsrs that In
their noie to the [.?"Mrs on Thursday
greater ronfasaloiis as .-? basis for re?
BUmtni tin negotiations Mian the allies
had <-..;? r??l a! ill*- li.-ginning of tlif
pesos negotlstions to get wtwa made
The allies practit*all) admit 'ins. bul
the] say shot a'ould have been ac
ceptsble even a fortnight ago csnnol
non be entertained, and ths! the Turk?
ish ga.ic ni.- louai) Is t> lead them by
the nose for months, counting ?>n the
allies' linanr la] exhaustion ami boplnfl
thai complications will arise to favor
Tiirkex .
Dr. DaneiT, bead of the Bulgarian
[delegation, saya that the feelings of the
Balkan populations must be t*ons*ld?ti*d.
Exclti nient among them, be d?clar?e,
M?as i. ?s. i..-.j tii. highest d?sgr?ee agalnal
th? ir "fraudulent treatment" by s
?handful of Young Turk nmspira*t<tra,
who have attempted i?? pis) withathe
der Islon ol Europe and the honor, pn s?
lit?' and lives of the i'.a;?...i. peoples
A comparison between the Vati? ?u
and the Uoalem ahrlntn In Adrlsnopld,
in-. Danefl says, I? Inadmisaible. The
Italians, be declsres, mauls conces?
slons t.? the Pspar j after the) bad
t..W'\i i?o? Bidon of Rome In ? ..-??
Adrianople Is vanquished, who, be asks,
, a iii ti ?<? Imi os.ndltlons. m addi?
tion, i?r. Daneff continues, the Vatican
Ihr re dence of ti"- i'-.p?- and < mi
talned the tombs of apostles end for?
mer popes, while Adrianople, witb ti."
exception of Its intMQiMs, i?n- nothing
olutel) ?? Its! to ihr M laaulmsn pi ?<
pis Dr. Danefl repeats that nothing
. an stop a reoi ? nlng >>f 'h sai si
Icepi t..? unconditlonsl surrender of
Adrianople and the .Kg? m t?lanos.
The Servian delegates bade ferewell
? ? -i? i i - to Blr Eds ?ir.l ? ;r? >. th
British Foreign Minister. Btejsn Ho*
kOI h li'a-l Of the del-gal ion. t ? ? I ? i
Sir Bdwsrd that be conatdered a re?
news! of lha wsr taevltsble, as the
Bulgsrisns would not be sstlafled with
?anything sh???t of th? surrender of
Adi lanople.
M V'enlxelos the Qrer**k Pramter. la
bidding farewell yMterdsy t?. fri?'n.i-.
faid be hoped soon t<> return to Laadon
for a definite < on? luelon "f pew ?-. as
the second period of th? Mar would be
\?r' short M MlytUkOViCh, head of
the Monl.-ti?K' 'ii ?I? I'gaii'.n. writ to
Paris \?s'?riia'. bat will return hero
to-day, an?i leave ?bore direct f.-r Cet?
' tlnje n?-\t ?Yrdnrsda],
The exchange <?f communications be?
1 tween the representstlves of the pow
? i ami active to-day, but thus far it
I acema thai no practical wa) has not n
found to avert ??? resumption of hostili?
ties Th? British go\.-rnin.-ni will be
Igrestl' ?iisapi'oiiit.-.i if the ronferenc?
'results hi n failure, especially after th<
optlmiatl? statements uttered on aev
cr;ii occsslona bj Plremler Aequtth,
l-Vrlin. .Ian. 31, GreSl pessimism re
IgartUag Ike Balkan situstion is dis?
I played In ofllclal rlrclea here, owing to
[Bulgaria's on*?ompromlalng attitude
|?Oermsny, In conjunction ?*lth the .?t - r
powers |U doing her be I lo perauude
IBulgaria an.) Turkey t" attempt t..
reach a rtHnprotnioe, bul 'be reaump
j tion of hostilities .m Mondsj next Is re?
jguided as highly probable
The situation rsussg <**eiistdersble
leoncsrn to Ihe Qermsa fovernnttent,
which f?esra that if the war should be
?resumed Bulgaria may push msttcra
i beyond her on n Interest?
TO TAKE CITY BY STORM
Adrianople Fifi-hting* Zone
Barred to Correspondents.
i?>gaj Jan II II Is i" 'ii r< .1 r ir n.e
Bulsarian and Servian troopa beateslna
the torir? s of \?lri n.??|>l?' purpose lo al
rrnii>r to take ih? pla ??? by si"rm. ragard?
1 less of rh<* ooert?eo >>f lil> SOeh an attack
| WOUM entail UpttMl tl 'in
I The Bulgarlaa army headquarters to?
?lav laaor 'l the annoaiK*asen( that iMlther
I foreign militen attach?s nor newapapcr
Icorroapaemttniti *?rould be allowed t?. f>>i
: ion- the foi th? omlng operstlons, and tins
I Is r.iken as ;?ti iieli??;? tloB thai BOCh an
BttSCh Is ?'iiUteii.|>l;?lr?l.
Adrisnople is still sui?pii?.i aritti plenty
of provisions and ammunition, according;
m sema (?hrletlea BOsaTteis who bava hast
?lr?.erte,| from rh?? ranks of the Turkish
garr'i -on
I SNOWSTORM IN GERMANY
(Traffic in Berlin Impeded-Small
Railroads Close Down.
Berlin fan. "?' - ?*? snowatsna ef an?
' usuh'. \i?.len.->- prevails IhroiiKlio ;t Norili
! < rn OerotsSny. Trums arrivlnjr ?n the
I capital are sui>j''te?l to srear delay, whtla
?many minor branch line* have ataaa? n?l? ?I
rra?ii' a trala ramprsawd of etjcht pas
s'-n?;. ; i ms w a ? .lerall?? in the stor.n
i ear < ?IM"?ledorf. in Hiles,;. < me of the
can teas baroed, bat notes of rh? prw
Btrngl : I vas iiljur ?'!.
At Kl.'h?l.urc. on ill?- ??.,..? ,,f S. Iil??
^ir. ih- GtSnaaa croiser Augstwrg wm
Idtiven ashor? in the sturin. bur was lm?r
rafaeated arlths?ai suffering an> dssasge.
Traille in the Heriin streets i:- greatly
hnpcUc?J by th? heav> tali of snow.
BANK OF CANADA WINS
Final Judgment in Railwi
Project Is Against Alberta.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jaa H.?The Pr
?"ouneil in I.einelon Is day renderetl |*aaj
ment in tlie appeal of the P,oyal Hank
Canada sgslnst the .\ih?-rta gov?N*aaM
in fave.r ,.f th/- hank This was an SCtl
carried all through the courts of ('etna'
in which tin goveranasnl won until
reach. .1 tie- hlghesl coort In the empi
The provincial govern m. tit now nu
pay all costs In the lower courts.
The application irai for the dis-allnwat
of an act of the Alberta Legislature u
dor which the province assumed (...sie
sion of |1 .t>a*?.?ya> placel on deposit in co
n" Mon with the Alberta and Gre
Waterways Railway project, annnced ?
outlined by W, P.. Clark, a Kansas Cl
banker, and his essociatee riie- mon
now will a* given back to the bondbol
el's. .1. Pierpont Morgan assisted
tlriancing the proj ?-. I
Til?' provincial go? eminent is order
t" indemnify all concerned in the railwi
projje? t for anj damage or loss a ist..in
b;. such interested parti*?
DU PATY De'cLAM AGAI
His Reinstatement Debated i
Chamber of Deputies.
Patis. Jan. :tl.--The Chamber of Dep
ties to-day closed the incident arising o
of the recent relnstateaMot in the am
of Lieutenant CotOOel du Paty de Cla
by a vote of confidence in the cover
meal of M to ::.
The vote was reached after an anim?t.
debate, during the course of which vai
ois phases ni the- JDreyfUS lUse- one e mo
wer.- brought up M. Millerand. form
Mini at er of w.u. whose relnatatement
In* niib?<?: area followed s few elays lat
by bis giving up his Cabinet portion
and M Meealmy, another ex-War Mini
ter, both explained at length the sttltud
they took while? in ofln e for the t?-i
st.it. im n: .-; Du PetJ de Clam. M. Bl
??une. the pr??en? Minister of War. wour
I up the debate bj declaring that he won
puniab tin- colonel for repeating In Lett*
?t.. the press chargea against bis chlsfs
the army immedtatelj aftei the sxcei
tlonai fevoi ol reinststemenl bad bei
a .oiued bun.
? The reiaatstemeal of folien*: du Pat
?. niant bj m. alliierend arss la fultl
ment of s piomi?-- made to that otib-,
ibj M Mill.?:.?ii.i's prodeoceaor la the Wt
?i ? -i m llesaimy. The r?teteratU
of ibe Oefllcer to his rank created s spl
I in ti..- ?ibimi and Itaallj resulted la 1
' Mil ? rund r? signup
Lieutenant < olonel du Pa' .b I la
was one "f the moel prominent llguri
m the trial ?>r 'apt.un Dreyfus bob
age for treason and the ? i?i?-f w;
! ? - fOI I IM pi 0*4-e ?tleill
SERVICE A RECENT "FIND
Poet, Novelist and Globe Trot
ter, Born in Scotland.
Robert \V gervic? haa more thsa on?
. .- . th? Klpllns .?!' tie Soi tb
He iprsni into sudden fana a acsni be
dosen ? if o a ith tin publication i
.f vers? lithe igh he eel
; him- ? II .i ' . .i . 'ms "rolling rtom
i proclivities an rear?orielbi* foi Mb dtlsei
?- ' i : f. for ha was i".rn s Bcotclimsn, an
i v. rt~ ui fail la the rntd-t '?:' hi- 0 I ? ?
Olssgoa i'.r Ity when tin- Impulse t
? red h.m and dn bl
leai
III service made for the North an
" n I? r.' t a orklng and leona
| thi .ii Casada and th? Northwest Tii
: '.v ..i'h at t. nded these tirst vais (
' sdvenl . ? ami ?or.n.i fact are Ughtl
pas ??! over nowadays by the brUNan
?i novelist whenever be happens I
i be lured into a remlaleeenl mood, it !
* .ifii-f that th.- youthful in
? Student in the early period of hi
tracking through th? camps and arsst?
I of the N" th tOOh ! I full ? er? Of life a
hi found h
"i reached th? depths," is bli Panel
statt ment, th.- depths .- gentl? n an couli
read
Oraduall) he becami acctaStomed to tb
? trangeneea of the arlntry land of al
rholc? end began t" go mora <i il? tl\. Ii
' farmed f..r a tine worked III tin- ?amp?
i.i later taught school. Klnally begot ?
; ,.|;c . In 'In I all.nil.ill Mil. - Ol ' "in
I mere*, and there remained, Werktag as .
eierk. until i"- - .-i oui tor ih.- Yukon.
\ii. rartoua adventure* tn the gal?
i ceiiiiiir' Mr, Setvi.- settled .rn sgsli
In a bonk in Dawson City, and it wa
Idining lu? Bpare Um? pott*ring .?
? ledgi - and doing other highly unconsenla
though nrrrassr? worh thai he a rote ">
rerses which broughl him sudden fama
im several leers ne had spent tin
greater pari of the iong uorttvern sura
mera tramping and Bcribbllng, and it rnn
due '" the entbusissm "t s friend that In
lirai thought ei.it.iuai> oi writing verse
Mr. Service showed .?em.- "f his ballads
and his chum In s lumber camp advise?
him to puhl ah Ih? n
Tl.. author, hb he n..w smilingly admit1
had Hie usual atsreentage ..f ranll] In t ? '?
1.1,ik- iiti. and the i.|. a appeal?*-*] to bin
powerfully, lie according!) utilised hi:
Or?i lelsun time aftei his arrivai In lb*
Vuk"ti i" gel together his odd arrapa <>l
m..-, which i" s. m t.. a Canadian pub?
lisher 'fins expert bad no faith In the
market relue "f th? poems, and suggest
j 1.1 to Mi. Service thai it .i a anted fa
j publia i ti ? m h. would e tt.-r sdvance tin
money himself. Ilapplly, however, th?
collection f. it Into the hands ?>r a mai
?Im ?innre ei.it.-.1 their worth and wiU.li
a fe? montha tin .?? appeared under tu*
titi?' s.'tie-i 1.1 ., gajurdough.'' Within a
f*S months the' veciime bad run thiougl)
't.v.- ediitt.u and the sdveMuroua bsnl
Irlerk found himself hsilcd as the lltci
I al V '1111.1'' of a dec?ele-.
The Mtccen of these rerses prompted
I ihi production of more, and to the amasa*
I c.-nt Of the e-lillcH. the BBCOIld cotice tiotl
: nie-..? m ii| suit* up to the worth of the
I first Mr si ve'-, sew fait) i "n>. 'tous o(
, his pos 'r-- as a writer. n.-\t toeek a flv "j. i?s
I i novelist, and Ike result was "The Trail
I of "'V ? hi.-h pramptl* look place emong
the "si\ best sellers' of the ear. Last
I October the young author foreooh his
nortb? m faatneaa and came to New Vork
j ?.. arrange foi the puMlcstioa ?>f snother
volume of ?Terse "The Rhymoa "f a Roll
iiijC BIOTM-." a'ld ??oinpl' t??l the ceb br.iti.in
eif hi? return to rdvtll alien by going to
ii:ui'?pe. I'rorn rhe gr?ai .entres "f cult?
me he pushed Bast, an?l when the Balkan
war '..."K. out ielSSd the chance tu se?
lbe "hated Turk" in his own counti") and
tei stuilv him at first hand under the
tl nutating e-ffe.-t of Chrtstlaa attack.
After em er two woti ?? the things he *aw
in Qwisieiillnopl? d?terminai bun to join
the ited Crescent ami add orte to the none
. toe nuaaeroua landers of srounded and ?lis
I eased ,
w mie Robert W, Bei-vlce's Literary
i ?_-. uius is undlspntod, the derating youth
? and Vitality which mark all hifl tora*
i and pros?' are mm?<? the expresslOli of bis
life- aiiei e-reryOjsy mental attitude than
I they ?ne the result of careful srtlstry.
After all Mr. Service's artistry consista
In his fsctdlty of si'lt'-e-xpre'-e.-io,! lie is a
I young sjan with all the vvliole?om>' en?
thuaiaania of one who Btwiklfl his nights
1 and da] In the open, for even during his
"vacation" of a v ear Biro he chafed at the
,il tiliclalltv of his brie! e'lt V ?wlstenee.
Onlj his friends know how far from be
?iii: a |>ose Ih Ms professed preference for
the. Kre'ar BTSStOB of the North He spends
all his time, winter and summer. In the
camps and on belt? trampln? trips, one of
which a ".-aXi-mlle hike"?he completed
about a >ear ago.
BRITISH M CAMPAIGN!
Lloyd George Evokes Enthusi?
asm Attacking Great Interests.
_
"RUSTY, EFFETE SYSTEM"!
Laborers in Occupation Vital
to the Nation Not Decent?
ly Provided For.
[Ry Cah!a to T'-e Tribun?.*
London. Feb. 1.?At tbe National
Liberal Club last night David Lloy.l
George, Chancellor of the Kxeheiuer.
made a declaration of the highest im?
porta nee. He opened his larul cam?
paign in a speeeh Which was i-hara?:
teri7.e(j by all his usual nervous elo?
quence. The unoftii-ial land vomniittee
named hy Mr. Lloyd l?eorge to investi- I
gat.; the relations between landlords
and tenants had now, h?' said, com
plered its work and the report founded
on the results of these investigations
would soon be issued.
The Chancellor foreshadowed a great
programme of rural and urban land re?
form, which, he said, is to OOCUpy the
attention of the Liberal party in the'
Imntediste future. His speech was lis
tened to with the tdossst attention by I
a crowded audience, ai.d his furious at
tSCb on the present land system was
re?:? iv? .1 with the utmost enthusiasm
as a lead for the fighting r.'nlir nlisrn of
the eoontry.
?So great wag iii<> demand for ticket?
that t!.'' l*SSOVrces Of the .-lui? were
taxied tu then- utmost. Not only was
th? er.;-r BOMdcing room croordo?, but
the large ?lining room also.
London. .Ian .',!.--"The foremoet task of
i.:,i? raham in rh?- near futur? is the re?
I g?n?ration of rare! life??the smannlpaflon
ol it.?- lead of this country from the
paralyslag gup or a. rooty, esTeta and un
pi o tit:? ble ,?>.stem."
l?a\id Llovd ij'-orsre. ? iiancellor of the
E?xchequ? r, nttsde this aftooaratous declsra?
tlon to-nlriht at the annual meeting of the
National Liber-.I ?""Jab. The larul c-ue.s-,
| tlon has been Mr. Uoyd G?eorga's hobby.
, eii.i the Conservatives ha\.? gecuaed him
! of being amMHeua ;?> latroduos the Henry
I George system of taxation la Great
i Britain. Reosntly they have b??-n eaeert?
tag that the Cabin I had BidatrtMated bis
I scheme, but to-nlgbt's ?i?e??i-h by the
r latu^ii'ir of the Baehtequei Indicates
j thai the governmeni intends r?> grappb
v ith perhaps th? greateel attempt lo IU
? -.n nslvi programase of .-?? iai reforms
i OjteakJag of the agricultural lsb?orera
! ?I.?- Cuan? ?'Hoi said
''When these reports arc published they
win prove eottclu*avely that than are
I hondrsals of thousands if not millions of
men, ?omen an.i children llvlag under
condlttoos wltb regard to wages, bouolng
I and the reel Of labor condition?, which
ought to mehr this great ranplre bsng if-'
head arith shame. Thej will prove by un?
, ballet geeble for ts that this rich country
does not proude litrceat Itemes for ths
laborers engaged in an oacapatioa ?inch
is vital t?> OUT eery OStatetMO."
Mr [,:ovil ?;?cirjce also .l?*noun??>?l What
li? ? ailed the land r.ionopolv of towns
a
EIGHT HOUR DAY IN ENGLAND
; Trades Union Congress Votts It?
I Two Million Workers Affected.
Laowdon, Jan It -a reeotatton colling
for ,in ?igl.t-lK.iir day for all i lasOSB ?if
workmea and worhweeaea was a.looted
to-day by tb?' Trad? - Cnlofl Cotngress, :.t
which more than two million British
working in. n and women are repre?-?-nt?><l.
The agitation f??? an e!cht-h??ur da- .
v 'hour any overtime, has been In pro?r
p -s for ramie time under the euaptoes of
?he parliamentary committee of th?
Trades union ?'..nrire^s. whoee intention
Is to ?? ne ?i aeneral right-hour dSy or
rorty-4>ight-hour wet s.
KottcM are to be handed in March to
i thooi ? mployers refusing rh<- d?nnand, and
?all eontr.i.-ts with them will be tei
nated it the end of April, when the men
j will walk our
ULSTER FOR HIE RIE
Election at Derry Wrests Con?
trol from Unionists.
NATIONALIST MAJORITY 57
Wild Demonstrations of Joy
and Anger at Announce?
ment of Result.
laondonderry. .Tan. 31. -Irish Home Rule
won a notable victory In the election of a
member of Parliament for this city of
Ulster yesterday. The poll, which, as
usual, was a very close one. resulted a?
follows:
David C. Hoar?. Nationalist. 2.***
Colonel H. A. Pakenham, t'nioniat.. 1M?
Majority . IT
The seal had been MM since 1905 by the
Marquis of Hamilton, who was recently
elevated to the House of Lords on the
death of his father, the Duke of Aber
corn.
The victory of the Horns Rulsrs
gives them a majority of members of
Parliament from the Province of Ulster
in ths House of Commons.
{extraordinary effort? were made by both
parties to bring every elector to the polls,
and as a result of their exertions out of a
total electorate of J.'t?J voters 5,341 csst
their ballots. Many of the sick and infirm
inhabitant were taken to the polling
booths in ambulances.
Much fear had been expressed that the
election would give rise to serious dis?
turbances, owing to the feverish excite?
ment prevailing in parts of Ulster at the
present moment on the Home Rule ?iues
tlon. A large force of the Royal Uriah
CWaltalailan ??nd I*?11 drafted into the
city, but their services were not often
.ailed into re?{uisition.
The election on thi? occasion was mad*
more interesting by the fact that both the
Unionist and Home Rule candidates were
Protestants. The Protestant and ?Catho?
lic inhabitants of Londonderry are almost
ei'uallv divided, and by putting forward
Mr. Hogg a?> a candidate it was foreseen
that ha; would carry some of the Protest?
ant Home Rolen wirh hlrn who other?
ladet would have abstained from voting.
lowinar to ralagaSes differences.
'I'll, majorities in Londonderry elections
, bSVS always been very ?mall, ranging be
Itweea tl in lit] and ttl in December.
11 til.
The announcement of the result of the
polllaa was followed by extraordinary
SCOBM The pent-up excitement 01' the
, pop liar-e was vented in wild demonstra?
tions. A ?IcafeninS tornado of shriek-?.
? ?' sers sod hiaaea brake loose, act this
w:.s acctanpaoled bj the ?ring of re
volvera H the air. while green ami red
, handken alafa ami Union Josas onttorsd
, o\. i the heads of the singing crowd.
' The Nationalists sang A Nation Once
Again." to which the Unionists reopoaaed
I with Rule Britannia" and ?.o?l Sa\e the
i King "
ICeooted and foot police had to clear
; tbi way and form an escort around Mi.
Ilosg and r'olone! Pakenham while they
WOT! M their way to their hotels.
Th? rival crowds of Home Rulers and
Unionists came Into contact at one point
of ths 'it. Thai a was much atone
throwing and the nollce were obliged to
charge and disperse tlie people with their
' clubs.
e
FRENCH OFFICERS KILLED
I Detachment Surprised by
Tribesmen Near Timbuktu.
! Paris, .Ian. "1.? Dispatches were received
, to-day by ths Wloleter of the ?"oionies
1 from Adiar. BS oasis in the Pahara
I Desert northwest of Timbuktu, report
that a French deta> hment was surprise
! by turbulent trlbsaasao near Adrar on
| January 10, TV." troops made a heroic
resistance bat all of their four officers
wcie killed i'l the righting.
The other nrteasbetfS of Hie d? ra?'hment
nsonogad t?? cut their way throagb the
; tribesmen, and tiriall_; reach?-,1 .Virar. A
I punitive expedition has been **enl in pur
sun of the tribesmen.
S. Al?matt $c Oto.
WILL OFFER THIS DAY (SATURDAY)
AT A 5PEC1AL SALE
Seyeral Thousand Yards
of Black Dress Silks
at much below prevai?inj? prices. Included arc
Black Waterproof Habutai . per yard 38c.
BJack Waterproof Foulard . per yard 48c.
Black imported Taffeta . . per yard 58c.
Black Imported Satin . . per yard ?>5c.
Black Silk Charmeuse . . per yard $1.110
Black Crepe ?e Chine . . p?r yard |,90
ARRANGED IN DRESS LENGTHS
MAIL AND TELEPHONE ORDERS WILL RECEIVE
PROMPT ATTENTION
Sales wil? also be held this day
(Saturday) o? Wool Serges, in black,
white and navy blue; Cotton Dress
Goods and Women's Mackintoshes;
Men's Sweaters and Smoking Jackets;
also Woolen Motor Robes.
Jffll) Awmir, 34ti) *?* 35t?? *trots, Xf? |0rfL