LONDON, Oct. 29—A letter written
by a young officer in the fighting line
in Flanders, sent to the Times varies
the story of devastation daily trans
mitted from the front. The writer
_ said:
“The other day we took over a well
known Scottish regiment, whose repu
tation for making themselves comfor
table was well known throughout th«
division, and when I w'ent to examinr
my future abode I found everythin!
up to the standard which I had anti
cipated.
"Standing on an oak table in the
middle of the dug-out was a shel
case filled with flowers, and thes<
not ordinary blossoms, but Madonnr
lilies, mignonette and roses. Aftei
having duly appreciated this most un
P, t expected corner. 1 inquired where tin
flowers had been gathered and wai
told thew had come from the utterl;
ruined village of Fampoux close by.
set out to explore. Sure enough, be
tween piles of bricks, shell holes, dir
and every sort of debris, suddenly i
rose in full bloom would smile at m
and a lily would waft its deliciou
scent and seem to say how' it had dt
fied the destroyer and all its frighl
fullness.
“Among [numerable shell holes an
destruction there was a small pate
of ground absolutely carpeted wit
buttercups, over which blazed brigh
red poppies intermixed with the blues
of cornflowers. Here was a reall
glorious corner and how quickly cam
memories of horns?”
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SEVERE RULES RE
I LIFE SAVING
APPARATUS
(By Associated Press)
CHRISTIANIA, Oct. 27. — New and
stringent regulations come into force
shortly in regard to life-saving ap
pliances to be used on Norwegian
ships traversing the war zones.
Each lifeboat must be half covered
over with waterproof cloth as a shel
ter, and must be provided with oil
skins for the crew, with signal lights,
a hand pump, and ample supplies of
bread, meat and water.
Each ship piust carry an extra boat
of at least 105 cubic feet, and large
enough to take the whole crew. This
boat must contain air chambers and
have a cork belt around it. Either this
boat or one of the regular lifeboats
must be supplied with a motor, to
gether with fuel for two days and a
tow rope.
Passenger boats must have ten cubic
feet of lifeboat room for each person
I aboard.
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t SWITZERLAND TO BOOST
i PRODUCTS AT HOME
i (By Associated Press)
BERNE, Oct. 29—The war has been
- the means of teaching Switzerland
that it is a mistake to be too depen
1 dent on foreign producers. In order
i to develop and encourage home man
\ ufacturer, the first step is to make
t the consumers familiar with Swiss
t products. To do this it is proposed to
y devote a week in every year to ex
0 hibitions of Swiss goods, to be held
simullananeouly in all the Swiss cities
and village^.
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Times Want Ads Bring Results
DOMICAL INCIDENT OCCURS
ON DUTCH FRONTIER
(By Associated Press)
OLDENZAAN. Netherlands, Oct. 29
—A comic incident reported from the
frontier Involved a Russian prlsoner
af-war who was on the point of step
ping from Germany on to Netherlands
soil when he was grasped by a Ger
man sentry. A wrestle ensued, The
fugitive threw himself on the ground,
and lay with the upper part of his
body in Holland and the other on the
German territory.
A Dutch sentry rushed to the Rus
sian's help, seized him by the arms
and pulled. The German sokller pull
ed at the Russian's legs in the oppo
site direction. The Ruslan began to
kick with the result that the Dutch
j frontier guardian was able to haul
him out of the danger zone.
SPECIAL BADGE FOR THE
NEW TANK CORPS.
LONDON, Oct. 29—Officers of the
new Tanks Corps are to have a new
badge emblematic of their work. The
selection of the emblem has not yet
been made, but among those consid
ered are a maild fist, a tortoise, and a.
rhlnocerous.
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