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open to them. There was eve speechma-king. The fact tha utmost possible care was am that the lynx-eyed Dr. E berger and Herr You Bulow ( see too much does not alter t flex-lying gravity of the visit it Report to the Kaiser. Herr Krupp von Bohlen 1‘ the Master of Essen announcing his intention to visit England during the season. Frankness incarnate, the letter suggested that an inspecâ€" tion of establishments making arâ€" ticles of war similar to those manu- factured by Krupp’s would natural- ly be of the greatest interest. The recipients of Herr. Krupp' von Bohlen’s letters forthwith com- municated with our naval and mili» tary authorities. It- Was agreed that, subject to the elementary pre- cautions advisable iu such circum- stances, there could be no harm in extending to the Essen visitors the hospitality for which, I fear. we are sometimes all too famous. They came and they saw. “'het-hcr they conquered remains. to be seen. The genesis of the Krupp investi- gation of the state of preparedness of our facilities for manufacturing land and sea, armaments is no less remarkable than the investigation Itself. Early in May certain of the firms {lbovc mentioned received a delightfully courteous letter from Herr Krupp von Bohlen is not in the habit of “traveling: on behalf of his gigantic firm. The tour of England, as a matter of fact, was the first of the kind he ever made. He undertook it because the neces- sity of spying out the armament se- crets of Great Britain had sudd-en- tine nrs~n OI one [(1110 he ever made. He undertook it because the neces- sity of spying out the armament se« crets of Great Britain had suddenâ€" ly become a, matter of vital signific- ance to Germany; and he came at the behest of the Krupp’s great family friend,» the Emperor, who, as we now know, preached peace while plotting war. “William, the second of the name, will be the last King of Prussia; he will have no other successors than a King of Poland, a King of Saxâ€" ony, and a, King of Hanover." More than 600 yea-rs ago this pro- phecy was made by an obscure monk of Mayenrce. Since then it has been handed down from father fn xnn fhi‘nurr‘lx flu: nanhnn'nc nn‘Hl Herr Krupp von Bohlen’s pre- vious visits to England have been undoubtedly private in character. Both he and his wife were fond of London and liked to come to us inâ€" formally, to live quietly like well- born people of means, at a fashion» able Piccadilly hotel. In recent times they came primarily to sit for the late Sir Hubert Herkomer. Never until the visit of June did they ever come accompanied by their experts. They came this time, in other words, strictly for busiâ€" ness. And it is not a comforting re- flection to think that they accomâ€" plished their business thoroughly. Instigntcd Visit. There can be no manner of doubt that Herr Krupp von Bohllen's last sojourn in these isles was at the di- rect instigation of somebody higher up. There is but one person in Germany who could send him on such a mission. And that someone is the Kaiser. l I refer to the strange visit paid by Herr Krupp Von Bohl‘en 11nd Halbach, the head of Krupp‘s, be- tween June 14 and 23, to Birken- yhead, Barrow-in-Furness, Glasgow, lNewcastle-on-Tyne, and Sheffield. His charming wife, the Cannon Queen and proprietre‘ss of Krupp‘s, accompanied him. That bolstered up the fiction that the visit was “private and unofficial.” But in order that the inspection of the Firth, Laird, Vickers, Brown, Armâ€" strong-Whitworth, Cammell, Laird and other establishments should not be strictly informal Herr Krupp Von Bohlen brought with him his chief technical expert, Dr. Ehrensv berger, of Essen. There was a fourth member of this partyâ€"Herr von Bnlow, a. kinsman of the form- er Chancellor, who until recently-â€" perhaps yet, for all I knowâ€"repre- limited the Krupps in London. lthe clash and din of Titanic killings on land and seaâ€"before We lose the faculty of remembering the past in "the staggering attempt to grasp the jpresentrâ€"I would like to take Eng- llishmen back to an event which happened in their unsuspecting midst exactly two months ago. writes Frederic William Wile in the London Daily Mail. A mot sinis- _ter event, in the light of what has :‘happened since, and one designed ‘as hardly another could be to per- ‘suade the most sceptical «among us [that, the War Kaiser’s plans for the {sacking of Europe were deep-laid. Ldelivberate, and stealthy. 1t re- ;duces to criminal . absurdity the German contention that Armaged- don was kindled at Sarajevo. ENGLAND um rm susmn Head of Krupp Firm Roporlcd His Findings to the Kaiser. KAISER’S EXPERT VISITEI) HER G I' N FACTOR] ISS. ‘Ol‘S Before our senses are numbed by at any rate, were flun them. There was eve lat-king. The fact. tha possible care was ext was even some fact that the was exercised Dr. Ehrens« Bulow did not i: alter the un- wide that has: forsake and divine, and scrlbes h: tria. from ing and 1 and as ha lnC _phecy was [made by an obscure age m-onk of Mayenice. Since then it suff has been handed down from father gia. to son, through the Centuries, until up today it possesses a, startling signi- Dr. finance. ‘By plunging all Europe in- con to bloodshedâ€" W'ilhelm H., the Kiai- pro ser, must stand or fall 'by the issue. the The defeat of Germany will mean mow his virtual disappearance as a. to a world’s dictator; it may even mean If the disruption of the German Em» )‘UII pire. Well may one ask Whether Pin the prediction of the clail'voyanmdvea monk of by-gone years will come'or 5 true. Other predictions made by Wil this ancient seer have proved Ont amazingly correct. The prophet mentions‘William I. by name. de- scribes him marching against Aus- tria. from victory between “the ear- 0 ing and the harvesting of barley.” a 137 and as having his march of triumph 1-" 1‘ arrested at the very gates of and Vienna. “by the word of a great Em. i‘a’l The defeat his virtual world’s diet the d‘isrupti pire. Well the predict; monk of b; true. Othc this under amazingly m outdo n s ‘ W Guileless, too, I remember now that I sought an interview with Herr Krupp von Boh‘len arb Kiel. It was the day before Sarajevo. I knew of the true British hospitality which hzad‘been showered upon him. I thought perhaps he might be in- clined to indulge in some glittering generalities for publication. Iknow now why he despat-ched a, polite young secretary to my hotel with the message. that the “nature of Herr Krupp von Bohlen’s visit to England made it quite inapproâ€" priate for him to discuss it in pub lic.” ~ ltime in reporting to the Kaiser the ‘wonders he had been privileged to inspect in England and Scotland. By prearrangement undoubtedly. he came directly from them to Kiel, where William H. was extending a hearty welcome to Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender’s battleship and light cruiser squadron. The Kaiser always demands prompt reâ€" ports from special emissaries. Grand Admiral von Tirpitz was at Kiel, too, to hear what the Mast-er of Essen had gleaned in guileless Albion. And while the issue of peace or war with England hung in the balance at Berlin, Herr Krupp von Bohlen hurried up from Essen to take part in the momentous councils of the Kaiser with his military and naval ohieftains. Can we-doubt that what he learned in this country in June was his prin- cipal contribution to the delibera- tions’l A Monk Said William II. Would Bo Last of His Lino. FORETOLD PRI'SSIA N FALL. Two sisters, Miss Winnifred and Miss Ivy Mulroney, who are working hard on behalf of Lord Kitchen er’s appeal for’pecruits, ride in Hyde Park. and personally request all young men to join the British army Very few of the men can resist, them. the war ' reu'a. L more at Austroâ€"Pr ' in the 51 )16. In remembe her successors than nd, a King of Sax ‘ng of Hanover.’ years ago this pro ace M “w 51 III if YE Jmer 1e V6 11: rem 21. gr ate ad \‘anc ved tha a-r m ab and cam D8; 2C 1” Two Irish Sisters Recruiting for Lord Kit('ll(‘ll(‘l".~l Amy Army. reca n a. M? gm, was tenable. 1 had almost given up hope when I began the us‘ewof Dr. Wihf‘iams’ Pink PiI-I-s. In the course of a, few weeks I felt an im- provevmehb. and I gladly continued the use of the Pills until I was once more quite we]! and able tozmttend 1T0 Cure Common Ailments the Blood Must be Made Rich and Red. Nearly all the diseases that afflict humanity are caused by bad blood; weak. watery blood poisoned by imâ€" purities. Bad blood is the cause- of headaches and .balckaehes, lumbang and rheumatism; debility and indri- gestiron. neuralgia and other nerve troubles, and disfiguring skin dzis- weasevs like eczema, and salt rheum slhow how impure the blood actually is. No use trying a. different remedy for each disease, because they all spring from the one cause-bad blood. To cure any of these troubles you must get right down to the root of the trouble in the blood, and that just Wham Dr. Williams’ Pin‘k Pills do. They make new, rich blood and thus cure these diseases when Common medicine fails. Mrs. John Jackson. Woodstock, Ont, suffered from both nervous troubles and a run-down condition and exâ€" perienced .a complete cure through the use of Dr. Williams” Pink 'Pills. 1 She says: “I was a. sufferer for a number of years from neuralgia and a general debili‘ty of the nerves} and system. 1 had tried several: doctors and many medicine‘s, but- to no avail. until I began Dr. Wilâ€" liams" Pink Pills. At the time I beâ€" gan the Pills I had grown sobad that I Could hardly be on my feet and was forced to wear elastic banclâ€" ' ages about the ankles. The pain I, suffered at times from the neural-k gin, was terrible. I had almost given pay the Lord of Hosts." He pre- ceedrs to picture the flight of N apo- leon III. before his enemies to a spot near Sedan, and his disap- pearance, never to return. Finally, after telling of the complete re- !suscitation of France, he concludes ( with the declaration quoted aboveâ€" lthe only prophecy which has yet to lbe fulfilled. 11‘ DISEASE IS DUE TO BAD BLOOD 11 in} 1:11 a creamy rubbed with 11nd Medici ne Fly ()inhnvnls. ma SCHE H and .- ehold ( ND an'lII above at ana-ge 30 from d lard and 11a ,ixed thorougl I) 1‘ BI)! )wn so_ bad on 'my feet lastic bandâ€" T'he pain} I the neuraflm ‘lmo‘srt’ given \V n-tns a kn UI‘E 3.11 \voilld didn’t- bank, tut her explo on the and th Hop L< C111 “I was pretty careful, and never had many accidents.» But the most careful man can’t keep a, bobcat from sitting on a. limb over the ‘road and squalrling‘just as the mules get underneath. Thart happened one day about a mile or two up the road.' where it makes that- big half circle back into the Hmuntain. When the critter howled. I just had time to jam on the brake a (mnan 3.1 that last five milevs‘above our heads, where the road comes down from San Felipe. Everything came over that old road, from sewing maâ€" chines and baby buggies to steam engines and mine hoists. But no driver liked to freight 'in a load of blasting powder for the mines. blasting powder for the mines. “We used to put springs on the wagons for that load. and we car- ried a big bell swung under the wagon to let people know what was coming. 7 “I had been raised with horses from a, kid. so while I looked for an opening in the mines, I got a job as teams't‘evl', freightng in here. from San Diego. It is eighty miles of mountain roads, all bad in those days, and the worst piece of all was “Old Hop Lee has a, hard time of it with the boys," clmckled my com- panion. “But pebbles aren‘t. a cir- cumstance to what I came near to dumpihg on his old tin roof once‘ The roof was bright and shiny then. So was the rest of Garriso; all new lumber, and bright, lights and bright-er hopes. Inf HOW a Plucky Driver Saved :1 Town From'Destl'ut-tion. I had just arrived at Carriso on one of my horseback trips through the mountains. writes a. Companion contributor. As I sat at case on the porch of the only eating house in town‘ I found myself next to one of the old pioneers of the gold-minv ing days, who are. now so scarce. We chatted indifferently on many subjects until we stopped to smile at the Chinese laundryman next door, who emerged. to hold a. long- distauce altercation with some of the boys who were dropping pebbles on his tin roof. The boys stood on the mountain side fully five hundred feet above the Chinaman’s place of business, where the :st-a‘ge road from Carriso to San Diego wound its twisted way. THE RI'N.‘ “A Y POWDER TEA )I at I] ‘1 don' ‘und 1n the 1'02 311tfit wal pile at t] Tl‘ 1t arde 1 th the 1d 12 Du and ad ne pretty sur uld and wag >k around In the sun I Wondere4 3s that big ha-lf the mountain. fled, I just had 1t 1nd id tract-s, comprising a. large numb-er of passenger carriages for new elecâ€" trified services around Buenos Ayrevs of the Central Argentine Railway Company originally placed in. Hanoâ€" ver has now been awarded to the Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway {Carriage Company of Birmingham. , South Africa and New Zealand lhzld large orders for locomotives in ‘ the Muffic Company of Munich. The war‘ important orders for British and overseas railways were in the hands of leading German companies. One of the most important; 00n- tract-s, comprising a. large numb-er of passenger carriages for new elecâ€" trified services around Buenos Ayrevs Umon Ke-rsk‘ Big Engineering Contracts Whit-h G0 to British Firms. The trade war on Germany is proving a great success. The» con- tract from the meanest penny top to a firstclaSS locomotive originally placed with German companies are being rapidly transferred to Bri« tish companies. In few trades has there been keencr competition from the Germans than in the railway locomotive and rolling stock indusâ€" try. Before the declaration of Ar “Well, the load blew up all night. -As far away as I was, the explosion threw me back against, the bank hard. It, broke a, few windows in Carrriso, too, and it took them two days to cut around the hole in the road so that teams could get past. “See this? I didn’t really deserve it any, but next trip in from San Diego the boy‘s called on me in a. body and made me take it.” And he showed me a, fine gold watch. non from me, headed straight for Carriso and destination. I slipped the gun out of the case, and took a good sight. on the nearest lead mulue. “Then I remembered that about halfway back in the wagon, on the side toward me, were several cases of dynamite caps. They will ex- plode about as quick as anything there is. I drew a. head on what I thought- was the right spot. and fired. v 1H GERMAN LOSS OF TRADE avy mam India an (‘uu You BQ‘ an )ll n Hue nd som ands were arria, Affiicz had in at also build- ges for the 1. Railways. ngm f Ar; Ill rdre 1d 3" 1.V