These are the sentiments, sounded by Rev. Charles Crouchner, which are ringing through Victoria today. There is nothing compromising, nothing flinging in his stand. "Society cannot live without force," he declared. "Here is your home. Here are your wife and child. A band of brutes in the name of a foreign government attack your home that they may mutilate and outrage and destroy. You have in your possession a machine gun and know how to use it. How would you feel if told that Jesus would not permit you to defend from death or even worse those under your roof? It is God's will that we should use physical force when it is the only remedy."

FRANCE WILL ADMIT PARCELS FOR SAMMIES FREE OF ALL DUTIES
The minister of finance authorized entry without payment of duties of parcels sent from foreign countries by private persons to soldiers of the American expeditionary corps. No other examination will be required than identification of the parcel and the transmission to the destination marked.
The same facilities are extended to shipments made to wounded soldiers under medical attendance in hospitals; they include tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, playing cards, and beverages.
Those invoices are exempt from duties, statistic dues, and, if any, internal-revenue taxes. It need  Not be said that the decision applies to shipments made by the Y. M. C. A. 