While his wounds were being dressed in the field ambulance, he was singing the "Marseillaise," which was interrupted by the arrival of his general, who removed the cross of the Legion of Honor from his own breast and pinned it on that of the major.
FOR WAR. $2,400,000,000
German Government Will Submit for Approval Additional Appropriations, It Is Reported.
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, May 28? Before the German Reichstag adjourns the imperial government will submit for approval additional war appropriations totaling $2,400,000,000 to make possible the prosecution of the war throughout the coming winter, according to advices reaching here.
From the same source it is learned that no new war loan is expected to be floated until autumn.
ALL TRUE
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
A boil on the stove is worth two on the neck:
A man with a pull is worth two with a push,
And an ace in the hand is worth two in the deck.
A Sensible Cigarette
(Copyright Bemann Shaw's American Baby to Point a Moral to English People.)
CHILD IS ASSET TO NATION
Declares British Ratepayers Would Rather Spend Money to Keep Criminals In Prison Than Pay to Look After Health of Infants.
(Copyright Bemann Shaw.) 