"As early as October 19 we sent a protest to the governor-general, a copy of which was also sent to the representatives of the Holy See in Brussels, Spain, the United States, and the Netherlands. The governor-general, in reply, refused to take any steps." [Illustration] _ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF KULTUR_ _Fritz: "We must see if there is any money or jewelry in these coffins before we retire."_ * * * * * At Cartigny the Germans opened five vaults, each with a chapel above it, by tearing apart the stones. They did the same thing at Ronsoy, at Becquincourt, at Dompierre, at Bouvincourt, and at Herbecourt. At Nurly, Roisel, Bernes, they even broke into coffins. In the enclosed ground serving as a private cemetery for the Rohan family at Manancourt they buried a great number of their soldiers, and, an inconceivable thing, established a kitchen in the interior of the Rohan mausoleums and latrines among their family tombs. In the crypt, where indescribable disorder reigns, almost all the compartments are empty. A child's coffin, taken from one of them, was stripped of its lead. A heavy leaden casket, half drawn from another compartment, bears on its lid marks of a chisel. A block of marble, in which is seen a small excavation, has been thrown among the debris; it bears the inscription: "Here rests the heart of Mme. Amelie de Musnier de Folleville, Countess of Boissy, who died at Paris, July 16, 1830, at the age of thirty-two years and ten months." _French Official Report of German Barbarities in France, June 1, 1916._ [Illustration] _CANADA ON VIMY RIDGE_ * * * * * The capture of two thousand prisoners by the Canadians is not surprising, as the whole ridge was honeycombed with dugouts, in which the Germans sheltered themselves. Up to the present moment the great offensive had been held up just at the point below the Canadian lines, which fact caused Vimy Ridge to be styled the "hinge" of the enemy's retreat from the Somme, and the Canadians have been very impatient for the "hinge" to move. _Toronto Mail, August 10, 1916._ [Illustration] _William_: _I wonder how long my dear friend and Ally will be able to stand this._ * * * * * The offensive began on June 4, and the total captures to August 12 were as follows: Prisoners Officers 7,757 Men 350,845 Guns 405 Machine-guns 1,326 Bomb-throwers 338 Caissons 292 _Russian Official, August 12, 1916._ [Illustration] _William: "Here's luck, Hindenburg."_ _Hindenburg: "Where?"_ * * * * * The kaiser has dismissed General von Falkenhayn, chief of the general staff, and has appointed Field-Marshal von Hindenburg chief of the general staff and General von Ludendorff first quartermaster-general.