THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1916 ~The Omineca Miner PUBLISHED EYERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE|R,’s near Zillebeke, and after a GReaT OmINEcA District oF Bririsa COLUMBIA. The Germans attacked the C. M. fearful shelling, broke through A. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor. penetrated. 700 yards past the front line. Our brigade’ was SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a/ bout 12 miles to the rear, having year; Foreign, Three Dollars a year, ADVERTISING RATES: Display, $2.60 per inch per month: Reading|mareh to the scene of action, : Notices, 20 cents per line for each insertion. Legal notires inserted at.B. C. arriving in the vicinity at 1:30 in _ Gazette rates, a rest. We had to make a forced the morning, The 14th,. 15th, Vou. VI. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1916 and 7th Battalions made a coun- No. 10 ter-attack in broad daylight, | but Sir Robert Borden has issued an appeal to the people of Canada, both men and women; to increase their efforts and aid the He says: prosecution of the war, “The world-wide struggle in its rights, its liberties and its very existence, has continued for Every effort that could be honorably made more than two years, on our part to avert war was put and sincerity. than twelvefold. determine the destiny of this whole world. “The most eloquent tribute of Canada -vho have already rallied so splendidly to the eolars and whose heroie valor and . glorious achievements crowned this Dominion with imperishable distinction before the world. Re. membering the sacrifice by whieh that distinction was won, we recall with solemn pride the memory of those who have fallen. ‘In the history of every people there may come such a challenge to the spirit of its citizens as must be answered In service and devotion if the nation is to have an abiding place in the- future. The events of this war bring that challenge today to the manhood of Canada. Since the war began more than 370,000 men have enlisted in Two hundred and fifty-eight thousand have gone overseas and more than one hundred thousand are now in the During the first ten months of the present year the number sent forward wil! argregate 141,000. During the last four months the number of enlistments has gradually decreased, and having regard for future needs, the time has come for this appeal, “Notwithstanding the success of the Allied forces in various . theaters during tlie past summer, there is reason to believe the enemy is still strong and determined. be imagined is necessary to procure a conclusive victory. This war must have so decisive a result that-a Jasting peace can be secured, Weare fighting not for .a truce, ‘but for victory. The result will depend upon the organization of the man power of the Allied nations, ‘Canada must:be strong and resolute in.that great endeavor. “I now appeal most earnestly to the people of Canada that they’ assist and co-operate with the government and directors of national service for this purpose. To men‘of military age I make the appeal|ping ahead: and the enemy’s that they place themselves at the service of the state for military shells {repping 80 ink pehind that they place themselves freely |48 that we were. sprinkled wi at the- disposition of their cotintry for such service as they are anne earth, and could feel the this Dominion. battle line, ‘duty. Toall others I make appeal deemed best. fitted to perform... “Let us never forget the solerhn truth that the nation is not! us. _ Then our guns lifted at —— constituted .of the living alone. ‘away and:those yet to be-born, : to-us.as-heirs of:the past and trustees of the future. But with that responsibility -there ‘has come something. greater; the opportunity ‘of proving ourselves worthy of it; There was no escape from the contest save in dishonor and ultimate disaster. thoroughness of the enemy’s long and eareftl preparation was ‘ imperfectly understood at first, and the magnitude of the struggle has surpassed all expectations. Great Britain’s frst expeditionary force has increased more than twentyfold,and that of Canada more The climax of the war is rapidly approaching. The last hundred thousand men that Canada will place in the fleld may be the deciding factor in a struggle, the issue of which will failed to drive the enemy out of his newly-won ground, and, of course, got badly cut up. So then it was our turn, but it was decided to get up some more heavy guns first and make a good job of it, as Fritz had done, We lay in a little disused trench for six days while preparations were going on. Then it was de- cided to give us three days’ rest before sending us over: so we marched out again, got a good bath (you know what that means, Jack), some good het raeals and some. sleep. Then we marched up for business again. ; ““We reached our ofd position about dawn on the —th and lay there all’ day and watched our big shells bursting. along’ the German lines, Geel it did our hearts good to see the great 9,2's and 12-inch howitzers sending up great columns of earth “and smoke, sometimes black, some- times yellow. They pounded them at intarvals most of the ‘day and again at 9 o'clock at night. Then. we went silently up through our new front line and outintono-man’s-land, There we lay in a littié,old. trench while the artillery gavé them the. final intense bombardment. Our man- euver, though a bold one, was ‘very successful, and we were felped by the night being very dark and showery, with gusts of wind, Fritz might have’ made it hot for us had he discovered us out there, but he did not, thanks’ tothe weather, We were just far enough forward to escape the terrible shell fire that he put up, It was an anxious hour we had there, with our own shells drop- which our Empire is fighting for forth with the deepest earnestness ‘The wonderful example and Dominion, our Empire and of the is to do fitting honor to the youth A mightier effort than may hot smoke on our faces, while the Bround shook arid rocked under There are those who have passed|@-m., and over we. went amid Souhis shan ;erackling rifle and spattering Ereat responsibility comes If. ever a ard I Pray this may not be lost,’.| battalions of -us attacking on a ' LOCAL SOLDIER . _, « Following is-an extract from.a etter written to W. J. 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