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TAIUS. Nov. 25.
Tha French arts now nearer the Ger
man stronghold or Metz than at any
time, before sine the war began. The
omcJal communique today declares that
In the region ot pont-a-Mouiaon, on the
SVench right, the artillery has bombnrd
d Arnavllle. This Is within 10 miles of
Metz.
If the French should succeed In Invest
ing Meta they could cut off the line? of
communications upon which Jthe nrmy of
Crown Prince Frederick Wllhelm has
depended since It Invaded France, only
to be held back In the Argonne region
nnd about Verdun.
German pressure In the vicinity of
VerdUn 1b Indicated In the official state
ment, which declares that an attack at
Bnhlncourt has been repulsed, following
"Which the Germans naked for an orml
atlco, only to meot with refusal.
xno communique also states that
French troops have gained some ground
between Langemarck and Bonnebekc, In
Belgium; that in the region of La Uapseo
the. Indian troops have retaken trenches
which had been captured by the Ger
Irymu the night before, nnd that from
the North Sea as far as Ypres there has
been no attack by tho German Infantry.
The Allies have mndn some progress
near Berry-au-Dac and In tho Argonne.
GUNS ADVANCED TOWARD METZ.
Deiptte the bad weather conditions, the
French have succeeded In moving their
artillery Into the region of Pont-a-Mauicon
and have bombarded Arnavllle.
The official statement follows:
From tho North' Sea to Ypres there
has been no Infantry attack. Between
Langemnrck and Zonncbeko wo have
rained ground. At the edge of La
Bassee tho Indian troops have ro
t&ken from the enemy some trenches,
which had been captured from them
the night before.
From LaBaseoe to Solssons the lull
In- the fighting Is almost complete.
We have made some slight progress
near Berry-au-Bao nnd, In tho Argonne.
At Bnhlncourt. northwest of Verdun,
s German assault has been repulsed.
INDIAN TROOPS RECAPTURE
TRENCHES LOST TO GERMANS
LONDON, NoV 25.
An Indian corps has retaken trenches
which it loot to tho Germans yesterday
nnd has captured three German officers,
more titan 100 men, throe machine guns
and ono mortar, a statement from the
"War Bureau announced today, Tho gen
eral situation is declared to be unchanged.
Thla Is the first official confirmation of
reports In circulation for several days
that the Indian troops have been hard
pressed by the Germans.
GERMANS REPORT SLIGHT
GAINS ALONG ARRAS FRONT
BERLIN, Nov. a.
An official report from the General Staff
made public states that tho Germans have
made some slight progress at Arras, In
France, and In East Prussia have re
pulsed all Russian attacks. It adds that
n. counter offensive movement by the
Russians against tho Germans In the
region around Lodz has failed.
The official report, which covered the
situation In both the eastern and westorn
theatres ot war, was as follows:
English ships did not repeat their
expedition against the cdast yesterday.
'The situation in tho western theatre
AUSTRIANS TRAP FOE
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, AND SAVE HUMARY
Second Invasion Ends
m
Rout for Russians, Vienna
. Dispatches Say Czar's
Forces Lose 25,000.
VIENNA, Nov. H.
The second Russian Invasion of Hun
&ry, through the Carpathian passes, has
fceen repulsed with terriflo losses for the
Invaders, According to dispatches receiv
ed here from Budapest today. They give
these details of a trap set by th Aus
trian forces and the manner In which the
Russians inarched Into It, only to be com
pletely shattered and routed:
"Finding- that tha forces available along
the Bambor-atryl front were unable to
halt the advance of the Russian armies
moving southwest, and with their super
ior number steadily pressing back the
Ausirituu, the Austro-Uungarlan com-
jsanaora wnnarew weir mam forces
UtMMiffb tht Carpathian passes. Only the
weAJc lines were left to cover the Aus
trian withdrawal, but they performed
tbeir duty nobly.
"Th Russians were unable to bring
their artillery into play so severe was
oaf fire-- The enemy gunners wers
killed before they could fire their pieces.
Tha Russians were helpless. They tried
to capture our positions with bayonet
cham. bat companies were mowed down
as they advanced.
"Some oAeers who participated. this
reat vletory declare tbat tfce- Russian
test IwMy tf.080 la killed and wounded.
s$4tr tses wer Increased by a, terrlUe
Mtw sfcTH tb&t caught theai in. the
mm tm as l&ey were retreating. Thou
.iis awr were frozen to death.
"JL ib Austrian pursued the beaten
mmy, nhtjlm companies surrendered a
wvmucss die of coed
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BY DRIVE
sacked by the Turks and the Russian
hospital has been wrecked.
German warships are off the Argen
tine coast, and the tiriti'sjt are re
ported near. A naval engagement is
expected.
An armistice requested by the ertcmy
has been refused.
In the region of Pont-a-MotiesOn,
our afllllery has succeeded Jn bom
barding ArnaVIlle.
Nothing has happened In the Vosges.
FLEET SHELLS GEIlMANS.
Heavy losses were Inflicted upon Ger
man troops In the vicinity of Nleuport,
when they were caught between the fire
of British troops nnd the guns of the
allied ships off the coast.
The warships were vigorously bombard
ing the German lines when the troops got
into action. The range was signaled to
the warships by field wireless from shore.
As shells from the vessels began to drop
true, the British troops opened up, and
tho Germans withered under the terrible
cross-fire.
British and French ships are bombard
ing the Belgian coast all the way from
Ostend to Knoche. The towns of -lleyst,
Zccbrugge, Blenkonberg, Wcnduyne,
Clemskcrke, Ostend and Bains, ns welt as
numerous smaller places, havo suffered
severely from the shells.
AB.TILLEKY IN ACTION.
Artillery activity was reported today
from nearly a dozon zones along the great
battle line from tho Vosges to tho North
Sea, with the most vigorous operations
under way In Flanders, where tho Ger
mans are gathering their forces for an
other series of violent attacks against the
Allies defending the roads to Dunkirk and
Calais.
In some quarters where the German
cannon spoke tho fire was so llrhi. and
Intermittent that tho French did not even
reply to It, nnd tlio few shells that fell
did little damage In northern Franco
and western Bolglum, however, where
both sides have concentrated their heav
iest guns, tho bombardment and counter
cannonade took on the most furious char
acter. Tho duel In the flooded region
north and south of the Yser River and
the Ysor Canal had a most spectacular
appearance.
A dispatch from Amsterdam says that
British warships opened a bombardment
on tho Germans at Ileyst. north of Zee
brugge, today and that tho town was
set on flro by tho shells.
The towns of Zeebruggo and Lom
baertsydo havo been almost destroyed by
Are and shells, according to tho latest
reports received here, and the Germans
driven back ten miles from tho coast.
Ahother dispatch from Amsterdam, how-Jver-,
says that the town was fired by
the Germans themselves because It con
cealed the British ships and prevented
effective flro from the German batteries.
is unchanged. We have made slljrht
progress at Arras. B l
In East Prussia we have repulsed all
the Russian attacks. Tho Russians'
??nur,,T?n8,vV8 trdm thB direction of
?asWrailed!CrZ)' StryWnn Brzezlny
(An official announcement. Issued In Pet
rograd yesterday, stated that "ho olrl
mans in Poland had retreated In the line
running through Strykow. Sglerz and
"jer towns In tho region of Lodz.)
onnntJ!ymJlnadmlrnUy' ioday officially
confirmed the announcement by the Brit-
aBhrfA,?m,l?i.U;,that a Brit,sh PS boat
had sunk the German submarine TJ-13 near
the north coast of Scotland. Tho British
m nZyer,rry l&VeA. thr" omcer- 3
Z3 men of the submarine's crew.
KAISER BLOCKS RUSSIANS
IN THREE FIELDS OF ACTION
Berlin Report's Check to Counter Of
fensive In Poland.
DERUN, Nov. 28,
The Itusslan counter-offensive In Po
land has failed, the official German War
Office statement today claims
"In East Prussia our troops havo re
pulsed all Russian attacks." the state,
ment declares.
"Their counter-offensive In the direc
tion of Lowlcz, Strykow and BrzezinV
have failed," the statement addsd. "At
taoka In the district of Cz'enstochowa also
have failed.
'.The western situation remains un
changed. We have made alight progress
at Arras." ""
$40,000,000 FOR ITALIAN NAVY
Extraordinary Appropriation Is Ap
proved at Cabinet Council.
ROMS. Nov. JS.-An extraordinary ap
propriation of 110,000,000 for the navy
was approved at Sunday's roeetlnr of
the Cabinet Council.
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Vienna Reports 110,000 Russians In
Prison Camps,
VIENNA, Nov. 23.
An official report from the Austrian
General Btaff under date of November U
announces the capture of Important po
sitions from tho Russians in Southwest
Poland nnd states that since the beginning
of the war 110,000 prisoners have been
taken and brought to Austria.
"Fighting In Russian Poland Is con
tinued energetically oh both sides," says
tho dispatch. "Our troops have captured
several Important positions nenr Wol
bro'm (northwest of Cracow) nnd also on
both sides ot the Plllza River. Numerous
prisoners have been taken. The situation
Is otherwise Unchanged.
"In a rural section there are 11,000 pris
oners of war, ot whom 1000 are officers.
"In the fighting In Poland the effect
of our heavy artillery has again been
satisfactory. Prisoners stato that it Is
shaking the enemy's nerves. Tho shells
are driving Russians In alt directions."
ERZERUM MENACED
AS RUSSIANS ROUT
TURKS IN ARMENIA
Sultan's Forces Flee Along
Whole Line in Near East.
Heavy Fighting Near
Batum, on Black Sea.
PETBOGBAD. Nov. 25.
It is officially announced that Itus
slan troops are advancing directly upon
Erzerum, tho Turkish fortress In Ar
menia. The Turks have been defeated
and are (losing along the whole front
Fighting Is developing on the Black
Sea littoral near Batum, which seems to
bo tho object of the Turkish attacks In
this roslon.
Tho following announcement from tho
General Staff of the Russian army In tho
Caucasus has been made public:
"In tho region of the Tohoruk Blver
(Russian Armenia) the battle has In
creased in intensity.
"In tho direction of Erzerum we
threw back tho Turks on tho wholo of
tho front and forced them hurriedly to
retreat Our troops are still pushing them
energetically.
"There Is no change In tho situation
In tho other regions."
LONDON, Nov. 25.
The Morning Post's Petrograd corre
spondent says Turkish affairs, or rather
the affairs of Germany In Turkey, ap
pear to be going from bad to worse. The
British Embassy has been ransacked by
spies In search of documents, the Rus
sian hospital has been' thoroughly pil
laged, and the doctor In charge flung into
jail, and all foreigners have been more
or leas gravely abused. Domiciliary visi
tations and arrests are proceeding active
ly among all classes of the population.
Indicating a nervousness on tho part of
the present rulers for their own safety.
A meeting has taken place In a Con
stantinople theatre, at which the Turk
ish writer. Shir-van Zade, a member of
the opposition In tho Turkish chamber,
spoke warmly against Germanic rule in
Turkey.
"Wo are waging a war foreign to us,"
ho said, "and not for our own Interosts.
If, when the war Is. over, our country
suffers, and suffers heavily, we must
never forget that wo havo been victims
of the Germans."
Tho speaker was imprisoned that name
ovenlng.
It it reported that widespread conspir
acy axalnst Young Turks has been dis
covered, which accounts for numbers of
arrests, whilst others attribute the ar
rests to the provalont spy mania which
the Germans have Introduced.
The Dlabcklr Arabs have declared
against Turkey and have taken the field.
In tho recent fighting In the Persian
Gulf section a local Arab tribe pretended
to desert from the English protection to
the Turkish side, but in tho middle of
the fight they abandoned the Turks and
went over to tho British.
It Is stated that on English gunboat
has been sent to Bender-Abbas, on the
Persian Gulf, to protect the British and
French inhabitants of that town from
attack. The Governor of Bushlre, who
is friendly to England, has banished
revolution leaders of a Holy War.
It Is also sold that English territorials
with 11 batteries have arrived at Bombay
to strengthen the British forces In India.
MISSIONARY HURLS BOMB
German Tries to Blow TJp a British
Gunboat.
LONDON, Nov. 25.
A German tried to blow up the British
gunboat Dwarf with an infernal machine
In a West African harbor recently, ac
cording to a report to tho Colonial Of
fice. It was dlsoovered that ha was a
missionary,
"When questioned as to how he found
such an action compatible with his call
ing," says tha report, "he replied that he
was a soldier first and a missionary after
ward." TOKIO COLLEGE BURNED
TOKIO, Nov. 21 Presbrey Meljl Gakuln
college recitation building burned yester
day and the Theological Seminary build
ing was ruined by fire. Other structures
of the college are unharmed. The teach
ers, pupils and missionaries occupying
them are all safe.
POSTBAG FROM
BATTLE FRONT
First-hand Accounts of Land
and Sea Conflicts Told by
the Fighting Soldiers and
Sailors Themselves.
tTht rent tear correspondents of tne
present European ttnipgte are ts
mrt t Ms rrenoAes and th men on
the quarter deek. Prefeirtonal cr.
era are not permitted at the front.
Ml theu knoto Is tehat Iheu can ptean
from the wounded occupant of am
oufanees taken to the rear. The
Evening hedper telH print from ttme
to time the only intimate tide of the
tear the reflection of soldiers and
ealtort in their letter home. German
letter, tehen obtainable, a well as
thote of the Allies, tcfll be printed.
Prisoners Crawled to Liberty
tFrom n letter written to hi wife ill
Private Dan Hunt, of the OoUlitream
Ouard.J
"Don't fret over me. I have five
wounds, but I nm lucky chap to bo here
to tell the tnlc, for If the shell which
hit me In tho chest had exploded a bit
lower I should have been killed outright.
Our ambulance men tried to get us away,
but the Germans fired upon thorn, bo 'they
had to leave us to tako our chances. It
rained in torrents all that night, and tho
Germans put sontrles with bayonets over
us. Thoy took alt our food nnd water
away, and on Tuesday afternoon some of
them tried to mako out that wo had been
firing upon them. We asked how that
was possible when they hod taken every
thing from us, but thoy wero going to
Bhoot us. when an ofllcor camo up and
stopped them.
"On Wednesday they removed us to tho
far sldo of a haystnek, out of their lino
of fire, so wo could not get hit, but one
ot tho British shells exploded near us,
and, of course, I got hit. Wo thought
It best to make n. dash for it I could
not walk and had to crawl on my hands
and knees with my wounds bleeding, nnd
whllo I wns crawling away thoy Btarted
to fire on us. There wero six of us who
started, but only two of us finished. Our
trenches woro only a mile and n half
away, but It took us four hours and a
half to crawl thorc."
German Boys Slowed Down
From a lieutenant in tho Northamp
tonshire Ueplment to his mother,'
BELGIUM. Oct. 21.
There's another big battlo on here now
and the poor 43th has suffored hell again,
especially my poor "A" Company, but
luckily very many moro wounded than
killed. Two officers moro have been killed,
one was our doctor, and three more
wounded. It's awful. Nothing can de
scribe It but the two words, "absolute
hell." I pray that It will be over soon,
and thank Heaven I'm still safe. Seven
shells yesterday burst within 10 yards
of mo In as many minutes, and 1 can tell
you It shook mo up a bit, but we are
doing our work well and have driven
them back, though slowly.
Wo have tho satisfaction of knowing
that, If w suffer, thoy suffer very, very
much worse. Tho took S00 prisoners
yesterday, and tho 48th took SO mora this
morning. Several of them speak English,
and thoy say thoy haven't had any food
for four days. Others are such young
sterssome ot them only 17 to 19 years
old. Last night they charged us three
times. They came on about five deep (the
Germans always keep close formation).
Wo let 'em como up to about 60 yards
of our trenches, then let 'em have It for
all wo were worth with rifles and machine
guns. They went clown like corn In front
of a scythe. It was glorious, and yet
awful. We then finished 'cm up on the
bayonet
I should hate to be a prisoner of thoso
blighters. I always remember what you
once said during the Boer War when
reading a paper one night, that you'd
almost rather be killed than bo taken a
prisoner! It's always stayed at the bot
tom of my heart since then, nnd that la
12 years ago now. I have never for
gotten It.
Cheery in Face of Death
IFrom a major in the It. A. M. (7.1
It Is a very dreadful thing to live
through, death and pain on every hand,
but it Is extraordinary how calm and as
sured we all feel.
I cannot think of tho many friends gone
down. That we are left Is our main thing,
and we are ever sc cheery and determined.
xne men are simpiy spienaia; never a
grumble, ncvor a growl. Narrow escapes
are most exciting things and occur ever
so frequently on my Job. One day I was
motoring along a front and the beggars
had good range and excited us with a
shell which fell about 30 yards ahead and
a second one a very few yards behind
so few, indeed, that we got some of their
Iron visiting cards Into the car. But
what's the odds? A miss Is better than a
mile, and all Is well.
My word, they are losing heavily; thou
sands of their dead still cover the ground
on our front In the lost phase of the
war we thought their Iotsses awful, but In
this new position they are losing moro.
As you can Imagine, the extraordinary
mixture of armies and branches of service
at the front makes wondrous pictures,
Khaki of our own; blue, dark and light of
the French Infantry and cavalry; brilliant
scarlet cloaks of Moroccan troops, and
multi-colors of Algerians and our Sepoys
all make an extraordinary picture. Guns
and horses, motors and wagons; oh, it is
a scene! But tho great thing Is plenty to
do and no time to mope. I am simply as
happy as I could be, with any amount or
energy.
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REFUGEE SHIP, IS CHARGE
British Admiralty Denounces Attack
on Unarmed Steamship,
LONDON, Nov. S6. An omclsl statement
from the Admiralty this morning, regard
ing the disaster on October 2s when the
French passenger steamship Aamirai
Gauteaumo sank on tha way from Calais
to Havre, 'says that a subsequent exam
ination of tho damaged lifeboats has dis
closed a fragment of a German torpedo,
proving that the vessel was torpoeded by
a German submarine.
The Admiral Gauteaumo carried 2000
unarmed refugees from Calais, all of
whdm were transferred to other British
or French vessels and landed safely.
The Admiralty statement says "this ac
tion, made In broad daylight Upon a de
fenseless ship filled with refugees, Is the
best specimen ot German methods yet re
corded." A photograph of the torpedo head found
in the boat has been circulated by the Ad
miralty In London.
SHELLS OF BRITISH
FLEET WRECK NAVAL
BASE AT ZEEBRUGGE
Six German Submarines De
stroyed by Bombardment
of Warships Kaiser's Bat
teries Demolished.
LONDON, Nov. 23.
A dispatch to the Dally Mall declares
that yesterday's bombardment of Zee
bruggo by British warships destroyed tho
German naval baso at that place.
Zeebruggo Is burning, and tho Solvay
works near the Bruges ship canal are a
heap of ruins. Six submarines, which
had been brought there In sections, have
been reduced to twisted Iron nnd largo
quantities of stores havo been destroyed.
Krom 2 o'clock until 6 o'clock yester
day afternoon shells wero rained on the
town. Steaming well out nt sea beyond
the German mlno fields, the BrltlBh ships
used their big guns, and in less than an
hour tho coast guard building and public
school had been destroyed, military trains
at the Solvay works wero blown to frag
ments and a large crano which was being
used In putting tho submarines together
was shot to pieces.
Gorman batteries hiding In tho dunes
near Blankenberg tried to reply to tho
flro of tho swiftly moving ships, which
were Just discernible, but In a short time
t,ho German guns were knocked over llko
ninepins. Tho guns near Hoyat also
repllod, and a shot from tho fleet struck
the church tower there.
Tho Germans at Zeebruggo became de
moralized, and In despernte hasto at
tempted to remove their stores to Bruges,
Including the apparatus for making hy
drogen for Zeppelins, but a section of
the railway had boen blown up. No
shelter could be obtained from the shells,
of which the explosive force was terrific.
Earlier In the day the fleet bombarded
th
coast rrom Mtddlekerkc northward
to tho Dutch frontier, clearing tho dunes
of tho German's advanced right wing.
For several weeks the Germans had
been collecting stores nt Zeebruggo and"
fortifying that port with the hope of
making It a strong naval baso. Now
they are thrown back on Bruges.
RUSSIAN FIRE BRINGS DOWN
ZEPPELIN ATTACKING PL0CK
Score of Casualties in Aerial Shelling
of Warsaw. ,
PETROGItAD, Nov. 2S.
While a Zeppelin wns dropping bombs
upon Warsaw on Tuesday, another bom
barded the town of Plock from the air.
The airship flying above Plock dropped
two bombs, but a dispatch from Warsaw
says that It was brought down by fire
from Busslan guns and was captured.
No details havo been received as to the
fate of the Zeppelin crew.
The airship which flew over Warsaw
also dropped two bombs. The Second
killed or wounded more than a score ot
persons.
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TURKEY DENIES U.S.
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CODE TO DIPLOMATS
Secretary Bryan Announces
Ban Placed on Cipher
Messages and Orders In
quiry -Protest Is Likely.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Secretary of
Stale Bryan today announced that the
Turkish Government bad P'l ""mMa?
nnd cipher messages, Including offlcUl
dispatches, under the ban. An inquiry
has been ordered by this Government.
Mr. Bryan said that, so far as he toows.
no other belligerent had prohibited the
use of codo and cipher messages by neu
tral nations having Embassies In tho re
spective countries. He pointed to the
fact that the United States was com
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Berlin In cipher and that no restriction
over hnd been placed upon these mes-
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There has been much delay In com
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bassy In Constantinople nnd tho stato
Department, and there have been hints
that tho delays wore not nocessnrlly duo
to natural Interruptions In cablo sorvlce.
Because of tho acute situation In Tur
key and the added burdens of the Amorl-
enn Emnassy, wnicn is luunun, u"i v
Interests of the British, French and Bus
slan governments In tho Ottoman Empire,
It Is expected that the Stato Department
wilt soon detail additional men to the
post.
Tho firing of Turkish forts at Smyrna
upon ths cruiser Tennessee's launch last
week will not bo considered a closed Inci
dent until further reports are received,
but President Wilson told Inquirers today
ho considered that Ambassador Morgen
thau's report of an explanation by two
members of tho Turkish Cabinet "evi
dently clears up the facts."
TURKEY PROMISES ITALY
NOT TO CLOSE SUEZ CANAL
Assurance Removes Excuso for
Italians Joining Allies.
ROME, Nov. 13.
Turkey will not attempt to lntcrfero
with navigation In the Suez Canal. This
Information is conveyed In an official com
munication from tho Porto to tho Italian
Government.
In It war agitators see Germany's hand
doing all It can to remove any possibility
of provocation which would causo Italy
to enter tho war on tho side of the Allies.
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AS WAR WRITER AT FRONT!
Press Jokes at Choice of Professor
"Eye Witness."
ai
LONDON, Nov. fe.
In a lengthy dispatch dated October
Xj
Professor Bernard Pares today describi
for the War Bureau incidents surroundl
fl
tha failure of the Germans to captuj;
Warsaw on their first invasion of Polsai
Professor Pares Is the British
otociit
"eye witness" on tho eastern front
The dispatch declares the Germans'
withdrew with great speed and jn go.
order. There was no devastating of
country as the army retreated.
ttii
Professor Pares is professor of Busslarfj
M.tni-v. language and literature nt Livoni
pool University. Tho London papers haveJ
maue consiaomuiu biiuh ,i mu mui mat.':
In selecting tho one official press rcjtre
sentatlvo who would bo permitted on thai
eastern front the War Office should
choose a university proicssor.
GERMAN LOSE HIS BEER?
PARIS IN GHOULISH GLEE
Barley Shortage Beported as Portend;
ing Drink Famine.
PAB1S, Nov. a. Tho Figaro Joyfully
announces mat me suppiy oi ocer in Ger
many Is endangered owing to tho scare
Ifw nt hnrlov.
Germany uses CO.000,000 quintals (hun--rtrpilwelnhts)
of barley In tho browlnc nf'
beer every year. Sho produces one-haltjj
of this quantity nna imports tno othee 8
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