HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-8-19, Page 3DARDANELLES IS
KEY TO THE WAR
ITS CAPTURE WILL UNLOCK THE
GATES OP DESTINY.
Success in That Quarter Can Counter•
act the Losses of the Russians
in the North.
J. L. Garvin, editor of the Pall Mall
Gazette, London ,says:
Whatever may happen afterward in
Flanders, end the keenest appetite for
events is yet to be fully satisfied in
that quarter, the way to relieve Rus-
sia, neutralize the effect of the fall of
�'- Warsaw, destroy all the hopes of the
Germans in the east and speed the
whole war is for the western allies,
Britaia'1 above all, to concentrate their
full energy and strength upon the
Dardanelles expedition and upon the
whole Balkan problem.
At Gates of Destiny.
There lies the sure key that will un-
lock the gates of destiny. Success in
this quarter would be the salvation
of the armies of the allies. Failure
would be unforgiveable on the part of
same who are responsible for war
diplomacy.
There has been a lamentable loss
of precious time through reluctance
to face sooner the necessity for steps
that were bound to be unavoidable in
the end.
A good deal of incompetent ob-
struction has been cleared away and
we are getting at the real meaning
of terms.
No one pretends to regard the Dar-
danelles expedition any longer as a
secondary undertaking. We must re-
gard it, however, not only as a major
operation, but second in importance
"'e'„ no enterprise whatever in any of
the fields of war.
Facile and shallow minds which
are always taking the obvious for the
true tried to delude us with parrot
cries about Flanders being the princi-
pal theatre. No one locality, east or
west, can be the principal 'theatre.
War throughout Europe is one war.
We have to look for the best line of
solution.
The best line of solution for the
allies in the first instance runs into
the more vulnerable of central em-
pires from the base formed by the
Straits and the Black Sea, by Con-
stantinople and the Balkans.
Truth About Flanders.
Flanders, on the contrary, is the
line of most resistance, where any
given expenditure of effort on our
part is likely to have the least effect
until the whole German plan for war
on two fronts is fatally beaten by a
full and deliberate development of the
allies' initiative of war on three
fronts.
But that is not enough either for us
or the allies. Common purpose de-
mands for, its decisive issue a larger
plan am direct attack, which shall
unite all the forces of the allies in a
war on three fronts, and after dispos-
ing of Turkey, assail Austria -Hun-
• l ary from the south.
In tackling the Gallipoli problem
with full means and resolution, we
shall be Iaying the foundation stone
for an immense edifice. We shall not
only be establishing a military power
and a grand alliance upon the middle
front, whence the Germans' position
in both east and west ought to be
compromised, but shall. enable the
concerted action of all the allies to
move upon one vast continuous line
stretching from England to Flanders,
through France, Italy and the Bal-
kans into Russia.
That conception is mighty, but also
practicable. It is magnificent, but it
is also war.
Von Hindenburg evidently is work-
ing might and main to bring off the
huge coup of his dreams, which hith-
erto always has failed.
To Turn Main' Lille.
He hopes to turn inner line of Nie-
men on the Bug as completely as he
now has turned the outer line on the
Vistula. He undoubtedly is throwing
every man he can muster into the
Baltic provinces far above the Polish
triangle, and means to strike heavily
at the Grand Duke's and the main
railway connections with Petrograd.
The chief junctions aimed at are
Vilna and Dvinsk. His forces are not
yet within sixty miles of either. The
country is shaggy and sodden and in-
terminably broken by rivers and
lakes and every kind of running and
standing water, so that it is in some
respects more difficult and dangerous
them any region the Germans yet have
penetrated, but they are confident in
their transports, their engineering
corps and technical resources of every
kind, and in their cavalry, which they
hope to launch in overwhelming mass
and speed.
Divided the Loaf.
The Duke of Portland is an ardent
sportsman, and a good story is told
of how he once named a racehorse.
' Some time; ,ago he and another peer
bid toge ler for a fine animal, and
the contest between them was very
keen. At last over $500 was bid for
the horse. "If we ge on at this rate,"
Maid the other peer, "we shall be pay-
ing far more 'then the creature is
worth; suppose we. buy it between
us?" The Duke of Portland agreed,
and later on they had a discussion as
to what the horse should be called.
tiWell," said his Grace, "as we are
going to share it, why not call it The
Loaf ?" And The Loaf it was called
en the spot. •`
OBSTINATE INDIGESTION
CAN BE CURED
Dr. Williams' Pink Pins Go
Right to the Root of
the Trouble.
No trouble causes more widespread
suffering and discomfort than indi-
gestion. The ailment takes various
forms. Some victims are ravenous
for food; others turn sick at the sight
of meals;. but as a rule every meal is
followed by intense pains in the chest,
heartburn, sick headache and often
nausea. Indigestion assumes an ob-
stinate form because ordinary medi-
cines only subdue its symptoms—but
do not cure. So-called. pre-digested
foods only make the digestion more
sluggish, and ultimately make the
trouble take a chronic form.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure indi-
gestion because they go right to the
root of the trouble. They make new,
rich blood, which so strengthens the
system that the stomach does its own
work and digests the food in a natural
way. Many a terrible sufferer from
indigestion has found a permanent
cure through a fair use of Dr, Wil-
liams' Pink Pills. Among them is
Mrs. H. Carmern, Locke Street North,
Hamilton, Ont., who says:—"Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills not only gave me
new health, but new life. For five
years I was a great sufferer, was al-
most constantly doctoring, and spent
a great deal of money with absolutely
no result. My stomach was in such a
dreadful condition that frequently it
would not retain nourishment of any
kind. When I ate I suffered terrible
pains, a fluttering of the heart, and
often a feeling of nausea. In addi-
tion to this. I was in a very anaemic
condition, and felt as if I was linger-
ing between life and death. One day
while sitting in the park a lady got
into conversation with me, and I told
her my trouble. She asked me if I
had tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
saying that they had been a great
benefit to her daughter, When I
went home I decided to try this medi-
cine. I soon found the pills were
helping me, and continued taking
them for several months, when I was
restored to better health than I had
enjoyed for years, and I have since
been the picture of health. I hope my
experience may be the means of
pointing to others the way to health."
You can get these pills through any
medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents
a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock-
ville, Ont.
EYES OF A FISH.
Its Optic Is Three Times the Size of
a Man's.
In the effort to discover why fishes
are so near-sighted, scientists have
been making some remarkable experi-
mental studies of their eyes. One of
the many intei+esting • facts which
these studies revealed was that fishes'
eyes, compared with human eyes, are
relatively large. The length of the
eye of a fish is ordinarily about one -
twentieth of its length, while the
length of the eyeball of a man is from
a sixtieth to a seventieth of his
height. '
The eyes of fishes are in constant
use except when they are asleep.
Most fishes have no eyelids, their
eyes being protected from injury by a
shiny material, or by a thick trans-
parent skin, The puffer, or swell -
fish, which habitually burrows in sand
at the bottom of the water, has eye-
lids, which cover the eyeballs when
closed, the lower eyelid being larger
than the upper.
In the experimental work the eyes
of normal fishes were first examined
with the retinoscope, then by electri-
cal stimulation the focus was changed
from distant to near objects.
It was found that, contrary to
statements sometimes made, the eyes
of fishes when swimming were focus-
ed for distant vision. Fishes are able
to focus their eyes on near objects—
as close as four inches—by the action
of the superior and inferior oblique
muscles; they have no ciliary muscles.
It was found possible to make the fish
near-sighted, far-sighted, or astigma-
tic.
A UNIVERSAL FOOD..
Following Nature's Footsteps.
"I have a boy, two years old, weigh-
ing forty pounds and in perfect health
who has been raised on Grape -Nuts
and milk.
"This is an ideal food and evidently
furnishes the elements necessary for
a baby as well as for adults. We have
used Grape -Nuts in large quantities
and greatly to our advantage."
One advantage about Grape -Nuts
food is that it is partially pre-digest-
ed in the process of manufacture. The
starch contained in the wheat and
barley is transformed into a form of
sugar by the same method as this
process is carried out inthe human
body; that is, by the use of moisture
and long exposure to moderate
warmth, which grows the diastase in
the grains, and with l ng baking
makes the remarkable change from
starch to sugar.
Therefore, the most delicate stom-
ach can handle Grape -Nuts and the
food is quickly absorb ecu into the
blood and tissue, certain parts of it
otng directly to building arid nout-
ihang both body and brain. "Therefp
a Reason."
Name given by Canadian Postum
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Ever read,the above letter? A new
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Interest.
BUMPER CROP ASSURED.
Report Just Issued Indicates Record
Yield.
Given normal weather until harv-
est, the yield of grain per acre along
the 5,000 miles of ,the Canadian
Northern Railway in Manitoba, Sa-
skatchewan and Alberta as almost
certain to average high according to
a consolidated report from its agents
which has just been received. This
gives an estimated average for wheat
of 24 bushels; oats 54; and barley 37
to the acre.
In each case, where the agents give
a range, such as 25 to 30 in their
estimates, the Canadian Northern
adopt the lower figure, so that the
average may be regarded as con-
Mervative. Officers of the company
said that had a middle course been
followed, the result in all probability
would have been 27 or 28 bushels of
wheat to the acre. When comparison
is made with the figures of the North
West. Grain Dealer's Association for
the average wheat yields in Western
Canada for the last five years, the
remarkable character of the prospec-
tive showing along C. N. R. lines this
year is apparent. The figures refer-
red to are: 1910, 12.9; 1911, 18.2; 1912,.
18.6; 1913, 17.0; and last year 12.7
bushels to the acre.
The Canadian Northern average
for wheat is compiled from reports
from 171 stations between Port
Arthur and the Rocky Mountains, the
International Boundary line and the
most northerly areas now served . by
its lines. In the Emmerson District
in Manitoba the estimates'. run as high
as 80 bushels to the . acre, and in
Rapid City District as high as 32.
Dauphin reports 25; Portage la
Prairie 26; Rossburn 30;and the Swan
River District up to 35. Along the
main line in Saskatchewan the re-
ports from the Humbolt District run
up to 83 bushels to the acre, and
estimates up to 80 bushels comes
from the North Battleford section.
Northwest of that city, Meota, reports
28 to 30 bushels. - East of Prince
Albert in Saskatchewan on the north-
ern line, Melford estimates are up to
30 bushels. The Saskatoon section
estimates go as high as 35, while the
Kindersley division, southwesterly to-
wards the Alberta boundary, are es-
timated at 35 bushels to the acre.
The De Lisle division in approximate-
ly the same area reports up to 40
bushels to the acre. In Alberta, the
Hanna section, in the south and the
Athabasca in the north, estimate the
yield up to 40 bushels per acre. The
Edmonton Disctrict forecast runs as
high as 35, and Vermilion to 30. In
Central Alberta and Battle River
District prospects are given as high
as 35. In only a few instances does
the estimate fall below 20 bushels,
and those statements are widely
separated.` The estimates for oats is
derived from the statements of 159
stations and that for barley from 126.
The highest forecast for oats comes
from the Elrose District in Saskat-
chewan. There the expectation is for
100 bushels to the acre. Next is the
report from the Hanna District at 90
bushels. The lowest of all is 20 to 30
bushels. In Barley the highest esti-
mate comes from Ardate in the De
Lisle District and Dinsmore in Elrose
District, each estimating 60 bushels
to the acre. The lowest is 15 bushels.
Strangely enough in each case where
low averages are given, the next sta-
tion reports an expectation for yields
of excellent quantity.
Telegraphic advices received yes-
terday by the Canadian Northern
from the Departments of Agriculture
of Saskatchewan and Alberta indicate
that warm weather is the rule
throughout both provinces. That
from Saskatchewan reads:
"The special weekly report on crop
conditions based on telegrams re-
ceived from all parts of the Province
is issued to -day by the Departmenrof
Agriculture. In the summary of .dis-
trict by mail for convenience of those
seeking harvest work will be found the
average dates on which cutting will
be general but the 21st of August
should see the binders busy through-
out the Province. From the South-
west exceptionally good reports have
come in and the wheat heads are stat-
ed to be larger than usual. No furth-
er damage by hail is reported and in
those districts where hay can be ob-
tained a satisfactory supply of good
hay is being saved. Hot weather is
now general throughout the Prov-
ince."
From Alberta the information is:
"Southern District weather clear
and warm, all grain growing rapidly,
harvest operations commenced and
will be general next week. Central
District warm weather, all grain
ripening fast, barley ready in some
localities but harvest general in ten
days. Northern District weather
very warm, slight damage by hail, all
crops maturing fast, barley will be
ready early next week.".
Worth a Nickel.
A guest was ' expected for dinner
and Bobby. had received 5 cents as
the price of his silence during the
mean. Ile was as quiet as a mouse
until, discovering;that his favorite
dessert was being served, he .could
no longer curhis enthusiasm. Ile
drew'the coin trona his pocket, and,
roiling it across the table, exclaimed,
"Itere's your nickel, mamma, I'd
rather talk."
1Vlarlced crabs show that if these
saiifls .. are taken from their own, lo-
c"iLty', their instinct is to return.
dabs taken from Yorkshire and set
ree, near Skegness, Lincolnshire, re-
urned to their own coast --a distance
of over forty miles.
DIED BRAVELY IN BATTLE.
•
Captain R. S. Smart Regains Cap-
taincy by Heroic Death.
Iiow a captain of the British' army
in India left hisregiment there and,
under an assumed name, joined the
British expeditionary force in France
as a private, and as a private died
bravely in battle, is the strange inci-
dent related in an official statement
given out by the British Press Bu-
reau.
The captain was IL S, Smart, of the
53rd Sikhs. On June 4th, his removal
from the service was chronicled in the
Official Gazette, it being for his unex-
plained absence from India. The
statement issued says:
"Since then, it has been ascertained
that his action was due to his strong
desire to join the force in France. He
cantle to England and enlisted as Tho-
mas. Hardy in the Royal West Surrey
regiment and, serving as a private,
was killed in action May 17, at Festu-
bert, wherehe displayed such gallan-
try that he would have been granted
the medal or distinguished conduct
had he survived."
Because of these circumstances,
Smart, though dead, has been restored
to his captaincy,
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PLAITS SMART AND POPULAR.
The plaited skirt for the young girl
is proving a great success, if we may
take the great number seen at the
summer resorts as a criterion. When
the whole dress, shirtwaist and skirt,
is made in plaited effect, the result is
very pleasing indeed. The dress here
shown, Ladies' Home Journal Pattern
No. 8988, has a raised waistline, and
consists of a waist opening in front
No. 8988.
with yoke finishing with a turn -down
collar, full-length sleeves with open
cuffs, and a fitted lining, a seven -gore
skirt, perforated for deep hem facing.
The pattern cuts in sizes 14, 16, 18
and 20 years, requiring in size 16,
11%yards of 36 -inch material. •
Patterns, 15 cents each, can be pur-
chased at your local Ladies' Hoene
Journal Pattern dealer, or from The
Home Pattern Company, 183-A George
Street, Toronto.
MOST DANGEROUS SPY.
Britain Deports Beauty Specialist
Who Was a Spy.
Some of the most thrilling chapters
in the history of the world's wars are
those in which women have played a
conspicuous part.
• Mme. Bertha Trost, declared by
British officials to be the most dan-
gerous spy in the world, has just
been deported from England as a
German spy. For thirty years, ac-
cording to the Scotland Yard officials
who have been investigating her
career, she has lived in England in
expensive apartments that were far
beyond her visible income.
During most of that period she
operated an exclusive little beauty
parlor that servid rather to place her
in touch with titled English women
than increase' her revenue. As months
Went on influential women fell deep-
er and deeper into her debt. Al-
though Mune. Trost never demanded
payment, she revealed an insatiable
curiogity—a curiosity that dealt
largely with affairs of State. The
woitnen who had revealed their physi-
cal ailments to Mme. Trost feared to
refuse and— Well, Mme. Trost is
charged with obtaining any informa-
tion she desired.
Long before the war, say the. Eng-
lish, Germany employed hundreds of
feminine spies—beautiful society wo-
men, in many cases. These women
have played important parts in the
present campaign.
Here is a typical case as cited in
London: By accident a woman hand-
ed a sentry the very note that elle was
to have given to the Germans, in
mistake for then permit that she had
to show in order to cross the bridge
between Varangville and St, Nicholas,
She was charged before a court of
war and later executed.
Another woman dropped a letter,
which read: "Hurry up; the Twen-
tieth Corps arrives this evening." She
dropped it at the gates of Nancy, and
was straightway arrested. (During
the battle of the Aisne a wo-
man was one night discovered signal-
ing from a window to the Germans
by means of an electric torch.
Attached to the garrison at Posen
was a young officer named Schorve-
der, who was very poor. He was
deeply in love with a girl named Ida
Mullerthal, but, owing to his poverty,
the prospect of their getting married
was very remote. The lovers' trouble
was known to a Russian secret agent,
who approached the lieutenant and
offered him $25,000 for a plan of the
fortress of Posen. Dazzled by this
offer, the lieutenant agreed, but he
found it difficult to carry out his
task. His sweetheart then suggested
a cunning way out of the difficulty.
"You shall tattoo a plan of the fort-
ress on my back," she said. "I shall
easily be able to travel to Russia with
it without being discovered."
They carried out their fantastic
idea successfully, but the silly ex-
travagance in which the newly -wed-
ded couple indulged after the girl¢
returned to Posen aroused suspicion,
and they were both arrested.
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"I understand that Mr. Pinchpenny
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"And even then they had to chloro-
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ED. 7.
ISSUE 34—'15.
They Were Sweethearts.
A chair built for one held thein
both, and yet there was rooru to
spare. As she snuggled to him she
asked pleadingly, "Jack, do you love
mo better than anyone else in the
world?" "Of course I do," said the
young man, promptly "And will you
promise always to do anything you.
can to please me?" "Certainly, little
girl!" "And you will never, never be
cross with lee?" "Darling, as if I
could be," protested the young man,
wondering what on earth this was
leading up to. "And whatever I ask
you to do, will you do ib?" "Yes,
sweetheart, but—" "Then," :her
sweet voice faltered --"will you burn
that horrid red necktie you wear on
Sundays"
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Cheeky.
Bix—That's a fine lot of books you
have. Why don't you get a case for
them?
Dix—I would if I could get one the
same way I got the books. Have you
one to lend?
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Considerate Maid.
Mistress—I shall be very lonely,
Bridget, if you leave me.
Bridget—Don't worry, mum. I'll
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company.
Miaard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc.
A child of 3 feet should weigh 36
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German Losses 2,178,68.3.
German losses to date total 2,1'78,'
683, according to the Bei'1/4e coi;retW,
pondent of The London Morning Post
whose despatches were printed just `''
recently. The latest casualty lists
give the total of Prussian losses at
1641,669, and of losses for thea,
varian, Saxon and Wurtemburg
troops, 537,114.
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