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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-1-9, Page 7GERMANY RUINED SAYS RATHENAN INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA NEEDED GREA.TFST CALAMITY IN WORLD LORD MILNER SAYS HONOR DU - FOR 2,000 YEARS ?iANDED AID TO' FRIENDS German Capitalist °'Predicts ,Emigre - tion, and Says Food Problem De- mands Immediate Action by Us.' H. T. Grecnwail, the London Daily Express correspondent, has interview - Allies Entered to Save Czecho-Slovaks and Overthrow the Power of the Bolsheviki. In response to strong protests in the press againet the secrecy maintained ed in Berlin Dr. Rathenau, head of the concerning military operations in Rus - German General Electrical Company, one of the largest employers of labor in Germany, He said: sia and the insistent demand bJ liberal newspapers dist the Government ex- plain and justify the continuance of Ines, from which our North Sea bare rage could have been turned. "These were important achieve- ments and contributed materially to the defeat of Germany. "I say nothing of the fact that vest' portions of the earth's sttrfaoe and millions of people friendly to the Al- lies have been spared the unspeakable horrors of Bolshevik rale. But in course of this Allied interventiob, thousands of Russians have taken up arms and fought an the side of the Allies. How can we, simply because our own immediate purposes: have been served, come away and leave them to the tender mercies of their and our enemies before they have time to arm, trainand organize so as to ,be. strong enough to defend them- selves? It would be ,an abominable betrayal, contrary to every British "Germany is ruined for generations these operations, Viscount Milner, the instinct of honor and humanity. to com.e... It is the greatest calamity Secretary of War, has issued a state- "Youmay be quite sure that the that has happened in any country for ment to the effect that the. Allies have last thing the Government desires is 2,000 years. We are ruined pelitieallye an obligation of honor to protect the to leave any British soldiers in Russia industrially and economically. ' Russians and others who have aided a day longer than is necessary to dis- eicA1i our people here do not yet them against the Bolsheviki. charge the moral obligations we have For .the Allies to scramble out of incurred. And that, I believe, is the guiding principle, of the Allies. Nor do I myself think that the time when we can withdraw without disastrous consequences is necessarily distant. But this is a case in which more haste may be less speed. "If the Allies were all to scramble out of Russia at once, the result would almost certainly be that the barbarism that at present reigns in a part only of that country would spread over the whole of it, including the vast regions or northern and central Asia, which were included in the dominion of the Czar. The ultimate : consequences of such a disaster cannot be foreseen, but they would assuredly involve a far greater strain on the resources of the know the truth. I told the German people that they would lose the war, but everybody scoffed et me. "We have a poptilat'en of nearly 70,000,000. half of them can live on what grows on our soil or is found Russia now would threaten to involve the whole country in barbarism, he says.. Lord Mi1'ner, in his statement, which is in the form of a letter.,_ in reply below it. The other half live on the to a correspondent, goes over the sit- industries for which all materials uation created by the success of the have to be bought and paid for by .Bolsheviki in gaining control of Rus - what they sell. sian affairs, and emphasizes how "Now our colonies are going, and their acts were affecting adversely the Alsace-Lorraine too, with all the ores cause of the Allies in the west and and the greater part of the' potash otherwise hampering the winning of ,production. There is danger of losing, the war by the` Allied .nations. other parts of our country,•thepanish "You ask me," says Viscount Milner and so-called Polish districts, which in his letters, "what right we ever had in reality are German, to send British troops to Russia to "Black Ruin Faces Us' meddle with the internal ..affairs 'of "Then comes the question of indem- that ,country and how long we mean nities. If the indemnities are high the interests and repayments will take our savings and we shall have nothing with which to expand our industries. Black ruin will face us and there will be a great tide of emigration, probab- ly to South America and the Far East and certainly to Russia. It will bo most dreadful and the result will be the Balkanization of Europe. "The disappearance of Germany from a position of importance will be the most dangerous fact in history. Sooner or later the eastern Powers will press on the western civilization." Turning to the food question, Dr. Rathenau said: "Germany has been hungry for selves against our men on the western three years, but is not yet starving. front. It was owing to their betrayal Everybody who sees Germany will say that she is not starving now, and that is perfectly true, But if you talk of provisions to be found in Germany to keep there there, now that the war British Empire than our present com- is over. mitments." Reason for Intervention. VISION OF COWS "The question itself shows that you ( _ misapprehend the facts of the case as Explanation of Apparent Stupidity of well as the motives of the Govern- ment. Animals On Being Approached. The reason. why Allied, not merely British. forces—indeed, the" Whena cow faces an object both, es may with ease be focused on it. British are only a small proportion of eyes the total Allied troops -were sent to When the object is at the side or Russia, is that the Bolsheviki, what- rear one eye may be focused, on it, ever their ultimate object, were in fact while the other is viewing objects in - assisting our enemjes j.n every possible: quite a different direction. Evidently way the aminmal may direct attention to "It was owing to their action that one object with both eyes, or it may hundreds of thousands of German inhibit one eye add direct and concen- troops were let loose to hurl them.- trate attention with the other toward some object of fear or fancy. In advancing' in a car toward, cows Banding in the roadway it will be noticed that those facing the car usually turn to one side and let the car pass; those with side toward the car will, if on, say, the right side of the road, run and attempt to cross to the left side; those with head away from the car will usually run down the roadway ahead, turning off at one side or the other. The reason why the cow or chicken on the right side of the road turns to go over to the left, and vice versa, is, I suggest, because the eye of the animal, which sees and appreciates the danger of the advancing car, is by instinct kept on the dangerous ob- ject e To turn to the right and escape would blind the animal during the period of turning, and this she will not willingly do. But if she runs across the road in front of the car, the eye with which she first observed it will keep it clearly and continuously in view, and, she thinks, allow her to escape the impending .danger. Even when safely across, if turned around, by encountering a fence, or by chance, so as to perceive the enemy with the other eye. I have seen her run for dear life -to recross the road to the side whence she is ,just come. The instinctive action, originally pro- tective, is thus made a source of dan- ger to the animal. The chicken, with monocular vision, labors under the same hallucination; it, too, thinks that the danger may be avoided by running with all its might, keeping 'the enemy all the time in view with the eye that was' originally turned toward it. Thus, tiuiy, the cow cros- sed the road because she crossed the road. RAPID PROGRESS I BY UAL BANK: that Rumania, with all its rich re- sources in grain and oil, fell into the hands of the Germans. "It was they who handed over the you must say truthfully that they will Black Sea fleet to the Germans and be exhausted in two months; and if treacherously attacked the Czecho- you wait until then to send food it will Slovaks when the latter only desired be too late, because 70,000,000 people to get out of Russia in order to fight cannot be fed. as easily as, say, 7,000,- for the freedom of their own country 000 Belgians. Ships are the greatest in Europe. "The Allies, every one of factor in feeding Germany." them, were most anxious to avoid "If the Allies don't send food within interference in Russia, but it was an two 'months, what will happen ?" the correspondent asked. "Riots and'sickness," was the reply. Doctor Rathenau said that he had those vast portions of Russia that seen the damage done in Belgium and were struggling to escape the tyranny northern France, and his estimate of of the Bolsheviki from being overrun. by them and so thrown open as a source of supply to the enemy. "I say nothing of the enormous quantities of military stores, the pro- perty of the Allies, which were still lying at Archangel and Vladivostock and were in course of being appro- obligation of honor to save the Czecho- Slovaks, and it was military necessity of the most urgent kind to prevent the indemnity payable for this was $5,000,000,000. , . THE "TRAVELLER'S. TREE" A plant that is said to be like the rock which Moses smote with his rod and caused water to gush forth is the priated by the Bolsheviki: and .trans - "traveler's tree," so called because ferred to the Germans until the Allied when its leaves are cut a quantity of pure cold water is said to spurt out to quench the thirst of the wayfarer. J3'otanists say that the "traveler's tree" is not a palm at all, but is closely related to the banana plant, a member of the muse family. While the trunk in general appearance is like that of a palm, the leaves . are arranged at the ,top in two rows on long stalks diverging in the .form of a gigantic fan. The leaf bases are borne on opposite sides of a genuine trunk one above the other, , These sheathing bases fit so closely* together as to preclude the e"vaporation of the water that runs down the channel on the upper or inner side of the midrib. By puncturing the midrib of any of #41Arthe leaves may be obtained a con- sidecable amountof water. w A feature of general interest ®res t is presented by this tree in its peculiar arrangement of its. leaves, which are oblong in form and are larger" in size than those of any other known plant. us • and numerous The flowers are small and arranged on a spike that is pro- duced from the entre of the sten,, as in the banana, The cluster of leaf bases are fold- ed together lengthwise like the leaves pf tho iris. These leaf bases corre- spond to petioles or leaf stalks of ordinary leaves as in the oak or cherry, and in the case. of thea tra- ler upper what would be the xs tree ere v surface of the leaf base is within. Thus, each leaf base straddles the :11eXti inner elle, 'Which is • known as "equitant." It is in the spaces' that the water collects. At 'the points the leaves clasp very close so that the water in the spaces cannot escape. The "travelers tree grows natur- tally only in Madagascar ancrthrives only in the vicinity of water. The tree is now cultivated in some tropi- Lal countries for o iiunienial pur posse, In its native habitat its Marts furnish the people with thatch and sides of their houses; .t ionises are used also extensively,; '. making a great vairoty o n4i ?Household articles, and the tent Which are woody and durable "contact with the soil, are used i posts and ;for flooring in warehouse occupation put an end to the processes. Act Brings Success. "And this intervention was success- ful. Rioting was stopped. The .Czecho- Slovaks were saved from destruction. The resources. of Siberia:` and south easter"n Russia. were 'denied to the enemy. The northern ports of Euro- pean Russia were prevented from be- coming bases for the German submar 111 TheTruth is sofetimes painful. For instance when the doctor says one must. Sive up the dearly loved cup of tea or coffee. Happiness fol- lows however, when one finds out how delicious and health making is the pure cereal drink a ,a T TU Not For the Princess. A good many years ago when Queen still Princess of ora was ranWales, Ale accompanied the Prince upon cam had ac she p p visit to one of the great ceremonial is a Midland ;cities, ;where" after the'main object of the day,. the laying of the corner stone of„a hospital, had been accomplished, there followed a round institutions, of visits to publicwith speeches and the presentation of bou- quets, addresses and resolutions. As the royal carriage was return- ing, a blocking of the road ahead de- layed it in front of a school. The chil- dren had been given a recess, and were crowded on the curb to see the royal - Total Resources Hp .92 vfa.11ioml i in Year and 247 Millions in Five Years. 20 P RC. EARNED ON STOCK Increase in Assets Represented Chiefly in Cash and Liquid Items, With Higher Ratios in Both. Growth from within' supplemented by purchases of other banks cantine nes to Make the annual figures of. the Royal Bank pf Canada impressive, In the past year total resources rose to 427 millions against 335 a year ago, 253 two years ago and 180 five years ago. The purchase of the Northern Crown Bank in the twelve months ac- counted for about 27 millions of the past year's growth, but tat left the substantial increase of 65 millions to These bits of serge and satin claim- be assigned to progressive develop- ed a strong attraction for each other ment from within the old'"organization. and were artfully combined in this A moderate increase in profits ac -smart creation. McCall Pattern No, companied the large addition to the. 8625, Ladies' Dress. In 6 sizes, 34 bank's potential earning power, net to 44 bust. Price, 25 cents. profitsbefore war tax representing 20,1 per cent. on paid-up capital at the end of the year, or 20.9 per cent. on the average capital employed, against earnings at the rate of 18 per cent. a year ago and 17.8 per cent. two years ago. A million dollars was added to re- serve account, half coining from the premium on shares issued to North- ern Crown shareholders and half out of profit and loss account. After this provision, with pension fund appro- priation, increased writing off on bank premises, larger; contributions to various public funds and the usual dividend, the bank carried forward in The Latest Designs 4 .K P/ays A LL. moor de OORREOT : Y Through an error the advertisement recently published in this paper contained the wrong address, Our correct address is as follows: The Musical 6f6erchandle Saes to.. Sole Canadian Distributors EXOELSIOR LIFE BLDG. p . . 'TORONTO Write for address et your nearest dealer. substantially the same amount profit and loss as a year ago. Profits and their distribution past three years were: 1918, 1917. 1916, 32,327.979 32,111,807 552,346 676,472 in the Profits .32,809,846 Prev. bat.564,264 Total . . 33.374,110 Less:— Dividends 31,614,702 Pension lr. 100"000 Premises , 400,000 War Tax . 133,651 Patriotic . 40,000 Halifax b', 50,000 Reserve 500,000 Tot deduc,32,838,353 Balance 3535,757 33,180,325 32,7787,779 31,640,404 100,000 250,000 128.357 60,000 628,300 31,417,207 100,000 250,000 118,226 60,000 $2.616.061 3 3852,346 LIQUID RATIO HIGHER The year's expansion finds reflection chiefly among assets classified as liquid, which are 59 millions higher than a year ago, and now represent a, proportion of 56.6 per cent. to public liabilities against 53.9 per cent. a year ago and 53.2 per cent. two years ago. Cash items as represented in coin, Dominion notes and cover for excess note issue in the Central Gold Re- serve have increased 18 millions, bringing the proportion to public lia- bilities under this head up to,17.1 per cent. against 16.4 per cent. a year ago and 17.8 per cent. two years ago. Bal. antes due. notes and cheques of other banks, are up over 19 millions, and there is an increase of 25 millions in security holdings, representing chiefly purchases of Dominion treasury bills. Public deposits, which form the foundation for the bank's expansion, have increased 80 millions in the year, this gain following one of 52 millions in 1917 and one of 55 millions in 1916. A considerable increase in note cir- culation and a moderate one in cur- rent loans and discounts are measures of the prosperity and activity of busi- ness in the territory served by the bank. Comparisons of leading items of the general statements of the years ended November 30th, 1918 and 1917, follow: 1918, 9 1017, 136 243 278"' Deposits dem. .S370,498,667 D Do,osavings, . 197,248,480 8'2488716 Do. total 332,501,717 262,937,682. Circulation . . 39,380:975 28,159,361 Public nab. . 397,647,102 307,703,795 Cash . 42,124,868 84,864,275 Cent. Gold Res, 26,000,000 16.000,000 Balances, etc. .. 61110,479 31,526,776 Securities 81,805,276 66,68.6,24.6 1d. 067 481 Can, 12,040,687 Cali loans, Do, abroad 24,374,191 14574,136 Tot.liquid, • . 224,982.088 166,886,706 Curr. loans . . 188,748,392 166,612,129 Tot, assets. . . 427.612,982 836,574,186 HYDRAULIC CARTRIDGES Cheaper and More Effective Than Ordinary Explosives in Mining, ties. It had been composition 'day, It is often difficult and sometimes and a very pretty little girl in a white dangerous to use ordinary explosives cies titin in confined • mining and v . f o z held her composition ing g dress still p z het Band. Moved by curiosity and the spaces, a fact that has led to the de - pressure of her comrades behind her, velopment of the hydraulic mining cartridge. The cartridge consists of a steel cyl- inder containing numerous small piss tolls that move at right angles to the axis of the eylinder and expand when water is injected into them with a hand pump. After drilling a deep enough hole the;workmen insert the cylinder and then set to *ark at the hand pump, The tiny pistons expand until their free extremities bear against the niass of rock with constantly increasing force and the rock is gradually frac- tured under tremendous pressure. The operation, it is said, is not only cheap- er than the ordinary blast, but dis- integrates a larger area of rock, she stepped into the street arid stood close by the royal carriage, smiling shyly up into the Princess's face. That gracious lady returned the smile and, seeing the paper clutched in the child's hand, assumed that it was one more loyal address and stretdhed her hand out to tai€e. it. The surprised little author surrendered it silently—and just then the procession passed en. A few ' Minutes later Princess Ale33 andra, glancing down, was struck by something unusual intlieaspect of the paper in her lap—probably a certain scrawliness and inkiness ---acid opened it for a better look, She read this astonishing title: "On. the Habits of Toads,” FUEL FROM THE SEA. One Way of Fighting the Coal' Short- age In Britain. Stand on the edge of the cliff any day within an hour or two of sundown and you will observe that the beach below is dotted with iitray: figures, whose movements are much the same as those... of gleaners in stubble, says an English writer, The plgh price of coal and its scar- city has driven the thrifty flsherfolk who inhabit this bleak strip of coast to the expedient of foraging for fuel; and, not unnaturally, their happy hunt- ing -ground is the seashore. Driftwood makes excellent fuel, and little of it escapes the eyes of the foragers. Old men, whose bent backs would seem to fit them for their task, child- ren, whose energy . is the result of promises, and more often threats, made to them at home by a stern parent; and womenfolk, whose aprons bulge with "firing," are scattered t!p and down the foreshore, harvesting the fruits of storms. Sometimes, as happened but an evening or two ago, there are big prizes in store for the gleaners. Away out on the smooth sea a dark object was "spotted" a couple of hours before dark. Its progress shoreward was painfully slow. Just as dusk was 11in� however, the object bumped on Ecclesiastical in inspiration, still quite daring in smartness, this design takes its place as one of the leaders in the panorama of advance styles. McCall Pattern No. 8685, Ladies' Dress. In 6 sizes, 34 to 44 bust. Price, 25 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local Macall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. o--o--o---o—o—o—o With the Fingers! Says Corns Lift Out Without Any Pain 0 0 o e Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn can shortly be lifted right out with the fingers if you will apply directly upon the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cincinnati authority. It Is claimed that at small cost one can get a quarter of an ounce of free - zone at any drug store, which is suffi- cient to 'rid one's feet of every corn or_ callus without pain or soreness or the danger of infection. This new drug is an ether compound, and while sticky, dries the moment it is applied` and does not inflame or even irritate the surrounding tissue. This announcement will interest many women here, for it Is said that the present high -heel footwear is put- ting corns on practically every o n s feet. w ma He Found Out. A splendid story of the air is told in a London Journal. The scion of a noble Scottish house was acting as flying -instructor to American airmen. sin machine was being g tested. Three men went up, crashed, and were killed. Without a moment's hesitation the young instructor went into a fourth machine, flew, and came back safely. "I just wanted to find out what was wrong,'"' he said, "so I found out what it was and put it right in the air." i3inard'e Idniment Curet IJieteinper. fa g, the shingle, and an eager watcher, wading out, pronounced it to be a dere- lict raft. The raft a massive, well-built af- fair, weighing well over a ton—was dragged up high and dry on the beach, and then came the important question of its disposal. Down at the Customs House there was a mysterious official called the Receiver of Wreck, to whom any article given up by the sea should also in turn be given up. With cam- mendable honesty the fuel -gatherers j agreed that the Receiver of Wreck should be informed of the find the next morning. But the next morning there was no raft, and only a few splinters and a suspicion of sawdust remained to show that there had ever been one. With the falling of night, then, the driftwood -seekers gather up their loads, and with dragging steps climb the cliff -path to their cottage homes. Mivard's Liniment Cares Colds. 2c. A' Misinterpretation. Not every man who find® himself in court fares as well as the Italian organ grinder who recently, escaped a fine by a mistake at once fortunate and inopportune. He had been playing before the house of an irascible old gentleman, who furiously and with wild gesticula- tions ordered him to move on, The Italian stolidly stood his ground and played on, and at last was arrested for causing a disturbance. At the court the magistrate asked him why he did not leave when he was requested to do so. "Me no understan' mooch Ingleese," was the reply. "Well, but you must have known by his motions he wanted you to go." "No, nol" said the organ grinder with perfect seriousness. "I tink he come to dance." MONEY ORDERS. A Dominion Express Money Order for five dollars costs three cents. C The. true home of the orange is India. Thence it migrated to Per- sia, and so to Europe. 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