HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-2-20, Page 6WITH THE AMY es/Idiom 'whose colic strength lay In
their very simple supply er guns and
DitouDEsT STORY
eam • a nnunition and other apearatue of
OFOCCUPATION war, After all, the German mot/nun-I EVER TOLD
imam teteelanaly MAW a:1mM al a
-British saceees, and on the ral'e a.
CO4011,S "WIVII, they aid, eentrivea to, hr
WAR NEWS AT FT. MePHERSON
AUSTRIANS LEFT 1FRENCH ASK FOR
Tidings of Armistice Did Not Reach4 • •
ITALY DESTITUTE "BG BERTHA
This Point Until Jan. 26.
There was no premature peace tele,
ration at Fort MePherson, in North-
' • r
ITp jg NOT KkSY TO STRIKE A sepreeent 10 ot4 due: elasiy to the Brit" SY A BRITISH COMMANDER — ern Canada, seventy miles eolith of tte emeatemeteaa PROYiNCES TO 1N TUB PLACI•1
LA CoNCORDP:
M.I‘VILEN lIt'S DOWN WI; SLIPv^h-datYiii mutatef W Iima's VICTORY DESPATCH.
a'or ,he reel, the Germs'a pi mac
yeller 'had •;:e.11•1!:s.ttee's ;tied erre:vent
tile Ante ceen, toe Dont MePhosou
SCENE Of' W.:SM.:T.10N
did not trees the war wari OM: untill
January 24. The news reathel this
. in.uling post hi the geed -awned meti
No Matter 'What Sort of Man Ile Mae , jane"--aaso to thank. People are eray'
1 i:e.ter' nemle. whiA •i'nit.ltel it,ttdi! se; Greatest Triemph Ever Wen by termieel of the Alberta and. ttreat I ' '1.'"ai.fei gatati'%eitees 4,1! Enemy ..
Re—That is the Opinion of a ' of the . •
tegimang to meatee ads' Historic Document TOI1111fl .',-11.1vh left Fort MeMerree, pro:eased' -1"1 Villages melte the Piave '4:10-1, Movement le Paris to Lege Govern-
• . await. to Demand, Stare/elm. of
British Othoer GasmallS'e harlav en its ledver and 4.4 cvinirin-: c10.5}, v..1 y, nit.
. ie relate the 'oat inseteri Deamlese 1, Tit?: 111.'W31 leas included Occupation.,
British Arms.
comes to hc written, OP.'? f3: itS most
•., .age teach taZIII and oa Awitrian occupation still are
When ihe hiettay eaa rim Greet tVar
end nerrea minded; o•1' hurepean pfro-., no be a poor Enaelethenen W'41) 'Ale crees alit e Cs of tin, war
- eles. In two phe res n i•te I 1 's the : could reed without a tla rill the Mug . ••
- e • 1)
province an: Pamela by ate Britieh facile pemelem_ eie. War mai 10 tells the story of the final months of I .. t, n., 4.., . ,. .. .- ...., . plOn711.',.:'i .n wilt and east of the Piave.
longeelThe eollnhy tia the nicinity or Oder4o,
°sIenee- Aseesihrals, thee, edsaitt'd the war. says the Westminster tamette. mow Ilies, bot eon:etc:mealy
abunt eix nailes from
troops. .
Lot me "-ay ce onso thst ces E 1 1.11 am Meal to them ad eta in eifier The despiateh. it cit is written with over tho.fros,rn AthabiEnca and Alec-; a small riik,,,.,
soldier is hat the reere..t. 1" A .•.• lint: ...; •• •••• I I ; i'm^t 0 - a ""11 it 1 1. 'ill ' " r The harder:ad d•dvere the lower :arra? et' the Pleve, is - 1. ,,... 1.11 L.1...1 .... .. ft..J L.. eater y um ue. , , s, as ,, a
same d 'ea lemeie littera
, ' a
One el' These Sapercenuen.
The Fr mil temple want mei er the
German "Big Berthee." or 'superman.
be tee. ram e e f On,. To • Er'111:1,11 i,q4.11..k..a 114.-1m,.z.l..VS 0.4 aenateh Wilieh Sir DOUgLIS 1,44 Ul n et man u. . the IMPIdTlIt in tho reeengeered Bataan non which bombarded Peels to die -
play in the Place tee la Conconle as a
souvenir of' Garman frig.htfultoc:1 that
•failed - its panne:0 las dot rey Ft ench
month:.
4; ros"" "1•-..0 %LI :An amlerhwk, ment, should be, bt.t bozo and thoro • -.;',' 'Y.,' • • • • ; ee. cot; u In -At wt. t „it it,n1,1.,,
reelthe, h. teemeranamt me" .I,' .11'2: :3 '3: ' ' - • ' .
ing iC IN: filt,',I atie ligneees, maw, ;,,, sam eut ass". "1-d"'' ••1'. la , as 'Fds- tissees. out a phrase or a eentenve filet i.fh:m 1,,if',1,71 tle• Male cads 1 1,k -le en it- . ia...,,,, ugh. 1th .1.
...1,4°. L'Avan.',1 0 .,..,1,?Ii.:,':.:;... at :l'eel'els• int,: Ii sorremh-rrO, ',, 01., th.-.r., i.: i1 1110Vgl.
oi Anita, s 101.1), ttia. one ,..1 t!.•:- 3 Pr.; ,,, iiini.; :4;,:d1
II Th t -Mt a lea-!:adee a
a heatee a a the hatereers os ,iteal :le 'setae,' emeli W...1.• 11..," W..t11 ,:it f.trikes the flute of ;motion and pride ma Li 4:' .M t Y
—01:tt L, b., ti.".1y, hy 61.1....11 ..T:.'...:.-.1.....:: at !raj 011.111i'..s, a'. h i il,n, v 0, 0,11 , in Ihnsl• in the avid:wen-lents of our rrnile3 !,:i, -..:,'.I 1.1trt'•?att det'r; uric" snow 14, t the Aueiriala 1;a -s pe, to 1 Ilenten. tho ascii •tr, ar,../,,,i „0„, ,,,;,,,,,,„,,,,,t it, ,tt..
sileIneeds t 1. fright r ulna; -., : as Me .• • (dem: Isase % ,.''..,..','t,• ‘,:10 F',1V,,,I Ca 1 Which the tnest reticent of men initY .i ,;,.11, f:111111!;,, • Ill :.?..t.a.i.,..,1".115e'.I., 1',..I'llrivarq,:ati'one ,...f tilt-. AustrinT1 army a rt),11 It. Me?, 1.4 1...., ti ..7p f , ' . )(I il ••I
coverea ; r.,:, rnten..t of Go m.11 with. ;1,A u;o:lo ;•.., 1 prci. indulge. For able story is the greateet ;;arr-•o, are In at ,,••.
41'''73 ' ''11.'7.''ilag G''''''''..-ja.3", (1111S f 0.?sletr th. Gernrans wi', I in..'1,3,•• t .1,-. of tile il.!
grvoe f,..c '171 !tar:, 7, ?•;'..;•.1; a 6, 'f'1.11 4'.11,..1 :.:0 ill:, ,...,,z, ,.....1,1; rty ammer- epie of mar race. , whet' , Nese Ca it CI:, !rozen so. Ih.... Aujduni 6., 1„,,.tr,..,.at,, go latcag,
ea ,..emsaLi .11111014.; the 2,1.0,1 ,•1,Z., !111%.
Off107:', Vol' 2 •,%.03.f,',1 a,uttiro tO pre- ance of tile r:;!...' e ,e I'm a mesa Mee: All the battlee emblazoned on the 11.".r0S8 I. 1101 'Irl,'L'"1, 1";.".''''' L'f ''''''::-' V..., I th, ii it al, t i; s 1 '‘,-1-!, I:,/10 t-,l'e tTtin.l...c.,1 to Kir-, up 1,,,,,,, 1 es
diet taet, ea:teal:ea', '. Om relate dia. a ' 'In A- ' in -1 in'o In'Y'ellnd hamiers u r mar Mat, t regMients are (etc ered aal v nil) ea ,•• aea a ,,...1 .., ...
• • , ", i .....I I. •,,, , 1 i .
a', let' 14 i9 ( u n il i a,., in 11i.. Ci:11ntry ...II., t;
a. :a s • cc.
of die 1,rs seelar (ant Ii
tale Mia; 1, ahem, are armlets avast, l 1Issose thee 11s: 'ass to ths shle- sin II things in c,auparison with this I la.e 1.04 ... amimi O1acrz,i. aLany of the Yom
meseeramate, ,et.me ssaatte bane emele en it i a. hank has shat- struggle. lasting over three assonthsia a (-1"1! has as I alt Van
I tailr.,,w area heaps of dett,r;s. Three (ails' ShAled
to the heemate aseeeey tag stem, tersal aa
lleccr (Sena es illusion. ,,.a,._.,, May-ene B
iritisb divisions en.' A RIM lalima!, a veva t.) IT al mei The -sill ,se or 0,1,.-,,,„ar Fa, ts (Main M 11 military
at-home abraien, the s: -cis..' of the:
11,,t da.am, as wag, ;dime Veit the first g.ms th,1 fi-cd
gaged ninety-nine German divisions wart, It youae mat old,
ancnai
teoperimea- oe the Mem; e••eal RE-ENTER. WILLIAM SMITH and beat them in such fashion that Aral It taat at sis -tSars: ”" ! eutlybag hoeeeA, thr! mem' at Yarns on Meat tai lase mar at
lame lase 10% graws 11"rer lerymen 'tried to P,r^re I,11t ThrS" he 1".21'
"thereafter" as the de,match has it, Anal
BRITAIN LOST
HALF HER ShIPS
9,000,000 TONS OF SHIPPING WERE
DESTROYE.,D IN WAR.
But Foe the Mcworient Navy of Great
Britein the War Saneld Have
Been Lost.
In urging teat hormellele Mem" to
teleni to rebuild. the ittlialt morcham.
merle's, Archibald 1.4. Ise el. Iho neat
writer, in an net:fele in Tee Daily Tclo
graph says that although taloa Ituit•ni
Kingdom wits not invaded, Oreot Int-
l:tin has paid for theme( the lose or
more thee istreatele tame or eteephes,
1,111 i1711". 1..3 ./1,1101 ta1Ut.
rrance an' Holy. !bit I11
a•vere 17 thnee a,, tat-: ta Saul
of Vw Until i'hiaata','.
Injury Infrql.,-,t1 by *ea.
-Owing to 1:t.i.k• havio,
injurio..., inillr.ted on thie ..enatry ha
1111 war," Mr. Hurd say a, "1,1,.' ;tr.
ham..:3;,ion 1;1 ;;Illod.owi romitul couo-
trios that we paid a 1,dativols..
prliti for victory. it 6'114, haat au -a,
Wnrt. not invaded, bast Gist.
1V.1 10 fortary, for tho I;out 1:1 the
. ... _.
veal, 1 aranist.:atso.,„ ,.:4T,,as Q.,,, '1a, as oval*, aft,,,,,etaa, an tee .tessa or s„. („,,,,,,,,t, ea.;;••••.i and quiche:A In,,,Ilitia for an
rowed a leaf isama the Hans' hoek met Teetnes AtItine. a °' icier of England, "the enemy was capable neither of ac- :
applied the tammen maligle . ef , Pads Ills Number. : eeptieg nor refusing battle" re. on Ile .yeme, e,„.41,...uad vtor iilla'.ler. bat lo good rWla....., 11 h.: nb.'“
' Tlv, 14 ant a.f anti a' 11%, ." i '11111.1 to : mation. 'rho \-;.:!arer,4 deelere that the I PW" ''' "3
I 111 b...+JS, illt
tlyoi.i. elothx; una j'.W:1'alai: Nu ihw.• vvi:, in ttp... vicin. lint wee the raceit of Marlateat 1111-1
crgi+.1aMiii:11. It 1-. Very 3kc,,:::,;"...,.7.ry
I mak time. v-nte-eve of us -edit The forcis •xhich Wellington coin- .
ra. . en ties p.111:•`; OC. glass fi•c're the ; '.-1: 'A 1.-K173•
V": -'n 1117-170r, 111"e a Itheveste "The niee' el rem a' -mei f a ', F f - mended et Waterloo would scarcely . But, viesii :ire Fer.7.1 1,..1O hard l'or
al te tee i11,113,,V ineicted wet al:, ae a
feet litoe,Ilv everv'hine !het ' the guns were Pointed alt Cal aM7,1e .,:i'
I I leave Sum. Leen ehvietened a SOO^ Contrast With Wetorloo. gold e toe% ea' ay am, tam. 111.e11. tia.i.j.A arm, Sal we wore te s yea. hut
The Friecielly Fee, •
• • "m mmle our seet have served to hold a twentieth part of Ane eoursee 13pEco, on a kiteben ntensiN Accotang to the lel eel. information cant doe imoorIniace shout; he Wai,;,_
frigiqi"olg- -A tr., oar -CT f.11v.'",1)1;!..' g.) Id,
ism ranee oc•
Engliehmana; asme le aie a:ease' " • s •
me lesaya,l,t 14 the
English haidemee vital' :better hits Parade, recease i the soveted "ticket," the front that was coveted in this •onkl r.lnevod. The rari,h I.:oil: than tie decreese. Mares ef
off one to.; moat nrolninoni; traits anl 112 a' at adda'eSs one , fight- Watefloo WAS decided between I Year tears ere eatleved era eue, I • • I •.,e , .
the BrittaMi seeract fee pearale pro- "rril, "mit-h" ;hive me as groat ea its achievement in ;lays in which the • And turned itn.a pearls so krem ena . .
iii in -our natio:el eharecter, ani that is °Ur n"ret"' "Thh ';1111-tbe" sunrise and sunset, and. great as was By A seel ilne7ON, .7111 S.5ille Iota: ' "''' ' ' " Ii
soh- sa. a eve neer:tat of 11,1'‘'d- a a •
. sod oevercal toe -net ; t; r wine b;,,. rojc 'LI at 1, oi 10(1.000
brIeht. en le e beemat a teseg ( ;mealy einetsen naSeect on '"F., went -
(mous on to Pat every
tory, of tharae, is :n fie:Taint eentre- unfamiliar' with either, 1:ea-acting, it dial nut call for a tithe of That, with the gold- your life hrea' eeffeale•
dactica adage reankly, it : It eras noel -1y -"rm emea. nee that I: the enduraime from the soldier. the ! 'Spun,
perty. Tie neeeeetien en,,my tern7-• 'a,.; the "Sa*:ter." X am totally Measure of national effort Was less
c1 a : People Have Virtually Nothing. 1'
I shot ten an t welve nts:,r'ne g,_im; of
is a state r..f. takes wiaith re ' ' Mee - ' "• a , Owing to the reit that the popuhe I F;;.'....i.te.1.!,., 7•... ,II....Vin.I''''',..1111'..i,,11. C.4'''.1.11:a...''
ge ag lee o. emen em meet ae-
' t • i e :est my name and ad Iress, and becera e , 'etchfuleess and planning from the When y0111. earthly everk is fee:thrill:7.
it ion was greelay Ave:deemed 'by lack of :1,..1.,;„ii
It ..I ...311.1.114........1. 01.1:,;„. hr,11-1 11 /A .,. se •
ttin 1 - 1 t
mu nt^l'y of tit-. ,.',,ht-: er Cas enneuer- done,
:food, the iellseltil Claimed a IiIgh per• • .; . - . ' '- - . •
a mine unti in an Army numbered by • commanders, or the natiomil effort be.;
or, nerneee, tet billet:la. ..., sm. .. • rrnlions. Ever eine° that day the hind the armies that tide occazion . 'They form• can heavenly cremes.
.. „ a atop:, in •ta eater to conc-al ,11,, "or,.
enerny '
hoi,v,3, ec,r,';.Mr,-4 ere.-li 'hat is nename htni easels to me. 4,William, br011gilt Oat. I --4.-- t centage cf viciiinS, Ill Gin eze 200 ',I,,,,1 tear' 2tillou_inlur.1.1:,..,',"':;;14,• ,741;;;.1:,a,c1.;"
distestefe:' to 'me Beitisli liCA8 71,1- Senn" was no mere, and No. 0;56891 Of the men Sir Douglas IPsig proud- I
!smell: children were Marisa in mac -eve- -;
Ipopelcation of 2,400. The conaition. ,, • • a I , s ' a • . 1
lee me (mem,
,easeee mari ce a-.1 e:rte. ea
cause, ae e pointed tem gels In- reiried over the fertmes tel a certain' 1Y soasi "Their courage end resole. , FARM IF THEY HAVE TO •Y • ' elan, Mehes1 It e eravel "en mein a
of Austrian oecepatioa nut of is ' • " I • I'
vasSem -ut, Mehte of others goes Pamily in his stead. : tion rose superior to OVery test, their • ;- •ass 0; meemee mate ilea
cnrever Large Number au Seldiere win Prefer I of the Peelle still ie foriv J,,
egairst er she n13:3+ C112r:.hed When I wait a new tunic Na. emelt ulness never failing, h
!perato, as +gent hair .r.f Olean are.
Isn't -se -sale,' 01' •-i-"'hirter of 25C89 signed for it, the letters from terrible the conditions ha alaich they ;
eaetee he la' er-lhele, If ;Ilse -were ,
home arrived by a lthelei poemaan evho lived and fought. . . The wank
That there will not be anything like food was elmost intobtainaele, emeta an alias r: len ....tivmsn-t.
I•i ;he insanufsern.;c• of the ,•;11; ye-
a:lei n .5 ot treks things Their Former Occupation.
ill with dniluenzt, while elothime nett! • , , • • f • •
only tecomeereaanely roll and hos- 'ea.''''''13189' t t 1 !It s tat to have Mena na le, or seecisa
wo yeu ,enesay, begun arid persevered in so Meatlfast-
n .11 pri nolg.13n1 m lad! And when our pals went Weet ly by' those breve alien has been com- 100,000 Termer soldiers take. up Term.I When the A•jrocinte'l P'ss (""••rre. ',• • , • ,
an cdass, In' • the Hon invader— pnt same eternal nereher WE% duly p ete ai a oroug eseto a ih
1 d .eth th hn ' " ,111 L1%..ftila 01
ine aa Canada is the opinion tar C. E.: pendent easited Odes reemOlv there „S•
iv faa
it wenld 7.11ltl-ars cons' ',a- has salad on the hale crosees over
• the event bears witness, and with St Baeey, Assistant Deputy Sdiniste weie p p
• , mem me lira" Ln o 1.;•,n.t
r of • fiftv atiente in the civil hos I-; . " • • •••
ably. MO, %.f;tittde of -subjection their graves. gallantry which will live for an time Agriculture, Tam has rd,Lincd al- tel lying on straw n the floor, mitha , , •t
.1a rememern et emereee eeine ente
towards Os-, 1; 1,a abject. They: Now I am Mr. Smith again. To am in the history a 011V.7euntry." having spent some weeks in work: out blankets, while the, huialhag hed • • • •
are friendly The country will heartily endo" 'a among the soldiers in connection with; neither windows nor doors. The
prOVO(1 to he nu era:a:then ca ad, e•
'seer* 'if serhil'm ' that is the gTall.de...A thing of all. lie
They how elm, they should held rds. It has been truly • the agrisulturee pulley of -the Fetterlal, single physician, -114110 the ail irf
1. 1 aa latoris SO on. 1,:x.ttei th:m.
on= realizes the comfort a goad old those fine wo
thanysel'rcs they fawn aliere •• %. • said of us as a people that we ere bad ' Government. Ile, with Major J. E. a few nuns, was ettending. them, Mei There -1, p• 4g:that esertecti evia-
Fnemeh name is mita. Iota have heard
p7etv. t1011 1.4.,O (
they than I:Sear :ffeees of hospitality' , . .
roll -call t•aken o a eerman ever. - advertisers. If ever in our history we Ashten, D.S.O., of the Land Settlement no drugs,
.01,7, Alite..'14-SITS, rrentli, Itratt,h, lost
they ehou'A '• ; ;ell and re- 1- • ' ' ' ' and 'his only sergfeaS an •-u- ! • . •
.... .... ....,. • , eervee, the f C k
tforwera where 1..,•113 is asked or looked ,ngespaity. After the ilst of "steins" had a right to pride in the achieve. Board, went to England primarily for: meta 'was his pocketknife. : their ii.V4.".Z. Ll steratarg the...t.iset ,theae
ments of our taco and to the expres- ; the gum -pose of determining whetherj This altuation is said to prevaR in..acttI•'Ll:"'I' lutht.1:17 fo7.ta'.:t u!,.f.t`SttIt;'''Ila't,ilz.;
for. Their met steal lack of the moat .ril .:11aAcrs" tile Eng' isit names s..eern I
elementare asea ,ers of manly aneS i n lore veinal:3e than gold. sten of that pride, it is provided by the . there were enough inexperienced men; imam y all the reconqueeeci Italian die- ' rat - '' •
diallitY i - 11(t ) -is' fSutcMyn, t cm t o hea-r youe- corn- story that Sir Douglas Hairs has to 1 des•irous of tel up 'agriculture to, trigs. The people, St ie declared, ,
douelle. pan ens addressed ae ordinary eats- •
tell i blown 1...p b3 AerSal 'torpedo.
and self -re. me- ehocks like a cold. '. ' - • • 'justify the establishment of agnieul- I have virtually nothing and need every -1 blot
The reeeet e° c ' t • .3 3. ,,,,: zens once more. The (Recovery thg The annals of war hold reemel of no f turd deems in England and France.. thing. ! IInweaer, cm Marta 27 one of the
e
of the Rhine te-day 1s a Germse! .. e -
' : the man who was mcknained Cuth- more wonderful recovery than that; "We found that while there were,
ivolY ' GERMANS STEAL CLOCKS
,....._._a__,,, Beethas was blown up ee an maal
Angleehobe. When an Englishman' beet down 1: pees way ITSS really bee- , , .
which, three months after the Ire- 'a, large number of men—eelat torpedo which tore a lick! in the
meets one„ so stong is his reveasitan tised as Reginald Oswald Vill'iers- mendous blows ehoneied upon them , speaking—taking agricultural training — geaund more than fifty I.%,ct in diame-
on the Somme and on the Lys, saw , in Englund, only about two per cent They Have Not Succeeded in Manufac- kr. a phetegiaph of ahiela lam been
Stoles conjured: up thoughts a gloat.
ing cf the vest majority of Germans:g taken, The second wee ree mit d'
of feeling. rem least the :servile toady -I that • at I. e. b. s d to the undefeateal British Armies advan-lweim men 'without experience," satid tering a Reliable Timepiece
in the occupied territory, that he feels' Ic'i. 's • I e - ' a*Y. cing from victory to victory, driving Mr. Bailey, "ao we conssdered it an
The Germans could goose-step in third . bus no in the Suet days of Are!, the
as away th long winter d: • in
cies and clocks never told the hour of the origin•al three 5115 rile
enced lu May.
alli--if only we lied known, their erstwhile triumphant enemy back necessary to incur the 'expense of
time very well indeed, but, their wilt- toand fa b • nd the1' i f • 1 1 'h ' establishing chants."
French isstories recall It tat now asseeted that two of these
In France, it was impossible to
estabiish classes, but meetings of the eoal'eStlY,
that in the leranco-Prussec,n war the guns evens 'remodelled nem a larger,
cupation actual "teach the Huns a to Si. which. was the front side of a .
A. fact that eomes out very clearly addressed, and 100,000 handbooks ex-
eock. they could get and during the nine -inch, aria that theem.esmalelled
the °nem whiela remained
who mamtani that the Army of Oc- officers comenanaing all 'units were
conquering Prussians stole . every
ig,. trench: atc,a the name beistowed on lam trolls Sb Douglas Hak's despateh is gleaning the settSement plans were die cock
along the Marne the thoope guns were
conimendalae incYeacation at the Han ---.11e mit'. ' Smiler, ' or 'she Duke --- that tho 13ritieh victories stoic not vim tributed ass ',gal OS questions:II-es
reported the Germans up a? their 'old ed
the shelling of Paris 'ate in May last.
res.aon." In their righteous arid Whol
atrocities, them critics would like the. stark crette.r than a brother thr011ftql. tories won by numbers. If we coin- seeking 'definite information as to
trick of clock stealing, shipping the Subsequently the Germans 131.WCeetl-
in iff-Slizing larger eafilbred guns
civilians lasing within the different the days rolled by. . in the German offensives of the for tong distance firing, Tor in August
Army of Occupation to visit upon the all the varying 'fortunes that "came ", pare the figures engaged on either side e
those likely to take up farming.
timepieces into Germany to take the
bridgeheads the appallires crimes The man who :gay? us haelt our, spring in in the Britieh offensives of 'cities end towns,
eould.never he depeaded upon.. A me they used a marine g.un aft as neva
If there is lots of week Mt ,the
fair wagass -and m.,,,_ places of the hoine-made variety that soin„s, fl,„ing it tvicive elm a stela
Tape. a few sarcastic things te say. upo.n inch _eliala They were preparing to
itted by the Boehes can tog their names must have realized them ha,ean- , the summer end late autumn, we find ing costs not too high, a number now
cent matte of Munsey's Magazine has
ctfitaiet and take up their gomIttotif we
d Mr 136,1ey German efficieracy as exemplaied an subject Paris to an inteesive 'bornteed
meet such as Dunkirk had to suffer
occapation of Belgium and Northern mg: or he. remarked. Mr. .Wiyarn . that slich successes as the Germans thinking of farming will stay in the
corm
France. Smith, that s the stuff to give am, ; gained• -and even at their highest , when they were daseen out of their
Soissons-Chatene-Thicery lino by the
the Allies.
counter -offensive of
'Commentlaut Michel, the military
expert, who organized the Turkish
artillerry before the Germans ems -aimed
charge of the milStary effaies of that
lel the. A:mon-Sated Passe
ceuntry, to
tint the whole, ameret of the German
long-distance gun lay in the invention
of a aped -al high 'explosive powder
which -could only be used in guns con-
structed with n Eno:eat steel of extra'
ordinary Test -piing power. The Ger-
mans hed 'commence:I the generale:a-
m.anufacturing several guns ,simillar
to •thEJir .Seissom one, by+, Marshal
Foch's •offensive dereutrea thear !lens.
like ehalting hands with aim.
It Can't Be Done,
There are people at home, I know,
Out there the number and themet-
name reigned eupreme, he started, and finally forcing him to
acknowledge nneonditional defeat.
The latest dreft bad been summed
up and christened before he had time Germans Out-generalted.
Well, it can't be alone --not with the
Allied armies, anyway. From the far-
off days of the Retreat from Mons
right up to the breaking' of the Hun,
denburg Liee, the 'Strength of the
British Aamy hats been its discipline
—a eliscipSine founded not upon fear, The alippee of the Sea,
but upon self-respect and patriotism. Beneath whose prow the waters slip
It was postible to order 'Germans to Foam -white and wondrously—
coal-mat an 'cold blond the humors of The vessel' taut has come to port,
Louvain, Termondo, and Aerechot - The voyage, thank God! is done;
without destroying dascipline; but a 'The Tregbahow dearly was it bought,
Britt:eh Army which perm:M.4am]; suck Aed yet, bow. bravely won!'
barbarities•—if such a -thing were im-
egagabie, Imam, away, it is ma_ From island :anti Tram highland
would be an undisciplined horde. And; They Went, the strong, the brave—
the lesson which the Britiedi Army al Alas! some lel& .
• aeh upon the sand,
Occupation has already taught the! Some rot beneath the -wave!
Hun is a lesson of discipline, a i.e5s,on I Thank God aer these en banded knees
'which is doubly effective because all I Who, tho' the tempest drives,
statements to the contraey, discipline' Through s -ago 'et wa'ters, tumbling
has 'or months past been almoat un- seas, :-
known in the German Army, Come safely with tbdr lives.
It ie doubtless exasperating to those; The white ship, the tight ship
who have passed through - the desert I Lies harbor -wise, 'heaved to-
ot ravaged Belgium anti France to, map down the. sails, the enehor trip,'
ell? as be left us, feeling rather awk- . valuation it as clear that they paved have hard timee high rents, high liv- their dock -making.
ward in lounge suits once more, out.' the way to the subsequent German de- in emits and lee'le. of Onlgoyment ;the It was not perhaps a favorable
side. the denmbilization camp. omen that the Germans, with ell their
Thankfulnesst
The Oki. ship, the bold shin,
hear the church. belle ringing' out fort pay efe bee salient crew.
divine :service, to find themselves ma, The anxious breast is now at rest,
rounded by thriving cities and blema-1 The adventuress of the foam
:ming villages; to know that Rheims . Are ef 'their sailor -gear divest,
aIthearal as a srn°1dug ruin, and to I And each one seeks his borate
see the twin towers of the Cologne,
'Dons rearing their -greet height nim. The 9141 .hip, the held ehip,
damaged to the sky; to Member' The ship that we have manned—
tihat Ypres and Arras and Albert eto The eneign at the mesthecul dip
dead, and to -see the Opera House ate To Him who wisely planned.
Cologne packed from stalks to gallery!, And the° dm rake upon the tides
Yet weeit! There is divine jeatice That sweep in from the main,
what equals everything out, pet Gar.-; First shall we bs, if Gal derides
We mime to am again,
many is learning her lessee.
• Our "Shock Troops."
• The firct fruits of the British .oecto-
paten is that 'the Germans have "dm- A portrait of Admiral alike° at
covered the British Army. I may be the Sea Power Exhibition in London
get -clang a trite observation when I came in for severe criticism front t
say that I earn perpetually over-' group of blue-jaelseta They at once
whelmed with esnazement at the ex. • saw .a point where the artist has
tent to which the Gentian Govern -I stumbled. ITo has put the Admiral ins
merit wee able.to hoodwink tit 4a ;Wee- to the nniferin of' an Admiral of the
wise Intelligent reople, believe it Fleet, the highest rank of all. It is
il'oa be feet . thek the German people curious that no one pointed out the
regarded the Ihatiah Army ea more Mender until these lower -deck Mt.
or lesS an undiadinlined rabble of porta came along,
"lairs" and the Artist,
/age -were won by overwhelming
MOvement to the farms will be fairly
superiority in numbers, and that the target
British successes were gained in spite
of an inferiority in numbers.
What the Germans failed to do with WAR'S INFLUENCE ON MUSIC.
a numerical superiority we ecoomplish.
ed. with a unmercal inferiority, It is Canada Is On the Way to Becoming a
not, of course, denied that at certain Singing Nation.
critical points tho British attack had
Deck in 1914, when we were working
a superiority in numbers: but it is
the supreme test of generalship to be
in numerical superiority as the point
much -vaunted efficiency, have never
bee able to -construct a clack equal to
the,product of their neighbors? We
know that an Alma -kali gentleman
whose constant support, as well as
exasperation, during the present war
has been a particularly illogical' and
unreliable -Geeman-mede dock. In the
darkest hours of the Allied -cause,
peacefully along without thought of
when the achievements of the enemy
war, eve sang -the ordinary ballads of seemed to lindieete an ;almost super -
total numbers. The business of war, the day—romantic, sacred and humor-
ous. Then the storm burst upon the Marian effectiveness of organization, Hog of
he had found .comfoat and hope in the the proeess -end they were
that matters with force inferior in its
in other words, is to convert a gross 'we'. c• aeon, attiC sires a,00iesymboire vulnerability of this atrocious
inferiority into a net superiority. That came into existence several good re -
it was done so successfully must be emitting songs that proved great aids clock—a 'clack equipped with an eleh-
put down in part to the individual .its securing voluntary enlistments.orate system of strikes mid chimes
periority of the British soldier, but in By
the time the armies were in the field which excel only in their ability to go
part, too, to the better Staff work and
generalship on the British side. The and settled down to the routine of a'staaY'
trench warfare, people were singing Swiss and the Dutch as makers of
The French have always rivalled the
fine clocks. A few weeks ago a hum-
orous weekly- published the 'picture of
a Tommy in a first4line trench, whose
recently opened parcel from hom-e di-
vulged a new alarm•elock. The re-
cipient remarked:
"Well, now, that there ortainly is
a thoughtful gift."
We shotficl not have said that there
was a crying need for this berological
specimen 'at tho front. We do believe,
however, that no rate which is tamable
to manuaaature " a reputable clock
could rule the world.
Germans, in fact, were ouageneralled.
Heig's Greatness.
What Is shiningly manifest is that
the Field -Marshal ranks the peer of
the greatest among British Generals,
and as for the British Armies, in Sir
Douglas Ilaig's words, they have again the songs of sticking to it, of
created new traditions which are a world freedom beyond the Mahon, of
challenge to the highest records of the proving worthy of our men at the
front mad their influence on the nation
helped us to stick It out, During this
period the national songs of our allies
cemented those ties in the minds of
the masses that were so neeessary.
The end came, And with it wont
the songs of home coining and songs
of praise, Yet the nee of singing and
inclination to uthg is greater than over.
Everyone feels like singing. Interest
in the songs that wore forgotten for
the time being came heels. So that the
whole flold of general oonge is reopen-
ed. The war gave Englieb songs a
new meaning. Canadians who have
been In England or whose friends have
been, take readily to filo songs of Sus-
sex. Somerset and Devon. Thus our
whole attitude tovaartle music is alter-
ed and Canada is on her way to bottom-
ing to pining nation,
patriotic songs and new songs of army
lite, navy life and of flying in the air.
As battle followed battle, as the arm-
ies advanced here and retreated there,
there arose the need of leaping up the
home morale lest the spirit behind the
lines would waver and break. But
poet and will he an inspiration to the
generations who come after us." To
Ivhich brief and dormant eulogy we
would add tho Field -Marshal's testi-
ninny to the infantryman, who "re-
mains the backbone of defence anti
the spearhead of ;attack. At no Ulna
has the reputation of the British in-
fantryman been higher, or his achieve-
ment more worthy of hie renown."
When the doors, :windows, and
arawers atiek 1110 a (audio to rub
along the edger. The result is that
they slide very easily.
A hardwood floor ran lie kept free
from scratches longer if the legs of
chairs have rt bit of felt paged on
the bottom. An old Telt hat can he
Jellicee's Mission.
It is stated that Lord 3"ellicoe's
it to Australia, "to review the whole
naval position," is part of the British
Empire Federation plan. The future
of the Pacific and the Indian Oceans,
strategically speaking, is of the ut-
most importance. Europeene have
not devoted much attention to it, but
naval men have seen a long way into
the future, and the outcome is the
despatch of Lord ,Tellico, who is in
the front ranks of naval strategists,
to study the problem on the spot
with the Australasian statesman.
HAIG'S NARROW ESCAPES
Stunned by a Shell But "Carried On"
Notwithstanding-.
Sir Douglas Haig has shared so far
as possible the discomforts and dan-
gers of itis oftieers and men; indeed,
more than once in France and Island-
ers he has had earrow escapes from
death.
He had only been "out there" some
WO months when he amide a tour of
the lines on the Menlo roast While
pc•,p1,. who foll,,w the a40::.
e turmr,..tion to (..xtgor:oo
d...onnto vie -kilned by the 1111 l,s Oat
tit' Had and to ignore the re.-.0ts
(.1wIt.y Hetion 1,y Nee.
Target For Enemy.
It is certain that 11 11 had te-A. Mien
ior the Britali merchant navy 1.'imeo
ILdy as. aiah't have beoo Colt, ;1; o• ; ;1'
111'' earl America wou1.1 ;;;.vor
It! LII 11,1, idilo to bltOITI,110.
11,1 Walt' C.1 1113:, lb.' VILA V011.1111e fJL.
1 1411 111O11111.+111.. Sbilq)111g s -a 1.1. -Cud ait
tile :meek° of the Beak ciii became
Um principal targot of the
0,01.1 tottes. The remit was ',-
Proximately' half the toton.--.
the British flag was cleetroyed.
following :141:'4W lit1
total losses in gross tomme,e tat mar.
chant stoamers flitted by this and
other countries during the war:
"The United Kingdom and Doinht-
Ions, 1,015,662; the United States, ;',o1,.
638; Belgium, 101,081; llreaiil. 31.27S;
Denmark, 215,102; IloPand,
France, 807,077: Greece 411,675; ,
861,435; Japan, 270,031; Norway, 1,-
171,710; Spain, 237,862; Sweden, 201;
001,
Ten Times French Loss.
"The British tonnage sunk, there-
fore, was more than ten times as much
as that lost by either France ur Italy
and seventeen times aS much as that
lost by America,
"We depend on shipping for ahnoet
all that we require. Virtually all of
our remaining ships need to be over-
hauled, which means that they are
handicapped in trading, and it is doubt-
ful some are worth the exeense of
restoration. In effect, WO halve to build
the whole of our mercantile marine as
soon as 'ave can. -
Other Factors.
"That is one item in the war bill duo
to us as a maritime nation and our
case is separate from that of other
countries, which are not islands and
are not pivotal points of maritime Dm.
pires, Moreover the above figures do
not exhibit the value of the cargo sunk,
the number of lives destroyed or the
inestimable injury caused by our with-
drawal of ships .from distant trade
routes ha order that we might help our
allied' and transport over the Atlantic
a majority of the American troops
which turned the scale on tee Wept -
ern front."
TuE FALKLAND ISLANDS
Sheep Farming and Whaling Are
Frincipall Industries.
According to (a. representative of
the Felkland Islands Company, alio
Paid a friendly visit to the Punta
Arenas consulate, there are now some
800,000 sheep on the islet:am mostly
of the Romney Meath breed, with the
:average fleece weighing 133V011 pounds.
The death rate among the flecim is
'gent twelve per cent,, which is rather
high and is caused 'by the groat num-
ber of bogs in the islands. The 1917
production of wool end skim was
taken by the Bt. -Kish Government at
prices fifty-fiveper cent. above those
of 1014, f,o,b. Pert Stanley, There is
no freezing plant in the Falkland le -
Sands, but some 65,000 sheep carcasses
aro eanued, the produ•cagoing to Chant
Britain.
'Next to 'sheep farming the moat
they Were being heavily shelled. important inclastre, and about the
"Duggi,e" displayed the coolness which only ether inchistvy, is that of easel-
chateeateritace tail his mevernents, and
arid one Argentine -British tile ea -maga
the effect was notable, the troops,
Thesehi ohm:pfourx tio: Ihlt fisla .vmenryll'-apnroi cs;-1
falling back Melee an overwhelmistg ed.
attack, rallied at once and drove the Porous season in 1917 anal 'petal diva
entim.y back.
Not bug :afterwards Sir Douglas
was actually stunned by a Shell which
killed some of his staff, but ho "car -
sled on" despite his shaking,
These instances are not theonly
eases in which the Corps canArmy
Commander watt in danger from the
half months !between the aerivals of
bnemy's shells. the last two steamers.
•
Spain is planning to build an clec- The cost of the war of 1870-71 in
tric railroad from Idulrid -to connect Germany was $054,400,006, to Francis
with the Prench lines on the frontier. $1,500,000,000,
N.lettas of 100 'or.150 per cent, The $250
shares of ono company ere now quoted.
at $1,790.
'Me islands have about 2,000 in-
hahltants, 50 of whom reAde in root
Stanley. Steamer and an -all services
have 'been vary poor for some time.
Th.ero.was an interval of four and one-