The Brussels Post, 1927-5-18, Page 2WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1927.
A Close Call
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Be DONALD CLHAN-UV:R1 IN
Dtirile_ the aeliwnhtt etin of fres'
dent 1luewrt•,, of Mexiee 1 was emplo,•
ed by the Veiled 1411H e .. 1 el•tittlent to
tlo certain service, for the state depart
anent. 1 welt br land. croseiug the
Ilia Greed.. at Laredo au1 eutefi*Jl,
Co tit ata. 1 e.ein tett 1,1 ivlth It 10.01*1
neat tender t o the rebel tortes, who
after 1 had satisfied i. fiee.i hint that guy tills
sten was 11"1 110 v111100101 to his inter
este, expressed 0 willingness that 1
should n, my destination, the City
et N1exieo
"new would 1 e like t0 earn some
motive rt la 4 1 11 general.
11110 inti gladly team m ney 1f I can
do s, without mprtunsing my em-
.pteyeio at 0 t- dun -when
-Whet 1 have to mind lvoul1 nut in.
f rlere with that at :ill. 1 desire to
get 0 message through to a certain
person In the City of Mextt'o. :1s a
messenger of tate United mates you
-would not be suspected. Your govern -
meet has not taken sides in this ebur
ter. mid there is nothing to prevent
your being the bearer of a letter from
me to a friend."
"Ent supposing I aro caught with
Snob a latter on my perseng. 1 asked.
'v e '1't e:ee • r41 1; rn:11 be shot'
"And what would 1 receive for tak-
ing this risk?"
Ile maned a sem that tempted ate.
It seemed to are that. being In the em-
ploy of the United States government,
there would be little or tr.. risk in my
hearing the general's message. 1 need-
ed the :tum lie offered fur a eel—nail
purpose and oeo* I* dcd to stake being
shot against it.
Ile wrote Its message on 0 bit of
thin paper about three Inches'lgnare,
1 was to take it to n man high in favor
with President iluerta. Itis mime and
address were given me, but were net
written on the tnessune. though it was
signed by a fictitious name, 1 derided
to carry it in the tipper west por•ket on
the left side, my object Lein, to have
It where 1 could eaelly get it to de-
stroy it in ease I was cornered. The
general paid me the money for the
service I was Rhear to render, for I
was to receive it whether I succeeded
to delivering the message or not.
Going southward on the general's
pass I struck the Federal lines not
tar front the City of Mexico. I in-
formed the commanding officer of my
mission and was received by Irina with
the courtesy due one in the United
States service. Indeed, being stationed
at a point where he saw no one except
his officers and men he seemed pleased
to see me, and since I reached his
quarters in the eveniug be insisted on
entertaining me overnight.
He proved to be an inveterate gam-
bler, and nothing would do .but that
1 must play cards with him. I dared
not antagonize him by refusing and
after the evening, meal sat down with
him in his tent to play. He soon won
all the cash I had provided for my
journey, and I proposed to quit, lie
seemed inclined to play on. and 1
reared to refuse him. I had the mon-
ey the general had given mc. a roll
of bills, in my pocket and was obliged
to produce it.
Sty opponent looked at this large
enantity of Mexican money with in.
wrest. Ile said nettling about it, but
from that moment be began to talk
about the difiloulty of my getting en
in the morning and expressed the opin.
ion that 1 would be delayed. His
pruphcey tame true, for be gave or-
ders the, no conveyance was to be
furnished me. •
The next mor01014 I asked my enter.
taller to cash o draft en the a .mer
teen consul at the capital. lie pr"nr
steel to eau so, but ni ede 1.0 more to pfo-
du.e the fiends. Iiia melons were so
seei,l'ions that 1 began to think 1
heed Letter seize mem any oeporttt
nity to destroy the general's message.
Bat 1 was given 1.0 eep,rluuity. My
beast Hower left Me 10r 0 Moment UM
less there was 001.14 ane else in the
mom. 111 the w 10 he MIS
1g, ' tt t 1 +: 114' c" 1 e
a -that ht ay e tin; h, 1 14 .
ecnveyanee for Me, L4. t he exit ted
0 team Very w,.n, find when it carne
he weetel furnish we with money for
the journey.
.3htut 10 dela(•!: in the morning 1
saw a sergeant f e.,i}ng a guard abeet
the house My lee ft ,,.*.i. still, i was
sn peeled, Would 1 t' seatched, awl the
tnesenee would 1,-• funnel 011 me. Tleat
meant deo the The officer was looking
oyer snare Military papers at table,
with an 00110'11:mi eiarette between
Ws lips. Tabtiug a feg:u' from my peek.
tee, and with a stem of eooiness I did
not feel, I deliberately *1141 off the end
with my penknife mud a keel him if lie
had a notch. 114 tea, Need one, struck
it teal was about t0 light his cigarette
when, remembering politeness, he es•
tended the match to me. s„
"After you." I .acid.
He touched it to the end of his ciga-
ttetl'e and handed it to me. 1 put the
flame to the end of my cigar, but purr
posely failed to close my lips tight in
order to prevent suction. When the
match had burned near my fingers I
took the message from my vest pocket,
pot one end to the dame and lit mg
cigar with it, taking snt.8cient time for
it to be entirely consumed.
I saw the officer look tip at me gale's.'
17. hut he said nothing. Dropping the
ash of the paper on the floor, I int
my foot on it, rubbing it with the sole
of my shoe so that it eloald not be-
tray me.
1 think he saw by my expression that
I e:iperlenced n great relief and had
mottle myself safe, for he permitted me
to depart without further delay.
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THE BRUSSELS POST
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As the night attack at Stoney
Creek stemmed the American invas-
ion of Upper Canada in the early
atnmer of 1813, so, in the fall of
the same year, the fight in the wools
of Chateauguay shattered the ee-
perlition against lower Canada. Sev-
enty-five hundred Americans under
General Hampton were advancing
from Lake Champlain, while about
the same number under Wilkineen
were to descend the St. Lawrence
and join in a combined attach: upon
Montreal. Not half there- nu,nne'r•
could be collected for its defense.
Th,. frontier had been protected
':s well as posdble. The country, to-
day highly cultivated, was then heav-
ily wooded. The flow rough roads
had been blocked by trees cut down
1.y French-Canadian lumbermen. The
fords were defended by breastworks
of logs, while Indians and habitant
,routs, militia and regulars watched
all through the woods. For more
than a year this neighborhood n.,
been in change of Colonel De Sala -
berry, a well-trained and active
French-Can.dian officer, who sad
140-verl half his life in the„ British
army. He knew the country thor-
oughly, On Hampton's approach be
chose a strong position on sac r_•nat-
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eauguay rifer, which flows into the frontier. They shot the rapids in rushed to the river bank, whence
they opened •fire across the river on
the flank of Purdy's column, while
the remainder held the main body of
Americans in check at the abatis on
his front . At the same time 014
through the woods toe fndian war•
whoops shrilled, and the tingles
sounded the advance of cheering
men from every direction. Panto
seized Purdy's men, and they Ilod
-back into the woods„ w -acre in um-
:ft/dm they fired on each other by
mistake. The fugittees retreated in
disorder upon the main body. Htunp•
ten ceased his attack and fell hack
from what seethed a dangerous posi•
tion. He lingered ineffectively in the
neighborhood for a couple of weeks
and then gave up the campaign. Ac-
cording to tradition, De Salaberry
said, with whimsical french wit, that
he had "gained a victory- mounted '114
a wooden horse" in allusion to his
station of the tree -stump whence he
had directed the fight.
Wilkinson's expedition fared no
better. His defeat at Chrystler fi
Farm on the 1lth of November, the
news of Hampton's !allure, and the
lateness of the ,-eason decided him to
abandon the attempt • on Montreal,
and he, too, retreated across the bor-
St. Lawrence a few miles above Mon-
tread. Dense woods bordered a few'
1 clearings along the river, into whi•,h'
several little creeks ran through'
I shallow ravines. • Abattis, made of
ifallen trees, defended each of these,
as well as a ford across the river, in
i his rear. Isere, near the present-day
village of Bryson, the famous fight
(took place.
I Hampton moved down the left
' bank by a forest road which led
I through De Salaberry's position, By
the evenin; of the 25th of October
'the Americans had come into contact
with the little force tha barred heir
iway. During the night Hampton
rey
nt 1,500 men under Purd across
the river to march to the ford in De
Saluberry's rear, while the main
bods- was to attack the British front,
Purrly's column lost it's way and by
I(daylight was still far from the ford,
While the Americans were flound-
ering aimlessly in the darkness a I..-
inforcement was hurrying through
' the forest toward the British. From
i far up the St. Lawrence, over 200
miles away, "Red George" Macdonell
�of Glengarry, with three companies
of picked French-Canaaran militia-
men, had hastened to the threatened
batteaux, rowed all day against a
head wind on Luke St. Francis, land-
ed opposite the Cedars and struck
across country. Marching through-
out the night, they reached the fight-
ing ground an hour before dawn.
Early in the morning the main
body of the Americans pushed for-
ward and drove in the British ad-
vanced parties, who, after skirmish-
ing with the enemy, retired behind
the first breastworks. Confronted by
the tangled brandies of the fallen
trees, front which poured volleys of
musketry, and fires} on by Indians in
the woods, Hampton halted to wait
for news of the attack on the rear.
Purdy's column encountered a body
of French-Canadian regulars and
militia, which had been sent across to
the right bank to oppose its advance.
These fell bads slowly, fighting -,uh-
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bornly, till the Americans came in
sight of the ford. To their surprise
they found it strongly defended:
Maedonell's red -coats crowded the
abattls, the woods seemed full of sol-
diery and Indians.
De Salaberry saw that the decisive
moment had come. He mounted a
fallen tree and rapidly viewed the
situation. Most of his 300 men 1111
terbury. Under the rule of the all-
powerful ecclesiastical statesman this
country entered upon an era of pros
perity such as it had never known
before, for he established order and
justice throughout the rand, Maimed
r
the Saxons and the Danes to live un
terms of friendship and good -will,
and framed numerous wise and beim.
ficial laws.
When Edgar died in 075, it wits
Dunstan who placed the lcmg's young
son, Edward the Martyr, on the
w.leV rt + el' Y
treat
ernatable &eats lis the
�a$giori of tBfe Empire.
Charles C'o
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Death of St, Dunstan
Nine hundred and thirty nine
year0 ago, 011 the 19th May lose, St.
Dunstan, the first of the long lire of
ecclesiastical statesmen who were
destined to play a prominent part in
the history of Britain for the next
seven centuries, died at the a„,;, of
04.
He, was born at Gla- n
to bury ii
924, and his father, l'ee orstan, wan
deafly related to the reigning fam-
ily of the Saxon khtgdom of Wessex,
while two of his uncles wore respec•
tively Bishops of Winchester ala
Wells, He was educated at the
school conducted by the monks in
the historic Abbey at Glastonbury,
and spent all big leisure in studying
the manuscripts in the splendid .ho•
ray of the monastery.
He was still but a child when his
great fame as a scholar, an artist, a.
musician and an orator led to his tie-
ing summoned to serve at the court
of Alholstan, king of We 454x, but his
superior attainments aroused the
jealousy of his companions and ler)
to his banishment from Court. Jt
Mia il shortly after this that he decided
to become a mottle, and at .few menthe
after taking; his vows he was called
to the court of King Edmund, Who
made him one of his counsellors, bat
once again the jealoisy of the 1403111'
tors led to his being banished. Ile
was soon recalled, and was only in
his twentieth year when the kin1r
made him Abbot of Glastonbury.
He remained in high favor until
the death of the icing, and during th„
nine years' reign of his successor,)
Eared,
v ,
KingKingthe government of the
realm devolved 1 it my upon Duns-
tan owing to the ill health of the
monarch, and it was during that per-
iod that he started the movement
which was to later bring about 1110
union of the seven kingdoms of An.
glo-Saxon England. Soon after the
succession of Hdwy in 955 Dunstall
incurred the enmity of Queen 1ilgivu.,
and he was exiled to handers,
where he stayed for temple of
yea's.
When Edgar was chosen kine; by
the revolting North umbrians and
Merciuns in 057 he recalled Duns•
tin to England and made him Bishop
of Winchester and his chief adviser.
Twt) years later Edgar became the
fist sovereign of all England, and
the glories of his reign were mainly
due to the wonderful ado nistrat,tm
of the great prelate, who Was ad -
vermeil to the Archbishopric of f;ttn,
throne, and for another four years
he held the reigns of government,
but in 079 the youthful monarch was
assassinated at the instigation of his
infamous step -mother Queen l.lfrida,
and hereon, Ethelred tl the Unready,
e
became king. This brought 'thont
1)unstan's retirement from public
life, and he passed the rest of his
days at Canterbury, front whence 31e
watched his great work fall to piec-
es under the unstable rule of the
feeble king and his unscrupulous
der. Canada was safe for another
year.
In the picture Ile Salaberry wears
the dark green uniform of an officer
of a rifle corps: a short jacket braid-
ed across the breast wall an edging
of black fur at the collar and cuffs,
tight breeches, knee boots, and tt
cocked hat with a white feather
fringing the top. His sword is
lightly curved, while that of the in-
fantry officer beside him is straight.
He wears a short -tailed red coat with
white braid across the breast at each
button, a crimson sash around his
waist, tied at the left side, and long
dark gray trousers. The bugler is
dreeied similarly, but without the
wall. The French-Canadians wear
frocks or capotes of gray homespun,
I with arrow -pattern sashes of reed,
blue and yellow, white leather belts
over each shoulder for cartridge box
and bayonet, and red toques on their
heads.
The marriage took place Saturday
morning at 7 o'clock of Mary L.
Stevenson, daughter of S. J. and
Mrs. Stevenson, Listowel, and John
Stanley Sutherland Vass, of Wind-
sor. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. J. M. Nichol, B.D,, of linox
Presbyterian Church.
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Dunstan died at Canterbury and
wee buried in the famous Cathedral,
but a few years later, when the
church was in danger of being de-
stroyed
Jl g
by the Dance, los body was
removed to the Abbey at Masten-,
bury, where his resting place became .
one of the great shrines of Britain
and was the Mecca of pilgrims from
all parts of the Christian world.
WORLD'S SHIPBUILDING
The international Economic Con-
tlrence, which 1s now in progress at
Geneva, has under ronsidelition a
memorandum on Ship buildut •, pub•
Belted by the League of Nations,
ventdeing inforntitlon on the state
of this industry in the print ipnl marl -
thee rnuntrtoa of the world,
According to this memnranduirl
th
pre-war shipbuilding eapitelly
wasadequate for pan-pec•trte needs.
To replace the tonnage of merchant
:hipping lost in he- war, which waa
13 million tons, an inuntns0 ea„en-
,ion of ehipyard cap at.ery took place,
144) in 1910 the total c ap terry of
merchani fflalibuSbling yeas had ris-
en to ltd million tope ,y 1111.11 71 3110'
\.:1C rapacity of t 1,i t 5 million tons,
I1'.l'e,iing 1,0 million tun:: for the
istfikstl int of warship displacement.
Owing to the Washington Treaty,
wer cutatruetion is now 8301)0=t
negligible to day the world's builds
ing (-apaches excluding the United
,-entes. is ehout six million tons.
bu the other hand, according to
.figer.•,s published by Lloyd's regis-
ter, the shipbuilding industry ie
flourishing; owe more in Britain. The
meuthant vessels a111181ly under 0011-
` sfi110tion in Great Britain and Tror-
t:oal 'otel 1.2131,:139 tons, an incrca-c
of 4 511,'10 time over ate figure for
the previous quarter and about 374,-
; 0a° tors more than the tatttl of the
shipping building a year ago. The
*resent ligure le the .rl 1test sines
Deeuuibee, 11121; it is still, however,
same 673,800 t0118 below the average
toted of the tonnage building during
the year inunediately preceding tete
European war.
The shine w•11)l11 were under eau-
structiot in British and 1Fish ship-
yai' o, at the e1o. r.
d. � of the quartet- un-
der review, numbered 2317, of which
207 were steamships, 62 were motor
ships, and eight were sailing ships
and barges. Of these 21)7 ships, no
fewer than 25(3 are intended for
owners re:tiling within the British
Empire. On March 31 last, the vcs-
tels building in foreign shipyards
aggregated d 1,35 932 • tons, which
figure represents an increase of
about 180,000 tons over the total for
the previous three months. Ger-
many has displaced Italy and h.ilds
the leading foreign position with
250,933 tone; Italy is second with
208,791 tons; the United States
takes third place with 179,325 .ons,
and France is fourth with 151,438
tons,
It is said that new construction is
influenced by the use, for the sake
of economy, of motor vessels and of
larger ships in all classes. Especial-
ly the increasing proportion of large
now motor ships is significant. ' .At
the end of June, 1926, there wen on
Lloyd's register 45 motor ships each
of more than 8000 tons gross against
19 at the end of the same month in
11)25. In September, 1926, there
were 171 sea -going motor vessels un-
der construction in the whole world
with a total tonnage of 809,500.
Another sequel of this newest devel-
opment in ship-boi1ding is the in-
creasing demand for tankers for car•
vying oil in bulk of which there was
a total tonnage of 5,005,000 in 192(3
against 1,4711,000 in 1914.
BROKEN SPRING EMERGENCY
An emergency repair of a broken
spring can be made by taking a
piece of old spring or a piece of hard
wood and wire together to the spring
as a splint would be applied to a bro-
ken limb. If the spring is broken in
the centre, wire in a block on which
the frame can rest, and drive care-
fully.
TIME TO REBORE CYLINDERS
When crank a
c acI mok n
s comes ones n t
of the breatheru
t be or the oil filler
fill •
pipe, it is a sign that engine gases
are leaking past the rings into the
crankcase, Then it is time to in-
spect the rings or have the cylinders
rebored. This condition is often
misleading and it is believed that it
is due to oil that is too thine'
Tail4 new Maher -built bodies, finished
'A in the most modish shads of Duco
—the massive full -crown fenders, the smut
bullet -type lamps, the newlych%i ed
radiator—the hast of mechanicd refine-
ments, Including AC oil-51tet and AC air-
cleaner—the powerful, smooth and
responsive Chevrolet engine—an of these
contribute to the deep, abiding sense of
satisfaction which the owner of the Most
Beautiful Chevrolet experiences.
An that you want in a moderately -priced
car, Chevrolet gives you at NEW, LOWE11
PRICES, the lowest for which Chevrolet
has ever been sold In Canada . and no
other car at or near the price ran give
you all the advantages which make the
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automobile achievement of th6 year,
Beauty
Power
Smoothness
Ec,i. neon y
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Roadster - $655.00 Coach - - $760.00
Touring - 611.00 Sedan - 86800
Coupe - 780.00 Cabriolet - 890.00
Lamle, Sedan - - - - - - - 930.00
Roadster Delivery 655.00
Commercial Chassis - . - 490:00
Utility Express Chassis - - - - 645.00
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