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Sea Cook G
In 2nd Degree;
Gets Fen•
vice to India Barred by Refusal,to
learidin g PlaCe,
Groat Biitainis plans for its.'f.all-fed" air Tonto TO. India, and
,eveittlialt‘ to the AptipcdaS, which *as lieraided as one of the
gteacst of ,ProiectOd wo1d oirraft, 1dve. bean' brought ' .to ' a
standstill the action of 1.3e-tain refusing' to -grant a landing
idiace on Persian tzrritory. '
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To .say that the oil -totals ho have" the Petslan border, and Bagdad, A3u
Britain did not like the lookof the. -
suggestion; which, though ostensibly
Persian, was both:yeti tO be a RUSSISII
Prottect, operated , Germans and
ltnkirg up,; -with the Moscow airIineS.
Bore was another l'all-red" route, and,
according to 13r1gt-Gca. Peray GrOVSS,
secretary of the Air -League of the
British Empire, one with political as-
pirations behind it. "
ThetBritish airtvay to India was in
operation, 'at least once some eight
months ago 'when Sir Samuel Hoare,
the Air Minister, accompanied by his
-wife, flew to 'Delhi ,and back, The "
route ,;vas tfurveed and prepared at
heavy cost by WaY" of Basra, --the ter-
, .
minal at, the, preSent
Bandar Abbas andtChalibar.
labored to more thanyear to pot
is airway into operation are Peeved
over the snag. -which has been struck
"ivoulcl be:a rather mild way of saying
they are im-high dudgeon. Aiording
to views eXpressed in London the ,red
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hand of Bloscow in responsible for the
'allure to complete the "all -red'' route.
lliz0 Khan, Porsia's new ‘self-ap-.
Pointed Shah, at ono time P, 11Urilb1e
Theillber of the Persia n' frolotariat
and also said to have1..ieen 0 flunky at
the BritislrfitMinistry'lle.horan seine
:years ago, seemed personally to be
well disposed „toward Great Britain,
-when he converted himself into a
royal figure almost over night. An
agreement WSH Signed jest Year 'Ite-
tween the PSI'Sfall and British govern:
ments. granting lauding rightsin
Per-
ola to the British. But the'. Persian
Parliament sulisequently, refused to
" ratify theagreement: rt has been
suggested that, the Persian link in the
air chain was ' withheld antn sfich'
time as the British Government made
.soine handsome monetary offer for
sueli-a privilege. '
. Dermal -1s Get Concessions.
Shah Itiitt eie soniething -of a dict;a:•
tor, uteo far he has done:nothing-to
mug
bit Parnament to the point a
ratification. In fact, the Shah is "prob.
ably bringing no pressure to bear on
i:10 3,efractory Parliament As Persia
le not a menther of the COnventien
fer the 'Regulation of Aerial lettylgt-
tion she has the right to prohibit
foreign machines frOra landing on her
eon. Important concessions have
been made, however, to 'a Russo -Ger -
Ian company. '
,While Parliament was debating. the
agreement made with the British gov-
ernment the , Persian'', Government
cante.forwerd withra:propose.1 to °Pell
up a -atr service between Quretu, on
. Substitute Rodte COnsider;td.
Unless the Persians - relent It be
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necessary to map out a..s,nbstituto link
on the 'Arabian side of the Persian
atilt, a matter now under considera-
tion In London. Many difficulties
would have to be Overcome .before
such'a landing place could be estab-
lishebl eh ere.
Soveet Russia has also met some re-
buffs in 'T,eheran, ntid one of'her dip-
lOinata was recalled from the Persiain
capital hearths° he was not successful
enough -in 'ale dealings with the Per-
sian GoYernment. Nevertheless, Mds-
cow's °pole' minions in that countrY
are exteedingly busty, and Rueelans
'were 'supposed to be behind an at -
,tempt. by wealthy Persians to obtain
oil concessions in a district adjacent
to certain areas *where the Angie -Per-
sian company holds the drilling con-
cession.
The latest difficulty ofethe Persian
Government is 'over the terms of a,
contract with Dr. MhIspaugh,' the
American financial- adviser.
Vital Statistics
• Births Again Decline in Eng-
land and Wales; Rate for
1926 Approaches 1918
• Low Record
-London. — The Spectre of 'race
suicide" hes -crept across the English
-- Channel to hainat. Brithei social sta.
titielane, The English and Welsh
hirth rete for 1926 again, has shown
a decline, following the descending
curve 'which has obtained WACO 1926,
accotding to figures nublisned by the
tReglatemeGeneref. The rate for the
calendar year was 17.8 per 106,000 of
population.
Against this the official report shows
that the death rate' or infante lees
thee a year old was the lowest on re-
cord. Scotland experienced a higher
birth rate as well as a higher infant
death rate than tngiand and Wales:
The 1926 birth rate tied that of 1917
and was barely higher than the 1918
rate of 17.7, the lowest on record fer
Englana mid Wales. In France, where
the low birth rate for years has pre-
sented evbat la regarded as a grave
national problem, the proportion for
, 1923 eves 18,8 for 'each 100,000.
- Cancer, heart disease and tuber-
•, celeste of the respiratory Britain led
the list as causes Of death in Di:Viand
• and Wales,
Wunien,. the Ilegletrar-Generars re -
•Inert indicates, were thr more agile in
dodging motor vehicles and in avoid-
•ing fatal aceideritte generally 'Sian
-were men. Also, the =other of WO -
11100 who committed suicide was leas
, than half the number of men who met
' death by their OWIl hands. 'rho suicide
figures were: Males, 3,099; females,
!LSO. Accidental , deaths: Males,
0,631; females, 4,274.
AMAZONS KEEP MEN
OF TRIBE IN LUXURY
. They. Do 'the Work and Fight-
ing and Are the Rulers of
I!' Their District
Balcu, AzerbaiJan.—A .tribe .of .Arna-
Sons in whichthe women fish and
hunt while the men are locked indoors
, and keit In homey 18 described as in-
' hebiting. the Zairatal distriet.,by the
Soelety" for the 'Study Of Azerhaijen,
tsa,ys .Tass, the Beissian itg'ency.
1The tribe is called7,the Teed and is
of Dagestan origin.
The Tassel women., like the legen-
dary Amazons, are described as-abso-
Lite ealers in the priyate and public
affeirs of their tribe. TbeY aettle
quarrels with neighboring. tribes 'with.
-weapons, do- farm work and control
I the stile, Of. then. produets. T,4O5,1seep
i their 'husbands and sons luxuelouslY
GIbO or engaged in .petty Ithesehold
affairs, the More laborioue hciusehold
chores falling upon the girl members
of the tribe. - It is regarded'elte
fying to the family dignity to permit
the men to labor and the weinan-Who
feils,:to provide well is considered an
The woreen ate eeSeribed as tan in
statere and beautithl, p2 g dark viya-
cious Caaca,eian type with maileee 'ef
- glossy black-lialre ;Adjacent neatitet
towns esteeni Ahern thigh -1y for then,
honesty and intelligence. The tribe
eonsiets of appeoxinagely 150, eanii,
lies and 18 believed to be the rein-
nante of the Ava people ivlid irthabitl
ed the Caucasus centuries ago;
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White'Pine ..in Canada':
'' The botanical 1..ange of the...white
pine in Canada extends from -the- At-
lantic ocean, to the Provinho of Mani-
toba. it is confined to the regioaily-
ing south' of a line running apprexi-
Mately froni ,the southea4 cOrner, Of
Lelte 'Winnipeg, , through- Lake .X11,1-,
Igen; aleeg the height Of hinil neeth
Lake Timiskaming, tlireugheLakeeSte
Seim to point de Mots on' the St. Law -
knee ma Capre'Breton bland. •
Geea political titebei;" ta orten.:de;
rycloped on thd'stitnip.
• Paul Redfern's Soto 4,660:mile dash
from Brunswick, Ga., marked an ef-
fort to break the existing long did,
tanee non-stop record, made by Clare
Eines Chamberlin in his night from
New York to Germany. From the
take -off point at Erunewicle, Georgie,
to the coast of South Arne:rica it is
1,575 miles. To reach. Rio Janeiro
down the east' coast of the southern
continent -Redfern bad 4,700 miles on
fly. It woultiappear-he ie another loss
to aviation pioneering, nano *word of
him bas r"eached us.
Scientist Goes to
Live on Iceberg
Takes Dog Along, Rubber
, Boat and a Phonograph ,
Edinhttrgh, scouand.—/ohn /4. Simp-
0011, a British scientist, has lett here
with the intention of making his home
on an iceberg for three months. He
was accoMpanied by a Samoyede dog.
"MY Purpose," said Simpeon, "Is to
gather material Lor a book on the ice
Ileitis. I expect to be veey Comfort-
able In my abode on some drifting Ice-
berg. I shall erect a Ur -lined tent,
and I will warm it with an oil steve.
I have plenty of reading matter and a
phonograph. ,
Water Power Development
The preSent recorded waterpower
resources of the Dcimnion will permit
of a turbine installation of 41,700,000
horse poiver. The total tydraulic
bit-
staliolbon up to the end of Mg
throtighout the Dominion was 4,556,-
226 horse -power or lees then 11 per
eent. Of the eecotdedater-power re-
hourceS.
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PRINCES "PEACE.: AND .PROSPERITY • ' •
• , The "new entrance to the "Canadian National Ekhibition is symbolic 01 more thad. mere, expo:Sion: opened by 11.1th.H. The: Prince, o
,Tuesday with iM, imposing artistry it will stand forever -00 0 mcntoneat to .canitda's.Nationlioecl, prosperityi'and allegiance to thc:Ci•ovin..
, Saved for. Nation
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Stonehenge Circle on Saha-,
bury Plain, Great War
Camp, to )3e Preserved
London.—Prime Minister Baldwin.,
Ramsay MacDonald, Viscount Grey
and Other prominent persons recently
signed an appeal for $175,000 to pur-
chase land on Salisbury Plain for the
Purpose of preserVing the remains of
the prehistoric structure at Stone -
It is proposed to protect the imme-
diate eurreundings of the Stonehenge Suitt, where a great water echeme is
Circle from the -erection of unsightly
buildings. . .p
River roject.
Nine years ago after the original
owner was prevented by the Act- for ,
the ?refection of Ancient Monuments
from selling Stonehenge StOilOS for
transportation to the United, States, it
was presented to the nation. It Is
neve proposed to pull down a liege air-
drome erected near by during the war
'so that posterity will see It against
the sky in the lonely majesty before.
which • our anceetore Mood in awe
throughout all our recorded history."
'ales on
'ot.r acres of land to carry on the pro, pp. •
2' Storm Lashes
ject, and 'already44,000 aeras have 5-01„
been purcilased at. a cost of i60,000,
It is estiniated that the expenditure on. -South f .Efig an d
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on acre for 30 years' work will be 257.
Every acre harvested, Will, on present-
day costs, enable the &tate...to-replant,
without involving the taxpayer in any
expense, between six and seven acres
This is the second grant made to
South Australia under the British
policy of stimulating migration to the
Dominion. Not long ago 050,000 Was
devoted to the development 'of a nevi
wheat Province, called Elyre's Penin -
being carried pute.known as the Tod
Wright MotorMaker
" Assails Pacific Race
Bay Shore, L,I.--Charles L. Law-
rence, inventor of the Wright 'Whirl-
wind -motor used on .the transatlantic
and California-Hawali transatlantic
nights reeently, condemned as "idi.
ale" the offering of prize money for
the . airplane race to naval!. The
' Stonehenge, the most imposing , time Is not Yet rilm, he said, for races
megaiouthitcmonwrient in Theemei hag where various planes start at a cer-
tain. time regardlese or their condi-
long proved an enigma' ter scientiste
and a never-ending Boum oe romance tion for such extended flights.
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for novelists. Its name, a modylca- '
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lion of a Saxon term, means "hanging
Stones." The Normane called the Col-
lection of eines "Choir Gaur," or the
Giant's Temple.' What the stones
were originally- used for has proved
as great a'fiuzzle 0,8 where they came
from, for in the geological formations
for miles around there Is nothing re-
sembling them. .,
ExCavatione • and meagurements
have proved that originally they'form-
ed teva concentrie 'circles •enclosing
the tallest being 22% feet and 3 feet
posed cif the largest uprigbt stones—
the tallest being 2221 feet and 3 feet
4 Mahn thick—only seventeen, re-
main. The inner circle, composed of
steelier atones, is exactly 9 feet with-
in the eirenmference of the outer.
• Although their origin heti keen' va;
Tic:Maly ascribed to 'the Phoenicians,
Belga° and the native Druids, no con-
vincing evidence has ever been pre,
seated which would rationally solve
the mystery.
British Grants
Aid Migration
Imperial Assistance Stimu-
lates Affortestation in
South Australia °
Adelaide, S. Aust.—An imperial
grant of 2,358,200 to South Australiar
as 5 nucleus for starting afforestation.
on. a 'larger seale was recently an.
nommed by the State Premier, Rich-
ard :le Duller, ' Representatives of the
l3ritish Governaneet liave had an eye
on the southertet for ft long time, It
Is here that they4expect aO opportue-
ity to be able to place migrants from
England. In addition, the Scottish
eogbeties oi We area are now draw-
ing up a- scheme for the importation
of families frem SCotland. Several
estiteS.Ira,ve been offerebt to the GOV-
ernment thr purchase and subdivilion
into farms, and It subetantial Income.
Is assured from these lands, where
onions, potatoes and cereals grow- to
'Perfection.
In accordanee with the term02the
above grant, a minimum -et 80,000
acres is to be planted,over a period of
10 years, and paper pulp works will
also he started. It wili be necessary
for the state to seCure a Anther 100 -
Two Mail Steamers Collide
and Shipping Driven to
• Shelter
London—All this year's records of
summer rainfall were eclipsed on Sat-
urday, Aegust 2011), by a greae soutin
westerly gale accompanied by tor-
rential rainstorms which " raged
throughout ,the south of Eugland and
generally around the coasts.
Seatide holiday makers and ship
had to ursh for shelter, regattas and
bathing were suspended awl teem all
pointe came 'imports of damage to
crops and other destructioa through
severe etorme.
The 900 paeaengers en the two mail
stealners, Se David and St, Patrick
had a trying experience in a collision
off Fishguard, Wales,. the force of
which -carried away the superstruc-
ture under the bridge. •'
It' was 2 o'clock in the morning
when the cellision took place. ,In the
darkness and reining torrents it was
impossible to ascertain the extent of
the damage, consequently the 600 per-
sons Abroad the St. David and the 300
Canada's Leading Golfer
DON. CARRICK DOMINION CHAMPION
Carrick shoots great golf bet failed to class In Ainerican Amatehr Title
Tourney.
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,Tbe 1927 13ritish Polo' Teens
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tho,American "13115 Four' in the international iiatclles at Meadeivbrook on S-entember 5th,
on the. St. Patrick, most a whom
wereli-alI---(Sressedi,- becamc'frantic and
the utinaSt effort's of the ships' officers
hardly gerved to prevent a panic
among the screaming and fainting
women and children, several 'of whom
were injured in the , confusion • of
scrambling to the deck. -
Both mail boats, although, consider-
ably damaged, managed to return Lo
Fielfguakcl under their' own steara,
when the St David's passengers were.
transferred to an -other steamer which,
eaned for _Ireland after eousiderahlp
All cross-channel steamers had ter-
rible crossings, among the sufferers
being tprince Henry, who after a holi-
day at Le Templet, crossed from Bou-
logne to Folkestone. A London, ex-,
press train was, derailed near Mid -
stone but nobody was injueed. '
Air Hies else had rough crossings
and needless, to say tbe inclemency of
the weather seriously interfered with
seasonal channel ewitnneing and: tire
projected trans-Atlantic flights.
Urges Removal
• Aii Auto Horns
• To Ensure Safety
Driver ,Sho.u_kl....,Depend on
-Brakes and Steering
Gear to Guide.Car
CONFIDENCE IN HORN
NeW York --Automobile borne,- cal-
ginally devised as a safety messily)
tor hignway traffic, have been so uni-
versally 'misused, soya C. T. Strong,
President of the Beloit Motor Com-
pany, that he now, believes if they
were removea entirely froth automee
biles the result would be a Marked de-
creaee ka automobile aCeidents..
"Without horns," h'e points out, "It
week", not take long for ever', one to
realize that safety depends on keerdng
the eyes and ears -eopen, Which . 10,
after all, the only sure and. complete,
remedy for accident. .A. long sten
in, the direction of greacr Safety wifl
have been taken when drivers realite
that they cannot drive with the horn."
While adinitting that hems do oc-
casionally prevent accidente, he gates
that they, have inoculated the average
driver with a. false tetse of security
which often bleeds carelessness and
reeelts in disaster.,
"If autoinobile. owners would try to
drive their cars," wide Mr. Strong,
"without tho aid 'of the electrie siren
'which is MOW standard equipment on
every cal., ,r am sure they would find
theineelves driving with more care
than they had- exercised sinee their
first experience as drivers., Drive two
blocks through traffic without the use
Of the horn and you will find that, you
are using more mire than you have
ever used before to: avoid accidents.
Tot will- drive as yott should always
drive,, with due regard for othere rem
are sharing the ptiblie etreets and
highways: .
"This t1118 because you -will not
be placing exaggerated confidence i0.
nnolsy bit of 'inelianisiu which can-
not and never could o'. Itself prevent
accidents, evee though.e.many drivers
show by their actions °tithe road that
they credit tit -with such powers.
"Then round out the test by noticing
'as you 'drive, and as yon ernes, the
streets. on foot, What effect the horns.
or other ears have on you. Ton will
discover that the sound of an ,eleetric
horn no 'anger causee you to JMIM
out of the WS, or pull your ear over
to, the side of the road. Venally it
fe only -attet repeated warnings 'that
yoti notice the . cattse a the noise.
Sol -dean -me this- heppene toe- late, end
there is an accident which' mightehave
been Prevented. if the driver had de-
pended _mere on his steering wheel
and brakes than QO hie horn," .
The Geneva Fiasco
London Truth (Ind. Lib,);' I -should
call the recent proceedings at ,Geneva
one of the, most Itereettable exhibi-
tions of political folly that have beeu
seen in the last fifty', years. . The
Conference was by its- constitution
the worst possible nieditim for arriv-
ing at agreement. How can you ex-
pect the prethesional fighting men 62
different Countries, naval aud mill.
tary, to agree betiveen themselves
Cbciut the limits to be, pet on. their
OW11 Bef'vices, • except under definite
instructions from theirpolileal super-
iors? Fighting is their lensinese;
facttheir raison d'etre.,' An e,deileel
or a. general charged to negotiate with
the, admirals and generals of rival
armed nationea can no more give
away.'Poiats to the other side in De-
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gotiatione than he, can, in war. If his
GeyernMent ;liae' left open fee 'discus-
sione•-any, fundamental difeerence •of
dpinion; his busieess le 'to loolert it
000 fightieg man, ecit as a pacifIst.
Goveramentr.lhave.no business to put
their'allinirals. and generals into such
a position.:
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Tar y, Deliberates ' 3 .1-ionr8 In
t3 ',S. Court • Judge
Battia.e's Panalty at Mini,
nnun Prison Tenn,
Earl Leo Dattice, -mulatto cook of
'the schooner Kin gewny, -which earre
Into port! ;recoil:071 with a strange
story ot murder and near -mutiny ott
a voyage from the West Indies to the
African 'Gold coast, was- feund gailty
Ot secorahtlegree murder y a jury in.
United. states. Court ,and was even
the minimum Sentence of ten" years'
imprisonment in Atlanta Prison. Bat-
tice was charged with the murder of'
his wife on the thigh seas last Febru-
ary 6, The maMmum sentence poe-,
ethic amder the verdict was hi e
Im-
prlsonmedt;
Defendant Watches Judge- vt
During the summations by the at-
torneys and while Judge Andereon
was speaking, the defendant display-
ed a keen Interest in the proceedings,
-tilting hid head to one side quid' keen-
ing his eyes , flied ou the Speaker.
• garuthers EWSOff, *Ivo, with Prather
'S. McDonald, was ePPoictea defense
Counsel by the court, pleaded the un-
written iaw,
He reminded the jurors that the de-
fendant's affair with Emily Za,nebot,
the Porto Rican giniat San Juan., had
no bearing on the murder two, menthe
later. He hurried on to the relatione
between; Mrs.' /lattice, the Negro's
wife, and Waldemar -Earl Badkis, the
enginenban, while-the"Schooner Eingee
way was in-Inkl-Atlantre oh its way to
the Gold Covet tAlrica. He declared
that when Battice saw his wife In the
embrace of the engineman he became
crazed -ance.diel- net -realize what he
did from then -until he had slashed his
wife' nineteen' times with a razor.
"Knives were In Ifis mind," said Mr.
Ewhig, "and Might to have been theee,
nothing else could have been."
He pictured the'defendant as "pivai-
eally weak, cowed and crushed" in the
face of iladlte,'"the bully, coward and
Yellow :hound." .
Tuttle Charges' Premeditation
Mr. Tuttle told the jurors that the
defendant had willfully intended t0.
kill hie wife trent the time he fell in
love with Melly Zama.' The defense
was untenable, he said, because the
only evidence to support it vas the
testimony of Badke, who he admitted,
agreeing With Mr. Ewing, was "an im-
measurable liar." • '
Every -Wound en MY& /lattice "cried „
out for Justice," lie declared, and DO
evidence showed thatbattice had ever
asked the captain for protectlen from.
'1 agree," -he said, "that 13adke is
yellow gag and a cur. There is only
oue thtag worse and that is to take a
man by the hand aud say, 'Come aft,
my wife is crying for you.'"
Judge Anderson nolnted out that
the case vratilcliprobahly be a unique
experience -for every juror and told
them.te weigh carefully the testimony
-of ErailyZezeot. le he geld, they
should •discover that the murder was
committed in the heat of passion they
Could render Ai verdict of inanslaugh-
Ler, and- 12 they eblieved that the de-
fendent had lost his capacity to diet-
tinguieh 'between right end wrong at
the time of the fetal elathing they
could render a verdict of "not guilty."
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BRITI$1-1 TANKs -ENGAGE
IN HUGE SHAM BATTLE
'Machines of All Sizes Sur -
Mount Obstacles on the
Historic Salisbury
'Plain •
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.London.—A.gigantio sham battle in
tviiich more than. 200 British Arniy
tanks participated was held recently
on the historic Sallsbnry Main. The
tanks were of all elasses and ranged
from the tiny tWoleeater "Crabs" to
the huge wagon 'variety which fire
eighteen-ponnder guns as they speed
along.
The battle started at dawn with
these Metal monsters stretching over
seven miles of terrain where every
caudal -ruble difficulty had beet pitteed
in their way. • Squedrone ef airplanes
deseended upon. Mein- unexpectedly,
sections of the plain theoretically was
soaked with ,gee %and steep gradients
reryniring all the skill • the drivers
maid muster had to be negotiated.
Some cashalties 'Were reported. J. -
few tanks' were unable to mount the
greasy slopes' of Beacon Bill and end
backward down hill. One "iron horse"
got in a quagmire and -had to be
abandoned.
A erolvd of several thousand wit -
pulsed the ,manoeuvees and• showed
great ilfferest, particularly In. the -
later "Crabs," which are the latesr
experiment in, the tank line, These
have a caterpillar track %and also two
wheels in the rear which are equIPPed
with balloon tires. At oee point it
was demonstrated how easily 'the
"Crabs" could be camouflaged with
toliage.
Among those Watching the deem'',
stretion was a,refired British cavalry .
offieer. As he booked .an he appeared
more and more disgusted." "Chriet-
as tree!" he muttered finally as 'he
,
tUrned away.
I
., MoScow Prepares ,
• 1Vioseow Praycle..—One thing is quite
clear: leo- than have war, and that
very soon. , . , Not so very lenge
ado wo said' that War would not be,
that we did tot want war. We atilt
4 not want It, but the latest evonte',
have forced me meet eeriously to proa'
pare.. .,, We bY he means want toe
ftighten anybody with the horrors et '
ri
chlanical warfare. In some places w
elreadY notice the, appearance •o
1 pante ancl dread, where the peoples/
have been told unnecessary stories
Iabout .the destructive • forces of gas.}
!These stories have certainly erred ont,
the side of exaggeration. Selene%
,muet be militarized. . . . We are cone`c
t, flouted by' a terrible danger, We
I meet not lo.se^a, eingle ntheuto. Cere,'
fully watching our enemy, WO ineust
accelerate our „preparations ..,,RAA
1,1ClOry will he surf