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Zurich Herald, 1928-05-03, Page 3DANT THE P4AN In i8•G9,, when Durrant' was thirty- one years oicl, the forces of Sardinia tindez' Victor Emanuel, with the allied army of France under Napoleon III„ sought to 'throw off of Northern Italy the yoke of Auustrian supremacy. The young S'wiee, traveling ae a tourist,, 1 bat ,doubtless burning with zeal to aid the many suffering wounded, wit- nessed . one of the great and terrible battles of blistery. Party thousand kilned and wounded was the deadly harvest of Solferino. No treaty then rrrptected the anedical services of the land dusty road jolted the merciless a nice, That of the defeated Anew- arts with their pitiful burdens, 1:rlana retreated with their force's, , while with the pursuing allies went Many died by the way their bodies nearly .all of the French 'and Italian being cast out along the roadside. Into surgeons, leaving almost deserted of the city poured this endless procee- medical care the victims of this ap- Mon of misery, and the whole plane palling slaughter, was soon one hospital. Churches, bar- Durant, in his "Souvenir de Soifer- racks, convents, the private homes+ ino," pictures the battle, the awful were all filled with wounded, they scenes of suffering and of death as overflowed into the open streets and only a man can do who has lived lay upon the stone pavements of the through the horrors of such an ex- piazzas, where straw has been hastily perience. scattered. "The morning of June 24th dawns . DunTant gathered a number of the with the sound of battle. Three hum- good women of the city into a volun- dred thousand men are face to face. teer corps, whose tireless, if unskilled GAS ATTACK TO SCSDUE SEASICKNESS Fifteen miles long stretches the battle services, brought relief. Noticing line. The bugle notes and the roll of that he made no ,distinction of nation It Is claimed +that this apparatus, invented by Dr. Dammart of Munich, the drums resound the 'charge. At elity, they followed his work, giving will offset the worst attacks of mal de neer after oue or two inhalations. It three in live morning the allied army rthe same care to all, and went from 1s to be installed on German steamship lines. etruggie. Back of dark Hires,` nin;g clouds, the sun is dost, A temrpat of wind and lightning arises; icy rains sweep ae+rees the fleld. As the aha,. dows of the night begin to fall the tumult of the battle dies away. Ex- hausted men sink down to sleep where they stand or search for some mussing comrade. The silent dark- ness is broken by the groans and cries for help of the wounded men," Hastily improvised hospitals were established in nearby villages, but the greater part of the wounded were taken to Castiglione. On the rough From Wilderness to Wheat. "Belt Is Western Australia's Triumph Coining Centenary Celebrations Mark a Period of Rapid Growth in Territory That Bids Fair to Become Empire's Leading Agricultural Country Perth, W. Aust.—In September of Australia, and this year it will prob-one upon the other.. Piled high, 1 corps are marching on Solferimo and, one to another, repeating with cwn Oavrianna. By six o'clock the fire passion, "tutti fratelli" (all are bee- becomes ra becomes more furious. In .the warm titers). June morning the Austrian troops in' Read seene after scene from Dun - compact masses march along the open t an+t's "Souvenir de Solferino," and roads under the fluttering banners of wonder if nations must continue to black and red. The brilliant Italian. settle their differences or protect their sun glitters on the polished armor of so-called honor at such a price. Dun - the French dragoon's and cuirassiers. ant asks: "Why have we thought well In the burning lnid-day heat still to recall these scenes of grief and more furiously the battle rages. Col- desolation, to recount such lamentable um after column fling themselves and gruesome details and to draw ie such vivid pictures of despair?" He answers this question by another: "Would it not be possible to found and organize in all civilized countries permanent societies of volunteers which in time of war would render succor to the wounded without die- stinction of nationality?" Here had the Treaty of Geneva its first incep- tion, and the spirit of the Red Cross began to quicken into life.—"Under the Red Cross Flag," by Mabel T. next , year (1929) Western Australia ; ably export 30,000,000 bushels of the will celebrate the hundredth, year of grain. Less than 15 years back a.blgepor- her existence as a cavilled community! tion of Western Australia was label- and already elaborate preparations 'ed in big type on the maps of the are being made for the occasion. The' world, "Great Victoria Desert." To- Governmeut and all sections of the day that so -caned desert is known as stale are combining to arrange cele- brations worthy o fthe event. All sorts of entertainments and ex- lauds were despised even by its own hihitions are being arranged and the people who did not know their value. =promoters expect to attract competi- Now those lands are being taken up tors and sightseers from alI parts of • and worked by settlers from all parts the world. - 1 of Australia and from Europe. , Next to New South. Wales, Western In another 10 years, at the present Australia is the oldest settlement in • rate of agricultural progress, West .Australia. It has about a third of the ern Australia should be, the leading area of the Commonwealth and is agricultural country of the British about a quarter of the size of the Empire It extends about 2000 miles United States. For about 60 years it from north to south and about -1000 was managed, or mismanaged, from' miles from east to west, and In that Downing Street, London, and it slum- area it has almost every known variety bered in consequence. Then it secur ! of climate; soil, minerals and surface ed the control of its own affairs, sub -1 conditions, So far it has rapctically jest . only to the almost nominal veto given its land away to settlers; the of a Governor apointed by the au i rices asked by the Government for tbcent es in England, and almost virgin territory ranging from 5s. to simultaneously some rich gold dis- 17s. 6d. an acre for freehold. townies, were made within its borders. 7t boomed for a while, and then as the mining communities settled down it the wheat belt and is dotted over with farms and towns. For long its Films and Public Policy seemed destined to sink into the New York Times,—(The film "Dawn" eiough in which it bad wallowed for has finally been approved by the more than half a century, .American authorities). International Fortutvately .someone discovered relations are more easily disturbed teat its seemingly useless lands were than careless people think. An offen- useful for agriculture, when treats by methods differing entirely from those employed in older farming coun- tries, and after that it started to forge !church ecissaries have spent months ahead on a flan basis. Twenty years I In trying to build up. It is largely ago it did not produce enough wheat 1 from this point of view- that the dis- to feed its own people. Now it is the 'play of "Dawn" seems to many to be biggest wheat -producing state - in unwise and harmful. sive sign or cinema may undo in a week what diplomats and bankers and travelers and exchange scholars and 0.111 TO Fat IN 'FLORIDA Scene on Beads at iV iatni, Florida, in February. the dead, on hills and in ravines. Austrians and Allies trample the wounded under foot, kill each other and fall upon their bleeding comrades. Drunk or mad with blood, the butch- ery . goes on. On the field` of slaugh- ter dashes the wild cavalry charge, the horses' iron hoofs beating down the wretched men. Back and forth the conflict rages. Villages are taken and retaken—every house, every farm, the scene of `battle -and of Boardman. Higher. Education Boston Transcript,—American col- leges are exercising a much increased selectivity in the admission of. appli- cants. The question whether a given candidate does or does not seem like- ly to turn four years of higher educa- tion to useful account, is being much more closely examined than ever be- fore. And in making the choice many factors are taken into account of a sortt not easily capable of exact mea- surement, but which in sum may indi- cate the promise, or lack of promise, of the candidate's whole personality. "Someone told my Pat that he could get his trousers pressed by allowing a steam -roller to run over them," said Bridget, weepingly. "Well, what of it?" "Pat forgot to take the trousers off.' Evans of the "Broke" Intrepid captain has been promoted to flag rank, and at the age of 47 be- comes the youngest rear-adutimral in the British navy. Rufus R bbit and the Hyacinths Rufus Rabbit lived with his mother and four little brothers and sisters in a very fashionable neighborhood. But neither Rufus nor any of the fancily was a bit set up about it; because they had no Idea what a fashionable place it was. Once, as they all went hopping through the great iron gateway, Rufus. asked his mother about the beautiful Letters on the arch above. "Lakeside Country Club" the shining words looked very pretty to him. But his mother never having been to school, and the rest of them ninon too young even for kindergarten, they were not able to figure it out. So they thought no more about the matter, and al- though the sign plainly said, "For members only," they went in and out whenever they wished, Outside the Gate. Mrs, Rabbit had told them all never to go out the big gate without her., But she would have been quite sur- prised if she had known how often Rufus had been outside and all up and down the quiet road when she thought he was°'over by the green hedge. There were some very nice things to, eat in that quiet road and Rufus wase always hungry. But one morning, nibbling, nibbling away busily, he did not hear the big car coning down the road until it was 'close beside him. Their he took to his heels in a, hurry! The gate was too far away, but there in^the wall right in front of him wag a hole, just large enough for hint to hop through nicely. You may be sure he hopped through!. Safely on tiie other side, he looked about; then a smile spread over his face. As far as he could see, rows and 'rows of green things were peep- ing above the ground. They looked se fresh and tender that his mouth twitched just at, sight of them. Rufus was late 'home that day. In ' fast; Rufgs was late home for a good many. days. And though he atte lose than any of his family "he was very Pat and sleek, '%Vhen his another Ash - ed trim why he did not eat snore Rufus saki he was not hungry ---which was quite true! one evening Rufus was so very late and as she stopped to peer up and down the quiet road, suddenly, from close by, carte a great disturbance. Someone was throwing stones, and shouting in the crassest sort of voice, "Get out of here! Get out, you little scoundrel! I'll teach you to eat my hyacinths!" Rufus Learns a Lesson. Then out through the hole in the wall beyend, peIl-mell, came Rufus. Mrs. Rabbit understood at once what he had been doing, and she knew now why he had been late so many days. Rufus was led hone in tears, "A well-behaved rabbit does not eat hyacinths,' his mother told hint stern- ly, although her own mouth watered at thought of the tender, green buds. For long ago, just once, she had done exactly such a thing as Rufus bad done to -day. The remembrance of it made her voice softer as she gathered then. all about her with Rufus close beside her knee. "One and all, listen and remember," she said, "Well-behaved rabbits do not eat hyacinths. A bit of lettuce, here and there, is all right. A few leaves, perhaps; front the pea vines and beans, if feu find any. No gar- dener would object to that. I think, ifayou are careful and not too greedy. But not hyacinths! Flowers are not to be eaten!" Rufus went back, some days later, to the hole in the wall, merely to peep through, But it was stuffed with .straw He found another hole, how- ever, a • very small one, and he squeezed through just to see if fie could do R. Trow astonished he was at what he found inside. Rows and rows of bloom, pink and white and lavender and yellow! They were so lovely that Rutile went hopping, hopping about among them in great delight, Suuddeiily, before he was half ready to go, someone was, shouting "Get out of Here! Got out! He had to be 'Very nimble indeed, did Rufus, but he got outsldo safely. Thele he smoothed his ruffled fur acid set off leotue with great dignity, say- ing to himself, "That man is very "Which WayNow?" "SHOW GS THE WAY TO GO HOME" These two little cub bears find the Mount Babson sign post in Brittsh Colurmbia a oomfo,rbable perch and hos looking at it they may discover where mamma ins. Smoke -Belching Chimneys to Cease Pouring Soot on North English Town Hull, Eng.—The Corporation of Hull has begun a drastic practical experi- ment to make it a "smokeless town" in conection with the housing scheme on a large new estate in East Hull, where 2600 houses have been erected or planned. Despite the Englishman's love of a blazing grate with its volumes of black smoke belching from every do- mestic chimney and shutting out the sunlight in the open, the Hull authori- ties are building these new houses minus raw coal burning appliances and substituting for them cooking and heating facilities, stoves burning solid smokeless fuel such as coke and anthracite atmosphere but greatly reduces do - mastic Tabor and accomplishes cook- ing and heating with a third of the fuel required by bituminous ranges with open fires. Aerial photographs, in confirmation of the claims of the national smoke abatement conference, reveal the marked contrast between the clear at- mospheric conditions over the East Hull estate and the surrounding dis- tricts. Hull, notwithstanding its many factories and its shipping, is steadily improving In smoke abatement. The total solids In tons per square mile deposited is seven tons in the past year. Figures show that Burnley leads with 893 tons. Newcastle is The system is said not only to aid next with 876, London 479, and Hull internal cleanliness and a smoke-free 437. that his mother set out to find hire. much mistaken. 'Cell -behaved rabbits She even Went so far as the big gate, 0 0 0 Financial Men Samoans Unlikely Form New Combine To Cause Trouble Sir Alfred Mond to Head Big Natives Take Little Interest in Department of Ad- ministrator International Or- ganization London—Sir Alfred Mond, head of the Imperial Chemical Inrlustries, an- nounces the formation of a big com- bine of financial interests in Engiaud and the United States. A new com- pany to be called the Finance Com ' Zealand. Officials predicted that the pony of Great Britain and. America s%tutaion would remain quiet until the has been formed by the Special Oltenia new Administrator, Col. Allen, arrives. cal Industries Ltd., and a number of leading industrials and financiers' of 1` Col. Alien is not expected here un - America, with a capital of $10,200,200. 111 early in May and in tile, meantime The ordinary shares will be held in Col. H'utchin. is acting as Administra- equal proportion by the imperial tor. Chemical Industries and the Chase The "Mau," organiation of natives Security Corporation of New York. : that :has been on the verge of insur- Sir Alfred Mond will be chairman rection because of alleged high taxes of the new company. He said the imposed by New Zealand, wlhich. gov- Uuited States committee would prob- erns the .islands by a League of Na - ably be unique in the history of tions mandate, made on public demon financial corporation as it includes stration over the departure of Ae- tna most important leaders of finance minis,tra.tor Richardson,' and industry in the United States. Local officials. of the New Zealand The inception of the corporation, he added, had been a necessity, felt for some time by leading men of business in both countries, for closer Apia, British Sanaa--Natives of British Samoa took but little interest in the quiet departure of the retir- ing Administrator, Sir George Rich- ardson, who sailed recently for New Government stated that they expect the situation to remain quiet and the Man to make no further overtures to- ward repeal of the tax ordinance un - and more intimate co-operation in the til the arrival of Col. Allen. world of industry and - commerce in --_ - America and Great Britain. If an ostrich can run at sixty miles "I 'ear Bill's been run in ter takin' an hour, figuratively it is flying. This a few photos at Belhani," "Well, I recalls the Indian's ' description of a never! And they calls this a free frog: What a queer bird a frog are; country." ''Yns- 'E forgot to take the when he stand he sit --almost; when silver frames off of 'em!" he run he fly --almost. Women Watch Your Jobs i•" SOON THERM. WILL BE NO NtCESSI`i Y FOR MOTHERS The r t,edical health authorities of Old London instructing fatter how it mi7rd t'he babiv. Dolls, need to dernnonstrate to daddy how, the baby shout be taken care of. London tnothe'rs aunt be allowed out at 'lights.