Zurich Herald, 1928-09-13, Page 2• - -.^ + • -
The Greatest Day of the War *
August 8th, 19 1 8—When Victory Dawned!,
By MAJOR A. CORBETT-SMITH Haig threw his Fourth Army under
. (Author of "The Retreat from Rawlhison against Prince Rupprecht
r Mons," etc, thirteen infantry divisions and throe
of cavalry against twenty Germaa
"August 8th, 1918, was the black
ay of the Gernaan Army n the
divisions. Feerr hundred and twenty-
di
one British. tanke swept orward;
tory of this War." 1,966 British pens, field and "heavies",
1i that clean-cut sentence of his
emories General Ludendorff set supported the attack over a front of
etet
20,000 yards upon the Albert--1Viorettil
'town his realization of Germany's im- line. Upon our right eight French
igendin.g doom. For a little w the
I, divisions—roughly 14,000 men—fte -
;vend might be staved off. There was lowed into action.
•
till a gambler's chance of holding to The surprise of the enemy was com-
•f ()stifled lines throughout the winter, 1p ete. So swift was the British at-
bf rebuilding behind them against the
jolloeving spring. But in his heart of
i hearts Ludendorff knew that it was
the beginning of the end.
A War-WearY World
It was a day upon whic&1 the eyes of
all'the leaders upon bath sides were
tack, so utterly unexpected, tha
tanks went clean through the enemy
lines and captured here a regimental
officers' mess at breakfast, there the
complete staff of a divisional H.Q.
Mutiny In German Ranks
Behind pressed the infantry—Eng-
Opened It was the day When Marshal lish and Scots, Canadians and Aus-
Foch also saw clearly. The whole of tralians. They crashed into the vil-
the mighty German allied structure lages behind the enemy lines, seizing
began to crack. Five days later the enemy troops as they tumbled, sleepy-
tt,aiser had given instructions for eyed, from their billets. Through the
teasce negotiations to be opened, i
-t • village into the harvest fields beyond,
Possible through the Queen of the Germans dropped their sickles to
. Netherlands. mount machine-guns above the up -
How did the two sides stand on •standing grain.
the eve of that momentous day •
The whole world was war -weary. The
British peoples, desperately driven by
"We were completely overwhelm-
ed," Ludendorff lies said. "Six GT The
seven battle -worthy divisions wer
the submarine menace and the completely broken."
()Id Sulky Face
Meets
a Scot
Sunday .Shool
Lesson
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;•,,‹ September 16. •Lesson X I I ,—Patil
Writes to His Friend's in Corinth,
—1 Cor. •1: 10-13: 6-11; 21-23.
Golden Text---13eholcl, how good and
how pleasant It Is for breathren to
dwell together in unityl—F'salm
133: 1.
ANALYSIS
1. THIS DANGER OF DIVISION, 1 :10-i 3.
H. UNITY WITH VARIETY, 3:5-11,
111. TIIE HERITAGE OF CHRISTIANS,
21-23.
INritODUertoN—Thhs letter is one of
the our great evangelical Epe.otles of
Paul and wale written during the .vi•a't
of the apeetle to El:keens A.1)..53.
It was caused by the see...etas faults
Ian d abosere whioh had broken out
amotee th converts at Corinth.
1. TUE DANGER OF DIVISIONS, 1:10-13.
V. 10. One of the uni.e.voralele (pale
ities of the Greek character was ine
abillity to work together With oft/he/is.
Each Groak city considered only its
own i.naetreet and was unable to join
with other cities, even. in times when
threatened by a common foe, These
same tendencies reappear in the
church.
V. 11. It was sone member of the
houeehold of hloe who lead informed
Paul of the sad outbreak a quarreling
manner. in corinith.
V. 12. Four diettinot parties eeelsted
among these 'people, each of them
Balsam Beds Are . pealing to eosin great Irian aS theia.
"NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?"
little fellow seems to be in a scrappy mood, knit the bell pup looks down on him in a condescending
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asters of the previous March (11alg's British cavalry actually advanced
"back to the wall" e g
ssa-e)' had twenty-three miles and captured roll-. IlLoarming Industry
swung their temper into a grim, ing stock far behind the lin.es. Trench . • •
teeth -set resolution. They stood at warfare was broken at last. in Great main to
their most dangerous—for an enemy.
Locked In Stalemate
But the opposing forces were lock -
But, mast ominous of all for Ger-
many, -came now the first open signs
of insubordination and mutiny. Re-
ed in stalemate. Neither side was tiring German troops, meeting a
able to move towards a decision. Yet, fresh division going gallantly into 50 -
or tion, shouted out upon them: "Black-
fBritain, there were gleams of
light. The enemy submarines were legs!. and "You're prolonging the
how being swiftly and surely hunt- war:" Phrases like that. Not only
ad down. America was be"glnill" the men, but the officers also. Little
to pull her weight. wonder that Ludendorff, looking
In Germany, the people had now be- about him and taking stolck, found
tun. definitely to lose faith in the
that thenceforward leadership must
teiterated promises of their leaders.' prove no more than an "irresponsible
there was sullen suspicion. In the game a chance," and that "the war
111'
Be Developed
A Gearless Auto
leader.•Some cilaimeti te'lea,ve Paul as
their guide. The next clique pretends
A w transmissicu for autorno- Best Outdoors
istsed Alexendrean fabler famialar
ed to :follow* Apealos, who was a poa-
biles that eliminates shifting of gears with the teachings of Greek phil-
e and automatically changes speeds Balsam beds are often made on the osophy said wtho
tied, with a
England Hopes to Reduce Im- tomotive Engineers in Quebec, recent-
;
was described to the Society of Au- fiat ground by merely thrusting the
butt -ends of the twigs into the ground, wonderful gift of eloquence. The third
party chase as the& champion Clephas
por 1 P _ bed. This is . of course the correct have claimed that they alone were
The fourth party some to
ts Increase Em loy. 117, by its inventor, D. Sensaud de sloping them toward the head of the or Peber.
Lavaud, a Freuch engineer, Automo
, t to use but' unless there are true th the gospel and they said that
ment, Says Sir Edgar
Jones in place, nine o e
vinced M. de Lavaucl that his device
biles run on the streets of Pailsette .
New York.-0-reat, :Britain, which balsam -tip bed is lost. My own Sys-: V. 13. We meet not conclude that
to $150,000,00 worth of canned foods
_ be applied commereialli; to motor. tem of doing this, and which I have the differences hi these p•artaes extend -
never seen carried out, is to place two ed to.those whose names they adoptedt
has been importing from $125,000,000 is not only sound technically but can
vebieles. Development of the trans -There was no such dive:ion between
each year, will begin this summer . • • logs lengthwise, spaced three or four
mission bas required seven years. Pau a -d Appollos and Peber, who
building up a canning industry to sup- , ,. • feet apart, whichever distance is de- - - 1
Says Science Service s Daily Science worked together In harmony. This
ft h 1 in lace th ' di' ation
with 043 new transmission ha.v !con- side -Pieces or logs to hold the twigs !all other partew act net pose:lasts the
real grace of God.
Also there was continued serious and The Avengers Unleashed Edgar R.
Sir Jones, chairman of the .Ne,e,*s Bulletin" (Washington): . . act ea.
Near East things were going badly. must be ended." ply its home market, according to s ie ,
Complicated trouble witile Russia and — .
etaig, for his part, reported the. National Food a Canning Council, who 1 ea Because with ordinary gear -shift with pegs or stakes driven into the with -which Paul denounces thee sad
the new Bolshevist regime-. But Ger-,
capture of 13,000 prisoners, 300 to arrived here recently., i •
rs, the driver never operates con- ground on the outside of them. End disorders. He knew perfectly well that
teeny still clung feverishly to the 400 guns, and vast quantities of am -1 He said that the yield of 1,000 acres , tammuely at the most efficient rela- pieces can also be arranged in this such perty spirit wonal prove to be
manner and the space inside of the the death blow he all Chr'estiian life
1
Iteope of peace by the winter—her , munition and stores of every descrip- ' of peas would be canned in England tion between speed of engine and
logs can then be filled with balsara and progrees. Christianity is dam-
teaoe. ! tion. this summer and, from this compare- wheels, Mr. tiion will in-
de Lavaud claimed that
tips thrust into the ground. There tkally a untltiye Party strife Glance at at the Western Front; In such fashion, then appeared the tively small starcreasthe average speed psible
t, sponsors ot the being an outside resistance, the twelects th teacho of
igs • g Jmum
s
the automatic ransmss
through the eyes of Marshal Foch, and ' dawn of final victory: Much stern movement believe an induetry will be •
, e .os
will have no tendency to push wary ,i1. UNITY WITH VARIETY, 3:5-11:
'tou will see how he and Marshal Haig fighting was yet to follow, But the developed in the British Isles that will . an
i d effect a fuel saving of more than
to the sides and the full spring of the i V. 5. Paul's remedy for thee fee -
built the victory of September, 1918.!
!avengers were now unleashed and in produce, within a few • t 1 '
, yea', s, a east i 90 per cent. in general and some 40
twigs is thus preserved within the.
. tons tendency is to show how a.11 tra-
-• Allied attacks had always ended in. ! mighty bounds they leaped forward. one-third of the amount of caturPer cent. in the dense traffic areas of
'•
man workmen are mere instruments
one way—"wearied troops were met i Once the first cracks in the German foods now imported. He describes the 1 cities. A long transmission shaft is
tried this system before, you will be me amemee all eheemee God, is 1ilce
in thft hande of God who orierinatee
arranged area. It you. have never
by fresh enemy reserves." The at -1
[stronghold appeared the whole vast; move as the first definite attempt to I driven directly from the engine and
,, surprised with the possibilities in it
tack went on hammering at one iron; building swayed over. tottered, and establish '
a vegetable canning Indus- rotates an inclined 'inertia, hub i a husbandman who. has marry differ -
door because it was so difficult to con- I
a.s a sleeping proposition. It*is a hun- tent laborers and who entrusts eterna-
1 crashed to its doom. ltry in England, and said that it would dred per cent. Improvement over the speoial taslc to each of thatte.
i which changes the rotation of the
vey elsewhere the intricate median -1 A hundred books have told the 'not only provide employment eventu- • shaft into reciprocating motion. Con -
old method. Likewise the body being V. Ca Paul's task is that of planting
ery of conamunications, big guns, and ' story of those last days. But, when 1 ally for thousands of workers, but pressed down between the logs
necting the inertia hub with the drive hetes • new Ch•uroltete in different parte of the
all the paraphernalia of modern war. all is said, we come back to the in- I would be a decided contribution to- of tbe rear axle are rods which, by Gentile world,. Apollos canto after and
Into the Open Again ; contestable fact of August Sth. If it ward increasing the domestic food sup- acting 011 roller ratchets, translate the
you from rolling to either side. In
to hold 'the warmth and. will prevent
did the watering or cultivation. Each
"We must get movement into it," were the supreme genius and high' ply. back -and -forth thrust into rotary mo -
other words, you "step put" In the • • - -
is neiceesary. Each party may leave
id Foch."I shall strike at a point. leadership of Foch which conceived He said that the new industry would tion applied by the axles to the _)a. . _ its own specute work, may make its
i • lasam bed that Is arrangea between •
a
own peculiar contribution: but .there
The moment we meet the iron door the plan of victory, it was Douglas
or hitter mitt -
i gradually be increased to include a wheels. The trick of the transmis- logs. ne•ed not be Eurry
I !shall instantly attack at another Pleig, his first lieutenant, together I complete line of vegetables and that sion consists in the variation of the , ...e.
, s
point. I shall keep the enemy for
--- with the plain British soldier in the the fisheries of the British Isles are inclination of the inertia hub with:
ever under surprise. Te will rush ranks, who put that plan into execu- being enlarged so as to supply the do- the engine torque and road resistance, •
Us reserves about to meet these at- tion and brought it to a triumphant mastic market with canned fish. which automatically varies the throw 1
tacks, I shall gradually wear down close. The National Food Canning Council
.4 of the connecting rods, consequently '
those reserves." "Victory," as Mr. John Buchan has was organized in England two years the rotation of the wheels and the
speed of the car. This automatic
For many mantles Foch had had said, "was won less by genius in the
this strategy in mind. But he had to few than by faithfulness in the
wait long -For his ehance. It was the many..
Coming of the "tanks" which at last The humor, humanity, and stead -
gave him the clinch. Here was the fastness of the British sailor and sol- rectly to the difficulties English argri- vai g
needed weapon of mobility. Foch dier represented the true guiding culturists have been experiencing and missio never gear._ transmission are
seized it and broke up the whole sys- spirit of that victory.—"Answers". to the fact that so many industrial listed by M. de Leveed as follows:
tem of trench warfare. He got bat- ----.0--.-- workers in England have been idle, Ordinary dcrwn grades can be negoti-
tle into the open again.
ago. Canning machinery was gear-
chasedpur-
in the United States last year , transmission is combined with a differential and a planetary re -
to equip 10 factories in England. Or -
verse -gear located on the rear axle.
ganization of the council was due hisdi-
automatic trams -
1
while the Britieh Isles have offered a ated, even with full throttle, without
From the middle of July the Allied good market for canned goods pro- noticeably changing the speed of the
Edgar said. eh. engine. It is impossible on level
duced by workers in other lands,
attacks, upon these strategical lines,
began to develop. We were fighting , stretches or on up grades to accele-
once again over the Marne and Aisne •
more sure. In twee and threes enemy Moscow—The prospect of bumper throttle.
Menaces att. ohbiliire eiesibel oentt7o'hltee di) power
eelfy thebvtable
cisive battle of 1914. To Remove Famine
With each day our advance became
holdings were taken. By July 24th grain crops throughout Russia has "Acceleration, particularly to usual
Foch held 25,000 prisoners and 400 postponed for a year at least a lulu- speeds, is much better than with gear
guns from the drive. But the enemy tint,. o' the Soviet Carol problem. transmission. The car coasts freely
was still making a brilliant retreat,
with many a bard and successful
eaunteleattack. D7 August 6th lee
Vas holding the line of the Aisne
that had been held just our years
before. But the initiative now lay
everywhere with the Allies. It was
won that day that Foch was created
A Marshal of Frames.
Thureday, August 8th, dawned in
a thick, raineloaked mist. The most
elaborate precautions had been taken
to deceive the enemy. At 4.20 a.m.,
after a terrific bombardment which Half the secret of being a good
Wiped out the enemy gun emplace- speller is in knowing when to sen-
tinel:tote as though with a great sponge, suit a dictionary.
country, where we had won the de -
rate the engine beeond normal speed
Ru.ssia's Bumper Grain Crops ter the tranemission. Stalled engines ,
STICK 'EM UPI
"I asked a man in Chicago how
far It was to Michigan Boulevard."
"What did he tell you?"
"He said, 'What do you care, this
Is as far as you're going."
Along with publicalion of statistics down -hill."
came a government pronouncement
assuring the farmers that the eavere Ingratitude
communistic measures resorted to
last year, when the cities faced a
bread famine, have been definitely
abandoned. •
Honesty
Honest and courageous people have
very little to say about either their
courage or their honesty. The sun
has no need to boast of his bright-
ness, hor the moon of her effulgence.
The river passed, the saint forgot -
let -n. The hog never looks up to him
that threshes down the acorns, I
t u ht you to swim, and now you'd
drown me. Danger past, God is for-
gotten.
'Fe. -1
MINIksti LL
cisrn.
V. 'T. Th entire power rests tie -
irately with (71:4, who alone can give.
the increase.
V. 8. Pani carries on the image of
labor to the eubiect of reward for
work done; aril shown that difference
in function wiN. not interfere with, the
fit return oarrigig to each of those who
faithfully tiera Via gift.
V. 10. Paul eetngee the sitrailie and
reprel ones the :resell es a building,
whre had the duty of laying the
foundation, tainri itt row rests with
<Athens to sae that the rtp,ht kind of
structure is pawed on th:ls
The following verses give a vivid re -
bare of the different material which
may be aged' for work. Three
of these are periehable, other three
are imporisibriqe and ere long the fire
will cove to trtvt them. Each C0.1`111'.
tht,an l'tstirtant ,-1-0.3 see to it that
•worlc n -ay Etiand the test. Why,
therefore, wante prec:outs time. in this
Partisan conflict? 'let each one build
faithfully We own Fart and leave the
resit to God.
III. THE HERITAGE OF CHRISTIANS,
NO GREATER RISK 21-23.
V. 21. Instead of boa.sting about
Ghe: Don't you think It In an their own leaders and crlitticizrog the
awful risk for a man and a girl to • beadere of the ether
parties,let t
rather remember how gmeat and mani-
fold are the opportunities which await
them.
V. 22. All the good things in this
world are sent by a loving Father en
heavetn. ...411 that life oortiatimis is open
bo them, and even death itself Will not
s. destroy their heritage. Clinist leas
y overcome the power of death. The
freedom and privitlege tht Chris-
tians are arnazinz. Rut all depends
upon accepting Christ.
Get married up in an airplane?
He: Not any more of risk ter
a man than to ba married on this
_ground. -
"How dM you know 'Arthur watt What "common,. sense" tells It
etewed'?" "Ile was having an awful shout the. physical universe is fiat'
prove he wasd drIluTl;c77ow.Aols (11IEtti —Lord Balfour.
contradicted by what science tells ue
fight with
t the tiiner
—Hosea Balton wasn t there a
MIT AND JEFF—Bud Fisher
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