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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-09-20, Page 7"Doom t porarily uninhabitable, and there is no London's Doom doubt that this menace can be met by the organization ot: chemical units From the Air most formidable competitors, the aero - rose fi equipped with neutralizing apparatus." Necessity of Superior British Aviation in AustraliaAir Force Pointed Out Sydney Bulletin: It la a curious by Experts paradox that in Britain, where the London was "wiped out"—theoreti- railways are privately owned, their oaliy—inti a recent attack by the Royal plane and the motor -car, have been Air' Force, which staged' a four-day discouraged by the Go rerninent from mimic invasion and defense test, and entering into competition with them; mbling fire- g1 ting ootilpanies, the question of what is to be learned from such a demonstration of the help- lessness of great cities in the "next whereas Australia, which has a na- tional liability for all its railroads, and is sorry for it, leads the whole l war" raises keen discussion here as Empire in the matter of developing Well as overseas, "High explosives commercial aviation. and gas bombs will be used freely In„... -' the next conflict,” says Brigatdier- Moving of Grain General Groves, secretary of the Brit- ish Air League, and "it will be the in Full Swing aim of each side to terrorize the civilian population, of the other." The London Times and other papers call Wheat Crop Estimated for a bigger, better, and faster air Largest in Canada's force that will°'make an enemy slow History to attack because of the 'danger to nerve centres of its own homeland. Winnipeg—The rush to move what Liberal and Labor organs, however, is estimated as the largest wheat discount the maneuvres as propa- crop in the history of the Canadian Banda. Lloyd George takes occasion west is on in earnest, with. 2,325,759 to declare that "of all the armaments bushels of grain marketed Tuesday that should be cut clown, armament of at various. points. The rush is earlier the air is the mast urgent." than ever before, railway .fffiicials British Army experts agree that the said. capital of the Empire is absolutely at With threshing reported general all the mercy of an air attack launched over the west, .cutting virtually com- from the Continent, because in this pleted in Manitoba, and more rolling sham battle in the air at least half stock and general equipment massed the "enemy" bombers were effective. at strategic points on the Prairies ey made fifty-seven daylight raids, than 'ever before, indications arethat nin of which they completely the whole operations of taking off evaded the defense; they theoretically the crop and marketing it will be laid vital points in ruins, and they completed in record time. made all other sections uninhabitable Cutting is reported to be 75 per by means of gases. Theoreticully. 300 cent, completed in.Saskatchewan and tons of bombs loaded with -gas and fifty per cent. in Alberta, high explosives were dropped in these Interior elevators are swept clean maneuvres, equal, it is said, to all and ready far the pouring in of the that the Germans dropped on England new grain. Stocks in the Lake head during the World War, and it is calcu- terminals have been reduced to 4,531,- lated that an attack from the coast . busbels. would be so swift that destruction Reports of wheat •yields are favor- could avor-could be accomplished before defend- able on the whole and at most points hig airplane squadrons could get out the grading is high. of airdromes into fighting altitudes. Considerable comment in American Winnipeg—Good harvesting weath- papers is condensed in the Baltimore er is reported from the three Prairie Evening Sun's editorial, which says: provinces and threshing is on in full "John Smith, taxpayer, long ago swing, according to the weekly crop learned that whenever military men report issued by the Canadian Bank Stage a sham battle to test the de of Commence. Frosts affected the Tenses of a city, whether the attack crops .slightly in Saskatchewan and be by land, by water, or by air, the Alberta, but on the whole excellent defenses are going to prove made- yields are expected. The report fol- isuate. It is by convincing him that he hleft practically naked to his enemies at John Smith can most -easily be scared into .supporting huge military expenditures. "So we here and now make a gen- eral prophecy: The next time London b the objective of a sham battle, its defenses will prove inadequate again." Nevertheless it is quite generally as- sumd by our editorial writers that, as the Washington Post declares, the re- sults of the sham bombardment of 'London were ominous and "vindicated the conetntion of experts that that city—and presumably any other—will in, future be utterly defenseless against this node of warfare." The progress in aviation leads naturally to the con- clusion that Loudon is not the only •'peculiarly vulnerable" city, according to the South Bend Tribune: "Citizens of the United States have seen their traditional natural safe- guards, the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, spanned by planes. The cruis-. ing power of airplanes is increasing rapidly, and the theory held only a few years ago that planes would, be important unless they had warships accompanying them to serve as fuel and supply stations is less forcible. "The lessons to be learned from the. British Royal Air maneuvers are valu- able to all governments. The balance of power may rest within a generation with the nations that take a rational view of aviation." The Chicago Tribune, which admits that the airplane and airplane bomb have been considerably improved since _the armistice, sees no reason to be- lieve that these offensive wapons will not b successfully countered by im- proved defensive methods. In eche World War bombing never "proved a serious menace to the Allied. cause or, fpr that matter, to the German, although all the important railroad centres in western Germany were sub- jected to repeated attacks from the air." Furth'', we read, "Ono reason for the failure to cause permanent damage is the inability of the airplane, moving at high speed, to hit a mark;• as most bombing is done at night the difficulty of striking the target is considerably augmented. A ;more fundamental reason for failure over cities lies in the nature of the target itself. ,A great city is a collec- tion of a vast number of buildings. A bomb which penetrates the roof of one will 'epiode within four firmly built walls, It may do much damage in the building it strikes, but the damage will be strictly limited to that small area. titles .built of wood might be considerably more vulnerable from the air than the masonrycities of western Europe, but modern American build - lugs. of 'steel and reinforced concrete are far better able to resist bombing thap the older masonry types. 'The possibilities of destroying a civilion population in a rain of gas are easily exaggerated. The amount of gas required to maintain a lethal concer:tretion in an area as vast as that of a modern city is so far greater than rasa be crried by a fleet of air - planer that the possibility of dispos- ing of 7t civilian populatfortv these moans ban .h" cenriderod 'fanciful, The v'nt, t'ta<,t ,as bombs 'can aocom^ WW1 Uc1 4o."to .: ander it llntite'i a e:a tem - as lows: Manitoba—Harvesting is well ad- covert' for as long as 1913 the efficacy vanced throughout the province. Cut of radium was disussed but the treat - ting is about 90 to 95 per cent. com- went achieved in those early days pleted and threshing operations are days was much less than hopeful, general. The weather is ideal. The which in consequence discounted it wheat crop promises to be a satin- to same extent.out by the Minister of Health. factory one although in some small "New claims now being made are "No swim marathon should be Will Later Go to Havana and areas which suffered from excessive based on modern methging radium sing radium and bringing radium into longer than -10 miles, for men and six Will Make a Brief Stay. moisture in July, the yields are a lit for warren," he said. "Fifteen miles tle below expectations. Coarse grains contact with the cancer cell What turning t well with the possible is called 'Surgery of Access" is as im is All Ready to P*otetrtLondon ANTI-AIRCRAFT' GUNS REPELLING THE RAIDERS How an air raid is conducted and how antiaircraft guns come to rescuse was demonstrated by a great mimic war at London. th e Long Distance Praises Radium �.gineer Tells of PremierFerguson Arctic Conditions Commends Frefich Major Burwash Sends Mes- Writes Letter of Appreciation sage to Ottawa Froin Far North Native Population and Wild Animal Life to be - Studied of' Course 'for Ontario Teachers Ay THANKS TO QUEBEC Quebec—Premier Ferguson of Orr tarlo, greatly appreciates the' French courses for Ontario teareare conduct- Ottawa—Valuable information :eon- ed in the Province of Quebeo eaell cerning the native population of Can- Summer, and isi particularly interest- ada's Arctic coast between the mouth ed in the medals presented to the of the lViackenzie. River and Hudson teachers this year, so much so that Bay :and wild life conditions was ob.' he has written the following letter taiaed by Major L T, Burwasl , ex -1 to Premier Taschereau, voicing his pioratory engineer' of the North West appreciation. Territories and Yukon branch of the 1 "On, my return there was shown to Department of the Interior during his me the medals which the authorities trip by auxiliary sebooner to the re-; of your •province so generously pre- gion around l ootlzia Peninsula. Ward seated to the Ontario. teachers who of, the successful completion of the took the Summer course in French 1,009rmile voyage was contained in 'a ' at Quebec this year. wireless dispatch received at Ottawa I "It is needless to assure you .how from the Hudson's Bay Company's much my department and myself ap- steamer, Baymaud, while calling at preciate this token of appreciation Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island, Land encouragement. Will you kindly Major Burwash left Ottawa in June convey to His Honor the Lietutenant- for Edmonton en route to Aklavik in' Governor, my thanks for the. medal the Mackenzie River delta. At that iaestowed in his name; to your Mini - point he took over the Department's ster of Education,. Hon. kr. David; to motor s,chooner, Ptarmigan, a 40- the superintendent, Dr. Delage and foot craft which had been brought all the officials of the Department of down to that point from Great Slave Public nlstruction, and other persons Lake. About August 1, he began his for the ` courtesies and attention trip eastward along the coast, inspect- shown to those who attended this ing native settlements and visiting' valuable course of instruction. Let trading posts and Royal Canadian me thank you personally, as head of Mounted Police detachments. 1 the Government, for your friendli- On August 31, he arrived at the ness in this, as in all other good trading post and police detachment of causes, of ;common concern." Cambridge Bay en the southeast! The Prime Minister of Quebec is coast M' victoria Island. Replenishing also in receipt of a copy of a letter e teach rs to Premier Ferguson in connec- be Prohibited toria Strait to the west coast of , tion with the course. This letter, Times Editorial Refers to In- Boothia Peninsula where he will es-; sent from the Jesus -Marie convent at creasing Efficacy of Treatment As Cancer Cure ' Swims Should his supplies at this point, he con of thanks sent b� the Ontario °� tinued the next day up through Vic.! e Modern Methods Much More Hopeful Th F' Members of the Ontario Government Twelve -- tablish his winter camp in. the vicinity Sillery last month, and signed by .tMiles Suggested as of the magnetic pole. This winter eight of the teachers, reads: Limited for Future Races he will travel south by dog team, Thanks and Appreciation making investigations around King: "At the close of the second Sum - William Island and a survey of the mer cshooi in French held in Quebeo, proposed tractor route from Cask- we, the Ontario teachers in attend - an ormer strongly disapprove swimmnig "mars- burn Bay to Wager Bay. I erase, wish to express to you our. • Experiments tlions" of the dimensions attempted In May, Major Burwash expects to ; thanks and appreciation. London—An editorial in the Times here on Wednesday, on the ground proceed northward on board the! "To us and our pupils, French is captioned "Radium and Cancer," re- that beyond a certain distance the Ptarmigan through Franklin Strait no longer merely a subject in a text fers to recent statements' on the in- contest can no longer be classed as and Peel Sound and then eastward up , book, but a living language of the Dos creasing efficacy of radium treatment' sport, but an endurance test which Lancaster Sound to the post at Dun-, minion of Canada Those of us who and continues: "Radium if properly imperils the health and even the lives urian Harbor, (Devon Island. Major attended last year can speak with as - according of those participating. Premier Far- Burwash hopes to complete his work I surance of the actual classroom value uaoetl can ce counteli ut�vu, to well-informed opinion, to kill the guson is inclined to consider that 12 1 cancer cells. It is not a new dis- miles, involving about five hours in the water, is the maximum which ought to be attempted, and Hon: Forbes Godfrey declares "they have got to shorten these races." There is great danger of swimmers being injured for life, it is pointed and return to Ottawa in the fall of of this course. 1929. "At Sillery, one of the finest col leges in the province, we are living in • a obanning an dthoroughly French at- mosphere. In the dining -room, in the dormitories and in the garden, as In Bermuda well as the classroom, capable French teachers from the city of Quebec:, are always ready to assist us in acquir- ing the French language in its purity and perfection. "It is our sincere hope this course, Which you have instituted and put in Sir Austin s There far too much of an endurance test, are urn ng ou wtoo exhaustive, and proves nothing. I exception of barley in isolated dis- Portent as prover preparation of the do not want the youth of the province iridis where the Yields are somewhat needles of which the abject, briefly, to take such sport as an example of below average. arves e H t h 1p is plentf is to surround the cancer with points fol. 1 of radium so tlta, every part will re- Saskat,chewan — Good harvesting ceive a lethal dose, an operation de - conditions have prevailed throughout mending a very high degree of skill the week. Cutting of wheat bas pro -1 on the part of the surgeon who must deeded without ir.Serruption and it is know where to place the tiny bat - expected that the bulk of it will be I teries so that the cross-fire framhem done within the next few days, The 1,wve. He must know most chow to rearah the areas where batteries are to be placed and also the power of the needles and nights have been cold and further frosts have occurred at many points. Estimates 'of the amount of frost,I �the period for which they ought to damage, however, vary widely. Itbe employed. would seem to be undoubted that the ,Unhappily, this knowledge is not late wheat and coarse grains genes- the" only requisite this for, ege without ret ally have been quite seriously affect -1 dium, nothing can be a000rn'ttished per It is estimated th. that about 15 ' and the medium is lacking in suffici- cent. of the crop has suffered. Very few points estimate that oats ent quantities to meet existing needs will produce better than a feed crap. i while the study of cancer is hindered Little tbreshing,has been done so far,! by the same want, Radium, it hap - but. operations are expected to begin pens is nearly everlasting sc that 'a within a few days. Labor appears donation of radium is a gift of which to be sufficient at all points. I only the interest can be spent while 1 Alberta—Weather excellent for! the capital remains intact for many harvesting and probably 40 per cent. 1 centuries and will go on saving lives has been cut. Moderate frosts report- year after year and ventury after ed at scattered points and later, century." crops may suffer by lowered grades ; --es-- and lessened yields. With-continu-' ed good weather cutting will be com- 1 Alfred—"In New York a man is run over by a motor car every 20 min- ute's." Albert -"Poor fellow!" pleted and threshing general in ten days. Man Says He Was Rescued by Bruin Havana, Cuba.—Sir Austen Cham- berloiin, Great Britain's secretary of the competent hands c3 Mr. Jeanneret foreign relations, whose impaired of the University of Toronto, will him to embark on an continue and become more widely the proper kind of athletics to Un- known .neaixn caused known among the of French prove their physical condition. I have ocean voyage, is scheduled to arrive in the Province t h of teacherse known more than one great swimmer : at Hamilton, Bermuda, on Sept. 12, of other years whose heart has 'blown I and here Sept. 16, aboard the Ormoca, out' at 50 years of age." according to an official cable received at the British consulate here. • Samoan Home Rulers Decide on Boycott Brass and copper products produced in Canada in 1927 were valued at $24,- 54,657. This is the highest value ever recorded for the Canadian industry. Panama and thence to San Francisco It is expected that Sid Austen, Lady Chamberlain and two children will make a stay in Havana for only the duration of the ship's stay, going to -- p --- To handle Western Canada's crop this year the Canadian railways have despatched to key points on the prai- ries 80,000 box cars and 1,913 locomo- tives. - aboard the steamer President Adams. Also Demand Substitution of Native Missionaries for White V,Tellington, N.Z.—According to a despatch from Samoa, the Samoan nee tive home rule league at a recent meeting decided to ignore. the report of th League of Nations mandate com- mission and reinstitute a boycott on shops. There would be no picketing, however, it was decided. The meeting aleb demanded that the London Missionary Society with draw all white missionaries and sub- stitute natives, failing which the league would establish a "Pan. - Samoan." church. The league, or "Mau," as it is term- ed, has been extremely active for the past week and several disturbances have occurred. Agitation by natives of Samoa, largely sponsored by the native home rule league, was considered by the League's mandates commission last Jane, and the commission decided that most of the blame should be at- tached to C. F. Nelson, known as the "uncrowned living of Samoa," for the activities among the natives. The commission also suggested that great- er firmness in future was necessary on the part of the mandatory adminis- tration under the New Zealand Gov. ernmerit. The "Mau" has made general com• plaint against the administration o1 native affairs, acid whites in the is. lands complained of the prohobition of liquor and of extravagance in ad, ministration. .• Visits at California and another at Vancouver are planned prior to em- barking at Montreal for the return to London, it was made known at the British consulate. In Memory of Arctic Hero Algoma Traper Relates Queer Experience in Wilderness ' Sault Ste. Marie, nt.---A graphio tale of how an Algoma bear saved his life from the hollow interior of a huge Pine stump is related by Skeffington E. Thomson, Algoma trapper, woods- man and prospector, who has just re- turned to the Soo from his camp in the Goulais Bay wilderness, avowing eternal friendship to the entire bruin family. "Miles from camp," said Thomson, I was trapped by 'a pack Of timber wolves and sought refuge at the top of an old weather-beaten pine stump 15 feet high and about three feet thz•oegh, with a hollow interior. Dark- ness wee coning on, and I was dead tired and soon foil asleep. "Morning `came and 1 heard a scratching on the outside of the stump. The hole at the top darkened and some living thing—I semi dfscow erect it was a bear -awes backing down the hole. I whipped out my knife, and when old bruin cane within striking distance 1 jobbed him in the fiazrk, acid grabbed hold of his fur. "With a cry of pain the bear shot upwards. In a twinkling -1 was drawn to safety." DUST OP AMUNDiI1N — '1'hc' work of Minn Ilaakon French, Norwegian ' l i rpt a. Lang Beach, Calif. ,n0„D,atri N Viv",:G • iuiveilecl ni the 7'Hcific roathweet Exposition, Emptier Potato Crop Charlottetown, P.E.L.—A bumper no. tato crop throughout Prince Edward island and- the other Maritime Prov- inces of Canada seems assu.•id. Pota- toes are ,one of the chief farm prod- ucts of this part of the country. They are of excellent quality and are mar- keted as far south as Cuba. The potato crop of Prince Edward island has in recent years been aver- aging about 4,000,000 cwt., Nova Scotia averages over 3,000,000 cwt. and New Bruuswtck over 6,000.0” I_swt.