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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-10-11, Page 7Germany Should Have Won Germany Should Have WQn the War—That Opinion Will Probably Surprise You, Coming As It Does Frorn • the Ex -Generalissimo of the Allied Armies By MARSHAL FACH Germany ;could have won the war; general retreat on the whole German not only at the beginning, but in the front, epring of 1918. She could have won A psychological explanation is if her plans, which were very good, given us by the letters of General had been carried out with More abili. Moltke, Chief of the Great Staff, to tY. 1 his wife—letters in which the pessi- , To -day, I still wonder how it was mistic nature and the very advanced possible that Germany, after having sickness of the General are clearlY prepared so long for the war, failed revealed, so lamentably in the execution of her It can consequently be affirmed strategic schemes, that on the Marne the Central Staff I wonder, for instance how it was of our adversaries completely failed; possible that the German General it proved very inferior to its task. staff neglected its right wing. I Ought the Germans to have follow - ,sed the other seheme—that which ad - know that Geneeal Count Schlieffen, who planned the march against vised the defensive on the Western France through Belgiumfront and an overwhelming offensive, unceasingly against Russia? insisted on the decisive part which should have been played by the right, ' A Shorter Line wing, which had to beselge Antwerp ! I have already mentioned that in and to occupy the coast of the British the spring of 1918 the Germans could Channel at least up to Boulogne. still have won. If they had arrived But the right wing, extending from at Amiens the English Army would Belgium to the North of France in have been cut off from the French the shape of a fan, had to be con- Army, and even after the offensive tinually reinforced, and on bis death.- of General Mangin on July 18, 1918, bed Count Schlieffen exclaimed: the position of the Germans was not "Provided that the right wing may be desperate. strong enough." I I confess that, from the military ipoint of view, I do not very well un - Unaccountable Mistake i derstand why, towards the 20th Au - The German General Staff commit- ted the great and unaccountable mise take of weakening the right wing at the most decisive moment in favor of the link wing situated in Alsace•Lor- raine, and in removing from it three divisions to send against the Russians in Eastern Prussia, where the battle between Hindenburg and Rennen- kampf had, however, already been won. The German right wing consequ- ently, remained too weak and too small to extend itself up to the sea. It failed to secure support, aud could thus be turned. That is what happened to the army of Von Kluck when it arrived close to Paris. Some months later the Germans endeavored to repair their error and occupied the coasts, but at Ypres they were defeated. 1 Ypres was the direct consequence gust, General Ludendorff did not re. treat to the line Metz -Meuse -Brussels - Antwerp. My preparations were to attack the "Hindenburg Line," and if the German Army could have retir- ed to the straight, short line men- tioned I should have had to recom- mence everything. This strategic retreat might have prolonged the war by one year—and in critical times many. unexpected things can happeu in the course of a year. On the other hand, I understand that Ludendorff could not persuade himself to order this strategic retreat, but it would have meant the confes- sion of aa evident inferiority and the abandonment of very important war materials which'could not have been easily replaced. I will even go so far as to say that in November, 1918, ' Germanycould have resisted behind the Rhine. If of their initial error. The right wing the German people had had a Gam - was too weak. 1 betta the war would have been pro - Von Kluck's Retreat 1 langed—and who knows? 1 believe that a people which does As to whether the German retreat not want to be vanquished need not in the first battle of the Marne was be. • Of course, in November, 1918, necessary or too hasty, I consider Germany bad no thrther chance of that it was both. From the strategic success, but if her army had resisted point of view (on account of the behind the Rhine many things would faults that I have mentioned) the have been changed. German army Pound itself before I speak, of course, from an entirely for we bad turned its right wing, and t military point ot view. On the oatthaenr. Paris in a rather precarious position; hand, I know that Germany, a gap had formed between the first doned by her Allies and cut off from army (Kluck) and the second army (BuloW). the rest of the world, had not enough Ifood to maintain herself, and that the On the other hand, the Germans German people, who had suffered se - could still have recovered, instead of verely, called loudly for peace, imme- retreating with so much haste. To- diate peace. day, one may clearly see that the in-! There we must let matters remain. telligence service of our opponents These retrospectiv'Q considerations of was very defective, Only thus can history do not serve much purpose, be explained the part played by although they may often be very in - Lieutenant -Colonel Hensch, whose teresting. But what would have hap - pessimistic reports determined the pened if . . .?—Montreal Standard. Onloom1.111•1101•110•11111 Dinner for Five eggs and 1 cupful of BOUT buttermilk • • Beef loaf Creamed onions Baked sweet potatoes Fruit salad Hot Rolls Devil's food cake Ice cream in which 1 teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved, and 3 cupful of water. Sift together three times: 2 cupfuls of sifted flour, 2 tablespoonfuls of cocoa and 1 teaspoonful of baking powder. Dredge 1 cupful of raisins with part of the flour. Stir the liquid mixture slowly into the rest of the flour, add the raisins, 1 teaspoonful Beef Loaf -ot vanilla and last, the stiffly beaten whites of the 2 eggs. Bake M a ' Put through. the food -chopper 2 moderate oven about 25 minutes if hi pounds of fresh pork, and 1 slice of layers; 45 minutes if in a loaf. onion. Add 1 cupful of bread crumbs An icing especially good with this and a well -beaten egg, also a dash of 1 cake is made by peeling and crushing pepper and 1 teaspoonful of salt. Mix 'a ripe peach and mixing with it about well together and form into a loaf. 1 cupful of sifted powdered sugar, or Lay on a greased baking dish and sufficient to make the frosting spread bake in a hot oven. Leave uncovered the first 10 minutes, or until the loaf is well' To Save Time , • nicelyseared, to keep the Juices in. Simmer together for 10 minutes, I. Prepare in the morning the beef quart of canned tomatoes, ei of a ba l loaf and the sauce to be used ,with leafeet bruised sprig of parsley, 1 table- it, and leave them in the refrigerator. spoonful of minced sweet pepper and Potatoes may also be made ready for baking end the onions cooked. Make a stalk of celery cut into small pieees. Strain and pour the liquid over thee the cake and the salad dreesing, loaf, then reduce the heat and bake in Au hour and a quarter before serv- ing time, start baking the meat loaf. a moderate oven„ basting frequently Half an hour later put the potatoes until the mea is done. Tothe liquor in the oven 'and put the salad together, in thd pan add enough water to make Set the latter M the refrigerator/ to 1 cupful. It gravy is desired, and remain until the last thing before thicken with flour paste as mind. serving the meal. Set the table and Fruit Salad order the ice cream. Fifteen minutes • Cut into dice: 2 bananas, 3 sliees befbre serving time put the rolls into of pineapple and the pulp from 2 the oven to reheat, With the opening eranges; add lecupful of grapes halved of the bag, twisted to retain the moist , .and seeded-, a, dozen each of dates and ere he rdlls Will taste as if -freehlY marshmallows cut •into small pieces, baked. Cream the onions and set and lie of tr' cupful, of blenched. ale ' then' on tap of the oven to keep - hot monde. e Whip in enough fruit salad when meat and potatoes are done, the dressitig to give the salad the- right diluter is ready to be served. consistency and serve ice cold on let- • uce leaves or in apple cups. Fruit Salad Dressing taxis and Telephones Beat the yolks bf two eggs and add A girl from a little village in slowly the juice frota 2 lenions, then mote country' district took a situation 1/2 of a cupful of maple syrup. Mix as a housemaid in a big city. In her together well: 1 teaspoonful each of first letter home she Wrote; cornstarch and sugar, and a pinch "There are many wonderful things of salt Pour the liquid slowly into here, Mother, None of the cabs has the dry ingredients, Stirring slowly Itorees, and often 1 lave seen the lady all the while, and eook over boiling of the house talking to herself Water mail the mixture is thielt though a candlestick in the hall," When, the drossing Is cold, add 1 cup. fu l of whipped create. Differences of culture do not neces. Mnnack Tvenrohy Bringing out with them the first moose shot in Quebee the 1928 hunting season,' Mr. • „ of Miami, Florida, reached que, Que., at the conclusion of Vermillion River section with out - Tile moose secured by Mr. Hock inches and while far from being the serve, was a splendid trophy and was the day on which the hunting opened. Apron Strings what was prObably since the opening of and Mrs. Oscar Hock, Montreal from La Tu - a successful hunt in the fitter Armand Tremblay. had an antler spread of 74 largest secured in the pre - shot in the early morning of day in and day out. And when "Little Ben" came, matters only became in- tensified. "My Dear," said Sybil to me when And now? Well, people just ask we were discussing life -in -general, "I Ben out without Jeannie whenever distinctly foresee the shipwreck of they can, and both Ben and Jeannie Jeannie's marriage—she flourishes the are puzzled and resentful, apron -strings too much!" "Anyhow, what could Ben When fluffy little Jeannie got en- done?" asked Sybil. gaged to "Big Ben" Travers there had "It's a great pity that he couldn't been quite a sensation. Frankly—we put her over his knee and spank her were all of as in love with Ben; but hard. . . ." I believe I replied—for, we all of us imagined he'd marry didn't I say in the beginning that we somebody statuesque and frightfully were all a little fond of "Big Ben"? nice—"accomplished," too, as grand - mamma might have said! Then sud- Hunters Are Too Old denly he fell very much in love with Jeannie. Says Canadian Guide I think the Whole business rather I I Take it from one who knows them, turned Jeannie's head; you see, she an experienced hunting guide, the had just been one of our set, dancing sporting fellows are a bit ancient. and playing games all together, and i "Curly" Phillips is one of the best - then suddenly she became a 'Real P.O- known guides in. the Jasper National mance and Big Ben Travers' fiancee. There is no accounting for the peo- ple who fall in love with each other; but you can nearly always account for those who fall out of love! Keeping Him on a String It was dreadful, truly. Though at first Ben did not see how dreadful. It was "Ben this"—and. "Ben that" (you know how maddening that can be), and then. she began to make Ben fetch and carry; she "cut" her dances with him.; she flirted round and let him trapse after her, and, and great booby that he was, he followed—so very much did he love her. But all this was only the prelude to the more serious business of apron - strings. After they were married Jeannie set to work to make a real • guide and the country and go home "married man" of "Big .Ben." Nearly !fed up. The young husky fellows svho every night she fetched him from should be out after game are busier the office; he felt rather a fool but than blazes making things go at home. couldn't bear to hurt her feelings by Thaven't time for hunting until hey telling her not to do it too often—she they get to be sixty or so and then— well, it's almost too late. "But the majority of men, oven the command him to hurry home as Mum oldest, are pretty good. I remember Art stuedrmenetus: tourists, dial); he was well over fifty but he was long and lanky and he sure Elbow each other; motors warily and Dad and Betty and Billy and Dodge horse-drawn carts; great buses, thundering From distant towns, keep wallters wondering. A daring and delightful thing to be A stroller here—one always conies again! —Roselle Mercier Montgomery. have Park district. He is an experienced hunter of big horn sheep. In an article on the Alberta Big Horns in the cur- rent issue of "Forest and Stream" he reveals some entertaining knowledge af human nature. "The averagessportsman is too old," is the guide's verdict. "That's the trouble. Office men wait until they are sixty before they take time off to go on a hunt. That's at the bottom of nine -tenths of the trouble on the trail. They come out here from the city and expect to jump right into the open air life without noticing it. They avn't in trim and it tells on them, They lose their heads and their tempers; can't adjust themselves; run into dis- appointments; blame it all on the 'phoned him any and every old time; sometimes just to tell him. not to for- get to call at the fishmongers, or to Bathing in Polluted Waters Watere eommoniy ebathing in. the vicinity of lerle cities ore fre- qUently so polluted that they consta tut a danger to health. This is cer- tainly the case in Nev York, accord - leg to Dr. Louis 1, garris, health corn' missiouer of that city, who, in an in- terview printed in the New York American, declares that some of Rs encircling hays are so polluted that they present a genuine menace.* 1s adds that it would not be far-fetched to say that death lurks in every moutb.ful of their waters swallowed by bathers, We read: • "In a conference recently -between Dr. Harris and Dr, Charles F. Pabst, it was developed that in addition to the many internal diseases which the filthy waters carried, there were many serious and painful skin diseases against which the public should be warned. Ds. Pabst, an authority on this phase of the menace, is a city physician and chief attending derma- tologist of the Greenpoint Hospital. "Following their talk it was said that physicians and surgeons would not be astonished to see an epidemic of furuncles or boils, etbsceistes, and other inflammatory diseases of the skin and blood stream. It was said that these are quite likely to be con- tracted by bathers in the condemned waters, where the subject has slight cuts or abrasions. "These abrasions, it was shown, need not be pronounced, but might merely be the result of chafing by a woollen bathing suit in order to give the bacilli a point of entry. "Eye specialists have pointed out, too, that these waters present the constant peril of pink -eye and all forms of conjunctivitus, some of which could conceivably result in per- manent injury to the eye, or even total blindness. "Perhaps the most prevalent after- math of bathing M water containing sewage, it was said at the Health epattment, is that of middle -ear infec- tion, often leading to mastoditis, alb- scesses, ear -drum infections, and often deafness, especially where the eusta- chian tubes become involved. "Respiratory diseases also play their part in the lives of bathers who ignore the Health Department warnings. At the department it was said that 'colds,' which bathers imagin they contract from staying around too long in swira- ming suits, really are contracted from the organisms in the filthy waters. "Many cases of pneumonia have been traced directly to this source, as have cases of tonsilitise bronchitis, pharingitis, and all of the common and throat ills. "Swallowing these waters, it was declared, might easily lead to disturb- ances of the di; Itional tract, not from the water itself, but from the' dangerous bacilli they contain and might easily be a predisposing factor of appendicitis." Commercial Street Along the curving brightness of the bay, The hurried little street runs like a song; Way -up -along, around, and down - It takeaslointge'lliting, winding vivid way Between small shops and smaller houses, gay With zinnias, petunias, hollyhocks, Hooked rugs, ships' models, figure- ' heads, old clocks And modernistic paintings of to -day. townsfolk, fish - Bonny were all coming in to dance. could hike, and I have had a lot of fellows like him, who couldn't go as they used to but who went as far as they could, liked it and never kicked." Then, when he did arrive, she'd call out as he came in: "Do hurry, Ben, and changel—Billie's sleeping in your dressing -room .so change iu the bed- room, and oh! Ben, mind you put on the socks I've put you out, and Ben! do take off your muddy shoes down sfairs. . . ." Maddening! Well, you can imagine how mad- dening that sort of thing gets when it's practised in public and private, Two attorneys, one decidedly glum of countenance, met on the street, "Well, how's business?" the first ask- ed of the diurnal one. "Rotten," the pessimist replied. "I just chased an ambulance 12 miles and found a law- yer in We may concede any man a right without doing any man a wrong; but we can favor no one without injuring some one.—Colton, Stratford -on -Avon Festival Conwani Round-theMorki Radio Goes Flying As .Knowledge Crows Radio Waves ,I3ecome More Confusing—Signals ieep_Moving Where Stoppih Point? Not once, but two and one-half times do modern short radio waves circle the globe, according to a study made by Dr, A. Hoyt Taylor, superintendent of the Bellevue Naval Research Lab- oratory. An informative interview with Dr. Taylor is reported in the radio section of the New York Sun by S. R. Winters. The strength of high frequency signals, says Dr. Winters, is suggested by their ability to encom. pass the earth thus, with a 'kick' sun ficient to be a disturbing factor in re- ception, At the Bellevue Laboratory the phenomenon of "echo" signals is the subject of a special investigation. We read: "Signals that race around the world in reverse direction from the trans- raitting station to the receiving set, or encircle the globe more than once, threaten to become a disruptive in- fluence short-wave traffic. Mess- ages are garbled, and the only remedy thus far suggested is the use of direc- tional receiving antennae. "Dr, A. Hoyt Taylor, Superintendent of Radio at the Bellevue Laboratory, compares the effect of 'echo' signals, to the results of two operators sending the same message, one being slightly lagged in keying. Echo signals are pronounced in the 20,000 -kilocycle band, but this disturbing factor has been observed on various frequencies between 8,700 and 28,000 kilocycles. Dr. Taylor considers the possible dis- astrous effect of echo signals of such significance as to invite nation-wide study. He diagnoses the condition, and tells of the results in the follow- ing interview: "'It is amazing that these echo sig- nals, which have been photographical. ly recorded after having passed ap proximately two and one-half times around the world, are of sufficient in- tensity to cause very serious interfer- ences. "'Echo signals once around the world have been. observed on various frequencies, but are usually restricted on the lower frequencies to a very limited time of day and time of year. In the band between 12,000 and 22,000 they may be observed over a large number of hours of the day and over a wider interval in. the year. The pre- dominant period for observation of echo signals is in the spring or fall, and the best periods of the day are in the morning or late afternoon. hours. They require that the great circle route over which they travel shall be more or less in a daylight or twilight zone. Signals -which go more than once around the world are still very frequently of at least one-third to one- half the intensity of the direct signal, but are commonly obesrved over less - ed time periods, and are restricted morehto the bands around 20,000 kilo- cycles.'Nt'hen the signal goes more than once around the world it is generally observed as coming from the same di- rection as the direct signal. The time differences do not correspond to a ground wave, but they correspond to the circumference of the Heaviside layer, which is somewhat larger than the circumference of the earth. When more than one echo is observed the time difference between the first and second echo Iss appareutly almost al- ways 0.137 second. " `No method other than estimates by ear have been used so far by this laboratory for the accurate timing of these signals, but the time intervals are such as to throw the dots and dashes of a message into complete jumble. "'It has recently been determined during a period when any copy at all received on a vertical antenna, was ab- solutely impossible, that perfect copy without echo could be obtained on a directional long, low signal wire an- tenna. In other words, the highly di- rectional antenna pointed toward the transmitter is not bothered by echoes of the first type, which have gone around the world in the reverse direc. tion. It is only bothered by echoes of the second type, which have gone around the world once plus the dis- tance from the transmitter to receiver in the same sense as the direct signal. Since these later type of echoes natun ally require rather special conditions in order not to strike a region where the Heaviside layer is too high for these frequencies, they are not any. where near as bothersome in Inter.Tupting reception, and may, for the present, at least, bp neglected, except in so far as they refer to the operation of beam stations, where it is under- stood they still constitute a somewhat' serious menace, owing to the very great signal strength of these eta. tions.'" Painted Ceilings A new idea whicb; may or may not be a success is that or having your tentage painted or distempered the seine color as .your walla. . With crean1 colored, yellow, or ivory walls effect is certalar charming though with some colors it is apt not only to be oppressive, but to give the room a smaller, boxlike appearance. "Now Hiratn the now waitressft Members of the Stratford -on -Avon Feetleal Company photographed on board the Whtie Star liner Lamellae ' a tollege girl.' "What of it, lime?' Cres,zn 1 cupful of :Sugar With CUp Witt Wig Sao -Xe Th coin will mak a tour of the rinelpal theatres In Canada So u0Ti t kael) ileT tr) parsf on which they arrived in Montreal recentlY, pa, e P Devil's Food Oaks gardrtimatOte a relationship of super- rul of shortettingi add the ygike ot last, and the United States, I the butter, This ain't school."