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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1929-07-25, Page 7Give. Goon or Bad. As We Get in Tariff 5pit'it of Reta,Liatic n Growing in Canada Against U.S. Attitude in Trade Treaties SOLID CANADA Ottawa, --There Is a general feel - big here, backed by icipoetant state meats made Privately its leading air - Cies that some definite r'etallatoey tariff measures .will be promulgated by the Federal Government If the 'Uni- ted States puts foto levee its pro , posed increased rates agaiust Can - (Wien products. ' Tite Government's Intention will not be known, probably, until :the House re -omens. Action, however, will be' governed to a great extent, by the trend of events between now and next Febru- ary. It ie practically certain that Premier Being's offensive will consist Ofa very substantial increase in the British preference in an effort to make the Motherland the beneficiary •for the lost markets in the United• States. In fact, so far will this British . pre- ' re-., ferenee extend that it might be term- ed a measure .of free trade. Direct increases in the •general tariff" will also accompany this plan andit is quite within the bounds of probability that certain ditties will be heightened against the United States, duties which will result in an immediate outcry from big business interests in that country: The . Cabinet Is discussting these plans in response to demands from „ all parts, of the .couutry for somo show of retaliatory action. The - Government, furthermore, is watching closely the action at Wash- ington and the Advisory Tariff Board is giving the whole issue: its closest scrutiny. Canadian Sentiment Aroused If these reports are true and their appearance in leadfing Ciovgrnutept org'aue practically assures thbtir truth, it niettus that the Gevet•utttent is l wing before en overwhelming Canadian eeritimeilt.in reVor pf coun- ter -action against the tariff itetivitiee Of 1r' eehinetou, The Prime Minister undoubtedly perceives that ail over the country there is a feeling that all is not well in regard to tate country's fiscal pokey and that, above all, the new U.S, tariff measures .call Tor a pol.ieyto national' self-respect and eell-iuterest,; Ghosts of 1191, too, hover. over the situation, Teen Laurier and Field- ing were urged to accompany their reciprocity policy with a sustantial increase in the British preference ane failure to do tbis undoubtedly added to the Liberal disaster of that tine, There is no doubt shat lack of de- finite action by the Government will mean a serious setback to their prestigetlzroughout the country. - Tltereeis no strong anti -commercial feeling in the Doutinion, but there Is and 'always has been, an extreme sensit1Yeness to: any policy of greed and big -brother rontposity on tbe part of Canada's nearest neighbor. ' Not a few political parties in the Past have been shipwrecked on simi- lar lines and the situation cans for all the .adroit Political sagacity with which Mr, .King is endowed. Canadians are •not likely to elt- •tlz:use over the . Premier's visit to Washington to confer with Rt. Hon. ltantsay MacDonald and President Hoover on navy .disarmament, They retail that the country which emanatea high sounding phrases of good -will makes Britain carry two- thirds of the whole cost of the War,. and takes millions out of the pockets of the Canadian people by still 'fur- ther raising a tariff wall already as 'high as Haman's gallows, We are 'told that eventually science will give us a new religion. Most of the religions we have seemto be so little used they must be as good as new. Many more men make money the stock market titan in it. out of Looks Like An Oil Well -Fire JAPANESE VOLCANO, IN ERUPTION, KILLS THIRTY Mount •IComagatake, Island of Hokkaido, in a two -clay eruption, obliter- ated° two villages and killed thirty inhabitants with its streams of molten lava and earthquakes. A Splendid Feat Of . the Great War 'A Thrilling Yarn of the Ad- ventures of Two Italian Naval Officers at Fola As Told in the Mont- real Standard We -are able to reveal the details of what must be regarded as one of the greatest personal exploits of the war. I tells how two men, risking al- • most unbelievable perils, made them - ,selves late a human torpedo and sank a huge enemy warship in her own harbor, guarded by many devices ! of death and under the shadow of shore batteries. The tiny submarine with its crowd of two which performed the amazing feat was the iuventiou of two naval officers. • In the craft there was .just room enough for the mechanism, a torpedo ttnd two men. It was known officially as "The Leech," Both men were inr Tnersed save for their heads, which twere disguised With coverings made to look like omptY: bottles, The Two Heroes rhe two men who. carried out this dsrieg enterprise were Maims Raf- faele 'Rosetta and Lieut. Paolucci, of ., the Italian Navy. Their, orcle•s were th penetrate the enemy's, powerful base, at rola at the head of the AM - elle anti do what damage they could, They and their draft set' Ota frotn Venice, and at a given point at sea the human torpedo; with its "crew,," Vas launched on its perilous journey, The tory at what followed is told es follows by Lieutenant Paoltteci: .Ml around its aitd above Yrs was the darkness Of night absolutely effete, says Paohicci. The et1,,hiee'r had' ohaege of the - electric motor Which drove the crate He aceele1- tttetl, and the first rush of waves entig'ht me in the face and went down nary zteek and breast, I got a son:sa- t:ort:of acute DAN as it I had only a, little while before taken an Injection of camphor. It was about 1 a'clock when we , They Preillcla P ane Practice War THIS IS THE GREAT SOURCE OF EUROPE'S UNEASINESS One of rare photographs smuggled out of Russia, . shelving factory hands becoming familiar withgas-mask nee, which' is causing uneasiness `in Europe• her secret, Bat the enemy sub - Marine, although it passed near, gave no sign of having detected our presence, "Soon our way was stopped by huge blocks of cement. I went forward alone to investigate, and. found I could' get well under the embank- ment. So we steered the tiny 'sub- marine beneath It. 'To ascertain our exact position I went forward,' swimming alongside the face of the rock. When. I got to the edge of the embankment 1 heard above my Bead a sudden cough. I stopped. "Not more than a few feet above me was a man, He was almost bound to see Pie. I set my head swaying imitating the oscillations of a floating bottle. Moment of Fear "I was daunted by the certainty that a bullet from a gun breaking the glass would leave its trace of red, along the surface of the sea tut the red of the wine, but the red out of my veins. "Instead of that I heard the fall of receeding footsteps. "At last I reached the other ob.!structicu, serving to shield the port.' It as mode of two files. of long beams, set parallel to the entrance into the port and separated by other transverse beams. "Pointed Steel rods, turned outward from the harbor, bristled at intervals i here and there. Upon some of them were fixed great tin cans to give warning with their noise in case an attempt was made to force a pas- sage. Into the Harbor "Satisfied with what I had seen. , I. went backwards towards our little craft and pushed forward into the harbor. We knew then that it would be impossible to return. "There were enemy ships at anchor in the port of Pole. Among themwas the great Dreadnought, Viribus 'finals. We made for it at a speed that ought to have betrayel us. The came lett) collision with the first of decisive moment was approaching. "Suddenly as we watched. the the obstructions of the Pole defences, "A strong currant against us did the, Viribus Uritis had been aroused bridge of the great battleship trem- which were formed of countless emir not leave a possibility of getting be -and told of our mystorious arrival bled. Objects on board began to ty metal cylinders, five feet apart, math the hill of the big battleship aboard his ship. We wee inlet' sway.A heavy bellow seemed to and held in position by steel cables. until about a quarter past four, She into his presence, issue from the bowels of the sea and was net many feet off from us now, "`Captain!' saidRosetti, Your Met "a Submarine silent, vast, grim as a fortress, c' cw is in great danger, a lofty column of water shot up from "We stopped the motor and began ,,,"'What the hold and fell in tlutudering cat- there had been an agreement be-"it*hat danger?'the captain de- London—The' admiralty has an - to glide with the aid of our band tweet' us as to which one was to have mended, 'Are you jesting?' erects upon the bridges and the decks. flounced that the position of the sub- movements along the lines of cylin• g"]every plate of the dreadnought tiers until we came to a break, but the glory of fixing the torpedo to the I can't tell hat peril, but in a could be heard in a death rattle, The' marine H-17, which went down after d bull of the battleship. 1 had been; few moments your shin will go up. d• f nd•t plates th' a collision with another underseas aged to get control of her again and finally succeeded in getting her dir- ected towards the Viribus Uttitis, "There was no sign to be seen of my partner, and I looked at my watch It was 25 minutes since his disap- pearance, "Meanwhile aboard the enemy ships the mor'ning call was sounding, Away on tbe horizon the first dawn was beginning to show to the sky and the formidable lines of the ports de- fenees began to take form and shape. It was possible to make out aboard the Viribus Unitas the movements of her crew• "Suddenly under the shadow of the battleship I made out a bottle that was floating and swaying. That was my partner Rosetti. Discovered "No sooner bad we greeted each other than a shout rang out from the deck of the battleship. We were dis- covered. The nest moment it motor- boat made for us, "Faithful to our word of .honor, and certain of receiving • a volley at any moment we set to work to -de- stroy the submarine. Rosetta open- ed the immersion valve'. I having charged the second trtrpedo set It off. "It dived and ended up in a small Inlet where it exploded and sank the. big Transatlantic steamer Wien. "'Wer da?' the challenge came from the motor -boat. 'Italian officers.' "The answer had an astonishing effect. The crew of the boat stared at es as if we were madmen. That, however, slid not prevent them from seizing us with all speed, "Imagine our horror when we were taken aboard the dreadnought under which we had laid the time fuse tor- pedo, In a very few minutes she would blow up, "The marines crowded about us asking countless questions. Who were we? Where had we sprung from down below? What were we doing there? Crews) Terror "By this time the commander of splash of bodies as men leaped from the decks to the water. "In reply to Rossetti's question, the captain said: 'You may look out for yourselves.' We lost no time in run- ning to. the bridge and poinieg in the confusion of human forms that dot- ted the sea. • "With slow strokes we managed to get away from the big ship. Not until we were some distance off did a launch appear. We were seized and carried again aboard. "Time passed until it occurred to some of the crew that since nothing had blown up they had been trick - 01 grief, Then all slowly our sight. !Deliverance. Our'•,iatuse1t bore us to wharf with - In the port. Ralf naked and still dripping wy were taken to the host* tal altip, Hapsburg. 1117 Bartels 'wore flambee, 111y feet were frozen. My liver seemed afire, not only trete, the congestion of my blood but Prom a blow dealt me shortly before by a sailor as I was getting ashore. "'i'izere eastred somo .days' of melan- choly' meditation for us. "!'Here were occasions{ .upon w:ltiek our execution seemed certain, Pre- parations were all completed for the Purpose by a squad of eight solidere armed with guns and revolvers and lead by an officer, "Five days later our own fleet azv rived in tt'iniplt at Pole. It was our deliverance": Lieutenant Paoiucci's amazing story ends at this point. Shortly after- wards the Armistice was signed and the daring adventurers returned to Venice, zik f Cannibalism and Famme in China Boston. -Reports of spelling condi- tions caused by famines ' in the Shensi, Suiguan, Kansu, Henan, Teh- sien and Tientsni districts of China, have bee' received by the Commies stoners for -Foreign Missions. Condi- tions are so terrible, the missionaries report, that several cases of canni— balism have been authenticated, Only a few hundred miles west of Tientsin the famine is so great that parents dare not let their children out on the streets for fear., they will be stolen and sold or actually eaten. Failure of the spring crop and the extreme dryness which prevents planting of crops for the fall in south- ern Shansi means that there will be no food grown in that area until the spring of 1930. The people are dying by the pun• dreds and thousands. The situation will grow worse until crops are hare vested. "Hoot Mon We're Wee Bootleggers" THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT ORDER OF THE SOOT Here are six West Highland terriers, who find the Inside of .a tot) boot quite comfortable while posing for a photograph. ed ,but I knew that the fatal mom- ent would come at half -past six. Only two minutes to gol The Blow Falls. British Flotilla Finds Location ' Lost Submarine •i Heavy Weather Hinders Re-. lief Crews Searching for Trapped Sailors the spot ` did not striate us as fav- chosen, but my comrade all at once I'm not jesting, leeve your crew. orabte. decided to make the trip himself as Each For Himself "We were about to get away when , his greater experience enabled hunt my cornra.de, without a word, grasp- to forsee the technical diilicultis "The captain was at last' broght to edmy arm. He pointed to the Huge which might present themselves, see the truth. He dashed outside his mass of a siibntarne quite close and cabin. We heard him roar in -Ger- obviously making right for us. fast His Comrade. man. 'The Italians have put a bomb "I instinctively put out a hand to "Little by little ,while lie was under her. Each one for himself!' grails the handle that set off the swimming cautiously towards tete bat- . "Gangs of sailors, hslf-naked, raced o. This 'would leave destroy- tleship, the current swept Inc away madly along the bridges or tbronged topped and I a, .man- I We at once our little submarine I with my tiny crate. At last I t the stairways yelling, 'G4 e heard the .._ . _ A Peculiar New Type of ?lane Makes Its American Debut rt' o rzti en a z err boat, the L-12 had been buoyed, but shriek of hinges tont apart; the road Ithat bad weather had forced the sal- of inrushing waters—it was a terrible I rage fleet to withdraw temporarily spectacle "As the great vessel turned over to the shelter of Milford Haven. Pembroke, Wales—An impres:iive gigantic_ batt f y array of life-saving apparatus—the termed --of the ship. He got to the roost elaborate the ' British Navy summit, There he stood upright mo - could muster --was placed in position tioniess as if . were a monumentin the ecorts to discover the where - :e abouts of the sunken 11-47. Divers aboard a diving ship wore ready to descend and attempt to fasten:` tackle to the boat, despite the great depth of tib feet as soon ase her position was ascertained, For mine -sweepers, an aui.l-sub marine flotilla of five vessels, and seven destroyers searched tate area, while the - lifting lighters made ready. The Admiralty has revised Ito list Of casunities to 24. London dispatches said that the collision had been made the occasion for a fresh appeal for abolition of tate submarine by Commander d". M, Kenworthy. In an article its the Daily Sketch, Ire centefcled that des- pite all the lessons of pa:,. years, tied improvements 10 under vatei )las°iga tion, tbie submersible remained a highly' dangerous vessel to the Crew,. either in peace or in war, He said it was time to make an effort tri abolish the dangerous craft by inter• national agreement. we saw the captain clamber over the l --i such it may be Sts ,e STRANGE AIRCRAFT MAKES SUCCESSUL f L1GHT The autogyro, built in .T'lriglend, and flown from PIzliadelplzia'to'Bolling Field,, Wnsbi.tzgton, by Harold F. Pitcairn, lents setely tt American flight: .. ter its Initial Small' Mary was going to have her' picture taken for the first time, .Her mother was .going on with some friends while she was to comae lathe With her father. As her - mother was going out the thio; Mary called, "114a' ma, please ,don't have nzy Picture taken, till I got there."