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Zurich Herald, 1916-03-17, Page 3WARNS AGAINST THE 17 -INCH GUN BRITISH NAVAL CRITIC URGES VIGILANCE. :Wisdom of Preparing to Meet Possible Menace Strongly. Needed. "Reason for a long time has whis- pered in the ears of Englishmen a sea power for granted. History teaches us that hungry vigilance is the price of sea power." James Douglas, naval critic, he an article in a London daily paper, dis- cusses the possibility of the German fleet being equipped with 17 -inch guns and in the course of a lengthy article sounds the ,,warning note quoted above. He continues: "I think it will be admitted that we are putting most of our energy into the organization of vast armies and that in consequence our navy is rap- idly receding into the background. If this navy were to fail us an army of ten million could not save us. We nevertheless assume that the navy is not subject to any unforeseen vicis- situde. That 'theory may hold good in a short war. Does it hold good in a long war? Did It on Land. "The question I desire to raise is this: If it was possible for the Ger- The Bread Plroblmin is not a problem in the home where Shredded Wheat is known. The whole wheat grain is the areal staff of life, and you have it in Shredded Wheat Biscuit prepared in a digestible form. It con- tains more real body -build ing material than meat or eggs, is more easily digested, and costs much less. The food for the up-and-coming man who does things with hand or brain—for the kid- dies that need a well-bal- anced food for study or play —for the housewife who must save herself from kitchen drudgery. Delicious for breakfast or any meal, with milk or cream. Made in Canada. POTENT HELP TO THE NAVY. British Mine Sweepers Prevent Many Ctastrophks. A racy account of the part the trawlermen have played in the war was given in London at His Majesty's Theatre by Mr. Tom Wing, M.P., who formerly represented Grimsby. Lord Selborne, president of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, who presided, told of one young mans and Austrians to establish .a trawler skipper who had hacl two lead in heavy field pieces before the boats blown up under him while war and to do it without the know- trawling for mines, and was now in ledge of the present allies, is it not the hospital for the second time re- covering from his injuries. "And his one great hope," added the Minister, "is to get on to the third and even better boat which he has had pro- mised him when he gets well again." "A most potent auxiliary to the navy." Lord Selborne described the trawling fleet. It was almost entirely within the bounds of possibility that the Germans may establish a lead in naval guns during the war? It is not enough to be told that we may safely trust to our secret intelligence branch and to our experts. Nations which have been caught napping once may be caught napping twice. After what happened at Liege, Namur, due to the trawlers that the deet and Warsaw, Kovno, Novo Georgievsk, the merchant ships were 4b1e to pas and elsewhere, common prudence tells to and fro on our seas with so few us not to trust blindly either to es- catastrophies. He did not know how many mines the Germans had placed but he was prepared to risk the state - "Doubtless it was a very stupid act ment that there were vet'y molly thee - on the part of the Germans to reveal sands. by the shelling of Dunkirk the exist Mr, Wing said that if at the last ence of a 17 -inch. naval gun, ,but the great naval review at Spithead there Germans are constantly• doing stupid had been, say, 2,000 trawlers, people thiegs It is possible that they used Would have complained that it was this gun to persuade us to believe making the spectacle ridiculous. If that it is e field gun and not a naval at the last army manoeuvres there gun; At any rate. there is no doubt had been a quarter of million min- as to the existence of at least one ers, people would have said, `Well, it Getman 17 -inch naval gun. We may doesn't- add color.' Yet fishermen and be quite certain that Krupps have miners had proved as essential as manufactured more than one of these any in the great struggle in which guns. We may even go as far as to we were engaged. They were the assume that they have nanuacttied men with the real technical knowl- many of them. It is significant that edge which had proved indispensable. the 16 -inch howitzers used by the The men who manned the trawlers Central Powers are Austrian guns had swept the Channel and the North manufactured at Skoda. What was Sea practically clear of 'mines and Essen doing while Skoda was turn- submarines, and in the Mediterran- ing out its heavy howitzers? Clearly; ean thousands of others had been clo- the answer to the question is that ing the same. Essen was turning out heavy naval "His Majesty has had occasion to guns. It may be said that 1'Z -inch realize the size of their hands and naval guns are useless without bat- the warm grip they can give," said tleships or battle cruisers in which to Mr. Wing, "One burly fisherman who mount them. Here, agaiu, we are at , had received a decoration said after - the mercy of the expert. , wards that he could not believe that What of the Hindenburg? he was 'actually in Buckingham Pal - "It is known that several German ace and was to be decorated by the capital ships were due to be coin- King; he thought it was a dream un- pleted several months ago. There til the Ring shook hands with lin,. may have been more. The fog of And When he found the King grip - war hangs thickly over the German ping his great fist he was so anxious shipyards. One of the new ships, the to snake sure that it was real that Hindenburg, has undoubtedly been he took firm hold with his other hand completed. Has the Hindenburg been also, and really `help up' the ?Ging armed with 17 -inch guns? Have other for the time." capital ships of the same class been armed with 17 -inch guns?. If not, STOPPED SHORT what was the gun which fired on Dunkirk made for? "The expert may declare that it is impossible t-0 put 1.7 mall guns into a •_ ,r, ship which was not designed t to carry them. Ilene, again, I say that the not a safeguide. If you expert is n) eau put a 151 inch gun into a moni- tor, you may be able to put a 17 inch gun into e ship designed for a obtained only from proper food, 15 -inch gun, And there is another "I found myself on the verge of a e er Euro can arse and nate peonage or to experts. The Shells at Dunkirk. WAR HIS PLATFORM, Some Characteristictterances of Sir George Reid. Right Bon. Sir George Reid, the late High Commissioner for Australia, who has been elected unopposed to the British House of Commons, for St. George's, Hanover Square, London, will be a distinct acquisition toe the House, and is already being referred to as the "Member for Anzac." His first speech as M.P. was characteris- tic of the man. "I have only three planks in my political platform," he said, with his usual bluntness. "The first plank is the war; the second plank is the whole war; the third plank is nothing but the war." Here are two characteristic utter- ances which have fallen from Sir George, Nearly a year ago, explain- ing the secret of his unabated vigor on his seventieth birthday, he de- clared, "I have aimed at health and happiness, and when confronted by a formidable obstacle I have just tried to knock it over; failing this, to get round it, if not, then under it; and if all these manoeuvres failed, I have been content to lie down in its grateful shade, lauding it as a beau- tiful blessing in disguise." The other utterance was the mess- age he despatched to Australia when the story of the heroism of Anzac was known. "The whole world knows to -day what I always knew :that Australians are true to the core and loyal to the backbone." Are d or th `heir - t Gold WHAT MRS. BROWN SAYS' DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS. OF New Brunswick Lady Feels It Her Duty to Tell Women That Dodds' Kidney Pills Are the Best Remedy She Ever Used. Miscou Harbor, Gloucester Co., N.B., Mar. 13th (Special.)—"I think Dodd's Kidney Pills are worth their weight in gold." This is the state- ment of Mrs. James Brown, well- known and highly respected here. "I think it would be ungrateful on my part if I did not tell what a bless- ing Dodd's Kidney Pills have been to me," Mrs. Brown continued. "I was in bed three weeks with headache and sore back. Then I began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and I found them the best remedy I have ever used." Mrs. Brown is just one of the many women in New Brunswick who are telling of pains relieved and health restored by the great Canadian kid- neyremedy. Dodd's Kidney.Pella are y suffering women's best friend, because theyact directly on the kidneys. They y tone up the kidneys and put them in condition to do their full work of straining all the impurities out of the blood. Nine -tenths of women's troubles come from diseased or disor- dered kidneys. There is abundant evidence on every hand that Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney troubles. DISDAINED HONORS. The Kaiser Will Never Again \1rar a British Uniform. Dr. Henry S. Smitten., in the course Of la leetrure, declaredi "If you have to be shot, the best• place to get the bullet is in the chest. And the next best thing is to leave the bullet alone, I have several friends walking about, in the best of health, with bullets in the chest. "Of course there are patients who want the bullets extracted, in order to own medium priced wear them around their necks. Even - , xs made Ice Canada contain alum and a surgeon cannot always explain hu- and all its Irogredient man nature. But otherwise, if the ... 1t• •d on tree Istel. wounded man is kept quiet for twenty- IF G I MONTR CAL COMPANY LIMITED four hours, he will be practically out -- of danger. Complications may arise, but they will. be usually due to too much hurry to get the man tie a base hospital." POWDER, NO ALUM. CROSS, FRETFUL BABIES The cross fretful baby is a sickly baby—the well child is always happ and smiling. Mothers if your baby i cross and cries a great deal somethin is wrong. His little stomach an bowels may be out or order; his teetl troubling him, or he may be bothere with worms. The mother should im mediately give him Baby's Own Tab lets. They never fail to relieve th baby. Concerning them Mrs. Ronal', Hurley, Gilks, N.B.; writes:—"I knoi .of nothing so good for cross, fretft babies as Baby's Own Tablets and am pleased to recommend them 1 other mothers." The Tablets are sol by medicine dealers or by mail at 2 cents a box from The Dr. William. Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Little Pauperism in England. The record for pauperism for En land and Wales during the past ye. is the lowest ever reached. Compa ing187:1 -ith 1915,the ratio shows decrease from 29.2 to 15.3 per thouT and, a failing away of practically o half. Pauperism in London separatc 'as not declined in the same props AM' eat ui ::r) \L\ w 1 c c r 1L - lett in thou locality. Dominion n, nevertheless the percentage 1;o ®d s right ,' . t t ' s Works. Tnrct . .this period been cut down fiee 1- 25:S to 18.0. As compared with 19 g l: een 1- Evir,, _.r'?,s x .D13 ens < last year showed a decrease in eve' g i:gt IT-I1NEWS ANL ices division of England and Wales of (l . . Ue Il 1- j Offices icor sale in g,o,t ontarle 702 persons, or 11 per Cent. • J 11_ towns, i'hc, :nest useful and interesting of all i usinesses. Full information on '•i' ee'p1ica.tien to \Vllron Publishing tlom- e ram', 75 West Adelaide St Toronto. tr'leiee Miss Flue, who E: charge of -+sur' Milline Department, will be pleas to show the ladies newest spring styles I -'earl Gear during safe. TOEMay-.7.1 12,4f" hei • rira J g n ,f d n erg tl:+1rt •.r:h.4•rR:..0 .l:.•: Explained. Caller What a tiny little chap your brother is. 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"Together with the keys, I give you an order bestowed on nee by your sovereign, the Order of the Red Eagle —which I could never wear again." With those sad words Jean Dollfus, Mayor of Mulhausen, the pioneer of the profit-sharing system for etre- , ployees, handed over the keys of that Alsatian city to the Prussian contman- • derm1810. A very different spirit urges Wil - Taking Tonics, and Built up on helm II, to declare that he will never l Right Food. again wear a British uniform. Yet j there is a spark of bitterness behind noone loves a un i - is fee ueritl tthisdecision, for The'mistakevnac e de o of q, trying to build up a worn-out nervous form more than the Kaiser, or possess- i system on so-called tonic., • es a greater variety. r New material from which to re- For every official office that he 1 build used up tissue cells is what holds in Germany—and they are in- I signed, and, together with the various r should be supplied; and this can be numerable—a special uniform ie de - honorary positions that he holds in' po ;ibility. The •Germans may halve nervous collapse, due to overwork !barren France—the erste—the number of his ments of grains lie in the dark parts s? out -monitored our monitors. They and et11dy and to illness in the :tam- ; uniforms total three thousand. usually thrown away. So also do the •n' At a British recruiting meeting re- cently the speaker, having got his audience in a high ofenthus- iasm ..tate er thus- iasm by telling them of the many brave deeds performed by our sol- diers in France, suddenly espied a big, strongly built man at the back of the hall. "My man," he cried, "how is it that you are not at the front?" "Oh, it is all right," replied the burly yokel; "I can hear every word you say from here." 1Tdinarci's Liniment Clues Dandruff • It Was the First Time. Jones was a past master of the habit of carelessness. He dropped things around in any .old place and afterwards never remembered where that place was. One night, lie rose from bed to get some medicine and swallowed his collar button in mis- take for a coughdrop. "Mary," said he to his wife when the -awful truth dawned upon him. "I have swallowed my collar button." "That's all right," responded wife in a tone of evident satisfaction, "There's nothing to. worry about." "Nothing to worry about?" return- ed h Do you—"ed father. "That's what I said," interrupted little wifey. "For once in your life yet know where you've put it." Good for Children. Mothers! Physicians agree that e vet' and the ooClt' binlcung HOUSE t y Ali CSR, TUMORS, LUMPS, ETC. Ft; internal and external. cured. with - 200 ladies' house >lt't✓ -j cut pain by our home treatment, writs us before too late, Dr. Rehman Medluai s Co.. Limited. Collingwood. Ont. Well made itlici $1.00 House Dress f( $1.25 House Dress fol $1.50 House Dress ft $1.75 House Dress to i' BOOK, ON DOG DISE .SES Mailed lice to any address by Amulet:1 the Author T, .. o ices r 1l. CI tis' GLOI'Slt, W.S. zcaus " i' C 1'sm..ues 118 Wesi istGlreet,I'IeiiYc is "Because," seabed _1lfrail, VC. . ++' -.. _. G.7a.A — t '-^"'•L Si-W—"A2+:2.f[I.LZry • in the book, `Having lit his pipe hc, •• sat down on his chest.' " N,a.1t G.. 1, 3> tz <,i <.s wan.»t i , C1 , Y,,te, W t) es infamedb,, ..p..ure }ter gra tt c:.„d "i reds and Dual; it ei , tt °tL'Eyel Fici ledy.edby 'rrurtartritt.- )u41 Eye Cu:nfezt. At '' tit• Dr,Iggists'. 50cperBottle. MurinoEye 2a f. b: 325c. For Book of the, Eye Ftea wri,o t'ltt..tae Eye 5 e?ao r Con/party, :alca5:s • Complete. "Do you mean to say you only paid $50 dollars for that frock?” "Yes; but that, of course, was without the trimmings." "How much were the trimmings? "A hundred and fifty." Wizard's Liuir ent Cures 'Mulls, lls, Lata. We honestly believe that the man who tackles the beautiful snow with a shovel will make more money than the one who writes poetry about it. S\Fa.E -T OR iSOUSI S p1 ,71 „moi, t u .:nt' Irrn HSM, ,r.1 ::)bifl5C;d rPaul i_.t: , ::d, :a Si,S.. .., M ntrin . Ship r.li your furs thee: ,tnrt :blain ,n11 waive. , t•uria1,h c;tns, 1,r> cx11r s ch:;:•Rcli xuid guarantee highest 1}. ic, s i1 Lefore plac- v • forto out tldelg .i,n1s,ueds,.cer+ue 1,15??leit tfl1 _Sfe•e- 1 1IoCCa,•alo u t e cl'ir ou Sa SGott Stan.'line• No 1 Rtl Clover tFancyl$18.15 i t No, 1 ,1lsyke. 18,(10Ct No. 1 Timothy 5.651, "il e rr rr nu CCl utile tt n b.111 t „ t F C 1`t Yo )a railway freight In on- `1'1Y 1 tario and Qttmboe Cvcx SR5.G0 t'6 See `. Write for;•:,etre.':<rs• , TORO.:Ttd Uii.EAFEERT C „ LI I TEL eu; Sa k r ::;-res s • (Dept W.Cr) < may have put their 17 -inch gun into .ily," writes a young mother. • A special valet, with a large staff monitors or into some new type of 1 "My friend:; became alitrmed be- of assistants, has charge of this very hip designed to convoy and cover enuse 1 grew pale and thin and could important section of the Kaiser's ward transports. Have wegot an effect- ( r robe. Apart from the enormous not sleep nights. • I took various tive answer to the .17 -inch naval gun? tonics but their eiiects wore off amount of care bestowed on the gar- 1.yleaso forgive my hungry vigilance." shortly after I stopped taking them. ments, Lary rani hasm to e an expert he on military uniforms and kno\V the My food did not seem to nourish me, correct accessories for each suit, Woe Not an Exacting Girl. "Reading of Grape -Nuts, 1 deter- betide those who allow any inaccuracy "Your love," he said, "would give mined to stop the tonics and see what to creep into the Kaiser's martial ap- ' ale EttkIlgth to lift mountains," • a change of dict would do. 1 acre pearance. "Dearest," she murmured, "it will Grape -Nuts four times a day with .--'-----'--sr----'--- only he necessary for you to raise the cream, and drank milk also, went to dust.' bc.cl early after a dish of Grape -Nuts, --- 'in about two weeks I was sleep - Hath• Surprised, ing soundly. In a short time gained weight and felt like n different Wb- i;,:tly trecogni:eietg former .servant,) 1 Gra c -Nuts and :fresh ''air were -• 'Whet i You in rrison Henry? Well neat . 1 I tell _ul'plirsedi, 1 3 , the only agents need to accomplish So was I, ma'eni, or I shouldn't be lame' Queeke'l y hal= no rrielid like guilt. the happy results." "There's a Reas- on." Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, ,Ont. EV'tr read the above letter? A new este appears from time. to ttnte. They aro gentling, tree and full of Ituutafu intWroet. "WHERE IS HE WOUNDED?" Best Place to Get the Biillet Is In the Chest, That is the first question that comes to the lips of those at hone when. news arrives that a friend .or relative is out of. the fighting line and in hos- pital, Even to those ignorant of sur- gieal wonders, the idea prevails that it is better to be wounded in some parts than in others. lime stilts which your child needs to harden bones and teeth, children feel upon coarse dark cereals develop greater resistance. Witness • tho 13ulgars and Serbs. Roman soldiers who conquered the 'world fed upon two bands of entire grain food a day. Dr. Jackson's Roman zvteai le a scientifically balanced ration made from several entire grains, It's delicious, easily prepared in a variety at' ways and nourishes better than meat. It's a natural laxative. Most t•rooers sell 'it. Made by Roman Meal Co., Toronto, Canada, Up to Date. "You seem deeply attached to your little playmates. "Her doll saved my doll's life," ex- plained the doctor's daughter. 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