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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-12-15, Page 2FROM OLD SCOTLAND VOTES OF INTEREST FROM am BANKS AND BRAES, What Is Going On in the Highlande and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. About 800 members have now en- roll6d u Dumfriesshrie's Volunteer Battalion. The deadlock between the farmers and milk retailers of Dumbarton is likely to be amicably settled. Provost Grant of Bo'ness has stat- ed that the local subscriptions to the Lord Kitchener Memorial Fund now amount to $2,295. The Clyde Navigation Trustees have found it necessary to postpone the construction of their proposed docks at Shieldhall. The Town Council of paisley have offered the freedom of the burgh to Sir Thomas Glen -Coats, Bart., C.B., to be conferred before the end of the war. Representatives of the Scottish Trade Union Congress met the Secre- tary for Scotland and urged the ne- cessity for Government grants to as- sist in the building of houses in work- ing class districts. The Scottish Mine Workers' Union adopted a resolution calling on the Government to take control of sup- plies and fix retail prices. The death has occurred of Captain Andrew Braes, one of the oldest and best known Clyde skippers. Be was nautical assessor for Glasgow. Since the Glasgow Royal Technical College was opened a year ago about 1,500 students have qualified aard passed on to munition factories. The "Edith Cavell" X-ray motor ambulance has been exhibited in In- verness, the proceeds going to the aid of the wounded: The Countess of Mar and Kellie was one of the speakers at a public meeting in Alloa to raise money on behalf of the Y.W.C.A. patriotic clubs. A serious epidemic of measles has occurred at Ashcliffe Children's Home, Dundee. There have been 23 cases and to date 13 deaths have occurred. Mr. James Whitelaw, for many ' yeara coal agent at Innellan, dropped down dead while on his way to Innel- lan post office. TOOK TOOLS FROM HUNS, Then Machine -Gunned Working Parties Out of Existence. A wounded machine -gunner, now in hospital in England, tells a remark- able story of how a party of British Tummies recently adopted a clever , ruse which made Fritz look foolish. It is a Characteristic incident of Brit- ish methods on the western front, says the Loedon News. Our men learned that it was the in- tention of the Iluns to place more bar- bed wire in front of their lines that night. So :About 15 left the British trench and formed links of a human chain reaching to the German lines, oee which were -only about a hundred! yard e away. The enemy, who na- turally wished to carry out their! lee plans tmobserved, were sending up no . t star lights, so that the Tommies, with , a subaltern in charge of them, were ,0 able to crawl into position quite un -1 noticed. I 10 ;`'eL eseekteeee-es. • They had scarcely completed the + formateon of their chain" before the Germans began to throw out of their trench tat to the ground in front the various tools and materials they would reqnire. First of alI a number of iron stakes were pitched out. The first man in the British chain grabbed them, passed them back to the man behind him, who in turn handed them on until they were safely landed in the British trenches. Everything put out by the unsuspecting Huns was dis- posed of in the same way. When the leading man in the chain concluded there was, nothing more to come he stealthily crept back with his corn- , Tastes. By the time they had reached their trench the German working party was in the open and the men were busily emploeed searching for the missing wire and tools. Suddenly a rocket hiesett up from the British lines and, revealed by it pitiless light, the en- tire party was practically wiped out by a etrealei of lead from a machine , gun. Later (tering the same night' a se,:ond German party attempted to get to work, with equally disastrous reeulte. At dawn a notice board appeared over the British trench bearing in Germain the words: "If you want your w ire, come and fetch it." The ceeet fallen Germans did not accept! the ineitetion. Similarity of Taste. letencle lady recently married be- eatiee the bridegroom's taste and hers similar. "T don't care very Mae); For him and- he doesn't -care very selech for me," she explained. UOR those on your 1' Christmas list to whom you wish to give something that coni- binesgood taste, beauty and utility,selectWater- man's Ideal Fountain Pen. It lasts for years, perpetuating the Christ- mas sentiment, and more and more empha- sizing its value as an article of everyday con- venience. •Plain or eold and silver mounted in all sizes and styles. Whatever you wish to pay, little or much, you can give the genuine Waterman's Ideal, recog- nized the world over as the standard fountain pen. At Best Stores. Selt-V111Ing, Safety, Pocket or rs.emlar gr50—or..12, Mit% exelninugped attei Chrhrnranto suit any hand. it.L.Waterrnan compatie ILimited Montreal A NEW STOWOF GEN. .BOT1101111..' HE IS OF MINGLED DUTCH AND FRENCH BLOOD. His Wisdom and Strength Have Done Wonders for South Africa. In a newly -published book Harold Spender, a London journalist, tells the story of General Louis Botha in an interesting way. We get a good idea of Louis Botha's antecedents at once. His familywas of mingled Dutch and French blood, descended from some of those Huguenots who went to South Africa after the revo- cation of the Edict of Nantes. Through the lawless and dangerous times of the Zulu troubles we follow the young Botha's training in war- fare and go-vernment. But his. influ- ence over men, which was strong even in his early twenties, came not only from his serene and tranquil common sense, but, we are told, from the admiration excited by his splen- did riding, his accurate shooting, and his fearlessness in danger. In 1895 we find Botha a member of the Volksraad, working for race tolet- ance, when on the world broke the news of Jameson's raid and South Africa became the principal topic of European thought. Mr. Spender does not enter very deeply into the causes of the war itself, but goes on to show Botha's place and importance in the war and in the confused and trying times of adjustment afterward. His military talent was soon shown. It is interesting to catch ailimpse of his teeis.te-eesiese 067ie name that stands for ti OJjthFctnnMczthineLZ,m LISTER ENGINES ARE if BRITISH BUILT 4 ,.• ,, ,: 351 lo Have the LsAarld8Qinst ii Empire. Btrheis h f41 Q 25.5.76.9 H.P. 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The crowds of visit- ors from all countries are greeted with a pleasant kindness by him and his wife. strategy in the battle of Colenso, of the trench warfare then first seen and studied by the Germans who visited the front, and to trace in the descriptions of Botha and De Wet in 1Would be presented with another the South African war the traits of 1Richard or a Henry to take the place character that made their widely-lof the ephemeric twaddle written by so-called court historians. His was a life in full consonance with Hapsburg traditions—full of tragedy, bloodshed and revolt. Upon high authority the Emperor of Austria-Hungary was the recogniz- ed libertine of Europe, and if his un- varnished story were written out, it would scarcely be a fit subject for school study. But then, you know, we are Puri- tanical on such subjects, and have much to learn of the ways of contin- ental Europe. One thing is certain, that in Aus- tria, Francis Joseph was accepted with all his grossness and grievous lapses, as a kind of god. Whatever the world may say of his amours, he was a brave soldier and the idolized emperor of his people, and that settles it so far as they are concerned. It Is questionable whether history shall blame him for this great woeld- wide horror, through which we are passing, as he was more the creature of destiny, the clay in the hands of the potter, than the initiator or in- stigator of this great misery. The Sarajevo tragedy, when the Crown Prince lost his life, and one among many in his long reign, was the excuse ostensibly for the war, but it was not the cause of it, for that had been long brewing. The double assas- sination of his nephew and his con- sort, was unquestionably political, but without this the outbreak could not have been suppressed much longer. In fact the emperor was not much in love with the prince. The heir - presumptive was thoroughly "Prus- sianizecl," which was the true reason of his tragic end. But with the emperor, it was mere- ly a choice of Germany or having his empire pass from hitn. The Slav 'peril, so-called, was not created by him, yet he did little tte arrest the slow-moving iceberg of Russian dominion, and henee his empire was unstable at t•••••••• best. 'Unfortunately it was made up of elements that were never destined to properly fuse: It is inconceivable that his death will have any material effect upon the great struggle, for new elements are gyre to arise and surround the throne, but his going at this time may be used by Hungary to break her chains against which she has so long chafed. ALCOHOL AND OPIUM HABITS. THE DEATH OF FRANCIS JOSEPH By Chas M. Bice, Denver, Colo. The once great house of the Haps- burgs has lost its most distinguished representative in the recent death of Francis Joseph, the aged ruler of Austria. This distinguished race of kings takes their name from a famous an- cient house in Switzerland, but is not the name of the occupants. The place of origin in this case, having super- seded the residents, the name has clung to the descendants through all subsequent history. The aged monarch, whose funeral rites at Vienna will soon be observed in a manner befitting a king, ascend- ed his throne in the midst of revolu- tion, and it is only fitting that he descend from it as he has, while the nation is wrapped in gloom of treach- erous war, that forbodes national dis- aster to his confiding subjects. His kingdom is yet in the balance, and no matter wh9 wins, his domin- ions are almost ceftain to be dismem- bered. The dual monarchy is doom- ed, however the struggle may end. Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria, and a sort of apostolic King of Hun- gary, reigned but did not govern dur- ing the latter period of his life. He supinely placed himself in sub- jection to the will of another and much greater sovereign—the Kaiser. The spectacle presented of the life of the titular head of the dual mon- archy would have been a fit subject for the world's greatest dramatist himself, and were he now living, we Problems of the Drug Habit in the Far East. The traffic in alcohol, opium and cocaine in India, Ceylon and China has more than a sentimental importance, says the London Times. The trade with India amounts to nearly one- third of the trade of the United King- dom, and the supremacy of the Em- pire depends upon the preservation of that trade from the competition of other European nations. The traffic in intoxicants and narcotics was sap- ping the efficiency of the nation, and Government control cannot by itself keep sober a nation that wishes to be drunk. The Indian Government sacrificed a revenue of four million sterling when it put an end to the ex- port of opium; and as it brings the traffic in alcohol under control the consumption of opium and cocaine in- creases, while in China as the importa- tion of opium is reduced the sale of intoxicants increases. BABIES NEED SUGAR. • Lack of it Has Been Killing Berlin Babies. An investigation into the increasing infant mortality inBerlin has establish- ed that the rising death rate is due to an insufficient sugar allowance, ac- cording to an Amsterdam despatch to differing after careers comprehensible. A Wise Statesman. We read at the end of this tragic chapter, "Lord Kitchener rose and held out his hand to Gen. Botha, 'We are good friends now,' he said." Then follows a long period of discussion; the visit of the Boer generals to Eng- land; their memorable call on King Edward VII., and Chamberlain's visit to South Africa. We readerstand why Lord Milner's rather mechanical scheme of reconstruction was not en- tirely welcome to the Boers. Botha became Premier of the Transvaal in 1907 and Premier of the South African Union in May, 1910, and had good need to prove himself as great a statesman as he had been a soldier. The Indian coolie crisis, the "Hertzog Split," the great Rand strike, the railway strike, all these came during his Premiership, and close on their footsteps followed the beginning of the war. Soon after he had pledged the loyalty of his coun- try to the British cause the rebellion under the leadership of the uncon- quered and unreconciled De Wet broke out. Botha, with wonderfully fine feeling, used only Dutch forces itt his successful campaign against these rebels who had defied established au- thority. Botha is again Premier of the South African Union, and the coun- try is at peace. His wisdom has been much greater than was Lord Mil- ner's, because he recognized the ini- poetance of decentralization. Mr. Spender gives us a description Order Hard to Fill. The matron of a certain hospital in France, for some reason of her own, thought that the "Tommies" under her care should not visit a neighboring Passes were allowed, but they were few and far between, One day a "Tommy" applied for a pass, and the matron asked him why he wanted to go to the village. "I want to get something from a shop there," ; he said. "Well, as I am going to ' the village myself I may as well get it for 'you," was her reply. "Well, bring me a hair cut and a shave!" re- plied the man. Nurses Wanted HE TORONTO noSPITAL POR Incurables affiliated with Bellevue and Allied Nospltals. New York, offers a Three Years' Course to Women wishing to enter the Nursing Profession. 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