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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-04-13, Page 3THE TUTS ABOUT THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN AGAINST U-BOAT IS SIATISEACT ORY. Statements of Germany Denied by • 'Spokesman of the British Admiralty. •The German Vice -Admiral, von Cae Pelle, ,said lately in a speech affirming • that the unrestricted submarine war had exceeded the most rosy expecta- tions: "Although a'number of submarines, • because of their large radius of action and their instructions, have not yet returned to their bases, I can already assure the committee that the results have surpassed the expectations en- tertained by the navy. It is very satisfactory that there is no reason to reckon with the loss of even one Ue. boat since the beginning.. of the un- restricted submarine war. The de- fensive measures, about which such a fuss has been made by the British press and Parliament, have remained within normal limits, according to the reports of the U-boats which have re- turned." The German Contention. . In fact, the Germans assert that the submarine is a weapon against which no defence is possible. With its aid they expect to stop importations of food and transfers -of men into France, and force the French to conduct the war on the Western front unaided. As for England's anti-submarine cam- paign, Berlin reports in the New York Times: "Neutrals who have lately visited England say that over there all is confusion, and that it is an open se- cret that the Admiralty has no plan to meet the new danger. They say that notices have been posted in all the Government shops promising a rich reward for any invention likely to help ward off the U-boat danger. The English Government is said to look to a mysterious invention by Edi- son for salvation. "Submarine crews returning from the scene of operations are said to be exceedingly enthusiastic, asserting that new methods have at last given them a fair chance in their perilous "trade," •as the English call this most dangerous of all forms of sea -fighting. Formerly a U-boat, if she was lucky, plight find one victim among six or eight ships, the rest being inviolable according to the restrictions ruling "trade." I have heard of cases in which a submarine could not find one victim among thirty or more ships passing it successively Now the game is worth the troub :." The British Reply. And now for a flat denial. Alfred Noyes, as spokesman for the British Admiralty, tells the New York Tri- bune that, far from being able to in- tercept traffic in the Straits of Dover, "I din confident that it is because the Admiralty has driven the sub- marines from the home waters that Germany announced her intention to create a wider zone. We have 4,000 private yachts, whalers, and fishifig- vessels, and 60,000 men in the ,anti- submarine fleet. "Every boat is armed with guns throwing 12 or 14 -pound explosive shells, and has 1,000 yards of steel netting trailing behind. We have de- stroyed 200 submarines. All the home waters are mapped out in blocks and every block patrolled." Four thousand ships and sixty thou- sand men! Nor is this all, for these figures include only the so-called pat- rol or trawler fleet gathered to pro- tect the English Channel and the wa- ters around the British Isles. In ad- dition to this, large fleets of mine- layers place mines in the entrances of German harbors, while the submarines are away, and prevent them from re- turning. There are numerous esquad- villes of aeroplanes, manned by the French; the constabulary constantly search the shores of the British Isles to ferret out the concealed submarine bases, and lately, at least, the skipper of every armed merchantman is, upon occasion, a submarine hunter. "Tak- ing one consideration with another, the ll -boat's lot is not a happy one." A Wooden Cross. Somewhere, in No Man's Land, a wooden cross, Swept by the rain and beaten by the sun! Pathetic? yes, and yet how .small a loss; Among the many thousand crosses --one! Bow small a loss, you say; but nay! but tray! To a'fair Maid who cannot see for tears The flush of spring upon the haw- thorn spray, It means the tragic darkening of the years. [ Clinton Scoilard. Believe in Prepared. mess ? Ase you ready for Mr. Germ? Catching condi is a crime. Fortify your-) self against cold germs and other germs by eating Shredded Wheat Biscuit. the food that supplies the necessary warmth and strength to resist disease. A better balanced ration than meat or eggs at a much lower cost. For breakfast with milk or cream. Made in Canada MACHINERY OF MOTION. How the British I41ake Roads For the Forward Movement. It is interesting to stand behind a battery of British howitzers and watch the guns in action, The men show the high morale which is in evi- dence throughout the British Army. They whistle and sing and bandy grim jests as they work. As the firing button is pressed the crew jumps back for a moment from the gun carriage, but have leaped again to their allotted posts before the easy acting recoil has returned the mammoth weapon to its original position. It its easy to dis- tinguish the scream of a departing projectile from one which is being sent in return by the Germans, and the onlooker can watch without diffi- culty the black base of a British shell as it travels in a long loop. The forward movement of the Brit- ish on so wide a front has brought into play all the machinery of motion in warfare. Roads seem to spring up overnight in most unexpected places. Railways have audaciously flung themselves forward regardless of mud and shell holes, and with a com- pleteness which even includes most pretentious sign posts bearing the names of French villages which exist now only as geographical, rel u ants,a lt, is also a revelation of the intensely practical side of modern war to see a six-inch water main stretching itself into territory but recently occupied by the Germans. Road -building has called into play all the ingenuity of pioneer bat- talions, composed not only of experi- enced British workmen, but of real pioneers from the prairies and moun- tains of Canada and the far lands of Australasia and South Africa. Roacl material is scarce in the stricken wil- derness of No Man's Land, but the re- fuse of battle often serves the pur- pose during the first hours of a new forward move. Broken rifles, bits of clothing, fragments of shells 'and oc- casionally a few shells themselves that fail to explode are used in the founda- tion of the new paths. The remains of a recently evacuated village bring great joy to the pioneers, for that means a temporary supply at least of much desired broken brick and stone. Most of us believe that clouds have a silver lining, but few of us make any effort either to turn the clouds round or to get behind them. Grape -Nuts contains the rich supplies of phosphate of potash grown in wheat and barley, Its mission is therefore clear and plain• --it supplies what ordinary food lacks. And ft does its work in a sturdy, straightforward, dependable way, as tens of thousands of its users can testify. "There's a Roa,ei" ..01,1,i11110,110c,111,11,1,11, In, a Nutshell Ilere is the best high cost of ing editorial that has come to our at tention, even though it is but a dozen lines in length, says the Rockville (Conn.) Leader: "Yes, these are hard times. We throw away ashes and buy soap. We grow weeds and buy veget- ables and brooms. We raise dogs and buy bogs. We catch fish with a four' dollar pole and at last we send our boys out with a forty dollar gun and a nineteendollar dog to hunt ten cent game." 11 To Clean Gloves. A. saucer, of milk, a piece of Whit soap and a piece of white cotton as large as a handkerchief will clean kid gloves, and leave them in a soft spot- less condition. Put the soiled, gloves on your hands, dampen a corner of the clean cloth, put over first forefinger of the right hand, rub once or twice on the soap, and then gently stroke the I glove from the fingers to a clean place on the cotton frequently. Do not rub the kid both ways but always from the fingers up. SAWYERS, BOX MAKERS 84 LABORERS WANTED FIl BTBROOK BROS., Limited 283 'King Street East, Toronto CAPTAIN GYP. White ".Perrier Who Was a Patient In a Preach Hospital. 'A British soldier stationed at one of the hospitals in France tells of a pleasing incident in which a clog play- ed the main part. g ,> &have had an unusual patient, he writes."A- little write terrier came trottingin with rather a nasty gash in his side. He went straight into the receiving room and virtually asked to have his wound dressed. An officer dressed it and sent him off. He re- turned twice at different times during the day„to have the dressing changed. 11,049ened up the 'next morning, and, fcifie ,joke; ,.sergeant made out a pro- pe.sick report and sent it along with thta sick reports of the chaps who had reported"±or treatment that morning. In' due course the medical officer came to this report and called out, "Trooper Gyp, Eighth D.L.T."—the heading that the sergeant had put on the;'report. The initials in this in- stance stood for "Doggy's Light In- fantry." Of course there was no answer. The medical officer glanced at the sick chaps waiting for attention, and again called out, "Which of you is Trooper GYP?" Just then the sergeant entered and explained matters. The medical of- ficer took the joke in good part, dress- ed the dog's wounds and entered him in proper fashion: "Shell wound in side; admitted into hospital." Gyp has now taken up his quarters in, the park store, and nothing can per- suade him to move. He goes out for a stroll every morning but always re- turns. 'He has, however, been promot- ed, and •is now Capt. Gyp, Eighth D.L.I. SPRIT% IMPURITIES ' IN THE UN) A Tonic Medicine is a• Necessity at This Season. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People 'are an all year round tonic, blood -builder and nerve -restorer. But they are especially valuable in the spring when the system is loaded with impurities as a result of the indoor life of the winter months. 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It is of no use trying to convince Tommy Atkins that it comes from the Italian cantina, a small cellar. He has his own deriva- tion, which he finds quite satisfactory. "Canteen" is simply "tin can" said backward. To justify his theory he merely invites you to look round. Cer- tainly, tin enters largely into the utensils and furnishings of the aver- age canteen. The drinking vessels are tin and, in many cases, the tables are also covered with block tin. No wonder Tommy" holds that the word has some connection with the metal that is so much in evidence. Fooled 'Em. "It is remarkable," said Mr. Grunt - ler, "how mean some people are. I had with me on a fishing trip two friends who evidently were familiar with my reputation as an angler. Be- fore starting, one of them made the following suggestion: 'We will agree that the first one who catches a .fish must treat the crowd.' I assented to. this, and we started. 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