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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1930-12-19, Page 3si pip Int yns to hes Led :ks lid• Eos. eta ley Ile vias ted At sal, ers- zen (dm he of any Lind had buy thn- )ker der- ev- ,filu- ,riew tor's but for giv- for n is deal •ould need: nres- hiigh cable ask g to g at ad - was line the and per- te' sP pt re- ). He mails and a the r for ) ems - se of o sIE him Me - had oney. n the judge effect ported e had d de- Nat - e to was as to their pf the t and ie the icted. wih- , haw - do so the- moppitIMMIO only what pan ta6btt ghee ' Dpoee 'amfly atarie earn 'eaket' l poY- ' isn't id be. �spltaf" Which' ce her'' .d tigoo - d ex - Mrs, 9 reg. al tit enter. home, ,f het' 'eetor.- a.tpaeur•- itanot. r a tut. lin u• 11 biz 41, -+ 1 D O ER , $ O. 1'IIE Lim E BLACK BEN good tonic Pr da pesed ',spirits. There ie a 'lot of rot phi', 'os'opll,y in the little poem epproduced i n th,,is Tanel. Iii .gertein, dtjarters -thi'e'Poem is:we 1,ltnewn through fre- quent use 'by prominent after-dinner speakers. Try this one on your piano" and •sharpen up your sales talks; Said the little 'red rooster., "Gosh all hemlock! Things are tough. Seems like worms are getting scarcer, and I cannot 'find enough. 'What's become of all those fat ones is a mystery to me; 'There were thousands through that rainy spell -but now where can they 'be?" X1,1 41.4, 1�il EMPI 11 �i�1SI 'The old (black hen who heard him didn't grumble or complain; She had gone through lots of dry . spells, she had lived through floods of rain. So she flew upon the grindstone, and she gave her claws a whet As she said, "I've never seen the time when there weren't worms to get." She picked a new and undug spot; the earth was hard and firm. The ' little rooster jeered, 'New ground! That's no place for a worm." The old black hen just spread her feet; she dug both fast and free. •'I must go to the worms," she said, "the worms won't come to me." The rooster vainly spent his day, through habit, by the ways • Where fat, round worms had passed in squads back in the rainy days. When nightfall found him supperlessy he grnwled in accents rough, "I'm hungry as a fowl can be, condi- tions sure are tough." lie turned to the old black hen and said, "It's worse with you, For you're not only hungry, but you must be tired too. I rested while I watched for worms, so I feel fairly perk. But how are you? Without worms, too? And after all that work." The old black hen hopped to her perch and dropped her eyes to sleep, And murmured in a drowsy tone, "Young man, hear this and weep! I'm full of worms and happy, for I've dined both long and well The worms were there as always --but I had to dig like hell!" FEELING "LOST!" When 1Vfother went "back home" for a few weeks every fall Claire felt lost without her. Writing seemed so impersonal and unsatisfactory. She discovered the easiest and nicest way -was to telephone. The night rates made the cost seem trifling. COMMUNISM'S HIGH PRIEST SAYS BOLSHEVISM DOOMED One thing is clear enough in the trial of the conspirators at Moscow. If the Bolsheviks did not know that what would' emerge would be useful to them, they would not 'permit it to emerge. It would not be broadcast throughout Russia wherever there is a radio, nor through those parts of Europe that are listening in. From this the inference that the whole af- fair has been staged, managed and engineered might be erroneous, and we have no information on which to base, any such charge. But it seems 'unquestionable that the trial is being used to whip up the Communist en- thusiasm of the Russian people. They are being encouraged to endure stiil more privations; and it s more than suggested to them that they are so far on the road to prosperity and ab- solute freedom that the other nations of the world are jealous and would strike if they dared. This, of course, is old stuff. In the past other na- tions have been similarly deluded with the object of stringing them up to the pitch of war. But why do the Russians need to be thus stimulated? Is it because the whole Russian ex- periment is in danger of collapse, and that the Communists are merely try- ing to stave off the day when their -viotfims will turn and rend them? To this question the best authority on Communism in the world would answer unhesitatingly, Yes. We are not aware that the gaestion has ever been put to him in these words, but one cannot read Karl Kautsky's "Bol- shevism in an Impasse" and retain any doubt of what he thinks of it. Kautsky is one of the few Communists alive who knew Karl Marx perso'nal- ly. (Since the death of Marx he has been almost universally accepted as his chief interpreter. To the Social- ists and Laborites of the world he is known as "the grand old man of So- eialism." At the age of 76 he con- tinues to be active in the Socialist cause. Nobody is so well qualified to speak of the very essence of Marxism and if he has been: called by Trotzky "the renegade Kautsky" it is because "he finds the Communism of Lenin in direct opposition to the Communism of Marx. To the adherents hecourse, tthat of Lenin it is open to say, Len- in took a further step than Marx, that he improved on the Marx doetrines. It is also open to Kautsky to say that he betrayed them and this Kautsky has said emphatically. Kautsky insists that the so-called counter-revolution in Russia has al- ready taken place. The real revolu- tion was that of March, 1917. That put an end to the old monarchical .system. The counter-revolution took place in the following November, and was the Bolshevik outbreak which seized the reins of power. The March revolution, says Kautsky, freed the R'ussia( peasantry, from landlordism, democratized the old, Russian army and destroyed the power of the old reactionary elements. The Bolshevik revolution a few months later laid the foundation of industrial democracy, and established freedom of speech, press and assembly. On the other "hand the Bolshevik dictatorship cre- sted a regime of slavery and oppres- sion, set up the rule of aprivileged 'Com'munist caste, abolished all liber- ties, destroying the very best eta. manta of the 'n'orkers .sand of the $9d00-4.$ demaoer� utio �r�tsll rt a . e .say'f', "lV`eryblaing. that'the $ov'- 1)F.:10:01#0,. tk*Oir.a des ► 1 9ii os +. not a' 4ili l'aftit,' 1flew lifr walk; "§, tate hoe dose *(1,n then, .aeclUn dooinr : all ,931'40. he w iu�i ; wiled wy maga •extps•e�ptiatioo 'and: en- etrrAe 1Xer ea ora. , ter the'aet oif�, slavement of the Peasantry,. has shin s'clrvtee too ue thus'Wap ,l pe5ibla counter to this (Marek) r3 oluti2n a ' the eeaip tleole was rel 'lot" By; and has s+.a vel only tp desy,xcy it, this. #!sine it lied grown dock and ranny< txansfoxn ing it' intolts' e5tect epees- awl the Leipzig, aflame Erin *Wen tp lte If the isms;al stages of the Soviet stern, was a ghastly sight. Then, .af .regime in the villages rep, wanted ter eeveral explosions', sl,ei seat ' up revolution, then we are comp led to distress signals and bothOur ship and regard its Teter acti'ens more aid the Glasgow lowered boats -14 cur m•:re as counter-revolution. It is pre- cisely ale.irs'. this counter-revolted:en that the ex asants are revolting.' In a word, Kat tsky sees in the Bolsa,: iks a reincarnation not of the Jaco 't.ts to 'whom they have so frequently been ceni(pared, but the B'onapartists. Tae only difference 'lie perceives between Stalin and Bonaparte is that whereas Na'p'oleon proved to be fruitful and constructive in hie work, Stalin has succeeded in throwing Russia into a well-nigh hopeless stagnation. He says: "This insane experiment cannot end otherwise than in a terrible col- lapse. Not even the greatest genius can prevent it. . The closed bank- ruptcy approaches the more pro- nounced becomes the daring, the dar- ing of despair. While the impoverish- ment of the masses grows apace the priojects !become even more gigantic in an effort to escape from the swamp. At the same time, however, the ner- eousn'ess .increases. The more gigan- tic the project, the shorter the time given for its realization and the greater the violence applied to achieve results which only Alalddin's lamp could make possible." Impossible as he believes the Bol- shevik experiment to be Kautsky be- lieves it equally impossible that there can be any gradual democratization of the Soviet regime. The Bolsheviks themselves close the road to progress along sound Communist lines. We do not know enough about the sub- ject to be able to say whether pro- gress along 'sound Communist lines would be preferable to the progress along unsound Communist lines which we have seen under the Bolsheviks. Perhaps one would be as objectionable as the other to a serf of the capital- istic system like the writer. We are convinced that the great majority of Canadians would be extremely unhap- py under either. For that reason we trust that the Russian experiment will be permitted to work itself out to the bitter end. Capitalist states would be ill-advised to meddle with it. They should stand strictly aloof and wait for the inevitable end. Thea when the time comes to change the present system -and we have not the'slightest doubt that the time will Come -the civilized people of the world will have the Russian adventure 'before their eyes as one of the most solemn warn- ings ever compounded of the folly and hatred in human nature. UNPUBLISHED LOG OF GREAT SEA FIGHT Battle of the Falkland Islands was sixteen years ago. Here is what Tom Nutter, A.B., of H.M.S. Cornwall, 800 men, saw and heard, as recorded in his "rough log" hitherto unpunlished. "After a four mopths, 18,000 mile. criss-cross vigil of sea -scouring for enemy oraft :between South America and the West African coast, during which time several of the crew tried to hang themselves from. 'war depres- sions' common at thiis time with no shore leave 'piped' in four months, H.M.S. Inflexible and Invincible, Dreadnought battle cruisers direct from Devonport joined us off Brazil, November 28th, 1914. Next day Vice Admiral Sturdee having flung this thrilling message to the 'breeze, 'We, are now going south to avenge our brothers of the .Mohmouth and Good Hope,' off we started in battle form- ation, each unit 10 miles apart and on D'ecem'ber 7th arrived at the Falk- land Islands, the weather meanwhile growing every cold as we were within 300 miles of Cape Horn.' "Next morning, December 8th, memorable in British naval history, while busy coaling, our lookout re- ported five strange men -o' -war in the offing. They proved to be Von. Spee's battle squadron 'Scharnhorst ,(flag- ship), Gneisenau, Leipzig, Dresden and Nurnburg who unaware of our pres- ence, began to shell the town. Pres- ently, the Germans discovering our heavier ships, turned tail and took to their heels. At once Admiral Sturdee signalled 'Give chase,' and you can bet Nelson's men at Tra- falgar never cracked on speed better'n us, for we all knew the champion ev- ent of our lives had come -ships, weather and visibility perfect for a real 'battle. Our squadron comprised Inflexible,Invincible, Carnarvon, Cornwall, Glasgow and Kent, and once outside the harbor we could see the German squadron, with masts land funnels just above the horizon, 22 miles away doing like scared cats. Six British ships chasing five German ships -ye gods! what a sight for all hands knew thele very ships had sunk the Monmouth and Good Hope five weeks (before and never tried to save a man. "Meanwhile, lunch hour cane, but everyone was too excited to eat and at one 'o'clock the Inflexible after a furious chase, got near enough to hit the Dresden a dirty smack which caused us to cheer as though all hands were at a football match. After this the ships of both fleets scattered and fastened to their' own particular prey -the Cornwall and Glasgow, together hunted the Leipzig as their meat, and at 3.40 the bugle sounded 'action'. With a might 'cheer all hands rushed to their stations, and at 4.07 we fired our first shot. The range started at 11,000 and ended at 4,300 yards, and during this runnihg fight we fired 1080 eshells. At 6.20 we 'ceased fire' because the Leipzig was a roaring furnace and her ensign shot away - though another was quickly hoisted. Then we received a vbireless that In- vincible and Inflexible had sunk Scho nhorst and Gneisenau. This news 'brought, more cheering, and though a sailorman has little to do with poetry, from somewhere came these lines 'One glorious hour of crowded life is worth an age without a name,' and the fellow who wrote them must have been in some sea fight like this one. "At seven o'clock the Leipzig open- ed fire again, and as it is an admiralty s( order to fire until an enemy's ensign is drown, we replied with lyddite, and vtived the '(glib out of 303. At 9.25 with ensign' still flying, she heeled. over and went down, a small splash alone te'llin'g us a great ship had once been there. (So ended aur action with the Leipzig. A canary died aboard the (Cornwall of fright but no one', was stilled or injured, though we bad' 42 holes in our fi}n'nels and 80 other holes, due to flying iron. After we got the survivors aboard, ' all half- dead from the icy water, we darkened ship and headed for the Falkland Is- lands, now 115 miles distant. "One survivor, who could speak English, turned put to have been a London barber for nine years, and had married an English girl. 'When war broke out (being a German re- servist and anxious to avoid it all) he embarked for Australia, but at. Valparaiso was seized by the German consul and sent aboard the Leipzig. He told us that after the Cornwall began to .,fire 1yddite it was worse than hell itself, as it made iron burn like s4 much wood; that when all guns were out of action the captain mustered the 18 still alive, told them each must look after himself, but that he would go down with his ship. He did. 'After that we jumped from the white-hot deck into the icy sea, and I am thankful to be safe aboard a British ehip after seeing legs and arms flying about me like leaves in Autumn.' Two hundred were .killed on the upper deck alone." 'Seam'an Nutter concludes with this observation; "In sinking those ships today we made a good job of it be- cause we knew England looked to Sturdee's men to do it shipshape. We hated those ships and it was strictly an affair of honor if ever we met them. Now iCradock and our pals are avenged. I hope they know some- thing about it." GREAT BRITAIN LED THE WAY IN MAKING SHIPS SAFE AT SEA Jt has taken the woild fifty-five years to follow the lead of Great Bri- tain in making the sea safe for sail- ors. An international agreement has just ,been reached on the loading of ships. An international "Plimsoll line" is now established. To -day the Plimsoll line is familiar to landsmen and seamen alike, but older readers of Tit -Bits may recall the bad days vv'hen men were deliber- ately sent down to the bottom of -the sea in ships that were loaded beyond the safety margin. These readers will remember that 'Samuel Plimsoll, whose name will live as long as ships sail the seven seas, stormed the apathy of parliament and forced through a measure which brought peace to thousands of seamen's homes. Before Samuel Plimsoll made his stand for humanity, seamen were at the mercy of scoundrelly owners who thought only in terms of insurance. Old hulks that long had rotted at wharves• were. picked up for a song, crammed full of insurable cargo and sent out to be overwhelmed by the fury of the winter seas. No thought of the men who would go down with the ship stayed their hands. Then came Samuel Plimsoll, "The Seaman's Friend," a man who had known life at first 'hand. He had been prosperous; he had known disaster. From a position of affluence he had come to common lodging -houses. In them he met seamen and heard their stories. He was roused to a great anger, and there and then took an oath that he would never rest until he had revealed the villainy of the "ship knackers." Ile knew that before he could achieve anything he had to get into parliament. That meant money. Out of the pit of poverty he climbed. Wealth began to accumulate. Still he toiled on and gave every spare minute to the seamen. At last he was able to stand for Denby, when they elect- ed him he knew his cause was bound to triumph. • There came that day when he stood before the crowded House of Commens and told the members of coffin -ships, of men shanghaied to man them, of the inevitable drowning. Heedless of the effect of his words, he publicly charged individuals with the murder of hundreds of helpless men, whose starving wives and chil- dren Dried aloud for protection. Throughout the country he went, bringing home the truth of the infamy to the nation. A royal commission was appointed and a bill was introduced. Then Ois- raeli announced that owing to 'pres- sure of 'business the bill would have to be dropped. Plimsoll saw red. Like a raging storm his protest caus- ed consternation. Such was his in- dignation that he referred to one member of the Blouse by name and declared his wealth was founded on sunken ships and dead sailors. He was named by the Speaker, hut Dis- raeli reinstated the bill, which was passed, and the word "Plimsoll" came into the British language. Other nations did not follow the lead. Indeed, until' the present agree- ment was reached, the U.S.A. had no compulsory load -line for its ships. American ships could legally carry much more than British; that meant bigger trade. But the world has come to realize that men's lives are more important than trade, and from now onward the load -line of the world will be the one that Samuel Plimsoll gave to British seamen.From "Tit -Bits." Fid • `'e rte, if It is remarked that the ocean is the only power on earth that can make a woman indifferent to her per- sonal appearance. -Regina Leader - Post. Wherever I go I find people sick to death of party politics and party cries. -'-Mfr. John Buchan, M.P. This honey that works so well as anti -freeze --where do you put it -in the bee -batteries? Border Cities Star. D Your Christmas Shopping Store During the Last THIS STORE WILL BE OPEN EVENINGS MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 22, 23, 24 We Have a Wonderful Stock. 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