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and life-
weeiliaard. This
lona eartiali est three
iww *a dimistrarit's boats
bill4 Imo laweeed pisk up the men
' te the welir, vitals 143 leer available
ante =leteritie-aseving gear had been thrown
Eserever, than still re- I
•asithied aims mon La the peak of the
oiler. Th. concluding Pert of teh*
Inglensi ea- "ars**. mai' be lcolsked i* T.", Where British Soldiers. Have Stood,
wards ot the destreyer's montane.
ekteeteeee eetenteeinee te wet, nee Personally Conducted by a Men
misery * place myself sloagaide the , Who Knows, It Well,
Alp and take ell the renmereler of the
crew. A speed of eight knots behiwj On the wall of the coffee -room at
the ltetel du Faucon—The Falcon --
at Beilleul, there used to hang, re..
member, eri old print of the Heights
of flentlers, those modest hill a rising
from the flat -plain which hoe figure
ed so largely in therecent newe from
the Front, soya a British officer.
There they were—Le . Montagne. de
Kenunel, le Mont dee Cot, le Monti
Aigu (better knovna by IS. Fiend*
title of the Scherperberg—"the point-
ed hill"), le Mout Noir'le Mont
Bug& Onthe top of Mont dee' Cats
the Print, showed a faithfid represent,
Mien- of the Trappist Monastery
which need to crovvn the crest, where,
in 1915, a kindly brother regaled Me
with a gla$0 of the monksexcellent
home-made liquer. •
DL' 1L'*Wei a isachine pia to ire ea the n
advancing British. Every time I piss- AUBIER RIME
co RAGE ledrecttr. hrhelarolu owith aytutti.t1 :0*
gap in the belfry made by the miss-
ing' slates. To his mind it was the
enduring evidence of German fright,.
AN INTIMATE TOUR OF 711-111 fulness. 'oor man, if he is still at NO SUBSTITUTE HAS YET BEEN
FIGHTING LINE. Bailleul, 1 fear he has heti by now ii FOUND ADEQUATE.
worse lesson a the character of our
foes. ..
Filen lathing Station.
IN GERMANY
11.•011...
Ian ISO Midi Mee lemeisi
• •• 1411011* lehlahralty.
. Wig imilieWaten of a Clerritan sun -
announced by *e maintained, this was done. Wo re -
11=, Adateraity except upon tiro realised &loopede locked to the steam -
le ewer
glemegesit possibie "rides*, which is er's windward bow for a period suf-
ethos peeevided by th• destroyers that Admit for all nine men to lower them -
are wagagad lees game of hide! selves on board this ship, which mm -
404 mask with tlee elusive U-boits un-' Joined slight superficial damage to
dee miedittons af earning excitienene./ guard rails and upper deck fittings.
The batimeteas may obtain, seine id* Ten minutia after we clear a the
of titiet grim gen* from the details of I steamer she was burnt to the water
akin records of a few encounters as line."
ea the matt of which there is no room
feas doubt.
A otayoy of merchant veseh woe
bedew eseerted by British and A.meri-
mut deetroyera A antimashie attempt-
ed te *tank Ate convoy, but although
rinteinmevred from one posithin- to
ileaTtrand every time it attempted
the cleatroyers were too quick
and tame to the surface its presence
vr* *tented.
entwined Death it3utt'
Ftgalier an American thatroyer
sight* the periscope in a -favorable
position and headed for it, with the
tntentlon of ramming. A depth charge
was dropped directly over the U-boat,
witich was stall visible under water
from the American ship. The rimult
was an upheaval of black colored wa-
ter, two broken Pieces Of it sPor and
some N small pieces of wreckage. No-
thing more of the enimiy was seem
Early one winter's day a destroyer
sighted an enemy 'submarine on the
• surface and steered for it at full been the reverse. Some day the agri-
speed. , So swiftly was the manoeuvre celteral collegee may unearth some
carried out tliat the •Gernien had no Important discoveries halo* the fame
time to submerge. ;Within thirty nee- iliar Content of moisture a few feet
meta of sighting the destroyer' '' had deep. '
rammed the ellen*, tearing a great It will never be known jnet how
rent in the buil of the U-boat. At the mane"; hi -rebels of wheat were produced
same time a bomb, **hick" said the1 in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al-
berta In 1915. That 'crop was being
heeded to market for nearly two
the •destroyet wheeled back over the Years: Wheat specialists from Minne-
spot and dropped another bomb. apotis; Chicago, Liverpool and Mast
Large qua•ntittes of oil rose to the gow were unable to calcite*yield
surface, but no other alga of the even when the threellete were on ale
=mote presence: could be detected, ground. Nor has there yet been sat -
and when the position was located; isfactory explanatton of the marvel -
the submarine Was literitedieltill tying oue multiplication and site �f the
on the apat where she hag,,e,eatet, • ,wheat kernel, even on wfld lanai and
Submarine Cue in" TWO. in the dry areas of Southern ',Seaga;
chewan, and far up in the Peat° river
country,' . • t
It is doubtful it any stogie agency,
either public or private, has in any
season completely' .surveyed the en. -
tire growing area of the prairies. It
stretches far out from railroad branch •
To Old Baiileul--• -
extensions. Motoringeis d•ifficult or
pioNiita...as ea rapid that t. And 'then; eeddenly,you come • to
aa,
When an inspection ene district ise BailIeul, whose town-hallis. gem of
completed, *heat has developed to a old Flemish architecture. With its
muck more advanced stage elsewhere. quaint cupolas and 'fantastic turrets,
...Neither the. Canadian Government the Hotel de Ville always used to re -
'nor such,private associations as ',the mind me of an illustration from a
Northwest Grain Dealers' have shown book of fairy tales. The old-world
disposition to . overestimate results. Place; with the town elan 'bulking
In the present circumstances of mo- large In the fOregrOutul„ flanked on
mentons consequence it „is well that either side by ' the old shops and
reliahee, can be 'Piked on these 'esti- houses all crowded together, as
taatee as not likely to. 'go beyond the though leaning against one another,
fact. There has been. at least found-; came as a delightful surprise after
&den, laid :for at yield. second in size' the plain uniformity of the surround -
only to the 1915 etopewhen' every ing country..
process • .
process Of nature co-operated in, fe- The toed from. Hazebrouck to Mer -
mind*. Perhaps the; reit 'battle Of vine—where the Indian Corps had its
the war May be a victory for the Can- headquarters for so long—furnishes
adian wheat crop. May it be another pleasant surprise. When the
main road plunges into the Forest of
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Niepee the ugly sordidness of this
frontier land slips away. • The forest
is large and thickly planted with oak
and beech, and there are pheasants
and rebbite in the undergrowth. Many
a eummer night doming through the
forest, I have stopped and heard the
nightingales Warbling full-thr.oated.
about the old'. chateau which ,lies 'on
the edge of the wood. • -
Merville has nothing about. ' it to
justify its pretty name, except the
picturesque, ' high -framed bridges
across the muddy River Lys- The
Chateau,. which was the headquarters
of the Indian COrPa in the old . days,
:was a monstrosity such as only a
'CANADIAN VillE.AT -CROP.
4444,44.
Estimates ot Yield in Previous Tear*
Have Been Below the Mark,
Eerier and premature opinion places
the wheat erop of the Canadian
prairies; at 300,000,000 bushels* Plant-
ing has barely been. Essen -
Val data lacking, we may await re-
ports with the reassuring 'knowledge
that eatirnates of acreage are not over
the mark. They never litive been. Re-
vision upward has been the rule both
at to acreage and yield.
It has been.shown time and again
that close etudy of hidden subsoil con-
ditions in the Speing wbeat belt Is
scarcely of less impottance than to
recoed precipitation and atmospheric
chameee. There have been seasons of
long superficial' &ought when yield
,in quantity and quality was beyond
all expectation, Results have also
commending °Meet, l'eaPloded Oat's"
factorilyet,wais clropped. After thia
A mercluintrinut 'which • hid falle
behind' the main body Of the convoy to
'Which She belonged WS escorted back
to her position ,by destrayer. ;list
then another Of the merahantreen was
torpedoed. Immediately the'destroy-
or eiturig round .and headed lull's:tilt
. for the enemy's. position. AS she pass-
ed over the spot a severe she* ..was
tett throughout the destroyer, and
just , afterward the. German Perteeene
was sighted the deetroyer's sister
▪ which hastened to .drop bora,'
on -the U-boat. -A heavy, explosion
resulted,' and the ititmatitte. came up
right astern ..efehet .pUrisuersi: Helm
was put hard over and fire (Memel by
both British eines, three bits beirig
itegiatered::: quick succession. Esie
„cert. No. 2 had now come round and
being • neatest the • enemy, ' went.
. straight for hini and succeeded cut-
ting, therealiMarkie alien inter. Beth
, ;halves aPireated. Ate surface for a
few seconds before .Plangintil illiallY
trent Vie*. ." • ' •
Terrific Expleihni: •
A destroyer binding/0 submarines
observed two periscopes' about eight
feet ,apixt on her starboard bow. The
destroyer managed to get within fifty
. yards before the U-boat submerged;
then depth charge Wel dropped over
the sUbrairine'sscourse: After the es -
plosion of the „chatge a '6004 .and
mueh louder explosion was heard And
felt by every_ One on board the de-
sttoyer, and a 'column of black -color-
ed water was • thrown to te height Of
about thirty.' feet. A' fit* �f light 'ell
then spread over water, and in the
next two home • had increased to a
eensidergible extent.
Sighting the wake of a submarine,
• deetroyer 'dropped .depth charge
fen 'rope to the coulace. Ltieer
„neillieett.---aPnteetalteeetaleitheleedeStla
&age: was &sipped. and. More oil Was
When darkness fell a large and
conspicuousepatch of oil -ware observed
and WAS AM, very dearly' Ins:irked next
InOrning. Another depth charge was
dropped in the middle of • the .patch,
whereupon more oil and bubbles rase
And cOntintied rising for the not two
hours: . Sweeping operations were
then Undertaken, and an obstritetiort
wee looted on the bottom. • More oft.
Ton. to the surface.
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ESeettell From Binning Ship..
A lieutenant comrnand of a de -
g reeter discovered that a British. Wei
bad been torpedoed and not on lire.
She was burning furiously and WAS
Oa of Control although her 'engines
Were *till running: A continuous
fitreinn of oil fed the flare*, 'which
privrented tiny, bee entering the en-
titles, remit? Her peak Was net yet
I Alight, and cronclied up here were
• Flatand Depressing -
,
After the dead flatness of the coun-
try -between St. _Omit and
one comes upon these pleasant. wood-
ed heights with a sensation of relief.
'If you will look in Baedeker. for Bel-
ghtin and Reiland you will .find duly
noted therein:the Belvedere of Mount
Kemmel from which a fine view of the
OUrrounding. country may be obtain-
ed (entrance fee ten centimes). ,
When I laboriously toiled to the top
of Kemmel Hill one afternoon in
1010, few crumbling bricks were
*11 that remained of the Belvedere or
Aussichtetuint (observation' tower),
asethe Germane wouldcall it, to wine*
the good burgesses of Bailleul, in hap-
pier tImes, used to repair on Sunday
afternoons to enjoy the View and to
drink their coffee at the eetaminet at
its foot. .1Kernrnel stands out like a
'bastion in front of all the 'others', the
Scherpenberg, le Mont Noir, and the
rest. This border land lying, Along
the Franco Belgian frontier is a coun-
try of contrasts. From Razebrouck,
which is a dull and •ugly place, the
roads running to Bailleur
eespectieely, traverse n flat and
depressing region , of brimniing, wil-
low fringed ditches, of wet, hedge-
lese meadows, the sparse houses • and
farms squalid and poverty- stricken.
The villages are made of a'hetero-
geneous collection -of old, ;weather -
stained houses and branct-new ted -
brick villas, which look exactlet like
the pictures on those ehlhiren's boxes
of building , atones: (made • ire:Ger-
many). , • R.'
FORESTS. OF 'N'E'WFOIRSTD"LAND.
Extract From Report of the British
Reconstruction Comntittee.
Newfoundland has considerable re-
serves of timbeieNvhich, though under
a separate Government, form part of
the same :Imperial, question. They 11.
lustrate Incidentally how rapidly for-
ests, which at first sight ,seem vast,
may:be absorbed. The Newfoundland
woods cover 10,000 square miles, but
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more than a.third has been taken over
by a single .compony, The produce
from this area, nearly equal to the
whole woodlands of Great Britain,
feeds the pulp and paper mina of the
Anglo 7 Newletensflried. peeeternetit
ainFaiir air supplies- the -reinlre..
ments .of four British newspapers.
Newfoundland nee assisted the tatted
Kingdom during the 'war with sup -
piles �f *weed trent the three-mile
belt round the coast' reserved by the
Colonial Government for the, use of
the. Colony and not ordiriaraly avail-
able for export 'except- in; the form of
pulp. Labrador, which is a depend-
. snag of Newfoundland, is believed to
have considerable resources in timber] was a witty an,d, amiable French doe. Inucit smaller flight of our own, and..1.wars_not- only in depriving , her popu-
suitable for pulpwood and pitwoode tor, shrewd and fair -minded -and tact, only rarely will they accept a _combat lation-of thise,neenatitYe.of -daily life,
South Africa, Australia and fu), who liked, the British Army, and The list of lt.N.A.S laced" is now a but in 'wiping out of existence her
New. 'Zealand are already importers did fin. in his power to make etheir vetr long ttt__.ne. •robber manufacturing trade. •
of sat woeids; and no relief With • re- ,` stay at Bailleul agreeable. The nuns l As in all other fields Germany has
geed to future supplies-, but rather the ' who an the asylum, aided by a de -1 'The French have a evey of making a sought to overcome her obstacles by
contrary, IneY expected those tachtnent of harrntess. lunatics; used rear -old fowl as tender as One that is the expedient of eubstitution. it is
qnarters. • . to do the .weshing •for the troope inlhalf the age, by wrapping it in brawn a well known fact that reclaimed rub -
connection with the first-class pee I Paper before it is put-letit the, even, ber has never proven satisfactory.
tients' baths, which were used as a and allowing it to cook in. thiseenvelope The amount of sulphur that has to be
bathing establishment by the rileti until it. is nearly done. The paper used in the process renders the pro -
Betty Wilde -.-Jack declaree he'll go quartered in the vicinity. It was a , Atains the jukes, allowa the fowl to duct short lived through its brittle.
ctrizy if t don't marry him splendid bath, large,. and tiled in yet. took slowly and evenly and grow neste ana inelisetieity. •
/thirty Chinainen, the remainder of Tor
Ftipeide-, 'thee there's tie love, With unlitilited supplies of bot tender before the outside is. browned: Synthetic rubber has been tried, but
the crew.
nope fpr nun either way, water; and I often. used to watch the At the hiI3't the paper is removed long as yet the vomits are disappointing
the power of the destroyer's crew', but •
To extinguish the fire ntaa• beyond , • .men revelling in it. • I enough to bring the surface of the their 'imperfection; Germany has
When the Germans wore at Bail- ' fowl to the desired color. Young mut,- tried innumerable substitutes, all of
her contain determined make an at. -,Seeause late maturing varieties of 1 the autumn of .
. on can e rouglit to lamb-hko ten- whiCh are known to the Allied ria-•
tempt to rescue the survivors • in the corn are being treed this year they occupied the lisylunt eThey made dernese in the wane way, and roast banes, but rubber is rubber and as yet
poet, although it was obviously ,a ough editivatiori u
illinenit under-OG(16Z He ran Ina Yee- Planting, te holden grawth; is More
'-e-ere And - after Mote -heir le Dideeteur vete' angry be- vest inhY be cooked thoroughly with- there has never bolo foiled a *tie-
CaUSe they broke several slates from out tee hatd outer crust which some- fectory product that cin adequately
doses, pest the eitatla stern, and iteeet4s1r/ 6411 e/eiC. beff)re.' the belfry chapel, where, they had in- times spoils this meat *When roasted. lilt itS place.
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At Nieppe, whieji lies to the south.
east of Bailleul, waa *Walled the first
bathing establishment on the Western
Front, It was in the late winter of
1915, when the Army qtros suffering
much brim the inclemency of the
Flemish climate, and "trench, feet"
were OallSing Many case:unties. The
baths were set up in a ramshackle old
factory on the banks of the River Lys.
A hot water installation was put in,
and the Men bathed in great wooden
vats, white.), in anothere part of the
buildings, their uniforms were idisin-
fectecl. Their shirts, Socks, and under-
clothing were taken away, and OW
were issued with fresh sets on emerg-
ing , from the baths. Shirts were
mended and socks were darned by a
party of old women, recruited 14:caller.
The bathing establishment at
Nienpe had a grisly ,relic, of which bring. to her.
the officer in cbarge—the Army (Igoe. Among those materiale--and "her
ter who had originated the scheme— 'is along list of them—is rubber. Th
was inordinately' proud: It was known ishe heti been moray preased to fril he
ring' Your preeencee) "The requitement" fox this necessity is ov
Lousy Shirt." /t was, in "'feet, the dent from the iittensive and elabo
anost verminous article . with which ate scheme put into affect' in tit
the disinfecting branch of the estale- United States for smuggling throng
lishment had had to handle, and was the most minute quantities, secrete
reverently preserved, as a relic, be- in letters and on the persona of tea
Omen two sheets of glass: It certain- yellers.
ly showed abundant traces Of the ' Contierving the Supply.
rutinesenees with Which the bathing
establishment waged war on these Lo Pays ,der France (Paris) in 'a
recent issue tells an interesting -stork
soldiers' pests, ,
73-u eTheha River e idiTasr et In thb ebecise;pplearyitt sthine trying German to Gcoovnesnunerveenhte'sr supplyeet iv -
fighting, is a Muddy, uninteresting within the fatherland, outside being
stream, which, in my mind, is: prin., closed to her., „
deafly associated with the Indians, war aererepauriiienIneexnetsadofGeherrmnaenYeds4ant
etlio spent so many Weary months
the Lys Valley, - Some of the Sewall; Peace times. &line of are: Au -
had th;fhoienr gpterhnoei be eucipsu ruirdepeowas 'aeosf .uofai uegasimple.t noMilia'usbert etires, sfeo rrn oht:rx c soldiers,
etires, trench rub -
bombs
coverings and gas masks. Her hos-
just pulled out the safety pin, drop- Pitals and Physicians in the field need
collectedps) the btorebdienoto efil andethiVreropwnupthbeyn EleVes, ice bags, Water bottles,
cushions and innumerable surgical ac -
the eicplossion. But the authorities, tessories. Besides the* there are the
probably fearing that some over eager industrial necessities such as rubber
Oriental *atild.blow himself to bite , wagon
,cohmosesctubboionti13, fejorinirlarataioins:
stopped the practice, so .grenade fish-'
cloth and thread: .
ing fell into desuetude.
These are but a few of many of her
.ro•fo.f.11t
Aliles Held the. Key 'to: the World's
Rubber Supply—All:Sources Axe
• • 'Closed to Gennep*. .
Germane! Wee prepared to make
es.kctifices 111, food, • human life and
money when eihe embarked on b
dream of world dominioe. But f
every Tose she foresaw 0. compens
tion which would enable her to ke
her armies at Maximum. 'elligieng3r.
The -,vmterfee that Pan -Germany in
fantastical egoiisne saw have feiled
to -connN: -She has been -Uneble to SOP,
cure the sorely needed raw materials'.
at the •expenle of the nations • she'
would litree overrun.
She diet not foresee that there were
certain.: eseential materiale- eltat she
could . not produce '.herself and that
the Might - her annies could not
GUAM LOST IMITAIN PPM TO -
AFRICAN COLONYI CANADA'S
IS A OMPARATtVELY YOUNG A •QUESTION OY THE MOT
COUNTRY. . MAGNITUDE,
FORM
History of. That Portion or East
Africa Thet Hes Passed From
the Raiser% Control.
As far as EMIR are concerned,
German Neat 'Africa is * very Young
er . country. Untiiithe ,k.i.middle of the
or 'nineteenth century only the' mist
et.: land Of the territory was known,
ep,. either to Europeans or to the • Arabs.
:The Arabs, trideed„ were the first
people an poeseifertent- and When the
Portuese, stretching out hen*, of
tioneinian ire silt, directions, ILO they
did during the fifteenth ' and six-
teenth centuries, arrived in diii 'course
on the (mat coast of Africa they found
the Arab everywhere in power. The
held of the Portuguese on the etre*.
trY was never firm, never extended
very far over .thO vast unknown •
hin-
terland to 0.14*.weet, and when they
e finally took their departure, in the
at -early 'years of the eighteenth Century,
✓ the Arabs returned like Witter to an
te .-old wittercoureee • All thecoastettierne
re north of Cape Delgado,the preeellt
e , southern limit rif,'Otirrnint Nut Africa,
h 'fell under the sway of the Arabs of
d Nies*, and inter on Under that of
. the Sultan of Zanzibar.
IslOW, the Arabs of Zanzibar were
apparently mo 'enterprieing than
if
the Arabs of niseat, : They had a
strong pone nt for exploration.
From. OW 1000, or even earlier, they
began to penetrate inland, and by
1800 had established themselves at
Ujiji, on the eastern shore - ' of • Lake
Tanganyika, a noble whieh:hoe figur-
ed prominently in the events! of t.e.
hist two years. The Arabs also, pene-
trated as fax as Nara* to. the eon*,
and, the result of all thie was that the
Sultan of Zanzibar began to Make
vague claims to *elude all this!, valet
country within his dominions "
,
0.UMAN TANKS IN WAR. requireinents for rubber. Before •the
• e • war 264 factories employing 40,000
Novel Device i For Defence tTsed workmen were engaged in fabricating
Anny. SupPlies from the raw material, the
' No lligerent haa shown more re- the various orders that have been is-
sourcefulriess than the Italian in de- sued by the government for the Selz-
vising raovel mearie of offence and de- ure of rubber prod ts used by the
hum. Their armY. Was the only one civilian population.
to enter the war with a trench helmet
now .prdvided' with eit: more, efficient .-:-6.n-11,tay
and .a Steel chest -Protector, and it is . Seiaritle6rof191:67
bodytehieldetbarels posessed_by: any ,Iminister tordered t
„Other Of the warring nations. commercial. auto
lEarly in the war it was diiikevered
by the Italians. that *Mini -es could
be saved in skirmishing at close quar-
ters if the soldiers Carried ,or pushed
bags of muid in front of them, and the
present body ahield has been an out,
growth of that,,idea, They are Made
in the one-man mar two -Man, type.
The .former are worn by infantry ad-
vancing in. the open, attaChed to the
shoulders by a pair of light steel
arma, and are long enough to protect
the head and vital proms of a man
seanding•-erect.
Lying • at full length, or even
crouched, it eiriers him completely.
Each shield is pierced with a small,
round eye -hole and an oblong leop-
hole for 'firing from, 'both of , which
may be closed by a sliding door when
not in use. The two-man shield is
principally used in *ire •cutting.It
is carried on the 'hack of one man,
who mat, also work his rifle from the
loophole in_thettop,..ewhile_nesecond
man works a . long wire -cutter
through a -hole at the boetom. It is
held up by short legs the first mao
desires to Moire independently.
ROYAL NAVAL AIR' SEttICE.
British Outclass Germans in Seaplane
• • . Service. •
• sicarcity of which Is nowrevealed in
, -
' Britain's natal airmen are pilingup
nouveau riche would be guilty ee.peteetevronderiul record of eaccessese..may
1
petra.ting. It wee a bogus antique, after day they encounter the enernerte
-freiaitscP4,,a.-Jrasernetttr.A-412,v,r,,,littla„.41#0knAAPAr.P.4-..011).Mthil.Yer.tikAP4-
rnoat '(if I remember aright). There Coast from Uuilark right. up to .tflie
wee braid neiv,staring, yellow wain- waters of the Bight, and hardly ever
scot in all the rooms, and sulta of return without having destroyed two
armor.,and viity bright"coats-oteireis or three • he:One machines Their owu.
and everything to triatch. casualties are amaiingly light..
.. - .
. . Occupied by Asylum. . German Seaplaneeure quite eat-
'
' classed, and their pilote Seem very
I had a 'friend at SailleUl, the di- Inferior te the Gerrnan military air -
rector of the great fel:rude lunatic men. It is quite a common occurrence
*Ilene lying on the north of the town for a 'group of enemy seaplanes ., to
Mt. the road going mit to Locre. Ile turn tail at fult speed on sighting a
r Articles.,
the -German WM.
e:seieure • of all
obile `tires,. both
ecneinge_ end inner tubes. in Septern-
ber an edict ordered he obligatory
sale to the Governments of all.old rub
ber in the possession of civilians Oc
tober 24, of the same year there fol
lowed another circler commandeering
all stocks of -crude rubber.
In August of 1916 all lantaing, nip
pies were requisitioned and severe
months previous billiard tables had
been stripped of their cushions In an
effort to lecrease the depleted stocks
On April 1; 1917, the War Minister
extended his 'geezer* to inClude al
articles being manufactured edor
ilian- use which were not. absolutely
indespensible. Even the Production
of rubber shoes was discontinued.'
Germany before the war teemed
Ceded to Germany.
.
thOse days it etas nobody's but -
nes in particular, but, of ' all the
Powers, the Unit'ed Kingdom Was, of
course, most nearly concerned, as
Zanzibar was in a state of semi -de-
pendence on India.* When, ' nowever,
the Sultan Bargash, through Sir Wil-
liam Mackinnon, offered to lease the
whole territory to Great Britain, the
effer was dedined. Shortly after-
ward, largely owing to the explore-.
tions of Stanley, .at movement was
Set on. foot for the portition of Africa
among the poweri". •Gerniany desired
°territory, on the' eaet toast, but 'Bri-
tish influence was so strong at Zane
ether that the German 'Colonization
Seciety. determined to accomplisheits
purpose necretly. •Thresult was
-
the famous exploit, of the thee young
'Get -Mans, Karl— Peters, Joachim
_ Count Pfeil and .Dr..Juhike. Making
their way inland; they got into touch
with the bind Usainbara and dnduced
him to sign a treaty with theni, and
to declare 'Ids independence of the
Sultan of -"Zanzibar. Other treaties
quickly followed, alkd early: in. 1885
-the-German Empetirr granted a char-
ter of Protection to the Colonization
Society. Zanelbar resented the move-
ment; but it was acquiesced in by the
1 British Government, and finally, after
much negotiation between Germany,
the United Kingdom and France{ the
Sultan of Zanzibar coded absolutely' to
Germany the Mainland territory, for
4,000,000 , marks.
her stocks of crude rphber from Bra-
zil, India, the Congo, :Western Africa,
• Ceylon, , English and French African
colonies and Venezuela. The amount
secured from her colonies in Atrice
470-0sotonegligible, ltii
ogbeing no' more. than
lust Enough For Alike:, •
There never has been an :adequate
supply of crude rubber for the re.
quirementi of the world. In 1900 the
production amounted. to 54,000 tons.
Be 1915, the total tonnage produced
was 154,000 tons. Consumption stet-
istieseteveal that this was no more
than sufficient to meet the demands of
the countries -fighting against- Gerl-
many.
etetTimegnitertatilentesaeteentaria4-eneet
000 tons; Great Britain, 25,000' tons;
Russia, 20,900 tons; France, 12,000
tons; Italy-, 9,000 tons, leaving a re,
matider of 8,000 tans to be divided
among dee rest of the nationie The
great commercial club which the ale
lied nations can , wield is apparent
from the* figuree.,
If a cominercial corn'einaf,ien were
entered: into untold hardships could
be inflicted on Germany after the
Between Girls.
- Blackest in History, -
.•
Meanwhile German companies had
begun to exploit the country.In
1888 sthe German East Africe Com-
pany took over the - administration of
the Arabs, and thereafter.. quickly
followed the first of those periodic
risings, whether of the ,Aitte or the
natives against the Getinanseewhith
'
dogged the steps of Germene rule In
the country for many years The
story of how !tome of these risings I
were suppreseed is one of the black-
est in the history of German colonial
Admiiffetration: - -Ultimately,- after
some' twenty years of struggle, Ger-'
many emadeegoed , het hold on the
.eountry, but development was -slow,
43,1td,-it-f=nrilpduritig-thc-ciatrieuvG--
or so immediately preceding the war t
that adequate Measures were taken
to develop the resources of the colony,
,14•1•••11•VIR
An Imperial to Stop Dsterleia•
'Ron of Our Forefoot Resources and
Radio .New PrOgita.
"There appears to be no reason why
the -Canadian fereats shoUld not sup-
ply the,United Kingdom with conifer -
(me timber and • meet ito growing
needs for many generation,
4110anwhile the forest capital of
Canada is growing less year by year.
Tilia'We submit, is an Imperial ques-
tionof the flrat Magnitude which de-
serves the tunnediate attention of the
Imperial and Dominion Governments."
The foregoing statement sumo tin
conelinden•of • the Forestry Sub.
Committee of the Britieh Reconstruc-
tion Conunittee which has particular
interest for Canadians. Proliably few.
of our readers have thought in times
past that the fereste of Canada held
such a vital reb7tion to theneeds of
the Mother. Country, says the Cella-
diriti Forestry Zournal. 'yet the .facf,
*Meet 'IM corittatetted that Great.
'Britain hes been to the extent' of 60
per Cent. of her daily needs at the
mercy of the Russian timber exporter?
Who shall say in these uncertain
times! What degeee of freedom the
Russian exporter will enjoy during,
the nextkten years at the hands of hie
German master/ The radical re-ar.
rangement of the political condition*
in Aussie bas' given new weight en.
tirely•eto the counsels Of those Cana-
dians who have striven for a larger
share of Britain's timber ordere e'en
in face of, obviously higher freight
rates. At the *Me time if the Cana-
dian people are to fakeany profit
whatever from the conclusions of the
British Reconstruction Committee, •
they Will have to recognize that no
Permanent trade arrangement in tim-
ber supplies can be fesuridece upon aee
deterierating source of raw materials.
Canada cannot reasonably present any
plea for a greater proportion of John
Bull's timber trade until some guar-
antee can be given that the forestry
policies and practiees Of tke country,
are capable of 'assuring peNnanenen
In production (if fbrest materials., 4,1).
• At ittISSheti Mercy.
The Forestry Sub -Committee was'
composed of men of • unquestionecl•
standing and •practicat knowledge of
world -Wide conditions,e,such ,ae .Lord
Lovat, Sir John Stirling-Maxwell,Sir
William Schlich; Lord Cavendish; Hon.
F. D. miaow, and ethers:. /
"The 'Unite*, Kingdom," they ob-
serve, "is dependent for mere than ,
60 per cent, of its *be; on the vir-
gin forests,. -of foreign emintries• which
are beingessfeadily depleted. The 00- ._.
portion- derivea from Sources within • ,
the Empire fell from 22 per cent. in
1899 to 10e per cent. In .1.918.: Every
year we become more dependent On
Russia,enincli in 1918 Supplied us with
neatly RI our fatal imports. We have •
no means of reckoning' how long the
virgin forests will 'last, but melees
they are brought Under . syfiternatie
management their exhaustion can only
be-aequeethin Of time, The arguments
advanced on this subject by competent
students have been supported since .
1895 by a steady tiesin place. .
Canada's Importance.
The only large reserves within the
Beitish Empire are those of Canada, h
which are rapidly being depleted by -
fire.- The. Dominion Government has
initiated measures for, their protec-
tion, but the prObleen is ' both large
and difficult. It isone in which the,
United Kingdom has a- deep interest
since the Canadian- reserves are the -
only source on which the United' 7
Kingdorn ,can falle back if supplies
from • Russia fali. The Arrangement 7'
prevailing before the war under which
the eeportafrorn the Canadian forests
were absorbed by the 'United States -
While the Urfited Kingdom drew its
supplies. from Russia, no doubt found. "
nue& tieitincatione in -*enemy of ' -e-
traneporti but unless' the Catifulian
forests can be adequately Protected '
and made available in reap of
pity for the UnitedAcri, peepet_itikeerr_.,
UliflinifIEW-ei:ta of timber within •
he British Isles must he increased far .
beyond that recommend:ad in the fol. •
lowing pages: We reconunend thia
Imperial question to the attention of ,
the Conference meeting in London,
"It is urgent because preparations
Made now. cannot mature for many
years, and unless me:Anglo/1 is made
now either in Canada, Russia or the,
Brithih Isles, it is practically mite*
thnt the United Kingdom will find
timber difficult to procure inesuilicient
quantities betted such preparations
don mature •
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Economic Value of Vegetables. .
A writer. in the Royal Horticultural
Society Journal setout the economic
value of vegetables on the following
standards: . ,
(a) Food value -4n calories. - •
- -(b) Dilestibility and ilisorbability.
(c) Cost of production in seed Q'at
1ay, land requirement and plantfoM
.
' Based -on a fornutla derived from
the •ove, the chiefvegetables
thus
value: e
(1) Potato . . 4 .01 4 • j I • ii • • 25 points
(2) Carrot , ... ........ 19 points
(8) Beet , ....... . , ...... 18 points
(41 Parsnip . .... . . ... ,.. .16 points
(5) Free& hosing ... e.... 10 points
(6) Onion .... ... , ,.. , .... 9 points
(7) Broad beav . 6 points
(8) Peas.. , . . . . . ..... . . .. 4 points
Peas, though of high food value
1. stand low- Oft the liet„ owing to the small crop per ace and the length
451 time it takes to mature. Cabbages
and greens are omitted, but they have
an important dietetic value..
tinged ,Order .of 046nm-tie . Y. M. C. A. Heroes.
During the repent German rush in
France, the Y.M.C.A. seeretary in the
ye* Army atria saw, in twetity-Iour
hours, twenty-seven of the Aesocia-
tionas Centres lost -.a11 his work f
the lest two months. To save t
workers was the main thing. At one
hit the leader was the last Man to
leavebefore the soldiers .retreatedf
twice he lent back, then became an.
volved in the fighting, and for three
days lay hidden with 10,000 francs
of the Association's money on him.
At lest he triade his Way to Abbe.
and c011apeed, fi
‘r,
aettee tlet
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