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THURSDAY. APRIL ?2, 1915
A CLOUDY SETTING.
Parliament closed last week with a
statement by Premier Borden in-
tended as $ public reprimand of two
Conservative members who were in-
volved in certain transactions brought
to light in the public accounts war
mittee during the session. Arthur 1)e
Witt Foster. M. P. for Kings, N. 8.,
was the member a hose horse -buying
transactions resulted in the imposi.
tion no the militia of a number of de-
crepit nags, and W. F. Garland. M. P.
for Carleton, was involved in the
Powell affair. The Premier promised
that an effort would be made to secure
tebtitution of moneys wrongfully
taken from the Government and an-
nounced the intention of the Govern-
ment to appoint a commission to
deal with the purchase of army sup-
plies in future.
As a setoff to the revelations during
the sessionwhich had discredited the
Government, • report was brought
down which had been prepared by
a "commissioner" named Ferguson,
charging several Liberals, and notably
Hon. Frank Oliver, formerly Minister
of the Interior, with certain misdoing'
during the period of Liberal govern-
ment. The Conservative press has of
course tried to make the most of these
charges, but as they have not been
submitted to a committee of Perlia -
mens, or to any other tribunal, for 1
investigation they cennc t be said to
have much weight. The fact that
they were brought down at the close
of the session, when the member
were in a hurry to get home, is a
pretty good indication that the Gov-
ernment did not want any enquiry
into the truth ,or Wally of Mr. Fer-
guson's accusations. Denials have
been entered by several of the persons
charged. and until further evidence is
forthcoming the denials are just as
good as the charges. The whole thing
looks like a very lame effort on the
pail of the Government to divert
public attention from the numerous
instances of graft and bungling
revealed in connection with purchases
for the army.
Bir. Wilfrid Laurier made an em-
phatic statement showing where he
stands. "If." said he, "there bag been
such wrong in the conduct or record
of the Government over which i was
entrusted to preside, 1 do not know it.
I urge, however. that the Government
enter upon ire task with all the power
it possesses, that it make diligent
search over all the year*, that it prose-
cute any and all cases of wrongdoing
It may discover, that it compel resti-
tution to the pulrlic treasury If it is
found that anything has been wrong-
fully taken, that it deal with all of-
fenders as they may deserve, and that
it proceed with its task in the sprit of
K riel justice and fair pray"
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The absence of rain is being Dom-
saented upon. But It must be remem-
bend that Huron is now • dry county.
The Montreal loomed of Cowmer.•e
says that no business man In this
eouDtry wants a general election at
the present time.
Daly twelve out of &oe.e five bub
bud British airmen operating at the
friar have been lost, from which nee
e ight conjecture that flying Is the
' shit job in the army.
Reeder of The Regent should not
miss the story of the battle of the
Falkland [shads, tad in (trwnmandr
Wharton's racy letter under the bead -
lag "The Great Straggle on this
pee., It is aokapis, stirring tads of •
great Gem
Oms•d• owes a debt of gratitude to
?teak 8 ° eek the ams hoes New
lreu swkek Whose eggs lime week is
the public accounts committee at
Ottawa showed up the grafters who
have heed bleeding the country. It
was Carvell, too, who forced the
investigation last year which led to
the resignation of Premier Fleming of
New Brunswick. He has become •
distinct force In Canadian public lite.
The report that the Canadian wi-
thers are going mum use lacrosse dicks in
warfare le not such a terrible surprise.
90 long as the umpire isn't looking. •
lacrosse stick .an be used with pretty
fair effect, even without soy grenade
attachments.
Bir Robert Bolden gays: "A flour-
ishing industry In any Canadian city
is as good for the Empire as an indus-
try in Bi rml ngham or as y other Buil i.h
city -and much better for Canda."
This is true, so long .s the industry
flourishes In Canada without tariff
prow ection.
A Canadian Associated Press dee
patch from London states that "many
well-known houses here have ceased
seeking bueinese in the Dominion," ow-
ing to the duties imposed by the Can -
Alan Uove'rnment. The increased
tariff against British goods is a queer
manifestation of Canadian "loyalty."
The village council of Hensel! bag
its own way of dealing with litigious
persons. The corporation bag leen
threatened with • lawsuit in connee-
tion with the village dumping -ground.
and according to The Observer th3
complainant "boa been told to go
where they don't have any soow to
shovel."
"If ever the public exigencies called
tor a Government s whole attention,
they do now, and have done so since
early in August." says The Mail and
Empire. Yet Hon. "Bob" Rogers
wants the Government and the people
to forget the "public exigencies" while
the country is plunged into • general
election.
When we are licking those "war''
stamps we cannot even flatter our-
selves that we are helping to pay for
Foster's old plugs or for "camped
army boots. The money spent by the
Ottawa Government for war supplies
is all borrowed from Great Britain,
and the stamp revenue simply goes to
help make up the deficit in the Gov-
ernment'" ordinary accounts.
The Kincardine Reporter is candid.
Referring to some unflattering re-
marks made by • Toronto paper on
the performance of a tenor singer who
appeared recently in Massey Hall, The
Reporter says : "1t it refreshing to
read a real criticism. Nowadays the
papers say singers do well when they
sing route). However, 4 country
newspaper wouldn't dare tell the truth
•bout singers." Well, that may he
the case in Kincardine ; but The Signa)
never says what it does not mean.
Well, hardly ever.
The day before the special stamp
taxes came into effect the Toronto
postofflce was swamped with lettere.
and the sorting staff had to be in -
cragged from one hundred to two hun-
dred men. Over • million letters and
cards wete mailed in time toescape the
one cent special tax. This in Toronto,
where the people are supposed to be
just a little more "loyal" than any-
where else. Did their loyalty stop
short of paying that extra cent? Or
does Toronto frankly disbelieve the
Hon. W. T. White when he calls it a
"war" tax ? In one caw we fear we
must consider that Toronto has failed
in its loyalty to King and country ; in
the other case, in its loyalty to the
Tory party.
The New York American reported •
remarkable occurrence • few days ago,
stating that Billy Sunday, the evange-
list, "stirred his hearers with • dram-
atic face -to -fare denunciation of the
devil." This rather disposes of the
theory of a worthy old lady of Gode-
rich who at the outbreak of the war
formed a very unfavorable opinion of
the Kaiser and informed us that until
that time she had never believed In
the existence of • personal devil. 1f
Old Nick was in New York • few days
ago, in' the flesh, he could hardly he
masquerading at the same time as the
leader of the German armies. linleers,
of course, it is $ Satanic attribute to he
able to be in two different placer at
once. Anyhow, what was he doing at
Billy Sunday. meeting?
Considerable attention has been paid
to the result of the resent mayoralty
election in Chicago. Thompson, Re-
publican, wan elected over 8weitzer.
Dersocret, by the largest majority
ever given • mayoralty eaodidate in
Chicago. A few days before the poll-
ing. leading Germans and Austrians
ie the city i••0011 a circular with to
object of solidifying the German and
Austrian vote in favor of Rwetts•r.
The circular ),ere pictures in coke of
the Kaiser and Emperor Freneis Joe -
Ppb and seated that the Aeolian of
Swelter, the O..mam-derriere,
would have a Mwmeedoee stare) efe.d
la tomer of Germany Pse Asetria. 17e
resale shows seas mere the iledlitp eM
the Germain agitation is Me SWIM
Wotan, .ml thle Is • s y Mali lire tr
Imes.sse Germs pagniellift,
Awee 1•ttte tt gig le
low
THE SIGNAL : t;OUICRICH l►NTAttlu
rock-ribbed Asquith was at the bend
of sffeirs in Britain. All the world
knows that Mr. Asquith meant ex -
racily what be said when, in ddretelog
the Horse of Common. on Monday
last, be used these words
Don't wait for the sanitary Inspector
to give you notice to clean up your
hack yard and burn the rubbish, but
do it at once. The filth that has ac -
cum througbthe winter should
be .teed so the spring rains can
wash ay what cannot be gathered
up. Bee to it at once and make the
work for the inspector pleasant and
easy.
This from The Oshawa Reformer
must have been rather startling to at•
readers. The introductory paragraph
was clipped by The Reformer from
The Signet, but in some way the para-
graph giving Mr. Asquith's words war
"switched," with the resulting ex-
ample of what we believe literary
people would call bathos.
The April number of The Canadian
Magazine us full of good things.
"Britain's Intellectual Empire" Is the
title of an article by C. Linter° Sibley
in which the writer reviews various
line, of intellectual activity in which
Britons have made outstanding contri-
butions to the world's progress. "It
bas been the fashion of late years," be
says, "to talk about the wonders of
German science, but as a 'natter of
fact scientific achievement in Germany
bar at no period been comparable to
scientific achievement by the British."
Paul A. W. Wallace contributes a
very readable article, "Through
Brittany in War Time," which illus-
trates in a most effective way the feel-
ings of admiration and cordial friend-
ship with which the British people are
regarded in France. In &short article
which has some reference to current
Canadian politics, John Lewis asks and
answers the question, "Were the
Pioneers Parasites ?" Cardinal Mer-
ciet'• famous pastoral letter to the
people of Belgium, which is published
in full, is • moving epistle. There are
otber features of value in the number,
i°cludiug several very good short
stories. If The Canadian Magazine
can keep up the pace set by this
number, it is assured of brilliaot
success.
When April Comes.
('loud. darken, soft rain falls
In slow -dropping madrigals;
Birds twitter. boughs awak.,
Hoarse brooks harsh murmur make;
And Spring's palette paints the hills
With the aalron daffodils,
When April comes.
Barth quivers with the stir
Of the seeds that grow In her:
Flowers from drowsy winter bed.,
Lily and tulip. lift their head+.
Banquet for brisk, *mall bee,
Hyaclotb, anemone,
%• he, April comes.
When April comes, when .sprit oomea.
AU things have voice. all things. in tune,
Sing preludes unto unborn June,
When April comes.'
—H. C. READx. In Caaadlan Magazine.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
1 f.
Hamilton Times tUberalt
If Oliver is guilty let him take hie
punishment. But he baan't been tried
yet.
Why He Was Mad.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
One of the maddest rued we ever
saw was the chap who yelled loudly
for a square deal and got it.
Undress.
Toronto Star Weekly.
A sergeant in charge of one of the
Yonne street night pickets stopped a
private and demanded : "Where are
you going 'sr( slaked !" "Arf naked!"
said the private. "Yuse! Where.
your •wagger stick T' growled the
sergeant.
What Might Be.
81. Catharine. Standard.
While public opinion may rave over
the submarine warfare, it as not
well to lose sight of the fact that it is
simply a practical demoeitration of
what the world would expect were the
Teutons to prove successful in the pres-
ent struggle.
Some Dilf•rence.
Brantford Expositor.
Under the constitution, the general
election for the imperial Parliament
ought to be held this year, but one
will not be Meld because of the war,
in Canada, no general election for the
Dominion need be held before the fail
of 1915. but one ie to be brought on
immediately, despite the war. There
is some difference, aauredly, between
British etatesmsc and time. of Canada.
Sem" Graft Wbd. Others Keit
etratterd Boston.
The sister of the Deputy Speaker of
the Hou.. of Commons sold $99,000
worth of drugs to the Valcartier camp,
the pricer of some of which were raised
on two occasions. The patriotic wo-
men" of the country will have to do • Int
of fireside knitting to make up for the
profits on this and • lot of other similar
transactions. The order of the day
seems to be tor patriotic women to make
sacrisois to enable,tbe Government et
Ottawa to shovel out petters to the
m i dd l e me° — and hones jobbers.
Paris is Series. Mood.
P.tt.d.tpn. Reser&
Tb. impending inhibition of to
Maw b Paris le probably aelf
pt lee is the
n ..e preemie 0of .$�1ie. ria pyo.
g
war. It is impossible that a whole
pattern ttheelld go into geosraieg. or
the It should wholly abandon its re-
amatte e. net then are .oeeltMra-
well be hared epos as asreteestikne maw preemie _
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The Great Struggle
Mainly Extracts from Leading British
and American Papers Relating
t0 the War.
THE BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND
ISLAS DS.
The following letter wa, wt itlen hy
Commander Wharton, R. N., of H. M.
cruiser Kent, to Lady Wharton, his
mother, and published by her permis-
sion in the Oxford Magazine :
Well, we bagged them, poor divlls!
It is a big satisfaction to have bunted
over ten thouseod utiles, to have found
',rut, chased and rot 'em. 1 can tell
you now more or less how we got out
here. The Cape Verdes we went first
too, then for some weeks we worked up
acid down the Wort African odd
from Teneriffe to Sierra Leone—with
plenty of t•.tutradictory rumors of roe -
my craft, but no results.
Next with is rush across to the east
coast of S.tuth America, north of
Monte Video. There we found friends
and started combined operations, and
after a time beard the nevem of the
poor old Hood Hope and Monmouth.
During all this time the weather was
line and tropical and hot• and we
amused ourselves 'principally by coal-
ing, which we did every week with
the greeted regular ity. Then we bad
a period of waiting for reinforce -
menta (as we Lnaw we were up against
a combination, and wondered pretty
often whether they or the Germans
would arrive Brat—but our friends •P
peered over the horiz in one ea ly
morning, and then we knew the odds
were a long way on our side. So away
we sailed to the south, scouring the
seas, and not knowing front the vague
wirelese information we received
whether we should find them on our
way to the Friklend',or, when arrived,
whether we should have to go round
the Horn and search in the Pacific.
Well, then, 1 brave brought w up to
December 7, the day we arrived at
the Falkltnde. Not a word mon had we
heard of the enemy, except vague
rumors, most of which we disbelieved.
The Invincible, Inflexible sad Carn-
arvon prepared to cual from the colliers
that met us here, and we were given a
day's peace, as our coaling was to be
done later, when they bad finished
Several of us went off and stretched
our legs over the moors and bogs of
this rugged island, which, considering
that our feet had not touched the
beach sinceSierra Leotse,did to a power
of good
it's midsummer here, but parlous
chilly, with rain and heavy squalls at
frequent intervals: We woke, how-
ever, on the Sth to 'a rare Bae day,
a flat calm sea, bright sun and • losR
visibility. The bier craft were coa -
ing. and we were told off for "gusted -
ship," which meant readiness for sea
at a short notice. All was peace, but
we bad mighty little coal in us, and
thoughts of immediate tattle were far
from us, when along came
the signal from the lookout above.
the town that two German cruis-
ers, one three -funnel, one four -
funnel, were in sight to south-
ward. At once the Kent was toad to
proceed outside the harbor and pros-
pect, and things began to bum. By
the time we cleared the harbor mouth
we found one four -tunneller and one
three-funnefertiGoeia l:mu and Nurn-
berg) only 14,0011 yards off, and three
others, who we knew met
e
Scharnhorst, Leipsic and Dresden,
further to the southward. Why the
Gneisenau did not bill off at us M
more than I can say, hut i take it that
the perry she saw wheat she poked her
now round the point. combined with
the splash of a few twelve-1°eb pro-
jectiles from the old Canopus in the
inner harbor, was enough to make
them decide to run for it, which they
did without any further inspection of
the Falkland Islands. leo off we go
After them, the old Kent bouoding off
at the most a.toniehln` speed. leading
the fleet into battle. Everything was
for us, good weather for the chase,
and many hours of daylight before u",
as It was about 11 then, and it kelps
light now till 9 in the eve rine. Next
alter us came the Glasgow, • smaller
and faster ship than thou of the
Coventry class ; then came the, Corn-
wall, and then to our joy, as we disap-
eared round the corner, we saw the
"big °nee" (Invincible and Inflexible)
cast off their colliers sod come pound-
ing after us, and not tar behind Uses
the Carnarvon and the Bristol (same
class as Glasgow). Away: we all go,
a wild strung -mot chase toward the
polar regions. Thi Bristol first is de
[ached to chase and destroy the Pse
my's colliers further to westward, so
we see DO more of ber that day.
of
and it to now six us alter fives
we go, the Glasgow gste ahead of as,
but we have w up now, and it
takes • full boor f.r the Invi°dbies
to overtake us, sed a marvellous Ilse
sight these were as they went by. Be-
hind ue now come, the Corwwall and
the old Carnarvon, rather a lase dock,
but digging out to kali,
op with as.
On, oft, we are all pile slowly on
them : we are perhaps .010 yards,
and the invisdble 14.00D yards from
them. The isvlsdbbte about hese
opened fin os thew and the Rebore -
Meet and Osdww mses�d awn to
ted eastward : tea the le
teemed parallel to them, aced at oars
smoke and the splash of prof etdles
surround all those feet combatant..
Os a the [trestles. the leipais and
Number* still to the eeetbwarg, sad
es west the Gleigew. tam Kest. tae
Oarsman she re` theWe bed earned
one top spm now, the cid hast geleg
a trot faster them she had over hew
ie bey Mtis vis keel.. a
gvery wrath perfectness*. Awe we
saru p
tar bn� a the seem hetg
oW.m��htlat
tear mauve, «d It le
dies sempasy (essups of streets the
Ike • esti the whole d rag
maim wan wow.) rices bled ea
the teaeaMhant *eery
eLwet.s de wo atwa
rtarg
M rah Minh Mr opinion
Of' smoke ups the horison. On we fly
then, pursuers and pursued, the great
southern birds, white albatross and
dusky "molly -hawk," come with • us ;
we are all bound southward.
And now t' ser the life bumming os
board the ship Ibis day. “Prepare
for battle,.' which we have •o often ex-
ercised, has at last become • nal thing
to be dune Immediately. All the disc►•
asp swimming in water ; .11 the deli-
cate instruments fwd article. are
struck down below armor; all the 1ad-
den, the lockers, the hencoops, every-
thing wooden, except the boats, is
hacked to piece, and pared down to
the turner.. to turn You see, in
fact, everyone rejoying themselves
with hatchets.
Then to dinner, an extraordinary
meal in Ibis wardroom ; there is four
iocb.s of water on the deck, it's very
nearly dark and everything is sopping.
We eat bread and butter and bunks
of worse, with • good deal of wit fly-
ing round. This meal wee earl in
the chess though, and we had al the
afternoon to mete cur preparations,
to time up the weapons, and to pop up
as often as poseibls on t0 the bridge or
shelter deck to see bow the chase wag
getting oft.. At four we bad coro& and
biscuits in my robin, brewed by the
electric kettle. and carried up cups to
oboes who could not come down from
the bridge, sad thee, replete with good
food, we are ready for the fray.
So to get bock to our pursuit where
we left iL The soiany are strung out
in • sort of lob -elided ided V, Ube Leipeic at
U se point Dearest to its, the Dresden
ahead a long way and to westward,
the Nurnberg •bead and to eastward.
Soon after four the Glasgow gets
within range of the Lei lc and they
start bsngiust At e•_h other, and once
more the football crowd assemble
on our forecastle to enjoy the fun.
But the crowd soon had to disper.e,
'for in another few minutes the old
Kent has sounded "off action," and
the mob with Cie IouJr-t cheer of the
day are up and away 10 their stations.
There is nothing for me or do in the
conning tower fur a time, 1 know, and
I am deputed to go r'amid the main
deck to .ee every, tong is rime, and
there 1 Bud everyone very calui and
collected and all well, t :rept tb st the
baker nays he tuu.t stay where be is a
little longer before gulag below or his
Ian few loaves will be spoilt in the
oven ; so we agree that he shall have
a few minutes longer before going be-
low, in order that be may complete
this important duty. Then i visit the
torpedo Mat and we all wish each
other good fortune. H the titue 1
reach tee conning tow. r *e are nearly
within range of the Leiprc, and soon
hitt off the fore turret at her, and
some little tongues of flame, followed
thin seconds laser by splashes sev-
eral hundred yards awsv, "bow that
she is returning the compliment. This
goes on in • desultory sort of way for
some minute*. sod then the Cornwall
gets within range. and rather to our
di.guat suggests that we leave the
L.ip•ic to her and go off after the
Nurnberg, whom considering her die
ranee end reputed .peed, we did not
much expeet to catch. So we sheer
sway to port and redouble our efforts
in the stoke bold. Slowly, slowly we
overtake her. The clouds have gath-
ered end • cold wind sprung up trcw
westward : it is 'not so clear now
and the sew is getting up a little, At
Deet, by about half -past five, we an
not more than 11,I1110 yard, astern of
her. "Let'• try a shot now from a
fore tenet," says the skipper, and off
she goes and the action has begun.
At first, desultory firing on both sides,
because the range is so long. Flash
from her—twenty or thirty seconds'
interval. Then Zi p -p ! Bung !'! !
conies the projectile with a great
spier b in the r• for elevation ; but the
• are falling either side of Its,
quite :lose, too. it is a strange and
rather curdling fascination to see the
flash. and think now she is coming,
now ! now ! So we creep nearer to
her, and it has been a perfect marvel
how many shots could fall clow round
without bitting us badly. I'm watch-
ing through my glasses all the time
and see w hit bar, add once, twice, 1
catch • glimpse of the unmistakable
Iittle glow that means a •be11 has
bunt on board her.
Well. 1 cannot trace every turn and
twist of the action, but when she was
about x,000girds off she turned ; we
cursed parallel to her and we could
both give each other br•osaeides, and
did as bard as we could. There we
were in the Donning tower, the skip-
per, Henry. myself, quartermaster end
one seamen, and not much room to
spare. Plenty of shills were hitting
as now, but more of ours were hitting
her, and it wasn't very long before we
maid see that we had the upper hand,
which of course we undoubtedly ought
to bale had ; we were a bigger ship
with bigger guns. Still you never
know, because organisation and die.
ciplioe are the main factors.
After • Um. Mr speed dropped and
we wee able to circle round her as we
AU the User we were pound-
ing awlay, nor owe guns making far
more deafening • poke, than that
of barmlag ebella in the rouniog
tower it all seemed Wiry otrdia-
ary, jet like ordinary bathe
preetie..I Notaleg seemed to bunt
ser se la the rumbling town
omen 1 esmarnaer getdeg s mouthful
e figleedmhitte, arnd Nen or t wire a blg-
i Meet tat 1 barer. it was our
soapara se a rale. We found, though.
109. 01 .Mslwe 1e the moaning tower
afterwards. and • voles -pips within •
foot or two of tour Ewen was cut 1s
ME. After as hoer eel s ball we
thought she bad etreet. and reseed
dries. bat fared bee wigs still gyieg
sad se epms.d lire await. Again we
mess' fake, het eW ss desot bar PO-
edals seeleg dews. do *Me time we
ekgssl "Do .wieder r sod ap-
eet Mee �*Rsre . mod later ea -
odd we hoe gbed et Mwr.Poo ob.
Was IN several pawn gid as.ee
sinking. A good many men hose al-
ready lumped overboard.
It js near dusk now, 7.:111, and we
have been two hours in action. Up
conies everyone from below, trout
casemates and turrets, to stare and
rejoice but they are all immediately
bustled away to do what can be done
to save lite. All our boats ere riddled,
and none of them can he repaired for
an hour. We do what ere can with
life buoys and lumps of wood paid
astern, hut it's rnighty little ; it's a
loppy- sea, and dreadfully cold. All
this part was beastly. Here were
so many of them in sight, and
we could do so little till our boats
were patched. At laatwe could lower
one cutter and the galley, and then
live -saving was no easy job. I wan in the
galley, and plunged about for toenty
minutes to get one man. Altogether
we got -on board about a dozen, five of
whom were really "goners" when we
hoisted them on board. The other
seven have flourished and are really
quite normal again now. Early in
these life-seviug operations the Nurn-
berg heeled over on her side and sank.
They were a brave lot : one man
stood aft and held the ensign flying in
his hands till the ship went under. It
was strange and weird, all this after-
math, the wind rapidly arising from
the westward, darkness closing in, our
ship heaving to the swell, well battered,
foretop-galiaot mast gone. Of the
other, nothing to be seen hut floating
wreckage, with here and there a man
clinging, and the "molly -hawks" (vol.
tures of the seas swooping hy. The
wind moaned and death was in the
■ ie. Then see ! out of the mist loomed
• great four -masted barque under full
canvas. A streetghoet ship she teemed.
Slowly. majestically, she sailed by and
vanished in the night. What n *Ob-
ject
ut.ject fcr a picture !
It was dark by the time we not our
boat+, up sed turned our bows nor.
wetted. Six men were tele] and
about right were wounded. and wbeo
one saw the number of shell splashes
and holes about the ship it seemed
marvellous there were not more. No
officers were damaged in any way.
Neil, well, it was • fair ship -to -ship
engsgemeot. A good chase sod •
good haltering mateb at short range
(leas than 3,111111) yards for some time.
All surprisingly like the days of old.
Of the general results of the action
you; must by now be reading in the
papers, $eharnborst, Osri•enau, Lei/s-
him and Nurnberg sunk, and Dresden
escaped. and the Bristol sank their
two enllierr. A great victory for my
old friend Admiral Sturdee. I'm awe
fully glad for him We're costing and
repairing ourselves now, and will sown
be off again.
An old German was delivering a self-
imposed address on military scieooe.
"My son Otto," said he, "goes off to
the war and wears a high bat. Along
donees • bullet—right through the
middle of it. Had be been wearing •
cap, mem Gott ! Otto would have
been killed !"
Your neighbor drives a Ford --why don't
you? We are selling more Fords in Canada
this year than ever before --because Cana
diens demand the best in motor car service
at the lowest pxsihle cost. The "Made
in Canada" Ford is necessity—not a
luxury.
Runabout $541; Town Car, price oo appl(es-
tion. All Ford gate are fully equipped, he
eluding electric headligbts. No eary weld
unequipped. Buyer. of F.wd ears win shim
in our profile 1f we sell *000 care between
August 1K, 1914, and August l.1, 1916.
W. E. KELLY DEALER
GODERICH
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Union Rugs,
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24 x 3 feet at $3,75
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sinking. A good many men hose al-
ready lumped overboard.
It js near dusk now, 7.:111, and we
have been two hours in action. Up
conies everyone from below, trout
casemates and turrets, to stare and
rejoice but they are all immediately
bustled away to do what can be done
to save lite. All our boats ere riddled,
and none of them can he repaired for
an hour. We do what ere can with
life buoys and lumps of wood paid
astern, hut it's rnighty little ; it's a
loppy- sea, and dreadfully cold. All
this part was beastly. Here were
so many of them in sight, and
we could do so little till our boats
were patched. At laatwe could lower
one cutter and the galley, and then
live -saving was no easy job. I wan in the
galley, and plunged about for toenty
minutes to get one man. Altogether
we got -on board about a dozen, five of
whom were really "goners" when we
hoisted them on board. The other
seven have flourished and are really
quite normal again now. Early in
these life-seviug operations the Nurn-
berg heeled over on her side and sank.
They were a brave lot : one man
stood aft and held the ensign flying in
his hands till the ship went under. It
was strange and weird, all this after-
math, the wind rapidly arising from
the westward, darkness closing in, our
ship heaving to the swell, well battered,
foretop-galiaot mast gone. Of the
other, nothing to be seen hut floating
wreckage, with here and there a man
clinging, and the "molly -hawks" (vol.
tures of the seas swooping hy. The
wind moaned and death was in the
■ ie. Then see ! out of the mist loomed
• great four -masted barque under full
canvas. A streetghoet ship she teemed.
Slowly. majestically, she sailed by and
vanished in the night. What n *Ob-
ject
ut.ject fcr a picture !
It was dark by the time we not our
boat+, up sed turned our bows nor.
wetted. Six men were tele] and
about right were wounded. and wbeo
one saw the number of shell splashes
and holes about the ship it seemed
marvellous there were not more. No
officers were damaged in any way.
Neil, well, it was • fair ship -to -ship
engsgemeot. A good chase sod •
good haltering mateb at short range
(leas than 3,111111) yards for some time.
All surprisingly like the days of old.
Of the general results of the action
you; must by now be reading in the
papers, $eharnborst, Osri•enau, Lei/s-
him and Nurnberg sunk, and Dresden
escaped. and the Bristol sank their
two enllierr. A great victory for my
old friend Admiral Sturdee. I'm awe
fully glad for him We're costing and
repairing ourselves now, and will sown
be off again.
An old German was delivering a self-
imposed address on military scieooe.
"My son Otto," said he, "goes off to
the war and wears a high bat. Along
donees • bullet—right through the
middle of it. Had be been wearing •
cap, mem Gott ! Otto would have
been killed !"
Your neighbor drives a Ford --why don't
you? We are selling more Fords in Canada
this year than ever before --because Cana
diens demand the best in motor car service
at the lowest pxsihle cost. The "Made
in Canada" Ford is necessity—not a
luxury.
Runabout $541; Town Car, price oo appl(es-
tion. All Ford gate are fully equipped, he
eluding electric headligbts. No eary weld
unequipped. Buyer. of F.wd ears win shim
in our profile 1f we sell *000 care between
August 1K, 1914, and August l.1, 1916.
W. E. KELLY DEALER
GODERICH