The Clinton News Record, 1915-07-22, Page 2h ,.
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u:. 11 „ 3.03 p.m.
e 5.15 p.m.
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Seeds
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NOTES AND COMMENTS
Great Britain is not in the 'east
prepared to admit that she is not
shouldering her fairtshare of the bur-
den of the alliance, in spite of occa-
sional criticism to that effect in
other countries. What she thinks,
she is doing is briefly and clearly set,
forth by Edward Price Bell.
She is holding theseasfor the ships
of her •allies and her own' ships; pro-
tecting the coasts of her allies as.
well ' .as her own; struggling in com-
pany with the French to smash the
Turks and .so win the Balkans over
to the alliance; rendering great aid
to French and Belgian troops in re-
sisting the Germans in the western,
theatre of war; making 'loans and
supplying munition's to nearly all her
partners in the conflict, pursuing ,;a.
financial policy in southeastern 'Eu-
rope to promote the cause of the al-
liance; putting into the field more
than ten times as many men as she
ever promised; guarding her own soil
and people from an invasion which,
if it came, would doubtless be 'the
most savage and unsparing ever
known.
From the British standpoint Great
Britain's wealth and sea power and
military power combined are the
final safeguard against the triumph
of the German war' machine. Britons
believe that without British assist-
ance. France and Russia would have
suffered incomparably more than they
have. They also believe that it is
largely due to British participation
in the alliance that Italy finally made
up her mind to cast her fortunes with
that side; and that to the same cir-
cumstance will be due the interven-,
tion of Balkan States—in case they
decide to intervene. They also call
attention to the fact that France and
Russia'had to, fight, but Great Britain
could have stayed out.
This statement of the exertions
which Great Britain is making, large-
ly from the' British standpoint, at
least makes untenable the not uncom-
mon assumption that her contribu-
tion to the general ctiuse is to be
mainly measured by the small portion
of the battle line held in the western
theatre of war.
100 Years of Peace
It is a hundred years since the
Treaty of Ghent ended the last war
between the British Empire and the
United States of America; for a full
century two .great powers, with in-
terests which occasionally conflicted
and with tempers which were not in-
variably conciliatory, have' lived at
peace and in steadily increasing
goodwill. Plans were on foot to cele-
brate this great event, and had not
Fate—and Germany—willed other-
wise, this summer would have seen a
celebration of great magnitude and of
exceptional interest and value. But
the war came. Canadians are bending
all their energies, and devoting all
their thoughts, to the work of fight-
ing for the British Empire, and our
friends of the United States have been
confronted with anxious and absorb-
ing problems. In the circumstances,
the plans for a great commemoration
of the,. First Century of Peace be-
tween the Great Empire and the
Great Republic had to be reconsider-
ed.
Those in charge of the movement,
after consulting the leading men con-
nected with itboth in Canada and the
United States, decided on a modified
programme. That aspect of the plans
which contemplated public rejoicing
has been postponed, but those por-
tions—the larger portions, it should
be said—of the plans, which Laid em-
phasis
mphasis on education and on the culti-
vation of a reasonable frame of mind
in the conduct of international rela-
tions are being prosecuted. The pub-
lic rejoicings are only postponed, and
the organizations formed to carry out
the commemoration were encouraged
to continue their work of preparation
and education, so that when the war is
over and victory has crowned the Bri-
tish and allied forces, fitting festivi-
ties might be held. These festivities
are likely to be all the more im-
pressive' in view of the fact that we
shah be celebrating not only the con-
clusion of a century of peace with our
neighbors'but the overthrow of those
forces'which have, for so many years,
menaced the peace of the whole
world.
The Canadian
.Peace Centenary ntenar As-
sociation—which, by the way, •is not
and never has been a "Peace Society"
has just issued a pamphlet which
sheds an interesting light on the tem-
per prevailing between the Canadian
and American peoples. The ratifica-
tion of the' Treaty of Ghent took
place on February 17th, 1815, and on
the centenary date great numbers' of
messages were exchanged between
the• President of the Canadian Peace
Centenary Association, Sir Edmund
Walker, ' and the Governors of the
States; between cities and towns on
both sides of the line; between Boards
of Trade, and even between individual
firms and their correspondents across
the border.. These are printed in the
pamphlet, and bear witness to a•cor-
diality of spirit which. affords a wel-
come contrast to the Clark animosities
which make other continents so
dreadful a spectacle to -day.
'Thesemessages display a wonder -
unanimity of conviction, and it
may be added that many of those
from the neighboring Republic con-
vey the heartiest good wishes for the
success of our cause. Another feature
of the pamphlet is the description of
the services held on Sunday, -Febru-
ary 14th, in an extraordinary number
of churches in both countries.
The public celebrations of this
triumph of reasonableness and good
will should be one of the earliest
events after the cdnclusfon of the
present dreadful struggle. The Can-
adian Peace Centenary: Association,
and its corresponding body in the
United States, the American Peace
Centenary Committee, have made all
the necessary preparations, and it is
to be hoped that their work will be
crowned with Success.
•
Many a good reputation has been
stabbed by a :pointed tongue.
Washable Clothes the Tiny Tots
will Need.
8691-8902.
Particularly in summer must the
children have a copious supply of
sturdy, cool, washable 'dresses. The
tivo shown above, Ladies' Home Jour-
nal Patterns 8691 and 8902, are ex-
cellent examples of the variation in
the waistline in children's clothes,
the former having an Empire and the
latter a French waist. Pattern 8691,
a Girls' Empire Dress, is suitable for
challis, lawn, batiste, or any soft ma-
terial, with yoke and sleeves cut in
one, a shield opening in front, a turn-
down collar, three-quarter length
sleeves with band and turn -back cuffs.
Pattern 8902, a Girls' Long -Waisted
Dress, opens in front, has turndown
collar, full-length sleeves, with turn -
back cuffs and a four -gored skirt
with inverted box -plaits at each seam.
The first is made in sizes 2, 4 and
6 years, requiring in size 4, 21/4 yards
27 inch, 17/s yards 86 inch, or 114
yards 42 inch material, with 4 yards
of 24 inch contrasting material. The
latter is made in sizes 4 to 12, requir-
ing in size 8, 4 yards 27 inch, 314
yards 36 inch, or 2% yards 42 inch
material.-
Pstterns, 15 cents each, can be pur-
chased at your local Ladies' Home
Journal Pattern dealer, or from The
Home Pattern Company, 188-A George
Street, Toronto, Ontario.
RUSSIA'S LEADER
LOOKS AFTER MEN
SOLDIERS ARE NOT ROBBED OF
PROPER FOOD.
Lives Almost as Simply as the Rank
and File, Who Call Him
"Little Father."
"He is a huge man, certainly 6 feet
4 inches in height, and he impresses
one greatly by his absolute lack of
affectation and his simplicity. His
expression is that of a serious sober
man giving his entire thought and ef-
fort to his task." It was thus that
one of his guests recently described
the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaie-
vitch, "Russia's Kitchener," as he has
been termed, who is in supreme com-
mand of the Russian armies in- the
field, and who has recently been con-
ducting the greatest retreat of the
war. The Grand Duke, who was born
on November 6th, 1856, is the son of
the late Grande Duke Nicholas Nico-
laievitch, brother of the Tsar Alexan-
der II., and he is, therefore, second
cousin to the present Emperor,
The Grand duke's physical strength
and endurance are marvellous. He
will allow but little regard to be paid
to his royal rank now that he is in
the field, and it is no exaggeration to
say that he lives almost as simply as
his rank and file. He sleeps in his
motor car, or in a small bell -tent,
even though the temperature has hov-
ered around 40 degrees below zero, as,
for instance, in the Mazurian. Lakes
district. For food he invariably eats
the thick soup ("stchee" and rye
bread that is served out to his sol-
diers; he takes to alcoholics, drinking
only tea or water. Since the war,
Nicholas has absolutely put to one
side his princely rank; he is—as he,
has always been—a soldier before all
arse. His men address
him as Little
Father ("Batooska"); he speaks to
them as "my children" or `brother."
With his habitual thoroughness,
and his care for the slightest details
diers. On that occasion one shell
burst within a fete yards of the royal
car, killing three men and wounding
several others.
It was after the war with Japan
that the Grand Duke undertook the
complete regeneration of Russia's
military system, IIe caused three
generals and over a thousand other
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officers to be placed on the retired list
within six weeks. He worked day
and night to • reorganize the Tsar's
forces, and gradually gathered around
him the best generals, many of whom
have since proved the value of his
judgment by their prowess in the
present conflict.
FLOWER OF INIDIAN ARMY.
The Sikhs Are Unhampered by Caste
Prohibitions.
Mr. C. H. Payne (late of the Bhopal'
State Service) gives us a small vol-
ume of immediate , interest in "A,
Short History of the Sikhs." It be-
gins with Baba Nanak, whose birth
in 1469 represents the first date in
Sikh history, and concludes with a
chapter on "Annexation—and After."
It was Nanak who gave his disciples
the name of "silrh," which means
"disciple," and to him is due the most
authoritative portion of the "Adi
Granth Sahib," or Sacred Book of
the Sikhs. A copy of the Sikh Serip'-
ture is still carried at the head of
every Sikh regiment. The greatest
Sikh leader was the military despot,
Ranjit Singh (born in 1780), who
never wore a royal head-dress and
never used a throne. "My sword,"
said he, "is the only distinction I re-
quire." In his talent for military or-
ganization Ranjit Singh ranks first
among Indian leaders, and as Mr.
Payne observes, "his conquest of the
Punjab was an achievement of which
Napoleon himself, with the same
means at his disposal, might have
been proud."
There are now in the service of the
Government 30,000 Sikh troops, who
constitute the flower of the Indian
army, Unhampered by caste prohibi-
tions, the Sikh soldier will go any-
where and do anything—which ex-
plains his joy at serving for us now
in France. He is hardy, good-temper-
ed, patient under privations, and
obedient to discipline, while his cour-
age is such that he never knows
when he is beaten. Sir Lepel Grif-
fin thinks "that the Sikhs, infantry
and light cavalry, are, when well and
sufficiently led by English officers,
equal to any troops in the world, and
superior to any with whom they are
likely to come in contact."
MANY MILITARY REPUTATIONS ARE LOST
General Joffre Has Led in the Wholesale Weeding
Out of Incompetent Leaders.
If war brings laurels to a few
military and naval commanders, it
proves the grave of the reputation of
many of those who have figured most.
largely in the public eye. The great
international conflict which has beep
raging since the commencement of
last August has been fertile in sur-
prises of this kind, writes F. Cunliffe -
Owen.
Several admirals have been sum-
marily shelved, while 400. generals
have been ruthlessly deprived of
their commands and placed on the re-
tired list as inefficient.
Perhaps the greatest holocaust of
incompetent generals has been that
made by France, or rather by her
wonderfully able commander-in-
chief, Joseph Joffre. When at the
end of August last he launched his
armies upon the Germans he had
every reason to look for victory. But
owing to factors alluded to above,
and which only the test of war can
reveal, he sustained defeat.
The blame for the failure of the
allies was distributed among ,all
ranks. The men exposed themselves
in the most foolhardy manner to fire.
The reservist officers showed by
their company leading that they had
management of the land campaign
against Constantinople, has with-
drawn Sir Ian Hamilton's friend,
Gen. Albert d'Amade, and has ap-
pointed in his place Gen. Gouraud,
who by his superb leadership in Mo-
rocco and more recently in Western
France, won for himself the sobri-
quet of "the Lion of the Argonnes."
Russian Dismissals.
Within the last week news has
come by cable from Petrograd of the
removal of Gen. Soukhomilnow from
the post of Minister of War, which he
has held since the beginning of the
conflict. Ile is charged by Grand
Duke. Nicholas Nicholaiovitch, the
masterful and brilliant Generalissimo
of the Muscovite forces, with being
responsible for the serious shortage
of arms, and especially of ammuni-
tion, which has rendered necessary
the temporary retirement of the
Czar's armies from the Austrian Pro-
vinces of Galicia and Bukowina.
The general, who is one of the chief
reorganizers of the modern Russian
army and who has a splendid record
as a commander of cavalry, has never
been persona grata at .Petrograd,
owing to his ruthlessness in ridding
forgotten many of the lessons of their the army of incompetent and incap-
training. Battalions were launched able officers, no matter how lofty
across fire -swept fields to attack im- their social rank and court influence.
pregnable positions. There were Another Russian general who has
premature advances and premature been j
ettisoned by his Government
retreats. Above all scores of generals since the beginning of the present
showed themselves wholly' incapable war is Paul Charles von Rennen-
of holding their commands. kampf. He was one of the most
Mier in" his mind, despite his present Joffre was thereupon urged that.. brilliant _figures of the Manchurian
enormous responsibilities, the Grand since the attempt to crush the Ger- campaign against Japan ten years
Duke, a Sew weeks ago, during one of man centre had failed it was his duty ago, was indeed the one commander
to fling every available mar on the on the Russian side who won fame
Teuton left. But he decided against and honor in that struggle. At the
this course, and determined before head of his cavalry, and especially
anything else to pull his army to- of his Cossacks, he gave more trou-
gether. ble to the Japanese under Field Mar -
French Reorganization. ars put together.
shal Ayama than all the other gener-
He wanted time to remove incom- Von Moltke's Revoval.
that all army contractors were to at- petents and to choose a place for giv-
tend his headquarters at a certain ing battle again which satisfied hien In Germany the most notable in -
time xfew days later. At the sped- in all respects. stance of punishment inflicted upon a
fled hour Nicholas interviewed them. But in order to obtain time for general has been the virtual disgrace
He spoke to them sternly for a few this and in order to choose his own of Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke,
field of battle it was necessary to who was summarily removed from
carry out a retreat—a long retreat— his post of Chief of the General Staff
which meant a tremendous draught of the German army last autumn,
upon the morale of his troops. For- superseded by at court favorite, Gen.
tunately for France Joffre had the von Falkenhayn, and sent back to
It is this care for their 'well-being boldness to adopt this course. The .Berlin, in order to recover from a
no less than because of the sim;pli- retreat was of a purely voluntary wholly imaginary malady, from which
city of one with so strikingly power- character and not under compulsion. he made no attempt to pretend to be
ful a personality, that has won for Durig this retreat Joffre found suffering. His dismissal is ascribed
the Generalissimo the admiration of time to purge the army of incompet- to itis differences with the Kaiser, and
every individual soldier in his armies, ent commanders in the most whole- to his determined opposition to those
Also, they have in their leader, a sale fashion. No less than forty-three plans for capturing Calais which were
splendid example of fearless bravery generals were removed from posts so largely responsible :for the failure
under the severest conditions. Often, that they held at Charleroi alone and of the march upon Paris.
to the dismay of his staff officers, the
Grand Duke will go among the men
in the trenches under fierce rifle fire
and shellfire, talking with them and
encouraging them tu:thont giving a
thought of the great risks he himself
runs. Nicholas seems not to consider
at all his personal safety. , Diming the
Inost,terl'igc engagement' he has many
tines driven in his car backwai•cis
and forwards just behind the first-line
trenches, and under, heavy shell -fire.
One day, in the midst of an engage-
ment, lie Stopped his car, in the shell-
swept ;road, and addressed his sob
his frequent visits to some of has
soldiers' quarters, tasted their
"stchee." He remarked that there
was not enough meat in it, and that
there was also a deficlency of oat-
meal in the soup. That same even-
ing he issued an order to the effect
moments on the necessity of,the sup-
plies for the troops being up to stan-
dard, and concluded by saying: "Gen-
tlemen, he who steals, L hang!"
' They All Admire Him.
in the month of September the Paris
Official Gazette contained tine names
of 120 generals who had been placed
on the retired list by Joffre.
After the shelving of Admirals Sir •• praised to the sides and honored by
Berkeley Milne and Thomas Troll- has sovereign for his conquest of Ser-
hridge:for allowing•.thc German war-! bis, was •only a few weeks after -
ships G•oebens and Breslau to escape j wain retired in disgrace for having
from the Bay of Mcs,ina to Constan pc:anittod his troops to be driven out
tinople„Achniral Sackville. Carden,- of King Peter's dominions in disk's-
who was in command of the navaltrous vont, .and Gen, von Auffenburg,
operations in the Dardanelles, hasI fel-racily Chief of the General State
been 'superseded by Vice Admiral and at the outbreak of the present
John de Rebeek, while Prance, in 11•n1 fn ec:,wnand of the First Army
token_ of her dissatisfaction With the C 1r1 ..
In Austria, the two most signal
cases of military disgrace during the
past year have been those of Gen.
von Potiorek, who, after having been
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