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The Seaforth News, 1940-10-31, Page 6PAGE SIX ctrseouxr •'!"'41.!"4.,4'; x t 1.c, !r!Ifie,'. C'1.. Y'f!• i+•,.:. .e0;;t<1. 'ell's .ie`e1X The bells of some shattered church were calling to vespers, the sou was siukiug behind the tanning autumn woods, as Duce more 1 entered the St, Louis Gate, with the grenadier's and a detachment of artillery, the 1 'itiilt velours hoisted of 0 gun - carriage. Till this !tour 1 hail ever ...meted and leftthietown a captive, a price set 00 my head, anis in the very street where 1 now walked I had gene With a rope round my neck: 011011 ❑1111 rul11treuced. 1 talc our (lag replays tl`r gohles lilies ou 1110 add wnet'e 11111L111, had b,uted me,. ud 111 111e top of >lonr,tuio Street. trier 0171002's Drs also clew. E. rl step 1 look wa list71 enfaittiliar tui, It was a distigmall �1•a'n. 11.11-t, a leery. ,tistaeted . ,p 1, hndilled among 10101. and beg- 1 es it for mercy and for food, not' n11111 ;t.11e in 110. gellelai ,n.,'wll,rhn- ]uc; t1., think of lite gallant \L,nteelie. tyilttt in his she•11-made gra v`• I seemed bewildered and incapable. lost in a maze of ch'eadful imagining.. ] entered red a doorway, and stumbled ::pen a body. Hearing footsteps ahead in the dusk. I passed up the aisle, and came upon a pile of debris. Look- ing up. I could see the stars shining through a !tole in the roof. Hearing a noise .beyond. I went on, and there. seated above me, was the dwarf who lad snatched the sup of rum out. of the fire the night that Ylathilde had given the crosses to the revellers. He gave a low, wild laugh. and !lugged a bottle 10 his breast. Almost at his feet, half naked, with her face to the floor was the girl --his sister ---who• had kept her drunken lover irons as- saulting hint. The girl • was dead - thc•re was a knife -wound in her breast. Sick at the sight. 1 lett the place acid went on, almost meehauic• ally. to \ non's pouts. It was le -vel \'b.)) the gnome'. a crumpled heap of mous. 1 -eaeeel Laaey hn'11' , .111 117,111 whit -ii 1 had fought with t;;ii)2,11: it. 1.r„- w.0 lrfukvu In itis 1.,r. 1. 1.1111 -(1 away ? h. -aril e. bowl `r L.._ 1:1 Of ,in explosion, ,,.1.,1 I ,lip• /' i1 ho 7;01110 11 I/11,'' 1 .l1.. 0:11of 17 no 1(!•7r, 71totilti l' 7L0 !b1,111:1L 111117t L1,771.,' 7.1 A71 '777 nai 11. 171 ' 1777701,: it 7,7,777.1 71 17,- ,..,, 177171 1711.7 .. 17771, :-771777 .1 - 1, - i1 1„ 7 117. .. il: A17:07,3 ter 7.1071X and getting 0o reply, I started for the Intendance. I had scarcely left the house when I saw some peasants coming towards me with a litter. A .'woman walking behind the litter carried a lantern, and one of our soldiers of artillery attended and directed, 1 rant forward, THE SEAFORTH NEWS CLASS IN MECHANICS THURSDAY, OCTOBER a1, 1940 and dissevered Voltam mortally hurt. Besides the thousands of pilots to be turned out under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, even greater 1'1l2' w'a11110) gave a (Ty. and spoke numbers of other experts are being trained to make the .Empire's air forces the world's most powerful. A class my 121111(0 in a kind of surp1150 and 1 fu aero -mechanics is shown here at study in one of the inane schools spread across the Dominion, relief: and the 81)1(1101'. reongu)swg r them-- quick,quick, stop. feel for 1ae., sainted. 1 sent hitt) 1'ur () • •a- ! try l ! a panel, then try again, stand still, 0011. and came 012 Willi rho hurt man ' and lean ap111001 the tattle. It is 110 to the tittle itmn,e Sohn was alone' with 11in1 save for llabe11e, and 1 , use to earl: 11(1 nue can 110017, fm• it 15 740111 i10r for a priest. :\1 10011 111 1 all (1111' outside. and 111080 Walls are •:olid and very *10k.had 1.7 en Cuban 1 guy sed what hats How long?' he :ay. and take out happened: he had tried for his re -1 1 veep' at last. After a little time he hit watch. 'Fire minutes -maybe,' ku1 wv nfe , but at lust he 7.0111d oat answer. r. lie put his wa1(h on the tuhl' and sit down on a. bench by 11, -What has happened ----the palace and for a littb' minute he do not laid 1. speak, but look at no. close. and not iter nudd(d, • angry, as you would tlliu1 'Volum' Peen blew it up- -wit 11 Bigot?" 1 he say 111 a ]ow 'neve, 'Bigot was a asked. thief.' Ile point to the vilest. 'He His reply was a whisper, and his stole from the King -my father, He face 101.11 -hod With pain: esoi--with stole your 3111t1B1(1e from you! lie Bigot." should hove died. We have bout been I gore him sante cordiah width he blunderers, Voban , blatcle'ers;' he was inclined to refuse, It revived say. 'thiuK have grate wrong with us. hint, hut l saw he could live only a We have lost all.' There is little time, few hours, Presently he trade an ef. Tell me One thing,' he go on: 'is Mademoiselle Duvarney safe -do you know?.' I tell him yes, and he smile, and take from his pocket something, and lay it against his lips, unci then put it back in ills breast. "'You are not afraid to die, Vob' an?' he ask, I answer no. 'Shalt( hands with ate, my friend: he speak, and I d0 so that 'Ah, pardon, pardon. (11'sieu',' 1 .ay, 'No, 120. Vohun: it Was to be, he answer. 'We shall tweet again, comrade- ell, if We clan?' he fort. "I will tell you," he whispered. "Tell me first of my wife," said I. "Is elle alive', -is she alive?" If a smile could have been upon his lips then, I saw one there --good Voban! 1 put my ear down. and my heart almost stopped beating, until I heard trim say, "Find llathilde." -Where?" "In the Valeloche HIVs," he any- weed.' Ile gasped with pain. 1 let hint rest atchtle. 2(11(1 ((112)1 the 1)antlages on speak on, and he turn away from (110 11itn, and at last he told his story: and look to the sky through the win - "1 ant to be gone Soon. For two (Iew, Then he look at Itis watch, and years 1 11a0e wait for the god (1)1(11)• 211 get to Inc feet, and stand there still, tali flim_ -111(101 -10 101111 him and his 1 kiss my c•rueilix. Hp recital out and palace to hell. 121111 1101tell you how 10111'11 11. and beteg his lingers 111 his 1 11,1112 ,„ do 11. 11 is an matter -.11(a, lips. 'Who can tell pel'hl(p: per- Fron1 1)11 old 00111)' 1 nein' awl at halt!' 1e Say: Fur it 11110 1111111110 141. 111.2 I (101 flu- powder Mi' beeeath it .cent like ) yon', and it B. .1e stall hillhis palace. So, H1)1 h,- does not I1. 011112) there', ani! them 1)' ]int his ,en„' 11) 111' 17111;))' nnu'b 11,11 many hand over the 0Vate11, lift 11 11p. t1711 tnent11-. and 31a4110e Coal nal 11 111- snit hit '(e'-, as 11 (1(10' i1 all ':1 ay, v.1111 11. :um i- hard (11.) 1 Irbil- - ou 11 y1'1(rultmt 1010. it 1 54, 1(11)1 i❑ 7'11)' 1011 1 12,041; then the ore tt (ash route, 0 ' For a 1011g 110w Cnblut lay :41.111 ,:hal 1(e English 01,47• it, 00.0lwfi.. 10 hl,. pal, again. _1 114)21 111111 more cordial, '412(1 7. 1:1.40 to u., hi. tee ,:pure•-en.t 1 1t( r,;vivrd :111)1 01111071 his title, "I a11: 1171111; it 17,77: lay 1112.,•, fin 1 ,-k 17,. 1' 1.1111111.d. 2e, 1ti 1i'1i' .ay" he 0.11111 1(r, ill ..3 In 112 11s• (01ca1.' Tri. "fey Ne i- 1:111.1, a4t Bigot en'! r .;•Ii,. i 1:.. ; !1 .72 "t1(.. 1::.':1.i thea 11:tel 1 t 111,:- 1,.-as(12 (ia.ce. !11'''14'4 n(11y a 1111h! part --.d' 112,• 12'11' lie.. gm )0 :'111(1 .o 11V -.Y i, telt :..:1 '1< 711771,1t1 . ' rt I'171t I -. m7. hack qui J: fl, ttu- ler n'ei urn 1 .,,.,•- urs_ 112 Pel „i„1 u1.. 1(e; ulin,•. lu ten 02110 m .hare•. and 1 wish -my tiro! in 1:111'-d 104'11. 1 1(3-„•11 iui a 107.1 1,11 will 1.«. dn11e'. i g1( at ,W -e 122 Beaten. I wish I go with M'111711' Ilol- hi- loom „:1210. alone. 1 pass 111rOtl 11 112h•e!' Bin he followed him a little ttr.e;vltlunit iun. A,l' 1 .,-enu•d I. K 1•ater. 1'7 1U:0W W11.,70 1 might tine the ee.eee. Our sentries already pa11-01- 1,1 the stee,-ts. 01111 oto' bugles were ''aitkue 2)1,the heights. with -1te1001.er- ue 2,,11: from 1110 Steel it/ the- basin. Night sank- 110w11 quickly, the stars 01)011 •. out in the perfect blue, and, as I Walked along, broken walls, shat- e,10e.(1 houses, solitary pillars, looked lee:de dly strange. It Was painfully gal, 1, as if a beaten people had crawl- ed aw•lty into the holes our shut and .!tell had trade, to hide their misery. NOW and again a. gaunt face- looked out from a hiding -place, and drew back again in fear at sight of me. One- a drunken woman Spat at, me and cursed me; 0ure I was fired at: and many times from dark corners 1 heard voices crying. "Sauvezenoi- ab. 'auvez-moi. hon Dieu!" Once I stood for many minutes and Wat('hed our soldier's giving biscuits and their own share of runt to homeless French pea - saints hovering round the smouldering ruins of a house which carcasses had destrued. And (few. 1113 wits carte bok to 1)e), my purposes. the power to cod, which fo' 11. couple of hours had seemed to be in abeyance. I hurtled through narrow streets to the eath(dral. Coming to its rear, I found Babe tte's little house, with open door, and I went in. The old grandfather sat in his corner, with a lighted candle on the table near hint, across his knees Jean's coat that I had wore. He only babbled nonsense to, my questioning, and, after calling aloud to Babette remm. and 11011e+ to the other. 11 i- a roc (1l 01111 011e :111111 barred Wiil- 4100 it he is 11) re, 1 will say a word to him that I have waitlong to say-, then 511111 the 14)11• alt ns 110th -for l am sick of hie and watch hen 1111 laugh at hint till the end comes. 11 he is hi the other room, then I have a way as 1101)0-- He paused, exhausted. and I wait- ed till he could 210011 g0 on. At last, he made a great effort, and continu- ed: "I go hack to the first room, and. he is not there. 1 -pass soft, to the ta•easurteroom, and I SOP hint kneel beside a chest. looking in. His back is 0) me. I hear him laugh to himself. I shut the door, turn the key, go to the window and throw it out, and look at him again. L'ut 110W ho stand and tarn to tae, and then i 0241'--1 see it is not Higot. but M'sisu' Bellaire! "1 0111 111711 W11,1l 1 1.,•r, that, and at first I (yon not (;Leak, 1103 longue stick in my mull() so dry. 'Has Voban 1101) ro111011' m'-uu' say. I put out my hand and try to speak again -1101 101. 'Whatdid you throw from the wind- ow?' 11e. ask. 'All(( what's the mailer. rrty Vn1111n? 'My God.' I say at hire now. 'I 1.111)1100 you are Bigot!' (milt 10 the fl'oca'. TOW11,1" I whisper, "His eyes go like lire so t,'et:iilet he look to the whitlow. (1,1:0 a w ick, angry step to tae, i1ut stand Still. Then he point to the window, The key, Vohan?' he say; and 1 answer. `Yes.' He getpale; (hen lien go and try the door, loop close at the walls, Two horn•. afterwards I wentto the hn"11da111.0, and there 1 round that the Indy of my enemy had been 1(1110011 in the room where I had last seer. him 01111 Alixe, He lay on the SUMP (0uelt where she had lain. The flag of F'r110(e covered his broken horly, but his face was untouched -- 11S 11 had been in life, haunting, fas- cinating, aycheating, though the shifting lights were gone. the fine eyes closet!. A noble peace hid all that was sard- 0111e: not even Gabor.' would now have called hila "Master Devil." I covered up his face and left him there ---peasant and prince.. -.-the star of Louis on his shattered breast; told I saw hint no more, All that tight 1 walked the ramp- arts, thinking, remembering, hoping, wailing for the morning; and when 1 saw the light break over those eastern parish. 5, wasted by fire and sword, I set out on a jottl')ny to the Valrloche Hills. XXX it was in the saffron light of early morning 11101 I saw the Valdoclte. hills. The. night before 1 had come: 11p (Memel) the long valley, overbutg with pines an one side and eri1)1501- int maples on 1.110 other, and, travel- ling 1111 nearly midnight, had lain clown in the hollow of a b11nlc. and Welted to a little river leap over (1arcades, and, fel' below, go prattling on to the greater river in the south. My eyes closed, but for long I did not sleep, I heard a night110014 go by on a 1011.13' 11111451011, it beaver elide from a log into the water, and the delicate humming of the pine needi(5 0110 it (110053 music, through which broke by -and -bye the strange trying of a 1001) 1'1.0111 the water 1)0100. I 0110 neither asleep 1101i awake, but steep ed in this wide awe of night. the sweet smeeil of earth and running winter in my nostrils. 0100. too, in a slight breeze. the scent of some wild animal's nest clinic' past, and 1 found it good. 1 lifted up a 1.01(1101 of loose earth and p0wderecl leaves, and held it to my nose --a goad, brave smell -all i1) a sort of drowsing. While 1 mused, Doltaire's Yate passed before me as it was in life, and 1 heard hint say again of the pea- sants, "These shall 51100 the 0111(1) some day. for they are of it, anti live close to it, and are ldu to it, Suddenly there rushed before lice that scene when all the devil in ]lint broke loose ttp011 the woman I loved. But turning on my homely bed I 10011011 up and saw the deep quiet of the skies, the stable peace of the stars, and I was a sou of the good Earth again, a sojourner to the touts of Home, I did not doubt that Alice was alive or that I should find her. There was assurance in this benign- ant night. In that thought, dreaming that her cheek lay close to mice. her arm 1110u)d nay neon, I fell asleep, I waked to hear the squirrels rth'rilig in the trees, the whir :n' the part- ridge, and the first unvarying note of the oriole. Turning on my dry, leafy bed, I looked down. and saw in the dim haze of Aiwa the b0.ave•r74 (11 their 1101)) •bnildini;. i was 1111 the begimlblg of 11 d'" p florae Ur Valley, ell lane (41110' of w11it1) 0011. a Steep. rlupinS; hill of grass 21(111 Trees, and on the Oli 1 ,a burl• escarpment of ltmsee i and .12121 goal reeks. 'Then. farther - 1111, 11177 011(1.+3 seemed 10 end in a huge pro - (anter'. on this 11107111 .wedge grim elletee teemed in the inlet, 010011th anal shadowy and taina ln•al a lonely 1113'.uerieus I.rucleeu. impossible t0 11an)an tenantry. Yet as I watched the mist slowly lisle, there grew in me the feeling that there lay the end 0f my quest. I (10170 (10011 to 21)1+ brook. bathed my face and hands, ate my frugal breakfast of bread. With berries Melted from the hillside, and, as the yellow lightof the tieing sun broke over the promontory, k saw the tall calvary upon a Itno11, strange con -made 11) the huge rocks and mom olitlts-as it wore vastplaythings of the Mighty Men, the fabled ancestors of the Indian ra10es of the land. I started up the valley, and pres- ently all the earth grew blithe, anti the birds filled the woods and valleys with jocund noise. It was near noon before I knew 1113' pilgrimage was aver. Coming round a point of rock, 111 a secluded cave 'I found Alixe with her father, caring for him, for he was nityet wholly recovered from his injuries. "Robert,. O Robert, Robert!" she (iried, coal at Bret. that 0110' all she could say. The good Seigneur put out his hand to me beseechingly. 1 took it., clasped it. "The city?" he asked. "Is mire," I answered. "And my sot -my son?" 1 told him IOW, the night that the city was taken, the Chevalier de la Dairanle and I bad gone a sad jour- ney 111 a boat to the Tele of Orleans, and thee, in the chapel yard, near to his father's chateau, we had laid a brave and honest gentleman 'who died fighting for his country. lighting l ogin)' is 11 duel.. Lack o left t'1' (11e (•1t foe to battle haa) 1111 sou able country Royal Canadian ail Phys'• pilots, 11)• Observers and .lir Gunners have a Warta ref:11rd for the highly -stilted! wren 'light mec11101(, 0t 111e 11 t'.t aetopl114' with a balky of Toronto. Late Assistant New York s u c h ss as a crippled PROFESSIONAL CARDS MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC Dr, E. A, McMaster, M,B., Graduate of University of Toronto. J. D. Colquhouu, M.D., C.M,, Grad. uate of Dalhousie. University, Halifax. The Clinic is fully equipped with, complete and modern x-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and thereuptie equipment, Dr. Margaret K. Campbell, M.D., L A.B.P., Specialist in Diseases in Infants and Children, will be at the Clinic last Thursday in every month from 3 to 6 pea. Dr, F. J. 11. Forster, Speeialist in Diseases of the Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat, will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 4 to 6 p.m. Flee well -baby clinic will be held on the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A„M,D. Physician and Surgeon In Dr, H. H. Ross' office, Phone 5.1 DR. F. J. R. FORSTER .Sys, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University f (.11„m( power alight Ophthalmic and Aural Institute, 'lc helpless before the Mo0reldeld's Eye, and Golden Square er might plunge 1110111 throat hospitals, Loudon, Eng, At or into rough iuhospit• Commerelal 110101, Seal:o al, third o11 a long flight. A. 1•. who keep the aeroplane. see" 11,011e. Thein' work is 11110(112(14(2)11))'.' but just as ilmp7.l•tttlli 111 111 way 212 1110 Dark of 1110 (11111011 plea W110 HS the 1(1411(1 A sr) W chortled w1lh t taking a bomber 4110 mile 5 out over the Atlantis on ectn'o * patrol, fur in Stance, must be sure .that the en:ines! will mainiai11 a steady, rhyllimie real 11m1 1101falter and tall into silence' when a landing Bold is over (11' 1 horizon. 12 1 ,1711, The powerful r'ugin(s of R (eel .1 receive 'all the (are and a1tentl011 of! thoroughbred ('ace1(012)s, Engines; are inspected before and lifter flight and any worn parts immediately re- placed. \'hive clearances are Bare -1 fully checked and everything puss Bile dole to keep the engines and ' controls in perfect condition at all times. At regular intervals of 300 Or 400 flying !tours, 1110 engines 11'e temporarily removed front service 101' a complete overhaul, The etig1nes are Mime :marl, cleaned, and all parts 'Linn(ply inspected tut' fla0s and for signs 01' wear, Any worn! Parts are replaced and the engines are re -assembled and tested on •1 (est eplea before being pieced harlot en their mountings in the aircraft. The modern aircraft felicities and roneplleate(1 tile( en of (1111t hulety.. Al 1111 1 11011 010.7 11111 nta111lemt11•e• 1.0 careful trailing alit at lite 11 1' A. I'. 'l'raiu'ate ::eh•rul at St Thoma.. w11irh h1's corned tint smite 1.1m inecitaniee of all rept .: :;m far and is ((2)11ble, on) (1(' mete,' •'lrb week, 11P' :Iol'o eneitte ineetionie eenree lasts aleen 1N weal,. 1)11:1 pleVitlee .e 1(l' .•tie11 eduer,i'o in Il, ,left fel (nu+fi•n 1','»..17121111 0f 011101 seat• 11;12) c.- ,1(11 ,,:2,0,111 •.11.40174 111 m1) tilt, 0l17Itc ,u N..., 111•y 1):077 a 1,1117 ,o t. :1. ..t 71117 711 the war ie over. I1'-alid live. when their wiry Iwo a little 1(1,1(0, 1. I tool, 111010 eat init. 1110 :^12111111,'. A Ido asant 4)7" 01 Valle Wednesday in each month from 2 to 4 p.m, Also at Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday in each month, --53 Waterloo St., Stratford. Telephone 2117, MARGARET K. CAMPBELL, M.D. 11011eloIl, 1)11111110 Graduate Toronto University Licentiate of American Board of I'e.d1- atrics, Diseases of Children At Seaforth Clinic, last Thursday al• ter1oon, each month. AUCTIONEER CORDON M. GRANT, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Arrangements can be Inacie for Sale Ihite at the Seaforth News, or by writing (10rd(111 M. Grant, Goderich, Charges Moderate anti satisfaction guaranteed. F. W. AHRENS, Licensed Auction. ser for Perth and Huron Counties Sales Solicited. Terms on Application. Farm Stock, chattels and real estate property. R. R. No. 4, Mitchell, Phone 634 r 6. Apply at this office. HAROLD JACKSON Licensed in Huron and Perth C'oun• ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, write or phone Harold Jackson, 653r12, Sea, forth central; Brucefield R.11,1. Watson & Rei REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY 14uc.0ssoK to James Watson') MAIN ST. ,SKAFORTII, ONT. All lauds 01 insurance risks effect - "11 .at (most' rates in First -❑'lass lay 711 11),• 1111 111. 411171 1)) lbs =01(11, t`0111111111 1011. far en. v -u- 1he Wall of 1.n=y iltlh 11101 hid tl„. ,a,4111)211 (2,0411, Pe11''' W715 111012 it all, and 1111011 m•., A•. We stood (11171 a .01+rle't 112011•'i ('111110 011(1111118 111 (101 ant 0111011g 111' giant .uwe's, 0170s17e11 bringing at h+.•1• girdle. She appr)aehed us, and, see- ingme, the, said: "Hush! i 1maw 1a place whine all the lovers can hide." And she 1111 it 11(111' Wonder (Toss into lay hands. The End BRITAIN STILL DELIVERING THE GOODS "The Nazi 11ag has been driven fro, the sells while our flag flies everywhere. Our export Matte has been maintained with all parte of the world outside the territories (mettle led by the enemy." This message from the British Minister for Overseas Trade, Mr. Harcourt Johnstone, M.P., has been generously confirmed by the export figures for August eubsequently an- nounced. During that month the United Kingdom exported d £ 32,554,720 worth of &tootle, or £.1,365,185 worth more than during July. The Iota] exports for the first eight months of the year were of a valuta of 31.2,6efeetii(, There are many etrit0ng"increases over the Kline petdod a year ago: over :25,0)10,11011 worth more of chem - i(.1210, ((('ngs, and dyes; near X;3,- 500,000wo'th morecottonyarns 011d 'nanufactltres; almost L-'2,500,000 more of woollens and worsteds; Biilc and artificial sills is up by diose on £2,3011,000; pottery 0 a glass by over £2,000,000; electrical goods by over ;1;1,500,000. The McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Co. HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS President, Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Vice President, W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Secretary Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. AGENTS F. McKercher, R.R,1, Dublin; John F. Pepper, R.11.1, Brucefield; Prueter, Bro(hagen; James 'Watt, Blyth; '4\rm. Yeo, Hobnesville, DIRECTORS Alex Broadfoot, Seaforth; William Knox, Londesboro; Chris Leonhardt, Dublin; James Connolly, Goderich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex McEwfng, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, Walton. Parties desirous to effect insurance or transact other business, will be promptly attended to by applications to any of the above named officers addressed to their respective post - offices. Minister for Overseas Trade declares, "Britain is still delivering the goods to her overseas customer's, German bogus 0t'lers to South American countries to deliver German goods in September and October,' 'when Britain has been "defeated' cut no ice in the face of 0121' solid trade achievements. "The facts are that there is no sign of a single German ship deliver- ing a single bale or goods anywhere "After twelve months of war," the across the Seven seas."