The Wingham Advance, 1919-01-09, Page 5Thursday, Jan. qtn. 1919
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Ambitions of von Tirpitz
Included the Wild Scheloe
Of Sea Power for Germany
4N:y,Z,:..w�N seXMSK«R Xel''eXeeleiS.:'Hia+` els:
HO is to blame for the
war? is now the great
question in Germany.
Had things turned out
differently the question would have
been, To whom shall we attribute the
chief glory for the war? In that
case, of course, the Kaiser would
have Iroggod the principal honor's, but
there would have been other claim-
ants. But in the view of some auth-
orities the plan responsible for the
war and for what has happened 'o
GermanY is Grand Admiral Alfred
1'. T. von Tirpitz. Tirpitz 'is now re-
ported to be a fugitive. Ike has a
notion, which tray develop into a
mania, that before all accounts are
squared he will be haled before a
court .et justice, either German or
international, and be made to answer
charges growing out of the activities
of the German submarines. As Tread
of the German fleet he cannot evade
responsibility for the submarine war-
fare.
It would appear from stories that
have come 001 of Germany in the
past -ten years, chat von Tirpitz was
one German who was able to impose
his views upon the Kaiser, to even
bulldoze the All Highest. 'That he
was a mann of tremendous force of
character there- is no disputing, and'
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THE OSS B L T i OF . IRRIGATION
Wheat on one of the Veterans' Farms, near Tilley, Alberta.
VAZ' surprises a person most
when travelling through the
rrigated areas of. Southern
Alberta is the wonderful variety of
crops that can be successfully grown
there, their abundant yields, and
their excellent quality. Wheat, oats,
barley and flax, the standard crops of
the Canadian West grow there and
give as heavy yields as anywhere else
on the continent. Alfalfa thrives as
It does nowhere else in Canada, and
ds literally making fortu es for its
growers. By the application of
water the crops of clover and the
many varieties of nutritious tame
grasses are multiplied manifold. In
-the garden$ vegetables of all kinds,
including those that are associated
with hotter chutes, such as tomatoes,
melons, squashes, grew in the oven
so well as to indicate great possibili-
ties in this direction.
Wheat, of course, is the dominant
!Weose areas of eseasaega-
sternwhere
rCanada az it is in hirrigation isAlberta.
barge Squash grown with Irrigation at Brooks,
not practised. oats, y and flax
are also grown extensively. The
yields of all these grains compare
very favorably with those in any
t. Crops of
the west. other part of
wheat this season that have been pro.
perly irrigated are averaging thirty
five bushels to the acre. Some erops
will thresh as high as forty bushels
s
for more to the acre. The yields of
'other grains are equally as, anion
Grain growing under irr.z~'
brings ample returns to the farrier,
especially when it is considered that
uniform results May be looked for
every year,
But. eieiding such good returns as
the growing of grain dries,, other
rrolx'i' that may be grown trader r
gation are possibly atilt more profit•
table, anti it ecenn$ rtasonable to sup•
pose that in years to come the graw. +bat the greater portion of the irri.
.ing of grain in distrietr wheat water , gable lands In the 'United State! are
is available will be to some extent devoted. The large yields of alfalfa
snpereedh t to eii'Ale lsrgcr elea$ to that are being obtained in Southern
be put into other prop$, le .rd that : Alberta under irrigation assure this
" crop of at important place) In the
production of the £artier who is able
to utilize the water freer the moult.
and excellent flavor, cantaloupes. plowed up gives considerably larger
watermelons, tomatoes, cucumbers, (yields. it makes possible the devel-
nef,ners, to say nothing of giant ,,oprnent to the highest degree of the
es
. •.• Hors cattle,
n at ,
and i stock i du ry
cau.iflowors and cabbages, early e
:ate, and all varieties, carrots, tura sheep and pigs all like it. Combined
nips, beets, all kinds of beans and with oats, barley, the clovers and
many ether vegetables flourish; and grasses which grow abundantly in
which produce the most delicious Southern Alberta, alfalfa enables the
strawberries, raspberries, goose. irrigation farmer to give hie stook
berries and other small fruits -this the best balanced food possible. lie
land will, no doubt, be used to 'row Is thus able to get the most milk
more 'of these things in the future, froth his cows, the bloat wool front
especially when labor conditions are Isis sheep, and to have his cattle, pigs
such as to enable a more intensive and lambs ready for market in the
.telitemn of farming to be followed. earliest possible time. No wonder
Then there are the fodder crops, of there is prosperity wherever alfalfa
uthieh alfalfa is the chief. Contrary grows.
to a widespread belief, It is not grain, The advantage to the farther of a
not fruit growing, not truck garden• great diversity of erops cannot be too
ing, but to the growth of fodder erops greatly emphasized, He is able to
make his plans for the future with
greater certitude. Ile can devote his
chief attention, t.o crops that remuns
erste him best. He is not greatly ite
flueneed by the fluctuations of the
markets, and when any of hie pro•
rl s, ducts are dealt others are likely to
o Itis
brie h boot priors on which be up. it 'thud makes for greater
Yield, forty
to si yelkuslue hinds, tarn Streams s his fa fa. large, only
sureis him�of,a Of
and steady in-
arid ate
Yielding forty to sixty bvahe :4 tog thi the yields of lite t' stiil to come year atter year.
acre arts being 151`o�'ti, wb '1 sugar this drop also ria lflds Al,q.
beete of high semi. ooirt .,' thrive,, sneh $j eittema that sit other orae
pttrap kiss ; SOOrtsatte Mix. r grrp�s►ytt o* the dull OW it /Am boo
will produce tiff to seven Rundle
bushels f t tot of w gmla'ity th t
i, e
n1:.ilar le,' iliir' t:rt' el t, to t
" fir«4st+*;e 4 ,04, 't'+ cheer and '. ti• ;lir h..,tdk4•i i l 4.
"Deuiseh! r+4 ,,.1)0 1' Allo. hruu;,;tt.
I ' ow Li4bk,F ec t ;t 'r11, e int" t11(' -t1' `1 tl '.'
';t; X Illy aneeetne 111 r,'' iia. 0p ,4;, at
#tlnazenlent o1 the French officers
'i• h
Fougt Autocracy t;
grouped in the window of the Ein-
e
%v is
'"� ;e bailey -en regiment wap piiNi4ing the
'oeeseee.ese lM:KeeKeeeeeies eeepieseeeeeeeseie'+ Brandenburg (late to the old trine.
Later, I heard it played coutinuouely
as cavalry, infantry and artillery
swept by. Regimental flags were
crowned With laurel wreaths. The
Igen wore evergreens3 around their
steel helmets and their tunics and.
guns were covered with flowers.
"What particularly struck me was
the attitude of the homecoming affil-
cers. Those I have secs in the Berlin
garrison were quiet men, many of
whom had removed their melte' of
rank. They seldom were saluted by
their men. On the other hand the
troops just returned from the flout
are well disciplined and salute as of
old. The officers themselves are nrz-
changed. They exhibit theunsolves,.
monocled and tight waicsted, to the
population, who cheer then loudly.
''Berlin Is dancing .mad. The re
are about 50 cabarets in the city an,'
dancing goes on all the afternoon r -.h
until 9 o'clock at night, Ina wc•4,I;'e
time the edict cio'Iiee d. Ire lug
at 9 o'clock will be removed. end
dancing then will continue all teat.
Berliners are looking forward 10
this,
"It is a remarkable sight to
cabarets packed to suffocation with
women in expensive toilet tee and
both soldiers and elvili an:I denting
and drinking wine costing $1.0 a bot-
tle. Seats al the theatren can nrily
be booked two clays .head. 'We a1•4'
trying to forget,' said a I3e, teer 1F•
me to -day."
Wr4 owe tothe painstaking in -
dustry of Mr. Sidney Zito. -
and the possession in
I9nglish of all the impor-
taut speeches of Liebkneeht since the
beginning of the war. The book is
just now published.
In all the voluminous literature of
this war there is a passage which
stands out as a bright ray of light
illuminating our pathway toward the
future society of nations, In "Under
Fire" the French common soldier,
Bertranad, says: "There ie one Ague-
that has risen above the war and
will blaze with the beauty and
strength of his courage." The with.,
or, Barbusse, now the elected chief
of the great society of French war
veterans, goes on to say: "I listened,
leaning on a stick toward him, .drink-
ing in the voice that came in the
twilight silence from the lips that
so rarely spoke. He cried in a clear
voice, 'Liebkneeht'."
In 1870 Wilhelm. Liebkneeht, the
father of Karl, together with Babel
and three other Socialist members of
the Reichstag, voted against the war
credits, They were insulted and even
beaten by the war -mad naembers of
the Reichstag. If it was natural for
the son to follow in the footsteps of
the father, so it was also natural for
the whole Socialist party in Germany
to continue the policies of the foun-
ders of the party. In the universal
disgust with which the world viewed
the treason to truth and all strand
principle which marked the immense
ADMIRAL VON TIRPI`1'Z.
that he has a bigger brain than the
former King of Prussia is also plain
enough. It is therefore easy to be-
lieve that he might by force of in-
tellect compel William Hohenzollern
to take a course of action to which
he might object,or at least to have
a free hand in matters on which he
could claim to be an authority. There
is nothing unreasonable in the sup-
position that the submarine cam-
paign was designed and carried
through by von ,Tirpitz, and that the
Hohenzollern accepted it, pot
through any liking, but because they
believed von Tirpitz when he told
them that this was the infallible
means of winning the war.
Von Tirpitz was one of the few
Germans who rose to high rank' un-
der the Kaiser's patronage who was
not of gentle birth. His great energy
and his fixity of purpose made him
a force in the country, and on one
occasion when the German aristo-
crats protested against his uncouth-
ness and brutality the Kaiser is re-
ported to have said: "You will have
to get along with him as best you can.
That's what I have to do." Von
Tirpitz's_fathel• was a lawyer in an
inland town, and -the boy entered the
German navy at the age of 16, when
the German navy was a small affair,
and chiefly valuable as providing lu-
crative employment for sons of
broken-down Prussian noblemen.
The idea of Germany having a
great navy, in fact the greatest in
the world; was von Tirpitz's idea,
When this idea crystallized in bis
mind we may say that he became in-
sane. The notion of an overmaster-
ing German navy had been suggested
to Bismarck, who discarded it, and
also to Moltke. Both of them were
willing that the British should retain
command of the seas. Their ambition
was for a great German army. They
argued that if battles were necessary
to acquire colonies, they would be
fought in Europe. Neither of them
contemplated fighting with Great Bri-
j tain.
i Tirpitz had another idea. He con-
; tenlplated the possibility of war with
j Great Britain, and, through his in-
exhaustible energy and enthusiasm,
he kindled a tire in Germany that
supported him in his great naval
programs. At first he thought that
Germany should concentrate upon
• destroyers, admitting that to over-
• I take the British 'Empire in capital
ships would be almost an impossibil-
ity. Later on he concluded that by
the use of submarines the prepon-•
derating strength of the British navy
might be overcome. He had as
great hopes from the submarines as
Zeppelin had of dirigible airships.
UnlikteZeppelin, he was able to snake
a fine showing, and therefore to
persuade the War Lord, if he needed
persuading, that by intensifying the
•r
of the It -boats the wa
activities
might be brought to a victorious
conclusion. So, as a result, the 'Unit-
ed States entered the war, taking the
place and more than the place of
staggering Russia, and contributing
the final ounce of energy needed for
the knock -out paunch. With this in-
troduction, Grand Admiral Alfred
P. T. von Tirpitz is nominated for
the role of Chief German Goat
, Mystery Explained.
"What's become of your old friend
the sea serpent?" asked a vacationer
of the Socialist party at the begin- at the beach. "Has he beeml frightened
ning of the war, the one mitigating Off by the submarines?"
fact is, as learbusse so eloquently
indicates, Liebkneckt.
In his great speech against the
second war budget he declared "as a
protest against the war, ageing*
those who are responsible for it and
have caused it—against the violation
of the neutrality of Belgium and
Luxemburg, against unlimited rule
of martial law—I vote against the
war eredits demanded."
The excuse for the weakness of the
whole German people and the trea-
son of the Socialists, on the part at
weak-kneed pacifists, and Socialists is
other countries, has always been that
the German people were all misin-
formed about the war. This excuse is
invalid. Liebkneckt knew the truth
about the war because he wished to
know it, The masses of the German
people, Socialists and non -Socialists
alike, believed falsehoods because
they wished to believe them. The
frightful horror of German war
methods was perfectly well known
inside of Germany. A number at
questions which Liebkneeht asked ei
the Government in the Reichstag ses-
sion in December, 1915, indicates
Clearly what sort of knowledge was
in the possession of thane who wish-
ed to know the truth. When Lieb.
knecht inquired as to whether the
Government- was prepared to begin
peace negotiations, von -Jagow an-
swered, amid loud laughter, that he
refused to answer. On this occasion
Liebkneeht asked about a score el
searching questions which threw
light upon the whole policy and pole
pose of the Government.
Later, in January, Liebkneeht
again interrogated the Government,
He exposed the Armenian masaactos
and, 4the fact that the German Gov-
ernment
overnment was responsible. He asked
for "data concerning the situation is
the territory occupied by Germany,"
and "concerningeneasures taken for
the protection of the people in the
occupied territory, concerning the
means of living, concerning their
health conditions, their rights, their
nuiebers." He inquired as to the
"kind and reason of the punishments
decreed and reprisal measures taken
against the people in these territories
by the German authorities, the num-
ber of people executed, military re-
quisitions of property," and so forth.
"On Jan. 18, 1916, by a vote of sixty
to twenty-five, the Socialist Central
Committee expelled Liebkneeht from
"Guess not," returned the hotel man-
ager, "I rather think he's sore over
our treatment of him. Last time he
was here we chased him off the coast.
You see, he caused. so many men to
sign the pledge that he was killing
our bar business." --Boston Evening
Transcript.'
'membership in the Socialist party for
continuous "gross infractions of par-
ty discipline."
But Liebknecht's fight did not end
with his expulsion from the party.
Month after month he stood alone
and fought his good fight. Germany
was winning the war. The insolence
of her Junkerdom and the official
class was something beyond describ-
ing. This was the very least of his
opposition, His sometime Socialist
comrades, meeting him on the street,
insulted him most viciously. On
March 22, 1916, he attempted, in a
session of the Reichstag, to attack
the submarine policy of the Govern-
ment, but was prevented.
The final weighing in the balance
of this man's soul came on May Day,
1916. In the presence of a crowd of
working people assembled in Berlin
in the open, air, he "cried ore`," as It
were, "with a loud voice." tinder all
ordinary circumstances this speech
meant death in front of the firing
squad. He knew that it could not
mean revolution at that time. He was
a common soldier in the army, and
had mot the slightest notion that he
would escape punishment according
to law. I feel that the fact that he
was imprisoned instead of executed
was due entirely to the desire of the
German Government to escape OM -
clam in enemy countries. This speech
will lino as the utterance of a great
and heroic figure in the midst of one
of the most terrible eases that has
come Mian the human race. "By a
lie," he cried out, "the German work-
ingman was forced into the war, and
by lies they expect to induce him tat
go on with the war."
Here, again, was John Russ before
the Council and Martin Luther' at
Worms. In the universal failure, in
the unutterable collapse of all that
was true and right among the Ger-
man leadership and the German pec-
ple, this one voice was heard --load
and clear, If poor in its practical re-
sults, this voice, crying in the wild-
erness," Was mighty in ite prophet
of the better time to some ice the
BERRLIN DANCING' MX .
A Patriot.
Senator lyelahaye, in discussing
Alsace-Lorraine in tine French ,Sen-
ate recently, recalled the famous let-
ter written by the late Monsignor
Preppel, the Bishop of Angers; and
the bishop's wish before he died that
his heart be interned in reeonquored
Alsace-Lorraine, 55111 the Senator,
will not be able to take back to Ober -
nal, the birthplace of Monsigtror
i''rclopel, the casket containing the
,Ie t. r pe. e t+`t heart.
1 o i+tt.-1, 'who was a well
tat z t It bishoe, died in 1891.
Philosophy of Having a Good Time,
Take the "t"' out of toil and you
haye oil. You can't take the hard
work out of farming as easily as that,
but a little run robs it of Ihuch of
its drudgery. Good times are the oil
in the toil of agriculture. That is I,
what a great many sincere persons
overlook who study economics more
than human nature. i
When we attempt to organize, a
farmers' association, what is done?
Why right away a vast amount of
talking is committed anent educa-
tion wird improvement. Both are ��1 B t��Xa4. `�
good, of course, and the farmer, t11 , o ' ' XX XXXXXX • XXXXMXX
common with all humanity, wants to
IGL
Reavy, heavy hangs over
your head,"
"0, I know what it is, daddyi
You held it too close and 1
smell it.__.. it's WRIGLEY'S -1" -
"Righto, sonny-- 541ve Your
appetite and digestion a
treat, while you tickle
your sweet tooth,f9
Chew It After E=very Meal
The Flavour Lasts!
Made In Canada
improve — there's a difference be-
tween improving and being improved
—but he's not always too sure that
the association will effect the im-
provement.
To begin with, he is often not too
well acquainted with lli't real neigh-
bors—the men in the inside of the
men he knows new show themselves
only to kindred c:',:rias. Then after a
hard day's work he is prone to stay
quietly at home in preference to driv-
ing several miles to dieeuss, under a
smoky lamp, the old problems • in
much the same old way.
But there's one thing everyone
wants—a good time. Everyone takes
his recreation in some form -•- only
there's nothing collective about it;
each goes his own way at liis own
tittne. Really persuade the neighbors
once that they ran have a better time
at the club meeting than they can
at home, and they'll go without
coaxing.
So that seems the logical starting
point. A leader never finds it hard
to get people to organize for pleas-
ure—to have a good time.
"And'it leads to great things, tpo.
As people become better acquainted
mutual respect and confidence de-
velop. That is the fundamental and
first step to business cc-operation,—
Ontario Department of Agriculture.
(ea Qeeit grGrryl. d/.f
an 9a4i9nii
yi'y ane/ e lloa,e(oac
g
E, R. HARRISON, Mgr. of •Winglzam
Branch.
XXVIXXXXXXX71Xc WIXZXXXXXXXMIV .
Germans Who Survived Warr Tryfeeg
to 13 orget.
The correspondent in Berlin of the
Daily Depress, dealing with the re-
turn of. the German army says the
scenes of enthusiasts marking the
homeeoming of the troops are ea:td-
Ing.
"Men have been coining borne at
the rate of 10,000 a day,"" says the
oorreepondent. "Every day
$Ibert, the Ohancellor, aee
ithee On s roetrullopposite the
raleb llitabassy. Re addeetees t$
ltaMsiaatlattesaNM-- wen alit the bands Saar
1
Soldiers Home
Coming Campaign
War Work and After -War Work of the
SALVATION ARMY
"FIRST TO SERVE= -LAST TO APPEAL"
The Salvation Army has for 53 years been organized on a military basis --inured Io hardship,
sacrifice and service... It is always in action, day and night.
It has maintained Military Huts, Hostels and Rest, Rooms, providing food and rest for tens of
thousands of soldiers each day. 1,200 uniformed workers and 45 ambulances have been in service
at the front—in addition to taking care of the needs of 'soldiers' families here at home, assisting
the widows and orphans, and relieving distress arising from the absence of the soldier head of
the family.
Notwithstanding all the Government is planning to do, notwithstanding the pensions and the
relief work of other organizations, hundreds of cases of urgent human need are constantly de-
manding the practical help the Salvation Army is trained and equipped to render.
Fund
ArmyMillion DolIar
Tie Saivation
January 19th to 25th
While it could die so, the Salvation Army has carried on without any general appeal. Now the
crisis is arising with the return of the 300,000 soldiers. The budget for essential work during the
coming year has been prepared. A million dollars must be raised to, continue the after -the -war
activities, which include: personal help alone is of avail. Consider, too, the vast sn'il
Hostas for Soldiers cowidomplexws problandorphans.ems arising out of the care of soldiers'
't I
ntact
Family
liar
the
Keeping
The g their visiting
The women of the Salvation Army onr
rounds accomplish the apparently impossible. Is the
discharged soldier out of a job? They find hint one.
Is the wife sick, the homework piling up, the children
neglected? ,They nurse the wife, mother the children,
wash and scrub.Is there urgent need for fond, fuel.
Clothes or medicine? They are supplied. It take*
money, of course, but more important is the loving
spirit of service in which the work it done.
When the Soldier eeds a Friend
coffThe Salvation Army7.assie provides the bo), *Whoa
ethe pies, chocolate, nig azines, writing materials,
Mand the spiritual comfort Which the boys in Kheki need
Until the 1:1, t homeward bound soldier is re•estabiishei
in civilian life, will you not help the Salvation Army
oornbat the discontfents and evils that beses his path?
Salvation Army Hostels are vitally necessary for the
protection And comfort of the soldier at the manystop
y
'Laing places between Irance and his Tore here in
Canada.
These Hostels• -or military hotels -provide
priceg000d food, clean beds, wholesome entertainment at a
has Hotel to 0o afford
o, WiIIriti, w uld theysg ?not
Care of the Wives, Widows, Dependents and
Orphans of Soldiers
Snores, and hundreds of eases could be cited where sot,
diets overseas have been comforted by the assurance
that the Salvation Army has stepped in to relieve their
families from dire need. As an instance, a mother with
six children is located ---no fuel, weather freezing, food
and funds exhausted by sickness and other troubles.
They are taken to Salvation Army Emergency Recev-
icdaenoalodirytseneasethe demands theSatinAm,who
The service ervice of the Salvation Army, founded on sacrifice, demonstrates the true spirit of the Mag.,
ter. It it directed to the extension of the Ringdom of Christ. For two generations the Salvation
Army has stood out and out for God.
approachespracticalproblems in a tactical way and achieves RESULTS. It co-operates with
al t rreco izes neither color, ruse nor creed. It is always itt action, day and
night. Nops orgcnc. I s work at less cost. To carry on its great work it mutt have
might. lh 1p, atacl o ori dace greater members of tho Dontinion Government, business mon and returned
financial help, and on he behalf
eoldlers endorse this Appeal for funds.
"LET YOUR GRATITUDE FIND EXPRESSION IN SERVICE"
THE SALVATION ARMY MILLION D;YLLAIR FtitID COMMITTED
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