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2 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE,bNT.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1928 Germany Should Have Won Germany Should Have Won the War--That Opinion Will Probably Surprise You, Coming As It Does From the Ex-Genera!issimo of the Allied'Armies By MARSHAL FACH Germany could have won tl not only at the beginning, but -- spring of 1918. She could have won \ if her plans, which were very good, had been carried out with more ability. To-day. I still wonder how it was possible that Germany, after having prepared so long for the war, failed so lamentably in the execution of her strategic schemes. I wonder, for instance how it was possible that the German General staff neglected its right wing. I know that General Count Schlieffen, who planned the march against France through Belgium, unceasingly insisted on the decisive part which should have been played by the right wing, which had to beseige Antwerp and to occupy the coast of the British Channel at least up to Boulogne. But the right wing, extending from Belgium to the North of France in the shape of a fan, had to be continually reinforced, J.nd on his deathbed Count Schlieffen exclaimed: "Provided that the right wing may be strong enough." Unaccountable Mistake The German General Staff committed the great and unaccountable mistake of weakening the right wing at the most decisive moment in favor of the link wing situated in Alsace-Lorraine, and in removing from it three divisions to send against the Russians in Eastern Prussia, where the battle between Hindenburg and Rennen-kampf had, however, already been The German right wing consequently, remained too weak and too small to extend itself up to the sea. It failed to secure support, and could thus be turned. That is what happened to the army of Von Kluck when it arrived close to Paris. Some months later the Germans endeavored to repair their' error and occupied the coasts, but at Ypres they were defeated. Ypres was the direct consequence of their initial erro.. The right wing was too weak. i Von Kluck'i Retreat As to whether the German retreat in the first battle of the Marne was necessary or too hasty, I consider that it was both. From the strategic point of view (on account of the faults that I have mentioned) the German army found itself before £aris in a .rather precarious position; 1 for we had turned its right wing, and a gap had formed between the first army (Kluck) and the second army (Bulow). | On the other hand, the Germans could still have recovered, instead of retreating with so much haste. Today, one may clearly see that the in-' tclligence service of our opponents was very defective. Only thus can be explained the part played by Lieutenant-Colonel Hensch, whose pessimistic reports determined the whole German general retreat ychological explanation is ,;iven us by the letters of General Moltke, Chief of the Great Staff, to his wife--letters in which the pessimistic nature and the very advanced sickness of the General are clearly revealed. It can consequently be affirmed that on the Marne the Central Staff of our adversaries completely failed; it proved very inferior to its task. Ought the Germans to have followed the other scheme--that which advised ihe defensive or the Western front and an overwhelming offensive against Russia? A Shorter Line I have already mentioned that in the spring of 1918 the Germans could still have won. If they had arrived at Amiens the English Army vould have been cut off from the French ; Army, and even after the offensive of General Mangin on July 18, 1918, the position of the Germans was not desperate. I confess that, jom the military point of view, I do not very well understand why, towards the 20th August, General Ludendorff did not retreat to the line Metz-Meuse-Brus'sels-Antwerp. My preparations were to attack the "Hindenburg L4ne," and if the German Army could have retired to the straight, short line mentioned I should have had to recommence everything. This strategic retreat might have prolonged the war by one year--and in critical times many unexpected things can happen in the course of a year. On the other hand, I understand that Ludendorff could not persuade himself to order this' strategic retreat, but it would have meant the confession of an evident Inferiority and the abandonment of very important war materials which could not have been easily replaced. I will even go so far as to say that in November, 1918, Germany could have resisted behind the Rhine. If the German people had had a Gam-betta the war would have been pro-langed--and who knows? I believe that a people which does not want to be vanquished need not be. Of course, in November, 1918, Germany had no further chance of j^iccess. but if her army had resisted M^?d the Rhine many things would ti^y been changed. I speak, of course, from an entirely military point of view. On the other hand, I know that Germany, abandoned by her Allies and cut off from the rest of the world, had not enough food to maintain herself, and that the German people, who had suffered severely, called loudly for peace, immediate peace. There we must let matters remain. These retrospective considerations of history do not serve much purpose, although they may often be very interesting. But what would have happened if . . .?--Montreal Standard. The First Moose Trophy Bathing in [j Polluted Waters! Waters commonly used for bathing in the vicinity of large cities are frequently so polluted that they consti-danger to health. This is certainly the case in New York, according to Dr. Louis I. Harris, health commissioner of that city, who, in an interview printed in the New York can, declares that some of its encircling bays are so polluted that they present a genuine adds that it would not be far-fetched Sunday School Lesson October 14. Lesson II--Spiritual Gifts,--1 Cor. 12: 4-7, 31; 13: 1-8, 13. Golden Text--Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of "these is charity.--Cor.. 13: 13. , Introduction--From the 12th to w° thi 14th chapter Paul gives his teach-led ing on spiritual gifts among modern ^ say that death lurks in every interpreters. The Greeks were on con-mouthful of their waters swallowed by , tertious people. He emphasizes the bathers. We read: | truth that the purpose of all these i conference recently between gifts i Bringing out with them the first moose shot in Quebec the 1928 hunting of Miami, Florida, reached que, Que., at the conclusion of Vermillion River section with out-The moose secured by Mr. Hock inches and while far from being the serve, was a splendid trophy and wa the day on which the hunting opened. what was probably since the opening of id Mrs. Oscar Hock, Montreal from La Tu-iuccessful hunt in the fitter Armand Tremblay. had an antier spread of 74 largest secured in the pre-shot in the early morning of day in and day out. And when "Little Ben" tensifled And e Ben out , matters only became in- Apron Strings "My Dear," said Sybil to me when we were discussing life-ln-general, "I distinctly foresee the shipwreck of Jeannie's marriage--she flourishes the apron-strings too much!" When fluffy little Jeannie got engaged to "Big Ben" Travers there had been quite a sensation. Frankly--we put her over his knee and spank her were all of us in love with Ben; but j nard- • • •" 1 believe I replied--for, we all of us imagined he'd marry dldn>t 1 Bay ln tne beginning that we somebody statuesque and frightfully were a11 a little fond ot "B1« Ben' nice--"accomplished," too, as grandmamma might have said! Then suddenly he fell very much in love with Jeannie. I think the whole business rather turned Jeannie's head; you see, she Take it from one who- knows them, had just been one of our set, dancing an experienced hunting guide, and playing games all together and : sporting fellows are a bit ancient. w? Well, people just ask without Jeannie whenever and both Ben and Jeannie are puzzled and resentful. "Anyhow, what could Ben have done?" asked Sybil. great pity that he couldn' Hunters Are Too Old Says Canadian Guide Dr. Harris and Dr. Charles F. Pabst, it, was developed that in addition to the the hymn of love, 13: 1-13. many internal diseases which the] This chapter 'ias been called "the filthy waters carried, there were many greatest, strongest, deepest thing Paul serious and painful skin diseases ever wrote," ^nd in order to get the against which the public should be connection one must read it along with warned. Dr. Pabst, an authority on th« .la?t verse of chapter 12, which is this phase of the menace, is a city , ■ .kl"d °f+br'dSe' w.as glad £ Physician and chief attending derma-1 £J ^^^cng* tologist of the Greenpoint Hospital. from the Spirit; and hc wou]d Btro*gly "Following their talk it was said j urge every one to desire these gifts that physicians and surgeons would : and to develop what h« may have. But not be astonished to see an epidemic j ev<m the greatest of these gifts is not of furuncles or boils, abscesses, and *°,b? compared with the graces of the other inflammatory diseases of the^-^^*^ skin and blood stream. It was said j,€nt way of 12. 31 is the ^ c that these are qu.te likely to be con- ter 13, the way of love, tracted by bathers in the condemned1 , . ~. „ . , waters, where the subject has slight I (a)_ The Central Plact of k°ve> Incuts or abrasions. V. 1. By "tongues" here Paul likely "These abrasions, it was shown,! means the ecstatic utterances which need not be pronounced, but might | these Christians at Corinth were priz-merely be the result of chafing by a ' ing so highly: but it may also include' woollen bathing suit in order to give ai ticulate as well as inai Liculate lan-the bacilli a point of entry. j guage. With love these gifts are not "Eye specialists have pointed out, ^ able to win any grea blessing, and too, that these waters present the. are like a clanging cymbal, a mere constant peril of pink-eye and all noise. If one is cultivating eloquence forms of conjunctivitus, some of merely for its own sake as an accom-which could conceivably result in per-1 plishment, that can have no religious V. 2. This verse may refer to intellectual gifts, and to the faith which is able to make outward demonstration. Some one has said that here we have "the intellect of the philosopher joined to the inspiration of the seer." But without lore even these great endowments do not give that character which is the real standard of value. V. 3. Acts of benevolence and of self-denial, even though these are of excessive- nature, do not bring any u total then suddenly she became a Real Romance and Big Ben Travers' fiancee. There is no accounting for the people who fall in love with each other; but you can nearly always account for those who fall out of love! Keeping Hiss-on a String It was dreadful, truly. Though first Ben did not see how dreadful, was "Ben this"--and "Ben that" (3 know how maddening that can b and then she began to make Ben j Dinner for Five Beef loaf Creamed onions Baked sweet potatoes Fruit salad Hot Rolls Devil's food cake Ice cream Beef Loaf Put through the food-chopper 2 pounds of fresh pork, and 1 slice of onion. Add 1 cupful of bread crumbs and a well-beaten egg, also a dash of pepper and 1 teaspoonful of salt. Mix well together and form into a loaf. Lay on a greased baking dish and hake in a hot oven. Leave uncovered the first 10 minutes, or until the loaf is nicely seared, to keep the juices in. Simmer together for 10 minutes; 1 quart of canned tomatoes, % of a bal leaf, a bruised sprig of parsley, 1 table-spoonful of minced sweet pepper and a stalk of celery cut into small pieces. Strain and pour the liquid over the loaf, then reduce the heat and bake in a moderate oven, basting frequently until the mea is done. To the liquor in the pan add enough water to make 1 cupful. If gravy is desired, and thicken with flour paste as usual. eggs and 1 cupful of sour buttermilk 1 in which 1 teaspoonful of soda has! been dissolved, and % cupful of water. I Sift together three times: 2 cupfuls j of sifted flour, 2 tablespoonfuls of j cocoa and 1 teaspoonful of baking! powder. Dredge 1 cupful of raisins with part of the flour. Stir the liquid mixture slowly into the rest of the flour, add the raisins, 1 teaspoonful of vanilla and last, the stiffly beaten j whites of the 2 eggs. Bake in a: moderate oven about 25 minutes if in layers; 45 minutes if in a loaf. An icing especially good with this cake is made by peeling and crushing a ripe peach and mixing with it about 1 cupful of sifted powdered sugar, or sufficient to make the frosting spread well. fetch and carry; she "cut" her dances with him; she flirted round and let. -phey him trapse after her, and, and great | exne(1 booby that he was, he followed-very much did he love her. But all this was only the prelude to the more serious business of apron-strings. After they were married Jeannie set to work to make a real "married "Curly" Phillips is one of the best-known guides in the Jasper National Park district. He is an experienced hunter of big horn sheep. In an article on the Alberta Big Horns in the rent issue of "Forest and Stream' 1c JjOBie entertaining knoVledge ] ]ol human nature. "The average sportsman is too old," is the guide's verdict. "That's the trouble. Office men wait until they ixty before they take time off to hunt. That's at the bottom of tenths of the trouble on the trail, out here from the city and expect to jump right into the open air life without noticing it. They aren't I in trim and it tells on them. They lose their heads and their tempers; can't adjust themselves; run into disappointments; blame it all on the , : guide and the country and go home f fc , l\ f y f*d "P- The young husky fellows who night she fetched him from. ^ ^ ^ y * ^ ^ b fe ce: n« f*>lt rath^-r a f^l hut , , .... , than blazes making things go at home. They haven't time for hunting until they get to be sixty or so and then--- well, it's almost too late. "But the majority of men, even the oldest, are pretty good. I remember one chap; he was well over fifty but he was long and lanky and he sure could hike, and I have had a lot of fellows like him, who couldn't go as they used to but who went as far as they could, liked it r.nd never kicked." the office; he felt rather a fool but couldn't bear to hurt her feelings by telling her not to do it too often--she 'phoned him any and every old time; sometimes just to tell him not to forget to call at the fishmongers, or to command him to hurry home as Mum and Dad and Betty . nd Billy and Bonny were all coming in to dance. Then, when he did arrive, she'd call out as he came ln: "Do hurry, Ben, and change!--Billie's sleeping in your dressing-room so change in the bedroom, and oh! Ben, mind you put on 3 put. To Sav Time ialad Fruit Cut into dice- 2 bananas, 3 slices •Of pineapple and the pulp from 2 oranges; add 1 cupful of grapes halved and seeded, a dozen each of dates and marshmallows cut into small pieces, and Vi of a cupful of blanched almonds. Whip in enough fruit salad dressing to give the salad the right consistency and serve ice cold on lettuce leaves or in apple cups. Fruit alad Dressing Beat the yolks of two eggs and add slowly the juice from 2 lemons, then y2 of a cupful of maple syrup. Mix together well: 1 teaspoonful each of cornstarch and sugar, and a pinch of salt. Pour the liquid slowly into wly Prepare in the morning the beef loaf and the sauce to be used with it, and leave them in the refrigerator. Potatoes may also be made ready for baking and the onions cooked. Make the cake and the salad dressing. An hour and a quarter before serving time, start baking the meat loaf. Half an hour later put the potatoes in the oven and put the salad together Set the latter in the refrigerator to remain until the last thing before serving the meal. Set the table and order the ice cream. Fifteen minutes before serving time put the rolls into the o of the bag, t ure, he rolls will taste as if baked. Cream the onions a them on top of the oven to ke When meat and po'atoes are dc dinner is ready to be served. Well, you c; dening that so it's practised : i imagine how mad-of thing gets when public and private, Two attorneys, one decidedly glum of countenance, met on the street. "Well, how's business?" the first asked of the dismal one. "Rotten," the pessimist replied. "I just chased an ambulance 12 miles and found a lawyer in it." injury to the eye, blindness. "Perhaps the most prevalent aftermath of bathing in water containing sewage, it was said at the Health epartment, Is that of middle-ear Infection, often leading to mastodltis, alb-scesses, ear-drum infection*, and often deafness, especially where the eustachian tubes become Involved. "Respiratory diseases also play their part in the lives of bathers who ignore the Health Department warnings. At the department it was said that'colds,', blessing from God unless they which bathers imagin they contract' mingled with love. Thus love is shown from staying around too long ln swimming suits, really are contracted from the organisms in the filthy waters. "Many cases of pneumonia have been traced directly to this source, as have cases of tonsilitis, bronchitis, pharingitis,, and all of the common and throat ills. "Swallowing these waters, it was declared, might easily lead to disturbances of the- <Hr"rtional tract, not from the water itself, but from the dangerous bacilli they contain and might easily be a predisposing factor of appendicitis." to be the one essential factor i religious character, (b) The Qualities of Ix>ve are Now given, 4-7. Most of these are described in a negative form, and in his description Paul is evidently keeping in mind the defects which he sees to exist in this church. V. 4. Ix>ve is gentle andjjy^-suffer^--- Commercial Street Along the curving brightness of the The hurried little street runs like Way-up-along, around, and down-along, It takes its. lilting, winding vivid way Between small shops and smaller houses, gay With zinnias, petunias, hollyhocks, Hooked rugs, ships' models, figureheads, old clocks And modernistic paintings of to-day. V. 4. Ix>ve is gentle andky^-su ing. It exercises a merciful dela,, ... inflicting merited punishment. It has the grace of kindness. Love is no braggart, does not make any ostentious display, neithei is it proud, blowing its own trumpet and making arrogant display. V. 5. Love has a feeling ol propriety, nor does it fly into a rage on every slight cause of provocation. Some of the heathen writings had said that one should never be displeased over anything, even wrong-doing, but Paul would not go that far. He knew there was a place for just indignation. Love also takes no account of evil, which may mean, either, "doth not entertain ,evil thoughts," or, "doth not suspect | evil in others." Love puts the best construction on the actions of others. V. 6. Love is happy. The gladness , of the early church was one of the Art students, tourists, townsfolk, fish-;most attractive featuios. Acts 2: 46. ermen, Jesus came that his joy might be in Elbow each other; motors warily i us. A great poet has a line, "happy Dodge horse-drawn carts; great »" a iover." Here joy is found because buses, thundering ; the cause of truth is prevailing. . From distant towns, keep walkers J^' ^^'^S wondering. |of cthers hmng th,ir faults (2) It A daring and delightful thing to be i believes the best of others. (3) If A stroller here--one always comes ; faith hesitates tr.en hope still remains, again! j (4) When all else fails, then love will --Roselle Mercier Montgomery. I patiently endure. __>_ j (c) The Abiding Nature of Love, 8-13. We may concede any man a right' V\8- Paul select? thre,e<>f the K[fts' without doing any man a wrong; but f^F^* tonguesf' ktnowl<|dge' to SJ>™ - _ „ ... . , _7 that these are not eternal. In v. 2 he we can favor no one without injuring ^ that these gifts were of n0 value Now he says that even Stratford-on-Avon Festival Con.^any j reheat With the open in the mo , and i ■ b >il Taxis and Telephones . girl from a little village in a :e country district took a situat a housemaid in a big city. In t letter home she wrote: here, Mother. None of the cabs horses, and often I have seen the 1 of the house talking to her through a candlestick in the hall. without love, with love they have n ary place. Love is the only one ol these that abides. V. 13. In this verse the word "now" is not temporal, as if Paul meant to say that now faith and hope could abide, but that hereafter love would be the only force to remain. "Now" here means "and so." These are the three abiding graces, faith, hope, charity: and even among the graces love has first place. Why love is the greatest, Paul does not say, but we may remind ourselves that God ': love. Here, therefore, we bring the subject to a conclusion. All gifts are to be cultivated: let no Christian despise them. Every accomplishment, every intellectual faculty that, can adorn and grace human nature, should be cuL.vated and polished to its highest capability. Yet these are not the things that bring us nearer God. "If ' we love one another, God dwelleth in us and his love is perfected in us." SAFE INSURANCE add the yolks of 2 er Laurentic a]icg dQ yQU? ■eatres in Canada ^Not large beneficiary to