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'transport routes from raiders and '4s used in various senses, but it may "also have sufficient speed and "to "protect the trade and "All these qualities can be com: bined in a vessel of under 5,000 tons, of which 'the British Delhl class may bo taken as an example, The 10,000 ton limit has been suggested merely because the maritime Powers are al ready possessed of a number of these vessels, and that figure might, there- fore, be accepted, except for new -ships. "To sum up, the abolition of the bats "tleship, Hmitation 'of the cruiser to} 10,000 tons, and the rationing of total, warship tonnage provide the means of obtaining real economy and security, and. thus freeing the world} from the 'burden of excessive naval armaments; "he term 'Freedom of the Seas' be taken to mean completa freedom .of passage to neutral shipping in time of war. This sounds a plausible me- thod of safe-guarding Bri Justifying expenditure," adds Admiral Dewar, s second Daily Herald contribution. "But our food and essential com: in British ships, and no international agree ment can prevent a Power at war with Britain sinking British ships. If modities mainly come it wero possible to emsure the lm mu; would from what it is. "The methods, of waging maritime war can only be renounced when war -Afselt 13 abolisbed. "But to return to the immunity o neutral ships, if it were practicable to enforce this idea it might not be to this country's disadvantage, al- though in the special case of the lat: war it would probably have prolong "ed Germany's resistance. "The main objection is, that ft wp. 'plies in the event of war and thus a, drastic reduction in naval in of 'belligerent as well as neu- tral Bhips the raison de'stro of navies disappear. But this isto ima- gine was as something quite different = the Royal York, forty-two inches In hel chiet confectioner of the liner Empress of hibited at the Confectioners Exhibition, London, L452 A large model in sugar of the great Canadian Pacific Hotel at Toronto, ight, has been made by Harry Astley, t Scotland. The model was ex: England, this month. achine, in the workshop, or at the meme plough any desire to break the peace, | .. 2 as . oy Interest In doing so. Every South Africa and the Empire #'A HOUSEHOLD NAME iN 84 COUNTRIES' _ Big Floating Roadway Liverpool.--The largest floating roadway in the world, representing a triumph of engineering, has been d at 8 be Ferry, Wallasey, by Lord Derby. The new roadway, or bridge, 1a 699 feet long and 56 feet wide outside the girders, It has taken two years to build, and cost | £60,000. The bridge carries thres roads, of which normally the north road will be used for vehicles moving down to the stage, the centra road for light and fast motor vehicles com- ing off-the stage, and the south road for horse trafic, handcarts, and slow and heavy motor traffic coming off fhe stage. t| The structure consists of five float- ing spans linked to each other and to the stage and shore by six suspend. ed spans. Each floating span is sups a| ported on a nest of elght steel pon toons, each of which is capable of bearing 50 tons, The roadway will open a new gateway from Lancashire} * 'would cause i friction b belligerents -and neutrals, and would inevitably break down when put to the test. Is it conceivable, for ox- ample, that in the event of war be- tween Mexico and the U.S.A, the lat: tor would allow British ships to sup- ply the Mexicans with munitious any more than she' would have allowed them to take coal into Santiago dur ing the Spanish-American war? sonable to throu olde what 1s sclate and what a8 there is: eo right of st the nature and necessities about the freedom ter that 'fundamental "Agdin, in the late war, Is it rea: Suproes that we would haves! d American ships to pass Sieh ths Dasdanoilon, with mines and torpedoes for the Turks? It may be said that contraband of war would be excluded, but the difficulty is to de- {8 war there must terference with neutral trade. band and enforcing a blockade 1s based on of war, into Cheshi . Wallagey ferries, the biggest undertaking of thelr kind carry 27,000,000 passengers a year. PR Wea x o Piracy on the China Coast Hongkong Press: No complete pro- toetion against piracy. on the Chima Coast has been devised, nor can be in fhe present circumstances. Fifteen years ago the opinion was given by an experienced - shipmaster that the jresence of armed guards: was the t practical preventive: measure 'against piracy, and this remains the Ice Jams Destroyed By Use of Chemicals Prof. Barnes of McGill Has into practice. sary. waves, closing ports and causing losses run- des Champs Elysees is still When! one. It is open to the general public the St. Lawrence freezes, for exampie, in the afternoons, but reserved for and ships cacnot reach Montreal, the | ni Learned How to Reduce Their Menace to Life ; and Property Winter Is not what it used to be, into enormous figures. losses are estimated at about $1,500, 000 a week. Ice jams may also mean the overwhelming of entire com: munties of floods. Remedying such ice conditions as these calls for the services of a scl entity specialist; and so the ice en- gineer has come into being. In his task he uses a number of chemicals, Outstanding among-them is caleium* chloride. It has been found very effective in relieving ice pressure when destruction of a jam is not necessary, A track of the chemical laid along the line of a wall gives adequate: productive. Some- times a series of holes is made in the jam and calcium chloride Is inserted mixed with gravel, sand: or coal dust, which 'serve to carry it into the ice; or the chemical in flakes may be scat tered on the surface. Wherever it' touches the ice the ice rots. Sodium chloride may also be used systemati-, cally for rotting and destroying ice as may caleiom carbide, crude sulphuric! acid and hydrochloric acid. The most effective and spectacular reagent that has been used in ice en- gineering fs thermit, long familiar in: welding operations. Professor How- ard T. Barnes of McGill University made prolonged researches in its use. Thermit consists of a mixture of aluminum metal and {ron oxide. When (ts temperature is raised 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit, the alamin- um combines with the oxide, releasing the iron, molten and white hot, which In turn reacts: with the water of the fea to generate hydrogen so suddenly that an explosi resylts, though most effective form, of D y measures have so far proved 100'per cent. efficient, for since thé in- troduction on British ships of armed military guards after the Anking out- rage last year, no attempt at piracy bas been ever made on a ship so pro- tacted. Now, for some reason, there {8 talk of these military guards being withdrawn nt an early dats, and the suggestion is not looked upon with any favor by the officers of the ships affected. neta fe is of thermit itself is not explosive. Se --p------ CONSTIPATED CHILDREN winter. There 1s talk of another and larger There, with successive cold skating rink, but for this winter the the ice jam forms, sometimes! Palais de Glace, at the Rond Point Flared Skirts And Shirtwaists Vogue Among Skaters at Paris Ice Clubs Paris. --Paris lags the reported enthusiasm for winter gports in other big cities, although Paris travel bureaus will tell you that now that ice engineering has come, their bookings New methods of meet-| Pyrenees are heavier than {ng cold weather conditions in noth- ern rivers have been especially neces- private clubs in the mornings, hers one may find all there is in the way of the skating kit in Paris. The first comparison between the costumes of last winter and this is the coming to the fore of the fallored shirtwaigt. Many of the younger ele- ment skate in cloth skirts, pleated or slightly flared on hip yoke, and tuck: in crepe blouses with mannish turn- over of flat claudine colars,- One very smart blouse noted was of tub silk in broad stripes of white and light blue with a navy skirt. Often a lightweight jumper is worn over the blouse, but this jumper, too, is usually tucked in- to the belt. The one-piece woollen dress is an- other fashion endorsed by well-dress- ed women at the Palais de Glace. a little behind for the Alps and the ever this the only and where the lower classes feared war, | and fought against it till the eleventh hour. The Cabinets, on the other {in for exhibition dancing, wear prin White collars, leather belts and, not infrequently, a bolero cut to the bod- ice are features of these dresses, most of them in fine tweed mixtures. Many of the skirts are pleated, es- pecially in knife pleats stitched part way down, but a greater number than last year are flared. Madame Barbey, who, with her daughter, is among the best skaters in France, is wearing a green woollen dress this winter, with green felt hat to match. It has a cream color collar, and is made princess style, with a wide flare to the skirt Most of the very good skaters, who sometimes go cess dresses. Mile. Barbey has an attractive one of brown velvet with beige collar and cufts; Mlle. Andree Joly wears black velvet, with tiny cream net collar close to the throat and a black velvet hat on Dutch cap lines and black shoes and stockings. Another of the good skaters also wears black velvet, butébrightens it by heavy lace collar and cuffs, and a beige facing to her Constipation 1s one of the most common ailments of childhood and the child suffering from it positively cannot thrive. To keep the little one well the bowels must be kept regular and the stomach sweet. To do this nothing can equal Baby's Own: Tab- lets, They are pleasant fo take and can ba given to the newborn babe with perfect safety. fots: They are sold Thousands. of. hers use other, medicine for their little ones but Baby's Own Tab- skirt to match her gnickers, shoes and stockings. The rank and file of skaters prefer less spectdeular costumes, and ones which would be suitable for other sports: The swcater jumper worn without a blouse is still see, provided it is band knitted and in modern de sign; and & few jersey cardigan suits are worn, A young Spanish girl wears a smart one in Vionnet's color com- ) mand pinky beige, the latter used for incrusted ttern of" . Europe, we take a vertical ction through society, we find that! sum of guilt was in the Cabinets, » sum of innocence In the streets rope. no country had the man at the South African secessionists seem to be only "an obstinate THE 78-80 Front Street East Christchurch Press, NZ: (The but decidedly { hand, the War Offices and circles that worked with them, the inisters, & \ irals; Wap and - jo were driven forward by ambition and fear, by incapacity and greed, and drove the masses forward in their turn. The less control a Government had to fear, the heavier is its historical re: sponsibility, For this reason, while exact calculations of relative respon: sibility are impossible, one can say that Vienna and Petersburg stand first, their sec#nds, follow them, al- though at very different intervals; London comes a long way after, "This book is a study of the stupid- ity of the men who in 1014 were all powerful, and of the true instinct of those who, at that time, were power- less. It is international in outlook, and shows how a _peaceable, industri: ous, sensible mass, of 500 millions, was hounded by a few dozen incap: able leaders, by falsified documents, lying stories of threats, and chauvin- istic catchwords into a war which was in no way destined or inevit- able." That is a very long extract; but it is well that I should give it for noth- ing could better present the case that Emil Ludwig argues; nothing better explaing why his dedication 1s "To our sons--in warning"; nothing bet- ter accounts for the quotation chosen for his title-page--Ballin's "A man need not have been a Bismarck to prevent this most idiotic of all wars." Many will disagree vigorously and vehemently with his assumptions and his conclusions; but in these days of coolng in the Continent at least as many will support his plea for a World Court of Arbitration. "There is only this alternative. either to do it now or wait for another war. -- Abridged from a review of "July, 1914," Emil Ludwig's latest book. This review appeared in "The TYilus- trated London News." BG "White" Australia Bombay Daily Mail: The policy of the dog in the manager has not done so far any good to Australia, But its effect has been to induce Japan to cast covetous yes on the vast ex panses of Northern Australia, a dan- ger of which the latter is perfectly aware. ree A REVENGE Hath any wronged thee? Be brave: ly revenged; slight it, and the work's begun; forgive it, and 'tis finished. He is belo whimself that not above ny the Hertzog, it would be stupidly forget ful not to thank greater Boer states. For this, If ot r Empire thanks time and General men than Hertzog--Botha and Smuts, tor Instance--and the wisdom of the British statesmanship of Immediate trust and reconciliation. The pres ent situation in South Africa is full of difficulties 'and dangers, not the least of them being the sharp racial cleavage of the pacties; but it is no longer in the least likely that the at- tempt to get over them will follow separatist lines, and that means that South Africa is much more likely to get over them successfully in the end. mime The Singapore Base Singapore Free Press. It is hard to believe that abindonment will bu the end, but if it should it has to be re- cognized that in all probability the floating dock would still remain in the East, and might well be sited in Ceylon. In some respects that might be a better strategical position even than Singapore, although perhaps not so good a tactical one, since it would be centrally sited on interior lines of communication with the Suez Canal, the Cape and Australia, screened by the Malayan archipelago from Eastern observation and with a clear Oppor- tunity of observing the Pacific out- lats and ensuring sate communica- tion with Australia. BE aa That Sore Throat Needs Minard's. pari INACTIVITY As close waters, shadowed over by bordering trees, and stagnated, in de fault of springs to supply current and motion to them, become foul and cor- rupt--so, methinks, the innate facul- ties and powers of a dull, unstirring' soul, whatever usefulness, whatever seods of good she may have latent in her, yet when she puts not those powers into action, when once they stagnate, they ost their vigor and run to decay.--Plutarch. 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