Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, TUESDAY, FEB. 18, 1919. STANDING NO NONSENSE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14840, 18 February 1919, Page 4

Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, TUESDAY, FEB. 18, 1919. STANDING NO NONSENSE.

When matters are left to Foch the Hun is put m his proper place as a defeated' enemy and made to toe the mark. The Germans had been talking loudly about their disinclination to agree to any further terms of armistice and announcing their refusal to accept what they characterise as "a violent peace," but their blow and braggadoccio vanish wheii the Allied Generalissimo speaks. Foch simply told them that the armistice'renewal must be signed by 6 p.m. Sunday or he would leave Treves, and signed it was accordingly. The new armistice, which operates indefinitely, tightens up the conditions imposed on the' Huns to be of good behavior, to disarm their forces, and to surrender Trar. material, and British and American naval missions have gone into Germany to se^e that those conditions which relate, to the naval side of the agreement are complied with. Military^ missions have already been m occupation of the Hotel Adlon, m Berlin, with a German military guard at the portals of that famous hostelry to keep the Allied headquarters private. It is all very well for Ebert and Erzeberger, and the other German leaders to assume an air of injured innocence and deolard they are being oppressed by the Allies, but they must know m their hearts that they are being let down very Ughtfy. ; 'If the boot had been on the other leg and it was Germany that was imposing terms not many days would have elapsed from the conclusion of hostilities before German armies -would have' "been 7 marching m procession through Paris and London, andT much more exacting terms would liave been imposed' than the Allies are demanding. The talk about passive resistance and refusal to sign the.vpeace treaty is mere bluff — playing to the gallery, especially the. American: , gallery, iix the hope of inducing President WiU son to plead on their behalf. But even the President will not be fooled. He "Bias • perspicacity to see that the Germans are Unrepentant; that they are 'still charged with their old ideas^of militarism, and that they would if they coulft Revive their armies andi ' endeavor to retrieve their defeat. This was made most obvious by the spectacular welcome that was given recently to the armies 'arriving at Berlin. Despite the fact: that these heroes had been slinking back to their homes with'^'the armies of the; victorious Allies almost treading on then«, ; ■fails, and oblivious of the fact that the Rhi'neland was; occupied by an enemy wjiom the "undefeated" soldier was unable to keep out, Ebert hadi the audacity to address them thus: "Your sacrifices andi .deeds are unexampled. No enemy has'bvercome you. Only when the preponderance of our opponents m menj and material grew ever heavier did wej give up" the struggle, and just because of your heroic courage was it our duty not, "to* demand further useless sacrifices of 'you. You have protected the Homeland" from enemy invasion. You have sheltered your, wives, children and parents from the flames and the. slaughf ter of war. You have preserved/ Germany!s fields and workshops from deyastaiioti and destruction. With the deepest emotion the Homeland thanks ydu ' for that. 'You can return with Ijeads erect. Never have men done and suffered more than you." Does President Ebert, speaking" for the German nation, consider that after the infamous pillage, rapine, .and arson m Belgium arid France the army can hold its head erect? We believe that. German psychology is such that he. And the rest of the Teutons really do. They liave no sense of shame ; their " doctrine that might is right is as firmly held to-day as it was throughout the war, „"If we expect any real change of heart m Germany/ says the London Guardian, "we are hugging illusion's. The leopard does hot change his spots because he is put into a cage; the German is what lie has always been and always will be H ..He,is. utterly incapable of recognising that m this war he has done anything, meriting the reprobation of mankind. Germany thinks she is a poor innocent who is being wronged and ill-treated ; the sentence passed upon her is 'inhuman.' Tliat is exactly what Bill Sikes often thought, and what the Artful Dodger actually remarked on a historic occasion." The Teutons are the same bestial", 'arrogant, self-loving people. Otherwise would' such expressions as this appearing m the Frankfurter Zeitung have been^penned : "We greet you, German soldiers. Germany has lost her war. But. you 'have won yours. You have rescued ■ German honor, and thus conferred upon our Fatherland the possibility of '- raising itself up- and building anew. German soldiers, when one day you take " your •'grandchildren on your knee ' and- tell them all about this war, you; need. not*' be ashamed.". This same Frankfurter . Zeitung has been publishing, a series of articles .obviously designed to "stir up enmity between Britain and-. America. It is really > astoundingfrom these to' discover into what depths o,f. "depravity- Allied statesmen have sunk,' save . and ■ except President Wilson. With, their curious mental twist for regarding, everything they wish to believe as ran actual ,f act the Huns have got it into. their heads that the President went j.oy'.er to Europe simply and solely to save them from- the wicked oppression of the .bullyfng 'Allies, who as the Frankfurter Zeitung, puts it are indulging m "orgies !,'of military swollen-headedness." Count Jteyentldw, m the Vorwaerts, has been writing m the same strain. ;"It H is the robber, the man with an evil who despoils a victim," he states. "England and France have the desire to invade every part of • our country, andi' thereby to create a condi-' tion 'Of -universal ruin." Theodore Wolff, editor of the Berlin Tageblatt, plays on the > same tune.- "We rely on Pfesiident Wilson to stand fast to his programme, and. we are counting on real peace; negotiations, not a dictated peace. We count 'upon the not to lay economic burdens upon us, for that will lead 1 , to further hatred, and if the Entente attempts to say that Germany — now:' humble— -is powerless, it will reckon falsely,' for sixty million people can not indefinitely lie ' down before such threats." We believe that Wolff and the rest of the Teutons will receive a rude ; awakening ; when they send their delegates to Versailles. There will be no ■bargaining but hard andi fast terms .to /be accepted " or declined. ' And tho Ebert Government if it declines them will 1 find > there aye very serious conse-, quences. The Allies have no' vindictive-' ness, towards Germany ami no desire to destiroy her, but they do intend to make heri' powerless for evil ami "to compel her to make good, so far as is humanly possible.', the destruction she Ims wantonly and deliberately wwnight. ]: : ft *

I Tha Gisbovne Sheepf aimers' Frozen Meat, Company have 1307 bales toolfer for the fifth wool valuation this week. The following teams have heeii selected) to represent Kaiti against City m, the district, match', to be played on' the Gisborne Bowling Ojub's green* oil .^ittßd'ay> next: Grieve, Maude, Miller, -Htfeston; Michie, Watson, Beatson, Craig; Hamilton, McDonald, 1 , ■ ThaclcerL>. A motorist, whilst ttjivirig, toHvaTds Napier, via the Breakwater road, had a narrow escape from a serious accident ;«a Thursday afternoon. :A As he -was • round, ing the bend between 'the Breakwater and Coote road a boul4 er from ft oliff above suddenly crshed right through the hoad of the motor car, narrowy missing the driver. i The death is announced of Artfynr Gowland, second son of Mr Chaa.,,^o,wland, ciE Gisborne, at the earj.y. .agel of 19 years. The deceased lad had b^en employed for the past two years in^e painting department of Mr J. H. iprmond's carriage factory, and his death came as a result of heart trouble. Much sympathy will be extended to the bereaved family. Parahura Haronga appeared before Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., m the Police Court for sentence m respect, to a charge of theft of £51 at Kaitarata'hi, to. which he had pleaded; guilty. • SubInspector Dew said the lad s father, who wag present, understood that he was>required to go bond, and he was -willing to do so. His Worship bound accused over m certain sums to appear if called on, for sentence on July 18. At a committee meeting of the Gisborne Women's Club held on Monday, letters of appreciation and thanks were received from the matron of the Gisborne Hospital, the president and matron . of the Children's Creche, and .the matron of the Haven for the Christinas gjfts of fruit, .lollies, cakes, biscuits,, books and toys. These were donated by. members of the Women's Club and friends. A visiting postmaster (says the Lyttelr ton Times) narrates the story of a Redding recently celebrated by him which must surely constitute a. record for ltiarriages by special license. The bff^legrocm was the night telephone operator and the bride the day telephone operator. The best mian and witnesses were all members of the post office staff. The i wedding was celebrated m the morning, ''• and the bride resumed. 1 her dulies^St mid-day. The bridegroom came on duty as usual at 8 o'clock the same night, and; apart from the' time actually occupied by the ceremony, the work of the office suffered" no interruption by" the wedding of two of the most popular members of its staff. .; . ,£}-... •"Many people hold the vie^.Ji^aV^eW Zealand can never be a manufacturing .^country , but must . devote itselfUto -^^naa^- industries m tlie jmain. M .Mid. Mi^O. -Mapplebeck at' a 'meeting ■ <of thY Wellington Chamber of. ; e^>mmierce, "but'this idea is a fallacioaiS'one.'' Mr. Ma.pplebeck said that as a matter of fact over half the population of "JTew Zealand! iiveVi by the secondary industries. Up, 1 ; till; about fifteen years ago the same '■ idea was held m Canada, but at last Canadian business men became wide awake^ th& possibilities, and CfeaiadaVibecame'ari;©kpor^ing 1 ctfi&rtry for manufectUrSd goods. iu"i9ol Canadian manufactures^ exported fwere valued at 16,012,208 dollars, whereais^ih? 1915 they had increased 1 an value to 86,53^501 dollars. ' . : > r 'We have yet a great deal to learn regarding the epidemic. I have hardly found two, medical men who agreei on the main causes of it, and how it, was spread," said the Hon. G. W. Russell, when addressing a conference of local bodies at Wanganui. He -went on to* say that some said it was spread*, by personal contact. We have yet to learn how it reached! the Chatham Islands, 400 miles way." The bacilli of influenza was very small. A test hadi been made of pressing they serum through a marble slab, from six to ten inches thick, And they emerged just the same as before being pressed through tlie .Blab,, size of these germs was very infinijtesimal, one being about one twenty-five thousandth, part, of. an inoh. A suggestion made to the Minister for Internal Affairs, the Hon. G. W. Russell, by a member of a Wellington deputation was that the Government should make available for a permanent' pfea'ce memorial such as .a national ar&igA^ '; lery the money it was proposed to spend as a subsidy on the cost "of teinjSofrary pea.cc celebrations. . Mr. Russell promptly discouraged! the suggestion." Eg •''■fttia that though the British people might • be undemonstrative until victory was won. they were human and would! like to express " their feelings at the proper time. The Government had no -wish to put a damper on stich rejoicings. Therefore subsidies for celebrations would ba granted to local bodies whether the money used by those local bodies came from ordinary revenue or from private contributions. An ' extraordinary burglary incident has been reported/ to the Palmerston North police. The story goes that a turf enthusiast had had the odds laid to him by a local bookmaker and * got the worst of the deal m a -way that made him sad. He decided to get fiis own; back m quite an original manner. , He invaded what, he thought was the 'bookie's" house m the -wee sma' hours, and came away with a substantial' frail! * of jewellery and a small amount of' -money, Later , he), made .the discovery, that he had entered the wrong "house. Nothing daunted, he returned to the domicile on the following night, re- . placed the jewellery, and expressed his .' remorse m. a polite letter m which he .' expressed his intention of using, the' money to. redeem his fortunes on the turf. " The police are now trying. 'lo link up the threads of this moving .incident. .. / The monthly meeting of the Mangapapa School <• Committee* was held last night,? there • being present: Messrs 'MbCliskie^ (Chairman); Clayton,! vGlanviUe, Marshall,. Goldsmith, »nd Bruce. TJia headmaster reported that -the school opened with 452" names onrthe roll, w-hich was an increase 'of 80 oyer the corresponding period of last -year. Seventysix good attendance certificates were awarded to scholars who were absent na / more than five half-days dxiring the yea*. / Twenty-four proficiency certificates were * gained m Std. VI., and seven competency certificates. Owing to the increase m" attendance the class-room's are 'jfayr fully taxed, and it is evident' that a fur-ther-application for increased accommodation will have to be mad© m the near future-. Several children who have attended school for five years without a break will be presented with gold medals. The quarterly cheque received from the H.B. Education Board -was sfcfc*. stantially increased, and if this i 8 the result of the recent legislation then school committees will be m a more satisfactory position to carry on. M r v?* d - P r £ y holda a sale ™ J e S alf ° f *I rß ' °- Stevens > next Thursday at No. U^A (Fox «tr&t, Wliataupoko, commencing at 1.30 p\m. M A i l I J??j p - m - , On . Th «™% Mr G. K. Miner holds a cleaning sale of furniture oOmpwaing two homes, 473 and 475 1 almerston road, also a two-roomed eot^ tage. A sale of considerable interest? fo Bomney Ma T eh sheep-breeders will take place on Tuesday, February , 2&tji, when the whole of the "Monavale stud Romney Marsh sheep iwill oe, sold, at the.salfeyal'ds, Cambridge. This flock No.'3i4, N.Z.R.M.P.8., has won at ' different .shows 3 special cups, 16 championships, and 60 first prizes,: and dining 1918, at the autumn shows, wher© they were" 'ex^. hi'bited, secured eyery,,dhampionahip;^ndT every first prize m ihe ;Romney cl^ss. ■ At the San .Flranoisco; Exposition, Monavale wool secured a silver medal and diploma m the class: for Romney ewe. •wool. -And no matter how dirty the, o^pUufta are, "No Rubbing" Laundry Help works like . magic m clearing oivt , Ohst .. dasft (tod germs; is packet sufflcaent fw vreefcly family washinga. — Common. SheJton and Co., Ltd.— 2. . ;. ;, To those who have to rise at uncertain hours, Grieve. Jeweller, recommends a luminous dial Alarm Watoh (guaranteed five years), 755.* . • • . .;.' Nights are drawing m. What about » dependable Alarm . Clock, 7/6, . 8/^,. 12/6, IS/-, 21/-? Grieve, Jeweller, guarantees his Alarm Clocks.*

In the final match ,. of f the Gisborne Tennis Club' championship, S.A . Go'ver defeated N. H. Bull, 6-4. 6—2, 5—7, 12—10. Mr W. Barrington Miller was met yesterday afternoon by the members of the Gisborne Club, of which institution he is onf of the original andf eulogistic reference to Mr Miller's activities m connection with the club's inauguration were made by the president (Mr F. W. Nolan), and Messrs J. S. Waucnop and H. deCosta. "I think the New Zealand boot manufacturer will be, able to do without a great;.deal of protection," declared Mr. G. Me Olliver, chairman of diretcors of the Woolston Tanneries, Ltd., when giving eHdence before the Parliamentary Committee m, .Christchurch, "because," he added, "wages are gpirig up at Home. The trouble is the public want educating as to., the excellence of the New Zealand Article. There are some fine boot manufacturers m New Zealand, as goiod as ans m the world." At ! a meeting of the Hastings Borough "Council a letter was received -from Messrs J. C. Williamson, Ltd., regretting that the council had made .it impossible for their companies to visit Hastings, i. The letter stated^ that no doubt patrols desirous of witnessing their performances will do so at Napier, and the company was extremely sorry that the public should be put to such inconvenience. Oh the motion of Cr. Styles the letter was received. The Mayor said Williamson's : liad done what they liked with the people of New Zealand, but the theatre m Hastings was built for the people of Hastings, and not for Williamson's, t Captain Richard Riddiford has died m a military hospital m England. Deceased, who was m his thirty-third year, was the only son of the late Mr Richard Riddiford^ and a nephew of the late Mr E. J. Riddiford, of the Lower Hutt. Receiving his education at Wanganui College, he took up pastoral pursuits on leaving. He left with the " Eighth Reinforcements m November, 1915, and distinguished himself on the battlefields. He was awarded the Military Cross for rescuing some men, in No-Man's Land, and was further hong^♦ed with the 0.8. E. distinction. His mother was a daughter of the late Mr H. S. Wardell, but died a number of years ago. To supply the demand for trained masseuses to undertake the orthopaedic treatment of returned soldiers there are at present being trained at the Otago University and Dunedin Hospital .30 military massage students, and 17 private massage students. Eleven massage pupils have been transferred to the orthopaedic hospital at Christchurch, and eight Pupils have graduated. The new term of the Dunedin Hospital School of Massage, remedial exercises, and' medical electricity will begin on March 13, when it is expected that 40 pupils will be enrolled, half of whom will be nominated by the Defence Department. This will : 'give a. total of 106 masseuses, trained, or m training, since November, 1918; . .. ■ ' '.' ■ ■ • i The Educational Picture Shows Committee of the Auckland Education Board reported to the board that a trial exhibition had been given before the committee, but that the films shown were not .entirely satisfactory, chiefly owing to the fact that many of those selected had Jiot comei to hand from Wellington, being' 1 detained there for the purpose of passing the censor. A further trial show had been arranged for, and the headmasters on the committee were to submit proposals m regard to the schools that send the first contingent of pupils; to these classes, and the most suitable time of the day for the exhibitions r from the headmasters' point of view. ; The chariman of the committee, Mr S. S. W. King, suggested to the boardi that representations might be made to the . authorities, with a view ;fco obviatiriif' <i s*" < compuls6rVv ' censoring of/ films that "nVa'y be' declared only to be used for educational purposes, If this were done much time could be saved, the film proprietors being unable to do justice to the trial through their inability to provide films held up on account of not passirigfKthei censor. The committee's action was approved. Those theatrical and other people who •were so glad to quit New Zealand after their long detention here through the epidemic and subsequent dislocation of the steamer^services did not have, such a pleasant experience bY way of relief as they anticipated. The Tofua, on which Miss Sara Allgood (of the "Peg o' My Heart'! Company) and Mr. Lionel Walsh travelled back to Australia, arrived at Adelaide "all well" on January 31 (the steamer left on January 17) — fourteen days' voyage and quarantine. They rushed through to Melbourne, and there caught the Wyandra for Sydney. They arrived m Sydney on February 3, and' on February 7 were still held m quarantine there. Mr. Ben. Fuller left Wellington about the same time m a cargo: boat, which was to have called at Adelaide. Instead of doing bo, it was decided (at sea) to go on to Perth, but when the last mail left, Mr. Puller was still missing from head quarters m Sydney. In the meantime all his theatres had been closed ©win*; to the epidemic, so his affairs may be said to be "m the air." The erstwhile "Boat waiters" who stood !' sueh 1 ' a long siege at Wellington on -account of the"epidemic, were allowed out of quarantine on the day' the "Government issued a proclamation closing all theatres m the Staiil. Ivtr. B. M. Wilson, general manager of the'S'f'Mirisfc and Health Resorts, arrived overland from Wairoa yesterday afterrioohi m connection with the contemjplatild improvements to the local resorts', referred to m the interview with the t-Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald, Miniated m Charge of the Tourist Department, published m our last issue. Mr. Wilson visited Morere last week m company; with the district engineer, and a grbgramme of further improvements, involving an expenditure of over £300, has-been drawn ;up and submitted to the "Minister for his approval. Advantage 1 ? is to be taken of the workmen now, , employed there m connection with the c ,erection of the new bath house, improvement of tbtf tracks, etc., to push on %ith the additional improvements noW under consideration. As pointed , out^ I 'recently, the present facilities are *qiiife inadequate, and with a little judicious expenditjlire the Morere reserve could be njade > :mps.t: attractive. T>e programme, it is understood, provides for. additional ventilation at the present bath house, together with hot and col< showers, the illuminaton of the bath houses by natural gas, the shingling of the balance of the tracks, cleaning out of the old swimmning nool m the creek at the site of the original bath house, and erection of special bath accommodation for ladies. Another most important innovation, as indicated by the Hon. Mr. Mac Donald, is the proposed appointment of a caretaker (a returned soldier, if possible) who, with his wife,, will keep the bathing con* Teniences m proper order and will . exercise general supervision *m the preservation of this beautiful bush reserve. Mr. Wilson also visited 1 Waikaremoana, where a scheme for providing muchneeded improvements to Lake House is tinder consideration. Alternative schemes were drawn up several years ago for extending the building on the ground floor, or by adding an additional storey. These are now being gone into, and m any case the accommodation will be decidedly improved. As regards the Te Puia springs, *Mr. ; Wilson, accompanied by tlie district engineer, .proceeded to the Coast this afternoon to decide ori the site of the new Government hostel which is; to be erected to take the place of the old building recently destroyed by fire. Plans have been prepared for a buUdihg 'providing reasonable acaommodation and convenience, and tenders will be called for its erection as soon sis the necessary preliminaries are com pleted. ' Our Money-saving Sale is now on Ladies', Gents' and Children's Footweaj of every description ie being offered ,a1 much below ordinary prices. We shal 1 (b« pleased to see old customers and new •oiwa.^U, jF. Andrew, Mangapapa 800 l Shop,*