Laying Cannon

One of tender-hearted Adolf Hitler's first acts after he became Chancellor in 1933 was to declare the northmost end of Sylt Island in the North Sea a "bird sanctuary." Last week the hardy islanders, who for long months have ably kept their mouths shut, decided that the secret of Sylt no longer need be kept, what with Realmleader Hitler blustering about the parts he is assembling into new naval armaments in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

"It's this way," a droll Sylt salt observed. "We've got a bird sanctuary all right and the birds are laying fine. Some of them lay long-range cannon behind the sand dunes. Others have only laid gun emplacements. One old hen, I noticed, laid a small gunpowder factory."

To earnest Germans such Sylt whimsy meant that they can thank Hitler for a brand new Heligoland.

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