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“flu Strongest. Memory is Weaker than . the Weakest Ink.’

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10. I039

The Plank They Forgot

All of the orators at last week's Liberal ban- quet, says the Ottawa journal, talked of the year 1919; they told what a historic and famous year it was, how it had brought the leadership of Mr. King; sought to awaken memories of its conflicts and its victories. Not I single o_ra- tor mentioned one of the notable products of that year, the 1919 Liberal platfonn. Did they forget it? Or did they think it a troublesome ghost—~a ghost that mustn't walk? Here was one plank:

“That . M -. wheat, wheat flour and all pro- ducts of wheat, the principal articles of food, farm implements and machinery, farm tractors, mining, flour and sawmill machinery and repair parts thereof, rough and dressed lumber, gaso- line, illuminating, lubricating and fuel oils, etc., nets, net twines and fishermen equipments, and fertilizers, should be free from customs duties as well as the raw materials entering into the same; that a revision downward should be made and substantial reductions should be effected in the duties on wearing apparel and footwear, and on other articles of general consumption (other than luxuries), as well as on the raw material entering into the manufacture of the same; that the British preference should be increased 50 per cent of the general tariff. That the Liberal party hereby pledges itself to implement by legislation the provision of this resolution when returned td’ power.”

The Ottawa paper recalls the frenzy of enthusiasm with which this resolution was carried. Liberalism had struck its tents and was on the march; British Columbia's John Oliver so carried away in exaltation that one of his sweeping platform gestures upset a pitcher of ice-water upon the head of poor Tom Black- loek sitting in the press-box below.

Then came doubts; some cynicism. Mr. Sam Jacobs, wit of the party, remarked that “wc’vc given free trade to everybody, and Britain 50 per cent more than that”. Mr. King, always distinguished for prudence, said the platform was a “chart.” Mr. Fielding, equally prudent, wrote the gay cynicism that “platforms are made to get in on." Others just forgot. When poor Andrew McMaster, a forthright man who thought that platforms should mean some- thing, continued to protest, they drove him across the floor of the House. Mr. King, by this time, was talking about a tariff that would be “fair to producers and consumers alike”, Mr. Crerar, who had previously resigned from Sir Robert Borden's cabinet because his colleagues wouldn't cut tariffs» stopped beckoning us to the “uplands” and (as a Liberal cabinet min- ister) calmly condoned the betrayal.

So they didn't speak of the 1919 platform last week. Once or twice Mr. King seemed to be about to touch it. or perhaps trip over it, but he was too cagey. Mr. King is not the man to make ghosts walk; and he wouldn't want this particular ghost about the Saskatchewan's Mr. Tucker and all the other free trade scholars of john Dafoe sitting right there in front of him.

Air Raid Over England

Five hundred “enemy" bombers roared in from the south and east over England and for four hours subjected one—half of it to a practise air raid. Eight hundred ‘planes and 60,000 air defence soldiers met the attack. The graphic story written by the London staff of The Can- ldian Press was horrifying in its implications. [n a real war there undoubtedly would have been tremendous damage—thousands of men, women and children would have been killed or maimed; a proportion of the raiders would have dropped their bombs even if few had returned no tell the tale.

The only consolation, if consolation it be, is, Is declared in an article by a British nuval au- thority that areas in enemy countries would be Iimilarly bombcd—that "frightfulness" has "now become a two-edged sword which Britain can and would wield effectively,” and eventually with compound interest.

The practise raid and "blackout" of Thurs- day night is reported to have cost the British taxpayers $700,000, but if that money and all the fabulous sums being spent in the course of "talking rough and acting tough” provide a de- terring lesson to war-mad dictators it will be worth the price.

Materials That Count

Here, from an article by Liddel Hart in Saturday Night,_ are’ some substantial reasons for viewing the present European situation with optimism:

‘‘’‘here are some twenty basic products es- sential; for war. Coal for general production. Petroleum for motive power. Cotton for ex- Wool. Iron. Rubber for transport.

general an-rlsrnent Add all electrical

Nickel f steel‘ ‘airing and am-

Lead ' u tion.".Glycerlne " . jltn/¢‘lltél.'ese powder»

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ha! to imptlit the bulk of her needs in nearly every product, even to coal.‘ Spain, despite re- cent gains, in still short of most materials, save copper and coal. Germany has no home pro- duction of cotton, rubber, tin, platinum, bauxite, mercury, and mica, while her supplies of iron-

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ore, copper, antimony, manganese, r.ickel- sul- phur, wool and petroleum are quite inadequattle.”

Our young ladies have listed the following dislikes regarding beans and hubhies:

Walking on the wrong side of a girl in the street, and keeping hats on, smoking, or not standing up when speaking to a girl.

Gossiping, especially about women. Wearing loud shirts, hats, ties and socks. Being childish about their hurts.

“Men who call for you and sit in the car and toot instead of coming to the door annoy me

“I wish men wouldn't say ‘Mr. Smith speak- ing’, instead of ‘Smith speaking’ on a telephone." ‘'1 hate men to say ‘I'm in love with you- I’ve never been in love like this before.’ There's no need to tell lies." “I don't like men with hairy chests in bath- ing trunks.” "Men who burn holes in carpets and chairs are the ones I detest. We don't buy ashtrays

"Why must men chat to waitresses? It's most embarrassing. VVomen’s don't chat to waiters." "Generally hateful to most girls, I think. is the mauling man who, when talking to you, must put his hand on your shoulder or hold your

He mightn’t mean anything, but he’s :1 l

2-. EDITORIAL NOTES -.

“Lawrence of Arabia” (T. E. Shaw) born

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‘Still the royal weather continues, which we missed when the King a It at

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One thing about the Island Fair, (not mean- ing exactly the Fair Island) is that going there you meet so many people you have longed to meet but haven't—like pearls in oysters.

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A North Shore visitor remarked yesterday-

"Now I know why the farm homes and sur-

roundings here are so wcll—kept and tended—

the Exhibition sets the example.” . I

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The London stock exchange is usually a safe indicator of the state of the war barometer, and on Saturday although a dull tendency de- veloped, there was practically no selling and it was evident by the philosophical atmosphere that a manufactured political crisis is becoming less effective as cause for alarm.

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This happens to be our second year of un- usual universal front page publicity—last yezn

nd Queen were here.

ca.ruPIl8'l1 Ilourlof the country. is bu-SY to wave like the Queen.—- . , , Night.

0 the reoorll of In- tlonal blunders ‘made by voters when the theory of education was that It should be as impleasaxrly hard as possible, the older gener- ations must be careful In their criticism of present tendencies. ‘More power to the educators," they must say. “lf by msklnz

duce a new act. of Canadians with. an understanding of what It in all about." — The Printed Word.

The craft of writing can be taught, 'I'hmugh practice and criti- cism young people of ordinary In- t.elllgenoe' can acquire the teoh- nlque of clear and orderly state ment Just. as certainly as they can be taught. to read and to multiply. Training In writing will not. make every boy and girl a literary artist or anything remotely resembllng one, but It: will produce competent craftsmen. Most. college graduates. to judge from thelr letters, are not competent writers, not because they are deflcfent In Intelligence, but because their training has been neglected. They have had too little criticism of their writing and the standard of accomplishment in the course they have taken has been set for too low.—(7hlcagn Tribune.

A Home despatch says that for expenses growing out of the mill- , tary operation In Albania — the “ - operation which resulted In King Zog being driven from the thron% Italy had to appropriate almost $15,000,000. Add this $15,000,M0 to the much larger expense Incurred in the su-bjugatlon of Ethiopia and you have a tremendous bill to sat- isfy Mussollnrs personal colonial ambitions. some of these fine days the Italian taxpayers are going to start. grumbling out lolld—(1s_necla'- ly when they start, chccklng up to dlseover Just what; benefit the na- tion has derived from the acquisi- tion of the territories ovcr which Kalle Selassie and Zcg once ruled. —WIndsor Star.

A squadron a day Is the motto of the Alt Defence Cadet corps. That Is the rate of recruitment; to this body of alr-minded boys be- tween the ages of fourteen and eighteen. The corps is only a year old. When It was formed by the Air League the aim was 20.000 members by the end of 1939 Well. there are alreadv 13.000 nlr cadets. The original cn‘i=.tment looks too modest now. The authorities ap- pear to be surprised at the rush. Why should they be? The corps. run by vo‘untary effort on territor- lal llnes, gives British boys a chance to show they are as keen about the alr as the youth of any

who went to school In the days W

other country. -— London Dally n Mall.

Dr. Dunning's illness and convalesccnce at the Governor's summer home; this year Their Ma- jestics visit, the Confederation celebrations, and last, but not least, the Golden Jubilee Exhibi- tion—the exhibition that never let up, nor let anybody down, in the whole 50 years of its

existence. is at nu an

In its report of the Mackenzie King banquet at Toronto last week the Globe and Mail notes: “The crowd sang ‘For He's a Jolly Good Fel- low’ several times, and an orchestra, which earlier had, rather lamcntably, (iinncd out ‘The

keep track of the lmmors German press in its comments on British decadence, but Dr. Schultz. of Lelpsig to have some resrmblance St*ru.blsmu.s of Utrecht, God preserve!) really Axis jubilation. covered for Instance, that "Great Brltsln no

fiddle In the Italian Empire having recovered her predominance he believes

It Is hardly worth while to of the

Ernst: seems to Dr. whom has found some wonderful reasons for He has dis-

( who

longer plays first Mediterranean, - the

there." And that the excellent

Old Grey Mare Am’: What She Used to Be,’ corrected its inadvertent slip, for a

forces of young Italy by sea and air would. in the event of war, frighten Great Britain out of any

twentieth attempt to close the Mediterranean

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to the disgraceful than it been allowed to fall Into this

learning attractive they can pro- {he

employed. but also be a safeguard to all those who mm to and from Rocky PoInt.—=tahe hlswrlc National Park of this Pmvlnee. I am. sir, etc. CITIZEN

Manion Shows The Way

(Globe and Mall) - Hon. Dr. Manlon’s reproach of the Prime Minister for his humiliating stand on the proposal of a. Damm- lon haven for British chlldren was no more than was deserved. Many people would be happier If they could share the Conservative Lead- er's view that the reason for the stand is slmplv the Premier’; In- ability to make decisions. ‘Unfor- tunatelv they can't. Mr. '5 met colleagues must sh bllity. And the l

obstruction to Canada orml a. “Christian and human tartan du ' makes the Government's tlmldness doubly distasteful.

Dr. Manlon‘s statement thor- oughly exposes the subterfuge of Parllamentary action behind which the Prime Minister took shelter In refusing official support to the pro- ct, It is a matter of credit to "mself that Dr. Manlon, rec the onus on the Government leadership to such enterprises, did the decent thing and withheld com- ment. untll after the Cabinet had decided its course. Parliament In the natural order of things would be asked to pass on the refuge plan so far as It involved Federal agenc- fes or rrqzendltures. But the respon- slblllty for initiating that co-oper- atlon Is on the Government. This is the responsibility which It sh1rk~ ed and, if all the signs are right. is expecting the British Government to cover up for It.

The Conservative chleftaln was much closer to a true reflection of the public mind when he said: “Every man and woman in Canada. would gladly agree to such a plan. If it is feaslble." They will not be led to abandon it bv talk of “Insur- mountable" but. unidentified diff!- cultles. Feellr.-iz e.= does toward the project. it is to be hoped, there- fore. that Dr. Manlon will continue

8 give

definite contribution to make. The haven proposal is, and should be left. above politics. There can be no thought of Dr. Mimlon making It I partisan tool. But. bls Influence in obtaining the serious consideration which both the plan and the pub- 1lc’s support of it merit will be wel- comed by all who are anxious that

Canada stand by Great Britain

NIGIITFALL

sunset. and the slow murmur of the

anniversary occasion, with a. stirring rendition of ‘O Canada’ "

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Published in England on behalf of the King George's jubilee Trust is a pictorial record of Their Majcsties’ visit to Canada, the United States and Newfoundland in which, regrettably, Prince Edward Island figures not at all. In addition to official photographs of the visit, which are handsomely reproduced, there is a chronological record of the speeches and broad- cast addresses delivered by Their Majestics during their tour. Omission of any reference to the visit to this Province was no doubt un- intentional on the part of the Jubilee Trust, but it nevertheless is a matter calling for pro-

test. it t is :-

Important changes in the personnel of the Civil Service Commission have been made without any undue publicity. Miss E. Saunders, who has for several years been on the staff of the Civil Service Commission, has been appointed secretary of that body, succeeding William Foran, who retired some months ago, it was announced recently. The French secretarial work will be carried on by Arthur Thivierge head of the assignment branch, who received a promotion with the title of chief assignment branch and associate secretary. The executive functions have been allofed to Stanley G_ Nel- son, chief examiner of the commission, with the title of chief examiner and executive officer. Miss Saunders joined the commission in 1908. and Messrs. Nelson and Thivierge in 1021 and 1920 respectively.

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Surely Prime Minister King must be convinced now that there is no immediate risk of war to interfere with a Fall election, Lord Beaverbrook declared on arrival in Quebec he did not "believe there will be war in Europe" otherwise he would not have left London for Canada. Mr. Beverley Baxter. M.P. London, who arrived with Lord Benverbrook said there were three strong factors against the outbreak of war in Europe. The British navy and air force, the French army and France’: unity of purpon, and the unknown factor of. the United States. The British newspapers, according to latest deepatches, agree with these leaders of. public inion, in stating that there is little likeli- hood 0 war this year. Why, then. does the Prime Minister delay his election announce-

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length feature film of visit now undergoing its final cut- ting by the Dominion’; own motlon

Well, well! — The Navy London.

Canadians are soon to see a full- the royal

picture bureau. Camera men shot more than 80,000 feet of film In re- cording the trlumphal tour from one end of Canada to the. other. No one envlts the bureau the task of cutting this huge amount of, film, showing aspec.s of the visit In about forty cities, towns and villages, down to 7,000 feet or thereabouts. What shculcl go In and what must come out are ques- tions the bureau Is now trying to answer as It piles t-he shears and tones fllrn away on the cutting- room floor. The film must be cut down to the regulation length of a feature. which averages around

7,500 feet. for several reasons.

That length has betn found most satisfactory for audiences. And the process of boiling down should

help to eliminate the reptltlons. A tremendous and eager audience awaits this film, which shou‘d have general release early In the fall.- Wlnnlpeg Tribune.

Empire Ihoppln week deserves widespread support. It. is not de- signed merely to sell goods, though that 13 included in its ambit. It has something greatcr as its PU-E'- pose. namely, the expression of the Empire Is a fountain or rasources and a reservoir of wealth to be distributed to each Dornlnlon and colony. Trude and industry have been called the life-blood of no- tions, It 13 upon l)l’l€'l’I'l that the strength of each part. In based and through them that growth and ex- pansion are possible. They give that vltallty that ables constant: develppment. and If trade and In- dustry languish and atrophy from any cause. then power, Influence and gmatness depart. Empire 8h°'l>l>lnl week is an annual effort to Impress on all persons In the

Brlthh nnplre a knowledge of Its -

Illlmftablo resources. Its capacity to produce. and the value of Its products. It mu-t be taken rather u g symbol of ability to live with- In the nubile than as I desire to

do no In Isolating other nations.-

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Dark He the shadows underneath the towers

of ancient elms, and dusky are the 8935

of tremendous braoken on the forest floor.

A nlgf;t. moth wanly flutters lo the

Of pei;flp;me¢]'_l meadowaweet. A wake-

calls from the thorn that skirts the sleep rig field.

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El” To call min. rm silence comes once more.

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INSULIN I."Sl‘.i) IN 8'l‘UBBOEN CASES OF SLEEPLESSNESS

Research workers have been able to prove that If one can get two hours of quiet: natural sleep and from 0 to 8 hours of qulct relaxa- tion, there Is no danger to life lt- self. On the other hand, If one goes without any sleep or rest. for 24 hours, It is cstlmated that It re- quires seventeen nights of rest and 51999 to make up for this loss of one nlght/s rest and sleop. It can thus be seen that while we may live on a small amount of sleep. 819C}! is of Heal. Importance to health of body and mind.

No one has been able to tell us What causes sleep. In my student: days we believed there was a sort of cycle of events during the 24 hours and a certain period the blood left. the brain — the braln became anaemlc—and this caused sleep. This has been llsproven. Patients who are nervous, emo- tional, under severe mental strain. must be given rest or the wear and tear on heart, bloodvmeb, and nervous system may cause exhaus- tion and collapse.

In speaking of the usual meth- ods of bringing rest. and sleep to these high strung, upset Individ- uals. Dr. G. Wilse Roblnson, Neurological Hospital, Kansas City. Mix, in Clinical Medicine and surgery. tells of three -— (a) drugs, (b) batihs, and (c) (treating the mind dlsturbanm by free discussion of them with the indlvldual). As these three meth- ods have certain disadvantage; or fall in A number of cases, Dr. Rob- Inson states that insulin (the treat.- ment given to dlsbe‘.-lcs( has been used successfully by a number of research workers including himself In quletlng and bringing sleep to patterns suffering with manta, overactlvlty with or without Im- pending collapse.