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SATURDAY, APRIL B. 1935

A STRAW POLICY

__ According to our local contempor- 11hr?» “the platform and policy of the q-flbcral party" in the coming pro- eleotian contest was to have announced last night by Mr. AW. M. Lea,_oppositiou leader. some- "ihlng must have gone wrong ce- itfieen the time our contemporary Twgnt to press and the hour of de- sllvory, however; for instead of a git-platform and policy" all that Mr. Ilea had to offer to was a "drafted __ programme" which. he emphasized, ..‘.‘Inuld not be a final one." Another ffgoose-egg." in short! ,' Lent, the season for meditation Tend penitence, was taken as the ap- propriate occasion on which to launch this first insiallnicnt of Lib- Jwcrai policy. Mr. Lea, who was sup- ---pos_ed to be the recipient of a com- plimentary; dinner, unfortunately spoiled the intended effect with his _ explanation of how "we" had come 4o hold the gathering at this par- ticular season. But perhaps ‘we’ was just a slip of the tongue!

‘The keynote of the “policy," the Opposition leader insisted, was “rig- id economy." No more million-dol- Iar overdraft: at the banlrl No more piling up of half million dol- lar debts in the lest eight months ‘d lane's administration, as unfor- hlnately happened when Mr. Lea.

' was last in offlcei »No more "broad- niug out" on the part oi Mr. Ic- lhityrel On the contrary, there was to be "strict economy in the admin-

"iitration of all departments of gov- ernment." , ,

low was this economy to be at- ttined? By "a reduction »in the number of highway engineers." Then are at present three highway "engineers; and if 1dr. Lea. sacked them all, how long would it take Mr.

McIntyre to spend the money at the

late he was going in i931‘! “A balanced budget," says Mr. ha, "on ordinary account." This, according to the Canadian Press rc- port, "tops" the drafted programme. return, in short, to the Lea-Mc-

Intyre policy of placing road grav- "‘ oiling and road machinery purchases CHJcapitI-i, twtcad of ordinary, ac- count. The electors may well say to such a suggestion “Thank you for nothing. We prefer Premier Mac- lili1lan's way of coming mit bluntly “with the whole owl-y bi the Pro-

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Vince's expenditures. No more juggling with the Public Accounts. If you please!"

Hector: will be puzzled over the import of at least one oi Mr. Lee's pronouncements. That was "a de- tcrmined effort to refund high in- knot bearing bonds at more favor- able 1106s of interest." Is this the Hepburn touch? Does it mean re-

_, pudiation of the Province‘: financial Yraligbiibmr n so. it means the Hid ref the Province! credit and stand- “Iig abioad. The Maclidillan Gov- ent, we might point out, ob- tained a substantial reduction in bank interest rates by iu three per cent bond issue last year. Was there any Opposition applause over that nansaction? On the contrary. ll was added to the tetauuinie Gov- emment‘a""huge bond borrowings" and used as an argument that the

‘ lnce was fast going into cank- tcyl ‘ . ., thorough investigation into

{the most efficient and most (zcono- fiiieal systems oi road building" wins, ofcourse, that ii elected Mr. Lea. and his colleagues would con- tinue the experimental work under-

taken last year by the MacMillan electors "Thank you for noth- ing. We are already building sand- asphalt roads at half the cost of the McIntyre highway; and ii there is any more economy to be effected, Sharp's the mall who

Government. Again the

may well say:

land-asphalt

, can. do m"

"Strict control of all departmental tum," "no increases ovcr

the estimates without the approval g1 the; council or treasury board." “teniicrflto bo called for supplies

grid ecntractsP-these and other as lurlltoclwould indicate that if =1

mid, w. Lea intends to conform u

mgqy» gg- possible to thp Conserve ttvo-

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it lo be: your Ill ldmllvc) unllrl u. uuuu and uusuo scam. '

Vloc-Proallenl. J I lulu“. I‘ J I 0

I Bunion. I J l. Wilbur III 0 l Forth.

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to $1.000, 59 drawing from $1.000 to $2,000 (inclusive of Prince of Wales College profeuors) and 13 drawing $2,000 and over. In addition there would be the country school coach- en; 336 of them, in 1033, were earn- ing $500 or over, and each one of these would have had their lalaries out had uie Liberal amendment

gone through. Opposition members at that tlmt

also moved for a l0 per cent reduc- tion in sessions! indemnity. This, as one Opposition member put it, was ti show that they wen sincere in cutting (he teachers‘ salaries!

Perhaps we shall have (his in lifr. Leas next installment of the new party platform. _ in any case. it is not important. The Libel-n: policy, aficr all, is not “iinal“; it is just a “feelel” to sec which way the wind blows, and it is so unconvinc- ing and ineffective that it is not likelyio dcilidg any but those who wish to be deluded. '

EDITORIAL NOTES

If it be a Fall Federal election the provincial election will probably icome first.

1t is all over-including the shouting-and now we'll read the re- mainder of the oratory without further interruptions, disclaimers or repudiailons.

An opportunity will be given the students of Prince oi Wales Col- lege studying "The Merchant of Venice" as part of their English course, to witness the forthcoming grand performance of the play in character and costume by St. James Shakespeare Club.

‘The readjustment of international relations conducted on behalf of the Empire by Captain Anthony Eden, goes on apace, but equally fast goes on the rib-armament of the former belligerent nations. It. is the old story of "keeping your powder dry."

There is always somebody inking the joy out of life. The Editor oi the Toronto Globe is Very annoyed because alter devoting the better‘ part of three pages, including sesreline front page column, to the Leafs victory over the Bruins last Saturday. “A Constant-Reader" wrotp asking "Who is ‘Pep Kelly?”

A First Class Boy Scout will rep- resent Prince Edward Island at the great USA Jamboree at Washing ton in August. The cost will be ap- proximately $100. Half of this ($50) will be borne by the P.E.I. Boy, Scouts Association, $25 by the Pro- vincial President, Mr. J. 0. Hynd- man and the balance by the Boy Scout selected or the troop from which he is selected.

According in the Liberal reckon- ing in the Kouse oi commons, the present Federal Parliament expires at 12.05 am. on Sunday, Sept. 8, next. Thereafter the position and the power of the Government be- comes a matter of doubt and dis- putc. Whatever the constitutional- ists, pro and con, may argue as to the authority of the Administration after the death of a Parlamcnt, it is necessary to secure supply from an assembled Pasliament early in the new year. Consequently, it is assured that. in any event, the el- ccwrs of the Dominion must poll their votes and register their ver- dict long before the snow flies. A lab“. summer or early autumn election still seems to be. the best gucm.

At a salary oi $0.000 per annum the Alberta United Farmers Gov- ernment which goes to the ezuritry for rc-elcction in Julie. has ap- pointed Major C. i-f. Douglas. Brit- ish economist afld founder of social credit principles tostudy the appli- cation of social credits to Alberta. As explained at the United Farm- ers of Alberta convention last Jan- uary, locial credit involves a "basic dividend" of $25 monthly to all persons over twenty-five years of age in the Province. no mettcrwhat n their occupation. It does not. how-

ever, infringe on the earnings cap- acity of any individual. social credit

aims at ending" interest and profit

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public inst Febr ndependcnce of Gennany, that

Yugoslavia, that

And fro instead of war.

tafcrshlp Polish

all parts people cu

people have past, that “Germany already well-equipped artillery and men."-

passesecs I Pfiylfifilll. army with ucelient huge reserves of trained Rockvillc Recorder.

Despite. the Japanese‘ occupation of Manchuria, the Chinese immi- grantl continue to

Notes By The Way

With the temperature new being reduced 1.4 degrees per day. Corn- ing Glass Works the giant telescope oool enough by next November to be removed from~ the oven and shipped to California. When the ZOO-inch mirror. poured removed from the annealer it will be pre- pared for shipment on flat ear to Palomar Mon eighty-five miles east of Ban Diego.

The migration of the Spanish Cabinet portend; further disorder in that harassed country. The Prime Minister and the majority of the depllties wish to be merciful to men were condemned to death after the revolt last autumn, but the Ministers and deputies of parties of the Right demand their execution. The result may be a Government bent on savage punishment, another out-break of violence and bloodshed. ending in sheer fascism and perhaps the recall of the fonn- er king.

last December. is

When llitlcr says that the Ver- snlllos treat-y which kept Germany disarincd. also pledged the nations to ' ‘ stating a plain of disarmament indulged in since 1918 could

be put in your eye without diffi-

culty. If Germany has finally de- cided to toss the whole treaty outi of the window, the allies have no

one to blame but themselves.

disarm. he is

that the

Every man is in the eyes of the med to be sane and re- for his crimes until the veil; and that to es- tablish a plea of insanity it is ncc- - essary to sliow that a man is suf- fering from such a defect of reason as not to know the natum of the act he was committing or not to know that it was wrong. It is of great importance that this account of the law should be understood. It is maintained, and not unreason- ably, by many psychologists that all crime is due to disease or in- sanity. But the same reasoning, if pressed, may deny r any oi’ us for any of ou long as the law, and seclety, are what they are, a court of law can- not be conducted upon the hypoth- esis that the will is not iree—-and that is what the pica of insanity, in cases not covered by Lord Hew- arts definition, amounts to-Thc Spectator.

Now, however. the significant thing about the past ise. is that Europe risis after crisis of really the magnitudc—ihat of the French Re- uary, that of the Austria. that oi of Hungary and of France and that of the Saar. and others. m them all has emerged. a marked strength- ening oi the structure of peace.- Yale Review.

It will soon be known whether Poland will line up with Germany or with the allied Powers which restored her freedom and her ter- a ritory. The use she has made of that freedom i=. to establish a dic- and to deny freedom to minorities. In that respect she-has affinities with Hitler-ism and a German-Polish alliance is‘ perilous possibility, which will be- come a world menace if Japan b:- comes a partner.

Seasons of soft soil has arrived. and, as usual. one hears walls from of thcclty of thoughtless tting across corners of lawns. irretrievably ruining many of them, as far as this year i; con- cerned. A little more consideration and a few more steps on the side- walks instead oi on lawns will pre- vent much damage at this time. No home-loving pnrson will spoil the appearance of the property of anyone else-Niagara Falls Review.

Two British observers at the trial of tn..- Nazis convictcd of and murder by a Lithuanian‘ mil- , itary court report that the evidence j did not warrant {in verdict. Th's: ‘ views should have weight. and the

great Powers should persuaCp. Lih- " uania not to execute the death san- tences. The Nazi rulers have pu’. themselves out of court by tlvir savagery. but Lithuania cannot af- ford to copy Nazi methods.

Nearing Its end last week in the English countryside was a three- year census of lightning-struck trees. conducted by S. T. E. Dillk. of ill“ South London Botanical Iiistiiillr. Mr. Dark did not question the fact that during thunderstorms it is more dangerous under a lone tree than to stay irl the 0pm, but he thought it worth while to find out. just what trees are most likely. which least likely. i0 be struck. Oaks, he discovcsed, are lightning! favorite targets: then elms. pines. poplars, willows. ashes. Mr. Dark found not a. single bench, birch. hem-chestnut holly that had been lightning. lie in storms to 8

to seck

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SHOULD THE ‘IPUNBILB AND THE APPENDIX BE REMOVED

A newspaper item some tum

told of two British mining engineziggo "will t0 B0 into In unknown dial trict in search of gold, whq w“; info a London hospital and h“ me appendix removed. There were some dangers about their trip um they could not ward off, but, u“ danger of a ruptured gppgndu could be prevented and they cheer- fully entered the hospital. As they were not sick, no inflgmmgggon o; aPPwdiX. no temperature. they both "m9 ihmllxh the operation sue. "(B-iflflllly and went on their journey.

N0_ oncknowsthe use of the ap- mmm‘ l“ u" 11°41)’. but everyone knows the danger when it, becomes inflamed. For those of u; who u“ not going to unknown district; g“ from medical help, it is not acces- Slfy to have the appendix removed, because, should appendicitis occur. 0B1’ y operation saves practically every case, ,

What about tonsils? Infected ton. slls are knowm to cause fieumatism, and rheumatism causes more been, than any other single fue-

As the re 1 g - I not infectedmdgsrgt tsimnfflstrtihifiyfifi t3: health, why should not all ton- S be removed and thus prevent rheumatism and heart disegge?

NW1 Just as the appendix was Placed in the body for some purpqg so also were the tonsils, but, 101-.’ "lllalely We know that the tonsils have at least one use, the pawog- o; filtering or purifying the blood, and if normal, should be left in p13,“ if possible until the boy or 511-1 1g Emflflitlg into manhood or woman. hood.

However if the tonsils become in- flamed at times, it shows that the WWW they m supposed to filter Out of the blood have been too 5W0"! for them. and these poison; get into the blood stream and cause trouble — rheumatism. In fact the tonsils themselves, just like tho fil- ger on your water tap, may mtqmy

w! or lwur Poisons bub the blood

instead of removing them.

Dr- J- F- (YMBUBY. in Preetioner, Iflndon. says, “If the tonsils m m.

fill symptoms to the -

they should not be £23333.‘ mill‘; are diseased’ and causing a, gopg throat or various symptom in the body —- tiredness, deeply-yea, o, rheumatism-it would be grog; n“. lect not to remove them."

Canadian Handicrafts

(Toronto Globe)

Let ii be understood, The Globe 1109s not hold as do some, that only in a wholesale reversion to tauqw dips, rawwhide boots and cisterns can a cure for the world's ills be found. What it does believe i; that the people of Ontario m Pfl-Ptleular. Canada in general, and the world as a whole, would be bet- ter off with More work and gtm better off with work that they could take an interest in doing, 1t believes further that this Pro- vince reeds it ti. restore a true balance between town and country city and village, and to start do- ing it soon. For that reason it wei- comes every honest endeavor to re- turn to the Canadian countryside the values that belong to it by right.

The work of the Canadian. Handicrafts Guild ranks high among the endeavors to be wel- comed. The Guild has done good service to Canada. Though h lean and indifferent quarter-century it kept interest in the native crafts of this country alive and prepared with devotion and foresight for the revival of countiy and village crafts that Canada L. beginning to en- JOY.

The Guilds latest report shows l-learly that a new interest in liandltrzlfis is growing all across the country. It sIIOWS as clearly the ‘ izreat part the Guild has had in wakening the intzrest and in turn- ing it to the service of Canadian craftsmen and craftswomcn

Anoihc- thing it shows; a thing that citizens of Ontario should think ovci. It is plain from the Handicrafts Guilds report that this Province lags. behind every other nart of Canada in organized work for the revival of old handicrafts and the encouragement of new ODDS

It is admitted that hooked mats may be overdone. That the Govem- ment of Quebec has shown too much official favor to hooked mats is evident to every traveller who has suffered the chromatic horrors of the north shore road into Quebec City. It is adrnitied that the market for homespun knitting bugs is already close to a i glut. But hooked mats and homespun bags are not the beginning and end of Canadian handicrafts. All over Ontario may still be found fine and aturdysurvivoreofanago when skill in bandicrfltc wlrnativo to Ontario's soil. Ohcrrywood chute inlaid with curly maple, pine, cup- boarda with delicately lilnollad doors. nandwoven spreads in old blueaand dusty rode. .. "bobbin"

“bell-WI PM w causing no harm-match for st. John County,

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. Fighting PUBLIC FORUM Grasshoppers r ::-4..-.-...:' " *-‘.'.’-".-.-....-'*'-' i? Men» ‘ Science is making good progress m“ “nix in its fight against the grall- ‘ a w I hoppers ui the prairie provinces. I have decireii to go Although the. area of infection Where gptingg my, gm, remains about the same as it was To fields where flies no sharp and "IIESPASSIBB" lest you in Manitoba, it is only aided hail, about one third as great in Bes- And a few lilies blow. ‘

katohewan and about one-half es Brent in Alberta. But the results of surveys show that as intensive a campaign will have to be carried on over the smaller area ac was oar- rled on last year ovei the larger

area. Tho Dominion Government this

Sir,-In reply to Mr. Jones’ letter of April 3rd. I would like to point out that the fish ln the streams and the game birds belong to the public no matter who owns the farm where they are found, and in .ny opinion, land-owners should be forbidden by law to put up “No Trespass" signs.

And I have asked to be

Where no‘ storms come,

Whm the men bweu u in the havens dumb - And out of the swing of the sea.

—G6I‘l1d Manley Hopklng,

Tho Boat Way to

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‘Elbe: gut: ititiiifh? Property-u goflgilggf°fggelgrg 11‘: cabinet" You; Any person or club who tries to mm ‘he'd I ‘mun M, u, This would mean tho General’: keep for themselves what belongs to d t o“? °m . ' incl d’ removal from the Bouth African R the Public 1B wvlidered by may fwjmT t e“ m‘; " t“ ' scene. but it might be an rumba 1 g would little better than a man wbb “if mm ‘B’ “l” 1,“ ,‘°"°°,c 1°“ ebbnce. Among his old friends b: ' t“ ‘"7 mire; for gimself wlygt BmllIgIi-glfifl. m m’ gmmgvh?“ u: ‘T: Boei- wu- dgyg n; h” b,” “m. I-‘ULI. PROTECTION . m m W" e" v "lB- ' ' oiled as being ultra-British in m. and have found tn majority r W" *35°-°°°- m“ “W” °1 “W” ’ wry; in ~ ~31 fdllt’. i‘: smut: shunned“... drama: All 5.‘.‘."t.’.':;‘.... “m °‘° g‘ °" m" “d " ' lltocothci- comcbicl. In any mat. You Need? p