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The $Clt‘lll.l.~l who is zillegetl to have asked “What tines it [HYIVLN-‘vi’ after reading Milton's IParadist- Lost 1na_v well have come to the cott- clirsiou that from the practical standpoint, time spent in .~llltl_\‘lll_{ the greatest epic in the Eng- lish lauguzrge “as so much Wilfiffid effort. His mistake lay in lllisiltlpbvlllg his standard of values. Another striking example of the difference in standards between the poet and the scientist is given in the 5th volume of that excellent edu- cational series "The Canada Book of Prose and Verse". Rcveral descriptions of Niagara Falls are quoted, the first by the late Rupert Brooke, the second by -l l. G. \\’ells. lrooke. the poet. took satisfaction in reflect- ing that "Niagara 11101111: nothing. It is not lead- ing artywhere. lt does not result from anything. It throws no light on the effects of Protection, nor on the Facility for Divorce in America, nor on Corruption in Public Life. nor on Canadian Cihzrrzrctcr. hor even on the Navy Bill. It is merely a great deal of water falling over some cliffs. llut it is very remarkable that. The hruuan race, apt as a child to destroy what it admires. has done its bcst to surround the Falls with every distraction, iucongruity, and vulgar- ity. llotvls. jiowcr-hotrses, bridges, trams, pic- lure-postcards, sham legends, stalls, booths, ride-galleries, and side-shows frame them about. And there are 'l‘outs. Niagara is the central honre and brcediug-jilace for all the touts of earth. And in the midst of all this, overwhelm- ing it all, are the Falls. Ile who sees them in- stantly forgets hunratrity. They are not; very high, but they are overpowering."

And now Mr. \Vells: “The real interest of Niagara for me," he says, “was not in the water- fall but in the human accumulations about it. They stood for the future, threats and promises, and the waterfall was just a vast reiteration of falling way-r. The note of growth in human accomplishment rose clear and triumphant above the elemental thunder. The clynamos and tur- bines of the Niagara Falls Power Company, for example, impressed me far more profoundly than the Cave of the \Vinds; are, indeed, to my mind. greater and more beautiful than that acci- dental cddying oi air beside a downpour.”

One of these writers was looking for sub- lirnityr. the other for utility. Imagine them both -not at Niagara Falls but on the same board of education. dictating the school currucula! ,What confusion would arise if they insisted on pppbymg their own scale of values to every sub-

’ And is not that the problem our harrassed oducatiomsts are faced with today? Utilitarians are waging war against the classics; classicists are deplorrng the materialistic aims of their op-

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from different angles. They will never agree.

Who Was Responsible ’?

“Economic appeasement" was the term used 5y Premier Mackenzie King at the last 1m- perial Conference in referring to the pro- posal to sacrifice the benefits of Empire tariff preferences in favour of a trade agreement be- tween (ireat Britain and the United States. The tenor of his reruarks implied that Canada was one of the aggressors in a policy of “economic Intperialisnr" which had had the effect of shut- ting American goods out of Iirnpirc markets, and this had lcd to an attitude of hostility at “latshiugton and higher tariffs by way of retalia- tron.

l-‘rut what are the ‘facts? The facts are rc- vicwctl in an ztrlicle in a recent issue of the blotrt-txrrjv Times which cites the llzuvley-bituoot tariff of 1930 as one of the chief factors de~ {eating the ticueva Conference Report recom- mcnrling restoration of freer world trade. llad the Linitctl btzrtes come out then clearly for freer trade. the (ieucva battle might have been “wit. (hr the contrary. the new tariff. fortn- ulatcd after over :1 year's sordid ltagglirtg in Ctrugrcss. was higher than cvcr. the duties on sortie ooo different items were increased affect- ing iurptirts front nearly every country in the \\'tn'ld.

“No less than 3f] countries." says an Anteri- can writer, .‘1lr. l't'tcr Rlolyrtcattx. “tirade di- plomatic Tt‘p1't‘-<‘t1l.'1lllnlS through the Anterican Department of fitate against proposed increases in the bill. and :1 jirotest signed by more than a thousand .\r11<'r'it‘.'1n economists, rcnresctititrg 443 states and r;o universities, was filed with Cotigress and with the President . . All this was of no avail, however. The llawltvv-Qmoot Tariff llill was {was-ed by both llottscs of Con- gress by tlrc trsuzil log-rolling methods at the be- hest of :1 rrarrliw-uiiutlcd and ignorant lobby and President lloriver signed it in due course. By that .’\ct. whercver- chance existed to stem the operation of the forces of disintegration which already l1:1d lit-cu set in motion was destroyed. The Wfirlrl depression was started on its way at top speed. Pronrplly more than forty other countries sow-ht to ndiust themselves to the sit- uation bv scttirvy up barriers against American goods. 77/1111 11ml 1m cltnirr. Most of them llilfl sought to avoid the trcccssity of taking such :1 Unit's!‘ bv protestiiuy."

‘_\lr, (‘oulcll llull himself has admitted: "llrrnurglr that ill-stzrrrezl action we helped to set in nrotinn :1 vicious spiral of retaliation and currnler-retali:ition and to start a race for a forc- ible emitr.-~cliou of international trade on a stu- pendmw smith"

“|<‘.,ll~\\~i1vg the ivissrqr of’ the .~\ct." wrote R.

B, lFu-ilielc in I~'e.'1vu;~r\~, may, “there came from p\'(-|'\t rr-"rv-l‘ n’ [ltr- {vol-Id :1 volume of angry yirntest n" l re‘ lirzli-itv uhich had scarcely dimin- igjnwf 1., it '. 11-11‘, The .\ct was a blow struck by nm- u-Wnn :11 the evmomic stability of sixty mtious. l1 \v"~" 1b:- bliml. desperate effort of a

great e ewtrr to lnng on to the ton of the lad- cler by kick-lug- at every other country." _ Artorlrcr important depression factor 1s at-j

den cessation of lending to foreign countries in 1928-29, due mainly to the desire to use the funds at home in the great Wall Street specula- tive gamble. Debtor "eethTtt-ies had geared their economies to an inflow of borrowed capital and, with the chief source cut off, they were at once in difficulties over balances of payments.

This was the situation prior to the calling by Mr. Bennett of the Empire Conference at Ot- tawa in I932, at which, in self defense, the Bri- tish nations adopted agreements based on the Empire preference principle.

Debunking A Vote-catcher

Lord '1'\vectls1nuir nurst have been treading dangerous ground when he denounced the hypocrisy of planned economy. which of course, includes balanced budgets, that fetish of Lib- eral office-seekers. Addressing the closing ses- sion of hlontrcabs Hook Fair, his hardship said" “Take the world ‘tilanning-antl planned econ- omy’ That has become truly a blessed word, a sure refuge for the muddled progressive. Of course there is a sound idea behind it. In the intricate and congested world of today. we need more than ever foresight and closc-textttrctl thought in public affairs. \\'e realize the dc- fects of the laisscz-faire creed of our fathers. But let us be chary of having recourse to plan- ning as a panacea of all our ills. Let us realize that planning has as strict lituitations as the old-

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fashioned method of go-as-y-ou-plcase, that tnany things cannot be PlllIlllCd, that there tuust be tmkuown quantities which cannot be determined except in practice, that a rigid plan. without mar- gin 51ml without elasticity, is, predestined to fail- urc. '

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1 Editorial Notes

Thomas Carlyle born this date. r729. =11 a - 1- Thc Provincial Government announces the rc- ceipt of the return of $40 “conscience money"? Is it possible any one of the recent picnicing delegations has seen the error of his ways? 1- * =1- >1-

Summerside got “its place i11 the sun” this week, and made a remarkably good showing. It is a lesson on the benefits of well directed en- terprise, initiative and community co-operation worthy of all tiraise and emulation.

1t 11 1r i: It is amusing to find Prime Minister King at- tracting publicity to his movements by creating a mystery about them. Our Ottawa correspon- dent will show in his letter in tomorrow's issue that this journey was pro-arranged long ago. and not by Mr. King btrt by his superiors in Downing Street. u m a Farm implements and machinery were ex- ported to the value of $671,632 (luring October as compared with $503,933 a year ago. The United States was the chief market with $223,- 540, followed by Argentina with $181,637. Ploughs and parts were worth $218,009 and drills $115,581. v i: 1v

The Rowell Commission is still growing in personnel at the tax-payers expense. The most recent appointment is that of .\Ir. \V. A. L. Anglia, lawyer, of Saint john, N.B., to the commission's research staff. The new member studied law at McGill and Harvard Universities. lle will do special research work for the com- mission. Hope it is not in the direction of con- verting N.B.'s Attorney General.

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lvhat is wrong with the world? it is asked. \Vell to bcgitr at the home, our leaders are not setting a good example in tnaking three blades of grass grow where one grew before. For in- stance. Prime hlinistcr King, cx-Pritue Minister Bennett and Sir T-Idtvard ltcatty are bachelors, while Mr. S. j. Ilutrgerforil is married but child- less. A poor example to set a young and sup- posedly growing country.

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.\lcat exports in Qctobcr‘ were. valued at $3.- rro.o7r, a slight increase over October, 1936, \\'llCll the total was $3.o_;1.Soo. The value to the. United Kingdom was $2,619,064. Bacon and barns, valuctl at $J._K33.RI).Z as compared with $2,- 358.212. went chiefly to the United Kingdom. Fresh beef worth $160,711) against 574.086. of which the lfnitctl kiuggdtitu took $73,105 and the United States $57051.

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Recently Verdun tioiis-criwitivcs petitioned lteadqttartcrs to :ippoint Sa-nntot" .\lcl\':ie. Party organizer. The Senator bus declined “under pre sent conditions." which be iloes not define: “l am not quarrcllitrg with .\lr. llenuctt.’ the Scu- ator said as he emphasized his attitude bed unth- ing to rlo with the l‘llll$l.‘l'\'llli\'L leadtcrship. “lf there were another leader under the stzmc con- ditiotr I would take the .\“111t‘ stand."

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Do not lct 11s be discouraged by the reports 0n juvenile (lCllll([tl('llf‘_\'. The boys and girls are really not any worse than a treat-ration ago. only our startdlrrl for them is higher, The late Sti- pcndiary hlartin dealt with many hundreds of youngsters in his day setting their fcct in the straight and t1arro\v path. but did not say much about it. Then tnany will rccall the year 1010 when conditions were supposed to be so dc- plorablc that the \'.\l.(‘..\. called in the services of a Yankee rcvivalist. who nmde tbc. extraord- inary appeal from the platform of the "Y": “3ave the children and let the old sinners go to ltell". Perhaps we are reaping what he sowed.

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Rev. James llarr. ‘.\l./\., I\l.T‘. who tncntion- ed Prince Edward Island as a Prohibition Pro- vince in the British llouse nf Commons. is Home Mission Secretarv of the United Free Church of Scotland. llc was formerly minis- ter of St. .\l.'1ry's U. l‘. Church, Govan and Lib- eral 1\f.T'. for that constituency. but he opposed union \\‘llll the Church of Scotland and became hloderator of the continuing United Church. lle broke with the Liberal Party and joined the Scottish §ocialist Party. and is chairman of the Consultative Coumiittee of the Parlianrentarv Labour Party. lle is a distiugttisltetl graduate

of (ilasgow University Wll(’l‘(‘ he was Gold Medalist i11 hlathctnatics, Gold hlerlalist in Political Economy.’ and an honour graduate in Mental Philosophy. lie is moreover a close personal friend of Lord Tweedsmuir. an equal-

relliuied to the United States, namely the sud- ly distinguished graduate of the same University.

THE CHHR GUARDIAN

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l! we whh IQ can do with what what we are doing with cotton: keep the prlce at a level whlch will cost; us our foreign markets and eventually lncman the burden of farm relief; or we can let world markets do the prloo managing for us. Price and production control by government and trade assocla for commodities with world murk- ers have been demonstrated failures the world over-tn cotton, wheat, sugar, rubber, copper and coflée.

The Brazilian failure ls the latest,

to come to the 1vorld's attention, but 1t. ls only one of a long llne, and, unfortunately, lt does not; mark the end of the eocpertmentutton.—.New York Sun.

"The purely Insular and isolation- 11st. concept oi defence put. forward by the Labour party _gt1ores alto- gether the vital fact that not merely our economic welfare, but our very capacity 11o defend ourselves at. home. should so per-lions u necd arse, depends almost wholly upon the preservation of our oversea communications and our ability to export and import 1n accordance with our military necessities. For what would 1t profit us to have a record wool clip cut on from all oversea buyers. or an aerial armada cut otf from the supplies ct petrol which can alone send 1t aloft? 1m- perial ctr-operation in ‘efence. and particularly in naval defence, 1s, 111 truth. not a question of sentiment; or political preference, but simply one 0t national sell-preservation.- Sydney Herald.

It will serve to clear the air, hav- uig Lord Halifax see Hitler. Bub, we might as well make up our minds r gm, now that Hitler won't be bluf- leel by threats of war. He only ap- preciates direct language. BUB. even he knows that Britain is getting into the position where she wtl no long- er bluff. She can now make threats and back them up, it need be.— Windsor Star.

Probably fur the first tlme a Nobel prize has been awarded to the son of a previous winner. Sir J. J. Thomson ,t,he father o1 one of the scientists to whom the 1937 prize for physcs has been allotted lolnt- ly, has his ach evements recognized by the trustees in 1906. He came to Edmonton shortly afterwards as president of the British ASSOCJMIOH on the first. visit. of the members of than body to this city. Many who were living here then remember hlrn well. He was Cavendish professor of experlrnental physics at. Cambridge from 18M w 1918 and snce his re- ttrnent from that post. has been master of ‘Trinity College, being now past eighty-Edmonton Journal.

The Ottawa Journal luggestu that 1n awarding credit for the peace that. has existed between Canada. and the United States, the PM?» played by Great Britain should not. be overlooked. either 1n the direc- tion of avoiding quarres, or of af- fording Canada. a more effective de- fense than this country could have provided for ltaelf by any line of fortifications along the boundary. Nor should it. be forgotten that. France and Great Britain, neigh- bors and ancient enemies, have maintained peace between them tor just. as long as Canada. and the United States, and are today act.- lvely ctr-operating to uphold inter- nat. anal law and order-Grille. Packet.

We've talked so much "Peace" In this country the past few years that Hitler, Mussollnl, Stalin, and now Japan, think we are weakltngs and nrruic". of them. Soft. words do not. carry much weight. with dictators, and were Britain, France, the Unl- ted. States and other decent coun- tries to stand together as flrtnly as Germany, Ituy and Japan. WM threats would soon be n. thtfli; 01 the past-Durham Chronicle.

One more ol’ Chapel Hill's beauti- ful oaks has come down-the one tho; stood at the corner of Rose- mary Lune and Boundary street. The deatn semenee was prCIIOUHC-d upor. it because aatormoile dnvers, rounding the ccirlcr, were put. Lo the unspeakable ‘ruorgnity of having to slow uovnr 1o maybe Len or 11.- tecn mile..- an 110111‘. W111i the oak gone Ll1:y w.1l be 11.1.4: to swing rtruma a1. 1..ctr.;,-1..¢ or thirty. A1111 so C.v1l2‘.111.lO.1 is ftxvctk-Lhapl 11.11, 1\or111 Carolina, \v c:1;1_,'.

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War ls in the uir. Literally "PM ls 1.11:, out .11..- war 111 111s 1111- ls not. 1'c:.11'1c.ctl to 111..1.1\lr11(,..l.s 01 war. l1 tins invaded 111s 111....:, 11.111121, and according to the eoiancerc-u 11.1.1;- mtnts 01 those capable ot mu..;...g accurate asses-snubs, 61111.11 1s c.1- tmnly get. 11g the worst. 1n this bat.- lle o1’ wards because of Jap-IIYS BUD- e1.o1- technique and showmansliip . . Broadcasts 111 English from the Government's station 1n Nflhklllg are almost worthless because of 1116‘? scrapplnass and oul-of-date- ness. Compared with the off clal broadcasts from the Japanese Gov- ernment's station 1n Tokto. the Nutrklng efforts are quite insipid»-

PUBLIC ronuu

ill: column Io 000 hr llr dlnuuhn by non-reunion: ul qnlflnlu 0t blunt. ill Olllllnfldowl Gunilla: luau In ‘proudly ulna the opinion

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PBOHIBITIUN

Blr,—’I‘l1e Prohibition Federation ts to meet 1n annual session. What. will the program be? The soft. sogplns and pussy-footing over government's failures to enforce as per election promises. or a demand for an accounting of ‘ ‘eeds and failures?

Will there be courage enough to ask, and tnstst upon knowing, how many or convicted bootleggers are walking the streets 1n the open, continuing to ply their. trade un- molested, “ttcket-of-leave" culprits. and those 1n large numbers, by favor o1’ the powers-that-be, are enjoying the atr of freedom instead of behind the burs?

I am. Sir, eta. TEMPERANCE.

"CONSCIENCE- MONEY”

Sin-I note 1n no Patriot that the Campbell Government ack- nowledge with thanks the receipt of $40 conscience money.

Which amongst the rank 1n file was it that felt the prick of‘ guilt

Bong Kong News.

"lhvlng thuu clearly and emph- atically established the difference 1n law between the policies o! Japan and China. tntbe Far Eastern con- tlict. ls lt possible for the peoples and governments of these nations to continue to act as 1r there were no dtstlnctton w be made between the treatment to be accorded to Japan. the aggressor, and China. the vlcttm? Such an attitude 11 persisted 1n would constitute u grave encouragement of the forces of aggression everywhere and would and by endangering the dignity, sta- blltty and peace of the entire worldfl-Dr. Koo.

Lul year we 11nd the lower! death rate of any province tn Canada,

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so urgent as to induce this return o1’ Liberal largesse? W111 otshermsay within the inner circle also repent?

And by the way. ls there a chance of any Conservative victims being called upon to "acknowledge with thanks" receipt of any con- science money from the govern- ment? Why not play the game of honesty both ways and profit by this good example?

I am, Sir, etc,

FAIR. PLAY. SOME "ENDORSEMENT"

Stu-There ls much cuckllng 1n the Liberal press over Victoria's "endorsement." ot Mackenzie King's policies. An old and very high authority once declared. "Those that are not for me are against ma].

In the Victoria by-electlon, with the money. influence and patron- age of two governments, out of u. total vote of 23,771 votes. tnere were 9,457 endorsers of the King policies. and the formidable num- ber of 14.284 who voted 1n con- demnation 1o those policies.

This ls some “endorsemenfl to crow over, but “fools rush 1n where angels fear w tread.”

I am. Sir, etc., _ wszr users. 1.1011! a Powun. anus

Brr,-—Aceortilng to notice up- pearlng ln your paper the Public Uttlty Commission is holding a. meeting at Mount Stewart today tn consider an application by the Maritime Electric Co. to supply light and power to the Mount Stew- art area.