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The General Assembly 1e com- posed of an equal number of min- uters and laymen 891301111211 from "d, pmflyytefy. Only one-sixth of m, ministers ‘are eligible to at- tend m my one year. Pew Pres- byterles elect_ Commissioners by choice of one against another; the system is p rotary one and the lmfllest mission field in the most

“morn pert of the Dominion bu

mg opportunity in its turn to send u duly wunniasioned delegate. Hence there is a iAQmEIldDua change 1n the personnel oi the Assembly from year to yea-r.

The Knox College report was pre- sented by Mr. Hugh Macdonnell. ghg chairman of the college board. His speech was confined largely to the recommendation oi the board that Professor Eakin be reappoint- ed to the Principalship. The action or last Assembly in removing Dr. Ealrln from the Prlnc-ipalshlp he declared to be “ambiguous and equi- vocal." Mr. Macdonnell stated that it was in dispute whether or not the demotion was only for a period of a year.

The retiring Moderator, Dr. auc- ert Johnston, who has been acting as Principal, also supported the recommendation. Dr. Johnsotn said that he wished to associate himself with the recommendation. He had tried during his busy Moderatorial

l year to solve the dimculties and give direction to the college. He lelt that the prospect of students entering the ministry was much brighter than it had been for years.

The board presented also a min-

ority report through Rcv. John

'. Mustard of Toronto. Mr. Mustard pointed out that in asking for re-

; instatement the board was calling

_' for action in direct opposition to the finding oi the General Assembly of

lest year. During the year Dr. Eakln had been permitted to appear be- fore the board and make a statement ill his own behalf. But. only one person was heard, and no one else was given an opportunity to speak, As a member of the board he felt that the board was ignortant oi the evidence that had been pres- entcd to the Commission over a long period of inquiry.

Dr. John Inkster oi Knox Church Toronto, stated in ascending" the report of the minority, that he was actuated only by e. desire to see the peace of the Church maintained and its future welfare. '

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on Di‘. Eakin’: behalf -by Di‘. A. I. 3B". asking that the privilege be Branted 1o the former Principal of addressing the court. m. Eakin felt that he had been deeply wronged by his demotion, that he had been aluvllv stigmatized before the whole Church, and had been both pained 111d surprised at his dismissal. m _- asked that his position be restored. f 11 W" B plea on compassionate I Imllllds to remove the indignity 1 under which he had suffered,

_ When the debate was resumed 5 m‘ KMX 00116812, the ex-Moderator : ‘*1 111° Mwmblv. Rev. w. o. Brown, T ‘filled the Commissioners very degp. . 11- Mr- Brqwn deelned that in his r lifetime m]; w" the mo“ unporp ;_ "ll question that had ever been T "m" l“ Assembly-ranch oi what

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._’ Well-ion. Not a whisper had rung ; lllwueh the last Assembly thatthis - lllsmlsssl of Prof. Eakin had been roi-

‘ :10 one yea-r. m. Robert Johnsto "1 8°11! to act there only gs Mud. . :11" ""1 his term could be for m Y "16 year. The commission of qulrv had been aPWlntcd m his 1°" p! omce: they had whdueted ‘ “Milking investigation. The mute" R1611 ION perfectly 1mm. mdlll. after wgglrg of thorough . new’; "111 Knox College required a », b“ "11 1'01‘ (the institution. Ii the "1 111111 any new evidence in the 21°- thvn they could approach the “‘mb1Y 31°11! regular lines and a for a further Judicial inquiry. "m. with that fine sincerity 11H made hirn so many

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‘:11; 01ers of the General Ae- mweg- DP- Wardlaw Taylor, re- mm I 111° Wit of the Commis- M “rm 1108111111118 to end. He Mme i“ the nineteen honorable m“ "1911 who composed the com-

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beating their motives. As the Com- mission sat they took evidence that would have filled three good-sized volumes. Ibllowing the lines of jus- tice and with no other aim than the efficient operation of the col- lege, the Commission, with the com- plete efldence, felt compelled to recommend the removal of Dr. Eakin from the Pdnclpalship.

Opinion in the Assembly is quite divided. Strong sympathies are evi- denced on both sides, and many of the members of Assembly, partic- ularly elders, are quite uncertain regarding their line of action. Some short passages at arms were wit- nessed, but the debate, on the whole, has been fair although feelings have been moved by various speakers. Dr. S. C. Parker, Rev. W. B. Mac- Callum and Rev. L. H. Fowler also sought to bring clarity to the sit- uation. .Many wonder if a debate can provide a solution to so diffi- cult e problem.

A welcome relief in the proceed- ings was the evening devoted to National lvliesiorls. The slight and boyish-like Dr. Margaret Strung captured the sympathies and earn- ed the enthusiastic support oi the Assembly in her vivid presentation of work on the Peace River. Dr. Strung has proven to be e. wonder- ful healer of the body. possesses a great love for the souls of men and has taught folks from almost all the civilized parts of the world settled in that far Northland. Re- lief work has been carried on among these pioneer settlers, and many who came trusting in their own gtrcng arm and the almighty dollar had found the Gospel of the Grace of God.

Tremendous Vista In HumanHistory

CHICAGO, June 13~From the streets of a Stone Age village 5,000 to 8,000 years old, over the ruins o! Babylon and the palace of Sargon, King of Kings, past Ur of the Chali- dees, home oi Abraham, and Bus- ara, where Sinbad the Sailor left home, has been the experience of

the Oriental nstitute of the Uni- versity, ,of Chicago, who returned late this week after a visit to eight of the field expeditions in Asia Minor. I

"Step by step," he said, “age after age, we are getting the story of how we became what we are, from this chain oi ancient ruins which we are excavating in the Near East, the cradle oi civilization.

"Here is a tremendous vista to contemplate, from the Stone Age village to Persepolis, where the rel- ics we have discovered are the greatest in archaeological research in western Asia. In this village, two miles from the palaces, are house walls still standing, six to seven feet high windows, doors, little wandering streets, baked clay rlrecloge, and painted pottery dish- es still filled with the food meant for that last meal, over 5,000 years ago, when something destroyed them all. We have not found a body, however and we do not know what the catastrophe was. This was toward the beginning oi human de- velopment. They passed on to con- quest over the whole Near East, to high civilization and high art, to the religion of Zoroasicr, light and darkness, right and wrong."

From a mass oi cuneiform and wedge writing tablets in clay, dis- covered by Dr. E. E. Herzfeld, field director oi the Persepolis expedi- tion, Dr. Breasted expects new light on Persian history. This proves, he said. that Darius and Xerxes kept records. They are in the Elanlite language, centuries before the invasion, and may go back to the beginning of things.

"You have never read a Persian account of the battles of Marathon and Salamis," said Dr. Breasted. It has been all Greek history. We may hear any day of the discovery oi historical sources produced by the Persian Kings. The view that the Greeks saved Persia from barbar- isrn is silly. These people were far from barbarism.

"We are also excavating a whole group of cities thirty or forty miles from Bagdad. One of these is Ech- nuana, which furnishes some pre- historic records. Below the surface of the town, about 2000 BC. we find e sewer going through the main street and laterals to each house. Further north near Kurd and Nine- veh we are excavating the palace of Sargon II. Here Gordon Loud has found a temple previously un- known, sacred to Nabu, who is re- ferred to in the Old Testament as neby. Naby was the guardian of writing and we hope to find a lib- Nebu. Naby was the guardian v1 Dr. Breasted says, is ready for in- spectlons by visitors to the Cen-

tury of Progress Exposition.

Dr. James H. Breasted, director of '

industrialists Seek to Enlist In Slump Drive

YORK. J1me 13-4010- Industrial giants of United States m taking prompt steps to beat the draft and enlist as "partners" of battle to swing the 12,000,000 work. less cltilenl back into employment HM 1o Ill-adults corporate deficits.

Passage by the House of mp"- eentativee of the Industrial mow. ery Act had barely betn aceom- pllshed before some 50 trade us”. ciationru had signified their inten- twn of 111mm: themselves with-the new governmental programme.

Among these are the National Electrical Manufacturers Asmg. ration-involving 269 manufacturers W119 WWW?“ 359.000 persons in 1929; the textile industry. the rayon producers 811d weavers, the woollgn associations. the Silk Association of America, Inc. the garment and clothing lndustriw and the pulp and paper com lea.

One of the latest industries tn announce a move toward,the objec- tives outlined in the Roosevelt pro- cramme is the $2.000,000,000 drug ‘business which announced‘ the Drug T ‘tltutc oi America, Inc, had been formed to unite all divisions of the industry in an effort to maintain fair wages and end cut-throat competition.

Within the limitations of the new laws the Drug'lnstitute's aims were announced as the maintenance of a high standard of products, con- 1W1 01' "Ill-Pull Y0 Prevent overpro- ductlon, maintenance of m; pm. flts and fair wages, protection 9f the ipurchaslng public 511111911111- lnation oi unfair competition and demorallzatlon of prices.

While the mighty steel industry has not yet taken definite action, it authorized the executve commit. tee of the American Iron and steel Institute to express the views of the organization on the Roosevelt pro- Kflimllw- Many of the steel giants are said to favor the recovery bill in principle.

Cement, brick and lumber indus- tries are ready to function under the new setup as is the Associated General contractors of America, Inc, which represents 1.500 con- structlon firms. - a

SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL

Report of Spring Valley School for the month of April and May: Grade X-l, Lottie Profitt. Grade IX-l, Cordelia Harring- ton; 2, Keith Harrington; 3, Meda Glover. '

Grade VIII (a)—l, Ivan Harring- ton; 2, Mildred Caseley; 3, Lloyd Campbell.

Grade VI-l, Urban Glover; 2, Helen Champion; 3, Olga Cotton.

Grade V—1, Harry Caseley; 2, Bernice Mountain.

Grade IV (Sr.)—l, Ruby Cole.

Grade IV (Jr.)-1, Billy Wocdlng- ton; 2, Eileen Glover; 3, Rosemary Glover.

Grade III (Sr.)—1, Willis Burt; 2, Emmett MacKinnon.

Grade III (Jr.)—1, Ruby Caseley.

Grade II—-1, Wendall Harrington; 2, Lorenzo MacLellan; S, Eunice Caseiey.

Grade I-l, Ellwood Champion; 2, Adelaide Glover; Q, Elva Bryenton.

Teacher-Ellen L. Harrington.

ST. MARY'S CONVVENT, SOURIS

Honor roll for May:

Grade X-l, Helen Byrne; 2, Josephine Wight; 3, Rita MacEach- ern.

Grade IX-l, Edna McDonald; 2, Cecilia Cheverie; 3, Eve1yn_ Cun- ningliam.

Grade VIII—l, Mattie Jennings; 2, Eleanor Lavie; 3, Rosella. Mc-

Isaac.

Grade VII-d, Alice Byrn i 2, Jessie Maclntyre; 3, Beatrice Hol- land.

Grade VI—l, Margaret Paquet: 2, Rita O'Donnell; 3, Mary McKear- ney.

Grade V—1, Helen Calms; 2, Doris cgmpbell; s, Mary C. McCarrcn.

Grade IV-l, Helen Cheverie; 2, Margaret Beamlsh; 3, Patricia Moynagh.

Grade Ill-l, Margaret Mary Mc- Intosh and Joan Webster; 2, Eileen Byrne; 3, Mamie Mcurant.

Grade II—1, Helen MacDonald; 2. Mary Cheverie; 3, William Pierce.

Grade I-l, Gladys Montgome y; 2, Grace Pequet; 3, Harold Byrne.

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raAnslrarman-Arthur Smith, manager of the Bank oi Nova Sco- tia, Petitcodiac, has been transfer- red to St. Andrews, N. B. Mr. Smith went to Petitcodiac from Jamaica three years ago. H. H. Burton, Al- berton, P. E. L, will have charge of the Petltcodiac branch.

THE PRESBYTEBIAN CHURCH IN CANADA-Services at Rrgdgl- bane, Sunday at 11 a. m., at North 'I‘ryon at 7.30. Mrs. McGregor will hold a meeting in the interests of the Woman's Missionary Society at

3 0010011. and at North Tryon at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. Dr. M. E. Gerlge, Pastor.

POLICE COURT-At the Police Court yesterday morning, two men charged with the unlawful posses- sion of intoxicating liquor were each fined two hundred dollars and costs, or in default of payment, sen- tenced to three months in jail. A man charged with obstructing a peace officer was sentenced to a fine of twenty dollars and costs or in default of payment thirty days in jail. A man charged with breach of the- mllk by-law confessed and paid a fine of five dollars.

A number of sub-contracts have‘ been let by T. D. Morrison, Summer- side, contractor for the renovaticz. oi the east wing of Falconwocd Hos- pital. The contract for plumbing has been awarded to Currie and Murnaghan, for heating to Fred H. ‘Trainer, for electrical work to Pal- mer Electric Co., for painting to Mr. J. Alfred Doyle, and tearing down partitions and preparing the building for renovation to P. H. MacMfllan. All contracts let so far have bcenl awarded to Island firms. The gen- eral contractor has erected a bunga- l low, office; cook house, and sleep- ing quarters for employees. Work has been begun tearing down ma- sonry on the top storey, and remov- ing partitions.

CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE

the regular luonthly meeting oi the C. W. L. held at Vernon River, June 4th. The President opened the meet- ing with s. prayer and the Secretary read the minutes oi the last meet- ing. The members cf the Altar Committee were congratulated by Rev. Father MacGuigan on their successful wonk, and a new one was appointed for June. Two other la- dies were appointed to super-intend the dresing of the Altar boys. On motion, it was decided to send the Annual fee to the National Secre- tary, also Diocesan fee to Mrs. Mac- Mahon, of Summerside. It was a1- sc decided that the bank account of the former Altar Society be trans- ferred to C. W. L. Ways oi adding to the funds were then discussed, and it was decided to hold a dance in the C. M. B. A. Hall on June 21st. A shofl discussion followed, after which the meeting adjourned.

Western Visitors To the Maritimes

(Special to The Guardian) MONCTON, N. B., June 12.—I.n- coming Canadian National trains are carrying many excursionists from Western Canada to the Mari- time Provinces, who have taken ad- vantage cf the one cent a mile ex- cursion put into effect by Canadian railways. The movement has been noticeable during the past week and this morning there were several ex- cursiontsts from Western Canada as far as Vancouver bound for points on the south shore of Nbva Scotla. A similar excursion rate is in ef- fect from stations in the Maritimes and other provinces in Eastern Can- ada to the west, tickets being on sale up to and including June 15th next. Thirty days ref/urn limit is allowed.

ROTARIANS OFF T0 CONFER- ENCE

(Special m The Guardian) NORTH SYDNEY, N. 8., J1me 12. -A party oi rotarians from St. Johns, Newfoundland, left here this morning in e special Canadian Na- tional sleeper to attend the District Conference of Rotary International at Saint John, N. B., June 15th and 16th. They arrived at North SYdHW by boat from Port Aux Basqllflq. new oundland, early this morning and left immediately via the Canad- ian National for Saint John where they will arrive tomorrow momlfll-

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zaThc Man With Asthma almost lonfs for death tc end his suffering. He s" >1 ahead only years of endlell torment with intervals of rest which are themselv , fraught with never ceasing fear of renewed attacks. Let him turn to m. .1. p. Kellogg's M- thma Remedy and KNOW W11" 00m" plete relief it czm 11110. 11-01- 1111" but

This eolrunl la finned for Ghoul 90111111 news of local interest but ‘d. Ilrtlllng of I newly nature may he

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Price Recovery 0f World Wheat

M1101‘ mior areal tending to de- prms prices at Liverpool and world stocks some 35,000,000 bushels above normal, right at e. time when Euro- pean countries are exerting every influence 1o crow their own wheat, there has arisen strong internation. a1 efforts to decrease world wheat surpluses with Canada playing u leading rqe,

The Dominion’: almost sensation. al advance to the fore es a leading Jlllporier of wheat is strikingly 111. ustrated by comparisons oi her wheat trade over a period of 23

years with that of Russia. l y Russia dominated in exports be. |fore the Great War but faded out Eentirely untll'l93l-32, when she re- lilained 9.99 per cent oi the import- ant 26.09 percentage she command- cd from 1909 to 1913.

Canada, about on a par with United States, Argentina. and the Danublan countries in wheat ex- ,port wealth prior tn the war, sup. ‘plied almost so percent of the wheat ,in export channels in 1928-20, but ‘had slipped back to 25 percent in‘ 1031-32, according to figures fur-l’ pulled by the United States de-. hartment of agriculture.

The Canadian and Argentine Ilipments in 1928-2‘ made up al- llost 75 percent of the entire world lvlleat movement, but accounted for @1111’ t5 percent of it, against 42, percent by Australian, Danubian‘ and United States shipments in' the five-cornered race that featur.

ed the 1931-32 season.

Ill ovmparison to the sharp fluct- uations of Canadian and Russian, business the United States expel-if trade has remained comparatively steady during the last two decad-

l es. From 1909 to i913, inclusive, the

latter country averaged 10.58 per cent of the total world exports. This percentage climbed gradually

_ to 12.77 percent in 1928-29 and to

13.79 in 1931-82.

The wheat committee now meet- ing at London, after several ses- sions at Geneva, with Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, high commission. er at London, representing the D0- 1111111011. ‘has fashioned a three-point programme:

Limitation of production and possibly of exports; liquidation d: stocks, and maintenance of a. rea- sonable import margin in Eurapegn deficit countries.

The present aim of the commit- tee is said to embrace a l0 percent reduction in. acreage in Canada, Australia, United States and Ar- gentina.

Australia, however, has expressed opposition to the reduction propos- al.

Definite decision by the Canadian delegates will not be made known, it is understood, until Prime 101111.. ister R. B. Bennett reaches Inn-l don for the world economic confer- ence.‘ v

Kismet Still h Playing Pranks

PEIPING. J1me iii-Old Man Fate obviously is not through playing pranks on Prince Pu Chieh, who in his 25 years has been want-d hither and yon about as much as, any man. Now he sits in a classroom of the Japanese Imperial Military Academy next to the son of the Chinese min- ister to Toklo, Chinng Tso-pln, de- spite the fact that the prince rcprc- sents Mnnchukuc against which the minister has stormed with the Jap- anese government.

But for two important accidents, Prince Pu Chieh today would be astrlde the dragon throne with four hundred millions of Chinese "tremb- ling and obeying" his slightest whim. Had he been born a year earlier, it would have been Prince Pu instead of his brother the Man- chukuo regent that was placed on the Chinese throne in I908. Again had there not been the accident of the 1911 revolution, Pu Chieh would have continued the absolute mon- arch of the mainland of Asia.

Fate did not let up with that, for by the time he was 20 years old the

oi the impecunious and deposed Manchu family. Japanese money secured a mortgage on the Peking palace of the Pu family, and when a coolness developed between Prince Pu Chieh and his lovely Manchu wife, the prince was hled away to Japan for a long course at the Peer‘: school in Tokio. All this was preparatory to the use of his in- fluence resulting in the elevation of his brother to the regency of Man- chukuo. With that the Princess Pu Chieh fled to Shanghai from the Peking pnlacc which n Japanese flag snved from confiscation undcr the ‘Traitors’ Act. 'l'lllls she expressed