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WHY THE UNEQSINESS?

lSome of our lLiberal contempor- aries are greatly concerned over the appointment of the d-ion. Hugh Guthrie as ‘Conservative House ‘leader during the coming session of Turiiameut. ' ‘Well. perhaps if our nervous friends would remember that the choice was for the Conser- vatives and by the ‘Conservatives they would find nothing peculiar about the situation. The Liberals. it is true. were not consulted inpho matter. probably because those

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dictators as an answer to Bolshe- vism. Long ago men welcomed despotism as an answer to feudal anarchy; they look toward despot- ism es a cure for democratic un- archy. a condition brought aboutby professional politicians.

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Notes by the Way

"Let the Inquiry be' Impartial." says The Toronto Globe, and goes on to observe that “it is regrettable that the newly elected Liberal Gov- ernment haa left itself open to the charge that tho prosecution of the

misdemeanors in the Customs De- partment has been entrusted whol- ly to counsel and officials _whose political affiliations are with the

mier King in summarily dispensing with the services of Mr. W. F. 0‘- ‘Conuor, -KlC., the one Conservative who was retained in connection with the investigation, has not cre- ated a good impression in the pub- lic mind, nor has it added to gen- eral confidence that the inquiry is to he conducted along the line of the Premier's pre-eiection promise."

We might let it go at that, but we may add our endorsement to The Globe's concluding words:-

"The Customs investlgaliomil it is to be satisfactory to the pub- lic, must continue in a fair, non- partlzan fashion. Mr. King- will 'be vcry badly advised indeed if he attempts to make it a political machine."

From what is above recited it would appear that “the attempt lo make it a political machine" is al- reudy well under way. And most fair-minded readers will agree with Mr. O'Connor, the dismissed coun-

investigatiuu into irregularities and‘

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_ Bifgnes Wlluumllb. t. PAIN LOWER LEFT sins‘

I spoke once before about a chap who was having considerable pain in the lower left part o! abdomen. If it had been on the right side ap- pendicitis would have been the first thought. An X ray examination showed that he had an extra loot of large intestine in that region, and when gas accumulated there Pain resulted.

‘A surgeon examining the X ray with him suggested that he could remove the extra foot 6f intestine 8nd give him relief.

However he figured out that he

and yet it was only during the prev.

distress. Why? - lBecauso he had always been an active outdoor man, an engineer, but during the ‘D851 two years he lied become n desk or indoor man, He concluded that. his best plan was to take more exercise, and await results. The extra foot of intestine could be removed if the exercise didn't give relief.

A drug firm advertising their BTW duct makes the statement "There are no detours in the intestines." This is true enough, but when an extra loc-p one foot long is located,

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ious two years that he -hud‘felt any

Pagan Virtue8:anh_ l‘

Condensed from The Atlantic Monthly (June '28.) ' latitude Royden.

There are certain virtues which are practised by pagans; our Iiord took for grantedthat every Chris- tian would practise those virtues. "Except," l-lo said, “your righteous- ness absll exceed the righteousness of other people." We Christians halve been very much inclined‘ to emphasize what we may call the Christian virtues; to seek to prac- lse those virtues which mndelChrlst different from other men. ‘We have forgotten that Tie took for granted the pagan virtues, and lhuilt the soaring edifice of Christian holiness upon that splendidly laid foundation. ‘What are the virtues that pagans

store by? Courage, perhaps. illrst oi all, Ibut also a high sense of honor,

dom. Without those, there is n real virtue at all.

"Christ took these virtues for granted. ‘There is nowhere in ills teaching the dreadful doctrine de- veloped ‘by certain Chrisilar‘ call- ed “the total depravity of man." Christ never suggested that human beings’ were altogether evil and must be entirely changed if they are to be Cliristians. ‘but rather as-

Ghristiau Graces

—that is, non-Christian pBDpl9——-BBt

and loyalty to ones friends, inde- pendence, magnanimlty, and wis-

- . . i to the worker to‘ tbp society that we belong to, Christ did not care about these thing's, and we try in vain to imitate Him before we have info the ‘ouudqtiuwof character.

ll have vfound common honesty to be the rarest. of the virtues practis- ed by .' people. ‘We want the coinmon, decent, pagan virtues

in God.

There is something that disgusts in Christian grace on a shoddy foundation. it is like a poorcnd cheap building which we cotver with elaborate ornament. It la like any- thing that is false. And the aver- age decent pagan is revoited by its dishonesty. ’

d-lumility is loathsome if it is not founded on self-respect. -'We must have the pagan virtue of self-res- pect beforo we dare to have the ‘Christian virtue of humility.

iliad not Christ just those pagan virtues that a0 many of us Chris- tians lack’! With all ‘His love and gentleness and mercy, how utterly courageous was l-lis denunciation of all that was false and cowardly and had! ‘The tendernesswlth which ‘He speaks of the outcast and the sinner is matched 1b!’ His fierce denunciation of spiritual pride in high places. That was why His tenderness counted for so much. llad ‘He done as we are so fond of doing, shutting our eyes to things

we love to praise, re-fusiug to see what is blamowortliy because it

of loyalty to other human ibeln8s p before we lhegin to talk about trust -

that we know are wrong because y

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whose business n was m make m European dictatorship, our tnunlclp- just where the gas prosstire cambe “mes m,“ mo,“ people are decent,

appointment thought it was none of the Liberals‘ business and so they made their own choice and. so far as we can ‘find out the party is sat- isfied.

The fact that the Hon. Mr. Guthrie was a Liberal in the earl)’

sol, in his remark that “perhaps it would he just as well for all others concerned to cease contending that the Customs enquiry is in its scope and intent non-partizan and nou- political."

al governments are the worst in the world, our cities the dirtiest, our taxes the highest, our corrup- tion the greatest, our gangsters the most numerous”; " II l‘ Equally savers is the indictment

of iDr. Durant. Seeking the causes Mala" "mm" :5 dread)’ "e7"-

Yel"? Eleni. then trouble can natur- ally be expected. '

Alld if you are one of those folks with pain down on the right side which is present only at times, go into the matter of possible gas pres- sure there, not necessarily from an extra length of intestine, but from an intestine that has been dis- ten-tied so often that it has actually assumed that people were, on the

people. When ‘file wantetYto tell us what IGod is like, l-le said that God is like a human father, only greater and-better. Christ assum- ed that most fathers are decent and kind, Or again, in the Sermon on the Mount, how persistently He

seems cruel to see it. His praise would have ibeen worth as little as ours so often is; ‘l-lis lolve would have effected nothing. iBut because men knew‘ that l-lis mercy was jus- tice, because they realized rthat He was able to see through and through them and lovc them all the same,

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red to by many newspapers. it is I. I j too soon yet to expect that mellow season “which. if pleasant, is often

too short for general satisfaction.

dilated or enlarged. whole, decent people. Christ did n, h x H, f , _ great foundation of truth and jus- m m“ s “My m“ S a “e n“ say’ u‘ km“ m“ W“ “Qweritlce and clenr-sightedness, it moved

quent cause c-f this trouble. That is too many Dotatoes, or too much keep your vows‘ and thereforqflgithe world as nothing else has mov- ‘ed it.

i _ a of the decay of democracy? in Am- years of h s politic career was not eflca he finds that the disappemu

- hi . h Lounted against m He as beenlance of economic equality and free-

tell you not to swear at all.“

a Conservative sufficiently long to‘ have been thoroughly purged ofuny Liberal taint that might have clung to him when he left the Liberal fold. Anyway, there is no danger in his case of reverting to his orig- inal type of Liberalism as that type is as dead. as the dodo and the iohthyo saurus of happy memory. The party, now masquerading under that name, hyphenated with other for mutual assistance is not Liberal. Our friends may lay aside their uneasiness about tho Conser- vative choice. ‘They had lots of. material to choose from and they’ made their choice. I

DEMOCRACY.

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Maklng the world safe for democ- racy was a phrase commonly used during the Great ‘War. This was said to he the purpose of the war. The war with its millions of slain, with its awful cost in life, property and sorrow still unpaid and never to be paid, is over and the world is not yet safe for democracy.

ils democracy safe for the world‘! ls it sane and dependable and whole- some? ‘What do we mean ihy dem- ocracy. The answer is always at hand". “Government for the people by the people." The laconic rule. The people are supreme, Tho voice of the people is the voice of qod- etc., etc.

liow do the people rule? Are they intelligently convinced that the form of Government they stand for and work for and do anything but lie for is the best for the

people? ‘How many of them are really concerned about it, and do they really think‘!

Two able American thinkers deal with the general subject of democ- racy in recent magazines andboth express their view that Democracy is on the down grade. ‘ _

ProL-Wiilbur C. Abbott of Harv- ard writes in the Yale Review on ‘Democracy or Dictatorship," and Dr. Will lDurant considers in Harp- er's Magatlue the inquiry "-ls De- mocracy a Failure?"

iAmong Prof. Abbott's points are these: in the last few years lPortu- gal, Spain, lltely, Greece, Turkey, Russia. iPolanil, Quiche-Slovakia and Belgium have endured. even where they have not welcomed. dictators. Germany had Hllldeil- burg. thence has been looking for I Inllt stroll: enough to rescue her from her troubles. There has ‘been s determined elort to replace par- liamentary government‘ in England

' with some form of class rule, and the and ls not yet, for the general

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forces in- tiie world hid“! the aubvsrstm of " ‘fleldflyltthis. hnogmau , ‘tom's: to

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On rare occasions it may ‘be pro- longed for weeks. There is no fixed

_ (lat f0 Ind‘ t l l , of government. and the imbecility!“ ‘Emir [In Tgzstryrxgegnaga lief i}

of men are responsible. “The the- no, expected “um after cold ory of democracy had assumed weather has set in and some snow ratloml ammaL Bullhas fallen. The Boston Transcript notes that there must be a. “Squaw

dom, the growing size of the polit- ical unit. the growing complexity

that man is n nzan is an emotional animal, occa-

whlte bread eaten at the same time. Sometimes a little baking soda in wid- in effect "Don't you realize the water in which cabbage and that all th-ls casuistry about what 0W8!’ "8891811165 are 719mg milked constitutes a. binding oath and what giszillklotlgieilhammlu‘ of distal‘ does not means that your bare word

However the 51mph bending. ex_ is not enough. Iln future do not ercises,.that is bending from side Bweill‘ at 511-" welchflsfians WE“ to side, and from from. to back, will to be so honest that no one will

tighten up the abdominal mUBCIBS-reqtiire us to swear any oaths at and prevent any sagging in this

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sionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart's content, lt may be true, as Lincoln pretended to believe, that you can't fool all the people all the time-

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but you can fool enough of them td-rule a large county" Which is what has taken place. The trouble, says the Boston Her-- ald, is not with the theory of tin-- mocracy; the trouble is with oar- selves. Let the people select their own rulers. Possessed of this great prerogative they of course will go to the polls to put in office the men best fitted to manage the difficult business of government. In- falllbly it must. be that the most honest, able and efficient menin the community will direct the course of the state. Thus, says Prof. Abbott. men reasoned two centuries ago. ldasiiy they pointed out the bad logic of the hereditary principle. They com-pared the worst of the old aristocratic system with lilo perica- lion of the system they proposed. But their predictions have not been fulfilled. For under such a system the conduct of affairs falls into the hands of those more anxious for their own fortunes than for those of the country.

'Dr. Durant has only a single prac- tical suggestion to offer. He would have a school of political adminis- tration connected with each of our great universities that should train men as thoroughly as do our medi-

Winter before lndlan Summer." The Squaw Winter is marked by cold weather and snow, which dis- appears. leaving the ground bare.

It is quite true that Hon. Hugh Guthrie, the newly chosen Conser- vative House iLeader, was in the ILaurier days several times elected to the ‘House of ‘Commons as e Lib- eral. ilils father before him, Hon. ‘Donald Guthrie, was also a Liberal

‘MacKenzie was iPrime Minister ul’ Canada. But why condemn him or belittle his talents on that account. as some Liberal journals seem disposed to do? lt is surely of some importance that a public man shall follow his honest convic- lions.

While many Liberals, notably in Quebec, were opposed to Canada entering the war, and these and other Liberals later chalked at Con- scription. Mr. Guthrie joined the Union Government am‘, helped in carrying on the crucial struggle to its victorious closc. lils constitu- ents, who know lihn best. have ap- proved his course in four general elections Qlnce and now his Con- servative fellow members in the House of iCommons have selected him as their leader during the coming scsslon._ ils not all this to his credit, alike as to his ability and integrity?

There are msny reasons why pub- ilc men who were once Liberals have become Conservatives. Some have become wiser with advancing years. A more common reason is that the Liberal party has many times changed its platform and principles. The Liberalism ' of

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DAILY LESSONS ' IN ENGLISH ,

By _W. L. Gordon

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WKLRDS OFTEN MISUSED: _Don't say “his exit from Chicago. Say “departure" when from a place, “exit? when out of, as a room or building.

OFlTlEN MlSPllbNbuUNChlli: pre- rtense. Accent last syllable, not the

first. OFTEN MlSSPEL-bbli): com‘. instantly, directly,

inendablc; two m's and able. SY-‘NIONYM-S:

immediately. forthwith, at once, WiORD STUDY: “Use a ord three times and it is yours." Le us increase our vocabulary by master- ing one word each day, Today's- word: PORT-ENTOUS; foreshadow- ing evil; ominous. “lt was a porten-

tons clash of dominant I])6l‘i'lOllflli' ties."

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l Dailyselections E0 R Guardian Readers

O§+O1 October l5, 1926

THE WORD VERLFl<idD—~"And now, 0 God of vlsrsel, let Thy word, l pray Theo, he verified, which Thou spoakcst unto Thy servant." 1 Kings 8:26.

rlilllAYlfilb-Surely, O Lord, the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name.

cal schools for the practice of medicine. fife would then strive- somehow-to inculcate in the popu- lace the opinion that it is unpatrl- otlc to allow unprepared men to rule them. Finally, he would hope that—somehow—-it should be or- dained tbat no trained administrat- or should be eligible for a higher office who had not twice ‘been elect- ed to a lower one; from mayor twice to Governor, and no on.

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EOiTORIAL NOTES,

JMr. A. E. Mscbaan, M. P. an- nounces that he has received a iat- ter of congratulation on his elec- tion from the Woman's Liberal Club of Montreal in which they ar- dontly declare their admiration for the "works of the men" which is "the strength of a party.” Now why out of the three successful Liberal candidates " here would these Montreal ladies pick upon

Laurier was not the same as that of Alexander Mackenzie and much less like that of Mackenzie King. The old-time Liberalism was oom- psratively safe, sane and patriotic. The Liberalism of the King Govern- ment is lncspable of definition. It has no fixed principles and nobody knows whither it is drifting.

Hon. Mr. Guthrie, after his elec- tion as House leader was Interview- ed by s leading Toronto Liberal journal, and made the followiuu brief statement: "The honor conferred upon me today came as a great surprise. I was practicing my profession in Guelph yesterday with no thought of this. d realito that l em not the best qualified man. for the position. The hearty support of the entire caucus was pledged to mo, though I was not elected on the first bal- lot. ‘While ‘Hon. Rudolph Lemieux is ‘Dean of the House. -l em the iienlor member on the Conservative side, having tevieeentod South Wellington for the laetyhtl years.” M Mr. Guthrie had not sought the

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There is fame in the world of clay, And money and pomp and placg Pain, suffering and disgrace, And nl-l of these pass away. ' But ever the spirit clings

To its simple and lasting things.

The world of the spirit glows With the good man has tried to d0, And whether‘ his dreams coma true Or whether their foes ‘he known," In that world which ‘no keeps alone The ‘host of his life is known.-

‘iTls there that his friends gen found ‘ ‘Tia there that his loves abide; There is all of ‘his nohier aide,- When otilied is ‘life's battle sotmd ‘Tie the eplrit aha not the clay That wakes to the brighter day.

present House, but also one ‘whit was never defeated at the polls". 0f bit personal appearance and equip- ment The Globe says in pert: \ Mr. Guthrie is leerneddn consti- tutional law and Commons prose dare, makes .0. good speech. deep soaorouvvolcelillll 150400.", " ' “ " ' t