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The slow progress made on the Island car ferry has become a standing joke to the ship- builders at Sorel. Such at least was the impres- sion gathered by an Island sea captain who vis- itetl the shipyard last week, and COHVBISCQ will! some of the men. They were not working; they were waiting for material. They had been wait- ing for some time, and before that their spells of work had been interrupted by similar spells of idleness while ivaitiiig for other material. Since the contract was let vessels of many dif- ferent types have been designed, laid out, built and launched at the Sorel yards, but the Island car ferry, like Tennysons brook, goes on for- ever. Rather, it is beginning to resemble the interminable law case of jarndyce and jarndyce,‘ described in the opening PQQQS of Dickens’ Bleak flame.

“This scarecrow of a suit," wrote Dickens, "had, in the course of time, become so compli- cated that no man alive knew what it meant. $lie parties to it understood it least; but it had been observed that no two Chancery lawyers could talk about it for fire minutes without

coming to a total disagreement as to all the pre- mises. Innuincrable children had been born into the cause; innumerable young people had mar- ried into it; innumerable old people had died out of it. Scores of persons had deliriously found themselves made parties in Jariidyce and jarn- dyce, without knowing how or wlty; whole fam- ilies had inherited legendary liatreds with the suit. The little plaintiff or defendant, who was promised a new roclting-liorse when Iarndyce and jarndyce should be settled, had grown up, possessed himself of a real horse, and trotted away into the other world. Fair wards of court had failed into mothers and grandmothers; a long procession of Chancellors had come in and gone out .. .. Every Chancellor was ‘in it’ for somebody or other, when he was counsel at the bar. Good things had been said about it by blue- nosed, bulbous-shoed old benchers, in select port-wine committee after dinner in hall. Ar- ticled clerks were in the habit of fleshing their legal wit upon it. The last Lord Chancellor had handled it neatly, when, correcting Mr. Blowers the eminent silk gown who said that such a thing might happen when the sky rained potatoes, he observed, ‘Or when we get through Iarndycc and jarndy-ce, Mr. Blowers;’——a pleasantry that particularly tickled the maces, bags, and purses."

larndyce and Iarndyce had passed into 1 joke; but, as Dickens warned, "that was the only good that ever came of it." In "trickery, "351-011- procrastination, spoilation, botheration. under false pretenses of all sorts”, it set influ- ences at work far more appalling than the con- sequences to the immediate victims. '

Our car ferry delays have not y“ "mined to this evil eminence; but the drift is unmis- takeably in the same direction.

_______________ How Hong Kong Became British

At this moment in the history of Hong Kong It is of interest to. glance at the circumstances attending its acquisition. There is a widely-held but quite erroneous assumption that thc war which resulted in the cession of Hang Kong "[1341 was fought by the British to force film"! "P011 the Chinese. An authoritative article m the curent issue of United Empire, journal of the Royal Empire Society, shows conclusively that the war was brought about by the intoler- ably offensive behaviour of the Mandarin; of that day, and the many unjust exactions imposed upon foreign traders,

ln 1636 the East India Company opened di- rect trade with Canton. Russia and France soon

t followed in the wake of Britain, and America a

century and a half later. But while China was willing to profit by trade with foreigners, she was unwilling to admit them on terms even re- motely approaching equality. Europcan merch- bnts of all nationalities were crowed together on a narrow and unhealthy strip of land along the river front in Canton. They were not allowed to enter the city at any time; they were forbidden to learn the Chinese language, to employ Chin- ese servants, to use sedan chairs, to transact any business outside the co-hong or group of Chin- one monopoly merchants. Many other restrict- ions are cited in the article from which we quote. At the eiid of each trading season the-merchants had to pack up and go to Macao, a Portugese ‘eolonyg-where their wives found accommodation. 3 In i793. an Embassy under Lord Macartney we’: sent to the Emperor of China to secure some amelioration of these conditions. It was not sue- tsessful, and another Embassy under Lord Am- fflierst, despatched in. i8‘i6,' met‘ with ' even less i ‘ cable results. When the East Iiidia. Co.'s fitter expired in i834 and trade‘ iii’ Far East became free, the Britishiiriterests atjtalte

stile government, and a Superintendent bi Htnttsh trade in Canton was appointed by

Parliament... . WlteiilCaptein Charles Elliott, R.N., arrived s; Superintendentlin I336. opium mi being might into Chins by all the foreign merchants. . Although-officially it was contraband. Chinese i officials everywhere encouraged the traffic, in 111 nationalities partlci ed. " . » . .411; Em ora‘ ntod a quarrelsome

tiff-lite the opium traffic. Lin prohibited all for- dllfl trade, and "held Elliott responsible for the prevention of smuggling not only into Canton but all along the coast. In May r839 the British community of r47 moved to Macao until, as they 11°F“. they could return to Canton with some assurance of peace and security. But Lin would not allow them to re-establish either at Canton —wliere their warehouses had been pillaged and destroyed-or at Macao. He insisted that they should trade ‘at Chuenphabout fifty miles from Canton, under- the guns of the Bogue fprts, and submit to trial by‘ Chinese tribunals and punish- ment according to the Chinese penal code, which dealt generously with decapitation, strangula- tion and flagellation.

As disturbances broke out at Macao because refuge had been given to the British merchants, they and their families left that place in August i839 to seek refuge on board the British and American merchantmen which had assembled, for mutual protection, in the harbour between the island of Hong Kong and the mainland. Lin then isued aperemptory order for all foreign ships to leave China within three days, and bat- teries on the mainland fired on the ships in the harbour, driving them to Tongku.

This is what led to the sending of an expedi- tion undenAdmiral Sir _]'. I. Gordon Bremner, who met and engaged the Chinese squad?” it Chuenpi on January 7, "i841, and was complete- ly victorious. Commissioner Lin was recalled and degraded by the Emperor. He was replaced by Kichen, according to whose PY°P°5al5 the desolate island of Hung K0112 W35 “ded l° m‘ British as a depot for their trade. The develo?‘ ment of Hong Kong is another story. _

Wei Yuan, the Chinese historian, admits that it was the stOPPaEQ of ‘l! trade ‘nd the offensive behaviour of the Chinese that resulted the war; and in America the House

in _ , Representatives Justified the action of

of 1055 of the opium trade but the prohibition of all

grad; 1nd the unbearable arrogance hof the Chm. ese authorities that brouflit about t e war.

e-EDITORIAL NOTES-

d ' by the roused interest in City Coun- cilhaiilgziiiri, and the attendance at Thursday! medal muting, there should be no lack of can- didates for electionsngizbflliifl’ "C"-

Lct 115 take hare that we do not “cover too much territory” in our demands on the Federal Government at the PWRM l\1"¢""°- Sdxtw“ should be made of the most clamant needs. concentration made upon them, and in all like- lihogd \‘ will succefdftlott oiherwise.

Michael Servetus, Unitarian mill)". bill?“ for heresy at Geneva, ti"! 63f‘ ‘$532 f- "all" of Villeneuve, Ai-agon in Spaimf medlml 4°C‘ tor by profession, he devoted himself to theo- logical studies, publishing two Works PF°m“l' gating his Unitarian views regarding ti"! 1C; cepted doctrine of the Trinit)’; I 1°08 115i °* charges, drawn up by Calvin, who then exer- cised paramount influence in Geneva. W35 heard

England, and put it on record that it was riot the w

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Notes By The Way

Iiltaboutthato has bk to find Jobs for all elilgpeo lflhIhb Ire Dlnnntns’ post-war £12: for other people. uebee Chronicle- maroon.

ha“ . B: comment film! Ottawa

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to ve It rope la . _ ‘Iloronto globe aiid Mrall. y

Elrht tllatrlct health rmttl are now operating tn Ontario and it others tn counties and districts ..re under oorislderawln. When the whole province is so organized s very ‘great. deal will have been done for a improvement of public health. - Brockvtlle Recorder and ‘limes.

Tho Dally T ' ‘~ that twelve well-known London fashion houses have formed the Inooiipoiu-ted Society of frond-m Fashion Designers with plans for a big export drive next January when display models of tailored suits and dresses will be staged for overseas buyers who have large orders to place for British clothes.

IIIIIMIICEI

Tho number of wivel of Canad- ian servicemen in Britain ts in- creasing at. the rate of 2,000 a month. 'l‘liere are already 32.000 brides of Canadians. When it was decided to place more ships at the service of ringing back our sol- dier-s, was the object to reduce splnsterliood in Canada? _- Ottiwa Citizen.

A Cincinnati man advertised a recipe for making a good intoxicat- ing drink out of yeast cakes, rats- lns, hot water, etc. When the en- forcement officers raided his joint, The Guelph Mercury reports, they found 36 letters from lawyers, 22 from doctors, 1t from runners, nine from painters and five from

reachers, proving that everyone

oes not mind violating a. law now and then, if it can be kept, under ver.

The lute Ignace ‘Padarewlld was no ad-blbber, but. he had a sharp wit. When a society lady wrote ask- ing for a lock of hair, Paderewskl had his satretiiry reply: “Dear madam: You fail to specify whose htalr you desire, and to avoid error we have secured a sample tron: Mr. Paderewskl, his manager, his secretary, his valet, tits cook and lils watterfltogether with small portions from the cat and from a mattress belonging to Mr. Pull- man. proprietor of the car which we travel in." — This eek.

Hundreds of couples who went to a dance in Kensington (Lon- don) Town Hnll~to try the "kiss- ing machine" were disappointed. The machine was advertised as being able to tell sweethearts liuw much they ivcre in love, but tn- stead of that information they were told that the machine had been banned by the town clerk. The last-minute cancellation was explained by Mr. W. J. MacDougall, promoter of the dance. "The machine," he explained. "is an electrical affair. The couples sit. on a chair and kiss. Electric lights register their emotion." Mr. R. E. Doble, Kenslngtonfit chief clerk, who hired out the hall to Mr. Mc- Dougall, said that he was appalled when he saw the poster a vertis- int: the "kissing machine." London Dally Mail.

in court which condemned him to the stake;_ 1° the end Servetus maintained with unflinching constancy his Unitarian opinions, rejecting firmly the pertinacious exhortations of the re- formed pastor, Farel, who attended him to the stake, his last words being: “I605. "m" 5°“ Q; the eternal God, have mercy upon me." I i U U

The mystery of the Victory Bond poster. printed and distributed for the Government‘. and reflecting upon it, must put the printers in an unenviable position. It recalls a similar episode in the history of the London Times, the mos? sedate and immaculate of newspapers. A leading article appeared referring to Mr. W. E. Glad- stone, then Prime Minister, in which were in- terpolated the words—"a damned hypocrite” An investigation failed to uncover the actual culprit, but The Times soothed its ruffled feel- ings, and attempted to assuage those of Mr. Gladstone, by suspending the whole of its night linotype operators for: week.

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According to the Sydney Post-Rand, three factors contributed to the decisiveness of the general election result in Nova Scotia. One was that the Progressive Conservatives were defin- itely outclassed by the Liberals in the important item of party leadership. The second was Pre- mier Macdonald’: shrewd timipg of his appeal, when he called the election so promptly after his party's victory‘in Nova Scotia in last June's Federal polling, The third was the C.C.F. di- version, most damaging to the Progressive Con- servativecampaign in the traditionally strong Conservative industrial section of the Province, but also upsetting the bi-party balance in tidings where the Socialist vote was and always will be otherwise negligible.

_ a a a The-Royal Empire Societies are offering medals and prizes in an essay contest “with a view to encouraging the progress of Imperial studies in the schools of the Empire and among

on November 3o, i945 will have a choice of the following topics: The Imperial Conference, Past, Present and Future; What Was the Brit- ish Part -in the Suppression of the African Slave Trade? Iirst prize is set at $30 and second prize at $20. Class B candidates (t4 and under r6)

In Indie? competing for a first prize of $20 and a second prize of $10. Tlie Bravest Deed I Know In the Story of the Overseas Empire, will

age of l4). A maximum of 3,000 words is allow- ed for the first two classes and of 1,000 words for the thlrdclass, Essays, in either French or English should be lent -to Mrs. Estelle jean Worfolk, secretary, education committee, Empire Society, r405. Bishop street, Montreal. Further information can be secured from Mrs. Worfolk. 595$ Cote St. Antoine road, Montreal. Essays for, the competition must reach the so-

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piped in Tat , si’ as- Imperial High

gsgplwttti. autborlqv w es-

rletvk headquarters in l/fontreal not lateiythan December 31,1945. . -. '

the children of British subjects generally." Class no A competitors (r6 and under. r9 years of age) w

will write onJ-Iow Do the British Come to Be u,

be the topic for Class‘ C candidates (under the ‘

Royal,

A! llleedlly as possible, not later than next. year, Their Majestles the King and Queen should begin a fairly general tour of their Em- pire. They should be accompanied by Her Royal Highness Princess

TI! INGLIBIHIAVIIN

OIJTICIZBD ltr,- ‘fnewup the aeemtnt mun-u which sww on M" °l error." Tub 1s I wernlue WWII stioiiid be hooded. Th1n88 m not always what they seem. F1189 P10- ttves and prtnctplu are often old- dfl, hemnq ma glamor o! seeming truths.

Every schema or P1036‘ 01 W! human lilo ll lubjeoted to one stipreimo test;- that of Ind experlaicc. Motives may be u vnly concealed. but. practical neeulq are bound to become known. Yopl shall know them by trielr trill-t!- . fiuttaaesl Sooner or later, that self-revealing touchstone vrlll lest. out all human activities.

‘Ikiday for eotauiple. Communism and other false utoplan adnetnes, based upon the suppression of free- dom and dependent on weflon for their maintenance. are P1451118 1" review and revealing to the world just whet, they really are.

What ibout. the Killian tavern which of late has been recelvlnl some Publicity? Has the "pub" In its relation to the home and Sliml- ual life of Britain brought forth fruits which might reasonably 1115i- lfy it; establishment tn Canada? The uiawer to this question ought surely to be a decided "No."

An Fhigllsh Bentlemsn, wlttctr- trig Btdiop Sextonb plea for more freedom Ln the use of alcoholic beverages, has this to say about the ianttm pubs: "Anyone who has travelled over the moat at nialand. ulhave, wtllknowthatttlevm common to nee a row of prams with peaked babies attended ‘by a

town and country reveal the serious results 0! the public house system." Regarding the spiritual side of the question, this I! Whil- We Christian World in its issue of July 5th, 1046, has to bell us 0f conditions 1n Britain: "The land- slide in morals is but one nyrrufimn of the spiritual disease“, The country of Cromwell and Wesle)’ has sunk mo: l. blatant. parent-sm- Lei us "face the facts". Nine out of ten tn this country entirely 18- noro the Christian Church. mg therefore indirectly Christianity. the evlls which make up this dar picture of decmden , the liquor truric and the tavern stand out prominently as sinister “our”. and are still Prodlllllhfl a fruits!!! and vast preponderance of evil, which plausible half-truths ‘can notifier hide soi- explain any. ‘Br, their fruits you mall know them.‘ I am. 811'. etc. A.D. MwDONALD West Calgary (Mr. MacDonald was the lender of the r 2.1. temperance forces in the campaign for Prohibition over forty years ago-Ed. G.) .

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l ' Laws

by Princess Mirgnret oo, if that ls possible. British peo- Ple 1n all ‘parts of the world want t0 see an welcome them. The Royal vlstt In early 1939 had a tremendous effect 1n solidifying Empire spirit in Canada tn gain- ing the friendly sympathy of the United States. Another such sour could have a similarly beneflclal eflect 1n this difficult period of ffiktdilllbmfiru. Canada would de- light to welcome 1111s splendid family, as would the other parts of the finisher-Windsor Star.

Durlnr the war the Great Lakes Rave up huge quantities of scrap. Several hundred tons were salvag- Od from the abandoned quarries on Kelley's Island. One barge-load was made u/p of 50 tons of rusted steam shovels and aged machinery. The old passenger ship, Cit of Erie, succumbed to the its en's wartime hunger for metal. Built tn 1894 at a cost of 375.000 ahe us: the pride of the lakes tn her day. Arid let lt be said. on behalf of lakes seamen. that the needs o,t their nation came first. In all that raking and scraping of the lukcs from top to bottom, the $100,000 came o! kessed Scotch that. went. down with the Regina tn 1913 still ls iinsalv ed, untap and still again-so ar as ls town- Lake Companies Bulletin,

Ali- fa rarely free of dust, and often contains harmful germs. the exceedingly small dlsease- uninI agents. called viruses. which are sprayed out when people cough or sneeze without covering their mouths and noses. A per- son may breathe ln a g dose of fresh germs or viruses when he ts as fa: as 6 feet away from someone with a respiratory disease, “if aha ‘infected tndtvldipil prays e r sneezing, coug - lng, laughing or talking loud]. Invadtnz germs or viruses are nbe to start a respiratory infection only when oond ttons, are, ideal for them to do so. Generally speak- lng, a rlon tn good health. well-

welb-restied d

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of a respiratory disease than does a person in a run-down condltlon or one who is thoroughly chilled.- Poet. Office Bulletin.

Upflllnowthe lull lube: seamed a friendly sort of device that took no pert tn the bitter war over which ta master, the man or e machine. Its ohromltun lated proboscis, outstretched for n els, leaned as oompanlonabl

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QUESTION T0 THE STRONG FRIEND

I remember how you rode an the full wagon.

The slope of your ahoulderl. The wire of your halr Through the checked shirt. No one was tougher or bolder In the rocky meadow To grip the bull's stare

h mom's hands or break the

black furrow. If anyone had to be hurl. You didn't. mind being hurt, Whether kit: we! will!“ t1" 101l- 0! roe

Or the saws Mar. I wonder now, how 600! N!!!’ brute strength fare 8pc up thelglde plat:

tlis wor ‘a rav Wherem the pain ls not. manly o!

e flesh

But of the blinded self the will! Thlrattng for nlr,

I wonder if you feel it.

Or ftnd It worth ravine’.

I wonder about you

Out in the battle somewhere,

l“ wit’ "use... ..... n war‘: fin n: It‘ l

Wh do you have to fliht. with now. In the death strucsle. the b show? Good friend, who was all l’ And ehe body's courage

Do you have the resource

For that other, stronger blow?

-Ooor|a Abbe, in the New York ‘Times. rsanzn wiru PIEATII

tho period between 1W0 Old 1'1

New York carried on a large trade with British In: 1nd-

ian pirates aetidlng them llltflol‘ and um for oriental laminar.

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FISH!!! W “Léilittm Ill-AND!

Increasing’ - 1'5"" DION‘

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