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From Pillar to Post

Nothing could better illustrate the iavorable eflect which the Bennett budget pronouncement has made‘ than the comments cited in yester- day's Guardian from the Toronto Globe, the leading Liberal newspaper in Eastern Canadu. The difference in the attitude of the Ottawa corres- pondent of the Globe and the carp-

thls Province, is indeed striking, Of course, the chagrin and disap- pointment oi the local L1b~ eral organ is understandable. Aware of the grave financial situation facing Canluia as a result of world-wide de- pression and the spendthrift policy of the King Government when in power, it had anticipated an unpop- ular budget and n consequent un. favorable reaction agliilist the Con- rervatlve party in this Province which. as it fondly hoped, would tend to air-scum the issues in the com- ing provincial carnpilign and en.- able the Lea Government to get by without a too close scrutiny of the blots on its escutcheon.

Now that the budget has been an- nounced and is being hailed with general satisfaction and approval, es- pecially in the Maritime Provinces, the Lea Government realizes that the game is up. 1t cannot hope to capit- alize a situation which has been lnct in such a masterly fashion by the Bennett Government. It must stand or fall on its own record; and what a sorry record that is, viewed in the light of its election platform oi 1927 and the crusade carried on in the Liberal press at that time!

The attitude oi the Conservativw is that federal politics are not in issue in the coming election campaign, that the people decided on that matter when they elected the Bennett Gov- eminent on the policies which are now being put into effect, and that it is the Lea administration, with its broken pledges and promises, that is now on trial. If, however, the Liber- al candidates insist on discussing federal issues it can easily bc shown that the Bennett Government has fulfilled more of its election pledges in nine months than the King Gov- ernment did in nine years, or the Lea Government in the four years in which it has held power in this Pro- vince.

From pillar to post the Lea Gov- ernment is running, desperately seek- ing to find a safe election issue. But it may as well give up the chase. "There ain't no such animali"

Newfoundland Crisis

The news that the Government oi Newfoundland is in financial diffi- culties. following upon similar advic- es recently received about Australia‘

and many other (zountrles, empha- sizes the good fortune of Canada.

The strength of the Canadian posi- tion has Just been illustrated by the overwhelming success oi the Govern- ment's conversion loan, the people having more than doubly subtcribed the issue. While the Dominion has thus comfortably taken care of bonds to the extent of $550,000,000, far in advance of maturity, the Ancient Colony has been unable to obtain underwriters on either side of the Atlantic for 88,000,000 of five per cent. untaxcblc bonds. The tempor- ary consequences may be serious. The issue of Government cheques has been stopped while the Government endeavors to secure some outside ac- commodation.‘

According to an explanation given by the Premier, Sir Richard Squires, there is little unemployment or dis- tress in the island, the shortage in Government funds being due to a ndicnl falling oi! in import t"!!! revenue. This decrease in revenue is. moreover, described us duo not to a decline in the volume of imports, but to c failing of! in the value of im-

Iporis consequent upon dciufilcd

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tho administration may be able to secure some Ollilidg assistance, per- haps from the Mother Country, pen- ding an improvement in world condi- tions. The Ancient Colony is rich in its fisheries and its pulp wood and mineral resources, though it has lit- tlc agricultural wealth. Only a few years ago a judgment of the Imperial Privy Council handed over to it a vast area oi the Labrador hinterland [n3 crmcism of the Liberal meg miformerly included in the Province 0f Quebec. This hinterland is reputed to be rich in water powers and min- erals, ond once developed it should add greatly to the financial resources of the Newfoundland Government. The inclusion of Newfoundiandasa part of Canada, as, indeed, a tenth province of the Dominion has often been discussed. Its position at the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence makes logically for such a develop- ment. Hitherto, however, nothing has come oi negotiations to that end. Once before when Newfoundland was in financial difficulties a treaty of union was all but ratified. That was in the early nineties, must be regarded as the foolish par- simony of the Canadian Government allowed the proposed transaction to fall through over -a matter of a few hundred thousand dollars. time come, asks the Toronto Mail and Efmpire, to renew the negotia- tions? Would the distress cause it to favor entrance into the Canadian federation? If so, and if the terms are riot too stiff, the Ottawa Government would be well advised to consider such a proposal. Premier Bennett has the knowledge and the equipment to bring of! such

countries if he sees that it is feasible. If Newfoundland would come into

Again the truth has been establish- ed of the old adage, "the worst thing are those that never hllr pen" For romc months past the Liberal press has been prophccylns all manner of calumltous results from the Bennett. Government when it should come. Building upon the deplorable financial condition in which the King Government had left the country the calamity howlers admitted that In enormous increase in taxation would be necessary to avert practical bankruptcy. Well the budget has come and it does not fore- cast danger by any means. It is not nearly as bad as they had predicted. The prophets of evil however an working the iaest of their talc of woe. In its cataloguing of the increases the local Liberal organ rolls like a sweet morsel under its editorial tongue the various items on which the tarifi’ had been increased but makes no mention of the relief pro- vided to farmers and industrialists generally by the tariffs calculated to prevent unfair competition of for- eign goods 1n Canadian markets. When it is remembered that the gen- eral scope of the tariff revision has been made necessary by the misman- agement and misdirected policy of the late goverhment the unreason- ableness of our Liberal critic be. comes ludicrously apparent.

The Editor of the Saruia Observer

seems to be taking his work seriously

in informing its readers how an edit- or manages to write his editorials, He

says he has the Bible to the right of

him, a dictionary to the left of him, a typewriter in front of him, the. wastebasket behind him, a chair under him and debts hanging over his head.‘ -

By cuttlu down schedules, by the elimination of certain transcontin- ental trains and other curtailments of the passenger services, both the

"C. P, R. and C. N. R. are putting into

effect extensive reductions in expen- diture while at the same time not impairing in any appreciable degree service to the general public. More- over the abolitlon of certain positions and the merging cf others which has permitted the C. N. R. to eliminate certain highly paid officers shows that there is co-operation within the service itself to make economy ef-

the Dominion under his leadership history would credit him with a not- able achievement.

Mr. Bennett Strikes Home

One of the strongest points scored by Premier Bennett in his budget speech was his placing of the respon- sibility for the enormous deficit in the interest earning power of the Canadian National Railway upon the shoulders of the Mackenzie King ad-

Insisting that Canadian National Railway finances should receive ser- ious consideration from Parliament, the Prime Minister presented detail- ed statements of the obligations in- curred by the Dominion in respect of the Government-curled road and

"There you have $86,000,000 of a deficit in the interest earning pow. er in the last eight years in addi- tion to which the people of the

fective.

Sprltuallsm, or spirltllm, as it is also termed, is an engrossing subject for many in these days. “Messages from the dead” are becoming more and more plentiful. But what strikes even unprejudiced students of the subject, and seems to need some bet- ter explanation than is usually at- tempted, is the unaccountably poor quality of these communications from another world.

It has been proved that the annu- al opium output of Turkey repre- sents in converted morphine nearly six times as much as the legitimate requirements of the whole world. This output of one country is equiv- alent to no less than 5,600,000 doses! The law which has been drafted in Turkey for the control of drugs up. pears to be very restrictive and ad-

is not yet quite clear what is intend-

cpoly may help to deal with the sit-

mirably severe in its penalties, but it

ed to be done with the cultivation, trade in and export of raw opium. Thn draft law ls supposed to deal only with narcotic drugs. but the cs- tablishment of a Government mon-

country paid interest on $604,000, “ugh-m,

000 in running the enterprise.

"Now I submit I would be dere- No "mo" mm.“ "n be made than to imagine that the world de- lict in his duty 1f he did not anal- pression was produced by mechanical yzc and ponder these matters. And form too mysterious m be ex. ' ' the blame must rest withflthe gov- A combination ofymanx, causes’ M‘, ernment of the day for e man- we over a long period’ culmlnnwd m the depression, but they are all iden- qllesf-S I01‘ 18186!‘ Bums thin they tifiable as human errors, in which 3”“ ‘s. *"..~..Y:r.::.::.' 5.192;: Gown-m" - W- P“-

‘m “' e " sisted, in spite of warnings of inev- single capital request made by the “able consequences. Recovery Wm

lict in my duty and I believe any honorable member would be dere-

agement of the railway companies always are prone to submit re-

management of the C. N. R. during

the 1w. eight years was refused by not be achieved by restlna in the w- thc late Government, Is that so in curity of dogmatic theories, but by any privately @1113! will“; 6° repairing the mistakes inpubilc and ""1"!" "is "q" m“ m ° ‘m i t a z o iilon the world the Canadian Pacific Railway or vzgafinbet planted m“, ‘not tunes exactly similar in the bitter

"Yet the late Government, for experiences of successive generations reasons best known to themselves m the pa“.

the Santa Fe and you will not find that state of afiairs existing.

have put the country in the posi-

tion that I have just pointed out. n h Inkmun‘ to M,‘ “In deb

And I do suggest there is no busi-

ness of the motion which should many nndflwlu are w-ductlnsnwri so 0011mm Ywflflfflble 8911118111911 of verbal war by radio these days. It who represent the shareholders in began when soviet bmadcuggng u“- “ 1am" w” m“ do“ the 6mm.‘ tions started sending out revolution- ary speeches in the German langu- uge-for the ccnsumpttion, obviously of potential communistic converts on

nonin-Council as these figures to which I have just directed their attention."

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INVESTIGATING CAUSE OI‘ ASTHMA.

I often write about asthma. for ‘ ithstanding all we know about it now there are a very large number of asthmatics almost everywhere. In fact asthma. is now receiving the ut- tentlon that has been given tuber- culosis, heart disease, rhemutism and epilepsy. Thus i.n Great Britian there is an‘ organization known as the Asthma Research Council whose ac- tivities are interesting not only Great Britain, but Europe and the United States also.

Dr. A. H. Douthwaithe, Guy's Hospital, London divides asthma into twogroups (a) those suffering since childhood (b) those caseswhloh occur after; Puberty or middle age and follow some disorder of respir- ation such as influenza.

The first or childhood typeis felt to be due to some sensitiveneas oi the tissues to certain substances- wheflt. meat. eggs, animal fur, feath- ers and so forth.

The second is what is generally known as bronchial asthma, an asthma due to some bronchial ir- ritation. _ He lays stress on Dr. Oriel's re- search work in which he found that during an attack of asthma due to 100d. fur, feathers, and so forth, the kidneys manufactured a, substance, which injected beneath the skin in doses as low as one part in a mil- liorn, provides a positive reaction; 1t has no effect upon normal indivi- duals. This substance cannot be found in the ulinebetween attacks in asthmatics. It is never found in normal individuals. -

This 1s a most useful discovery be- cause there are now between three and four hundred substances that are used in testing for asthma and hay fever and it might easily take some time to discover the exact one or ones that are causing the trouble. That other substances than the ones usually causing the trouble, may ir- ritate the nose and throat and bronchial tubes and cause asth- matic attacks is likewise true; Sometimes the very thought or sight oi certain substances can so. affect the mind that an asthmatic attack follows.

‘Ihat obstructive conditions of the nose and throat induce attacks is ai-

. so‘ generally admitted.

Now all this of course means that suffers with asthma should be pct- lent with their physician until he locates the cause. After this is lo- cated thcn proper treatment can be given.

During attacks, adrenalin, is now most generally used.‘ Dr. Douth- waithe warns against the use of mWDhine unless absolutely necess- B/TY. -

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more looms, upon the enormous round Where nations come and nations 80. A many-mansioned house, whose bound

Ranges so wide that none may know Its temperate lands of corn and vine. Its solltudes of Arctic glowi-

Its wealth of forest, plain and mine. Its jungle-world of tropic blown Yet so its architects devise

That still its boundary walls extend. And still its guardian forts arise And still its builders see no end

Of plan, or labor, or the call

By which the Master of their Fate Urges to lay the advancing wall

Of law beyond the farthest gate.

And ohi the Master Mind may well In pride of gentlcsnear rejoice

That in the Mansions none may

quell ' The 111i: of any nation's voice; But every race may sing their icy,

Editorial Notes

Great Britain is passing through a very trying time, but history teaches that the patience, genius and chur- uctcr of the Britisher have always won through, and undoubtedly will win through again.

It is estimated that the deficit of the United States will exceed a bil-

thc Germans have retaliated by broadcasting in Russian, lectures criticising conditions in Soviet Ruc- sia. This particular squabble will probably bc ironed out pcccably enough in short order. But the germs of a real international argument arc there. Modem science, by facilitat- ing dntcrnationnl communication seems to have provided one more

‘source of possible friction.

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lion dollars for the fiscal year ending next month. This rcfiectc an extru-

which has bad budget surpluses

regularly for I

May hymn their pride, their glorious boast

To listeners glad without alloy- The primal, wall-extending host,‘ The founding, freedom-loving race Whose generous-visioning mind doth sec

No worth in holding foremost place,‘

Reminders ' (1nd = Reoiews

When Edgar Allan Poe described Roderick Usher in “The House’ c.‘ Usher" he was giving us a pen-por- trait of himself. He tells us that this hero had “Large, . liquid and luminous eyes. Lips somewhat thin and very pallid but of surpass- ing beautiful curve; q nose of delic- ate Hebrew model, but with a breath of nostril unusual in similar formations; a finely moulded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want, of moral energy; hair of more than web-like softness and tenuity,—these features, with an in- ordinate expansion above the regions of the temple, made up altogether a countenance not easily to be for- gotten."

Thls is practically the- descrip tion of Poe as given by Nathan

Haskell Dole, one oi his biographers. This American writer, bcm in Boston on January 1809, was re- markable and individual-a genius, Dole claims. I-lls "Berenice" and "The Assignation" were the first approach to the short story forms of today, and there are few writers yet who compare with him in perfection of plot and impressionism. "The House of Usher", an example of this type of story, is a weird picture of gloom and ghastliness. I doubt if it would be accepted by any editor Oi 8 popular magazine in this day o.’ "happy endings“ and brevity. An “up to the minute" author-of the short story-would describe Roderick Usher in one brief sentence, if he described him at all; literature is merchandise now and words count in more ways than one. This ‘talented young man wrote for a mere pitt- ance. He did not earn enough, sometimes, to live without the aid of charity, and if Sorrow is the sculptor of genius then we must consider Po as truly great. ~ Left an orphan at an early age, Edgar was adopted by John Allan of Richmond, Virginia, who removed to England soon afterwards and re- mained abroad for five years. The Allans lived for a time in Scotland arid, for shorter periods in other European countries, so ‘that young Poe had a good knowledge of Europe when the family returned to Rich- mond. - _ At the age of sixteen Edgar en- tered the University of Virginia where he displayed a remarkable talent for oratory and acting-c. heritage from both parents-and an aptitude for leadership. Here, too, he showed a fondness for outdoor sports; swimming, skating and othersLater he was sent to a university with advanced ideas in the matter of supervision, or the lack of it, and Poe, young and im- pressionable, with more spending money than was good for him, be- gan a period of “wild 1lv1ng" that shadowed the remainder of his life. He was a brilliant student - but “debts of honor" resulting from his mode of living angered his foster-

father, and they parted. Although John Allan, was worth $750000 when ‘he died and his foster-son was in absolute poverty’ he left nothing to ‘the boyfor whose early training he was responsible.

Pocacrved as a private in the U. 5- Amy and was stationed for a time at rm-t Independence. His army services helped in the writing of "The Gold Bug," "The Balloon Hoax" and "The Man That Was Used Up.” He received an honor- able discharge to enter West Point, but its routine and discipline galled him, although he made an excellent record as a student. He disobeyed rules deliberately getting himself court-martiaied and expelled.

"Tamerlane," his first volume of Poems was published privately by a Boston publisher in 1827. There were only forty popies issued and most of them have disappeared. 73 years after publication a copy of "Tarncrlane" sold for $2.500.

When his story “The M. s. Pbund in a bottle”, won the $100 prize offered by the Baltimore Sun for the best short story, in 1833, Poe seems to have settled on literature as a career; always ’under pressure of poverty, however, his caustic pen and occasional lapse alcoholicaliy lost him editorships in more than one magazine.

Ho was young, and his cousin, Virginia Clemm, was under sixteen when they married. She was a frail, lovely girl who developed tuber-cum- sis during their years of grinding poverty, and who-her husband tell us-grew more desirable as she neared death. Although Poe had an

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aptitude for falling in love before he married Virginia, she was, undoubt- edly, the great love of his life. Her dependence on him-her uncom- plaining sweetness in sickness, held him to his deal: during fits oi de-

Jm-p-gggou, 9,1,, _J|mo g-(n, precision and munf times saved him P.)-<An old Indian burying Broilnd from himself. Did he have her in was believed to have been unearthed mind when he wrote" Annabel Lee?’ with the finding of two skulls about His biographer: say no. but we do nine miles northwcctof hm. The not want in lgrcc with them when Jawbone of one skull was unusually wen-cud;

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