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FRIDAY, JULY, s1, 1931

ԤThe Situation at Ottawa

7 The fight u all .5... out of the Liberal Opposition in Parliament owing to the disclosures in the Beaubsmols committee report. At one time it was anticipated the pre- sent session would extend to the middle of August, a long and bitter light being threatened on Premier Bennett's farm relief and unem- ployment proposals. We were also told. that- the Beauharncis debate would be protracted and that the Liberals would endeavour to white- wash their chiefs and bespatter mud on the Government forces. But according to reports from 0t- taiva there is a marked subsidence of Opposition enthusiasm. Al. the Liberal caucus on Wednesday the Liberal members of the Beauhar- p015 oomlnitee discouraged contro- versy on the subleet in the House, stating that the members of the committee had agreed not to take part in the debate as their views are in the report they have sub- mitted and they have no further need to debate them. This did not meet with general approval espec- ially from the back benches, but it was quite evidently the official view- No definite decision was reached as to whether or not a Liberal am- endment to the eornniltz-‘zfs report would be moved, but it ivns made abundantly clear that it would not be in Liberal interests to do so.

With this chasiened mood pre- vailing it may be quite giossiblc for the House to prorogue on Saturday, bringing to a. close one of the most important and sensational sessions in the history of Parliament.

Mr. {film's Inconsistency i ‘Io vshat extent are politicians re- sponsible for the bringing of poll- tics into contempt? asks the Otta- va Journal. but to rcid the (iebate on Old Age Tensions which tuck place in Par- liament on luoiiday. It was Mr- Iilucicenzic King who was the father of Old Age Pensions in Canada. IHe introduced the principle, put Ola‘ Age Pensions into effect, sad- dled the Provinces with an expel». (llture which several of then: did not yryant- Yet now, back in Opposition, Mr. King is found thundcrlngl against the principle which he him-l self introduced, assaiilng the "policy which he himself‘ brought into being.

For some extraordinary reason}

the Opposition leader has suddenly become antagonistic to the idea o! the Dominion doing anything for the Provinces. ‘He is perfectly anvnre that" Mr. Bennetts Old Age Pen- sions Dfllll-‘y. its present (form, differs very little from his own. and that, moreover, it is a consequence of his own. Yet ho can rise 1n Parliament and denounce i’. as though it were something entire- ly new, something to which he had always been opposed. I What of consistency, or logic, or sincerity, ls there in such conduct? [to one should expect or believe that public men should be precluded from changing their minds, or be precluded from being realists in the face of Changing conditions, but that cannot imply a constant shift- ing of ground, the eternal retreats and evaslons and acrobatic exploits which characterize the political conduct of Mr. King.

Mr, King's record during the past session has been nn all but amazing one. Hardly a policy which he ex- polmds in office has escaped con- demnation, and his whole attitude ihas been marked by a propensity to find fault regardless of what was_ being proposed.

. It is conduct of this sort, a com-

For an answer one has

even in

dictate. 1t ls all a great ally. And the folly and futility of the thinB ls

that ultimately the nubile l5 11°‘ fooled. Democracy may at films seem dense, may ma“ mm?’ fumbles, but in the end it has B curious unerring instinct for what ls found. Lincoln's famous Sfihtfllce about the impossibility or rwllne all the people all the time is as true today as it ever was.

A Lame Excuse

Premier Lea emerged with pluck- ed feathers from the encounter with Dr. W. J. P. MacMlllan at the Kerisiugton political meeting. where his record in connection with public health activities was so scathingly reviewed The Premier's attempted defense of his failure to secure federal compensation for the Dalton Sanatorium is thus report- ed in yesterdays Patrioti

"My connection with that af- fal: was only a minor one,” said the Premier. "because I was simp- ly one of a commission of three which took up the matter at Ot- tawa. The other two members, Mr. W. F. ‘Ildmarsh and Mr. J. E Wyatt, as a matter of fact, had more to do with tho Daltcn San- atorium than I had."

Eevry time the Premier attempts to explain his connection with the Dalton Sanatorium he brings for- ward a different and contradictory alibi. The fact seems to be that his recollection of the whole affair is hazy. He cannot remember wheth- er or not he had read the terms of the agreement between the pro- vincial and federal governments. He cannot remember what offer Hon.

Mr. MeCurdy, representing the Do- minion Government, made to him as the accredited representative of the Bell Government. He cannot re- member who accompaniedi him or whether the tentative offer of com- pensation was for $50,000, $75,000 or $100,000. And now, apparently, he has even forgotten in what capac- ity he went to Ottawa on.that oc- casion! Because it “u; not as n member of the Sanatorlum Com- mission that he went, but as re- sponsible member-and Secretary- Treasurer in the Provincial Gov- ernment, accompanying the mam- bers of the Sanatorium Commission and charged with the duty of safe- guarding the interests of the tax- Pflyfrs 0f this Province in any ar- rangement made for the handing back of the institution.

The Premier's excuse that he acted in a "minor” rdle proves he had absolutely no conception of his lfisllflllsihility, and that our failure to secure substantial compensation vans due entirely to his bungling and lncompetency.

Editorial Notes '

"How do you pronounce Beau- harnois?" asked the Conservative. “HushhhhP replied the Liberal.- Tornnto Mail and Empire.

Included in the 177 persons coun- ted at the "great Liberal Rally" at in: Capitol Theatre at 8.45 p. m. were forty or fifty amused Conser- vatives.

The Beauharnois revelations ere thus summed up by the St. Cather- iues Standard, (Independent): “What has been disclosed shows the big interests at their very worst, and the Liberal party. so long held up as pure and undcflled, fighting trusts and combines, the champion of the common people-per Macken- Zle Klll8—has certainly lost prestige which its present leaders can never regain."

According to our garbling con- temporary, Dr. W. J. P. MacMlllan promised at the Kensington meet-

plete lack of flxlty of principle, that brings a large section of the public to a cynical belief that poli- tics is Just a game, that it is a field for the opportunist and that in poli-

ing that the Stewart Government “would restore the Technical School" It is scarcely necessary u, say that Dr. MacMlllan made no such statement. He said the Stewart Government, when elected, would

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NJTES BY TIIE WAY.

la It rIgh tube ccnsorioul 0f lb? poor fellow who has not the mental and spiritual equipment necesary to make the most of any situation. either economic or moral or spiri- eqllfli-l) lunged or hearted or muscled. Jack Dempsey has it on a good many when it comes to biceps and trlflelfi. In the same way a great many are underprivileged when it come to brains and business shrewdncss. The easy spender frequently lmows no better. The Indian never 168.111- ed from experience to provide lvr the coming winter, Charity is the cap-sheaf qt‘ the Virtues-

Authentic history is exploding all of the 1914-18 legends. A German authority has row published a d8- vasting but oonvlnt-‘nz study of General Ludendorff, revealing that much-boasted military genius not as the Napolo", but as the Great Myth 0t’ the Great War. All his resounding triumphs, from Tunneli- berg onwards, which. he Ilflfllly ruined by his interference, were worked out in detail by General Hoffman, probably C-ermanys fin- est “trategist fnce Msltke. fillldcn‘ burgs sound sense saved the situ- ation at Tannenberg by _countre- manding Ludendorffs orders and restoring Hoffman's . Nor docs Ludendorff survive as the Man of iron. When the German revolution occurred, he "bunked” to Coven" hagcn, masquerading in blue spec- tacles, ivith an umbrella. and a false pnssport-Ottaxva Journal.

Leon Trotsky, from hi5 0X30. "l" tacks me stnliz: regime as a. cent- rist bureaucracy which has strung- led the Communist party, “leaving it “linear. eyes or ears." ‘Prvlslii’ may be an embittered witness in tile circumstances, but as he him- self i5 a “red" and szlr 211i know ufzc-xeof he spea‘ 11x. cizticism may be regarded as reasonable and close to the point.

The principle of Empire piflflf- r-t.<'c rcrfives appreciable enlarge- ment in the new Australian treaty. Hon. H. H. Stevens, Minister 01' Ttade and Contmerce, made aw:- quatc response to the mild detrac- Lizizi that the leader of the Oplwfii- lion VOIILUYCKI to make. Mr. King's zitiitixrlg on this matter ls sugges- tive of a febblc and puzzled spirit.

The agreement has received popu- lar acclaim throughout Canada b8- causc it promises to do something to improve t“. actual economic situation in tho Dominion. It is of immediate interest to a wide circle of Canadian manufacturers anti ex- porters, and its effect should be sufficiently ‘pronounced soon to benefit many home industries.

The more that men in Canadian ‘public life-municipal, prcvincal ruin fedcrak-travcl about the c0111!- try, the more they mix with billlll‘ ueighbtrs, the more surely will they be able to aid their constituents to better understand the outlook, the aptltuzbs and the aspirations of their fellow-countrymen in other provinces. In this W8)’ travelled and trmcclling mayors and other 1'61)- rcsentativcs of the llffllllc Cl!" <10 much to bring about that mutual good relationship which is esstn- tial to the unity, stability and (p105- perity of the country.

It appears that the United States Government desires Canada t0 give it still more leeway in its war a- extremely doubtful that it will be elven any greater scope than it thouflhfi lit m exercise in the case of the I'm Alone. l

Rcasonab‘ comfort. ""501" from aver-powering worries and normally good health should be the birth-right of all and $0 1011K "5 those of us wl“ filial’ tllvse 01955‘ ings show no interest in Others 165$ fortunate other than to pat our- selves on fie back by contrast than‘ is little hope of unprvvmenl- '

Mussolini ls not cvcn by a fiction the minister or agflnll 01' m9 Crown. He is not the mayor of the palace. He is not; the head of a government. He is the state. He l8 Parliament and executive, the PC0- ple and the throne, the one 0911110" and the one voice, the (ILL-lull 11nd the executive thereof. It is the most complete absorption of the state 11l- to one personality that Europa has known. 1|; is even more than N819- olecnlw We cannot Lin-l .l r v inc-r? part even in the middle ages. There were despots in the olden days but they were kings who backed their authority on the will of God.

ElGIITY-TWO YEAR. OLD BOY WAS JUST "IIER MAN"

' WISE COURTHOUSE, Va“, July 30. -"Unclc" John’ Gilliam, B2, tanner, lumbcrman and veteran of the Spanish-American war, has

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

A TREAT FOR WILLIE

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HELPING DEAF PEOPLE

I came across a very pleasing story recently in the home of a friend. The mother of a household had been very deaf for years. When the deafness first began m show n! self she went to her family doctor and to a specialist. Receiving little or no help she had settled down to the hopeless solitude of the life of those who are deaf. By shouting, her family could make her hear, but going to church, to the theater, or to the store todo some shopping was beyond her. A friend suggested that she try again and see what could be done and while her heating ls not

restored, nevertheless she can now use the telephone, can go shopping, to church, or to the theatre. It has meant very much to her and to the members of the household. In fact a new life, is now hers.

Dr. Harold Hays, New York tells us that “startling as it may seem we are now getting to the stage where we know something about deafened people—how to prevent deafness; how to make wholesale tests of the hearing of school children; how to treat the ears of these children so that many of them will not become hopelessly deafened adults; ‘how to study and investigate deafness so that there is a possibility of im- proving their hearing; and finally how to reconstruct the lives of very ‘hard of hearing individuals so that ‘they may get out of the dcspondent state in which one oft/en flnds them." .

Many a youngster who in former years would have been called stupid, nowadays is found to be slightly deaf, and measures to help him can now be started early enough to pre- vent complete deafness.

Many youngsters suffering with colds in the head, repeated ca: aches, running ears, adenolds and infected tonsils, are paving the way for deafness if these conditions are not cleared up. ,

What about adults who are hard of hearing; can anything be done to help them?

Dr. Hays records a number of cases where when the general con- dition of the patients improved; one case by three months living out- doors, another case by cutting down his sugar intake as blood sugar was 100 high, and another case the re- moval of some domestic trouble.

The point is that the patient should have a. thorough all round examination even if it takes some time to clear up any and all comp. Lions that might be causing lowered vitality,

If nothing further can be dune the patient is justified in trying one of the mechanical devices to help the hearing.

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FRODI THE “RUBAIYAT OF OIIIAR KIIAYYAM"

Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose‘

That Youths sweet-scented Manu- script should close!

The Nightingale that in the branch- es sang,

Ah, whence and whither again, who knows!

flown

Ah, Moon of my Delight who knowst no wane,

The Moon of Heaven ls rising once again:

How oft hereafter rising shall she look

‘Through this same Garden after me—ln vainl

And when Thyself with shining Foot shall pass

Among the Guests star-scattered on the Grass,

And in thy joyous Errand reach the Spot

Where I made one~tum~ down an empty Glass!

—Fitzgerald‘s Translation,

went toiFort Blackmore to board a. train for Norton, their nearest station, only to miss 1t, _

“Well,” said the old man, "we could walk across the mountain but it's 15 miles from here.”

“Let's do," said the bride, and so they followed the 01d “clue; Benge" trail across High Knob m

taxicab home. T719 Cmlple met while "Uncle"

Creek.

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The attempt to develop and impose

The Public Forum

Thh column is open for the discussion by correspondent: of question: of interest. This C‘ lottetmvn Guardian does not ‘necessarily eudorlo the opinion: of eorrupondenh.

1 code of laws, and to pull all the strings from Nanking, is a modern development. It is an attempt to impose a. western method of gov- nnment on an Oriental’ people. and, apparently, it is not succeed- ing very well. The roots of the old mstoms are deep in the mould of the centuries. The family, the guild,

TIMELY SUGGESTION

Sin-Would it not be well for clergyman, on the Sunday 11°50" the coming election, to warn their respective congregations against the immorality of selling and buying votes? They are the persons best qualified to instruct in this respect. without favoring one side or the other, and to impiess the electors to vote according to conscience.

I am, Sir, etc,

VOTER.

MINIATURE BORE

Sin-Speaking of "small bore" political artillery, what could be

smaller than the popgun used in defense of the Hon. Russell Clark 1n the Third District of Queensby a, young lawyer who represented Mr. Clark's interests in the Mc-- Guirk prohibition case Government member failed to show up as a subpoenaed witness for the

when the

defense, and who on that occasion hnd the temerity to suggest that the newspaper report of the P1‘°' ceedlngs be "suppressed"?

.1 I am, Sir, etc.,

CORRAN BAN

The East Is East

(Vancouver Province) When Dr. C. C Wu. Chinese min-

Norton, from where they took a

John was buying timber on Stony

ister to the United States, resigned his position the other day rather than ask the United States Govern- ment to allow arms to be slilplled for use against the southern Chin- ese rebels he gave a. very simple and terse explanation. “I am a Can- tonese," _he said. If a Brit- ish diplomat should refuse to carry out the instructions of his govern- ment and give as a reason, "I am an Oxonlan" or "I am a. Mancun-

ian" or "I am a Liverpudlian,” his statement wolud have no meanlll-G

at all. But Dr. Wu's reason was per-

fectly understandable.

The explanation of the difference

lies in the different organization of the two “countries. Great Britain is a nation in the western" sense. It is compact. Its people are homogen-

eous. The nation ls the unit. In

politics, in administration, in thB enforcement of the law, the empha- sis ls on the nation. Cities, families,

individuals are only parts of the

whole. China, on the other hand, is a nation only in a very loose sense-

It is a continent rather than a na- tion. Its people are not homogen- eous, They are o! different races. have different interests, speak dif- ferent languages.

They have a. proverb in Chinn that the good people are those who live within sound of the bark of ones dog or the crowing of one‘: cock. All beyond are stringers and not to be trusted. The United tn China. is not the nation, but the family, and the family is tremend- ously important, being held respon-

that the province. all more import- ant than the larger, vaguer. fur- away central government. Even in

slble not only for the welfare of its members but for their good conduct. Outside the family Ls the guild ur the village or the city. and beyond

the city and. the province refuse to be submerged in the nation.

We westerners think it strange that conditions in China should be the reverse of those under which we have been brought up. We are so ac- customed to emphasis on national- ity that we can scarcely understand its absence. And yet, even in the West, Nationality in the modern sense ls of comparatively recent grow. It is only ten centuries since there were seven kingdoms in little England, and ten centuries mean little to a land as ancient as China. Through all the age of chivalry, too, though there were nations, the lines of division ran between class and class rather than between people and people. The division of the world into hard and fast compart- ments, with tariff walls and ships of war and standing armies and lines of fortresses. is a development almost of today.

Capitalism In Russia

(Christian Science Monitor.)

steadily and surely, Bolshevist Russia is moving away from Soc- ialism and toward state capitalism. The new policies for Russian indus- try just announced by Joseph Sta- lin, Secretary-General of the Com- munist Party. carry the transitions well across the line. Wages no 10118- er are to be equal, but are to be adjusted according to the type or work performed. I'm third year of the Five-Year Plan finds Stalin in a chastened mood. No longer does he pour contempt upon capitalistic methods; instead he gradually adopts them. Experience with the human ele- merit in industry has convinced hlm that it l5 one thing to take the horse to the trough, but another t0 make him drink. The controlling powers in the Soviet system fixed hours of labor and wages. They draftemmen into certain lines of employment. Th ratlomfd them, set them. a goal, and checked their output.

What was the result; Unskilled workers, paid substantially the same wages Ba skilled men, showed no interest in raising their quali- flcations. skilled workers, dissatis- fied. moved from place to place. The quality of manufactured goods sank. Production fell below ache- dule, particularly in the heavy in- dustries. The transportation, even with the assistance of foreign en- gineers and experts made com- paratively little advance.