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It is reassuring to note that infan- tile paralysis, which it was feared might become epidemic in the Mari- time Provinces as in other parts of Canada. is no longer giving cause for anxiety. New Brunswick, which re- ported the only case in the Maritimes for the week ending September 28. the last week for which returns are ‘available. has taken precautions through its Provincial Department oi Health for the distribution of serum. A circular issued to the medical pro- fession throughout the Province states that in forty-three cases treated by semm injection in Septemblr no deaths were TEpOIiZEd and ninety'-flve per cent. had a complete recovery. Only seven of these cases. however. had reached the stage oi early para- lysis. In fourteen cases not treated with serum during the some month. there was only forty-three per cent. complete recovery.

Additional proof of the value of serum treatment in the early stages oi the disease issupplied by the fourth and last case of infantile paralysis reported in Prince Edward Island. In this case. which occurred in Queen's County, serum was.admin- isiered on September 23. from ten to twelve hours after the first symp- toms were noticeable and before early paralysis set in. The treatment was a complete success, recovery being made forty-eight hours after the ser- um injection was given. The patient was four years old. The serum, which was supplied through the Prince Edward Island Hospital, is

‘available at any time and there is now every assurance that if the dis- ease should reappear in this Province it will be kept well under control.

The discovery oi a specific for the cure oi infantile paralysis, perhaps the most dreaded of all children's dis- eases, is the latest triumph inlmedi- cal science. and one ior which the public have every right to bless the medical profession for its untirlng efforts in the cause oi public health. Much credit is due the doctors and nurses in this Province as well as the young people who QBVQ so gen- erously oi their blood for serum pre- parstlon. The threatened epidemic did not materialize. but ii, was well to be prepared; and the efficient man- ner in which the preparations were made was creditable mall concerned.

BRITISH MINERS SEE RUSSIA.

Interest in present day conditions in Russia has been revived by the negotiations now pending between the British Labor Government and the Soviet. Many pictures oi Russia have been given to us in recent years, most of them probably colored by the political or social view oi the observ- er. One of the most illuminating descriptions comes from two Kentish miners, who recently returned from an unofficial visit to the coal mines of the Donetz Basin. These men managed to see the mines without being accompanied by the usual spe- cial escort, and on their return to Moscow were received with the ut- most surprise by the Soviet authori- ties and were threatened with im- prisonment. Their stories were full oi the disgust with which they virere filled by the conditions oi work in some of the mines and by the pov- arty. poor housing conditions, high cost of commodities.

The visit of the Kentish miners to Russia arose out oi criticism of cer- tain innovations introduced intothe collicrinwhich they were workingat Iythornc. near Dover. Doubtless there n5 Soviet propaganda to keep the In!!! dissatisfied. and the manager oi filo oollierios hit upon tho idea of of- faring to send two representative minus in Russia to investigate, on

condition that ii things were better

than in Kant they should remain

‘than and that any friends of theirs ‘it the ooliiary who might desire to join thom should be sent out at his ospmsa. Tho Io: was accepted. and ho cf tbs mtl. accomvlhied by a Ihod-mastn Q0 acted as interpre- mldl aa Ivastigation which

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completely cured them of any desire to live under Soviet democracy. They visited coal mines and salt mines. and everywhere found slavish conditions. long hours. and 98y which no British miner would accept. 1n Moscow it was no better. Poverty and bread queues on one side and, on the other, jewelers‘ shops displaying diamond rings and other luxuries which the workers could never afford. They found the housing accommo- dation bad; in most cases families lived and slept in one room. There were many thousands oi unemployed. Sanitation was dreadful. and “there were flies by the million."

Leaving Moscow for Artimovsk. they remained three days in the lat- ter place and began really to see , some oi the privations 0f the people. ‘ 1n the trades council omce they were shown into 'a very luxurious cham- ber, far in excess oi anything in the workers‘ rooms. All round this nne building workers were crowded into single rooms. where they ate and slept and did everything under con- ditions oi foul sanitation, while in the trades council office modern san- itary arrangements were installed. ‘And so on throughout their trip. They returned to England sadly disillu- sioned, and were obliged to assure their companions that a permanent stay in Soviet Russia was the last thing they desired.

As the miners passed out oi the re- creation hall where their returned companions were speaking they saw the following notice posted on the door:

"Booking office for free outward passage to Russia. Application can be made here after the meeting by Tlimanstone miners desirous oi proceeding to Russia with their families w take up employment arranged by their delegates in ac- cordance with the conditions of their tour."

The notice caused considerable amusement. but there were no appli-

cations for passage.

A VERILE LANGUAGE

A ‘Swiss newspaper recently pub- lished an interesting article about the growth and decline oi languages during the last 100 years. English now occupies the first place. A cen- tury ago it was spoken by not quite 2O million people. Today it is the language of 160 millions, and 60 more millions understand and use it, even ii they do not call it their mother tongues. This rate oi increase leaves all other languages far behind. A hundred years ago German was spok- en by 32 millions; now it is spoken by between 80 and 90 millions, while 20 more millions understand it. The other Teutonic languages show also a considerable increase. ‘The growth oi the languages oi Roman origin has not been quite so rapid. The only language mentioned as declining is Turkish, which has diminished from 34 to 24 millions.

Although our language has made such rapid growth, it would be flattery to say that today it is all "English

undeiyied." Much oi it today is like Napoleon's. According to Count Las Cases tho Emporer managcdto some extent to understand lifnglish as he read it, but "his pronunciation was so extraordinary as to constitute. to, some extent, s, new language."

EDITORIAL NOTES

Motorists who ignore tho trainc "stop" signals should be given a les- son in punctuation.

It is proposed to knock the prop from under propaganda in Washing- wn. The pernicious activitiosof paid lobbyists are being investigated by a Congressional commission suggested by President Hoover.

According to tho latest available statistics at Washingtm, theta are 141,000 Britishcrs awaiting entry to tho United Stains. The quota is 66,- 000, so it will take more than two years to exhaust the list. Something must bs wrong when they page: the mum sum w omsca- '

iiiii aiunnms syjiiewayi

m Liberal sari! In m“! 1*

‘ppu-Qnfl, dcgpondent. Lloyd George

bids his followers "cheer ulh" bu‘ h”

' only tells the outside world

how down-in-thc-mouth they 8H!-

The party made an almost superhu-

man effort at the 1m election to "- gain its lost ground, but the result was sadly disfllllwihlmi- The “m? great historic party remains at the foot of the list. far back in the cold 511344;; o1 opposition. Organized Lab- or is dominant at home and is mov- ing withabold front in international aflairs throughout the world.

The Conservative ' party is still strong in the Old Land and holdli 1111' prospects of a return to power in "it? not very distant future. for since the War changes of government hav! been more frequent than before. But as far the Liberal party in the Mother country, it appears to be sunk in a slough oi despond, and no early es- cape therefrom is either hoped for

The old age pensions Act is meet- ing with difficulties in administration in different provinces. Recently in a section of Ontario 35 applications were made for the pension and the majority oi these were refused be- cause it was claimed that there were in each case sonsordaughters who were able to support. the parents who had applied. 'I‘her¢ are many Sufih cases. Aged parents are found who have children some oi whom are comparatively well off and others not so fortunate. "Let George do it; he has plenty." says George's brother or sister. George has other views — thinks that all the family should share the burden.

1n the end application is made to the Pensions Board, in the hope in- dulged by all the family that all may berelieved from payment. But when in such case the pension is refused by the Board where is the remedy for the aged ones? They may be in dis- tresscd circumstances, but putting on a brave front to conceal their suf- ferlngs. To compel the near relatives to do their duty may be a very dif- ficult task. especially in these days when each member of a family of ten sons and daughters may be living in as many different countries.

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Sabservlence to Washington _de- mands has been characteristic of the King Government from‘ the‘ beglri- ning. It has been further illustrated by Premier King in his recent deliv- erance concerning" "clearance ‘of liquor-laden vessels foi- American ports. "Stop it!" said Uncle Sam. Minister Euler said. "We ought not to take any action." Premier King now says it shall be stopped by a bill to be passed next session. But the Cabinet is divided.

When Sir Lomer Gouln was a mem- ber oi the Quebec Government, and it adopted a policy that he thought was wrong, he promptly resigned his seat at the Council Board. Mr. Euler seems to be less sensitive. snubbed by his leader, he ls silent and docile. and clings to his portfolio and salary.

The American Federation of Labor mes the other day in Toronto in its 49th yearly session. Much may be credited to the Federation, "the Par- liament of Labor" as it has been call- ed. its Executive Council is its cab- inet in that sense. It is o. dignified body oi able representative public men whose deliberations and discus- sions are conducted on a high plane. ‘The late Samuel Gompers, for many years its r-rcsldent. would have re- flected credit upon any Parliament. l-ls was at once a great financier, an economist, a leader oi religious thought and social service.

He had many able and worthy as- sociates. The Federation of Labor stands opposed to strikes, except as a last resort. Communists and ‘ex- trema Socialists have been held at bay and excluded from its ranks. af- ter a long and sturdy battle. The Federation is conducting its exten- sive and varied operations along strictly constitutional lines.

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"Dhrltlmes In ‘the West", recently referred w in ‘rho Guardiangremlnds one of how great has been the gift in men of note by the small Atlantic Provinces in the more spacious‘ rc- gions in the heart of the Dominion and the Great West. It is not alone in political and official life that the Centrq and the West have been cn- rlched and adorned by the Sons of the East. In men of not: in other callings the gift has been ,squaiiy great. In education, in banking,rall- way building, pioneering and-in all the walks of life, the Maritimq con- tribution oi brain and brawn has been equally conspicuous and as freely“ ac- knowledged. And this a has been a good thing for Canada. The seed thus sown by the Maritime: wast- ward across ths continent is bearing good fruit and will yield a richer harvest in‘ the future. m- tho Mari- time people are perhaps the most thoroughly British. and the most un- ficdly determined upon maintflning

by its friends or feared by its foes. ,

the United Inspire spirit in Canada

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By lama W. Barton, M.D LATEST ABOUT CANCII

When you read that research men from all over the world met in London last year to bring together all that they had learned to data about the cause of cancer, you are naturally alert to find out what their years of Wm‘! had discovered.

Not one of these brilliant patient men had got any nearer the solu- tion as to the cause of cancer. They discussed the value of hurgery. radi- um ancl X-ray treatment oi cancer, and treatment by l msthodli cancer of certain us ‘ h. lung, intestine; cancer caused by the [patients special kind of employ- ment.

But when it came to what was causing the cancer they were, and still are. up against a stone wall. Some think it is dllq to infection, some to change in the 110111181 liiflufil before birth, some that it is a coin- blnation of these two.

Then as to the best form of treat- ment there were differences of opin- ion. Some were for surgery alone. some for X-rays, some for colloidal lead, some for radium, whilst some were in favor of a combination of any of the above. _

Now this looks liwe a discouraging condition of affairs, when we remem- ber that these men are giving prac- tically all of their time to the pro- blem of cancer. and supporting them are millions oi dollars which far- sighted generous people are sub- scribing annually.

But when you and I remember the problems that have been solved in the last flfty to seventy-five years there should be no feeling of dis- courageme it.

You and your loved ones enter the hospital with no misgivings as to hospital gangrene or infection; that terrible thing the bite of a mad dog. l-hflt equally terrible thing oi lock jaw or tetanus, smallpox. malaria. tlie plague, yellow fever, diphtheria. diabetes, typhoid, and many other formerly fatal conditions ara now under control.

The cause of cancer will likely be discovered some day, any day infact. 1n the meantime it is known that irritation of a certain kind of tissue causes cancer in certain individuals, The clay will come when the type of individual in which cancer occurs will be known. The method o: preventing cancer in that typo will also be known.

In the meantime any lrrltflflgmgny 5°" (Jimmy part of the body that is slow in healing should be rgpqgtgd u; your physician. This little prom“. tion is saving thousands of livm an- nually. as cancer, discovered early, can be cured.

A BONNET FOB THE IA

Tonight you sing a safe, enchanting tune.

And serve the gulls with iridescent fare

Upon a. silver dish; beg-ulletbemoon,

Slipping your fingers through her loosened hair.

Another day, unless tho wind blows colder, '

Flaunting. your boats like feathers in your cap._ '

You'll wear the rose of dawn upon your shoulder, "n

And take the morning sun upon your lap,

Beautiful pirate-confidant of death-

Can you forget the shattered faith of

ships

Ruined and lost beneath your cruel whips.

The broken bodies you have robbed of breath?

How can you wear the new moon for a locket. .

While mortal bones grow whitsc in your pocket?

—Annia Blackwell Payne in New York Times.

'.THE LAND we LOVE IITIAIII I-IIII '

CANADA'S Pll- AND AFTER-WA! TRADE WITH IUIOPI Q-What Ill Canada's Pro-and- sftcr war trade with lurope?_ . - lL-Canadas Pro and Afttr war trade witnliuropo makes an mar.‘ eating study of changing conditions» Canadian exports to Eumpi no ab- proximately 200% groatonin volume than before the war. ind for tho As- cal year ending March 80.1020. tho total value of Canada's exports direct to continental more amounted to, m million dollars ascompand with

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Arctic Rescues Compared

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On Saturdly- Banwmbfl 11- t" airplanes of mining h"! WW1‘ h“ m out min Baker Lake. aw" 6W" fgfflgld Inlet on Hudson Bay. 1111M iotumupatfiirtlwfmlnvmfl” Mackenzie River. Somewhere in flhl hundreds of thousands b: scum mil" oi the Barren Isa-nth those two planes had been delayed. _By Tuesday. 56D- fgmbg)‘ g4, mscug parties were b01118 organised. Airplanes all the way from slur-t George in British Columbia to New York city were converging on Stony Rapids at the east end oi Lake Athabasca. Pilots from Win- nipeg. The Pas, Princo Albert and Edmonton were waiting orders totake to the air. Radio stations at Tavane on Hudson Bay. at Baker Lake. at Bathurst Inlet on Coronation Gulf. and at Fort Norman were nasllinfl messages across the thousand miles that separated them. In less than a week planes were quarter-lug the Bar- ren Lands for Colonel MacAlpine and his companions. and ‘every day more pilots and machines arc being thrown into the work.

It was in the summer of 1845, just 84 years ago. that Sir John Franklin. in command of the "Erebus." and “Ter-ror." and 129 men, sailed from London for northern waters. Ho was under Admiralty orders to consolid- ate the efforts of Arctic explorers during the previous twenty years, and to discover the Northwest Passage. 0n July 26 his ships were sighted by a Whaler in Baffin Bay, estwaru bpund through what was called “the middle ice." They were never seen again. '

Two years passed without news, but no apprehension was felt, for Frank- lin and his men, hardy and seasoned in Arctic work. had carried with them provisions for three full years. Ves- sels were sent to Behring Strait to meet Pranklinfand two more ships were held in readiness for the season of 184B. Another year passed in sil- ence. and in the summer of i848 the first relief expedition ‘set out on the flood tide of alarm.

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~Whera days pass today, years at that time passed without word or ru- mor oi Franklin's fatc._ While the certainty of tragedy became darker and more real. no season passed with- out a fresh éirpcuiiion into northern waters. The Covemment sent, many vessels; Lady Franklin spent her pri- vatefortune in the search; private individuals both Britain and the United 5mm aided in the search. By water and over land 21 expeditions set out in six years to attempt a task which is being done with more emci- ency today within a week. Four ves- sels wero lost and’ onc famous cap- tain court-martiailed in the course of the work.

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It was not till 1854 that Dr. John Rae. a Hudson's Bay man, travelling over land towards the mouth of the Back River. fell in with som Eski- mos who told oi seeing Fra in and his men trudging over tho loo, haul- ing a sledge and boat after them. Not until 186'! were documents dis- covered under a cairn orrKing Willi- am's Island. which told of the death of Franklin in 1M7.whilo the yellow- ed paper and faint ink gava clues of the despairing attempt of his msnto work southwards from the ice-pack in an attempt to win back to civilisa- tion, eithar south into the prairie country whore game and provisions could be found or southeast‘ towards Hudson Bay. Somewhere around the estuary of the Back River the bones of Franklin's expedition still‘ rest.

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5""!!! lake. whore tho airplanes of Colonel MacAipino were last seen, lies 180 miles south of the mouth of

tween them could be covered by l1? in an hour or less; 1n can of NHL mipcoulcbcbrvulhtiélliliiflh“ Quflpclfl in less than l2 hours. Ill!!! “any “u; ago no afiempt at NI- cua would be made until mildfll m?" wag g, y!“ (WQIIIIIQ. Sumo d u” Franklin relhf elvoditions W61’! lb‘ santnomncrnerorroirrrelrl-Wll! airplanes will cover mm FWM "1 four hours than McClure. lfcClin- cock, or Bellot, could hope to sec in their successive dreary seasonsini-ha north. By dog team lndllodpl party might with luck cover tan or twelve miles a day over I Width 01 one or two miles. min the lir i-lw horizons stretch a sccro of miles on every side. Eighty years I80 111° chance of success was all but impos- sible. Today failure is as unlikely as success was then. Science has forced the Arctic from its solitude. Its liic today is lived in public. Its secrets can be too easily solved.

Lindbergh "Finds Ruins In Jangles

BELIZE, British Honduras, Oct. l0 _'1'hs deep jungles of Central Am- erica are believed to have yielded the first indications of new secrets of the ancient Maya civilization to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh on his present aerial survey of the wide aya bc- tween Belize and Yucatan.

Flying over country which pro- vides great difficulties for mic ex- ploration, Lindberghs radio reports. as received -here. indicated that his airplane party had discovered signs of large ruins in the dens; jungles of northern Peten.

The discovery apparently was made lat; on Sunday as the time approach- ed for the party to head for their base at Yucatan on Sunday evening. and was scheduled to return yester- day over a routine touching the Mexi- can provinces of Yucatan, Quintana and Ros-studying and taking aerial pictures of land never before seen by whit-a men. '