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FRIDAY, xovclvnilizifhtl. 1931

Viscount Halifax's Visit »

Great llritaiit having evidently decided to explore once again the possibilities of an agree- ment with tirrmzmv that might he made U18 basis for general liurtipeau appeasement, it l5 [m- thi< tmtlt-rt:ilciii_q the Cabinet has signifi- cantlv chi-sen Lord lllllif-"AX. who has a reputa- tion ‘for friendliness toward the Reich—n0t Mr. Eden. who is hz-lit-retl to have opposed such a" approach to llitler at this time. 'l‘tid.'iy is fixed for the fateful int<-r\'it-\r with lliiler, the pre- liniiiiziries already having been taken in inter- vieirs with lesser lights.

l't'e~uuiahl\. ~zt\'s tllt- .\'t'rt' York Ti/IIIFX. LOTd lInlilQ-txk- roiirersatiiuis with llitler and Otllfll‘ lit-rniaii ollit 1 will center on, lllll not be lini- ited to. the relations of the l\\'o countries. Yet trout-rel‘ circumscrihetl the agelltlli, any discus- ~‘l_|ill of Xuglti-tlt-rniziti questions is bound t0 ifft-rt liuropt- as {l whole. Stirh ltrolllellli. f1" @X,,|,,pl.-_ .1. thitst- created by (jermany's de- nmnil fut‘ roluuies and hv its rapid tiaval and zierial l't‘ltl'lllitlll(‘lll program, though they con- ri-rn Hritain more directly. perhaps. than any itlier power, cannot he considered apart from :ht- interest: of France. The more fundamental l>>llt’>—-lllt‘ Itttilllflt‘ of the Reich toward Ger- manic peoples Itvrnss its frontiers. in Czechoslo- vakia. in Poland. in .\tistri:1: and a possible jileilqt‘ h_v lllllLT of uon-.'iggressititi in the Mid- rllr- 15.1.1 corn-spluirlitig t0 that which he Offered in the \\'est—art' clearly continental in scope.

llritisb puhlit- rmpinion is said to be almost un-

animous in approving Lord llalifa.\"s HliRFlOII- Neath‘ all groups. irn-spectivc of their lllClillFi- lion to trust or distrust the Reich. feel that ziuotlirr attempt must he tnade to counteract the present dangerotts tendency to divide Furope into two hostile uunps. Tiwcntyr-live years ago Lord llaldzme vainly sought in Berlin for a way to check a similar tendency. Though Lord llalilaxs llt>l\' is not easier. at least one new factor iuereases- his chances of success: today there is a more widespread tinderstanding than in lot: of the price of failure. i

Apples Of Discord

Speaking in Charlottetoivn at the Conservative convention recently, .\lr. Bennett recalled that the only Liberal member who supported the Em- pire agreements in i933 was .\lr.llslcy, who (lid so because he represented an :ipplc-gl‘o\\'ing con- SlllrltfllLy in Nova Srotia. There was just as 11inch reason for .\lr. .\. F, i\lacl.ean. who re- presented a Prince Edward Island bacon-produc- ing constittiency, sitpporting those agreements: but he not nnlv didn't do so—he talked and voted against ithem. So did most of his col- leagues.

This is old history now. We have lived, as Mr. llennett drily remarked. long enough t0 50c all ‘those Liberal opponents of the limpire agreements get up and vote for their extension. and even etilogizt: Finance Minister Dunning on his statesmaushiia i‘! negotiating them without losing the valuable preferences obtained by the Bennett Gorernmctit in the British market.

But the [fnitetl Slates also is anxious to come to trade terms with Great Britain, and is raport- ed to he particularly anxious to get into the British npplt! and lumber markets on even terms with Canada. This means loss of our preferences on these commodities and Mr. Dunning, who realizes what a splcnrlld bargain Mr. Bennett made in the first place, is said to be standing pat. Prime Minister King. on the other hand, who prides himself on being a “Glédstonian Liherztl" and abhors Imperial preferences as “a Tory conspiracy." is kumvn to be favorable to a U. S. —Gre:it Britain agreement, even at fl’!!! expense 0f our Canadian farmers.

That was the situation existing when the Nova Scotia general provincial elections were held. shortlv after the. last Imperial Conference in London.‘ The electors, concerned about the danger of losing their apple preference, were golemuly assured hy Liberal spokesmen that n0 such danger existed. that the continuance of this preference was guaranteed under the new agreement with Great Britain. and they need‘ have no fear about the United States cutting in on them. Rumors to the contrary were dismis- sed by the same Liberal spokesman as just an- other "Tnry conspiracy"; and the election re- turns shoived that the Nova Scotia voters ac- cepted this explanation implicitly.

Time marches on, and now we come to In interesting news item in the Halifax Chronicle (liberal) which is dated Tioronto, Nov. l6 and is headed “Apple Tariff is Important.” It quotes Hon. john A. MacDonald, Nova Scotia Minister of Agriculture, at the Royal \Vinter Fair as stating that the British preference 0n Nova Scotia itpples (the “Bennett preference" he might have sairl) was “a great help, and im- portant not only to the Fast, but to all Can- adian fruit growers." “just now." continued Mr. .\lael)ouald_ “our fruit growers are especi- allyiavorried because of the ritmor that the. United States government. in arranging a trade pact with the lhited Kingdom, is pressing for a reduction in the tariff on apples entering Great Britain's markets, This would adversely affect our Xora Seotia frttit gFOWTTS mUCh tnore than any 0lll('f~‘- in Canada, as we have not the largo centres of population and are very ‘qrgt-lyi dependent on the British market” v

That. in view of all tll-‘lt llflfi K0110 lWl-Ore- 15 in illuminating speerh for a Liberal cabinet niuistei‘ to make. .\lr. llcnuett is presently in Halifax. anrl we hope lic will not lose the ‘Ipptifflllllly of commenting on it.

'l'lic kitlst-zluvvlupiliiint- llltt-Jlllllflllfltfilllfll llmt agreement has been reached between the

United States and (ii-eat Britain to negotiate for n reciprocal trade pact. with the likelilioodxliat the British Government may consent to consider

granting to some American products treatment equal to that which it now accords to goods from the British Dominions under Empire preference. Questioned as to the possible surrender of some of Canada's preference in the British market to facilitate these negotiations. Premier King “would not comment in any detail.” This is no: calculated to allay the suspicion of our Nova Scotia. neighbors that their valuable apple pre- fercnce—n0t\vithstanding Liberal assurances to the contrary-is in danger of being wiped out.

I’ Editorial Notes r

Bargain Day No 2, n- o w n:

Schubert died this date I828. u n w w The fact, that the British Government are making preparations for evacuation in the flvfint

for the maintance of peace. . n- u w a

The British Government in pursuance of their policy of preparedness have placed an order for 20.000000 sand-bags with Dundee jute manu- facturers for March delivery.

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Isn't it a most convenient coincidence that just when Hitler is demanding a return of Ger- man Colonies. discovery should be made that it was a German and Icelander who first set foot on American soil thus exploding the “Columbus Myth"!

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A fortune of about 200,000 pounds ($1.000,- ooo) was left by Sir-Johnston Forbes-Robertson It is one of the largest ever left by a famous actor. The bulk of Sir Johnston's estate goes to his wife, the former Gertude Elliott. His greatest money-making production was “The Passing of the Third Floor Back," of which he was part

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It is unsafe to prophesy unless you know. On the eve of the recent drop in stocks, Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade declared in the House of Commons, "From all the information I have at my disposal, I do not believe in the imminence of a disastrous slump." At the same time he warned the House that there was a real danger that “slump talk." would lead toward a slump. Next day's news- papers contained reports that “the unexpected" had actually happened.

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The. Live Stock Branch, Dominion ‘Depart- ment of Agriculture state there is a good dc- mand for Canadian-bred horses of the saddle and hunter types not only in Canada! but in the United States and the British Isles at encourag- ing prices. Canadian draft horses are also find- ing a ready market both at home and abroad. On September 27 last, a shipment of 50 Clydes- dales and Pcrcherons left Montrealconsigned to a buyer in London, England. Most of them were raised in the \Vest and were personally selected in Montreal by the English buyer, who paid a good price for his selections, which he considered were excellent in every way.

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Dr. Keepirigds" explanation of our unenviablc reputation for death-rate per I000 is quite all right though regrettable. Until I928 the U. S. A. and the west drained us of our young and virile population, leaving us with, as the Hon. l\Ir. Fielding once declared in Parliament, the ex~ tremes in age as the bulk of our population, It is natural under such circumstances that our death-rate should be higher than provinces more fortunately situated. Our problem now, how- is greater than ever. It is now hard to’ find a living for the young and virile for whom there is no outlet to U. S. A. and the “fest.

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The Government organ has the temerity to assert that the roads are in good condition. knd ‘advises the Guardian to go to Prince County and Kings County to prove it. Alas, that is unnecessary. Yesterday a correspondent at Alberton telephoned us that the roads were in a horrible condition and his car had got stuck four times. Last week a good Liberal called upon the Minister of Public Works and com- plained bitterly about conditions in Kings Coun- ty where he himself had got stuck, besides hav- ing. had to help out another in a similar predica- ment. The trouble is, and nobody with an ounce of sense will deny it, the time for making the roads is the Spring, whereas the Campbell Gov- ernment, neglecting to do this, started out in the late Summer and Fall. The logical conse- quences are now being endured.

a a n- u Higher prim for foods, fuel and clothing, to- gether with increased rentals were responsible for an upward movement in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics cost of living index from 83.6 in September to 84.1 in October. The com- parative figure for September, 1936, was 81.3. The food index rose from 78.3 to 78.9, influenc- ed by higher quotations for eggs, milk, tea, dairy butter. bacon and salt pork. Beans, onions, potatoes and most meats recorded declines for the same period. Seasonal advances for C081 and coke resulted in an increase in the fuel in- dex from 84.5 to 85.3. Rentals were some- what firmcr, being 89.0 as compared with 87.3 in the month of May. Moderate increases in woollen goods and women's shoes caused a slight advance in the general index for clothing. I 1 W Q

The Bureau of Fisheries Vfishington report that its fish restocking experiments proved that "just pouring a. few can: of trout into a stream and leaving the rest to anglers isn't enough.” adding: A three-year check of anglers and their catches at Furance Brooks, Vt., showed that both fish and angles decreased in number since, restocking began. The bureau concluded that unless its fish planting methods wercimproved anglers would be “more and more dissatisfied." In i935 in Furnace Brook catches totaled 8.589 trout; in 1936. 6.995 and in i937. 6.385. The catch per day for each angler was seven in 1935 4nd about six in i937 and i036. The decrease in trout had been confined almost entirely to brook trout which the bureau stocked while rain- bow trout. WfllCh had not been stocked. "hfltl

of air raids is merely a price they are paying _

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Before the Japanese dented:-

tlons the Chlnese conducted a very useful weather bureau on Prams , Island. since the Japanese nave been ln control of that weather bureau on Pratas Island only three | short and comparatlvely unlntereat- | fng messagw have been recelvedl from the representatives of that‘ nation whlch ls, on the surface, so anxlous to o-operate with other nations 1n the useful ways of pence. f It. ls slgnlflcant that whllst infor- mation from Pmtas Island con- cerning the progress of the ty- phoon which passed Hong Kong recently would have been of the utmost value to the communlt, at lame and shipping people tn par- tloular. yet not. one single m was xcoelved from that Chinese station which ls belng usurped by the Japanese. whilst other foreign shipping 1n China waters was de- nied the information which the Pratas Island station should have disseminated, yet it Ls known that the Japanese were transmitting messages 1n code to their own ships gtvlng" typhoon progress pullo- ulars-I-Iong Kong News.

An epidemic of “Gennufl meal- les has been reported; but why "German"? It is significant. that it. was formerly kitorwn as ‘French’ measles. just. as influenza (which got its name from Italy) has been called "Russian." Eur centuries the foreign nation mmonslble for queer exports was France, In France itself the foreign nation was England. Thus, “to take French leave" was called on the other side of the Channel "taking limgllsh leavefl-Cape Argus.

The business of keeping n city's water supply sweet. and palatable usually requires more thought and effort than keeping ll. pure; most bad odours ln water axe caused by harmless microscopic u: ' s that give off oily, fishy tastes. More than 1,000 cltles ln the United States now purify their water sup- plies by treating them with acti- vated carbon, wlilch ls a hundred times more powerful ln absorbing tastes and odours than oldfashlon- ed charcoaL-Municlpal Review.

Air conditioning, although first approached from the standpoint of achieving personal comfort, has developed ralpldly along industrial llna as well, and lt. now plays an important part. ln many lndustrles where temperature arid humldlty affect. the products. This ls espec- lally true ln the textile and food fields. where already notable re- sults have been reported. Th»: prospects are that the next. five years will see rapid advances tak- lng place in the utllizatlon of this process, and it ls not. unllkely that its gyieral effect upon industrial Cmldlbllllls and modes of llvlng will be as striking as that result- ing from the‘ development of the telephone. the motor car and the radio-st. John Telegraph Jour- na .

Sir Harry and Lady Chauvel came batik by the Canadian route. Sir Harry saw_ nothing of the army and Mr force in Canada. the staff belng mostly away on mameuvres, which were too far afield for him to vlslt. He 581w a great deal of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. of which his old friend, Major- General Sir James MacBrien, la commissioner. They are a very fine body of men, and their de- tachment at the Coronation shar- ed the honour wlth our own men of the best. reception of all the Do- mlnlon troops ln the puocesslon. They have a very attractive unf- form, and were mounted on their own horses, which made a lot of difference. sir Harry was impress- ed with the evidence 0t pmspulty which met them everywhere ln Canada except in the western prairies. He found Canadians much more concerned at. the world alt- uatlon than we are, and every- where he went. he was asked what.

the people of Australia thought about lt. —Aust2ralaslan (Mel- boume.

Reading the infantile ,__ ‘ '

figures for the United state's — 8.460 wported cases t-hls year up to October l6 and lens seasonal

However. ft should only put 1B on our mettle as regards the fut/uro- Telegraph Journal.

Juvenile dellnqnouoy lppelll In be on the tum-cue. It would al- moetn. tobeanew cycleln modern .Ito0uld veirywcllbo

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Qkllklalanlllb. WILL POWER WILL REDUCE WEIGHT -—-_..

A large institution, employing hundreds of men and women offlce workers, has a lunch room for each department. Hearing a. dlscussfon on weight reduction amont the women employees; the head of the department broke into the discus- slon with the remark that anyone could reduce weight lf they had enough will power-wlll power enough to refuse to eat less food, particularly bread, potatoes, sugar, pastry, butter and fat meat.

Dld you ever try it? he was asked.

"No", he replied, "but 1 know I can ta-ke off a pound a day for kn days just to show you that 1t can be done." He was not over- welght~slx feet tall, 190 pounds, age 45. The empoyeas admitted that there was no need for hlm to reduce from the standpolnt. of appearance. ,

There was a set: of scales 1n the department and he was weighed every day. Sure enough, the weight came off at the rate of one

ten days he had taken off exactly ten pounds. He was klnd enough 0r wlse enough not to say, "I told you s0 "

When asked how he had been able to accomplish the task he had set for himself-to lose a pound a day for ten days-he said he Just sat. down and flgured out what his daily diet really contained: cream on his cereal 1n the morn- ing, cream ln his coffee (two cups), three slices of bacon. t/wo slices of toast well buttered; lunch —bi-won and egg toasted sandwich with coffee. and a piece of ple; dinner-soup, meat and vegetables, custard or other dessert. a glass of whole mllk.

Knowing that starch foods. fat foods and all llqulds were the foods that stored fat ln thg body, he used mllk on his cereal and 1n his coffee, one square of butter. one slice of toast, one slice of bacon, and one cup of coffee for breakfast.

For lunch he left out the ple, and drank water instead of coffee wlth cream and sugar. For dinner he left. out the soup, the potatoes and the dessert and drank skimm- ctl mllk.

About ten days later he was asked to step on the scales and he had put. the ten pounds back on hls body. All he sald was. "I just wanted to prove that wlll power was all that was needed to reduce weight."

TO THOMAS HARDY

Mtmgled the moonlight with day- llght-the last in the narrow- ing West;

Sllence of nightfall lay over the shallowlng valleys at rest:

In the Earth's green breast:

Yet a small multltudinous singing, a lully of voices of birds, Unseen in the vague shelvlng hol- lows, welled up with my ques- tioning wordsz.

All Dm-setshlrec lurks for conniv- ance of sweetness seemed trystlng to gicet

Him ln whose poems the bodlngs of raven and nightingale meet.

Blooplng and smiling, he hem-ken- ed. "No bird-notes myself do

I hear.

Perhaps ‘twas the talk of chance tuners, abroad ln the hush with us here-

ln the dusk-light clear?"

And them peered from hls eyes, as I listened, a concourse of women anfl men,

Whom his words hmd made llvlng, toxin-suffering - they flocked to mmembranoe again:

"O Master," I cried ln my heart. "lorn thy tidings, grievous thy

B0118- Yet thine. too. this solaclng music. u we earthfolk stumble along."

Lwalwr de la. Mare ln The Spectator.

done without, but, being here, should mcefve “a; ltlon and the moat r‘ oonndera"

every cftlnen. Youth need: cym- pathetlc _ idanoe, first at home. then from the other agencies 0nd authorities. Brookvllle R

and Times.

Th0 rcmnt but than cludenlc that do their homework m the ones who don't. need to do ft, bring; to mind Mr. Dooley’; Mnour dis- covery about llfe. "Wm tv the strangest. things about lite.’ he uld, "fa that. the poor, who need tho money the mm, nr-ro t-h’ wane that never have ltf-Wln- nlrpog ‘Rhine.

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Artlflolcl wool ha: appeared In u a. serious rlvnl to tho DIMIAI flhre. In n mace of four you: German‘; pumhccec of Aul- lnltlan wool hi." fcllun by mutt B0 per 00m. The owplcnct-lnn b‘ that lfn theumcp the German urtlv or so - cenq hu kept. scientific munch wot-ken on- gqed at. high pressure tn quenol l aiiictltaite for wool. The! found lt. At. first. their product wu vary unsatlcfmwry; now, although not yet perfect, ll compare; reasonably well wlllh real wool In atzrenlth, elasticity, durability Ind othc! charactetltitlm. It! 00st. prlou ll about half that of wool; lt ls cland- llv improving ln quality and vul-