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rromarepurtortbevrowedinen olaciooucmodbsldrecently in Vancouver, it would appear that

British Columbia has a flourishlfll.

Gaelic Society with a membership which includes many prominent people.

The Mod, which was on the linu c! the annual scottiah Mod. contin- ued for three days and comprised a long list of competitions, including rcoitations. readings in prose and verse, "sgeulachd," speeches, a great variety of vocal numbers, violin. piano and pipe playing, and literary eompetiti in the form oi’ essays. I'm proceedings wound up with a grand ocnwrt on a Saturday even- ing. '

Among the patrons were the Marchioness of londorrderry, Sir Ian Macpherscn, Judge Calder, T. B. Macaulay, Angus MacInnes, MB, Sir Ian Colquhoun, Bart, sir Alex- ander MacEwen, and Ian‘ Mac- Kenzie, MP. The Vancouver Gaelk: Society, as may be gathered, has distinguished connections in the Old Country.

It is remarkable (the report states) that 142'years after the intrepid explorer. sir Alexander MaoKenzle, a native of Lewis. crossed the Dominion of Canada on foot and arrived in British Colum- bia, that a Gaelic Mod could be organized by the Highlanders of the city of Vancouver. It was approp- riate that the chairman of the executive organizing the Mod, Mr. A. N. MacRikfe, should» also be a native of Lewis.

lThe 13.0. Gaelic Mod proved more successful than the most optimistic supporter hoped ior, educationally, racially, and financially. “Repre- senting the descendants of the early mttlers who landed in the Maritime Provinces, the Mod was opened by Judge l". Calder, (c. native of Cape Breton) with an eloquent address.‘ After-words the competitions were carried out in such an orderly and precise manner as to invoke com- pliment y plaudits from the large audience attending the sessions."

MOUNT EVEREST AGAIN

It is announced from England that the consent o! Thibet having been obtained, another British ex- pedition will endeavor to conquer Mount Everest this year. The party will be under the direction of Mr. Hugh Ruttledge, who was in charge of the 1933 expedition. Efforts to reach the summit oi this peak, the highest in the world. have been made at intervals for over a decade, but none has succeeded. The first party was under the direction of Colonel Howard Bury. This was in i001. Its preliminary work was valuable to the 1022 expedition led by Brigadier-General c. G. Bruce. The third party was formed in i024. Colonel E. ll‘. Norton was in charge. In its final attempt to reach

- the summit it will be recalled Mr.

A. C. Irvine and Mi’. G. A. H. Leigh- Mallory perished. Bad weather forced abandonment oi the effort led by Mr. Hugh Rutthedge in 1933. This expedition, however, W55 able ‘B reach-the highest point yet at- tained. The same year Air Com- JHOCOTC P. 1". M. Fellows, with the

‘houston Mount Everest expedition,

flow over the mountain in the early Spring. The photographs they ob- tained will be of valuable assistance to the expedition just organised, and in whose progress lneenest in- ‘mt will be taken. '

EDITORIAL zvorzs

Congratulati are in order for Col. Andrew on the sucoesg oi the Light Horse under his command. To

"take third place for efliciency in

tranbpina behind closed doors. He told tendon newavlliermpn. after the Dorninions Conference with the British, Government, that ‘iany statement I have to make will be made in Parliament." He salls for home today.

Starks are beginning to reach Iondon of privaticns now being undergone bythousands oi Italian troops quartered in Italian Somali- land and Eritrea in readiness for a possible campaign ggalnst Ethiopia. Drought, malaria and blistering heat are said to be inflicting in- tense suifering upon Premier Mus- sclini’s young fighting men, who sailed from Italy with so much en- thuslasm only a few months ago.

The sudden passing of Mr. W. T. Huggan must have come as a shock to his innumerable friends and ac- quaintances. He was out visiting as rerently as the evening previous to his death, and gave the writer of this note a cheery “good evening" on his way home. He was an exem- plary citizen who "kept his own door-step clean" both actually and metaphorically. He had a well- trainod. dis‘ “ ‘, sensitive con- science whlch was his rule cf life. His loss is both a community and provincial one.

Soviet Russia which repudiated its national debts, and reduced its pceple to a sort of ‘paternal form oi slavery, has plenty money to spend on preparations for war—no- peace-at-any-prlce policy for her. The first official indication of the strength of the Sovleifs air force is that there are more than 3,000 military planes in different parts oi the country. The figures likewise disclose a. formidable concentration cf planes in the Far Inst, where more than 800 ships are stationed. It was oflicially ounced 800 bombers, fighting planes and pur- suit ships flew above Red square in Moscow quite recently. In addition to these and 00o planes in the Far Elsticiiicial press reports said 850 ships took part in the Leningrad demonstration; 350 were at Minsk, near the Polish border: 800 at Kiev; 110 at Kharkov: and 100 at Rostov-on-Don, in the north Cauc- asian area. At many other points squadrons of planes were reported.

It is announced that Judge Daly. oi the Carleton County Court, Ot- tawa, has been , inted a com- mlssioner under Part One oi the Inquiries Act to investigate

made against Inspector J. D. Daw- son by Miss Agnes Macphail, MP. According‘ to the honorable mem- ber for south-east Grey, a convict at rurtsmouth stated that he had heard the Inspector say that “Aggie Macphail made a fool cf her- self in the Commons" in the debate on prison conditions. The omclal has denied the assertion and most people will be inclined to give his word preference over a convict's. Nmcrthelss there is to be l. com- mission at oonslde able cost, fol- lowing the precedent set in the case of Mr. Venlot. It is to be trust- ed that other members oi Parlia- ment will not demand investiga- tions every time avcter say, some- thing about their parliamentary attitude or that the Government may deem it necessary to ,,_ ‘ one when a member's political pre- elec“ enthusiasm exceeds his discretion.

The production oi raw fur in the twelve months ending June 30, 1034, had a total value of 312.124.1100 compared with $10,800,000 in the preceding season and $l0.lg0,000 in 1081-32. hese totals comprised the values of pelts of animals taken by traprers as well as pelts from fur

. corrected by impending

IVQ the lhvyllamures u to do nothing t»

lntllwilfiiormany. but ‘rather to"

‘veto-Marger- hick to the; e er "illtldffi, aid evibliially ‘to

disarmament conference. Tnlala not;

u» Preach, idea. Pram: gum “minding seciu-lty, not in

111101111130 future. but aecuriiwaaaured by-hard and fast defensive alliances. "go mo‘ i u. lie-nus Great Britain has no objec-

tion. provided she “m. - - -- iham- H" policy 11$ not 1,355.2‘:

ward the “splendid momma-r go‘.

mended by Lord Beaverbroor, nor

the role of a mediatory m, o; some advocate, but ra er to strengthening the authority of the 119181-16. with Germany again ‘g membe thereof. This conflict be- tween the British and French view puts Mussolini in a strategic p031- tlcrn-Detroit News. '

Japan's exports rose Si: per cent. in the first quarter of i936, com- pared with the same period year. but her imports increased at a still greater rate. The Qimport surplus for the last quarter was 848,000,000. Lanceshire cotton ox- pcrters are alarmed by Japanese competition, but Japanrhas become the greatest consumer cf India raw cotton and; Australian raw ‘wool. Last year her raw cotton imports increased 21 per cent. and her

sheep's wool imports 13 1-2 per cent. ~

Sir Henry strakosch, In The Economist says: Efxchange regula- tions. import restrictions, quotas and a host oi other measures of a similar charr; ter have been 1m- posed over a vast area of the globc. Their effect on international trade has been catastrophic. and their re- moval is indispensable for its res- toration. Their origin may be trac- ed to the mistaken, but at one time almost universally held, ba- lief that the disturbances of the balance of trade, from which most countries were suffering, could b": imports without affecting exports. The de- velopments of the last two years should have dispelled, by now, any illusions on this score. I

There are mar who have devol- ed all their lives to the exploration of unvislted and unknown shores and lands. but who forever remain a mystery to themselves! The per- sonality of Napoleon was vastly more interesting than anything that he ever gained through conquests of war. Pepys wrob’: a diary that has attained ‘world-wide fame, yet had it been published in his life- time, pecjfih would ‘have termed; it as a display oi vanity andccnceit. _But Pepys wrotr that diary ‘to please himself, as an outlet forf the personality which ire owned, never intending that it should come to the light of other eyes. Therein lies its value and interest.

The tragedy of the lack of sha- ployment for boys of schocl-leavmg age is refiectedj-ixr the eagerness with which technical education is sought, and in the inability of the

existing schools to meet. thud:-

mands made“. upon them. Bavsffaad parents recognize that in the pom- petition iofwork the traifled-‘boy is the onlyone who has aijffcharfce

ofrecognitionsomcng the multitigev

of applicants. On the reopinlrigi o! the schools after the Christmas holidays it was found impossible to meet all the demands for enrolment. —EX.

Truth has often pointed out that. whatever Hitler may profess, ther: will be no peace in Europe so long as there are Nazis in Germany and German-speaking populations outside it. A new proof oi this ha: come to light which. coinciding with‘ the treason trial at Meme), is indicative of the highly 58111910!!! state oi contemporary Europe. It was reported to the Belgian police that Nazi cmissaries had‘ crossed the frontier and were secretly stir- ring up'tr0uble in the German- speaking cantons cf Eupen and Malmedy, which were given toHel- gium as the result of the last war and, a decidedly unconvincing spec ies of pleblscite.--'l‘ruth (London)

Cablcgrarna from the British Isles today indicate that Great Britain is absolutely in earnest in her determination to meet the armed thréat oi Germany, by mak-

Iing her aerial armament capable o‘

meeting any attack. The construc- tion oi one thousand. planes in a time as short as possible has sc’ the British iaetorfies for the cun- struction of aircraft humming. Statements made concerning strength of British air forces now are stated to have included all forces within the Empire. Great Britain has been outnumbered two to (um as far as her strength at the heart o! the Empire ‘has been concerned. Germany has one thous- and ‘planes ready for service. France is reported to have three thousand.

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crow older ‘and do lea wort less exorcise you should continue to take plenty of protein foods but

Pea-l. beans, cocoa. oatmsalywhoat. crackers and breadqshmrld be used in lgggr amounts. and the animals

be recommended that in childhood,

oi 40, the animal proteins should be two-thirds and the vegetable pro- telns one-third of the total pro- teins. After forty (or earlier if lu- active) the animal protsim should be one-third and the vegetable pro- teins two-thirds.

As you know although starches and fats supply the heat or energy for the body it is the protein foods that repair the worn parts or build up new tisues broken down by use. This means then that no matter how we are, "some" protein food znust be used. And your common sense tells you that as you work or exercise less as you grow older the protein iooda should therefore be used ies and less so that just as you started life with milk, then cereals, and then eggs, so also should you gradually go back to these simple foods as you approach old age. ‘

However it is the middle period of life, 40 to 00 years of age, that requires the most thought from the food, exercise, and sleep standpoint. "Nervous collapse. high blood pres- sure, hardening of the arteries, ap- oplexy, heart failure and kidney disease are some of the- ailments apt to set in at this time."

Dr. Jean Bogert. Kansas State Agricultural College. an outstanding food expert, makes the following suggestions for lightening the strain of living at middle ago.

(1) Cut down on the amounrof food enough to prevent increase in weight. (2) Eat small a ts of meats, salts, condiments; talne plen- ty cf water. (3) Get plenty oi’ fresh alr,~_ but take light exercise only. (4) Take more recreation and rest. (0.. Cultivate mental hygiene (courage. poise, self control); avoid nervous strain (worry, irritation, excessive

citement or exhausting emotions.)-

__ (Winnipeg Free Press) ’ The first voiruneinrafnew series; “ohms Books on Bibliography," has just been prrblishedmt a very stiff price, and naturalyy so, for the series will be costly to pro- duoe. They will involve long and patient research by a type of dusty scholar and will serve ordinary renders everywhere, who are in- kresleih in the greater public libraries. The initial volume, "Proof-Reading in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Cen- turies.” is hi7 Mr. Percy Simpmn. Bibliography say a- leader in the ‘Times Literary Supplement," isa very ‘new science. And, ao- ‘cording to the article. a singularly belated one. It is surprislngthat the editors of the Cambridge Shakespeare (i863) should write: "It does not a/ppear that there were any proof sheets in those days sent either to author or editor. . . . . After the M8. had been sent to press, it was been only‘ by the printers" and col-rectors employed by publishers. Mr. Simpson quotes ample evidence ;that the Elizabethan authors did ‘see proofs. The feud een ‘author and publisher. it seems, was mot greatly lessened when in ‘Henry the Eighth! time wriieds began to read their proof-sheets. The sweet enemies, to use a phrase of sir Philip Sidney's, were neces- sarily partners. and throughout the centuries they have been giwd friends in many instances. Bryon and John Murray were freinds as hey well might be, yet the say- "ng “Now Barebbas was a pub- isher“ was credited to him, ep- "lying to Murray at that. The vuth is that both paritea have uffered. A certain Dean of Christ Church once cursed in Latin and 1n Greek “the stupidity, ignorance ‘rnd carelessness" oi printers’ and proof-readers alike. 0i’ course the publishers have had in early time! no such privilege of cursing the authors in English, though their paid correctors might privately call them "medcllesome fools, boobies raw blunderers" and so oruNo doubt the authors have been far and away the worst suf- feres, nothing annoying them like

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treasure house of irrational Em- oriais and one of the moot magnifi- cent fe/brics in Christendom. It construction lo the full dimension

altar of. ll-re 00w ' merit ' afterwards. the Qunonswho feliupon the field oizfleniac, wanhere laid to rest. WhcnonCZ-r masDay of the Abbey, the shouts of acclamaticn inside the building startled ' the foreign "t_ assembled- . They thought some seditious move- mentwas yafoot and set fire to the nearest houses tcthe Abbey. The alarm thus raised outside caused a panic within the Abbey so that most oi the warriors present at the cor- onation rushed pell-mell into the streets and William of Normandy was crowned by the few officials left in the Abbeyzanrid a scenorof the utmost confusion. It stands-lo this credit that. in spite of the-panic, Wuliam insited that the ceremoni 1 be completed. and to the-oath of fsaltydo the Con- stitution the Conquered:- himself addodi-tho-solernn 014K186 lbw-N would treat the English. people as lvlvell as the best of their kings had one. . , . , . Wheir-in 18m Edward the first. who" owned four crowns and an amaang heap of gems, plate and ' took departure for Scotland _ his glitferlngtmass olyeluablesiwas deposited in the ‘treasure house d! the Abbey.‘ Thieves broke ‘into this chamber and robbed the royal chest.‘ n u said they actually sowed the Abbey cemetery with hemp- seed tour months ahead to afford a hiding place for the loot. The abbot. aacristan ‘and forty-eight monks were arruted and ‘tted to Iondon ‘lower ‘on suspicion oi halv- lng a hand in this raid. Their fate iaunkxwwmlnlaifitherlghtuf sanctuaryhelourging to the Abbey was violated by the murder ‘of an enquire of theBlaok Prince, one Frank de Haule, who took refuge 1n the building. haying captured a Spanish or, some say, French count. Refusing to give up his prime, Haulo was ,_ ’ by the Constable of the frcwar, by a Wale 01. fiffly men‘;- whoybroke. into the, whatgs thenrars was being ea jand ed him. He was buried withing its walls. the first to be laid in the south transect. and at the spot where a few years later Geoffrey Chaucer was laid to rest. The Abbey was closed for ‘four months. Wfldlftdfiollicafe the English people that. when Henry VIII, into whose handslthe control of ‘the Abbey passed, caused Anne Boleyn to be: crowned at Westminster with gorgeous procesatanair The Tower a few years later, by contrast, told a most pathetic story. The corone- tion oi Charles 1L might be expec- tedtobeadamling affair-when my lord the Duke 0f Buckingham could. in dancing, scatter diamonds from his shoe-buckles. Charles, nothing

educated “and with a background of knowledge concerning the sub- ject he thinks that he is correct- ing. On the other hand. publishers have prevented many a bowler.

We mary be certain that those great writers oi the lilnglish clas- sics read their own proofs, else how "had they left to us such treasured‘. In the sixteenth cen- we are told. the relations

close, the author being on the spot, readingfthe sheets 1nd wntzning the inflections as they were made

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Generals Poor Politicians -

(Ottawa Journal)

One of the troubles with Gen- erals is that they are such desper- ately bad politicians. Admirable fellows, and all that, they become immersed in their work, can think or talk of scarcely anything except in terms of war. Often the talk docs harm. -Acaseinpointiswhathasjust happened in Wasl-rimtonqfl, - ing before the military committee of the House of Representatives, ltwo American Generals talked as though they were Mussolini and Hitler rolled into one. Natoontent- with explaining the ordinary whys and whereiores of contemplated air bases. they undertook tel-ell how the United States, luau "em- ergency." must be prepared to seize British and French islands near American shores. told- how an air base in the Great Lakes area was to deal with possible attack from Canada.

Now this sort of talk, from such a source, doesn't mean a thing. Actually, it is just lll-Oldqlllllllill’!

with. waxed moustaches indulge in over their whisky and soda in their favorite clubs. In this par- ticular case, ortunately, the talk was included in a report by the House of Representatives‘

over the world. Douhtless a lot cl. faultless young . men in». various world chance“ is. filcddt away_ next ‘day. _ . . . Which explainfwlry Mr. Roose- velt has had to spank his Gen- erals. Writing not merelysas Pres-

read them a ~ rnmon Incidentally, he has put himself and his country on record with respect to their attitude rd Canada and other countries in a wholly admirable way.

A certain famous English his- torian once said oi an equally famous English Admiral that he was an excellent person, but behind any of his courtiers, was ar- rayed in royal robes of crimson velvet furred with ermine. The like pompcsity marked the coronation of George 11L, who asked of the Arch- bishop whether, during the receiv- ing of the sacrament, he should lay aside his crown. And he did so. In July, i021. Gem-go IV. was crowned with equal splendor. The ion

custom; the sort of talk Generals .

itary committee, m. cabled “all ‘

ident but as Commandcr-ln-Chfel; ‘ of the United States-Army}. he has A’