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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12. 1930

The Speech Front The Throne

The Speech from the Throne, dc- splt! the usual references to matters for which the Government can claim no credit whatever, is, from a liter- ary standpoint, some improvement on last year's. For that let us be grateful. There are, however, some glaring misstatements which might surely have been omitted. "The rep- resentations of my Government" had simply nothing to do with the im- proved-car ferry which is now un- der construction. The agitation against the construction of a steam- cr which would have been altogeth- er inadequate for our ‘requirements originated with the press and was taken up by the boards of trade. The railway officials finally agreed change their plans and the Associat- ed Boards of 'I‘rade appointed Pre- ‘rnier Saunders and other, delegates to go to Ottawa, armed with a strong resolution from the Maritime Board‘, where the requirements were pre- lented and O. K'd.

The reference to "vigorous and ef- fective enforcement of the Prohib- ition Act," in view of the scandalous circumstances which have come to light recently, was evidentlyinscrt- ed in the Speech by way of a pun.

The Speech, which appears else- where in this issue, will doubtless be fully discussed by the members who will speak on the Draft Address. Since they will have the opportun- ity of discussing its omissions as well as its disclosures, there will‘ be abundant material for comment and criticism.

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The Subsidy Football

Fate seems to_be pursuing Premier Saunders in every statement he makes anent the thorny question of our claims upon the Federal Gov- crnment’ for additional ‘subsidy. When he was an irresponsible sup- porter of ‘the Bell Government, and even when he becamealeader of the

Opposition, he was fond of- saying‘

that our claims were merely "chest- nutsW-that the idea of expecting further financial assistance from that quarter was just another Tory red herring. Then. in i926, the Dun- can ‘Commission filed its report, re- commending “inlmediate" considera- tion with a view to complete revision of the financial arrangements and, in the meantime, an interim pay- ment to this Province of $125,003, said payment to be continued annu- ally, along with interim amounts to the other Maritime Provinces, “un- til the Dominion Government has had time to complete its investiga- tion and reassessment."

Blossoming into a champion of our subsidy claims when the provincial election came around a few months sftcrwardqPrenlier Saunders cap- italized the‘ 'Duncan recommenda- tions in hisplatform Speech from the Throne in 192a hi. govemzhcnVa-nnotmced:

"A dbthfhi-once was convened in Ottawa "in the month of November last by the Dominion Government and thaflovernmonts of all the Provinces cfCauadn. As a result’ of» this meeting the Dominion Gov- ernment this year is continuing thb additional money grant of one h dred and twenty-five thous- ‘s dollars to our Province. Mid is-undertaking in the'very owl‘ future to make a complete revision

of the financialynrrangelnents, as rccurn ended i?!’ the Duncan rc-

Port"

m, Fob, m, mo. nearly a vvnr M- terwsrds, Premier Kinil’. on the "M" of the Hoiise of Commons, in reply p’; qugry u to why, when the west- cm provinces were being dealt with in- ths matter of subsidy claims the other provinces were ignored. said;

__ "For some reason or other the oilima have not been P!" 101"?“ hy the provinces."

‘ I. A month later, the Saunders Gov-l

in u" lpeech ill-om the

tier Saunders to the secretary of the

and, in the,

‘_ ‘iflng say of his superfluous’ svciniu-

1" the Subsidy which we receive from the Dominion, and has stress. ed the fact that in view of the apparant intention to [fflnsfgf to the Western Provinces the natur- al resources within their boundar- ies, equitable treatment to all the Provinces would appear. to m1] for some corresponding conecsglgns to our own Province." I .

This statement appeared on March 19. 1929. On March 22, when the teachers were holding a mass meet. ing to discuss the advisability of g9- ing on strike for higher salaries, a revised statement was issued in the

form of a circular letter from Prem- Teachers‘ Federation. It read;

"At a recent conference in Ot- tawa, the Prime Minister and thc hfinistcr of Finance agreed to ar- range for an accounting between the Provinces of Canada, at which time our Province will be enabled to make a further tic-tailed presen- tation of our claims. This account- ing will take place before a. board of experts. We are hopeful that, after this board -will have submit- ted its findingsto the Federal Gov- ernment, we will receive a. sub- stantial increase in subsidy at the next session of the Canadian Pur- liament." '

This bluff was called on March 25. when thc leader of the Opposition placed the follmvlng question on the order paper: “

1. ilave there been any negotia- tions between the Government of this Province and that of Canada during the recess of this Legisla- ture regarding the final adjustment of Provincial subsidies, or with a view to obtaining additional sub-< sidy for this Province?

2. Table all correspondence re same.

And the following reply was tabled by Premier Saunders;

"The subject matter is still in process of negotiation and I do not; consider it in the public interest to publish the correspondence at this time."

Then, from time to time, the Pre- m-icr issued announcements in the form of press interviews, intimating that everything was rosy and the goose was hanging high, that he had an elaborate brief prepared ‘and was waiting to present it to the “board of experts" sometime in the autumn. The autumn went by, and a good part of the winter. The Premier went i

Ito Ottawa and returned with the as- surance that the goose was still hanging high. llehad been a little premature in talking about boards of experts, but now, by Jan. 25, in the year of grace i030, he had stirred up the Federal Government with a ven- geancc. A special audit board, chos- en "with the greatest care,“ had been appointed to make "final adjust- ment," and this final adjustment was even now under way.

And now we have the admission in the Speech from thc Throne, de- livcred yesterday, that the audit board "appointed with the greatest care" was merely the Dominion Board of Audit appointed away back in 1925, that it was not empowered to make "final ndjustpléit" of our claims but merely to investigate with a view to arriving at an equit- able assessment," and that the finul settlement "must necessarily be a matter of arrangement between the Federal and Provincial Govern- ments." -

So there we are; back precisely a

‘Commission filed its report recom- mending “immediate consideration." After all the Premier's hither and yon, after his eloquent speeches and reassuring gestures, the Dominion-Provincial conference at which our claims are to be adjusted and settled is still in the offing, and will doubtless again serve as election bait when the occasion arise!-

Editorial Nples

sides to finance it.

where we started when the Duncan tme o! me United Emph-e pm-gy w.

travelling .

One of the most spectacular po-i liticai and newspaper combinations of recent years has been suddenly dissolved in England, Lord Beaver- brook, (Canadian) Conservative and In, ter of Mr. Baldwin, and Lord Rothermere, Liberal independent and Sllpllorter of Lloyd George, Joined forces to further the cause of Free ‘nude within the Empire and Protec- tion from without. Both between them. control half thc newspapers in London and throughout the country. ‘the Conservative Party at first re- fused to give any ountenance to the policy for fear of antagonizing the consumers whose very life depends on a cheap loaf. The Liberal Party also refused its countenance. but the Labour Party, through the trade un- ions, gave it half s. blessing. The formation of a separate party to fur- ther the cause, met with immediate success. and funds poured in from all

This evidently convinced The Com» sorvative Party that the country was largely behind the movement, espec- ially the Southern counties, so at a great convention it capitulated, with the proviso that no tax would be im- posed on food stuffs without the

claration met brooks approval and he decided to'

to continue his allegiance Conservatives. Lord Rothomere is I not so well satisfied and wishes to] continue the new though he agreed with Lord Beaver-l brook to return the funds already‘ subscribed.

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Dealing with the subject in a de- L spatch from London, Mr. T. T.I" Champion of the Canadian Press, summarizes the situation thus: i The United Empire party has come , to the parting of the ways. The; Beaverbrook - Rothermerc political merger is a thing of the past. Lord Beaverbrook, stage sponsor and orig- inal inspiration of the party, retires, satisfied with having brought nearer to its goal his ideal of Empire free trade-satisfied with Mr. Baldwins promise of a foreign food tax refer- endum and an immediate Empire economic conference should the Con- servatives return to power.

Lord Rothermere will continue the work, holding that only one of the infant party's aims has been aehiev- ‘ ed. lie will fight under a banner on , which will be found inscribed the de- mand for high duties on manufactur- ed goods, subsidies for farming, ruth- less economy in ‘public expenditure, no more surrenders in India, and no more diplomatic relationship with Russia. _

The funds of the original party. however, are being returned by the trustees so the immediate financial status of the continuing Rothermere section is a matter of doubt. ,

Itothsrmere announces the forma-, tlon of an executive committee, un- der the chairmanship of his son, the l lion. Esmond Harmsworth, M. P.. to‘ organize the party in the southern counties. While the newspaper peers part company on the party's futurr they, apparently, remain good fricndsi Rothermere tenders his thanks to, Beavcrbrook for "his self-sacrifices. energy and convincing eloquence" on. behalf of Empire free-trade, which; he deems only one of the party‘s aims, while Beiiverbrook in making his exit bow, “will always remain‘ grateful for Lord Rothermerds 5UP- port of the imperial ideal."

Lord Rather-mere‘: statement fol- lows: "The United Empire Party. WI which 113,000 members of the public‘. have enrolled during the lust fort-q night at. its Regent street branch‘ alone, has achieved one of its object- ives in the announcement by Mr.‘ Baldwin that, if he is returned to‘ power, he will immediately open ne- gotiations with the Dominions for‘ the establishment of a system of in- ter-imperial free-trade. But the work of the members of the United Em- pire Party, who have enrolled under the auspices of The Dally Mall and its associated newspapers will by no means cease with the-achievement of one of its aims. There still remain four other objectives in the program-

wards the realization of which it. will press with undiminlshed vigor."

Three of these aims. It least. are, in the opinion of Lord Rothermerc. or cvon greater importance than the aim of liimpiro free-trade which. hi! was, "was advocated with such self- sacrificing energy and Bbhvihcin! 91- oqucncc by Lord Beaverbrook andI has now been officially Wanted by. the Conservative Party."

"The four aims," continues lord; Rothcrmere. “KNIT” which m‘ United Empire Party will strike with’

A Washington report says that rs sidcnt Hoover has lost fifteen? poulii: in weight since his insiigurr, ‘tlon a year ago. Reports from Ottawa’ so not muicsui that Prupisr Kins is

all its resources are: Firstly. the im- mediate imposition of hlIh ‘import, duties on all manufactured 80068]

secondly, ruthless economy in will"! expenditure; thirdly. no more sur-) renders in India; fnurthlv. I10 ("P19- mstic relations with 1r cow. ,

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snowman nsnrrur. POINI 1N . . EPILEPSY

One of the distressing sights that does not seem ‘to be lessening is the individual ‘taking a lit’, u it. is called. The condition is known as epilepsy. In most of the cases the victtminakcs a loud outcry as he falls iwpscious in his tracks. . .

The heard is drawn back, or turned rigidly to either side, thcarms bent slightly at cibowsyand the legs are straight out-no bend at the knees.

Then violent Jerks go over the body damn: somewhat “m, n B o‘ the ' |

1°’ “whim nmuy the 93mm’ be] latter I would make mention- first, as. °°m°5 exhlwwd- “m” m“) l 5"“P°1'*havlng attended a morning service"

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THE TEMPLE a is one of the most: interbsting places ' in London. Between‘ busy Fleet‘ Strecf and "the broad embankment

j are n venerable church, Gothic hails, ~ l p, spacious lawns, tress and flower gardens. It has the flavour of a university town, mingled with-“j associations of the old crusading‘ times, and the literary history of the‘; eighteenth century. But it is of the " venerable church‘ I wish to speak.‘ Herc, in 1185, the Knights Templars, that remarkable order which com- bincd the priestly and military char- actors, built '"

THE TEMPLE CHURCH

which consists of two parts, via, the “Round Church" iconsecrated in 1185, andthe Choir

i" 5°" °i 51°91‘ m‘ “Whiie-mmuw-‘iithere. The service was that of the

°1' “mils-Find llsufiul’ “n” “P- 1"‘ Church of England, the choir a male, terly exhausted.

Now as we do not know the cause

of these attacks, you may wonder of middle age. The music was wond-

why I speak of them fairly often.

system, due to heredity ‘or other

the brain from digestive or other dis- turbanccs.

Research men working on thc prob- lem of epilepsy point out that in chIIdrcn—most cases start before

itwenty-there appears to be s. ten-i

dency for the epileptic to retain too much water in the system just prev- ious to the attack. The attacks tend to occur when the water balance in the system rises above a certain once in water balance affects the central nervous system.

Where the patient voids uriiie dur- ing or immediately following the at- tack ‘it favors the prevention of fur- ther seizures temporarily.’

Fasting or restricting the patient to a very small quantity of water, lead to a ‘drying out‘ of the tissues and prevention of attacks.

Suddenly increasing the water in- take brought on the attacks again, at least 1n severe eases.

Administering drugs, whose effect is to limit or lessen the amount of urine secreted" likewise brought on attacks.

1 Tnavc spoken before of the meth- ods now in use to prevent attacks- watching diet so as to avoid any

, article of food that may help bring on

attacks, replacing vegetables and

‘bread to some extent by the use of

animal fat, cream and butter, fast.- ing for a day or two at a time, wash- ing out the stomach a couple of times

In week, keeping large intestine reg-

Uiill‘. ' And now we have this added point that the water in tissues be kept low. ‘this could be clone by lessening the amount of liquid taken, and exercis-

iing sufficiently to induce sweating.

Until we know more about the cause of epilepsy these suggestions are most valuable.

SHADOWS

All the pleasant things of earth in shadows have their llfc or birth:

There could be no moon or star Save where cool, deep shadows are;

Anger is a burst of light, Pain a rocket in thc night;

Passion is a leaping fire, But love the shadow of desire.

Night is a shade where tired things creep

;'I‘0 rest within a shade called Sleep;

Death is a. shadow whose gaunt hand Unlocks the gates of shadowland. -A. M. Scruggs, New York Times.

THE LAND WE LOVE

By FRANK YEIUII

CANADNS PERCENTAGE GROWTH

Q. What is Canada's percentage

business growth? .

A. Canada's per ge business growth and volume of production during the four years from, i024 i928, llaic-lim being taken as an average basis.) the estimated results are as follows, according to the Brookmire Economic Service; ‘ total

with adequate subsidies for farming; ‘electric power generated 132%.; News»

print production, 13W; Automobile production iiliiit; Construction pro- ductlOn, 575i; Manufacturing produc- tion, 72%; Total industrial produc- tion. 63".: Ban‘: debits. 815i; Etccl

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abandon the newly formed party and ‘cause, and also somethin! ‘“"°r‘°m\8i$°1° Pa" ‘"1"! "M" by l‘ 11°)’ 0T m the with the circulation of the blood m about fourteen Year-s v! use. Master

E. Lough, said to be the star choir- gvictrola records oi several cf his so- llos may be heard in sortie of thc ihomes in Cll€ll'ifl'.'.f3".)'.\'il. The boys‘ lvolccs. I shoulsi consider. were about as like to angel's voices as could be Iulgtned. The Temple Church iv

best choir music in Ilonclbxi.

by Mr. H. V. Morton is worth read- ing, entitled: SWORD AND CROSS

“Girls were running after omnibus- es. lawyers \\'crc running after briefs, and reporters were running after

' things called stories as I turned from

‘ Fleet street to enter that little Round Church in the Temple which is one of the most splendid things in Lon- don.

"Utter peace. A dim, tinted light filtered through the east windows, and at my feet lay the stone figure of Geoffrey dc Mandeville, Earl of Es- sex, bandit and unica . He lies in full chain armour, his shield across his body, his spurs at his heels and his long sword beside him, just as he might have lain eight hundred and eighty-four years ago, when they found him in the fen country and sent an arrow through his head. What trouble his death must have caused the Templars! . . . . When Rome wiped out his sins they . . . brought him to this little Round Church that was born of the first Crusade.

“As I stood over Geoffrey dc Man- deville, my thoughts raced across Europe, across the Medittersncan, over that sandy yellow waste known as the Desert of Sinai, and on to that city standing high on terraced rock -.lerusalem. Of what-else can one think here in the Round Church? Its roots go back to Robert, Duke of Normandy, Tanered and Bohemund. Godfrey de Bouillon, and that fiery triumveratel-Frederick, Emperor of Germany, Richard Coeur ds Lion of England, and Philip Augustus of Francs. _ ‘

"'I'his quiet little church remem- bers Saladin; its stones have rung to the chain mail of" menwho saw the lanccs of the infidel like n forest against the sky, of men who knew how Frederick Barbsrosss came like a storm out of the west to hurl his hosts on the gates of Jerusalem.

“Jerusalem! Standing there so near to the roar of London, yet centuries away from.‘ it, I recallcid white nights on thc Mount of Olives the Holy City spread below over its hills, a dome rising up from violet shadow into the moonlight, a group of cypress trees pointing dark figures to the stars, and from the faint rib- bon of road the trit-trot of a don- key‘s hoofs going on to Bethany.

"The link with Jerusalem is true and straight. It was after they rc- turned from the first crusade that the Templsrs built this church to rs!- mlnd them of the round cliurch that guarded the grsvc of Christ. . . . This church was conceived in Pales- tine. As I looked at it I recalled the

. face of s monk . . . whom 1 met in the Church of ths l-lcly lepul- chrs in Jerusalem. i ma been tom here and there by the, confused crowds of pilgrims. I had been mixed up in various sacred processions- . . and 1 went on towards the Dha- pel of the Holy Bepulcbre.‘ It! foot by six foot, in whose tiny space hung forty-three ‘lumps. . . .' . The monk met me outside and led ma)» a little chapel in which hs produced a pair of old spurs and a sword with s hilt shaped like s cross. Godfrey dc Bouillorrsl 8o he said.

"1 vvhbpflfed the name in the Round Church. it all links up.

"so quiet it is today in the ma

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