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mhe outstanding point... in Pre- mier Bennett's second memorable speech from Ottawa on the politi- él situation, reported in yester- dly’s Guardian, are his proposals Qrelieve unemployment and to re- duce public expenditure. Mr. Ben- n§tt rightly contends that neither Chnada nor any other country can ggvt anywhere for very long until iq has developed the capacity of living within its means. The spendthrift thinks nothing of the future, and the spendthrift coun- try or statesman is no better. The Prime Minister realizes that the time has arrived when Canada must consider her expenditure as well as her revenue. It is all very well getting new markets for our surplus products, and protecting our markets from the inroads of cheap foreign competition; but if .at the same time we are paying out more for borrowed money than the revenue we are securing, “we are Just going~as much behind as though our foreign markets were non-existent.

Mr. Bennett's proposal is to have the Federal Government, the Pro- vincial Governments and the mun- icipalities recall all their loans is- sued in prosperous times at high rates of interest, and re-issue them to the jircsent bondholders ata re- duced interest. .In other words, bonds issued at from Eli to 3% per cent would be recalled and re-issued at, say, 3 per cent-saving enor- mous expenditure in interest rates.

The second proposal is to pro- vide work for the rising generation by retiring all those wozkers who have reached the age of sixty years and over on a substantial pension allowance. The amount of the pension allowance is not men-

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‘ be adcquate f“ ‘he average ma" 5-‘? Mr. King did not have the desired ma‘ Peri“ of mé- The P°5m°n5 effect at the Flat River meeting.

thus vacated, Mr. Bennett inti-

mates, in the first year will total it would 100k to us w“ get “under cover."

some 120,000, providing an outlet for a. corresponding number of the younger generation. Each year there will be additional vacancies

age.

Mr. Bennett estimates that the cost of this plan will be no more. and probably much less, than the present cost ofdefraying the un- empoymcnt expenses in each of the nine provinces.

Until further details are received, we cannot judge of the accuracyof this claim; but 0n the surface it seems perfectly feasible, and one which will be appreciated by in- dustrialists and Economists through- out the length and breadth of the Dgminyon. ‘

The Prime Minister points out, in: answer tovthe laissez falre atti- iude of the ‘Liberal party leader. that even if conditions prevailing at the peak oi the boom years were restored, the numbers of unemploy- ed‘ would not be reduced to the formrr level. In the interval labor- sayin; machinery, elimination of dupiicatlon and growing concen- tration of business have brought‘ ndw factors into the. situation and made it impossible to again employ the‘ same number of people. In ad:dit‘on. it is estimated there are 800,000 more persons in Canada to be-Fmployied. Hence the need of policies such as are outlined in Mr. Bennett's sp:e:h. He is grappling with conditions as they exist t0- diy; not. like Mr. Mackenzie King, building cloud-caitles on the basis of, conditions in ore-depression times. which are applicable to D eo§mtry today.

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It was Senator Meighen who de- scribed Mr. Mackenzie King on a. former occasion as making a great show of bursting through an open door. That is precirely what the Ifibcral leader has been doing in" declaring that Parliament should be allowed to determine the question or Canada's penici- pation in a European war. 111st is already the law. and. if the ne- cessity arises. it will be left for Pafliament to determine. "M" the!‘ Mr. King remains in politics‘ or retires after his party's defeat on Oct. 1i. -

Premier Bennett flcle the we!‘ auction was!!! i! 9'1" “"1 peace, the Conservative party stands for Canadian rights Ind

any foreign country. 8o also Ill war. We ‘will norlfrembroilrd in in! foreign quenel whet! t!!! rights pf Canetiiene m not in- elelyli" < - \-

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Canada will not take part in any war over Ethiopia, should either the League of Nations or any “bel- ligerent paciflsts" in Great Britain drag the Mother Country in. And this, as a Montreal exchange em- ,haslzes, is the only war question that can arise before the general election. As to the future, Mr. Bennett is no soothsayer and he does not pretend to be. If the very existence of the British Empire were at stake in some vast world catacylsm, certainly “the true in- wrest of Canada" would be involv- ed. Mr. Bennett is not taking us out of the Empire, but he is say- ing that he is opposed to sending out young men to die in a foreign quarrel where no Canadian inter- eet is at stake.

EDITORIAL words

About the most that can be said of Mr. King's reforms ir-he put them in a book. and there they remain.

Mr. King capitalizes on the short memories of the average public and their lack of the knowledge of his- tory, modem and ancient.

There is a great lull in Liberofl activit/les these days. What is lt- is it the candidates-As it the Flat River meeting-or is it the cooling of Stevens?

Whenever a Leader is asked to do a thing he hates to do on a plot- form, it often has the effect of making him forget the important things he ought to say.

It seems clear that the eiector-‘

clair and James Larabee, who are evidently rather out to serve them-

The “get behind" movement by

"Somebody" is disobeying orders-- It is significant that Liberal Pre-

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Mr. Bennett treats the electors tel's them the exact

position of affairs and outlines his policy and measures for handling them. Compare that with Mr. King, who asks for a blank cheque, and cites his maternal grandfather as an example of the manner of man he is.

The sympathy of the whole con‘:- munity gees out to the Acting P.'e- micr Hon. Thane A. Campbell, in the unexpected bereavement he has swtained. Though his mother. Mrs. Alexander Campbell. tcok no pro- minent part in public life, she had a wide circle of friends both hcrel and away who held her in high esteem.

Quite an attempt, was made, it is understood, when Mr.’ King came to keep Dr. Cyrus Macmillan anti ltfr. King apart, but it did not work. The bigger men in politics have a. way oi getting together. This must be pleasing to Dr. [Macmlllans sup- porters-and disappointing to "oth- ers."

It would be decidedly a good move for all concerned if the City Council were to adopt a scheme to develop home building under Mr. Bennett's housing act. The Coun- cil will require to be sure of their capital investment being properly safe-guarded before themselves be- coming bond guarantors for pros- pective house owners.

The assasslnatfim of Senator Huey Long may have grave conse- quences in Louisiana and the Unl- ted States. Though to the rest. of the world he may have appeared e crank and oddity in public life, to thousands throughout his own Btett he was an idol and popular hero, His tragic removal from dic- teterrhlp will leave his party in Ioulsiene in a condition of chaos.

The Nationalist newepepers eug- geet that in view of e coalition af- tsr the election, m. King and Mr. Bennett are continuing their friend_ ly personal relations with one en-

Votes By The Way

Michel Mck. in New York Poet: A few years ago, a. member oi one

l'k€d Will Rogers to a dinner party. will consented to come‘. After dinner, the host asked him to entertain his guests. Will com- plied. The next day the producer was astonished to find in his mail a bill for 82,500 "for services ren- dered." “Why. Will." asked the pained magnate when, shortly af- terward, he happened to run into Rogers, “what was the idea of that bill you sent me? I didn't ask you out to my house as a paid enter- talner-I asked you as a guest.’ will peered at the producer through narrowed eyes. "Oh, no, you didn't," he said. “or you would have asked my wife." He got the $2,500.

Says Lord Rniiliermere: “Hitlerls in the direct tradition of the great leaders of mankind who rarely ap- pear more often than once in two or three occasions." This remark prompts two others. First, it is for- tunate for humanity and civiliza- tion that Hitlers do appear rarely. Second, it is a blessing to the Bri- tish race that Rothermere is also a. rarity-London Advertler.

At no time In Canada's history has she needed the strong and wise leadership _of a man like Right Hon. R. B. Bennett‘ than at the present moment. It is not the time to entrust the admlniitretion oi our affairs to Vacillating leaders or to experiment with theorists and phantastlc vote-catching schemes.

Ironically enough it has been left to the gfave and loyal Sir Austen Chamberlain to reveal the most startling of all facts about the Lloyd George Coalition. In the chapter of his memoirs, published by the Daily Telegraph on July 6th, Sir Austen discloses: that in January, i919. Mr. Lloyd George ofiercd him the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, but said he could not have No. 11 Downing Street because Bonar Law would continue to occupy it; that after high words over the house between him- self and Bonar Law, the latter was so kind as to warn him not to take the Exchequer without a seat in the Cabinet; that Mr, Lloyd George admitted this to be the plan for “his idea had been not to appoint any Cabinet!“ How could there, he asked. be a Cabinet "when the Prime Minister. Bonar Law, and the Foreign Secretary (Balfour) were all in Paris. They must be plenipotentiaries; they could notbe constantly referring to a Cabinet at home." Sir Austen pointed outthat this fantastic scheme meant no re- sponsible Government in London, and Mr. Lloyd George acknowledg- ed that misgivings on this score had already been expressed in the highest quarters. Sir Austen goes on to say that the compmmire of continuing the small War Cabinet was then agreed upfln. so that the most important MinLsters habitual- ly attended the meetings without responsibility. England had no Cabinet until the autumn follow- ing.—New Statesman and Nation (London).

No member of London's diplo-

An applicant for the position of mam c-mb bears a mare he“). n? Chairman of the Prohibition Com- mission was told

sponsibfity at this time than Dr. A.W. Martin, who is a minister plenipotcniiary in London to the Emperor of Ethiopia. His careeris one of the most romantic In all the annals of the diplomatic service. Sixty-seven years ago. in i868. he was picked up as a year-old baby on the battlefield 1f Magdala by a British soldier, whose regiment promptly adopted him. A kindly English lady took‘ charge of him. and gave him his name of Araj Wazguch Martin. He graduated in medicine at Edinburgh University and entered the Indian govern- ment's medical service in Burma. whence on retirement he returned to Addis Ababa to bocome one of the present Emperor's most trusted and intimate advisers. _ Ottawa Journal.

Tho party of British business men fsrmln: the second of te Maple Leaf Tours set out. for Canada on the Montcalm. The objezt of these tours is twofold: (l) To demonstrate to British buyers of food products Canada's productive capacity and methcd: of manufacture.

(2) To establish intimacy ofcon- tact between importer and exporter for the smoother transaction of business in the years that wi‘l fol- low the termination of the tour.

Such tours are highly com- mendable when conducted- in a business-like way, and not merely as excursions into the glamor of Canadian scenery and the hospit- allty of the Canadian host. 'I‘he.=e latter attractions are so magnetic that there is always a tendency for them to dominate the Brltlshers visit to Canada. The promoters of the Maple Leaf Tours are wise in ordering a judicious blending of scenic charms. hospitality and bus- mess-Canada's Weekly. ,

I pledge to deliver myself out of economic slavery by supporting only candidates at the next election who are ral‘ied to the standard of Wil- liam Aberhart. I pledge myself to discontinue to listen in any way, shape or form to propaganda. n- dlo or newspaper, which are pois- oning our minds and are opposed to social credit as soon :.s possible. I pledge to help to put Alberta for- ever outside the range of poverty midst plenty. If l have not aufler- ed enough it Is my God-given right to suffer some more by supporting the bankers under the veil of the U.l='.A.. Liberals or Conservatives.- Omcial Organ of Aberhartw -

friendliness to other members of the Bennett. cabinet. Dr. Menlon was travelling from Truro, 11.8., f» Mbncton, N.B., and m. King from Halifax to Charlottetown. lfr. celled on Dr. Menion in the let- ter’: eer and spent an hour ebptq

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FEVER IS HELPFUL

"Isn't science grand. After study- ing fever for only 4000 years, scientists have learned that it helps them cure thtngs." The above is from "Isn't It the Truth" column of the daily newspaper.

Unfortunately it must be admit- ted that mankind has been slow in recognizing the value of heat to the system. A i189 in temperature is a sign that something has gone wrong inside that body of yours but it is ‘likewise a sign of reminder that your body processes are working so hart‘. that they are overheated ln their efforts to keep up with the extra needs of the body as it ma; to fight off whatever it is that is attacking you.

Where there is abundant heat the bloodvessels are widely open carry. ing fresh blood to and waste pm. ducts from the part or parts of the body that have been attacked. As long as this increase in the circula- U0" "I! b6 Kelli up by your central Dump-the heart—you have every chance of winning the fight against organisms or their product-s that are causing the trouble.

In fact you have been reading of the oese of patients in our mental

hospitals, afflicted with the paralytic from of insanity, who have had the organisms of

malaria injected into their blood in order to infect them with Mglgrlg“ Malaria as you know produces fever and chills. and after the attack OIVMBIIHB. has been cured by quinine, a number of these pati- ents have been completely cured of their mental symptoms and _have been able to return to home and business. .

The application of heat in some form to all types of rheumatism has been of great help in mstoy. ing joints to a normal or nearly normal condition. thus enabling patients to live free of pain and discomfort.

The first thought in restoring Starved and apparently drowned Persons 1B by the use of heat. Heat is more important than food be-

cause the food takes time to be turned into heat. So don't worry about a little

m‘! 1n temperature in a member Of your family or in yourself. The rise in temperature shows trouble and it is wise to call the physician, but if you use your own thermometer or the doctors says there is a. little rise in iiémpega- Wre- lllst remember that your body defences are already fighting for you.

All EXDanding Earth

(Winnipeg Free Press)

The prevalent theory of genes- trial evolution is seriously ch31- glanced by a contradictory theory ‘Vfiflwd by the learned president g ‘the Astronomical society c; ou h Africa. The accepted theory has been that the earth is in a, Perpetual state of shrinkage, dug t0 contraction. The them-y now advanced scientifically by m, J, K- E- Halm. for many years astronomer at the rflyal observa- tory of the Cape of Good Hope, la that formany thousancb 0f mil. lions of years the earth has been in a state of a slowly cooling and BXDF-ndfng rigid body. In the apposition of these two

theories is a diametrlcal opposi.

tion that must be either rejzctgd or accorded only by astronomers, mathematicians and geologists, Bu‘? DP- Hfllnl is an asttonomer of very cons derable note, and his studied conclusion, upsetting "hmllh it mil’ be t0 astronomical and scientific thought, will gmugg B RNM deal of erudite discussion in learned circles 1: it be 113M 1|; adds to the amazement that a con- tradictfon of Newton‘s law of Erflvlly wou'd cause, or that Pro- fessor Einstein's recondite rela- "my bestknd in a world whqqe mental state in the mass remains still unable to grasp what lt feel; doomed to accept.

Dr. Halmls theory, being pqg- haps more earthy. is not so un- intelligible, no matter whether it be well or ill founded. If it be C01"- rect. it not only pulls down a cornerstone in accepted 193mm; but it clarifies much that has cam- fused geologists. For them. an ex. banding earth would solve proh- lems they have been forced w solve by attributing tinexpllcable causes to a contracting earth. In their gospel of terrestrial evolu. tion the newer. indeed this newest, theory would remove some- dim- culties in accounting for ice ages. It would. as is learned from a commentary 0n Dr. Helms theory, certainly remove the mOst funda- mental objection to Wegenel-‘s theory that, in remote times all the continents were joined in one vast block. There have been. obvi- ously. splittings of the earth's m-ust. but if these are less cer- tainly attributable to contraction. they are more reasonably deduced from expansion of the earth's in- temal matter.

'Dr. Helm claims that the pree- ent position of the continents may be explltned by simple redid movements thruush expulsion. He

ably afforded by Africa Itself. "The Greet. gift In Int Africa." from which fimdementel deductions based on the prevailing theory of tel-settle! contraction have been drawn in recent intensive explora- tim Ind lllflltflitlun. ill said by Dr. llelmto " , .ent. a tremen- doul in the garment of firth. stretching from the fled to Portuguese nest

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Iceboat‘ Days » Recalled i

(The following interesting article is an extract from a letter recently received by Mr. J. A. Dewar, New Perth, from Mr. R. H. Campbell. Victoria, BC.)

I presume it was you "who sent me a copy of the “Gust-dinn" con- taining W. P. Callaghan! interest- ing article on "Crossing at the Capes?" Mr. Callaghan! article re- called vividly to my mind an almost forgotten adventure. Bis .irst cros- sing was my first crossing too. It was, I think in 1887-forty-elght years ago last February. Most of the passengers had expected to cross in comfort in the winter steamer from Pictou to Georgetown, and consequently were not suitably clad for such an experience as was ours at the Capes. Certainly, that was so in my case. You can take it from me that a hard hat and light shoes were not what that bit- ter February day demanded.

In regard to the number frost- bittcn, my recollection ls .hat on our getting back with great diffi- culty to the hotel several hours after having left it, and on a careful counting of casualties, it was found that every man was more or less frozen except me. Naturally, I was very much puffed up over my su- perlor powers of resistance, but when next morning came my com- panions gleefully pointed out a coil- siderable discoloration on my chin, as proof positive that I had not es- caped unscathed, my boasting came to a sudden end. That, at any rate, is the way I" have been telling the story.

I should like sometime to pay a public tribute to the brave fellows

who manned those now obsolete ice- boats. There have been tragedies at the Capes, it is true, but when one considers the manifold dangers of the crossing and the many win- ters during which those little boats were the only means of transporta- tion between the Island and the mainland, the wonder is that the tragedies were so few. That they were so few is, without doubt, due to the sklll—now only a memory- of the brave and hardy boatmen. To estimate the dangers to which these boatmen and their passengers were sometimes exposed in certain conditions of the ice and the tide and of the wind and weather gen- erally, one must see the Strait as Mr. Callaghan and I saw it on that February morning. To begin with it was bitterly cold, l6 degrees below zero. I believe. The ice was racing through the Strait at a terrific pace. The lolly seemed to boil as it sped along. the ice was thick with frost