nut.- is

_ lWi-llqllldilolllt, our

_ efforts conatlhlte an astound- gpiirfcihianos; s whole column is townie-wisest» the our"? , lltollnenlsrtlse figures relev- Fto iiis agrolelnmits, meanwhile,

._ suppression: the ground that " run... dohot relish hsvins

_ tim". quoted to them." Then, v rehalf-‘column obituary of its t fral party leader, another article mars, “l Mackenzie n '5. volteface and his huursnce - I,‘ tsowthstsnalng all that he has

' techs contrary. his party do“ contemplate any "ruthless scrap.-

[of these same agreements, if ‘n to power.

- I _ is blowing hot and. cold is de- » dcd by,oiir ccntempo Ily on the ' n ' that Hr. King's attitude ls in ord1 with the attitude, taken by _ Rt; Hométanley Baldwin, chair- 1 I‘ r or tlisnritish delegation which ‘ _ iated the agreem ‘- at Ot- ' ‘his 1m. I us examine this remarkable r in some detail. gat the cciiolueion of the Ottawa Opierenee, on the very day 0D glob the agreements were signed, _' aldwinpubllcly‘ stated; “What we have. done at this Conference is to liulld a foundation on which we future generations may erect as rah- and stable an edifice as lies in ' their capacity to accomplish It only remains for us to try and work in practice miiat we have achieved on and with that sanity and for- which I hips will always insinssrssz the British oanrhenwssith o! Nations. ‘rhen it , y be. tllatgenerations that come aitm’; in speaking of us, may say in- sese: "his. builded heuri- than they allow."

- or mailer isenssst, who presided.

Conference, Mr. Baldwin said

sunset occlusion: “It is fortunate

that we have in Canada's Prims , a man so amnirabiy quali- use for-that difficult talc. He poss- sssss a driving power given to few, which is an essential element in the conduct of business of this kind. l-Ie haala grasp of detail which is aston- isimig and yet with it all, when one what grasp of detail invol- vss; 1 have been struck all the time who accessibility, that he always lies been ready to discuss points as ~ they arise with any delegation at ‘any hour and in any place." ._Coineident with these ‘ ‘ ts, message came from d-llsllajcsty the King to the Conference dele- " rejoicing “that your achieve-

iiient has justified-the high expecta- ’ lions with wliichthe omrsienss be- gash-and that you have been ‘sale not only to conclude important prac- tical agreements fcr tlis promotion city-ads within the British Empire, iiia sis» to adopt principles to help, in devaibpsaisht."

Again, on return m the Old Ooun- tly, the British delegation issued .- Mr. Baldwki. an official at a le-

st Jar lsoyeld anytlshg we lert Ing- _ star's confident the arrange- Jamie ldldewlil-lead to increased inductions the several parts orl ‘the ficiilseiaudinsrssssd prosperity ‘which olhndt llto exercise an in-

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IIKN.” ‘. ion diam-follows; the awn!‘-

,vloo-l'rsaldoa J I. Iansta, IJJ: lllnllf.” I

n, Iurssas. I-J-l. ~ uses and o a. Canis- ‘~ fl-psr year (In advance) iallvanl. Canada _ _ .

M

dais. The closing felioitationswera

directed to Canada's Prime Minister- ‘who, as chairman and host, liada “m”. dualrole of great difficulty. . . . A » new by has cons is ism-sums rdaileos. with assured improvement

l

and still greater hopes, because it

was pouible to achieve through co-

ivorssl

f =i;-imderstsndlhs."- wrolo. 31 guitar-mew wnocswith-

'9ut;order.~and energetic ‘without

rules." "llodes- of . to sisunsulsh those ir-

it; regularities that are inherent in

ignorance or Qqllsvnocfof later‘.

hi8 produced

If it were merely a ease-of Yugo- slavia and Hanan-v indulelns in- reerimiliation or even hofliliticeyit ‘would beibod enough 1n principle; particularly in view of the dispar-

operation and determination. It isqty e1 strength between the ' two‘

now the dutyof the People whose linioreste have been eerved'~so faith- [fully and completel to nstrate ltheir confidence by supporting the programme laid down."

We could quote, from the speeches of other British statesmen as well as from independent and Liberal news- papers of high standing throughout the Empire, many similar expres- sions of approval. Hut enough has been said to show the brazen im- pudeiscc of the Canadian!‘ position leader in claiming to stand for the same policy as Mr. ilaldwin, now that he realizes what a sorry failure his anti-Elmpire-trade campaign has been, and what a strong case the Bennett Government has when it presents this issue to the people.

500,000 HOCKEY STICKS

Where do ourlliocksy sticks some from? It is ‘lnterqitlng in note that molly of them are manufactured right in Canada, the number turn- ed out last year in mnadian fac- tories being over half a million, the factory value of which was about $130,000. ‘Iennis and other . quets numbered 56,260 valued at $106,000 and there were nearly 20,000 pairs of_ skiss of the value of almost 060.000. The number of factories was 88, and of these 19 were in (Zmtaric. frhe total factory value of the out- put of the sporting 8006s establish- l-nenis was $1,091,000.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The various church choirs are busy putting the finishing touches to their (hiristmcs programines— and don't they enjoy it!

It may wiles: that the 0l,c00'or $1.700 leaiiseclgbytlie Rotary Radio Auction is a lot of money, and it is --but that is for a whole year of charitable endeavour. Compare it withthe slsooer sopcr week spent 5n hockey and other pastimes.

Premier Bennett has all his puny critics on the 1-1111. There is no one in sight who can compare with him as a leader of vision and practical common sense. Should the election be in April or September the’ re-eiectkni of the Bennett Gov- ennnent is a certainty-there is-no alternative.

The lei-power naval talks be- tween Great m-itain, the United States and Japqi, unofficially ter- minated, will not be resumed niot- wrtbstandiiig the Japanese desire to die-contrary. Preparations for a‘ tuiinaval conference in i086 are likely. to be accomplished through diplomatic channels. The ‘British- and 3Americens_ are agreed the presehfltiilks can only beji ewed if some new development . makes. it worth while.‘ and there is little chance of this, since Japan has made it clear she will not back downdn her demand for actual parity with the other tlwo. a de- mand Britain and the United States cannot grant.

"I deny that business men as a

I whole desire to defraud the people.

Here and there are to be found departures from sound business

ails; this ststseishtnkr. Baldwin, ‘ncpiyifl apsrsciial message from,‘ Preflllr-lfiillitt, wires: "Very glad‘ to heir oil-return from conference‘ lwith your name will always dtliat Canada welcomes. results of our work. rissl

of lfillar leelng

~wr,ii . as shillings. s. ‘Illness-who iusrsirsd didmsiss as

‘jsuhnetchhblrs-trsds ' Wired-Millie Canadian Prime

“Oh slapping ashore on ‘gcibl fhadovidence of Im-

othics. But that does not mean we should condemn all." Bo says Pre- mier Bennett. There is a type of mind that argues from the partic- ular to the general in respect to moi-practices. it will be recalled a nuinberefyears ago thattliesamc type of mind was busy slandering thefarmingind“y because of the rnisdemeanours o! one or two. Thevast majority of our farmers are honourable, upright, and gen- erous, though one or two exception may get into the newspaperahiim- ilatly with, our business men: it is

i abs-liaison annlluncsatliat the estimated value

‘ lot Canada's field crops for lfll

I II,@M0. ‘I111! i! OIIZIILNO

giover the 1003 valuations. 1t is ills

lafflat value laflcs 1H0. The sati-

prsvleiu. follow: ‘ isai. “ammo: m2. ssscsossco:

opisl-iisAi-tusst- sssssrtoco. The nsaislt

, thstssceiltien that gets mat page, ,.pirbllcity.

o! Gill-Mil, Ottawa.

"—-disputania. however. the affair,

reaches out‘ farther than that. Italy immediately, ' asl-Iungaryh sup- porter and France backs Yllgg- slavimFrom the particular point at issue, that of terrorists enjoying DOIIUCBI ‘IIYIUITI I1 I100 0110011 I‘V' lmenr, the affair widens to the thorny question of treaty revision arising out of faulty frontier rectili- cations. There is" just one hopeful lien: nobody minimises the gravity of the situatiorh-Ex.

‘ People who try to write books on the expectation that Heaven will kindly inspire iliom wlzhozzt any CIIOTL Oil H1911‘ own part, geiicrgjly end in Carcystreet. where they have most unpleasant interviews with the Official Assignce. Th: only P6800, so far as I can discover, who works by “ispii-ation" is the WW9!“ blllkfif- Int a-nian with a 809d business so to aybanke for a 10m. and hevwill be asked to give sound security for about double-the amount ~of the overdraft, but _, let hlmgow-ithanalrof mysteryand no security at all. and ask for a Wllllle of million pounds, and the banker. child that he is. will, with- out a qualm or a question, give him credit for twice that sum. Hence Hhrty..Hence vKreugerh-St. John Irvine in ‘Ihe London Observer,

_.'l‘he modem and very regrettable practice of some writers 9f political memoirs in enlivening their pages

tions and incidents, perfectly in.

in themselves but belong- ing properly to the personal con- cerns of individuals, cannot be too strongly condemned. Men and wo- mqi of sense and problty know very well that what is often said with Plwriety in the confidence and Iwlrity of friendly intcrcoilrse be- tween msn and man may easily be misunderstood and perhaps do ser- ious injustice if said or repeated under other ‘ umstances. They therefore instinctively refrain from repcatkig in public what was com- municated io them in the confid- ence of personal intcrooursth-qnc- toria Colonist.

‘Illa Inagiao Nations Council has approved the sending of an in- ternational army to patrol the Saar dining the plebiscite campaign. The British Government is being fimollsly attacked by Lord Beaver- bwok far-its w-operation. hut it has made a wise decision, and may have created an historic Precedent. PerllIPB an international aimed force may some day be placed p”. insneaitiy under the League u; b; ilsod againsbany nation that dis- turbs the peace. That is the French theslsand the other nations may yet come round to iL-iibr.

Canals. has i-epald us by substan- tially increasing her purchases of Bfltlsh goodsduring the current year. Russia. mi the other hand, Ital taken-practically no additional British goods in the first 6 months of the she 113a, lfldocd. re her chartering 9f British ships during that period. but it remainsto .be seen how soon the advantages of the Agreement, (l! lily) will accrue to British manufacturers and exporters. In my Wont» Osnsda offers us a ‘ many times more valuable than fiuseia is ever likely to do. Ind it is tobe hoped that the Government will firmly resist any pfdflllre bhit may be put upon them to improve the British mar- ket for the products of the Russian macs’ camptc-bondon Morning

A front seat at the theatre -in exohlllfl fm- a chicken-or. if the chicken is. especially tender. then two seats, says the Giristian Science Noni‘ . This is the system of barter by which theatrical artists inl-‘iungary are amusing the coun- ‘try-side and msnaeim st the same time to pay their way. Rural Hungary loves entertainment, but finds it dimciilt to pay. Therefore. when strolling players get up a theatre in the country district, and advertise a performance, they read- ily fail in with the plan M pill- chaslng their stalls with fat hens, if ready cash-GO fillers. or seine twenty cents for each seat-is not forthcoming. A, chicken is not, how- ever. the only form of payment. A ‘couple of on; will secure a back seat while a shave or a hot bath have secured, in times of stress, ac-

ITieay‘ e

bit-sf ' iryflfmtookthefistiurviy;

tmbrzclcciodorzrecsivcd. Lfoirnd

our tonguedrom, others which 'the - I

with reports of private convelse- '

vs. _ ,- osnvo arr iuirlorris

When; a‘; Piilint 2118. 1039"“ 14m anyaoiiieattsokfof lfifinflloitll- vomitlngfpallmlnalidfilllln aliiltcd ow right lower sidasnil wpiipi the ab- oigtfglitlhowing that Nature is trykls to. wail oil. the trouble-illicit immbdlate operition is conbiderdjnec 1- i .

However when ‘tliereds vain in the region oi’ the appendix from time to time, s. dull llilll_l'i'_7l_hlilh.ll§l.5 for a conslde-rablctlme and docsnft, sp- pear to be diietcscs iucslurerthcn the nhtiirsltbiusj to, silspsct ‘is a chronic appendicitis. . . »

A fcvfyears Ago operation W15 veryo topper-I _ slicer. icltlsbut“ to-dcy. physicians lIilliI3lUQEDli5¢UQ notinélined to ad- vise operation for» this dullache in

Li" he dlxr on. . - ‘haste;- tof 9%. better ideaof ths cotirllilnn ‘o!’ e" allflflilllt" so that filiflilUaifi o nsurisynpt be Del‘-

forined or. 1,.‘ glln,~llieni_ll.~'ll-5.°d the‘ X rays liithese cases-inwbich chronic appendicitis was-sllawvloil and which had symptoms that 0b- scured die usiiai appendicitis lymp- His. recoil chorus will“ °b' tainod in usilfg the» x rays in 154 cases. In l17.of_ this number oper- ation was performed. In as of these 111mm x 15y was-unable-tosliow any trace of theailtlendinowt]? l1‘ 90,per centfsliowediroubie, in the flD§£lId1X_.Vl'1‘l¢_Il _o led “NIL. A“ appendixes‘ in w lch the X 11y showed-abhor litles were found to hsuissssse. Ony c per wit of the appendixm which the Z ray showed as apparently diseased were free of any disease or changes.

What does this information mean in the future treatment of chronic appendicitis?

st present chronic appendix symptoms are not cs clear out ll when there is an‘ acute attack, and so fewer operations are performed; all needless operations must be avoided. However now that in ad- dition to the usual‘ symptom, the x ray is shown to Ilve the correot condition of the appendix in 90 P!!!’ cent of the suspected cases, physic- ians and surgeons will be more will- ing to have the operation performed as there is nine chances in ten of giving the patient relief by oper- ation.

T0 A SNOW-FLARE

What heart could have thought of you?-

Past our devisal

(O filigree petal!)

Fashioned so purely,

Pragilely, surely,

From what Paradisal

Iniagineless metal,

Too costly for cost?

Who hammered you, wnouflit you, from aigentinevaporf- » "Godwas my shaper.

Famine surmlsal,

He hammered, lie-wrought me, Rom curled silver vapor,

To lust of His mind-z-

Thou couldst not havethoudit me! Bo Purely. w iisiely.

'11s!!!

With ms hsrninsr of wine, And his gravcr of frost."

—l"ra.ncls Thompson.

A bllflflllmls fellow was giving evidence iii a poliicecourt.

"You say you stood up?" asked the magistrate-

"I said." retooled the conceited

one mam stand w. ‘lilies-e is no other way of standing."

"Oh, isn't tillers?" implied the Imiflfll-Iube- "Pay-twp pwsids fu- contceript of ooizt, and

The colored man who aald he never stole chickens any, more be- cause he had "got" religion utter- ed a truth without knowing lt-if any colored man ever did say such a thing. 8o wise a cleric as Dean Inge, recently retired from 9t. Paul's cathedral, uttered this obiter dictum the other day: "Religion is caught, not taugh ."_

Gfifl Suggestions Olin! Sela Stationery , ~ lffll. oihll b Mirror leis Tsbasool. Cigars. Qllsrssiss in dainty Ilfiillvs. Yardley: lob for Ilsa and Wong. Potter and Icons for Mal

aadWcaien.

“W. .22" - '-'

ormed for“ chronic -

i ‘ally-Not leadsrilamenteditbvr party's pov-i erty..Not enough funds in sight to, ter or procure a post-‘ 1 _ Now they are hilly} equipped-for an election. Wheuce this sudden acqulsitloneof riches? '1'he trip to Europe produced noth- biitjsnothc? periodical volte- fdce. Haswhaliington some to the rescue? As in 101i themoiiied in‘-

usually wiliingtoipay lavishly ic_ exploit Canadian markets. and, they know from past experience that the Conservative party of Canada is not for-sale.

. Inhabit. etc.

’ '1‘ JIILDING, DEFEAT ‘ Al‘ C1088 JWJIIOSIQ"

Sin-Lest fall‘ there was a furore over, a< reputed‘ hay shortage in Canada. {The "government were iinporturled » to prohibit export. Nova-Scotirpapers predicted a milk. famine and demanded gov- ernmeiitjassistance to Prevent a cattle slaughtering orgy. » If that hay shortage had been as represented the butter" span- iator would have been on the Job storing for all he w“ Worth. and butter prices would have soared skyward. frhese things did not happen. -In Nova Scotis the dairy interests became ,, tful of the hay shortage scare. and 1n lively manner got after-the powers-that- be to put on aspeoial milk cam- paign to induce the peo le to drink more milk, and the but r men are still busy asking that the surplus butter be exported at the public cost to preserve the price and sta- bility of, the present markets.

would have been in better taste to have played wnsistent, and by l?" natural laws of qupply and de- mand equalised the situation as has been done in cases of localised

years.

Island dairymen have been tak- ing stock; with more or lees of fear, of the present butter surplus. I think they are over afraid. Times are better, consumption increasing. New zealarid competition shut off, and prices not too bad.

I am, Bir, etc,

OHIMIBT.

RIPVANWINKLE

Sir,~'1‘he Liberal organ is still in the Rip Van Winkle twenty year sleep. It hasn't yet learned of the world depression so keenly felt by all humanity. Dreamily it glibbers on about reduced trade and em- aciated finances as i: Canada. ruled the commerce of the world.

Crustily it snipes _ at Premier Premier Bennetifs statement that "our markets are closed" to ex- pioitcrs, and preserved for Canad- ians. It shirks details. Craftily. it dodges sway from our butter swamped by New Zealand ilnports,

to 17c. Under the Bennett tariff it is "shut out", and sells at 22c. putting the extra 5c per pound in the dairymeifs pockets instead of the Liberal plan of sending it io New Zeisland.

ilmilarly it talks of exports by dollar and cent values. instead "of peri volume. Of course wheat‘ and other products figured at post-war prices would appear larger in money vaiue~than when. sold to impoverished markets at depres- sion prices, and of course New Ralsnd butter entered into Can- ada under theopbn arms of Liber- al sacrifice would swell Mackenzie King imports. But those natural product imports meant taking the bread out of the mouths of our Canadian farmers to feed the pro- ducers of foreign countries.

DIIIIIGION AND Pill!”

8lr,—Is the lacking up of prices and wages the proper cure for de- pression? Would not an effort to provide work to the unemployed, at the same wages as the employ- ed are now getting, be the better panacea?

l

‘that when Premier Hspbiirmof

tsi-ssts urthsunitsd States are,‘

rt is true that in some local, areas the hay was short. But it

famine the world over for many.

( ) It might have been expected;

wscat l-Iamiltm,

tbsre he began talking ing gr home-politics much asi-be has been doing since his party won out in the Chitario general elec- tlori. After (twill-ill “Don the "sweeping Liberal ‘victori " in his

federal general election look place. , so that "not more than thirty Con- servatives would win seats in the next I‘ ' ‘ Parliament." . There are many shining qual- ities in Mr. Hepburn! mind. com- ments the Montreal Gaaotte, but heiwill find that there is no qual-

Bsrmuda,‘ the Kori. W. J. H. Trott, andother colonial officials, he was welcomed by them on behalf of the people of the island colony. he replied by talking domestic politics. The good taste of the people's guest should.‘ have dictated more circum- spection than his partisan utter- ances revealed. However right Mr. Hepburn may be in his political ideas, or even in his inognostica- tions, ha uttered them at an inop- poi-tune time and in the wrong place. If’ he gives further vent to his characteristic propensity to speak out of turn,‘ it is to be fear- vd that, having enlarged-on wiist he Judges to be the dominating political party at home, he may be tempted to comment on the political forces amongst which he finds himself abroad, draw coin- parisons between iniori slid colonial status and give the "col- onials" political advice in matters of self-government. However, Mr. Hepburn is quick to learn and rea- lization of the error of his initial speech at Hamilton may teach him the wisdom of taking discretion as his companion for the rest of his voyage to the West Indies.