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Editor and Managing Direct '. B, Burners Associate ldItore-Irank Walker and D. I. Currie

Vfw-frssldent-J. B. Burnett

' Cncenpon [time we used to read at this season sentimental stories about the burglar who broke down

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1931

other non-pacifist powers.

l A Splendid Campaign

Ion. H. H. Stevens, Minister of Trade and Commerce. to support Canadian industry by purchasing, wherever pmsibie, goods and articles manufac- tured in this country, has been read with interest by all classes of our citi- asns and undoubtedly has had a beneficial effect in relieving business depression throughout the country. ‘These patriotic appeals have appear- ed weekly in the press of Canada, and are admirably calculated to off- set much of the propaganda of Am- erican manufacturers which seeps in- to this country through e dozen dif- ferent channels, and which it is i.rn- possible altogether to eliminate. It is to be hoped the "buy-ln-Canada"

good.

the "wisest and

national defense as suggested in thc resolution above quoted. Such a campaign will be continued through- theory is‘ more creditable to the en-

giilusirr-m of the Toronto students

om the present year. Facts and figur- I than to their intelligence or exper-

ur, mar-shelled and presented intelli-

gently, are convincing arguments and icnce in ivorld affairs. They have yet the fact that these statements an to loam the wisdom of making haste issued undcr the authority of the f slowly.

lviiinister of Trade mid ‘Commerce adds weight and significance to their publication. It is by dint of constant repetition that they will succeed fully in their effect.

Libero! Criticism

PfEllliCl‘ Bennett's recent announce- l lilflll’. at Regina of his programme I01’ ' the relief of the Western wheat grow- ,- crs, which according ‘to our local j contemporary would-be “amusing" if A recent majority vote of the Stu- tltc conditions vscrc not so serious, is dents Union of the University of To- regarded in a somewhat difieront routs in favor of the proposition that ‘ light by Liberal newspapers that have "Ill expenditure on national defense a first-hand knowledge. of the situ- by the Dominion of Canada is ilhjus- l ailon. For example the Manitoba tiflablo" occasions some interesting‘ Flt-c Hess, never friendly to the speculation by’: writer in a Toronto Conservathe administration, admits exchange on the ilrobnble effect. oi’ a j editorially ‘that the Prime Minister logical adherence to the doctrine or} has provcd, at least in great measure, complete disarmament and llon-rc-‘m-"qual to the occasion. We commend niafdnce to aggression. Glancing ovcr. the opinion of this great Liberal jour- the peace movements of other days] nal to the serious consideration of the writer cites the enthusiasm prc- our cculiclluvoravy. The Free Pres veiling at the International Erhibi- says: lion of 1851. which was llailcll as, "Willi regard to thelnarketing of mam“ the dawn °f a "m" m‘ °ff qliccllllilcs ?fl1l;le<:lt'thi>1t33glgl:l2? international oll-operation and which‘ to ills tfilifidcliitc, has plainly put came as the climax of a trcmcndous l

Where Pacifism Fails

lllc crctlit of the Dominion Gov- i rrllzlwnc behind the banks which growth of peace societies rmrlconvcll-j an. finnnqjnvf the pools in order

tions and disarmnmcnt. rcsolufionsi Hm‘ "”’"‘“ ‘"37" ‘t0?’ be a Sacrifice _ _ _ Jill." cl‘ vxhczli, which could not but and monster pefltwns t0 parliament ‘ hM-f. “U. “.95; disastrous cause- In 1853 all this l'i"0‘v'i‘l‘l‘ii'"li. Clllll? to :1 1i11-"“1<‘-"F- U119 clrcummincfi dc‘ _ b I _ v llllmriwl fills action; and Mr. Ben- “ddcn md" an m‘! “mm” "m" b‘ w" i~ rPtilV-vl to ihc commenda- its own causing. for, to u.-_- 1hr: W171 "Rich ‘riches to fhc proper. ¢ ~=-' l .. of a London Til-nos r.‘ -. ‘l:" ‘ "umy a“ Emperor Nicholas l. n11.- nw '-’~l hj the reports of his _I1_l~1‘~.~i.-p~.. ,1.

Plnenl. to assist, in the rl-s requiring help, saicguarding them

to actual suffering and com-

Lcudoll into the i‘-"l‘vt ill ' . c -'l|"l l ». . '1 l2‘ assistance in the spring gunk Turk“, wimn". N.‘ p, d in lnajrlng lvarsible the resumption

‘ ' l of 'P"l1illl§ operations, wlll be given British 511T~°T\'F1l"1"11- ‘"1’ "'-‘1'il1‘- n. ‘slur and inclusive intcrprotatlon Brunnow reporfcrl that. Il- l; gall‘ i" m" “"S“ Ivmdfimt“

and reasonable opinion in the west. will be fairly we]! satlsfictl with Mr. Brnliell. ctaicnlcnf as indicating both villinglicss to see and readi- ‘ mas to act." _

More lmd mcrc it is lrcognizcd, cs of lion-resistance lmvc owl‘ kept (“(011 by ifs political opponents from up their devotFn to il-lat. cause at‘ magi, m coast, that, in Ml", B's-illicit thcse critical junctures when t~lc Canada pcgsessg a statesman whose matter really becomes imlwmr-t- thorough understanding of nhahozul The 10s cal lmc1fur~t1w orrsw whfuml commcrclzll Uroblcms peculiarly is Willing w m"? his Pacifism to its a fits him to deal with the acute exist- prcpcr conclusion and ollrlulsc any- thing that any foreign llon-paclfistsl may sock to inflict upon llls country --is_ fortunately. a rarc individual. And s0 lc-ug as llxcd pxlllu ,.‘l'.‘5 nztcl ideals prevail he wlll CDliilIlUlI to he: Tho war 1931 ma! b9 k110i‘! B-‘i in a. safe minority. For cxtrcnr: palui- U i111) 111fihi51l1\'f1 3T"? T118 (“K911111511 flsm is tho nuilification of nil 1 I ccllsus» wlll bc takcll in Circal Britain clplcs and idcrlls. would not .1. ,‘,i'i- ill April and in Clllllldrl in J1me. A11- fist of religious CGHYICUOHR bc prc- f F-\\'Pl's i0 the lul-z 113i of illtvrrflliil- pared w fibjilfc pacifigm m lg; .-,~-._..l, 1.03.; v lll ho “chcckcd and double say, of an invasion by Rlusiun So- checked." vlet forces? ‘The probablllty of such rm invasion of Canada is, happily; Tcllifllt’; but the vcry fact of its rc- N“ swcdisl‘ Academy in “warding moteness 15 depcndent upon a factor fto Mr. Sinclair Lewis the 1030 Nobcl too frequently lgngfcd by those who ‘l-"TLZO for Literature has formed the lrgue unthinklngly ni favor of com- fimmc °f ma“ newspaper mmments‘ rllcte disarmament and non-resistance ‘Tim Mflllchc-“PY 5114mm". D5111- to aggression. That factor is the Brlt- Phrflsillfl Itfilimi, (11155 the Chime "U16 ish Navy. 1r Great Britain adopted 1w infim"? 0f Nobel mmdfif‘ the pacifists’ theory, if it scrapped its j‘

Navy and allowed Canada, unpru- The Financial Post predicts that tected by any naval or military forc- given a moderate recovery in West- eslof its 0am, to fall into possession ern purchasing power during tho of a foreign power, that power would coming year and gradual improve- be, by assumption, a non-pacifist mcnt throughout the world, Canada power; and one of its first steps should show a remarkable resiliency would probably be an effort to com- in recovery and close the year with pel us to bear arms and undergo nct gains over 1930. close the year also training, and most certainly to pay] definitely in the middle of a sub- heevy taxes. for the defense of its] stantisl upward swing in business \

no interests against the attacks 9f loading to more normal conditions.

people wrre \i‘1lCli!_V lilltlvl‘ tho infill- encc cf Bright and Cobdon “

Experience that very small DIODOYHOU of tht advocat-

tcacllcs

mg llaflcnai conditions.

Editorial Notes

The unpopulnrlty of the choice of

What I would the Canadian pacifist uo than? The series of appeals issued by the [He might refuse to bear arms or pay

taxes, but it is unlikely that his re- fusal would do him or paciflsm much

It seems obvious that the golden mean, in this as in other matters. is safest course. Let

and sobbed when the simple litt‘e girl mistook him for Father Christ- mas. Nowadays the burglar has done his job and. gone before the simple little girl gets homc from the party.

Le Droit, an independent French Canadian Journal published in Ot- tawa, says: Ordinarily electoral pro- mises are believed to be of no value. Mr. Bennett is in a. fair way to show ‘the falsehood of this doctrine. He has answered his adversaries who. during the federal electoral campaign would not admit the sincerity of his political creed. They were unable to

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CURING AND PREVENTING MENTAL CONDITIONS

Nearly twenty years ago a physic- ian began studying the careers of over one thousand cases of mental disease admitted to the mental de- partment of a largo hospital. The majority of the patients were suffer- ing from the more severe types of mental disease. only a small propor- tlon being classed l3 the mild type.

‘U. S. Road Slaughter

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A rlghlhg" "Politician

(London Times)

Canadians will remember the walk made by the Duke of Northumbcr- lurid, whcn he was A." D. C. to Earl Grey. from Mcl-ltreal to Ottawa. 'a.l':ng the rallvrny track in bitterly tccld weather. It occupied n day and a..night, and could only have been accomplished by a hardy and deter- mined mun. These qualities of hardi- ness and determination he carried with hinl lhto political lifc, and until illness overtook him he remained an unswervlng party mnn and an un- spaflng critic of Socialism and Liber- alism. As (h? owner of great coal-

\v:lshin toll announczs that 20,531 ' deaths in 46 states last year occurred

in autcmoblie accidents, the rate be- ing 25.4 per 100.000 oi’ tho population. The injuries caused must hate been in the hundreds of thousands. The United States has the greatest num- ber of motor cars of any country, and it is in the nature of things that there should be more accidents thcrc than anywhere else; ncverthcless, the total is appalling. It is probably true that, relatively, other progressive countries have nearly as bad a record,

The Department of Commerce at "

but this does not lesson the gravity ofthe situation in the United States. The deathsconfinuo to be recorded in large number in the face of im-

flclds ii. WPs inevitable that at a time when the state of the coal-mining in- dustry has been in the forefront of public afhirs ‘he should have been

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[peace propaganda work its benefic- cnt lcaverl m all nations; let it be di- rccted constantly and intelligently at its objective, the abolition of war and the ushering in of that “parliament of man, the federation of the world" which poets have prophetically for- seen. But it is a dangerous fallacy to suppose that peace can be advanced by the abolition of all expenditure for

share the views of the present Prime Minister. But to go on from there and deny him all sincerity was a long step. The people who thus de- nied it, because they could not share ifs political views, will have s deal to swallow before long. If everything that was written at the time of the last electoral campaign were to be re-published in its relation to subse- quent events, there would be some ironlcal comment.

The figures showed after a period of over five years that 25 per cent recovered and remained well.

A little later csrnc the treatment of mental cases by the use of "oc- cupational therapy," that is simply having the patients occupy them- selves with some form of work- garclening, basket weaving, carpentry and other manual work-and in a short time it was found that by this treatment many cases recovered completely and many others, though urfflt to go out into the world, began to take an interest in themselves and their surroundings that greatly lightened the labors of the hospital

In primitive times mankind ale so much dirt that any human stomach undoubtedly obtained, in the form oi wood, bark, bones, mineral fragments and the like, ample quantities of all liivchdflhtt-

metals and prgbgbly o; a1] 0,119;- And still later, a superintendent of chemical element conceivably hoea- ,1 lame hospital-noticed that a rm- ed. Nowadays the cult of cleanliness Mot. who hw shown no improve- has altered this. On the admirable ' mwi in thetwc years she wu in the ground 0g excluding damemus “m”, hospital, completely recovered her all kinds of dirt are kept out of fas- l, mentflm!’ W" m°nth5 If"? "-19 Y9" tidious peoples food. This has been "RM" °f m" WWW Wih- ‘R118 known to interfere with sufficient ’ 1'“ u‘ u" "Smmum" °3 l" t!" ‘l’ supplies of iron and iodine, afwgp mates by dental, throat, and other as of vitamins. Possibly it deprives ‘P°°i““5t5- 5nd u", "m°"1 ‘>1 m‘ us also of other eiemcnts, like cop- i "cud “em “d wnsnsl “d m‘ pm. o, zinc or manganese. which the draining of sinus conditions increas- body neeu ed ‘the percentage of recoveries to twice that of previous years.

Now the above all has to do with adults, men and women, and the cases were all of some years stand- ing.

What then can be" done if the children oi’ to-day are thoroughly overhauled as to their mental out- look on things; boys and girls who. keep to themselves, who do not mix or play with others; who have fits of "temper"; have what is called an "inferiority complex“, or on the other ghand have the idea that they have _ _ _ , some special rights or privileges in m f» Confederation will be quite well un- boys and 8M5 “Ibo tr-y t? get over dcrstood In the Maritimes. says the the“ "urenn by “bully”, th°m?- Sydney Post where We have had my If at this early age parents and casiorlal utterances in similar strain physmans m“ hold of these wung‘ from impulsive politicians, whom no s-ters’ an-d after removal of any hy- one has W“ taken seriously‘ slcal allments, firmly but kindly Those who talk secession because his]? s: t ihefzr; 91:15:“)??? the p909“ °r Canada W” against them who would not only become £11811‘ fiscal policies and political ideas. very user,“ citizens but would not elong to the same general class of form so large a petcentage or our People "5 refuse t“ P1537 the 55m‘? be‘ mental hospital patients. cause there happens to be a. run of i . e hibzgcijlflllqyftsitglleilflcance of the resoiu- The Berkshlre Downs uoh worth noting l. the evidence it ' (mchanw fumishcs that these Last Mountain when mndon increases outwards Progressives realize that twelve o'- 5° rapidly that the day appears to be “Mk m“ ‘hmck m’ “w” “Nun” 9°‘ ‘not far distant when the whole area

of Mlddlescx and now rural parts of Kant and Surrey will be covered by

litical cult.

one vast city, any proposal to pre- serve open spaces anywhere near tho Metropolis inevitably provokes keen public interest. The report of the Berkshire Regional ‘Ibwn Planning Committee urgos the preservation of some of the most beautiful stretches of Fsiglalid that are comparatively near London and remain still un- spoiled by building. These areas have historic associations as well as natur- al beauty to commend them. The Vale of the White Horse. it might be thought, if romance still stands for anydiing in a commercial age, has even in its name alone a sufficient guarantee against urban invasion; while ovcr against it to the south stands the White Horse itself, which was there before the Dane came to England. Close by is Ufllllflibll Castle on the edge of the great Ridge Way and in a grove of trees oll another eminence is Wayland Smith's cave.

The official records issued by the Department of Indian Arfairs shows that the Indians of Canada. are be- coming skilled agriculturists. Accord- ing to this report. 65,104 acres in the Prairie Provinces alone, were sown‘ to grain, from which 1,129,736 bush- els were garnered. In addition 9'11, acres were planted to root crops from which 61.448 bushels were harvested, and 87,766 tons of hay and other fod- der were produced.

The virtues of standardization are gloat, says an exchange, when it comcs to a question of greater econo- my and efficiency‘; but in some in- stances standardization can be over- done. Applied to machines, in inani- mate things, there can be no doubt about the advantagcs to be secured ,by turning out articles orl a large fscalu and ofllniforlrl pattern; but [applied to human beings, the princi- ‘pie is not. assured of equal success. Especially is this so, one would sup- pose, in mental ilrocessas. The most vaiual-le part of the intellect is that which is popularly referrc/d to as the "imagination." Without imagination --ideas--fhere can be no progress howcvr-r well stored with information the individual may be. The aim of education is-or. at any rate, should bc-to develop originality in tbc D11- pil. to encourage him to think for himself and to make his independent

forgotten.

Lawrence, a. poet and novelist curiously uneven performance died under something of a. cloud and whose work has yet lo be placed in its proper niche in the hall of liter- ature. some are inclined to think it will rank very high in the years to conic. Others are disinclined to givo it any place at all.

will be fclt are Henry Snydnor Harris- on, whose novels arc well known, and Melville Davisnn Post, who wrote both novels and short, stories, and made

the constant target of the advocates of nationalization. But he never re- fused battle and gencrrllly gave as good as hr~ rr~~I'.'cll.

The Scythe In Letters

(Vancouver Province) {Death has been exceedingly lnly during 1930 among men of letters on both sides of the Atlantic. The dread scythe has slashed among the grout and small. Poets, novelists, cssaylsts, writers of short stories and thrillers

sweep of the keen blade

Most distinguished pcrimps, o! those who passed from the scene dur- ing the past twelve months was Dr. Robert Bridges, the poet laureate. Dr. Bridges during his long life. wrote a great deal of versc, and much of it was of high quality. But he had little talent for rhyming on special occasions. and because he would not publish anything that did not pass his own very severe censorship, s. legend developed that persisted in re- garding him as a silent bard. As though to give the lie to this false reputation, Dr. Bridges published, not long before his death “The Testament of Beauty" a long philosophical poem the longest, it is said, since Milton wrote “Paradise Lost."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle served a much wider reading public than did Dr. Bridges, but he, too, suffercdl from a false reputation. He was best .' known for his Sherlock Holmes stor- ies, but he himself thought them a- mong the least important of his work. and was inclined to give the laurel to his tales of the middle ages, like “The White Company." Besides fic- tion, Cohan Doyle wrote poetry and history, and a book or two on spirit- ualism. -

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W. .1. Locke was another prolificl

_, . _ ‘ moat of‘ facts. The truth is. of course WTlffl‘ of fiction WllD passed away in l

1930. For nlally years ho had pub-

lished a novel almost every year, and had a great following of read-

ers, who likcd a rousing tale full of

incident. William Pitt. Ridge whose

f if fl id f ti . d , . akllglgrslfccuinbe: (gig: 521x12: (g1) l hearted and curlollsreadcrs that he did Crosbie Gal-still, xvhose gay ar~ lb“ “we “me for journeys or his

ticles on "The Mudlarks" written for

Punch. during the war, will not be

Another victim of 1930 was D. H. of who

American story tellers whose loss

occasional forays into the realm of politics. ,

Among essayists and writers on serious questions who arc with us no more must be mentioned C. K. Scott wfnncrioff, fanlous for his translations of Proust and Piralltleilo; Charles ivhibley, noted fol‘ ills biographical sketches, ills political portraits and lltr-rarv studies: l-icrbcrt Croly, the distinmlilhcci crlilzvr of tho New Rc-_ public, and William Boliiho Ry'ali,l who was rapidly coming to the front as an essayist wllcn death overtook; .im.

And if the invisible smith no longer, shoes the traveller's horse for n, few I pence, at least his stone anvil ls still I where Alfred the Greet saw it.

‘contribution to the sum of human progress.

1i‘ you want to have your optimism restored, Journey forth to a "fowl supper" at one of our surrounding country churches. Your faith in hu- man kinddllners will soar.

Plenty to eat-pass your plate back for more well-browned bird, and help yourselves to vegetables, hot gravy, salads, jellies, and pickles. Hot coffee cakes like ambrmla, and pies of lus- clolls crispness. Then the program after the supper is an eyeopener. Splendid talent is available. with mu- sical numbers on piano and violin, delightful singing and readings and recitations that make you forget your cares. And the friendliest atmosphere imaginable, with children playing around who look the picture of health and happiness. their sturdy little bod- ies and bright faces a joy to thrrbe- holder. Yes, if you think Canada is going on the rocks-jut buy a tick- et for a fowl supper. and you change your opinion. I ' ,

-- | l-low sleep the brave, who sink to rest. l By all their country's wishes blcsti, When Spring. "with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold. She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet ‘have ever trod. |