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TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1938

Mr. Dunning s Opportunity

- Unc advantage of rinintce Ajlltislcl‘ D1111t1111g‘s visit at tnis season 1s mt- opptirltttttty 11. attorn- cd l1i111 o1 ap~p1"cc...n11g ulll‘ winter transportation dratviincks. 1 11c pi-tiartons nature o1 tne wintu terry service 11111:. have occu ll11]>l'L‘:5(.‘(.l torcibly‘ Ull lllb ZltlCllllUll U} lllC CAIUYlS lllilllC OVQT lllfi went-curl to rtpan- tlle steamer s retntnning pro- penor, broken 111 an accident winch was pitteueu by tiic lU;s> of llle iornard propcnor altogether. .\11'. LzlllllLlbLf, 1.11 cumse, nuts tree to return to the 111111211111111 u_\' prine. hut no titnst have retlccteti that our 1'.'11‘1nt~rs_ \\'llll their motltice, are i11 a less

|<11'.1.1;..1i~ lllL-lilk-il 1111i 111.11 with cxistntgt ice cotuhiunis lll tiu- . .rz'.it_ they are in cotttinuttl‘ iittitpi-z" o1 iiztrni; titcir transportation facilities

> >ll\1\'~'ll h) lloartl of Trade members at

the l\'u\\'.'ll Lwiitiusstiin si.1.11;s_ prior to the i11- z1t1;;t11.:1.111| 11f 11111 c..r frrry- service our farmers 11111)" recent-ti 1111-1111 5o pcr cent of the value of their licitl ]1;'1>(itt.‘l\ oaring to the (liliiiculty of

having to 111-11 tiunr lirodncis our of the Prov- ince, in $Cll1l1)ll(l':~ 11ml steamers, bctorc navigation closed, wiicrt-tts in other 111111111605 the farmer can wareltoust- his products, grade and ship them aut to feed itiarlicts i11 the winter and spring months and obtain higllct‘ prices. It is too fre- 4ucntly taken for tgratttcd, ltowcvcr, that the car ferry completely remedied tl1is situation. lt has not done so, as .\lr. Dunning 111ust now realize, and our claim to efficient and continuous com- munication with the mainland, acknowledged in thc terms under which we entered Confederation, still remains unfulfilled.

Even the Toronto Globe and Mail, which views our representations with a somewhat jaundiced cyc, admits that we have done our best, as a Province, to observe our obligations and respon- sibilities. The same cannot bc said l0!‘ U16 Dflllllllltlll Govcrtuncttt so lotig as it loaves us under the handicap of inadequate transportation.

The duplication and triplicatioti of railway services outside Prince Edward Island, and largely between Quebec a11d British Columbia has llfkltfll enormously to the railway burden to which we contribute i11 taxes.

When we recall the huge sums spent 0n the Hudson Bay railway and port, on canals and other services carried on for the benefit of the Central and Wcstcrn provinces, is it any wonder that we should expect from an influential rcp- reseittative like Mr. Dunning a strong presenta- tion of our transportation claims at Ottawa?

What an effect it Vfllllltl have 1f our Finance Minister took the earliest opportunity of en- lightening the House of Commons about 0H1’ winter difficulties. as well as our need of port facilities at Chariottctovrn with which he W85 tnade acquainted last summer!

The Nazi Menace

Czechoslovakia has again become the centrcbf European interest. The union of Austria with Nazi Germany put this independent republic of some 50,000 square miles “on the spot,’ so I0 speak, Its precarious position, ‘hemmed m by Nazi and basctst powers openly hostllc K0 democracies, 1s a matter ‘of grave concern to both France and Great Britain,

Czechoslovakia came i11to existence as .8 1'55"“:

of the revolutionary action of the Czechoslovak people during the World War and the break-up o1 the Austro-llunganan monarchy. the £1011- tiers of the republic were fixed by tho pe-Wfl treaties of Versailles, St. Germain and lrianon, at which time the population was roughly tlllf-f- teen and UllC-ll3ll millions. Over 65‘per cent 0

the inhabitants were Czechs and bIQVBlKS, and some 23 percent Germans. _It 1s this German element that 1s ltkcly to give Hitler the cXw-Sc 501' sounding the toscin for another Nazi crusade- His fixed ambition, apparently, is_t0 make Cen- tral Europe into a new German Empire.

The Lzcchoslovak State is a full-flcdgfll Republic, with (lrmocrzttic legislative institutions“ and a constitution which guarantees civil, political and religious rights tonll citizc11s,_as well as free- tlom of the press, invinlttbilily of free assctilbl)’ 111d association and the expression of opinion- ipccial [irovisitms of the constitution protect the rights of language, religious and racial lllillofmeb to whom it guarantees the ntaititcnance of their schools, and prohibits every manner of forcible dcnationalisation. All persons residing 1n the Republic are guaranteed complete and abSOIlIIE security of life and liberty without regard to origin, nationality, language, race or ‘religion.

'l.‘l1e right of the Czechoslovak nation to com- plete indcpctulciice was recognized by Fmncc. Ettglarld, Italy, the United States and indeed all the Allied governments. ‘ I _ _

In the game of power politics now going on 1n Central Europe, agreements aiul pledges are of little practical value Perhaps. the most reassur- ing factor in the present situation 1s the growing evidence of utteasurcss on the part of Italy as t0 Hitler’: future ambitions. A split m the Rome- Berlin “axis" would give at least a breathing spell in. which to rally the spent forces of democracy.

Good-Bye To All That

It l: not the least remarkable feature of recent Empire foreign ’licy developments to find, any: the Hamilton pectator, our old friends, t

.,f.'inudlan isolationist! and pacifists, sharpening

. their tomnhawks and hitting the trail for battle.-

“*- Ittltiltard tn tcll just what they are driving at.

‘ for their vocalism alone- remains consistent in vigour. They are howllngitow for

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just u as they once howled for indepen- d=uGcfro1h~ toils of Europe. ‘ Tluvgrovlling, capitalistic, domineering British lion has for them become a timid and shabby beast, yielding ta dictators just to keep out of W". .

They wondered once why Canada should keep any army or navy or any- air force. It was wasted money. They bombarded "imperialists" who had the nerve to tell the Dominion that possibly she did owe a portion to the defences of the Empire. i i

Now they turn their lecturing to Premier Chamberlain and such fweak-kneed" statesmen 'who are forced to view a changing and treacher- ous Continental picture with apparently lcss per- spicacity than those brilliant observers who are three thousand or more miles from the scene. They would have a world in Armageddon to hold up the shattered illusion of Collective Secur- ity. The, would-have the Empire fight every onc’s battles but its own. _ They announced defeated Germany could well have back some of the territory she lost to the allies in the “tar-until they saw those territories came close to the dominions

Canada. having won her independence, would have no part in the titachittations of British war- mongers—11ot tmlcss those war-mongers 1121p- pctietl to hack un their own opinions.

\\'l1:1_t a pitv that these 1‘o‘§‘ical idcrlists cannot ll-lillg tnorc force to hear on the imperial (‘oun- c1 s.

Rut what a remarkable change in a few short ycars!

Out-voted. Not Out-argued

“Don't you know that the latest statistics show there arc 1,045,000 surplus females in Eitglaitd and Wales ?" demanded a feminine member of the Leeds Council, hcr arms akimbo, rising to excoriate the male councillors for voting a resolu- tio11 requiring women Council workers to resign on marriage. “Don't you know that you are fostering immorality and itnpcriling the future. of the race by deliberately encouraging our finest womc11 to remain single P" The speaker's poli- tical affiliations are Conservative. Four Laborite sisters rallied to her as one sister. “Men who support this proposal are of Oriental mentality," observed one scornfully. “Women will have to go back to their harems." Said another: “The member responsible for the proposal may be an admirer of Hitler.” “Ninety-mite women out of 100 want to stay at home, but there ‘is the one odd woman who perliapsis not fitted for home work and has 11o children." rctnttrked the third with no less heat. The Laboritc daughter of the Lord Mayor vctiturcd to remark mildly: “I don’t look on marriage as a career. It is a mut- ual agreement between two people." The men Cotmcilers, their fell purpose ltaving, as already mentioned, been accomplished. preserved poker faces and remained mute. They were all married.

.I‘ Editorial Notes I

Julius Caesar died this date 44 B. C. 1 i U l

The City Council should be sure that the streets are “madesafe for St. Patrick?’ and have them ship-shape for marching.

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The radio ncwsmongcritig has added to thr-

worries of newspapermcn, who are appealed to

late and early by fans to confirm or deny sensa-

tional reports broadcast. u u a I _

Mr. Dougald MacKinnon, M, L. A., Belfast is

mentioned as likely to be a. Liberal choice for

Candidate in Quecrfs by-clection—at least that

was the consensus of opinion of those Agricul-

tural Liberals who were 1p tile city on Saturday. l! i

The Canadian fur farming industry continu- ed its growth in 1936, the number of farms in- creased to 8,140 ‘from 7,495 in 1935, Revenues were decidedly higher, increasing $1,017,076 during the year to $6,537,503. The sale of pelts ‘ accounted for a total of $5,707,922; and sale of live fur-bearing animals, $829,581. The number of animals on the farms at the end of 1936 was 221,015 of the value of $9,837,760. The prin- cipal kinds were silver fox and mink, the for- mer tiumbcring 151,696 valued at $8,345,552 and the latter 44,631 at $1,313,613. ,

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January imports of fertilizers were of the value of $107,246 compared with $345,005 in the previous monthand $177,149 in January, 1937. Imports from the United States aggregated $54,899, Netherlands $25,142 and Belgium $13,786. Total imports of fertilizers during the ten months ended January were worth $3,789,312 compared with $2,962,356 in the same period of the previous fiscal year. Exports of fertilizers in January amounted in value to $534,730 coni- pared with $464,438 in December and $442,998 in January, 1937. The United States was the chief customer with a total of $438,334. fOllOWCd by Hawaii with $52,288 and the Philippines $18,087. Total exports during the ten months ended January were worth $5,290,700 compared with $4,686,085 in the same period of the prcv- ious fiscal year.

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The lowly potato found a distinguished champ- io11 when, before a packed hall of doctors and dentists at the Academy of Medicine, Toronto, Dr. John Oppie McCall, Director of the Guggcnheir

stitution of potatoes for cereals I11 young child- ren's diet had markedly decrtased dental decay. He said, after the lecture, he" did not recommend complete substitution of potatoes, but u partial substitution. An excess of alkaline ash over acid ash foods in the diet had been found, he said, to have the best results in mitigating decay of de- ciduous teeth, and potatoes had a large quantity of alkaline ash. His championship of the potato was not unchallenged. Said Dr. Alan Brown, physlcian-in-chief of the Hospital for Sick Child- ren: "I'm afraid there is going to be a swing to potatoes after this unless every one here also knows that pnbulum too ls an alkaline ash l" Dr. J. Kreutser. Professor of Preventive Dentistry 1n the University of Toronto, pointed out that some

carbonates and caused fermentation whim led 10

Dental Clinic, New York City, 1m that a sub- _

dentiata- 1.11 11m potatoes were high n’ hypo- .

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but but b; no h m» different defence .U\IIIIIII before“ 0:119‘ hlrltish Pgrllglmbnl werefl e u euudtotc Great Britain’ 1 bfllva 1988-88. l’. ls stated, 701.000. which 1s In d stern an "M- m oonsbrtiotkm w“ new

eaqaresslou the fotmdatlon of the Oolnmonweulth of Nu-

. The Great War showed Its under

operation 1n develonment of both. The estimates indicate that Brit- aiin ls determined that 1f the test should come. the British Navy once more will be mady to play its pasta-Fredericton Gleaner.

Lord Halifax spoke at " ncaa- ter at a dinner 0f the Dancastez‘ squadron of the Yorkshire Dra- goons. which squrdron he for- merly commanded. He sald he heard the other day of a man who went lecturing abcut the war and told a story that was uttrLretcod nowhere except 111 Etxjlatid. ‘The French thought it blasphemy. The ‘, Americans laughed a 111-112. but didnot tindcrstaitd 1t thoroughly. The English were the on‘. pesple wro understood 1t. The s ry “"8 thl : When the "Cease fire" was sounded at 11 a.m. on No- vember 11. 1918. a certain bat- talion was formed u by fits cam- manding officer, an when all was ship-shape the Colonel said that he had to announce that the war was over whereupon the negl- mental serzeant-malor stepped up, saluted and sald: “Please, s11‘, who's won?" That story. said Lord Hall- fax. had a moral. because 1f there wa one thfng which had stink lnto the thoughts of British people 1t was that even a victorious war exacted an immensely heavy price from all those who book part 1n 1t. --Banffsh1re Joumal.

—-Great oaks from little acorns crow. and dams worth a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year to Canada groi from tluy crea- ttires whlch at two weeks old 11m only about one-twentieth of an Inch 1n size. Nor are clams as long a time as oaks 1n gmwlng. In two or three swears the microscopic new-hatched clrm has mama markatable size-Quebec Cmronlcle- Telegraph.

So far. the English have shown an extraordinary calmness over the trend of For Eastern aftalrs. This 1s because English posscslons am not so vulinaable as the French, Chinese reartnament is largely a British business carried out via. I-long Kong. This 1s almost demon- strated by the violent antt-Bdtlsh

loin; run British lntermts are bound to clash wlth Japanese intiei-ests. despite the calmness shown 1n Londion.-—Pa.rl.s Exchange,

Let 1t not be forlotten that war 1n any case brlngs someth similar to Fascism 1n any de- mccracy involved. But remember- ing the lmpulses-bxoad and gen- emtis-that would spread the sacrifices of our not, only among the 1e who have little influence other ‘their vote, but also among those whose economic post- tlon makes war less onerous for them, peace workers may well de- mand legislation that places more emphasis on profit llnwtatlon. Of eleven sections making up the war profits bill. ten concernorganlm- tlon for war, and only one-and

Committee have mt opposed the b111 (on prof- its on war material) on the grounds that lndtistry must. be allowed to profitonwarlfttlstnbelnduoed tnoo-opemteinwar. Ihlsmaybe noted with appreclulm b people who are expected to smrlf 0e their sons and their own ltvm and pros- perlty for putrlottlsmb sake. For they fe they have a. rlght to de- mand mat buslness interests show as much patriotism when 1t comes to sacrificing some of their proflls. a-Chnlstlan Science Monitor Boa- n.

If the real dungar from the ulr 1s the high-explosive bomb. what measures are likely to provide most protection against. 1t? Evacuation before the attack iis clearly the sur-

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est remedy, but places where evacuation 1s not feasible 1t seems that the large-scale shelter. proof , a alnst anything short of a lreot ht, 1s the best substitute. So far. awever, comparatively little has] been done by local author-mes to rovlde such shelters. some bid-us-

a. recent debate. are glv them s lead by constructing un ergrounxl shelters for their employees. These shelters. however, may not be 11.n- nexed by local a/uthorltlw 1n the event of weir, and 1t will. there- fem, be the duty of lllg authorltles tnnmuke their own plans 1n this mat- ter, Finance. unles: 1111c Govern-

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THE V010! OI‘ THE PEOPLE

Sin-M our 1111111115 form ‘of nov- ernment will be

rlpht. dlrectlon. for tho electors to ‘talk up" r rcorcsentattvql It cannot be

doubted that there 1s general au- sutfsfactlon with the doings of the electedmt last year's session. Nom- mallv our government 1s a democ- racy-a government by the, people. mun supposed to voice the opinions and desires of 111s con- stituents. When he cannot consci- entiously do so, 11 1s his duty to r . as 1t by the voice of the people that the government was allowed to appropriate the property and homes of farmers and others a- gainst their will and wlthout a1- lowlmz them to have any any 1n the matter of com nsatlon?

Was 1t by the vo ce of the people that the prohlbltory law was ig- nored ancl tens of thousands of gallons of rum sold as government

‘medlclnem? Did the people authorize the a brewery to encourage the habltol’ drinking?

D0 the people hold the view that lt ls more important to have well bred horses. than to have a t_-'"er rising generation? Elect- ors. 1‘. ls up to you. '

.1 am. S11‘. etc» » ELECTOR.

SENATOR nucinss AND PEACE

Sirr- On Saturday last- the 5th 1n_1t., I had the plcasure and the privilege of llstenixig to an address by Raymond Leslie Buell. Fn.D.. President of the Foreign Policy As- soclatlon. New York. befcm the Canadian Club at the Oknrteau Iaurler. Hts subjcct was “Is the World Headed Toward Wax."

Dr. Buell appears to be an ob- serving man, has had good oppor- tunities to get information m1 cur- rent events. and is somewhat hopeful that mere will not be mn- other world war in the near future: nevertheless, he fears that such s ' catastrophe might be precipitated by any one of several accidents, bacause of the present tense situa- tion among the nations of the world. If this reasoning 1s correct. the upreasement of the situation 1s the greaust wot that can engage the attention of statesmen and Prime Minister Chamberlain of England should get all the-support that men of good will everywhere can glve 111m.

Dr. Buell dld not state what. 1n his o inlon were the cause or caus- es o the present tense situation. and probably such a llne of thought did not come within the purview of his address: nevertheless, this thought must force itself upon the minds of refectlng people every- wtbere: we on the eve of n world catastrophe? Is the pix-sent sttuutiorn more ominous of a break- y that p of Christianity had been applied by Christendom. 1n all departments of life. would the present sltuwtlon have arisen? Would a. return to the principles of Christianity save the sltuat on? Is such a return feas- tble? and 1f so, how can 1t be brought about? Is there any a11- thorlty 1n the world that can point the way? D1d Jwus Christ. when he was visibly present amongst us establish such an authority? Or did He leave man helpless, and at the mercy of acclde it r

I am. s11- etc. _ J. J. HUGHES ‘I-‘lae Senate, Ottawa, March 9. 1938.

MORE TAXES COMING

Sin-The unanimous “No Tax- ation“ lelflsluture. soon w meet. has 11 further taxation program-on lts agenda. The poor electors. burd- ened tlll their backs were broken with “unnecessary taxes" by e MaoMllltm Government. as vlvldly pictured and denounced by the Campbell taxers. and slnce loaded to desperation at every session by Campbell tax increases. are now booked for at least. two further rips. (we don't know how many more) when the session opens.

The new tax 1s promised 1n “In- come lenlslatlon." The unpromlsed ones are not vet announced. The 011v Council has added another uuarter udr cent on overtaxed real and personal brooertv. and now. at request; of the Mlnlster of Asrlcult- are. they are lolnlnu hands with the Government to create another talxlntz combine 1n the form of a. mllkmanb monopoly. »

No sane man will tmatzlne that the milk combln- are asklnlz for powers to cheanen the price of milk. nor to help the consumer. At present they are unable fleece consumers as much as they wish because of independent competition. Two or three years are an enter- brlslnx merchant undertook to eel milk. maklnu a mood nroflt. at. 1c below the mblne once. In some way the operators managed to

School-curriculum _t Discussion

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To the Province: An uncle of yours dies 1n Aus- tralh and leaves 00000.00 w Y0" and your ulster. The will vldu mat she 1s to rocetve $800. more than you. What are Your respect- ive shares? Now 1n such u 01m- plc problem. aided by the "round- ness‘ of‘ the flsum. moat 0f us. I think. would not bother with l. pencil. to say 1101111118 of resort to a. for the solution. e snou mentally divide bdth sum 111w equal parts, subtract one of the small sums ($400) 1r

would gfve you your share and add the remalnln 8400.00 to the re- nmtnlnz $3006.00 which would give you your slsterb inheritance.

Asked the reason for the taddln . subtmctlng, and dividing, we ahou be some time explaining our sys- tem. But had we resorted to mathematical 1..., age, every step 1n the proces would have been clean-cut and clear. Let x be your share. ‘Then x plus 8800 1s Your sisters share. Both together ual the 46000. This gives us a ma e_- matlcal statement.‘