PAGE roux TilE Olillll LDTTETOWII GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded 188T)

. Preuldent LleuL-Col. W. Chester S. McLure t Vice President J. R. Burnett. FJJ. lecretary LieuL-Cnl. D. A. MacKlnnon, 0.5.0. Editor 5nd Managing Director J. B. Burnett, FJJ. Associate Editor Frank Walker SUBSCRIPTION RATES c $5.00 per year (‘in advance] delivered to City

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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink.”

MONDAY, JULY A, 193B

1 N0 British Recruiting Allowed Jul Prime Minister Mackenzie King has intimat- ltw‘ ed that the Dominion ljovcriliiieiit would refuse deli any reiplest of the British authorities to estab- . 6 t lish a hoyal .\ii' Force training establishment in $9-5 Caiiailii. PR Prifnzilily the King li\l\‘Cl'lllllClll would rather -_ have our llll\'lll]ll\t_\'t'(l youth roaming the couri- Big try as hoboes, tiiugzingiiig tip as they recently did F I at \aiieo\i\er. l~or an idle young iiian. of souni 30a‘ physiipie. what l)§'ll\'l' could happen to him than SA three _ye.irs' framing iii the llritish .\ir,_.\zivy' ~ or Army form-q .\o one can enter any 0t these PR services, Cltillt‘ out with llltllilllfllltle‘ discharge“ 11 papeis. and lllll prou- l|llll\t'll a better citizen. lhlt apart from this C\tll~l\lt‘l'2lllllll, therc is. 215 l lit‘, li-eiitiett pointed out. an tihlijgatioii on the cart of Canada to the Mother Land to zissist in pie Every ltil-flllll‘ way iii the \L‘llt'lll\"Ll'f liiupirc Ville- Er-me. lle reii-rreil to (ii-eat -ritain as " ic ancient pariiii-r on whom we have lcaneddall yap Ihusr years." and he tlerlareil l'(1lllllll_\t‘ that no SA Taiiailizin is worthy ot his tyreat heritage who ivouhl dcnv the olil partner who established us. “t {he ritgbt create those centre-s she may not liave rit home to pi-e<ervi~ her life and the life of verv man uhoeiiitiy: freedom and liberty tinder 3hr». ii-otectiiig aegis of that flag” 0V Priemier King professed himself ready t0 “go oz, hgforc the people” on this issue. Does he real- Bl: ly imagine that a campaiqii of anti-Imperialism. $1. luch as he carried on .'igaiiist the lTmpire Trade i. Pact; in iogz-ftjt. ivould he acceptable to loyal '1“- Canatliziiis at the [ireselit critical juncture in I British affairs? an SA ' _.-_- Prorogation Scramble l 2,2 Zarliament has prorogued with an all-time re- 7] cord of tuifinished bitsiuess. And this was not f0. done just iO~5llll the convenience of theLoiiscrv- A ative Upposition, whose party’ convention opens

Tuesdav. The contrast is striking between the last- ; minuteirushof iniportziiit legislation and the ex-

tremely ililatorycotirsc of parliamentary business during the early mouths of the session. Soiilctlilflg like a third of the estimates were railroadcgl through in the closing hours of the session. Tens of millions of the taxpayers‘ money were hurrid- ly spent or zillocali-d. scores of items of the S525.- OLXLUOO estimated being given scarcely a word of public debate. In the time limit set by the (lov- eriiiiicnt, even those items that were debated could rereive little more than (lesultory examina- tion. Close and critical study of the estimates was never more necessary than now, yet the appropriations could not possibly receivethe con- sideration that should be given them within the short period remaining. Moreover, some Gov- ernment legislation of first-rate concern to the Country has gone by the board.

There is, for example, no parliamentary ac- tion on the Turgeon Commission’s gram inquiry which lasted a year and cost hundreds of thous- ands of dollars.

'l‘hen there was the much-heralded bill to re- strict and control party expenditures during gen- eral election campaigns. Parliament agreed t0 this measure. Then came the realization that a general election was near and that some of the provisions in the bill might be embarrassing. S0 the whole measure was held over-—in all prob- ability until after the election of a new Parlia- ment. _

Notwithstanding the haste in prorogation, the Government was unable to sidestep a showdown on the issue of its policy in regard to co-opcra- tion with the llritish (iovcriimeiit in the vital business of l‘t'lll‘lllillll(‘lll'. .\lr. lleiiiictfs out- spolccn statements on this matter were char- acteristic of a man who has ricvcr been asham- ed of his staunch lniperizilism.

The §ciizitc vcry properly refused to pass a bill for penitentiary‘ rclorlii. based on the rc- ccntly lllTsPlllPll report of a Royal Commission. The snap jnilgiiit-iit given on this measure in the llniise of (fomiiioiis left no time for reasoned

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discussion. — I ~ p u ‘ The uholc. hurried prorogation scramble is dis- tasteful to the public. of (his eounlryz It is,

moreover, utterly inconsistent with the democra- tic principles which the Primr- Ministcr so fre- quently and fervently proclaims with his oft- rcpvalell assertion of parliamentary respon- siliility.

“Fancy Religions"

A shrewd analysis of the real driving force behind the ideological natioiialisms so fashion- able in liiiropc today was made recently by I)r. James Black, Modcrattir of the (iciieral As- sembly of the Presbyterian Church in Scotland. “Fancy religions," l)r. Black termed thcsc new political crceds, which arc religious iii thc sense » that they bind to themselves with hoops of steel those who subscribe, or are compelled to sub- scribe, to them. They are vigorous. militant. or- ganized, and, on the surface at least, confident. They sct tip an ideal which in essence is of thc earth, but which is rendered remote and magical by a nimbus of inspired patriotism. So far as personal ethics go. these ideologies do not pres- ent much cause for complaint. They inculcate the virtues of thrift, self-restraint. and sacrifice ivithin the nation. So long as their operations are confined to their respective countries they do no great harm to other people, but WlICIWVCY

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they attempt to burst npcri (he barriers of fron- tiers they are cnpableyif flntoltl mischief. Some- thing of their activating spirit they have taken

from the stern piety that lay behind the great medieval Orders of the Catholic Church and be- hind Calvinism also. They satisfy their adher- ents with the hazards of the steep and thorny way. The end is, however, purely secular, and the arguments used to encourage the wayfarers are at best meretriciously religious. The whole tendency may, at any rate temporarily, suit the nations that have elected to follow it. In every case, however, it has been antagonistic to the Church without distinction of Protestant and Catholic.

Dr. Black notes the curious contrast between the democracies and the dictatorships. The de- mocracies believe in liberty and a maximum of the ease and good things of this life for their citizens. The (lictatorships spurn these freedoms and concentrate upon the stern and earnest as- pects of existence. In the dictatorships the State usiirps the functions of [hg Chum}, and thepeople seem to like the strict and exacting regime._ It certainly tones them up. In the de- mocracies the Church has much more difficulty m keeping its members than when its rule and message were more uncompromising than now. Dr. Black suggests that the Church should take a leaf out of the book of the ideologists, that there should be a little more of the iron 0f self- discipline introduced into Christian life. In- stead of making membership iii the Church easier he would have it made harder—not in the mere procedure 0f initiation but in the whole religious conduct of the individual communicziiit. i He would. in short, have the Church and its mem- bers devote thcmelves in the precise meziuitig of (levotion to the teaching and living of the Christian life. If, as more than Dr. Black be- lieve, Christian democracies are in danger of be- coming soft. the plan stiggcsted would seem to be not only feasible. but indeed necessary as an offset to the paganizing influence of the crecds which are now challenging the enthusiasm of youth in totalitarian states.

I Editorial Notes I’

Independence Day, U.S.A. 1F it a x Dominion Convention of Conservatives, Ot- tawa, tomorrow. n r c u Next public holiday falls Monday Septem- ber 5th. n: w a 4i Roads and detours are a bother to travellers these days, but now we shant be long before the main thoroughfares are hard-surfaced. m m All the visitors to Camp Buchan are enthusias- tic over its beauty and stiitability for the ptir- pose for which it has been dedicated. a e x a At the Jamboree and Rover Moot a promin- ent figure was that of Piper Martin of Boston who played the Gubernatorial party to the plat- form. He is a Belfaster long resident in U.S.:\. where he has acted as piper to Sir Harry Lauder on his periodic visits. z at n: v The improvement in the stock exchange is an indication that the outlook for peace is more hopeful than at any time since the Spanish coti- flict started. The Soviet Government has sud- denly reversed its position and agreed at last with the. other four major “non-interventionisis" to support the British plan for the withdraival 0f “volunteers." The Daladier Government in France. after summarily adjourning a Parliament which literally fought the Spanish war on the floor of the Chamber of Dcptities. feels free to close tinofficially a frontier which has never been officially open. This move checks the flow of supplies shipped through France to the Bar- celona Government. \\'ith Mr. Chamberlain's flat refusal to take measures to protect British ships in Spanish harbors. 0r to punish the raid- ers who have stink no fewer than fifty-four boats flying the Union Jack, it is supposed to put France and Great Britain in a strong position to demand that Italy and Germany cease send- ing men and munitions to the Franco forces. n: x 1k n:

Agriculture Minister Gardiner announces that after June 30 all Canadian cattle exported to the United States, other than those for immediate slaughter, must be accompanied by a veterinar- ians certificate showing they have been tested within 30 days of the date of shipment and found to be free of bovine tuberculosis and oth- er contagious diseases. The new order of the United States Department of Agriculture will not apply to cattle exported from accredited areas in Canada, that is areas in which the in- cidence of bovine tuberculosis has been reduc- ed to one-half of one per cent. Chief effect of the order is to render steers and spzrvcil heifers subject to the same certification requirements as other classes of cattle. The regulation is cle- sigucrl to provide additional protection for areas in the United States to which many Canadian steers are sent annually for grazing or feeding. A further purpose is to achieve uniformity as between regulations governing Canadian imports and those governing inter-state movements. The new order will. it is expected, apply to about 125,000 Canadian cattle this year.

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Banks are rising to heights of uriwontcd gen- erosity in New York. Members of the City Council finance committee who have been hear- ing objections to Mayor La Guardia/s relief tax program for weeks got an unexpected and pleas- ant surprise “then spokesmen for the city's banks expressed their willingness to contribute about $2,000,000 a year to relief through an increased State income tax. Mr. Tames l-i. Perkins, presi- dent of the National City Rank. and Mr. \Vil- bur L. Cummings. counsel for the Clearing House Association, told the committee that the thank tax bill proposed by Councilman Toscpli Clark Baldwin would produce lawsuits instead of revenue. The taxis one twentv-fifth of i per cent on bank deposits. The bank spokesmen said this ievv would be unworkable, but made it clear that thev were not nbiectinz lo contribut- imz toward thecost of relief. Mr. Cummings said the banks were willing to go along with an increase of their State income tax from 4 r-i to 6 per cent. if sedrezatiiw legislation could be obtained in Albany to turn the proceeds of l l-I per cent into the city‘; relief fund. cggg“;

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IIDTES BY TIIE TRY

There have not been our. talu difficulties 1n lilting the spheres of usefulness ot the zwyal Dutch Alr Lilnea and 1m. perial Airways where both entar. prises pass over so much of m; same dand and sea. and both serve so many of the siune places. But the general good understanding between the peoples and the Cov- ernments of ureat Britain and the Netherlands has helped their settlement. The development of the air route to Australia ha: quickened British interest In the Dutch East Indies; and there l5 perhaps room for greater trade activity between them and the Commonwealth. It is in any case thoroughly satisfactory that in these days of rival armaments and mutual suspicions the strengthen- ing by Britain of the fortifica- tions of Singapore at one end of the island and of Darwin at the other has roused no tremor among the" guardians 01' the Dutch possessions. There is, on the con- trary. every sign that these de- fensive measures are regarded as a matter for congratulation by our Dutch friends. The East Indles are. ln Lord Gowrlee words Aus- tralia's closest neighbours; and there exists between Great Britain and Holland that rare pheno- menon, real international friend- shlp.-The 'I‘lmes. London.

As government has become more complex, Canada's average MP. has worn out more shoe leather. Wldened government activities have greatly increased demands on private members by their 0on- stltuents, the accompanying sur- vey shows. Every new govem- ment activity, every new govern- ment bulldlng, has lengthened the walk of the conscientious MP. on his daily beat to keep everyone at home happy . As he has walked more he has talked less. A day 1n the life of the average M.P. now lnclud...: Visiting departments, A5 minutes. Listening to speeches. 5 hours; talking 10 minutes Writ- lng. reading letters , two hours. Committees. caucuses, one hour. Receiving visitors, 30 minutes. Dealing with job seekers, 15 min- utes. -.Flnancial Post.

There appear to be many misconceptions about Negro fight- ers. One widely held theory 1s that they possess reflexes and powers of co-ordinatlon which have been dulled ln tne white man. But. even the most casual examination of the records would show that this is not necessarily true at all. Another popular no- tlon ls that a Negros skull ls much thicker than the white mans and that even his maxillary bones are stronger, thus render- ing him less susceptible to punish- ment. Arid yet. the heavyweight champion, Joe mills, is notorious. ly sensitive to blows about. the head, as Max Schmellng demon- strated. Another theory, held by bellevers in racial superiority, is that. the white man always has a. “psychological edge" on a Negro; and yet there have been many great. Negro fighters who ap- parently were never affected 1n the Bllkhtest by any supposed feel- ing of inferiority. and who were always dead game. — New York Herald ‘Tribune.

For many years we ourselces have shaken our heads dolefully as we have observed the reading habits of some of our friends, even those who are college graduates. Out at Unlversltv of Chicago, Guy Thomas Buswell has been study- ing people's reading habits in a scientific way. His report, How Adults Read. doesn't. cheer us up very much. Of course nearly all adults reacl newspapers, 9i per cent of them regularly, but: that 23 per cent never read books at all. ‘The author says that the longer people have been out. of school the less they read. Maga- zines are read regularly by 4t per cent and 34 per cent read many books. Must publishers do more advertlslng?—Shlrilng Lines.

Modern war, owing to the [reat- ly increased importance of lndur- trial mobilization and air-raid de- fence, will probably never again put into the field anything like the numbers that went. (.0 the trenches ln the World War. But. la ls all the more important that. the whole man-power of the nation should be so distributed, between active service and the manifold duties of the home front, as to ensure that. every man ls in the place where he can be of the greatest use to the whole effort. In a great modern industrial coun- try, that cannot be done without long and careful preparations. Whatever the name given to it, the (total mobilization of the whole nation ls today not. a frivolous dream, but an absolutely vital necessity, and one moreover ln which the authoritarian regimes enjoy an immense advantage over the democracies. In any future war, the time fonneijLv allowed, even after the outbreak o! hoettllb- ies, for the remedy of defects and omissions wlll no longer be avail- able. Sea power can no longer be a cloak for military and industrial unreadlness; the utmos effort wlll have to be put forth roin the very first minute. When the hell hounds of war have broken loou. there will be no chance of a suc- cessful improvisation. The war of the future must have been won before the first. blow 1a struck, l! it. ls to be won at. all. —'I'he Round Table London.

Add to the lllt of the world’! meanest ecoundrela the name o1’ “J. Rolland.” who last week collect- ed eight. cents each from eighty unemployed ln Montreal a a fee for finding them work and then decamped with the proceeds. Ac- cording m the published story of the affair 1t all started on Satur- day morning when a man who nld he was "J. Rolland" vlrltpd the provincial employment bureau ln

Montreal! downtown and naked 1f the bureau could nu ly the eighty men for lobe in rdole,

Orin, e small town near Hewlet- bury. It took little time to assemble the ceded rnen and-they were ln- atructed to meet their benefactor at Windsor station. At the station, "Rolland" men. col- lected the elihty-entl fee which he claimed was to pay for trunn-

lnnd." Ilseh of the unemployed had been liven I receipt for the money he contributed. When conductor came ermind for flrm, Chg a hlblted e

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PUBLIC FORUM

‘Ills ooh-l ll open for the Iheullletiy oirreepoudnte of (union cl Internet. The Char lottotowu Gurdlu does not ne- oueorlly undone Ibo IDIIIIIII d oorrelbonlcntl-

(DDFISH DISTRIBUTION

Sin-I have had brought to my notice an editorial appearing 1n the issue of your r under date of May 27th. 193 . with reference to the dlembutlon of oodflsh by this Government drought areas of the Prairie Provinces, without Ad. equate information as m how to cook same.

rm» your information I may say l-lwt definite dixecblons for the re- paration and cooking oi the led

isli were distributed with every individual parcel delivered. I am. advised by officers of my D merit. directly connected with the distribution o. the fish in question, that. one 00m lalnt only has been made regard ng the quality or same; that: many letters of appre- ciation have been received; and that. when directions forwarded were followed. the general oom- ment has been that the fish was most satisfactory. It would seem. therefore, that the charge that this Government “fell down 1n not lvlng instructions as to the cook- s when distributing me iii hardly justified. I am, slr, etc. JAMES G. GARDINER. Mlnlster or Agriculture. Ottawa. June 28, 1938.

PERFECTLY RIGHT

(New Galsgow News)

Bennett was perfectly right. he told the House of Com- mons that more time should be given to study the report of the Penitentiary Commission before passing legislation to but. its re- commendations into effect.

The Penltcntlarv Commission dld some pretty queer things. condemned the present. system on the evidence of convicts-naturally they would want changes: it con- demned the administration of Gen- eral D. M. Ormond, superintendent of Penltentiarles, uifthout RlVlIlll him a chance to see the evidence given by the convicts so lie could prepare his defence; and re- commended the English system on evidence given by British prison administrators without qucstionlrirt the Old Country's convicts.

There results a feeling in Can- ada that the Commission's report. should be glven considerable study before action is taken on 1t.

The pink intellectuals behind “prison reform" ln this country be- long to the same soft-headed class to please which Section 98 of the Criminal Code was struck out. Everybody knows it was this which caused Premier Duplessls to pass his much debated "Padlock Law" to suppress Communism ln Que-

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Pleasing these people may keep them quiet, maybe get their votes. but it ls questionable whether the new legislation will do much good. Certainly l! the results are not bet- ter than what followed when Sec-

tlon 98 was revoked, no change ls wanted. Penitentiary is a prison and

should be kept such. Mollycoddllng the convicts may please social ex- Derlmenters but 1t will not help the country. Some years aqo a Cen- adlan gangster named Ryan was oled for "good behaviour" in Ontario and lt was not lonr: before he was shot. in an attempted rob- bery. a policeman with a wife and famlly ylng lri the gun battle. Canadians do not mint that. sort of thing to happen again.

So long as our penltentlarlm and prisons are used to keep down crimes. the public will be per- fectly satisfied.

I780 DOLLARS

(London Times)

Magnificent silver coins, the size of our 5s pieces, but. dated l'l80 are now helm: struck at the Royal Mint 1n large quantities. These coins are the famous Marla. Therese thalers, or dollars, and the Royal Mint: has been call- ed upon to supply large-numbers of these for use 1n certain East- em countries.