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Why Scrap Confederation?

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_ Mr. WILFRED Hsrenrnoron, M- P. P., for ;' St. David‘s, Toronto, has entered the fray over 3 the B.N.A.- Act‘, according to the Mail and Empire, In a. letterto the press he contends that the Act is not our constitution-that it is only f a part thereof. “Our constitution is really just the same as that of Great Britain, as elastic as ". undefined, and all that the B. N. A. Act does is _' to divide certain fields of legislative authority 5 between nine provincial legislatures and that of ‘ ' the Dominion. Each of these Legislatures, as 1 regards the subjects which the B. N. A. Act assigns to it, and ivithin the geographical limits , of its province. is a sovereign body, in a self- governing British province, and the authority of l its Parliament is (to use the words of the Privy Council) as plenary and ample as that of Ottawa , or \\'estminster itself." y Accrding to Mr. IIEIGXIINGTON, as the Privy .Council has repeatedly held (though the man i on the street seldom appreciates the point) the Provincial Legislatures are in no sense, subsid- iary to the Dominion Legislature. They are not . creatures of the Dominion Parliament-—they owe {tiothiitg to it and derive no authority from it. There is nothing derivative or delegated about _ the authority of a Provincial House. Each pro- lvincial legislature, within the subjects assigned 3 to it and within its boundaries, is as sovereign a T body as the Mother of Parliaments itself- With- : in its subjects the Dominion Parliament is the ‘- same. "Herein lies the secret of success in Con- t‘ federation. The Attorney-General for New I Brunswick is quite right when he says that if the I provinces are simply to become creatures of the Dominion Parliament the whole foundation of Confederation will be destroyed, the provinces will be no longer self-governing British provinces ; and the "basis upon which the various colonies 5 were persuaded to submit to Confederation will wholly and finally disappear." Canada with the consent of .the provinces can certainly obtain all the amendments it re- , quires at Westminster by making its desires '5 known to the Imperial Parliament as heretofore. But our Premier would hand us over to the tender mercies of the Federal Parliament, which in no more sovereign than our own Legislature.

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‘Today's Civic Contest

‘z The Mayoralty contest in today's civic elec- 1 tion is a straight fight between two candidates 1. who have held office as Councillors, and whose records are before the public. In their election t cards theyVboth emphasize the importance of a " "balanced civic budget, and of dealing with other ~ problems, notably unemployment relief and el- ectric light rates. It is essential that the franchise be exercised conscientiously, with a view to civic . rather than personal interests, and that the vote l. -be large and representative. The same applies, of course, to the contest in Wards Two, Four ' and Five for the Council seats- The cards of the candidates have appeared in the press. and their respective claims are being placed fairly and squarely before the public. In wishing good luck and a “safe landing” l ' to all participating in the contest we may also commend, quite sincerely, their interest and con- cern in civic affairs, which had induced them to come forward at this time for the privilege of [Qmdischarging onerous and often thankless duties ..;.involving the expenditure of a great deal of time

and energy. A practical way of showing public '

appreciation of this fact is to see that the fran- chise is exercised to the fullest legitimate extent.

Search For John Kipling

In the English newspapers reports relating

ito the death of King Gnome, and of RUDYARD

~' KIPLING, appear many intimate and touching stories which somehow did not find their way

out here. And of these there is none more re- vealing than the stoy of Jenn KIPLING.

Joan KIPLING was reported missing, and IIUDYARD, his father, visited in hospital Ionics closest friend. The friend had served as a broth- er oflicer with 101m in the Irish Guards, and was wounded in the same sector around Loos. R. K. was outwardly calm, but inwardly shattered.

, _ They decided to try to establish beyond doubt if

JonN were dead or a prisoner of war._ So they wrote to a. fellow oflicer, who was Still m the

jgsame sector, asking him to see what could be done. Weeks passed before a reply came. Every "avenue had been explored, but no trace had been found. The third member of the trio, though still

in France, could do no more than they. He wrote,

i}, ~_“We can only hope that he is a prisoner of war.

I have done my best." Less than a; week after RUDYARD Krrune

became Enwmu: VIII.

Editorial Notes

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rm: cnaitboirrsrowu GUARDIAN {i

Mr. BENNETTS advocacy of compulsory Voting and limitation of election expenses should encourage the KING Government to take action. It is over due—owing to the fact that in the pastithe leader of the Opposition would have made a party issue of it,

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Old times were recalled in Ottawa the other day when the executive of the National Council of Women received the resignation of Lady ABERDEEN as President of the Internation- al Council, It was when the Earl of ABERDEEN was Governor General here that her Iadyship formed the first Council in i893, and ever since she has taken an active interest in its affairs.

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’ ' Evidently Premier Tliscusnrlivis taking a leaf out of Premier CArn-aau/s book, for on a week-end visit to Montreal he stated that he was not prepared to pass on to the municipalities the extra amount granted byiihe Federal Govern- ment for relief. He said during the next session of the legislature new measures would be adopt- ed to do away with present difficulties due to the KING Governmenfs departure from the policy of its predecessor of one-third contribution by Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments.

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Sympathy will be extended to President m: VALERA of the Irish Free State on the loss of his second youngest son, BRIAN, as the result of a riding accident in Dublin's famous Phoenix Park. The President has seven children, and re- sides,at Springville, Cross Avenue, Blackrock. Dublin. Mr. m: VALERKs father was Spanish, his mother Irish and his wife Irish (a FLANNI- can). BRIAN was a student at Dublin University, following no doubt in the educational footsteps of his father who is a B.A., B.Sc-, Dip. in Ed. (Teaching); LL.D., and Ph.D. He raised $6,000,000 for the Irish cause in U. S. A. in 1919-20, and has been President of the Executive Council and Minister of External Affairs/since

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The horse in war-fare is fast disappearing. Recent decisions have been taken by Great Bri- tain concerning the modernization of infantry. Complete mechanization of its first-line trans- port is involved, horse-limbers being superseded by fifteen-hundred-weight trucks with oversize tires or armored carriers, while officers’ chargers are being replaced by light autos or autocycles. This mechanization will be accompanied by re-. organization. Rifle battalions will have a light machine gun to each section of seven men. There will then be fifty-two light machine guns in each battalion, in addition to a platoon of four mech- anized trench mortars. Machine-gun battalions, however, will have two companies with a total of thirty-two guns instead of three companies with thirty-six guns, as tried experimentally. An anti-tank company, instead of being composed of four platoons, each of four guns, will consist of three platoons. ~

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Everybody with g civic‘ vote should register ‘Ditto! i; getting unpopular as Hmss in

critteidinb tit, policies of the Bitmulfr otters

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In Budapest, Hungary, an extreme example of the adulation of British royalty is displayed. In a large museum case in the hall of the Gclbert Hotel are exhibited a black swimming suit and a many-colored hath robe_ Beneath these is a sign reading: “Property of His Majesty, King EDWARD VIII of England, left in the City of Budapesfs safe custody." Curious crowds gaze reverently at these relics of the visit of the King, then the Prince of Wales, last year. After a tur- kish bath at the hotel, the prince was urged to visit the swimming pool and received a new bath- ing suit and bath robe. On leaving he was invited to take them with him but he laughingly replied: “Thanks. You can keep them for me until my next visit." Budapest takes such things seriously so the key to the museum ease was deposited with the Mayor. He will restore it only to some one authorized to place these garments in the hands of their royal owner~

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In Alberta the recall principle in politics is being attempted to be put in force. Mr. J. W. BEAUDRY, member of the legislature for St. Paul constituency is being made the first victim of recall efforts by a group of his constituents who charge the member with being a "Non-Social Creditcr." A statement issued by Mr: E. MAL- LORY, president of the St. Paul group alleges the member never came to meetings of the group to learn or to teach (Social Credit principles) be- fore he was candidate," and that after the elec- tion he was “dragged to a few meetings." It added “efforts to make a Social Crediter of him have been in vain." A bill under which any con- stituency in Alberta could “recal1" its elected member, ousting him from his seat and cancel- ling his election by vole in the same way it had elected him is one of the chief pieces of legisla- tion which Premier Anmumnr is to introduce in the coming session, and evidently the fig, Paulites are taking time by the forelock. p511.‘

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With old loans totalling millions maturing this month and next, the Western Provinces are looking once more to Ottawa for direct finan- cial aid or guarantees for new issues. It was in view of this that the Federal Government sub- mitted to last Inter-Provincial Conference the proposal to form a Federal Loan Council to supervise the raising and repaying of loans by the provinces. The attitude of the Western Pro-

to the proposal. While they admit the idea is a good one in itself and if it does not apply to them, the fear that it would involve a surrender of their com lete autonomy in fiscal and financial matters, that if they should sign on the dotted line to obtain federal baclri for one loan, this initial step might shut theEor to escape from federal control in a subaeq tilmlfilil‘ n8‘ o" beneficial effect‘ of the recent been, however, that with. the ultprnutiye of a cer- tain umountof forlorn! supervision m any pro-

. vlncial 1am when a federal guarantee _wa|

W’ Provlncellilvc been stimu-

vinces was not, and is not now, very favourable t

trance has m,

Notes By The Way

There mut be many poop]; lh- ing within a virtual slouch throw o1 old Fort Wellington at. Prescott who have yet to enter its ' and to carry out In inspection or. 1t: interior. no old fortification, one of the best preserved in Ognldl, has hem, indeed, largely ignored by residents o! the surrounding dlalrdct who full to realize what an attraction li. ls for visitors from other aectlops or what an duet the town of e ‘ possesses m its existence with all the memories that. surround lt of the War of 1812, tho Rebellion, the Fenian mlds and other thrilling periods tn which the fort. has been occupied by ur-

hors of the fort seem unaware of “its existence the ‘some criticism does not. apply to tourists who snake their way from point to point over highway No. 2. The tort ts now and has been _1or some years under the administration of the Nation- al Parks Branch at Ottawa and that Branch is authority for the statement that last year approxi- mntely 1,000 people visited n. This does not represent all thou who entered i-he earthworks, for many o! rnoh visitors must have failed to register.‘ Included ln the esti- mated total, however, there were many tourists from many lands, including England, Ireland, Scot- land, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Holland, Germany, Hungary, Spain, British East India. and all parts of the United States. “In addition var- ions groups of people were visitors includ‘ lg teachers and school child- ren, Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, re- ligious bodies and o. party of child- ren from lI-lngfand on a. holiday tfljm-Brockvllle Recorder.

. It happens that the first great decision for the good or ill of the realm 1n the reign of Edward VIII will be taken by two bodies of 1n- dustrtallshs, one representing those who direct and control industrial enterprises and the other those who contribute to the undertakings of their physical strength and skill. Every one will share the hobo that the beginning of the new relgh shall not be marred by industrial strife; but lt rests with the colllery

the opportunity, lf 1t recognises the greatness of the

ln a long struggle of interests but conciliation and even o! co-oper-

stadlng between employers and workpeople.-—London Times.

Just as shock bznumbs the senses, so do certain figures defy

rlson troops. But L’ the very nelgh- ,

' PUBLIC FonuM

out! ’ I I “It C. I'D gluing-tow: Guardian ‘duo: not necessarily ollllrll Ila OIh-lfill ol eon-unidenti-

OBITICS CRITIOIZID

8lr,--I wonder l! you have apnea for a few remarks on some of the

peering in the press at the present time. I hope you have and will grant me this privilege o! using o little o1’ it. Others who have differ- ent opinions from these expressed in said letters might well raise their voices too

"Citizen" ln his usual incisive language, this time directed at Mr. Tarbush. says "Government Con- trol" (he means o! course, govern- ment sale) means fewer bootleg- gers." Now "Citizen" knows, what. everyone else knows who has any knowledge in the matter, that no ‘province tn the Dominion has had an expe ence that will uphold that stptemen . He la just tnlklng, that's a1

Again he says any temperance policy that does not. take into ac- count man’s nature- is d ‘ w failure. Exactly so; man's nature ls o! God - a. spiritual nature, and a temperance policy that feeds a carnal appetite with a narcotic drug ls doomed to failure. There is no doubt about. that. 'I‘hat. ls why some people would rather risk the chance of losing now ln a cause that wlll ultimately win, than win out now ln a cause that. will ultimately be not; only doomed but damned. It; looks ‘as ll "Citizen" were trying to measure man's na- ture in a little flesh-pot. ,

Then ti is almost mirth provok- ing to have him quote what an American weekly is supposed to have said about the Quebec liquor law. He ls probably not aware that, at that date at least, there was not a “dry" national weekly on the continent. That ls that for all that it. means. It would be wise, lf he ls going to quote the law, tor him to read it first, then quote accur- ately, and then tell how the prohib- itions fall ln Quebec, since the fall- ure of prohibition is his theme. Then we have Mr. Rogers coming along with what he evidently thinks

owners and the miners to translate ls keen criticism o! the brief sub- that. hope. by word and actj lnto mltted by the Temperance Alliance reality. The mining industry has to the government. If anyone wants

to take the vtew that it is not as

occasion, not strong a brief as might have been merely to arrange a temporary truce submitted. I Shall b8 Bled to akree

with hlm. I think ti; was a weak

p, make a new start on (he way 0g presentation of astrong cause. But

at. that li; ls, 1n its sincerity and

u _Th 1d t 1 m; 11 m candour quite beyond ridicule. The 29:: or i ,’,‘,.:§,,’,,y_,h,s,, ‘f, lanléeb brief wlis, I take it, addressed to

gentlemen whom the Federation considers

"honorable" men; men whose business lt ls, and who are pledged and sworn to enforce law. This province has repeatedly ex-

ment. The ordinary mind counts and thousands. It. ls necessary to slip into another mental gear in order to talk of millions, because a. million units is beyond any on- dlnary person's grasp. When the astronomlc computation of billions is appded to dollars, 1t becomes an lntertstlng but ehnlve thought. Yet Mr. Rooszvelt. forecasts a bli-

pressed its wishes ln the mutter ol

comprehension and therefore com- handling me liquor quesuolh what

ese would a group of citizens hon-

l“ dtllla“ W “mm m“- hlmdleds orlng the government do but to ask

them to fulfill their pledges and en- force theluw. In the lace of the experience at‘ the other eight pro- vlnces of the Dominion would Mr- Rogers have the leaders in moral and social ideals tempt the govern- ment to follow the eight. into the mess and the mire of government

saie of liquor?

lion dollar deficit for the next bud- get, and this wlll raise the debt ol

Si. John Telegraph-Journal.

From 280,450,381 lo 103,451,077. That tells the story of street-ear transportation in St. Innis. The first. figure represents the

number of cash fares in 1935. In

r Id

ear has decreased nearly 68 2 private automobiles.

Piiollc Service Company . is itself

_--1_

ed advantage over someone

this world. Opportunity, however, 1s offered equally

ble lies in so many b91118

would b, poor in character indeed, to boast. of any advantage. Each

use we put our energies to, for what. we have, and for the way we _ handle our individual lives. We should be eternally grateful for w and ‘ ' come

coma fonn or other tn those less favored-Mt never through boast.-

semo of appreciation for all that la tine and beautiful in life and

a fro; theatre of beauty-m. There noun to be s strong feel-

the United States to well cver for its failure- lhirty-one billion. -Wh-en 1t reaeh- WIRE 0H6 0V8!‘ 1115 Mme 11nd 5W es this the average cltlzen juzt. has 3""; T-llelyflllfellksifllfis dldyéllx-S- H6 t 1- n b k 11-h d h 9___ nows, e nows an ng 0t o a M on a i an Op what he is talking about, that. such

Mr. Rogers says "Every other

country" has kicked out prohibition

Perhaps he would

ls not. the tact. Then he thinks he has dealt an

ellectlve blow to the brlel when he

attacks the request for enforcement

cash by citing the array of police force

and equipment there 1s in the pro-

“res Pam in 1923i the second the vlnce at the present time, and

blames Prohibition for the increase

15 Ye"! tmmmllaim“ by “m” of police, etc. that has been neces- . Bl . d Ml‘. R0 i k P" “m- P°°Pl§ a" “Welling l“ Ila}: this: log: and eqiliibsmxtiilt 1.20s: "I'm? ca“ much concerned with the enforce- and hues-B! monies b!“ line-i ti“ ment o! the Federal Acts re Cus-

toms and Excise as with the pro-

oontrflvui-lns to the fndlns travel vlnclal m? Let the n. c. M. P. en- by street cars-St. Louis Post-Dls- force effectively the Federal Acts patch. and there will be little part. for the Provincial Act to ploy. And we may No reel man ever boast: his pin- remind him that government sale else. ln the other provinces has nc‘. less- Most such men are truly grateful ened the strenuous task of enforc- 10, w, w“ gomme h“ fgvgfgd ing the Customs and Eixeise laws in “mm we am not mm equal m the matter o1’ liquor.

Let these protagonist: for gov-

“, up in, t . eminent sale tum their than‘ i40- 8 brain words the enforcement of the Fed-

with limited gifts, either of health, ""1 “to m“ "W W" lwmdins

the prohibition law t! they are sin- gilunfés‘); ‘zfiugmlfiggunfémw cere ln their desires for better con- ’ ' dli-IOIII. Bill. Will thCY G01" Thlb

Environment comes tn too. so that: when a mun in highly favored, he wall-into dew“ their awn end‘

I un, Sir, etc, BERT WAINEB.

o! us is richly rewarded for the n], 10m

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