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MONDAY, FEBRUARY C,

Menu-Col. W. Chests 8. leLure Vice frsident. J. B. Burnett. IJJ. leeretnry. LIeuL-Col. l) A lselmuon. 0.5.0. Iditer and Managing Director, J. I. Burnett. FJJ.

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edtoilenndnendua. ueIClrenistions

against Canada, Australia, New

battle. of Commons "cherred tumultuously." ple's way. Their idea of a partnership. Between

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aware of this difference.

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"Deeper In The Mire’

' pire disunity.

_ Zealand or South Africa and Old England would be in the

‘The despatch tells that when Mr. Chamber- lain made his forthright declaration the House

‘ Mr_ Chamber_lain’s idea, quite clearly, is the idea of the British people. It is the British peo-

and the Mackenzie King Government's idea as expressed by Government leader Dandurand in the Canadian Senate the other day, there is all the difference in the world. The unfortunate part of it is that the European powers are They know that the_ Empire chain is as strong only as its weakest link, and are likely to interpret isolationist speeches at Ottawa as evidence of growing Em-

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111E CHARLUFITIUWN GUARDIAN

PUBLIC FORUM

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shopping tn. one of the. Chinese bazaar in Sh

5 . or one is liable to fall victim to the wiles of unscrupulous shopkeepers. You gdmire s. vase: you take it in your _ hands to examine tt more closely it -»whcn suddenly it crunzples in to

a hundred pieces. The op-keep- er is in hysteries; and since you don't know that the vase was barely hinged together so that it would fell spsrt when touched you have to pay for the “best an most valuable vsse in the whole shop." -ll:ventng Post and Mer- cury, Shanghai.

William Seabrook suggests for improving one’s sleep that you "pick up the thread of s former dream. II you wake up in the middle of the night, try to remem- ber whirt you were dreaming and go back into it. But if sleepless- ness comes when you first go to bed, pick up the thread of a dream before, or s. week before, and it works equally well." A number of others report to resume up by wskening. How many of us have at. times

continue with particularly entertaining dream cut, midway by wakefulness! Here is evidence it can be done. dreams. at. least to some extent-Ray Gilles

Cesar- Bits, tlic great hotel-keeper had been a waiter at Voisins, a famous Paris One the oddest clients was s. titled Englishman, who used to lunch there daily dur- lng_ his stays in Paris. Being near- sighted, and having only an im- perfect knowledge 0t French, he at one oi‘ he always sat, to read aloud the menu from one end

Cesar",

An to the other, explaining when nec-

essary any obscure passages. He would listen attentively, smacking of the items, nodding his heed with approval. And when the reading was finish- order-ar beefstesk

Under the above heading the Financial Post I Editorial Notes 1 f emphasizes the “staggering magnitude of Do- ' 1 rriinion Government expenditure proposed for Raleigh ‘set sail for El Dorado, uow British Yo“ llfld the nlsht .1 the 1939-40 fiscal year.” Guiana, this date, 1595. ~ . ‘ Some newspaper comment suggested that the * "' * that, they are m1; - i ' estimates tabled this session were lower by $2.5 AS Ibo Campbell Government has leased no, dreams brim?" Q1 millions than the peak figure of the previous space for exhibits at the New York World's “fished we could ,4 year. Cuts of $6 millions in the item for pub- Fair, Mr. John F. \Vhcar’s position thurc will be some i lic works; $2 millions in ordinary defense esti- somewhat anomalous. mates, and $200,000 in the appropriation for ' "‘ * we can Conn-D; our 4 agriculture were given prominence. If these The Secret Session of U.S A. Senate's Miii- l i: facts are of value at all, says the Post, they in- tary and Foreign relations committee provided m Seep" _____ ‘= jiggle the way in which guy figgngigl wind is the best publicity President Roosevelt could have In his early days q NOT b1Q\ving_ desired. Moreover he waited for the reaction _ The facts are these: before denying the reports. restaurant" Estimates tabled call for an expenditure of * * * * $457.2 millions. This is equivalent to $l9o for Our fishermen will be interested to learn that i every family in Canada. The corresponding the Dominion Government has made available < figure a year ago was $418.9 millions or $174 $20,000 as a contribution toward relief of Nova w um u s‘ '1 per- fmnilyv, _ Scotia lobster fishermen who suffered damage wflose {fling j True, the 1939-40 figures include capital coni- to their boats and gear when violent storms u mitments of $29.4 millions for national defense swept. their shores in late autumn. ,4 ‘ which are to be amortized over a io-year period. order-in-council tabled in the House of Com- At the same time they EXCLUDE such mons granted authority for the grant. Under 1115 "P5 0V" SW16 ltcms as: the plan, Nova Scotia also will be expected to The cost of the wheat bonus. A new item contribute $20,000 ed ne would U

which may run as high as $50 millions.

$15 to $20 millions higher.

ed for these in special supplements

1930-40 is slim. the ordinary cost of goverflmofll- ed later in the session.

is obvious. Namely that the cost of Dominion government machinery and

cal heights — heights barely reached the stress and crisis of the Great War. millions annually.

in our population.

long as government expenditures are to soar in this unconscionable manner.

national books of account are deeply in

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ed to bear."

* A Meaningless Boast

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l, - iDr. Grant, M.P., was. frank enough

treaty "has yet-to prove its beneficial

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in. Hon. Mr. Cahan, who preceded Dr:

under the reductions of duties made

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increase of 516523.141. _ Mr. Cahan's statements were not dis

porturiity of refuting them. If they rect, they prove pretty conclusively King's County representative was just through his hat" when he boasted about treaty" saving this country from ruin.

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Empire Partnership

. ‘Journal, they hold old-fashione

ind tight for any one of them.

ritish Government, “ j Said M

, gusto its, d. $91M“ W559i" T1‘

The C.N.R. railway deficit which last year cost $42 millions and is this year running some

Grants-in-aitl to the provinces, and public works projects entered into as_ employment measures. Last year over $50 millions was ask-

mates. \\"ith an election in prospect the chance 0f reducing or evcn meeting this figure in

Add these items together and the net result the federal piper is still soaring to astr

2p years ago the cost of running the ordinary ; machinery of government was a mere $178 2o per cent, compared to ' Today it has skyrocketed months ago. So far there has been only a mod- nearly 250% despite a gain of less than 40% erate inquiry for policies, from souvenir manu- facturers, hotels, shipping companies, railroads “There can he no confidence,” says the Post, and business men whose trade would suffer if "in the fiscal soundness of Canada's position so the King and Queen stayed at home because of Windsor ex w; w be m England The biggest

there be much confidence in this-sincerity of originates here political leadership which permitsthese expen- ditures to continue skyward at a time when our g g

and in face of an existing tax burden higher than anything this country has previously been ask-

fess in his speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday that the new Canada-U.S. trade

So many Liberal speakers are taking the proof for granted that the Kings County representa- tive's caution is noteworthy. But the Doctor went on to spoil the effect of his statement by declaring that the I935 treaty with Washington was the means of “saving this country from

the debate, showed that the increase of our ex- ports to the United States of commodities on which there had been no change in the United

we gamed mew)’ $235390‘) °f “pm-t trade camels, mules, elephants."

On the other hand, on the exports on which no reductions of duty were made there was an

they were wrong, Dr_ Grant had a. brilliant op-

uver in ‘Britain, apparently, sa s the Ottawa ideas about whshconstitutesan Empire partnership. They » to think it involves obligation on the part “of all the partners concerned to help defend and _ “I0 fight for the othefpertners. To help defend

and. of ‘Prime; eminent‘: "If any‘ alhenpcrt o ‘the

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Then there are additional estimates to meet by the government in case of war. Hundreds These to- of masks have been damaged by children, other- talled $11.4 iriillions last year. They were add- wise rendered ivorthless, or appropriated a=

souvenirs by American and other tourists. I i U I

running Lloyd's, the

Nearly 40,000 gas masks distributed in Eng- lang during last September's crisis over Czecho- Slovakia have been classed as private property A case against a man in Chesterfield court was dismissed when .the puh~ lic prosecutor failed to establish his contention a mask was “His blajestfs property" and the defendant should be punished for damagiing it. The magistrate, however, said ruined masks probably would not be replaced frce of charge TWWWBY» ll l5 Guile B b" different

insurance underwriters, have

and fried potatoes! invariably. — John O’London’s Weekly, London.

It is only a few months ago that the federal mines branch recorded the first shipment of gold irom one of the new produc- ers of yellow metal at. Yellow-knife. Yellowknife, away in the North- west Territories, lies on the north shore of Great. Slave Lake at the mouth of the Yellowknife River. It, is the scene of one of the big- gest. gold rushes of the continent.

from the gold nlsh to the Klon- dike which had prospectors in a dither some forty years ago. To the Klondike it was the long, sr- duous trail on foot or with s. psckhorse; today men travel large- ly by airplane and a ruzh is so swift that it. is over before the general public hardly knows that

paying doubled the cost of insurance against the can- 1r is begun, yeuowgrrire combines

onomi- cellation of the visit of King George VI and

log cabins and modern conven-

iences. It has a dentist who ttlls

(luring Queen Elizabeth to Canada and the United pmspectors. teem Wm, prospectors-

In fact States next May because of the tense interna- The premium is now I0 per cent three

tional political situation.

allowed war, illness, or anything else.

gold. It is full of romance. Two hundred miles from the Arctic Circle powerful mining interests and penniless adventurers are writing a new chapter in Canadian development. —Kitchener Record.

It is stated that Scotland Yard have indirectly been _ informed that the Duke and Duchess of

information COIIIIIHIIIICZI-

nc-ut Marc. The was elicited during

Nor can volume of Lloydsbusincss in this connection Mons between the Yard and

in Canada. with the States second and Great Britain third.

the red ‘I i‘

to con-

public, social, political and

effects."

Grant l" language.

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by the

puted, If

are COI- tliat our "talking the i935

a ‘warning about disrespect for authority. m w s 4

‘ Andlike a sunsetiwere her lips, _ A stormy sunset on doomed ships.

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They are having their own trouble over the border with propaganda broadcasting, and a bill has been re-introduced in the Senate and re- ferred for study to the Committee on Commerce to check it. The measure, on which the last Duke and m5 Duchess m,‘ o! be_ Congress took no action, would remove from broadcasting companies the right of control over M discussions of a controversial nature, and pro- vide for definite periods of time for “uncensor- Europe in the ed discussion on a non-profit basis of mm" b

Most of the pupils obediently underlined "camels", but the lad re- ferred to underlined all four words and added a snt that the metal is to be ex- sarcastic subordinate clause, “but never, obvious- ly, by the dum-head who wrote this quiz." Af- ter a. good deal of research in encyclopedias, books of travel, and works on zoology, the faculty decided to give him full marks, with

The British Press is practically unanimous in its praise of W. B. Yeats as a litterateur of the first rank. Some critics discount his stories 3mg,“ w," my“, 10r- m. to some extent though admitting they “were M?! 5 charmed." But they rightly claim his poetry is m m,“ m‘, gummy w“ pussy,“ his chief glory. As he grew older he found that he had been too elaborate. He was con- "'- "damgo ‘h stautly doctoring austerely his poems, lyrics or m“ o; “m, “q ‘my, my narrative, not always to their advantage. "Yet." we are told, “one can sympathize with a feel- ing that is perhaps shared by readers of poetry as they grow older. The admirer of Swinburne . and Rossetti in‘ his youth comes to find ‘Samson That, st all events, is the ideas of the present‘ Agonistcs.’ the favorite of his age. ‘Yet it was to g p inister the young Yeats that wrote one of those couplets r. . Chainberliriri- to the ‘that sing in the memory:

regarding his continental police escort. When the report became known st some of the West. End clubs, the immediate inclination o.’ members was to connect this in- tentioncn the Duke's part with the international situation. Next March is the date the pessimtsts have fixed by common oonsentfnr the next European crisis, and the fact, or supposed fact, that the

trig in this country then was taken strong confirmation of the

crisis expectation. Obviously, if there is to be any real trouble in near future, it

e highly inconvenient to

have the Duke o! Windsor any-

ecorlomlc where outside his native country. problems, and for educational purposes. In such But it was pref-w widely known. periods, exponents of all sides would receive equal amounts of time. The bill would require complete recording of applications for radio l“ Pill-i bY ti"? Duke “d Dllche“

long before any March crisis was talked about in London, that l-LRl-L, after‘ the visit paid him

of Gl-ucester, miglit be expected

time and the reasons for rejections and for he“ m me “m, p“; o; me New changes of programs dealing with public dis- cussions. Censorship by government agencies would be limited to defamatory or objectionable

Year. —Ottswa Journal.

‘nroximstely 80 percuit. of the nickel used in the world now comes from Canada; l0 years ago the principal producing cor- poration, in the directorate of

Apropos Education Week, a certain progres- which citizens of the United States sive New York school which places a lot of h“ Prewwsly bee" l“ this m“l°"

lty, was reorganized wt s iris- Earity of British subjects as mem-

rs, although tihe greater part of the investment remained in the trizens of this coun-

in personnel was hailed as an astute move b the

ownership of cl

British for the reason that i put in their power control over the of the corporation, and

of arms. It ls now reported that e deposit of nickel tn Celebm Is- land, Netherlands East Indies, is to be developed by s. Holland cor- poration, and it may be signific-

er‘ 1.4" States cuswms dunes “nderdhe X935 agreemem’ faith in intelligence tests was brought up short i,‘ f? was {at greater ma“ the increase of Pl“ ex‘ by one of its twelve-year-old pupils. One sec- ” “’ i i poll.“ under “do schedule o.‘ Ccmmqdlues °n tion of a test they gave his class consisted of . f. which the United States tariff was reduced by sentences like this: “Apples grow on: vines m, This Sh!“ 1:, that agfeflfmm", . roots, grass, trees.” The instructions were ti; I i In °°".‘P°"-‘““°“ for a“ the. "m" come” underline the one of thefour last words neces- t. 9b“ whlch l“ mad‘ t° the Umicd State‘ ""1" sary to make the sentence logical—trecs in this policy i" paring m“ trade h" 1935' bah" the agreb case. Well, the sentence that caused iall the “mm i‘ esseml“ m m“ “wk!” i: mem came in“) effect’ with m" trade f“ I938’ trouble was: “Deserts are crossed by: horses,

trscted by s new process worked out by the Krupp establishment in Germany. Tweny thousand tons of the Celeb ore were treated according to the new technique in the Krupp. works in Germany and the resu of the test are de- clared to have been "remarkably successful." --New York sun.

John Dougherty risked the big- gest raise on s her heird made anywhere. Do ei-ty and Ike

the West

er chempio in o 000

i880. In s few minutes $1

the table between the two play- of cash wrote

ort . out s his ranch and:

mat edfiougiseurg,

dh " hldnt

ts rapt two. Ind then Governor Prince co, at the some time revolver on his r. "

Ililt too much to say that hislclioicest verses {gr ea e ‘ “ t e

King George The l

rlnirfs Port! his Milk Bill. necessity. and ls s sub- stitute for Seloons are being hundreds. with s phenomenal euc- cess. Britain. unlike P. E. Island

refuses to allow comtblnw to ex- ploit the people's needs

U. 8., the home of good milk, where the Milk Board have re- duced prlces in mid winter, despite t-he protests of The United Milk Producers.

In your relief complaints in the Forum I notice complaints of "Block Tea" and "No Milk." There may be wisdom in saving on relief allowances. To make re- lief more. or even as attractive, as living with s. wage earners oom- forts. would invite increased pre- ferenoe for easy living instead of living by wort: Yet in many cases it should be supplied, and why not when it can be bought in abund- ance for 10c a gallon, 2 1-24: s. quart, kiling tlwo birds with one stone, in helping the need far- mer to get this better an help- ful price for his milk, and feed- ing those who are poorly nourish- ed und in actual need.

I sin, Sir. etc, LEWIS P. TANTON

LKBOUREIFS COMPENSATION

Sin-Some time last winter an article appeared in this paper con- cerning compensation for Prince Edward Island, and on reading down the paragraphs I expected to come across some ing that was re- ally going to happen and an Act passed at the last sitting of the House to be considered. "But" the writer wuld not. seem to arrive at any satisfactory ides to help the laborer in case of accident or sckness without hurting the Far- mer. Thls should be a very easy problem to solve, Personally I would suggest that the labouring (' '*ed) man work four week in each month or twenty-six days as is done in the other provinces, whereby they would gain two extra months each year’, which would mean over and shove enough for accident policy collectively if hand- led in a right way and when the worst comes we will be ready for the open spaces.

I have in mind one district which is four mi‘es long and re- quires niriety-six months of e hel at the low average of Twenty Dolor-s per month which would mean approximately $320.00 per veer; enough monev could be col-

lected througihout the Island in one year to build the proposed York Point- Bfdge.

I am, sir, etc. EASTERN TRAVELLER Cariada’s War Policy

(Montreal Gazette)

The Prime Minister has stated to Parliament that the policy of the Government concerning foreign wars is the some now as it has a1- ways been and as it always will be. namely, that Parliament must de- cide. This is not, and never has been and never will be, the licy of the Canadian people. eir policy was exemplified in the case of the South African War and lat- er, and more emphatically, in the fateful days of August, 19 4. Parliament can never ex i-ess it- self upon an issue of this rid ex- cept in the voice of the people, and the people do not. wait for Parlia- ment. They did not wait for Parlia- ment. They did not wait in I914 and the Government did not wait. True, s special session of Parlia- ment was called and held, but its principal if not its only function was to give its format sanction ‘to acts already done and on measures already undertaken. Canada was already at war, already reperifll to place its army in the ield.