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utmost harmony prevailed," is re-

' ferred to by our contemporary in its

yesterday's issue. This somewhat belated eulogy does not explain, but

""" rather adds to the dlfficulty of ex- plaining, how the Opposition leader,

who according to our contemporary was to have delivered “the platform and policy of the Liberal party" at the function in question, failed to deliver the goods. All that he did, according to our contemporary of the following day, was to “broadly outline some of the features Jf the Liberal platform which is to be rounded completely into shape after all the provincial candidates are nominated."

In a subsequent editorial comment, our contemporary explained that this was ihe "democratic" way. Does this mean tllat the advertised intention of Mr. Lea to announce the party platform before the can- didates were nominated, was ‘un- democratic“? If so, of course, the fact that he was frustrated at the pie-banquet meeting must be what our contemporary had in mind in expressing its satisfaction at the outcome. A bold attempt, apparent- ly, had been made by the Opposition leader to foist his own policies on the party, and the deserving demo- crats and party stalwarts, rising to the occasion, had put him in his place and made him eat humble pie.

This great achievement in demo- cracy, says our contemporary, was oomummated “with the utmost har- mony." No discords of any kind- Planks of the Lea platform were

‘ pried loose, or deftly sawn and sand- i...papered to fit the party machine, M without the slightest unmusical

noise.

~0n the other hand, there are thole who attended the pre-banquet re- hearsal and the subsequent per- formance at the Canadian National

" Hotel who declare it to have be“ A the worst fiasco in. political history'-

The only "close harmony" the! heard was the “Anvil Chorus" as the party stalwarts went at it “ham- mer and tongs." Be that as it may.

' those of our contemlififlfyb Rid"!

who are not “in the know" must be

' wondering what went wrofflf. W1“)

was responsible, and whether it is the machine or the party leader that is going to dictate the new Liberal "platform and polifly" T0 l“ of these questions our contemporafl turns a deaf ear. “The utmost har- mony," it says "prevailed." The ban- quet "was an immense success." Mr. Lea, nursing his chagrin, is unlikely to find such assurances consoling. He has too much sense to suppose that they will fool anybody. and 1w "M" political experience not 110 "B1559 what the public reaction will be.

_________._. EDITORIAL NOTES

Jam is now under a markevins scheme.

The city Council believes that everything comes to him that waits. even clean 81.1643115-

Everybody apparently approves our Marketing legislation, save and cxmpt the Lea opposition.

The Ficdcral election is coins 1o lake place when the Government

mink; it i5 the bcst time to win.

With potatoes so suberabundeml, it, is surprising to learn that cattle and horses are starving in Novl Scctia “because of the shcrtafle 01

m".

Mayor Kennedy has set the city's financial situation fairly and square- l-y before the citizens. It is now 11D b9 the city council to take the nec- pmary action-the citizens cannot an

assume the initiative. What

ihfli 891118 to d0?

Pgcmhr Ramsay Macdonald re- plagq Odptbin Anthony Eden a; Bit

‘ John Union's colleague at the Stresa conference. This will wobably be continental in the capacity of Pre- lieved he will gin place to w. Manley bald- Ibll. though he will still

an. Handmaid's mt

oi it- il morally viii in m "gm g, in the cabinet.

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_ The “immense success" of Mr. Lea’: Ienten banquet. and of the

_ pro-banquet meeting “at which thc

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est associates confidently predict his will haw» a complete recovery to normal health. it is learned Mr. Bennett has undertaken to heed the advice of his physicians not to at- tempt agsin the long hours and ex- traordinary volume of daily tasks which his attending physicians be- lieved to be XBSDOD-sible, at least in part. fm- his breakdown.

The public are now realizing what a Liberal victory means at this time. Premier Kepburnk snarchical pol- icy iri Ontario has set the whole business community by the ears, and necessitated the barricflding of par- llament building by strong fences and barbed win entu lements. It is be- coming more and more plain day by day that at the present juncture Canada is at the parting of the ways-a choice between sound pro- gressive Liberal-Conservative policy or stark anarchy. There is no half- way house.

Judging byappeu-anceabfliallfac- kenzie King has delegated the lead- ership cf the Liberal Party to Mr. Ian lidacKienzie of Vancouver, who announced the Iibderal Liberal Platform at Montreal Friday. Mr. MacKenzie is the lone Liberalmsm- ber who backed Beauharnois graft- era when all the others sat with down-cast heads He is also the gentleman who denounced his leader's leadership, and called for his repla rt—by himself, no doubt, for preference. '

when Mr. Hepburn was still without responsibility for law and order in Toronto, he reproved Mayor Stewart for refusing permis- sion to a demonstration of unem- ployed to pass through Toronto and. wait upon the City Council. He lent his "blessing" to the marchers. Today, Mr. Hepburn is in power, and on being advised that a dele- gation of unemployed was coming to visit him. immediately ordered the whole of Queen's Park to be barricaded with fences and barbed wire. He wasn't taking any chances.

The remark of Rt. f-fon. W. L. Mackenzie King, Federal Liberal leather, that the Liberal party was in the “valley of humiliation" fol- lowing the Beauhamois inquiry was given a new turn in the Ontario legislature. "What did Mackenzie King say" asked William Duck- wcrth (Cons, ‘lbronto-Dovercourt) during the budget debate. “He said we are in the valley of illumination." The Dover-court member tried to correct himself but it was too late. "Lead kindly light,” chortled a Lib- eral membnr, and everything else was lost in the tumult of desk thumping.

It takes little sometimes to change an infuriated crowd from tears to laughter, and it happened in Tor- onto. Premier Hepburn had barri- caded himself in the public build- ing by barbed wire and stout ‘

fences against the anticipated st- tack of the imempkiyed, and fiery speakers were infuriating the crowd, when all at once a fragile girl student was seen mounting a high fountairl- and addrusing the crowd. The unemployed deserted the communist fire-eater for the girl student and this was what they heard: "We demand the abolition of

and examinations," she began, after a flowery introduction during which

nearly 500 people had gathered at the fountain while only a hand-

undei- the maple tree. And m. H89-

burn breathed more freely.

program for I Ida, Dr. W.

informed the parliamentary coni-

stood to have neeived consideration non the

with soils mania

andioanccrporatiooabad

$72,000. A

few people. But what thc world needs is just the opposite of that- the taking of great sums from afew

multitude. It is neither necas nor impoltant that the few shc ' berlch. But‘ it is vital to the world's well-being that the many should have a. decent living-Tor- onto Star.

of diet -- minute, free - floating plants, called diatoms, and small relatives of the shrimp, called cope- pods. The copepods in tum feed on diatoms and other

pignusnt these microscopic plants make use of the radlent energy of the sun's light ‘to transform the axriali amounts of carbon dioxide dissolved in the sea. water and some of the water itself into stores of goods. and thus they retain the energy for future use. However, the pilchard comes along, eats diatoms and copevpods, ts them, and re- builds them into its own kind of oil and flesh. In this way the energy of the sunlight falling on the ocean is made available to man.

Britain sees the government hal- ance the budget for the second year in succession with a substan- tial slulplus. The sum of £12,000,000 is allocated to debt reduction, and therer ls prospect of further taxut-- ion reduction for the coming year. In April. 1934, income tax was low- ered from 5s. in the pound to 4s. 6d.. and government workers got back half the salary cut made in 1931. Neville Chamberlain, Chan- cellor of the Elxchequer, sees his prophecy of a year ago come true —“We are finishing ‘Bleak House‘ and going into ‘Gmat Ebrpecta- tions."—Morlltcr.

Manchuri- sees the colored flag of Mamhoukuo hoisted along the 1071 miles of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Rusia is to ‘ ds in goods, but Manchoukuds Am- bassador at Tokyo actually hands the Soviet Ambassador 23,001,000 yen. A ceremony occurs at Harbin, Manchoukuo flags go up and Japa- nese crews take over all trains. About 500 retiring Soviet employees will be pensloned. Russia leaves Manchuria. after 40 years; the world sees a trouble source removed-—And Japan adds one more stout; chain to its anchor on the mainland of Asia.--Monitor.

At Phillipsburg, Ohio, the janitor swept five hundred pounds of dirt out-of the eight rooms in the Agra High School. Cincinnati had a rain of mud and there were similar storias from elsewhere as the March winds blew across Kansas plains. Turkey was astonished with a red snow blanket, presum- ably from the North African des- erts, but the winds in the high altitudes can play some curious quirks. When the Krakatoa vol- cano in the Dutch East Indies, ex- ploded in 1883, remarkably red sunsets due to volcanic dust in the atmosphere were noted for several years.

The London County Council, which has a socialist majority, re- cently proposed to discontinue cadet training in its secondary schools, and now has under con- sideration the question of the at- tendance of school children at

people. 'I‘he L. C. C. members in question should go a, step further and condemn toy be almost as "logical" as forbid- ding children to listen to military bonnie-Montreal Gazette.

to kill someone, to rob him, to burn

before knowing the first

Tribune.

ful remained to listen to the fiery m, swam that were Mint delivered possible tragedy. Well done, F11‘!-

tbn by Parliament would make possible a fifty million construction

Clark, deputy minister of finance,

tbatattlnwaaeiitfimeiileiaiast fl pantie hast ammo lyllg iiftbeir oof- tine’

in fairness-Winnipeg

N t to be fd i d all professors, laboratories, lectures ,,,,,,'f,,c,,u,m°; §;,'°T',§,§,°,','Q",,°O,T,'I,_ men, a member of the fire brigade lea/pod from the running-board of m w» new 1» 1» one“ t“....'.“‘2..§°.'.‘1§..?§§“..§’ :..:.“".::::l 115 "c°ml'5de 515310" 31' m" °°1°<3 along city streets. The circus does not provide more thrilling illustra- tions than this of skill and courage; and the firefighter did not perform prevent

money-merely to man Hamid BargentI-Globe.

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Notes By The Way A

‘A Toronto man has won $143,000 in a swecpstake. Another has won swecpstake is an ar- ‘- a lot of money "is collected from a lo; o.‘ people and given, in part or in whole, to a

and their distribution among the

The alkhard has two main items

very small plants. By means of their green

Dy m»; w. has,

aaluovilvo true raraom GLAND TO HELP IIOPI~ Lass nasur cases

A 81°11!) of seventy-five patients with chronic heart disease were sol- ected as suitable cases in which to remove the entire thyroid gland in the neck irran attempt to rid them of their heart symptoms.

Most of the patients were chronic invalids confined to bed or to chair existence. Others of the seventy- flvo patients suffered congestive heart failure when they undertook any effort, or showed signs of angina pectorls (breast pang, or tightness under the breast bone) when they were at rest or on slight exertion. All the patients had been absolute invalids for long periods in spite of having received all available medi- cal treatment.

You can readily see that these were practically all ho lss cases in which everything poss ble from the rest and mczlicill standpoint had been done without success,

It was therefore decided by Drs. H. L. Blumgart, D. D., Berlin, David Davis, J. E. F. Riseman and A. A. Wcinstein of the Beth Israel Hospi- tal, Boston, to remove the whole of the thyroid gland as a means of quieting or resting these hearts, as the juice of‘ the thyroid increases the rate of the heart beat. The re- sults were recently recorded in the Journal of the American Medical Asociation.

As these were all cases with very severe symptoms it was not hard to notice any improvement in their

the feet, disappearance of breath- lessnes, able to walk or take light exercise without getting out of breath, and other symptoms den- oting heart failure. ' Twenty-four of these patients have so far recoverd that for the first time in months to years they are up and about the entire day without discomfort and without r8 appearance of the signs and symp- toms of congestive heart failure. Of the seventy-five patients with chronic heart disease, angina pec- toris was quit e pronounced in twenty-five. Since the operation eight of these patients have had no attacks of angina pectorls in spite of being around on their feet, five have had great relief, and five were entirely free of angina pectoris be- fore the attacks returned.

This is a wonderful achievement when we think of the hopeless con- dition of thcsc patients before oper- atlon, but these physicians ctate the patients must be carefully selected, must have normal thyroid glands, must be carefully supervised before, during, and after operation if the risks of operation are to be reduced and the patients are to receive the fullest possible benefit.

Why A Commissioner

(Ottawa Journal)

The Canadian Chamber of Com- merce, with headquarters in Mont- ieal, is worried over an imrease in the Dominica's ordinary expendi. tures, would have a Royal Oom- mission to tell the Government where and how to economize.

military displays, which it thinks are demoralizing for the young

soldiers as Christmas presents. That would

It should not be forgotten that the average man in Canadian peni- tentlaries is there because he tried

down his house. to defraud him, to swindle him or to perform some other outrage. These are blunt facts -but they are facts nevcrthe» lea. When an individual or a news- paper proceeds to pity the prisoner and belwbor the penitentiary official thing about the merits of the case, the performance is manifestly lacking

Such a commission, we have no

hesitation in saying. would be but a.

costly futility, wouldn't make a red

cent, of difference to next year's budget.

Why? Simply because whatever

increase there has been in ordinary expenditures has been under head- ings entirely luicontrollable. The pre- sent Government has cut ordinary expenditure, where it has been con- trollable, almost to this bone.

'I‘o realize this it is only neces- sary to glance over the public ac- counts. Only neccsssw to note that while uncontrollable ordinary ex- penditure, such as interest on the public debt, has been increasing steadily ,the total of all ordinary expenditure last year was $26,000,- 000 low than in 1930-31. What that meant was that. where control was possible, control ruthlessly.

1 In 193i interest on the public debt was $121,000,000. Last year it was $i3a,000.000- an increase of $11,000- 000. In 1931 the outlay for Old Age Pension was 85,658,000. Last yeas- lt was 314900000. Thus. under these two headings, alone, both uncon- trollable, there was an increase of $26,000,000. If controllable out- lays had not‘ been slashed-there have been cuts, in practically every

Science med to think oysters fed larvae and similiar A ten million dollar wmwns- forms of marine plant life and growers have expended much en- in surrounding them with the r food. Plofessor Kincaid, of °- Seattle, who a the University of zoology chief and the man who introduced the giant mie- m we» ew- e» we- ..'t‘.“dff;...°"k fs"'l°.;‘.f.i? ‘iti entation of a plan which is under- my“; imitative Federal w, Government. Dr. Olark came before m,“ u, the oommlttedat its final session mm proposals after htzfld representatives of Ontariolooftlll! 4 “m!” Never say anything in an|er..!t nvuch nwre cut- lus become Wisdom teaches the but way is in say nothing-Niagara

the old belief about oyster fifty oysters kept for a year in a sealed tank equipped all!‘

a ‘light ma. obviously fat- . {Perhaps they eat bactefla,"

department ordinary expenditures

greater than in 193i. It was $20- 000,000 less. It was that much less

saved elsewhere. $00,000,000 for relief. It spent $14,-

public debt. increase

operations notwithstanding

interest, charges glow What could a Royal

do about it? Just precisely noth-

condition, such as less swelling of,

was exercised

last year have been at least 826,000,000

because more than $110,000,000 was Inst year the Government spent

000,000 for Old Age Pensions. These outlays, unavoidable, increase the its service charges. That is why, refunding debt

Commission

The" Party Came

ious pirlliznsotary standing

credit system under the sponsor- ship o! the Government. 1m; pro- posal dlffened only in dqree from the wildcat schemes of Major Y‘ uglas and Gerry McGeer. Its aim was to scatter plenty over a

without price, charging everything up against the National Treasury without providing any possible source of supply. It was defeated by a majority of 150 out of a total of 174 votssj recorded ‘on the divis- ion. Conservatives and Liberals united solidly in rejecting this ab- surd proposal.

The second amendment, moved by the Liberal Opposition, was in the nature of a want of confidence resolution and called for an im- mediate dissolution of Parliament with a view to the earliest possible 81119981 to the constituencies. This proposal was negatived by a. vote 0f 104 10 73. the Government's ma- jority of 31 comprising not only the Conservative members of the House, but 8 Farmer members in- eluding the leader of the Progres- sives, Mr. Gardiner of Alberta. The Independentswho lined up with the Opposition were Mr. Woods- worth and Mr. Heaps, Miss Mc- Phail. Mr. Coote. Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Mclnnis. Four of these Inde- pendents Mesrs. Mitchell, Mc- Innis, Woodsworth and Heaps re- present the Labor interests in Par- liament. When the motion for the rejection of the budget was put to the test it was adopted by a ma.- jority of 28, 11 Progressives voting with the Liberal Opposition, while one of this group, Mr. Carmichael cf Saskatchewan, supported the Government.

The approval of the budget by the House of Commons was of course a foregone conclusion from the outset. Its defeat, which would have precipitated the Government's resignation, was not anticipated by anyone for a. moment. The bud- get now goes into committee of the whole House, where its various as- pects will be considered in detail.

Of all these three divisions, the test vote was that on the Liberal resloution calling for the rejection of the budget and the dissolution of Parliament. The alignment this division produced is interesting in that it discloses what seems a; first glance an extraordinary difference of opinion among the Independents over the question whether Parlia- met should or should not complete the important programme of soc- ial reform which the Government has submitted to it, or abandon mhis work at once for the purpose of bringing on the general election a few weeks earlier than would be necessary for the completion of its work and the enactment of these important measures. The leader cf the Progressives and a major-it of the Farmer members declare: by their votes that they were against any such premature abandonment of Parliament's work. The only Fanner membe s who voted for this stoppage of the sessional pro- gramme in order to hasten an ap- peal to the cor- tituencles were Mr. Coote and Miss McPhail, the other i Independents. as has been noted being identified with some aspect or other of the political Labor moment. The inference ls obvious enough. The Progressive leader and most of his followers are more anxlousfor early social reform than an early election campaign. Independents who supported the Opposition resolution are mani- festly out to play the political game. At the same time it is right to remark that it is doubtful whe- ther any of these members would have lined up with the Opposi- tion had they anticipated any pos- sibillty whatever of the resolution