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‘BATURDAY NOVNMBEB 30 1885

St. Andrew's Day

This is St. Andrews Day. Honoring it has become part and parcel of tradition in prac- tically every civilized country-for there are few sections of the habitable globe in which Scotsmen are not to be found Vin sufficient num- bcrs to induce them to congregate on the anni- versary of their patron saint.

This year the Caledonian Club will hold its 111th annual celebration of “The Day" on Monday evening, and a fine programme of speechmaking and entertainment will accompany the dinner at which—-of'co1.1rse!—thc Haggis will hold the place of‘ honour.

People of other races find difficulty, some- times, in understanding why the Scot, who is traditionally the most modest of men, should vaunt his achievements publicly on St_ Andre\v’s Day. But this is merely another evidence of Scottish canniness and prudence. “Getting it off” 011e's “cl1est" is an excellent preventative against ingrowing pride and prejudice. It acts like a safety-valve on a boiler, discourages the nursing of private or racial grievances, links the past with the present, and affords an ad- mirable outlet for the expression of a lmtriot- ism which transcends nationalism and finds its fullest meaning in poemsand songs like “The Cottar's Saturday Night” and “A Man's A Man For A’ That!”

Ominous Silence

Our contemporary has nothing to say about the Lea Governmenfs $500,000 secret bond ne- gotiation which it is reported to have made, without calling for tenders, through a Toronto- Montreal syndicate.

In view of the stand taken on this subject by the Patriot and by Mr. Lax and his col- leagues when in Opposition, the public is surely entitled to the courtesy of an explanation.

But the public is beginning to realize that what it is entitled to, and what it gets, are two different things under a Liberal dictatorship!

Maritime Port Trade Threatened

" The potato industry is not the only maritime interest which threatens to be adversely affected by the V/ashington Treaty. According to the Bos- ton Transcript, the port of Boston hopes, under the new pact, to regain lost business at the ex- pense of Maritime Province ports. It sites up the situation in this way: “Boston expects a substan- tial increase in port business to result from the new trade agreement between the United States and Canada which goes into effect Jan. 1, 1936. Shipping now going direct to Halifax and Saint John may come back to Boston. . . .

“The Foreign Commerce Club of Boston had advocated strongly the inclusion in the agree- ment of a provision against the Canadian prac- tice of assessing an extra duty on any Canadian import that entered through United States ports. Representatives of the Foreign Commerce Club found, with much satisfaction, that the following clause appears in the new agreement: “The pro- ducts’ of any nmt-Elnpire countries shipped to Canada in. transit through American ports will hereafter receive as favorable treatment by the Catlodiatn Custom: or ifthey had come directly into a Canadian port.” (President Roosevelt).

"As explained by RICHARD PARKHURST. Vice-Chairman’ of the Boston Port Authority, this arrangement will lift the barrier against the use of the port of Boston for goods intended for Canada. This barrier has been up since 1927.

“Meantime, as a result, the ports of Halifax and Saint John have been developed as the ports of entry for many ships that formerly entered at Boston. Import cargo intended for the United States has been taken to Halifax or Saint John and then forwarded by rail into the United States, without any retaliatory action ‘by the American Government. It is estimated that thou- sands of tons of freight, such as burlap, jute, tea, mica and Skins have been diverted from Boston monthly through the application of the extra Canadian duty.

“With the handicap for the American ports lifted, the Boston Port Authority will begin a campaign to seek the return of the business that naturally would come this way. This nwrms an aflort f0 have the stcnntshifl conlpultirs route their shifts by way of Boston, instead of touching the Canadian port: first for the sake of avoiding the miter-charge on the imports.

“Another benefit seen in the cancellation of this extra import duty is that it will eventually bring more business to the Boston 8: Maine Rail- road .If Canadian imports from foreign coun- tries may clear through Boston without being penalized, more imports will make Boston the port of entry and will be forwarded by rail to Camila."

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dicatlon of the League of Nations’ policy. Bri- tain had already endorsed it by popular 15113610181 vote. »

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Now, since Quebec almost upsetrtheir apple cart, it is reported Premiers KING and HEPBURN have decided to let by-gones be by-gones. Ad- versity makes strange bed-fellows.

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Rt. Hon.‘ R. RBENNETT, as was to be ex- pected, does not take his Party’s defeat “lying down". He considers it an honour to be in a minority with Right in alps iide. ‘

Montreal passed the season of 1935 with- out a. single case of infantile paralysis, the lat- est bulletin of the City Health Department shows. In 1934, 11v; czgéesakwere reported.

“The simple annals of the poor” up-to-date include the story of a butler who, in his will, left to his English employer $250.00 “to help him out of the depression.” '

' 9K 9K And now the Reading, Pa., doctor “Mercy Slayer” of six incurables rises to deity the authen- ticity of the news stunt, but it is almost impos- sible to catch up on such a good lie; anyway American Press agents are_too busy turning out new sensations. ale ale ale

‘Ontario Conservative executives refused to be regimentcd overnight into new leader- ship deciding to leave matters as they are until after the next session of the legislature. It is bad tactics they held, to swop leaders on the eve of a battle.

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Dismissing charges of Mr. JAMES CRANK- snaw, special Crown Prosecutor, that Judge LACROIX of Court of Sessions had been “pri- vately” influenced in passing sentence of 20 months’ imprisonment on ISIDORE JACOBS for forgery, the Court of Appeal, Montreal, found the magistrate had not “improperly exercised his discretion or erred in law" and confirmed the sentence by unanimous decision of all tive justices.

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Wonder if our Borden express will ever be able to equal, or surpass, this record? In 120 trips the fast non-stop train between London and Edinburgh has lost a total of only three minutes. As the daily run is 40o miles and the train average 7o miles per hour according to schedule, that is some expert railroading, which would make Mr. Justice SAUNDERS hold up his hands in holy horror if attempted on our make- shift railroad by our mike-ihift express.

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Former King ALFoNso of Spain, whose son and bride recently spent their honeymoon in Canada, will remove‘ his residence front Rome due to conditions brought about by the Ethiopian war, including the'Anti-Spanish agi- tation. Many foreigners have left Italy recently because of restrictive measures applying to food and other necessities orderd by the Fascist Gov- ernment to meet the threat of sanctions, and soon will be as dry of League sppporters as Germany is of progezssipg ind‘ practising Jews.

That independence also connotes military preparedness is evidenced by the Phillipines which has recently in major part thrown off the yoke of foreign dominance. National Assembly leaders joined in support of a sweeping defence act the first legislative measure approved by the new Philippines commonwealth. Compul- sory military training of all men to prepare the islanders to defend with arms the freedom they so recently won peacefully, was urged by Presi- dent MANUEL QUEZON in his first message to the assembly.

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Mayor IVICGEER told the Vancouver City Council if the Dominion-Provincial conference in Ottawa December 9 does not evolve some method to relieve municipalities of financial burdens he is “prepared to recommend refusal to pay intcrestin order to carry out our essen- tial services.” “I will not hesitate to suggest that course,” the mayor added. Early this Yléar Mayor MCGEER attempted unsuccessfully to obtain a reduction of bond interest on Van- couver bonds from bondholders and later start- led the Mayoral Conference by recommending revolutionary measures for handling the situ- ation. Now he i5 M.P. as well as Mayor.

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The Bulletin, Glasgow, has the following: “Lord TWEEDSMUIR, who leaves for Ottawa on the 19th, has resigned all his public and other ofiices On his appointment as Govemor-General of Canada—with one exception. He has writ- ten to the kirk session of St. Columbia's (Church of Scotland), Pont Street, London. expressing his desire to remain a member, and the hope that occasionally during the five years’ term of office he may be able to make his flying visits home correspond with some of those celebra- tions of Communion in St. Columba’s at which he has so often officiated as an elder for many years past."

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The Russru. legitimacy case was more than a ten days wonder -— it occupied the English courts for four yearn. Lord Joan Russian, heir to the Barony of Amphill, in r922 sought divorce from his wife (nee Miss Cultist/tan.- Hours-Hater) on the ground that he was not the father of her son, bom the previous year. The jury disagreed but on a re-trlal the following year he won a. decree niai, Mrs. Russsu. amped. and in 1924 the judgment m, upset. _ two years later the mother appealed to the courts legitimacy, of her m, Gmmmv. and Iumeded in obtaining judgment." This summer, on the death of hi: father, Lord JOHN become 10rd Amphill; and hi0 “Qym Amphill. hi! just obtained a divorce from him. Th; disputed son, cause of all the trotlbh o1 oourmi

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ed, t-bot the Conservatives r ‘ reciprocity wlth tbo United States 1n 1911. what they opposed was t-ho terms upon which the treaty was secured by slr Wllfrld Inurler and the Hon. W. s. Fteldlng. Together with Canadians of all political creed-s, of course Including Ltbemla, they defeated the pact. and wfth 1t the government of S11- Wtlfred DQ111187. If the Hon, W.-I.. Mac- kenzle Klng were to appeal to Cm- adlans for ‘orsment of the pact of this year, he would undoubtedly meet. with the same results that met Slr Wilfred Lauder and his reciprocity agreement 1n 1911.

While there 1a no doubt Egyp- tlnns view wlth anxiety the pos- slblllty of the Italo-Bthloptan quar- rel taklng an extension that may threaten their country, they are al- so hoplng that the present crisis w1l1 make G".eat Bxltaln the read- ler to reach some sort of working agreement rcgardlng Anglo-Egyp- tton co-operatlon 1n that event. Pro-Government newspapers have been hlntlng that the recent Brit- ish communleutlon to Egypt that the Egyptlan Government w1l1 be Inter- national affairs, interesting their country w1l1 be followed by furth- er "concessions," the nature of which, however, 1s not stated. These hints are being given out 1n reply to the determined campaign of a. section of the Arable press who al- lege that the Prime minister ls sleoplng at. his post and not suf- flclently asserting Egypt's import- ance-The Sphinx (Cairo)

Anyhow, the last word lles wlthl the chlld. The end of schcol 1s to launch hlm on the game of the Great. Llfe, wlth the ball 1n his hands. It implies, llke all sport, the passion for tndlvlduallty. with-tn loyalty, sacrifice and fellowship- the eucharlstic outlook. It springs from and strives for self-expres- ston. There 1s a call-amt! room surely today 1n the Church school and 1n all schools throughout all lands-for the sake of socilety no less than for that of the Individ- uaL-too re-ooncetve our ideal of ed- ucatlon--"To take u. thought and mendP-S. Udny 1n The Contem- porary Revlew tbondon.)

Whloh are the nations who are cllmblng most, rapidly out of the depression? They are the Brltlsh nations. Canada's trade leaped up 22 per cent last month. Inspiring news come; also from little New Zealand, where Mr. Coates, the Finance Minister, boldfy states that. the Dom1nlon's economle problems are "largely solved.“ Cuts are be- lng restored, emergency taxes re- duced, penslons increased. On top of that Mr. Coates gives a new break to his countrymen. Popula- tion of New Zoaland 1,818,000; pub- llc works expenditure announced 5,630,000 pounds. That means the Inauguration of new booms and amenities for New Zealanders at the rate of 3 pounds 1o shillings a

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Canada ls over-governed. She must; reduce her administrative and executive expenditures to a meas- ure commensurate with her paltry 10,000,000 people, and realise that that. populatlon 1s of more value to her than broad acres or mach- fnes. She may develop, as the Unlt- ed States of America at the pre- sent moment, lnto a community wherein two sections-the competi- ttve and non-oompetltlve groups~ are emerging slde by slde under their own sy.tem of law and organ- isation, and constitutional govern- ment Ls superseded. Alternatively, through more energetlc operation of theexlstlng basis of law ln fa- vour of the ordlnary cltlzen and future immigrants her present Constitution may be preserved, Drastic remedies are: requlyed 1f the country 1s to support its pres- ent population 1n any degree of comfort and make the progre f " " ‘“ by its " “- filly great resources-T. Kerr Ritchie 1n The Nineteenth Century (London)

It 1s not much use anybody an- nounclng that. Mussollnl 1s not oowed by sanctlons. It wlll be a long time before I'uss:>lln1 wlll ad- mlt himself beaten unless the Ital- lan people throw 111m over and de- clare they_have had enough. There wlll have to be some extremely subtlg arrangements made lf I1 Duce‘s face 1s to be saved; 1f 1t ls not, he 1s done for. In actual fact the nations of Etlfflpe have no wish to throw Italy int: chaos. They recognize that Fascism-and Nazi- tsm too-ts me:ely a mood. The Italians are not 1n thelr outlook fundamentally different from tnetr 116M150“. not from what they themselves were flfteen years ago. However. they cnnnsf be allowed to pron: from the things they.do when under the fnfluenoe of rabid Fascism. There ls no doubt but that economic adlustments w1l1 have to be mode to relieve the pressure of a gmwlng populatlon 1n a relatlve- 1y unproductive country, wlll not necessarily be to mussollnfs plan.

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The Greoh have brought their Kaleidoscopic republican experiment. to a summary flnlah and returned to the monlrohlcol form of govern- ment, wtth o can to the exiled K1113 000110 II to resume the throne from which be was ousted nanny o‘ doom years no. Th unexpected cotton merely “ ' ‘ ed the oouno that was to be taken‘ o few weak: 1161106, for I pleblsclta

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‘Boasting 1s a ‘very ancient 0118- tom. It» got-Its namo-fwm-tbe tout wblcb used to be out "M the W1!- ard to give flavor to the wine. Orll" malty toasts were. only drunk to ladles, from the’ romantic ‘compli- lnent that to drink to be!‘ save n1- qupncy and merit to the drought. The custom has been broadened to Include compliments to anyone whom 1t was deslred to honor. Scotland. the land of the thlstle

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The brave ones who fell ‘galnst the iiumberless host,

Who tried to enslave her, 1n slavery degrade ‘her,

Andwhose name shall forever be the Hlghlandmanb toast.

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PROLONGATION OF HUMAN- LIFE

“For long life 1t 1s necessary to come from long llved parents, pref- erably of the middle closes End loc- ated ln the country rather than 1n the city."

"Living to a good old age ls an art u well as a sclence. The art con- sists 1n adapting oneself to one’s surroundings and circumstances, and keeping the laws of hygiene that one knows apply to oneself, and ones needs.”

"The mental outlook 1s as 1m- portant. as the physlcal aspect of llvlng; 1t 1s desirable to cultivate calmness, contentment. and optim- ism. All disturbing passions such a anger, envy and jealousy should be avoided."

“Diet 1s important. Authorltles agree that the amount ‘of food should be cut down 1n old age. Nevertheless stlcklng closely to strict rules of dlet 1s not desirable slnee it may become a. fad that rules the life."

Modern high tension llvtng and intense competitlon hurry the rate of llvlng and bring on old age be- fore its time, followed by premature death due to ixeart. and blaodvessel weakness”

The above 1s from an editorial 1n the Journal of the American Medle- al Associatlon some months ago.

It 1s only too true that those who come from long lived parents of the mtddle class, have a better "natural" chance of living to a good old age. It 1s also true that calmness of splrlt, a willingness to accept llfe as 1t. comes to us strengthens the chances for long 111e, and anger, envy and jealousy can weaken otherwise good chances for long life.

The blg point. of course 1s not Io length of life but the “fulneas" of 1t; to be able to really llve until we dle. And to really llve we must. be 1n good mental and physical health which 1s attained by recogrilzlng and obeying the laws of nature or common sense as they apply to each one of us.

A little less food, more outdoor 11v- lng, a hobby that 1s constructive to us and helpful to others, should give us the enjoyment of the years Nature intended us to have.

number of workers. engaged has rlsen to 3,000. The purchasing com- munity 1s, we bellave, well pleased wlth the quality and price of the Irish product. slnce the tariff was first lmposed- 1n 1924 the number of dozen palrs of leather footwear import/ed has fsfilen, oven 1.750.000 pounds bstng thus kept at home.- Irlsb Independent, Dublin.

Ogden L. Mtlls, eminent Amerl- can stateman, says: "There 1s one lnescapable fact; All great wars are inevitably followed by major econ- omic depzesslons." Great emn- omlc depression , on the other hand, breed wars. A vlclous clrcle, surely.

MINISTERBS WIFE FIlIGl-IT. ENE!) ‘OFF PLANNED CRUBADE

KANSAS CITY, Nov. ill-A mln- lster's wlfe who fled the clty be- cause of asserted threats after she led an antl-gambltng drive came home yesterday, but not to con. ttnlfo the crusade. '

"I'm going to be busy makln: bodo,_ gottlnfl meals and damfng socks" sold Mrs. A. J. Duhlby.

She fndloated she had definitely abandoned the campatgn she started three weeks ago to "run orimlned gambling clear out of Kansas Ofty." At the time aha left town, her uaband ma. aha wamunder severe itrotn became of