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SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1931

“Give Us Barabbas ."'

In the Southern states, as Prem- ier Lea knows, it is the custom in certain cases for the crowd to ad- minister the law according to its own dictates. If the crowd thinks a man onwoman is wrongly imprisoned it botiibards the on, holds up the sher- iffgpr wardens and sets the prisoner IP00. On the other hand, if the crowd thinks a person guilty, again the jail is bombarded, and the pris- oner is seized and condign punish- ment meted out, without the formal- mssipr mu.

Tllbugh not going to such an ex- lromle in the first move, the lira

Governmcnt is opening the door here to li/Iflob Rule by its Ticket of Leave BillsThcrc is no question of doubt about this whatever. Premier Lea admitted repeatedly in the course of the debate that the object oi ticket of loave was to get over the law which sends bootleggers to prison. The Premier confessed that in the short; tcrm he has been in office he has been besicgel to let bootleggers out, and that this had been done only by circumventing the law. He now wants to make the process cas- ler by allowing bootleggers out on Ticket oi Leave if approved by the Prohibition commission. As the Pro- hibition Commisslon is the Govern- ment's "right bower," it merely means that the bootlegger with "friends at court" can go for ever "Scot free," while others less favourably circum- stanccd will have to serve their sen- tence. It may be readily realized. however. that every bootlegger will pull every wire to be able to avail himself of this easy way of evading "doing time."

It is an old proverb. and proved true by experience that “the easy way leads to hell.“ By this new and easy way of shirking his responsibil-

. ities as head of the Government, Premier Lea is blazing a path to a veritable hell of intemperance and lawlessness in this province. And that other "right bower" of the Leli- Govemment, the socalled Temper- ance Alliance, is significantly silent on the subject. No doubt when the new law is safely on the statute book the Temperance Alliance will meet and pass pious resolutions, regrets and protests. Had a Conservative Government dared to attempt such legislation, the Temperance Alliance, with all its political parsons and pro- pagandisfs, would have been in ses- sion denouncing the Government with the vigor and enthusiasm of the Liberal partizan on the eve oi an election. But now the Liberal Prohi- bitionlsts are silent. The people will appreciate the sincerity of an organ- ization that stands idly by and c.1- lcws the Liberal Government to con- vertthe Prohibition Law into a po- litical engine solely for its own politi- cal purposes, to imprison those it has a mind to, and to set free those who may be able to bring sufficient politi- cal influence to bear.

The political healers and partlzans are now to be legally endowed with the power to say who shall be set nt liberty under the Prohibition Law, and we may be sure as of old. "give us Barabbns" will be their constant cry.

Spanish Elections June 21

EX-King Alfonso. in his parting message to the people oi Spain, said he had not renounced his rights to the throne, and should the people vote in favor cf a monarchy in the

elections to be held June 21. he

would return to Madrid. Should the _

electors, however, vote for a repub- Iic, he would‘ remain in exile. Mon- hrcltism throughout Spain are mo- billzlng their forces, and are hope- ful they will score a victory in the forthcoming appeal, while the repub- lican candidates under the leader- Ihlpv of Niceto Alcalu Zamora, are equally confident the new order will be unstained. »

ni- im elections. ma m muni-

cipalities only. returned a huge an- ti-monarchlcsl majority.

A maximum of guarantees will be provided for the voters and the na- tional census will be rectified to per- mit-all citizens 23 years or cider to vote. The previous law extended the franchise to men 25 years old. Wo- men have not been permitted to vote in the past.

The Council also decided that Foreign Munster Alejandro Lerroux should attend the May session oi the League of Nations Council at Geneva, in line with the Republican Governments policy of more active participation in the League and in international affairs.

Zamora and his lieutenants are satisfied with the tranquil conditions following the deposition of the King, the coup being accomplished with- out bloodshed or serious disorder.

Canadals First World's Fair

Canada is to have its first worlds fair ncxt year when the World's Grain Exhibition and‘ Conference will be held in Regina during the last week in July and the first week in August. It is fitting that the first undertaking of this nature on .a world-wide scale should be a grain exhibition, for Canada is not only the "granary of the Empire" but one of the chief factors in the grain trade of the globe. Already sxteen countries have officially accepted the invitation to be represented and it. Ls expected that the total will have reached fifty when the entries close. Correspondence and news- paper clippings received at the ex- hibition headquarters show that deep interest has been aroused in every grain growing country, with the prospect that this will be the great- est graln exhibition ever held any- where.

What the exhibition will mean to Canada is indicated by the comme. ‘ of The Western Farmer, published in Calgary, which, in an article urging general and generous support for the event. says;

“If Western Canada can emerge from the 1932 Grain Exhibition and Conference-with flying colors, if her growers can win a. major share of the top honors, we ven- ture to say the benefits will pale into lnsignificance those attending any other system possible of pro- moting the sale of Cnrrndian grain. Give us half a dozen places in the first: dozen awards for spring wheat, for example. Is there any- thing that could be more effective in re-establishing our wheat in the favor of European mlllers? 1n the long run quality will tell in our marketing efforts: we have the quality; that has long since been proven. The Congress affords us an opportunity of demonstrating the fact to the world at. large, and on a scale previously undreamed of."

Editorial Notes

Most of the radium used for sur- gical purposm comes from Belgium, but there is a. possibility that, be- fore very long, Canada may become a. producer. Radium-bearing ore has been found in Haliburton County, Ontario, and, more recently, prom- ising specimens of pitch-blends have been discovered on Great. Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories.

Traffic officers last night were not unduly busy in handling the "large attendance" predicted by our con- temporary at the adjourned annual meeting of the Young Liberals Club, before whom no less a personage than Premier Lea was scheduled to deliver a political address. Has the meeting again been adjourned or has it been called off indefinitely?

The newest C.P.R.. locomotive la an oil burner and it is quite possi- ble that. those living will see the day when oil will altogether replace coal on the railways. The railways will be glad to stop the smoke nuisance and electricity may become the rail power of the future but railway

managers however willing and anx- ious cannot bring this about in a day.

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. ' THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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Notes by the Way

The London, Ontario, Free Prue in a recent editorial refers to the establlshme ‘ in that City of two large industrial conoema and con- cludes u follows. The two recent tn- dustrlal extensions in London are directly due to the Bennett tariff. It was the clashing of the tariff by the King Government which was chiefly responsible for the financial troubles cf the London Rolling Mills and led to its going into liquidation. On the other hand, if it had not been for the tariff changes made by the King Government the Ingeraoll companies would never have bought the plant. The decision of the Greer Company to manufacture in London is direct- ly the result of the Bennett fiscal policies. The people of tendon have tangible evidence of the benefit of the policies of the new Conservative Government, in these two announce- ments.

“nllament mo‘. on March lit-In that lengthy period, with the ex- ception of the voting cf a few es- timates, the House has achieved ex- actly nothing. Nothing except". talk. It may be that is what Parliament is for—to blow off steam. But there should be some limit to even the blowing oft of steam, just as there should be a limit to the permissible economy of seriousness, and both limits have been scandalously ex- ceeded by this Niagara. of-verbosity.

The United Kingdom is in the difficult position of having nothing to offer for concessions which she desires from Germany, France, Aus- tria. and the other nations. The Brit- ish people will have to adopt protection before they can increase either their foreign trade or their intro-Empire trade. 'I'his will be the issue at the next general election, and, ii we are properly informed, the Conservatives will romp into power with an adequate mandate for a pro- tective tariff with preferences to other parts of the Empire.

ln 1927 the Manitoba. Government appointed Mr. D. D. Bailey director of temperance instruction. and he proceeded to carry out the pre- g-ramme known as the "Independent Temperance Education Co-Oper- ative." This movement operates main ly through the public schools, teach- ers in training are instructed in methods and material, assemblies are held in all schools of more than one room. specially prepared ex- hibits are circulated and suitable lit- erature is given to the pupils. The aimls to inform the pupils adc- quately and reliably regarding al- cohol and its action on the human organism. 1n a pamphlet replying to certain criticisms Mr. Bailey denies that the "I. T. E. C." is a camou- flaged prohibition movement. He says that it deals solely with education, that it does not take sides on any legislative issue, except, perhaps, that of liquor traffic advertising which tends to counteract school teaching, and that its programme is not used for either side in any contest over legislation.

Russia has always been at the mercy oi an autocracy of one kind or another. This aufocracy of the Czar and his bureaucracy was de- testabiy oppressive, but it was, for- tunately, inefficient. It did not suc- ceed in stifling all liberty in Russia; the mass of the people managed somehow to live the sort oi lives they preferred. What to live the sort oi lives they preferred. What is beyond question now is that this more or less free and easy condition of things has been succeed by a tyranny which has infinitely greater rpower and is by comparison re- morselessly efficient. Using all the catchwords of social reform. it is forcing upon the wretched Russian

slavery.

In the Holy Land the British ad- ministration brought out as its first law and order for the control of advertisements, that notices display- ed in the countryside are entirely illegal. The managers of the big firms admit that the saving of cx- pense to their business is enormous. The law forbids all persons to ad- vertise in that way; and so there is no loss in not advertising. The ex- oeilence of goods must be proved in a more satisfactory and intelligent way. Today, with the vast circulation of the press and the cheapness of the post, these crudlties which deface the countryside should be ob- solete everywhere. They belong to an age long past.

They do things differently ln St. John's Newfoundland says the Van- couver Star-at any rate as far a1 police administration is concerned. 1f. may be that there the policeman, or , linemen-for there may bo more than one-"loves to lie n. basking in the sun." Else how did young Callahan manage to use police headquarters as his own headquln-t. era for burglarious purposes?

Finding himself in prison serving three ‘” sentence for robbery this sixteen-year old‘ youth appar- ently alao fmmd time hang heavily upon his hands. 80. to relieve his

masses and iron system. of economic‘

What have of £01m;

By [cum Wfinrhn. MD. 110w THE IIEJRT IS PROTECTED IN EMERGENCIES

One c-f ‘the things we are apt to forget is that while the st heart, or any other organ has a special job to do in the body. never- theless other organs can affect its workings; actually hurrying or slow- ing up these workings or efforts.

As you know the heart has what is known as “reservc" a sort of extra power it can call on in an emergen- cy; and it is this power that enables it to carry an individual through a severe illness. and still have cnough power to keep up the circulation un- til he is well again.

At first it was thought that it was a juice in the walls ‘or muscles of the heart that was responsible for heart reserve. as rt luicc made from the muscle wall of the heart injected into the heart stimulated it into more powerful action. Ho'.vcvei' it was dis- covered that juices extracted from other organs. the Stfllllillfh for in- stance had the some effect.

That other devices are present in the body to protect the heart and thus keep it going as long as possible has been ciemonstratcd by research physicians at the Mayo clinic, at Harvard University. West Virginia University and other places.

They have found that the sack in whcih the Iicart rests-the percard- tum-prevents the heart dilating or enlarging too much when it is under severe jiressure from some infection in the system.

They have learned also that the nerve systems ivhich act on the heart. one making it go foster. and the other slowing it up, or steadying it, oppose one another‘ when the safety oi the heart demands it.

Thus a heart that might beat as nficn as 150 beats to the minute can be spccdcd up to 225 beats if the op- pcsing aor slowing up nerve is cut.

Such ranges of operation of the two systems ivliich control the heart show that the one nicchaivsm or sys- tem serves especially to give the heart an opportunity to rest. where- as the other system acts in emer- gcncics and enables the heart to work vigorously when there is need of physical effort or stress.

It is certainly gratifying and re- eassuring to know that the heart, the organ that keeps everything going in, the body, has these “proctcctivc dc-

gcncies arise.

So, well go no more a-roving So late into the night,

Though the heart be still as loving. And the moon be still as bright.

For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast".

And the heart must. pause to breathe, And Love itself have rest.

Though the night was made for lov- ing,

And the day returns tco soon, Yet well go no more a-rovlng

By the light cf the moon.

-l.nrd Byron.

Iennul, he loosened the bars of his cell, made his exit through police quarters at night, and returned be- fore daylight with the swag. which he cached under a mattress in his cell.

If it had not. been for a new neck- tie which “'11s seen hanging from his pcckct one clay his nefarious proc ‘tlccs might never have been found out. When the (liscovory was made he had accomplished nine burglaries this way and lmd terrorized the town.

St. Joiurs is evidently a very {JCIICS- ful city for the jail is sittiated in the basement of ihc residence of one Police-Detective Sevgt. Lee. The ap- pellation ‘policc-clctcctive." as appli- ed to Sergt. Le_c, must not be taken satirlcally!

vices" always at hand when emcr--

Reminders nd Reviews

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A modem “rust. has pictured for Us that touchi u, incident in the life of George Frederick Handel, when he was discovered by his Ifllhel‘ 1n the dark attic of their home. prac- ticing on an old Spiflet- The" 33 something very alllfiflllnfl l" m“? whlte-robed childish figurez-the frightened face revealed by if-‘lmhted lantern held aloft by the elem ""1 father, who had forbidden the study of music. It must have been a mlghtydeslre in so young a. child that would express itself in spite of darkness and the fear of - punish- ment.

And he would not have had the comfort of that hidden splnet had not a kind hearted aunt helped him to smuggle it into the attic. His father, who was valct-dc-chanibrc to the elector of Saxony, was sixty- thrcc years old when George was barn in 1085. He had a sullfeme contempt for the arts, and had des- tined his son for the study of law. He would probably have imposed his will on tho boy had not the elector of Bzindonburg. afterwards King Frederick of Prussia, interested him- scli in the young musician, mid of- fered to send him to Ita1y-—thcn the great school cf music.

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This offer was rejected by the old- er Handel. but George was allowed to study his beloved art. 1t was not, however, until after his father's death in 1597 that he had an oppor- ,tunii;y to make full use of his talent. ,Thro\vrl on his own resources he ‘obtained a fmsition as organist in ‘Hollc. his birthtoivn. but the follow- ‘ing your he went to Hamburg, one of the musical centres of Gown-tony. Hc composed a grout many operas during his stay in Hamburg. but It- ynly was always in his mind. and he ‘lcitiot that country in 1106. Herc ‘he remained three years. living at various times in Florence. Rome. Naples and Venice. During this Italian period he composed two 0p- eras. two cratorios. and numerous other choral works. His fame wsprcad from Italy to his own coun- I try where he was offered the post of llflflllfjlllllfilfilfli‘ to the elector of Han- over. At that time he contem- Iplnted a visit to England. and ac- lccptcd the post on condition of leave ‘cf absence been granted for that , purpose. ’

After a short stay in Hanover he etravoilcd to England as a composer {of Italian opera, and in that capac- j ity, he earned his first success at the

Huyifiarket with the opera Rinaldo. said to have been composed in a fortnight: this was first performed on February 24th, 1711. The beau~ tiful and still popular air "Lascia ch'io pianga" is from this opera. Af- ter another brief visit to Hanover he returned to make his home pennan- 5cntly in England. and despite his German birth. Handel is essentially English in art and personality.

Biographers tell us that it was the influence of English poetry that gave dignity and grandeur to his or- stories, and his oratorlos have im- mortalized the name of Handel. Es- pecially is this true of The Messiah which is to the musical world what Paradise Lost is to the literary world. This composer died in 1159. He was blind for some years before his death but he continued to direct the performance of his work as long as he lived. He was a naturalized Englishman and is buried in West- minster Abbey. There is a splen- did collection of Handel's M. S. S., six volumes in all, at Buckingham Palace.

In the opinion of some art critics Andrea del Sarto, (born in Gaul- fondu, Florence, in 1487, was more mmltativc than original in his work, ibut the examples of his brush extant attest, to his skill, and justify his methods, whatever they were.\Mich- iqlangclo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Fm Bartolmmco lived and created masterpieces during the lifetime of Andrea, and in such brilliant comp- any only an outstanding talent would hove been manifest.

Although timid and diffldcnt in manner, he worked with a firmness, —a certainty of touch that was rc- markablc in such a. nature. He work- ed rapidly, too; before he was twen- ty-three he had acquired n tech- nique, and ability as a. fresco palnt~ er that attracted the attention of the great Mlchclangblo himself. The son of a. tailor (Sarto), he was known as “Tailors Andrea" and his ‘desires were a simple as his upbring- ing. A jolly, sociable sort of a chap, he formed many friendships in his own set. and had man)’ "m" mates among the artists and sculp- tors cf the city.

He morricd Lucrezia dcl Fccle. the widow of a hatter, in i512. and his biogrnphcrs describe her cs being "faithless. jealous, overbearing and vixenlsh with the apprentices." The fact that Andrea del Soft/o used her

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T Miller or The Times

(Toronto Mail and moire)

By general consent the greatest daily newspaper on this continent is the New York Times. For this reason, alone, newspaper editors and reporters will find “Mr. Miller of the Times." by F._Fraser Bond (Conn. Clark and Co). an absorbing and stimulating story. the late Charles B. Miller presided an edltor-in-chief. He it; was who in- terested Mr. Adolphe Ochs tu the property. Under their joint man- agement lt achieved its present position of unparalleled prestige throughout the United stats. Mr. Miler was one of those brilliant men