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Mr. L_ A. Forsyth, K. C., of Montreal, n+0 was assistan. vcunscl associated with Col- onel ]. L. Ralston at the Bren gun inquiry, has presented the Dominion Government wih a bill for $10,000 for his services. This very sub- stantial claim comes to light within a wcek after Hon. Ian Mackenzie’s eiiconiium on Mr. Ralston for doing the legal work in the case without pay. If one of the counsel retained by ihe Government ;=.i\'ed witlio-z‘. remuneration, the other seems in a fair way to get pretty near- ly enough for both.

The incident strikes the Ottawa Journal as a case of “laying it on too thick." But this is by no means the whole story. While the generous Colonel Ralston left the “fee" to be collected by his colleague, he charged up $2,756.93 for "ex- penses" on his own account,

The same Colonel Ralston, for acting as counsel on the King Government's Grain In- quiry Commission, received the royal remunera- tion of‘ $42,651.95, made up as follows: legal fees at the rate of $200 per day; living allow- ance at $20 per day, and $1,577.95 "travelling expenses." v

This information was elicited in reply to questions by Mr. A. I. Brooks, Conservative M. P. for Royal. It affords a striking illustration of the old adage that to those that have shall be given. The generosity of the King Government to its political friends (at the taxpayers’ ex- pense) is in Sflilflgt contrast to its‘ attitude to- wards the overburdened municipalities in re- licviiig unemployment.

A Good Example

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Notwithstanding that in New Brunswick the Liquor Control Board submits annual ac- counts which are tabled in the Legislature for the information of the public, there have been com- plaints that the items are not particularized with regard to officials’ salaries, the major sources of profit and the wholesale and retail prices of the various beverages dispensed. Consequently the Attorney General, Hon. J. B. McNair,_ has introduced a bill in the Legislature of _our sister Province “to make it lawful to appoint a spe- cial committee to investigate the accounts of the New Brunswick Liquor Control Board." The bill, which is in the form of an amendment to the Liquor Act, reads: “The records, accounts and operations of the Board may be examined and inquired into by a committee appointed by the Legislature, whose report shall be laid be- fore the Legislature.” It is expected that the committee will consist either of five or seven members and that the Opposition party will

iven representation. They will, in all probabil- ity, table a report before the end of the present lcssion.

We commend this procedure to the_ very serious consideration of our own legislative members. ‘Under the present system, all the duties devolving on Liquor Boards in other provinces are discharged by our Attorney Gen- eral, who is obliged to render no account to the Legislature or even to his own Government colleagues. He may, if he choowl. "investigate at any time all matters pertaining to or connect- ed with the administration of the Act," and re-

rt his findings to the Lieutenant-Governor-in- Council; but this provision is absolutely worth- less, since the Attorney General is himself the sole administrator of the Act. As pointed out on other occasion, this section was intended as a safeguard under the old Prohibition Commis- sion, and should have been deleted when the Commission was abolished.

In its place, there might well be inserted a provision such as is now being grafted on the New Brunswick Liquor Act, to have the "records, accounts and operations" of liquor sales under the Prohibition Act examined by a committee of the Legislature, whose report "shall be laid before the Legislature." And it should be_ made retroactive, so as to cover the whole period of administration since the Commission cease to function. In that way, only, _will there be any opportunity for intelligent discussion of the liquor question, either by the members or the general public.

Chamberlain Policy Defended

Militant pacifists who have been clamour- 3mg against Premier Chamberlain's appease- irnent efforts will find little support from one of the most distinguished English pacifists and philosophical writers, Bertrand Russell, who contributes a thoughtful article on the present Europe situation to the current issue of The Nation.

Noting the criticism of the Munich pact in the United States, Lord Russell expresses astonishment at the American sentiment to- livard Czecho-Slovakia, compared with its senti- ment. toward China. It has ten times the popu- . tion of Czecho-Slovakia, and is suffering far FIBOIG terribly and on an incredibly vaster scale than [all the‘ victims of the Nazis put together;

find Japan has no vestige of justification for in;

(invasion. Everybody knows of its alliance with Germany and that who: strengthens }apan

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llle plight of the Jews far. worse than it now is,

llld that the only solution of their problem a: long u the Nazis rule in to get them out of the

to their jailers.

He iii hopeful that the Hitler regime may collapse without war. The Munich crisis "show- ed that the German ple not less than the

that the Jewish persecution is unpopular with the bulk of the people. Economic difficulties and curtailment of food supplies must inevitably cause discontent. There is the possibility of an internal revolution, led perhaps by the army, It

lieves that if the great war can be postponed sufficiently it may never take place. This he finds a powerful reason for accepting even painful compromises in the meantime. Success may make Hitler rash, trouble with his allies maycomc; and the psychology of the situation may lead him as it led a much greater man, Napoleon, into some enterprise in which success is impossible. All such speculations are doiibt- ful, he admits, but adds dryly, "the evils of a great war are not doubtful."

Too Much Politics

The resignation of Mr. James Y. Murdock. K. C., from the Board of Canadian National Railways, to which he was appointed under the present Liberal regime, affords striking evid- ence of the justice of the criticism that has been levelled against political interference in railway management.

In particular, Mr. Murdock is known to be strongly opposed to the squandering of

terminal" in the Dorchester Street hole, Mont- real, and also to the failure of the Board to pursue the policy of co-operation in curtail- ment of expenditure WlllCll was authorized by Parliament.

I Editorial Notes J‘ The Jameson Raiders reached London for trial this date, 1896_ - ‘ U U I I Why should we be taxed 5&5 for our trucks everytime they travel the highway t0 Tormentine? x is v- y Look out voters, the Wood Island Car Ferry is to cost you more because the Grits

rule the roost.

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Cheaper Car Ferry Transportation, Im- proved Harbor Facilities, the Brighton Bridge ~—if we don't get these from the Liberals we'll get them from the Tories anyway.

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According to the Patriot both the Premier and the President of the Council are foo per cent behind the Brighton Bridge project. That being the case further agitation is unnecessary for if these two omnipotent members of the Government are in favour, any one against must quit the Government. All that now rc- mains is for Premier Campbell to budget for the cost in the coming session.

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The deficit of the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay in 1937-38 was $140,889, though the estimates had allowed for a deficit of $242,- 000, according to a Government return in the House of Commons. The deficit the report said, was reduced from the amount voted because some expenditures were ‘not required or de- ferred in view of restricted operation, owing to short crop." The vote of $10,000 capital works was dully expended. u e n- a Sophisticates are not worth deskroom as writers of advertising, Mr. Roy Whittier, vice- president and copy director for Young Rubicam, Chicago, informed the Federated Advertising Club of that city. “The true sophisticate lives on the wrong side of the tracks, mentally. His thoughts, his attitude, his beliefs are contrary to those held by the great majority of people in this country. How in heaven's name can he ever hope to understand them, and to sell them anything?" To this may be added another comment —that, at base, ad- vertising is so simple that only very honest, in- telligent, and sensitive niiiids can always hold true to its fundamentals. a‘ l ll I Declines in the birthrate and the shutting off of immigration, together with lengthened life spans due to advances in medicine other sciences, are rapidly changing the popu- lation of this continent from one dominated by

d youth to one dominated by old age, according

to Mr. Fred Dickinson, University of Illinois. Unless drastic changes occur, the percentage of youths and children will decline as the old age group increases, with the middle life group fairly stationary. Products and services which have a particular appeal to older persons will expand greatly. He includes in this group travel, particular forms of hf: insuiance and annuities. ' I i

Evidently Mr, Mackenzie Kinghas decided to abandon the Rowell Royal Commission on Confederation, and to stick by the old ship as it is, judging by the following remarks by Minister of Justice Lapointe at Quebec: “The pretenti- ous theories of Mr. C. George McCullagh, pub- lisher of the Toronto Globe and Mail, have no chance to prevail. This new precursor advoca- ted thc abolition of the provinces and the‘ for- mation of a single central government having

course Mr. McCullaglfs pretentious theories

pension of our national life could not be made through concord and harmony-To _ who preafrald to slose minority rights I say that it s ev than llioee we enjoy at the prelim moment. ‘I 4 who qcome _ "who 1rd fltllie one mould. not d‘ feiioeof tlieiiitogri of‘

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country, even if it is necessary to pay blackmail‘

British and Frerichs rank from war. He says V

is by no means an impossibility, and so he be- d

twelve million dollars for a “basement bargain it

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end fl lFHWCOIDPO mun) and the mtlotlclan, who must not. volun- teer, there is, for example, a quite remarkable assortment of cooks

really remain

rush to serve? But in falmess it. must be said that the reason for exempting most of the trodes men- tloned are apparent. - London Dally Mall.

In June of 1934, the average ‘daily attendance of plls at primary schools Eire was 422.666. In June of l937--the latest date for which statistics are available - tha average had fallen to 896.280. Thus, Iwlthln four years the prim- ary school population declined by almost 26,000. It is but fair to point. out that. within the some period the number of secondary Ruplls increased by 8,500. Even a owing for this. we are stlll confronted with the startling fact that ln four years the school going population declined by 22.- 500. 1111s decline represents loss employment for approximately 600 teachers. A rapid - dlmlnlahin school population is a matter o serious concern to any nation. Still more grave Ls it to a country like this, which has had a falling pop- ulation for almost. a. century; and would now appear that ohe de- cllne continues. —1rlsh Indepen- dent, Dublin.

An the days [o on ll la clear that the concessions made at Munich have not, slowed up, but. rather accelerated the forward sweep of the dictators. With Spain now safely in their train, they are in o. position to bring new direct pressures on Finance and almost- as direct pressure upon Great Britain. "Tunisia!" the present battle-cry of the Roman mob, sounds more and more as if it were coining from the throat of Il Duce himself. Last autumn! pres- sures were directed at. aggrandlze- merit at. the expense of tihe friends of France and Great Britain; to- day's pressure are directed at French territory and at the very lifeline of the British Empire. B

so much has appeaaemen falls . By so much has the ageing Chain- berlaln failed to bring about the equilibrium ln which his (people and those of the remain er of Europe may devote themselves to domestic arts and domestic pro- gress. - Baltimore Sun.

When the history of the last three or four years comes to be written from a retrospective standpoint, the connection be- tween the recent actlvltla of Germany, Italy and become more clearly than it has been to contemporary observers who were unable to survey the shifting panorama as a whole. We have the outstanding facts of the beginning of the Ital- ian invasion of Abyssliila. 1n 1935, the outbreak of the Spanish clvll war ln the Summer of 1956, the apaaiese invasion of China in 1937, followed by the German

and part in the year 1938. It. ls evidently no mere operation of "blind chance" which made these events occur one after another like successive steps of stairs within so short a space of time. We are driven to the con- clusion that Signor Mussolini, Herr Hitler, and the Japanese govern- ment have been in close consulta- tion regarding their plans of ac- tion. — Belfast Telegraph.

“In every family," uld the rellel worker, "there is likely to be at- least; one perwnF-quite often a. child — who makes our efforts woroh while." The worker cited a family with eight. children. The father was lazy and alcoholic; the mother was bedroc- gled. had lost. her pride, could 0o no more than get. through the housework, and that not well. The oldest. boy, 14, was none too bright and could not fix his mind on any one thing. The second child, a. gir, thirteen, was colorless- but did what she was able to do to help her mother in the house. Then there was a nlne-year-old boy who seemed, from his manner and activity, to have been" dropped into the family without rhyme or reas- on. l-le took lt. upon elf to provide fuel, and organized his ounzer brothers and sisters to elp. They found four rickety wheels somewhere and built a. wag-

ol the neighborhood, visit- partlcular a plant that packing cases to discard. They never returned home without at. least. part of o. load and usually a full one. They kept the basement piled with wood. The relief work- er suld the sight. of this lad with il-ila laden WIROH. and the smaller brothers and sisters alumna or pushing as they oould. be reo- ompeme for everything ln his t up utterly lione- leu. Lincoln a them-

came like inexplicably in o. family that to- day would Oregonian.

The Blahnqp of i speakln re enwiat F-yb of‘ the substmtl o yiono years . them with the brief dresses all frlvollt y prelc erdly provides the raw material for such a htmare u assailed Lockwood in ‘Wutherini Heights” when he dreamt that he was to "Saving. First of o

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have no chance to prevail, but do not be mis- oourlo taken; this is an appeal which could become. dangerous if the changes necessary to the ex-. mm

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NEW TREATMENT F01! BTU!- AZ {Jiu A1""ar..s'l‘1NAu uuuil

Most patients with stomach or testlnal ulcer are of slender build and high strung or nervous temperament. There are, of course, exceptions. ,

For years the treatment. of, ulcer was a rigid dlet and alkulles, and, if recovery Wm very slow, opera- tlon was performed gave another opening from stomach t0 small in- testine as lt la in these few inches that the great majority of ulcers are found. To-day surgery is the exception and satisfactory results are obtained by medical and diet treatment alone. The use of a long thin tube which extends from the mouth dovm to a point beyond this ‘ulcer spot‘ lri stomach. down which fluid foods are poured, gives all necessary nourishment and al- lows the stomach to rest end the ulcer heals.

What, may prove to be of meat help to ulcer patients is a treat- ment outlined by Dr. G. S. Bergh, Minneapolis, ln Surgery, St. Louis.

Dr. Bergh gave iron bl (combined) by mouth to thirty-two unselected patients ln whom the Xray examination showed stom- ach lntosttnal ulcer. All the pat- ients were up and about-not bed patients. The iron blle salts were given four times daily in doses of about l0 grains, with each meal and at bedtime in a few cases the

be reduced.

Twenty-six patients wore def- initely improved, while six pat- ients were not improved. Many of the patients who had suffered wlth ulcer symptoms for years were highly gratified with the improve- ment. A few patients felt extra distress for a few days aft-err the beginning of the treatment. A week or ten days after treatment was started the improvement be- gan to be notloed and gradually progressed until many patients felt entirely well. They found that. the were able to resume the ord nary diet.

While the knowledge of the success of the above new method ls gratifying. it must be remem- bered that. ulcer patients brlmz on or manufacture their own ulcers because of r;rvous or emotional upsets. Trying to acquire calmness of spirit is the first thought in the prevention of ulcer.

The Second Verigin (Winnipeg Free Press)

The death of Mr. Peter Verlgln brings to a close the secznd leiid-' ershlp of the Doulrliobors in Wes-j tern Canada. l-lls tenure, like that of (the first Verlgln, was marked by emotional nrrches ln the nude. chiefly in British Columbia, and it. evinced a. iiuculence against ob- servance of the laws of the land which was perhaps more reprehen- sible than were the aggrevatlons perpetrated by the first Peter Verlgln. The older leader repeat- edly threu-wried to move his peo- ple to ‘same oiiher country unless his demands were comrplied with, and repeatedly found that. his three/ts were ignored. Of course

and probably had not meant, to move, for the Doukliobors prosper here as they have not prospered elsewhere. ‘_

Few Canadians have an insight into either the administration or the division of profits reaped by the industry 0f the members of this sect. but man-y were made aware of n. spirit of revolt unmig YWTLKQI‘ Doiithobors about the advent. of the younger Verlgln.

Woodie u tho-och by right cf in- heritance. He brought with him little understanding of the life here or concept of the law in a liberally governed state.

A ‘ " v-erlcultuml and in- dustrial contribution to Canada has been mode, by the Doukhcbor sect. but the worth of that inten- sive industry characteristic of a

will’. seemed at times to be over- shadowed by the actions of Mr. Vorisfn. His own actions actions ‘ against. him brought him often into conflict. with the law. more noticeably in recent years than in the years just fol- lowing his arrival in Canada twelve W"! 58°-

Labor Campaigner

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u: foe:- inat lint regret being denied the pleasure of our company.

la hoped to manage these “if” “Til... “umhufirillf. n w unifies seem destined to mend go fer pert of their time while Ree l

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selves on Their Majestic: will not have rudely to into the offl- otel circle It largo. "B11161! they

can instead, wel ‘rholr Majestic: ere sidetracked for hours somewhere between leevln Ot- tawa at. 6 o'clock on the So urday avenlnir and reaching Kingston at '10 on the Sunday momlng. Bensltloo souls connlvlna to be stumbled into by Their Majestlcs will riot have to gape from the outer rim of the crowds at ‘Poi-onto if they can find at which sidlnz the royal train will be parked be- tween leaving Kingston at '1 in the evening and being kept. out of ‘mi-onto till 0:80 on the Monday morning.

gin». who feel that Their Majestlea must be coming to Canada to meet them are understood to be bribing tracklayers to tell them by which buffalo wallcw or willow bush tlie

oflal train will be stalled betwee l E lng out, from Winnipeg before

e dinner hour on Wednesday and being kept. out. of Regina till 12:80 on the ‘rhursdny afternoon. 'f‘hls unique w of seeing Can- ada from its rulway sldlngs will allow the Royal party to rustlcate far from the modding crowds and