i l z '5 FAQ; rout: THE B iiAR L0 TT ETUWN GUARDIAN Morning Daily (Founded in rum Pr: ident, l.irut.-C0l. W. Cheater S. MCIJIII Vlcelfit-sident. J. R. Burnett, lJ.l. Secretary, LivuL-Col D. A. WacKinnon, 0.8.0. Editor and ftlanagin, Director. ,l. It. Burnett. F-LL 1' soriale Editor. Frank Walker. SYBSPIVPTION RATES _ $5.00 per _t'cur (in advance) leiivcru te Cl“ $4.00 prr .t>ur t . advance) mulled t0 I’ E Island i.v.t:0 pt-r- vt-ar tin rrrivatrrr-I mailed to Canada and ILS. Mclnht-rs Audit Bureau of Lirculationl "Tire Strongest Memory 1's Weaker than the ileakcsf Ink.” i.___'_-' -~- —~-- ~ 'llil'l1$i).-\\', MARCH 28, I940. git, "*—'--' ‘"'*' Til; (mt til living Trend q,‘ t, -j~,- c»; Pf living indiccs do not yet Crurr-r‘ , r t," .~ rlrr» rrrrior advances in whole- r ' - ,.,,,~, l*,,,- rriplrr-t-ulc of war. thcre !',‘.t'l‘\-l\t'_\ irr the last four \\ rrtrrrg rrr tlre Commerce lrrliC, published at the Unt- rrr illildflfi, ll. A. Logan, of »_ r f bcr-rrrrrrriqs at the University ; . r,»,;,,~;,,,,~,1 zqrirtirrn to tlre effect Klufi no grerrt increase tn prices _ r~r. . t-urrrrrtcts for important Can- 1' ltrrrl tlt-wn for a year irr ad- .rl price. ulticlr circumstance \l\<~. lllslfbfy shows there tirvltutst‘ rltrritrg the first . wrr. Not urttil the win- ‘. io-rrl costs register more than r-vctr then the increase r ocncrzrl drop in rents. '|‘;,, ~- .., pr- at the failure of prop,» {iYC perhaps unaware -‘ -.-r.r rrurrs zritcr August 1914, at - :1 Sllilwiilllllill increase in re- -1.\, Jrri-l .\r:r, Professor Logan points z .' twr-r .- Jtlitl living costs will re- ' ~ ‘l'lL'llCl.‘ of 1914-18. Much oi iirrzrrtcirtg. The war it- .c<s ltastc and the allied na- tions zrr~ l grrrizr-tl irr tnaking purchases ozr rlri= This time, ntorcover, the Al}? . ~' “ " ,- r urcrrtvr stocks of essential rrrrd metals, and also . f:rlrt'ic:ttiot1; yet in view of ‘:.~_r~ of using material and sav- ' rro rurwu to think they will tl Wlllllillilfllf to forrrrer pro- q time comes. 'l thrrrttqlr government and rru nllditiott to private de- rlly vzrtrse trs to travel the fntrriliwr s" (‘lrvihirrq scents likely to lead the \\‘:r\ rrprr; Jtrin ioattrring rises in woolens, lczrtlr-“r- 1|"! c . goods. Expectation this time is thzr! r~r~z not ukely to sag, but in view of tlrc lw ‘h ‘l ‘q rrvcr a period of years may ._ ill-iris in showing advances .' to follow living costs more t , l'r~»l'r-==rrr Logan thinks. So- cial ju<1icc null ccououric welfare require that these lrzrw due consideration {IA Bloated Monster" The Ncrv York "Iinrzs refers to the peace for- ced trporr l-‘irr‘:r'rd.sa_\'s itcatrnot be kn0wn“\vhat new ::lr~rrrirr;rr~-rrs Russia tnay have in store," and nrlrlw, "lilrc n. hhwzrtctl monster the Russian artrry now sit. nil a cor-nor of Fimrish soil, bring- ing the odor- of corruption and death to every- thing it tottchc~." For it; nr:r't'r'i'rl glirrs at the expense of Fin- land, rl/‘clirrts W». Tunes, Ilussia has traded scores of thou r: \ of Russian dead, but the price includes Ill-tr "the rtrin of Communist parties all u\'<'i' the world, the alienations of its former fricutls. the blackening of its name in iutcrtlatiovrnl crifnirs. the ptrblicly exhibited in- cortrpctctrrr- of 1hr" ttloliwtrs People's Army, which needed more thzru three months to crack the re- sistance of a country one-fiftieth as strong as its own." lint-e husi '= gains been worth such losses? Rusirr. tlv- comes out of this three- irrrrrrtlr= w-r wth ha-r prestige broken, her moral 1ft I u", fllllllvlii rt", ‘rr nrurrc a by-word for brutal- ity. hi1 rrl. ...e lrr<r~r, has a military fame which w liw- in lristor_v, the good-will and slrttpniitt’ of the world, and in the ultimate lr‘rl:r",cr~l;r~‘ t" zrrrrv be clear that she has gained iit<rt‘t' "uzrr ~- l~~:—tlrr1t Russia, "a bloated tuoudcr", l < f~=~ frrr, fli’ more than she has grtirrwl. ‘Juoiing Scripture Rising. .'trrtilili< ltla lzrrvyers had better get familiar vvirlr the Scriptttrvs. hrtwo English courrsoflaw citations from the llilrlr- have recently been used, mic to Flllrl- r1" rr prrilll tirade in counsel's argu- hit-lit. t!» hi’: - for thr- guidance of a town cotnr- cil. lu liir‘ rirv. instznrcc, the story of the, Slrttrr.'rurrrri:r- worrurrfs >fili as related in II Kings, (flutp, .1, \\:r~ tlrttvlcrl lrv a King's Counselor in a llotrsr» of l rd. :rppr~:rl as an illustration of \\'lr:r! :ur " lrv zrccirlvtrt" is. The quota- tion vxrsi 1S .\ll1l Witt-ti il~<~ child was grown, it fell on a day, tlrzrt ht‘ “Kill out to his father tn the reapers. tr) .\rrd he soil unto his fzrthcr, My head, my hoard. .\r:rl l,-~ still to a lad, Carry him to his trrothr-r. Cuttih ‘l. :rrgrrir".{ that :1 nrlucr who suffered from "drop; t‘ll four" rtftvr working in a crouch- itjrg pnsilllvtr, hurl no! mo! with an injury by ac- cidI-trt, scrid lhv surrstrtrlr-c which attacked the sou in tlrr» liible story shortly after he began work, wns nu iiltutrzrliorr of exactly what the Act nrr-frur wlwrr it usvd the words "inlury by acd-rrf." lu rlrv u-t-rlrrrl czrse, .\lr. G. A. john- sir-rt. chrrirrrrrrrr of tho llullsier (Sonrcrsct) Irtl;-i~lr:r‘t‘, irr ururrtirrg to the town council of Al .-l~ rrl. 1t cur-l resort, licenses for Sunday ('t‘rl-'.t'l!'l1r't:s, rttlvtl that a clattse in an exist- irrr orrlhrrrr-rr lrreterriuq .l'lZZ, swing nfusic or (‘tw-"rirvr I-rr Frrrrrlrvs urrrst be observed. "I d u: \\ ~zt trr y-rr-zrrlr to ywtt," he told the clerk to thr- control, “lvrt l would ask you to call the flrlrrti‘ or to r~rrr c-rtttrcil in ls:ri:rlr, lviii, 13 and u. “fruit scrrrs in lrrc u» be very apposite in regard to this matter. If your council would look at those verses they might get some lead as to what is in our minds with regard to Sun- day observance." The verses are: 13 If thou ttrrrr away thy foot front the sab- bath, front doing tlry pleasure on my holy day; and call the snblrrrtlr a tleligltt, the holy of the Lord, liOiiOlif1lhl€ ; and slrzrlt honour him, not do- ing thine own wzrys, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speak-lug thine own words: l4 Then shalt thou tlcliglit thyself in the Lord and I will cztuse thce to ride upon the high places of the earth. and fccd thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The council said they would bear the ad- monition in mind. EDITORIAL NOTES — Back to "hltsiircss as usual". except so far as the local Legislature is cotrct-rrtetl. ll‘ >l< * ‘F Lieutenant-Governor B. \V_ LePage dis- charges his first public official duty today in (lcclrrriug the ru-u lvgr uture open. 11 Ir» 1's i‘ Perhaps .\lr. John ll. .\l_vers realizes that the advice he got last Full "to stick to the farm" was sound and wcll-gr-orrrrdt-tl. ’ * i‘ d; ill Now that we h.'t\'c twrr "lrrruotrrablcs" repres- enting the Protitrcr- irr l‘:rrli:rrrrcrrt all we want is two ptiftftvlius, llrrth .\lr. Rulston and Dr. lilacMillan are entitled to sit on the front bench on the Govcrrrurt-rrt side of the I-louse. >i< ‘it Itl Crimean \\':rr dcclurrrl thi. dzric, 18;4. Sub- sequently Lord $.rl§\lrrtr"_v urrrrottrrccd “we back- ed the wrong horse" irr supporting Turkey in- stead of Russia. the i-rrurct‘ rlrcrr lrcirtg known as "the Sick .\l:tn oi littrtrpc." lt was in this war the Red Cross hzrrl its start. the nursing ar- rangements being irr the hzurds of Florence Nightingale. The \\';rt' crtdvtl with the Peace of Paris by which Krtssia rcsiurctl conquests made, and engaged to lllllltl no arsenals and have no warships itt the lll: k Sea. ill $1 ll‘ ‘F Applicatiotrs for C:rrr.'rrli:-.tr citizenship are 2,- 000 a ruontlt, five tirrrcs as runny as before the war started and tlre rush shows no sign of dim- iuishing. Crutzulzr is uzutrrztlizitrg more than all the rest of the llritislr Lhrunrouwealth of Na- tions. .'\t the beginning of last year there were 100,000 aliens irr Czurzrtlrr. \\'lrett war was seen to be inevitable rrrauy Gcrrn.'rrts left httrricdly and some Linitcd States citizens wctrt across the border, but most of the nlicrrs rentained. It is rtotttlrlc that old l't'lllt‘l§lll(‘t'< rrr surrctuler alien citizerrslrips acquired lr_v birth are vanishing un- dcr the stress of war. >t1 iii it Ii MOh hYSlPFl-l, crucl pnuic, aroused bigotry ntay tcrtrpornrily s\\‘.'r_\' 1r people itrto following self-scclcing lCIt/lt-rx who have sown the seeds of ltatretl, but in the long rtur truth overcomes mis- information. "l: is ftrolislt to say that you can- not catclr up with rt lic," Rev. Dr. Megzrw in “Ytsltirrqton Prt'~l\t<'ri:ttr Church. says. “.~\ll lies have a cancer witlrur them. 'l‘hcy run their cottrse, they cxlrzrrtst tlrrrrrsclvcs and truth does catch up. Millions upon rrrillions of ruen in our great (letuocracics today are rtcclrtiming the po\v- er of Jesus’ trztrtrc and trrorc zrrrrl more are real- izing that they \‘.'rir otrlv be trrztitrtztiuctl bv the adoption of llis pritrciplcs irr all human ef- forts.” w v n- w Perhaps the most pirirrlrlc campaign put up by arty trcrvspztpct‘ \\'.'ts tlr:rt of tlre Montreal Gazette. lztcr sitrcc lit‘. .\l:rrrion's selection as Conservative leader it has lit-en after his scalp for stoutly opposing rzrilway amalgamation. From the dissolution it hitched ‘Mr. Mackenzie King‘ until shortly hvftrfc polling when it sud- denly realized llllil the scirts of its fortuer editor, Mr. R. S_ \\'lrite, zrtrd .\lr. (I H. Cahan were in danger. lt then wheclcd right round and plead- ed, as with tears in its eyes, that the electors would send at least these two, and perhaps Mr. Walsh, baclc to l'.1.t'li.'trrrcrrt. But its eleventh hour repentance itvftilcrl it nothing-the tail of the Conservative 1‘;rrt_v in Montreal went with the hide which previously had been bartered for "a mess of pottagc." n- ~ o u Federal general elcctions has been held four times on l\iortd:r'v, six llili('S on Tuesday, and twice on \\'edrresda_v. liridztv, Saturday and Sunday have bet-n entirely out as single election days. Days and flutes of the 19 Dominion elec- tions since Confr-dcrzrtirrrr follow: 1867, Wed- nesday, Attgust 7, to l"r‘itl.'trv, September 20; 1872, Saturday, _lrrly 2r», to Saturday, (Dctober 12; r874, Thttrsdzr)", lnrruuv 22; r878,.'l‘ttesday, September l7; 18H, Wcdrrcsrllry, June 20; 1887, Tuesday, Fcbrttzrryt 2;; 1801, Thursday, March 5; 18f w, Tltesrlny, 23; 1on0, Wctlnestlay, No- vember 7; 1904, 'l‘lrurstlay, Novcnrbcr 3; 1908, Monday, October 26; r911, Thursday, Septem- ber 21; 1917, Monday, December 17; 1921, Tuesday, December t»; 1025, 'l'lrttrsday, Octo- bcr 2r); 1926, 'l'tu-~rl:r_v, Svptourlter 14; 1930‘, Monday, July 2S; 1M5. .\lond:r_y, Uctuber 14: i940, Zfttcsdayg I\l.'ri'cll 26, rt =0: r w- Rcferring to the Guardian's mention of Lord Ttvccdstnttir being a urcrrrbt-r of the late Lord Millions "Kitrrlcrgurlftu", a corrtctrrporary says: "It means a great tlczrl to 1r luau to come in his youth under the inspiring influctrce of an older one. This is brought lrotnc in a striking way, by the list of tlre rncnrbr-rs of what came to be known as Lord .\lilrrcr's ‘kittdcrgtrrten.’ They were young fcllotvs by whose zrbility he had be- come imprrsscd zrrrrl whom hc induced to g0 t0 South Africa to help lriur in the rehabilitation 0f that coturtry‘ ultcr tht- llrilislr-lioer war. Lord Ttvccdsinttir was arrrotrg them, and for some time hc served as the high commissioner's sec- retary. (itlrers uctv- Patrick Duncan, now gov- ernor-gencral of tlrztt dnnrirliotr; Philip Kerr, who strccccrlml to the title of Marquis of Lothian sortie years ago and is tlrc- present llritish am- bassador to llit‘ lfrriu-rl States; (icofircy Daw- son. who lrrts lrcrrt Ptlllttl‘ of ThcTitncs for a lengthy period; Arthur Stecl-klniilatrtl, who be- cnmc a tuotrrlrt-r of llit‘ llrilislr govcrnmcttt; and that distinguished publicist. Lionel Ctrrtis, the founder of the Irrstilttlt" of international Affairs, whose visits to (‘zrnrrrlrt are remembered so well. Mihrcr hrtd rmtsorr to lu‘ protrd of those he start- ed on tlre pzrth of Lirrrplre service," NOTES BY TIIE YIAY Tho Government ha: found it necessary to warn public servants, teachers and other-s that it will not tolerate attempts to render tzref- fecttve the application of the policy which the Union Parliament has decided shall be pursued. The Mal- anite newspfl-pers shriek that this warning is a curtailment of tlre liberty of the subject and a subte attempt to drazoon the public mind. The allegation reveals a not uncommon confusion of thought concerning the rights of minontiea. The Government does not wish to sulppress criticism. what it denoun- ces is political sabotage — a cam- paign deliberately launched to 1n- cite opposition to its mes-sures and if possible to bring them to . — Cope Argus (Capetown) Inndon newspaper: found it or sufficient interest the other day 1.0 report the case of catayciept Whiskers. so she was evidently not. 0f partrlcian highly cultured stock, which walked from London to its old home tn Doncamer, a. distance of 1'10 miles, then realtzing me family was 110 longer there, walked back again. Some people criticme cats as having no genuine affec- tions, but there have been Just as many instances of cats as there have been of r1085- travelling long distances strfferirtg great hardsiups, to be reunited with the funtay. Fond at; this cat was of ilb old home it. evidently placed the fam- iw ties first, thereby showing tre- mendous affection. - st. Thomas Times-Journal. In spite of some exceptions, the historian W111 have some cause to single out the behavior of the British public during the unnter of 1939-40 as one of the most re- markable manifestations of the strength which can tnhere in a. de- mocracy. 1f ever there was a pzp- ular war, not in the sense of our entry into it. provoking mass hystsgflg in the capitals 0f all the belligerent countries. but in the sense of its being the outcome of a policy which was grounded in the popular will, it is the present war. Yet the popular determination to oust the Nazi», from the govern- ment. of Germany and to bxxak the spirit of German aggressiveness has been accompanied by great reaiizm and an extraordinary patience in waiting for the results which the public is unsvrervlrrr“ determined to see achieved. -- Lfisgow Herald. Making apple juice more Pill!"- iar is an uphill cb because its sponsors can't. truthfully say that apple Juice will make its drinker throw away his money, drive reck- lessly and wake up next morning with a. Woodpecker trying to bore its way out of his skull. - Toronto Star. What product has the largest American output. of any sold by drug-stores 1h the United States? You'd be surprisedl It's waxed paper. Something over $53,000,000 worth of it. is ntanufactured-an- nuaily, reveals the American Ding- gist, quoting Dctportlnezrt oncom- nleme figures, - Christian bcteuce Monitor. Mr. James Scott. speaking at a bakery wirlst drive in Crawford's Cafe, Edinburgh. said: "Baking is an ancient craft. I react the other do/y that. pancakes were first. made by the monk". in old Etngl-ish monasteries. Ths no doubt. accounts for the popular ex- pression ‘Out. of the Irvine-van 1Y1- to the frta.r'." - Edinburgh Dei- patch. In the midst of a Senate speech the other day Senator Prentiss Brown (D) of Michigan paused to "ride" his good friend. presidential aspirant; Rpberl; A. Tall, a llfllé. "I hear," sold he, "that. the other nlght. Senator Taft went. down to the railroad station and said. '1 want a ticket,’ and the tfcket agent. said. ‘Where to?‘ “The Senator re- plied, ‘Oh. anywhere. I've got, nus- mess oil over." -—Citristla.n Scence Monitor. somebody once remarked to Grimm that his children must be the happiest in tlre world since they ilved in the midst of fozry tales. Grimm replied by telling how one day his son was told by l friend that. his father had wriitene the famou) fairy stories. The boy would not believe 1t. and ran to his father saying, "The? 3B1’ W“ Wm"? those fairy stories: surely you never invented ouch silly rubbish?’ - Edlnrlfllfflh Dispatch. The troubles of the Freeman- Mitiford family are really noth m; new. Just before the start of the last wart- John Freeman-Mitford, Unity‘: uncle, married the bertutl- ful Marie Ann. daughter of Herr von Fflediander-Gwd. German in- dustrialfst: and steelmaker. The young man then a lieutenant 1n the ‘First Life Guards, found him- self 1n the war against ht", bride's country, and the marriage was da- soived. International complica- tions involvin the clan are thus old stuff. - anlscn 1n Windsor Star. The "opening of the Yangtle from Shtmgho to Narrkirtg is undoubt- edly a landmark in the lrstrory of the oevelopmertt of the Japanese military invasion of China in fe- lation to the creating interests of third Powers. It. obviously repre- sents a considerable change of tac- tics on the part of the invaders. But this change of tactics does not in any way affeot Tokio's awn-s. wire still remain what, they were — to destroy Chinese sovereignty. ex- tlnmlish the treaty privileges of other countries. and institute the ntonopoliat, exploitation of China's resources. - Hons Kong Weekly German scuttlera were not quick enough with their work of destruc- tion on the big freighter, Hanmver. and it has been salvaged and taken into port. by a British prize ere-w. Members of German prize crews, who have scuttled their vessels, and are in various South American ports are receiving a markedly cool rowfrtirm from their compatriots, who quite frankly look 0.1 them as cowards. And there 1s much in the name as a description of men who would wilfully destroy such a fine and iivfnz thins: as a ship. —N1- agara Falls Review. The first four months oi the war have done great damage to the English educatfcnai kSCt-m. and we are not yet on ‘he raad to its proto- er repair. In me- evacuation areas the schools were for the Bream- part of the time either- closed or open for the briefest kind of 1n- struction. New they are re-opening but often on a two-aloft Wimp. THE. C§ALLQLIIETQWN_ 513531.315" v A PARADOX LN MARCH (Dedicated l0 V. I‘. N.) Through the daylight hows, g, len- tie warmth drenched the earth Ln tender caresses. When twilight crept over the horiz- on in shy wrstf ess, The scattered clouds blended with the heavens- In tribute to Spring. As the shadows mellowed into the valleys and crevices, A diffused caltn descended with delightful quietness. Above in tlre dome of the urtivorae. Trailing dmperles of liquid purple LUbTéIQIGCl with deeper shade; of nv. A h ‘oh r scent lobe f llver perigee (frgm tho est sniff stftiked its way to the throne of night. The soundiek; tinkiing of the snark- ling jewels of Oberon resounded in exquisite tones. A satin sheen of mereuricrus silver deluged worldly implements With fnvis bie rays. Forests and sea, gliatened in. sacred rapture. ‘Hrose countless spark. of the sky. increased bv mill 0115. Till everywhere ‘could seen myriads of flickering specks. O lusterous beauty Unexcelied daintiness. imperceptible zephyrs. Resurgent wisps of movement, Lurked in lilting softness. Crinkllnqz freshness. Exiriiaratinf! coolness Ruled supreme. Unfurnished gorgeousrress abounds. A5 Nature Welcome To the Awaiting world. ' —B>ob Nystedt. Cirariottetowtt. March. 1940. A Hint And A Promise (‘New York Herald-Tribune) The story of the rescue of six sailor-s Q1 the wrecked Canadian lumber schooner Chisholm after they had drifted two weeks Mid lived on wiratever- floated up from tlre salt-watered galley is not a. new 5,0,1, u, me people who make their living by the sea or take a sPWlB-l interest. tn the sea front their mbber apartments fa: from i119 waters edge, But gomehmv in this latest, rescue story in the chain of seafarers‘ tales t-here was a hint which takes one back w the Phoe- niciatis and a pwmise to the pert of the civilized world that believes the defeat, of the Nazis would be for- the good of the future of the world. The hint lies in the def-Mil 0! the rescue. Although they experi- enced gICM’. hardships, the crew managed to survive tor fourteen days on raw potatoes and tumrps and pieces of pork much soltier than normal. Some of the crew (tut, r1 hole in a deck that, lay floating just; beneath the water. and up bobbed a barrel 0i Willie!‘- Tlrev saw two sin during the agonizing davs an nights‘, and because their wallowing hulk was no mark for a woman's glass these two vessels went right on by. At 7:30 on the thirteenth n ht a third ship, the Swedish fre hter Sagoltmd. came in sight, and they jigged around and found a drum of gasoline and set. it afrre. They lteirted one of their precious over- coats and put it on a Stick find moved it back and forth. lLwaa thirty-six hours in the heavy sea before the sngoiand could get a small boot, in their aid. Yet when titey came into New York they said what they had gone thvotah was all in a day's work; and wi - in a nrotrttr they will be back at s05, helping the British win the war. Since the war began a dozen incidents have appeared lto prove the valor orf the British seamen. For if the sea is so immense that for u fortnight a Mil-ion, three- masrted schooner can drift close to Bermuda, and not. be seen, and men can conduct themselves as the British did on the Exeter. the Ajax, the Cossack and the Chis- holm. is it not logical that the marine strnnale hold of the Bri- tish will Iced the Island of Eng- land until this war t5 over? GRANDPAS’ CLUB EASTLEIGHVEntzIand —(OP) _.. Men of 60 and ov 1r who have grandchildren are eligible for the Grandfathers’ Club in this Hamp- shire village. “Tho fub is going to fill a long-felt want," said one 0r- grmizer FILMS BEFORE CHURCH DONDON-(CP) —“Chrlst: u less a reality to verv many children in England than Mickev ‘Mouse and Donald Duck," said titer F. Woodlock. S. J.. in a Mayfair church. Children iodav are being tzéven a pagan upbringing, he add. e . NUTBOURNE. England ~—(CP)_ For seven veers a woma lived in a house here with her mdlher’ body in a. box. and inter in a 5M . The h 1710mm’! WlliJ W85 PCITIOVEd l0 B men- tal institution. sai she "cottld not Dart/Lvvitlt iter__mo fher._ _“.'“_"_ l In the neutral arts-s the some con- ditions have held. In the reception areas also there has often had m be resort to the shift system. We have become so glad to see any kind of schooling fQ-estgblighgd that. many administrators have be- come almost tneonciied f0 the idea. of continuing with a make- Bhift System for the rest o! the war, —Mazrchester Guardian. Monkey Tricks (namlitnn Bboctawr) Weird mpoaals nrrd their we»! rln concerning the proper rage war in these day; of urbanoe. ‘more were r organized info animated t corpitfeln the course of the sin!!!" in Far East. there g1 uezttbrttzgtflotuu of m r a ious consternation and oonfuson in Jfllkl. enifiil BOUDITJ hlflhl YHITMUC but such tin-lea mist. ere hat/é‘ beg‘: o tica experiments genmu of the sea, ggparentigr that t to k out from a, n, been ear-gloved. Jrtstifisrecent-éy 18843238 news gov a , — tanlal @0336?» of an excitgg f ht a ainst. strong guru... deed, was some- new in ntiiitary hiswry: but. as the story has a quite vrmiv According to a staff corres nd- em of the Christian science oni- wr. writing from Chungkhtg. it ail arose because ol’ the impelled knowledge of En iish possessed by the Japanese edi s handlins‘ (115- wite; from the front. The refer- to f With 801" "guerii as." The cor- th this t. i ‘lAlfuflrhgse stories om- raifbIiteEcMTrpTegeuhIftlEutiTiTPMiTfudder- standing and untruth have certainly very much to answer for! Mercury (Gait Reporter) The smallest. speedlest, hottest and hardest-io-see planet. Melvin’. recently arming into view for the mun 1n the street. Normally, Mer- cury i.s difficult to see because it ls so close to the sun; the iatters brilliant. light obscures the little planet, Mercury has the shortest year system”! hmhlrgffmtdday mt ti-hephsglsg , rm quar e like the moon, and a “double life" as a morning star and an evening star 1n turn. This elusive planet with the name and some of the tricky qualities of quicksilver was a novelty even to astronomers in pro-telescope days.‘ It never Bip- pears in the deep night. Ordinar- y it is too close to the sun for a g00d view. Now scientists study it during the day with telescopes and photographic plates. The infant of the sun's family of nine planets, Mercury is more nearly moon-size than world-size. It is one-eighteenth as massive as the earth, and o. little larger than tire earth's moon. Its diameter is measured as about 3.000 miles. Its shadow would just. abOut cover the United States. The closest. planet in the sun Mercury speeds around Old Sol with a velocity of 2.160 miles a minute or thirty-six miles a sec- ond-faster than any other planet and t/wlce B5 fast as the earth. It makes the circuit of the sun in eighty-elem days. (The earth takes 365 1-4 days; Uranus takes eighty- four years). But one clay lasts for o. whole year on Mercury; the Planet rot/ates for a dav-and-nlght period also 1n eighty-eight days, turning the some face always to the sun just as the moon turns the some face always to the earth, Leas than half as for 1mm the sun as the earth Ls, Mercury liter- ally dances with heat. in fiery floods of sunlight, It, simmers in WmIf-‘teratures eighty times hotter than the earth, ruound 600 degrees Fahrenheit. bead and tin on Mer- cury would form molten lakes. This heat. however, applies onlv i» U10 half of the planet per- DQWHUY facing the sun. 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