FQUT' , t w I ig THEN _rgm -ug-_L~-= _ GIIIRLOTTETUWH GUARDIAN “M pu rar (ln advance) wlallr' In famsml and United Intra- lotatlg Daily (founded |N\'l\lo.0l1 nfl your lla advance; dallvenu. Preaidaut-W. Chester B. llclmu. Vive-President-J. ls. Burnett. -Secretary-Llaut. Col. D. A. ltluelilnnun, D. 8. 0. ldltar alll \l'lul|er-J. ll. Burnett. Anoclata Editor-D, ll, (Junta, _ FRIDAY, JUNE i4, 1929 4' SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS . one of the Alaska Boundary Com-' missioners a quarter of a century Returns so far received from the ago and later postmaster-general South African elections are favorable and minister of justice under Laur- to the Opposition party under Gen-Eier; and Sir Edward Kemp, who eral Jan C. Smuts and bear out thee served as minister of overseas mili- pre-electlon prediction that the ef-f tary forces during the latter part of forts of Premier I-Icrtzog to heal the t the war. In the Commons there are serious breach in the Natiollallstl two-Sir George Perley, former high Labor group would fail. There were! commissioner in London, and Sir indications of a split vote in can-1 Eugene Fiset, who served 'throughout stituencies which hitherto havef the war as dfputy minister of mi- been regarded as safe for Labor par- litia. _ ty candidatm, and the chance; of, Outside politics there are several Gen-:ral Smut's South African party i of. Cunada‘s knights still in harnem. recovering some of its lost strengthi In the financial' world, for instance. were considered highly favorable. ;thcre are Sir Herbert Holt of the Tile dominating issue of the elec- Royal Bank. Sir Fredcrick Williams- tions was the native question. Al- Taylor of the Bank of Montreal and though tile white people are increas- Sir John Aird of the Canadian Bank ing in the country, the natives stillf of Commerce. In the universities. outnumber the white race by about Sir Arthur Currie is principal of four to one. The Prime Minister has McGill and Sir Robert Falconer pre- been accused of showing a callousisident of Toronto. In the Judiciary' disregard for the proper interests of: \ve still have Sir William Mulock. the whites, whilst, at the same time; chief Justice of Ontario, and Sir he was declared to be exerting his; Frederick Haultain, head of the Sas- powers to give disproportionate, katchewan Court of Appeal. In lit- strcngth to the native races. One crature, Sir Gilbert Pa,rkel° turns of his proposals was to substitute for . cut a novel every now and then. the e:?‘sti.ng native franchise laws f while Sir Andrew MacPhai1 has won new legislation which would make! a new reputation recently as a bio- provision for the natives representa-i grapher ln the modern style. tion in Parliament by a certain: ` number of members of European da-X RAUIUM IN CANADA scent. to be elected entirely by nat-} --- i-.‘e vote. As led by General Smuts,l Rcfcrence has frequently been the South African party submit that,i made to the scarcity of radium and' in the best national interests,_ a wis- its value as a specific in the cure of or solution would be obtalned»Cancer. Most of it comes from the through national agreement. Belgian Congo, while there are re- pcrted indications of its presence Gsneral Smuts ranks as one of the- outstanding statesmcn of the Brit-:in Australia, Cornwallnand Canada. ish Empire. His successful efforts in One of the principal radium-bearing securing r:spon.-.ible government ini ores is uranium. and there are the Transvaal r and Orange Free I known to be deposits of this mineral State following the conclusion of the ` in Ontario. But there has been no Iiocr War; his early advocacy cf at intensive search for this ore in iuiion of all thc South African col-E Canada. In view of the great value cnics which was vllidicatcd by thc of radium, it might well be made a consummation of Union in 1910; his? first duty of the Federal Govern- parliamentary labors cs Minister of 1 ment to place at the disposal of the the Interior, Mines and Defense in: Research Council sufficient means to the first, Union Asse_mbly; his mill-J test the radium possibilities of the tary sci-vices to the Empire in South- i Dominion. We are shortly to have west. Africa during the Great War; lcstablished at Ottawa one of the best his weighty declaration on the Brit- i equipped chemical laboratories in t-he ish Commonwealth of Nations at 1 world, and its resources could be put the Imperial War Conference ln,to no better use than in research London, and his consistent loyalty; work of this kind. , . and devotion to Empire irltzreats throughout hls'tenure of office os, Prime Minister and later as lcaderi ol’ the Opposition party in the Union ' wembly, are _familiar to most oft our renders. It is generally conceded i that General Smuts has given proof me “il im ° e of altatesmanship which qualifies hlmf settle the present dii’fi:ulties| arlsin out of the native issue wlthi the hallest possible justice to all par- i ties.§§is election to power would be; welomled as an endorsation of the* viewi,,t;hat the future of South Af- rica;;s: a friendly Dominion of the Brit@ Empire will be greater than on Qty other temls. ’$»..,¢. iii h. ..._ . CANADNS KNIG HTS Rift new over a decade since Par- lianiégt. passed its self-denying ord- that the King con- more titles in Canada, andi time our list of Knights considerably. Death an unusual number in few months, Sir John_ M. former lieutenant governor i, being the lat_e;t.,1t ls few weeks since Sir William .ed away, and before that Clifford Bitton, Sir Yincent Sir Lomer Gouin and Sir Alkins. those men of title who H- are atlll any ol-` my if one counts (khndians great many haviqidrded t. Ottawa_Jcu£§' out taxatiy -that tam in the Dominion cabinet or of the ‘provincial cabinets, A man cf title. There are a few Parliament. lmwevlr. in the _ule"itedor"uf omiulm pell- 4 IMPROVED TRAFFIC LA\‘VS A reduction in the number of motor accidents ln New Brunswick this year is expected to result from l f the lerislature of that Province in remodelling the motor vehicle laws at its last scsslcn so as to embody a number of the best feat- ures of the acts in many other pro- vinces. The gcnerally recognized rules of the road have also been ln- corporated lrl law, and the co-oper- ation cf motorists and the public gen-:rally in better traffic law ob- servance is being urged by the pro- vincial Minlster of Public Works. Among other provisions, speed must at all times be “reasonable and pro- per" under the circumstances. For open country the limit is raised to 40 miles per hour. No parking is al- lowed on curves or where s. clear view of the stationary vehicle can- not be had for 200 fect in both di- rections. All drlvcrs must have eith- er an operators or chauffeur's llc- ense on their person at all times. EDITORIAL NOTE The overthrow of the Gardiner regime in Saskatchewan, says' the Sydney Post, reduces thc number of Liberal Provincial Governments to two,-those of Quebec and Prince Edward Island. 'OI the remaining seven. the Conservatives have won control of Nova Scotia, New Bruns- wick, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, while Progressive Governments ltill hold away' in ‘Manitoba and Alberta. There is cold comfort in these provincial tents for the King Ministry. which must. face me ecmltry wlaun ella out eighteen .,. .t-.1.,.... Jfs.. . _ waaaw-nu. ..».ur. .»-.1.‘.: v-..¢...t. o Notes Byi The Way -- llevenue - from liquor flown In llrse measure into the Dominion U’¢8-wry. and in less measure into the seven Provinces which have Hd°Dted Government control. And the two Pl~ovinccs`which still retain Prohlbltory laws also receive rev- enues from the liquor trade while forbidding the sale or possseslon of liquor as a beverage. ‘ Of the two,Provlnces that retain Prohibition, Nova Scotia has for the time a Conservative Govern- ment and Prince Edward Island has a. Liberal Govemment. In both these Provinces there is admittedly a large minority who are opposed to the con- here is so much doubt in the public mind as to whether the majority are at present in favor of or opposed to the law that both the Government's concerned have decided that the question shall be decided by vote gf the electors. ' That. over 200,000 Canadian! mov- ed from Canada to the United States within a year after the full force of the Fordney tariff came into effect, and that not 10 per cent. of them have come back was a statement of Hon. R.. B. Bennett in Parliament on Tuesday last. Now another tariff more far-reaching has passed the House of Representatives at Wash- has done nothing to meet it, When the Fordney tariff was set up the Laurier Government was in power and Hon. Mr. Fielding was Minister of Finance. Nothing was done to offset the hostile action from' across the border, "We must maintain friendly relations" was the plea and negotiations for reciprocity were begun. That ended in driving 200,000 Canadians across the border in a year. mostly farmers and indus- trial workers under 45 years of age. The U. S. tariff was further in- creased by the President under au- thority vested ln him. The result was to cut off our exports to the States by $100,000,000. Still the plea. was “friendly relations." The. present Government made a treaty with Australia and extended it to New Zealand, letting in their butter to the detriment of our farmers. The U. S. ‘farmers protected by their high tariff, profited by this, They came into Canada and bought up Canadian herds till the number of cows in the Dominion fcll off by 101.000 in a year. What can be more'apparent than that the dcstructiorl of Canadafs dairyirlg in- dustry is now in progress? And that Canada’s once independent position is being reduced to one of depend- ence is equally clear. The Canadian tariff on farm machinery and upon other machinery and implements necessary to the development and manufacture of our own raw mater- ial and resources is largely imported from thc States. Evtry rum-smuggler and br~“.i:;-- gcr in Prince Edward Island and throughout the Maritime Provinces will be gratified by the larger priv- ileges of entering our ports and ply- in from port to port without the party is at the foot of the poll. THE LAND WE LOVE B! mann yawn Culadrs Tobacco Production tlnuance of the present law. and' t ' es many ln s 0 eel nt or Eiiat I 991121 of _M f Hun E _ V ~- - _ _~} ___ I ._ _ ‘ 5-if; 55;-if_ -'~ Front Draper Boy - ~ ` “ To Cabinet Minister' , The Ottawa Journal 'I . Described bv a bitter political op- 'venturcr.- And the F015 915119” ‘nd yours ~/gm" W`B°"N" H' » ponent like ‘Lord Birkenhead as “sanc. sagacious, patriotic." J. H. WEAKNESS DUE T0 _ Mgfggpg ' r l“Jim") Thomas, called by Ramsay MacDonald to help solve the prob- 1 have spgguh hefure about ,ch00||lcm'of British unemployment, is one f th t ¢hl1d;-eh, hhhtury uudegsy and evemof the most extraordinary o u guldlei-5_ who have --fuh,¢3d~- 0,. feltiremarkable group of men who form = British L bor. dizzy in the ranks, when required tofme 'G “eral SWE 01 9' stand in the one position for a long`L“‘e U‘°5'd C'e°"3°~ he L’ “ Welsh' period _ iman. Like Lloyd George, too. he . . . you can understand how Smndingirose from .poverty and obscurity, Ls ut °uU,ehhoh- hugh, cause fatigue Ona purveyor of the sunny smile, and fainting because of the qensoness-» 01, is a. realist who belllves in the fait uh the musqes as this position L, hem accompli. “Jim” 'I‘homa's, judging However just simply standing cau5_:frorn his speeches. his associations dlviuuul t f fa, and his career, is probably no more of a Socialist than 'Mr. Winston I have spoken before ajmut . chap;Clnlrcllill. I-le is, however, a trades who was watching an “misuse day. unionist. He ls a trades unionist who 55;-vh-9 who ,mused or annoyed mcse; believes in labor's rights, but who be- 1. standing hem- mm by his h.equemilieves in capitals rights as wel, rising on his toes or heels. This was‘a man who hates violence and ex- I I his method of heepmg up the return trcmes, who knows the danger of - | circulat1on_ of the blood to the heart.,!Smk°S' and who has sh°“'“ an ex' 1; 15-u lung chmb for the blood n,omltraordinlil'y power of diplomacy in . suppressing ultra-radicalism in un- dizzy, the feet or legs to the heart, and the BCtl0n Ol the muscles of the lcgs, 1n` iomsm' i i raising the individual on his toes andf His career, like most of his Labor I iheels. actually helped w pump th,,`as_001'1y made suit in the lot and pl`iC0d 1‘<>i-‘§Ula1°ly at $25, $27.50, $29.50. S1295 36. 3_7. 38, 39, 40. Our reason for such a' very low price is that after a. busy season’s selling W0 have only one or two suits of any one pattern left and all odd sizes must go- ~ This is the greatest suit bargain W0 have ever offered and comes at a time when many young men would like an extra suit. Come for first choice Thursday morning June 13. ' Henderson £1' Cudmf W i*lli ` lvlEN's wma- _ ' i . i i