:7 atlve or FOUR GHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN pa: you (In advance) I Dally (founded mulled lain) 55.00 per In Canada and United Ship- yenr (in advance) dnllvond PPOIIIIIF-W. Cheater S. llcLura. Cri-rrtury-Lleut. ('01. D Idllol and alunuger_J. ll. Burnett. Vlee-PrnldmO-J. B. Burnath, . A. Mailslnmm, l) 8. 0. Anew-late Editor-I), K. Corrid- MONDAY, FEBRU DOING THINGS e note with considerable gratin-y on, perhaps not unmixed with" r the activities of our sister Mtiri- Q - Provinces. At the openmg of_ ‘New Brunswick legislature a few ~ ago the Speech from ihc Throne ly brlstled wiih the recital of ":= accomplished ‘diitlwCii others in‘ edlate prospect, Briclly" suin- ed these include the pressing claims upon the Dominion C-or- . ent for parity of trcatmctit. in,‘ t it" matter of ilatural resources. par- ‘ pation in the appointment, of a - time trade comml; oncr iii Tor- 0, the early functioning of time} ‘m Loan Act, the coining commis- i l} to investigate and report Ullillll [it Old Age Pensions Act. the mzikq I; of school books free up i0 and? uding the eighth grade, the up- ,‘ tment of a supcrinietidcnt of intenance of roads, the fllilli-Cfifit I Vlty in Prospecting for lillllfilfilfi‘ the province and the investigation _i mineral assets, the mowth of the rm industry, the success o‘ the vernment immigration policy, the i given to tuberculosis patients and = near prospect of developing aci- onal institutional care for the sut- s from this disease; the aux ouncemeut of a suipliis- on ciir- t accounts for the year; the llll-Q vemenj; of agriculture, cspccioilv ‘ live stock and factory dairy pra- cts; the enjoyment of a rcasonztlu; ccessful year in the lumber iildus, * as distinguished from the condi- n which prevailed a year or two ; and the industrial expzinsim l - eqiient unciri the tiavernmenzs‘ t llcy with respect to pul1)_illld p i-. r mill construction which will cx- ed that 0f any period in the his:-‘ t of the Province. 1 e Government of Nina Scntiw: ls boosting the interests of the‘ ovlnce and co-opcrsiitlg with the; nicipaiities in developing iucltizhr, - d commerce. It is taking an az- ‘ e interest in the West Indies trade, aturing the lloflsibilltlcs otia. as a source of supply to: the: uirements of those islands and as; The i ening of the Legislature will doubt- ‘ S5 be an occasion for the enumera- , on of things accomplished during o parliamentary recess and iori ' tllnlrlg progressive lllCflfiilliCS al- l" ady in contempieticn. The Legislature of our own Prov- ice is booked to 030:1 on the 1El'h March. If tlic recites ‘v ly the things arcoul; cci iiiiriiij '» e parliamentary r : it iiiil prch- . ly be the‘ shortest in our 1b.. 4 ‘ history. Apart from Lie " 'ual expression of gratitude to D;- lne Providence for the bountiful rvest vouchsafed during the ynr.‘ is difficult to imagine ivhaf .' _ the retrospect with inspire. Q‘! e golden opportunities missctl for eveloplng our agricultural nml purist interests and for securing an’! itlinlng desirable immiurailts; on. ‘i- benefits accruing to the Prov- ce from “being in line“ with the ‘ l" ederal Government, on_the progress‘ f temperance and the carrying outi f pre-electlon promises, the.‘ - ech from the Throne will be olo- l ently silent. On the subject or? v legislation thcre will be mcrci L for wordy expansion. We '- be told of the hopes and expec- “Qtona of the Government, of the - things yet ln store, and these b9 amplified in speech after ~ - b from the Government bench- " and duly acclaimed in the Gov- - ‘ out organ. of .1 i’ 1;‘ ~ f market for their products. Spvetli 4 4| ‘llnld the failures of the post and uncertainties of the future,,oiic - stands out conspicuous in the g ty of its fulfillment. Prem- g‘ launder! predicted at the last i .0! the Legislature that we um" I deficit. In all prob- wo lhall. He may even pre- filldther, perhaps a_ larger one, nun. session. ‘And this B180 i Naturally , education and their standing in the ‘ is over-ripe for - College . llfitoblblt. ARY 25, 1929 OIIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. In Saturday's issue of The Guard- izin there appeared an address on Editczitioil by Rev. Dr. E. H. Ramsay. dclivcred before the Ministerial As- sociation at its recent meeting. This tiiidrczs is worthy of most serious consideration, not only of the clergy- mcn of the Provincmbut of parents and teachers as well as of the Go r- ernineut. Primarily, the aim of the speaker was to stir up his fellow clergymen to their obligations and opportunities in furthering better educational methods in the Province. the clergy by their own community, should be leaders in all matters Iicrtaining to the social and cultural welfare of the people. This is a jioint vrorth noting. Dr. Rtinisgcv pointed out that in the irattcr cf attendance alone our edu- caLi-cnal system, which ls costing the government of our small province mcr a third of a million annually, not to say ailything of the districts directly, is only two-thirds effective; that. it is too costly to keep a. boy at work on the farm or a girl in the home at fourteen years of age when it means breaking off his or her edu- cation on the threshold of hi3“ school; that from a monetary or cili- tiiral point of view the four terms of secondary education are worth as much as the eight of primary; and. finally. that the whole situation with. respect to education in this Province, a change.’ Other provinces and other countries have been making progress, he said, while we have attempted little that is new since the Public School Act came in- to force over fifty years ago. Dr. '.\Iillll‘C€, superintendentof education in Nova Scoiia, was quoted as saying in his annual report to the Legisla- ture forvthe year ending July- i927: "We in Canada lag behind in educational administration and in many of its phases Nova Sco- tia is behind all the others ex- cept possibly Prince Edward Is- laud." his places us in a very unenviable position among our sister provinces. The reasons for this decline are many. Among them Dr. Ramsay mentions insufficiently trained and inexperienced teachers, faulty curric- ulum. and a. cumbersome system 0! p, thug which makes the gap b2- twccn the primary schools and the practical. impassable for many students. Over one-half of thc students taking the entrance ex- umiirmtlans fail to pass. “The cou- hlflilffliflc ls that the educational car- eer of hundreds of our ambitious ‘bays and girls, each year, is ended. All itifci-iority complex is cultivated in them and they go away to become, iou tiftcn, hewcrs of wood and draw- (rs to strangers‘. The m-irht. st or tiles"; precocious of the sticccssiiil may make a. mark for themselves and a reputation for the college, but the cost is entirely tou cf wa tcr great." The speaker emphasized the need i of adapting the subjects of study t0 i in» mods of the pupils and of a re- organization of the school districts on o. larger area basis. "The form- or (‘strict schools will be retained for work up to Qhe 6th Brade. Elli a double-barrelled junior high 8611001 Wand lithe population be adequate -—8, senior high school are placed in the centre of the new enlarged dis- trlct." This would do away with the present unsatisfactory system whereby students of grades XI and XII outside of Charlottetown must come up to Prince of Wales College. We have touched but I few P0133 in this excellent address, a careful perusal of which we commend to all our readers. EDITQRIAL NOTES The gay gondoliera in Venice may have to substitute ice bolts for their picturesque craft. Ice la reported to have clogged up the canals and lul- 0on3 in one city when motor traffic jpmlmunkmwa. Nantes By- The Way Will G remain republican? The question is still under discussion in Germany and elsewhere. The de- posed Kaiser, it is stated, confidently hopes to return to Berlin, perhaps to reign and re-establish his dynasty there. The majority of his people never expect to see his face again in an imperial capacity. They think apparently that the days of the em- pire have passed forever and that Germany will always remain a. repub- lic. That may be a hasty conclu- sion. That there is still a powerful monarchlal party in the Fatherland is boldly asserted by such influential journals as The Kreus Zeltung of Berlin and the HamburgecNachrich- ten, the latter a former stalwart ex- ponent of Bismarckism. Here is an extract from one of its recent edi- torlal deliverances. “How few Germans there must be who do not look back with re- gret to the period when we, as a free and united people, were in the habit of felicltating our Sov- ereign-the Peace Emperor, as all the world termed him-when his natal day came round! A large portion of our people do not want to be told that the reign of Emperor, Wilhelm II up to the World War was the happiest the Germans had experi- enced slnce the Thirty Years War. No doubt we reaped then the fruits of the labors of the previ- ous generation under Emperor William I and Bismarck. And did not the Wilhelmistic genera- tion under the personal sway of the Emperor enjoy the profits of those labors manlfoldi’. Commerce and industry flour- ished. The wage-earners enjoy- ed good lncomes. Lack of un- employment was almost un- known and agriculture bloomed. The arts and sciences developed splendidly. The finances were well-ordered and taxes were levied at a low rate, that people cannot compre- hend newadays how the business of government could be conducted. at all. Corruption in public of- fices WIS a thing unknown. At the’ head of the Empire stood a Sovereign who not only in his private life was a shining example to his people, but, was the best ruler the people could have for their government. He was the indefatigable sponsor for the German fleet....which everywhere proved the wonder and the admiration of mankind because of its heroism, its might, its power, its forethought. The German army was the best in the world.... Let us not dissemble his faults to ourselves, but the particular fault ascribed to Wilhelm II he did not have at all. All of which is a strong argument for the monarchlal system as against the republican for efficiency. ‘There are, however, no doubt more mon- archists in Germany than of thofie who sigh for the return of the Ho- henzollerns. A ‘scheme for saving law costs has been advocated by Sir Edward Perry, a. retired County Court Judge in Eng- land, following the successful opera- tion of a similar one in Denmark. He proposes that up to £50 the judge shall be made a mediator between the parties in a dispute, and no man be allowed to issue a plaint in the County Court until the case had been before the Judge to see if he could not bring about an agreement. Sir Edward said that he had done a little of it behind the scenes when he could. and knowing from his own experience what could be done, he would guarantee that 75 per cent of poor peoples cases could be settled before a tingle penny of costs had been incurred by them. In any case there is sound truth in the saying of Abraham Lincoln that "a good settlemen is better than a doubtful lawsuit." One thing that puzzles people out- side of Prince Edward Island is to find out just what we want in order to improve our transportation to the mainland, Down to a recent period it seemed clear that what was want- ed was o. second and up-to-date Car Ferry. But just as that seemed to be settled and the new Ferry offic- ially promised. one of our prominent Island Liberals says, “No,- we want the Tunnel!’ and another, who hap- pens to be a Liberal member of Par- liament, raises his voice and pen in favor of a Bridge. There are three members of the House of Commons from thll prov- ince who support the Government. They should let the people know what they stand for, Ion-y, Tunnel or Bridge. There la danger in divi- ded counsels because they may be nude the pretext for delay and it is from delay in carrying out the terms of union with respect to tmu- portation. That our province has lettered no greatly for half n century w“ THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN- A Door Into The Tropicai. By [um . Barton. MD. LYING DOWN SAFEST FOR HEART One of the little mistakes well meaning friends make when they are flying to help a. fainting or injured personis trying to prop up the head with a. pillow or coat, or else put a supporting arm around him and hold him in a sitting position. Now the first thought in fainting or an injury should be to give the heart every chance to do its best work, and it is able to do this in the lying down position. In the sitting or erect position the lungs get more room, remand more air, and therefore demand also more blood from the heart. The erect position means also that the heart has to pump blood upwards, instead of on a level as is the case where the patient is lying down. Physiologists tells us that, general- ly speaking, if the heart in the lying down pxition is doing one unit of work. it does three units at the sit- ting position, five units at standing position, and ten units in exercise as in brisk walking. ‘These figures are relative of course. You can readily see therefore that’ allowing the faint- ing w‘ injured person to lie absolute.- IY quiet, with enough movement in air about him to take or move away the waste from his lungs, enables the heart, however feeble, to gradu- ally gain strength. I spoke recently of a bed patient in a tuberculosis sanitarium who ex- pected to lie flat 1n bed for two years before he even sat up. Why? So that his lungs would get the best possible chance to rest. Lying so quietly his lungs did not need to move so much to give him the amount oi air he needed. On the other hand you can read- llv see that in an asthmatic or bron- chltis patient, who naturally anx- ious to get rid of the waste in his lungs, and get more fresh air or oxy- gen into his system, sits, stands up, or gets to a. window, because in an erect position he can get more ac. tlon from his lungs. - However. the thought we want to set iii-day is that the lying down po- sition ls the "safest" in injury or a faint, and that sitting or standing at; this time may induce shock or complete cellarse. Arid this applies where there has been illness. The patient should be willing to lie in bed "Hill the doctor considers it safe for him to get up. THE LAND WE LOVE B! FRANK LEIGH THE IROQUOIS INDIAN NATION Q. Who were the Iroquois? A. The Iroquois Indian Nation was one of the most remarkable, 1n. tellectual and physical development of all the tribes, north of Mexico. They were a forest people, who 0c- Cllpicd, parts of New York state, and later in Ontario where the six nat- ions are a branch of this stock, as were the so called neutrals. They had many other tribal relationships. Their general council and laws are still the admiration of students. The Iroquois were the chief enemies of the early French settlers and were responsible for the extermination of the Huron tribes on the shores of the Georgian Bay. THE POET'S CORNER MORTALITY We cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides: But tasks in hours of insight willed Can be through hours of gloom ful. filled. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap. lay atone on atone; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish ‘twcre done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern. -Matthew Arnold. ‘The Federal and Provinical Gotv- ernments are committed to an im- proved CBI‘ Ferry, but for comb un- explained cause the project is being woefully delayed and nothing to speed it up. Present indications are that we cannot have the new Car Ferry steamer earlier than in 1080. Think of another winter, perhaps a varymore onemndouraoicrellmoo for transport to and from the out- side world confined to the old, bet- tared and almost dlubled vessel on M1909 Ab!!!“ Under-Sea World Two days from Washington on the Havana. Special and one is at Key West. Eight hours directly to the west, aboard the Anton Dobrn-past the Marquesas atoll. “Wtblted and hnngrove covered; past Half Moon shoal, on which the 1939 hurricane hurled the ill-fated Val Bouem and her 860 Jssengers: past Riebeoca Shoal lighthouse, holding sleepless and lonely vigil; past Fort Jefferson. the astounding structure completed by Jefferson Davis when Secretary of Wan-and Loggerhead Key is reached. It is here that Carnegie Institution of Washington has set up a. labora- tory for the study of marine life. It is here that, as it were, a. door has been opened through which selected scientists enter that fairylaud which lies hidden beneath the crystal-clear waters of the tropical sea. Moreover, it is literally true that here men ac- tually pass beneath the sea into this enchanting world of beautiful order and balance and explore twenty to thirty feet of its upper level at will. A Thrlllinl Experience It is a thrilling experience for the visitor. The Darwin equipped with air pump and coils of rubber hose pipe, is anchored over a. spot not too deep and known to be particularly interesting. A short ladder is hung over the side. As one reaches the last rung, before stepping out into water- filled space the hose is attached toan 85-pound copper, dome-like r ‘ ‘ in the front of which n. square of plate glass is securely fitted. Care- fully John Mills, the engineer, low- ers the helmet over one’: head until its weight securely rests upon shoul- ders. An assistant takes stand at the air pump. That is the extent of the preparations. The visitor is told to let 8o. ‘ In response to anxious questions for final instructions, Engineer Mills says, nonchalantly: “Go where you please and do what you please. When your breath clouds the glass, tip your head letting the water run in- side the helmet, and the glass will clear. Follow the hose back to ‘the boat when you wish to retur ." Reconstruction of Values Gently as a. feather one comes to rest on ocean floor, so nearly balanc- ed is he between depressing weight and supporting buoyancy. Quickly the realization comes that: in a mo- merit of time one has entered a world where his sense of values must be reconstructed. He -strains his ears but hears no sound. He looks upward but sees no sky. He gazes outward, but even under the most favorable condition, fifty feet marks the limit of his horizon. No sharp contrasts of light and shade are to be observed for the all-pervading illum- lnatlon, diffused as it is, softens ev- ery outline and singularity and shrouds every object in a. peculiar, mysterious haze. The water, transparent and con- stantly moving, as seen from above, seems no longer to be water, but a queer, encompassing medium without motion. One isn't conscious even that it is wet. He stretches his hand toward a great coral-head towering beside him. It is beyond the sweep of his arm. He attempts to place his foot on obit of jutting coral but misses it entirely. Gorgonians (a coral-like form) and other growths. ankle-high when viewed from the boat, strike him at waist or shoulder or overtop him altogether. Decllvlt- les which seemed slight to him be- fore are often seen to run ofl into huge depressions, sometimes, even. into veritable gorges. Ono's own movements, as he walks about, as he turns, as he stoops to examine an object at his feet, as he probes under overhanging ledge cause him to laugh—they are so like the slow-motion pictures he has aeeen at the movies. No sprinting records will ever be broken by man at tlie bottom of thcbea. Not until one enters the world of the fishes does he realize that, in sharp contrast with conditions in his 0W1! Wflfld. these tinny creatures can Practically disregard gravity. Light- ly suspended in their investing fluid, a quiver of flu or tail propels them with equal ease in any direction Whflfllfl 11D or down. Earth-bound mill. on the other hand, rises above m! mimd upon which be tread; only with the greatest difficulty. Pflfhllil. however. one in moot lur- priud at the calmneu of the recep- tion aoootded him by the mummy, of the lubmarlne world. He in some- what abuhed w find that instead of creating excitement, not to lay em. lfllflllufll. ll I16 fllpdch, h]; gqmm‘ arouses only mild curiosity. "with 1m mum am which 1m in "In Ihlllflwl. that the enemies which In to be mm molt are $11000. like the na-birdn, which at- tack from above. Oomaqucnuy when a perm Immune: them wnmngon the no bottom they lwim iullnbout bun and idly non him over. Ivan ‘4- _;i \ of the "sen," so fierce la he reputed to be, treated the nawnlsh ‘ stfllllel" with good-natured consideration. for after inspecting him for u. fewimir, meats he svTun Eiowly away. Life Beneath the Sea Idmited u is the range of onebf vision when under- water. it is yet ex-i tenslve ugh to convince him ofi the extraordinary variety, the vivid-i neau of coloration, the complete ad-l option to conditions, the incredible prodigallty, of the life that has there developed. The man who lmows most about this life from actual observa- tion Is Professor W. H. Langley of Gaucher College. Professor Langley has directed the work at the Laboratory on Logger- head Key for Carnegie Institution during the past six sea-sons. But for many years he has been studying the habits of fishes and of other marine organisms during which time he has spent more than 3,000 hours beneathi the water. He often carries a spec-i folly designed camera with him and has ‘secured many beautiful photo- Bmllh! of scenes beneath the w!» H9 thinks nothing of remaining below for four or five hours at a stretch. In the American Museum Journal he has given a vivid word-picture of this life: , "Except when the light is strongest and the water itself most free from sediment, it denies one sight of all but the immediate surroundings, and "Continued on page 5 As Goes Chicago (Uncle Dudley in Boflpn (305,) Wholesale murder in Chicago is Brim evidence that the second city l" “W 1101111143’ continues to grow more lawless. ‘This would not be 5° ‘ii-strewn! if there were not many 789-90118 to believe that the rest of theUnited states is growing more like Chicago. ' I The police theory of what hep. pened in the garage where six gang- sters and a. mechanic were stood up 88811151: a. brick wall, there to be shot W death by machine suns and sawed- off shotguns, is that " ~ o; ,, I'll/Bl B5118 disguised in police uni. fomis were taking revenge in an un- derworld war. But Maj. Sllloway, as- sistant- Drohlbltlon director, advau- ces the astounding opinion that it: WM police who killed the seven Whichever notion may be right, nobody seems to doubt that lawless. 11955. Krown out of the bootlegging industry- Prflliared the ground for this and other killings. During the past four years there have been 135 8m: murders in Chicago, which i; MW Tellresented as recalling from such slaughter. NW 109E ago a murder record was brokenxin Massachusetts when a government witness on the eve of b91118 called to the stand was done to death in a bum. Student; of crime in this Commonwealth have racked their brains in vain endeav- or to recall any local parallel m chi; 111111118- The theory is that the vic- tim was “taken for a ride" on pre- tense of being on a hijacking party. One wonders if Greater Boston is izrvwhiiz to be like Chicago. A few months since, Philadelphia was stirred by exposure of corrup. tion on n. very large scale, produced jointly by bootleggers and police of- ficials. More recently, the most as- tonishing charges of the wetness of Washington has been spread before the public by an able reporter who writes in a magazine of national circulation. What he has to say in- dicates that nobody who has the price and a thirst need go as long u 80 minutes without a drink in the capital of the United States, if he makes his desire known. Another in- vestigator there found that bootleg- gera were not afraid to deliver In ordered quart to a civilian customsr who asked in have it sent to police headquartnrs. The situation in New York city is such that an unsolved gang murder has caused {terrific shake-up of the police force which, however, hu not been stirred to do anything af- fective about it. Near New York mkeieera‘ no reported u exacting tribute from laundry proprietor: on Dlin of having their bulimia wreak- ed. " According tn the New York Times the Secretary of the Annotation of the Bar of New York city bu pub- licl! declared that liquor l: urved by the cmploylll of ovary club to which he bolonn. with thaknow- Mn. cannot and approval o! the board of 3010mm. Balding two firms in New York 01W. llllohlbltlon lliflb Blld thll week 0500.000 worth. of liquor, to- mmr with document: indicating d gatherings firms. lwllring in from one place after an- other telling of liquor scandals in which public officials have been lu- volved. there is a. single state of the entire 48 which has not had instnaces oi serious corruption from this cause. the worst of it. Chicago is becoming typical, as other places grow more like Chicago. Liquor the courts; rupts the police, extending its iiiflu- enoo to other officials of government. This business involves enormous sums of money. while the hazards and greed connected with it lead to violence. order are being undermined, creat- ing an abyss into which our civil- isation may slip. Respect foi- law diminishes frightful. ~ an evil are scarcely better than jokes about it. ‘There have been raids and police reorganizatlons. Fines and impriaunmmts have been without noticeable restilt. goes from worse to worst and the rant of the country follows on the some otiurlo. tho right to look to their 90am!“ government for relief. The new ud- mlnlstntfon about to take office at Washington must face the situation u it is. To do otherwise would be to bid for it: ownfailurc. Politicians have had u: idea that they could lot prohibition slide. Instead it has been exploding. There has been no sustained and widespread attempt at enforcement. The country expect; that the new administration will gpgp with the public peril. 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