._> ... - r-rw‘ §u-.<.-~.< PAGE FOUR w» ma , crmayorrmowu cuaamm gut cmntonrrown cum S‘: . "1 President-W .“ '1 Cheater s Inlrlre, u v Vt-u-Proolloll, a n o-nm, I'.J.l secretary-Lieu! -Col I) A liwlllnuue. I) l 0 »_-\ Editor and llunllll] _u.-velor~—l I Burnout. I’ J I. .1.- m‘. Associate EdlIorr-Irnnk Wnlkor all ll l. Clrrlo. h‘: L‘ Iorning DuJy (founded I881) Q0 Q‘ ‘or you (ll llvnlol) lellvnol. .. M l0 ucr your (in advance) Illlrd 1n Cessna eel United llfllfl. - moxnsv. nacxuan a. ma. Jar‘ Notes 87y The Way Another and greater danger h on the horizon. Unsuccessful League intervention in the Manchurian crisis threatened for a time to cause the league's downfall. 1n the event of s. serious Soviet-Japanese die- pute would certainly be a Bwiot appeal to the Iiellue. Unsuc- cessful League intervention might tlnhlmeke the ~downfa1l of the "Magnum a, political force s. ocr- tsfnty. But if there 1s to bo l. ser- imi Soviet-Japanese dispute. 8o- irom Geneva. would Tomorrow we will be attending ..divine worship and snyifll- 01109 more to all our friends and. oc- jquaintances, "A Merry Christmas." And we will be meaning it, and f, thinking kindly of all our neighbors and all the world, and hoping 7that they will have, like ourselves, g snug family dinner, a cheerful __ fireside, ease of mind and health fpf body. If we hdVq.‘ contributed m one way o: another to insure B merry Christmas for some less fortunate individual or family, our own pleasure and satisfaction will be enhanced. 1f we have not, there is jet time to repair the omission -befct'e Christmas Day, 1934, passes. Good will is the very essence of the Christmas message, and 1t speaks something for humanity that with all its mistakes and shortcomings, it has held fast t0 the spirit as well as the text of the Christmas story. Outside sacred lit- ‘erature, perhaps no writer reflects the Christmas spirit so completely as does Dickens. ‘That sense of oneness with his kind, of human solidarity and brotherhood all over the earth, was very real to him. His Christmas stories must have been written at white heat; they still re- vtain the glow of inspiration that surged through him, and they can be read and reread without the ‘llightest loss of interest occasion- ed by looseness of plot or occasion- al lapses in style. Who but. Dickens, ior example, could have written: "The Spirit of Christmas stood beside sick beds, and they were < cheerful; on foreign lands, and they were close at hot-nu; by struggling men, and they were patient in their greater hJpQ; by poverty, and it was rich. In almshouses, '- hospital and jail, in miserys every .. refuge, where vain man in his . little brief authority had not made fast the door, and barred the ‘ Spirit out, he left his blessing." I‘ ' At this Christmsstfde there - dhould be a wider appreciation than raver before of the meaning and - spirit of the festival. 1n Canada, and this Province particularly, we f~cnjoy blessings on which 1t is not Sgmfitting to dweiTwith gratitude at 711115 season. ,'_’_'Ib all our readers, and especially '_'those who responded so generously Jo-the "Santa Pal" appeal and have Ithus insured a measure of 10y End fhappiness to the less fortunate "children of the community, we ex- "hnd thc time-honored wish: A Jferry Christmas. égltlBRARY EXPERIMENT . .Undcr the above heading the Win- Ipipeg Free Press has a, favorable jerlitorial comment on the success of Tthe Carnegie demonstration library Int Fraser Valley, BC. This library --was started before the Prince Ed- ward Island movement got under Jfway, and the result, as noted by the ‘ jFroe Press, is both interesting and fghcouraging. We quote: - _' “British Columbia is once again Jalvorcd by the Carnegie Foundation for nn experiment in bringing read- ing to the parts uf the country far Iretnoved from pavements. A gift of $15,000 is announced and follows upon the success of a similar ex- periment carried out in the Fraser Valley and of one now in progress 1n Prince Edward Island. Vancou- ver Island will’ be the scene of this one together with three other com- munitics, Ckanagan, the Kootenays nuci possibly a group centring an l‘r'.v Westminster. Dr. Helen Stew- m, who directed the Fraser Valley carzpnign, will be 1n charge. The plan is to set up regional union lib- rarics. “The experiment was carried on by the Foundation for three years in the Valley and last. January a the.» was taken of the residents as to whether it should be continued at their expense. In Fraser Valley, LTHE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT‘ Tomorrow's should be well attended, judging by the number of men and women of goodwill in our midst. spread. Women's orginiaatiws, oe- pecialiy the Women's Institutes. um‘ made heroic eifcrts to meet 1t, and Manitoba, among other places, has little libraries dotted hero uie there that have meant much to its communities. The Carnegie experi- ment in British Columbia and Prince Edward Island suggests the harvest 1s ready and 1s not confin- ed to a few." THE MAIL BOX It is reported that. the first ‘batch of Christmas mail from the British Isles to Canada was the heaviest carried by any single boot v during the past six years. 1t is estimated that this shipment, packed in 10,600 bags, included some five million letters and parcels, enough u; fill fourteen cars of a mail train. And there were other shipments to fol- low which were probably ls great m bulk and equally indicative of what is meant by the Christmas rush to the postoflice in these mod- ern days. It has been sa-ld that the world is ruled by the ballot box, the jury box and the band box. Surely we are justified in adding to this potent triumvirate the busin- ess done through the mail box. It cuts a wider swath than the other three, and at all times they are very largely dependent upon the mail service to rightly carry on their functions. We can hardly conceive how folk managed to rub along before this institution was established; nor imagine what an aching void would be produced in our own lives were this means of communication drawn. Like ‘Ibnnysons brook, the mail business goes on forever. And again, much as a little brook joins its waters with a thousand other small streams and swells into a mighty river, we may reflect upon the way in which this mail busin- ess, from small beginning, hes gradually increased unto the huge dimension it has now attained. The Montreal Gazette recalls that the scheme of uniform penny post- age became statutory in August, 1839, having secured a majority of a hundred votes in tho British House of Commons. Seven years later the total umber‘ of letters dropped into the null boxes of the United Kingdom had nearly doub- led and reached the figure of 929 millions within the year. A com- plete tally of the mall box business as it now obtains would show that double this number of letters and parcels are dropped into the post of- fice during the week preceding Christmas. suddenly with- EDITORIAL NOTES All hurry and scurry today. The night before Christmas is some night. If you have done your Christmas duty of love and benevolence all will be well. church services The firms being investigated at Ottawa must be glad Christmas adjournment. of the According to Canadian Press de- spatch from Fredericton, tato interests there do not consider the withdrawal of Quebec this year will adversely sflect for united action by the other four provinces and the federal board to improve the potato Marketing situ- ation. the p0- the scheme m____< Cuba has taken three times as many New Brunswick seed potatoes this season as she did in the some period ilet year, and according to not prevent it. . . . Soviet mem- bflnhlp of the [league is unlikely W bring the world nearer salvation. It cannot well bring it. nearer chaos. The rhe in tho number of road deaths 1n London shows what a dif- flcult business it is 801118 to be to reduce very substantially the num- ber of fatalities. It will not be done gram me top alone, though energy and determination at the top are indispensable, Everyone must o0- operaw. Everyone must come to feel, not that he is Primfl-YUY I pedestrian. 0r a. cyclist. or a mot- orist with spectsl rights of his 0WD. but that primarily he is a.’ road- usel‘. a member of a great 00m- munity whose members must co- poerate-or some of them will die. A motorist becomes a Pedestrian when he steps out cf his ctr. l like everywhere else, there was no gaze cash and the library main- , . tmancg meant more taxes. But the i ‘ I twenty taxing units concerned mted abut it be continued. Mk-“In the time during which 1t hoe mbeen set up 18,000 persons become Ilfiembérs and nearly three-quarters n million books were circursted. "Branches, sub-branches and stations stocked up with 22,000 volumes. Beyond l. doubt much of the suc- .. in Fraser Valley is due to the . tcbrlllisncy and enthusiasm of the fififllrecior but there must also have _ {been present on the pert of the ‘ l {beanie e thirst for reading which "“ hbrlry supplies. The oxjjri- ~Y of various organisations . l , bout these prairies and in- . throughout the Dominion end the Federal inspector of seed pota- toes at Fredericton the prospect of the exports to Cuba being tripled for the season as a whole is decid- edly favourable. Canada's export of meats in Nov- ember roached the total value of $2,004,000. of which 01.950900 wont to the united Kingdom. Bacon w tbe United Kingdom accounted for $1,404,081 of the aggregate, the next belt buyer being the United sum‘ at $8,000. The export of poultry in Novem- ber was 10,000 pounds, or about one thousand pounds more than n your ago. Dm-ingjbe iint eight “ of the present flscsl year the export was 704.000 P011114‘. "P "1 '. peruefmoeimsama- m.» that mm our s15 times, that of tho up their toy pistols. that engulfed the world in 1014 was no bigger than this trouble of 1034 —ot the start. The scuffing out of "little" conflicts which might grow puts every nation-even those which feel no obligation to join League fighter: Science minitor. . th grmi-imfioumw-a a» ne- pedestrian becomes a motor-user when he boards a. coach. Emil! 101‘ all and all for each is a motto as good for the roads as elsewhere.- London Daily Herald. It is characteristic of human nature to shrink from hardnw. t0 avoid the dark and gloomy and look only for the pleasant things. It is part of the old tendency and temptation to take the easy way. We shrink from effort at times and w: avoid the unpleasant thins! in me wherever possible. Perhaps that is why we are so often opposed to any way of living that would exclude the world. The world is a pleasant piece and its ways seem delightful and desirable. But “there is a. WHY that seemeth right unto a. man but the end thereof are the ways of death." "Americans look self-control; they eat. drink and smoke 1n ex- cess; they are a. frivolous people. given to fads and rmcies. and they are thoroughly unfit for a. planned economy which might- require l certain measure of dlsciplilm" Thus a certain minister of New York city remarked the other day- He did not discriminate. He did not say some America-rm. but "Ameri- cans." ‘Ihet means our countrymen a; g, whole, "lack self-control,“ and so on. That we do not believe, and we do not think the reverend critic believes it, either. Why not be tem- perate in matters of this sort?— Boston Post. 1g |, gqflrgfl, dlplomntist who died 1n Berlin at. the age of eighty had hm his way, the world would be a very different place today. His name was Count Paul Wolff-Met- temich, and it has bem largely forgotten during the nest twenty years. But from 1901 to 1912 1t was often in the newspapers, for he was then German ambassador to Brit- ain. He sought to brine about naval agreement between Britain and Germany, but could not per- suade his own government of th’: wisdom of this and was quietly displaced after he had advocated 1t very persistently-Edmonton Jour- nal. It is interesting to recall that. not so long ago the Catholic communit- ies or Hong Kong and Macao made a joint pilgrimage to the tomb of 5t. Francis Xavier at Sanchuen. One of the earliest missionaries to the Far East, Francis Xavier was followed by men of commerce who found in China. a difficult though fl attractive mart. The Portuguese have been in China for almost four hundred years and undoubtedly boast cf a longer association with Cathay than any other Western nation. Macao, their possession and stronghold in South China, afford- ed protection, not only to Portu- guese merchants, but also to those of other nationalities seeking to trade in China-Hang Kong Press. Those mostly concerned with the problems of humanity, or of life, arc not those who make the most noise about it. or who talk or writ/e the most about it-—but those who feel the deepest, those who treasure an inward serenity of heart. In all the writings about Abraham Lin- coln I have failed to find any ref- erenoe to any irritability qf man- ner or speech on his part. He al- ways seemed calm. His very pic- tures give to one a sense of his inward serenity-yet it was a sad face. Illilkesting a. heart deeply troubled with the greatest of prob- lems. Happiness is not a matter of great possessions, but of a few choice gains, .1; ripe understanding and s. vibrant appreciation. And then I friend. 0r. two, thrown in for a perfect measure. The opportunity Geneva affords to blow off steam and to mobolize world opinion has a value that gou beyond mere orders from the big powers to the little ones to put The trouble the ‘l work-in debt to the fire- et Geneva-Christian ‘Whodletoleslondlehlotfln the case of Mussolini, the shade of Mechievolli stands behind the up- ifted arm of the Fascist salute. Stalin relies on the saintod Marx. Other dictators have more mater- iel mentors. The ‘iron men’ govern banana republics In the Car- ibbean no backed by theft-tilt com- panies. And 1n German it is Thys- len uber Hitler. Pritl Thyuon is the most powerful coal and steel magnate 1n the Keith. no rules 200,000 workers in his mines and factories. Offlcleily, be is just one I110 momheuof the 170st int: _ of £01m Irene-nuns. MAKING TIE US LUNG BEST Now that it 1s known that rest for the patient which means rest for the P1118 the bisaest ‘part q: me “We L11 illbeffbwfiflia various means. of obtaining this rest are now being used in sanatcrium treatment, For the firstfewyyearg 31w;- we V51"? 0X rest became known patients 5111194’ spent many months m bed, As some of these cases djd no; d9 too well even with cOmplete rest 1n bed, other methods of keeping the ilms from beinx used were tried. Thus the patient was instructed to lie on the side affected so mm, n; could not move as much when he bmflihed’; bass of shot or other weights were placed over the weak lung; adhesive plaster was strapped over the affected side m prgvgnt, fgovement, just as is done 1n pleur- In- the more serious cases where the tuberculosis was gaining head- way despite these methods of rest- ing the lung, what is known as “arti- ficial pneumothorax was used. This consists of pumping gas into the bag-the pleural bag-in which the lung is situated. This gas pushes or compresses the lung into a very small space. Thus. by preventing the lung from expanding, the lung must rest and while so resting 1t has a, better chance to heal. This gas pressure is maintained by refilling the pleural sack or bag from time to time. As mentioned above this treatmgng has been used only 1n the serious cases, but to-day many lung spec- lalLsts are advising that it be done in the lus serious cases so that much time can be saved. The ideal case for the use of arti- ficial pneumothorax is where one lung 1s badly diseased and the other free, or almost free, of disease. Some idea of how the use of arti- ficial pneumothorax has increased may be gained from a report of Drs. C. D. Parfit and D. W. Crombie, Graventurst, Canada. During a. per- iod of 19 years they treated 229 pat- ients by artiflcial pneumothorax: in the first five _years, 12 per cent of their patients were thus treated, and in recent years 30 to 40 per cent. Apart from the benefit to the pat- ients physically you can see that as they can leave the sanitarium, w- turning only for "refills" of the gas, their beds will be available for other patients. Why Christmas Day (A Christmas Message by Dr. Dyson Hague, Toronto) It was Christmas morning, Dickens said. The Church bells were ringing their lustiest peals. Golden sun- 118m; heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells. 0 glorious, glorious! "What is to-day?" said Scrooge. "What 1s to-day my fine fellow?" "Today," replied the boy, "why Christmas Day!" And you remem- ber the marvellous change that came over the mean monster of selfish- ness, Scrooge, as told 1n "The Christ- mas Caro1", that masterpiece of the genius of Dickens. If you have not read‘ 1t,, do read it, and if you have read 1t, read 1t again. And 1f you can read about Bob Cratchit. and Tiny Tim, as he said he hoped the people saw him in the Church be- cause he was a. cripple and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day who made lame beggars walk and blind Incn see, without a. tear very near the eye, you must have something of the spirit of that clutching, covetous old sinner, Scrooge, hard and sharp as a int. What is it that floods this old cold world with sympathy and char- ity and love gifts, that mellows a myriad hearts ~ the spirit of for- giveness and unselfishness, and re- leases the singing of biithesome songs and carols, the laughtgy and the children's shouts? Why, it's Christmas! And our Christmas joy is heaven-born. It started from me flashing Angel in the environing glory of the Lord (Luke 219-11). It sounded in the sky, that Christmas Evimsel of 10y. Brest joy, for all; that joy that sweeps across the rifts of space and time and melts hard hearts and lights the love light in a million lives. Why, it's Christ! Christ the Virgin-born. Christ the Incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary. Christ who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven. Christ the Babe in the manger whose name was to be called Wonderful, the Mighty God, the Prince of Peace, and by the sweetest and grandest of all names, the Name that is above every name, the name of Jesus. Oh, if we could only thin‘: that every present we make at Christmastide and every gift we give to friend or loved one. t0 the poor and the lonely, 1g jug: as 1f we gave a gift to Christi Oh, 1f the myrisds to-day who think of the cold and hungry stretch out their hands to help the poor and bring light into sad eyes and warmth into cold bodies woufl do it for the high- er love, the love of God shed abroad 1n our hearts by the Holy Spirit giv- en to us. I love that story told some years ago of the little Stratford girl who wrote: "Dear Santa Claus: i went. you to if you can let m; hsv a. (101 I hav not got one that's all 1 need because my sister needs more then i do she 1s sending s. letter to you to an if you havent enuf dole you let her hav hers first. dora." Surely that was a love that is the heart of Christmas. 1 hceni only the tion. But in reality he is the mov- ing epirit not only of this organic!- tion, but of the whole country. Vir- tually everyone. from the humble government inspector of mine shafts up to the dread Fuhrer bim- eolf, is e puppet of this powerful industrialist. Rs 1e e‘ Robber Baron of the Rhino-new style. His rule, like those medieval prototypes, 1| truly patriarchal over the vases-i miners and factcryhunds. He, too. lives in a gloomy eutle in Lands- bert. on s hllh hill overlooking his industrial lief. And like the mbber 1934 Christmas sm- (Bxehsnle) . The Gospel by Matthew of tho Three Wise Mon and the brilht star thlt Illided them to the stable at Bethlehem, provides s. striking i, coincidence in an on- nouncenieitt from Bnrvard observe- tory. Dr. Harlow Shplcy. director, says a Cambridge despatch, relates that Nova Herculie, 1984. In explor- ing star, discovered by on amateur in England only Pridey of lest week. is growing steadily brighter Ind of increasing importance. Not that ae- tronomers atached any but scientific significance to the event, though 1t has been held that the star which the Wise Men are said to have fol- "Nove" type star. that mliht be , any other month. But, occuring is it did during the Christmas season, the coincidence was unusual. Like the Star of Bethlehem, the apparent course of Nova Herculis ' isEasttoWest. Itiefmindin the Northeast just before sunrise. and in the Northwest after sun- set. Astronomers the world over are observing any studying the behavi- ourof the new star, and because of the powerful equipment now avail- able for - spectroscopic analysis it may prove the most important stel- lar outburst ever witnessed A study of photographic pistes made while Nova was "just mother star" indicates that not long ago it was of the fifteenth m _ " ’ Now it is of the second. The ex- plosive outburst has therefore 1n- creased the brightness by more than 100,000 times in less than a month, says the announcement. The spectrum, or shower of light, from the new star resembles that of "the super-giant star, Alpha Cygnl," and indicates the presencw of "en- ormous veloclti " in its ‘ " ‘imminent! Tfimfmiali (libretto. tnsgnunur icafnra an flfierrg" m uafivmflvsr 01 iRn i "Erognoc alibauk PUBLIC FORUM This oolunn is open for the luIIIlllIl! by correspondents of qlootlene of interest. The Charlottetown Gllkdlnn does not loooolnrily ondorlo the opinions of correspondents. atmosphere. The star, most bril- liant of its type observed at Har- vard since 1918, is destined to reach maximum brilliance within I. short time, then fade slowly back into its former insigntficanoc. p Must Bear Arms (Washington Correspondent in the _ Winnipeg Free Prose) A controversy has raged fu- years over com military ruining 1n publicly endowed universities. During two years the boys lave this training under the direction of army officers and with equipment‘ furnished by the federal govern- ment. The underlying 1doa.1s mili- tary preparedness, although much can be said 1n favcrof tho training as o. means of physicial culture, Paclfists and other well-moaning people who would not so describe themselves have been protesting and it 1s no surprise that the issue has finally been submitted to, and passed upon by the United States Supreme Court. The original suit was brought by two students who-bed been sus- pended from the University of Call- fornia for refusing to take part 1n these military exercises. They sought to have the court compel the university to reinstate them and exempt them from military training, upon the ground that they were conscientiously opposed to war or preparations for war. The state court decided against tb, and that decisi has recently been affirmed by the Birprcme Court at Washington. The Supreme Court might have dispolitd of the case by pointing out that no one was compelled to attend the University of California and that there were many other universities in which military training was not required, However, the court deemed it best to do awe/y with the impression the conscien- tioul objectors were exenmted from military service by the free- dom-of-worship clause in the fed- eral constitut’ m. Mr. Justice Spinoza admitted that from the earliest times Quakers and other conscientious objectors had been relieved from military service by legislation. Such legislation was, he contended. merely an act of grace and was generally conditioned upon the objector fumfshlng a subsitute or providing .the government with money to hire a substitute. Be agreed with all the other judges that no one had any constitutional right". to refuse to bear arms when called upon to do so by the govern- ment, and went on t: say: Manlfcstly n differrent doctrine would carry us to lengths that have never been dreamed of. The con- scientious objector. If his liberties were to be extended, might refuse to contribute taxes in furtherance of a war, whether for attack or for de- fence, or in furtherance of any other condemned by his conscience as irreligious or immoral. The right of private judgment has never yet been so exalted above the powers and the compuls‘ of the agencies cf government. other day a story about a little boy in Toronto who said to his mother: “Mother, what 1s Christmas?" His mother, looked at him and said: "It 1c Jesus‘ birthday; the day when Christ was born." And the little fel- low looked up and said: “Mother, what will we give Him for a birthday resent?" Oh, what a different Christmas and a different world it would make if we could look at Christmas from that angle - tho angle of a. little wondering child. What will wo give Him? We, too. can open the treasure boxes-of our hearts and offer Him gifts of frank- incenee, sweet with sympathy, and myrrh, costly with sacrifice, and the gold of out-poured love. But, above all, yes, above '* offer Him tbc but of all rifle. our hearts, and in the words of our beautiful Church cf England prayer say: Here we of- (109 unto Theo. And. as with glad- neleroenofoldofforodgiftsmolt ran at that cradle rude and bore so msywewithholyjoppuromdfroo from sun's alloy, v.11 our combat treasures bring, Christ, to Thee our heavenly Klngi mexpensivo Chi-mines vnatiu msybomdoofcuttingsfromipino trooo, boxbsrry and boyborry with pine cones wind on. At any fier- at; a wire eirclancsn be boubht hmm. o, ‘m. 1mm. it the nastiest of tests to build up be .helo0kshungrilyocrnletho mffiauaraaac-anww- \ a wreath that is unusual in 1U beauty. - ' ‘ THE OTTAWA AGREEMENTS Bin-For some time past we have been reading your editorials on the existing trade relations be- tween Canada and the Mother Country, and, although these have recently been written 1n a moder- ate and reasonable strain, we still doubt, by times. if the Editor of The Guardian really believes in the present trade relations, es- pecially those brought about by Mr. Bennett, our present Prime Minister of Canada. You insist that Premier Bennett got the advantage of the British delegates a1, the Ottawa confer- once, or in more popular language that, "he put 1t over them." Now we are sincerely opposed to tho Ottawa Agreements for this very reason. There is no doubt that Mr. Bennett won an apparent advantage but the advantage is more apparent than real, and won at too great a cost, namely the reversal of Britain's time-honored policy of free trade, and in the end this temporary advantage cannot be beneficial w Canada. But you insist that the former relations were unfair to Canada. In the name of fairness, how can you show this? Has not Britain for three generations admitted Can- adian exports to a free and open market? If this is not so, will you kindly enlighten us? It is true Britain in the meantime traded freely with all the nations but did she not always show Canada. some special consideration? Has not Britain in all trade relations with Canada shown a parental spirit, and have not Englishmen as pur- chasers from outside competitors always given s. preference to Can- adian products. all other things being equal? We think they have; for most assuredly the unity of the British Empire is founded on a sentiment of kinship and when this sentiment fails to express it- self in free and friendly trade re- latione 1t will be a signal that, the Empire or Commonwealth of Na- tions-call it what you will-is doomed. At tho Ottawa conference Brit- ain had practically no more free trade to offer Canada, as Canada had it from Britain in full measure already. But Canada had it in her power to offer Britain a freer and more open market for her exports; and all Canada could hope for from the Mother Country would be an increase of goodwill on the part of British“ purchasers and consumers and, on the part of the British Government, trade regu- lations to foster and promote this good will. But how can this good will be fostered by an enforced ob- ligation on Englishmen to buy from Canada? Englishmen will not. long stand for it. You point to the fact that the British House of Commons has recently voted in favor of the Ottawa Agreements. Surely there 1s nothing final‘ in this. The whole question 1s, “Does the British House of Commons, as now constituted represent the av- erage Englishman's attitude to- ward these agreements?" We cer- §1$a§i Only 2 Days Loft For Your Xmas Shopping You can select from the lines: Toilet sou (Pearl and umber), YIHIIQYI Toilet sets, llndnat Toilet Sets. Potter I Moore's salty Cleol. , lot Wafer Bottles. lets. lfoInChrblmesChoooIehl. Jrlurnoenoflles. Ipllolllanilholv.‘ 77w Two Macs lflflrooifioorgost tainly think not lord Balfour. as Premier of Britain in 1908, ss- sumed that the jority in the British House of C mmons repre- sented the attitude of the British public on the question of "free trade or protection." and he was persuaded by Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain to champion the pol- icy of protection for the ap- proaching election in that same year. Premier Balfour was defeat- ed by an overwhelming majority. The British people swung with a vengeance towards free trade; they will do it again. It 1s only logical and consistent for the British House of Commons to tentatively support the Ottawa Agreements till they hear more fully the voice of Canada on the matter. In a sense Britain was compelled for a short time at least to submit to these agreements. Premier Bennett at the ‘London Conference practically told the British delegates that they must accept his proposition If you do not wish tc do so, “then remember Lord North," he sold. Now we think this an absurd statement on the part of Mir. Bennett. Lord North persisted in s. policy of tax- ing the American colonies and monopolfning their trade and Brit- ain lost America. R‘ Bennett (not yet Lord) persists 1n taxing the British people for Canada's advantage and Canada bids fair to lose the Mother Country. At least, we think this a more logical de- duction thm that of Mr. Bennett. No one doubts that the Ottawa Agreements have some sound points. These may well be re- tained; the rest must be repealed; and the sooner the better. I em, Sir, eta, M. MeKINZII. Canoe Cove. (Our correspondent must have read The Guardian editorials at second hand when he quotes us ,as "insisting" that Prenrfer Ben- nett had "put one over" on the British delegates st the Ottawa conference. No such claim has been made by us and no such con- clusion can be drawn from the re- sults, which have benefited not well. The first full year of the Ot- tawa agreements saw Britain's ex- ports to the Dominions increased by nearly fourteen million pounds, (£14,000,000) while her imports 1n- creased by sixteen and a half mil- lion pounds, (£16.500,000) ovo! 1931, the year before the agree- ments were negotiated The pro- portion of Britain's exports to the Dominions in that period rose from 18 per cent of her total trade to 22 per cent, while hor imports from the Dominion rose from 15 per cent in 1981 to 2'1 per cent in 1938. This increase occurred, be it noted, 1n the worst. year of the depression, when world conditions were much more serious, and com- modity values much lower, than they were in 1031. Quarterly re- ports for the present year indicate that a still greater increase in Britain's trade with Canada and the other Dominions will be re- corded for 1984. In view of these facts, it is not surprising that the Canada only, but Great Britain as The 0k sold to the Ass, said he, c1. on a Christmas 1115111,; “Do you hear the pipe qr the horde a-whlstitng bill? ' ‘Ital is ‘the angels’ music they p)“ for their delight, ‘GM’! to 9°11 in the highest and . peace upon earth. good-wt.’ _ , Nowell, nowel], my masters, a“; , lieth low in stall, And the poor labouring Ox was hm a before you all." shcp. over m‘ The Au eeid to the Ox, said he, 1,; on a Christmas day; "Doyou hear the gcfien Dfiflir: , coma cllnkiug out of the ea... are thethrce wise Mages 11...; ‘ride from far away v ‘1‘o Bethlehem in Jewry to have mm, lore increased . . . Nowell, nowell, my masters. God netn low in stall, And the poor, foolish Ass was here " before you s11." —iD0l'0thy L. Beyer; Whelan Monument (“I.C.R." in the Halifax Hcraldl I learn from the Charlottetow. Guardiarf that the Benevolent Irui. Society of that city has erected a monument to the memory of Hon Edward Whelan, one of its early presidents, one of the Fathers <11 Confederation, the man who gave the Ishnd province its present par- liamentary system, its public schoii system and who brought about the fall of absentee landlordism. Ed- ward Whelan died in 1861. He was buried 1n the 1L0. cemetery on whut was than strewn Road, but now Iongworth Avenue. His grave was marked by a plain marble slab erec- ted by his son Edward Whelan, who was drowned 1n Charlottetown har- bor on the very day the Island pro- vince was admitted into Confedera- tion. The new memorial, the Guard- ian tells us, takes the form of a large slab of imported freutono placed over the grave, on which a llllthufe inscription 1| engraved. At the cor- ners of the plot are four concrete shafm set upon cruciform bases, and joined by a chain. At the head of the grave, as 1f 1n silent vigilance, stands an oak tree planted by whe- lan‘: son ih token of the interest taken by his father in things u! nature. Edward Whelan has been the sub- ject of many articles from my Dm- But I think I can bo excused if I ‘- this occasion to thank the Benevolent Irieb Society of Char- lottetown for whet it hes just done to perpetuate the name of that greet Irishman great Canadian and great Prince Edward Islander, who passed my wt the m1! Ice of forty-three years. havinfl 1600m- plishedmoreinthetshortllfoflme than perhaps an yother reformer in this Dominion. As one of the few surviving connections of tho Whelan famllmthissctcntbopnrtofthc members cf the Benevolent Irish Society, not cue of whom, perhaps. knew him personally, is thanflully acknowledged. Liberal amendment recently fi- troduced 1n the British House oi Commons. "regretting" the govern- ment's policy with respect to Im- piro trade, was rejected by s vote of sea to M. Whether this vote reflects truly or not the opinion of the "average Englishman‘ we do not profess to know at first hand. We gather. however, ‘from the chaste-nod attitude of Mir. Mac- kenzie King since his return from the Old Country, that it does. m any event, it seems to be moreto the point that the result of s Brit- ish election which took Disco thirty-one years ego, under quite different conditions of tmdb and industry, and which even then proved to be disastrous to the British agricultural in Bd. G.) Young Mm to sweetheart‘: your: heathen-Johnnie, it my becruoitoiellycu. but attire party last night your sister promised to become my wife. W11‘ you forgive me for away? Jolmpie-mruive you? why the! was what the pomtxy was for. Midget calculating machines are stated to beeelling well. The little things that countl will to all. love that never dies. 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