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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1938-05-26, Page 6, anada's Gram creage Down Commentary on the. Hishilighb of, the 'Week's :News . . Elizabeth Eedy 2 . ANP Sg141C: His Holiness 'Israel Noe (who starved 'himself Pope Pius XI hasn't much liking for within an inch of the grave) ; .Aimee Adolf Hitler in, viewof the persecu- Seniple Macpherson, Hutton. And tion that 4,171.est,s,___ of the• Catholic _there.arelmany,,.. many others. 'About Church haVeuidergone.in:Gerrhany. some of them, however, we might • But when • der .Fuehrer. • refused to .cheerfully say, "Good riddance!" seek an audience with •the Pope on ; , ' •10 * * his • regent visit to Rome, the dis- TWENTY MONTHS TOO LATE: pleasure of the Vatican droPPed, to a ' "People who talk of preventing an;, new 10W.. To show Adolf Hitler that other great war," says Captain B. his latest .,discourtegy had not 'gene- It Liddell Hart, one of the world's ,unnoticdd, His •Holiness 'closed ..the three' of four- greatest Military •ex,'. annsetims during;the whole 'perts, "are 'already twenty months period Af Hitler's stay. The instant out of date. The 'second Great Waif • 'Hitler. said good-bye to: Rome; the of the 'twentieth 7 century began in museums were thrown open again to July, 19'36; in Spain; fdillawing*the the publie- , encouragenient and experience which • * • •• _ had been gained by Japan. in gen- MEI:1144. MERIT: This week chorie -nd Italy in Abissinia in defy - at 'Toronta, the 'Boyar Society • of ing' tho League of .Nations and de- ' Cana4,i° presenting medals of rneilt veloning the new technique of camou- to three distinguished Canadians. flaged war." • , , , , •The ;awards this 'Year go . to Colonel • Grave words, those, yet they an -- William Weed, of Quebec City, anti,- pear to be the truth, nevertheless. or Of •many historical volumes, for is toe late for us to stop what hits outstanding work in connection With already been set in motion. We have the history. of .Canada;. Mazo de la only the power' to cheek the. progresi Roche, "Torento:born author • of the of events which are now in the "JalineWnovels -•"for accomplishing ofling• in imaginative'? or. critieal, literature Continuing, Liddell :Hart declares: Some achievement of significance or "that we have failed to seethis war conspicuous `; .41erit"; Dr, W. , Lash n progress is doe to the fact that • Miller,' Professor of P4Sieal Chem- weare stilt thinking politically, ietrY at :the University. of Toronto, Whereas. the dictator states ard'aink-, . for his 'pioneer work in several new -ing militarily:" ' • , fields .of ',scientific interest. * • . ' * '*: * FARMS IN THE NORTH: Thetis - "WE'RE, :SELFISH UP HERE": ands of fertile acres in Northern Al - The former: Australian Trade Minis- beita,' Saskatchewan and ;Manitoba .ter,'„ Sir &lenity, GUllett, is,„ criticising are lying idle;-Aeciirding_tuldr. :Rene Canada's „ "grave _injustice to Ails, Pelletier, .M.P.`liol-l'eace River, while tralian Manufacturers' and British thousands of 'farmers* are living in exporters."• Under the present. Atli-. the drought areas :of the ;'•West, at . . . , • jralian-Canada 'tariff agreement, he heavy, .government. expense..... • • ,t'lly-WhabVefriefitof -geoilififettifedif•the --this--statement, Mr: . 44 • Maiiitslne:- sided"'Australian market 'thA '', Australian -._secondary „indo"s and th .' trieS are being thrown 91399 to erentiai" competition from Canadian manufacturers as well as .from the United Kingdom The Australian Trade Minister re- signed. last year because preferential • -treatment extended to Canada under the . Australian - Canada,' .agreenient was a "very bad one-.Side4. bargain", , , • . * *- FORGOTTEN MEN: Names not in the news- these', days are legion. •The daily papers are too busy tell- ing :us about ..the ,latest War develop- ments, too .Crewirled With stories'. of munitions contracts : being'4et;*to fea- ture the Duke, of Windsor • (except to Mention that his. bathtub isn't of 20 - carat gold); the Queen of Egypt; Kemal. Ataturk (Who.. is doing so much to, make a modern county out of Turkey) ;' the , Pankhursts; Rev: Pon that a 'scientific survey of ,the northern. :sections , of the , Prairie Provinces be made with a View to ,settling 'people, from , the •,dried -out• areas on suitable farming landfar- ther north., There are also vast , portions of Northern , Ontario that could be util- ized VTa similar- purpose, sections where there is ridh,•,fertile ztgricul- tural soil , not now in production. WHY THE DELAY: 'Trani -Can- ada Airlines are having difficulty get- ting started on its first year, a com- plete air' Service across the 'calm - try. They are, enconntering. trouble Particularly, in 'establishing the Win- „hipeg-Mentreel run.. Reasen. for the delay:: Planes --which ..the .company 'hoped soon to secure from the manu- facturers are reportedly being, sold to. the Japanese Government who are offering•Ii•higher. price for the ma- chines. Decline of Over 1,000,000 Sown Bushels Is Indtcated A decrease of nearly 1„40000(1, acres In the area a wn to Spring grains' ih Canada in 1.938Was, indicated by far- mers'. intentions as ' 9f Mai the'DQ-• minionIllitreen 'of Statiatlea ilret eroP t6Pfirct•tlfe-P1-.0•041,-00.4011-13tateS. The intended ere*, of,anring Wheat 24,1QP,900 acres, COMPared with, 24,- 351400 acres sewn 114.1937 and, 26,646, ?„00 acres in the peak year, 1932. The iadicated necrease in:the spring Whet area from that of last iesi: 010,000. acres, or three per 'cent.; The princi- pal decrease' will Ocui in SasItatchb- wan, while inereas0 are indicatedin Manitoba ant! .:Alterta, ; • 1:e04Wheat ,Marritoba, Durum, wheat acreage will be. d' . • ,, ceased considerably fret:a 2,322,000 aqes. sown in 1937 to 1 693000r acrqs. intended 'for 1983. • This •decreaseIvill take 'Place mainly in Manitoba: where it Will, he more thenoffset by ,an in, crease in thp, sewing of rest -resistant bread' .wheats. Oats and barley arP also "expeCted, to show decreases of three and five per Gentrespectively, with the principal reductionic ocenu.. rink in Saskatchewan. • •" • Barley acreage • Ontario Will be moderately reduced Spring rye Will show a .decrease of 16,000 ,acres, ' or nine .Per centemit:flax-seed a ',redhc7 Ores or 209per-Aeot., The ;area sown to oaixed grains :wiil remain •normal In Eastern Canada, while showing *it Moderate' ..reduction in the Western PrOvinees. Potato acreage will be reduced In -nearly Avery Province to:a totallieVel 20,200.acres Or four per centless then that-ot tr.,year ago, Iffarmersf-.PreSent- • intentiona are reali;ed.. .• • y s ropaganda rise $6,522,400 I Teaching Youth in Foreign Lands Fascist Culture Costs That Much Annually Italy speeds. 124,0.99•600 lire ($G,5 400) annually' on propaganda of yeti,. one •kinds in, fereign countries , ln an' effort tO make'. new.converts for fas, ism and-fniceWItellanififfing abOat'n7 in Closer' contact withthe0 homeland a. study of the earre•ht, financial bud- get reveals. • Almost half of" this money, most of which comes, frena the pedget cif the Ministry of* Foreign,Affairs„ ,itt spent on Italia* selinels.aboard. ;The, Italian Governirfecirt.,`,ftintaihs 183 schools In foreign', land e and, gives ,financial as- sistande to an addional 054., . Schools On TJiIsPOntinOnt' . • This alone costs the•goverlinient •$4.- 000,900 year?Y. Theie, schools, which. • areChiefly established in the United, States, South ArneriPa and. ,France, Aave a total attendance' of •6.,000'. The ImPils„ are almost wcclusively` son s and daughterof Italians liyin,g abroad and the main arid of these schools is to teach them "Italian tind -get thein tereited In Vie new •Fascist Rely, • ' The FaScistIliarty boasts that more than 80,000 Italian boys and girls' liv- . . • ing in ..foreign countries are inscribe.d, in, the Bililla ,organiza- tion recehtly renamed the '"Gioven•tu Littorio." • 1 • 'The deepest need of our gener- ation is a redefinition of Suecess.• We are obsessed by the ed,Onemic as- pect of life. It,. is. geoid to have the thingsmoneyWill bliYT10-ift 'The-. rnost important .things are l those : that -Money- wilt -het buy." -Dr. --Harry Emerson 'Fosdick. • T -IE WORLD LARGE: A _.„ ROI.R0 ,CANAPA. Drastic' Expedient' , The Primitive, tribes of..AfrIca.`.are reported :to be scari their ehildien withstories of giviliza nk.tr-HaMilten SPectotar. ' • .,„.• , In Time for the Next • Tliek first volunle of Canada's' official. . • War historY has at Idat appeared. Wilma the t'intl vpiunio reaphe the„ •puhlic„ hioet.,ef the Survivors of the. war will probably be in their graves.- Prockyilin RecOrder and Times, Plenty of ()Id Crocks Of 359 dars'ieSted by expert meeh- anics In 'Port Eppe this week only 491 'were fogad in proper niecliaa1cal con ditien. Either the ears in Pert Hone are exceptionally bador there's it lot of old •"croelts", In the province.- QWen. Sound SuivTimes.: • ' ' Radium in Canada The niscoVery' of radiuni in'a retnete..• . , regioh of Canada was a veritable*.god:, send 'since thislarest Of minerals was previously found In. only .one part of the World, the Belgiah Congo Mines In Africa. UP.- td:a few years' ago radium cost $70,000,:e.grani before the Belgian competition, Thus radium,Wai made' 1 ers 9 -the l!rivate Army of_Atliioll Precede, Wedtling Party ven Climbing ount Everes Expedition Arrives at Base Camp On Tallest Mountain in the --World -Pray For Late Mon- soon The leader of the British Mount, Everest Expedition, has reported, its arrival at the base•-, camp, 12 miles away from the tallest' mountain in the world. l'herd have been twO jour- neys of 'reconnaissance: This will he the fifth British atteinpt to scale,. says , the New York Times, The'. Seven menthers., of the party' been trained In one of the hardestsehoolta They koifilv the- Mountain sickness; -"the' altitode"..sere '•• throat, and the „ • • Ix double vilion, the,. Sudden temnorrerY • :blindness, the Wastage of -muscle, the fainting fits; thebreathlessness; the, 'dilated heart, the lassitude and the physical decline ' 'at heights of 21,060. • 'f'eet or Se: ' Used To 'Great -Heights These men are .waCeliinatitied ",' They are •used to great heights; roar: ;jog blizzards; 'avalanches; but, with what oxygen apparatus .can they, be surd -of being able to move save at a snail's pace, ;even to breathe, to see, iii-IliVIOt-1•;600--feet; if they readWitY The North •Col is More than terrible • enough. . , The top ,of EVerest is a mile higher. The Seven ,against ,Thebes :Seem like mere crazy braggartacompared with the, Severr against 'Everest. They are prepared for ell the dangers in "store for,,thetn. ,They knew that the monsoon And its enormous Snows,that ,will end” the . Short timein' which alone their adventure has an. opportunity, , are capricious Visitors; In 1921' the mensoon broke, 'on Ev- erest on July 7; in 1922 in the first tpek`of done; in 1924 on dime. 16'; in 1.933.0n May 30; in 1935 Iiine 6; "In' 1936 on May 25. Let us 'hope for, it' late' monsoon. It is with hope and not glooiny forebediogs that we think tf the S-O•ven., Arnefig ered hainetiiri,their numher.wenOte , Odell, who ht the height' of 26,000 feet ws thelast man to see Mallory and //Vine. . To Fight, Leprosy On World Scale Plan Includes Drastic Measures— Hall the Patients ,Cam Do Normall.Day?SWOrk.--.;-', . • . . • A. Oleo for 'eradieation• of .leprosy. throughout the World • 'fin a:very few, generations" by`'imeank of segregation •and sterilization k 4S,outlincd recent - by -Perey,Burgess,..presiderit of the i•Leonard-Wood Meinorial. for • theiEra- dicetion: of Leprosy, win) has .co.mplet- ed a tour of 1.epreserie in all parts the ,world'. • ' • .• '• • The 'plan, :approved by.,the .WOrld COnferenee,.'61a. Leprosy, calls for the Segregeticin Of lepers' in "ails:Mies that 'Woidd be self-supporting • by an .ih- terehange of goods on a *oriel -Wide Thelepers--Wohld lead -a hernial , life'. except that these Married' would he sterilized. Mr. Burgess ' ; estimated. that 50 per cent of lepers Could do' A herinel, day's • Work. • " ' • Of the q;00,o(n) 'lepers; tlY6 -thirdsi he thilcl, Were ili India and In Chloe, ' • • • , Firemen Arrive Six Months Late , Ehgland,,..fias inOviarnent fat -; ' • • 7-0 LAHORE, hose canght alight in a ',Punjab, State.. : The,: sent an ;urgent letter to toe State fire ,lirigadeias there was no telephone. , The chief fire .brigade OfficOr "acknowledged"- the letter, and ',left it over for his successor, as ,.be was shortly going .On leave. " • • • The successor arrived five 'Months later, Sound it Was a eaSe for 'im- rnc(liate" ettehtien ,and forwarded it ,to' the 'DeWari (minister) "for ',faVor. of nedessari Action": • , , • ' The DeWitii in ;turn' Submitted 'the request to the Ruler for •ufaVnt • of Mirnediate Sanction.", , 'The, Ruler ordered that the 'State fire brigade. 'proceed forthwith ',i6 the scelie Of the occurrence to avoid further damage to_the When the fire brigade arrived at 'the scene of tile fire' a new bilildhig had sprung, up in pled° of the one destroyed six meotha earlier: , About: 60 er ceht Of tile lafal linthwat ii"eidelit in tnglatit and 76 pa cent"t non:fetal oceiii Visceent Fineastle and his bride, the-leriner Pamela-liermon-NOdge, leave:St.. Margaret's„ Church, London, following their wedding. Pipers of the private •arzny of the Duke of 'Athol!, tO:'Which family the Viscount is • . related, precede the_wedding_PartY. _ • SUbititute For Radium Found •. Boy . of 46', Discovers Product Believed 'Better Since •Irgt,43S . , Dr, E. A. Smith, of New, York, ,Who said he was easiwiatenwith the late Curie.in her isolation Of radi- deClared ',kat.' Week • 16 -year-old Wallace L; Minto 'ef...Tereey..City•*fhas, something" •loyhis. claim of a ,a,fer,, `Mare.. econemicaf•;.artilidiei redin.m.", Dr: Smith, who has 'IabOra,taries at North Berger' .ahd*.NenTerk,' N.J.,•, wit- ii.ised-a Oemonstratioh Of.the yen& .finding at the tionhal• meeting Of the Eastern mie'.,Researeli Assoc*. • lifinta;a high shool student, •show-• ed, with the aid of a Geiger tube, what • • •.; • . • he descri,be.d as the peter etrength.. 'ef.1111r*ciattra-§TetniaPh ed ;With. the7 igdnuine radiiim. • ' , Nieto' definitely ht(i great.Stridea,".Dr. Sniith'. gain. . . Pre - „diet 'a great fliturefor,Chim,”' , Made 00.8256 A Gram 'Mink? ,.said Ilis artifielel iatlitiin Was les ,dtingercaia thah the • genuilie tiele due to fewer tilpliS afay's and More beta land. gernine rays. is' Metre econonateal., • he said, because it was made :frein ore found ;hear his ,Inithe towti, WhereaS genuine radinha CeandS :tro.fi the *Canactiati 'north, and adVarel, other distant, points. , Min•tO,,who also claimto have found 'and berried. fain' new 'elements in the last two Years -Since. h,d Was 14 'years 'old•-•••seid hiS artificial 'recline.' could lct mailu.faettired Or about $250 A gram In small Miantities, more .eceina, mieally In increased outPut.;--denhirie, 'radium selle•for•abont $25,000 a gram. :Irhe high 'school Scientist -has named ',his 'newly discovered dieniehts, Nos. 93 to 96, inenistvq, •ekarhenturn, dkair. HIM% ponderestniiiin and ekaniatin.. ews In Review' • :1'wo Missionstriet'Shot • PEIpING,-- Death of...tWo. British" .miSsierlarrea because Chinese .AuerilIa :bands 'failed tO recognize the British flag and took them for 'Japanese spies . „ occurred here last, Week. The vidihns were Dr. IL G. Wyatt,. phisician, andudyliss Beulah Glasby., •The story was brought back by a fel- lent missionary who was tray 111rig with them 'north of Taiyuanfu, Shansi Province .'CaPitel,, Wliere the incident: Occurred. _ 'Money fa `net retolired to' uy on roads haVing a speed limit of 80 One neces§ity of the • soul. miles at heor. • • eau. • • * • • *AL —Won't SelI Anticosti *. • OTTAWA.—The • Island of Anticosti, ..situetedon the Guit of St. Lawrence, which from, it :militaryf point or view 'is 'Of strategic Importahce,,-Will not be, sold to any foreign nation, ateoriling to,,an Intimation made' in .-',0*":11euse of einntheils last week bY.prirrie I mia- Ister Makenie Kin. Germany Spee 8.. anu e Project, Government ,decreed this' viteek :that therRhine.Danube,oatt • al" Yla.the 'pilfer Main be completed 1946. SiMultanecniali.the,Dantibe 'Will be developed as h waterWeY'', On' to; •the hew. GerMen 'borderbeicily• Vienna:. ' A•fr. . • . Tie decreerePreSehts considerable speeding hiref one of Europe's Most important •WatetWaY ,pi'bjecti.becanSe :the origihal plan cOviatiged 1:950 as :the Comp' letion date. But. the, decree says: f'AuStriefa reunion' ,,with the Gertneii Reich and •the execution of the four- year pieri .deniatid speedier.eeMpletieh Of the .projeets"., , New Beef Marketing .o icy OeWhahifketing policy for Candler-1'10dt, through *lath it IS • . . loped hitinietely to seta 200,000 head , , of dettle e,.year CO. Great Britain and 2000000' to the United•States.Was out - :lifted to the...Henan Of COmmons this ,w0e1c-by James G, Gardiner, Minister Of „Agriculture, ' . ' T 6.0010' Is only .1410' experlmeiit stage the Minister adinitted, , •and only, twenty.fi.ve carcases per ..:week are being . . • shipped. • ' -.--o- • ' '•Half. A City Sold' ." cARpolpF:. WALES,' Practically '‘'halka ,city ehenged halide this week wbeh theitrimenself,. wealthy Mar- quess of Bute sold part at this, world port of 200,000 population for, a price aliderstocid.' to ' he about £20,000,000 (8100,000,006): ' The real 'tatiea1 Was. believed fo be the ler est ever re- corded in Great -o- Death P silty for Treason' .„ Rio Thedeath penalty for .crimeS against the hation, :disiritegretion. oragainst the '1'eg:rine, Was tioereed,lest, week hy President Getulio Vargas in, a, -law amending 'Article 122 of the' Nov. 10. .Con'stitlitiMh The, law' ..is • not„;, retro- active, bits ',it will not .reach .44643e {triplicated, in the', May • 11 Putsch: '' Refugeei -Face Desperate Plight 01.14NG114*-The piterhatitioal Red Cross issued an urgent apnea] titis week for finaricial gni; declaring ta hands werd-exhaasted and 170,000 Chi- nese refugees here feeed a "desperate. alight." Officials said feed reseryea were adequate ' for pnly one Molt Month. more aVailable to combat the ,dread, scourge of «a e-.-K1tchener Reeofd., . n .. . Costly Privilege Comparison of •the Income tax, sched. Mei of 'Canada and Britain Show the latter' to be enormously more drastic,. and so is the .gas .,tax oyer thdre;three tithes:4S madh. as it is in ;Oatario: boats the People. a lot . to live close to Europe, -St. Catharines...Standard.. •What A Picture! Pictui4e. of '.",nine swiienstakett each. . occurring aeYerel (Imes a .year i not one t6 contemplate' with easy complacency. Oige .each province was well set hp in the sweep- stake, busineaa,,the., element -of compe- tition Would, alb doubt, come into play and 'Prince Edward 'Island. geye .More in prizes than any other; as it ,aould afford to de, it weuld.pr.ob-, ably get the largest share' of the, na- tion's . sweepstake •Times, •Montreal. • Mounties on Display, , , • , • People away from- the .U.S. herder 411o. not Madera -tend the American de- sire to see. a Mountie. ,' It would pay Wafter and the See, to staid thd ex- pense of getting, Members of the Canadian Mounted Pence stationed at each ..place. 'already • have members of .the foie stationed their borders, and as..tauriata *hilt to see thefi(whY can't: a, sensible ar- -hrtreed.tilitiledil-t.t.'hbis(!...:arrielainiaCieri.?Lt•CiUnt.-' tL•itt°,11:91,11 they, dame to.. town Was AO let their' ' dr .Can't the 'Wee recruit • a few .more men, or . use:, those. wbose:khge •justifies SoftliObiatilt•tfe: Marie Star. He Can't tet Away With It , Walter Winehell gets away -with his ...keyhole 1.6p:thing in a. big city, and is, well paid for it: The same Stuff in a' Small .town •.,him tb ,.fist •fighta''' very quiekly We dick -named an ardent. fisherman. ".The grasshopper Itine..4and: be dame around .and gave us his;,opinion, whicli Wasn't 'cOmpii- inentary. Other little: referetioeti of a Inimafons :nature lthse caused -a...tieer fight:at times, Simply :because we are so:convenient to be got at that almost before tbd: ink On • the .piper, is dry -someone 'genies; arentiO With: revenge' gleaming in hi dye and threatens to ,•clean Mathe:Whole gaiirin-the-print: 'shop. We ['penally 'keep the type mal- letwithin range. s� 'that ifthe callers • becouu' too threateningwe can take up arms in defeoce'of the liberty of, . the press.doleiriad, 'Alta.; .Journal.' •Plans A Pesceot To Ocean Bott9111. ' Chimago Mn Wh� Dlili:n SuOk....., en Treasure, Will Dine for the: •Mexican Crown, jewels, Capt. 3of.:.,:r ..Craigi Of ,Chicago, who deals in sufikee treasure ' and pirao-- • booty on a, strictly lawlabiding hatils;;•" BAK .14g w*uld descend to the ocean floor- iiff-lbei-Virginia---Capes next k • I Menth.•ina....quegt which mayyield portion of the .Mexican crown jewels " and the .robiett ef. the, EinnreSs Cap, . , • . The treasure.....whichi *included. .388. One Of Silver hard,' was lost When the linermgerldn, carrying' refugi of the . mMteiltertioi nfi. revolution volvutirognint wentcoas W • 6:.5. C: atg said' the hulk, object of sever- al' previous tiegsnie. bunts, ;waa lying , upside dow in, the and and was Par..; . tticalarlyhaxardeaS;to •;, .13reafhe ',Oxygen, and Helium,' • "We hone' to Oyerdo,ind• part Of -that," he said:4N; the new equipment we will parry, dolng avay wjth trailing . airlined which might be lduled." • :" • The new diving equipment was 1,est.i.• • ed this spring, When 'Max „NOlil left' a coast ,guard cutter soft Milwankee..and wentdown' to a new Worldrecord pt • 420 feet in. Lake .Michigan • , ; • .The divers breathe a mixture of he numand oxygen ted fromtahlte car- ried on • their 4ackg,, eliininating the hydrogen mixtureWhieli left • diverts. Ceptiblegu thei-a‘benda",and4o. the danger of•becoining 'Mei • . remained Own foe long., . Sank With •Trea ore . Francisco Madero ,had 'seized con!:„ str0 .frnm the dietater, Jaz, , and tor-. bidden expertatioa.o±ealth., Penalty for disabedience:was damlinosthad-reached-ita haven; It was rammed; by the Admiral Farra. gut loomine:shddenly out of the 'dark'. -The.iferid•went dewn end •with all Its , , treasure. , • .. 4.• of THE EMPI . ; 'Where the Japanese 'Erred Claims Birds Learn Foster :Than.' Oak* An intelligent eanaiy eaSier to ;train and ,learits ,fester than a' • deg, Teresa Switzer 08014 lest 'Week, Butfalti.,• ' • '. • • ".. , Mho' $Witier. ,fias; trained': Mord Allah 2 00,„:ea. harieS,46-..iiing the .rdale, • redegnize color, .,sfoke heiulti end, Wink if .you want to train:, yOUr canary' slip:advised: '04 t> rt When the canary 'is yotitigl. (2), ftetien. the ,fiird to eat from Sut hither Matted' of letting it Mather 'feed 14 .(3')' teach it in, the evelling. after ail,"aft, teriition Of ;i•eat, 14 0 raui. rom• covetousness, Mad thy' estatt;elit4, pre.44ier.".rietn:,, • Had (theydapenese 'militarists!) :am- bitions been :legs grendiose,..liati they 'atteinpted to 'make: Nationalist China an equal city:instep-if of an enti;COM-.. :munist„pewo, they might without aeri- olia,.• Sacrifices , have • ..ehorrheuely. 'Strengthened the politicat and been-, canie...atiattioa ;of; their island empire, and: established : a 'Powerful • barrier' against the farther' advance of bayonets and ideas in 'Eastern Asia., SO far frotn, effecting this, they have' -firat spurred. the. Soviet Maine to improve its .o,Wil military nositioia' in the "Far. 'East, and they have. now giveli it the 'chance Of playing .the • rale of tertius pude:is'. They have made China their edetoy. for many a year; ; they 'hey& ,elarined„ their Gerniam: as- sociates in theant4dratiitern Pact, *hese efforts at Mediation dash- ed by the • Japanese -CoVernment'S Inan'ifeste refushigto deal with the, .Chinese Goverttm,;nt;, ,aud their pond het of:the Mint ars' ca in paign -including above all Atte undieciplined excesses that' followed " the capture of Nanking •end,' have been renciatten I; hi 'detailby traiSk, Orthy,hyclutitneises. not 'Contributed: to Improve • their -Ciahhtryls..:_replitetithijn „the Erifa eneaking world. In fact,, they appear to haVe•ectileyed the .opposite of whet they setOut to d6,-7.-The'Tline's,. Lorr- lade of Mercury. .Instead of. the'.014•Snapi1C14!cl,.11cov In Use—Is Being Subjected ' To 1-lareli''.Tert Operated by a motor; a. new:. type of . .switch .ferfcontr011itig 'lights • and pther.: electrical Circuits, ..has beeh.. on ,test for. three.17'end a half years. chanism. hhEi'begh. •ideke.dhack and: forth, opening and closing its- circult once 'Avery, seednd..., By - Jane 2.: ibe; 'gwlicb, 'have been. Operated • '060;000'hilles; • • . • ' , • . The itest IS under way 14 the iabora, toriee Of :the General ,Electric .It .the:normal use of such a swltch in the •hthorrnee":would causc it to bo operated•• times ,eday.,.....the'teat'wotild beequipt.J . • , .. • • , • , • leht to. about td0,009 'Yeara;• of. actual : : • • , 7--77-777-RitrysifthroUgh-Mutie. ' . •: • , fThe deitighed to re. • • , . .1 • pleee ' the.' fainilier, •snap switch. • Its.. . .easentiai part is e.,tube..:cOntaining mercury...ThIs tube is tilted p or nevvii to an ,on sie, off position. When •f; in tle en pes.ition. 'the •mercury. is. In the 'end, of tli-e'.•tuhe•-ffireugh whichdi, ectiodes projectand toren; •a circuit, • between.' them:. _When it „rims to the .,•-• I otherpad of the tube the '.circint ..id: ,1 sane/AO.' • •• • tube is. •fiiied Withhydrogen; which keepethe Merenry,from..oxidiz- ing ,ehd doois. the.- 'arc :formed. It Is made Of a.:Special alloy impervious to hydiAgen,:as niest'qoninion inetaia:Dert.". mit .; hYdrogen ',Ie.,' leak • through the. • „. poi -os of what appears to be thelfsolid • ; StruCture:, • • , • Falls:1 ssuming. Shap e of HorieshOe- OfDcials reported this Neck that Magara Valls Once More changed its shape s1ight:1'Y during: the pat NV i jr, and: the tTnifed. States fella is taking on a hordeshoe' shape Shia:gar to that of the fainetis'. Canadian liorseShee fiIls The Niagara Fells, N", pu department antiontived that A autley hati•.revettleil that the crest of the United:States fallshad deveiciped a- more detidc.,d saw,,.tooth appearance than in forir.er years., Two •y -Shaped indenttitions have aiineared, in the crest. each about 20 to 30 feet deep; "It is cicarly'evident that erosion ia irosresSing at. a ,rapid rate and that the heretofore /fairly even and streIghtf•Ainerican falls is taking ori laiarsiashoe Shape, to that on. the Canadian Side Af the tiVer-"-the' ..btirettu reperted. .,, . -., Last ,Free' Indians. , May Ta40.i.R.ersery.' Propose, to • Offer Land and .Treaty . i Money To Trihe : .- '.' ' , • Roan -ling hands of Iridiana in -lho• .Alberta district of • Rocky 'Mountain. House; among the.last of the redirion.. to mOVd to thd'West without benefit .Of.rdserves•or treaty money, may ko: . a 'grant of lard ,fer a reserve of .• their •own. .' '• . , ' • • In a po,w,WoW ' with Henry7-gtel,': . • Rockyfox.,":Mountain" house -repreiett- • •.tative of the Federel.Department of Indian 'Affairs, the proposal was ad' ' l Yanced to . theiNomad Indians tha '• i. they accept treaty money' and 'se up ':a tipierve in thefoothills woo- i•y west Of the north Saskatchewan River.-.. ., • ' .. • ' In' Roving Rands • 'The proposed 'reservewould ex - end om the '13aptiSte Rivereortli o he razehh. River and west of ' the boundary of the Cleerviater fOr-• • . . est reserve'. . „ ' , Some years ' ago, , these Indian, ' .. renularit ' of a tribe. which . sought • " reftige in Canada from the .United States Years ago,:, Were 'found' to be in groat need and ' iiii•angements, „A had to be 'dropped; -however,- whetr.,.....:•-A:•••=.- the Indians refusedto give their . 'narks ' as requiredhy ... the govern- ment. • • 'he •Indian s !have net reached , ti•hy decision and 'it is not „known if ' any deadline for acceptance of the ' plan NvaS\ Set, The roving. bands, . „.• mainly composed of Crar-inel Chipe,,, ' wyarilndiana, gain „tt, living iby_htint- mg; cutting brush for fermerti, and 1 sellingbeadwork 'arid jittekakiii work' •, '4 if:Jr. 2 •