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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-12-08, Page 3The Day of Remerpbrance in London* of Es~THE SCENE AT WHITEHALL Where the British nation remembered their million fallen dead on November 11th. GIVES REASONS Boy Enters Lion’s Cage To Pay For Operation To Cure Cripple Sist< London,—A modern Daniel who dared the terrors df a lion’s den has been found in Alfred Garcia, a 16-year- old messenger boy, Alfred did not yisl? his life for his faith, but he put it in jeopardy for the sake of his lit' tie sister, in order to obtain enough money to pay for an operation to en able her to walk, Alfred’s sister had been a cripple since her birth when the boy heard that a lidn tamer offered to pay 41250 to anybody who would enter the cage with the lions that formed a big at traction of a circus then playing at Sheffield. .Nothing daunted by the distance Alfred walked to Sheffield from London, offered to accept the dare of the lion tamer, entered the Explorer Makes Plea For Eskimo Arctic Natives Dying Starvation, Capt. Munn Says i. r r- Caribou and Reindeer sential as Food for Northerners cage with several huge circus Hons and emerged unscathed t6 receive a chequo for the promised’ amount. The well known surgeon to whom the boy took the chequo and told his story refused to charge any feo for operating on the .’cripple girl &nd now, three years' after the operation, she is able to xalk for the first time since her birth. The story came to light during the visit of Prince Henry to the National Orthopaedic Hospital where the girl had been treated' since the operation. The hospital's charges tai’ exceed the 41250 which Alfred earned in the lion’s den, bat those in charge of the institution will refuse to press their claim in view of the heroic devotion shown by the brother for his baby sister. The little known area lying east of the Mackenzie River and west of Da vis Straits, wealthy in its minerals, its furs and its reindeer development was orally explored and its features of interest brought to the minds of a numerous audience by Capt. H. T. Munn, F.R.G.S., pioneer explorer of the Canadian Northwest, addressing the Canadian Club luncheon in Mont real recently. Capt. Munn also voiced a plea for measures to prevent the ex tinction of the Eskimo race in the Northwest. As a preliminary he drew attention to the huge herds of reindeer now roaming around in Alaska, all the re sult of settlement of 120 reindeer some years ago by the United States. Ccftning to the Mackenzie River terri tory, he spoke of the ravages worked by the white man in the destruction of the caribou. There were places in .which the Eskimo natives were dying of starvation to-day because of the ex termination of the caribou. The carb bou was the most important animal to Ilie Eskimo, because it not only sup plied food but clothing of the best kind for the Eskimo. Fur Stations. He regretted the practice of fur col lecting stations giving the native a Ifigh-power rifle and telling him to go inland, shoot caribou to liye and trap as many foxes as lie could. The tem- tation of the new toy was too great for the native, and he would kill cari bou until there was no ammunition left or no caribou. This northern territory was the na tural habitat of the Eskimos. If it were to be developed as reindeer pas tyrage, or as a land of white settle ment for mineral development, the help of the Eskimo population of Bri tish ing. the out Eskimos, with great success, lieved the establishment of reinder pasturage, the settlement of the land by proper traders, the introduction of police, riiedical officers and so on, to teach the Eskimo to take^care of him self in his new condition, would do a great deal to prevent the extermina tion of the Eskimos. Present Population. The present Eskimo population of the Mackenzie River territory was about 5,500. A few years ago it was 10,000. He was .afraid the depletion of the Eskimo population was -not al together to the credit of Canadian ad- ‘ ment of the United Kingdom in 1867 ministration. Capt. Munn concluded with a series of anecdotes illustrating the sim plicity and generosity o fthe Eskimo's nature. territory was steadily dlminlsh- Ile pointed to experiments which Danish Government had carred in protection and education, of He i)b- The War In China ■4 HELPING THE CHINESE “White” Russians, refugees from the Bols'beviki, manning artillery the defense of Shantung, China, agaiust the souther Nationalists amiy from Nanking. Canada to Have All Red ’Phone for James J. Montague. Long years ago I learned to^sow The seeds in their appointed places, ♦ t & Cross Continent Telephone smiled to see the plantlings show System to Be Built at | Within a week their cheery faces. Once But when they withered over night I I learned that I could never growSaint John, N.B.—A decision to join ■ ’em with the Bell Telephone Company of Unless I toiled with main and might Canada in the construction of an all-1 ' ' Canada telephone line 3 from Saint John to Montreal, which next year will be part of an “all-red” direct through connection by telephone from the Atlantic to Pacific, was reached at the regular quarterly meeting of the board or directors of the New Brunswick Telephone Company, Ltd., held n their offices here recently. The New Brunswick Company expects to expend approximately $80,000 in its part of the work. There will be threo copper circuits in this line, so that ample facilities will be provided for people in Eastern Canada to talk through from Halifax to Sudbury, Ontario, without having to use lines running through the United States. At present, all calls between Saint John and Montreal go via Boston. Early ill the spring, the, Bell Tele phone Company will commence the construction of a copper circuit from Sudbury to Winnipeg to connect with the Manitoba telephone system. This, in pul’ll; will connect, with tho Sas katchewan system and, further, with the system in Alberta. A copper cir- cult will be erected next spring on G.P.R. telegraph poles, linkihg up the Alberta system with British Columbia and giving direct through connection from Halifax to Vancouver. To hoe ’em. i i Next season I attained this art, I hoed the things through sun and shower, And with a glad and hopeful heart I watched them come to perfect flower. ' But lo, they dropped upon the dirt And I, each season growing wiser, Discovered that they needed fert ilizer. I fertilized the following year, And my tomatoes, I remember, Thrived healthily and flourished clear Until the fifteenth of September. Then bugs swept down upon the lot And I was powerloss to stay 'em; They ate my plants, for I’d forgot To spray ’em. There’s always something I forget, Each year I’ve toiled and moiled and panted Around that garden patch, and yet I’ve never reaped where I have planted. think perhaps the soil might give A fair return from my endeavor If I could find some way to live Forever. ' > —----------------— .. -He—“And why do you think I am such a poor judge of human nature?” She—“Because you have such a good opinion of yourself.” I /■ * Canadian Senate May Be Reformed Mackenzie King Believes He Is Warranted in" Working Out His Theories L. Mackenzie King, Prime Min- of Canada, had two,thoughts in principally in calling the recent of Provincial Premiers. due the are Mr. but Successful Cruise in Canadian Arctic TT1 W. ister mind conference He desired an expression of opinion on the advisability of reforming the Senate, which is the Upper House of the Canadian Parliament; and he sought the views of the provincial governments on the proposal that Canada should assume the right to amend her own constitution—which is contained in the British /North America act as passed by the Parlia- When a party is in office for a long term, it builds up a Senate majority which can be overcome, when in course the Opposition becomes Government, only as vacancies created by death. Senate reform has been in King's platform for some years., it has not gone beyond the stage of academic debate. There have been many tentative schemes for creating an Upper House more responsive to public opinion. ‘'Rather curiously there is no serious demand for its abolition, but^ there is a widespread feeling that appointments should be for a limited period, possibly eight or ten years, and that a system might be evolved which would make it more literally representative of national learning and culture. It is believed Mr. King has, some plan of this sort in his mind. The Link With London This subject is linked with the British North America act because, under our present Constitution and i practice, the Senate cannot be recon- ! structed without the sanction of the ! British Parliament. The Mother of and since amended some seventeen times. Oil neither question were the delegates unanimous, but at the close of the sessions, Mr. King said he had, received sufficient support to warrant • his Government in proceeding to work ■ out his theories. These are questions j "**>■*«“ of first importance in the logical re-! Parliaments never has refused an of- volution of our national status, and finial request from Canada for a con- perhaps worthy of a little explanation. ] stitutional amendmen^and. the B.N.A. Appointed for Life The Senate in many ways is mod eled upon the British House of Lords. Senators field oflice for life—and one of them recently ^observed his 100th ; birthday. It was the theory of the Fathers of Confederation that they] should be appointed from the elder j statesmen of the nation, representing] the highest types of national life.; Actually they,are named by the party! in power from 4ts party friends-, and • if they possess any qualifications for. public service superior to those ' of plain Members of Parliament it is- be-] cause they have passed to a realm j where they are secuie—at $4,000- a year—against the .uncertainties of elections and the humors of the peo ple. The Senate cannot initiate legis lation having to do with public fina nce, nor interfere with the Govern?., ment’s budget proposals, but if it hap^ pens—as at this- time—to have a maj ority of a political faith- contrary to that of the Administration it can, and sometimes does-, play havoc with other details of legislative programs. particular, Quebec, the French-Cana dian Province, expressed hostility to any action which might deprive her powerful minority of their rights of language and customs guaranteed by the Act of Confederation. Quebec sees in th© patriarchal Senate, for In stance, a stout -safeguard against radicalism, and in the British Parlia ment a guarantee that the rights secured in 1867 will not be sacrificed on the altar of nationalism. Not lightly will she surrender .either bul wark of her ancient institutions, and if Mr. King can evolve a formula to allay her alarm and, at the same time, capable of meeting the demands of the newer Provinces for a fuller meas ure of national self-expression, he will have accomplished a neat job of diplo macy and statesmanship. As a matter of fact, these two Is sues are of concern mainly in political circles and there is little evidence that the general public are disturbed to any considerable extent. There is- a wing of the Liberal Party, largely confined to the Western Prov inces, which would cut us loose from allties with Britain ^-except stidhi as are Implied in formal allegiance to a common sovereign through the Gov ernor General, his personal^ repres entative in the Dominion, 5 This sec tion of political thought would abol ish the-right of appeal Council—the traditional Throne”—and proposes Canadian flag. It is a and illustrative of the innate stabil-j lty of the Canadian system, that these act is not in any sense a restriction on Canadian liberty, but there is a section of opinion Which considers it humiliating that even in a formal sense, we should have to approach London for authority to amend the basic law under which the nine Provinces- entered into the Dominion. Mr. | views found no expression nor any support in the conference of premiers and cabinets. Kii?g, It is ^understood, proposes a compromise which would give the Do minion official, as she now has actual, control over her own Constitution within certain limitations. In an is sue affecting the rights of minorities or Provinces it would be possible to make an amendment only with the un animous approval of all provincial Governments; in matters concerning trade, taxation and the general busi ness of the nation the approval of a majority of the Provinces would suf fice. .. In a general way the Western Prov inces were in favor of reforming the Senate and of Canada taking to her self full powers over the Constitu tion; the East, traditionally more con servative, hesitated to venture from the security of accepted paths. In to the Privy “Foot of the a distinctive notable fact,,......................i TREATS HIM LIKE THAT “You know Jerry that wife of mine leads me a dog’a life.” “How do yuh figure that, Joe?” “Well, only this mornln’ ehe told me I was sufferin’ from distemper.” Government Ship Boethic Patrols Arctic Waters Under Difficulties Ottawa.—Canada’s j.927 patrol, the Canadian Arctic has been marked success, Carried put under most unusuabice and weather condi tions*—such as the oldest Arctic navi gators now in service have seldom ex perienced—the cruise was completed within the schedule time of 51 days. At Lake Harbor, on Baffin Island, a new post was also established. Continuous fogs, coupled with the prevalence of easterly 'winds and gales instead of northwest winds usual In the summer, made navigation of the official party’s ship—the SS. Boethic—extremely difficult, In the patrol of the Arctic waters north of the magnetic pole this condition was especially true. Here the navigators had to find their way by judgment born of experience. Here too, the easterly winds packed the ice in dense inasses along the east coast and in the bays and inlets which pre cluded the drifting of the vessel to ward the middle of Davis Strait. Yet combatting the elements suc cessfully the Boethic slowly plowed her way into the Port of Godhaven, Greenland, on the afternoon of July 23. There the official party was re ceived by Governor Rosendahl of Greenland and Mrs. Rosendahl. Many Greenlanders took advantage of the occasion to visit the ship, where mov ing pictures of previous expeditions and of Canadian scenes were shown. Practically all the islands in the Canadian Arctic archipelago were visited and posts were revictualed. The only part of the program which could not be completed was the pro posed visit of the Canadian Govern ment cache on Melville Island. Aban donment of this call was necessitated owing to the complete closing of Bar row Strait by ice. Plenty of Food. Eskimos at the posts and villages visited were in good health. Hunting it was found had been good in the year since the previous inspection and the natives were generally well sup plied with food and clothing. Dundas Harbor, on Devon Island, was visited on July 27. In addition to the usual supplies, materials were left at this port to enable a detach ment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to complete repairs to post buildings which has been unroofed about a month previously in the worst region. Passing southeast it was found that ice blocked .the way. Moving up northward into Smith Sound, Etah, on the Greenland coast, was first touched, and t^ien a dash— the most anxious piece of the voyage —was made across the sound to Bache Peninsula. The ice was crowd ed back into the fiords and inlets ow ing to heavy east winds but eventual ly the post at Bache Peninsula was reached in safety. Landing her supplies speedily the Boethic, under steam, headed for Rice Strait, which connects Buchanan Bay with Smith Sound. Continuing her cruise by way of Craig Harbor the ship’s head was finally turned to the east, and after touching at Port Leo pold and Arctic Bay she proceeded to Pond Inlet. A call was then made at Clyde Inlet and then the course of the Beotheic was directed to Lake Har bor, on the south shore of Baffin Is land, where the new post was estab lished. Three days were spent at Lake Harbor and the vessel, calling at Port Burwell, completed her voy age by returning to North Sydney, Lady Iveagh British By-ElectionJ-J. w I storms ever known on to Craig Harbor, shore *of Ellesmere N.S. Of a one of in the on the Island, Another Woman Member Added to Those Already in British House of Comm6n?i London—The Southend parHapocen- tary by-election has resulted la » triumph for the Conservatives and It Is also notable as raising the nutnbtsr of women member® in the House of Commons to seven, The Countess Iveagh polled 21,000 votes, defeating the fciberal candidate by 1000 and Labor by 16,000, which, though slight- ly Jess than what was done by Lord Iveagh (then Viscount Elvedon) at the last elections1, nevertheless wan unexpectedly a considerable victory, as by-elections In Great Britain art usually difficult for the member® of the party In power. Labor and Liberals console them selves with the fact they have slight ly improved thei rrespectlve positions In a predominantly middle-class com stltuency, which Is regarded as one of the Government’s strongholds-, The Daily Herald, the Labor organ, discussing the election figures, claims that although the Liberal votes were 1000 more than in the 1024 contest In. this constituency, they arq 3000 fewer than in 1923, when Labor was not represented. Lady Iveagh makes1 a notable ad- to the already distinguished of women members- in the of women members In tha of Commons. She has proved dltion group group House herself an effective speaker and it lit recalled that as secretary to her father, the late Earl Onslow, ex-Gov- ernor-General of New Zealand, she has acquired a knowledge of public affairs which should render her R valuable colleague to the Duchess or AthoH. Mrs. Hilton Philipson, Vis countess Astor, Mlssi Margaret Bond field, Miss Ellen Wilkinson and Miss Susan Lawrence who have won re markable respect both for themselves and for th6 women's viewpoint in of the most critical assemblies in world. Allenby Praises Cavalry one th< — The cavalry's wartime has been diminished, but indispensable, Field? Mar- Allenby declared at a dln- Old Comrades Association Says It is Still Indispensable, Though Less Useful London. ■ usefulness it is still shall Lord ner of the of the Royal Bucks Hussars. Ho described the work of cavalry in the Palestine Campaign at the charge of El Mughar, which, he said, cut the Turkish Army in two and captured 2,000 prisoners and a large number of guns. “Whatever pacifists say,” he de clared, ‘we have not done fighting. If we have countries airy.” another war, there will be where we must have cav- .---------------------------------------- Worth Trying. Trans-Atlantic travel would be quite a bit more comfortable If a way could be found to supply short wave lengths to the ocean. The collegiate three-letter man is not so designated because he. has mas tered the three It's. New Cook—“The mistress must be an optimist.” Parlormaid — “How’s that?” ‘She planned the menus with me for a whole month.” We are all waiting to read about tho man getting arrested for speeding on his way to church in order to get there in time. First Tramp—‘I see you’ve got your golf socks on to-day.” Second Tramp —“What do you mean by golf socks?” “Why, they have 18 holes, haven't they?” Campaign to Draw Youths From Cities“ADAMSON’S ADVENTURES”—By O. Jacobson 0 Scotch o*. Wh • * V ’ "V relatives.” they’re all side.” f.• £ CLOSE RELATIVES has S h’UihErf Perth, W. Aust.—Means for asslst- g British emigrants to become suc cessful farmers were discussed at a largely attended conference of coun try representatives of the New Set tlers’ League. The Governor, Sir William Campion, in opening the first meeting, said that a vigorous policy of decentralization was desirable throughout Australia, and an effort should be made to induce the men— especially the young single men—to go into the country. It was explained in the speech by the Minister for Lands that great haste is being made by the Govern ment to make land available to the young men of the State, and to emigrants. EVery available surveyor is engaged on new country and the work is proceeding as rapidly as pos sible. --------------.j,------------- The poet and ornithologist Differ in ways absurd. One writes—“The bird is on the wing” The other answers—“No such thing! The wing is on the bird.” ‘‘If your grey-haired wife shows up one day with auburn tresses, ask na questions,” advises a speaker. Suf ficient unto the dye is the evil there of” "I understand he of close "Yes; father's On a corner plot of land in Erding- ton, Birmingham, is a notice board announcing that this particular area of land has been reserved as a site for a church', toward® the cost of build* Ing which an appeal for funds is made. Just recently another placard has been displayed in close proximity to the other. It reads: “Don’t worry; it may never happen.” ----------$—-------- A little village in Massachusetts had a farmer who owned a mule, and set great store on. this rare-in-Now- England animal. Ono day the mule disappeared, and after a vain search the owner offered a dollar Toward for it. The village laokwit an hour later appeajpd isndin.g ££»£ After handing over lhe dollar, tho dWW, OurltfUSf to know how it was ffonoj &gkQil the fffid er tho secret* ■ *'Wa:al,,r Replied the mentally doftoL ent one, “I just thought where would I go it I wuz a mule, an’ I went there* aa’ he