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Guarantee& against inferno must be would mean pine hulls out of Maty -
asked at this .Conference, rad we can-
not doubt that ao far as paper,
can provide them they will' be given,
At present evenon paper no guaran-
tees exist except what are implied
and we 'do not underestimate it -by
the absolute renunciation of war un-
der Article II. of the Kellogg Pact,
There, are, however, such things on
record as till "Root Resolutions,"
which have never been ratified by
France. Why? These Resolutions.
were intended to form a part of 'the
rest. They were inirodueed by that
great veteran of law and wisdom, Sen-
ator Elihu Boot. Amongst other
things these articles prohibited at-
tacks on any •merchant chips what-
ever by submarines.
There is no more indispensable pro-
vision in connection with the Kellogg
'Pact, and the accepted "outlawry of
war" by tete whole world, At Wash-
ington, in February, 1922, just eight
years ago, the Root Resolutions were
signed by all the delegates, including
the representative: of France. But
from that time to this they never have
been ratified by France herself. They
are consequently null and veld. The
extraordinary position at this moment
is that there ie no legal protection for
the shipping and trade of any country
against indiscriminate destruction by
submarines Into this insufferable
situation the interests of all maritime
Peoples in the world Have been
brought by the logic of one people in-
. sisting on complete Armed Security
for herself without any normal regard
for the logic and security ot others.
It follows that two things are re-
quired. First, the agreement of the
French delegation to ratify those ar-
ticles •of the Root Resolutions which
in our later language "outlaw" the as-
sassination of merchant ships; and,
eight, or nearly a fifth part of the
Whole bulls of metal now embodied in
the musters. Nor need it end there.
For the purpose' of bringing the Con-
ference ;to a removable triumph In
every chief respeot, .the three battle-
ship Powers might well agree to scrap
within the reit half -decade twice as
much as they already contemplate.
Detaiis about the future of cruisers,
both .large ,and small, -are about the
future of destroyers,involve natty
cross -arguments which are exoeeddng-
ly important: We cau,tot go into
those details now. As regards Britain
and America alone, settlement on the
'basis of parity is ensured on thorough-
ly reasonable and considerable lines
with . regard to cruisers,' as 171 ,every
other respect. Mr. Stimeon's state-
ment means president Hoover's fair
deal, and there could not be a fairer
deal. • We still quite decline to be-
lieve that Japan by insisting upon one
ten -thousand -ton cruiser more, will en-
tangle the whole proceedings; instead
of -following Bismarck's advice and
reinforcing the imponderabilia of Se-
curity by a further gain of both Am-
erican and British good -will.
The American and British proposals
for the sweeping reduction of battle•
ship strength forthwith are a tremend-
ous example of moral and practical
courage in the cause of Naval disarm-
ament." V9111 France make an equal
response by reducing her submarine
programme and agreeing to prohibit
absolutely the use of that arm for the
destruction of merchant shipping, Or
will she insist upon a logic1of Armed
Security, which is becoming more and
more incompatible with the security
of many other nations, and conflicts
with tits world's urgent opinion and
its rising causes?-14loutreai Standard.
'secondly, the actual and adequate re- Remarkable Showl
duction of the total French submarine
program, with specific limitations as
to numbers and sizes.
We repeat our hope that of those
two points, the first will be amicably
secured. France can have no interest
itt resisting the overwhelming opinion
of the world. For it the Conference
failed on the submarine question that
opinion world have to be organized.
In due course, every signatory to the
Kellogg Pact would have to be in-
vited to sign the anti-submarine 'ar-
ticles of the Root Resolutions. BY no
The Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege is Teaching Practical
Show Work to the Stud-
ents Which Should
be of Great Value
in the Future -
During the past few years a new
feature of unusual interest in the
educational work of the College has
been developing. This is an annual
possibility can this part of the ques- exhibition known as the College
Mon be allowed to remain where it Royal. The show is staged entirely
by the students, and year by year It
is improving to rapidly that it is be-
ginning' tt attract the attention of
the people of the province as it sure-
ly should,
As its name Indicates, it is a sort
of miniature Royal Winter Fair, and
its purpose is to develop in the stud-
ents theability to plan and supervise
a fair, and to properly prepare and
exhibit all kinds of live -stock and
other farm products, as well as to
stage educational exhibits along Use
lines of country Iife.
This year's College Royal was held
on Tuesday, March 4th, and proved
a real revelation, not only to the visi-
tors wile came, but also to the in-
structora and students themselves.
The way most of the live animals
were exhibited would certain';, have
done credit to the great Royal at To-
ronto, and several of the educational
exhibits were good enough to be real
attractions at any of the large shows
of the continent,
In the livestock classes prizes were
not awarded on the merits of the ani-
mals, but on the proficiency of the
exhibitors in preparing and exhibit-
ing
xhibiting their entries, and this was so
uniformly well done tient the judges
a most cases found it very hard to
make awards.
The flours Economics students as
well as the Agricultural students are
involved in this unique show. An
to develop her submaein.. war, se far educational exhibit placed by the girls
Britain will be compelled to multiply
and improve destroyers. No option
would be left to this country. Up to
now, otir neighbors, in reply to every
suggestion forreducing the numbers
and stanjlatcliting the types of sub-
mariues, could point to Me Amei'ica:n,
British and Japanese monoppiy of
giant battleetlips, At last, that par-
ticular ground of objection has been
ewcpt away.
Fiero are coma back to the now and
drastic polies of scrapping the sea -
'castles most distinctly declared by the
American Secretary of State, though
Mr, Ramsay 'MacDonald and the Brl-
now stands.
But that is not enough. Submarines,
of alt naval weapons, cannot bo ec
empt from reduction all round with
complete elimination of the competi-
tive element. Without tough difficulty
sulitcteut success in this direction will
not be secured. France will not only
reject on military grounds the British
and American arguments for abolish-
ing the submarine. One, the famous
"global" principle, France claims the
elastic right to allocate a large mar-
gin of tonnage either to one type or
another as site may deem well, Her
naval policy still is to create a domin-
ant submarine force. We understand
the argument. But there one -logic
meets a larger logic Rrmly represent-
ing, as we said, the general interest 01
all maritime peoples. In international
affairs, as in natural affairs, the logic
of a largo majority cannot be expected
always to give way to a minority, no
matter how convinced, cogent and
tenacious.
Elasticities of transfer within the
"global" system of total tonnage 6o
as to enable the most sinister type of
naval weapon to be increased though
other types might be diminished this
la a most dangerous principle. It
strikes at the very roof of a main ob-
jert ot the Conference—eradicating
naval competition. For example, so
far as France at the end remainsfree
won second prize, end in some re•
spects Was superior to the first. For
this exhibit a light frame structure
containing two rooms of equal size
was set up, The first room had
dingy, bind -green walls, broken plast-
er, an old•fashioned, high-backed bed,
and a dickety home-made 9taild. It
well deserved the title with kung
above the door—"Why Girls Leave
Home". The second room was tast-
ily but very inexpensively decorated
in a color icitem° of ivory and rose
which was carried out in the wall-
paper, furniture, and drapes. Dyed
flour sacks were used in making the
lisle government aro well known to be
drapes for dressing tale, window seat,
in absolute harmony. The original and wardrobe. Au old Mended rug
idea, though good in itself, was tat was dyed to match the drapes. On
the walls were a few
doss sweeping and trenchant than magaslne pith
is now rfferecl. Under the terms
of the Washi-,gtoti Treaty alt the float-
ing fortresses, forty-eight of them,
now possested by America, Britain
and : japan, were to be abolished by
1943; but other Gollalhs, equally large
and more destructive, as embodying
,the ceaseless progress of naval
science, were to ioplacethetn. The
Conference orenecl •'with a general
willingness on the -part of. the Ameri-
can cieiegatlon, quickly reciprocated
by Great Britain, to prolong the legal
life of the naval Auaktm and to sus-
• pend all replace..ient until 1936,. when,
,at another conference, the whole clues•
tion-of'the future Of 'battleships would
.be freely re -mashie: ct in relation to
political civetunstances at the time
and to the advances of naval tech-
,,nique in the interval. TMs by itself
.was a great tint 0. The financial say
Tighter Watch
On All Liquor
Being Planned.
Dlsquietening News from U.S.
Border Officials Received
that Speedy Boats Aimed
to' Intercept,Smugglera,
Leaving Canadian
Side of Boundary
END OF SMUGGLING
With reports from Ottawa indicat-
ing that the proposed bill proltibiti:hg
clearances of liquor sblpme'lts from
Canada to the United States' mill be
carried succeesfully, tate is 'further
news of an extremely disquietening
nature to those assooiated with the
"liquor rings" across the internation-
al boundary, .
• It was based on a report from Cleve..
land, Ohio, that .a giant cordon of
"mother ships" with schools of small
speed boats plyin; between, will be
stretched lengthwise through the cen-
tre of Lake Brie this spring in a new
attempt to block the flood of Canadian
liquor pouring into the United States,
Just what this means to this inter-
ested in the liquor business here is
indicated in the fact that, even. if the
Government's proposal to ban clear•
anees of whiskey to the United States,
proves a taillike, and liquor is still per-
mitted to be cleared uucler export for
the United States, rum -runners are
still confronted with the possibility of
having their wares stopped half way
across the international boundary
line,
Whether or not the Government bill
will be passed, of course, remains to
be seen, but the fact remains that
whatever happens, United States au-
thorities are tightening up their bor-
der patrol and are aiming themselves
more- strenuously than ever against
the inroads of the smugglers.
One thing is certain, however, those
in touch with the situation claim, and
that is the fact that if the bill is pass-
ed, liquor prices across the border
will go skyrocketing overnight. •
Although liquor made' in Canada is
still plentiful across the border rum-
runners will have very reason to
boost their prices it rho bill is carried,
"risks," etc., they will claim, warrant -
lag any increase. And with the Uni-
ted States' customers demanding their
liquor, it is quite certain that what-
ever prices are asked on this side of
the boundary they will willingly be
paid.
The news that the United States
was preparing to tighten its patrol,
was still afore disqutetening when it
became known that the plan accord-
ing to Arthur P. Fenton, U.S. Com.
nlissfonet of Customs at Cleveland,
calls for the removal of the ram-
chasing activities of the coastguards
and allied patrols from the harbors
and rivers of the American shoreline
to the international boundary out on
the lake. To do thin, all the nine
coastguards districts, it is reported,
will be uuided into into front against
the smugglers.
Reports from Cleveland state that
the "A:otlter ships" are to be the 75 -
foot oruisers, These will be station-
ed at approximately 10 miles anchor-
age along the watery border line. Be-
tween these ships, the small speed
boats wilt keep a constant patrol on
the lookout for raft laden with Can-
adian liquor, each ship being in con-
stant communication with the others
and the shore,
Word of all boats leaving Canada
laden with liquor will be wired head -
quartet's at Cleveland and the informa-
tion will be relayed to the cordon.
There are now 34 small picket boats
In service; Fenton states, and to these
will be added 15 new 32 -foot cruisers
capable of attaining a speed of 50
miles an hour.
As yet the Canadian shore is ice-
boundl but as soon as the Ice breaks
up the war will be en,
' Vaslitugtoa_ Passage of the pro-
posed Canadian law which would ban
clearance of liquor cargoes to any
country which forbids such importa-
tion, would end all important liquor
smuggling on the Great Lakes, but
would increase activities of this kind
all along the Atlantic seaboard, ac-
cording to Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Seymour Lowman, in charge
of Customs and coastguard services.
He also believes that It wduid do
away with the need for any great in-
crease in the matter of men for the
consolidated border. patrol, which has
tures mounted on white cardboard.,
Tile high head -pieces of the bed was
cut down ,to o more modest and usable
height, and the beet given a coat of
ivory paint. A common chair was
brought up from the kitchen, painted
to match the bed, and decorated with
a small design 'in, harmonizing Wore.
The room looked extremely attractive
and tasty, and the entire caceli cost
was only $4.23.
• 'Tills exhibit constituted a very
striking lesson in taste and ecenocnr,
yet it stood second to the Canadian
Bacon Exhibit set up by the studeuts
of Aminal Husbandry,
We predict great things for the fu-
ture of tete C. liege !loyal.
Di. C•Css1S Appointed
Manager Ott 4; 6np
Chicago. — Dr. Frederick A. Cool,
;ing to America, Britain and. Japan who won transitory fame in the Arctic
•would have been over 8200,000,000, and paid fora misstep by spending
otherwise bound to be spout by them five years in Leavenworth peniten-
tiary, started hie 'atome back" recent-
ly with the cheers of 900 boys ringing
in his ears. •
-
Ite has acoepted a post as Darman -
eat physical director of the 'Soya'
Brotherhood, Itepubllc 'and will direct
portion of their existing•battleship the organization's summer camp at
fleets, The prodesa will go on as fast Burlington, Wis,
as the Admiralty can manage it, This The 05-year•old man straightened
country at present has two more bat- his shoulders and smiled when the 900
tleships than the United States, and `boys shouted their confidence in litre
must do most for parity. By trext as he was 'made a life member of their
autumn at furthest 'Blithe¢ would organization: Only two persons have
6cree five ot her ss -castles, _America been so honored in the past, Mss. 'War -
three,, an lsee t onalone shall Field and President Root volt.
,on "replacement" between 1034 and
1937
New comes the greater lead, If the
whole .Conference reciprocates in
ether ways, America`and Britain will
begin this year to scrap a large pro-,
ThrLate Earl Balfour
For whom an Empire mourned and the civilized world paid eulogies.
been proposed to Congress by Presi-
dent Hoover,
"Passage of the Canadian Anti -
Liquor Clearance Act, which I under-
stand is expected to be accomplished
by Easter, will greatly lighten the
work of the customs and coastguard
services on the Great Lakes," he said.
'This has already been, shown by the
fact that on the Dominion shores op-
posite Detroit and Buffalo, the ware-
houses are being cleaned out of what
liquor they have on band and are not
restocking. This indicates that the
Canadian liquor dealers who have
been shipping to the United States
are assured that the anti -clearance
law will be passed.
"At the present time we have about
200 men in tine Detroit area ail about
150 in .and around Buffalo. I doubt 1f
these forces will be materially re-
duced for some little time, but these
men will have alt opportunity to pay
more attention to other work, and this
wilt enable them to handle a large
part of the tasks for which President
Hoover asked an increase in the per-
sonnel of the consolidated border
patrol he suggested to Congress.
"Another effect which the passage
of this act will probably have will be
increased efforts to snuggle Con.
adieu liquor to this country via the
French ports of St. Pierre and Mique.
Ion, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence,
At the present time these two places
are the bases from which the greater
amount of liquor illicitly entering this
country comes. The Great Lalces sit-
uation being well in hand, and with
the coastguard relieved of its concen-
trated patrol of the inland waters, it
will be able to handle this situation
far better, without any great increase
in personnel.
Petty Stuff Only
"The passage of this act will mean
that smuggling ou the Great Lakes
and its tributary water will be cons
tined to petty stuff. In the past the
run -runners could take their boats up
to export docks and load them with
scores or hundreds of cases of whisItY.
Now they will be compelled to rely
upon the liquor stores run by the
various Canadian provinces, and can
only make their purehasos by the
case at the most and thea at far high-
er prices than they have paid in the
past.
"Perhaps more important than any-
thiug else wilt be the fact that a con-
tinual source of friction between the
two countries will be removed and this
country will do Its part to ratty the
Dominion for Ito action by halting,
where possible, all smuggling from
this country to Canada." •
Ile: "Am I the first man you have
ever kissed?" She: "Of 000180! Wity
do all men ask tho same question?"
In a certain club they own an ab•
normally slow card player, His part-
ner once observed, "Iixeuse me but is
this Auction Bridge or Suspension
Bridge?" •
Theory Discounted
on. Vo Massey
Y
Tide of Auto Travel Not Due
• to Prohibition
Washington.—Hon. Vincent Massey,
Canadian Minister to the United
States, discounted the theory that pro-
hibition is responsible for the tide of
automobile travel into Canada from
the United States.
In an address before the anneal con•
ferenca of the United States Automo•
bile Association and Motor CIub ex-
exutives the Canadian Minister assert.
el that considerably more cars per
capita come from Canada into the
United States than move north into
the Dominion. During 1929, ,he said,
more than 900,000 motor ears crossed
the line moving south, while 4,500,000
cars drove into Canada,
"To come up to our standard as
visiting neighbors in proportion to
population," he continued, "I must
politely point out that you will Lave
to send us 7,500,000 cars.
I have suggested the motor car as
a very potent factor in international
relations, The automobile is now en-
gaged the world oyer in crossing boun-
daries, reminding its passengers of
different characteristics which mark
People on both sides, and giving them
synipathetia appreciation of why such
differences exist"
British • ' ths
Come to Canada
Montreal.—Juvenile immigration to
Canada was inaugurated for 1930 dur-
ing the week -end when the first par-
ties of British youths for Canadian
farms landed at Halifax, haying been
brought forward under the auspices of
the Canadian National Railways. Two
parties, totalling 46 boys, reached
Halifax during the week-aud, and will
be placed on fasts in Ontario by the
British Immigration and Colonization
Association,
These boys have been specially se-
lected from various parts of the Bri-
tish Isles, by the Juvenile branch of
the colonization offices of the Cana-
dian National Railways in London aud
represent a splendid type of British
youth eager to bettor themselves by
gradually winning ownership of land
iu Canada.
Juvenile immigration Is one of the
most promising` features of coloniza-
tion. at the present time. Last year
some 1200 youths were brought to
Canada ander the auspices of the
Canadian National Railways, the
majority of whom are making good on
farms throughout Ontario province.
There was never yet a truly great
man that was not at the same time'
truly virtuous.—Benjamin Franklin,
Gandhi's Campaign/
Doomed to Failure
Calcutta' Business Man Sees
Indian Independence as Re-
Mote—Caste System Too
. Rigid to Permit of
New Status
Independence or even us Dominion eta -
lawns for Ied o
remote indeedndiawiisby,d8. Klemis,claretCalcuttabevery
business man, in an interview,
Mr. Klemis has resided tor the past
five years in Calcutta and is engaged
in the cotton industry. He is on his
way to Europe.
"While crossing Canada have been,
astonished to see the amount of pub-
licity your papers give Mahatma
Gandhi;" remarked Mr. Klemis. Gand-
hi receives very little notice in India
and even in the vernacular prose he
is given very little prominence. The
amount of publicity given to the In-
dian Nationalist leader in newspapers
in this country is out oa ail proportion
to his importance," Mr. Kiemis, said.
It is generally felt among Euro-
peans in India that the viceroy has
been rathertoo hasty with his declar-
ation that India would be• given Do-
minion status just as soon as expedi-
ent," Mr, Kinds said.
Failure is Sean
"My belief is that India will have
to wait many years before •site can
attain to that political standing. -And
Gandhi's campaign for Indian inde-
pendence is doomed to failure. In-
dians themselves recognize that.
"The independence of India will
never be an accomplished fact. be-
cause the caste system of the country
Is too rigid," Mr. Menne explained.
"Solidarity of the people of India will
never be attained on account of the
c. r;' M, Klem
addedaste, "thesystem.mostMoreovepowerful elementrinte
the country are the Indian. princes
and they certainly do not want Indian
independence as. it would• terminate
their rule and put an end to their
sources of wealth which is the land.
Real Danger
"The real danger in India is from
Communist propaganda," Mr. lilemis
said. "Soviet agents infest the coun-
try and only last year stores of arms
were discovered In Meerut. 'It will be
remembered that the stimulus for the
Indian mutiny centred i0 Meerut.
Communist plotting in India never
gets into the papers," Mr. Mends re-
marked, "and 'his is infinitely more
important than Gandhi's disobedience
marches and other campaigns for In-
dian independence."
Mr. Kiemis remarked also that ho
had recently been in Shaugltai for a
short time. Shanghai, he said, had
completely returned to normal, since
the Nationalist disturbance^ of two
years ago. There was no suggestion
of ever ceding the concession to
China. Capital is pouring into the
great port anal that Is an indication of
the cotrfldence felt in the future of
Shanghai, Mr. Klemis said.
—a --
Prince Looking For
White Rhinoceros
Heir to British Throne Snaps
EIephants With Camera
1lfasindi, Uganda.—Despite terrific
heat the Prince 01 Wales has walked
long distances to film elephants in
their native haunts, He obtained
splendid pictures of elephants in close
quarters in the thick bust: of the lake
Albert and White Nile dlstrtcte. '
Sir W. p'. Gowers, Governor of Ugan-
da, returned from Butiaba and said
that the Prince had completely shaken
off the effects of his recent malarial
fever.
Ile has done no shooting, preferring
to operate kis motion -picture camera.
At one place he had as opportunity of
bagging a big Weiser but he merely
took a Rim, saying he did not care to
shoot autunite if he had not worked
hard in it stern chase.
The royal camp has moved further
dow ntlte Nile and will soon proceed
to a rhino camp, whore the Prince
hopes to snap white rhinoceros. Then
the party will prove to the Congo,
visiting the .Pygmy country.
Returning front the Cougo, the
Prince expects to do some, shooting in
the Mongolia district during the trip
down the Nile to Khartoum. It Is
possible that he will fly front Ichar-
tourn to Cairo,
The Training Ships of. Future Canadian Nelsons
SMART INSTRUCTION AND WORLD TRAVEL I8 TURNING OUT GOOD FUTURE OFFICERS
navyini t ouver and Champlain are seen here docked at. Miami, met:, during winter manoeuvre; in Outlier'
Canada's the topics: I•I.M.C.S, Vanc
sax_ .i 'period In the navy fits the trainees for geed berths in our growing merchant marine.
F rm Notes
Beef Grading
On hie' return from the annual meet;
ing of the Western Canada. Livestock
neon at Regina recently. lar- T. 11
Grisclale, Deputy Minister of A$,'icul-,
tare, reports keen interest in and good'
general` support pf the` beef grading;
policy inauguratoa by the Depart
Not only are the livestock men
themselves taking a real, interest in
the opportunities presented by the
naw system, but tete packing houses,
the retail stores and the consumers.
are all taking a growing interest in'
the graded beef policy.
Fon. e livestock man m
Iloi' returnsthfor better qitualityeans iivaear-
stook, for the packing house it means
.hotter business with the speculative
element reduced to a minimum, to the
housewife and the retailer it me:.. o
better relations through dealing iia
qualiyt branded products.
The new system is taking hold well.
iu the West, and as mole beef fit for
grading demes through trom the Cape.
dian livestock men graded beef watt
be better known on the eastern mar-'
ket with resultant advantages to alt
concerned,
Better Feed Standards
Better feed oats and barley 15 ae-! ..
sured by the new regulations of that
Seed Branch of the Dominion Depart -1
meat of Agriculture which require ai
more careful elimination' of weed
seeds. Under these new regulations-:
while wild oats and other grains pre -i
sent are taken into consideration, the
quality of the grain itself now maiullrr
determines the grade.
In the past there have been frequent
complaints, especially from the east-
ern feeders, of the excess of weed
seeds contained in feed grain from the
west. Under the grain iuspectionl
practices now in force even the low-
est grades of feed seed oats and bar-
ley may have not more than 3 per
cent. of weed seeds.
With this new system of inspectfoai
is operation eastern feeders will be
able to buy feed oats and feed barley.
on certificate, and with much greater'+
assurance as to the cleanliness andi
quality of the grain so purchased.
Chloken Training School
In preparhug the Canadian exhibit
for the Fourth World's Poultry Con-
gress in the Crystal Palace, London,
Eugiaud, next July, a special trainiug
school for the select poultry which
will be featured has been started.
This school at isovel and unique.
At the training centre a Canadian
specialist in the art of showing poul-
try will put sixty of the finest cocker-
els
ockerels and hens it has been possible to.
get in Canada through a short course.
in how they must act when at the.
Crystal Palace,
It is, of course, far too early to say
anything about the Canadian exhibit
for the Congress beyond the fact that
it will be fully representative of Can-
ada and will feature Canadian poultry,
in a most unusual and effective man -
nor.
Flue as the birds which have been
nelected for the Canadian exhibit now.
are, when they have finished their:
"education" they will be quite as fin-
ished and clever as birds can be. The
etiquette of the show ring will add:
much to their natural qualifications,
and the birds will add the final touch
to what will prove to be one of tate
most Interesting features at the big
show,
Plant Clean Seed
You may not always be able to at-'
ford linest quality registered seed for
planting, but you can always afford
clean seed for planting. The Seed
Branch of the Dominion Department
of Agriculture are urging the planting
of cleat' seed this year more than ever
before—Mau seed pays, particularly
with the weed menace reaching the
alarming proportions it does In many
Parts of Canada today.
There are many effective ways of
cleaning seta, depending upon the
quantity to be cleaned, location and'
equipment, In many parts of Canada
seed cleaning machinery is readily
available for the purpose, while in
others suitable screens can be adapted
to the fanning mill, and in some of the
more remote sections the old pioneer
method of ivfnd•cleaniug is always
available.—Issued by the Director of
Publietty, Dom. Department of Agri-
culture, Ottawa, Ont,
Nerve Saves Plane
Captain Kingsford Smith)
Performs Unique Experi-
ment With 'Plane
Sydney, Australia.—Capt. Charles:
Kingsford D. Smith,.the Australian ace;
who Sew from the United States to:
Australia in 1923, bas just performed]
one of the most thrilling exploits of
his careen
Ile is 0051 the director of an air-'
line. Recently when one of the com-t
pany's triple•eugined machines made:
a forced landing in a forest clearing,
near Bonalbo, Northern New Soutlr
Wales, it seemed that the plane touldi
be removed only by.being dismantled.
Smith went to the scene, repaired'
Um damaged under -carriage, tied the!
piano's tail to a tree and set his en-
gines going full speed. When the mar;
chine luted from the ground a farmer.
cut the rope and the plane flashed•
away like a rocilet,
Even'thaa tins straining plane; duck
ink atoll 4 broncho could barely- dee
above the towering forest trees. Ai.
topmost bough tore the fabric frOiril
underneath the fuselage and the ma-
chine trembled like a wounded bird.
'but it kept up and Smith got it safetyi
to the airdrome,
Magistrals: "How do you know that.
these fowls you accuse your neighbor
ot stealing, were yours?" Proseout-
ori • "They were black and white
bowie, your Honor," Magistrate:
"Wiry, that does not prove anything,
I have black ant white fowls myself
at home.;! Pr ecutor: "Yes, your
Heuer, this isn't the 'first time I've
missed tow's..