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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1930-04-03, Page 3Sularnmines and Security. Nt Merely a Scrap of 'Paper By J. L. Garvin -sw® 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..