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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1928-04-19, Page 6RUSS/AN PEACE GES 111R NOT COQ lED SINCERE Good aith lzi~ a Nation Is As Essential As 'In The Private Individual and Britain Doubts Russia's Faith A THORNY OLIVE BRANCH When tweetytour nations "meet at• promote the world revolution. And' given point to discuss disarmament, now else 'eugg'ests.dlearmament-- anit the representative of one of themThe Soviet olivo'branch would ,be. lg submltd a ,comprehensive dra,£t of a mvze convnefn. v• her 'neighboi:s could be sure she did not have a were treaty for worldwide disarmament .pon concealed in the• other hand."' ,111 within four years, only to Bee the pro- the opinion of the New York Evening, poral raked tore and ;aft' because of Pest, the Litinoff proposal •was "a. •its' impraeticabitity; the Canadian teade " of newspaper dielpataitee froin Geneva naturally begins to wonder, what this dieal•lnament business is all abbut, why the Rusglan proposal to outlaw war was not eerlously con eiderod at the meeting. Only 'unseemly and' Turkey backed the attempt, of political gesture, by which Moscow .aimed to enhance its prestige as a peace -loving nation." 'The plan/bore upolt its face the marks of sincerity; admits the Manchester Union, "but the baekgrouhd .,from which it came' stamped it with':hyprocisy, for it is a im SlitvinofP head of the Soviet .stili the plan.of Moscow to promote R { a armed insurrection among the 11011008 delegation, to secure consideration of o fthe world." To lay armed insurrgce hie disarmament Proposal, we are told tion among the nations of the world."' while representatives; of Great Britain To lay down arms:. when each, a drive and tate 'United Statee riddled the' Rus- is being planned, deelarebthe Albany Mau proposal with .heavy 'broadsides Knickerbocker. Press, "would leave ot vial shot and shell, and finally the door open .to intrigue. and (Beam flank it without trace, tem." In tact conbludes'the•,Lynoh? What is the answer? The Soviet burg News: draft proposed that navies be scrap "The Soviet proposal is Tantasti'c'in pod entirely; that military establish-, the extreme. There is no compulsion mesas be reduced to purely iuternal back of the plan. All nations agree.to police forces; in short, that land, sea, disarm, and the honest plies disarm, and air fol ccs be abglished. Th i■ Is while the dishonest ones d5 not.' The the second time that Russia has made 3 resultWouldtlien`be that the pr•eda- this proposal within the last four tory *Wens .would' rule tete world. months,.:aiid the chief reason, it lies liven if all eisarmed there would be been unfavorably received, -the. ata- ' nothing to keepsone'natioe. Aon mal-. jority of English `newspaper editors ing> its police- force 'large enough to agree, is that Russia's good• faith Is overawe those who scrupulously kept questioned. To, quote M. Litvinoff: p their compact. Where there are no '';Tile Soviet ;Government does not weed. either an`arneY Or navy for ag grgssive.purposes, as we desire to res main at peace with all countries. The Scvtet Government bas interested it - sett in . the .problem , of the establish- ment of peace and the banishment frgnl international life of that scourge of humeri sieelety, war, -ever since it came into existence. '"Quite independently of the League of'Nations, and on its own initiative; 1110 Soviet Government suggested as long ago as 1922, at the first interna- tional conference at Genoa, in which it `participated, that the first question juvenated Russia?" battleships and submarines or mule - ors or warplanes, meroant vessels would be as useful in tear, if armed, as warships now. are, and the nation with the most merchant shine, and unscrupulous.-enoughmanufacture arms in secret, would be the nation that would impose its will upon the world. That being the case, absolute confidence among all the nations is essential tothe success of the Soviet program. •ltrut • where Is that 'load dente? What nation, for, instance, would- be willing to depend for :its existence upon its confidence in a re - earn a y•S For',O e,:tri Flight ' a`l(v'e to HAD TO WAIT IN'IIIELAND FOR BETTER WEATHER, CONDITIONS Th ,German.1un sere' Plane used bY' apts leoehand Baron von Huenofeld whish hoppedoff in secret, for a transatlantic flight and reached Ireland and awaits ideal. conditions 5vhteh usay come any day. • •FLOWERS and -VEGETA': g,. S+ No. 10 The "Rentetes" Garden • Even th thaant who sleeves regular- lyly on the first day of May can have a good'garden;• almost as beautiful, in fact, as the man who has been farm- ing the sante, Blot of ground for 20 years; Of'counse the man who rents his Place W111 have to do a little more planning, as he must start frogs the bottom each year, because he is forced to sfse annuals entirely. ;But there is a great variety of flowers in the latter division. It a verandah screen Is Wanted, or if one desires to cover an objectionable back fence, plant gourds, Sweet Peas, Hops, tall No- turtlums, .Morning Glories, or even. 'wild cucumber, but when the latter is used, it is advisable' to get out next winter, as title` stuff is inclined to sprenlf: Ante tine neiglibore' property. A tenant cru hardly afford to plant ex pensive shrubbery„ but he can make a braves show with groups of Sun- flowers, Cosmos, Zinnias, Salpiglossis, Castor" 011`' plants and other tall or bushy annuals. And then' tor the re - Reminiscent of The Scottish Greys RED CAVALRY, IS MADE'UP OF 01.0 COSSACK REGIMENTS Tho uniform is different to Ilia t 'v1tich was worn by the czar's forces, but titin is a typical Cossack riding (Cone, The picture, was taken at a gr eat military spectacle In and around Moscow, celebrating the 10th anniver- tary of the organization of the Red army. The pageant was soinethlug grand. diseussed'be that of general disarina- nieiit. During its ten years' existence -tile" Soviet Government has never attack- ed • ftny ttacked'any of its -neighbors, has declared nowar upon anybody, and has taken iso part lu, the warlike adventures of other States. ,Tho fact that the, Soviet Government, having leo obligatiotts whatsoever toward the League, volun- tarily cooperates with this commision, seems additional; testimony to its sin- cerity and good faith. "The Soviet Government declares it is ready to abolish all military forces in accordance with its draft conven- tion as soon as a similardecision is Passed and simultaneously carried out by other States." Count- von Bernstorff, head of the German delegation,' also remarked. during one of the stormy sessions at Geneva: 'I have been a member of this Com- mission for•inore than' two years, and on no les sthan twenty occasions have I heard it asserted here that all our work would be futile because Russia was not i'erpesented; but now Russia is here, and the Contmissien decides to do nothing." It remained •for Lord Ctfshendun, formerly Ronald McNeill, 'tinder -Sec - rotary of State for Foreign Affairs, as head of the British .delegation,' to .re• ply to the Litvisioft proposal. Said the successor of Viscount Cecil, in past: "In what spirit are these proposals made? Our object is to establish world peace on a firm basis, and I assume the desire of the-: Soviet is likewise, • \Vhat kind of peace? There ale two kinds of war; also there are two kinds, of peace. There is international war and civil was Civil war is the more herrible. "For years past the Soviet policy ex- pressed by its leaders Inas boon to pro- duce armed insurrections,* every na- tion where they" eau exerelso le- iiuencc. We must have assuranoe- given by M. Litvinoff that there is a complete change of policy. Has the One a Fake AnywaSr Diebel, Silesian Miner, Ex- plains How He Tricked Audiences .With Similar Display Berlin:—Seldom have pilgrimages in modern days reached the propor- tions of one visiting the little South German village of liohuersreuth this Eastertide. A week ago it was gen- erally auuounced that Theresa" Neu- mann, the new noted stigmatic, was bleeding more freely than ever, For a Iong time Theresa had not had her strange visitations and scof- fers charged it to the tact that much- needed repairs were being made to the most impassable roads to the ham- let and tourists were unable to pay their usual visits. however, the high- way now is in good condition and jalumed with autos, carriages, motor- cycles, vans and pedestrians, A Bishop from Munich and several aides visited I1onnersreuth•last week, but failed to reveal their impressions, The family still maihtaine that the girl has not eaten since Christmas, 1926, though during -the road building period she was reported to have re- turned to normal health with an ex• cellent appetite. Meank,g,Ile, Diebel, the Silesian miner who displayed similar stigma ticwonders in the Berlin Winter- gar, ten, has disclosed ills secret to the public, saying that shortly before hie appearance he scratched' his .flesh with his finer nails or a ,sharp iustru- ment, being careful not to cut it. On the stage, by contracting his musgles, these formerly invisible lines assumed blood -red hue and otten bled. Patriotism and Buying -- London Morning Post (Cons.):The problem 0f combining patriotism and buying is not without.its difficulties in a land. where •no.,tariff:.inumee5: of - 'talent preferences to make the' Pule' chase : of Empire products'. obligatory Soviet °ovellimont detikee q• zvre Te all except the .rich, Taste -in. all t,t ,1<e,rhffalne or-.nTi.w • iseYe }' :.$ei'1 , .xtvAL ziktS.grr yor sli>»D tu, to late.. _ . uu lis- , tions?'t past ending, and in the case o fartstic As for the ',United States,. said Amt bessador Ilugh. Gibson, Meati of the American deiegation: ~ ti llo kiterican Government believes he • Wants with little consideration of wholeheartedly that a multilateral its place of origlu, 11 patriotism and treaty outlawing war would be wel- palate clash, it is to be feared that conned by 'the whole world, and be- given human weakness, palate will Heves that such a treaty would be win. more iseeceesfnl t naftaithyii� t or1d 1 peace .than any eastente of. 1 hedge- Too Much Navy moat,' The Russian proposals • are totally out .of spirit with cin' work. 1 see 110 reaeon to vary our usual jlre- coder° in order to continue the Tam- eless discussion." peoduets and luxuries. which coudern Iho palate the purchaser will, as a general Yule, insist on obtaining what Loudon Daily Chronicle (Lib.): The Navy no longer possesses its old re - lathe importance. The late war proved it of small value as a "sword, whfel.as a "buckler" it has been large-, Russia, explains the r' St. Joseph ja snpel's(sded by air warfare. If any blows -Press, has been doing all in her Continental Power wants in,fesere tb. prover to corrupt the --armies and bring this country to its knees, it will nsvies'ef other nations; she has done be by air, not by water, that the big leer beat to' @'ow disaffection' and to attempt wil be made, gulag flower beds one can select from a list of a hundred or more, with a range of bloom. tram June until frost. Colors in the Flower Garden. It has become a popular idea to de- velop flower gardens with one pre- vailing color toe ;the majority; ot the planta in the garden beiug'In'various shades of the color favored, with a few others planted to enhance by har- monies or contrasts the general oiler plan. Blue gardens: al'o one of the, favorites for this type of planting, be- cause of the delicate and effective plantings' that may be made by em- pioyfng a few groups of pink and pale yellow.* set off the blue. While it is otten said that blue is the rarest colo} -among flowers, the list of annuals gives a 'wealth of ma- terial, starting with the Asters' in both light end dark hides, and with the Dwarf Ageratum tor an edging. Bluest of the blues is the .Cornflower, more effective for cutting than tor garden planting because of its rather medi- ocre foliage, but a mass of It makes a' brilliant blue patch. The little Swan River Daisies give dainty blue edg- ings, and the intense colors of tete dwarf Lobelias make a vivid mat or color, Of the taller. growing annuals the Larkspurs, Seabiosus, or Morning Bride and the annual Lupins Are all Ane subjects, both for ornamental plantings and for cutting. Daintiest of al blues is the Lace Flower, which has bscome'a favorite greenhouse an- nual. "Lower growing and with feath- ery foliage to add to its beauty is the old Love -in -a -Mist 'or 'Nigella. For fragrance in the' blue garden, one may rely upon the- ten weeks' Stocks which will furnish a fine show of color until the hard frosts. Lettuce. There is room in the modern garden for all three types of lettuce. The most easily grown le the leaf sort which evil giro plenty of good salad material with the minimum of effort. It should be. sown early while the weather is cool, and thinned a little for best results. All lettuce must be grown quickly and to hurry this pro - nese cultivation, nitrate 01 soda and watering when the weather is dry are advisable. Head lettuce needs to be planted ear13' and transplanted to eight inch intervals atter the plants have formed two or throe leaves. Snip off halt the leaves wllou transplanting. Between the leaf and the head typo and partaking something of the na- ture of both is the cos lettuce. An up - AirMail Service right growing.4C.form with loug narrow L ��gBeleaves, 'While self bianollhzg this pro - Will BResumed cess may be assisted by tying up the tips of outer leaves. The cos lettuce to of as line a quality as -tile head type Connections With Liners at and is an excellent substitute for gar- • Rilnouski to Be Increased dent's who have not the patience to fuss with the latter. This Summer tugs popcorn patch will be appreciated Ottawa.—With the opening of navi- gation on the St. Lawrence about the end of this month, the air mail service by • the youngsters. Leeks aro sown next mouth for ram - mer use, and in August for the Fall from R.imouskl will be resumed. Last crop, 11111. up like celery. year the service was confined to The did fashioned gunner savoury Montreal --although one trip was is an excellent' tang for stews and made to Ottawa.. This year, however, soups• there wit be an extension and both Ottawa and Toronto are included in - the ail mail pail line g s Using Air to Float The first mail liner' of the season alma er,� is expected at Riinouski on the night Sunk in Scapa Flow of April 27 or the morning of the 28th. Battleship The mail will be put on board the air- plane irplane and brought- to Montreal where tri nted'on 'planes for London: --Salvage work said to be length of 656 feet,' on her side' and to it will be re-djs btow her in this position to ,the break - delivery in Toronto and Otteww., unique in engineering history is being .. Further expansion of 'Canada's ail' carried on at Scapa L'tow by'Cox tag -up depot six utiles away. She lay mail service his contemplated and ef• " 1 'at a depth of more than eighty feet forts may shortly beamado to reach Shanke, who, having already raised Nig, Cox, describing the method of twenty-six destroyers of the German operation, said: an agreement with the United Statesfleet, are new engaged in the gigantic • "We work bypumping compressed in regard to connecting up with the g p 1 g trans -continental air lines at Albany, task of floating the battleship'Seyd- air into the ship and tet the Sarno thue N.Y. litz. filling dp withconcrete one by one Law. • The Seyditte. lay upon her side. To the openings through . which the air ;With the opening of the St. a rence navigation the winter air mail turn l:er over and raise her upright it escapes. The biggest opening we have service to Anticosti and the Magdalen has been estimated would have cost filled so far measures 44 feet by 0 feet, Islands wit be discontinued, more than $300,000—too much to gizmo, and required ten thus a$ concrete." a profit on tlte:transection. The sal- The raising of the whole German 1 still write ''ago engineers, therefore,: have work• fleet, he said, would "probably be more Mac — "Does Charlie Tom—"No, he finally mar- ed out a plan- ti' float the huge ship, than a life's work for most of us now poems?' 5_ rietl the:girl" 'weighing 2,000 tons and having a engaged on it." Boosting -Maritimes aritimes $5,500,000 ' Loan To Saint John and Halifax as Federal' Aid Ottawa,—Loans of 95,000,000 to the Saint John Harbor Board, and 9500,- 000 500,000 to the Halifax Harbor Board, .are proposed by the Federal Government. These' advances are for the purpose' of constructing such terminal' facili- ties as are necessary to properly equip both ports. The proposed roans are the first to be made to the new Board of Harbor Commissioners recently appointed at Sain John, N -B.,' and Halifax, in Ac- cordance with recommendations con- tained in the Duncan report on :Mari- time rights. Detailed pians, secifica- tions and: estimates for these works; in addition to the deposit of deben- tures of the boards to over the ad- vances will be eubjeet to. the approval of the .Governor -in -Council. Leading Lady—"I could hardly get my slippers on this morning." Chorus Girl -"«That? Swelled feet, too?" M ar Soon T i-Motarecl Monoplane, Pi- loted „le i-•Ioted-,le ;Maurice Drop- . lin,PL:xno Start Early in May 'arae eel ndic n_Cued by the failure x-ltich lose. met all.:atdaigrs wine:have ettetnpted'to`/*an the north Atlant1e, at least five expodii,one 1100 or soor- ticlit be iu preparation to challenge the ocean-, titin spring, in several iii stances plans are teeing made by con, names and pilots who wished to at- tempt the flight laet year, but were preventedby adverse weather. Most of the expeditions tltizs far. are in the formattve stage. One plane, however, alreatly is completed has been publicly shown, and soon will be- gin trial ilifzilte. it is a big tri-notor- ed monoplane, designed andebuiit by the 'twenty -three -yeas ofd engineer, Rene Conzinet. Maurice Drouhln, who 'was engaged to Pilot Charles Levine last henznmee: when Levine was planning to fly home from ,Europe,' has been selected to pilot the plane,' Drouhiu, knower as, one of the most' capable of- French': aviators; lost considerable prestige as. a result of his tilt with Levine, And since has been particularly eager for an opportunity to try tete flight. Though the crew has not been select- ed, the plane is constructed to carry, in addition to the Pilot, a relief pilot, a navigator, a radio operator and one pasnger. Tseho plane measures twenty -'seven meters from wing tip to wing tip. 11 is powered with three .motor's, each of 180 horsepower, and each In closed In a separate engine room easily accessible from the cabin. Theaviators plan ,to carry a load et 9,000 kiloe of fuel and equipment. At present •they believe it will 'be neves sarjeto use only two ot the three mo- tors after the (starting load has been diminished. A reserve motor, tbey ase is Shown a li(la's ., T -ad I Figures for <thIUMonth and Year are Issued by Walesa Ottawa --Canada's 'trade during the mown or I :Me: err, 1928, totalled •$174,- 072,098, as compared with $163,934, 30 in Jammer. Tile Febsshary tpta4 155,5 made 115 cf 988,666;198 exports, and 986,006,897 "imports, the United: Stotets., wee Qanadads best customer, the' Republic_ taking 937,016,099 worth of goods. On the other band Canada, purellaso1 from the, United 'States inning February urlicles'to the value 81 $67,931,819_ The Untied Kingdom bought $23,- 840,164 23,840,164 worth of Canadian mereendise and Canada euret1ased'4't'om Beat coun- try 'ts the extent of $13,151,404, With regard to Australia and New Zealand, the'Febs°uary, :figures allow that the former counttp' bought 91(- 008 761 1,008',761 In cosoparfson with $115,569 worth ot geode bought by Canada from Auat'tailin,:_ New Zealand, ]ibis ever, st»id• more than was bought by Olean from Gonda, the figures being 91,971,219, compared with $1,035,593. For the 12 months ending February 29,:°apaches total trade was $2,326," 957,107' compared with 92,280,086,314 for the ccrn•espomding period ending February 28, 1927. The 1928' figure's represent $1,220,838,149'in exports and 91,099,118,968 1ssirorte, believe, would 'shake their expedition' safer and more Oertatn -of success than has been the 'ease with any of the. other attempted east -to -west flights. The plane has been christened the Arc-eu'•Ciel. Trial flights are to begin within two or three weeks, from the, field a1 Orly. The French govern- ment already has asked the. Weather 'Bureau at Washington for Atlantic• weather reports to be studied; in plot- ting the flight; though It is believed the weather and winds over the ocean will not be suitable for westward fly- ing until after May '1. And These Were The People To Suggest "Down Arms" CEREMONIAL OF WORLD'S ,LARGEST ARMY Just a bit of the big parade of Russia's defenders, The soldiers of the Soviet's Red army were drawn up in lied square, in the shadow of the Kremliu, for Anal Inspection by their chiefs. "Then you deny," said the. magis- trate, "that you were'rude to the po- liceman when he asked to see your license?". "Certainly, sir," replied the motorist. "All I said was that from what I could see of him I was sure his wife would be happier as a widow." From schoolboys' science papers: The earth makes a resolution Query tetentyfour hours. Thee difference be- tween air and water is that air eau be made wetter and water cannot. Gravity is chiefly noticeable in the autumn, when the apples are falling front the trees. The Royal Oak and the. Two,Yictims Alberta Coal For Ontario Freight to Ontario Is g Subsidy Planned to Force Down Prices from the U.S, Fuer Value Is Not So High Curtailment of Shipping Sea- son Will Also Militate Against Western Commodity tons of Welsh anthracite annually. The chief object of the experiment ie. Alberta coal is to supply the On. sane market and reduce the impor- tations from the United: States. Ow- ing to the high freigh rate on the' Al- berta product and .its, interior fuel value, there appears' little chance of the American coal, either anthracite or bituminous, being supplanted In any appreciable degree in Ontario. One effect expected is a reduction in price to the Ontario conaumer of United States teal. Already there has been a substantial cut in price, What is considered a more feasible proposal is the reduction In freight rates en Nova Scotia coal to supply Ottawa.—In an attempt to give On- tate Quebec market. Increased Welsh tarfo a national fuel supply, the Fed. authraeite importations will make eral Government has inangclrated a Quebec indep�ndont of the United test on a Iaygo 'scale of bringing Al. Berta coal to the Easstern Provinces, particularly Ontario. Both Ontario and Alberta have urged such action by the Federal Government for.. some years .An exhaustive inquiry. by the Railway Commission found the out -of pocket cost to the railways moving Alberta coat to Ontario would be 7.25. The Federal Government proposed tite railways mnov,e this coal at $6.76 a ton to Toronto, and any additional cost. will be repaid to therailways by the ;Government: Coal is to be carried in train lots dtst'ing May, June and uses, so es to not interfere with the wheat movement, which begins in August and continues mill him following May. Coal on board cars at Alberta mines will cost $4 a ton, which, adil.ed to the freight (if 98.76, will land it in Toronto at 910.75. To -this must' be added the dealer's cost of distribution and profit, estimated at $3 a ton, making a total Bost to the consumer in Toronto of $13.76. American anthracite is fur- nished .the Toronto consumer at '$15 a ton, and American bituminous lcoal is sold at from $6 to $7 a ton. Thefuel value . of Alberta coal is placed at 70 per cent. of American anthracite, but Slightly higher ,than American bituminous coal. Tllera'ls also to be taken into consliderafisn the fact that all supplies of Alberta coal meet be fu Toronto not later than Augustl,' and cannot be augmented after that date until the 'following May.. Alberta coal is .also very fria- ble if left long exposed to the weath- of?, slid stetaelpsq 1iftepe tt furnace rateeand method of stoking. During the yeah' ended Feb. 30, 1928; Canada ?mported from the rutted States 8,316,177. tons ofeanthraclto, valued, at $26,004,076, and 13,132,000 tons of bituminous coal, valued at 926,- 980,894. Of the $62,000,00.0 expended by Canada for American -Coale Ontario BRITISH NAVY DISCIPLINE MAI NTAINED contributed $40,000,000. Ali other pro 1 temporarily clue to vines, 'excepting .Quebec, have a do- Comm.ancler Daniel (1) and Captafiu,Dewar (2) were best ielioved or their commauc n 1 or are eu t lied from •t criticizing t i la. in welting. the. Admiral was undoubtedly what might be, termed needs 'supply 1p aleht y 0f r n . stzcizing his Admiral at .Cul unduly g - oinin Provincee. -: Quebec receives a bull of panic: lie used his, position to unduly'abuse omntander Daniel and others. British Public opinion, it adj g Y J7 he endpay•the greatest halt its bituminous supply from Nova ve and dmiral Collard wf11 iu t o ar has'sympathy ash for' two ofAcers shoev.0 a o is• would appear,r p y- - a cceivea nearly 1,000,000 . _.. ,...._w.. ... . ._—, licotia and e..._ _., -- _ Y .. t, alt in los of nest's e. penalty y p $_ States for fuel, but few are optimistic enough to believe that tor many years Ontario will not continuo • to look across the international boundary for coal for both domestic and industrial purposes. a The Occupation of Egypt New -Statesman (London): It is futile to lose our tem1pc15 with the Na- tonaliste', and to gird at these, as som6 of our newspapers, are doing, Si' their "Omental ingratitude." Of course, we have during t'ite.peat (halt -century eon,. Stirred great benefits on Egyit., and there are few Eilyptians who ds not appreciate our servicee. Burl the benefits were atter all forced upon thein, and for our own sake as hell. an ,thetas% as they :knew very well. And, as We know very well, peoples: who are asking Lor freedom are not, easily' 'serenaded. to accept prosperity' hi'uen,ot it. Site—'I've forgotten more than yes. ever knew.' - , I3e—"I was wondering what was the!! natter with you." • _ V If the fuelleelt motor Fovea bract!- cal, the tines thing needted o Blake la,ke the automobile complete snuld be :ii, drives erless back seat: