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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1929-08-01, Page 3Sunday School Lesson August 4. Lesson V: 13elshazzar's Feast ;(Temperance Lesson)— Daniel 5: '17-28. Golden Text—tie not drank with wine, Wherein is excess.—Ephesians 5: 18, ='.NALYSIS. I TETE ITANDWRITING ON TIIL: WALL, SI. Tour INTERPRETATION, vs, 17-31. IN'TitoDUCTION—There are two an- cient accounts of the fail of Babylon and the end of the Babylonian_ empire, with waicb the tory told in this Chapter may be compared. The first of these is foundin inscriptions of the latter part of the sixth century, 13.C., apparently contemporary with the events recorded.' According to these inscriptions Cyrus, who in B,C. 549 became king of the little country of Aushan in the southern l,ai't of Per- sia, and Who in B.C._546, or earlier, was called "king of Persia," invaded the Babylonian country .in B,.C. 538, deleatee. the army of Nabonidus, last of the icings of Babylon, captured the cities of Sipp..e and Babylon, and took the king prisoner, and nearly four wveelcs later the icing's son, Belshazzar, was slain in a. night attack upon some stronghold:. in which he must' have been making a prolonged resistance. It 's possible th;.t Belshazzar was de- clared king after his father was taken 'prisoner, but this fact isnot-recorded. The second story is drawn from the writings of two famous ..,Greek .his- torians of the fifth century, B.C., Her- edotus and Xenophon, both of whom 'had visited Persia, and tells how `Cyrus diverted the waters of`the river, Euphrates into another channel, and .entered the city bythe dry bed of the river while the king and the people were holding a festival. Tbere are differ'en c in detailbetween both of these stories and the' account here given in the book of Daniel, but it is quite possible that with fuller knowl- edge they may be reconcile:'/, Bel-, •ehazzar, for instance, in the ancient records, appears to be the son of Na- 'bortidus, not of Nebuclradnezvai, Dan- iel : 2= :,3. It is suggested that his mothermay have been a daughter of Nebuchadnezzar, aril he, therefore, a grandson. I. THE HANDWRITING. ON THE WALL, vs. 1-16. Belshazzar 'Ade. a great feast . , . :and drank wine. The feasting and wine -drinking are represented as un- u sual and ostentatiot:s. The Babylon- ians, homer, are said bp one ancient writer to chairs been given to excess in such matters. on this night dan- gee threatened the city, and the king and his lords n,ight have been much 'better employed in its defence. They seem to have been confident in the city's strength, and in their ability to -repel the invaders. It has been sug- egested that there Was treachery within the walls, and that aBbylon was be- t rayed into the hands of Cyrus and 'tis generals. In any ease feasting and drunkenness do not help men to guard land defend the honor and safety of 'their Ironies, whether i . times of peace yr of war. To the Jewish writer of this story there was an element Of sacrilege in 'the use of the golden and silver ves- eels, once consecrated to the service of 'God in the temple at Jerusalem (see .¢h, 1: 2 end Jer. 52: 19), Theseves- Seta were returned by Cyrus to the company of exiles whom he permitted to go bask to Jerusalem, and to Te - build the temple, Ezra 1: '7-11. Tho .cord "father" may quite pro - Tarty have been used for "grand- fathe:'," ot "ancestor" (compare Gen.. '28: 13 and.1 Kings 15: 11).•The rhes- snee of women at the feasts, at least 'among the Persians, is vouched for by ilerodotus, The Septuagint, the an, •tient Greek version, adds to verse 4 • 'the words, "but the eternal Cod they praised not who hath power over their •spirit," How could num whose minds were befuddled by drink, in such a scene of riot. praise the eternal God? 'Compare v. 23. In the, full light of the caaclestick -there appeared a mysterious hand- writing on the plaster of the wall, The wine which he had drunk had not added to the king's courage. He wits seized with panic and superstitious fear. Verses 1 and 8 suggest that the king at first sent a message to the wise men offering a rich reward for the reading and interpretation of the strange writing • and after that they carne in to the Banqueting -hall. Now tine queen (v. 1D) showed more wisdom and courage than the terror - 'stricken king and his astonished lords. She remembered the great reputation of 'Daniel, who must, at this time, have been a very old man. 13e had 'been carried captive as a boy from Jerusalem to Babylon sixty-seven years before, els, 1: 1-6. Daniel was bent for and promised an.almost royal dignity„•high rank, and a ;plane of 'authority in the kingdom (v. 16),- if 'he could read and interpret the writ - Ing. II. THE INTERPRETATION, vs. 17-81. Daniel does not, and will not, etter- eiee his great gifts for such.rewards as the icing can effete To hint the price of wisdom is above purple robes, gold chain, and royal dignity. .Out • .of the past which he remembers so well he recalls to the king the example. .of his great predecessor, Nebuchad- siezzar, and the humbling of his pride I(see the story told at length in oh. 4). Belshazzar• might have taken that lesson to heart. Nc,w his pride, too, will be humbled. His doom is pro- nounced in the hands riling :on the wail. In v, 25 the writing, Contains four words, the filet word being •repeated. In the interpretation there -are only three' :words, the third 1 rum the sante root as the corresponding woad in v. 25, but in a. different' forma So also in the Greek and°"Latin versions. The words seenn to have each a double meaning. > "Mena" may be 'identical with the Hebrew "tnauch” and Latin "mina," awei-h'equal to sixty shek- -els. Tekel is the Aramaic form of the v: ore "shekel." Peres, of which the form in verse 25 may be plural, is. link a mina. 'At the same: time the, sound of this word in the plural sus posts the word Persians.. With some doubt as to the primary meaning Of the three words' therefore, we May venture to :translate, amina, a shekel, two half -minas, The first word sug- gests number,, the second weight, and the dried division.. Daniel's inspired interpretation, therefore, can be understood. • Japan to Insist On Open boon Spokesman for Railway Con- trolled by Tokyo Declares Action by China Against Russia is Viewed With Deep Concern — Military Action, by Soviet Unlikely New York,—The action of the Chinese Nationalist Government in expelling the Russian management of the Chinese Eastern Railway and in taking over the properties of the com- pany in om-pany:in Manchuria is regarded in in- formed ' n -formed' gaarters here as having-pre- cipitated aving-pre-eipitated . a serious situation in the Far Eastaudto have effectively cut Moscow off from Vladivostok, T. Co, American representative of the South Manchuria Railway, told a staff cor- respondent of the Monitor here that Japan was watching the development with utmost concern, "'Japan has repeatedly voiced her policy withregard to peace and or - dor in Manchuria," Mr, Go said. "This has a vital bearing upon Japan's na- tional existence and nationa.i'defense. The Japanese ,Government: is, ` there- fore, vitally Interested in the main tenanee of peace in these regions. "There is a fundamental 'unanimity of opinion throughout Japan that itis absolutely necessary. to safeguard the Japanese interests, rights :and trade iu Manchuria, without whi0h_her na- tional economic life would really- col - tepee, If Manchuria were to be hurl- ed into estate of disorder. -or devasta- tion as other parts of China, the pro- fession 'of ro-fession'of the principle or the open door and equal opportunity would re- solve itself into ,nothing more than mere lip service?' Japan Supports Status Quo Mr. Go said he had received no .ad. vices from his company regarding the situation which has developed in Nan. ohuria. He was confident, however, that no similar action would be at tempted by the Chinese ' Nationalists in connection; with the South Man- chum. anchurn Railway, which is under •Jap- anese management And control. "China knows that any action simi- lar to that she has Just effected against Russia would be immediately contested most vigorously by Japan," he salei. "I do not anticipate any trouble from the Chinese Nationalists on tate Japanese end of the road." Any step Japan might take, he de- clared, would be actuated solely by its interest in maintaining the status quo. I•te described -what he referred to as Use process of attrition to which the Nationalist Government has been subjecting the Russian management of the Chinese l5astern Railway ever since the Mukden agreement for joint control in 1924. "The Nationalist` Government has, been attesting its aggressive spirit to- ward the Russian management ever since that time,! Mr:. Go continued. "It first took over the schools in North Manchuria, whichare 'financed with railway funds and had been managed by Russians. Then it took over the railway's river steamer fleet, The third action was tiro seizure of the railway -telephone sTetent." Appeal Not Available Mr, Go declared that Russia was impotent to act militarily against China in Manchuria and had leo court of appeal since she is outside the League of Nations and the Washing- ton Treaty. The Foreign Policy Association has just issued a bulletin in which it res views the whole of the. Chinese East- ern Rahway question, which It char- acterizes as a "bone of contention be- tween Nationalist ' China and. Soviet Russia," and as having been "a con- stant and important factor affecting the peace of the Per hast ever since its inception in 1896," • The Foreign Policy Association re- volve bref[y the hstory of the railroad and reoatie that the itnerest of the United States in it hat bean evidenced 115 voluminous tliplosnatie corespond- enee, The Treaty of Portsmouth, malcng peace between Russia and Japan, gave the South Manchuria brattoln t0 Port Arthur t0 Japan, Rus• sia retaining the remaining stretch of the lure,—Christian Science Mont tor. "Jerry smashed. Ills can yesterday and was token to court." "Really! What IVae the charge?"' 'Driving un- der the influence' of Womaree". Syria and Turkey Agree on Frontier Reduction of .Disputes, Brig- andage Border Friction Confidently Awaited Jerusalem — The Franco-Turkleln agreement just reached at Angora fixes the frontier between Turkey and Syria which is deliaeated by a.special commission presided over by General .Ernest, a Dario. It is expected the. understanding reached will reduce tate frontier in- cidents ,the acts of brigandage, and to eonnect Victoria and Winnipeg, the disputes over authority, hitherto 1 through the Twill Cities, with Wind - frequent. Questions bearing oa trek 1 sur and Montreal, was announced 1"e- flc, on pollee,. on railway transit, on cently by the Northwest. Airways Incl irrigation and on the status of Syrians the Western Canada Airways. • in Turkey and Turks In S•yria' aro The proposed line is believed to be also settled, longer than any air transport line in The agreement ie expoated. to so .existence. followed by the - conclusion of a 1 Col, 5 II. Brittle, general manager Franco -Tut leh treaty of ' friendship' of the Northwest A[rways,.attd W. L. and a arbitration convention which 1 Brintnell, who holds a similar post- and to be negotiated in Paris between tion in the Canadian organization„de M. Briand and Fetby Boy; the Turk— ish Ambassador. Roy Interest in the Young Manhood of Our Race PRINCESS MARY AT FOUNDATION- STONE LAYING Richmond, Boy. Scouts inspected by .'Princess Mary upon occasion of her officiating at laying df corner -stone of building$ to be erected it grounds of British Legion PoppyFactorY,Richmond. Glui` .i ., a Air Line> Survey Is Begun New York—A Pan-American Air- ways amphihan • ttanaport earrying Robert G. Thach and a crew of four, has just left Miami, Fla,, to make .a final inspection Of operating facilities preparatory to extension ' of the United States air mail service to Dutch Guiana on Aug. 27, according to announcement made by J T. Trippe president of the organization. Eseab[ishment of the extension will complete more than two-thirds of the Ameriacan air transport system over the east coast route between New York and Buenos Aires, the au- nouucement said. It will link 24 coun- tries ou direct air /Ines with the United States and provide a four-day towns and districts a large degree of air transport service between the control in their local affairs, freeing MiltedStatesand Dutch Guiana, now the newly annexed provinces teem the .13 to 21 days distant by the fastest domination of Bucharest, reducing red steamship. tape and making the peolilein ail From Paramaraibo, Pan-American' areas, including' non -Rumanian minx Airways wit 'extend. the service down oritiea, feel at home in Rumania, the east coast to Pare and Rio de All the old parties violentiy op• Janeiro, Brazil and Montevideo, Ura- posed this bill which was designed to guay, where it will link with the line of Pan-American Grace Airways, which, it is expected, wil soon, be ex- tended from Chile 'over the Andes to Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Dra= ; iatie Scene In Rumanian Parliament Juliu Marlin, Premier, Vig- orously Defends Local Self -Government Bill Bucharest,—The Rumanian Par'lia- ment was crowded with spectators and was the scene of another ,drama - tie Battle on July 16 in the struggle by the peo'Ple for effective self- govern-ment. The cause was the beginning of the discussions on the bill for adnrinlsta- tive reforms which has given the Talkie Man Hears Lindbergh Lecture I -11m on Honesty Colonel Spies Hidden "Mike” and Accuses Operator of "Unfair" Methods San Francisco, Calit--'Colonol Lind- bergh, who rarely speaks for publi- cation on any subject but aviation, de- livered a•lecture Isere Monday on hon. esty and integrity, The lecture, incidentally, was re- corded on a sound•motion picture reel, but probably never will Ise presented in a motion picture house, The colonel, whose aversion to sounds reels is well known, was ap- proached at Mills Field by a "talkie" cameraman who had a microphone un- der his sweater. "Isn't that a microphone you have bidden there?" asked Colonel Lind• berglt eltorply, "Yes" admitted the operator, "That's not honest," said the colonel. "Why didn't you approach me with the microphone in plain eight? That would be tire' honest thing to do." "Well," said the operator, who had tried repeatedly to obtain a; sound Interview, '[f I bring the 'mike' but will you say a few words?" "No, I will, not," the Colonel re• fair aboutthis matter, You have .not been Honest, I don't approve of your actions at all,' id Link i ontreal and Victoria by Air Northwest Airways and West- ern Canada Airways Announce Plans St. Paul, Minu.—Establishment of an International contltnental air route She was giving an order to the gro- •cer. "And I require someaeheese" she said. "Yes, miss," roped the grocer, smiling amiably; `+I have some lovely cheese," "You should not say lovely cheese!" said the customer severely, "Butwiry not, - miss? It is lovely cheese," "Because,"—site tried ' to combine maidenly modesty With an air of learning — "because lovely should only be need toqualify some- thing that is alive," The grocer's ;surds broadened att he glanced at the gorgonzola. "Well, miss," he said, "I'll stick to, 'lovely's t purely. a working agreement or al- liance between the two companies for operation purposes and did not in- volve ownership. or. stocli control, Under the, agreement the American line will extend its lines from St. Paul t0' Winnipeg' and will make ether ex- pansions 'to enable it to reach the Canadian Iine at -Windsor. The Western 'Canada Airways, which now operates from Montreal -to Windsor, and from Montreal to Rail - fax, pian to extend their lines 'to:''Vic. tot'la. It is absurd to suppose that the fn. tore of the talkies fe in tee least de• gree doubtful. Anything has a future which keeps people away from home. cud permanently the control by a handful of politicians' of the whole Kiugtlonm, They call the measure rot. Volutionary, ruinous' and Bolshevistic„ adducing almost• heinous examples from those clauses creating town meetings and councils and establish- ing seven new administrative centel's In the chief- Rumanian provinces. After reading declarations denounc- ing the whole program and the ac- tions of the Gotternmeut, and calling the preeent bill destructive of the very fabric. of .)tatiena);Itfe, 19 of the opposition deputies 'domonstratively left the Parliament eschewing all re- spouslbilty in its further activity. Julio Maniu, the Prime Minister, answered the charges [n a vigorous speech, showing that the present Pea- sant Government was really rebuild- iug the national life on a strong and sound basis. He invited al who .so' wished to cooperate, and added that all attempts at illegal opposition would be immediately suppressed. The Parliament is sitting thrice daily, and will continue until July 27. Home Life Thou who hast made my home of life so pleasant, Leave not its tenant when Its walls decay; 0 Love Divine, 0 Bother ever pre- sent, Be Mots my strength and alar. —J. G. Whittier. Trans -continent Aar Mail Starts .Ceremonies Mark' Inaugura- tion of Last Link "De- troit -Montreal Toronto—Ceremonies la four Cana- dian three ami one United States' city .recently marked the, welding of ...the last-link—Detroit to Montreal -in an international trauscontinetal air -mail route' from the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic, This will mean a saving of four days in mails brought from destined tor delivery in Great Britain. The mail will be sent from Vancouver to Seattle. Across coon try to. Detroit and from there toltlon- ireal. , Detroit, Windsor, London, Toronto and Montreal are the five cities con- solidated in the last link. Service on tinIs stretch of the route was hnau- i guarated when a plane . hopped off from Detroit, for Windsor at 5.15 o'clock recently one morning. At the Canadian city it picked up nearly 14,- 000 pieces of mail and then took the air for London where additional mall' was despatched. and the machine roar- ed oaned off the field for Toronto where it made a araeefui landing at & o'clocic, exactly two hours and 45 minutes fol- lowing the, tak°-of at the Ford Air- port in Detroit,,On arrival' at the Mount Dennis laning field here, the 443 pounds of mail from the Detroit machine was transferred to another plane, which immediately took the air for Montreal. Ia the meantime, following a brief ceremony at the Quebec metropolis, a plan hopped from there at 10.30 o'clock for Toronto, Reaching here more .mail was added to its load and the plane headed into the wind, climbed 'several hundred foot, then circled the field and point- ed its nose for the west and Detroit. At kite motor city connections were Made with pianos leaving for Chicago. The plane travelling to Montreal made connections with the. air mail service to the Maritimes. In addition to the Detrolt-Montreal air mail inaugural, Toronto combined with Buffalo for the. opening of still another route. Large amphibians were cbr•[stened here`and in that city eariy, then planes /sopped of from each point, crossing the lace with- out incident A lot of amateur gardeners believe that the author of Jack and the Bean• stalk writes the seed catalogues. Moving a House in Pieces Scotland Yard ' Plan Adopted For New York Secret Police Will Work Among Criminal Gangs as Under Cover Men' New York—A bureau, of secret police has just been organizer_ by G:over A, Whalen,, police commissioner, Mr. Whalen announced that it was model- edafter what he regarded as the best features of the Army Intelligence Service, the Secret ',Service of the Uuitied Status Treasury Departmoni, and the under cover bureau of Scot- land Yard. 'Sle personnel of the bus -eau chill be known only to Ute Police. Com- missioner and the anonymous- bureau head, who is a high offietal of the Police Department. • ' They will _net have power to Make arrests, but will operate wholly asinformers, They will not wear shields or other means of identification, and it is theaim of Mr. Whalen that they fraternize' free- ly with niemers of the underworld, with a viow' to detecting racketeers, plain crooks; drug peddlers, gunmen, 'anti gamblers.... Mt'. Whalen said he expected -members of the squad to 611, their roles so' convincingly that they' would themselves be in the ,class of suspects. Never Appear 'in Court Members of the squad will be ra- ga[red to report secretly on al[ they see' and hear, but they will' never ap- pear• -at police headquarters or at. any police station. Instead wilt meet. their commanding officer at Secret rendezvous and report to him direct- ly, , These reports will be both writ- ten and oral, the written reports sign- ed by a code number instead. of by the nameof the agent. Their in- formation will be collated, tabulated and card indexed. The squad will be composed' of 60 graduates of the police academy, and. the. 'majority of these have already been chosen and put' to work. - 01 the first appointments, 25 know two languages and one speaks four lan- guages, Mr, Whalen said. Members of ,the bureau' will receive the same pay as police just entering the eery- -ice, but their expenses will be paid out of a $50,000 contingency fund. Follows Series of Shootings The appoititiag of st qu follows a series of shtheootingecres in wshichad men well known in the underworld were victims. Owing to tate close fellowship alleged to exist between these 'characters and the -bond 05 secrecy winch is part of. their code, the police, have not been able to run down those guilty of the shootings and detectives have been unable to help out. "All these mysteries might not have 'bean mysteries all,, d known what wasat 'going if onwe fa hathe underworld," he said. "Because of the lack of knowledge oa what the secret rackets of these man were, the Police were handicapped at the start of their investigation." 'VII'. Whalen emphasized that this secret squad would report only on persons who had violated the law or who worn planning t0 violate it.— Christian Science Monitor. Warships to Visit Popular Resorts Vessels Will "Show Flag" to Britons on Holiday at Seashore Loudon.—Various •vessels of the royal navy will in the noxa few weeks be "showing the flag" not in odd col, nem of the world but of the seafronts of some of the most popular resorts ot these seagrit islands, The Briton of the middle•lass therefore during his annual fortnight by the briny waves with his amiable spouse, will be able to combine an inflation of his normal patriotic feelings with the sat- isfaction of beholding something sub- stantial in return for his income tax. The outstanding success ivhioh has attended the annual military tatoo at Aldershot has led to the suggestion that ,, similar exhibition by the navy would be equally popular. The prac- ticability of such enterprises is rather doubtful and it is possible the senior servo Is ,not eutiroly enthusastic over the idea. It is said men high in Military matters incline to the opinion that military training nowadays Is not Wiled on so Mild" to preparation for possible warlike operations as for the next Woo, Young Voters J. L. Garvin in tate Loudon Observer (Incl•) : Clean contrary to their good intentions, the Conservatives Have ac- tually Meese(' the Constitution per- manently against Couservattsm. •This prospect of the relative increase of, Labour by comparison with Conserva- tism does not at all arise because of the predominance of women under Universal Suffrage. It arises for quite another reason, It is a matter not of sex, but of youth irrespective of sex. All the political history and Philosophy of the world, ancient and modern, 'might have warted ex -Min- isters of that. But they wore indif- ferent when we counselled them thoughtfully to take 26, not 21, as the basis of the necessary sex -equality. In the early twenties generous youths of both 'sexes is In tate main attracted by advanced views and ardent visions. As largely as it used to be Radical, it is now Socialist. And for the fast time .we have their full influx into cite. zenship. . To -day Tfnlslt .every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blenders and absurdities. no doubt crept in; forget them as 5000, as you can. To -morrow is a new day; begin it :well and sereltely acid with too high. a spirit to be cumbered with EVEN HALF OF IT WAS T00 MUCH FOR STREET your old nonsenate This clay is all Bather than destroy: the trees at Lalco Forest, I11,, this half house wnll with its /topes and invitations, to stand In the `street until 11 can ha out i half agaisl in order to move [t to 1' or 2 ., u waste a montentt on t tb yt@st d< new. Rita. " Emerson, that is good PAM fair, It is too dear, Zanzibar $`Initac Visits Sc b.thud He .Is Entertained .Iib Corpora• lion aiid,Is Also Received at the University G1asgov?..__5 caking in Glasgow at ;x luncheon given by the Lord Provost and the Corporation,-Seyyid Ifbaiifa Bin Harub, Sultan of Zanzibar, who road his reply in Arabic, said, "I come of a sea -going nation, and my kinsmen, the .;Arabs of Muscat ,and Oman, wer; of the old great navigat- ors and, explorers, avigat-ors`and,explorers, and sailed the Ta. (Ilan -Ocean, if you will pardon my pride, long before a ship was built in Glasgow, I acimit,you have outstrip.' pad as, AS long ago as 1177, on the initiative of that great Scotsman and citizen of Glasgow,' Sir William its--,. Kinnon, the firm of Smith, MacIiettzie & Co„ was founded iu Zanzibar and tool[ over the agency of the British ,India Steam Navigation Company tram another Scotsman, Captain Fraser," He went on explain how Sir Wit- ham. itIlam Melgiunon'obtained a concesgiou Brom his predecessor over certain possessions of the Sultanate, and. how,. as _a .result of the success ofan expedition and support from the 'Im- perial Government, the. British L1aet Africa Company was formed. The Sultan subsequently paid a visit to the univereity where he was received. by'the principal, Sir Donald Macalister.—Christian Science Moni- • Well- FMS resscd Dog Will Sport 'Shoes CIothes as . Well as Pedigree Make Aristocratic Canine New York—The fail fashions for dogs came out recently and some of them are enough to make Strongheart tarn in lits grave. Jewels swanky coats with rhine- stone monogranTh special boudoir ac- cessories and anklets fringed with white monkey ful• are among tate numerous •vanities which the web dressed dog will sport next season, and the enthusiasm with which ileo were greeted on Park Avenue herald• ed the beginning 01 a new social or- der, in which clothes, as well as •pedi- gree, make the dog. Many of the fashions are for dig. !Motive breeds. Collars, as an exam- ple, must be in plaid designs for Scotch terriers, In leather with oval. brass studs for Boston bulls, braided leather for police dogs and tiny round Morocco bands for pekes, pours and maltoses. Certain colors aro' suit. able for some dogs and not for' others. Many of the cellars are studded with. rare gems. Low -bora Bowery mots will look with envy on the new shoes that have been created for the canine aristo- °racy uptown. They come in pig. skin or calf and cost about $8 a pair, Each dog, of course, must have two pair, Trotzky's Re , uest To Visit E M gland ' tallied by Labov Home Secretary of New Cabi' net Refuses to Admit Exiled Communist London—J. R. Clynes, iionte Secre- tary, announced in tiro House of Commons that He had decided against allowing Leon Trotzky, exiled Com munist leader, to visit Great Britain. The newly -formed Labor Govern. meat had scarcely been in power last month when Trotzky, apparently hoping that the Laborites would be more sympathetic to his request than lase former Conservative Government, asked Premier Ramsay MacDonald tor authorization -to visit England. The subject was referred to the Home Seoretary's' department, which has now decided against granting a visa to the one-time Soviet army lead-. er. Trotzky for aeveral years Inas been actively in opposition against the Stalin regime in Russia, and was exiled in Russian Turkestan last Year. He was finally permitted to go to Constantinople, where he has been. !lying for the last six montis. Iia first sought permission to go to Germany, but the Berlin Cabinet, at: ter much discussions, decided to bar itim. He tried several other coun- tries without success. No Relief for Canada Winnipeg Tribune (Ind. Cons.):'That the American Tariff Bill will be con. siderably altered before it finally be. comes law may be taken for granted. But Canadians who pin to this fact hopes for modification Of the tariff as it affects Canada are likely to be dis• anointed. . . , Tariff -making at appointed. . Tariff -making at Washington is pretty much a matter of rog-rolling. There is a lively out- cry in the farm states against the bill as drafted, but whoa it 005108. to final action the farm aerators may have to accept most of the increases on manu- factured products in order to get the necessary support fol' the agricultural tariff they want. Mn', Hoover is re• ported to be displeased with the bill as drawn ,partly because of its ad. verse effect on the international rola-' Owls of tate 'United States, but he is in the Baine position. To achieve the ntaasm'e 'of farm relief he has pro-, mised He .may have to accept in., creases in tate industrial tariff as well; The tall goes with tate hide, In any, event the Beale of tariff inei'oasee ou farm prodnets is not likely to be af- fected, ffected, Canada' Med. expect no relief he the :revised bill which will be offer- ed tinis meaner. Unless stylet change materially, there is no danger of "petticoat gov ei'u11ent":in,'this country. I