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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-08-30, Page 6a,ndi,ess Men toMa.nless Lands Thero are inane views about the, beat way bo promote migration from the. British Isles to the dominions of continental expanse whore, it ie gene malty believed, there is -ao much greater room for willing workers. After visitieg Cafiada last summer the British Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, seemed to express the opine iron that the Dominion night do better to move slowly in stimulating immi- gration than to bring in too many set- ' tiers from lands where the modes of living dieter profoundly from British and North American -standards, Sim- ilar views are held by some leaders of opinion in Canada,hey would pre- fer nn empty house to one let to :un- suitable tenants. One strong urge in Canada behind the dlem•and for a comprehensive na- tional immigration policy ie the desire to keep the Dominion as nearly Brit- ish es poesib'le, When settlers from Scandinavia, the United States and some other countries are regarded as highly desirable, it ie felt that the national credit might profitably be drawn on to finance the cultivation of more vacant land by British workers. The big grannie of British migration to Canada before the 1914 outbreak of war came during the railway building years, Settlers then could obtain etnploy- ment for Wages, an railway construes tion, to tide then over the first few years of pioneer farming. There is no longer any such demand for wage labor, nor are the desirable vacant kinds any longer free for homestead: ing. The average settler must be pre- pared to buy the land, and to live on it without much yield for the first year or re, Ons plan favored by the Dominion Administration is to melte it possible for more British workers to cross to Canada at redwood transportation rates during the season when there is a demand for harvest labor, Even though many return to Great Britain after this harvest, experience has shown that a fair percentage of likely sutlers wild stay an through the win- ter, Some ob'ain work for wages: others work without wages, for board and ri'olter and the opportunity of learning to farm. For the man with- out trach capital, it is no primrose pathway from the overcrowded Brit- ish labor market to the wheat fields of the Canadian West. Many are follow- ing the path, however, with commend- able fortitude. -Editorial in Christian Scieece'Monitor. Old Customs Change Channel Islanders May Soon Lose World's Oldest Con - Conscripted Militia St. Peter Port, Guernsey—What Is claimed to be the oldest conscripted militia in the work will pass into his- tory when the Channel Islands forces cease to exist. The islanders are Informed by the British Government that henceforth the cost of the training of the militia will no longer be borne by the Im- perlal Treasury. This decree finds al- most unanimous acceptance among the Jersey and Guernsey peoples, but with many a backward glance of min- gled Memories. The record of organized armed, forces goes back as far as A.D. 879. But the militia, as an active force in Guernsey, dates probably from the ninth century. In recent times the Royal Guernsey was a force to be reckoned with, and was very much on the alert during the Napoleonic wars, The cost of the officers and staff, the uniforms and the equipment was 'borne by the British War Office. The traleing;.consisted of rine drills an- - anally. _ Up to 80 years ago very lit- tle English was apoken and until 1818 the commands were ,given in French or Guernsey "patois." When the Great War came the Channel Islands militia was not found wanting and performed its part In a worthy manner, Alter the war In Guernsey militia, still .a conscript force, was reduced to about 500 men, „who bad a fortnight's intensive train- ing each year at the cost of the British TORONTO When, visiting -Toronto see Pember the consulting hair specialist about all your,ltair, and .seaip troubles. 129 YONGE ST., TORONTO, ONT. British Delegates' Program Here Empire Parliamentary Asso- ciation Due Aug. 24 " at Quebec SIX WEEKS' TOUR Provincial Governments Will be Hosts From. Coast to Coast Ottawa.—With visite, meetings, re- oeptione, dinners, lunches and a tour. across the none Provinces, delegates of the British Empire Parliamentary Association will spend six strenuous weeks in Canada. The day of their arrival in Quebec on Aug. 24, they have free. At 10.30 the next mousing, theyy viceit the Quebec Citadel, the Parlia- ment buildings and the old city. In the adternioon they see the Quebec bridge and Montmorency Palls. The clay closes with a reception by the Lieut, -Governor at Sponcerwood and. a dinner by the Provincial Govern- ment. They remain in Quebec over the week -end. On the Monday they visit the Montreal harbor and in the even- ing will be the guests of the city at dinner. The following day the dele- gates hold a meetieg with the Board' of Trade and there will be a Can- adian Club lunch. Wednr-edgy, Aug. 29, and the next day will be spent at Ottawa. The Canadian Club will give a lunch; there will be a garden party at Ri- deau Hall and a dinner by the Do- minion Government. TORONTO EXHIBITION Toronto is reached on August 31_ They next four days' program corn prices meetings with members of the Provincial Government; limcheon by Canadian Club, short motor tour en mate to exhibition grounds; reception with dinner at the exhibition; visit to London; dinner at Toronto by the Ontario Government; motor trip to Ham ii' d and Niagara Falls, then back again to Toronto for lunch at the Yacht Club and afternoon tea at Government House. From Toronto, the delegates pro- ceed to Timmins where they will visit the Hollinger mine. Thence to Mi- ralci end Winnipeg, where dinner will be given by the Provincial Govern- ment and there will be ameeting with the board of trade. Across the Prairies, the program contteres. At Saskatoon, the board of trade and city will ,Rive a lunch and with the Canadian Club will also Britain Denif,4 Significance cance iia Rhine Man'K. a i%rez Regiment's Participation With French Said to Be for ' "Exercise" Only London,--\Vltitohali minimizes, 'trio German complaints about the Co- operation of the British cavalry mi. Went with the Frenob in the nrllltarY maneuvers In the Rhineland, The wortl "'maneuvers" is a misnomer. All that 1q happening, It is averred, is that "exercises" are taking place on a small scale. The British desire to withdraw all troops from the Rhine- land remains unabated, it. was de- clared, but while they aro still there obviously they must be kept as sill- cisnt; as 'possible, Seeing that the regiment in question la the only Brit- ish mounted unit among the occ't py ing troops the easiest way for it to receive its training is in co-operation with the French, It Is asserted that the invitation Issued by the French authorities is merely illustrative of the good cor- radesbip existing between the British, and French forces and 'has no deeper significance, and it is particularly emphasized that it is not the outcome of some sinister secret agreement ar- ranged`in connection with the recent .Anglo-French naval compromise. HE INHERITS $2,000,000 Claude R. Link, New York, has fallen heir to a $2,000,000 estate left him by his grandfather, L. A. Bigger of Kansas. Says Prosperity Sweeping Canada Dr. J. H. Grisdale Points to Huge Increase in B.C. Egg Trade VIctoria, B.C.—"Canada's crop will this year give her farmers a $2,000,- 000,000 yield and the wave of ,prosper- ity and progress which is sweeping from coast to coast across the Do- minion will glue a tremendous im- petus to the country's trade and busi- ness generally," declared Dr. J. H. Grisdale, Deputy. Minister of Agrlcul- gi `va a dinner. At Edmonton, on the I tura at Ottawa, who was in Victoria next day, the city will entertain at recently. lunch'. At night, the Provincial, Gov- „Three years ago, British Columbia ornmerrt of Alberta will give a diaper, was importing . eggs," said Dr. Gris- SEE JASPER PARK 7 dale. "Then she exported two cars At Jasper, on Sunday, Sept. 0, the In one year. Last year she sent be- delegates will have one whole day tween 60 and 70 cars to other parte free from official leeches and dinners, of Canada and to England. This year At Vancouver they spend only a couple British' Columbia has already export - of hones before leaving for Victoria, The Victoria niegrans includes re- ception at the Lieutenant -Governor's; dinner by Canadian Club and a meet- ing with the members of the Pro- vincial Government. On the eastward trip the round con- tinues, Vssicouver will see meetings with the board of trade end a Oan- adian Club lunch, At I{amloops and Kelowna, there will be luncheono and motor drives. From Field to Banff; the delegates motor. Thence to Cal- gary, Moose Jaw, Regina and Winni- peg for more civic and government functions. The delegates will go down the lakes to Port McMahen by boat and then, via Toronto and Montreal, will go to Sherbrooke and the Maritimes. At Fredericton, the new Brunswick Government. The last parade of the Government will give a dinner and fOrce occurred in June, when, In con- reception. Down the Saint John River pany with a British battalion, the to Saint Johns the delegates go by Ring'sbirthday was celebrated bo- boat. A. banquet will be given bythe fore a large concourse of Guernsey City of St. John to be followed by people. movie films of wild animal life. At Before the disbanding is effected Menton the Canad:am Club gives a many conferences must be hold be. lunch, They spend Sunday in Char - two= the islands authorities, but there .can be very' little doubt of the final outcome, The Land of Opportunity London Daily Express (Ind. Can.): Go to the Dominions without.a qualm If you „aro in a job here which prom- ices no outlet, donot fear to try your hand in another pat of the Empire. There will always -'be an industrial barrier to mass importation of 'labor into the Dominions and Colonies, but none to t11,4 man of,'cheracter, ability and the willingness to work, Canada, panbvculkrly, is at the beginning of an era of vet prosperity, Let official- dem, if 'i will, multiply its regulations and its, ssdinanoes, but the fact re- mains that the Empire will be mainly built up in the future as in the past by the individuate who Vet out to bet- ter their ionones with stout hearts mud a eeog s1 Nigh adventure, lobtetown and will be free all day. The next after -neon, Oct. 1, delegates will meet federal and provincial mem- bers of parliament at Halifax. Following Halifax, there are no more official functions till the dele- gates reach Sydney whence they salt for home. COLES' Palatial Dining Halls Canadian National Exhibition Patrons of the Fair will tit year again enjoy our high- class dining service, both in the east end and the west, The Ont. Government Bldg. and the The Coliseum ed between 200 and 226 cars, andeall in a period of about six months." Traffic through the Welland Canal, which connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, exceeded a million tons in June for the first time in history. Waiting' For Their R' s 37,410 COURTNEY'S CREW STRANDED IN MID -ATLANTIC This remarjsablo picture was taken by Capt. Courtney atter his aero- plane was forced into the sea while flying from the Azores. Prospector Tells His. Experiences Andrew Taylor Rescued Just in Time—Food Exhausted LOST FOR 48 DAYS Black Flies and Mosquitoes Nearly Drove Him Crazy Winnipeg, Man.—Andrew Taylor, well known prospector who wee re- scued after wandering lost in North- ern Manitoba for 48 days, told his story from a ;hospital cot,hsre recent- ly, Help came lust In time. Taylor had exhausted his available food sup- ply, even the dead fish and frogs, and he had no more strength to hunt for the elusive trail he had lost more than a month previously. • Three matches, a pall, a penknife and an axe were the only things in his possession when he ,became lost, He, tried"to light a beacon fire and ex- hausted his meagre match supply. Then he got hungry and saw a part- ridge artridge and threw his axe at it. The handle of the axe snapped near the blade and the bled escaped. Taylor did everything within his power to get food. He ate dead fish, white grubs and -,once robbed a nest of young birds. lie did not .find many berries, but what he got tasted like "strawberries and cream." "I seemed to travel hundreds of miles the first day," said Taylor, witbl a smile. "I crossed lakes and rivers and took off my clothes, placing them on .S pole, swam with them before me," His boots did not last long. When the soles gave out he 'cut off the up- pers and made them into moccasins. Constructed Raft Arriving at Burntwood Lake attar wandering nearly a month, the pros- pector built himself a raft with only a penknife and his, bare bards for tools. After days of labor the ram- , raft was completed and he � paddled across the lake, thence push- ed eastward. His hopes were soon shattered, however, for ever before him was, the unending forest tracts with no "big waters" to .carry him safely to civilization. Black Mee and mosquitoes nearly drove him crazy. Taylor was not going to give up without an effort. Everywhere he went he left notes and indications- of MS whereabouts. As time went on his courage was slowly snapped and he began to write farewell letters on blr"chbark. One of these was, ad- dressed to his wile, residing In Tim- mins, Ont. It asked her to. bury him wherever .his body was found. ' An- other-elortly before his rescue gave instructions for getting in touch with his relatives. As the days wore into weeks, he got back his "naive" and set about trying. to make himself comfortable, At night he slept in the lee of a tree clump,, and in the daytime he would Plunge through the forest and muskeg. One day he, saw an airplane over- head and tried" to attract its' attention. "God, it was awful *hen I realized they hadn't seen me," he said. "But `Im back now," he continued with a grin. "I'm away from those black flies. They still have chunks of me back in 'the unknown, But. there is still enough of mo to finish what I started. "The -north ,00untinb}r is a great place if you know how-to treat her," o Thz Nerves of Civilization Newt/ York 'Times: A report from Canada amplifying the proposals of the British Imperial Wireless,' and Cable Conference to unify the Em- pire's system - od commundcatiatas brings out again the foresight of the !British. Far-reaching changes are in sight. . - Speaking in the House of Commons in 1900, one of the. British Cabinet officers described the submarine cables as the "'nerves of the Empire." Today these wire and wireless chan- nels are the nerves of civilization. Great Britain is seeing to it that Im- perial e jeopardiz- ed foreign interference. b Settlers on the Land Round Table (London) : The day is pact when settlers can be expected to be successful if .they are dumped`down on any sort o8 land and without any capital. The higher standard of liv- ing today as compared with a genera- tion or two ago Ibas made' a ddirerence in this field as in every other. Gent anally speaking, the intending immi- grant of today is not prepared to face the grim conditions that were accept- ed as part of the game by the early pioneers, Method's of farming, too, have •greatly changed. Mechandsakion has really effected a revolnhion; and newcomers can hardly be 'expected to muddle along with the old' "bow and arrow" methods until they acquire,the -capital necessary to provide them- selves with mgd'e m appliances+, Princess Mary Visits Babies PRINCESS MARY PAYS A VISIT TO THE BABIES Her Royal Highness Vlelting a, now London nursery., When at the Toronto Exhibitio ,You are Invited to call et our Et biblf In the Menefee- turers Building to hear the Recitalsby prominent 'Planlsts, demonstrating the superior torte quellt'os of the ,vary interesting variety of eleintzmen Pianos which have been for the greater pert of a century sold all over, Canada as Well as In other countries. When you aro on Yongo Street, opposite Baton's,, call at the Heintzman 6, Company Stora to more leisurely hear - and see a still greater variety of the Planes. A large Assortment of Orthophonic Vletrolas, Brunswick Phonographs, and Radios, aro on display—also Victor • Records and Muria Rolls, There Is also the largest Sheet Music Department In .Canada: Reich Observes 9th Birthday of the Republic Fe* Refrain in Celebration, Even Big Berlin Hotels Showing National Colors Munich Lone Exception certainly be .an excellent thingfrom r Y HindenburgFirst Soldier ot'the French viewpoint if Russia could be invited to subscribe to a universal Old; Citien of Newi, I pledge against war, but it is impos- Berlin, Aug. 11.—Although not yet siblo to be sure of the 'sincerity of a: legal holiday, August 11, the anni• the Soviet Government. Obviously, versaryof the adoption of the republi• unless pacifist Russia becomes an Lm - can constitution, is coming more and prsgneble fact, the European situa- more to assume the characteristics of j tion cannot be considered altogether a national holiday throughout...Gerr- solid. many. To -`day, the 'ninth birthday aSeveral countries are -particularly the Weimar Constitution, was ob- suseeptibie about potential Rneslan France Doubts Sincerity of Soviet Russia Peace Pack Talk Arouses Comment in, ,Paris— Propaganda a Bar Paris—In connection. with the peace pact Russian pretensions .continue to arouse French comment, '' It would served on a more impressive scale than ever before, and only a steadily dwindling minority of malcontents whose hearts belong to the old re- gime, refrained from participation in the celebration. The principal streets of Berlin were gay with republican black, red and attacks. Notably, there is Rumania, against which Russia has territorial claims. There` is likewise Poland. Russia is blamed for fomenting the Polish -Lithuanian quarrel, and le sus- pected of stirring up strife in various other parts of the continent. Then outside Europe. the relations, of Rus - gold flags, hung out not only from pub- ria with Turkey, and Persia, are do buildings, private homes,' street cars and buses, but, significantly, for the first time, raised by the big hotels, thought 'to be unsatisfactory, while Great 'Britain is not without anxiety regarding. Russian maneuvers In east- which ast which have heretofore sedulously ern parts and regions of vital inter- avoided nteravoided honoring the national colors. est to the empire, '' The embassies and legations display While the avowed purpose of Mos - ed their national flags. cow is to pursue propaganda not only Celebration at Reichstag, among the nal:ives of colonies, but. The principal celebration.' in,$ordn among the working classes, with a view to the 'destruction of capitalist took place recently in the Reich- stag Building in the presence of Presi- dent vonHindeuburg all of the mem- bers of the Raicii Cabinet except For. sign Minister Stressemann, -the mem- bers of the Prussian Ministry, officials of the Oity of Berlin and high army and navy officers. The oration of the day was delivered by Dr. Gustav Rad - brush, professor of criminal law at Heidelberg, whose rather dry dis- course was brightened by a graceful tribute he paid to President. von Hind- enburg as "the first soldier of the old Reich and the first citizen of the new Germany,"- Afterward the President. inspected a guard of honor composed of Reichswehr troops 'drawn up be- fore the Parliament Building. Munich Alone Refrains. In the evening another big meeting was held in the Kroll Opera House and addressed by Mayor Gustav Boess ofBerlin. This culminated in •a giant torchlight parade through Unser den Linden of some 32,000 citizens drawn from various republican organizations. One of the most interesting celebra- tions was held in St. Pail's Church, at Frankfifort-on-Main—Germany's "Fan- euil Hall—which attracted pilgrims from all over the Reich as the scone of the National Assembly of 1848. Similar demonstrations or homage to thenew state were held in, all the cities of Germany, with the' exception of Munich—the home of Hitler and Ludendorff, and -now the center of political reaction to Germany—where the city authorities sternly declined' to hoist the Republican flag one public buildings. The Stream's Song Make way, make way You 'thwarting stones; Room for my play, Serious ones.` Do you not fear, O rooks and boulders, To feel my laughter 0n your grave shoulders? Do you not know My joy at length Will all wear out Your solemn strength? You will not for ever Dumber my play; With joy and a song I clear my way. society, it is difficult to Melte, Georgi Tchitclierin -to . come into the ooncert of peace -pledged powers. Mr. Tchit oherin's argument appears to be that the exclusion of' Ruesio indicates a desire to isolate that country, but the conservative French view is that Rus- sia itself has elected -to stand outside the existing civilization, The dilemma Is real. On the one side is the certainty that Russia're- presents. a .permanent revolutionary. factor wihch may encourage wars, and therefore that Russia's inclusion in the pact is desirable. On the other side is the apparent inability of Russia, in the present circumstances, to drop its propaganda, which con- stitutes a warlike menace, thus mak- Mg' aking' Russian participation mere mock- ery. Mr. Tchitcherin's solicitation 1s widelry held to be only a part of his subversive methods just as the Rus- sian proposition of complete disarm- ament at Geneva /was meantdema- gogically to embarrass the great powers. Your faith of rook Shall yield to me And be carried away By the song of my glee. Crumble, crumble, Voiceless things; No faith can last That never sings. Yet for-aittle Thwart Itie, 0 boulders; I need tor ')irughter Your serious shbulders. And when my singing nag rased your quite,, I shall have lost Iall'my delight; 'o l ea Abercrombie, in The Daily Painleve Hopes For Mlinistry of Peace 'Paris—As a step in the right direc- tion, irertion, leading to the day when minis- tries of war would be called minis- trtesof peace, Paul Painleve the French War. Minister, has now official- ly announced hie intention of intro- ducing a bill when Parliament reas- sembles to supplant the title of Minis- tryof War by that of Ministry of the Army. Recently in a:public speech he said he wished 'is Ministry might be term- ed the Ministry of Peace This is ap- parently inrpossible p-parently:impossible now, but at least the word army is less bellicose than war—the term which has been used since the separate government de- partment for this office was created 'in 1630. Women and the• Empire: Eleanor P. Rathbone in The Wo- man's Leader (London): Not merely the terminology, but the boundaries of the women's rmovement are change ing. Like other movements, it is -be- coming more international, especially within the bounds of the British Em- pire. Some of us are 'ineierialists; some of us are not. But so long as. •imperialism is an unescapable feet, its responsibilities are alio an unes• capable fact, and, these, for the wo- -men of this country; include the web- fare of all those' women in India and the East "whose wrongs,, ea compared to the worat,wrongs of our past, are as scorpions to whips. 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