HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-11-29, Page 3The Future in Russia
.certain :amount of new light is
ailed On the mystery of present-day
ieoildltlens Tat A,ussitb by acme of the
o ;lagers in the. latest Annals of the
AmericanAcademy of Political and So•
.cial Science. The Information Menlo
contained docs not .suggest much
Hope that the territory now adminis-
tered by file 'Union of Socialist Soviet
;Republica is likely to modify its eco•
liomie and political views and systems
in the hear future, Private systems
In the urban areas% 'which was toter•
utod after the first attempt at iuziver-
hal socialism because the state ma•
.ohlnery was not sufilekent for looking
after all the irritating details of small�
retail business, is not expanding but
rather • contracting, as tete state be.
camel a more efficient competitor.
The private ownership and private
-operation of the farms is a mere con
•cession':to the agriculturists to .make.
them more productive, The Soviets
realize perfectly that it is inconsistent
'with their esesntiel doctrines, but
they hold that it is unimportant be-
..i)or. cause the grant of -property to the
farmer is not accompanied by the
grant of political power, The farmer
may make money --by plpducing the
things that the Soviet wants him to
produce. But he can only go on mak-
ing money, and can only retain what
he has made, Just so tong as the So-
viet, which alone possesses political
power, is willing to allow him to do
so. Just as soon as there is a sur-
'Hcleat number of Communists to
carry on the agriculturaloperations
of the country, or to see that they are
carried on, upon Communist prin•
ciples, just so soon will the private -
ownership farmer be sent to the right
about. If ho shows any reluctance to
part with his gains, the same methods
will doubtless be applied to him as
were applied to the bourgeois of the
•cities and the great landowners.
There is not, in this view of the
case, much hope for a collapse of
Communism through the growth with-
in the Communistic structure of a
strong individualistic interest. As
well predict the destruction of a slav-
ery system because some of the slaves
are being so well fed, with a view to
-doing their masters' 'work, that they
• are getting fat and powerful.
The comparatively small size of the
urban population in Ruasia, and the
•concentrationof all political power
in its hands, is aetting up what is yintually an aristocracy, the aristocracy
of the factory workers, who are rapid-
ly doveloptug the 'oonlmon charaeter-
istlea of aristocracy% nanlely,; a pro'
fo>.}ud Ratite/apt for those outside ot
their own elaee and a deterurivation
feti(; to ,give theta %toy share of 1)011(1'
cal powsrz Tlio utero peaaestdon of
wealth by a few farmers can have
no significance in suelta community;
for Wealth without the political power
to preserve it is .a mere shadow,-
To the #tuseiau agricultural peas.
ant, Who has not oven eniand. a aha-'
dow cf wealth until very recently, this
temporary end defenceless wealth is
doubtless pleasant enough: but it is
no kind of foundation tor the restora-
tion of a political state based upon
Property rights, Russia could go on
for a hundred years with all its farm-
ers etrang' individualists, and If the
control of the atrategio trades, the
Anita mad the engined of government
remained during that period in the
hands of the members of the Soviets
the general polio, of the country
would continue to be perfectly coin
munistic.
It dons not, follow that the Com-.
munisna of Russia must necessarily
be for all time a missionary Com-
munism, engaged iu trying to upset
all foreign governments based on tn-
dividualism,. There is really no more
reason why a Communist State -should
not exist at peace with -Individualist
States• than why a Republic should
not exist at peace with kingdoms. All
that 18 necessary. is that each side
should make up `its mind that it is
possible to live with the other side,',
In the early days of Communism it
was imperative for the leaders to
Promise ' that the world should be con-
verted to the new doctrine within a
short' time, and handy to blame all
the sufferings of the period on the
enmity of the individualist countries,
These motives become less potent
with time; and should the Russians
ever show a willingness to allow the
other countries of the world to con-
duct their economic affairs in their
own way, there seems to be very little
reason why those countries should not
permit. the Russians the lune privi-
lege,
The repudiation of the old Russian
debt is not really a serious obstacle;
it was not the repudiation that hor-
rified a world sufficiently accustomed
to that sort of thing, but the doctrine
of the disregard of all debts, by
which it v - as ju^t+fiad. A debtor may
plead that he cannot pay, or that he
ltos paid,- or that. his particular debt
does uc., vast; he must not plead, as,
the itussiaus did, that no debt what-
ever has any existence.
Who Wouldn't Like This Pet?
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CURATOR AT ZOO.,NEEDS TO BE A WEATHER MAN
Raymon Ditmars of New York Zoo, going over the weather chart with
the aid of -a pat squirrel monkey. A sudden change in temperature has to
be prepared for,
Our Canadian
Apples
By Jenny Wynne, id the Ottawa
Journal.
"i. believe our Canadian apples to
lie the finest in the world,"—Sir
George Foster.
As this season of "mists and mel-
low fruitfulness" draws to a • close
cur thoughts turns to our wonderful
heritage of luscious Canadian apples,
for kind -Nature, "conspiring .. , how
to load and bless with fruit the vines
that round the tbach-eaves run, to
bend with apples the messed cottage
trees, and 11j all fruit with ripeness
to the (core," has sent us a rich har-
test indeed.
Sad to say, however, aI1 too few
.Canadian (housewives make a sufiici-
.ent use of this native "Wing of
Fruits," choosing in its place Some of
the more highly advertised foreign,
,grown fruits. This ignorance or in-'
difference on their part results In
�
smaller demand for our own fruit,'
and increases the sale of foreign
products.
11 we could all make it a point
when planning meals to include
,daily use of the apple, not only
would we be doing our bit to boost
.Canadian horticulture, but we would
also soon notice the beneficial ef-
fect from the health standpoint, and
the lessened strain on the food allow-
ance. Other. arguments In favor of
the apple are that It lends itself to
more diversified ways of preparation
than any fruit. There is consider. 1
able truth in the old adages that • "an
apple a day keeps the doctor away"
and "an apple at night makes the
dental bill light."
Apples are best when eaten. raw,
Wimthey aro at the proper degree
of ripeness, the cellulose and aelde
are present in moderate amount's,
exerting mild stimulation on the in-
testinl walls. If unripe the cellu-
lose content is much greater, the
carbonhydrates, which constitute
nearly all the solid natter in the
fruit, are present in the form of
starch instead of sugar, and there is
Van excess of acid, all of which may
prove irritating to digestive pro-
cesses.
The following varieties are to be
recommended for desert purposes:
Wealthy, Fameuse, McIntosh Red,
Spy and King, Varieties recogniz-
ed as excellent for cooking purposes
Include: Alexander, Wealthy, St.
Lawrence (both summer and winter
varieties), Greening, Baldwin, Graven -
stein, Spy, Golden Russet, Blue Pear -
main, Blenheim, etc:`^(
Baked apples make a most .versa-
tile dish, equally appropriate for
serving at the breakfast, luncheon,
dinner, or supper, and when proper-
ly prepared and daintily served make
an instant appeal,,
Select large, firm, highly colored
apples, tart and of pronounced flavor.
Core and pare about onequarter of
the way down if desired, otherwise
make a cross through the skin at the
stem end with a sharp knife. Place
In a pan and pour over a syrup made
by boiling together for five minutes
one part of sugar to one and one-half
parts of water. Cover closely and
bake in a moderately hot oven until
tender yet unbroken. Frequent bast-
ing is required. Remove cover,
sprinkle pared portion with sugaaj
and 1111 cavity with sugar to which
,as been added a clash of cinnamon.
Place apples under a broiler flame or
at the top of a very hot oven for a
few mhtutes, This molts the sugar
and coats the apple with a most ap-
petizing golden color, The- fruit
may bo matt('immediately, or if
referred allow It to beeome chilled
and serve with elthor plain Or wilIp-
ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES—BY Qe ,,lace
ped cream (topped with a maraschino Determination
herry) or a, small scoop of leo
cream. Aa a variation tbe centres' If you want to do a thing Unesy
may bo filled with honey, . note, enough, if you aro heaven-Inr res
raisins, shreds of preserved ginger, enough, you can do whatever in re
chopped figs, or dates.son you want to do: But merely
Were the Great
Captain Cook Die..
A. private letter from an 1.uglis
naval eiileer,, from- lLozzclulu, briefly
dessribea the commemoration of Ca
Lain Coo't's centenary lu ,the Ilawai
Japanese Emperor
r Dines. With Gods.
L I-lirchlto is Host At Banquet
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With Invisible Cuesta
STRANGE 4F RITES
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Islands, of which he was the diacev.
Orel',
"We are naw," he says, "celebrat-
ing fife hundred and flftieth anniver-
sary of Coolc'O dlscoverey of thee°
islands on January 18, 1778. The clic•
brations had to be postpouad t111 tag
summer, as the wind Is 40 uncertain
during the winter menthe and VerY
big soar aro experienced on the coast,
"We arrived front Fiji on August 11
and Pound H.M.S. Cornwall here from
England end H,M.A,S. Brisbane. from
Australia, On Wednesday we lett in
the evening for Waimea, a small port
in the island of Kaual, which is the
spot whore Captain Cook first lauded
on January 18, 1778. There was quite
a squadron collected here—our three
cruisers, Pennsylvania, flying Mr,
Davis's flag, four 11. S. submarines,
and two IJ. 5, destroyers, all to do
honor to the memory of this English
sailor,
"'A monument has been recently
erected here to mark the event, and
this was unveiled on Thursday with
due ceremony, the surroundings being
kept clear by platoons of seamen from
the cruisers and Pennsylvania. Sev-
eral speeches were delivered, and then
the memorial was unveiled by two
Hawaiian children, and the British
offifficers laid a wreath on the menu -
meta inscribed with the names of
England, Australia, and New Zealand.
A national salute of twenty-one guns
was' thea fired by all ships present,
and the National Anthems of II. S.
and England brought the ceremony to
close,
"We were then driven all over the
eland and entertained at a native
Thanksgiving a
Thanksgiving makes our prayers
t bold and strong and sweet; feeds and 1
a- enkindles them as with coals of fire.
—Luther.
Only the brave desert the fair. In
Steamed apple pudalog is a favor wishing to do a thing, provided it
won't cost too much ,won't call for
and too much sacrifice, won't require too
vantage of being both Wash cosily much work, won't keep you out o
quickly prepared, and cut al)* your easy chair too much, will not
pies into thin slices in the bottom help you,
Its In many homes, and has tit
until or 'luau,' 3,e., feast of food
cooked in hot stones by the Hawaiians
—much the same as we have had in
other islands, but more civilized. We
time of peace prepare for war. Pleas-
f ant company is always excepted- Tho s
best of friends must park. 1
of a well buttered baklua dish, Steam My friend, that is .the seat of spirit
until soft but not until fruit has lost which never gets anywhere. You
its shape• Pour over this a dropped roust fling your life into your voca-
batter made of ordinary biscuit tion with all your might. You must
dough, allowing sweetening as fol- resolve to be somebody with all your
lows: 2 tablespoonfuls sugar to 1 cup might, or you will never win out iu
of flour. When steamed invert pud- ally large way.
ding on serving dish and sprinkle If you want to stay down with the
with fruit sugar. Servo with plain or little fellows, tbe men who get their
whipped cream, living from the neck down, or who
Fried apples with sausages, Fry only use a little bit of themselves
sausages in the usual way, pricking above their necks, you will get
well with. a fe1.11, Have ready a num- through the world with +comparative -
her of large, firm, tart, red apples, ly little brain effort, If you will use
cored but not pared. Cut into rings the muscle instead of the brain, you
an Inch thick, When sausages are must make the muscle pay; the mus -
fried turn onto a hot platter and fry ole preparation means the muscle
the apples Iu the sausage fat. Gar- success,
nis'h sausages with the apples and
serve at once.
Spiced Apple Jelly. Wash and 1
quarter apples without removing'
cores or skins. Cover with a solu-�
tion made of one part vinegar to,
three parts cold water. Boil until'
soft. Strain through a jelly bag.
Allow equal measures of Juice and
(granulated sugar, Add stick cinna-
mon and whole cloves. Boil until
the Jelly stage is reached (220 de-
grees Fahrenheit), strain through
double cheese . cloth( pour into hot
sterilized glasses and cover with para -
gin.
Apples In casserole. Parc, core
and slice one quart of apples. Place
in a casserole alternately with three-
quarters of a cup of sugar. Add a
little cold water to cover bottom of
dish. Cover and bake until tender in'
a moderate oven. Serve either hot'
or cold with plain or whipped cream. 1
This is a good way to utilize fruit
which has imperfections,
In Finland. they call bootleg liquor
korpikunaen kyyueleita even before
drinking it, --New York Evening Post,
Sense of Humor
"I thought up a swell lie to tell the
wife, but she bust right out lafin,"
"Why, did she think it. was a funny
story?"
"No, she said she was lafin at the
comic illustration,"
English Paper—The service com-
menced with the singing of the hymn:
"All people that on earth do well,"
got back to our ships at 4 p.m. and
ailed at 5 p.m. for Kealakekua Bay
u the !stand of Hawaii, where Cook
GREETS BRAVE DADDY AT DOCK
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer who crashed the Rockford in Green-
land in attempted flight from Rockford, Ill., to Sweden are met by Hassell's
wife and sons at New York,
The morning after our last baby ar-
rived little Marjorie raised the win-
dow and shouted to Jerry (who lives
next door): "A stork brined me a
nice baby sister las' night." "Zat so?"
Jerry called back. "I got a whole
bunch a' pups."
England's Newest "War Bird"
WILL RECALL MANY A THRILL TO OUR VETERANS
A striking view of the flew Westland Wapiti, an all-nie tat plane, fitted with 'Handley -Page automatic stablizing
Siete, built for the Royal Air Force,
was killed when lie landed there on
February 14, 1779.
The ceremonies at Kealakekua Bay
took place, and were, we all thought,
most impressive. We landed at 8 a.m.
and formed our guards up round
Cook's monument at the village of
Kawaaloa, where he was killed whilst
endeavoring to induce the King to
come on board Resolution, as hostage
for the return of Discovery's cutter
which had been stolen during the
night. The monument stands on Brit-
ish territory. The small enclosure
surrounding the monument having
been given to Great Britain by the
Queen of Hawaii in 1828 (the first
centenary). It was a fine sight to see
the British seamen and marines and
the American sailors surrounding the
monument, the delegates and navel
offiRicers inside, the whole ideated in
very pretty scenery on the black lava
shore with the swell rolling iu heav-
ily and lovely feathery trees over-
head,
"We then moved along about 60
yards to the spot where Cook fell
when stabbed in the back. He fell
Underwent Spiritual Purifi
Cation for Meal for
Nearly Year
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ICyoto, Japan,-- Emperor Biro
was host recently at a banquet to
unknown number of invisible sues
the "ranges( of all the unusjtal r
that have attended his eathronem
Shinto gods of heaven and
sat at the meal aerved by the r
of 70,000,000 subjects as the final
of his enthronement, '
The Daijo Sal, or great ;teat
festival, was celebrated in the Shl
faith by an Emperor clad in simple
robes and sitting barefoot on the Il
of a bare, wooden hall, The food
of the simplest type, steamed rice
millet, fresh fish, fruits, seaweed
broth of a shell fish called awabi
thin rice. wine called sake. All except
the wine were served in
boxes and eaten with chop -sticks
only in the right hand,
His Imperial Majesty, as head
the Shinto religion, had undergo
spiritual purification tor the meal
nearly a year, He bathed in a sacred
tub called the "onu no Pune" or sacs
bath boat, and was cleansed age
with holy water before sitter
to the communion, Millions of p
sons throughout the country bow
in prayer as he broke bread with
spirits which founded the semi -wort
Nipponese dynasty more thaa 26 oe
turiea ago,
Faith -Humility
Three words of the Shinto faith $
scribe the banquet:
"Faith, humility and reverence."
The faith of the Japanese people
the gods which guard over the island;
their humility in the fact that' t
Emperor himself donned a hemp
gown and walked barefoot; their
erenca in the vast preparations E
the impressive ritual.
The Emperor left the Imperial Pal-
ace late in the afternoon and passe
between lines of soldiers to the shrine.
There he was joined by the Empee
Nagako and members of the Ininorf
Family, Fires were kindled and
invited guests were seated at a re-
spectful distance from the seats
the invisible gods.
After the Emperor and Empress had
undergone the purification ceremony,
they put on hempen robes.
Court musicians started an ancient
song of the "pounding of the rice,"
a signal for ritualists in the kitchen
to begin preparation of food over a
fire made by rubbing together pieces
of -}yoga From a seergij hinoki tree.
Preceded by file master of cere-
monies, Prince Ito, and followed by
ritualists bearing torches and the
sacred sword and jewels, the Emperor.
walked in a central liue—a lane "be-
tween heaven and earth" on which no
other man may walk.
Mat of R-yshes
The ground below was not exposed
to' his sacred feet and his head was
not exposed to the air above. A mat
of rushes was unrolled in front of him
and rolled up again as he passed over
1t. Over his head was carried an um-
brella of sedge grass of brilliant green,
yellow, red and white clouds—clouds
of good omen. A phoenix, with wings
outspread for flight, was mounted on
top of the. umbrella pole.
The procession of the Empress en-
tered a moment later from another
door,
While the musicians played ancient.
folk songs the ceremony proceeded
with elaborate ritual.
After the food offer'ng had been
made the chief maids attendant of
His Majesty, a virgin carrying a
wooden box containing an ancient
form of tooth brush, passed before
the Emperor. She wasfollowed by
an assistant with a boxof towels for
drying the Imperial hands.
At last a shrill cryo warning and
the start of a wierd song signalled
the end of the ceremony. The Em-
peror offered a Shinto prayer to the
gods and waited politely until they
had time to start eating before he
picked up his chop -stirs.
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Ambition
lmarket with Jhe thing which
clauates liar mind, {lie Ming to r
tick we are most ambitious. We
ake an unseen but powerful relation
th our own, wherever it ls, the
ing we long for and work for,
There is everything In keeping in
ne with the thing watch runs in our
ion, encouraging it, and. .never nn•
r any circumstances allowing it to
m or fade out. You must Vibrate
your ambition, the thing you are
ging to do, or you can never do it:
you are trying to be a lawyer you
st vibrate to the law thought, es-
bifath relationship with the law
a, keep in close touch with lawy
, with the courts, keep in the law
osphere. It is the same with
atever else you are trying to do.
other lvorda, you must vibrate.
orously to the thing you are try -
to accomplish.
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into the water, and the spot is now des
marked by a bronze plate under the at
Water except at lowest tide. It was to
unveiled on this occasion, the cera- tr
teeny being completed by a salute ofIf
21 guns from all ships present, and mu
then. by the last post played by our
assembled buglers. to
"We then wont over to the other ids
Bay to Napoopoo, where the first ors
Christian burial took place in Hawaii stn
of 'one of Cook's men, William Whet wh
man, of the gunner's party. A mono• In
meat has' been erected to his mem- vdg
ory which has been unveiled, Then' lug
up into the mountains to a 'luau/
Where 5,000 people sat down to feed
at once,"
b -
"Mose, Clay Is one preacher in die
town fiat's pow'fgl angry at me to-
night" "How come?" "Alt done
d him to p'faWn do obsequies at
weddlafeste Alt akin' sheet up."
Don't get excited when the modern hire
girl blushes. We mostly put on,- I malt