HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-06-13, Page 3Says Britain Has
Friend In Arabia
Ameen Rihani Asserts ibn
Sa'oud is Strong Ally
of Empire
REVOLTS LESSEN
Native Author 1-Iere to Open
Lectures Throughout
Canada
Ameen Rihani, author and self-
styled "vagabond on the highway of
education," who wee responsible for
translating into Iinglish the worsts of
Abu'1-Ala, the philoaopher-poet of
Arabia, whose'. outstanding work was
his Suzamiyat, written in the 11th
century, arrived In Montreal yester-
day at the invitation of the Syrian Na.
tional, Society ea Montreal, to; cona.
mance a lecture tour,
Ile recently arrived in America
from'Arabi'a,e where he is well known
to every kink, including the powerful,
Ibn Sa'qud, master of two-thirds of
the great Arabian country, whose
ultimate object is to gain mastery of
the whole. of Arabia, with the inten-
tion of instilling nagionaliam into his
race.
"I am an Arab, self-educated by
many, tripe into the West among your
peoples, amid Rihani in an interview
with the "Star" yesterday.
Ald' Oevelo'ptnent
"I am striving; to bring to the Wes-
tern races an uuderatanding of my
peoples, so that they can assist in-
stead of hampering, their development
as a nation. For years niy people have',
been fighting among themselves, and
Lave now awakened to a aenae of na-
tionalism under the leadership of my
friend Ibn. Sa'oud, the strong man of
Arabia.
"It is to him that we are looking
for salvation, and it is chiefly for him
that my lectures are tieing, given in
different parts of the world. I think
that Great Britain 'should foster his
frendahip.
'Arabia is in the centre of the.
world, aucl the mandatory powers tan -
not afford to have fighting, ' discon-
tent and
iscontent.ancl unrest all the time in this
Spot. at costs themmoney and' worry,
and it is probably due in part to the
policies that they pursue.
"Tho spirit of natiouism is growing
all over the Near Hast and the sooner
the mandatory powers realize it and
make concessions the sooner will
peace prevail The mandate for pro-
tectorships has not been carried out
In the spirit that it was given. In-
stead of the mandatory powers help -
Ing the nations weaker than they to
become self-reliant with 'decent form
of government, they look after 'num-
ber .one, that is 'themselves;' first.
Then they look ,to the comfort of the
poor nation 'thatthey have aw orn to
help and proteot.
Seeking Pease
"That is not the way to gain the
affection and esteem of;Arabia. I was
present at the recent' conference be-
tween Sir Percy Cox and Ibn Sa'oud
and acted as intermediary for them
at their deliberations. A protocol was
drawn up, but it is not lasting. Ibn
So'oud is a good and 'honorable 'man
who is looking for peace and great-
ness for his country.
"In this, respect 'he has accomp-
lished much. Where he rules the
Bedouin . has disappeared. They are
an orderly and peace -seeking people,
but outside in the desert in other
parts of Arabia, the old feuds and en -
Tatty is being carried to the limit.
Raiding, plundering and killing still
goes on, anti it is impor0i]rle flee Bri
t ,lu to stamp it out ivithaat the aid
of Ibn Sa'oud.
"If he is given concessions, and al-
lowed to spread hie pretectien over
ltd desert, the desert will be a peace-
ful' spot. He can and will maintain
order and will be ready to come to
• Britain's aid at any time. On the
other hand, these concessions are be-
ing given out to minor rulers who are
under British protection. They cannot
do anything with the country and oan-
notrender any effective assistance to.
Britain at any time.
Soviets Busy
After
bu
my a
rrO D gain thirty pounds
A m three months, and
wire back health anti
strength was the happy
experience of .Mrs. Mar-
garet Bretlhour of Corn-
wall, Ont., who gives all
the credit for it to Dr.
Williams; Pink Pills.
"After the birth of my.
baby, I was in the hospital
four months," she wrote,
"and came home weighing
only sixty-five: pounds. I
began taking Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills and it Wasn't long
until' I weighed ninety-five'
pounds end my general
health was of the best.
Every Spring since then I
take the pills as a tonic, and
wouldn't be without them, no
matter what they. cost; I
strongly recommend them to
all mothers."
Buy Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills now et your druggist's
or any dealer in medicine qr,
by mail, 50 cents, postpaid,
from The -Dr. Willistns
Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
9.98
50
PER 805
IINK PAILS
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HOUSEHOLD NAME
IN 04 COUNTRIES ••
Disarmament on Land and Sea
Early Alaskan
Mounted "Houses"
Will Be Dug Up
University of Pennsylvania
Museum Organizing Ex-
pedition to Point.
Barrow
Philadelphia.—Furtiherlight upon
the early bietory and culture or the
llskimos le sought by the 'University
pt Pennsylvania Museum,. wlltab has.
arranged to excavate '[tome unusual
mounds of Ilskimoe origin at Point
Barrow; Alaska, at the northernmost
Up of the North American mainland;
according to an announcement by
museum authorities hove,
Work on the excavations will be
started as soon as weather conditions
permit, probably in ,lune, and will be
carried on by Eakimos under' the di-
rection of Alfred H. Hopson, . an
Alaskan, who bas been selected for
the work,
According to r. J. Alden Mason,
curator of the American section of
the museum, the first group of mounds
to be excavated 'was found in 1918
when W, B. Van Vaain, a research
worker in anthropology, discovered
mounds thatcontained structuree re-
sembling houses, some being 18 by
45feet, built of driftwood with ceil-
ings Of logs.
A thick `covering of sod has been
placed over the roofs anti the walla
and the skylights, which had been
out into each root, had been covered
with seal or walrus skins, Skelton re-
mains ot many persons were found,
with some of which were found imple-
ments and possessions of daily life,
including wooden drinking cups, ba-
leen vessels containing small pieces
of seal flipper and blubber and three-
prougea fish spears.
Late last year, much of the ma-
terial that had been brought here was
trausferred from the Museum to the
Wistar Institute of Anatomy at the
university and examined by Dr. Ales
Hrdlicka of :the National Museum at
Washington.
"Further examination by archaeol-
ogists from the nauseant," Dr. Meson.
said, "also revealed the objects to be
typical of a phase of ancient Eskimo
culture scientifically called the 'Thule
culture, . which had been very well
studied in the central Arctic regions,
but not so well in Alaska.
"Following these revelations, which'
form most important contributions to
Arctic archaeology,- Dr. Hrdlicka
made inquiries which disclosed that
there remain a •number of similar
mounds near Point Barrow, but that
the Eskimos, inspired by the knowl-
edge that white men had become in-
terested in the mounds, had begun to
excavate them and were removing
their contents for sate as curios.
"With the co-operation of Dr..Iirdl-
icka, the University Museum then
made arrangements to excavate.
mounds which are 'still undisturbedi
dad to bring the finds to the museum
where they will be available for fur-
ther study.
"The United States Coast Guard
Service and the Bureau of Educa-
tion, both of which have vosselsavail-
able in Alaskan waters, have agreed
to help the museum transport
material."
Saturday Review (London): There
can be no common denominator of
power on land and sea, and the prob-
lems of disarmament on one element
and the other are entirely separate.
France and her European Allies have
thought it necessary to. keep up the.
system of conscription whieh we and
America have discarded, and the
European military system cannot be
brought into any sort of relationship
between ours or America's, The views
of 'France must' inevitably govern the
land armaments of the Continent and
we can offer her•no sort of induce-
ment to cbange these. But at sea our
interests coincide with those of Amer-
ica, and (subject to reserves on sub
marines) do,not conflict with those of
France. Obviously, therefore, on naval
armaments we need, not worry about
making our formula acceptable to
European conditions any more than
France worries about making her mili-
tary strength commensurate with
ours or America's. The eupreme ob
Rid of our naval policy is to reach an
agreement with America.. Tbat se-
cured, France will not enter into com-
petition; without that we shall inevi-
tably drift into ruinous naval comae -
tion with America and possibly into a
quarrel. In naval policy we are not a
European Power but a World Power.
Soviet Russia is now entering into
the field. She is trying to ingratiate
herself into the good graces of both
Ibn Sa'oud and Imam Yabya. The
latter is not on good terms with Great
Britain at the present time became)
f Great Britain5s refusal to ,give him
J1e protectorates in the vicinity of
Aden. Il:e has pointed out to Great
Britain that Aden does not need the
protectorates because she has the
Royal Air Force stationed there. Bus-
ies, is gaining a hold in the same man-
ner as Italy because tboy are offering
the rulers concessions. Great' Britain
gaittid rain • the friendship of these
powerful men in the Near East in the
sumo way and I, as 'a friend of both
culpntrieg,. Would lace to see this friend-
ship !Mended. I, myself, hope one"
day to sec Arabia represented 0n the`
League of Nations doing her share to
peeserve the peace ot the world," hes
'loncluded.
Arleen lihani is the authea e1`,
'`�'3'Vbli works on Arable, ehtgt &ibis '
)hem being,' "The 'Maker of Modern
Arabia," "Aetiifud the Coast of Arab-
le," and "The Yemen, or the 'Arabian
Phoenix."
Today it customary to 000 historic
heroes reduced by .biographers to
their ooh level -- William Lyon
Phelps. • - •
The West Indian Market
Saint John Evening Times—Globe
(Ind.): Those who insisted that there
was no trade in the West Indies worth
going after must revise their opinions.
Indeed they Mod to have done so,
although occasionally one reads such
remarks as that there are larger mar-
kets neat'& home. it so happens,
however, that, we have a surplus for
export and the West Indies furnish
a promising field.
Rocky , Mountains national park,
with headquarters at Banff, Alberta,
is the oldest and second largest of our
national parks. It has an area of
3,884 square miles and contains some
ofthe finest recreational and scenic
regions in tho world.
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THE ARNOTT INSTITUTE 0
KITCHN NER; ONTe, CANADA
An Irishman's Venice.
The Pride of the; Wast she was, the
Jewel of the Nast.. onstantinoplo was
ler courtyard. Greece, Egypt, Abys-
sinia, Bulgaria and Muscovy, her ton -
acro fields, ,Sailors? You'd think
fellow had invented the sea.
And 'as for riches and treasures, oil)
the wonder of the world she was; Tri-
bute she had from everywhere; the.
Four groat horses of Saint Mark he;.'
sono from Constantinople, The wo
grew' marble columns, daring the Pia-
zetta, sure, they mime from Acre...
' I'lie processions el the tradespe+ pia
•d'6re lihea king's 2eiinue, and they
marching in aceta on the election of a
doge. Each in their, separate order
they'd come, the master smiths first,
as is right, with everyone garlanded
like a conqueror, with their banner'
and their buglers; . , . the cloth -of -
gold weavers, with golden crowns set
with pearls;, the shoemakers in fine
sills, while the silk --workers were in
fustian; the cheese dealers and pork
butchers in scarlet and purple; the
fishmongers and poulterers, Armed like
men-of-war; the glass -masters, with
elegant specimens of their art; the
comb -makers, with little birds in
cages; the barber -surgeons on horse-
back, very dignified, very learned, and
With that you'd think there'd be an
end of them, but cast your eye back
on that procession and you'd findguilds as far as your sight would
Let you be going down the markets,
and •what would you see for sale?
Boots, clothes, bread? No, they were
out of sight; but scattered en the
booths, the like of farts of bread
on a fair -day, you'd find cloves and
nutmegs, mace and ebony from Moluc-
cas, that had come by way of Alex-
andria and the Syrian ports;
sandal-
wood froph Timor, in Asia; camphor
from Borneo. Sumatra and Java sent
benzoin"to her markets. Cochin -China
sent bitter aloes wood. From China
and Japan and from Siam came gum,
spices, silks,; chessmen, and curiosities
for the parlor. Rubies from Peru, fine
cloths from Coromandel, and finer still
from Bengal. They got spikenard
from Nepaul and Bhutan... You'd
see pearls and sapphires, topaz and
cinnamon from Ceylon; lac and
bayagates, brocades and coral from Cam-
aa.t•� hammered vessels and. inlaid
weapons and embroidered shawls from
Cashmere. As for spicessuch, never Would
your nostrils meet an odor;
bdelliuni from Scinde, musk from Ti-
bet, galbanum from Khorasan; from
Afghanistan, asafetida; frons Pelisia
sagapenuiu; ambergris and civet from
'Zanzibar, and from Zanzibar came
ivory, too. And from Zeila, Berbera,
and Shehri came balsam and frank-
incense.
And that was. Venice, and Marco
Polo, a young man.. And now it's only
a town like any other town but .for
its churches and canals. - From
"Messer Marco Polo," by Donn Byrne.
Angio -Saxon America
William McAlpine in the Nation and.
Athenaeum (London); (Fzom a letter
to the editor), Tho American does
not hate "MnglaLid " I -lo never did.
wo bas distrusted• her politicians, even
as he fails to trust his own. We may
not agree 'witch sono of your "states-
men" as to naval limitation, freedom,
of the seas, etc,, but, from a very wide
acquaintance among Middle West
Americans, I feel that I am safe in
saying' that if ever a time came that
the land 01 Shakespeare and Milton
was facing death at the hands of any
power or combination of powers "the
gutta would go oft et themselves." The
United States would not tolerate the.
extinction of a single one of its An -
Sid -Saxon sisters, Every other na-
tion but Britain knows this.
THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF EV Y MOTHER
The child 1n the home is a never,
failing source of joy, but, at the same
time a never -failing responsibility to
the fond mother, It not infrequent-
ly happens that minor ailments of the
child distress and puzzle her. She
does not know just what to do, yet
feels them not serious enough to war-
rant calling in the doctor, At just
such times as these it is found that
0e4 Rose ;"11ea: aarlfe Matt' at' to us from the foest to
gardens, then straight to your grocer brimful of
flavor an4 fres'Inneset Every, package gilaa'aaateed,74,
RED, ROSE ORANGE PEKOE is extra good.
Bow Bells Silent
For Three Years
No Money Available to Re-
pair Old Oak Frames
London.—Bow Bells are not ringing:
They have not, indeed, been ringing
for three years.
They are out of order and money
for their repair is not available, Mr,
Deputy Ellis told the City Corporation
at a recent meeting,
The matter arose when the town
clerk reported the receipt of the as
Baby's Own Tablets are the mothers counts ot the City Parochial Fouuda-
greatest help and friend, I tion.
Most childhood ailments arise in thea He said that 38 years ago the money
digestive tract—the bowels become of the city churches was impounded
clogged and the stomach sour. Baby's and 'small sums left for the upkeep
Owu Tablets are a never -failing relief and repair of the churches were now
for this condition. They are a mild altogether insufficient.
but thorough laxative and through He asked that the matter should go
their action on the stomach 'and bowels to committee for inquiry and ,report.
tihey banish constipation' and indiges- The Court accepted the motion for
tion; break up colds and simple fever: -inquiry.
In the sombre aisle of the Church
of St. Mary -le -Bow, the verger shook
his head sadly as he told a press rep-
resentative of the fate which had be-
fallen Bow Bells.
"Busy Londoners pass by in thou -
not be wtihout them. 'Please send sands every Ihour. Yet how many real -
me your little booklet on the care 01 tee that the most beautiful belts in
children." all the city have not chimed for three
Baby's Own Tablets are
eatlold 25 years?" he said.
medicine dealers or by m Six of the twelve have hung in the
cents a box from the Dr, Williams' tower since just after the Great Fire;
allay the pain accompanying the cut-
ting of teeth and promote health-giv-
' ing sleep. Concerning them Mrs. W.
Benning, Mackay, Ont„ writes:—"I
have used Baby's Own Tablets and
think so highly ot them that I would
The Scottish Invasion
0. E. Lawrence, in John O'London's
Weekly: Not only do they (the Scots)
bring with them the accent of their
fathers, the congenital thriftiness of
their mothers, the legendary and do-
mestic atmosphere of their home val-
ley or hillside; but also they bear
southwards a version of history which
in a very brief while we are ready to
accept as sufficient: By merely talk-
ing of it -they- have In impressed us
with the consciousness that Bannock-
burn was the only real battle fought
between the English and the Scottieh,
that we are unable to mention Flod-
den, which shows them to be indeed a
most victorious people. Anyhow, with-
out learning much of it in the schools,
we English know far more of Robert
Bruce, William Wallace, Bonnie. Dun-
dee, Montrose, Glencoe, Flora Mac-
donald and Jenny Geddes' stool than
the Welsh in their most "Look -you"
hours have told of Llewellynor even
the garrulous Irish have said about
Brian Bora.
Ijx1111i ecld is the common cause
of indigestion, 'it results'In pain and
sourness about two hours atter eating,
The quick corrective is asi alkali
which neutralizes acid. The best tor -
restive is Phillips' Milk of •Magnesia..
It has'roinaiued standard with nivel-
dame in the 50 yearn since its inven
tion,
One spoonful of Phillipa' iNillc 01
Magnesia•neutralizes instantly many
times its volume in acid. It is hams -
less and tasteless and its action is.
quick, Yon willnever rely on crude
methods, never continue to suffer,
when yllu learn haw quickly, how
pleasantly this premier method acts,
Please let it ehov you—now.
Be sure to get the genuine Pbillips'
Mille of Magnesia prescribed by pllYsi-
ciaris for 50 years in correcting excess
acids,, hash bottle contains full direc-
tions—any
llrec-tions—at iY drugstore.
"The proportion of the country's
population in favor of execution is
at least fifty per scent."
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
To Sleep
What kindlier friend in all the'world
have we--
Escort
e—Escort for man between the day
and day?
Curtained by night, vesthotized by
thee,
We' are restored, and sent upon our
way.
A boon thou art that never can be
' bought,
Nor may proud Wealth thy use
monopolize;
Thou fallest like down upon our
children's cot,
And knowest the place where tired
Labour lies.
If arrows of the day should wound
us sore,
Or Guilt or Failure track us to our
den, '
Thy bairn heals; the humiliating score
Thou wipest clean away; and
sometimes when
Death from our circle a love one may
take,
We get him back from thee ... until
we wake.
-Halifax. Rev. A. L. Fraser, D.D.
Britain Ships Lighthouse
Lens to West Indies
70,000 Candlepower Light To Be In-
stalled on Watling's Island
Nassau, Bahamas.—A monster light-
house lens with a 70,000 candlepower
light has arrived here from England
and will be installed next month on
Watling's Island, or San Salvador, as
it was formerly called. The lens
was manufactured in Staffordshire
and wasshipped in parts, making
forty-four cases in all.
After being taken to the Port of
San Salvador by ship the lens must be
taken three miles overland to the base
of the 100 -foot hill on which the light-
house is located. After this 480 yards
of tram line will be laid to haul the
cases to the summit of the hill with
the aid of winches.
Many a pian ill love with a dimple
stakes the mistake of marrying the
whole girl.—Life.
The Grain Congestion
Toronto Telegram (Ind. Cons.):
The drop in wheat market has con-
gested the elevators at Montreal and
Port Colborne. A hundred vessels gre
lying by with nowhere to unload,
Hints are read of a possible reduc-
ed purchasing power in the West, and
that a couple of thousand men may be
thrown out of work, But it is an ill
wind that blows no one any good. Le
Soleil, of Quebec, sees in the situation
evidence of the necessity of giving
that port the importance that is its
due by increasing its harbour facili-
ties. It points, too, to the inadequacy
of the aceomnhmodation provided at
Montreal. Elsewhere the present con-
ditions are used as an argument for
the prompt development of our canal
.COneesta't u ii expectetit1 tri l
the elevators at the head' of tlhe lakes.
for a couple of Weeks. Then is will
no doubt be, discovered that the situa-
tion is duo to the inadequacy of har-
bour facilities at Vancouver and Vie
to{ia.
It saves a lot of teouble'11 instead
of having to darn money and save it
Yea can just go and borrow IL—Win-
ston Churchill.
Use Mieard's for. Lhe rub down.
the others were hang many years ago.
"They pealed forth regularly until
1036, when the old oak frames became
unsafe."'
Keep Minard's in. the Medicine chest.
Trade With Britain
Toronto Globe Lib.): Under the
present circumstances Canada is pur-
chasing from the United States hand,'
reds of millions of dollars' worth of.
goods in excess of total Canadian
sales to the Republic. At the same
time the exact reverse is true in the
case of trade with the Motherland.
We sell to Britain far more than lve
buy from her. "Buy from those who
buy from you" is a good slogan at any
time. It will seem even more applic
able and urgent in the present case
if the United States reduces to any
appreciable extent her .purchases
from this Dominion.
The fly, as a germ carrier, Is cap-`
able of doing more harm than a mad
elephant.
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Dobbin Prefers Water
Unoiled, Motorists Told
Washington—Refrain from dipping
oily pails into "Dobbin's" waterinS
transit when Riling your automobile
radiator, is t'ie plea the Washington
Humane Society is making to motor,
fists..
This practice, it points out, con-
taminates the water and makes It un-
fit
nfit for drinking by, horses, which the
automobile has already relegated to
the background in the transportation.
world. The society also calls atten-
tion to the traffic regulation which
prohibits parking in front of drink-
ing
rinking troughs.
T0'"be told at the front that we
were fighting to make the world safe
''for democracy was to be driven to the
dumb verge of insanity.—Herbert
Read.
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Castoria is a comfort' wben Baby i5
fretful No sooner taken than the
little one 18 at ease. If restless, a
few drops soon bring contentment.
No harm done, for Castoria 18 a baby
remedy, meant for babies. Perfe"tly
safe to give the youngest infant; you
have the doctors' word for that! It 18
a vegetable product and you could use
it every day. But it's in an emerg-
ency that ga,ettrist means moat. Sonet
night when constipation must be re-
lievsd—or colic paine—or other suffer' -1
Inge. Never be without it; some
mothers keep an extra bottle, un-
opened, to make sure there will al-
ways be Castoria in the house. It is
efteetive for older children, too; read
the book that conies with it,
"I took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for mis-
erable and tired feelings and
it gave fine strength to do my
work. My nerves arebetter and
I feel well and strong and have
a good appetite. i' sleep well
and am in pretty good spirits
and able to work every day
now. I recommend the Vege-
table Compound and, you
may use this letter as a testi-
monial." --Miss Delvenct Wal-
lace, Union Street, North Devon,
Ncw Brunswick.
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