HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-09-12, Page 6The Empire Ideal and An Empire Idea 1
Sir Robert Hadfield Proposes a New "I3ritish Empire Develop-
; merit Board as Though We Well on One Con.
' tinent Instead of Being Scattered".
is generally recognized that the of the country coecerneri, or au' of
its citizens,
"lidy ouggeation is Mat this Empire
Development Boitrd, represeating the
whole of the Empire, should be cola
etittsted in such a manner xis to make
it as attractive es possible. The main
organization should offer tempting
Poste to men of the highest ability,
who should be more thanwell paid,
First Steps and Principles
"The first step le to set up a Fed-
eral Council, whose activities will not
be subjected to the influences ot
Parte' Politics; that is, it would be
kept out of the politieal does,. The
next isto re= an adequate Empire
Development Fund.
"CO-operatic:at, not ditatien, must be
the gutdiug erinclede. Party polities
must be rigorously excktded, and it,
"It has long been my conviction
that the British Sullen should'have II, teat be alearlY recognized that there
s5 no suggestion that Great Britain
an Imperial Development Fund of con.
should in any way domineer over or
siderable trsaguitucle, to be raised and exploit the overseas part of the him -
used, under agreement with our fel-. nire.
low citizens over the seas, for the pule
! "The principle ot Empire develop.
pose of developing the Emilr e s
re* went does not In any way Preclude
sources and opportunities, The basis ,
fair competition from those outside
oft which the money should be found, the lentpire but it does demand that
and the uses to which it should be I all Empire citizens should give first
Put, would be matters for discusaion,"1
consideration to Empire interests.
writes ir Robert Hadfield, Bart.,
t "At present we interpret 'nm ode-
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the Empire Mail under the heading cif velopmene and 'internal affairs' in tar.
"A Plea for Organized Empire De- too narrow a sense. Our true inter,
velopment," fie .nutkes the tollowlug este are those ot the Empire as a
pointed suggestious:— whole just as though we were all on
"In order that such discussion might one continent, instead of being scat.
Proceed continuously and decisions
tered.
put promptly into effect, 1 suggest "The time is long overdue for really
that a Federal Council or Empire De- ective developmeut of Empire re-
vetopment Board be formed, with re- sources. We are neglecting the great-
presentatives from all parts of the est opportunity in our history or that
Empire and with a permanent or- of any other nation. Words alone aro
mint= and personnel in each of no use 1 nmatters of this kind. Ac -
country, tion is demanded.
In a Prayer Book dated 1640, and
'The sessions of the Central Board e
need not be continuous, but they used by Oliver Cromwell, he wrote the
should ba more frequent than the following words: 'Qui defeat esse =-
meetings of the Imperial Conterence, lior ceseat esse bonus.' A free trans-
fer example, and they should be held late), of this is: 'He who cones to
in Great Britain and the various Do- aim at better things will cease to do
minions and principal Colonies in ro- good things.' Inde ed, a tine motto
tation, so that every member might for us to ponder over, both individual -
have first-hand experience of the con- ly and nationally. Let the spirit ot
dittons, requirements and possibilities these words be the aim ot us all and
ot different parts of the Empire. then there need be no fears for our
A Permanent Organization position in the future.
"We in the United Kingdom pay "In order that the matter may be
£400 per annum to each of 615 legis- advanced beyond the stage of general
lators in -their capacity as Members discussion, steps should be taken to
of Parliament (apart from the fees term a representative committee
appertaining to special offices) in con-
sideration of their services in guiding
the affairs of this country. Members
of Legislatures in other parts of the
Empire receive more liberal emolu.
needs; thus Australia pays £1,000
per ennum plus expenses to 112 Mem-
bers; Canada pays $4,000 per session
to about 245 members; and New Zea-
land pays £450 per annum to 80 mem-
bers. Yet there is no comparable
body of men dealing specifically with
the development of the Empire as a
whole—the largest and wealthiest Em-
pire the world has ever known.
"It is not reasonable to maintain
that the utilization of the resources of
our Imperial estate is a task demand-
ing the whole -time activities of a re-
presentative Council, and one worthy
of the best brains in the Empire?
while some 'night be houorary work-
ers. 1 see no reason why the perman-
ent staff should not represent highly -
paid officials, thus drawing on our
very best. •
• "It would probably be neither prac-
ticable nor desirable for one set of
men and W0311011 to serve continuously
en the Empire Development Board or
Codicil, but the oBarditself should
be a permanent institution with a con-
tinual supple' of newly -elected mem.
hers. The period of service need not
be rigidly specified; each member
might be elected for a minimum peri-
od of two or threes years, subject to
extension 11 h'e or she were engaged
on a particular scheme at the ned of
that period,
"This and other details do not at.
fect the plan as a whole and, In my
opinion, no consideration ot time, dis-
tance or expense affects the urgent
fltetwte of the Doreinione and Coloniela
In prosperity reaete immediately on
the Mother Country, They are our
best customers, relatively tet their
Population, and en May become richer
and make fuller use of their natural
resources MO buy more and more set
our manufactures ad provide steady
eMPI9Yertent for our dense itulustrial
populatlen-
"Sir Robert Hadfield now comes
forward with a proposal to accelerate
the movement by eettlug 00 an Em-
pire Development Board, composed 01
leading men,from all parts of the Ilm.
pire, drawing Ito funds from public
and private sources, and holding aloof
from party politics."—The Spectator,
London,
fahl
Ontario Champion
British Premier
Firm Believer
In Democracy
Egyptian Prime Minister Has
views With Regard to
Future of His
Country
MAKE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP SISTERLY AFFAIR
Olive Wade (right), who defeated, her sister, Mrs. Elsie Gray (left),, for Southern °dap° tennis champion -
re. Miss Wade is also Caaadian Mromen's Singles champion. •
° ts Show lefecially interested in watching the be --
Lack of Stamina as rulers and awoke 0.5 prisoners of
of the eminent figureo to village polie
Put to the Test Reveal They tics'was so frightened that he jumped
Are But Humin out of a window and. ran madly
Communis ,havior ot these Reds W110 went to bed
war out of theiv untroubled sleep. One
AT MOCK INVASION
Dramatic Method Adopted to
Discover Fitness for
Responsibility
which would then proceed to enlist Moscow—At least one localized "re -
the interest of both home aud over- volt against the Soviets has been ad -
seas parts,of the Empire with a view mittid, and admitted with somo pride,
to setting up the Empire Development ,,by the loyal press here.
Board itself at the earliest possible rt b.eppened in the village, Noshen-
moment. skaya, in the leansky district of SI -
".4, sympathetic attitude on the part beria, a district that remembers all
of the Home Government would be in- too vividly the horrors ot civil strife
valuable, if not essential, to the which drenched Siberia in blood in
smooth working of the scheme."
Truth Telling
Sells Old Stocks
recently when a group of "Whites,
Washington..—"Winter Coats—Vin.
in the uniforms of the dreaded Rol-
tage of 1927; Men's Suits—Hardly as
hak officers and heavily armed, swoop.
Stylish as They ljsed to Be; Warm
ed down on the village while 11 slum -
Woolen Blankets—but Ugly." These
candid headlines were actually used bored peacefully.
The invaders went about their job
by a department store in the south -I
i quietly and efficiently. They awaken -
western part of the country to adver-
ed a leading Communist, inforraed
tise a "white elephant sale" described
him that the Soviet regime had been
by Ray Miasma assistant director,
overthrown and that he was under es -
Bureau of Standards, in the United
States Daily. 'rest. They made the same announce-
ment in turn to one after another of
Merchandise featured in the sale
the important Communists and social
was an accumulatiola of "shelf warm.
ars" that were out of, date or unpopu-workers, gradually gathering a eom
aiderable number, mostly in night -
lar Perfectly frank descriptions of
shirts.
stoners are still struggling with each
euestioes, What is more, the Weal
Mutation is peeved sta it has ample
cause to be, about its distarbed sleep,
A. real 'civil conflict, bitter and, en-
during, runs like a thread of fire
through tee life cat 'the vast agricul.
through.the streets. Some:pleaded tor Lural stretches of the Soviet land. It
mercy. Others! were stoic. A few is not always visible on surtace
were defiant and reedy to fight for, to the casual observer, but it is there
their cause. none the less, and breaks through the
Despite the quietness of Ile pro- surface often enough in acts ot viol-
ceedings, the news of the cotxpel'etat once and terror.
spread through Nosheaskaya like Civil Strife Prevails.
wildfire. There was a maser° of 11 15 the conflit in teas of thousands
panic. The cry "Koichak is coming!, , of villages between those actively
Kololusk is coming!" passed frornleunporting the government's policies
and those who attempt in every pea -
Major le, W. Poisson Newmaa, who
is an, authority on Egypt, has au in-
teresating coatribution us the "Contexts,
pory Review" ¢11, "Progreso in /DMA,"
which 15 ot special lamest in view of
the recent reeignation ot Lord Lloyd
Rad the recent debates in Parliement
Both Mr, Henderson, the Foreign
Secretary, and Mr, Ramsay 'MacDon-
ald, the Premier, assert that -there is
lundamental change in 13ritish
policy, but Major Newman says the
time is obviously near at hand ethen
constitutional government in Egypt
will be restored In sonie workable
form. Writing et elahmoud. Pasha,
the Egyptian Prime Minister, the man
who is likely to be responsible for
carrying out any agreement that may
be made, Major D. W. Poison New-
man, in the "Contempovery Review,"
says:—
"Mahmoud Pasha has several main
objects in view. First he is deter-
telued to Mall at al costs the class of
professional politicians who enter po-
litical life for the sole purpose of lin-
ing their own pockets. Secondly he
is conentrating his,ettention on 'm-
erest -lug the conditions of the fellahin
and the workers in the towns, who to-
gether make up the vast masa of the
people of Egypt. Thirdly,he intends
to prepare the way for a return to
constitutional government as soon as
the country le fit for It.
"The Prime Minister is not a dicta-
tor in the ordinary sense of the term,
and is, in fact, faxeless autocratic than
the Watd Committee that preceded
him. He is a strong believer in de-
Mocracy, and he is determined to
guide Egypt to an enlightened ferns of
government on. sound democratic
lines, tree front the serious shortcom-
ings that have ,proved the downfall of
previous Egyptian GOvernments.
'He has concentrated his attention
on the return of EgYPtian national
life to its normal course and the re.es-
tablishraent ot government prestige,
without which It would be infeasible
to carry out the programme of re-
forms essential for the progress ot the
country. •
"Mahoud Pasha hopes to restore to
robust health a body politic born in
difficult cireumstances, end to see in
Cairo an honest, enlightened, and Pro-
gressive political system worthy of a
Polar Expeditions
Planned by Britain
Canada and Australia May be
Approached in 1Viatter
London, — (C,P. Cable)—Caneda
and Australie may be Approached in
connection with British expeditions to
the North and South Poles for explor-
atory and meteerological PUrleesee
within a few yeas's, Leading meteor°.
inlets of the Empire met ie confeven-
oe at th Air Ministry YeeterdaY, to
consider weather forecasting in relate Ape
ion to the Empire generally, and in r.f
particular, to aviation and agricuture
within the Empire.
of EitrIfeGBICiiisrilriljse*tenotrl'hoggicisaidOirfefeiteGer,
Said great Britain had one of the most
ably organized meteorological ser-
vices in the world. He doubted if any
more representative conference of a
technical nature had ever assembled
anywhere than that yesterday.
Discussing polar exploration, Dr.
Sitnpeon said: "We cannot allow ex-
ploration of the polar regions to be
done by foreigners It is up to us to
take a real share in it If there 10
going to be a definite attempt to in-
vastigate the polar regions north and
south, in 1932, we mud be prepared
to take our part, We shall ,approacit
Canada and Australia about !fending
out expeditions."
A british-Australian expedition is
already on the first leg of its jourl
ney to the south polar regions, under
Sir Douglas 1VIawson, but the purpose
of this expedition is mainly scientific
stalely of the economic and fishing re-
sources of that sect= of the world.
Lord Thompson, Secretary foe the -
Air,' welcomed the delegates yester-
day. He mentioned that among the
important points to be discussed was
marine meteorblogy. It was a well.
known f act that therc was at present'
510 general method of sending te or
receiving 50701 ships at sea meteoro-
logical information, he said. He hoped
the confernee foul(' arrive at some
common methods of communication
in this -matter.
"We have indulged in considerable
air activity during the last few years"
Lord Thomson went on, "and it is
desired to put at your dieposal all the
information we have gathered, and to
obtain some common method f or a
regulated servipe of meteorology
throughout the Empire."
Knowledge of meteorology was a
vital need for the success of Imperial
transport Lord Thompson pointed out.
He believed that in e few years air-
ships and airplanes might be guided
just as ships on the seas were
gated at at present,'but if this w ts to
be brought about there would have
I� be a great advance in meteor°.
logical knowledge.
thick forests nearby. for protection. Ports of villege Communists beaten
sible way to tear it down. The re- great 'country, who by her example
less enlightened natione of the East.
house to 'house, and some ot tile
frightened villagers rushed to the call have a .powerful•influence on the
By morning, bnivever, the 'revolt" or killed "kulaks" or rich peasants
00 saner Free from the fetters of party politics
was ended....The alleged "Whites" re., are so frequent that thee and intrigue, the Pride Minister hen
moved their uniforms and revealed constitute news. By the same tokee
themselves as members Ot a commis- the reports of kulake condemned to a great opportunity of adding strength
for terrorizing active poor peas. and prestige to the independence of
the nation, and of building ins a new
national consciousness, which will en-
able the outstanding differences of
Anglo-Egyptian relations to be viewed
from a new angle, more satisfactory
to the British Government and more
acceptable to the Egyptian people.
"The progress made in internal at.
fairs should place Egypt in a better
Position to .shoulder certain reseonsl-
Indies, without which further conces-
sions cannot be contemplated by the
British Government; and should ea--
tablish in this country a firmer con
fides= in the capacity of, the legyp-
Haw to manage their own affairs. The
process of enlightenment, •resultleg
from a clean ,system of eduaittion, a
clear expositior. of political realities,
and improved conditinne of the fella -
kin and workers, should enable the
people to Flee the direction of their
true interests.
"Moreover, the changes envisaged
by Mahmoud Pasha should help to
the first years of the Revolution. Like Bien which was mvest ga ng tnededh
,
a thousand other Planes Which carry calibre of local Communists and social i ants, for burning their houses, and tee
tike. are so frequent that no one here
the wounds of those years, Noseen. workerss with a view to determining
skaya has jumpy nerves on the sub- their fitness for. their various jobs, ;Pays much attention to them.
The 'whole business was a naive ma,ke-i It is not without gociele,cause that
ject of revolts and counter-revolte. jbelieve to test tile stamina of the the Communist Party ana its Million-
Commuaists under eke, so to speak. fold supporters insist that the rad
ve-
It umped with all alacrity one night
It was all part of the "tchistka" or tion is still goiu on, that the country
cleansing now under way everysvhere is stilt in a period of war.
in the Soviet Union. .
the goods were published in the ad-
vertisement. Goods that were old and
shopworn were so described and, if
the merchandise was out ot style,
mention was made of the fact. By
noon ot the day of sale, the major
portion of the -goods • was reported
sold,
Work that the Bureau ot Standards
is doing will make fewer and fewer
"white elephants" on merchants
shelves; eight years it has assisted
industry in simplifying 110 commodle
need for a permanent and adequate ties, limiting them onlyto those wide-
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organization devoted solely to the' ties which are itt constant demand by
great work of helping on Empire de.iconsumers, Mr. Hudson says.
velopment.
On the Broadest Possible Lines Dead Sea C. lairn
cession, I would suggest that the
'. ejected by British
"In order to provide a basis for dis-
)3oard should interpret 'development'
on the broadest possible lines. Thus,, Jerusalene—A, categorical rejection
apart from such obvious work as im- of the French claim to the pre-war
proving the existing facilities for Turkish Dead Sea concession which
trade and transport, the Board should !France wants to bring' before The
devote special attention to the workHague Tribunal is made in an stuth-
of expansion by enlisting the opening ,oritative statement issued here.
up ot new means of transport—rail- The concession in question was
:wseYs tramways, roads, herbors, dodo, granted in 1911 to Turkish journalists
dams, canals, construction of hydro- en Constantinople, the statement says.
electric power plants, the foundation' After the war the alleged concession
of new industries, the opening out of was assigned to a British subject, who
new districts for farming, the control - for several years made repeated re
of forestry, and so on. presentations to the British Govern -
These matters, it may be said, are ment, butsvtithout result. This claim -
the business of the countries concern- ant being a British oubject, could not
ed, UndOtibtedly, so far as the ulti- sue his own Government before the
znate control and operation of these International Court,
wake is concerned, but I am confl- He therefore made arrangements
dent that an Empire Development with French citizens that they should
Board, duly constituted and elected, appear as formal claimants to this pre
working with a full knowledge ot con- war concession, This French group
dttions throughout the Empire and sought the aid a the French Arnbasss-
Possessed of suitable financial re. add la London, but the British Gov-
sourees, could aged enormously in dinned bass been unable to recognize
the rapid and efficient development of the elem.
the gilts of Nature and its opportune,
ties of mended in, the various parts
ot the Empire, -Without touching the
suseeliblittles er Wringing the rights
The
Panic Prevails
triumphant "Whites" were es -
Is Cowardice Communistic? British Bluntness
Washington Post. —Snowden prob-
Unfortunately far the scb.eme, . ably will win. His plea on behalf of
raised a great many philosophical Britain is backed by a brand of 05 -
questions for the commission to an-
swer, and practical jokers are not ne-
cessarily glib pholosoptters. When a
Communist, faced by hopelessly ate
Perior enensy forces, runs tor cover—
is his behavior cowardly, unworthy of
a Communist, or merely decently dts- their own peoples and are using hater.
ereet? When a defeated Communist nationalism as a cloak for their de -
gives himselt up proudly to tee con. signs, while Snowden is fighting for
queror, is he a hero or merely a fool? the Brtttsk and has 'courage 10
At this writing the clever omtnis- ao.
tionee spirit and blunt sincerity that
can not be checked by protestation os-
tensibly based cin international good-
will but in reality prompted by Belt -
Interest, The difference is that other
statesmen are out for the interests of
Always Popular With Overseas Visitors
Lack of Parental control Is another MISSES FROM SOUTH AFRICA ADMIRE POMP OF HORSE GUARDS' SENTRIES
way of bridle describing the cause of 'Mee Girl Guides! are Even South Atriea, London for the greet leternatioual scout hunboree. They admiia
Ike hors ver much and (Mae hessitate to show it,
a wasted lite, the accoutred gee lett= on e a Y
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build up that Mutual trust Which. Is
an ,essestial condition of a successful
settlement. The Prime Minister,
therefore, deserves every possible sup-
port both in England and in Egypte
and there is reason to believe that
the constitutional support which he
now lacks will be forthcoming' In due
course"
ritish Collect
To Pay Balances
90 I.
Washington,—In 1528 Great Britain
had the world's largest unfavorable
trade balance while the United States
had the world's largest favorable
trade balance, according to Dr. Ray
Hall, acting chid of the Seance and
investment division et the U.S. Belied-
ment of Commerce, who has just com-
pleted an analysis of Anglo-American
trade,
"Each year the United Kingdom col-
lects, in the form of American mer-
chandise, something like $500,000,000
of the revenues from its overseas in-
vestmente," says -Dr. Hall. "This
meatus that the 'flatted Kingdom, hav-
ing an unfavorable balance with the
United States each year, pays for her
American purchases by revenues -rer
calved from other countries." '
Thirty per cont. ot alt the internee
Hoed . transactions of the United
States, both visible and invisible, are
with -Canada and the United ,Kingdom,
Mr. Han study showed.
Homes For Babies
Rarely Ever Returned Once
They Get Settled in
Family
One of the privileges in cltild.sav-
ing work, writes L 7. Kelso, is to be
the medium in placing a tiny, help-
less baby in the arms of a large -
hearted woman who has been denied
the blessing of a real -own baby. These
little bits of humanity have a way of
twining themselves round the heart
strings that is simply irresistible, and
once taken into a home they are rare-
ly ever returned. They are the ge00-
4ne adoptions that stand the test of
petty annoyances and disappoint -
mends. Not only do they grow like
their foster parents in character and
disposition, but strange to say, even
in facial expression. No one can
make a mistake in adopting a baby
at alx months, and they will be amply
repaid for Meir extra work in the
long run. •
Chicago to the Sea
Chicago 'Mebane: The lakes to the
gulf waterway will give to the great
central states area that competitive
access to the markets of the world
the lack of which is becoming mere
destructive of our interests. The
money that is required to open elee
inland waterways to transportation is
negligible compared with the doubt-
ful amount of the approPriaticna
necessary to exploit Me St. Lawrence
way, If, indeed, the project is feasi-
ble. Furthermore, the lakes to the
gulf channel is needed. to solve an
urgent economic problem, while the
St. Lawrence route is largely a pro.
=Menai scheme for the power inter, -
este and considerable of a luxury for
transportation.
South Africa May
Start Raising Silk
London.—Norton Breton, Chairman
of the Advisory Committee on 13m1)ire
Silk Production, has been invited by
the governments concerned to 'nett
Tanganyika, Uganda, Nyasaland,
Southern Rhodesia and the Union of
South Africa, for the purpose ot study.
Ing the possibility ot raising silk on a
pommercial Scale.
lexperimeeto have been proceeding
for amen lime in al those wearies.
Work Given Idle Diggers
Cape Town, 5, Af,—In order to
find work for impoverished digers
who have been crowded out ef the
alluvial field, the Government has
decided to set aside 23,000,000 at once
f or irrigation schemes.
A neglected childhood is the secret
of a criminal career.
Old lady from up.coutitry, watching ,
the traffic te Adderley -street: "Isn't
11 tertul bow a sin le policeman
can dam the flow of traffic?" Young'
,
Nephew "Yee. Granny, but you
' should hoar the Vas drivers do It!" ,