HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-09-26, Page 7Navy is Essential
Churchill States
Equality in Minot; Craft
Would. Mean British
Inferiority
WINNIPEG SPEAKER
,Britain Growing in Wealth,
Health and Power,
He Says
Winnipeg. —Speaking here recent-
ly, Rt. Hon, Winston Churchill, former
Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the
Baldwin, Government, declared that
most people were under the impres-
sion that Great Britain was down and
out, and had 'seen her best days, but
this was opposite to the true state of
affairs,
"Britain," he asserted, "is steadily
growing in wealth, health, power and
education. There never' was a' time of
such prosperity,"
Referring' to the "dole," Mr. Church-
ill quoted Rt. (•Ion. J. Il, Thomas' de-
scription of it as "The most perfect
scheme for the support of the unem,
ployed in any state or country." The
speaker said the men drawing this
money were the same men who paid
the premiums into the "dole" fund in
brightertimes. Summing up the pessi-
mistic • reportsof the unemployment
situation, Mr. Churchill said: "There
is nothing which would lead anyone to
believe that these reports are true.
The miners are the symbol of the pow-
er of cur race, man -power and en-
durance."
together firmly only by e spontancouo
tied, voluntary allegiance, it is your
crewel and our Empire, even as it is
our9, Guard it end cherish it as it
has guarded and cherished you,"
Contin ting; ho said: "Other nations
May leek On our Empire and say: "It
will not last,' But, it has lasted you.
It has passed through those ares built
to eneatnees3 its destruction, The ties
of Empire aro deter sentiment and
tradition. The ordinary citizen helps
forward the cause of Umpire. It is
the golden circle of the Crown that,
links us to the power which the British
Eritpire;has founded for the joy, peace
and glory of mankind."
CHARMED By LAKE;
ICenora, Ont. --Fascinated like the
leader of Britain's Labor Government,
by the beauties of the Lake of the
Woods, Rt. Hon, W. S. Churchill, for -
leer Chancellor of the Exchequer in
the Baldwin Government', arrived in
Kenor'a recently for a" brief visit, and
in his own characteristic Churchill
Way, "wanted to buy an island right.
away."
Arriving by special train, Mr.
Churchill and his party wore taken
for a mdst enjoyable trip on the Lake
of the Woods, and like Premier Ram-
say MacDonald, he was at once capti-
vated by the beauties of the lake, and
became most enthusiastic, Mr, Mac-
Donald may or may not have estab-
lished a precedent in praising the
Lake of the Woods, but Mr. Churchill
was, if possible, more enthusiastic,
and his desire to "purchase an island"
was most emphatic and most sincere.
After visiting the summer 'home of
Samos Richardson, the patty viewed
va-ious beauty spots on the lake, re-
turning to the summer home of Hon.
and Mrs. Robert Rogers.
They returned by special train to
Winnipeg at 2.30 p.m. ICenora citi-
zens are hoping that at some none
too far distant date they will be able
to welcome the distinguished states-
man again to ICenora, not only as a
visitor, but as a summer resident.
REMAINED INTACT.
In opening, Mr. Churchill referred
to himself as a traveller seeking
knowledge, leisure and change. In
the course of that search he spoke of
having visited Winnipeg nearly 30'
.years age. "Whet changes those years
have seen," he continued. "In no slate
ilar period have war and science so
affected mankind. The structures of
empires have been swept away in Rus-
sia, Germany, Austria and Turkey,
but we have come through intact, un-
ited and stronger than ever." •
'Mr, Churchill declared that the
greatest interest of Great Britain' was
in the maintenance of peace. "We
need it," he asserted. "Peace is our
object and our aim." He'quoted Presi-
dent Hoover's statement that "not in
50 years has the outlook for world
peace been so bright."
Mr, Balfour had said that peace
would. continue in all civilized mem-
tries. The speaker spoke of subver-
:sive propaganda. "By the most art
ful. weans we would be coaxed into
giving up our rights, Alarmist propa-
ganda would frighten British states?
men, and •even the people, into aban-
doning' their rights,"
NAVY ESSENTIAL
The British Navy, 'he declared, was
essential and vital ,t0 the security of
the Empire. "When our navy was
+supreme, did it abouse our power?"
the inquired. (Cries of Nu.) By the
:agreement of 1921 the British and
American battle fleets were made
equal, Britain retaining' her superior-
ity in minor craft, an exception made
necessary by the .dissimilar positions
of the nations, the United States com-
pact fn its vaetness and self-sustain-
ing, while three-quarters of the food
'consumed in Britain was dependent
upon the maintenance of uninterrupt-
,ed commerce on the seas.
"Equality,"' said Mr. • Churchill, "in
the minor craft would consequently
mean British inferiority. That I
.should deeply regret. Yet I can see
nothing whicli should prevent peace
;and goodwill between the two nations
-despite the disparity in minor naval
craft."
He next dealt with Egypt, describ-
ing' how that country had developed
.and prospered under British influence
.as contrasted to the conditon of an-
.archy and barbatism which existed
before British garrisons were estab-
lished there. He predicted that when
these garrisons were withdrawn to the
.Suez banks there would be a slow re-
turn of the country to the rack and
ruin from which it had been rescued,
SINGAPORE BASE,
Speaking of Australia's dependence
upon the Suez Canal as a link with
the Empire, he •said Singapore was
:.simply a base designed to safeguard
contact with Australia and New Zea-
land. Singapore was not a threat or
menace to any nation, "least of all to
-our ally Japan." The British Empire
would cease to be a reality it there
were no physical navy to bind Aus-
tralia and New Zealand to the other
parts of the Empire. "By means of
Singapore we return to them the pro-
tection that they gave us in the war.
That is the only argument for Singa-
pore."
DANGER OF "REDS."
Mr, Churchill spoke vigorously of
the "new •danger of Communism."
"We must act with courage and re-
peat the old invocation: "Briton, hold
your ownl' „
Communists, said Mr. Churchill,
.aro not merely the representatives of
a doctrine, but a planned campaign
of destruction of existing institutions.
Mr, Churchill then dwelt with Do-
minion status. "United, we can meet
alt things and, therefore, why not hold
together?" The Imperial Conference
of 1926 swept away all obstacles in
our minds. "All the self-governing
Dominions have equal status with one
another and with the Mother. Country,
A .self-governing Dominion of the Eln-
pirc enjoys fuller freedom than one
of the American stales, We are held.
British Win
Air Race at
328 -Mile Pace
Retain Schneider Cup as Wag-
horn- Flies
ag-
horn"Flies 217.49 Miles
in 39l/2 Minutes; Italy
Second at 248•M.P.H.
Renee Peirbead, Isle of Wight.—Fly-
ing six miles a minute at times to at-
tain the world's record speed of an
average of 328.683 miles an hour for
the 217.38 -mile course, Waghorn, the
"baby" of Great Britain's high speed
seaplane team, retained for his coun-
try the coveted Schneider trophy.
The first starter in the contest for,
the blue ribbon of aviation, he com-
pleted the seven circuits of the course
marked out between England and the
Isle of Wight in 39 minutes 42 4.5 sec-
onds in the Supermarine Rolls,;Royce
S-6, the Blue Rocket. In doing so and
in making the new average record for
the course he surpassed the previous
average record of Plight Lieutenant S.
N. Webster, of Great Britain, made In
1927, by .47.14 mites an hour. Wag -
horn competed against two other Eng-
lish navy filers and three Italians,
Flying officer R.. R. Ateherley, an-
other British aviator, in a plane like
Waghorn's, gained another record for
his 'country by flying two laps at an
average speed of 332.29 miles an `hour,
the fastest speed ever officially cred-
ited to man,
Ateherley completed tine course at
325.45 miles an hour but was subse-
quently disqualified by the judges for
not rounding the pylon off Bembridge,
Isle of Wight.
Second Place to Italy
Italy, captured second place with the
Macchi-Fiat M. 52, piloted by Quarter-
master Tomaso dal Malin, with an
average speed of 284.20 miles an hour.
Third place was won for Great Bri-
tain by Flight Lieutenant d'Arcy
Greig, with an average of 282.11 miles
an hour. His Supermariuo•Napier. 6-5,
and dal Molin's plane, had been flown
at Venice in the 1927 contest,
Italy's wonder Macchi seaplane did
not do so well, as both Lieutenants
Remo Oadringher and Giovanni Monti
were forced clown juet alter complet-
ing the first lap.
Gabby Gertie
' "Friend wife encourages hubby to v
under his elite after MOTORCYCLE SOCCER PROVIDES THRILLS AT BERLIN AUTOMOBILE SHOW statesman see the ,lawn of a new era, the saxophone and the bag:dim -
tticlK his napkin t d Tile tnotarcyeie soccer game in which the Sport Union of the Berlin police force showed their skill was one of but it always seems to cloud up before "That is not a musical instrumoutll
she has soon Ilam and Eggo at the
Front:"' .l the features of the Small Auto and Motorcycle race aud.ghOw le the German eallitaL ••?es.noon.—Kay Features, that is a weapon,"
Where Well -drilling is on the Road to China
ABOVE GROUND AT THE WORLD'S DEEPEST HOLE
Drilling machinery of deepest hcle in the world, shalt of oil company, which tri approaching dept of 10,000
at Signal Hill, near Long Beach.
feet
Radio in C:..nada
May Be Changed
By Board Report
Royal Commission Named to
Study Conditions Expect-
ed to Make Drastic
Changes
Considerin Three. ree. P fans
Government Control of Sta-
tions Believed Favored
Montreal.—Within a short time it
is expected that the Royal Commis•
sion appointed to inquire into radio
broadcasting will submit its report to
the rederal government, which, after
consideration, will -prepare for. the
conning session or Parliament what
legislation is necessary to carry out
the recommendations acceptable to
the government.
That some rather drastic reform In
the Canadian radio situation will be
recommended by the contmisslou is a
view.widely held, particularly by those
with alit intimate knowledge of radio
broadcasting conditions in the Do.
min4on,
It is generally assumed that some
form of government control and opera-
tion will be recommended, and that
some such move will meet with favor.
from the government. Such a system,
if and when adopted, would involve a
severe reduction in the number of ex.
isting stations, and would also involve
a considerable increase in the power
of the stations retained.
Up to the end of last month there
were aLtogsther seventy-eight broad-
casting stations in Canada. Of these,
only a few are high powered tied serv-
ing an area of any considerable ex-
tent. A large number of them are very
small, with only a local and extremely
limited appeal. These, it is held, are
of little service to any community,
large or small, and in the interests of
better programs and of useful service
should, and probably will, be taken
over by the government, some to be
merged into larger stations and others
to be scrapped.
The commission had before it three
possible plans to be considered in the
drafting of a report, namely, establish-
ment of one 'or more groups of sta-
tions
tations operated by private enterprise
in receipt of a government subsidy;
establishment and operation of eta -
times by a government-owned and
financed company, and the establish-
ment and operation by proviucial gov-
ernments.
Whatever oourse is recommended,
and it is believed the second is the
most probable, many difficulties are
presoated, One is the fact that one
province, Manitoba, now has a system
cond oy thProvin-
cialtrollegovernmenandt, withperated stbationse at 'Win-
nipeg and Regina. Another is the
large number of small private enter-
prises now in existence, and whose
vested interest has to he carefully con-
sidered when providing for complete
Federal government operation, Some
et ahem may be used as feeders to the
larger stations.
The commission, it 1s known, is
deeply impressed with the wide and
insistent public demand for better pro-
grams, particularly of Catladiatl and
British origin. Not only 'will aggres-
sive measures be adopted for,the.im-
provement, through subsidy and other:
means, of purply Canadian programs,
but some provisions wIl also be made
for British programs. White some of
these are now being picked up on the
short wave lengths of certain Cana-
dian stations and then relayed to their
listeners, an even more systematic ef-
fort to provide with alt possible regu-
larity British programs is almost cer-
tain to be made. Stress will b'a laid,
too, upon providing programs of an
educational haraeter, such as are pro-
vided in the European countries, and
for exchange of Canadian stuff as be-
tween widely separated, provinces,
such as British Columbia and Nova
Scotia or New Brunswick.
While there are now nearly eighty
broadcasting stations in Canada, there
would have been many more but for
the careful scrutiny of the Department
of Marine, which sought to assure the
greatest service to the largest number
of people. As many as one =hundred
applications for further licenses have
been held upeby the department, some
of them pending the results of the,
Royal Commission's inquiry.
orld War
Shows the Way
France Rebuilds Fortresses to
Guard Eastern Frontier
Paris.=France is steadily rebuilding
that iron belt of fortresses along her
eastern frontier which she regards as
indispensable to her safety, it was
revealed in an interview here with
Paul Painleve, Minister of War.
Lessons of the World War have
boon drawn upon in the new fortifica-
tions, with the result that deep caves,
capable of protecting large bodies of
troops from the heaviest shells, form
an important feature of the new sys-
tem.
Verdun remains the key point of
frontier defense, the Minister of War
said, with a long line of smaller fort-
resses supplementing that, defense,
eats related in a strategic plan to the
others, and with vantage points ready
for the artillery in the rear..
Painleve does not support the theory
that a line of timber land is a valu-
able defense in modern war, insisting
that the concealment it would afford
the enemy would equal the advantages
it would give the' defenders.
He concluded his interview with an
appeal for the defense of French
eltildren as the best defense of the
couny, .
"Prtreaching about more children will
not raise the birth rate," he said. "We
must concentrate all our efforts to re-
duce infant mortality to a ntinimuin."
Winnipeg, Manitoba. --J, M. McKay,
general agricultural agent of the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway here, announces
the intention of the company to again
offer four cups to the Boys' and Girls'
Swine Clubs located along the rail-
way's lines in each of the four west-
ern provinces. In addition the win- He: "Do you think your mother
fling teams in each province will be would approve my kissing you?"
taken to Toronto, to the Royal Winter She: "Mother never approves any -
Pair, as guests of the railway. thing until she tries it."
Combines Cut Costs
Saskatchewan Harvest While
Smaller Will be More Econ-
omically Harvested with
Modern Machinery
Regina, Sask.—Saskatchewan is go-
ingcheerfully about its harvest opera-
tions.
The crop is short. In bushelage 13
may not be much more than half the
big crop that ripened in 1928.
But harvesting methods are cheap-
er, and there isa better price for all
contract grades,. as well as feed.
Significant facts are stressed while
harvest operations are at their peak.
One thing is that old methods of
harvesting have definitely passed from
the picture.
Combines -have come into general
usage and intelligent farmers are
buying modern machinery and saving
harvest costs this year,
For nearly two decades, Regina has
been the greatest distributing point
for farm machinery in the British
Empire.
Value of .farm machinery distribut-
ed runs to 115,000,000 and $20,000,000
each year.
Distribution of combines this year
is in keeping with the fast puce set
during the past two years.
Another significant fact is the sup-
eriority of summer fallow over stub-
ble in grain yield.
J. J. Heenan, Grand Coulee, has just
won Regina's Board of Trade prize
for fine wheat stands.
He farms a section in a country
which is far from* running water.
His patch of Marquis wheat is ex-
pected to yield well over 30 bushels to
the acre.
Other Grand Coulee farmers were
among the leaders in the Regina com-
petition.
Wheat grown on summer fallow
land won the big prizes in the Regina
district.
It is apparent that in districts
where stubble land this year will
probably yield not more than 10 or
12 bushels to the acre, summer fallow
crop will be higher than 30 bushels.
The West cannot expect a 500,000,-
000 bushel crop every year.
Hail, frost, rust aid drought must
be taken with years of bumper crops.
But progressive farmers are finding
that modern methods of sowing and
harvesting grain are best.
German Graf Not K3ritish Refuse
Nearly So Large To Build Ships
As British Craft Against U.S.
l
Air Ministryad BuildersRe-Prise as
ply canam nitpeehBefore
Dis-
feriority
COMPARISON ABSURD
Dimensions • and Capacity of
Vessels Shown by
Figures
League Assembly
Ramsay MacDonald Says Lea-
gue Must Build Found-
ation for It
Geneva --Tile British Government
"do*,lined absolutely to butte against
Loudon—Oliicials of the Air Minis- tee United States," declared the
try, and tate firm concerned
with the Prime Minister, Ramsay' MacDonald,
menstruation of the airship R-100, have disarinameut speech before the
had their attention drawn to a re -
in his
Dort hinting at an official admission
that the R-101 and the Rr100 are in -
League of Nations Assembly,
"That is not only the word of a
Labor government, 1 think l can Rey
Eerier to the Graf Zeppelin it ie that of a Conservative g.-vern-
They say that, in the first case, It gMt"
is absurd to attempt to compare a Angie„Mr. Amsetcte MacDonald announced Shat the
craft, built for a different purpose probably would
naval 20 noiiout
and of vastly greater size and cap_ probably would contain 20 points,
achy, which fa not to be tested for Only three of these points are out-,
standing," he said.
some time to come, with the Graf
Zeppelin, Ramsay MacDonald expressed the
They express a complete d[sbeilef belief that the agreement would be
Lhat anyone en aathe+rity weuld be so crmpleted before the adjournment of
unwise as to- express any op(nlon on the League Assembly. He announc-
ed
the natter, and say that they them -
sign
that Great Britain had decided to
selves have 1:10, knowledge of anything sign the optIWor clauses for adner-
approaching an oficila verdict hav- once to the PVarid Court, He be-
lieved all units of the British Cont..
monwoaltb would do llkewise,
An atmosphere cf expectancy per-
There
erThere is an Immense difference bo- vaded the League Assembly when
tween the new British airships and the British Labor leader began Ma
the Zeppelin, which is shown by the address,
following figures; Length in feet et The work ofthe League will go for-
Germans Spring a New Sport
ing even beet, considered.
Immense Difference
the R -i01. 738; R-1.00, 708; Graf Zep-
pelin, 772; (diameter ire the same or-
der): 151 feet,. 133 feet, fee feet. The
maximum et alt three, eighty mites
ward and establish the foundation of
world peace and the problem M the
League of Nations is the price et
seeadity, he said.
per hour. Cruising speed 70, 71,5 and "The pact of peace is still a castle
68 mites. Range, with normal pay in the air and the work or the Lea -
load, 3,000 miles, 3,500 miles. and 6,260, gue is to build up a foundation for IV
Normal lay load of British ships is said Mr. MaeDonaId.
300 easengors and mails white Graf He declared that he had never he -
Zeppelin carries 20 passengers and reeved the Hague conference could -or
15 tons Df freight, would fair.
Total displacement 161 tons, 150 Palestine Situation
tens and 107 tons, total,leorsepower Commenting on the situation. la
5,250, 4,200 and 2G, s% British slurps Palesthte, Mr, MacDonald said the
have 5,000,000 cubic feet capacity trouble was not a racial conflict Mr
which Is several times that or the tween Jews and Moslems, but merely
an uprising based on lawlessness and
disorder. Great Britain, as the man-
date power under the League, wilt in.
vestigate and find a remedy to pre-
vent recurrence of the outbreaks. he
said.
Zeppelin,. These figures Indicate the
absurdity of any eomparisen and this
Is emphasized by the fact that ne one
can possibly know• netle atter their
trials, what the Britislr Airships' am
teat performance wilt lee. However,
In estimated speeds, size and eamy
Ing capacity the British ships exceed
the Zeppelin. As far as range is
Question of "War Gap"
The paragraph in the Geneva Pre-'.
concerned, it is write possible with tocol had attempted• to fill a "war
favoring winds, they may far sur_ gap' by naming as the aggressor that
pass the range officially set as their nation which refused arbitration 04
tim[t. any quarrel.
Undoubtedly engine development One or the greatest risks of war is
daring construction or the British that some of us are too heavily
ships was net as tar advanced as was armed,' said Mr. MaeDrnald. "We
expected. Presumably this is the must race the problem of dtsarma-
basis for the alleged disappointment.
Close
Vatican t®
Bathi ;g Be ch
Scant Clad Dancers Shock
Church Powers So They
Buy Beach to do Away
With Sun Baths and
Too Few Clothes
Rome.—Young couples who have
been indulging in a convenient habit
dancing In bathing costumes at the
fashionable seaside resort, Fregene,
20 miles from .Rome, are being sub-
jected to strong criticism, because tate
girls' costumes are too scant.
The Osservatore Romano, the papal Great Work Carried On In
organ, is starting a campaign against Ontario For Friendless
Children
By means of the sympathy and
meet with undivided minds, Still,
the risk of war breaking out is not
much less than the hope of main-
taining peace." He emphasized that
Anglo-American negotiations are in
no way a conspiracy against other
nations.
Dealing with the eci pontic situa-
tion, the British Prime Minister said
the Assembly of the League must face
problems of tariffs. "Tariff barriers
between producer and consumer are
not justified by experience,' he said.
Mr• MacDonald recommended the
transformation of political agreements
into.. economic agreements which
would make for ecouomfe freedom.
Helping Helpless
what is called "women's altogether
extravagant behavoir on the seaside,"
and it appears now that the vatiean
is determined to buy the whole Fre- financial support of its many friends,
gene estate, which consists of three the Children's Aid Society has been
mites of sandy beach and huge pine able to rescue or otherwise help many,
thousands of innocent children, in-
aea- chiding:—
halfc 1, Children whose parents are dead,
incapacitated, or uudt to have charge
of them.
2, Children living in evil environ -
went, or otherwise in serious moral
danger.
3. Wayward children drifting tato
crlme.
4. Unloved, unlovable, unwanted, or
• tae handles ped children,
It is well to remember that there is
a branch of the Society located in
every city, every country town, and
every unorganized district in Ontario,,
and that any commmmieatlon addressed
to the Secretary or local Superlutend
ent will receive prompt attention. The
Society Is particularly anxious to bear
$232,374,463 in Year from childless families,
Ottawa.—•Canada's trade during the
twelve months ended July 31st last
woodland.
It will be turned into a special
side resort for ecclesiastics, Cat
soiree's and all moral people who
bathe only for bathing's salve. Only
costumes buttoned up to the throat
and showing as little as possible of
the shin will be allowed. There will
be a ban on dancing, sun baths, ly-
ing hal( naked on the sand, and spoon-
ing under the moon.
Fregene was to be the Italian Neu_
villa and bad already grown into a otherwise p
most fashionable place, with lovely
cottages amidst pine Lrees, restau-
rants, and a long range of cabins on
the beach, but it will now become
the dullest place on earth.
Canadian Trade Rises
France Neglects Air Mail;
exceeded in value iter trade for the Double Postage Rate Blamed
preceding twelve months by $232,374,• Le Bourget, France.—A survey of
463.
The grand total Of Canadian trade survey of this avial;iau centre ahow�
for twelve menthe male July 31 last that 1/4011010 business mon are not talo
was $2,667,206,397, For the Cortes- ing' to Ciao air mail. Only one•seventll
ponding period a year ago the total of the'traflic mere is of French ortgia,
was $2,444,831,864, Satne ohsorvors are of Lue opriiiun
The total, which represents the that lite double postage charged for
business done by Canadians with citi- domestic air mail has much to do
zees of outer countries during the last with it.
twelve months, was Made as follows: 6
Total imports for consumption, $1,309,- If from Page you take the lcbbsr I?j'
781,508; total exports of Canadian pro• Your Page is age, and that won't do
dusts, $1,341,534,'166; foreign exports, for ine.
$26,800,473.
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