HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-03-13, Page 3The King's World -Wide Broadcast
The B.B,C, announces that en amply-
-Ms of reports received from abroad
makes it clear that the world broad-
east which was proposed and planned
by the British Broadcasting Corpora-
ifon, proved a^ triumph,
In Great Britain 'reception was uni-
formly good, In France eleven Gov-
ernmental stations, including the
Eiffel Tower, were in action, fed by
the speech -line, London -Paris; Radion
Paris also rebroadcast. Belgium and
Holland beth satisfactorily relayed the
ceremony which they received by line
or by wireless pick-up fromDaventiy
6XX according, to circumstances, In
Germany, Cologne and Berlin were
the main foci of lines for the Contin-
ent. Cologne supplied Hamburg in
the one direction and Frankfurt, Stutt.
gart; Muuieh, Switzerland and Italy
in tine other. From Berlin, South -
Eastern Europe, Poland and Sealidine
avia were supplied. In Germany it-
self nearly all the regional groups of
stations rebroadcast the proceedings.
Information from Switzerland, Italy,
Austria, Czechoslovakla, Hungary, Y•u-
goela''via, Poland, Latvia, Finland, Den-
mark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland
slows that in 'many of these countries
the quality of reception was excellent.
Iu Canada, the Canadian National
Railways' chain 02 twenty-four 'sta-
tions rebroadcast with excellent a`e
sults from coast"to -coast. Similar
success was obtained' in the United
State, where the two great chains of
the National Broadcasting 'Company,
and the Columbia broadcasting,systeni
distributed the relay, the former with
fifty-five stations and the latter with
thirty-eight. Results in South Africa
and Australia were not, so good, but•
New .Zealand reports excellent recep-
tion and rebroadcasting, while in Jap-
an, contrary to the first report, it now
appears that the rebroadcast was sue-
easefully carried out by the Japanese
Broadcasting Corporation, In India
there was a:rebroadcast from Calcutta
as well as.a;good deal of direct listen-
-Mg to the B.B,C. In all, it is esti-
mated that between 270 .and 280 sta
tions were in action,
The organization and execution of
this, relay. o2 the King's speech to an
parts of the world were,signiiicant of
the great potential value of broadcast-
ing ne an aid to civUization in its
struggle against both war and ignor-
ant*.
Chinese Famine
Toll May Reach
4 Million in '3&
2,000,000 Natives of Shensi
Province Died Last Year ;
No Harvest Since '1927
Tailyuan, Shensi,—The main, cen-
tral section of Shensi Province—tits
Wei River Valley, centering around
' Sian—is in the midst of the-most:ap-
pallingly disastrous famine which has
affected any part of China since the
Catastrophe of 3876-77. Estimates
made from the best posible sources
indicate that those dead from etarva-
'tion during 1929 number at least 2,-
060,000= -with another 2,000,400 prat
tieally certain to Ole front the same
cause before the neat harvest. The
total population of this region before
the famine was about 6,000,000.
I just completed a trip of lnvestiga-
tion through a part of the Shensi area
and 'what I saw madethe week or so
In Shensi a continuous ghastly night-
mare of past, present and prospective
htnnanmisery. Practically every one
man, woman and child—on the streets
and on the roads looked as though he
was juet about ready to drop from.
starvation. They were not cowed so
much as dazed to the point of utter
apathy by long continued lack of food.
Record of Harvests
What bas caused this condition?
For one thing, title is the record of
harvests:
Spring, 1927—Excellent.
Autumn, 1927 -Practically •nothing.
Spring, 1928—Practically nothing.
Autumn, 1928—Practically nothing.
Spring, 1929 -Practically. nothing.
Autumn, 1929--A millet crop anent
per cent. of normal.
And the premeds? Spring, 1930—
coder the best possible conditions,
not more than 10 per cent. brought
last autumn made it possible to plant
only: about 20 per cent. of normal
amount of wheat: Of that only about
half germinated. There have been
good snows, and the prospects are ex-
cellent for
xcellent-for what wheat did get a start 1
before the cold weather. But only 10
per cent. of a normal crop got a start.
Human causes unquestionably cone
tribnted to an important degree to
malting the famine as serious as it is.
But natural causes were the primary
cause of the famine, as is demon•.
strated by the fact that famine .also
came in southwestern Chensi, where
the drought conditions were substan-
tially the same and where the human
elements all contributed to relieve
rather than intensify the effects of the
successive crop failures.
° In any case, the appalling famine
conditions are there.
le n
®ntario Drink Bill
Set at $56A86 514
Increases of $8,534,396 is
Shown Over Figures
for 1928
Toronto—Ontario's total drink bill
for 1929 was set at $56,486,519.81, by
Hon. W. H. Price, attorney -general, in
answering a question in the Legisla-.
ince. This represented an increase of
$8,594,396. over 1920 flames. Inad-
dition, wine valued at $1,168,258 was
produced in Ontario and sold to rosi-
dents of other provinces, and $69,721
'worth to purchasers outside of Can-
ada.
The amount of spirituous liquor sold
by the Liquor' Control Commission
during 1929 was $32,868,5034, wine
$3,237,844„50 and beer $2,120,930.90.'
Winesold by wineries direct to On-
tario consumers was $1,126,995; Beer
sold from Commission warebousee
was set at $14,157,865.45 and sold d1-
reet from tine breweries, $3,575,934.16.
The above information was sought
by T P. Slack, Prog., Dufferin, in re-
ply to a question put by W. 0, Medd,
Prog, South Huron, the Attorney-Gen-
eral
ttorney-General said that 1,146 persons, including
Dupe members of the board, were era-
ployed by the Liquor Control Commis -
felon, ,The total payroll was $1,725,-
82219.
Louis Coatelen
With Kaye Don
Famous 'French -Born Engi-
neer rand Expert 'Builder
of 'Racing Cars
• SEGRAVE'S TEACHER
Louis Coatelen, one ofthe outstand-
ing automotive .engineers of the world
and designer of the car in which liaye
Don will seek to establish a new
world's speed record at Daytona
Beach, Fla., will accompany the Bri-
tish race driver to the United States,
it is aimouiioed by the American.
Automobile Association.
The governing body of racing, which
will supervise and time the attack on
the existing record, says that Mr.
Coatelen, with Kaye Don and mem-
bers of their party, will sail for Ameri-
ca on the steamship . Berengaria,
February 26th, arriving in New York
on March 4th.
Interest of the engineer in sir.
Don't attempt to eshatter the record of
231 miles per hour made last year by
Sir H. O. D. Segrave will be intensified
by reason ofthe fact tbat he also de-
signed the "Mystery 2,” in which Sir
Henry established 'the first world's re-
cord in' excess of 200 miles per hour.
Britisher Since 1901
Coatelen is a Frenchman, 51 years
of -age, though she has spent 'atilt "of
leis life In England. Ile obtained his
first automotive experience in :the.
drafting rooms of tbe BeDion-Bouton
works in France, going ,front there to
Clement and the Parihard. He mi-
grated to England in 1901, because of
the greater opportunities there for
young men. His first employment was
with .the Humber Company. In' 1907
he entered into. partnership with Hill-
man in the production of the Hillman-
Coatelen car. In 1908heaccepted the
invitation of the Sunbeam. Motor Car
Company, Ltd., of Wolverhampton, to
join it, and the test .products of his
designing figured in competition on
the race courses in 1909. His eon
terns — Sunbeam-Talbot-Duracq, have
been the leading figures in comped-.
time ever since.
Aided Royal Air Force
Long before the war he became in-
terested in aviation, and bought a
Farman airplane. He then studied
aircraft so assiduously that when the
war broke out the Sunbeam Coatelen.
engines were 'said to be the only ones
of British manufacture, in big produc-
tion, which had sufficient power to
fly British seaplanes, "Sunbeam- Coat-
elen aircraft engines were in the
planes that gave the news of the en-
emy's disposition in the battle of Jut-
land; that dropped food in Hut when
General Townshend'' force was be=
sieged, and played a consistently Ma
portant part in aviation 'tbrougbont
the war.
The two huge motors used in Dan's
record challenger are the products of
Coatelen's engineering genius.. They
are designed, it is understood, for
work on. super -airplanes, 'which ac-
counts for their' great power.
May' -Outdo Pupils
The Golden Arrow, present record
holder, was designed by Captain Irv-
ing, in conjunction with Sir Remy Se -
grave, who drove
egrave,:who,drove the car to its re-
markable record of 231 miles per hour'
on March 11, 1929.
Incidentally, both Segrave and Irv-
ing at one time, when the "Mystery
5" was built, were"attaches of the
Sunbeam Company.
Wit the gre'nt Coatelen lie able to,
outdo his former pupils? This is the
question to the forefront in the racing
fraternity throughout tie world,
Fog at Westminster
Truth (London) : Two facts emergo
from -the fog. One, that their is no
such thing as a Free Trade Party now.
The Socialist Party is so honeycomb-
ed with Protectionist dissenters that
even the sterni and sardonic Mr. Snow.
den shows signs- of recognizing and
oondoning the backsliders of the back
benches. That the 'trade unionists
must come sooner or later to Protec-
tion of. their labor la obvious, and 1t
looks as if it 'would be sooner rather
Mat later.
•
RUSSIAN BEAUTY
,Of the 13,000 8lemronites who tried to ,leave Russia, one thousand only
succeeded and will eventually reach Canada. Here is shown younger mem-
ber of the religious sect.
A'Tribute to Currie Can .; dais Pools
Canadians.,of every Class will
with keen. satisfaction the remark-
able tribute paid' to Sir Arthur Currie
by Major-General J, E. B. Seely, Com-
mander- of the Canadian. Cavalry
Brigade during the War, in life auto-
biography just issued from the press.
No man was in a better position than
the MaMr-General to know what was
going on at headquarters. Re was in
Sin Arthur:ft eolfidencee, and he
speaks With the authority of a man
whose word must carry weight with
all impartial people.
orajor-General Seely testifies that
Sir Arthur had almost a fanatical
hatred of enneeessary casualties, and
his further statement that again and
again the General nearly brought his
military tamer to an end by "bluntly
refusing t0 dothings he was certain
would result in great loss of life with-
out compensating advantages" will
come as a welcome corroboration to_
those who know Sir Arthur best. They
will realize .that this is quite in keep-
ing with the Character.: of the man.
His men's lives wee to him a sacred
trust, and he would not wantonly fling
them away. It is a good thing, and
a 'pleasant, thing, to find a brother -
officer who knows what he is talking
about pan this spontaneous and un-
sought' -tribute. tothe humanity of the
man vim guided the Canadian Army
to vietory and upon whose shoulders
fell the brunt of a burden few could
have borne unaided .as he did.—Mont-
real
id Mont -real Star.
road World's Greatest
Western Fanners Have Or-
ganized the Biggest Thing
of its Kind Ever
Attempted
Ottawa—There are four Wheat
Pools in Western Canada, the Mani-
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
"Canadian Wheat Pool."
The three pools oo Manitoba, Sas-
katohewan and Alberta are now oper-
ating on their second live -year `con-
tract period.
These have a total membership of
approximately 140,000 farmers in tbe
world's• greatest nonprofit producers'
eaoperative marketing association.
In less' than six years the Canadian
Wheat Pool has become tbe leading
marketing agency for Canadian wheat,
handling more than half of all the
wheat sold by t;anadian farmers.
The .Canadian Wheat Pool organiza-
tion is an evolution rather than a re-
volution In the grain marketing sys-
tem of Canada. The pioneer farm -
ens of our Canadian West, after they
had found out by a long series of ex-
periments on their farms and at the
Dominion experimental farms, the var-
ieties of wheat which would give a
satisfactory yield of high quality
wheat, were faced . with the neces-
sity of improving marketing methods
if the grain grower was to have any
margin above the bare cost of produc-
tion for .his crop.
For more than thirty years the
wn'
heat farmers of the West were'e
gaged in a continuoub struggle for
some measure of control over the mar-
keting 01' their grain. In the report
of alba Royal Grain Inquiry, 1925, it is
stated that: "Between, the year 1897
and the .'outbreak of the. Great War
in 1914, .thirteen investigations into
various departments of the grain
trade were held by Royal commie -
alone, in some cases appointed by
Federal, and other cases, by Prov-
incial authority.
All of 'these investigations were
prompted by complaints emanating
from the producers of grain and they
all resulted in the bringing about of
at least some beneficial changes in
tbe conditions about which there were
complaints."
Who Eats the Butter
Halifax Chronicle (Lib.): Two vas -
eels within a short time have be-
tween them landed 155,000,000 pounds
of New Zealand butter at Halifax. It,
of course, does not stay here, but
comes to Halifax for distribution all
over Canada. This is a very large
amount of butter, but side by side
with it place this fact, that into Can-
ada came last year 155,000,100 people
as tourists. That huge amount would
make a pound each for the tourists.
The 'Tmpire Crusade"
Nation end Athenaeum (London.):
The "Empire Crusaders" have not yet
thought out their policy, and they are
•putting Protection before the country
in a ander form than any which bas
been produced since the days of Adam
Smith. There is, therefore, no danger
of its adoption,in its present form.
The danger is that the Tories, who
never Cease iropihankering after Pro-
tection, will seek to take advantako
02 the touch of real enthusiasm in
Lord Beaveibrook's propaganda to
foist an ordinary protective'tarlil upon
the electorate From a party point of
view we could wish for nothing bet-
ter; but there are bigger issues at
stake.
Least Said, Soonest Mended
Winnipeg Tribune (Ind. Cons.): By
a typographical error in printing the
King's opening speech at the naval
parley, an test newspaper has alis
Majesty calling for ,"early reduction
of argusients throughout the world,"
71 that could be accomplished, it would
not merely reduce armaments, but
would bring the millenium.
Anyway, that royal wedding has
served to remind the 'world that Italy
8111? baa a royal family:
Canadian Girls
In Visitor's Eyes
Attitude Towards Men Criti-
cised by English Woman
Who Stayed Two
Months
Loudon. --As a result of a visit to
Canada -which lasted two months,
Mary Locke Mantises co-education of
boys and girls in this contribution to
the Daily'Mail:
"Once I believed that eo-edueation
must produce' a saner attitude towards
sex than our present system of segre-
gation. Thetwo or three of my young
acquaintances who have been so edu-
cated have a frank and friendly man-
ner towardsmembersof the opposite
sex that seems to me quite delightful,
and -hon I visited Canada, where
mostthing, of the boys and girls go to school
together, I expected to Rnd the same
'Not at all. The Canadian girls
whom I met, either in their own
homes or in hotels, seemed to me to
have the same attitude towards men
as the magazine heroines of the 'nine-
ties.
"They talked •about their 'beaux,'
and were not only most artlessly alma
oue to get married but apparently
regarded marriage as the only satis-
factory career. They lapped up the
most incredibly sentimental films and
songs with frank delight and exclama-
tions of 'Isn't it darling?'
!'I1 by any chance they were con-
versing intelligently (as they were
very well able to do to one of their
own sex) and a man entered the room
they instantly became arch and allur-
ing, ' and seemed quite incapable of
talking to him without somehow intro-
ducing a sort of 'tete-a-tete)? atmos-
phere.
"This sort of thing, I gather, starts
quite early in life. I am told they
have 'petting' (otherwise 'necking')
parties long before they leave school
and continue them with unabated
favour throughout their college life.
One exceptionally austere young
science student whom my brother and
I invited to a picnic flatly refused to
come until we pledged him our word
that it was not giong to be a necking
party.
"I do not say this is not all quite
natural in the young. Perhaps it is
even as wen to get the sentimental
stageoverearly. Neither do I imag-
ine that I can judge of the effect of
co-education in a two -months' visit "
Prison Sentence
For Abusing Boy
Immigrant Youth Receives
• 'Terrible Injuries When
Thrown Against Revol-
ving Wood -saw
Regina, Sask.—A prison term has
just been meted out to a Saskatch-
ewan farmer who was found guilty
of crippling a young immigrant lad,
Alex. South was sentenced by Mr.
Justice Bigelow in the King's Bench
court at Prince Albert for a one-year
term. 11. A, South, :hie father, was
fined by the Court.
William Pealling, a British, immi-
grant boy, received terrible injuries
when be was thrown against a re-
volving wood -saw allegedly by South
and-hls son. •
Pearling had a deep gnash half way
around his head. Other injuries per-
manently disabled his right band. tie
was in She hospital for months and he
was lucky to live.
Nearly a year ago, the lad was em'
ployed on the South farm, Another
immigrant boy and the Souths were
sawing wood.
According to George Bakie, who
was brought back from the State of
Maine to testify in the case, South
and iris son hit Penning and knock-
ed
nocked him against bbe sew after they
had grown angry at the way the
Mali was handling saw -logs.
The accused pair denied that there
had been a fight or an assault. They
said that Palling had stumbled over
a log an abed fallen against the saw.
Snow Shoers Still Hold Huge "Meets"
AN ANCIENT CUSTOM WITH FOLLOWERS OF THE TRAIL
Tbis snowshoe clue initiates: new members with a "blanketing" ceremony, Here is shown a member "alcy-
edgh", during the rites attemrarit upon his joining the fraternity,
Soviet Trade
With Great Britain
"It is a good inauguration of the re
newel of the diplomatic relations be-
tween Great Britain and the Soviet
'Onion that Soviet purchases in this
country have shown a considerable in
crease during the fist three months of
the financial year 1928.29," says the
Bank for Russian Trade. Review. "Or-
ders placed by the Soviet trading pr-
ganizations during October -December,
1929,' amounted to £4,770,228, as con-
pared with 2'1,693,962 in October -De-
cember, 1928..
The following table shows the
amount of Soviet orders each mouth
in pounds sterling:
1928 1929
October 657,864 2,999,022
November 537,470 1,693,591
December 537,470
1,082,615
United for Peace
By At Internationalist
When' we Iook back over the lase
.' eleven years, it is perhaps no wonder
Total 1,893,962 4,770,229
"The orders reached the highest
level in October, but declined some-
what during November and December,
which is due mainly to seasonal fluc-
tuations.
"The work of the tractor service
stations is of great importance in view
of the attempt that is being made in
the Soviet Union to improve agrieul-.
tune. These stations were organized
in connection with the existing collet
tive'larms in order to utilize tbe avail-
able tractors and agricultural ma-
chinery for the cultivation of private
peasant farms in exchange for a cer-
tain portion et the crop. The first sta-
tion was established near Odessa, in
the Ukraine, less than two years ago,
and by the end of September Iast
there were more than a hundred,.
while the estimates of the current fin-
ancial year provide for the establish-
ment of another hundred stations dur-
ing the period.
"In addition to supplying tractors
and agricultural niacbinery and teach-
ing the peasants to work them, the
tractor stations give the peasants se-
lected seeds in exchange for their
own. For all the services rendered
the station receives from 25 to 30 per
cent. ofthe crops,
"The number of tractor service sta-
tions is to be increased by October a,
1983, to 575. The estimated grain pro-
duction of the farms worked by the
stations in 1933 is 22 million teem
half of which quantity is to be a.ue ':t-
able grain."
Zinc the Leader
In Peach District
Niagara Peninsula Agog Over
Reports of Ore Dis-
coveries
Beamsvi]le. All the farmers in the
Niagara peninsula will be dropping
their pruning knives for miners' picks
and replacing their pitchforks with
diamond drills if the increasingly op-
timistic reports oetning out Of Lincoln
County persist.
Already prospects of unearthing.
lead, zinc as'1 silver in paying quanta•
ties in Minton Township, between
Smith --le and Beamsville, have
proved rosy enough to interest the
Treadwell -Yukon Mining Company,
Engineers of this and other concerns
have looked over the property and
surface assays and advised commence-
ment of diamond drilling.
Two drills will be brought down
from Treadwe]I's property in Sudbury
within two weeks, according t0 pre-
sent plans. Those connected with the
investigation are visualizing a rush of
prospectors, promoters and develop-
ment operators into the district. Al-
ready they can see property values
soaring and eager feet trampling down
the sturdy peach trees and lissome
vines which cover the property at pre-
sent being tested.
A. L Byles, of Toronto, a prospector
who first unearthed traces of lead,
now controls 3,000 acres in the section
which he aequired at prices ranging
from $40 to $100 an acre.
Engineers are confident they can de-
velop the property by scooping up ore.
in e. eteanr shovel.—Hail and Empire,
State Purchases of Wheat
Spectator (London): (The bulk pur-
chase of raw commodities by the State
has been proposed 11.1 the British
Rouse of Commons), The dangers in-
herent in State trading ought not to
be overlooked. Every time there was
a rise in the price of bread a tornado
of abuse would break over the head of
the Government of the day, And if a
deal were put through by the Control
Board with, for example, the Argen-
tine, for: an exchange of wheat and
manufactured articles, it would cer-
tainly be represented as a serious
blow to Canadian farmers, and could
not fail to jeopardize the cause of Int-
perial economic co-operation, and, in-
deed, of Imperial unity in every
sphere. There is, however, a grow-
ing disposition on the part of mem-
leers of the present House of Commons
to consider IFIr, Wise's schemes on its
merits, as a business rather than a
political propoitfon.
A suspect when searched was found
to bave the following articles attach -
ea to his underclothing: fish-hooks,
scissors,, knife, nibs, spoon, keys, sboe-
horn, razor -blades, coat -hanger, ink-
stand, and petrol -lighter. Heavy win-
ter underclothing feels just like that
this time of year,
that there are thousands of men who
would be ready to answer the call for
recruits .if a. new war broke out to-
morrow.
You will find such men in every
country. But for every man willing tce
tight again, there are half a dozen what:
would refuse to bear antethemselves
and who would throw thein' whole
weight into the scales against any
move in the direction of was In other
words, while there may be a number
of people who either want war, or who
would. accept; it, they are in the min-
ority. The great majority of people
to -clay are of another mind, Not only
that, but they have the power to en-
force their point of view,
They can do so, first of all, by
means of the baIIot-box. There was
time wlierz questions of foreign policy
were left to professional diplomats,
and were hardly 'mentioned at all at
elections, This is no longer the cage
---foreign affairs are now better un-
derstood.by the electors than ever be-
fore, and a Government whose policy
seemed likely to lead' to war would
have no chance of survival at the
polls. The women's vote has grade
that doubly sure.'
Strikes to Stop War
This safeguard, however, may not
be sufficient. A Government which
decides to go to war doesn't hold a
general election to see whether the
majority of the nation agrees with it.
Suppose that, between two general
elections, a Government is faced with
some unforeseen contingency and can
see no way out but war. In these cir-
cumstances would it matter that the
majority of the people didn't want
war?
I feel pretty sure tbat it would.
There might be a million or so mon,
unemployed or in inter'mitten employ-
ment, who would think that they
couldn't be much worse oft in war-
titne, and might be a bit better. But
i they would not be in a position to of
feet the comae of events.
Those 'who could do that would be
tare men employed in key industrie9
::herr as transport. Suppose they said:
'Tinewar is being forced on the ua
tion against its will. We refine to be
a party to it. We will not move
troops, or supplies, or munitions of
wan," Suppose that other groups of
workers said: "We .than net make
guns, o.r shells, or bombe, or area -
planes,"
Action of this kind would, of eouree,
be treason. But could any Govern-
ment, in Mee of such a temper at
home, take the risk of going to war '
with another nation?
'The question, then, boils down to
this: Would the organized working•
class, in the event of a threat of war,
be likely to take action of this Ulna?
In my opinion they would, unless in
the very improbable eontingeuey of a
direct and unprovoked attack on this
country or the Dominions.
Such strikes in essential serelees
might be countered, as in 1926, by
volunteers front the middle cla•;ses
taking the places of those 'who ;sad
downed tools. But there would be at
least a day or two of e:'mfu-Ion, of
skeleton serviced, on tile reilac F,:
while the manufacture of rnnuitiurre
migbt be bele up for weelc'.
The Power of the Purse
And woi:ld the middle .:suet,; e
spend to the earl as 11501 did in 1' n?
In many ways they are tit,p , :• 1: a
have ltv,t nisi,t at/ t re -lilt
war. 1'1'cy are paying for i2
year in rf»ume lax--ticc c ..r -':•,t
200115er war would 'Heal s i. t',r
taxation. 0f all peoete.. e
pelh-:ps most .o roar r >
:sin .n the event of eel.'
It may be urged Oita.,1•;
generation erowe up v Mee
hoisting oe the herrorc oe aa., c
111eoo21 of a ,-trontr,
On the part of any lame t mien ,,t @
population will le sero, Fins c1.,tru`.,n1
to -day is a powerful Matter!? `fir
peace, In history, foe. ineteme,
ren are no lomeer itremit to :meal
d
'wars and battles as Mine tee : y
things of nnportanee—ee they t' ere.
Taught some twenty yetaa aro. The
emphasis is 00 .omel art politicc:l de,
relapnrent—on tIr: grown of freed0111
and democracy, of industry and t e,
of comfort and general weal -being.
At the same time, travel, wireless,
the cinema are all broadening our
minds, giving us wider sympathies and
a fuller understanding of other na-
tions. And the more we un leretand
the other fellow's point of view, the
less likelihood there is of war. The
great wars of the past were only Pas-
sible because each of the nations In-
volved thought that it was absolutely
M the right anal its enemy completely;
is the wrong.
There is another factor which is
making for permanent peace. This is
the increasing power of international
finance, Money knows no frontiers,
and to -day the investments of a singlet
country will cover the whole world.
while great industries in one land will
bo linked up with several ,others.
All this means that, from the point
of view of the banker, the financier,
the great industrialist, war is brd
business. So it is going to be ve"y
difficult in any future war for the bel
ligerents to get the money they re-
quire to carry on. The strongest
forces in our nation, and in practically
all nations-iinahce, the middle class•
es, the working class—are thus de-
finitely arrayed against war. Can any;
Government afford to defy theml