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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-04-10, Page 2Submarines and Security Not Merely a Scrap of Paper By 3. L. Garvin Guarantees against misuse must be salted at thls Conference, and we can- not doubt that so far as signed prom: cen provide them they will be given. At present evenon gaper 0 guaran- tees exist except what are implied— arid we do not underestimate it—by The absolute renunciation of wax' un- der Article II, of the Kellogg Pact: There are, however, such things on record, as the "Root Resolutions," which have never beeu ratified by France. Why? These Resolutions were intended to form a part of the . rest. They were introduced by that great veteran of law and wisdom,, Sen- ator` Elfhu -Root. .Amongst other things these articles problblted at- tacks en any merchant ;ships what- ever br submarines There is no more indispensable pro - v ision in connection with the Kellagg Pact and the accepted "outlawry of war" by the whole world. At Wash- ington; in February, 1922, just eight years ago, the Root Resolutions were signed by alt the delegates, including the representatives of France, But from that time to this they never have been ratified by France herself, They are consequently null and cold. The extraordinary position at this moment is that there is no legal protection for the shipping and trade of any country against indiscriminate destruction by submarines. Inte this insufferable situation the interests ot all maritime peoples in the world hare been brought by the logic of one people hi - elating on complete Armed Seeurity for herself without any normal regard for the logic and security of others. It follows that two things are re- quired. First, the agreement of the Wench delegation to ratify those ar- ticles of the Root Resolu:tons which in our later language "outlaw" the as- sassination of merchant ships; and, eeeondly, the actual and adequate re- duction of the total French submarine program, with. specific limitaricee to numbers and eizee. We repeat our hope that of these Iwo paints, the ret will be araierthay secured. Frame can have no interest in resisting the overwhelerieg er tten tf the world. For if the Conference failed an the e'ubmatine gees :on that epinicn would have to be organized. 3n due course, every signatory :e the Kellegg Pact weel_d bare to be :m- e lted to sign the anti -tubo r to :r - tides of the Rc ^t Resoautiote. B} to yesslbii,ty can this part of the ques- tion be allowed to remain w.:eie it now stands. But that is net eneugh. Subm *'_nee. of all nava weapons, canto be ex- empt from reduction all round with complete elimination of the compete -Hee element. Without tough d.8ic:r:ty sufficient success in thie direction will not be secured. France will not only reject on military grounds the British and American arguments for abolish- ing the submarine. One, the fanteue' "global" principle, France claims the elastic right to allocate a large mar - Fin of tonnage either to one type ex another as the may teem wen. Her nava' policy SIM iE to create a dentin - ant s bm: ne force We 'understate the argun,c Ba ;here cte a :c meEtr a.larger la rn: rtjrr `.- ing, as we -...d. the totterel esterest cf ell mar.::^EPC :E E. ln intenteectel sffairs, es n nt; rc atteee, the leen et a . t -e _.efc:ity c,..,a.C: r. e es::retted nlvcye :o C.'. to It reir.i if r. matter hew c c.. a, EMit global" system tI :cL -e • a- t Litt a 't t7re .... ether tyre: ;r._: ... _. is a rtemmen. e trinet et tee emy emt t. .. Jett tf ..e C:_ .1"._ .. naval cammiteen. Fc' .......... 3ar as lame im et tee etel asmeties fees to to ere 7.1E7 setreztem or tee Britain- win , e : l :r menet :y and tmgrc. E. ,.,_: Na creice.. voted be this coeetty. t = te now, ce tee:Mime. ie eerie to orEty ✓ age estem far re d','.. Mee :he armeeEi5 aril c rn,: r c e ZTrES a tb- ma Les, • a d petite e the Amel:sat, British sial 3,prr.E e nretepe.y et giant batelestipe. 4 that par- trknlar mantel of el,.e tire: 'remG-_et Vete; Venn - Hesse. Srt tome ;mak :o talenew ate -drastic policy of scrayping the sea- eastlee most d stine:1y declared by the American Secretary of State, theeth Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and the Bre. iisb government are well known to be 3n absolute 'harmony. The original Idea, though good, in itself, was far less sweeping and trenchant than what is now offered Under the terms of the Washington Treaty all the float.. i:ng forireases, forty-eight of them, now pos=essed by America, Britain anti japan were to be abolished by 1942; but other Gal L., equally large+ And more t estrsct"re ae embodying Vas ceaseless progress of naval ntlence, were to replace them. The Conference orened with a general willingness en the part of the Ameri- can delegation, quietly reeigrecatel by Great Britain, to prelung the legal life of the tared Auakim and t0 sue - Bend all replacement until 1936. when, at another Conference, the 'Miele ques- tion of the future of battleships would be freely re-considet din relation to political .:circumstances at the lime and to the advances of naval tech- nique in the interval. This by itself was a great thir.g, The fivanelal say - ung to America, Britain and Japan would have been over £200,000,000, otherwise bound to be spent by them on "replacement' between 1934 and 1937. Now comes the greater lead, if the whole Conference reciprocates in other ways, America and Britain will begin this year to scrap a large pro- portion of their existing battleship fleets. The process will go on as fast as the Admiralty can manage it. This country at present has two more bat- tleships than the 'United States, and must do most for parity. By next autumn at furthest Britain would scrap five of her sea -castles, America three, and Japan one—that alone would mean nine hulls out of forty- eight, or nearly a fifth part of the whole bulk of metal now embodied in the monsters, Nor need it end there. For the purpose of bringing the Con- ference to a memorable triumph in every Wet respect, the three battle- ship Powers might well agree to scrap within the nest half -decade twice as much as they :already contemplate. Details about the future of cruisers, both large and small, are about the future at destroyers, involve many cross -arguments which are exceeding- ly important, We cannot go into those details now. As regards Britain. and America alone, settlement on the basis of parity is ensured on thorough- ly reasonable and considerable lines. with regard to cruisers, as in every other respect. Mr. Stimson's state- ment means President Hoover's fair deal, and there could not be z fairer dead We stili quite decline to be- lieve that Japan by insisting upon one tEn-thousand-ton cruiser more, will en- tangle the whole proceedings; instead of following Bismarck's advice and reinforcing the inpenderabilia of Se- curity by a further gain of both Am- erican and British good -will. The American and British proPosaie for the sweeping reduction of battle - end eat example of moral and practical courage in !be a nae of Naeal Clsarm- :mett. Will France make as e;ual reercnee le- eeducing reducingher s bsea :ne y' egramnle and agreeing td p.ch.>i,lt absolutely the use of that arm for the Ceetrueticn of merchant slapping. Or will :ate hteist open a Io€ic of Armed Security, -welch is becoming more and mere incompatible with the security of many other nation::, and conflicts' with the worad'e urgent opinion and 'ire" causes ".—elentreal Standard. Nerve Saves Plane Captain Kingsford Smith Perforins Unique Eiperi- • meat With 'Plane Sydney, Australia—Capt. Cares Kingsford D.-Snri:h. the Australian ate who Sew from the United States .o Auetralia in 1529, has just performed ore of tbe most thrl ling exploits of his career, He is naw :be director of an ale lige. Recettiy when one of the come Iavy s tr p e engirsed machines made a forced landing :n a foresz c earing near Btna be, Northern Nest South' Verge.... stented teat the plane could .e :eyed only by being dismantled. Smith west to .the scree, repaired 1'e damaged ander c •rlage, tied the fizzes tail to a tree Ons se his fee tince wife full speed 'Sade.. the ma - Mee lifted ir.om, :ite giniencl a farmer ;_e rale and the elette f`.as ed r' se's etetatet. teen the ettelefec rinne. ea . eke a. t::en:hc n d 1 ..f y tie move the 'i -','.:it trees. A terteese tamete tete tee :eerie trent aemet..:s tee eleeleee ._c the ma- te . d weitteed 'eine" ret _ _ 'gni t..s:fe:y Defence of the Dominions ercte F:Ee Freest A- present, met t gres-:in,aley for a geed many yeeen :e come there wee be ne ems of :he Deni lits y i .s uit- a: 1E:tg fn a rceitien to theist he ev :ea:1 of sty cf tee nedcsr world powers, nen 1; may be athlete owing to plysieal end gee_craph'-cal toudttiens, could a combination of Dominions which extiuded the Mother Country carry out eneb an effective re- sistance. For the presett, therefore, the Dominions have to recognize that re:isnca must he placed upon Great Britain to carry the main bus leu of Commetwealth defence. Dr. Cook Appointed Manager of Camp Chicago — Dr. Frederick A.. Cock, who wen transitory fame in the Arctic rid pain for a n sstep by spending ]}p fire years in Leavenworth peniten- tiary, started his "come hack" recent- ly with the theme of 911 boys ringing in els este. He hoe accepted a pest as perman- ent pbysleal director of the Boy's' Brotherhood Republic and will direct. the organization's rammer camp et Burlington, Wis, The 0S -year-old man straightened his abaa;dere and smiled when the 000 boys shouted their confidence in him' Tighter Watch On All Liquor Being Planned Disquietening News from U.S. Border Officials Received that Speedy Boats Aimed to Intercept Smugglers, Leaving Canadian Side of Boundary END OF SMUCOLING. With reports from Ottawa indicat- ing .that the proposed bill prohibiting clearances of liquor shipne'its from Canada to the United States will be tarried successfully, there is further news oe an :extremely disqutetening nature to those' associated with the "liquor rings" across the internation- al boundary. It was based on a report from Cleve- land, Ohio, that a giant cordon of "mother ships" pith schools of smah speed boats plying between, will be stretched lengthwise through the cen- tre of Lake Erie this spring in a new attempt to block the flood of Canadian liquor pouring into the United States. Jnsi wbat this means to this inter- ested In the liquor business here is indicated in the fact that, even if the Government's .proposal to ban clear- ances of whiskey to the United States proves a failure, and liquor is still per- mitted to be cleared under export for the United States, rum -runners are still confronted with the possibility of having their wares stopped half way across tbe international boundary line. Whether or not the Government bill will be passed, of course, remains to be seen, but the fact remains that. whatever happens, United States au- thorities are tightening up their bor- der patrol and are aiming themselves more strenuously than ever against the inroads of the smugglers. One thing is certain, however, those in touch with the situation claim, and that Is the fact that if the bill is pass- ed, liquor prices across the border win go skyrocketing overnight. Although liquor made in Canada is still plentiful across the border rum - inners will hare very reason to Poo their prices if the bill is carried, ".risk=,' etc.. they will claim, warrant- ing eel- inarease. And with the Uni- ted States' customers demanding their liquor, it Es quite certain that what ever pr.tec ere asked on this side of the boundary they will willingly be paid. The news that the United States was preparing to tighten its patrol, was still more disquteteuing when it became known that the plan accord- ing to Arthur P. Fenton, U.S. Com- missioner of Customs at Cleveland,' calls for the removal of the rum chasing actirities of the coastguards and allied patrols from the harbors and rivers of the American shoreline to "he in'ernatlonal boundary out on the lake. To do this, all the nine coastguards districts, it is reported, will be unified into one front against the smugglers Reports from Cleveland state that the "mother ships" are to be the i5 foot cruisers. These will be station- ed at approximately 10 miles anchor age along the watery border line, Be- tween these ebipe, the small speed boats will keep a constant patrol on the leek -out for raft laden with Can- adian liquor, each ship Being in con - Matt cenutel:ication witir the others and the shore. Word of all boats leaving Canada den -with liquor will be wired head- quarters at Cleveland and the informa- tion will be relayed to the cordon. Teete are new 84 small picket boats sescice. Penton stater, and to these :.: be added 15 new 32 -foot cruisers lade et attaining a speed ot 30 n.;.es an hour. As ye: :he Canadian shore is lee - bound; be; es soon as the ice breaise ue -he wa- will be on. Stas" ngfon—Passage of the pre posed Canadian law which would ban clearance of liquor cargoes to any country which forbids such importa- tion, would end all important liquor smuggling' on the Great Lakes, but would increase activities of this kind ail along the Atlantic seaboard, ae- eerding to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Seymour Lowman, in charge. 01 customs and coastguard services. He also believes that it would do away with the need for any great In- crease In the number of men for the consolidated border patrol, which has been proposed to Congress by Presi- dent Hoover. The Late Earl Balfour Business good Compared With 1929 Department of Finance Re- part Shows We Have No Reason to. Fear Future Ottawa.—Although business in Can - oda, in so far as its course was re - fleeted in the indices of the chartered banks, sLowed a recession during the first month of the current year, the situation as at the end of January compared favorably with the cor- responding date last year. . The monthly bank statement issued by the Department of Finance the other day, showed that current loans in Canada, an accepted index of busi- ness activity, totalled at the end of January $1,356,806,716, an increase of $160,000,000 over January 31, 1929, although a decline of $19,000,000 from December 31, 1920. Current loans outside of Canada were $257,516,432, a decline of $2,000,000 from January 31, 1925, but an increase of $7,000,000 over Deeeniber, 1929. Call -loans in Canada at the end of January were $237,421,000, a decline of $31,000,000 from January, 81, 1929; call loans outside of Canada, were $211,750,000, a decline of $115,000,000 from January 31, 1929, indicating a lessened demand for brokers'',ans in New York. 3Vatice deposits, which were $1,439,- 814,000 at the end of January were higher' by $5,500,000 than at the end of December, but door by $84,000,000 from .January 31, 1929, indicating a certain drain on savings,aecounts. Bank note circulation at the end of January was $156,062,000, a decline of $19,500,000 from December 31, 1929, but only of $2,000,000 from January 31, 1929. The bank note circulation at the end of Ja`smary is always about $20,000,000 less than at theend of December, so the decline indicated above is slightly lass than the seasonal change. Bank note circulation in Can- ada attained its highest end -of -Janu- ary figure in 1920, being then 417,- 000,000, but that war at the peak of high prices. Since pre-war the note circulation Iuas increased from $97,- 000,000, Jan. 31, 1914, to $156,000,000 an increase of 61 per cent. While these banking figures, on the face of them, seen to indicate that business in Canada in January of this year was as good if not better than fn January of last year, that view needs to be discounted by the fact that the banks have substantial loans more or less tied up with the wheat pool, and probably with private grain traders, These loans are doubtless good busi- ness for the banks, with the three prairie governments standing behind the wheat pool; tut they have been and stilt are to some extent inactive leans; they have sot contributed much business to the transportaticn com- panies, although probably most of the dollar -per -bushel loan made to the pool and by it advanced to the wheat growers has been expended by them, to the benefit of business. SEES NO HARD TIMES IN WEST Winnipeg,—A hearty vote of opti- mism was sounded by C. H. S. Bam- ford when he addressed the annual meeting of the .Manitoba Retail Mer- chants' Association here. Mr. Bam- ford is general sales manager for one of the biggest retail concerns inthe city, and he based his statements largely upon the figures supplied by W. Sanford Evans, M.L.A. who is recognized as one of the ablest sta- tisticians in the Dominion. Every sign points to a decided im- provement in business condition in the West, Mr, Bamford told the gathering, and there was no waxen for pessimism provided ordinary caution and com- mon sense are en:played, Sales are mounting in Winnipeg every day, and we are on the threshold of a better and brighter day in Western Canada, he said. "I don't /relieve for an instant that we are in for hard times in 'he West," Me. Bamford en,phatieally declared, "Everywhere signs point to a decided improvement in bush ass:" One of the reasons the speaker advanced for his optimistic views is that the agricuI- tem' production of the three prairie crovinces--field crops, livestock, dairy, produce and poultry—amoutte annual- ly to a figure approaching the enor mous total of X1,000,000, while the railroads are this year embarking on a western expansion program costing $60,000,000 and the Industrial output of Manitoba alone is worth $162,000,- 000, He did not mention the mining developments which are estimated to be cireulating $1,000,000 a month in Manitoba alone, but he pointed out that so lorg as there ars: people pro- dueing all that wealth in the nest, there is a sound nmeket for vast amount of goods, as people must live and have something left over after buying necessities with which to pur- chase luxurica "Hard times" is largely a mental at- titude, forget then, and go en as yen would have you never heard of such a bogey, was Mr. Benrfor i'e counsel, For whom au Empire mourned and the civilized world paid eulogies. "Passage of the Canadian Anti- Lignor Clearance Act, which'I under- stand is expected to be accomplished by Easter, will greatly lighten the work of the customs and coastguard services on the Great Lakes," he said. "This has already been shown by the fact that on the Dominion shores op- posite Detroit and Buffalo, the ware- houses are being cleaned out of what liquor they hare on hand and are not restocking. This indicates that the Canadian liquor dealers wbo have been shipping to the United States are assured that the anti-etearaa_e law will be passed. '_it the present time we .ars elort. 240 men in the Detroit area enI about 150 in and around Buffalo. I doubt if these forces will Se materially re- duced for some little time, but these men will have an opportunity to pay more attention to other work, and this will enable them to hander a large part of the tasks for which President Hoover asked an increase in the per- sonnel of the consolidated border patrol he suggested to Congress. "Another effect which the passage of this set will probably have will be increased efforts to smuggle Can- adian liquor to this country via the French ports of St. Pierre and Mique- lon, at the mouth of he St. Lawrence. At the present time these two places are the bases from which the greater amount of liquor illicitly entering this country comes. The Great Lakes sit- uation being well in hand, and with the eaastguard relieved of its concen- trated patrol of tbe inland waters, 15 will be able to handle this situation far better, without any great increase in :personnel. Petty Stuff Only 'The passage of this act will mean that smuggling on the Great Lakes and its tributary water will be con- fined to petty etuff. Inthe past the rum -runners could take their boats up to export docks and load them with scores or hundreds of cases of whisky,. Now they will be compelled to rely upon the liquor stores run by the various Canadian provinces, and can only make their purchases by the ease at the mast and then at far high- er prices than they have paid in the past. "Pertaps more important than any- thing else will be the fact that a con- tinual source of friction between the two countries will. be removed and this Country will do its part to repay the Dominion for its action by halting, wbere possible. alt smuggling from :his country to Canada." The world's deepest oil well, drill- ed in 1929, Is in California and is 9.350 feet deep. He: "Am I the first man you bare Crer kissed?" She: "Of course, Why do all men ask the same question?" In a certain slob they own an ab- normally slow card player. His part- ner once observed, "Excuse me but Is this Auction Bridge or Suspension' Bridge?" Theory Discounted ByHon. V. Massey y Tide of Auto Travel Not Due to Prohibition Washington.—Hon. 'Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister to the United States, discounted the theory that pro- hibition is responsible for the tide of, automobile travel into Canada from the United States. In an address before the ann sal eon- ference of the United States A:ltomo- bile Association and Motor Club ex- exutives the Canadian Minister assert- ed that considerably more oars per capita come from Caneda into the United States than move north into the Dominion. During 1929, he said, more than 600,000 motor cars crossed the line moving south, while 4,500,000 cars drone into Canada, . "To come up to our standard as visiting neighbors in proportion to population," he continued, "I must politely point out that you will hare to send us 7,500,000 cars, I have suggested tha motor car as a very potent factor in international relatione. The automobile is now en- gaged the world over in crossing boun- daries, reminding its passengers of different characteristics which mark people on both sides, and giving them sympetltetie appreciation of why such differences. exist.' British Youths Come to Canada 3fentreal.—Juvenile immigration to Canada was inaugurated for 1930 dur- ing the weekend when the Srst Par- ties of British youths for Canadian farms landed at Halifax, having been brought forward under the auspices et the Canadian National Railways. Two parties, totalling 46 boys, reached Halifax during the week -end, and will. be placed on farms in Ontario by the British Immigration and Colonization Association. These boys hare beet specially se Ieeted from v?aieue Farts of the Bri- tish isle by the Juvenile branch of the colonization offices of the Can- a—dieu National Railways in London and represent a splendid type of British youth eager to better themselves by gradually winning ownership of land , 1n Canada, Juvenile immigration is one of the most promising features of colonize.- tion olonize.tion at the present time. Last year some 1200 youths were brought tol Canada ender the auspices of the Canadian National Railways, the majority of whom are making iIlg goad an farms throughout Ontario province. There was neveryet a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.—Benjamin Franklin, 1' An Unusual Picture from the City of the Dodges as be wasmade a life member of their THE AIRPLANE HAS CHANGED PHOTOGRAPHY THE WORLD OVER organization, Only two persons- have been so botored'la the past. efts. -Mar Bell Tower on leSad of San Gieorgio Maggiore, Italy, is known to themeand of .our <<r, ar.;r lies in Venice shall l' it.d t:dent Roosevelt. l?or. I„ .;ieta1t e may be seen the popular bating moan. Two commercial travellers met in the dining oar andopened conversa- tion. "Of course, you're from Lanca- shire?' said one, The Manchester man replied that be was, and asked why the question had been asked. "Olt, I was just accounting for your accent,'" ; said the other. Suddenly the Manchester man said: "And where do you come from,?" "Worces- ter," replied the traveller, innocently, "05,'weli, now I can account for your' sauce." i Gandhi's Campaign Doomed to Failure Calcutta Business Man Sees Indian 'Independence as Re- mote—Caste System '100 Rigid to Permit of New Status Indepeidenoo of even Dominion sta- tus for India was declared to be very remote indeed by D. 1Cferni8, Guilt itta bsssinees man, in 011 int ory lew, Mr. Klemis has roaidod for the bast five years in Calentt0, and is/ engaged in the cotton lntluati+y, He la plc bis way to Europe, "While crossing Canada I have been astonished to see the anlonat of pub- licity your 'papers give Mahatma Gandhi," eemarkod Mr. Klemis, Geed - hi receives vary little notice in India, and even in the vernacular press he is given very little prominence. The• amount of publicity given to the In. dian Nationalist leader in newspapers in this eouhtry is out of all proportion to his importance," Mr. Klemis said. 'et is generally felt among Euro- peans in India that the viceroy has been rather too hasty with his declar- ation that India would be given Do. minion status just as soon as expedi- ent," .lir. Klemis said, ' Failure is Seen "My belief is that India will have to wait many years before she can attain to that political standing. And Gandhi's campaign for Indian inde- pendence is doomed to -failure. In- dians themselves recognize that. "The independence of India will never be an accomplished fact be- cause the caste system of the eountsy is too rigid," Mr. Klemis explained. "Solidarity of the people 'of India will neves'-be attained on account of the caste system. Moreover," Mr. Mends added, "the ,most powerful element in the country aro the Indian princes and they certainly do not want Indian independence as it would terminate their rule and put an end to their sources of wealth which is the laud. Real Danger "The real danger in India is from, Communist propaganda," Mr. Klemis said. "Soulet agents infestthe coun- try and only last year stores of arms were discovered in Meerut. .It will be remembered that the stimulus for the Indian mutiny centred in Meerut. Communist plotting in India never gets into the papers," Mr, Klemis re- marked, "and Tris is infinitely more important than Gandhi's disobedience marches and, other campaigns for In- dian independence," Mn Iiiemis remarked also that he had recently been in Shanghai for a short time. Shanghai, he said, had completely returned to normal since the Nationalist disturbance- of two years ago. There was no suggestion of ever ceding the concession to China. Capital is pouring into the great port and that is an indication of the confidence felt in the future of Shanghai, Mr, Iiiemis said. Prince Looking For ite Rhinoceros Heir to British Throne Snaps Elephants With Camera ifasindi, Uganda.—Despite terrine heat the Prince of Wales has walked long distances to film elephants in their native haunts, He obtained splendid pictures of elephants in close quarters in the thick bush of the lake Albert and White Nile districts. Sir W, F. Gowers, Governor of Ugan- da, returned from Butiaba and said that the Prince had completely shaken off the effects of his recent malarial fever, He has done no shooting, preferring to operate bis motion -picture camera. At one place lie had an opportunity of bagging a big tnsker but he merely took a film, saying lie did not care. to shoot animals if he had not worked bard is a stern chase. The royal camp has moved further dow ntho Nile and will soon proceed to a rbino camp, where the Prince hopes to snap white rhinoceros, Then the party will move to the Congo, visiting the Pygmy country, Returning - from the Congo, the Prince expects to do some shooting in the, Mongolia district during the trip down the Nile to Khartoum. It 1s possible that he will fly from Khar- toum to Cairo. Magistrate: "How do you knew that these Yowls you accuse your neighbor of stealing, were yours?" Prosecut- or: "They were black and white fowls,, your Honor:" elagistrate: "Why, that does not prove anything. I have black .and white fowls myself at homey Prosecutor: "Yes, your Honor, this isn't the first time I'Fe missed fowls." "Now, Harold," said the school-nis- fr'ets during the history lesson, ""when did William the Conqueror land . in England?" A thoughtful look appear- ed on the face of the youthful school- bop, "Well, teacher." he said after a period of hard thinking, "I don't' just' remember;" "But surely, my boy," she said a little angrily, "you ,hate read your books; and doesn't it state `William the Conqueror'., Hastings, 1066?" Harold's eyes opened wide with surprise. "Why, yes," he replied; "but I always thought that was hie telephone number."