The Seaforth News, 1930-11-13, Page 6King Fixes Princesses' Status
In Succession to British Throne
London, Any dispute over the sue-
bessien to tile British throne was set-
tled recently when it was announced
that the King had made a special in-
vestigation andYfixed the status of the
royal princesses,
The infant daughter of the Duke of
York, ' Margaret Rose, was ranked
fourth in line by the Ding. When the
Princess was born,the question was
raised as to how she ranked with her
older sister, Princess Elizabeth. With
male children, the older brother al-
ways ranks first, but no such provi-
sion,had ever been made for girls,
and some authorities said, if the suc-
cession ever came to the Duke of
York's children; the sisters would be
eutitled to rifle' jointly.
The succession now stands;.
1, The Prince of Ztrales, eldest son
of the King.
2. The Duke of York, oecond sou of
the King.
3. princess Elizabeth.
4. Princess Margaret Rose.
5. -The puke of Gloucester, third son
of the King.
6. Prince George, youngest son of
,the Ring, ,
If the Prince of Wales married and
has 'children, they will rank next iu
'succession, ahead of the Duke of 'York
and his children. If the Duke of York
has a son, he will take precedence
over his sisters.
Victoria's Letters
Mine of Treasure
;Volume Gives Additional In-
formation of Royal
Court
London—The volume of letters of
Queen Victoria published here is a
!regular treasure trove of additional in-
formatiou of the affairs of the Royal
Court between 1836 and 1390.
Queen Victoria was, of course, not
the only person who wondered what
"Willy would do when he became
Emperor of Germany. William Ho-
henzollern was her grandson, son of
Victoria's eldest daughter, Victoria
Adelaide. England's royal lady was
soon partially enlightened, however,
and the family relations became
strained.
"As regarding the Prince (later Ed-
ward VII) not treating his nephew as
an Emperor," wrote Queen Victoria,'
"this is really too vulgar: and too ab-)
surd as well as untrue to be believed.
"We have always been very intim-
ate with our grandson and nephew
and to pretend Ile is to be treated in
private as well as In public as His
Imperial Majesty is perfect madness.
If he has any such notions he had
better never conte here."
William, however, was appreciative-
ly jubilant when he was made a
British admiral. "Fancy wearing the
sante uniform as St. Vincent and Nel-
son. it makes one feel quite giddy,"
he exclaimed. and, remarkable in
the light of later events, he added'
he felt something like Macbeth must)
have felt when the witches summon-
ed him.
Once again the letter's show how
Victoria was disturbed by Gladstone.
"He will ruin the country it he can,"
Iler Majesty wrote once of the great
Victoriau Prime Minister.
Interesting Glimpses
New York—The New York Times
alio carried additional references from
Queen Victoria's lettere, including the
following:
More vividly than any biography or
history these letters tell the story of
pears which were in marry ways the
pinnacle of the Queen's long reign,
They reveal a stubborn queen who
caused "anxioas moments in cabinets,
but they also show a queen who had
a shrewd political sense and who had
become a towering influeuee in the
political and social life of England.
The present selection teaches its
climax with the first jubilee, when
the popular opinion of her in England
dtau r:d at last into adoration.
There were many anxieties and
griefs for the queen in those yers,
however, and not the least of them
was her impulsive grandson who be-
came German Emperor in 1588. ,
"Such a hot-headed, conceited,
wrong-headed young man, devoid of
all feeling," Queen Victoria wrote of
Trim. "How sickening it is to see
Vi'illy, not two months after his be-
loved noble father's death, going to
banquets and reviews. It is very in-
decent, very unfeeling."
Later the Queen's indignation knew
no bounds after au affront to the
Prince of Wales, later King Edward,
in the shape of a message objecting
to his presence in Vienna during the
visit of the German Emperor to the
Austrian Emperor, The Kaiser after
ward denied be was responsible for
tint ieseage and ' Queen 'Victoria sus
pectel Chancellor Biemareh was at
the bottom of the trouble.
Ali the same, she had nothing but
contempt for Wilhelm's demand to be
treated as the "Kaiser," not as a
"nephew."
a
journal, "and how much mischief has
he not done already?"
Even when Gladstone's Cabinet was
formed and the Hone Rule crisis
broke she held herself free to consult
with Lord Salisbury, the leader of the
Opposition, on the best means of pro-
ducing a coalition for Gladstone's
overthrow.
The letters take the Queen into
her old age, but show she was vig-
orous enough to dance the quadrille
at the age of i1. This was her
description of it:
Dance Described
"After dinner In the drawing room Picturesque
we pushed the furniture back and had housed.
a nice little Impromptu dance, the
!-[olds Dominion Art Treasures
view. of Nat
onal Gallery of Canada at Ottawa, where many of the Dominion's art treasures
Curtiss baud being so entertaining.'
We had a quadrille in which I danced! Effective Cold Cure Origin of. Life Ascribed.to Rays
with Eddy (Duke ot- Clarence). I did;
quite well. The followed some
polkas and waltzes."
Of all the human documents in.ths
book noue gives 'a better picture' of
the Queen than her description of the
daszling scene in Westminster Abbey,
when her world-wide Empire was
celebrating her fifty years reign.
"I sat alone (Oh, without my be-
loved husband, for 'whom this would
have been such a proud day) where
I had sat forty-nine years ago and re-
ceived the homage of princes and
peers. My robes were beautifully'
draped on the chair. The service,
was well done and arranged, The
Te Deum by my darling Albert sound-
ed
ounded beautiful and the anthem by Dr.
Bridge was fine especially the way in
which the National Anthem and dear
Albert's chorale were worked iu "
Thus more than a quarter of a cen-
Mechanical Yacht
To Be Eliminated
British and U. S. Yachting
Authorities Introduce
New Rule
Loudon—British and United States
yacht racing authorities .have agreed
to do away 'with the "mechanical''
yacht, which came into fame in the
recent races for the. America Cap, in
future.luternatlonal contests. • •
After a series' of conferences in
which Norman Clark Neill and 13.
Heckstall-Smith, British representa-
tives, met first with New York Yttcht
Club representatives, then with the
council of the British Yacht Racing
Association, tite'oouncil voted to adopt
with modifications the ' New, York
Yacht Club's rule rating racing yachts
of above 14r/s meters in length.
The modification provides that Class
J. yachts, which includes -the America
Cup contenders, must carry a mast
weighing at least 5,500 pounds .bare,
that standing rigging shall not be set
up nor worked below the upper deck,
and that the yachts shall be fitted
with "reasonable" living accommoda-
tion.
This -change eliminates many of .the
ingenious but expensive devices used
by the Cup defender Enterprise in its
recent triumph over Sir Thomas Lip-
ton's Shamrock Y, The light and ef-
ficient duraluminum mast and' the
Various below -decks deriees for hand -
are ling the sheets, halyards and. back
stays come under this ban, but the
winch for hoisting the heavy mainsail
Distrust Lasts
The Queen never lived down her
distrust of her grandson.- She had
no batter opinion of Prince Ferdinand
of Cobonrg when he was chosen to be
'Prince of Bulgaria.
"Tie is totally unfit—delicate, ec-
centric and effeminate,"" she wrote.
"He should be stopped at once. It
ie important that it should be known
that I and my family have nothing to
do with this absurd pretension of this
foolish young cousin of mine,
How the Queen tried to avoid sum-
moning Gladstone to form a Cabinet
in 1885 is revealed in the first chap-
ter of the letters, She disliked
Gladstone' and carried her dislike he-
. yoiul the bounds of constitutional pro-
priety. The letters disclose she even
tried to consult Opposition leaders,
Lord :•'nliebury and Edward Goschen
bot•.1 or wecon declined to be col -
suttee
on -suite. t. tee advised 'her to summon
Chdsu n
“Gareeere rete the eou:lry if
he ca1• .._ Oeeee .wrote in her
tory after Albert's death and at the
sununit of her life Victoria's thoughts
were stili with her husband.
Major Burwash Says
Eskimo Air -Minded
Hardly Glance Skyward When
Airplane Passes
Ottawa—Eskimos in the far north
have become airminded, Major L. T.
Burwash, noted Canadian arctic ex-
plorer told the Ottawa branch of the
Engineering Institute of Canada re-
cently. In some sections of the coun-
try airplanes have become so nom -
mon a sight that when One passes
overhead, the Eskimos nonchalantly
continue fishing and hardly glance
skyward.
Touehfng on the mystery that bas
enshrouded the fate of the Sir John
Franklin expedition for 83 years, Ma-
for Burwasb expressed the opinion
all the records .and reports were lost
when the Terror and the Erebus, the
two ships, sank off Ring William
Land. This summer Major Bur -
wash made his seventh investigation
into the mystery and disproved rum-
ors that records touching on. the ex-
pedition were buried at Victory Point
opposite where the ships were caught
in the ice during the winter of 1847.
First Atlantic Stearn Crossing
Built iu Quebec in 1833 and Cana-
dian owned, the "Royal 'William" was
the first vessel to cross the Atlantic
under steam power alone.
Is Found at Last From Hotter Sun Than To -day's
New Treatment Also Helps .Chicago. --A. scientific conception of
Cases of Pneumonia as the origin of life—that protoplasm was
Well as Measles activated into life by ultra -violet light
rays of a power now unknown—was
Loudon—A new treatment for colds, explained recently by Dr, Irving S.
measles, pneumonia- and all diseases Cutter, dean of the.Northwestern
resulting from the endotoxic type of
bacterialinfection has been named
"Edweuil." It has been developed
by Dr. S. G. Billington and, after be-
ing tested by London and provincial
specialists, Is'now being produced on
a large scale.
Edweuil is a natural anti -body.
varsity Medical Sch'oo!
In the lecture on contemporary
thought before the Medill School. of
Journalism, Dr. Cutter said that life
arose amidconditionswhich have .dis-
appeared from the earth, never to re-
turn.
"It seems certain that ultra violet
namely, a blood substance enabling light from a sun tar hotter than it is
the healthy to repel any infection. 1t to -day played a predominant part in
is injected by an ordinary hypodermic bringing about complex chemical com-
syringe the action beginning within binations-
six to 12 hours and curing an ordiu-
ary cold between 24 and 48 hours'
after one or at most two injectione. Canada Ranks Second
;`o patient has yet shown any after In Car Ownership
complication. Montreal -Automobile ntantufactur-
There is no evidence whether that lug has developed into such an Un-
it has any action as a preventive or portant industry in Canada that the
prophylactic. Edwenil is very cheap Dominion .now holds second' place
and it is stated that 36 cents worth among the nations in the per capita
cured a child of measles. ownership of motor cars and third
Dr. Billington and his associates
are investigating the proiSerties of
two other anti -bodies named Davenil
and Globenll, the former having Cur-
ed a dog of distemper while the lat-
ter has been experimentally used as
a treatment for cancer. It is report-
ed that this has already lets to a dia-
gnostic test for cancer. Every one
of 100 cancer patients was found de-
ficient of the particular product ex-
tracted from a serum by the same
process which produces giobeuii.
A Driver's Responsibility
An operator eau be classed as a
good driver when he has a realization
of what good driving means, appreci-
ates the responsibility which is his
and the elements of safety and dan-
ger which are under his control. Then
he makes use of his knowledge and
experience and ability to meet con-
ditions of automobile traveling.
Bilingual Stamps
Are Now Complete
Ottawa — All denominations of
Canada's postage stamps are now
printed in both English and French.
The list became complete with the
recent addition of bilingual special de-
livery stamps. The new Issue is .lab-
elled "Special Delivery—Express."
"We are forced, not by the weight
of evidence, but by the direction of
suggestive facts or instances, to the
conclusion that protein,, and in turn
protoplasm, 'was built up by forces
physical -chemical in character, which
forces probably do notnow affect the
earth, at least in the same degree. It
is only a step to the further concep-
tion that protoplasm, -chemically ripe
as it were, was activated into life by
light rays ultra -violet in character
and of a power now unknown.
"As the earth cooled and radioacti-
vity lessened, so ultra -violet light from
the sun decreased and living matter'
then took unto itself its own ctontinu-
ance—metabolism and reproduction."
place 1u the production of automo-
biles, according to a survey of the in-
dustry compiled by the Department
of immigration and Colonization of
the Canadian P.acifia Railway.
"Canada is exceeded only by the
United States in the per capita owner-
ship of motor cars," a bulletin sum-
marizing the survey sets forth,
"Uncle Sam's record is one automo-
bile to every 4.6 persons whereas that
of the Dominion is cue to ever 8.2
people.
"In the production • of automobiles
the United States leads with a produc-
tion in 1929 of 5,353,414. France is
seooed with an output last year of
263,660, and Canada third with 282,-
625. pburth position is held by Eng-
land with an output.ot 238,805 to its
credit last year and fifth liy Germany
with 70,500.
"The output of motor cars has been
quickened by au increasing demand
from the prairiA provinces of western
Canada. The 'per capita ownership
of cars is high in the farming areas.
of western. Canada and with the ex-
pansion of agriculture and the settle-
ment of new areas, the sale of auto-
mobiles has registered important
gains in recent years.
Fast driving niay get you there, But
careful driving is almost sure to get
you there and back.
Let Me
Let me be a little kinder,
Let me be a little blinder
To the faults of those about me;
Let me praise a little more;
Let me be when I am weary,
Just a little bit more cheery;
Let me serve a itttle better
Those that I'm striving for.
Let me be a little braver
When temptation bids me waver:
Let me strive a litter harder
To be all that I should be;
Let me be a little meeker
With the brother that is weaker;
Let me think more of my neighbor
And a little less of me.
Let me be a little sweeter;
Make my life a bit completer,
By doing what I should do
Every minute of the day;
Let me toll without complaining,
Not a humble task disdaining;
Let me face the summons calmly
When death beckons me away.
Dependable Canadian Eggs
Where eggs .were anything but a
dependable artdole of diet twelve or
fifteen years ago, to -day Canadian
eggs of the higher grades aro look-
ed upon as quite safe to offer anyone.
for breakfast and need not be broken
before coming to the table. The re-
sult of grading is that production and
consumption have more than doubled
during the past ten years.
Anna—"My feet are size six." Mary
-"You mean your shoes are size six,:"
"No, my shoes are silo' tour:
The Thrill of Speed
s bunched oe. banlcing during great 500 -Mlle motor race organized by British racing drivers' club at Brooklands, England, recently
Down on the Farm
In Soviet Russia
Complete Renunciation of
Property Displeases ,
Peasants •
Russia's gigantic experiment In eel-
lectivoTerming bas her -n much ridicul-
ed by many who can see, no good in
anything the Soviet 'Government does.
Of course collective fainting is ad- I
(hittedly still in the sailer stage.
But just how it goes ou 'at present
has been discovered by the .Moscow
correspondent of. too Manchester
Guardian.
lie tells us' first of all that to see
the peasants in full farming opera-
tion 'one
pera•tiolt'one must travel at least a day's
journey by rail- .in. a -southern and
-southeastern direction from Moscow.
In the North and Central. regions of
the Soviet Union, he advises us, in-
dividual farming still is. predominant.
Most of the peasants, we are told, do
not like the Commune. .They prefer
the "artel," another fon;a of cone*,
rive farming which is described later.
But in the rich grain belts of the
Lowes Volga, the North Caucasus and
Southern Ukrainia, it appears that
there are regions where half or two-
thirds even of the peasant households
and an even larger proportion of the
land belong to collective 'farms.
,Southeast of Saratoy, in the steppes
which are capable of producing excel-
lent grain crops, isthe-Commune of
Stalin, where we get this picture:
"Here over 400 peasant families
are living under a regime, which, in
and the unique boom with which Eu. povert and obedience to a common
terprise was equipped, called "the rule, if not do chastity, suggests the.,
gi'eatest contribution, to yachting en- regulations of medieval monastic .com
gineering in many years" by ,Charles munities..
Nicholson, Shamrock's designer, w111 "All' idea of personal enrichment is
be allowed. abandoned In this commune. Not
The new rule goes into effect Janie- only the land, working animals, and
machinery, but the smaller farm ant -
mals, such as pigs, chickens, and.
sheep, are the property of the com-
mmndty.
"The members, eat at a common
table, where the diet, abundant in
quantity, but somewhat monotonous
in content, consists of bread, beet and.
vegetable soups, with meat and golu.
shkl, or dough -balls, potatoes, and, in
season, melons and tomatoes.
"The management of the Commune
bus manufactured goods with tho'
proceeds of the sale of its surplus
grain. Here, as, everywhere at the
present time, there was a sharp lack
of cityt products; the co-operative
store which was established on the
premises of the Commune had on its
view, the Seed. Branch : of the Do.' shelves a few bolts o: cloth and tex
minion Department of Agriculture in) tile shelves
a few pairs of boots, and
co-operation with the Departments I correspondingly meager supplies of
of Agriculture of the provinces and; other articles. When there is not on-
the
n.the Canadian' Seed Growers' Aasocia-1 ough or a given article to go round, a
tion organized, in 1924, Plant Breed-I:comnlission regulates ita distribution
ers' Committees consisting of 'out -1 to the most needy members of the
standing Garden Vegetable and For- Commune,
ary 1, and all yachts must comply
with it in: the 1931 racing season.
Canada ?hevelops
New- Seed Industry
Various Committees Study
Seed Varities for Cana-
dian Requirements
The economic importance to Can-
ada'of a soundly established field root
and garden vegetable seed produc-
tion that would replace the foreign
seed in our market has been recogniz-
ed for many years. With this in
age Crop Specialists associated with
Dominion and Provincial experimental
falms.
The purpose of these committees is
to study and approve of varieties for
registration by the Canadian Seed
Growers' Association, and to build up
a supply of reliable stock seed of
such varieties for commercial seed
production. Since these committees
were organized, a wide range of vari-
eties of field and garden crops best
suited to Canadian conidtions has
been approved, and supplies of found-
ation seed have been bred and made
available to growers. The seed pro-
duced from this foundation stock is
kept pure for commerce by the ser-
vices of field inspection and grading
provided by the Seed Branch, and by
the final sealing of the seed in pack-
ages. Thus a sound basis has been
laid for the development of a seed
production industry under official con-
trol and in harmony with Canadian
conditions and requirements.—(Issued
by the Director of Publicity, Domin-
ion Department of Agriculture, Ot-
tawa, Ont.)
Alaska To Acquire
Mounted Police:Force?
Juneau, Alaska—The organization
of a territorial constabulary, fashion-
ed after the Canadian Mounted Police,
is being urged by many. towns and
settlements in Alaska, Authorities
can only promise hope, however, for
such a radical change in power would
disruptnumerouslaw agencies now
yielding appointment control in. Alas-
ka.
The need for such an 'organization
is great, the petitioners point out,
Under the system that wide empire
known as Alaska's outland might be
patrolled as it should be. Alaskans
are law-abiding, but such an agency
could render many services to pros-
pectors, trappers, travelers and na-
tives in remote localities.
Two -Minute Silence
Ottawa—Canada will observe the
customary tavo-minute silence on the
morning of Armistice Day, Tuesday
Nov. 11. The following statement in
respect to it was issued recently
from the offige of the Prime Minister:
"In accordance with arrangements for
the observance of Armistice Day,
sanctioned by his Majesty the Ring,
the, people of Canada are invited to
mark the occasion by, a tiro -minute
silence at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov.
11, 1930."
Throw Lights Downward
"The Commune possesses over a
score of tractors, about half of which
were laid up for repairs, 240 horses,
98 camels, 700 sheep, over 300 cows,
400 chickens, and 150 pigs.
"It had planted about 15,000 acres
this year, and planned to increase this
amount by 50 per cent. next year."
The housing problem, this infor-
mant goes on to say, is what bothers
the Commune most. He found from
ten to twenty people crowded in a
single room. There was almost no
space to spare except for beds and
the small trunks containing the mod-
est, personal possessions of the farm-
workers.
But, we learn further, the majority
of the peasants do not like the Com-
mune with its almost complete re-
nunciation of property.
Bruch more wide -spread, it seems,
1s the "artel," of which an example
was found in the "Red October," a,
large collective farm with 1,200 fam-
ilies
amilies and over 20,000 acres of planted
laud, with its headquarters in the town
of Bikobo on the Volga. The Guar-
dian's correspondent continues:
"Here the land, the working ani-
mals, and machinery were ` common
property, and -one Could see the mem-
bers working in large groups its the
fields together,
"But each family -kept its own
house and a patch of garden land; alt
except the poorest had a •cow as in-
dividual property, together with a
few chickens and perhaps a pig.'
"There was no public dining -room
in the 'Red' October' but food was,
served to the members wlto were
threshing grain inthefields. 'Despite
the fact that the collective farm pos-
sessed fewer horses than its indivi-
dual members owned in the preceding
years, the planted acreage showed a
substantial increase, and the manager
of the farm, a worker tram one of the
neighboring Volga towns, interpreted
this as a decisive proof of the super-
iority . of the new agricultural
methods.'—Prom "The Literary Di-
gest."
--¢t—
A young woman whose beauty is
equal to her bluntness inconversation
was visiting a house where other
guests were assembled, among them
the eldest son of a wealthy manufac-
turer. The, talk turned on matrimon-
ial
atrimoncal squabbles. Said the youul: men:
"I hold that the thing for the husband
to do is to begin as he intends to go
on. Suppose the question was one of
smoking. I would at once show any`
intentions by lighting • a cigar, ' thus
settling the question for ever." "'And
I," said the young woman, "would at
When approaching another car in. once knock the thing out of your
the dark, throw the lights downward,' mouth!" "Do you know,'' rejoined the
It is a courtesy action as well as a young man, thoughtfully, "2 don't
'safety precaution.' thiole you would be there."