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The Seaforth News, 1931-03-12, Page 3"Be Just to Great Britain" Says American Journal (From Christian Science Monitor,.) Accord.ng to a statement issued by the British Government, a debt pay - anent was made early this week on the part of that nation to the United States Treasury of $94,339,000. Of $2 this amount 8,000,000 is for repay- `ment o: principal, while the balance represents interest. Since the fund- ing >f the British war debt. that na- tion has paid tp tit, United States $1,285,750,000, of which $202,000,000 represents, repayment of principal. Roughly speaking, therefore, Great Britain has paid the United States es interest something over $1,000,000,000. If one is interested enough to look. up the Treasury figures regarding these payments it will be found that Great Britain yaps in interest ap- proximately 3,306 per cent.The rates vary during different portions of the sixty -two-year perigd in which the in- •debtedness is to be discharged. It will be learned at the same time that France pays approximately 1.640 p.c., .although France is now recognized as the most prosperous nation of Eur- •ope, if not indeed the most prosperous nation in the world. •Belgium pays 1,790per cent, and. Italy, the last of. sage:, :the whilom chief allies, 0.405 per cent. It is needless now to "go into the ,justice of these different rates of in- terest charged against the former as- soeiates of the United States in the World War. They were fixed at the -time of the various refunding agree- ments in accordance with what was believed by the representatives of the United States to be the capacity of the debtor counts-ies to pay, The British agreement alone was, not affected by any such conditions, That nation, first of all, approached 'the United States with the proposition -to fund its debt, and assumed honor- ably the staggering burden of inter- est payi.lents thereon. It made no plea eeer of incapacity to pay. It urged no con- siderations of ,war -time fellowship in a common undertaking. Animated by that sense of commercial • honor which may, fairly be ascribed to the Britieh public as a whole, the British Govern. ment cheerfully accepted its obliga- tions and entered into en agreement ,, ith the United States+ for thir die- charge. As .a result,' the spectacle is pre- sented of Great Britain paying on Ito obligations to the United States a rate of interest more than double Chet paid by Belgium or France, and some- thing like eight times as much as that exacted of Italy. The reward of com- mercial honor noes not seem to have been quite adequate. Today innumerable plans are being -proposed for .• the 'utilization of the sums paid to the UnOtcd States as in- terest on the war debtsfor various purposes advantageous to the coun- tries making the payments. America is askedto repeat to a degree its bene- volent gesture toward China when the whole amount of the Boxer in- demnity Vas ndemnity'was remitted, the revenues to be employed in the education of Chi ase students. Doubtless a certain un- rest on the part of the• American con- science is responsible for the sugges- tion of like action with reference to war indebtedness, and probably . in time out of that will proceed some measure for the revision and perhaps, lessening of the nation's claims. But pending that general action, It would appear to be a proper recogni- tion of the honorable action of a worthy ally should the United States now reduce the rate of interest charg- d on the British debt to that, let us say, paid by France. There seems to be no just objection to this proposition, while innumerable considerations jus- tify such action. Plants prey. ''Now, will you walk into my Meat-E,atin • Traps g garden?" asks the pitcher of the fly, Lay ®ii Prey from i'lorida pre seen at the green - Tall, slender lily -like, yellow flava — house of the I;otau:c„1 Garden, as are Many Varieties Lure Insects running little mart on parrot pit^'tors by Fragrance, Catch Them in Snare and. Devour Them (By Marion Fairfield Nickell, in The New York Times.) There is a group of plants now at the Ne' r York Botanical Garden which are cloaked in beauty and inneeenco, whose fragrance and honeys'ere a lure to all kinds of tiny insects. But their ,appearance and attractions are only a snare and a delusion, for they aro carrivarous, and the bit of animal life which yields to their spell in caught in a trap from which there is no escape. These neat -eating plants have been gathered from ell parts of the world. Here are bright green Venus fly- traps, thumb -nail size, ere th cruel, sharp spikes along the rims of their two -lobed leaves which are always -r.!re 'Mom that state—spring:':r to rosettes. They grow about two to three•inches long. Then, too, thele ars purpurea, se called from their red- dish purple shape—medium-sized.— perhaps a foot in length, and native to New York, but also met from La- brador to the Gulf. Our North American pitchers show a Curious seasonal behavior, going through the same routine as hibernat the animals, remaining dormant in the cold weather. Tropical pitchers, on .the other hand, are active all the.time, ever on the alert for prey. Like all plants, also, the pitchers 'have a day and nigat.behavior,:the.breatlaing ap- paratus or stomata that open in the day to take in carbon dioxide and to give out oxygen—just the oppoeite of man—close at night and wave out car- bon dioxide. A PLANT OF THE JUNGLE. South American pitcher plants, al- ready to snap together, to crush and though separated from their cousins to devour unwary flies. As soon as by saltwater and with. no near rela- •edible prey comes in contact with the tives within 1,500 .miles, ars probably •of the three filaments placed in the related to the northern varieties, bot. form of a triangle on each leaf, the anists say. Most are found in steam - dinner bell is rung. Like super- ing jungles and in the hot lowlands intelligent burglar alarms, they' get on one isolated mountain. Mountain instant action. The spikes interloce Roraima, near the borderland 'of rat-trap wise. There is no escape. i Brazil, Venezuela and British Guiana, These treacherous Dionaeas come •Days Dr. H. A. Gleason, curator at the only from Eastern North Carolina andBotanical Garden; who las made a are strictly American in design. Theft lSpecial study of this variety. youngest leaves are the hungriest, ! Here, high up, above a 4,000 feat covered as they are with ,minute • level of forest, the heliamphora, mean- glands of n red or purplish color which ing "pitcher of the swamp,” was first have the power of digestive absorp• discovered in 1840. The only place tion. Active only in warmrn weather, r it has been cultivatedfor long outside Venus fly -traps have certain food r e ' its native habitat is the Botanical ferences, beetles coming before caviar. Garden of Edinburgh, where it never Tall damlingtonias also, with leaves feels a temperature higher than 60 curled in mottled, maroon heads—our degrees, ,and whre it has grown con- largest native pitcher-plants—are tentedly for half a century. Specimens here. Fabulous tales formerly were of this South American pitcher -plant a told of darlingtonta when first diseov- are to be seen in the herbarium of the Bred in the mountains of California New York Botanical Garden Museum. —that this pitcher catches the larger Again, two of the more modest animals, not confining itself to insects; _varieties of nepenthes, the brilliant, that rodents, even young rabbits and showy Asiatic pitcher -plant often baby deer, sometimes are its victims. ' used by florists are also found in a SNAKE -LIKE DARLINGTONIAS conservatory of the Manhattan ineti- But botanists say the plant has tidiest. Awake and ready, these pit- been falsely charged. The greenhouse 'elms, green with maroon trimmings, clusters at the New York Botanical swing vertically on tendrils from firm, Garden are much too slight for such glossy leaves, their tiny trap -doors in- voiiacious feats. Even the tenderest vitingly open. and the youngest darlingtonras, Crimson, pale green, and richer, though, ;.ave a menacing aspect with darker reds—those. Oriental plants their curling, transparent green heads, grow well in their transplanted state. forked green flaps resembling fangs— the whole looking like the heads of Merger of Canadian Chemist's poisonous serpents. The largest clarl- ingtonias are but two and a half ,to three feet long. American pitcher -plants, or sar- raceniae, sometimes known as hunts- man's cup, are characterized by ver- tical pitchers, usually with a flap pro- jecting over the top. The stalk, grow- ing directly from the soil, is short. Most of these .pitchers, which jump. the dry desert regions of the West, -are found east of the Mississippi front New England to Florida. They like the bogs and swamps, growing best ' apparently, under evergreens. The trapping apparatus on all the pitcher -plants is essentially the same. First, there is a long, hollow, folded leaf -stalk, whose lower portions, fortis - ng the actual stomach, have the di- gestive glands and juices. Above a smooth, shiny surface, very steep, very slippery. Further above are min- ute h•t .s pointing down. And around the pitcher's brim are honey glands to attract and ',o 'intoxicate their Doctor of Lit.urature. -�r Miss Evangeline D. Edwards, teacher at school of oriental studies, Loudon, England, is first woman upon whom an English university has conferred, the degree of doctor of literature in oriental languages. Radio Trains Those who travel by the 10.10 a,m. train from London to Leeds, or by the Georgetown, British Guiana.—Tales 5.30 p.m. from Leeds to London, are of 'rough diamonds selling. for $3 a able to while away the hours of the carat and the sellers being unable to Miners. OfferToSell Diamonds For a Quarter ment of Sakhalin, is proceeding with the exploitation of that island off the 1931 May See Many Japanese Revere Mirk Unchanged New Speed Records ,English. Seaman By Freezing World is Gripped by a Craze l • for Speed The world le speed mad. Britain cannot hope to retain the world's sped records without challenge, for Skilled engineers all over the world are determined to wrest them frorn. us this year. Capt. Malcolm Campbell made' an attempt to beat Sir Henry Segrave's record of 231.362 miles per hour, and an Australianmotorist has announced 'bis intention to try to win the honor for the Dominion. The world's water record, 98.7 miles an hpur, set up by Sir Henry' Segrave, is to be challenged -by Kaye Don with , Miss England II, the boat in which Se - grave lost his lite. In aviation, many countries hope to beat the 357 miles per hour achieved by Squadron -Leader Orlebar; an at- tempt will be made to fly higher than the 41,704 feet attained by W. Neven- hofen, the German; and three English- men nglishmen are likely to make an effort to fly round the worldin record time, United States airmen bold bhe record at the moment. They flew 27,000 miles in 336 flying hours, Several swimmers will try to beat the record' English Chanuel time of 11 hours 5 minutes, held by G. ltiichel. Both, universities have.. ambitious of improving on the Oxford record of 18 minutes 29 seconds - for the Varsity boat roce.—From "Pearson's Weekly." Russia Organizes Work On Island of Sakhalin ``The Soviet Union, through its newly organized' Company for the Develop - I journey by listening to broadcast pee - grams. Every carriage is fitted with sockets connected by wires to a receiv- ing set in the guard's van. On pay- ment of a quarter, a pair of telephones can be hired front the train, attendant. All the passenger then has to do is to plug in and listen. The receiving set travels in a pad- ded wooden case to protect it from jolts and jars. The aerial is a wire refusd to pay for the diamonds even 30 feet in length, suspended over the roof of the van. During the first ex- in food, or if payment was made ie perimentat run excellent reception was feed the. diamond miners were unable obtained, to earn more than $2 or $3 a week, One point noticed is that the strength of signals dies down consid- erably when the train' is passing through a tunnel or a deep cutting, for stone on up to $7 for two -carat stones. the earth acts as a screen from the, Foitnerly a quarter -carat stone sold wireless waves. for $6 and a carat stone brought a considerable sum. As a result, Min- ' dreds of miners are now reported to • be deserting the mining region for the Soino old roller ekates, an empty coast, and the government has arrang- wo.tden bo:c, a couple of tin cans and ed for free transportation from Bar - perhaps some paint or crayon ars tica to Georgetown. enough to make the speedy foot - driven automobiloe that ole popular •'r-- with New York's street urchins. The 600 Miles of Bread slcates are the wheels; the box is the Ottawa.—Significaat of present-day manufacturing trends and a matter od direct concern to all Canadian process industries, numbering more than 35, is the step taken by Canadian chem- ists and chemical 'industrialists who, meeting in Ottawa, merged existing Canadian chemical societies to form for the first time a nation-wide federa- tion, the Canadian Ohemieal Assoolsu. tion, This association will be con- corned with development in all the chemical industries, with scientiile. and technical education and scientifc research, and its membership em- braces such varying manufacturing methods as ceramics,foodstuffs, dyes and textiles, • J. R. Donald, of Mont- real, chemical engineer, is president, and 3, Houston Wilson, of Toronto, secretary. Client:. "Yes—never mind that. It's probably my husband's first wife. .5 know all about her," ' find a willing purchaser, even at that price, are being brought here by dia- mond miners returning front, the rich Mazaruni:and Cuyuni districts. The steamer Basra arrived here from Bartica with 264 starving min- ers aboard, all of whom had been evacuated from the affected region by the government. The miners, reported, that storekeepers in the mine' fields Prices quoted by shopkeepers in the diamond fields are reported by miners reaching here to range from 25 to 50 cents for a quarter carat body; the cans are used for head- lights. Color makes the car more gorgeous in appearance—if not in the most approved taste—and sometimes a real hand•worked horn, or tiny siren,' to employed to clear the way. With such contraptions, boys Leer througlt tate streets regardless of the competition of taxicabs. Flu Epidemic In Britain Sweeping Over Country London.—The wave of influenza which has been sweeping England and Wales, became more widespread last week, according to official figuresures mad public o n Feb. 19th. o `Deaths from influenza increa0ed during the week by 125 as compared with the previous week, totalling 456 in London and the great towns. The number of deaths since the first of January was 1,585, against 434 for the same period last year in the.same tot°me, There were 116 deaths from influ- enza in London alone last week. Eaten By Londoners London—IE the total breadloaves known its haltgaartetn, were placed end to end the 25,000,000 eaten in London wdolciy, would stretch 600 miles. London imported, in a year, nearly 1,500,000 tons of wheat and 218,000 tons of flour in addition to home supplies. To suement breakfast supplies over 140,000 tone of bacon and hams and 73,000 tons of eggs came into towns and 160 tons of butter were added to what was received from home farms. Australia, New Zealand. and South America provided 660,000 tons of chilled and frozen meat as well as dried fruit curraltts 111,000 tons of d ed and raisins. In response to the "Eat more fruity' oamltaiga London took from over- seas 621,000 tons of green fruit and vegetables and canned geode. These put'cheses, amounting In all. to nearly 5,000,000 tons, take no ac- counts of such foodstuffs as cocoa, rice, sago, honey, jam and marma- lade. Old -World Charm Quebec city can rival any European medieval city for narrow and quaint streets, as witness this glimpse of the fortressed town. east coast of Siberia. The company is now colonizing 10,000 new settlers, mainly builders, miners and fisher- men, recruited from various parts of the Union. These colonists have raised the population of the island to about 32,500. Special attention is being paid to agriculture, lumber ant the fishing in- dustry. Four large State farms are being organized to produce potatoes and other vegetables as well as meat and dairy products. Until new these articles were mainly imported from Vladivostok. In the lumber industry, the company has begun the construc- tion of two large mills, a veneer fac- tory, a barrel and box factory, and a tie mill. in the fishing industry the 1928.29 output was more than quad- rupled in 1929-30. Preliminary operations for the ex- ploration of coal and oil deposits on the island aro now being undertaken, and some mines are being prepared for exploitation. Other developments include the construction of about 900 miles of dirt roads. 0 New '.:;ritish War Plane Attains 194 Miles Per Hour Londou—Official announcement was made on Feb. 22nd that secret tests had been completed of a new type of fighting airplane which may re- volutioulze air combat. Although the machine is only a single seater biplane, it carries six machine guns, controlled in unison and firing a cone of lead converging a few hundred• yards ahead 03 the ship. Two guns fire through the propeller, the others are set on the wings. Four 20 -pound bombs also are ear - Med by the fighting craft, which has a surface ceiling of 26,000 feet and a sustained speed of 194 miles au hour. The people of Gillingham, Kent, Milk that has frozen and thawed are endeavoringto raise funds for a may be a cause of concern on the memorial to a famous son of their part of both producers and eousum- county, who was the first British sub- ers because of its altered physical eat to -settle in Japan. Not only that, structure. Consumers are likely to but the Japanese have made him a believe that small milk is of poor god! Ile is a recognized Japanese quality because of its watered or di - divinity, and a "fast day has been lutedtaste, yet the 'milk is of exact. dedicated to him. A street in Yeddo' ly the same composition as when it is Called after him. Icame from the cow, and its nutritive Pilot Major William Adams was value remains unimpaired, according one of the most romantic seamen ad-� to R. G. Connelly of the New Jer venturers of his day, though his name soY' Agricultural Extension Service. is unknown to the average English- The small white specks in thawed man. Indeed, it is a source of be -I milk, which also arouse the con. wildern,ent to the Japanese that the stimers' suspicions, are nothing more people of our country have not made than casein, a part of the milk pro• sorno signal recognition of him long tem, which has been precipitated 07 before this. IIe was beloved by the Japanese during his life among them, and be- came a friend of the reigning emperor. freezing and thawing.'" Whoa milk freezes the cream line is reduced and consumers find' am When he died, a tombstone on a beau- other cause for complaint, In these tiful hill near Hemi, a"suburb of the cases the to deceives, since the am thriving seaport of Yokosuka, .was foal percentage of butter fat in the erected in commemoration, -From ed milk remains unchanged despite an Pearson's Weekly. apparent ruction in' the volume of cream, Mr. Connelly says. This is because the butter fat globules form in closely compacted clumps as the London. — Twenty-two fortunate milk freezes. British schoolle ys are shortly to set Products who sell their milk on foot on the most famous of all the .the basis of butter -fat content may small islands dotted about the oceans observe wide variations in butter -fat of the world. tests during the freezing weather. This is Robinson Crusoe's island. This 'is because that part of the milk 1 which is one of the ports of call' in which' freezes, while consisting large the sixth Public schools Empire tour. ly of water, also may contain a large The tour is to the West Indies and amount or cream. Unless this cream British Guiana, and another of the I is thoroughly distributed throughout memorable sights which the twenty- '•wo. will see is the famous Kaieteur. Waterfall, As a result of these Empire tours Visiting Crusoe's Island New Feed Product Fort'Willlam, Ont—Wha't is report- ed to be a new and valuable feed pro- duct commonly known as oat groats 15 being manufactured at Fort Wil- liam at $Ile rate of about 100 tons per day. Through the use of new rata chines the oat groats are made by hulling mixed feed oats. These hulled. 'oats are said to contain about 15 per cent. of protein—almost equal to mid- dlings --and to carry higher percent. ages of fat and lower percentage of fibre than do middlings. The Census the milk as It is thawed before test- ing for butter fat, Inaccuracies will result, Mr. Connelly says. "Varia- tions in the test are also ceased by numbers of young men have a much t he en uI ng of small ! c1 umrs of more vivid idea of the meaning of Em- butter fat globules by casein partl- pire—and can help to make others cies. It 18 for these reasons that realize it as well. A somewhat similar scheme, design- ed to promote Anglo-American f riend. ship, is now being started: Fifty Bri- tish schools—boys', girls`,, and mixed- have been paired with similar schools in the United States and are exchang- ing letters, photographs, school maga-' Influenza Helps Brutish lMil'asi zines, It is hoped that eventually ex- changes of teachers and pupils will also be possible.—"Answers." Ottawa. — Preparations are uuder way for the taking of the 1931 census of Canada in which some 15,000 field workers will visit every Canadian. home and take note oe the number, sex, religion, nationality and other details of the occupants; The Do- minion Bureau of Statistics, which has the work in hand, will also require: the services of some 700 clerks to sift out and compile the information gath- ered. Examinations are being eat to test the capacity of applicants for ouch clerical woe-, Better Grain Toronto,—As an, aid towaraa the production of bete_: grain at a cheap- er cost, the outer', Goverment, in conjunction with the Dominion Gov- ernment, are offering farmers of the ;province assistance iu the installation and equipment of power seed cleaning plants, Hon. T, L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture, announces that assist- ance will be given in the form o grants amounting to 50 per, cent.. of the invoice cost of cleaning machines plus freight to the local station, the grant not to exceed $500. Frozen milk should be entirely melted and mixed thorogulae by pouring from one contsiuer to another before making a test ter but:er fat, he con - eludes. Cotten Handkerchief Sales Up London—Even influenza does some good. The epidemic of infiueuze has caused a mild beam in the cotton in - Predicts Television Will caused it was stated recently at Be General In 1933 "White City," where the cotton tex- Toronto.—Radio television will tile section of British industry Li holding a fair. "The sale of colon handkerchiefs has leaped up by thousands during the 'present influenza outbreak," one exhibitor declared. "The demand tor men's handkerchiefs bait been 50 per cent. greater aud the demand for women's, too. Women always scrap their own handkerchiefs as soon as they catch a bad cold and borrow a sensible sizefrem the men folic." _ France to Raze Ancient Algerian Fort as Obsolete Oran. Aly els.-- Oran's ancient fortress, who e came '.valls and tow- ers have looked out over tate Medi- terranean for mere than twenty cen- turies. enturies, has been swept aside by the changing /maim ,of warfare. The Frenrh Parliament has passed a bill declari'g that the picturesque old fort a0 the Mile back of this city is obsol,'tr•, so the antique sumo - Lure is to be razed. Since the early dais of the Roman occupation, after the wars against Carthage. the fortress has played a part in the defense of this city, The Moors of the Middle Ages used it as a base for their invasions of Spain. l3lsae,la S n the Snow probably become the general thing in 1933, D. E. Replogle,Acting Director of the Jenkins Television Labo-rator- ies, Washington, told the Toronto In- stitute of Radio Engineers in the Uni- versity of Toronto Mining Building recently. "This fall will see enough television broadcasting on the air to interest the set manufacturers, and inside of a year there will be television receiving sets in every dealer's store," he said. Already two Chicago stations are broadcasting television concerts, and two New York stations are having television broadcasting etiuipment in- stalled. • His lecture, which discussed the technical aspects of television, was also delivered to the Toronto Motion Picture Projectors' Association- Soap -and -Water Baths Nov Urged for. Plants Plants, like young children, should be washed with soap and water, ac- cording to the Colorado Agricultural College, which recently has found this treatment effective in ridding house plants of certain insect Pests. A soft brush or cloth may be used on plants with strong leaves. Plants too tender for this treatment may b a inverted and the stems and leaves thoroughly doused in a pall of soapy water; A lovelier thing I do not know Than blue jays flying in the snow. Junco with your ashen breast, COWS B O a 3 r ht to i 4YS�choo �o I For Children's Observation Little firendly chickadees. Crying in the cedar trees; Crow, that never seems so black As upon a Winter track; Did you see them going by, Like small bits of the blue sky. Hidden now behind something Dusky gray like a bird's wing? .. Nathatch, with your steely crest, Los Angeles.—The Board of Educa- tion has discovered that 25 per cent. of Los Angeles school children have never seen a cow, and 50 per cent, have not glimpsed a calf. But the board is attending to it. Each day a big truck snorts away from adjacent Meadowland, bearing one cow and two calves bound for pub- lic sohoote, Wide-eyed, _pupils stare at the strange horned creatures, and learn all about milk and steaks and things. Silver Hours Come, lovely Morning, rich in frost On Iron, wood and glass; Show all your pains to silver -gild Each little blade or grass. Game, rich and lovely Winter's rive. That seldom handles gold; AIM spread your silver sunsets out, In glittering fold on fold. Come, after sunset; come, Oh come— Your clear and frosty Night: Dig up your fields of diamonds, till The Heavens all dance in light! —W. H. Davies, in The Observer. f "Turkey are Chicken bore am she° costes' a heap jes' 'now. "Huh, it ain't de cos' ob fowls dat worries me, hit's les. der,,, scarceness." - Now my faith is strong again In dogwood and in cyclamen, And I believe to iris now, And flowers or: the apple bough, And under the great drifts of sang I see the pale arbutus grow, Although the wind is loud and cold And all he Mee look 1•ard and old. Lout,.. lriecoll, in "Garden Grace.", Relics of Romance There are many romantic relics la the exhibition of Scottish antiques which was opened recently in Loudon, Many woman visitors find- the babgr clothes of Charles 1 among :the moat interesting of the exhibits. They ht, Mettle a little cap, which might matt well be worn by a modern baby—Mire. centuries haven't changed this par- ticular fashion so very much. The child who wore, the baby Methods, was to go down in history as thst "Royal martyr," and his fate is tf, Called by another relic -a crystal locket which contains a clot of blood taken from his scaffold.. Other la teresting oxll:bits include the arab Bible printed in Scotland and Sir Walter Soothe own edition of "Warr~ Orley," Naturally, there are many relict ort the Jacobite risings, and the exhlbitlotti as a whole makes soma of th , stirring and picturesque days of bti' - tory come to life tgiiu.