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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-04-28, Page 7TORONTO 'RANKROBBED ;OF $17,841
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WEEKLY SUMMARY OF
WORLD'S NEWS.
Toronto. -In the second largest
bank robbery, in the history of To-
onto, three iron -nerved gunmen, with
revolvers' drawn, walked into the Bank
f Toronto branch at the northeast
orner of King and Bathurst streets,
out 12.20 noon, herded the manager
mans '
o n g
n
d four memberd of his staff -into
e vault, stole $17,841 in 'cash and
d.
,'Wile the building is equi?ped with
.4 burglar alarm, the members of the
taken unawares f
elves confronted ,ithand lon
heoffmswere w gound
I 1 ek revolvers before the
acre led b a
Y
�i.a .time to. sound
an arnin
Le' Y g•
After placing' ail five i to'the vault
• ixnd closing the door on them, the trio
• �lth the money in a white bag, left
the bank and escaped -in a motor car
they had..left parked on the east side
Bathurst street, some fifty feet
4ove King street. -
No member of the staff was aisle
I:get to the button to ring the burg- alarm t
r r t e 'obbers had left.
The whole affair took place so.
eelY andthat no one on the
quietly Y n
ee was anything ho-
ming.
aware of an hip h -
lining. No shots . were fired, and
en when the burglar alarm did
mind persons near by thought it was
teesprinkler..system alarm and paid
m attention to it. The bank victims,
ing themselves from the vault,
leo ed to the .
phoned police. ..
Except for a workman seeing what
pparently were the robbers fleeaway
the motor car, no trace of the
bandits has' been found.
A careful survey had been made
by the robbers of the time when the
fewest number of peissons would be
to the bank. A constable had just
"pulled the 'box," thereby reporting.
T` �o headquarters at King and. Bathurst
ve minutes before the bank was
entered. Several members of the office
staff were at lunch in a room above
the bank.
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_.- Prance' Will Unite With
Powers in Hankow Affair
Pada-The French Government is
ite decided to make common cause
th the other powers in any meas-
a
a greed upon in regard to
the
d
Pg
gr
pantonese, Government in Hankow,
It is announced' here.
During these Chinese negotiations
once is also requesting Great Bri-
n to use her influence to settle dif-
efrencels between Italy and Jugo-
avia, it ie" understood. Active ex-
ange of views are already taking
dice at Paris, London and Berlin and
$e British Ambassador is understood
d have had a long conversation on
he subject with Premier Mussolini,
"Sound of a Face" Sent
Across the Atlantic
London. -The -latest accomplish-
nt in the progress of science to-,
rd making all the world a mirror
pp means of television is just an-
'bunced. The (`sound of a face" it
a declared, had been transmitted
ss the Atlantic. I. L. Baird, in-
ntor of the television, was the Emb-
ed of the testa He at before the
levisor in London and the sound
produced by his image was recorded
New York. • The receiver reported
at receipt of the face Rash "sound -
like a scratch" and that was all
ere was to it.
Windsor Investigation Reveals
' Many Liquor Irregularities
Windsor. -The Royal Commiesibn
on Customs was given some inkling
to -day of why the Port of Windsor
le the greatest liquor exporting point.
to the United States in 'Canada. From
two members of the Royal Canadian
Mounted ,Police, who patrol the bor-
der, and have been doing so since the
summer of 1926, the commissioner re-
--•-.. delved some arresting information.'
,
�J.
`i 'late from the United States coming
I'. t to outports -under the jurisdiction
• Windsor without supervision or
• examination; vessels loading liquor
"after hours"; clearances of liquor-
1sden vessels issued before the boats
Ore actually loaded; vessels loaded
1 fluor, on Sunday; boats cleared with-
ut sworn declarations by their -cap-
eine; all these entered into the testi-
ony of the mounted policemen and
other witnesses examined.
One Typhoid -Carrier in Dairy
Cause of Montreal Epidemic
Montreal. -A man who had typhoid
fever 20 :ears ago and_ remained a
y onlysource uncovered
carrier is the
,
account for the typhoid fever epi-
mho which started in Montreal on
ai ch 4 and carried on for more than
month before being brought under
ntrol. Some -2,416 cases developed
d
over; 180 victims died. This man
•suspeidtil? ly applied for and got
work it:t it Ioeal dairy, Ile was dis-
Rome Celebrates 2;681st
Birthday and • Labor Day
Rome. -The 2.681st birthday of
Rome was celebrated throughout Italy
on Thursday as a national holiday, in
conjunction with the Fascist Labor
Day, which was featured by 'parades
of black spirted workmen belonging
to the Fascist syndicate's.
Princess `Elizabeth Honored
on Her First Birthday
•
London. -The little .Princess Eliza-
beth, daughter ofthe i Duch-
ess of York, was an importanterson
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in the' British Empire on April 21.
On the .other side .of the world war -
Ships of the 'Australian naval,s
dron which are escorting to Mel-
bourne the battle wiser Renown it
h
the Duke and Duchess aboard fired a,
salue of 21 guns in honor of Princess
Elizabeth's first birthday.
Thousands of War Medals
Are Awaiting 'Claimants
Ottawa. -Some 108- ,000 medals, in
addition to decorations, are unclaim-
ed by men and *omen who served
with the Canadian Expeditionary
Force in the Great War, according to
an order' published by the De-
partmente
of National Defeo •
hese
Defence.
awardstock'
s are in at the headquar-
ters office here, and are made up as
follows: • 1,915, unclairned 1914-15
Stars; 67,636 British War Medals;
and 40,390 Victory, Medals, together
with the Distinguished uished. Conduct Me-
dals, Military Medals, Medals of the
Order of the British Empire, Meri-
torious Service Medals and French
medals.
•
Canada to Open Legation
Home in Washington
Washington.• -An imposing gray
stone building in the diplomatic quar-
ter is to be Canada's permanent home
in Washington.
It is a five -storey 40 -room house,
at 1746 Massachusetts Avenna, built
about 50 years ago as a private resi-
dence, but equipped . with such ,anod-
ern things as telephone exchange and
elevator, so that the business offices
of the legation can be opened at once.
Noremodellingor refurnishing is
necessary to accommodate either the
offices or residence quarters, "so that
Vincent Massey, his family and, his
secretariat probably will move in
within a week or two.
The purchase price of the new le-
gation ria understood to have been
around $470,000, including furniture
and equipment. The transaction was
concluded in New York between rep-
resentatives of the Canadian Govern-
ment and the owners.
The area of the lot on which the
new Canada house stands is 20,800
square feet. It is rated at a high
real estate value, but diplomatic
quarters being immune from, taxation
when. owned outright, there will be no
bill for taxes.
Tientsin Concession Restored
to Chinese by British Consent
London. --Negotiation- s` for the re,-
storation•"to the Chinese of the Brit-
ish concession at Tientsin have been
satisfactorily' concluded under ° the
terms referred to the respective Gov-
ernments for approval, says a Pekin
despatch to The' Westminster Gazette..
The concession will be controlled by
a Council mode up of five British
members and five Chinese members,
with the Chineso chairman possessing
the deciding vote.
Man and Woman Drown in
Thames When Boat Capsized
London, Ont. -Miss Annie Wright -
man, aged 18, and Harold Williams,
aged 19, were victims of a double
drowning in a treacherous stretch of
water in the River. Thames, at Middle -
miss, a
iddle-miss,'a few miles southwest of here,
about 9 o'clock Friday night. The
two young people, together with Lorne
Lilly, were crossing the river in a
rowboat from the farm.' of Harry
Lilly, brother of Lorne and brother-
in-law of Miss Wrightman, when the
boat capsized, plunging the three oc-
cupants
c-
vu ante
into the is water.
, P y Lilly,
an expert swimmer, was successful
in reaching land.
Car. Found Near Ottawa May
Have Carried Bank Bandits
Ottawa. -A sedan, which, it is
thought, n'iay possibly be the. car of
the three robbers, who on Thursday
got away with nearly $20,000, from a
Toronto bank,, was discovered on the
Prescott highway, abandoned, four
miles south of ,North Gower. The
automobile carried no license mark-
ers, which :leads the police to believe
that the automobile was stolen.' .Ef-
orts to locate the owner. of the auto-
mobile and to establish the point fxQQm
which it was stolen were futile,
but' it is expected that a 1926
license marker found beneath the
back seat may lead to.' the determin-
ing of these facts.
U.S. Embargo is lifted
from Ontario Points
Washington, April 24.-
-Instruc-tions have gone out to remove the em-
bargo against milk and cream from
any Ontario points. The embargo was
placed a month ago on a radius of 200
miles from Montreal, whale a typhoid
epidemic existed, The Canadian Lega-
tion has been promised that the em-
bargo now will be lifted insofar as it\
•efects Ontario points. All the Pro-,
vine* of Quebec affected will remain
under the ban meantime,but it is
h6ped that most .of ';astern Quebec
will be 'released also at a very early,
date,
Gueph Celebrated Centennial
of Founding by John Galt I
Guelph, Ont., Apri. 24. -Citizens
of Guelph honored the memory of
Join Galt, the founder
of the city on
Saturday,the 1
00th anniversary of
its inception, when a maple tree was
planted in his name in Priory Park,
within a few yards of the spot where
the intrepid colonizer's axmen, a cen-
tury ago, felled the first tree on the
HeadsEducetIon Assoclation.
Charles, Ifprincipal'
ell
oY I3a.mllton
relay,
Memorial School,.who was. elected
d
president of the Ontario Educational
Association Flt its anneal session in
Toronto.
Vanity •cases and cosmetics have
'site of what is now a prosperous city. been discovered by the 'excavators of
A bronze tablet was also erected as Ur of the 'Chaldees, among ruins five
a n'iemo}•ial to the illustrious founder thousand years old. The flapper is
in the City Hall, which was unveiled not so modern as she thinks herself.
by Mr. Sainuel McKee,, Guelph's oldest She is one of the oldest of Eve's
resident, daughters.
•.•._.COURSE OF EVENTS IN THE ORIENT
The nations of -the world continue
to watch anxiously the unfolding of
events in
China, where
armies total-
ing perhaps amillion troops confused-
ly struggle for the control of a terri-
torytory
one-third again as large its Can-
ada and of one-quarter of the world's
population. For close on a century
the European -powers
have been en-
gaged
n-
Pe
a d in a game in the Far East,the
B ge b''
stakes of which have been the control
of Chineso trade. Japan joined the
game about half a century age° and
for a time counted • large winnings.
Now China herself is taking a hand
in the game. Not that she has been
wholly indifferent heretofore. The
Chinese are inveterate gamblers and
the mandarins of the old empire were
'consummate masters of the art of
playing off one power against an-
other. The leaders of the National-
ist movement, although they have
somewhat different ends in view, are
quite as. ready! to adopt the same tac-
tics and have thus far played with
better success than did their predeces-
sors of the imperial regime at Peking.
Tlie latest achievement of the Na-
tionalists is an agreement with Great
Britain concerning the status of Brit-
ish concessions at Hankow and Kiu-
kiang. These concessions, formerly
under British' rule, are transferred to
Chinese jurisdiction' and are placed
in the hands ,of a commission- half
Chinese and half British.
The signing of this agreement .is
perhaps the most encouraging evi-
dence which has come out of China in
rceent months that the relations be-
ENT LIMITATION PLAN` 1
TO BE PRESENTED AT GENEVA Press Comment
Britain's First Lord of':the.
Admiralty to Submit Series
of Proppsals to Reduce Size
of_ Capital Ships:
Lbndon, April 24. -It •is learned
that when the. Three -Power Naval
Conference convenes -at' Geneva June
12, W. C. ;Bridgeman, First' Lord of
'the British Admiralty, will submit a
series of British proposals for the fur-
ther limitation of naval armaments
which Will embrace a change of gun
power on future warships and revert-
ing to smaller cruisers, and a fixed
tonnage for submarines.
The proposals will urge the reduc-
tion from 35,000 tons to 20;000 tons
for capital Alps -meaning a saving
P P g
of 2,000,000 pounds sterling (about
$10,000;000) in the cost -of future
battleships -and reverting to smaller
'.cruisers not exceeding 6;000 tons.
I With the desire to cheek the grow-
ingscompetition in destroyers and
submarines, it is proposed to fix the
'maximum roughly, at 1,000 tons for
each craft.
tween China and the powers can be
placed upon a new and equitable basis
without a complete disruption of trade
andintercourse, n terco use which has
been of
thegreatest
value to 11
all parties con -
earned. It shows a disposition on the
part of the Cantonese leaders to ac-
cept a new arrangement which re-
moves the irritation of the old foreign
oris
diction in
j Chinese
territory
without subjecting areas which have
been developed under the old regime
to the tender mercies of inexperienced
or acquisitive Chinese officials.
The signing of the Hankow agree-
ment has to some extent allayed the
fears aroused by the successful ad-
vance of the Nationalist armies to-
ward Shanghai. With a score of for-
eign battleships in the river and
some 20,000 foreign troops being sent
to the Chinese•port there was grave
danger of.a.dash between foreigners
and Chinese which would.have fiad the
most serious consequences. This dan-
ger has not been entirely'removed, but
if the Cantonese exhibit the same
willingness` to arrive at an amicable
arrangement concerning Shanghai as
they did at Hankow, the tension ever
Shnghai should be relieved -even in
the event that the Cantonese are able
to drive the Northern forces from the
city.
Roof 600 Years Old.
Oak timbers in the roof of a Lon-
don building are as strong now as
when they were put in_five centuries
ago, according to a recent test.
Canada. Requests
More Wave -Lengths
Washington, April 24. -Considera-
tion of ,the request of Canada that it
be given a larger number of exclusive
wave -lengths ,than now allocated to
its use will be resumed by the Federal
Radio Commission as soon asi t has
cleared the air situation on this side
of the border incident to the consid-
eration of applications for licenses
filed by American broadcasters.
Canada is not content with the six
"exclusive"
wave -lengths and ,the
twelve others that it "shares" with
this country, and its demands in this
respect will be pressed at the proper
time. The attitude of the Dominion
in the matter of broadcast is concili-
atory, but the Ottawa Government,
according to information just obtain-
ed, still feels that it must have more
wave -lengths to Satisfy the needs of
the broadcasters and listeners -in on
its side of the lioundary,
4.
Shakespears Honored on.
363rd Anniversary of Birth
Stratford -on -Avon, Eng., April
24. -Shakespeare's grave was beau-
tifully decorated Saturday morning,
when about 1,000 pilgrims visited it in
conflation with the celebration of hie
63rd birthday anniversary. Flags of
many countries were unfurled. These
included Germany and China, but not
Soviet Russia.
Britain Will Await
Chiang's Threat
London, April 24.=The British
Government is now content to await
the issue of General Chiang Kia
Presence of Mind Saved
Life of British Airman
London. -A sensational escape from
the epidemic of Royal Air Force acci-
dents occurred at Kenley, when
Flight -Lieutenant David Greig of the
Central Flying Sch6o1 made a thrill-
ing life leap -during secret testa over
the Surrey Hills. Not losing his
presence of mind when he lost con-
trol of his machine, the flier para-
chuted 8;000' feet, and escaped with-
out a scratch, while his plane crashed
to earth at a speed. of 150 miles an
hour, btu sting into flames, and was
totally destroyed,
Good•for Har.
Thelady politician was being heck-
led, but she, was holding her own, and
the motley crrowd'of loafers to whom
she was ita1ldng were spurred .to fur-
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'sola odd! Why don't you- turn your
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ly, ' t't'e got a clean nook! "
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BANDITS SLAY MISSIONARY AND DAUGHTER
The upheaval in China was brought home to Toronto with the news:ol .the
murder in the distant province of Yunnan of Rev. Morrie-Siiehter and` hie
little daughter by bandit's. His wife and young son, John, are .reported to be
head eteptive.e Above group shows Rev,. and Mrs. Slichter and their children.
At left Is:Miss Mary T. Craig, a Pl iledelphia.nnree, who,, with others :be-
lieved to be in the Slichter' party,endfeavozing .te make their escape by rail
southwards is also reported a prisoner. The map below shows the location
of Yunnanfu, in•the:province of -Yunnan, near ;there .11ev,.Morris Slichter and
hie.iittle daughter were murdered by Chinese bandits, Efforts are now under
way to obtain the relesse of the capttYas.
the•
- World Over
Shek's quarrel with his former Radi-
cal associates in China and to post-
pone all question of sanctions for the
Nanking riots. "
Chiang's declaration that he will
clear Soviet influence out'of China
and march on Hankow headquarters
of the Cantonese Government,. has
secured him the good wishes of the
British.
LHong Kong advices" through the
same agency say "Communists" at
'miles
a British border station 30
I miles from Hong Kong, drove off two
railway, engines, presumably toward
Canton, thus severing communications
t with Hong King. `
Mrs. Sliehter,'Wife of
Murdered x d Misionar
Reported Wounded
Toronto, April 25. -Information
which reach
:a the Lepartment 00
ternal
Affairs attt
0 aweesterda
Y y
stated ed that M Morris Mrs. r
z
r . o s Slichter, wife
of the Toronto missionary killed in
China, was at Shihtsung, wounded.
Miss Mary Craig, the Philadelphia
nurse who had been with the Slichter
family, was declared to be still miss-
ing.,and her whereabouts not to have.
been traced. No reference was made
to the six-year-old Slichter boy, but a
previous cable received at the Depart-
ment
epartment of External Affairs had stated
that he was with his mother.
Markets
TORONTO.
Man wheat -No. 1 North., $1.512 ;
No. 2 North., $1.47%; No. 3 North.,
$1.3810.
Man. oats,
No. 2 CW, nominal; No.
8, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 57%c; No.
2 feed nominal; western grain quota-
tions in c.i.f.. ports.
Am, corn, Toronto freights -No. 2
yellow, kiln dried,'86c; No. 3 yellow,
kiln dried, 830.
Millfeed-Del. Montreal freights,
bags included; Bran, per ton, $32.25;
shorts, per ton, $34.25: middlings,
$40.26.
Ont. oats, 60e f.o.b. shipping points!
Ont. good milling wheat -$1.23 to
$1.24, f.o.b. shipping points, accori-
`ug to freights,
Barley -Malting, 68c.
Buckwheat -70c, nominal.
Rye -No. 2, 98e.
Man. flour -First pat., $8.00, To-
ronto; do, second pat., $7.50.
Ont, flour -Toronto, 90 per cent.,
patent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto,
85.25; seaboard, in bulk, $5.80.
Cheese -New, large, 18%e; twins,
18 to 19c; triplets, 18%.to 1 e
'r4 P is 9. Stil-
tons, 21 to 22c. Oh(, large, 21 to 22c'
twins, 21% to 22c. Old Stiltons, 23
to c.
Butt24er-Finest creamery prints,
44c• No. 2, 42 to 43e. Dairy.prints,
95 to 87c:
Eggs -fresh extra::, in cartons,
35 to 36c; fresh extras, loose, 34c;
fresh firsts, 82c; fresh seconds, 28c.
Poultry, dressed -Spring, chickens,
60c; chickens, 5 lbs. up, 40c; do, 4 to
6 lbs., 38c; do 3 to 4 lbs., 35c; do; 23
to 8%c, 34c; br.,ilers, 115 to 2% lbs.
38c; hens, ever 6 lbs., 32c; do, 4 to t;
lbs., 80c; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 28c; roosters,
25c; turkeys, 46 to 47c; ducklings, 6
lbs. and up, 35 to 88c.
Boons -Cana hand-picked $3,60 to
$8.90 bushes; primes 53.45 to 53.60.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp,
gal., 52.26 to $2.30; par 5 gal., $2.15
to $2.25 per gat; maple sugar, lb., 26
to 26a.
honey -60 -lb. tins, 13 to.13%c•.10-
lb. tins, 13% tb 1331e; 5-11). tins, 14 to
14%c; 21.h -ib. tins, 16c,
Comb honey -$4 to $5 per dozen,
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 30 to
82c; ceoked hams, 43c; smoked
rolls, 25c; breakfast bacon, 28 to 88c;
backs, boneless, 32 to. 42c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon,
60 to 70 lbs. $21; 70. to 90 lbs., $19;
90 to 100 lbs., and up, $18; light-
weight rolls, in barrels, 511.50; heavy-
weight rolls, 588.60 per bbl.
Lard -Pure tierces, 14 ` to 141,5c;
tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to16c;
prints, 161,1 to 17c; shortening tierces,
134c; tubs,13%c; pails) 141,4c; blocks
and tins, 1614e.
Heavy export steers, $8.25 to 58.75;
do, fair, $7.60 to $8; butcher
steers, choice, $8.26 to $8.75; do, fair
to good, $7.64 to $8; butcher heif-
ers, choice, $8.25 to $8,50; do, eons.;
56,75 to 57.25; butcher cows, good to
choice, $6 to 56:75; do, fair to good,
$5.25 to $5.60; do, coin. to med., 54.50
to $5; do canners and cutters $2.60 to
54; butcher bulls;good to choice, $6
to $6.50; do, med., 5.25 to $5.75• do,
bolognas, 54.50 to $6; baby beef 88.50
to $11.00; feeders, choice, $700 to
cks
ere 0cho choice, $6.606'25 to to $7;; do,6 fair to.
med., $5.tl to $6; springers, $8Q to
$100; Milch cows, $75 to $100; plain
calves
to med. cows,. $45 to $65; , ,
Choice, $11 to 513; do med., 5860 to
510; do, cam, 54 to 5e';' lambs, •choice,
513.50 to $1e'; bucks, $10 to 51L25;
sheep, choice, $8 to $9' do, heavies,
$6 to, 87.60; do, culls, $4 to 55; hogs,
thick 'smooths, 'fed and watered,
$10.26; do, f.o.b., $9.75; do, country
points, 59.50; do, off cars, 510.66;
select premium, per hog, $2.
MONTREAL.
Oats, CW, No. 2; 75%e; do, No, 8,
6614c. Flour, Man. spring wheat
pats., firsts, 58; do seconds, $7.50;
strong bakers', $7.80; winter pat-
ents, choice, $6.90 to $6. Rolled
oats, bag 90 lbs., 53.50 to. $3.40.
Bran, $.32.26; shorts, 584.26;
middlings, $40.25. Hay, No,.2, per
ton dear loth, $14.60.
Cheese, finest wests., 181,, to 17c.
Butter, No. 1, pasteurized, 88e. Eg gs,
fresh extras, 85c• fresh fir ,,83e,
Com. quality dairy t'jepg bp_$4.50.
to. $4.86;' cows, med., 501 betterqual-
ity calves, $71 do, poorer, 561 ogs,
$11.50.'
Ordered Off the Air.
New York Evening Post: (Forty-
two ,,broadcast stations have been
ordered to get off Canada's wave-
lengths.) They' may go down to the
lower edge of: the broadcast band,
where no station wants to be. or they
may go out of business, but off they
get. Canada's radio problem is thus
solved with a single determined`. ges-
ture. Some of these stations are. am-
ong the latest comers, some have been,
operating a long time, but all have
come under the ban simply because
theyaro demonstrated.° ortunists.
PA
He stations which, have virtual' been
Ty
off theit re scattered from
ruled a a s er
the Canadian border to the Gulf and
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Some
of them are, small stations, some'
powerful; some good, some of poor
But they settled or jump-
ed
quality. as b y J p
wave lengths none
ed onthe-Canadiang
of them is to have the benefit of those
nice tests as to the public's interest,
convenience, etc., before being select-
ed for oblivion.
Britain Stands Firm.
London Morning Post (Cons.) : To
talk of any further concessions in the
face of such outrages is absurd. The
British are now in strong force both
at Shanghai and on the sea. The
action of the Cantonese s in letting
t
loose inob violence against all foreign
nations has ranged those alongside
the British. It is not now for tha
Cantonese to make any demands. On
the rontrary,it is for them to make
tl
r itution and to promise amend-
ment.
ment.
Coke From Nova Scotia.
Halifax Herald (Cons.) : It is ridi-
cnlous for this nation to continue im-
porting tens of millions of . dollars
worth of United States coal annually,
when the enormous reserves' of Nova
Scotia coal can be treated to supply
a suitable substitute for the best Un-
ited States anthracite and thus meet
the exacting requirements of the do-
mestic markets of the Central Pro-
vinces.
The Capital of Canada.
Edmonton Journal (Ind. Cons.) :
The beautification of Ottawa is an
object which should appeal to all
Canadians, regardless of how far
away their homes may be. The pity is
that so few of them have paid a visit
there and had the opportunity of ad-
miring its splendid site and all that
has been done to enhance its charm.
We should at least be as familiar with
it as Americans are with Washing-
ton.
United States and the League.
Sydney Bulletin: The U. S. A. has
had two opportunist victories in
world politics; but, however pure its
intentions, it IS unlikely to gain an-
other in 1927. Perhaps it will never
gain another until it joins the League
which was fathered by Woodrow Wil-
son and rejected by the Senate, and
formally subscribes to the principle,
already accepted by Britain, France,
Italy and Japan, that "the mainten-
ance of peace requires the reduction
of national armaments to the lowest
point consistent with national safety
and the enforcement, by common ac-
tion of international obligations."
Soldier Land Settlement.
Victoria Times (Lib.) : Soldier land
settlement in Canada was a peculiar-
ly difficult work. Canadian soldiers
given the opportunity of assisted re-
habilitation by way of the land were.
settled in a. period of peak land values
when top prices had to be paid for
stock and other. equipment. Immedi-
ately following such establishment
came the agricultural depression.
Some inevitably fell away, discour-
aged from n variety of causes, most
of which are understandable, The.
assimilation in this manner of a
largely untrained body of citizens was
a national rather than an economist
'work, and it is to be noted that a not
inconsiderable proportion of failures
have been due to death and recurring
service disabilities.
Hospitals and the reedy.
Le Monde Ouvier (Ind.) Far toe.
many people are treated in hospitals.
The object of these institutions is to
gather in the indigent sick who have
nq homes,but this object is never at-
tained, because the beds which were
intended for the destitute and the
down-and-out are occupied by the
wealthy, who have both warmth and
roof over their heads... , In prin-
ciple those who have homes should
not take the place of . the poor who
have not even stones on. which to lay
their heads, yet rin• practice it is these
who are the most Welcome, In the
old days one used to believe that the
rich paid for the poorly -clad and the
penniless, but in sober fact they
chase' them out. •
Much.griei'`,will qg1ne, this year to
i ose farmers who do not take time
to teat their seed cora.