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The Irish Electgonns
Cosgrave With Good States-
manship Can Hold the
Country and Strengthen
His Position •
Result Unsatisfactory
, Friends of Ireland both in England
and elsewhere muet feel Severe dis-
appointment in the results of the Gen-
:oral
en:oral Election in the Irish Fres State;
itis said by non -Irish observers, who
call attention to the fact that Prost-
rlentt Cosgrave appealed to the elect-
ors for a real majority that would not
merely • keep him in outdo, but in
power, and he did not get it. From Mr.
Lindsay Crawford, Trade Representa-
tive of the Irish 2'ree State in Now
York, we have the following figures
e.sii'owing the way the voting wont at
tile' election:
Government 01
Fianna bail (De Valera) 57
Farmers 11
Independent 12
National League 2
Labor 12
Communist (,James Larltn) ,,,1
Tho Government, as various editors
-advise us, will have the eupport of the
Independentsand of the harmers,
making its voting strength in the
•Chamber of Deputies '79. Against 1t
the Opposition, consisting chiefly .of
Fianna Fail, it is predicted, will have
the support of Labor, the National
League and Mr. Larkin, the one Coin-
monist in 'the Chamber.- Thls gives
the Opposition 73 votes as against the
.Governmeut's 79.
Looking at the election from uorth-
eru Ireland, the Belfast Weekly News
points out that Mr. Cosgrave will
have to depend on the support of the
Independents and the Farmers, but
.even then "his majority will be a
small ono and he will be faced with
the problem of shaping his policy in
.accordance with the wishes of his al-
lies." In the new Chamber of De -
puttee, it Is noted, the Opposition will
be almost as strong as the Govern-
ment and Air. Cosgrave wil have to
L
elected onthe single member or sim-
ple majority system, and it adds:
Mr, Oosgrave's majority is not only
a relatively stable one, but it rests on
an equally stable and clearly ascer-
tained majority.; in the country. In
point of fact, his Parliamentary posi-
tion, instead of being disastrously
feeble, Is fairly strong. .Of course he
is liable' to anal) divisions and to de-
feat on minor issues, but such de-
feats can be ignored or redressed. It
is a pure "superstition of our Perlia-
mentary life that a government must
resign if it is accidentally defeated.
01 course Mr.. Cosgrave's majoritty
is only a composite majority, and it
rennains to be seen how far this may
weaken it. But 1t is a grave mistake
to suppose that he can not form an
effective government or that, with.
courage and resource, ho may not
make a good tiling of it."
Result a Surprise.
The Irielt Statesman (Dublin) says
that tlle'snrpriso of the election le not
Ilte disappearance of many members
of the mailer parties—Labor, Farmer
National League and Sinn Fein—but
that the two Main groups into which
the country has divided itself are .so
evenly balanced that except for the
evaporation of the smaller parties
nothing is really changed since the
last election. This weekly continuos:'
"Tho two groups practically equal
face each other in the Dail. It is ex-
asperating to those who desired a suf-
ficient majority for one or other party
to ensure a stable government for
some years. It is certain, We think,
that the feeling in the Free State is
against another election. The coun-
try will expect the deputies to carry
on the business of the country. I1
must be remembered that the Dail is
primarily a committee elected by the
people to manage national business.
This is fundamental. This concep,
tion is in priority to the idea of
parties. Nir. De Valera said once rho
people must live first before they can
begin to live in any particular kind
of way, and the Dail must arrange to
function as the manager of the Hetes-
sary business of the nation in priority
to party business. When parties are
so evenly balanced that the accident
of illness with a very few deputies
could shift the balance of power from
Bears, like men, lead better than they drive. This little bruin, en route
Irani a western park to a city show, is being tempted into the express truck
with peanuts.
reckon with the fact that at any mo-
ment a snatch vote may imperil his
administration. This naturally crit! -
cal journal of the Irish Pros State
goes On to say:
Election Disastrous.
"Another point that he will have to
consider is the effect that the voting
may have on the loan that we have
beets told will be a necessity within
the next few months. According to
the Free State Ministers a auto of
$50,000,000 will have to be raised
carry on the services 0f the country,
and the question is, will the public be
willing to invest in view of the vot-
ing at the election? No one can say
what the next few months may 'bring
so far as the Free State is concerned,
an tilt is quite possible that Mr, De
Valera may yet find himself at the
hoadof the Government. What will
happen then? No one, not even Mr.
,I( De Valera, can say; and this under
• Fainly is bound to weigh heavily with
those who otliewise would be pre-
pared to subscribe to the proposed
loan. From a finauciai point of view
the election has been disastrous to
the Free State, and if Mr. Cosgrave
AIL remains in office it is quite possible
Mr that he may have to•drop some of his
schemes, and among them the credits
for farmers, owing to lack of money.
That would be a heavy blow to the
.- premier industry of the country, hut,
after all, the people have only them-
selves to blame. Under present con-
ditions anything: may happen in the
Free State, and the outlook for the
future is anything but a reassuring
one."
Cosgrave Has a Chance,
Questioning the opinion of those
that speak of the Irish Free State
election as resulting in a "stalemate"
the Manchester Guardian tells 'us
that despite Mr. Cosgrave's small ma-
jority of six in a House of 15!i it ie
to be remembered tha) a Yrarliamentt
elected ou the proportional system is.
vastly more stable—as the last two
Irish elections have shown—than one
one to the other ,it 1s clear that to
attempt to gain these precarious
Darty triumphs would lead to nothing,
and the only thing to do for the mo-
ment is for all parties to agree that
certain absolutely necessary business
must be transacted by agreement.
The credit of the Free State must be
upheld. The money -urgently' required
to complete various national under-
takings must be found. -In the cir-
cumstances bout parties should be
able to place national obligations
above procarioua party triumphs in
the Dail, and this should be easier as
Fianna Fail (the De Valera party) has
been steadily coining nearerand near-
er to the constitutional position of
those deputies who had accepted the
Free State."
De Valera Trimmed His Sails.
The tendency of all wars is to bring
about an exchange of charactetristice,
this Dublin weekly goes on to say,
and the weaker changes most and
tries to steal the thunder of the most
powerful. This is true also of politi.
cal conflicts, we aro told, and during
the election controversy, day by day,
Fianna Fall—De Valera's party --
drew nearer to the Free State posi-
tion and threw overboard the po1lc1ea
tilts had brought misfortune and mtg.
trust on them, so that -
"By election day the intransigeanee
of three years ago had dwindled. until
It was almost the advocate of the
Constitution. Three years ago it
would not recognize partition, now it
'accepts existing realities,' that iso It
realizes that its talk of being elle Dilly
party which could bring al? ut
united Ireland was baseless and that
it can do no more then Cumalin nail
Gasdheal (the Government party) and
without friendship, it can do leas.
Three years ago it declared it would
not assume responsibility for a Ea=
ttonal loan. Now it loll honor it and
saftguarll rile right of all investors,
Three years ago it was meditating
another conflict with groat t3rltaln
over the Treaty. Nolo it will not talc°
Tho Waterspout at sea is often read of and seldom seen. This one was
photographed 75 miles off the coast of Sweden when it passed the ship at
little more than 100 yards distance. Iran hour later it was seen again in the
distance, A (heavy disturbance whish threatened the safety of the ship
was experienced at close quarters to the phenomenon,
any action which would'involve tate
safety et the people until the people
have been first consulted. It knows
that a two to one majority in a re-
ferendum against any new confllet
will euablo them to escape from their
past, and they will bow to the people's
wit land henceforth they will tend
more and more to become a group
inside a political organism which they
accept, and they will be distinguished
from other groups only by a little
wider rhetoric and a ntuclt more de-
termined advocacy of high protection.
In fact, Fianna Fail has tried to ap-
proximate its policy to the sentiment
which kept Cumann na nGaedhoal in
power, and it is bound by Its pledges,
made voluntarily, and we assume that
it slid not thrust God two feet away
when it made them.
"The fact that Fianna Fail has
drawn HO close to Cumann na nGaed-
hale makes it possible, we think, for
some agreement to be made to carry
on the nedeseary and uncontroversial
business of tho country. We would
be in a very bad position if we were
in for a series. 0f partes maneuvers'
in which the country would See two
parties lilts cats on the pounce watch-
ing for any opportunity for out -voting
the other,"
Such a procedure would ruin Irish
repute for patriotism outside Ireland,
this weekly avers, and would make
the Irish themselves more cynical.
But both parties would rise in foreign
and national estimation if they de-
cided under the circumstances to car-
ry on the necessary uncontroversial
business.
Relatively
Across the lawn tho little tiger walks,
Seeking an ambush in the cabbage
stalks—
The tabby tiger, the domestic cat.
With twitching tail, stiff whiskers,
ears laid flat,
The prowling garden monster brings
dismay
To mouse and bird; but neither he
nor they
Visage that other tiger, bringing
dread
To jungles vaster than a cabbage- bed.
Tigers and cats and men—ah, who
can tell
Where, in uncharted seas of apace,
may dwell .. . •
Man's prototype? Or who can say
what Mind
Likens that unknown man to us, who
find
Resemblance in the beasts -or when
began
Earth's back -yard version of that other
man?
—Freda C. Bond in the Nation and
Athenaeum.
Training Canadian Indians
According to the latest figures there
were 0,927 pupils enrolled in the 7,4
residential schools under the Cana-
dian Department of Indian Affairs.
There were also 8,456 pupils in 270
I5Jdlan day schools in Canada. The
numbers attending these schools are
steadily increasing.
To Re Awisfralia's Finest City
s Amb ti. El of Perth
Cit r { n'1 t ' Program Being Taken Up to Provide Ideal
Expansion Over 25 Years, With Avoidance of Costly
Changes --Important Air Junction Planned
Perth, W. Aust.—In many ways iParliament, and already the various
Western Australia is forging ahead to local governing authorities in the
the achievement of a commercial and metropolitan area aro devising a co -
aesthetic prestige which is likely to ardinated scheme of improvement in
equal, in a few years,' any other por- the capital city and environs. Traffic
tion of the Commonwealth: There is arteries will be laid dawn, recreation
abroad in the land a determination spaces allotted, and oxtensive general
forr progress that has the most dra- improvements carried •out on a scale
matic possibilities. In both city, designed to meet the progress of 25
Planning and the .development Of pri-
mary industries a goal has beefy set,
and a purpose organized in a manner
which is awakening the, interest of
the other states. The immediate In-
spiration is the .approaching com-
memoration of the centenary of the
foundation of Western Australia,
On May 2, 1829, the British flag was
hoisted, and formal possession 'taken
of the country in the name of Bing.
George IV. of England, and the first
braid of settlers landed a month later.. now have a population of 184,223, In
Tho capital city, Perth, was founded 125 years it is estimated there will be
on Aug. 12 of that year. .The history in the vicinity of half a million people.
of the State, points out the leading
newspaper, West Australian, is elo-
quent of early tribulations, and the
verge of failure; the trials of the con-
vict days; the struggles of the pion-
eers penetrating the'hinteriand to win
productivity from the soil; the growth
of political independence, and the gra-
dual emergence of a prosperous State.
Less than two years now remains be-
fore the centenary et the foundation
—an epic event in the history of any
country, making, as it does, the
solidity of its existence, and the
The State is claimed to be on the
eve of enormous alliaund expansion.
Although the new city planning will
be very costly, the earliest.' effort will
bo made to avoid.the expenditure of
millions of pounds, as in tho case of
Sydney, in the belated correction of
errors. The metropolis of Western
Australia is ideally situated, and the
era of its most rapid expansion 15 only
now dawning. Perth, and Its suburbs
Stately Boulevards and Buildings.
Experts draw an attractive picture
of Perth in 1952, conceiving it to be
smokeless and dustless, distinguish-
ed. in its stately buildings and beauti-
ful boulevards, with a majestic civic
centre, underground railways, and.
electric barges on the Swan.
Much importance is attached to the
selection of Perth as a link in the
chain of an Empire airship service.
In this respect 1t will thus become the
triumph of: a determined people. front door of the Commonwealth. It
will serve RS the junction for the air
Aborigines to Take Part. lines to the east of Australia, the
Among the proposals for commem- North West, Singapore and the is
orating the centenary is one for the, lands of the Far East. The city has
pertuanent establishment of the aril -pan estate of 3000 acres at City Beach,
varsity by the building of a great hall lending itself to planning of watering
and library, and Increased facilities
for research There is as a nucleus,
the bequest of Sir Winthrop Hackett,
ilrst chancellor of the university, of
£150,000, .and generous donations will ' decorative landscape treatment,.
be forthcoming.. Included in the cels- Wide roadways will he constructed
brations will be an elaborate pageant encircling the populated area, enab-i
places, recreation spaces and gardens.
A lake in the vicinity of the estate
will form a picturesque centre for a
playground to consist of 100 acres and
descriptive of the successive periods Ung citizens of the outer suburbs to
and outstanding events of Western travel from one district to another
Australian history, and a highly spec-; without having to pass through the
taabcorroboree, for• centre of the city, Factory centres
manyular purae-bred nativesoriginal 52111 remain l will be established. and belts of land
ii the prime of their tradionai exist -i reserved here and there to insure;.
•
that no congestion shall take place in
In the meantime, it Is confidently ! the scheme of develapnanit. It 10 con -
anticipated that Important advance- fldeutly predicted that in 1232 Perth
ment will Lave been made in town , will be one o fthe most beautiful and
planning. This year the first town progressive cities in the world. -1
planning bill will be brought before Christian Scleure 1Ioniter. ,
Is This the Solution?
WILL IT FLY THE ATLANTIC?
Alexander iietrelt and Edmund Shangard (pave arrived in the United i
Staten with the modal of a seven -motored plans which they believe will
establish regular passenger service by air across the Atlantic ocean. Tha
plane runs with two engines always spare to be thrown in If fho need arises.
Family-at.1-1
1. Night
By Emma Gary Wallace
The family is the unit of society
and as it thrives and la sound and re•'
liable and ambitious and honoralil, s`
so does the community thrive, . $ta
fact, a community will rise no
high
@9i,
than the homes ltlzioh comprlsa !t,
So anything which mattes for a liner.
grade of Christian citizenship ie'
worthy of our co-operation and
teres}.
It Is being recognized all over the.
country that young people especial/1
are spending less time in their boniest.
than used to be, the case when the'
fathers and mothers of present young}
people were in their teens. There are
many reasons for this. We find these'
reasons in the many outside activi-
ties, organizations, available amuse -i
merits, and inthegrowing P90 of the
automobile,
There, is a grave danger, as
recognize; that too heavy inroad
bo made, and are being made;
family life, and that "home" will
come a . mere brief stopping
wherein to get ready to start fo
next point of destination.
Too great a restlessness t
mines home unity and influence
this is a situation surely to be
ed. If young folies are to bens
tho experience and vision and a
helpfulness of their parents
must be an opportunity for' leis
exchange of ideas, and time that
ants may know the hopes. and
kions of their children, and that
ren may appreciate the many t
that their parents have done an
willing to do for then.
many 1
s wit!;
an the
bo-'
place ;
r the'
index
and
avoid-
ed. by
willing.'
there
leisurely,
pat*
ambi-
tions
d are
We have grown accustomed to all
sorts of "days' 'and "weeks which
have been arranged to. celebrate, pro-
mote or commemorate this, that and
the other idea. We must be careful
not to add to these days until there
are so many of. them that, they cease
to have any significance at a1L Iii,
some Oriental countries, there are
more feast and festival days than
there are days in the year, and the
people have to double up and have
more titan one celebration on a given
date in order to have days enough In
the year to go arouud.
We havo not quite come to .that
point, nor do we want to. Yet there
is no reason why we can not develop
and intensify some special occasion,
1f it is seivr ahl,. to da so.
The nation's ;,ro„t .s is closely
linked with Re home life. This is a
broad and inspiring viewpoint, and
there is no gainsaying the fact that
the ideals and progress of our reen-
try are determined by the ideals and
progressiveness of the communities
and homes which matte the nation.
So the fostering of vholesume family
1!f• is a pairiotir privilege.
Pleat could be more delightful than
a homey group with rather and Moth-
er and the near and dear onus gather•
ed about the fireplace. assured of a
time alone together without the like
!hood of intterruptions Father could
bring to tile group a message concern-
, ing his own hopes and pians, amid the
best manner- in which to realize them,
and Mother could bring a vision of
the ideals she is cherishing for cerin
and every one of 'those whom she
loves. Children are not always' aware(
of those ideals which embody so much
faith and purpose, but would be ntu:Mo
influenced by them if they were Per-
mitted to share them.
The younger members of the group
can and should take occasion to ex-
press in some form their love and
oyalty to the parents who have done
o much for then}, and their grateful•
nese to an all -wise Providence which
has surrouuded diem with tender care
and showered so many blessings upon
them.
There should be music, too; old
songs
and Home of the new ones could
be sung, but the good old songs which
every one knows and can Bing should
always be given the preference in a
gathering of this kind.
An evening of this kind, intended
to "Keep the Homo fires Burning"
brightly, would become a treasured
memory to draw the scattered mem-
bers of the group together in endue
ing bonds.
Every home everywhere, whether
it be rich or poor, can plan to set
aside this ono Home-p'olks evening,
and it is certain that the influence et
such a' habit upon our national life
Would be for the benefit and uplift of
all concerned.
-There are several ways of setting
the machinery in motion. Pastors
doubtless would be glad to use their
influence in behalf of such a plan. The
press could carry write-ups des-
oribing It and asking all interested to
co-operate. And Thome groups every.
where could arrange something of
thts kind on their own initiative.
Thus, the h'amtly-at-Rema nigh} .,
would take its place alongside of otlt$$r
special days as something sweet atilt
beautiful, and to be anticipated froom
Year to year as time goes on.
Let's do our part in this connection,
if the Edea recommends itself to Its,
and then we shall have the satistac•
tion oS knowing that' we have done
Our crit toward helping our country
upward and onward.
"ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES"—By O. Jacobson.
BAH!
IVE BEEN: OUT
SINCE FOUR, THIS
MORNING- AND
HAVE'NT nvEN SEEN
A 5qulttt2CL ye r
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Down and Out.
Grow Bangs or Go Bald
London—That the
Barb known n cal:
loquially as the "Iron hat," is a first-
elass ticket for baldness is stated on
the high authority of an Instituto of
Hygiene official, who says there is
only ono proventive—bangs. If create
bonlevard'iers do not wish their ultra-
fashionable bowler to be accompanied
by the customary bald pate they had
best allow their hair to grow In a
fringe over their foreheads so as to
ease the pressure of the bat and allow
the blood to circulate around the hair's
roots, says this official.
At the institute's exhibition, now
open, visitors are startled to find out
that Victorian girls wore twenty
pounds oil otothing: AltUsough the
times have changed for women, men
WI are wearing garments just as
unhygienic as they were thirty years
ago. It is revealed that the average
lean wears at least eleven pounde of
clothes in the summer time and eigh
teen poundsy in the winter. Institute
officials declare that men need only
as much clotting as the women Wear,
TO adorn themselves with three
times as much.
Development of Aerial Photo-
giraph!y
Notable progress has been made in
Cenga In the emplpyment oS pbliquo
aerial protograpits to; mapping soma
g the little ituown parts of the Do -
T411111011. 117 special arrangement the
opographical ,purvey Branch of the
pp ,artment of the Interior Is the con -
f. a1earing house for aerial photo-
graphy in i5anada, over 95,009 photo-
if,gab s being on filo in that branch to
1 date +soak
Cora—I went to dinner with Jatak
last night and he's one o/Mua'iel's f
lowai.S—doyou think 05ael1)l bo, i
flora—Oh, no 'dear—Murtei's just
engaged, you lure*, so she's }king
wp sex oollectien.
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