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t porarily uninhabitable, and there is no
London's Doom doubt that this menace can be met
by the organization ot: chemical units
From the Air most formidable competitors, the aero -
rose fi
equipped with neutralizing apparatus."
Necessity of Superior British Aviation in AustraliaAir Force Pointed Out Sydney Bulletin: It la a curious
by Experts paradox that in Britain, where the
London was "wiped out"—theoreti- railways are privately owned, their
oaliy—inti a recent attack by the Royal plane and the motor -car, have been
Air' Force, which staged' a four-day discouraged by the Go rerninent from
mimic invasion and defense test, and entering into competition with them;
mbling fire- g1 ting ootilpanies,
the question of what is to be learned
from such a demonstration of the help-
lessness of great cities in the "next
whereas Australia, which has a na-
tional liability for all its railroads,
and is sorry for it, leads the whole l
war" raises keen discussion here as Empire in the matter of developing
Well as overseas, "High explosives commercial aviation.
and gas bombs will be used freely In„... -'
the next conflict,” says Brigatdier- Moving of Grain
General Groves, secretary of the Brit-
ish Air League, and "it will be the
in Full Swing
aim of each side to terrorize the
civilian population, of the other." The
London Times and other papers call Wheat Crop Estimated
for a bigger, better, and faster air Largest in Canada's
force that will°'make an enemy slow History
to attack because of the 'danger to
nerve centres of its own homeland. Winnipeg—The rush to move what
Liberal and Labor organs, however, is estimated as the largest wheat
discount the maneuvres as propa- crop in the history of the Canadian
Banda. Lloyd George takes occasion west is on in earnest, with. 2,325,759
to declare that "of all the armaments bushels of grain marketed Tuesday
that should be cut clown, armament of at various. points. The rush is earlier
the air is the mast urgent." than ever before, railway .fffiicials
British Army experts agree that the said.
capital of the Empire is absolutely at With threshing reported general all
the mercy of an air attack launched over the west, .cutting virtually com-
from the Continent, because in this pleted in Manitoba, and more rolling
sham battle in the air at least half stock and general equipment massed
the "enemy" bombers were effective. at strategic points on the Prairies
ey made fifty-seven daylight raids, than 'ever before, indications arethat
nin of which they completely the whole operations of taking off
evaded the defense; they theoretically the crop and marketing it will be
laid vital points in ruins, and they completed in record time.
made all other sections uninhabitable Cutting is reported to be 75 per
by means of gases. Theoreticully. 300 cent, completed in.Saskatchewan and
tons of bombs loaded with -gas and fifty per cent. in Alberta,
high explosives were dropped in these Interior elevators are swept clean
maneuvres, equal, it is said, to all and ready far the pouring in of the
that the Germans dropped on England new grain. Stocks in the Lake head
during the World War, and it is calcu- terminals have been reduced to 4,531,-
lated that an attack from the coast . busbels.
would be so swift that destruction Reports of wheat •yields are favor-
could
avor-could be accomplished before defend- able on the whole and at most points
hig airplane squadrons could get out the grading is high.
of airdromes into fighting altitudes.
Considerable comment in American Winnipeg—Good harvesting weath-
papers is condensed in the Baltimore er is reported from the three Prairie
Evening Sun's editorial, which says: provinces and threshing is on in full
"John Smith, taxpayer, long ago swing, according to the weekly crop
learned that whenever military men report issued by the Canadian Bank
Stage a sham battle to test the de of Commence. Frosts affected the
Tenses of a city, whether the attack crops .slightly in Saskatchewan and
be by land, by water, or by air, the Alberta, but on the whole excellent
defenses are going to prove made- yields are expected. The report fol-
isuate. It is by convincing him that he
hleft practically naked to his enemies
at John Smith can most -easily be
scared into .supporting huge military
expenditures.
"So we here and now make a gen-
eral prophecy: The next time London
b the objective of a sham battle, its
defenses will prove inadequate again."
Nevertheless it is quite generally as-
sumd by our editorial writers that, as
the Washington Post declares, the re-
sults of the sham bombardment of
'London were ominous and "vindicated
the conetntion of experts that that
city—and presumably any other—will
in, future be utterly defenseless against
this node of warfare." The progress
in aviation leads naturally to the con-
clusion that Loudon is not the only
•'peculiarly vulnerable" city, according
to the South Bend Tribune:
"Citizens of the United States have
seen their traditional natural safe-
guards, the Atlantic and the Pacific
oceans, spanned by planes. The cruis-.
ing power of airplanes is increasing
rapidly, and the theory held only a
few years ago that planes would, be
important unless they had warships
accompanying them to serve as fuel
and supply stations is less forcible.
"The lessons to be learned from the.
British Royal Air maneuvers are valu-
able to all governments. The balance
of power may rest within a generation
with the nations that take a rational
view of aviation."
The Chicago Tribune, which admits
that the airplane and airplane bomb
have been considerably improved since
_the armistice, sees no reason to be-
lieve that these offensive wapons will
not b successfully countered by im-
proved defensive methods. In eche
World War bombing never "proved a
serious menace to the Allied. cause or,
fpr that matter, to the German,
although all the important railroad
centres in western Germany were sub-
jected to repeated attacks from the
air." Furth'', we read,
"Ono reason for the failure to cause
permanent damage is the inability of
the airplane, moving at high speed, to
hit a mark;• as most bombing is done
at night the difficulty of striking the
target is considerably augmented. A
;more fundamental reason for failure
over cities lies in the nature of the
target itself. ,A great city is a collec-
tion of a vast number of buildings. A
bomb which penetrates the roof of one
will 'epiode within four firmly built
walls, It may do much damage in the
building it strikes, but the damage
will be strictly limited to that small
area. titles .built of wood might be
considerably more vulnerable from the
air than the masonrycities of western
Europe, but modern American build -
lugs. of 'steel and reinforced concrete
are far better able to resist bombing
thap the older masonry types.
'The possibilities of destroying a
civilion population in a rain of gas
are easily exaggerated. The amount
of gas required to maintain a lethal
concer:tretion in an area as vast as
that of a modern city is so far greater
than rasa be crried by a fleet of air -
planer that the possibility of dispos-
ing of 7t civilian populatfortv these
moans ban .h" cenriderod 'fanciful,
The v'nt, t'ta<,t ,as bombs 'can aocom^
WW1 Uc1 4o."to .: ander it llntite'i a e:a tem -
as
lows:
Manitoba—Harvesting is well ad- covert' for as long as 1913 the efficacy
vanced throughout the province. Cut of radium was disussed but the treat -
ting is about 90 to 95 per cent. com- went achieved in those early days
pleted and threshing operations are days was much less than hopeful,
general. The weather is ideal. The which in consequence discounted it
wheat crop promises to be a satin- to same extent.out by the Minister of Health.
factory one although in some small "New claims now being made are "No swim marathon should be Will Later Go to Havana and
areas which suffered from excessive based on modern methging radium
sing
radium and bringing radium into longer than -10 miles, for men and six
Will Make a Brief Stay.
moisture in July, the yields are a lit for warren," he said. "Fifteen miles
tle below expectations. Coarse grains contact with the cancer cell What
turning t well with the possible is called 'Surgery of Access" is as im is
All Ready to P*otetrtLondon
ANTI-AIRCRAFT' GUNS REPELLING THE RAIDERS
How an air raid is conducted and how antiaircraft guns come to
rescuse was demonstrated by a great mimic war at London.
th e
Long Distance
Praises Radium
�.gineer Tells of
PremierFerguson
Arctic Conditions Commends Frefich
Major Burwash Sends Mes- Writes Letter of Appreciation
sage to Ottawa Froin
Far North
Native Population and Wild
Animal Life to be -
Studied
of' Course 'for Ontario
Teachers Ay
THANKS TO QUEBEC
Quebec—Premier Ferguson of Orr
tarlo, greatly appreciates the' French
courses for Ontario teareare conduct-
Ottawa—Valuable information :eon- ed in the Province of Quebeo eaell
cerning the native population of Can- Summer, and isi particularly interest-
ada's Arctic coast between the mouth ed in the medals presented to the
of the lViackenzie. River and Hudson teachers this year, so much so that
Bay :and wild life conditions was ob.' he has written the following letter
taiaed by Major L T, Burwasl , ex -1 to Premier Taschereau, voicing his
pioratory engineer' of the North West appreciation.
Territories and Yukon branch of the 1 "On, my return there was shown to
Department of the Interior during his me the medals which the authorities
trip by auxiliary sebooner to the re-; of your •province so generously pre-
gion around l ootlzia Peninsula. Ward seated to the Ontario. teachers who
of, the successful completion of the took the Summer course in French
1,009rmile voyage was contained in 'a ' at Quebec this year.
wireless dispatch received at Ottawa I "It is needless to assure you .how
from the Hudson's Bay Company's much my department and myself ap-
steamer, Baymaud, while calling at preciate this token of appreciation
Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island, Land encouragement. Will you kindly
Major Burwash left Ottawa in June convey to His Honor the Lietutenant-
for Edmonton en route to Aklavik in' Governor, my thanks for the. medal
the Mackenzie River delta. At that iaestowed in his name; to your Mini -
point he took over the Department's ster of Education,. Hon. kr. David; to
motor s,chooner, Ptarmigan, a 40- the superintendent, Dr. Delage and
foot craft which had been brought all the officials of the Department of
down to that point from Great Slave Public nlstruction, and other persons
Lake. About August 1, he began his for the ` courtesies and attention
trip eastward along the coast, inspect- shown to those who attended this
ing native settlements and visiting' valuable course of instruction. Let
trading posts and Royal Canadian me thank you personally, as head of
Mounted Police detachments. 1 the Government, for your friendli-
On August 31, he arrived at the ness in this, as in all other good
trading post and police detachment of causes, of ;common concern."
Cambridge Bay en the southeast! The Prime Minister of Quebec is
coast M' victoria Island. Replenishing also in receipt of a copy of a letter
e teach
rs to Premier Ferguson in connec-
be Prohibited toria Strait to the west coast of , tion with the course. This letter,
Times Editorial Refers to In- Boothia Peninsula where he will es-; sent from the Jesus -Marie convent at
creasing Efficacy of
Treatment
As Cancer Cure ' Swims Should his supplies at this point, he con of thanks sent b� the Ontario
°� tinued the next day up through Vic.!
e
Modern Methods Much More
Hopeful Th F' Members of the Ontario Government
Twelve
-- tablish his winter camp in. the vicinity Sillery last month, and signed by
.tMiles Suggested as of the magnetic pole. This winter eight of the teachers, reads:
Limited for Future
Races
he will travel south by dog team, Thanks and Appreciation
making investigations around King: "At the close of the second Sum -
William Island and a survey of the mer cshooi in French held in Quebeo,
proposed tractor route from Cask- we, the Ontario teachers in attend -
an ormer strongly disapprove swimmnig "mars- burn Bay to Wager Bay. I erase, wish to express to you our.
• Experiments tlions" of the dimensions attempted In May, Major Burwash expects to ; thanks and appreciation.
London—An editorial in the Times here on Wednesday, on the ground proceed northward on board the! "To us and our pupils, French is
captioned "Radium and Cancer," re- that beyond a certain distance the Ptarmigan through Franklin Strait no longer merely a subject in a text
fers to recent statements' on the in- contest can no longer be classed as and Peel Sound and then eastward up , book, but a living language of the Dos
creasing efficacy of radium treatment' sport, but an endurance test which Lancaster Sound to the post at Dun-, minion of Canada Those of us who
and continues: "Radium if properly imperils the health and even the lives urian Harbor, (Devon Island. Major attended last year can speak with as -
according of those participating. Premier Far- Burwash hopes to complete his work I surance of the actual classroom value
uaoetl can ce counteli ut�vu,
to well-informed opinion, to kill the guson is inclined to consider that 12
1 cancer cells. It is not a new dis- miles, involving about five hours in
the water, is the maximum which
ought to be attempted, and Hon:
Forbes Godfrey declares "they have
got to shorten these races."
There is great danger of swimmers
being injured for life, it is pointed
and return to Ottawa in the fall of of this course.
1929. "At Sillery, one of the finest col
leges in the province, we are living in
• a obanning an dthoroughly French at-
mosphere. In the dining -room, in the
dormitories and in the garden, as
In Bermuda well as the classroom, capable French
teachers from the city of Quebec:, are
always ready to assist us in acquir-
ing the French language in its purity
and perfection.
"It is our sincere hope this course,
Which you have instituted and put in
Sir Austin
s There
far too much of an endurance test,
are urn ng ou wtoo exhaustive, and proves nothing. I
exception of barley in isolated dis- Portent as prover preparation of the do not want the youth of the province
iridis where the Yields are somewhat needles of which the abject, briefly, to take such sport as an example of
below average. arves e
H t h 1p is plentf is to surround the cancer with points
fol. 1 of radium so tlta, every part will re-
Saskat,chewan — Good harvesting ceive a lethal dose, an operation de -
conditions have prevailed throughout mending a very high degree of skill
the week. Cutting of wheat bas pro -1 on the part of the surgeon who must
deeded without ir.Serruption and it is know where to place the tiny bat -
expected that the bulk of it will be I teries so that the cross-fire framhem
done within the next few days, The 1,wve.
He must know most chow to rearah the
areas where batteries are to be placed
and also the power of the needles and
nights have been cold and further
frosts have occurred at many points.
Estimates 'of the amount of frost,I �the period for which they ought to
damage, however, vary widely. Itbe employed.
would seem to be undoubted that the ,Unhappily, this knowledge is not
late wheat and coarse grains genes- the" only requisite this
for, ege without ret
ally have been quite seriously affect -1 dium, nothing can be a000rn'ttished
per It is estimated th. that about 15 ' and the medium is lacking in suffici-
cent. of the crop has suffered.
Very few points estimate that oats ent quantities to meet existing needs
will produce better than a feed crap. i while the study of cancer is hindered
Little tbreshing,has been done so far,! by the same want, Radium, it hap -
but. operations are expected to begin pens is nearly everlasting sc that 'a
within a few days. Labor appears donation of radium is a gift of which
to be sufficient at all points. I only the interest can be spent while 1
Alberta—Weather excellent for! the capital remains intact for many
harvesting and probably 40 per cent. 1 centuries and will go on saving lives
has been cut. Moderate frosts report- year after year and ventury after
ed at scattered points and later, century."
crops may suffer by lowered grades ; --es--
and lessened yields. With-continu-'
ed good weather cutting will be com- 1 Alfred—"In New York a man is run
over by a motor car every 20 min-
ute's." Albert -"Poor fellow!"
pleted and threshing general in ten
days.
Man Says He Was
Rescued by Bruin
Havana, Cuba.—Sir Austen Cham-
berloiin, Great Britain's secretary of the competent hands c3 Mr. Jeanneret
foreign relations, whose impaired of the University of Toronto, will
him to embark on an continue and become more widely
the proper kind of athletics to Un-
known
.neaixn caused known among the of French
prove their physical condition. I have ocean voyage, is scheduled to arrive in the Province t h of teacherse
known more than one great swimmer : at Hamilton, Bermuda, on Sept. 12,
of other years whose heart has 'blown I and here Sept. 16, aboard the Ormoca,
out' at 50 years of age." according to an official cable received
at the British consulate here. •
Samoan Home
Rulers Decide
on Boycott
Brass and copper products produced
in Canada in 1927 were valued at $24,-
54,657. This is the highest value ever
recorded for the Canadian industry. Panama and thence to San Francisco
It is expected that Sid Austen, Lady
Chamberlain and two children will
make a stay in Havana for only the
duration of the ship's stay, going to
-- p ---
To handle Western Canada's crop
this year the Canadian railways have
despatched to key points on the prai-
ries 80,000 box cars and 1,913 locomo-
tives.
-
aboard the steamer President Adams. Also Demand Substitution of
Native Missionaries for
White
V,Tellington, N.Z.—According to a
despatch from Samoa, the Samoan nee
tive home rule league at a recent
meeting decided to ignore. the report
of th League of Nations mandate com-
mission and reinstitute a boycott on
shops. There would be no picketing,
however, it was decided.
The meeting aleb demanded that
the London Missionary Society with
draw all white missionaries and sub-
stitute natives, failing which the
league would establish a "Pan. -
Samoan." church.
The league, or "Mau," as it is term-
ed, has been extremely active for the
past week and several disturbances
have occurred.
Agitation by natives of Samoa,
largely sponsored by the native home
rule league, was considered by the
League's mandates commission last
Jane, and the commission decided
that most of the blame should be at-
tached to C. F. Nelson, known as the
"uncrowned living of Samoa," for the
activities among the natives. The
commission also suggested that great-
er firmness in future was necessary
on the part of the mandatory adminis-
tration under the New Zealand Gov.
ernmerit.
The "Mau" has made general com•
plaint against the administration o1
native affairs, acid whites in the is.
lands complained of the prohobition
of liquor and of extravagance in ad,
ministration. .•
Visits at California and another at
Vancouver are planned prior to em-
barking at Montreal for the return
to London, it was made known at the
British consulate.
In Memory of Arctic Hero
Algoma Traper Relates Queer
Experience in Wilderness '
Sault Ste. Marie, nt.---A graphio
tale of how an Algoma bear saved his
life from the hollow interior of a huge
Pine stump is related by Skeffington
E. Thomson, Algoma trapper, woods-
man and prospector, who has just re-
turned to the Soo from his camp in
the Goulais Bay wilderness, avowing
eternal friendship to the entire bruin
family.
"Miles from camp," said Thomson,
I was trapped by 'a pack Of timber
wolves and sought refuge at the top
of an old weather-beaten pine stump
15 feet high and about three feet
thz•oegh, with a hollow interior. Dark-
ness wee coning on, and I was dead
tired and soon foil asleep.
"Morning `came and 1 heard a
scratching on the outside of the
stump. The hole at the top darkened
and some living thing—I semi dfscow
erect it was a bear -awes backing down
the hole. I whipped out my knife, and
when old bruin cane within striking
distance 1 jobbed him in the fiazrk, acid
grabbed hold of his fur.
"With a cry of pain the bear shot
upwards. In a twinkling -1 was drawn
to safety."
DUST OP AMUNDiI1N —
'1'hc' work of Minn Ilaakon French, Norwegian ' l i rpt a.
Lang Beach, Calif.
,n0„D,atri N Viv",:G
• iuiveilecl ni the 7'Hcific
roathweet Exposition,
Emptier Potato Crop
Charlottetown, P.E.L.—A bumper no.
tato crop throughout Prince Edward
island and- the other Maritime Prov-
inces of Canada seems assu.•id. Pota-
toes are ,one of the chief farm prod-
ucts of this part of the country. They
are of excellent quality and are mar-
keted as far south as Cuba.
The potato crop of Prince Edward
island has in recent years been aver-
aging about 4,000,000 cwt., Nova
Scotia averages over 3,000,000 cwt.
and New Bruuswtck over 6,000.0”
I_swt.