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Zurich Herald, 1930-05-01, Page 6Slashing Attack 1Ensiis eaPealcing minds and French mituls. The English -speakers helloes, : that saving common settle were the On Church.' fact a.11'roeted., woald bring about coir- _ eeltatiou, even it, as now, :there were By J. L. GARVIN uo formal compact to eo.usult, But While the Naval Couference is still is this, a.s In a thousand other .con- trasting wive—social and literary as sitting in Landon, anti while there are .,iell s political --French logic demands the rule, the regulation, and the Pro- tocol.. The Japanese are equally important, and have one of the ,greatest opportun- ities" of wise stateslutinship. Pt the course of their marvellous develop- ment they have brought a unique kind of fresh and continuous study to the English-speaking worid, They understand it better than the French \Ve write these words, and what ever will—with the exeeptlon oC a few follows ,with the greatest possible re- luctance and regret. Few public men are personally so attractive to us as Mr. Churchill. We have often given him generous support, and most staunchly at times when his friends were hard to seek. He is in his fifty- sixth year, and will be sixty within those few years more which will pass like a breath. We had hoped that in present public circumstances he would play, both In Parliament and the country, a still greater part as an eloquent and intellectual statesman. - things of supreme importance to be saved, with it or without it, e fore- mostBritishstatesman has allewecl himself' to make a speech which is et the deepest public disservice In every way, but especially mischievous in the tone of its references to Anglo• American= relations. It is an unavoid- able necessity to repudiate that speech in the name of at least five sixths of the five- sixthsBritish people. brilliant and beloved French friends, such as are known to all of us, who have a genuine thought amused affec- tion for Britain or America, or both. Japan, like Italy, does not, and can- not, want to 'force up naval expenses. Heflr deepest students of America and Britain know that in the Euglish- speaking world as a whole there is more respect and liking for them than ever there was before. Why should a nation so progressive and discern- ing, force the United States to build more than the American people at present desire? For Japan any agree - A Family Canada Can Well be Proud of H. W. PHELAN OF TORONTO AND FAMILY WINTER IN HOLLYWOOD, FLA. Flappy group here shows (left to right): Donny Phelan, I -L W. Phelan, Mrs, D'Arcy Coulson, Ottawa; Lorraine Phelan, Marion Coulson, Dolly Megan, Ottawa, and Adele Phelan. France Alarmed By Birth Rate Figures of Neighboring Coun- tries Provide Striking Comparison 'Chose elopes have so far been ddsap ment in the general spirit of the Paris—The race between the stork pointed. Just now something is go -'Washington Conference is Lar bettor and the reaper again monopolizes ing wrong with his spleadid powers. than no agreement. front Page space in the Parisian press. The Prince Minister is conducting 'rete greatest thing to be secured, The newly -published census figures the naval negotiations In the name of whether in the Conference or out ot for 1929 reveal that France is in the the country and the Empire. What- it is the Anglo-American settlement. dilemma of a constantly failing birth - ever else happens at St. James's; Mr. let all constructive hopes and plans Ramsay MacDonald will win golden for the world's peace, that is the key - opinions for his memorable services stone of the arch. Pull it out and to the all-important cause of enduring the rest collapses. Every thorough Anglo-American settlement. Yet at this student of international affairs is well delicate and critical moment, Mr. aware that amongst many minds in Churchill addressed a meeting and at least three continents—not exclud- permitted himself to attack the Gov- ernment and to challenge the whole spirit on whih Anglo-American friend- ship and co-operation depend. Firstly, the orator suggested that amongst all the delegations, British Ministers were notably exhibiting themselves as s(lueeable and shuffling persons, feebly surrendering British interests at every step and to everyone. In this state- ment there is not a particle of resem- blance to the facts, whether as re- gards e ga if, or rate a decrease of marriage and an inct'easing death rate while surround- ed by neighboring countries—Ger. many, Italy, Spain—all of whom .re, gistered tremendous increases of pop- ulation In the past. twelve months. France is becoming alarmed, at these figures. According to the ofi'i• ing South America—speculation on eventual Anglo -America discord is an clue figures of the National Alliance. unoonfessed but most obstinate and for the Increase of French Population, ierntcious influence against disarma deaths exceeded births in 1929 by 12,- 1 504, and it is estimated that unless meat Talk like Mr. Churchill's nourishes that evil thought. Until it is eradicated and extirpated—until the lingering conjecture that the two English-speaking Powers may yet be divided is absolutely given up—the best atmosphere required for the pro- gress of a new world -spirit under rds the Prime Minister hin.se President Hoover's leadership will not Mr. Alexander, the First Lord of the exist. Admiralty, or any one of their Col The Conference, whatever else hap - leagues. It was Mr. MacDonald iasis, will have done muck to create who said "The Navy is us." Let us work this out. "The Simple is desirable," said Pascal, "but the simple is so hard." Like others, we that atmosphere. The sequel must be matte to ensure it even if the rigidity of the French program should compel this country to build more base. desired the simplicity of a corn- cruisers and destroyers than we bad plete Five -Power agreement. 'We have hitherto imagined. Even in that atevr been over -sanguine that this event, which would release us from particular idea would be realized in any honest and effectual manner. An- ticipating the position. taken up by France, we have shown how the logi- cal pursuit of armed Security by one nation involves all neighboring na- ter -armaments and increasing insecur- tions in the choice between full come ity. The twentieth century is get- ting on. In the end France must -disarm or Germany must rearm. The present contrast Between them is snare unnatural than anything ever seen before iu the world The great German race, bound to become nearly all diplomatic entanglements in Eur- ope, full means of friendly adjust- ment between the American Govern-. ment and the Labor Government would be found. At the Morayshire dinner Mr. Stints= paid a generous tribute to the Prime Minister, whose patience, courtesy, and dignity have never failed. If the Conference comes, in spite of all. to to Five -Power Agreement, which will be a real service is Disarmament and to confidence in Peace, very well and very good. For our part we would rather have an honest break- . Western Canada something is done to check the ao centuating tendency of recent years France in a few years time will be subjected to an annual loss of popu- lation of 2,000,000 or more. The situation thus has become so serious as to make thinking French- men open a cry for a "birthrate pol- icy" on the part of the government.. One reason for this lies'iu the Franco Italian rivalry. Mussolini has al- ready inaugurated a birthrate policy and the census returns show that it is working—to the extent of ltttd- reds of thousands additional births per year. The National Alliance report reads: "In 1929 Italy increased its they are dwellings or otherwise. population by 275,000, Germany grew Liquor advertising on billboards by 350,000 in habitants, Spain increas- codgers, leaflets and by similar menu ed to the extent of 200.000. We arewill be prohibited after January 1, being overwhelmed by our neighbors. 1931. France is really faced with a profound- Wille makers on a small scale, who ly serious problem. It is about time .cannot afford to hold their wipe long that those in power inaugurated a euongh to. mature it poprerly, will be allowed to se]1 it to the larger: win - real policy of births with the idea of ch increasing the size of the average eries, whihave adequate maturing family by making it easier to earn a facilities. Title is designed to main - living. tain the standard of British Columbia Tightens Liquor Control Policy British Columbia's 3 -Man Board Has Power to Fix Price of Wet Purchases Montreal, P.Q.—Drastic changes in the operation and enforcement of British Columbia's liquor policy was revealed by Attorney General R. H. .Pooley in the British Columbia Legis- lature. The new amendments pro- vide for a three-man liquor board and tightening up of .the present liquor act as follows; The board will do all Its own liquor purchasing. Up to the present all purchasing has gone through the gov- ernment's. purchasing department.- The board alslo is given power to fix liquor prices, which are fixed now by the government. Specified soldiers' clubs will be al- lowed to sell beer to their members Under strict regulations designed to prevent .others traat obtaining beer in these establishments. This will l,;gtil- ize beer sales now proceeding un- checked in many sold'iers' clubs. Proprietary clubs, considered a lead- ing source of illicit liquor sales, will be wiped. out. The Manitoba system of padlock- ing bootlegging establishments is adopted to be enforced after a second Conviction for liquor sale within a year of the first conviction. Such establishments may be completely' closed for twelve months, whether Defective Cars Cause Accidents Canadian News Briefs Winnipeg.---ltvv. L. Oleks(W, rector of St. Viadelnir'e and St. Olga':s 'lk- relulun Catholio Pre -Cathedral here, has accepted the pnStot'ate of the Holy Ghost Church, 14ttntiiton, Ont. Ile will leave for the East on April 29. Winnipeg—Police are searching for a bandit with a sore head who at- tempted to rob St. Janes' Grocery store, The proprietor struck the gen- man with a two -pound can of tobacco as he fled from a fuelledo of ntercitan- dise. The bandit replied With two shots from a revolver ,lust missing Mrs. James Wyllie, wife of the store owner. The Pas, Man.—Geological survey of the aeon-liletaliie deposits of North- ern Manitoba will be undertaken by the new mining branch of the Mani- toba Government when the provinces assume control of its natural re- sources. Meadow Lake, Sask.--James Ed. ward Eveans, veteran of the Nile Ex- pedition in •1SS3, and first settler of tbls i'ar Northern Saskatchewan dis- trict, is dead here. Crotherview, Sask.—Beside a dis- charged shotgun, the body of John Ed - lead, 45, ; lumber. yard manager, was 'found recently. He had been ill for some time. Mauiwaki, Rue.—Twenty-five room- ers at the Centrrtl Hotel were driven outdoors in scanty night attire when fire was discovered in the attic of the structure. None were injured and the flames were subdued after $500 dam• age had.been done. A. defective chim- ney is believed responsible. Hull, Qtiie.—Leaving a note saying he was tired of life, didn't have enough money to pay his room rent, and was going to jump in the river, - Romeo Paquin disappeared from a local boarding bouse. The elan 'had shown deep despondency of late and acquaintances believe he has carried out his threat of suicide. Police are investigating. Ottawa. --Serious injuries were suf- fered by Mrs. Catherine Rigby, 70, and her sister, Miss Mary McCarthy, 72, when they were knocked down by an automobile at a street intersection here. Scalp wounds necessitated re- moval of both to hospital, where their conditions • are reported os just fair. Edgar Dufolcl, the car driver, was not held by police. Stratford, Ont. — Bricks crashing through a blazing roof from a crump- led chimney intd the kitchen where he lay sleeping, awakened Tom Park- er in his `Vest Zorra home just in time to allow him to escape. He had bare ly reached the outside when the en- tire roof collapsed. Fortunately Mrs. Parker and her four children were at a neighboring house at the time. The total cut of lumber on the crown lands of New Brunswick during the current season is estimated at the equivalent of 212,000,000 feet. Owners Should be Punished A.O.A. Suggests in Re- view of Subject Expressing the belief that detective cars aro the cause of a large number .of accidents a suggestion is made by the A.O.A., in the current issue their bulletin, that a law should be passed penalizing those who are found driv- ing cars in this category. "The United States at dines furnish us with some fairly good examples which we inigltt do well to .follow," the artile roads. ,"As an instance, last year a number of the States adopted a measure stipulating that alt automo- biles in operation must be kept in good running order. Severe penalties were attached to this law and With a view to rigidly enl:orcing'it a special force of police were organized recruited front men who were thoroughly fami- liar with cars and their inner work- ings. twice as numerous as their 'Western 1 up than a false .sucess. If nominal neighbors, while second to none iu failure should be .he end ot it, we brains and fibre, cannot for ever ac- I shall show at once how the main Copt a Gallie suzerainty in arms which l cause on which the whole world's hope Trance by herself never could have 1 depends ean be and will be saved c ttublished. She owes her practical I oil lines equally bold and pratical. . ascendency to the ex -Allies and the I Meanwhile, it has been our business ex -Allies and the ex -Associate 'who 1 to tell America. why Mr. Churchill's now ask her to concede something. to , attack on the British Government at them. 1 this juncture is condemned by five - Though every year that passes will i sixths of the British people. It was strengthen the plea, as Versailles re- I this spirit that helped largely to damn Cedes and French diplomatic Cellnet -1 the late Conservative regime at the tions weaken, this argument by itself 1 polls. If the lesson has • not been is not likely to be of much present 1 learned it will he reveated with addi- tions.—Montreal Standard. avail at St. James's. What then? It is suggested that if the "Never, Never Pact" against wax were supplement- ed by agreement amongst the sigua- tor•ies to consult under American aus- pices in ease of violation or serious menace, Grance would face some re- duction ot her present bristling pro- gram. "IC its and ands . . What Bind of agreement to consult? 'How much French. reduction in return? Roads on the Brain Loudon Daily Telegraph: (Cons.): Mr. Lloyd George still has roads on the brain. He sees road tratlic de- veloping until every by -road becomes a secondary road and every second- ary road a broad and Spacious high- way. The railways he treats as a wines. Anglo-French Co-operation Nene regulations are provided to pre - "Augur" in the Fortnightly (Lon- t'ent any persons from using another dont: The experience of ages past and person's liquor permit to obtain liquor of our own time down to the present -at government stores. day shows that British intervention Under the new regulations, any Per- in European affairs never has been so son metier twenty-one years who makes profitable to tate cause of.peaee and so application for a liquor permit, or is found without lawful excuse in a 11 - productive of positive results ,as when, censeti club or beer parlor will be exercised in agreement with our goo - guilty of an offense against the net. graphical neighbor, France. On the Another clause provides that when whole, we prefer the Germans, but un - limier is transported illegally the til now Anglo -German co-operation has automobile, boat or other conveyance neither been stable nor effective; gear' will be forfeited to the Crown. orally speaking, we like the French The new act goes into force at once. Punish Offenders "Every offender found operating a car which was in home way defective was taken before the courts and sum- marily punished. Particular atten- tion was paid to motorists using cars with a steering wheel exhibiting too hutch play; a defective axle; a steer- ing rod in bad order•; bad. brakes or brakes poorly adjusted; a defective speedometer, etc. In short, any fault in the car which might be the cause of an accident was considered as an infraction of this new law and the owner was punished. "The ultimate result of this law was that eventually the highways were purged o£ the rickety specimens of gas wagons, a familiar sight on all roads, and which aro the cause of a good 'percentage. of the accidents, which occur. The inevitable protests with which the law was greeted in some quarters at the start were rapid- ly changed to songs of praise as the public came to realize the wisdom of the measure. "We ourselves might well emulate onr neighbors in drafting legislation along this line. The number of acci- dents registered last year for which defects in cars. were the cause would undoubtedly represent a substantial figure. How many motorists ever take the trouble to have their ma- chines looked over by competent me- chanics?. • Suggestion for Ontario .. These questions ought to be frankly back number, their development al - put and answered to clear up the'}} ready stationary. He still abides by psychological situation and complete 1 his election panacea,--tutlintited mil the efforts of the delegations to un- i lions for .endless roads. It is time derstancl each other's poeitio08 wheth-1 that he also mentioned afforestation nnr the positions prove reconcilable orf the —wlrefugeich or for half the gravelled statesman not. canals and the like; but first and Britain is ready Of, course, for any! -- extent of consultation when peace l last on the Liberal program is roads. is threatened o1• even locally ruptured, .. The United States seem to Us to have a great moral opportunity ,involving no practical embarrassments or en -1 tanglements. This has been shown l With his usual sagacity and lucidity by Chief Justice Hughes. For the. Pact is the basis. It implies every 1 kind of mediation b,ut prohibits re- sort to violence. Consultation would ensure the largest possible number of neutrals, and compel delay -just the conditions thatwere lacking when the wild, blind sweep to doom surged on- wards in the last week of July, 1914. Con President Hoover contemplate the entry of the United States into such a guarded agreement to consult without any increased ,obligation to est? It Is the idea of "co=operation without entanglement" that we have urged often during the last seven fears. It would be Wonderfully worth While to Moot the idea and to ask What France. would .give in the Way of reduced tonnage were such an a1 - much less than the Germans, but ;. Anglo-French ententes (for there have DARING OF FAITH been several) have always had excel- - The eaglets that attempt to fly when lent results for this country, and the Bight seems hopelessly impossible last, no doubt, Saveci us from falling soon find themselves lords of the blue. under the economic, if not the physi The man who, in the Glaring of faith, cal, hegemony of a Prussiartizecl Lal undertakes what he cannot perform, pire in Berlin. will soon astonish the world by per- - forming it. -Dr. Boreham. "You must spend money to make0. — money."—John N. Willys. ILLUSION ,., One of the most important things "Education to day is not designed man who gives in when he in life is the illusion of the import- the truth, buts to spread •pry - knouts lie is right is weak," says a `ante of things which are not import- to teachpagenca."—Bertrand Russell. novelist. Or, et course, married! ant—Robert Lynd, Canada's Remarkable Advance in Mineral Production "When can we expect our own guv- eramont to emulate the example sot by our neighbors and draft a law con- trolling the use of automobiles which are not in good t inning order. Such a measure is undonbtcdly on the pub- lic iniorest and would be Welcomed by all sane niotoriet"a. Surely W'e ean never go too far in tete matter of legis - lathe.' delegated to make our high- ways cater places to drive on and any measure in this regard must to- eeive popular acclaim." rangetnent possible, 111 1lusines5 lion -committal cliSottssiotis begineiilg ; "A Strnug brcofili after a flight out with "If and If" are frequent, and tis- las ruined tunny a home.' tally clear the air. 1 ll•itnatt n mem. Says he lit teach method moderates tempo-. ,t v The TirerL is, of course, a prokoitnci dtiG:r• 'n;, tri:; t,nrlcl•>,tr to dance- A steli£athrvi„ ones of mental appreaalt between to them! h11LLIONS OF 300- 000LLARs 0VALUE OF CANADA'S MINERAL OUTPUT 1900-1929 250 ---- THE SOLID BARS DENOTE THE SUCCESSION OF NEW Hi61-1 . LEVELS IN THE ANNUAL VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTION ;a,, 200 • 150 too 50 M t����r 1900 19001 193iGIS ., ,�; - ....._..-,.. -_--'1 during the shirty years embraceil by+ the0 _ jrcrioa 1.901.29 inclusive, the annual value of Canada's mineral pr tion 1 '1S 011 fro fewer• than sixteen different occasions surpassed all previous marks. While the effect of th • is ilevortle Prohibition Frank H. Shaw in the English Re- view: The greatest tragedy of Prohi- bition in America is its effect on the immediate generation et adolescence. the potential fathers and mothers of to -day and to -morrow. To them intoxi- cation is no vice whatsoever; and one trembles to think what the children— it any are born—will be liken Unless the young men see visions the nation dies! How can a brain muddled by synthetic alcohol see constructive visions when its principal focus is to- ward the destruction of established law? The grotesgne feature of it all is that in the wine -drinking and nom prohibition countries drunkenness is everywhere on the wane. Only in "dry” America is it increasing by leaps and hennas, and, side by side with it, the terrible crimes of violence of which we in Europe seldom hear. oduc- eup- eloss The St. Lawrence Waterway R. C. Ilawkin in the Contemporary (London) : Who will pay for this mighty enterprise? Mr. Hoover's financial proposal was that the United States and Canada should constitute an International Board, with authority to issue waterway bonds guaranteed jointly by the United States and Can- ada. This would obviously place the whole project under the control of American financiers, and experience elsewhere iidicates that under thoseo conditions Canada would play a very secoudnry part. The alternative plan would be to recognize frankly that not only Canada, but Great Britain, is deeply intorented in the scheme. ,Eng- land and Canada, acting together, laced not ask assistance from New 'York hankers, They can finer 50 per cent. of the money required, so that the project would be on a fifty-fifty. basis.. Security and Sanctions Sisley Iluciclleston in the , New '"F4„ metra (Lentlo.n) : Ill practice, 110. nation befit ''`.? ;tinttis rubbish. of inn 1, tuai assistance, of 0GQU,,VitY and sant' tions; it IS quite itell:Me:V 1Q i,or 111Y wane 110(3(1 of prices must be taken into account, especially as regards the mat DEA OC this tern in the inarCll of country t,, place it faith in the li a remarkable illustration of sustained gro'0vt11; It stamps the mining History as a foremost forte pest of misplace its f help to be ac.;. Can T 11 licca. a groat i.iy" a L011.0r iu is uite impossiblo for any country t`o q surrender the stnit11051 portion of it* arnlc1,citizetls to the cliscrctlen of an Ititehational b0(ly 'rvhioh 'will emplo limn in. CIUIU;rels Mit-their oWil. Canadian deveiopincnt thuthg tele twentieth century, oonlnd by Diller countries, or rather The sheer increase in value --from loss than. e65,000,000 in 1900 to well over $300,000,000 in 1929 -is amply int• tium ot cntritiies rind ib liressive, in Itself. Bat the manner in which it has been attained is no less note) le. here ns ; filet of the eetltllry gold and coal were the, only two lame itolne of advance itt vlriety of c t t 1t elle opening to coal and gold, but to copper, nickel, lead, silver, zinc, asbestos, Arid iu short, to perhaps a .with a diversity 1 resources as 501' country affords to milting enterprise, Canada's u upu. �' mitten arodnction wherelas the Dominion's preeent-day mining industry owes its magnitude not only 1 •,��t of