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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1930-05-08, Page 3Difficult Tasks ngland.Canada r.. Faced by Britain 1 Two Days by AIr tondon Now Free to Cope • With Problems of Route for Such a Service to be Empire • Surveyed this Year INDIA AND EGYPT OVER NORTHLANDS ' Loltclon.—The end of the naval eon,. Ottawa—Possibilities of a two clay Terence leaves British diplomacyfree air -route between Great Britain and to cope with perennial problems of the Central Canada are being canvassed wideflung British Empire. They are by a group of ,men interested in }many and pressing. ^ aviation and M Empire transports- The Government was faced with tion, Col. the. Hon. J. L. Ralston, conflieting demands from India, Egypt and Palestine, end the. Laborites' re- Minister of National Defense, told the - putation for skill in foreign affaiis, Aviation League of Canada at the an - which the na-ral conference augment- meal banquet of that organization ed, might be lost or further enhanced here recently. by the conduct of these three problems isI ordfeasibleer as certtainir fs numbroroute alone. It was hoped in British circles that this Yeah proceeding to Greenland to the Indian question—or that part of spend 12- mouths In that northern re - it -dealing with 'the native desire for gion, surveying the ice -cap for land- self-rule—might andself-rule: might ultimately bo inet on lug fields and studying meteorological the basis of the report of the Simon conditions. The route would be via. Commission• which recently investi- Scotland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, gated the Indians' capacity for. self- Greenland and Hudson Bay to W.in- gsvernment. The report will be pub- nipeg. 'fished next month. Major-General J. H. MacBrien, pre - Anglo -Egyptian negotiations, , in sident• o1! the League was in the chair: tended to result in a new treaty, were Other speakers were J. A. Wilson, deadlocked. because of, insistence by controller of Civil Aviation; Wing the Egyptian delegation here that Commander Breadner and Professor Egypt must have a larger share in the J. H. Parkin, of the National Research government of the Soudan,• with the Council of Canada. into that country. Valuable for Canada The negotiati.ns between the For Aviation had more of a chance to right to- send its surplus population show its usefulness In Canada than eign Office and a delegation of Pales- in any other country in the world, tine Arabs were believed in the same said Colonel Ralston. It was a eoun- 'stage, because of the Arab demand try of great distances as contrasted tl.at Britain repudiate the Balfour with Great Britain where the dis- Declaration. establishing a Jewish tances were relatively short. The homeland in the Holy Land. minister outlined the work of the de - Strong sentiment has developed here partment and the distribution of the for a policy of British firmness on all air services, under civil and military three questions, first, because a vel- operations. The civil branch was vet glove policy has failed to halt the : extensively used, more so than the independent movement in India; sec- military side. In forestry patrolling, ond, because Britain cannot afford to the civil wing had covered over 80, 00 000.000 she has in- timber land. Last imperil the �5 , 000,000 acres of vested in the Soudan; end third, be- year over 1,000 fires had been detect - cause the Balfour Declaration is a ed and dealt with and more than 400, - moral obligation England cannot eas- 000 square miles of territory had been fly drop. - surveyed by aerial photography. The three pro'alems interlock, . since The Minister pointed to the air mail Egypt and Palestine are strategical service as illustrative of the .strides approaches to the. Suez Canal, which Canada had made in this department is the British path to India. of activity. The Government, how - A further connection was driven ever, was not in the air -mail trans- ltome when the AR -India. Conference portation business. Like all other on Palestine affairs, meeting at Bons- phases of post office work, .the carry- A Big Job Done The Welland Ship Canal is complet- ed. '-l'en freighters entered the canal, bart borne. I'Thev Dasort Weller, sedpart somewber Con in the middle of the great ditch and -pro- eeeded "on their lawful occasions," 'Another big job.bas been done. How big it is comparatively few Canadians have any idea. Statistic's mean little enough to most of us. Millions of cubic yarcls of material re• moved, locks el many hundreds of feet in length, withsuch-and-swell depth of wafter "on the sill," lock gatps so many scores of feet long or".high, weighing, each one of them, so, many hundreds of tons—all these things have small concrete significance for the great majority of people. Certain facts about the great work muet, how- ever, capture the attention. When we are told that lock No. 8 is the largest oaual lock in the world, that the famous Gatun locks on the Panama Canal, of which we • have heard so very much, have little more than bait the lift of locks 5 and 6 o1 the Welland Canal, and, finally, that one concrete wall connected with one of these tsvo locks is almost the height of the Horseshoe Fall at Niagara, we -r will begin to realize the magnitude Piece? The .little yis making friends withilius. " mastiff at 'tile • of the job that Canada- set herself Iiow s this fora lot of dein). one 1 cyclist Dickens'some twenty years ago and on which Keusirigton Dog Show at Crystal Palate, London. $120,000,000 of public funds have been spent. A Workless World In every big industrial country of the world the tragic tide of unemploy- ment is said to be rising rapidlyem. .A. few years ago, we are told, it was estimated that the total of uuemploy- ed was 20,000,000. The figure now is believed to be nearly 30,000,000. So declares the London Daily Herald, a Labor organ and the official news - Wilier of the Labor party. bay, declared that Palestine was a ; ing of these mans was let out by con - trust of the whole Moslem world and . tract, the v overnment merely conduct - not for the Moslems of Palestine alone, • In this connection, it is known that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who is a member of the Arab delegation now in London, wields great influence with the Moslems of India and Egypt. This fact causes the more timid Britons to raise the spectre "of a "holy alliance" of oslems if the Egyptian and Pales- tine delegations return home .disap- pointed. Will Visit Canada Recent reports from America and this commission wit be to inquire in Germany, it adds, coupled with the- to empire resources, markets, and other factors entering into the promo- ' tion of empire trade. This commis- sion will also belittle economic ex - depression is wide -spread 'there, face pests from among the various govern - tortes are shutting down, .and this ine of s. . It was agreed that this commission newspaper continues: after having made its reports to the "A. short time ago the late Govern - various governments o£ the British ment estimated the total workless . atEmpire various should be rno1! rained as a 300,000. To -day the figure exceeds permanent advisory economic council 800,000, and it is forecast that the mil- of empire which would have executive lion mark will quickly be passed. - •offices throughout the -Empire units. "Labor organizations in Japan. are Other important factors in the tui drafting remedial measures, and the therence of 'inter -Empire trade rug Government is preparing a scheme of yested were: An interchange of text - unemployment insurance. books between the Empire units for "As ins Japan., so elsewhere. The correction and the addition of up -to - latest estimates of the unemployed in date information regarding the vari, the United States vary, but some put osis parts of the Empire; the appoint - 6,0 total at the enormous figure of meat of Canadian business men to ells G,000,000. sass bilaterally with business men "Mr. William Green, President of f the American Federation of Labor Intra -Empire Trade to Be Investigated Toronto. — Recommendations were made by the Empire Trade Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce to the Federated Chamber, of Commerce of the Empire, which will be in sessions during May at Loudon, that the congress recommend to the imperial economic conference, that the governments- appoint a •commis - sten from the business interests in the different empire units. The duties of serious situation in Britain, have em- phasized the fact that the crisis ex- tends over the globe: Japan is no exception, for .business ing au initial survey of the best routes and furnishing the safeguards against natural flying hazards. Referring to his recent trip to Eng- land, the minister said th .t the Brit- ish rit ish Government had been almost lavish on its expenditures on aviation. He had visited eight aircraft factories and found them all busy. The execu- tives of those works were anxious to get Canadian business, but 'the minis- ter informed them that Canada itself had an aircraft' construction industry Big Liner Stops Whatever may be the outcome o the controversy over the development To Rescue Hound of the S. Lawrence waterways, whatever may be the policy ultimate- ly adopted by Canada and the United London.—The humanity of Captain States, nothing can alter the fact that — A. 'W. Turton, commander of the the Welland able Canal is entirely 6,000. -ton Clan liner Clan MacNab, in and exclusively Canadian, built by turning his ship round in mid -ocean to Canadian brains, with Canadian save the, life of a foxbound. bitch money, through Canadian territory, which had fallen overboard, was re- subject only to Canadian jurisdiction. ported oy a friend of the captain.. If the waterways development comes, The liner was carrying a number of the Welland Canal is the central lick valuable foxhounds from Liverpool to in the whole system, without which it Bombay. would be folly to move one ton of "When the vessel was crossing the earth in tle larger Baur, project.jeclarger Bay of Biscay," stated Captain .Cur- the other ton's friend, "this particular hound scheme is held over for a day when was exercised as usual round the deck Canada can afford to pay her share and then tied up on the after -deck. of the colossal expense involved, the "About 8 a.m. she was missed. Welland Canal is now and will re - "A search was made, but the hound main an integral part of a steadily de - could not be found, and it was con- velopiug Canadian canal system. eluded that she must have slipped her Quite aside from any consideration collar and been lost overboard• of domestic politics or internationlal "When the loss was reported to the relations, Canadians have every rig captain half an hour later he turned to be proud of the huge undertaking that is brought virtually to a conclu- his ship round and steamed back the estimated distance travelled. since the sion. It has taken a long time and it mishap, phis an extra mile, has cost a great deal o£ money, but 'The hound was not sighted and the there Is enough confidence in the fu - vessel resmneal her course. The hound tore of Canada to justify the belief that the time and money will not Was then sighted a short distance have been spent in vain.. Monstreal away right ahead. A boat was low- Star. creel and she was hauled aboard, ex- hausted. She recovered after a few hours' attention, however. of which the country was proud: He advised them that they would have a • On R-100 Flight much better chance of securing orders Il in this • country if they • established branch houses here. Already several British Secretary for Air Is .had - clone so with marked success. Ready For the R-100 Colonel Ralston lied - visited the R-100. at Cardington and' had been much impressed with the care with which this dirigible was being groom- ed for its trans-Atlantic voyage. He had assured those in. authority that. Canada was ready to receive the giant airship al St. Hobert.: • Planning to Become a Passenger London.—It is learned Lord Thom- . son, Secretary of State for 'Air, will be a passenger on the R-100, when the dirigible • rakes her flight to Canada late in May, provided it is found the secretary's duti' s will, at that time, permit ofeh s absence.t' The minor mishap suffered by the great airship the other day when she ' :was being taken. from her shed will not interfere 'yith plans 1€pr• the trip. One of the ;port enginFestil s proved unsatisfactory, so Will have to be re- placed, .rut this will soon be' attended • to. • . One of the minor troubles agitating • the official mind'i3'tile problem of uni,- . -forms, Moe, of the offieeFs ,of . the crew are ai'r o`fficera or hiiciaftsmen neof the Royal Air Force and are en- titled to wear the uniforms of the ser- vice. ' Sonic of those aboard, however, will -'be civilians, with an' expert knowl- edge of the handling of lighter -than - air craft: Hata the quastibii'of uni- form has cropped up. - • • Special precautions will be taken to see there are no adventurous stow- •• sways on boa'rd'when'ilie'ship takes „ her westbound departure. .` Work on Gtravirlg Dock At Singapore 'Under" Way • • Montreal.—Construction • work. en . the new graving dock at•then British .• naval base • atr•Singaposeds p.,oceeding without interruption, according to Sir "Vincent Baddeley, T.C.B., first prinoi- The Aviation League, General Mac - Brien said, was a patriotic, society with its objective the stimulation of interest in flying throughout. Canada. 'In addition to those actively engaged in aviation, the League. sought to en- list those who had not any practioal connection with it. Paying. tribute to the .League as an educational agency, Mr. Wilson laud- ed .its' efforts to encourage air -mind- edness among the people 'at large. Mr. Wilson traced the history`of civil avia- tion in Canada and cited the achieve- ments of the past few years as indicat- ing the rapidity of its development. No Pait'of Canada w td no'w'more than two days distant from, any other. part. Within a few years this country would have a regular Trans -Canada air ser- vice.., . -_ --.- _.•.._------- says the `danger point' has - beeit reached. He- declares that • 22 Or cent. of organized labor is idle, and that 43 per cent. of the building work- ers are out of work." If 'we turn to Europe, The Daily Herald goes on to say, we find a similar condition. At the end of December, it informs us, Germany had 4,58 3,000 idle organized workers rom other parts of the products which might Hostile Comment Empire cer- tain �;�r rt be more Greets War ok .between A New Healer advantageously interchanged Empire units. I London Press Calls For End to Canadian ChIt was ambed r rtliatthatdo e geto n Sulphur Compound as Healer Writing of Vivid Cam- the invite on behalf of Canasta the of Abrasions in Two-Writing o Vivid Federated Chamber of Commerce of thirds Ordinary Time the Empire to hold its 103+! tweeting in New Discovery London.—Brigadier Crozier's war Canada. l boat. is the subject. e- a of hostile continent Philadelphia, Pa.—Boys and girls— in the Daily • Marl which carries . i from seven to seventy—who cut Rn- headline declaring that it should never During a week in February, it is . Prince George gers and skin knees soon may be have been written, and adds:— employment out, no fewer tha 30,000 were V. . "P C '� healed more quickly by a discovery et ought utter to have been writ - pointed added tom the Germans receiving un- ` V1Slt5 �U S ! reported to the American 1?hilogophi- ten seeing p employment benefit. We read they: 1 I ld was a "Italy, whose industrial activity `is London. - Prince George-, youngest comparatively small, has nearly half a Son of the -King and Queen, visited million workers recorded as unem two "pubs" and a tenement house re - son cantly but declined all offers to "have "France is the only lcriown exception a pint" among countries' which have large He first vis scale industry, though there the pe- culiar circumitances •make' comparf- son difficult. • - "No recent figures are available for Russia. The latest were fbr October:, 1928, when nearly two minions of the 11,000,000 organized workers were idle. • "Claims have been made ,that indus- y i R ill absorb 5,00%000 new that it specializes in the cal Society recently. discreditable and leaves the impres- sion that the British, soldier drunken and debauched creature and emphasizes unduly, the side of life ' which nobler and truer authors leave in obscurity.. Those who' served in the war know of instances of,poward- ice and misbehavior such as are al- ways to be found in large assemblies of men who are not plaster. saints. Taken by and large the officers and men who fought in the Great War are worthy of the nation's love and erer- lasting respect and honor. This cam- paign against their memory is a cruel wrong to the immortal, dead." "CEASE THESE' BOOKS" The Daily Chronicle, under the cap- tion "Cease rites•+ war -books," says: "We have received for review a copy of "A Brass Hat in No Man's Land" by General Crozier published by Jon- athan Cape. After a study of, the, contents of the book we have decided, to give, no space to quotations from it —tire Daily Chronicle is secondto none in its hatred of war and iiii: the de= termination to do, all we can to make future -war intpossile, but we' do riot believe that these ends can be achieved by. slandering' the men of England,' Prince Returns To Fine New Home London An open-air •.-swimming pool in the garden is one of the many features of the Prince of Wales' new country residence, Fort Belvedre, at Sunningdale, Berkshire, which was pal assistant secretary in' the' Brit- put in readiness _ for, . His Roy ish ,Aclntiralty, who is the guest of Highness. Work on, other alterations, Sir' Wifliani Clark, British High Com which the Prince approved before his niislioner to Canada. , .. • departure, is being rapidly completed. Commenting on the Singapore base, . In the.centre of theihonSe is ern old around which canslcleralile''cbntxdVersy guard -room biiilt by the Duke of Ginn- ' has revolved; Si` Vincent recalled the berland„in 1745. This has been con - British government awarded a £4,000,- vented into a -comfortable lou•nge hall. 000 contract for the graving dock there Other rooms, including the Prince's a year ago. `There was a suggestion 'bedroom,'open directly upon 'this hall. in the House. of :C,¢mmons that the On one side is•tle dining room, which contract shou4c inelielcl up, at least also leads out to the garden, and on during the peilticl' of the five -power the other a drawing room which has naval conference," he remarked,'"'but been.con0.rted from an old banquet it tivas , thought undesirable . to inter- hall. fore with the contract and according- . In one respect Fort Belvederes will ly work is nroceeding'0 be the most up-to-date l rause in Eng- ,,_.,......._a;. land, fol from the front door a private A writer says in( the routine of road 'is being, built to the pri'Vate It work a sewing. meetii. stands Royal aerodrome at Smith'; rdejns i� clrttic Great Park.: The g tiillustration out like et 'welcome light on might. Its cheerfunese depend sostnia.l power. visited the "model public house" of the Rev., Basil Jellicoe, who 'believes beer and wine in moderation can play a part in bettering the lot of the poor. Queen Mary recently made a similar inspecttan. The Prince went behind the bar and shook hands with several inhabit- ants of the district. .Children who had gathered to greet him sang ''He's tr n Mesita w a Jolly Good Fellow. " workers in ,,the, next two years, but -He then' went to the Tavistock that is not fact, but uropheey." ,Ants, Wltere a womaik challenged hiin Economists have suggested that the to,a Barite o£ darts. unemployment, was• temporary, and •.,I ftl3iedon't play darts. "swirl the Prince. that when the world had settled dowi? "You're blushing," cried another wo- man, and' he• was. • Ail the •women at the bar laugh.ect-ldutily and theta gave he'll three cheers. nae: ' ' 'Prince George later visitect• ' the :model flats of Garden City, the sedtion CONSFiIENCE in which both the "pubs -are lace tetl:. The voice of conscience is ,so' deli . If the child has a temper it cannot Cate that it is easy to stifle it, but It control, it means that it has parents it is ,also so clear that it.;is iinPo'ssible'to to post-war conditions, •production and trade would right themselves. That view is now discredited, and the out., look is -regarded. with' apprehension. ' Two -thirsts the ordinary healing time is enough. In two serious hu- man cases tested the rate was even faster, and some forms of rat was, have been slowed clown by its use. e' The discovery is not a medicine, but a principle of nt, tire, whereby new flesh is either made rapidly by divi- sion of cells, or such formation is re tarded. It was reported by Dr. Fred- erick S. Hammett, director of the Re- search Institute of Laukenau hospital, Philadelphia. The control, he said, is sulphur, al- ways in compound. Kept away from too much contact with oxygen it pro- duces cell division rapidly, but be- uolites a retarder after absorbing suf- ficient oxygen. ' Dr. Hammett said that at Lankenau Hospital Dr. Stanley P. Reimattn used Due of these sulphur compounds, thiogucose, on a pian of 78 with an ulcer that had not healed in i8 years. In two weeids.•ihe ulcer healed. mistake it -Feltham. • caen. Ju-jutsu, nr Japanese wrestling, is one of t'avery few sports in which women, can couipete ou sl: tooting of equ liti' ivith 'men. It is a question of sled,: and mist strength. a dant Windsor ries ar : "Chis interesting relrroduced from the book "Our Royal Town of ti otk" and is from n paint son its command P a magnificent view over the by Owen Staples; O.S..A., in the city .tall, Toronto, showingng Toronto's waterfront in :1 0U, ......,, Great Park. Scotland, .Wales and Ireland who fought for their country between 19:14; and 1918:, Sech vQltpiies as• "A ::Brest Hat in No Man's Land" are a slander on the men who were sent to France. They.' may be true in detail but the general' effeet'is' to`lay the whole British Arty-. under the imputation of brutality and+ immorality. In the .opinion of the Daily Chronicle the time • bas come to; put an end to the spate of sensational and disgusting books about the British. Army." _ No Doubt About It IViten blind :Bartimetts had his sight restored the skeptics told .him he z''la deceived and mistaken. but he knew hotter. Ili+ ripply is lmotio•allY giceu by ,Jame, Russell Lowell. "T. know not what this man may be, Sinner or Saint—but as for tae, One thing 1 honw-••that I ant 'he Who once was blind and now 1 see." 0,------- • .(lustom is reason fast asleep; it; takes the place of thong -ht In all tate; ntr; popular habits of life. "---1‘ . Shaw ,. Sear row,