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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1930-11-06, Page 6R.i King Fixes Princesses' Status In Succession to British Throne Loudon.—Any dispute over the sue - Cession to the British throne was set - tied recently when it was announced that. the King had made a special in- vestigation and fixed the status of the 1'oyal princesses, The infant daughter of the Duke of York,'Margaret Rose, was ranked fourth in line by the King. When the Princess was born, the question was raised as to how she ranked with her older sister, Princess Elizabeth. With male children, the older brother ways ranks first, but no such provi- sion had ever been made for girls, and some authorities said, if the suc- cession ever came to the Duke of York's children, the sisters would be entitled to rule jointly. The succession now stands: - 1, The Prinee of 'S't'ales, eldest son of the King, 2. The Duke of York, second son of: the King. 3, Princess Elizabeth. 4, Princess Margaret Rose. 5. The Duke of Gloucester, third son of the King, 6. Prince George, youngest sen of the King, If the Prince of Wales married and has children, they will rank next in succession, ahead of the Duke of York and his children. if the Duke of York has a son, he will take precedence over his sisters. Vkktorit..'s Letters Mine _.'f Treasure Volume Gives Additional In- formation of Royal Court overthrow. London—The volume of letters of The letters take the Queen into Queen Victoria published here is a regular treasure trove of additional in- formation of the affairs of the Royal Court between 1886 and 1890. Queen Victoria was, of course, not the only person who Wondered what "'Willy" would de when he became Emperor of Germany. William Ho- henzollern was her grandson, son of Victoria's eldest daughter, Victoria Adelaide. England's royal lady was soon partially enlightened, however, and the family relations became strained. "As regarding the Prince (later Ed- ward VII) not treating his nephew as an Emperor," wrote Queen Victoria, "this is really too vulgar and too ab- surd as well as untrue to be believed. "We have always been very intim- ate with our grandson and nephew and to pretend he is to be treated in private as well as in public as His Imperial Majesty is perfect madness. If he has any such notions he had better never come here." William, however, was appreciative- ly jubilant when he was made a British admiral. "Fancy wearing the same uniform as St. Vincent and Nel- son. It makes one feel quite giddy," he exclaimed. And, remarkable in the light of later events, he added he felt something like Macbeth must have felt when the witches summon- ed him. Once again the letters show how Victoria was disturbed by Gladstone. "Ile will ruin the country if he can,"• Her Majesty wrote once of the great Major s'urWash Says Victorian Prime Minister. journal, "and how much mischief has lie not done already?" Even when Gladstone's Cabinet was formed and the Home Rule crisis broke she held herself free to consult with Lord Salisbury, the leader of the Opposition, on the best means of pro- ducing a coalition for Gladstone's her old age, but show she was vig- orous enough to dance the quadrille at the age of 71. This was her description of it: Dance Described "After dinner in the drawing room Picturesque we pushed the furniture back and had housed. a nice little impromptu dance, the H !ds Dominion Ari Treasures view of National Gallery of Canada at Ottawa, where many of the Dominion's art treasures are Curtiss band being so entertaining. We had a quadrille in which I danced Effective Cold Cure 1 fripin of Life Ascribed to Rays Is Fo ind at Last From Hotter San Than To -day's with Eddy (Duke of Clarence). I did quite well. Then followed some polkas and waltzes." Of all the human documents in the book none gives a better picture of the Queen than her description of the, dazzling scene in Westminster Abbey+ when her world-wide Empire was celebrating her fifty years reign. "I sat alone (Oh, without my be- loved husband, for whom this would have been such a proud day) where I had sat forty-nine years ago and re- ceived the homage of princes and peers. My robes were beautifully draped on. the chair. Tlie service was well (done and arranged: The Te Deum by my darling Albert sound- ed beautiful and the anthem by Dr. Bridge was fine especially the way in which the National Anthem and dear Albert's chorale were worked in." Thus more than a quarter of a cen- tury after Albert's death and at the summit of her life Victoria's thoughts were still with her husband. Interesting Glipses Esk �o Air -Minded m New York—The New York Times also carried additional references from . Rardly Glance Skyward When Queen Victoria's letters, including the! Airplane Passes following: More vividly than any biography or I Ottawa—Eskimos in the far north history these letters tell the story of i have become airm%nded, Major L. T. years which were in many ways the Burwash, noted Canadian arctic ex - pinnacle of the Queen's long reign. i They reveal a stubborn queen who; caused anxious moments in cabinets, but they also show a queen who had a shrewd political sense and who had' become a towering influence in the; political and social life of England. The present selection reaches its; climax with the first jubilee, when the popular opinion of her in England changed at last into adoration. There were many anxieties and griefs for the queen in those yers, However, and not the least of them was her impulsive grandson who be-' came German Emperor in 1888. . "Such a hot-headed, conceited, wrong-headed young ratan, devoid of all feeling," Queen Victoria wrote Of him, "How sickening it is to see Willy, not two months after his be- loved noble father's death, going to banquets and reviews. It is very in- decent, very unfeeling." Later the Queen's indignation knew no bounds after an affront to the Prince of Wales, later King Edward, in the shape of a message objecting to his presence in Vienna during the visit' of the German Emperor to the Austrian Emperor. The Kaiser after ward denied he was responsible for this message and Queen Victoria sus petted Chancellor Bismarck was at the bottom of the trouble. All the same, she had nothing but contempt for Wilhelm's demand to be treated as the "Kaiser," not as a "nephew." , Distrust Lasts The Queen never lived down her distrust of her grandson. She had no better opinion. of Prince Ferdinand of Cobourg when he was chosen to be Prince of Bulgaria. "He is totally unfit—delicate, ec- centric and effeminate," she wrote. "He shou]d. be stopped at once. It is important that it should be .known that I and sly family have nothing to do with this absurd. pretension of this foolish young,cousin of mine: How the 'Queen tried to. avoid sum- moning Gladstone to form a Cabinet in 1885 is revealed in the first chap- ter of the letters. She disliked Gladstone and carried her dislike be- yond the bounds of constitutional pro• ,priety, ' The letters disclose she even tried to consult Opposition leaders, Lord Salisbury and Edward .Goschen t --both Of whom declined to be con - Milted, but advised her to summon Gladstone. "Gladetone Will ruin the country if Aft Cllti," the Queen, wrote In her plorer told the Ottawa branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada re- cently. In some sections of the coun- try airplanes have become so com- mon a sight that when one passes overhead, the Eskimos nonchalantly continue fishing and hardly glance skyward. Touching on the mystery that has enshrouded the fate of the Sir John Franklin expedition for 83 years, Ma- jor Burwash expressed the opinion all the records and reports were lost when the Terror and the Erebus, the two ships, sank off King William Land. This summer Major Bur - wash made his seventh investigation into the mystery and disproved rum- ors that records touching on the ex- pedition were buried at. Victory Point opposite where the ships were caught in the ice during the winter of 1847. New Treatment Also Helps Cases of Pneumonia as Well as Measles London—A new treatment for colds, measles, pneumonia and all diseases resulting from the endotoxic type of bacterial infection has been named "Edwenil." It has been developed by Dr. S. G. Billington and, after be- ing tested by Loudon and provincial. Specialists, is now being produced ori a large scale, Edwenil is a natural anti -body, namely, a blood substance enabling the healthy to repel any infection. It is injected by an ordinary hypodermic syringe the action beginning within six to 12 hours and curing an ordin- ary cold between 24 and 48 hours after one or at most two injections. No patient has yet shown any after complication. There is no evidence whether that it has any action as a preventive or prophylactic. Edwenil is very cheap and it is stated that 33 cents Worth cured a child of measles. Dr. Billington and his associates are investigating the properties of two other anti -bodies named Davenil and Globenil, the former having cur- ed a dog of distemper while the lat- ter has been experimentally used as a treatment for cancer. It is report- ed that this has already led to a dia- gnostic test for cancer. Every one of 100 cancer patients was found de- ficient of the particular product ex- tracted from a serum by the same process which produces globenil. A Driver's Responsibility An operator can be classed as al good driver when he has a realization of what good driving means, appreci- ates the responsibility which is his and the elements of safety and dan- ger which are under his enn•trol. Then he stakes use of his knowledge and experience and ability to meet .con- ditions of automobile traveling. Bilingual Stamps Are Now Complete Ottawa — Ali denominations of Canada's postage stamps are now First Atlantic Steam Crossing printed in both English and French. Built in Quebec in 1833 and Cana- The list became •complete with the dian owned, the "Royal William" was recent addition of bilingual special de - the first vessel to cross the Atlantic livery stamps. The new issue is lab- careful driving is almost sure to get under steam power alone. ellecl "Special Delivery -Express. you there and back. • Chicago: A scientific conception of the origin of life—that protoplasm was activated into life by ultra -violet light rays of a power now unknown—was explained recently by Dr. Irving S. Cutter, dean of the Northwestern Uni- versity Medical School. In the lecture on contemporary thought before the Medill School of Journalism, Dr. Cutter said that life arose amid conditions which have dis- appeared from the earth, never to re- turn. "It seems certain that ultra violet light frons a sun far hotter than it is to -day played a predominant part in bringing about complex chemical com- binations. "We afe forced, not .by the weight of evidence, but by the direction of suggestive facts or instances, to the conclusion that protein, and in turn protoplasm, was built up by forces. physical -chemical in character, which forces probably do not now affect the earth, at least in the same degree, It is only a step to the further concep- tion that protoplasm, chemically ripe as it were, was activated into life by light . rays ultra -violet in character and of a power now unknown. "As -the earth cooled and radioacti- vity lessened, so ultra -violet light from the sun decreased and living matter then took unto itself its own continu- ance—metabolism and reproduction," Canada Ranks Second In Car Ownership Montreal—Automobile manufactur- ing has developed into such an im- portant industry in Canada that the Dominion now holds second place among the nations in the per capita ownership of motor cars and third place in the production of automo- biles, according to a survey of the in- dustry compiled by the Department of Immigration and Colonization of the Canadian Pacific Railway. ."Canada is exceeded only by the United States in the per capita owner- ship of motor cars," a bulletin sum- marizing the survey sets forth. "Uncle Sam's record• is one automo- bile to every 4.6 persons whereas that of the Dominion is one to ever 8.2 people. "Itt the production of automobiles the United States leads with a produc- tion in 1929 of 5,358,414. France is second with an output last year of 263,660, and Canada third with 262,- 625. Fourth position is held by Eng- land with an output of 238,805 to its credit last year and fifth by Germany with 70,500. "The output -of motor cars has been quickened by an increasing demand from the prairie provinces of western Canada. The per capita ownership of cars is high in the farming areas of western Canada and with the ex- pansion of agriculture and the settle- ment of now areas, the sale of auto- mobiles has registered important gains in recent years. Fast driving may get you there. But Let Me Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults of those about nie; Let nie praise a little more; Let me be when I am weary, . Just a little bit more cheery;+•--•--• Let me serve a little better Those that I'm striving for. Let me be a little braver Wheu temptation bids me waver: Let me strive a littel harder To be all that I should be; Let me be a little meeker With the brother that is weaker; Let me think more of my neighbor And a little less of me. Let me be a little sweeter; Make niy life a bit completer, By doing what I should do Every minute of the day; Let me toil without complaining, Not a humble task disdaining; Let me face the summons calmly When death beckons me away, Dependable Canadian Eggs Where eggs were anything but a dependable article of diet twelve or fifteen years ago, to -day Canadian eggs of the higher grades are look- ed upon as quite safe to offer anyone for breakfast and need not be broken before coming to the table. The re- sult of grading is that production and consumption have more than doubled during the past ten Tears. Anna—"My feet are size six." Mary —"You mean your shoes are size six." "No, my shoes are size four," The Thrill of Speed ('a,s bundled On banking daring great 500 -Mile motor ace organieoel by British racing drivers' club at Brooklands, b;nglanri, recently Mechanical Yacht. To Be Eliminated British and U. S. Yachting Authorities Introduce New Rule London—British ,and 'United States, yacht racing authorities havq, agreed to do away with the "mechanical" yacht, which came into fame in the recent races for the America Cup, in future international contests. After a series of conferences in which Norman Clark Neill and B. Hecicstali-Smith, British representa- tives, met first with New York Yacht Club representatives, then with the council of the British Yacht Racing Association, the council voted to adopt with modifications the New York Yacht Club's rule rating racing yachts of above 14% meters 1n length. The modification provides that Class J. yachts, which Includes the America, 'Cup contenders, must carry a mast weighing -at least 5,500 pounds bare, that standing rigging shall not be set up nor worked 'belowi the, upper (leek, and that the yachts shall be fitted with "reasonable" living accommoda, tion, This change eliminates many of the ingenious but expensive devices used by the Cup defender Enterprise in its recent triumph over Sir Thomas Lip ton's Shamrock V. The light and ef- ficient duraluminum . mast and the various below -decks devices; for hand- ling the sheets, halyards and back• stays come under this ban, but the winch for hoisting the heavy mainsail and the unique boom with which En- terprise was equipped, called "the greatest contribution to yachting en- gineering in many years" by Charles Nicholson, Shamrock's - designer, will be allowed. The new rule goes into effect Janu- ary 1, and all yachts must comply with it in the 1931 racing season. Canada Develops New Seed • Industry Various Committees Study Seed Varities for Cana- dian Requirements The economic importance to Can- ada of a soundly established field root and garden vegetable seed procluc• tion that would replace the foreign seed in our market has been .recogniz- ed for many years. With this 'in view, the Seed Branch of the Do- minion Department of Agriculture in co-operation with the Departments of Agriculture of the provinces and the Canadian Seed Growers' Associa- tion organized, in 1924, Plant Breed- ers' . Committees consisting of out- standing Garden Vegetable .and For- age Crop Specialists associated with Dominion and Provincial experimental farms. The purpose of these .committees ia to study and approve of varieties for registration by the Canadian. Seed Growers' Association, and to buildup a supply of reliable stock seed of such varieties for commercial seed production. Since these committees were organized, a wide range of vari- eties of field and garden crops best suited to Canadian eonidtions has been approved, and supplies of found- ation seed have been bred and made available to growers. The seed pro- duced from this foundation stock is kept pure for commerce by the ser- vices of field inspection and grading provided by the ,Seed Branch, and by the final sealing of the seed in• pack- ages. Thus a sound basis has been laid for the development of a seed production industry under official con- trol and in harmony with Canadian conditions and requirements.—(Issued by the 'Director of Publicity,. Domin- ion Department of Agriculture, Ot- tawa, Ont.) Alaska To .acquire Mounted Police Force? Juneau, Alaska—The organization of a territorial constabulary, fashion- ed after the Canadian Mounted Police, is being urged by many towns and settlements in Alaska. Authorities can only promise hope,however, for such a radical change in power would disrupt numerous law agencies now yielding appointment control in Alas. ka. The need for such an organization is great, the petitioners point out, Under the system that wide empire known as Alaska's outland might be patrolled as it should be. Alaskans are law-abiding, but suk h an agency could render many services to pros- pectors, trappers, travelers and na- tives in remote localities. • Two -Minute Silence Ottawa -Canada will observe the customary two -minute silence on the morning of Armistice Day, Tuesday Nov, 11. The following statement in respect to it was issued recently from the oitice of the Prime Minister: "In accordance with arrangements tor the observance of Armistice Day, sanctioned by Tris • lvrajesty the Bing, the people of Canada aro invited to mark the occasion by a two -minute. silence at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1930." Throw Lights Downward' When , approaching another car la the dark, throw the lights downward. It is a courtesy. action ,as well as a safety precaution.