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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-06-02, Page 6Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large ®®d O CANADA Too Much Optimism If anything could hurt the forthcom- ing Imperial Economic Conference it would be the raising of extravagant expectations leading to inevitable dis- appointment and disillusion, The warning hint dropped by Sir Charles Gordon, therefore, is timely and use- ful. Like other authorities, he feels a :quiet optimism about the Conference, and at the same time recognizes the danger of inflated expectations. As he points out, the Conference will not re- volutionize the whole trade of the Em- pire. Indeed, the violent wrench which comes with trade revolutions, as with other revolutions, would be most unwelcome. Instead, those who aro far-sighted will look forward to laying at Ottawa the foundations for a steady and permanent increase in Imperial "trade. And there is every promise that this practical ideal will be real- ized.—Montreal Star. AII-Canadian Restaurant For London? A. Canadian resident in London writes to the newspaper Canada sag- Besting the establishment of a Cana- dian restaurant in. the capital of the Empire as a focus point for resident and visiting Canadians. Greeks, Chin- ese, Italians and Russians can all re- pair to centres where they may meet their countrymen and eat and drink nationally. Canadians have no such, amenities, and the aspersion on their initiative is no small one. Now the gauntlet has been thrown down by a South African. Mr. Lewis Leuw, a retired. Cape Town hotel pro- prietor, has courageously braved the bristling difficulties of the situation and has just opened a South African snack bar and lounge in the Adelaide Street wing of Gatti's Restaurant. A springbok's head faces the entrance; there is a counter laden with snoek, biltong, mebos, mealies, crayfish and other typically South African delica- cies; and the selection of Dominion wines does credit to Mr. Leuw's ma- ture judgment and provides, inciden- tally, au unrivalled opportunity of con- verting sceptics of the Fmpire's vini- culturaI abilities. The South African community has been quick to take advantage of Mr. Leuw's enterprise, and already, in ad- dition to a regular restaurant clientele, the foundations have been laid of a South African Reunion Club, for which headquarters have been taken in the roomy premises of the first floor. "Lon- don Canadian" feels strongly that Some Cauadien„shoul 4 o wise: IVA Farmers in Northern Ontario may have from tate government supplies of red pine and spruce trees for purposes of reforestation. Every advantage should be taken of this offer. Planting trees is not much trouble, and future generations will bless those who do such work to-day.—Toronto Globe. "All For Each; Each For AH." In Calgary, Alberta, some seventy- five unemployed war veterans have se- cured premises, pooled their slim re- sources, and set out to maintain them- selves. By concerts and other enter- tainments they secure funds. Barbers, cobblers, tailors, and so on, In this little community work for the benefit of all. Commenting on this venture, the Cal- gary Albertan says it is doubtful that other than ex -soldiers could make it succeed. "Organization made the scheme a success, AU the good -will in the world would not have placed 'these men where they are now had they not agreed to sink their individual interests in their common interest, had they not submitted willingly to a cer- tain discipline, and had not somebody planned and organized.' This enterprise proves two things; the value of discipline, and that neces- sity remains the mother of invention. •The undertaking has the advantage of appealing to popular sympathy on patriotic grounds, as it presents a de - .finite plan for assisting the returned luau; and it is well worthy of a trial an other parts of the country.—Toronto Globe, There's a silver lining to every Aloud, and the hard times have pro- duced one of the best epigrams in 'ears from Mr. B. P. Alley, of the ;Canadian Bank of Commerce, who Says: "The way out of a depression lig not around a corner but up a ;Toronto Mail Mail and Empire. Not Wanted As Boarders We have all we can do in Canada now to look after those who are in need of assistance without having ship- ments of Doukhcbcrs thrust on us as Star boarders. Tell them plenty—and they can understand English -- that they, must quit their defiance at once io immediately become participants in an excursion party headed for the land front which they cane, and with no re- turn: privileges. — Strai'ford 13eacon- Herald. Canada's °Confidante While Europe showed a tendency to flee from the dollar, because of the conviction its value was to decline, 'Americans were fleeing to this same currency and wttlidreyiug It from culatlou iu colttlnodity markets and from banks, despite the implication that money being tucked away was to be made less valuable. Such unreason- ing and contradictory shifts of capital reveal the way fear .is demoralizing world finance. They also point to the advantage Canada has held over al- most all other countries during the en- tire period of the depression through the fact that confidence of Canadians in their fiscal system and financial in- stitutions has not been disturbed. -- Toronto Telegram. THE EMPIRE What is "British?" A point that will have to be discuss- ed at Ottawa is the definition of a Bri- tish product. Originally, Canada, which led the way in preferential trade in the Empire, regarded as entitled to preferential treatment any article in which British material and (or) Iabour represented 25 per, cent. of the total value. That definition has been amend- ed and now, not only i.t Canada but elsewhere, the British proportion must not be less than 50 per cent., and the danger of importation here on prefer- ential terms of goods mainly foreign but passing as Empire products is very real. The need for uniform definitions in all parts of the Empire seems obvi- ous.—London bvious.—London Times Trade Supple- ment. India at Ottawa During the week the composition of India's delegation to the Ottawa Con- ference has been announced, but it is impossible to feel any enthusiasm over the names. Sir Atul Chatterjee, the High Commissioner in London, is a highly competent official, but Sir George Rainy and Sir P. P. Ginwalla, two successive Presidents of the India Tariff Board, have throughout their of- ficial career been exponents of the highest and most Chinese type of Pro- tection. Whatever the report of the delegation—and on that we are not hopeful—India possesses full fiscal autonomy. Actiou can only be taken on. agreement, if any, reached at Ot- tawa through tate agency of tariffs, and tariffs can only be passed by the All - India Legislature. --Calcutta English- man. Empire First If the Mather Country and the Do- minions go to Ottawa each expecting to reap immediate material advant- ages, the soreness of Tdisappointment will be A 4anger,to good. relations. If each Aisteniter goes with a spoken or unspoken cry of "For ourselves first; for the Empire 'second," why should any deserve to gain at all? They must put the Empire first and all these things shall be added unto them, for they are partners in the Empire;' as partners, not rivals, they must discuss their business; and as partners they must claim to share the advantages that come from their discussion. As partners, yes, and partners in a family business, but business relations are the severest test of fancily affection. This is a caution of which we would re- mind, day in and day out, everyone throughout the Empire whose duty it is to make any of the preparations for Ottawa. If one of the delegates at Ot- tawa, thinking to do his duty by those who sent hire, tries to get the better of another delegate, the rift in the family is opened,—Spectator (London). The Bountiful Banana Were is not for the banana we should be in a terrible position to -day. It is almost the one product in the world the producers of which are still receiving, if not prosperity prices, at any rate prices that represent amar- gin of profit. That is why, in. spite of the depression, Jamaica has up to the present been able to carry on as suc- cessfully as she has. If we had sugar representing 50 per cent, of our ex - parts to -day, and bananas only 20 per cent., we should be in a very precari- ous position indeed with sugar at its present prices.—ICingston (Jamaica) Gleaner. OTHER OPINIONS Economic isolationism The tariffs and quotas and embar- goes that are going up everywhere would be bad enough if they were emergency measures reflecting the operations of a war mentality, But too often they are now being defended not as expedients but as a new economic dispensation. The gospel of the "self- contained." nation is preached with a vehemence which is in the main part, no doubt, the outcome of our distress. But it is mischievous, just the same, to read on every hand that every coun- try should try to forget, to the utmest possible extent, 'that there is a world auside. Forget exports, forget ship- ping, forget foreign investments, go in for cultivating your own garden, and around it ralce as high a wall as you can make. Canadian Broadoasting Canada's need for wave -lengths be.; conies obvious when the vast stretches and the many isolated regions of that j country are taken into consideration.I A population basis for wave -length i r 1 d vtst 1 rani usable since 0 5aresnc is 1 e the area Y to be covered is the question, not the ttttnib r of people crowded.into a given area, With, the proposed Canadian Toronto -Windsor Service Inaugurated Miss Helen Oakley and Miss Stair Lyon, Toronto debutantes, were the first passenger's to enter the Canadian Airways plane, in- augurating naugurating the service between Toronto, Windsor, Chicago and Win- nipeg. They were accompanied by Rupert Oakley. system, more cleared channels will be needed for Canada. The Mexican side will have to be heard also. The Ma- drid conference, scheduled for this fall, is a logical place to iron out these dif- ficulties. It is obvious that the United States must give up some of its wave- lengths to Canada and Mexico, which will make the present shortage of wave -lengths even more acute.—Bos- ton Christian Science Monitor. The Superiority of British Military Aircraft The great reputation of the Royal Air Force and of Britih-built military aircraft is shown by the fact that flying officers and cadets from no fewer than 27 foreign countries have received courses of training at Royal Air Force establishments, or have been attached to them, since the ,1 e e' ginning of 1928: -Included iu:t ;y% list of •cor.utries' represented are sev= eral of the Latin-American states: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and. Mexico - 16 continental countries. ' Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Latvia, Nora way, Holland, Portugal, Poland, Ririe umania, Sweden, Spain, and ' 'ugo- slavia; and seven other extra -Euro- pean nations: China, Japan, Siam, Turkey, Egypt, India and Iraq. Al- together 138 officers and cadets front these countries have been attached to British service establishments.— Toronto Mail and, Empire. Night Flying in Africa Now Made Possible. Londou—A further speediug-up of Imperial Airways service in South Africa has ben achieved by equipping some of the airdromes for night fly- ing: It is now possible to fly from Salisbury in Rhodesia to Cape Town in 15IA flying hours, a journey which takes 63 hours by train. Canada F<•: crus Active Trade Era In Better Condition Than Any Other Country, Says Trade Com- . missioner London.—The Overseas Trade De- partment recently made public a re- port from F. W. Field, British Trade Commissioner in Canada and New- foundland, in which he said there was ground for the opinion the Dominion was about to embark ou another era of active development. Canada, the report said, had resisted Elie forces of depression in notable annex, and was probably iu better neral condition than any other come y. Should world conditions improve, t added, the Dominion was likely to he one of the first countries to recover. (tea condition of Canada, Mr. Field �vtio'te, has been aseribed largely to the hardy character of the Canadian ,.people. "While that is true," he con- tknued, "the country's industrial and ?financial fabric received considerable etrength during the good years from 1925 to 1928. "If the depression continues much longer Canada may find its common daily round task more difficult. As soon as world conditions improve the Dominion is likely to be one of the first countries to recover. At this time it appears to us an attractive avenue scarcely explored for co-opera- tion between units of the Empire in their mutual interests and for a cora- blued attack upon present problems" His Wife—"It's about time to think about where we shall spend the Sum- mer." Husband—"I wish you'd say "pass" the Summer, Helen, "spend" is so confoundedly suggestive." Helen Keller, famous American shown sitting on the veranda of her proceeding to 'Glasgow for an LL,l3, beside her authoress, since birth, is hotel at Loos, Cornwall, before degrees Her secretary stands blind b• World Peopled By Tw i1hhons Alaska Has Least Density of Population, With ,Belgium Highest Ratio for Europe New York—The population of the world is about 1,992,500,000, and there are 39,2 persons for every square mile of land on earth, according to figures issued recently by the U.S. Depart- ment of Commerce. The department has compiled data for 103 countries an area, population and density of population of the larg- est city, using official statistical pub- lications of the individual nations. The United States, with a land area df 2,973,766 and an estimated popula- tion of more than 124,000,000, has a density of 41.7 persons a square mile, it is shown. Alaska has the smallest density of any country listed, with only 59,000 inhabitants for 586,400 square miles of land, the density is 0.1. People are mare closely packed to- gether in Hong Kong than in any other listed area. Based on a land area of only 390 square miles and a popula- tion of 853,000 in 1931, the density is 2,187.2 a square mile. CHINA MOST POPULOUS. China, the most populous nation, with 474,821,000 inhabitants in 1930, had a density of 110.4 for the 4,300,- 000 square exiles of land area. Among the major countries having a high density are the United Kingdom with 489.9 persons a square mile, Japan with 347.2, Belgium with 691.6, the Netherlands with 599.4, Germany with 353.8 and Italy with 343.6. Greater London is reported to have 8,203,000 inhabitants as of 1931 and New York 6,930,000. It is pointed out, however, that the figures are not closely comparable, as the area of greater London is 693 square exiles, but that of registration London is only 117 square miles and the popu- lation of the latter area only 4,396,821. In seventy-four instances of 103 the country's largest city also is the capi- tal. WOMEN OUTNUMBER MEN. Females generally outnumber males throughout the world, it is indicated on the basis of data for thirty-three nations. In only ten of these is the population more than half male. Ar- gentina is reported to have the great - eat percentage of males with 53.6, and Ceylon is next with 52.9. Fifty- one out of every 100 persons in the United States are men. Latvia re- ported the smallest percentage of reales, with 46.6, and France was next with 47.5, : Clemenceau Museum Paris—Paris his added yet one more to its long list of niuseums. Ther little flat on the ground floor. of a house in the Rue Franklin, where Clemenceau lived, has just been 'opened to the public. His bedroom, which was also his workroom, con- tains a bed without a mattress—for the "Tiger" always slept on boards —and a work table with the manu- script of the last page of his book, "Grandeurs et Miseres de la Victoire," kept in place by the goose quill that he used .,In the dining room, on a table, there are three large rusty keys which had been given to Clem- enceau. They are the keys of the Bastille. The famous skull cap still hangs on a hook in the tiny hall, and several of Claude Monet's paint- ings adorn the walls of the apart- ment. Behind, in a little garden, a few small rose bushes provide the Rowers that Clemer.ceau loved so well. Small Farms Gain Favor in England Birmingham, Eng.—In. Worcester- shire and Warwickshire Counties there has been a decided increase recently in the number of small farms of from two to five acres, on which owners have built, or are building, homes. Poultry farming is one of the chief industries on these farms and eggs are sent every day into Birm- ingham. and other large towns in the neighborhood. Eggs are cheaper in the Midlands this spring than they have been for years. 1�h Eclipse to be Viewed By British Astronomers London.—According to latest reports three British expeditions will leave for Canada in July to observe the total. eclipse of the sun, Which will be vis- ible aver a large portion of Eastern Canada. Parent, Que., will receive the party from Greenwich Observatory Cam- bridge astrononiers will establish themselves at Magog, and tate Imperial College of Science Party wil have head- quarters -'t McGill Observatory. MUST BE SERIOUS. 1Vtother came down the stairs wear- ing a worried frown. "Henry," she said to her husband, "don't you think we had better send fora doctor?, Little Beetle says he feels so bad." Father smiled a little callously. "'rat, 'tut:" he replied. "He's felt , bad before this and soon got over , it." She shook her head. t d, • "Yes, dear, that may bo, but never" at holiday tire," she replied, ........................_. Sees Golden Age For the Empire And Dominion' President of C. C. of C. fuel Address Declares Can- ada Sound San Francisco.—In an address here before the United States Chamber of Commerce, W. L. McGregor, president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, declared Canadian institutions were essentially sound and the country in a position to go ahead as soon as the economic horizon clears, "Canada to -day is absolutely sound" he said, stressing the strong position of banks, trust, mortgage and insur- ance companies In the Dominion. To the forthcoming Ottawa Imperial, Conference and to foreign countries in which she is regarded highly, Mr. Mc- Gregor said, Canada can hope to look successfully for increased trade. Those who imagined the British Empire was a dead issue, he added, would find they hacl basad their belief on mis-informa- tion. Empire -Minded "We of the British family of nations, he continued, "have become more Em Aire -minded than ever during these past two years. The Empire Econ- omic Conference in Ottawa to be held this July is an. indication that we are now committed to an Empire edon- omic policy. The practical translation of that policy means that the Empire's imports from foreign countries, both through sentiment and by preference, will be increasingly deflected to Bri- tisk sources, while there promises to be an absolute, apart from a deflective, development of reciprocal trade. "Those who are not of the Empire," Mr. McGregor said, "are unwise to un- der -estimate the commercial potentiall- ties and trading power of tate British nations, and may well keep an eye on the Conference.. The president of the Canadian cham- ber added, however, that there would be no attempt at the conference to pro- mote exclusionism or economic isola- tion for the British Empire, which had been in business too long for that sort of thing. Empire First "We shall, however, certainly adopt in the job ahead the commercial policy of Empire first," he said, "and, if for- eign nations also want to do business with us on reasonable terms and on a mutually profitable basis then we doubtless will be quite prepared to negotiate with them." Mr. McGregor suggested that United States interests, owning many millions of dollars worth of investments in Can- ada anada stood to gain materially from any concrete advantages Canada .pmight se- cure at the Lied' it f om amt �•ia mea a tents widen stiig e• : opted. He suggest- ed it would be worth. while for the United States chamber, and particular- ly its members with interests in Can- ada, anada, to watch closely progress of the conference heriug the summer. "It looks as though the development. of Empire trade will give Canada more' than ordinary commercial opportuni- ties overseas," he said ,"and I venture to think that with American ingenuity, and brains working through Canadian factories, these opportunities may also be shared by you." Prince Defends Graduates of Public Schools—Varsities London.—The Prince of Wales re- cently deprecated the opinion that Public school and university gradu- ates radeates became inefficient business men. Addressing e, sales managers' con- ference, the Prince said: "I have heard it contended some employers will not engage public school and university graduates because they are unaccustomed to hard and sustained work. If this were true it would in- deed ndeed be a heavy indictment against our public schools and universities. "While it niay have been true of some, and still true of a few, I do not believe it is generally true." During the Great War, the Prince said, the country turned to her pub- lic school boys for officers, He could not remember an instance of a public school matt shirking duty and hardship, however arduous and fare guing it might be. While the urge to serve their country might be a partial explanations of the valor of public school men, the Prince believ- ed sound education and training play- ed an important part in fitting them for national emergency. At the present .tine an English., man's duty was less heroic, but none the less vital. Today's :call, the Prince stated, is for national service tlu'ou'courageous conduct of coin- coerce.it Close Check Kept on Manitoba Autoists Winnipeg.—Manitoba drivers, where the accident damage exceeds $25, now have to prove financial responsidibity before obtaining a 1932 driver's license under the law. Drivers charged with being intoxi- cated while operating their ear or truck must also give proof of financial" responsibility. The form acceptable la an autoinobile insurance policy. Now regulations are boing stringent. ly enforced, and they are also retror, active. Drivers who had an aecide e . refused two years. ago are b ins license this year, even though is�s i one in 1931, runless of the prockf tri >r . sl►onsib lity is time .