HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-04-28, Page 6News In Review
Canada's ]Defense Program
'VANCOUVER -Hon. Nan Macken-
zie, Minister of National Defense,
said in an address here this week that
Canada could not expect to see every
definite results" from her program of
augmented national tlefenso for at
least two years.
But, he told his audience of busi-
ness men that the program was not a
fortuitous or haphazard ozie, for "it
has been carefully thought out in all
Re details." He said the threefold aim
was protection of strategic trade
routes, the country's ports- and coast-
line and of the nation's neutrality.
Anniversary Outbreak
JERUSALEM. --A bomb explosion in
the centre of this city last week,
wounding several Jewish pedestrians,
marked the second anniversary of the
outbreak of terrorism in Palestine. It
was Jerusalem's second such blast in
24 hours.
Provincial Police Shake -Up
TORONTO.--Re-organization of the
Ontario Provincial Police force, so as
to effect the maximum of efficiency
in all fields of law enforcement -
criminal investigation, highway traffic
violations, and general policing ad-
ministration -is reported as ,planned
by the Hepburn Government for the
very near future.
More Planes For France
PAR1S.-Guy Lachambre, Minister
for Air, has completed plans to add
from 1,500 to 2,000 airplanes to the
Air Force and to call up reserve pilots
to pian them, it was reported this
week.
Princess Twelve Years Old
WINDSOR, Eng. - Au Easter egg
hunt was staged by Lady Astor in
the spacious gardens at nearby Clive -
den in honor of Priucess Elizabeth,
heiress to the Throne, who celebrated
her twelfth birthday Thursday.
Princess Elizabeth and her younger
sister, Princess Margaret Rose, first
had tea with Lady Astor in the com-
pany of Queen Mother Mary.
A Tenth Promise
PEACE RIVER, Alta. - Separation
of the Peace River block of Alberta
and British Columbia from their re-
spective Provinces to form with the
Yukon Territory a separate Province
or autonomous area was urged in a
brief adopted here last week by the
Peace River Chamber of Commerce.
Tragic Mining Accident
BEARDMORE, Oita -One man was
killed and six injured when a cage
at the. Northern Empire Mine, near
here, plunged from the 600 -foot level
to the 1,400 -foot level. Beardmore is
123 miles northeast of Port Arthur.
Quakes In Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey. --Three hundred
persons were killed and 20 villages
shaken to the ground by violent
earthquakes in Central Anatolia last
week.
The quakes were felt at Ankara, the
capital, and at Kona, Kirsehir and
Kayseri.
' .rld Commerc.,.
Sharply I.,..clines
An unusually sharp decline in the
value of world trade and a continted
decline in industrial shares was re-
aled last week. in the League of Na-
tions monthly bulletin of statiatics.
Whereas the value of trade, calcul-
ated in millions of old gold dollars,
fell by four from January to February
last year, the drop this year was 100
-from 2,305,000,000 to 2,205,000,000.
Both imports and exports fell in the
same month in 14 countries, including
United States, Great Britain, Cm. -
many, Canada and Argentina.
Production Falls
Industrial shares continued falling
in most countries since start of the
year, especially in the United States
where there was a decrease of 37 per
cent., and in Belgium 30, France 26
and Great Britain 22. The chief excep-
tions were Italy, Poland and Switzer-
land, where the rise has reached a
new record in recent months.
Industrial production also continued
failing in the United States and Can-
ada. In tlae United States, the bulletin
says, it is only two-thirds of the level
of a year ago while production and
investment goods have fallen 50 per
cent. since last August.
Production, however, increased in
Poland, the Netherlands and Sweden.
THE
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TERP ETE
A Cornrnentary
On the More Important Events
of the Week.
By ELIZABETH EEDY
NOW THEY'RE ALL COMING:
The little Anglican church at Herb
Lake, SO miles northeast of The Pas,
Manitoba, was crowded last Sunday
as evening services began. Sunday be-
fore, you could have counted the con-
gregation on the fingers of two hands.
Reason: the hour of service was set
back sixty minutes in order to permit
the people of the district to listen to
Charlie McCarthy at seven o'clock and
come to church at eight.
Snid Rev. Percy, the clergyman:
"Our people just weren't coming to
church. Now, Charlie McCarthy is a
blockhead, but he does give whole-
some entertainment, and that kind of
entertainment is too sadly lacking in
many a settlement of this kind - he
was worthy considering."
A LONG SESSION: Reconvening af-
ter the Easter recess, the House of
Commons at Ottawa is facing a huge
amount of work which means a long,
long session. Some of the things to
conte up: the Budget, Canada -U. S.
trade agreement, Transport Bill, re-
ports of Commissions including the
National Employment Commission, re-
port on the penetentiary probe, These
with others are all matters of mom-
ent.
REASON FOR HASTE: Now that
Italy has concluded her conversations
with Britain and the new pact has
been signed, Mussolini is turning very
quickly to France in the hope of set-
tling Franco -Italian differences before
Hitler comes to mal -e his visit in Italy
on May 3rd. He isn't even asking that
France first restore fur diplomatic re-
lations between the two countries (by
sending an Ambassadr :- to Rome).
Because when Hitler comes to Rome
next month ready to lord it over Mus-
solini and force him to fall In with his
wishes, the Duce will have two trump
Cards in his hand -the agreements
with Britain and France. Nice -work
there.
THEY DON'T AGREE: Grant Dex-
ter, correspondent in Great Britain
for the Globe and Mail and the Winni-
peg Free Press, declares that the two
large political groups in England are
q'ues'tioning Prime Minister Chamber-
lain's foreig.r policy, in particular, the
new agreement with Italy. The centre
'Wing Conservative sentiment, as typi-
fied by the Yorkshire Post, he says,
views the settlement coldly, pointing
out that while the pact may ire good
ou the surface, it Is doubtful if it can
penetrate the depths. The Post Ong•
gests that the terms of the pact are
too broad tend too vague, leaving so
Many loopholes that little can be hop-
ed for from the agreement. This
school of opinion, in other words, just
doesn't trust Mussolini.
Then in quarters where faith is
still placed in the value of the Lea-
gue and of collective security, Mr.
Dexter says the cry is that the agree-
ment is built or, a betrayal of Ethio-
pia and the collapse of all principle
save that of expediency.
DANGEROUS GROUND: None of
the Quintuplets could have minded
very much when their favorite doctor,
Allan Roy Dafoe, last week declared
that Yvonne is the brightest of the
five. Intellectual competition among
females never is very fierce, but when
comes to the question of who's the
best -looking - oh, boy! We're afraid
Doc Defoe has started something by
saying that he thinks Annette's the
prettiest!
REALISTIC FRIENDSHIP; That
Canada and the United States should
enter into a treaty for mutual defense
- an agreement that one nation
would go to the aid of the other in
case of emergency - is urged editor-
ially by a prominent American news-
paper, the New York News. "We know
that we're already friends," the ar-
ticle declares; "what is needed is that
our friendship should take on a more
realistic form."
Coning down to the particular, it
advocates that the United States
agree to use some of its fighting ships
for Canadian defense by sea, while
Canada should see to it that the St.
Lawrence is adequately equipped with
naval bases.
Such an agreement would prove in-
valuable to us in Canada, should the
British navy be engaged in defending
Great Britain or Britain's Mediterran-
ean or South African sea routes, and
not be able to come to our aid in case
of attack.
STALEMATE. Japan, drawn further
and further into Chinese territory, and
spending terrific sums in an attempt
to consolidate her gains, is coming to
admit that the campaign in China has
reached a stalemate. Reverses that
past couple of weeks in Southern
Shantung Province, Southwestern
Kiangsu have been unprecedented for
the Japanese. The real facts of the
shattering defeats they have suffered
are just now beginning to leak out.
The turning -point of the war appears
to be at hand, while at home the mils•
tarists who threw Japan into the war
are facing bitter criticism and dentin -
elation. (have unrest Is making itself
felt throughout the country.
Here You See Oxford Do It Again
Despite slightly ragged oarsmanship, the Dark Blue bo at of Oxford, left, defeats Cambridge in their 00th crew
race on the Thames, in London, England, for a second c onsecutive victory.
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English -Speaking Canadians to be
Out -Numbered Declares Sir
Evelyn Wrench - Canada
Needs Immigrants, He Says.
LONDON. - "1f English-speaking
Canada is serious in the desire to pre-
serve its racial preponderance its in-
habitants will have to regard the du-
ties of parenthood more seriously."
Thus wrote Sir Evelyn Wrench in
an article given great prominence in
The Times upon his return from a
visit to Canada. The noted publicist
and Imperialist declared, "there is
every reason to expect that the ma-
jority of the Canadian people will be
French-speaking within 30 or 40
years."
He had gone to Canada,, he said,
to settle in his own mind the conflict-
ing reports of disunity and unrest. in
that Dominion. And the founder and
vice-president of the Overseas League.
who enjoys a good hearing in this
country where his interest in Domin-
ion and Colonial affairs is widely re-
spected, came back to write and speak
not of Canada's disunity but of her
need for renewed immigration on a
planned scale.
Coming Into Their Own
Sir Evelyn was impressed by the
fact that "at long last 'les Canadiens'
were coming into their own."
Sir Evelyn made it clear he was
not alarmed by this increasing pro-
portion 02 the French-speakiug popu-
lation. And he was glad to note that
the French Motherland, "albeit after
a long period of neglect, is taking
more interest in her offspring." Emin-
ent French writers and publicists were
visiting Canada and distinguished
French - Canadians were visiting
France. The old and the new were
being drawn more closely together,
intellectually and in sentiment. But
Sir Evelyn declared there seemed to
be no desire for a political rapproache-
ment with the French Republic.
Attached to Crown
°French -Canada is self-absorbed.
The turmoils of Europe seem very re-
mote. There is, however, a very real
attachment to the British Crown,
which for nearly 200 years has safe-
guarded the religious institutions of
French -Canada."
There was real need, however, for
a freer intellectual exchange between
French -Canada and Great Britain.
Lord Tweedsmuir had done good work
by associating himself with French-
Canadian life. But it should be car-
ried on by others as well, and there
should be a greater exchange of visits
between representative figures of both
countries.
Florida Animal
Puzzles Experts
Zoologists who pride themselves up-
on knowing all about animals are
puzzled over an animal brought to
Sarasota from the Florida Everglades.
So far it has •defied classification,
but is described thus:
It resembles a lynx, a silver fox, a
raccoon, a wildcat, a monkey, a jeep
and an ordinary pup. It is a female,
is equipped with sharp teeth, and eats
nothing but tropical fruits and lettuce,
and mayonnaise, please.
It has a long, slender tail, which
it uses in the manner of a monkey,
and can even hang from it, like a
possum. Long tufts of fur grow from
its cat -like ears, much like a lynx. Its
black fur is tipped with silver, much
like a silver fox, but its face resem-
bles that of the raetoon which Leiped
Snow White sweep out the untidy
home of the Dwarfs.
The animal was captured by a
Seminole Indian deep in the Ever
glades but even he couldn't give It a
name.
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Stitched Heart
Beats Strongly
Policenian Recovering From Stab
Wound and Delicate Op-
eration
Patrolman William Manning, of
New York, critically stabbed a month
ago, is recovering in hospital after a
rare surgical operation in which a
doctor cut through h:s ribs to put 50
stitches in the outer lining of his
heart.
Normally, cardiac operations are
performed through the membrane,
with diaphragm approaches, such as
made by Dr. Alex Nicoll, seldom at-
tempted.
Took A Chance
Manning was in critical condition
when admitted to hospital. His life
was ebbing and only a delicate opera-
tion could save him, so Dr. Nicoll
"decided to take a chance".
In order to attack the split mem-
brane, Dr. Nicoll, a heart spe.oialist,
had to stitch an injured blood vessel
near the heart, • hich lay completely
exposed. Het. t through to the outer
l:aing of the heart itself and sewed in
a series of stitches. The operation
took almost an hour.
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By ELIZABETH EEDY
"INTERMISSION IN EUROPE" BY
VERNON BARTLETT
"Intermission in Europe" tells you
first hand of exciting events of the
German Revolution; of war in the Po-
lish Corridor; of the nerve -shattering
night when the votes were counted in
the Saar Plebiscite; how Mussolini
snubbed Hitler publicly during the
historic meeting in Venice; of the
March on Rome; of Haile Selassie in
Geneva; of Dollfuss' assassination and
funeral; of experiences in war-torn
Spain; of tense, smoke-filled rooms be-
hind the scenes at Genoa, Stresa and
Geneva.
Mr. Bartlett has been present at a
great many history -making scenes,
and remembers them well.
From personal knowledge Vernon
Bartlett, can, in a sentence, provide
the key to the personalities of Hitler,
Goering; Goebbels, Attaturk, Schus-
ohnigg, Mussolini, Eden, Litvinoff, Dr.
Salazer and others.
"Intermission In Europe" - by Ver-
non Bartlett: Oxford University Press,
Toronto, $2.75.
"KING GEORGE VI" BY HECTOR
BOLITHO
No hard feelings will be engendered
by Hector Bolitho's account of the life
of the present occupant of Bucking-
ham Palace, "England does not ask
for a scholarly king or a witty king,
or one who lives in glamour," the nar-
rative affirms. "We are a domesticat-
ed people, and when we pass Bucking-
ham Palace we are happy, and we feel
safe when we know that within there
is a married couple joined together in
unanimity and peace."
Mr. Bolitho's dignified chapters co-
ver the childhood and education of
King George VI, his war experiences,
his marriage and his coronation. The
conclusion: "Ila is king because lie
satisfies the twentieth-century concep-
tion of monarchy." •
"Xing George VI" by Hector Bolitho
-- 257 pp --- .I, B. Lippincott Company,
Toronto, $2.00.
Urges United Front
gainst Dicta tr,trs
LIMA, Peru. - United States Am-
bassador Laurence Steinhardt this
week urged that American nations
present a united front against old
world "predatory forces" seeking
"new or lost fields to conquer."
In a broadcast to Latin America on
the occasion of Pan-American Day he
asked that public opinion of the
Western hemisphere be marshalled
against those who believe "the law of
the jungle is man's destiny."
Re warned that propaganda for
forms of government "all akin in
destroying liberty and freedom of
thought," might pave the way to "ul-
timate subjection" and declared Amer-
ican nations would not submit to the
prospect of conquest and the loss of
human liberties.
(Propaganda by Germany and Italy
in South America has caused con-
cern iu Washington, where officials
have watched it closely. German, Ital-
ian and Japanese immigration and
commercial interests in South Amer-
ica also have been under scrutiny.)
Easter Dates
During The Next Sixty -Two Years
Easter Will Fall No Earlier Than
March 24 and No Later
Than April 23
Easter falls no later than April 23
and no earlier than March 24 during
the next 62' years, from 1939 to 2000
inclusive. In those 62 years Easter
falls 49 tines in the.month of April
and 13 times in March. The only three
dates on which Easter does not fall
during that 'time are March 27, April
8, April 20.
Keep Them For Reference iA
The elates on which Easter falls
from 1939 to the year 2000 inclusive
are: 1939, April 9; 1940, March 24;
1941, April 13; 1942, April 5; 1943,
April 23; 1944, April 9; 1945, April 1;
1946, April 21; 1947, April 6; 1948,
March 28; 1949, April 17; 1950, April
9; 1951, March 25; 1952, April 13; 1953
April 5; 1954, April 18; 1955, April 10;
1956, April 1; 1957, April 21; 1958, Ap-
ril 6; 1959, March 29; 1960, April 17;
1961, April 2; 1962, April 22; 1963, Ap-
ril 14; 1964, March 29; 1965, April 18;
1966, April 10; 1967, March 26; 1968,
April 14; 1969, April 6; 1970, March
29; 1971, April 11; 1972, April 2; 1973,
April 22; 1974, April 14; 1975, March.
30; 1976, April 18; 1977, April 10; 1978
March 26; 1979, April 15; 1980, April
6; 1981, April 19; 1982, April 11; 1983,
April 3; 1984. April 22; 1985, April 7;
1986, March 30; 1987, April 19; 1988,
April 3; 1989, March 26; 1990, April
15; 1991, March 31; 1992, April 19;
1993, April 11; 1994, April 3; 1995, Ap-
ril 16; 1996, April 7; 1997, March 30;
1998, April 12; 1999, April 4, 2000, Ap-
ril 23.
Centre of London
Boasts A F,., rat
A farm of 25 acres, charmingly
situated among old trees beneath
which Cromwell's men are said to
have sheltered, and watered by a
stream along which Queen Elizabeth
sailed in her State barge, is for sale.
It all sounds beautifully rural -
but actually the farm is right in Lon-
don, England, less than five miles
from Charing Cross. No farm is
closer to the centre of the city. Con-
tinental trains pass its boundaries
within a few minutes of leaving Vic-
toria. In the summer hay -making can
be seen in progress almost before
passengers have had time to settle
down in their places.
The farm is on the Belair estate, in
Dulwich, which was owned by the
late Sir Evan Spicer.
Commentary on the
Highlights of the Week's News . . . By Elizabeth Eedy
CANADA
Peak of Crime Wave
It is said that rural crime is on the
increase at the present time. We
thought skulduggery reached its peak
in the country each year about the
time the harvest apples ripen. -Peter-
borough Examiner.
The Other Extreme
Ontario's automobile markers are
to be yellow and black for 1939. Now
listen to those fellows who have been
criticizing the 1938 markers say the
new ones look like smallpox placards.
-St. Thomas Times -Journal.
Going After Tourists
Although it Hes a bit off the beaten
path, Prince Edward Island is begin-
ning to share in the proceeds from
the tourist traffic and when the Pro-
vincial Legislature met recently, it
was declared in the Speech from the
Throne that the tourist business of
"The Island" had shown a rapid de-
velopment, -Brockville Recorder and
Times.
Living Without Working
Can anyone doubt the point that it
would be better to spend even more
money and get something in return
rather than spend what is being spent
today without anything being done
except to proclaim to the world that
thousands of people are living on dir-
ect relief and must take their living
without working? The millions of dol-
lars that have been spent to keep peo-
ple in idleness will remain one of the
tragedies of the non -production period
in Western Canada. It is not too late
to make a start. -Regina Leader -Post.
Canada In England
A straggling English settlement,
nestling along a winding Hampshire
lane, has but 200 -odd inhabitants, but
they are proud of being called Cana-
deans.
About 78 miles from London, the
village has houses, church, public
house, one store and a blacksmith
shop all cluttered along a single
street,
The' Village got its name in a
strange way. More than 50 years ago
When thousands were migrating to
Canada, there was a minor back -to -
the -land movement In Hampshire.
• About 20 families settled in this area.
Huts were bulit by the pionee.i's and
the land broken for cultivation.
When the question of naming the
settlement was debated, someone
pointed out that those there were set-
tlers just as much as the people who
had migrated to the Dominion: "Can-
ada" was the name chosen, -M'- -icipal
Review of Canada.
THE EMPIRE
Fair Share of the Load
The vastness of the burden of Em-
pire defence which Britain has thus
assumed must arouse questionings
whether Australia, in proportion to
her wealth and population, is doing
enough to provide for her own pro-
tection. We are rebuilding the de-
fences which were allowed to fall in-
to disrepair during the depression,
but our effort is small compared with
the tremendous effort which Britain
is putting forth -an effort which she
cannot, unaided, maintain indefinitely.
Other considerations apart, the claim
which Australia and the other Domin-
ions make to consultation on foreign
policy implies that they must be ready
to take a fah' share of the load which
i3 now falling so heavily in the
Motherland. -Sydney Herald,
China Can Win
Ever since the outbreak of the Sino-
Japanese war -the Japanese have at
least now attained the distinction
(sic) of being the initiators of the
"undeclared war" era -the Daily Press
has held that, powerful military and
naval Power though she be, Japan, in
embarking on a campaign of conquest
in China, had set out on what is cir-
Min 'to culminate in national, suicide, -
'hat view has been expressed on many
occasions, not as a piece of propagan-
da, but bees:Use 'such .has always been
and still is our firm conviction, based
on several irrefutable factors
Japan evidently considers the "China
Incident" sufficiently grave to warrant
the mobilization of the nation's entire
resources, although she has repeatedly
denied that tete measure will be used
during present hostilities. The Mob-
ilization Bill, in the existing circum-
• stances, will probably prove the pro-
verbial last straw which breaks the
camel's back, and it may be confident,
ly expected that -provided the Chin-
ese maintain their resistance --- the
Japanese masses will, before a year
from this date, have openly rebelled
against the madness of their military'
r}tiers.---hong Kong Press,