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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-05-05, Page 6Commentary on the By Elizabeth Eedy Highlights of the Week's News .. • WINDOW-DRESSING -- In some quarters the belief is expressed that for the past three or four years Capt. Anthony Eden has been used'by the National Government of Great I3ritain as a show -window dummy to occupy public attention while the real forces of government were at work behind the scenes. It is said that as a figure representing ideal- ism and pro -League policy he was kept on view to placate those forces in the British nation that were op- posed to the government's "bargain- ing with the dictators"; when the time arrived for the "realistic" pol- icy of the government to rise to the surface, Eden, the symbol, was re- moved, perhaps to come back into the 'Cabinet later under a different banner. Rumors current last week substan- tiate the latter part of this thesis, that Eclen may shortly return to of- fice (as Ambassador to Washington from Great Britain.) Plausible though the argument seems, that he was used as merely window-dressing, we feel certain, however, that there is more to Anthony Eden than his critics would have us believe. land. Its terms, however, set forth the following: transfer to Ireland of naval defense stations on the Irish coast now occupied by the United Kingdom; ending of all special du- ties imposed by both countries; free entry of Irish goods into the United Kingdom; payment by Ireland of $50,000,000 in final settlement of all financial claims against her. British trade concessions to Ireland mean that Irish goods will receive the same treatment as goods from other parts of the British Commonwealth. Of mutual benefit to both coun- tries, the pact is likely to encourage large-scale agricultural development in Ireland (this would mean a valu- able food reservoir for Britain in event of a war) ; in turn B,ritish manufacturers of textiles, iron and steel and coal producers will profit.. Southern Ireland (formerly the Irish Free State, now Eire) is pri- marily an agricultural oountry. For years her natural market, the United -Kingdom, has been virtually closed to her because of very high tariffs on agricultural products from Eire. Now that barrier is removed. In typical mood, however, the.Irish Independent (Dublin) declares: "The Ministers of the Government (of Eire) who proclaimed they would smash their way out of the British Empire have marched their way into it over the ruins of Irish agriculture, and over the corpse of Irish neutral- ity." —o— FOUR-POWER PACT—Great Brit- ain's plan for an alliance of the four great Western European powers— France, Britain, Germany, Italy—is being shelved for the time being, Eu- ropean advices would have us think. Reasons for temporary abandonment of the pact idea: France is determ- ined to stand by her ally, Czechoslo- vakia; and Germany is determined to keep her own hands free for expan- sion in Eastern Europe, will not be tied down to any agreement to keep the peace. —o— HIT-RUNNERS INCREASE — Dur- ing the year 1937 the number of hit - run drivers involved in accidents on Ontario's roads increased 37 percent. Commenting on the figures released by the Provincial Highways Depart- ment, Toronto's Chief Draper said "this alarming increase clearly de- monstrates the necessity of adopting effective measures to reduce a ter- rible condition. An intensive cam- paign should be launched at once, based upon a practical and sound process of education along the lines of common sense and moderation." The number of deaths on the highway has risen, too, since 1936. Something should be done, quick. —0— WANTS RELIEF LOAD SHIFTED— Speaking to the Canadian Club at Montreal last week, Hon. Stuart Car- son, Treasurer of Manitoba, declared that municipalities are piling up an overpowering public debt because they are held responsible for unem- ployment relief. Many towns, and cities are facing bankruptcy* as a di- rect outcome of the situation, he said. Administration by the Dominion Government of all unemployment re- lief in Canada would distribute the burden of taxation more evenly throughout the country; would cut out the enormous duplication and ex- pense involved in the present system where each municipality runs its own independent relief bureau. —o— THEY AGREED TO AGREE—Peo- ple who never believed such a thing possible, sat up last week, rubbed their eyes and blinked to see that Great Britain and Eire (Ireland) had actually got together after practical- ly ten centuries of disagreement. The new Anglo-Irish accord does not go into the question of union be- tween the North and South of Ire - Request 40,000 Fish For Ontario Waters Western Ontario Sportsmen Send Plea to Department to Re -stock Streams LONDON, Ont.—As part o a cam- paign to re -stock Western Ontatte waters, application has been made to the provincial game and fisheries branch for from 40,000 to 50,000 fish to be delivered within the next few rtonths, This announcement was made by officials of the Western Ontario Fish and Game Protective Association din- ing the course of their largely -attend- ed meeting at the H. B. I3ea1 Tech- nical School auditorium, North and south branches of the Thames river will be stocked with from 30,000 to 40,000 small mouth, black bass fingerlings and parent fish and the association has applied for 1,000 brown trout to be supplied to streams north of London. It ,is ex- pected about 500 pike, ranging from two to five pounds, will be transferred from Mitchell's Bay to the W. O. fish preserve in Westminster township be- fore the summer season. —o— BRAZIL BALKS—When President Vargas became dictator of Brazil last November, the democracies of North' and South America feared a Fascist set-up there. Italy and Germany be- gan immediately to cultivate closer relations with Brazil, flooded the country with propaganda and opened special schools and clubs. But things are turning out better than it was hoped for at that time by the democracies. President Roose- velt's warning to Latin America last week to defend democracy against Fascist inroads has had immediate effect in Brazil. President Vargas has banned all foreign political ac- tivities in that country, aiming at Nazi doings in particular. One observer puts it: "Brazil is bending over backwards to prove ad- hereance to pan -Americanism and the republican form of government, pre- ferring to sacrifice its relations with the European dictatorships rather than alienate American good will." Duke Will Not eet The King Won't Be hi Paris When Brother Pays Visit There In June The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have decided to divide their time be- tween Paris and the Riviera for a long time to come, it was learned last week. They have signed a three-year lease on the Chateau la Croye, at Cap d'.Antibes, owned by Sir Pomeroy Bur- ton, retired London journalist, who, born in the United States, was natur- alized in Great Britain in 1916 and knighted in 1923. News_ In Review Budget Leaves Them Gasping LONDON.—Sir John. Simon, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, struck heav- ily this week at the British pocket- book. The astronomical figures of his first Budget left the House, of Commons almost bewildered with the magnitude of the coming expendi- tures. Guard." Pro -Nazi Arrested Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Rumanian pro -Nazi leader, was arrested with 1,600 followers in Bucharest, charg- ed with plotting against the Govern- ment. Police intimated that they seized evidence that a rising had been planned, apparently by Codreanu's illegal, extreme rightist "Iron The Chancellor's increase of six pence in the standard raze of income q ll tax and his addition of two -pence in Pi e 1;Cts Planes the duty on tea, both Empire and foreign, sent a gasp round the cham- ber. They will hit every home in the land. —o— Says Russian Fliers Drowned WASHINGTON—The U. S. State Department last week received word that Sigismund Levanevsky, famous Soviet airman and five companions To Live On Riviera It was understood that the Duke and Duchess intended to spend most of their time on the Riviera, and the rest at their leased villa in Versailles outside Paris. They intend to occupy the chateau during the visit of the Duke's brother, King George VI, to Paris in June. Their plan was to return to Paris and remain there until the beginning of June and then to return here. It was not known whether they would be hi Paris for the first anniversary of their marriage, June 3, but it seem- ed definite that they had decided to absent themselves during the King's visit to Paris. Veterans Injured In Hitler Birthday Riot e Mathies, whose coat was torn, circle, gives first aid to Sol Rel ,ter veterans attending a German-Ameriean Bund meeting 1n, New 5 hid been attacked by the Nazis, in a near riot, 4* �9 THE WORLD AT LARGE E of the CANADA TMP EMPIRE PRESS CANADA This Modern Education And now youngsters can even grad- uate without knowing' readin', writ - in' and 'rithmetic. How times change! —Brandon Sun, Works Both Ways An air liner, according to a writer, can leave London in the morning and "be in Vienna for tea." By the same token, therefore, a bomber could leave Vienna in the morning and be in Lon- don for T -N -T .—Windsor Star. An Efficient Example Instead of considering the abolish- ing of county councils, legislatures might well take pattern from these municipal bodies, and endeavor to conduct their business along the same economical and efficient lines.—Chat- ham News. ' Smell Of The Stable It is a wholesome and invigorating smell that one finds in orderly stables and barns, as salubrious as the tangy odor of freshly -turned soil. It is an old-fashioned smell, or mingling of smells, that brings back memories of care -free boyhood days on the farm. The fragrance of hay, freshly forked from the packed mow; the odor of clean straw used for bedding. Boy- hood smells, indeed! Near -forgotten Carrying ,000.smells of boyhood! — St. Thomas Times -Journal. Igor Sikorsky, First to Build The Multi -Motored Plane, Makes A Prophecy Igor Ivan Sikorsky, who built the first multi -motored plane 25 years probably perished in Arctic waters ago, speaking in Detroit on the sev- during their Moscow -United States enty-first anniversary of the birth of flight last August. Wilbur Wright, predicted that planes Sergeant Stanley Morgan, in carrying 2,000 passengers would be flying between the United States and Europe within a decade. Such planes —with a 500 -foot wingspread and weighing 2,000 tons—are past the ex- perimental stage, he said, adding, how- ever, that 100 -passenger ships night prove more practical. 'Within two or three years regular service with 100 - passenger ships will be established between New York and London," he prophesied. "The trip will take 18 ]'ours. Of the Wrights' planes and the in- dustry that grew from it, he said: "It seems to be the fate of all good things on their first appearance that sinister hands stretch out to snatch them for evil uses.... Almost every discovery and invention made by man has been attacked on the ground of its possible ill uses. "The few airplanes used in war arouse more comment than the thous- ands of planes in daily service in the ways of peace. One hundred and ten million peaceable miles are flown in charge of the army wireless station at Point Barrow, Alaska, wired the department that Eskimos told him that last August they had seen what appeared to be a huge airplane sink below ice -filled waters. The date was Aug. 18 or 19, he said, tending to make their story plausible. —o— Attack And Counter -Attack SHANGHAI. — Japanese fighting southward toward the vital railroad junction at Suchow broke through Chinese lines over the week -end at Hsiaowang, a village southeast of Yihsien, .but the Chinese swiftly counter attacked and temporarily stopped the gap. Despite greatly increased Japanese pressure all along the South Shan- tung battlefront and continued heavy fighting, relative positions were un- changed except at Hsiaowang. —o— Big Business Offers Help WASHINGTON.—Sixteen of the nation's "Blue Chip" industrialists and bankers this week offered Presi- dent Roosevelt conditional co-opera- tion in his $4,512,000,000 anti -de- BOO SHELF pression drive and pledged themselves !i g to "encourage" his efforts directed Sy ELIZABETH EEDY at restoring "confidence and normal business conditions." —e— Louis-Schineling Fight NEW YORK. — Promoter Mike Jacobs has confirmed his selection of the Yankee Stadium as the site for the world heavyweight championship return match between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, the German chat- has merely become intensified. lenger. It will be held June 22, in Such is the thesis of a brilliant the ring where Schmeling stunned i book by one of America's leading the fistic universe two years ago by psychiatrists, Dr. Karl A. Menninger, knocking out the Brown Bomber in twelve rounds. "Man Against Himself" is the arrest - Pres d g —o-- Will Remain Democratic WASHINGTON.— Czechoslovakian Minister Vladimir S. Hurban this week served notice on the world that Czechoslovakia is determined to main- tain her democratic principles, de- spite demands of a German minority for restoration of privileges enjoyed under the old Austro-Hungarian monarchy. The Canadian Flour Western Canada wheat interests are promoting a campaign of advertising for Canadian flour in the British Isles. There is a population of about fifty million in the British Isles. A slight increase in the amount of bread con- sumed by the average family would mean a substantial addition to the quantity of wheat from Canada to manufacture the new brands of bread. The experiment in publicity is likely to be justified by the results.—Sarnia Canadian Observer. "MAN AGAINST HIMSELF" By Karl A. Menninger There's a little bit of the perverse in all of us who consider ourselves to be normal human beings; in the in- sane, however, this streak of perver- sity or tendency'to self-destruction —o— Plan to Retire Judges OTTAWA, -A retirement plan for Judges of the Supreme Courts of the Provinces is now under consid- eration by the Department of Jus- tice it is learned here .from official sources. Legislation to put the scheme in effect "may be presented to this ses- sion. of Parliament," it was stated. ._e-_ Albania's First Queen TIRANA, Albania, — Tribesmen, soldiers, and diplomats crowded it d , d dp! t d d this Not Dead But Sleepeth Do the League of Nations Societies throughout the world realize that the is nosis of a sickness that af- fects the entire world, that manifests itself in neurotic invalidism, alcoho- lic addiction, failure,. suicidal mania, martyrdom, self-mutilation, crimin- ality of all sorts. With training and experience gained from many years of working with nervous and mental patients, Dr. Menninger demonstrates how, once brought out into the open, these diseases of the minel may be cured. Can the will -to -live be encouraged and self -defeat be conquered? This is one of the most important ques- tions which modern medical science has to solve in an age of increasing mental ailments. The author demon- strates by case histories both human and dramatic that the deep-rooted propensity of self-destruction in man can be turned to good purpose and a new personality built up. "Man Against Ilini`self" is written in terms of everyday thinking so that every layman can understand it. It will render an invaluable service to little Capital for the wedding last practising physicians often at a loss present is their great opportunity The League is not actually dead. AM an instrument for international api peasement it lies in its coffin; bud even these who are most emphatic that it must not be allowed to in, trude on the present delicate situations even if it could, fully acknowledge that if it would wake up with more practical sense, it would be a grand thing for the world In general. --i Saint John Telegraph -Journal. Save The Wild Flowers Nature has provided for us a, free gift and, therefore, a common respond sibility, a springtime spectacle of wild flowers. ' Soon many persons win stroll through the woods and witness this miracle picture painted by rain and sunshine. Many, of these, probably a majority, are true nature lovers who appreciate the delicacy of the plants spread like a colored tapestry, for a brief season, over the forest floor. -They understand that this panorama of wild flowers must be preserved in its entirety If future generations are to enjoy the present beauty of the scene. Our wild flowers aren't nearly as profuse as they once were. They gradually disappeared as the land was cleared for cultivation. And if every season they are subjected to the wan- ton ravages of thoughtless humans, the time will come when they will cease to reproduce their kind.—Kitch- ener Record. THE EMPIRE Teeth Of The Million A clause which should intrigue many is contained in the scheme for an Anglo-American trade agreement. It provides that Britain will take from. the U. S. A. some 40,000,000 false teeth a year. Thus American enterprise, in addi- tion to sending Britain more food will also send teeth to eat it with. Actual- ly, false teeth figure as a normal item in imports from America. In 1936 the U. S. A. exported. 41,797,000 false teeth to Britain, their value being over one, million dollars.—Times of India. this country in one year. Will all the flying that has been done in war equal tithe of that?" Mental Illnesses, Alibis Related Don't try shifting the blame like Adam did—"the woman Thou gayest me, she tempted me and I fell," or you will find yourself guilty of,,rationaliz- ing, a defense mechanism which was one of the roads leading to a behavior problem of mental illness, Dr. R. D. Liddy, department of philosophy and psychology, University of Western On- tario, said in a par -r on "Personality Disorders" read to the trustees and ratepayers section of the Ontario Edu- cational Association. Psychological Examinations He urged educationists to stress careful physical and psychological ex- aminations, the importance of abund- ant physical health, to teach children to be honest with themselves, ac- knowledge their mistakes, and "the art of facing life as it is." Day -dreaming indulged in to excess, re-cession—indulging in childish reac- tions such as tempers and repressions, ' said, led to personality disorders which if not righted might become serious mental problems. He urged teachers to call in expert advice if pupils revealed symptosis. vyeek of King Ahmed Zog and a fair to understand their patients' mental Hungarian Countess with a dash of twists; and to hopeless hundreds who oil Virginia in her blood. are confused about themselves or Fierce Ghegs from the north and about their friends and relations. barefoot Tosks from the south drop- "Man Against Himself," by Karl ped ancient animosity ' and drank A. 14lenn:nger, Published by George from each other's wine skins to the j. McLeod, Limited, Toronto—$4.25. oak health of Countess Geraldine Appon- y, who is Albania's first Queen. A—C Science Seeks Out Secret of Energy Discovery of New Process May Cheapen Existence to an Un- foreseen Level Energy is supplied to our bodies by' food classified as carbo -hydrates, such as sugar and starches. It is converted into edible form by methods so far hidden from man, but scientists are fast catching up with Nature. In an address made at the Calcutta Science Congress recently, Professor E. C. C. Baly, who retired from the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at Liv- erpool University last year, described how carbon -dioxide and water, two common substances, are made to pro- duce energy in food merely by the ac- tion of colored light. He. has dupli- cated the natural process in the labor- atory and has given it the fearsome title "photosynthesis of carbo -hy- drates." It is still in an experimental stage and exceedingly expensive, but one day his discovery may cheapen living to an unforeseen level and enable peo- ple to subsist with the minimum of trouble. Lake Superior is the deepest of the Great Lakes. Claims Share hi Discovering Screen Star L'>►,,,m11.9 4 S ti r .. ....., ve a......... `4, a. �. .1..0ve.6M.... r��... � fat`'.. Mss. 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