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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-01-19, Page 6w 1.0-.4- 40.1. . 4 �. 4104 +- •,.-. Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large • CANADA.. The New Year Honours List / ' The premonition of Sir George 1'eriey in the Order of St, Michael and St, George follows naturally upon the high esteem he won in Lon- don as Nigh Commissioner, where he igainedhosts of friends and did yeo- man service for his country. He is still a persona grata in the Capital of the Empire, and it is entirely logical that the fountain of honour should de- sire to mark its pleasure at his con- tinued services since be left its im- mediate vicinity. Sir George has al- ways worn his honors with dignity and modesty, admirably assisted by Lady Perley.—Montieal Dairy Star. Sign of the Times ft is rather surprising to note in an official report that the leading cause of death in the United States tinny for sixteen out of twenty years I —excluding the war period—was sui- cide. In the other four years tuber- culosis held first place, Last year both gave place to automobile acci- dents which is, perhaps, a sign of the times.—Kingston Whig -Standard. Canadian Lumber in Britain" The conquest of this desirable mar- ket cannot be achieved without an 'energetic and determined effort, as in- deed must be made in every important expansion in the field of international eom.merrce. Most important of all, lour producers must pay scrupulqus ttention to the demands of British mpors, even when the curly justi- Yioation of those demands is an an- ient•`tradition. We cannot stance Gide with out arms folded and wait }for the orders to come in: we must $-o after them in an aggressive man- Lo British Columbia did not wait 'or Ottawa agreements to start work - e. ti. 'th this endin view, and hex fforts have not been destitute of re - hilts, as the great popularity of ougl:as fir in England for the last en years proves.—La Petrie, Mont - al. Need Organized Effort. One would think that if it is gov- rnment policy to encourage put - hoses from British sources some Van ought to be carried out to edu- 'ate Canadians to the new sources of upply, The Sarnia paper says that t has never seen an advertisement in anadian newspapers indicating a ritish source of oranges. If it were i matter of private business some ort would be made to show how the pee :could. secure their • - surplus oin the desire -d origin. As a con- rast there is the success of the Cali- ornia citrus fruit interest who rough newspaper advertising have educated a clientele in Canada that hey demand a certain brand of Cali - crane orange and are unwilling to sept any other, regardless of its rigin. It is an outstanding example! advertising that ought to be fol - owed in other quarters where there a worthwhile market to be won.— rockville Recorder and Times. Cause of Gray Hair Gray hair, according to the British scientist, is caused by a germ. We fer to stick to the theory of high es.—From the Calgary Daily Her - Liberty Some of our correspondents who at- ack laws of the land, because they o not suit their mentalities, forget he true meaning of liberty, As Moa squieu wrote: "Liberty is the right do what the Iaws allow; and if a itizen could do what they forbid, it ould be no longer liberty, because hers would have the same powers•.— rom the Victoria Colonist. hTHE EMPIRE. Aerial Bombing. In en ordinary international quarrel ehere must always be some doubts as reo which state was the aggressor, and from which state the real provocation originally came. There would be no iseh difficulty of definition about the of aerial bombs. A nation ena- 1 cloying them, if they had been con- iemned by international agreement to ank with the bomb of the anarchist s a dastardly and illegal weapon, ould ipso facto constitute inself an utcast.—London Times, War Debts. ' 'America is beginning to perceive at there must be great changes in tier relations with Europe, just as -beady there are greet ebang In e relations of one part of Europe to ~lather. Events are moving rapidly, `Ind they must move in the United' tater as well as elsewhere, ---J arnica Leaner. The Flight Kurd 4f Reflation, i'.. It has :pet to be proved that sup - lies of fresh money are really the ere for depression, because depress on has been caused, not by lack of ones, but by lack of confidence, Bich makes people, especially in ranee and An ierica, afraid to 'else it rr lending and spending it,. There is 'lore money ht the world now than reer: re hes ever been before,, and prices have .only fallen because the n. oney is not being turned over. If we could get an agreement on disarm- anent and: on war debts, and real peace between France and Gornnany, and a general lowering of tariffs, We should have the right kind of Refla- tion, through a stream of money coin- ing out of hoards into markets and quickly absorbing surplus stocks of goods.—Hartley Withers in Every- man (London). Devil's Island and Trinidad. Fled convicts Brom French Guiana who have succeeded in reaching Trini- dad within recent History, now total 100 or more. The position here is an unsatisfactory one. We cannot send back the inen to whence they came, unless formalities are strictly com- plied with, and since the recent deci- sion of the Privy Council the posi- tion seems to be that the French Government do not trouble to waste further effort to claim back escaped Innen. It is sufficient for the Cayenne authorities that they should not re- turn to France. Trinidad is, there- fore, faced with the problem of either harbouring then or allowing them to continue their journey. — Trinidad Guardian. The Angio -Persian Dispute The whole situation has changed since the concession was made. No one in those days iinagiked situa- tion in which the Company would be- come part of a world oil combine de- liberately restricting oil production. There is point in the ,Shah's conten- tion that the oilfield is not being fully exploited. In any case, if all the Shah wants is a revision of the terms of the concession, he is entitled to state his case, and it is well for us to admit this right at a time whenal- most most every nation, including Great Britain, is discussing in terms of varying propriety the desirability of repudiating or revising old contracts. —New Statesman and Nation (Lon- don). Indian Trade Improvement, That the increase in India's Cus- toms revenue for the first seven months of the current financial year should be nearly three times the in= crease that the Finance Department estimated for the whole year is a very welcome announcement in these days of trade depression. The cotton crop is bigger, and already bookings for- ward for shipment are encouraging. Spine trade authorities think that there will be at least 40 per cent in- -bruise ihethe -export-ef 'bebton • this season:. The short cotton crop last season had a serious effect on rail- way revenues and upon those of the Port of Bombay; the providence of nature this year will therefore, be very welcome.=Bombay Times of In- dia The Purchasing Power of the Masses Under our present system, produce tion is proportionate in the main to consumption, and consumption de - Tends upon the volume of purchasing power received by the public. The worleing classes at present provide the chief market for the sale of goods: By reducing the volume of wages we reduce the demand for goods and therefore the opportunities for em- ployment. Even during prosperous times in Great Britain the amount of money distributed in the form of wages, salaries and dividends is suf- ficient to purchase the goods produced during the same period, even if of- fered at cost prices. Hence the neces- sity for foreign markets. Bub since this condition is becoming conunon to all industrial nations; and since the world's markets are being contracted by restricted supplies of currency, .it is not difficult to foretell the debacle which must ensue if the present mad policy of eoarce-dear-money is pur- sued: Arthur Kitson in the National Review (London). Britain's Leading Air Birds On Holiday After receiving the plaudits of London crowds, Amy Johnson, England's outstanding aviatrix, back home from Cape Town, decided to rest. Here we see. the two air birds, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison as they take it slow and easy at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada Likely to Enter Team in Davis Cup Tennis Toronto.—Garnett Meldrum, presi- dent of the Canadian Lawn Tennis As- sociation, has declared Canada will enter a team in the North American zone of Davis Cup tennis competition, if satisfactory players can be found' Meldrum said he understood of four players who represented. Cama last year—Dr. Jack Wright, Mares* Rainville, Gilbert Minns c .d Waltelr; Martin—all would be available again and in that case Canada surely would; d challenge. The United States and Cuba pre,; viously had entered in the North Am. Italy to Raise U -Boats Reich Sank at War's_ End Pole, Italy. -Fifteen submarines sunk by the Germans when the armis- tice was announced will be raised by the Artiglio salvage crew as soon as they finish recovering millions in gild roan the hold of the Egypt, ea Brest. The underwater craft ,lie between unto, Cristo and Punta Penedo. They ere brought overland from Germany ii sections and assembled here when ,this port belonged to Austria-Ilue- egary. They sank dozens of Italian and otter. aIliecl '.merchant ships before their own time came. Their whole erican zone. Mexico and Australia al+wsale sinking followed imanedi'ately ;aftee the "suicide" of the German ,'battle fleet at Scapa Flow. so played in that division last year. •.;, Prince of Wales Likens ?i Unemployment to War London.—The Prince of Wales in a recent speech asserted that the un- employment crisis was "like the New Plant Opened at Falls by Canadian. Carborundum Niagara Falls, Ont.—Canadian Car- borundum officials last week formally World War," and constituted a nee the new quarter -million -dollar In an address at the opening, Frank Lary service of every citizen. J. ' Tone, president of the company, The Princes address was the first expresged the view that construction of a series of so-called SOS .speech. at this' time is eloquent testimony to - bi oaiicast""every I #claj* the faith of the company' in the indus- evening in an effort to interest people of Great Britain in cooperating'. with the unemployed by helping 'organize and equip recreational and instruc- tional physical training centres. In this Manner, the heir to the Canada has reached $1,250,000. tnonual emergency requiring the volute plant which has been completed here. trial future of Canada. The newest machinery and equipment have been installed, most of it madufactured in Canada. With the new addition here, the investment of the company in AME13iCAN The Way Out 0 the Morass, Simiple . charity is obviously not enough. Remembrance 0 the forgot- ten men and women is net enough. Generosity in sharing is not enough. These are all indispensable, But they are not enough. The greater need is for wisdom in government and in public life, a wis- dom -which is attainable only by a will to listen, a will to abate preju- dice ,a will to find common grounds of understanding, an objeotive and lis - interested view 0 affairs, We live in a world which is suffer- ing not from the scarcity of nature, but from our own lack 0 the knowl- edge and discipline necessary i o inan- age it. Therefore, no charity and no benevolence is +complete which ins not atcompanied by an unremitting ef- fort to learn the difficult art 0 self- governrnne'fnt in a world where it is now possible for all inen to be secure and well provided for. ---Walter• Lipper - maim in MT. Herald -Tribune). British throne said, "we may. wrest something positive and good out 'of this great evil." Ile stressed the urg% ent necessity of protecting the unenq ployed from physical and meatal d'e teriora+tion. Smoke of Soft Coal Partly Cause of Dthaw,-, , O.—Aggravating snifll London Philharmonic To Play in Copenhagen Negotiations are . proceeing with a view to the appearance of the orches - etre recently organized by Sir Thomas •'Beecham, the London Philharmonic, to give two or thee concerts in Cop- enhageai. ing, suggests Dr. Miens A. Manueta It is many years since an English may not be due entirely to the we' ther—perhaps it's simply' coal snnok� Fu .les from the burning of so coal, the Ohio Wesleyan Universi chemistry professor said, may be r:. sponsilbe in part for widespread out breaks of colds and influenza. These maladies, he explained, "are aided by sulphuric acid and other ir- ritating vapors in the atmosphere." Mussolini Orders "War" On Paris Dressmakers Ronne.—Premier Benito Mussolini has given orders for a dressmakers' war against Paris. He asserted Inde- pendence 0 French fashion dictates is a necessary part of Fascism's rise to domination in Europe. Italian wo men, he said, should follow the ex- ample xample of the men., who have received domestic dress models with wide fa- vor. Turin has been made pea dquars tern for organization of an Italian; school 0 women's wear. Orchestra was heard on the Continent. f 'It• will be recalled that an all -British i aliet was presented ist Copenhagen a few weeks ago, and the King 'and Queen of Denmark attended two of its performances. He Who Scorns Cupid New York.—The lad who scorns the Vasides and poo -poops cupid may really be (leveeing up --down deep he may be worried beeauso he thinks he has to sem appeal. So indicates Peet Good- win Watson, w'ho rims a consultation centre foie emotional maladjustments at 'teachers college, he said. "We have many cases of inert who feel they have no peraona,Vity er that they can't attract the opposite sex. Then the man makes believe he isn't interested—that be is above be- ing silly." • Italy to Promote - Flying by Glider Rome, ---A national organization to promote glider flying with, headquars. ters in each of the 90 odd provinces in Italy, hoe been formed by an. agree To despise theory is to have the meet between the Young Paseists of excessively vain pretension to do Combatand the Royal Aero Club. The without knowing what one does, and -Young Fascists are those bctweee the to spealt without '*knowing What one ages of 18 and 21. The Air Ministry saris--Fentenelle, is banking the movement, Earthquake Registered At Dominion Observatory Ottawa..—An earthquake of moder- ate intensity was registered at the Dominion Observatory on Jan. 3rd. Preliminary tremors arrived at 11.07.36 E. S. T. The distance to the epicentre was 2,930 miles. The time at the origin was approximately 10.59.3'0 p.ni. The record continued for 1'ya hours,. Italy Reduces • Cost of Services $9,000,000 Slashed From Army, Navy and Air Appropriations Rome.—Ttwenty-nine million dollars are slashed from Italy's war, navy and air service expenses in a provisional budget for the fiscal year beginning July, now being studied by the Coun- cil of ministers. - increases over the present -'year's expenditures are contemplated for the department of education, agricul- ture and public works. The press points to this fact as proof that the Guts in war costs are not a forced eco- nomy move. The principal reduction applies to the navy, which, if the council ap- proves, will be forced to get along with approximately 12 per cent. less than the amount available for this year. Cuts in the army allowance total 11', per cent. of the present budget. The air service would be cut leant 0 all, a reduction of a little less than eight par cent. being proposed. For ail three divisions the total expenditures would be.? 233,800,000. Tons of Salmon and Crab Sent England from Russia London.—Seven thousand tons of salmon and crab, canned in Kamchat- ka, Siberia, are being unloaded by lighters from a British ship now ly- ing in the Thames off Greenwich, ac- cording to the Daily Express. The Express announces there is an- other 20,000 -ton shipment of the same produce on the way over. The wooden boxes in which the cans 0 fish are packed indicate Russia as the country of origin, but the plain, brown painted cans themselves are stated to bear no labels. Strawberries in January Is Reported by Ottawa Ottawa.—Continued . extraordinary instances 0 Ottawa's mild winter were reported last week by a resident of a neastern suburb, who declared that he had picked ripe strawberries growing in his 'garden. Near the strawberry patch, the same citizen re- ported, he noticed a number of dande- lion blossoms. The weather has been exceptionally mild and sunny. Is This Romance On Again? Buddy Rogez's and Mary Brian think Date ,Smith a big success and wero right ihero when a dinner was given fn ber'honor by holly wood noniblesr. .r. : ,, r.r a,,,es..:, . •.,., r • . A.,", ... Old Controversy. Revived in Englar Whether Tonsils Should be' Removed or Not—An Open Question The riddle of the tonsils—whether a person is bettered in health and comfort •by the removal of his or titer tonsils—has been stirred up afresh by Sir George Newman, Chief Modica) Officer 0 the British Board of Educa- tion, warning the public teat too many operations for the removal of tousila are being performed in England. Sir George's Statement has result- ed in the reopening of a very old con- troversy. He states that nowadays this operation is performed on about half of the children of well to do par- ents in England. This is one of the questions oe which doctors differ. In the first place nobody knows exactly what the tonsils aro for. Some authorities be Neve they protect the body against disease. Others think they may have been useful to our ancestors. but can• not be useful now, and rias' be `da,o. gerous. Ugly -looking tonsils can sometimes be cured by attending to the diet and general health. it is equally clear that a clean surgical remora) of these masses of infected tissue -of ten works a miracle on an ailing child, or even adult. A large proportion of the operations are now done with the object of pre- venting ill -health, but it is becoiuing inoreasiugly doubtful whether this hope has any justification. The best medical opinion is at pre- sent in favor of reserving the .opera: tion for cases in which the tonsils can be shown to be doing hari to the resit of the body. Doctor Mends Heart Of Wounded Voutl; St. Christopher, B.W.Leeeilte, caec of a • 17 -year-old boy, lying pulsalesa froin a knife punctured wound that the lining of his heart, and who nev- ertheless was saved by Dr. J. S. Cra- n;ar, of Cunningham Hospital here was revealed in a trial before Justico R +. • The surgeon was forced to bind the patient's body to retain what blood was left. He then hastily open ateel, without anaesthetic and mended the heart. The case appeared hope - lees, but the doctor subsequently pro- nounced the patient well, "thougl: likely to suffer from the wound ix later life." St. Christopher is a smat i ' sad better known as St. Kitts. Ambassador Rides to Ceylon; With Annual Maldive Tribute Colombo, Jan. 7.—One 0 the oddeel monarchies in the world—the 14ialditie Islands-4has just paid its annual tribute 0 fish, sweetmeats, carpets and mats to the Governor -of Ceserei''a`"' The tribute usually is carried in pic- turesque procession, but this year, the Maldivian Ambassador motored tc: the official residence. Legends say that the thirteen Mal- dive Islands are mountain peaks of a continent that once linked India and Ceylon. Maritimer Gives View Of Way to Prosperity. Halifax. — Here's Dr. Richard Hamer's recipe for better times in Eastern Canada: Take Canadian shoes _(any quan- tity) and exchange them for Russian crude oil. Refine the oil at Montreal and send the gasoline to the Maritime Provinces in exchange for fish. By such a plan, says Dr. Hamer, , the Dominion Government could as asst the fishermen and fish dealers of the Maritime Provinces, the shoe fair tory workers and employes of oil re• fineries. He says the Russians need the shoes,. the fishermen need the gasp line and the industrial workers need both the work and Maritime fish. Dr. Hamer formerly was secretary. treasurer 0 the United Maritime Fishermen. London - Brighton New Railway Opel • London. — The Lord Mayor of London and other dignitaries of city and state travelled over 62 miles of new tracking of the . Southern Rail" way to Brighton and Worthing, on December 30th, thus inaugurating' the longest electric powered stretch ii Britain. The work has been two years in• .completion and now makes 13rightoo even more a suburb 0 London than before, The journey takes 50 min- utes from the metropolis to the favor- ite watering place on the English Channel. This time is just six hours shorter than the first steam coach tookto cover the same ground, Soldiers Warn of Locusts Madrid. — The locusts eat bananas in the Canary Islands. This fact came to tragic attention when List Governor of the islands stationed aid officer and fifty poldiers on the coast to signal the approach 0 clouds of locusts and ordered the agricultural officials to wage war on the pests. The locusts are proceeding through the islands destrolrialg everything before them,