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:Family is Bereft of :Elder Daughter.
A gloom was cast over this corn-
' 'munity when it ware -learned on Mons.
r, iday Iruarning than' sdbex' M�rMitlan,
.elder daughtee of Me and Mrs. P.
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'McMillan, living luau at the east -
"..6;11 outishii tnef the village, had: paF.E-
•ed' away following an illness of 1:zile
more team a week with pneumonia.
Isobel, who was 18 years of age, was
lire third form of High Sc1ioo1, and
Riad attained 'a favorable statinling, in
her Easter tests..She was present at
•scheo'1 until the elosingg for the Eas-
ter holidays .,but. ,was .confined to her
riuom shortly after with a cold w':t.ch
developed into. pneumonia resulting•
in her untimely passing just a week
later., :. Lunknow Sentinel: •
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Coates -Cliff.
The marriage .of 'Mrs. Martha
,Louisa Cliff, of Victoria Street, Gode-
eich, to Mr. Aaron 'Coates, of Bramp-
ton, was quietly solennnized at Knox
church manse, 'Stratford, on Thurs-
day afternoon,March 24th. The cou-
ple were unattended. Rev. George
iR'owland, minister of the church, offi-
ciated. Immediately after the cere-
•tmony Mr. and Mrs. Coates returned
-to the groom's home in Brampton,
where they will reside. — Goderich
Signal:' •
Forbes Miller's New Boat.
Mr.•.'Foribes Miller has completed
the 'building of a motor launch.at his
service station, and expects to have it
in operation within a very short time.
The craft measures 15 feet 4 'inches
over all and will seat six passengers.
It is "powered by a two -horsepower
motor, which, like every other part
'of the boat, iron or wood,, was 'built
Madame Lacroix's delicious
° CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE
el cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
23i cups pastry flour (or 2 cups and
3 tablespoons of bread flour) '
3 teaspoons Magic Baking Powder
eif teaspoon salt
Cream butter; add sugar, a little
at a time, beating until tight; add
beaten yolks and flavoring; add
flour, sifted with salt and baking
,powder, alternately with milk" Fold
in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake
in 3 greased layer cakepans in
moderate oven at 375°F. about 20
minutes.•Recipefor Chocolate
Icing and Filling is in the Magic
Cock Book.
Why Magic
Baking Powder is used
exclusively at this
Montreal School
of Domestic
Science
"We teach our
students only the
surest methods,"
says Madame R.
Lacroix, Assist-
ant Director of
the Provincial
S'c'hool of Do-
niestic Science, Montreal. "That's
why I always use and recommend
Magic Baking Powder. Its high
leavening quality is always uniform.
You get the same satisfactory re-
sults every time you use it."
s ' And Magic Baking Povvder is the
;unquestioned .choice in the major-.
:i1y of -cooking schools throughout
-'the Dominion. Cookery teachers --
and housewives, too—prefer Magic
because of its consistently better -
results.
.Free Cook Book—When you bake
:at h'otlie, the 'new Magic Cook
Book will give you dozens of recipes
• for delicious baked foods. Write to
.Standard Brands Ltd:; Fraser Ave.
,and Liberty St., Toronto, Ontario.
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t't:oNTnrtvs rio
at'UIN... Tarsi &tato.
Mehl on tivo.y tin
is our aurnan.See
tftat 'Wale Baking
Pooreer is free from
dlym or any harm-
ful ingredient.
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by Mr. 'Miller• andhis assistants at
the garage, 'Andy the eaatings hav-
ing been made out o,.town. The crate
is undergoing .s1 few guts of plaint,
after which it will be' ready for the
water. Mr. 'Miller is awaiting suit-
albile i weather for the trial.—Goderich
'Signal.
Refitting Planing Mill.
,With the annoiurueehnent that new
Machinery will shortly be installed at
the 'Goderich Planing ,'Malin, Camfbrie
road, is coupled the sta'te'ment that
the imill, which for the past year has
been used merely as a storage house
in 'connection with the Kaliefleisch mill
at Zurich, will in the near future t-e-
suime its former activity. Anew con-
crete floor was laid in the rear Dart of
the plant Iest week, preparatory to
the placing of the new machinery,
which will include a planer., a ripper
a shaper and jointer, also a ripsaw,
a cut-off saw, a :handsaw and a new
motor. Mr. Geo. Westbrook, manag-
er 'off the mill, states that the nein
move has been made necessary by the
increasing volume of business, which
has developed to ,such an extent that
the mill at Zurich has been found in-
adequate to cope with it. It was
planned a year ago .te refit the God-.
erich mill, but owing to the" general
-slackness of business at that time and
erose it was not found' necessary to
!o so. The mill was 'purchased by
Fred C. Kalbfleisch, of Zurich, about
i year ago.--Goderich Signal..
Roulston-Howald Nuptials.
A -very pretty wedding took place
at the home of iMr. and Mrs. E. 4.
•Hiiowald at two o'clock on Wedness
day afternoon of • last week when
their only' daughter, 'Muriel D., was
united .in marriage with Mr. Verne
Langford Roulston, only son of Dr.
Gs F. and Mrs. Roulston. The cere-
mony was performed by 'Rev. 'Dun=
:an Mw:Tawish in the presence of ,the
'.rediate relatives and •friends
she contracting parties. -- Goderieh
Signal.
Holds a Unique Record. ,
Brussels boasts of- one of the most
ambitious War 'veterans in this part
of the p: ovince, Roy Thuell, whose
lever lin•:r s are completely par lyz-
ed, 'and who gets • around with the
aid of a, pair of crutches; recently
split 12 cords of stovewood in two
- -afternoons at his home. 'He uses :t
short -handled axe and operates it
while sitting 'on a chair. •Mr. Thuell
is a married map and owns a •l0 -acre
plot in the southern part of --the
town. -Brussels Post. ••
Big Crowd at Police Court.
Great interest was shown in the
proceedings at 'Police Court held here
last Thursday. It appears that Earl
Underwood had his jaw broken dur-
ing a scuffle at • a dance held in •the
Bluevale Hall. The result was an
assault -charge laid against Jolla
Thynne and Joseph Smith. On con-
sidering the evidence _the charge
against Thynne was, dismissed, '',lilt
'Smith was cone -rated for trial in a
higher court.--iWingham Advance -
Times.
Mrs. William 'Barbour.
A gloom was east over the com-
munity of;'Whitechurch when it was
learned that Mrs. Wm. Barbour had
passed away Sunday night. ,Mrs.
Barbour had been ill for, over ,a year
but steadily became weaker. She was
a friend to all, an enthusiastic W. M.
S. worker of which . society she was
a life 'member, always taking an ac=
t'ive interest in all branches of church
work. Prior -to to Church Union . she
was a memiber of Chalmer's church.
Her illness she bore with patience
and fortitude and kept up her reading
to the last. 'Her huslbalad suevives to
mourn her, also one sister, Mrs: Bare=
ram, of • eeplilton. Her daughter, the
late Mrs. Harry MeClenaghan, prede-
ceased her same years ago. She was
in her 73rd year and had been mar-
ried for 47 years last month. Death
(brought release from a long illness
and her many friends marvelled at
her constant 'cheeriness Wingham
Advance=Times.
ZdadclnCaaada
• Suffers Badly Lacerated Foot.
Three youths, Doug Clark, Dong
1Vla'cDon&d and Elliott Webster, had
a bike' abruptly halted Iast Friday
when ••'Doug IMaeDonald suffered a
(badly lacerated foot, which required
twelve stitches to close the wound.
The young fellows were on a day's
outing and at noon hour, ,preparations
were commenced for making dinner.
Doug MacDonald was using a sharp
hatchet splitting kindling for the
camp fire when in some 'manner it
slipped, splitting has rubber boot and
'socks and inflicting a deep gash in
the 'top of }his foot.—Lucknow Sent-
inel.
First Boat of 1932 Enters, Harbor.
The blowing of whistles at the her -
bra. early Tuesday evening acclaimed
the arrival in port of the first boat
of the season, and thus happy days
are here again. The boat was the
Aeadialite of the Imperial Oil fleet,
with 'Captain Earl Jenkins,, a Gode-
rich-feint boy, at the' helm. Naviga-
tion opening.here this year was eight
days earlieathan last year. The Alcad-
ialite'brought 800,000 gallons of'gaso-
tete; of Which approximately 500,000
gallons were unloaded here. She
oleared for Owen Sound in the early
hours of Wednesday rmiorning with
the balance of her cargo.--(Goderich
Star.
Death of Mrs. Jennison.
After a somewhat 'prolonged illness
the death occurred at about half past
ten on Saturday night, Aipril 2nd, of
'Mfrs. Jennison, wife of Mr. Richard
Jennison, of Isaac Street, Clinton.
Mrs. Jennison was 'born in England,
her tettedetl" name (being Jane Eliza-
beth (Mennen, daughter of the late
William MenneIl 'and his wife, Annie
'Contsitt 'Mlennell. Mrs. Jennison is
survived by her nwow ibereft husband
and one s'o'il, 'Thomas Jennison, of
Swift Current, Sask.; three daugh-
ters, 'Mrs. J. T. Watts, of Carroll,
'Mans; Mrs. Fred Weir, Swift Cur-
rent, attfl M'rs'. Robert J. Fisher, of
ClInton MOM' 1 ' ' 'e'ws4Ra 4'e.,
PeCidiar Amoral.
A very peieuldar 12ttle, aniftn'al we4s
'disioovered 'by ,thou O'Brien, son
Mx. 'Chris,! Q Brlen, Tupkerstnjth, ette
''day recently in the yard. lit lied a
!body similar .to' a mole and or fall
lvfery .m t Weil a meat, i,ta hint';
legs and feet" resembling eat of a
bird and the head was a most inter-
esting affair. No eye's or ears or
mouth other than a. little opening
about the size of a 'pinhead. ilt was
brought to the Agricultural Repres-
ent tine resew in, tuen -sent it to Ot,
ewe • for• identifications —t Gunton;
News -Record,
Back to the Farm.
141r.
IMorlee Jordan, who has been
assisting in Mr. C. G. I:,olbie's grocery
store for some time, has purc'hasedi
the- farm. of IMr. William Brigham,
near Londeslboro, and takes posses-
sion almost at once: Mr. Jordan's
cottage, Albert Street, is being taken
in exchange by Mr. Brigham;, 'Who
will move into Clinton.—Clinton News
ellecord.
Another Pioneer Called Home.
Last Saturday evening Fraser Em.
bury of the 4th line, passed away at
his home in his 88Th year after being
confined to his bed only the past week.
Some four years ago deceased was
also seriously ill and these were the
only illness that deceased had during
his life here. Deceased was morn
near Kingston and about 63 years
ago came up into Morris township
and for the past 31=years has resided
on lot 22, 4th concession. Over fifty
years ago he married Mary Bell, who.
died in • 1919 and is survived by one
daughter, Elizabeth (Mrs. Thomas
Mills), of Grey township; and one
sin, Gordon'.'at home. Another
daughter, Hazel, died some years ago.
iVIr': Embury is also survived 'by two
sisters in the States and two brothers
in the Canadian West. All his life
he was a great lover of hprses-arid
for over 30 years always•••went north
to hunt the deer and •only • stonpe.
this sport some six years ago. He
was a staunch 'Consert'ative and was
:or many years a membeir of the
Winghanr L. 0.•• L.—Brussels Post.
Mrs. John Rickbeil Passes.
•Word has been received here of
the death •of Mrs. Diana Rickbeil,
widow. of the late John Rickbeil,
which took place at the home of her
daughter, Mee; Diana Zellers, of Kit-
chener, on March. 24th. The deceased
who was in her 75th year, was a for-
mer resident of Zurich, and visited
.with relatives here last fall. The re-
mains were taken to 'Worthington,
=Ylinn., for burial. Besides hei; own
children she is survived by a brother,
Mr. William Kaercher, and sister,
Miss Agnes Kaercher, of Hay town-
ship, and a sister, Mrs. John Gellman,
of Zurich. -:~'Hier husband, the late
John •Rielebeil, passed away some -.-nine.
'ears ago.—Zurich Herald.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Manson, who
have lived for the past year at Hen -
sail, where they purchased a property
have !m wed back on • their farm on
the Goshen Line, north, and their
many frien.d•s indeed, welcome them
again 1n our midst. Mr. and Mrs.
Lorne D. Manson, who have been lirv.
ing on • the farm, have move:d to•
Thorndale: Zurich Herald,
Case Dismissed.
Judge ,Sedgewick at .the assizes in
London, disniissed the claim of E:i
Bice, 'Glandeboye farmer, for $5,000
personal damages, but awarded him
$1.2.50 for damages to his buggy.
Bice was suing Mervyn Jones and
the Jones Box and Label Company,
of London, over an accident ;that oc-
curred on October 12th.. Bice •told
the court that he was proceeding
south on No. 2 highway driving a
horse and buggy, when a car driven
by Jones crashed into him from the
rear. He blamed the accident for
diabetes., heart, lung and kidney trou-
bles and injuries to his spine as well
as a general breakdown. He claimed
a lighted lantern was, on the buggy.—
Zurich Herald.
Mr. • Geo. McDonald Has Sudden Call.
Goderich friends were startled by
the news of the sudden death on Tues-
day of Mr. George McDonald, former
proprietor of the restaurant now
known as Crich's restaurant. Mr.
McDonald, we understand, was at his
home at Bluevale at the time and
was in conversation standing beside
a car at the time he was seized by a
heart attack. elVluch sympathy is felt
with Mrs. •McDonald and her daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret Wilson, and the
deceased's two sons. —Goderich Star.
Survey is Planned for Auxiliary
Class. •
Action has been taken by the pub-
lic school board to 'halve a survey of
Goderich public schools trade by Dr.
Amass, of the Department of Educa-
tion, in April and May to determine
the number of pupils who should be
placed in a special class for instruc-
tion. This was decided on by the Pub-
lic School Board at its April meeting
on Monday evening in Victoria schoo.
The Board also decided not to take
action with reference to the appoint-
ment of a 'musical instructor.—Gode-
rich Star. -
ZURICH
Intended for last week •
Hay Council Meeting.—The regu-
lar monthly meeting of •tiheeouncil of
the Township of Hay was' held in the
town hall, Zurich, on Monday, April
4th, with all the .mienvbers present.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were adopted- as read. A commtinica-
titon from the 'Department of High—
ways showing that the :swbsidy to be
allowed on tihe expenditures on town-
ship roads r in 1901 amounted to
$2,719.36. A number of other com-
munications were ordered 'filed. The
"Instrurctions to Township Road Com-
missioners," a copy of which is at-
tached, was approved ber the council
and the Clerk ordered to forward a
copy thereof to ^ace Road Com`mis-
sioner and include same in the min-
utes. The Hollowing resolutions were
passed: That Bylaw No. 6, 1932, con-
fia-ming the appointtnents of Rad
Oo'mimlissioners for the various road
divisions for 1932 be read three theee
and finally passed, with the name of
Adelbert'Sm•ith replacing the name Of
Simon Hofi'man• en Road Division NO.
8 (a) Who ietigi'ied, That Bylaw leo.
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Township lloq�tl
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ser... TliiM ae...
enftis pn 't',q'VA''d*,
and general ae-
per voudlie 's.,
dantin, pay bat,.
oa. G, $6,134,' ` :ilfil1 r, pay Busy,
,load $, $5k49; i. 1,I�gi]Finan, pay licit,
Road a., $5.46. ,S *Iv pay list, Rand
2; $2- A Mous'segrie pay list, Road 4,
p$fh.oneTeephttopn)estjAenagnrytsto—(BeFebll ruTae
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$65.52; Srom' ergdQarlson
Tel. elf
Co., material, $113.26; 'Northern El
trie 'Co,, material,' $10'&.87; Econo
oral Fire Insurance . Co.," inseeep
17.20; Zurich 'Centaa•1,• ;wit ,ting fo
weeks, $64; P. Mesaac, salary;..
labor account; $506,40; L. Sehil'be
Son, ''coal, central -;office; $20.44; H.
Hess labor, etc., $90.67 GGeneral.
counts $1912. Edigh'offer, salary ,an
postage, assessor, . $123;',14; F. E
Ducharme, School Attendance Office
fees, $2.7'5; 'bala'nce: school money fo 1931, $6992.29. The council
journed to meet again on Monda
May 2nd, at 1.30 o'clock in the afte
noon.—%A. F. ''Hess, Clerk.
Instructions to Road Commission
ers, Township of Hay. — Townshi
Road 'Commissioners 'are responsilbl
to the Township Road Superintenden
and the Superintendent is responsibl
to the council, -:for carrying out th
work of maintaining the townshi
roads. The fallow+ifng rules -and regu
lations should be strictly .adhered to
•1. +Commissioners' should.co-operat
fully with the Township Road Sup
erintendent and the township council.
Before work of anersespecial or ex-
pensive nature is undertaken, •per-
mission for doing the work should be
obtained from the Township Road.
Superintendent. When holes or bad
spots appear in the roadway the Com-
missioner should immediately have
same repaired before any damage or
accident occurs. When the toad needs
dragging the 'Commissioner "should
arrange to . hav'e this done. The best
time for dragging is after a rain or
after the frost is out of the ground.
.27—Commissioners should give each
ratepayer in their respective divisions
a fair Orionhiof the road Work. The
amounts to; .be earned by each rate-
payer can be obtained by dividing
the prant•into;such portions that will
give each •ratepayer a chanceto earn
the amount asisessed' against their
land for the township road rate. • If
the giant is: larger than this, each
ratepayer should' be allowed to earn
a proportionate share .of the surplus.
3. Only the best of material obtain-
able should' be used on the.road. Do
not allow any quicksand or inferior
quality of gravel to_be_pleeed on -th.
road. It costs the same money , to
haul good•gravel as poor stuff. 4.
Keep all drains and autletS affecting
the road in good condition, especial]
in the spring and the fall, Do not
change any, watercourse or make new
drains without the permission •of the
Superintendent.. '5.. .:See that all nox-
ious weeds growing on the roadside
are cut down and destroyed at the
proper time. Do not allow weeds to
go to seed. 6. Take good care of
any road machinery in•your charge.
See that same is repaired wh'en'"iieed-
ed and that the bearings are well oil-
ed 'before using. 7. Do not employ
help outside your division when same
can be obtained in your own' division.
8. Do not spend more money in your
division than- the amount of your
grant. An estimate is made each
year of •money needed for road im-
provement•and the rates are fixed to
provide this amount. If the money
spent is more than the . grant the
township finances will show a deficit
at the end of the year. The grant
made to your division includes the
cost of gravel and material. 9. Keep
a correct account of.the time of each
man and team, or man only, employ-
ed. Time books are supplied free of
charge and can be obtained; at the
office of the Township Clerkfl Pay
lists are also' supplied to each Com-
missioner arid should be presented 24
hours before the council meets so that
a check of same can be made. Pay
lists should be presented monthly.
10. Rata of pay for the year 19'32:
Man and team, 40c per hoar; com-
missioner and team, 40c per hour;
pian only, 20'c per hour„ commission-
er only, 25c per hour; three horses
and man,. dragging and grading, 50e
per 'hour; 1'Sc per hour for use of
mower cutting weeds; snow* roads
work on snow roads will not be paid
for unless done with the consent of
the Road Superintendent. All per-
sons drawing gravel shall use wagon
box 15 inch sides and ends over and
above the bottom of the box. Isstfed'
and approved by grder of the 'Coun-
cil of the Township of Hay.
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STAFFA
Intended for last week.
The Staffa baseball boys held their
annual meeting on Saturday evening.
The •officers of the previous year
were re-elected. The boys are ready
for the fine weather and Nape to
continue to hold the 'cup this coming
year.
Mrs. David Bruce returned to her
home after spending. a couple of
Months with her daughter, Mrs.
Jackson, of Windsor.
Mr. and Mrs. George Tuflin and
family accompanied by Mrs. McGill
andfamily, visited with friends in
Stratford.
lMr. and Mrs, A. W. Norris made a
business trip to London.
The Young People's Society of the
United Church held its regular meet-
ing featuie by a debate, "Resolved,
that country people have more ad•
vantages than city people." The neg-
ative side won by one point. A social'
hour was spent and lunch was serv-
ed.
Mrs. Archie Miller and son George,
are spending a few days with friends
in Stratford.
Isolation Hospitals
Our older readers may recall the
time when they used to hold their
breath in passing a house 'which was
placarded for a communieable dis-
ease. They may also remember that
isolation hospitals were built away
from the residential area, .and that
the smallpox hoepital was eegarded
as a pest house.. r -
:That attitude can be understood
wheal we realize that, in _the least,' it
was generally believed that the coin -
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GRIBEIRIPLeaRlielleilliteMeeeleiM
Mr. Merchant, the tithe has come fee
you to prepare. for the heavy Sl l a
mer business that is sure to be yours'
. for you to see that you have
plenty of counter check books . .
" plenty of statements . . . plenty
of letterheads, envelopes - . . . in
fact, Mr. Merchant, the time has `
come to see that all ygur printing
is in order and ready for the' work it
will be called upon 'to do.
For over seventy,..years we have
been helping merchants with their
every printing problem : " Phone us
at 41 and take advantage of this ser-
vice
. . let us submit prices and
samples.. _.
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THE HURON EXPOSIT(DR
McLean Bros., Publishers
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Established in 1860 at Seaf orth, Ontario.
m•unieable diseases were air -borne. It
was during the same period also that
sewer -gas was -considered to be a ser-
ious menace and was regarded as the
cause of many ills.
• We know now that disease is not
air -borne, and we know too that the
germs of disease are usually spread
in 'a, fairly direct manner from the
sick to the *ell, or 'by the tr nsfer •
enee of fresh, germ laden secretions.
The sick are isolated in order• to set
up a 'barrier• which will prevent ,con-
tact of the sick with the well, and so
stop any chance of the transfer- of
secretions.
Isolation hospitals ,are required be-
cause in many homes ,it is not pos-
sible to isolate the case. To begin
with, the home may be overcrowded
and so a separate room is not avail.
able. The case of communicable dis-
ease requires nursing care, and the
mother who has other children to
look after cannot give her whole t2me
to the case: If the case is a serious
one, then the treatment facilities of
a hospital are required as they are
in any serious illness.
The community which has aft isola-
tion 'hospital has something for whicn
to be thankful. Sudh an institution
is a treatment facility which aids irl
protecting the whole community and
which provides hospital. care for those
who, for one reason or another, res
quire i't.
It has only been comparatively re-
cently that the public have looked
favorably upon hospitals. They used
to be regarded as places which were
to be avoided at all costs. Now they
are recognized for their true wortn
as life saving institutions. To a cer-
tain extent, the old view still persists
with regard to isolation hospitals, and
many parents hesitate to commit their
children to the care of these institu-
tions.
The isolation hospital differs from
other hospitals only in that it limits
its admissions to cases of communi-
cable aisease. The facilities for
treatment and tee care given to pat-
ients are of just as high an order as
in other hospitals"
'W'e are now coming to the time
when isolation hospitals will net be
built away from the community, but
will form part of the general hospi-
tal. There is no danger in an isola-
tion hospital. Itis one of the safest
places in the world, because the nec-
essary precaution's are taken there to
prevent the spread of disease germs.
Why Cosgrave is Out
And De Valera is In
There is no chance whatever that
in writing about the situation in' Ire-
land, we shall be imperiling our rar-
est gift, which is to make some read
ers prettsb,, road. Nevertheless our
absence of bias in the matter is noe
short of m'agnifi'cent" If Ireland wish-
es to be alhsolately indep'endegt, then
we say let her be independent. If
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England does not wish to permit an-
other foreign notion to spring up at
her back door, .then we say let Eng-
land not permit, this. Could anything
be fairer? Nothing that we are cap-
able 'of. Oux purpose now is to re-
port what Stephen Gwynn has to say
about the events following the set-
ting up of the Free State. Mr. Gwynn
is a distinguished writer, an adopted
resident of Ireland and a former Na-
tionalist memlber of Parliament. He
appears to discuss the question in
Current History in a dispassionate
manner, pointing out . the good work
of the Cosgave •Government and the
dubious character of de Valera witn
great impartiality. Perhaps we might
say here that we think no less of de
Valera because his father was a Spar1-
iard. The new President was' raised
in Ireland from his infancy and we
do not doubt is as good and typical
an Ireefiieleolitician as is to be found
anywhere.
Of Cosgrave, Mr. Gwynn says: "He
has kept together a team of young
men' who have established order
where they found anarchy; who
have so governed that Ireland's na-
tional credit in its own •small meas-
ure stands equal with Great Bri-
tain's, and that unemployment is
relatively lower than that of any
other European country." Neverthe-
less the government was not popular,
a fact attested by the election whieh
was held after Mr. Gwynn wrote.
Qne of its handicaps was that only
two 'meipibers of this government
were widely known when they took
office. They were Desmond Fitz-
gerald, chief of propaganda of the
Sinn Fein movement, and Richard
Mulcahy, formerly chief of staff of
the Republican army. Griffith was
gone. The heroic Mike Collins had
been assassinated, and Kevin O'Hig-
gins, one of Cosgrave's ministers, al-
so fell by a murder's hand five years
ago. Despite all its unusual ability,
and .perhaps there was not an abler
national government anywhere in the
world, it was° not thrilling. All the
glamor was with de Valera who, ac-
cording to Mr. Gwynn, "'has certain-
ly conferred no benefit on Ireland
since the treaty estalblishing the Ir-
ish Free State was signed in 1921,
and who was chiefly responsible for
plunging 'Ireland in , civil was ten
years ago."
In those years Mr. le Valera has
contrived to keep :himself heroic and
true to the romantic tradition of the
E+mmets and the Tones... On the other
hand the Government has had to de
a lot of hard unpleasant work. Its
earlier work had to be done in an
atmosphere of civil war which con-
tinued to rage between 'Irishtmen who
had united to oppose England. The
government had one advantage :
there was no opposition. There were
a few Protestant (business men and
Labor' memlbers in the' Dail, but the
de Valera followers refused to take
the oath and therefore did not corn
tiifbu'te to the pro'ce'edings. But this
lad its disadvantages too. Peprived of
• i r to ti•
r necessary criticism Cosgrave's minis-
ter•s tended to be autocratic, for they •
were nearly all extremely clever
young men, impatient of inertia, and
stupidity; and fired with enthusiasm
I for their task. Thus they -were bad
t politicians. But they did wore that
i only a kind of Mussolini -like effici-
ency and hardheadedness could have
accomplished. It would not be unjust
to say that they accomplished more
for Ireland than had been accomplish-
, ed iby Parnell or since Parvenell.
Cosgrave's high-handedness is also
'seen 'in the record of military execu-
tions -77 Irish Republicans shot as
political offenders. This surpassed
anything England had done and bred
bitterness. The growing unpopularity
of this Government was revealed in
the elections of 1927 when it won
only 44 seats in a house of 153. It"
was shortly after this election that
O'Higgins *as assassinated. The
crime was denounced by all political
parties, but undoubtedly the murder-
ers were known and protected by
those who sought ,to benefit by the
crime. This led to new and 'more rig-
orous laws 'being passed to put down
the Republican army and to another
act which forbade the election of any
candidate who did not express his
willingness to take the prescribed
oath. At this de Valera, faced with
the proipect of being urnalble to ex-
ercise any influence in the Dail, cap-
itulated, saying that he did not at-
tach any importance to an oath thus
obtained. Since then he and his fol-
lowers, who constitute the Fianna
Fail party, has worked in the House,
a second election having considerably
reduced their strength.
But the existence of the Govern-
ment was .precarious and in 193 Oit
was defeated by two votes., on an
issue arising out of old age pensions.
Cosgrave resigned and de Valera was
proposed. But Labor refused to sup-
port him on the ground tha'tnhe did
not explicitly acknowledge the
authority of parliament and thus
might endanger he foundations of
the state. So Cosgrave was returned
and held his position until the elec-
tion of a few weeks ago, depending
largely ori the support of Labor. But
as time went on the old debellious
spirit of the people manifested itself
in the revival of the Irish Republican
army and more assassinations. In this
crisis the Catholic bishops intervened;
denouncing secret societies and calling
young men out of them. ' The re-
sponse was surprising, and this .
danger 'passed for the moment. But
the strength of the Opposition pre-
vented the last five years of the Cos-
grovie Government from !being as •
striking as the first •five. The de-
pressioq,,,also struck Ireland, though
perhaps less severely than Most other
countries, The real failure of Obs -
grave in Mr. Gwynn's opinion was
that he made no gestures of defiance
toward England and since'these'°gea-
tures retain, mrost of their oldpopa
latrine the subsegnezlt su'c'cess • ;"
de Valera is adequately explained':
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