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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-05-01, Page 7Slashing Attack I'Ingllsh-spea1t1 g Muds and French minds, The English -speakers believe hat 8avhlg common cense wore the act affronted, would bring about cou- eltatlon, even 1f, as now, there wore to formal compact to consult, Ilut a this, as iu a thousand other con - resting ways—social and literary as veil s political --French logic demands he rule, the regulation, and the pro. .ocol.. The Japanese are equally important, and have one of the greatest important - Hies of wise sto.tesmanship, In the course of their marvellous develop- ment they have brought a unique hind of fresh and continuous study to the English-speaking world. They understand 1t better than 1116 French ever will—with the exception of a few brilliant aucl beloved French friends, such as are known to all of us, W110 111100 a genuine thought amused afro - lion for Britain or Amerlca, or bath, Japan, like Italy, does not, and can- not, want 'to force up naval expellees. ladle deepest students of America and Ilritain lame' that. in the Buglisln- speaking world as a whole there is more respect and lilting for then( than ever there was before, Why should a nation 00 progressiva Clad discern- ing, force the United States to build more than the American peop10 at present desire'! For Japan any agree- ment in the general spirit of the Washington Conference to far better than nu no agreement, The greatest tring to he secured, whether in the (ontereace or out of 1t, is the Anglo-American 00 Ilement. lo all constructivo hopes and Plane for the world's peace, that 10 the key- stmmu of the nreb. Pull It out Rad the rest eollapncs. livery thorough student of interuaUoal affairs is well aware that amongst many minds in Flt least three continents --not exclud- ing South America --speculation on eventual Anglo -America discord is an nnconfessed lint most obstinate and pernicious influence against disarma- ment, Talk like 1\1r. Churchill's nourishes that evil thought. Until it is eradicated and extirpated—until the lingering conjecture that the two English-speaking Powere may yet be divided is absolutely given up—the best atmosphere required tor the Pro- gress of a nc w world spirit under President Hoover's leadership will not exist. The Conference, whatever else hap. Pens, will have done much to create that atmosphere, The sequel must be made to ensure it even ff the rigidity of the French program 01nou1d compel this country to build more cruisers and destroyers than we had hitherto imagined. Even in that event, which would release us front all diplomatic entanglements in Eur- ope, fall melons of friendly ndjost- meut between the American Gove'n- meit and the Labor Government world be found, At the Alorayeldre dinner Alt, 3tinlsonr paid a generous tribute to the Primo 1tnlstor, whose patience, courtesy, and dignity have never failed, If the Conference 00808, in spite of all, to a Five -Power Agreement, which will be a real service is Disarmament and to confidence in Peace, very well and very good. For our part we would rather have an honest brealt- ull than a false sures, If nominal failure ellould be he end of it, we 811011 show at once how the main cause on which the whole world's hope depends can he and will be saved on lines equally bold and intake'. Meanwhile, it Iran been our Wetness to tell America why Mr, Churchill's attack on the British Government at this jencture is condemned by live - sixths of the British people, It was this spirit that helped largely to damn the late Conservative regime at the polls, if the 1888Man has not been learned it will be revealed with addl- tiolle,—Montreal Standard. On Churchill 'i> By 3, L. GARVIN While the Naval Cohferenee ie 01111 hitting la London, and while there are things of supreme importance to he saved, with it or without it, a fore- most British at at 031)10)) has allowed 71lmselt to make a speech 10111011 is of the deepest public disservice iu every way, but especially mlechlevous in the tone of ire referelce8 to 'Anglo - 'American rotations. It is an unavoid- able necessity to repudiate Get speech in the name of at least five' Sixths of the 11ritleh people, We write these words, and what follows ,with the greatest Possible re- luclauce and regret, Few public 011181] FIFO Personally so attractive to us as Ala Churchill, Wo 3111ve often given him generous support, and nest staunchly at times when his Mende ware hard to seek. IIe 18 111 1110 Silty (sixth year, and will be sixty within those few years more which will pass Bite a breath, We had hoped that in present public, circumstances be would play, both in Parliament and the 0)0unlry, a still greater part as an eloquent and intellectual statesman. Those hopes have so fax been (Heap - whited. Just now something is go- ring wrong with his splendid 1108011. The Prime Minister is conducting tiro naval negotiations in the name of the country and the Empire. What - 0001' else happens at St, ,lames's, ;11r. Ramsar 11aeleoiaid will win golden 'opinions for his memorable services to the all-Inipo•tan1 cause Of enduring 'Anglo-American settlement, Yet at this delicate and critical moment, Mr. Churchill addressed a meeting and permitted 1110108 f to attack the Gov. 1 o ermined. and to challenge the whole ambit on o-hth Anglo-American Mend- able anti co-operation depend, Firstly, the orator suggested that amongst all the delegations, British Ministers were notably exhibithlg t11010001000 as egme0able and shunting persons, feebly eutreuderingI3)1115h interests at every step and to everyone. In this state- medt there is not 0 particle or r'e0e8- Iblance to the' recta, whether as re- gards the Prime 1(1inlster i 1100)0lf, or A11 Alexander, the -First Lord of the Admholty, or any one of their col - (league. It was i1i•. MacDonald who said „Tito Navy Is us." Let us work this out. "The Simple ds desirable," said Pascal, "but the simple 13 30 blur(." Like others, we have desired the slmpliolly of a come Plate Five -Power agreement, We have neer been over -sanguine that this particular idea would he realized in et.any honest and offeetieal manner. An- ticipalieg the position taken up by Preece, we have shown how the logi- cal ogocal persalt of armed Security by one nationinvolves all neighboring nu - ter -armaments and Increasing insecur- tions in the choice between 11111 coma ity. The twentieth century is get- ting oe, In the end Franco must disarm or 0001000y must rearm, The present contrast between them is more unnatural than anything ever 'seen before in the world The great German race, bound to become nearly twice ns numerous as their Western neighbors, while second to none In brains and fibre, cannot for over ace rept a Gallic siuxorainty in arms which France by herself 1101'01' could have established, Sihe oyes her practical 'ascendency to the ex -Allies and the ex -Allies and the ex -Associate who now ask her to concede something to them, °a Though every year that passes will strengthen the plea, as Ve'ORilles re- icedes and French diplomatic comec- tlous weaken, this argument by itself is not likely to be of much present avail at St. Jamp's. What then? It is suggested that If the "Never, Never Pact" against war were supplement- ed by agreomeot amongst the signa- tories to consult under American ans. hires M case of violation or serious menace, Grange would face aollle're- (Metiot of her present bristling pro- gram. "It Ifs and adds , ." What kind of agreement to consult? How much French reduction In return? These questions ought to be (rankly Pat and answered to clear up the psychological situation and complete the efforts of the delegation to un- derstand each other's positions wheth• er the positions prove reconcilable or not, Britain is really of, course, for any extent of consultation when peace is threatened or even locally ruptured. The United States 80010 to 118 to have a great moral opportmuity ,involving no practical ennharras0ments or e1- tanglemeats. This has been shown with his usual sagacity nod lucidity by Chief Justice Ilug9hes. For the Pact is rho basis. It Implies every hind of radiation h,nt prohibits re- sort to violence. Consultation would ensure the largest possible number of neutrals, Pad compel delay—just the conditions that were lacking when the wild, blind 010eep to doom surged on- wards in the last week of July, 1914. can President Hoover cont enlplale fuze entry of the Veiled Slates 11(10 such a guarded agreement to cols11] without any iucre1sed obligation to act? it is the Idea of "co-operation without entanglement' that we have urged often during the last seven years. It would be wonderfully worth while to moot the idea and to ask what Franco would give in the way of reduced tonnage were such an ar- rangement pos01b10. In business, non committal discussions beginning with "If and if" are frequent, and us- ually cled9' the air, The method mo110ralea temper. There Is, of course, it profound differ- ence of mental approach, betn'eee Roads on the Brain Loudon Daily Telegraph: (Cons.): Mr, Lloyd George still has roads on the brain, He sees road traffic de- veloping until every by -road becomes a seeendary road and every second- ary roam a broad and spacious high- way. The railways 11e treats as a bock number, their development al- ready stationary. He still abides by his election pilacea,—unlimited mil- lions for endless roads, It is time that the also mentioned afforestation ---which for halt a century ]las been the refuge of the gravelled statesman —canals and the 11130; but first and last on the Liberal program le roads. r A Family Canada Can Well be Proud of H. W. PHELAN OF TORONTO AND FAMILY WINTER IN HOLLYWOOD, FLA. HappY group here shows (left to right): Dow Phelan, I3, W. Phelan, Mrs, DArcy Coulson, Ottawa; Lorraine Phelan, Marion Coulson, Dolly Regan, Ottawa, and Adele Phelan. France Alarmed By Birth Rate Figures of Neighboring Coun- tries Provide Striking Comparison Pails --The race between the stork 011 the reaper again monopolizes front o t page space in the Parietal' press, The newly-pubhishod census figures for 1929 reveal that Prance 10 in the dilemma of a constantly falling birth- rate a decrease of marriage and an increasing death tato while surround. ed by neighboring count7ies__Ger- niany, Italy, Spain --all. of whom re• g101008d tremendous 1110rease0 of pop- ulation In rho past twelve mouths, France Is becoming aitu'med at these llgmree, According to the 0111- 011)1 figures of the National Alliance for the Increase of French Population, deaths exceeded births in 1929 'by 12,- a64, 2,504, and It ie estimated that unless something is clone to check the ac- rentuaibig tendency et 1000111 years Franco In a few years time will be snbjeeted to an tented loss of 18(10' lation of 2,tear000 of Imre, 'I'i)o situation thus hag become so sericite, as to make thinking French- men open a cry for a 'birthrate pol- icy" on the part of the government. One reason for title lies in the Franco - 110110u 011'01y. Mussolini has al- ready lnaugo rte( 0 birthrate po11cY and the e0110114 returns show that f1 is wohmg-10 the extent of Mord- rode of thousands additional births per year, The Natat1al Alliance report reads: "In 1929 Italy increased Its p011010tion by 375,000, Germany grew by 350,000 10 habitants, Spain themes - ea to the extent of 200,000. We are being overwhelmed be 000 neighbors. France is really faced with a profound- ly serious problem, It Is agent time that those it power Inaugurated a real policy of births w11h the Idea of increasing the size of the average family by making I! easier to earn a living. ,-hong breath after a night out has melted many a home." _1 well-known actor says he 1; leech- ing his children le dunce. A stepfather to them!. Anglo-French Co-operation "Augur" in the Fortnightly (Lon- don); London); The experience of ages past and of our own time down to the present day shows that British intervention in European effldr0 11ev01' has been so profitable to the cause of peace and so productive of positive 0e513110 ,as when exorcised in agreement wi11h our geo- graphical neighbor, France. On the whole, 100 prefer the Germans, but un- til now Anglo-0001min cctoperationthas neither been stable nor effective; gen- erally speaking, we 11110 the Prencih much leas than the Germans, but Anglo-French ententes (for there have been several) have always had excel- lent results for this country, and the last, no doubt, 'saved us from falling under 1110 economic, it not the phy01- cal, 11egeutonY of a Pressianized Em- pire in Berlin. "You must spend money to make money." ---John N. Willys. "The man who gives in when 11e knows he 10 right Is weak," says a novelist. Or, cf course, married! Western Canada Tightens Liquor Control Policy Defective Cars Cause Accidents Owners Should be Punished A,O,A, Suggests in Re- view of Subject Expressing the belief that detective British Columbia's 3 -Man Board Has Power to Fix Price of Wet Purchases Montreal, 1'.Q.—Drastic changes in the operation and enforcement of British Columbia's liquor policy was revealed by Attorney General R. H, Pooley in the Britt 111 Columbia Legis- lature The new amendments pro- vide for a three-man liquor hoard and tightening up of the present liquor net as follows: Tho board will do all 110 own liquor purchashtg. Up to the present all purchasing has gone through the gov- ernment's purchasing department. The hoard aisle is given power to fix liquor prices, which are fixed now by the 1000rnllnnht, Specified soldiers' clubs will be al- lowed to sell hoer to their memhens undo' strict rognlatiens designed to ph event Mange from obtaining beer in these est 1hh`sbments. This will legal- ize bee' sales now proceeding un- checked in many soldiers' clubs. Proprietary clubs, considered a lead- ing source of lllici1 ligno' sales, will he wiped out. The Manitoba system of padlock- ing bootlegging estabiishnlents le adopted to he enforced after a 000011(1 conviction for liquor sale within a year of the first conviction. Snell establishments may be completely elo00d for twelve months, whether they are dwellings or otherwise. Liquor advertising on billboards dodgers, leaflets and by similar means will be proldhlted after Januar,]' 1, 1931, Wine makers on a small scale, who cannot afford to hold their ]vine long enough to natere it p0prerly, will be allowed to sell it to the larger win. roam witch have adequate maturing, facilities. This is designed to main- tain the standard of P,ritish Columbia wines. New regulations are provided to pre- vent any persons from using another pergol s liquor permit to obtain liquor at government steres, Under the new regulations, any per- son under twenty-one Years 8110 makes application for a liquo' permit, or Is found without lawful excuse In a 11- eensod club or boor parlor will be guilty of an offense against the act. Another clause provides that when liquor is transported illegally the automobile, boat or other conveyance will be forfeited to the Crown. The now act goes into force at once. DARING OF FAITH cars are the cause of a largo number of accidents a suggestion is Horde by the A.O.A., in the current issue their bulletin, that a law should be passed penalizing those who are found driv- ing cars in this category. "Tire United States at times furnish us with some fairly good examples which we might do well to follow," the artile reacts. "As an instance, last year a number of the States adopted a measure stipulating that all aatomo- biles In operation must be kept In good running order, Severe penalties were attached to this law and with a clew to rigidly enforcing it a special force of police were organized recruited from men who were thoroughly fanpi- liar with cars and their inner work- ings, The eaglets that attempt to fly when flight seems hopelessly impossible soon find themselves lends of the blue. The man who, in the daring of faith, undertakes what he cannot perform, will soon astonish the world by per- forming 1t,—Dr. B0reham. ILLUSION One of the most important things in life is the illusion of the Import- altos of things which are not Import- ant.—Robert Lynd. Canadian News Briefs Winnipeg.—Rev, P. OlekeIw, rector of St. Vladenlr's and St. Olga's lik- raln!an Catholic Pro -Cathedral here, has accepted the pastorate of the Holy Ghost Church, Ilatnleon, Ont, Ho 10111 leave for the Peat on April 29. Winnlpeg.—Pollee are searching for a bandit with 11 sore head who at- tempted to rob St.. James' Grocery store, The pt'oprictor struck the gun- man with a two -pound can of tobacco as he fled from a insilade of merchan- dise. The bandit replied with two shots from a revolver ,just missing Mrs. James 'Wyllie, wife of 1110 store owner. The Pas, Man.—Geological survey of the nonmetallic deposits of North- ern ern Manitoba will be undertaken by the new mining breech of the Maui toga Government when the provinces 110500)0 control of rte natural re- sources. Meadow Lake, Sask.—James Ed- ward Dreams, veteran of the Nilo Ex- pedition in 1803, and first settler of this far Northern Saskatchewan dis- trict, is dead here. Crotherview, Sask.—Beside 8 (110 charged shotgun, the body of Sohn Di- lated, 45, lumber yard manager, was found recently. Ho had been ill for some time. Maniwalti, Que.—Twenty-flue roam - ere at the Central Hotel were driven outdoors In scanty night attire when fire was discovered in the attic of the structure. None were injured and the flames 10000 subdued after $500 dam - ago had been done. A defective chiur ney Is believed responsible. vin note I11u11, Que.—Leaving a saying he was tired of life, didn't have enough money to pay his room rent, and was going to jump 111 the river, Romeo Paquin disappeared from a local boarding house, The man had shown sleep despondency of late and acquaintances believe ho has carried out his threat of suicide. Police are investigating, Punish Offenders "Every offender found operating a car which was 10 some way defective ups tahmt before the courts and sum- marily punished. Porticular atten- tion was paid to motorists using cars with a steering wheel exhibiting too much May; 0 defective axle; n steer- ing rod in had order; bad brakes or brakes poorly adjusted; a defective speedometer, ere. Inn short, any fault 111 the ear which might be the cause of an accident was considered as an infraction of this new law and the owner was punished, «The ultimate result of this law teas that eventually the highways were purged of the rickety specimens of gas Wagons, a familiar sight on all roads, and w1(1011 are the cause of a good percentage of the accidents which occur. The inevitable protests with w111011 the law was greeted in some quarters at the start were rapid- ly changed to songs of praise as the public came to realize the wisdoms of the measure. "We ourselves (night well emulate our neighbors la drafting legislation along this line. The number of acci- dents registered last year for 10111011 defects in ears were the cause would undoubtedly represent a substantial figure. How many motorists ever take the trouble to have their ma- chines looked over by competent me - cheeks? Suggestion for Ontario "When can we expect our 0811 guw 0111010111 to emulate the example set by our neighbors end draft a law con- trolling the use of automobiles which are not hl good running order. Such a measure is undoubtedly on the pub- lic hltere01 and would be 80103111031 by all sane motorists. Surely am can never go too far in tite matter of legis- lation delegated to make our bleb. ways safer plum to drive on and 011y measure In this regard must re. Mee popular acclaim." "Education to -day Is not designed to teach the truth, but to spread pro- paganda."—Bertrand Russell, Canada's Remarkable Advance in Mineral Production MILLIONS Or D01 -LANs 300 VALUE OFCANADA'S MINERAL OUTPUT 1900'1929 250 nit SOLID OARS DENOTT Tfit SUCCESSION OF NEN 111611 - LEVELS IN THE ANNUAL MITE Of MINERAL PRODUCTION llrnr10; the i111tl}' 30.a0) einbtaced by lho p1101cd 1900-2D ituquslve, the annual value of Canada's mines produo• the) 110.11 on 110 fewer than sixteen different urc11,io113 stn ]tis=ed all prevl005 marks. While the effect of the tip - ward trend of prices nate] he Leave lulu auouul 04ect1)11y as regards the war period, this record is nevertheless a remarkable illustration of 2nsla1ncd growth ft s1uit118 the mining history as a foremost force In the march of Canadian dcvelopnlen1 during the tn,_ntioth (0)313))']'. Pert of disinterested help to be ao- Tho sheer lncreaee hr value --front loss Iliau $65,000,1100 in 1000 to well ov00 $300,000,000 111 1929-40 amply inn' corded by other countries, or rather preesive 11) itself, But the manlier In whichit has been allui110)1 Is no less notable, There Inas been a great by a consortium of countries; and it advance fu variety of output, At the opening of the etnno y y is quite Impossible for any country to gold mid coal were the only two large Items of surrender the smallest portion of its Canada's mineral productel, whereas the Doun'u1im1's Preecnl-day mining industry owes its magnitude not only armed citizens to Ole discretion of an. to coal 01131 gold, but to capper, nickel, lead, silver, zinc asbestos, and 10 short, to perhaps a wide a diversity or int.ernational body which will employ esources as any country affords to U1111111 onterprlse. — I them in quarrels not their own, - Ottawa.—Scrious injuries were suf- fered by Mrs. Catherine Rigby, 70, land her sister, Miss Mary McCarthy, 72, when they were knocked clown by an automobile at a street intersection here. Scalp wounds necessitated re- moval of both to hospital, where their conditions are reported os just fah', Edgar Decold, the car driver, was net held by police. Stratford, OM, — Bricks crashing through a blazing roof from a crump- led chimney into 1110 kitchen 101100e he lay sleeping, awakened Tom Park- er in his West 7o'ra home just in time to allow him to escape. He had bare- ly reached the outside when the en- tire roof collapsed. Fortunately Mrs. Parker and her four children were at a neighboring house at the time, Tho total cult of lumber on the crown lands of New Brunswick during the current season is 081101ated at the' equivalent of 212,000,000 feet, Prohibition Frank H. Slaw iu the English Re• view: The greatest tragedy of Prohi• hition in America is its effect 011 1110 immediate generation of adolescence,' the potential fathers and mothers of to -day and to -morrow, To them intoxi- cation is no vice whatsoever; and one trembles to think what the children -- 1f any are born—will be like! Unless the young men see visions the nailing dies! How can a brain muddled by synthetic alcohol see constructive 11010119 when its principal forms is to. ward the destruction of established law? Tho grotesque feature of it all is that in the wine -drinking and nom prohibition countries drunkenness is everywhere on the wane. Only in "dry" America is it increasing by leaps and bounds, and, side by side' with it, the terrible crines of violence of which we in Europe seldom hen'. The St. Lawrence Waterway R. C. IIawkin in the Contemporary (London): Who will pay for tills mighty enterprise? Mr. Hoover's` financial proposal was that the United States and Canada should constitute an International Board, with authority to issue waterway bonds guaranteed jointly by the United States and Can- ada. This would obviously place the; whole project under tha control of American financiers, and experience elsewhere indicates that under those conditions Canada would play a very, secondary part. The alternative plad would be to recognize frankly that not only Canada, but Great Britain, Is deeply Interested in the scheme. Eng.; land and Canada, acting together,' need not ask assistance from New; York bankers, They can find 50 per, cent, of the money required, so that/ the project would be on 0 fifty-fifty basis, Security and Sanctions Sisley Huddleston in the New, Statesman (London): In practice, 110 nation believes it tide rubbish of mu- tual assistance, of security and sanc- tions; ane- i n ' 1 quite impossible for any toe it s P q country to place its faith in the pima-