The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-09-01, Page 6<L-
Cecil and Reading
Review the World
Two pf Briteun’s Statesmen
Discuss the League,
Russia, East and
r! West
(By Herman Bernstein.)
War and peace, Soviet Russia, the
League o£; Nations, aha atiiitude of
Europe toward America, and the ,
prospect of a conflict between the East
and the Wert were discussed by Lord
Robert Cecil and Lord Reading in
interviews I had with them during a
recent visit in London.
♦■Thera are still centres of dis
turbances in the world,” said Lord
Robert Cecil, Great Britain’s repre
sentative in the League of Nations.
"But it is evident that progress has
bean made since the end of the World
War. Slow progress, <bu>t progress
nevertheless.
"The danger of war4 lies in fear
and in excessive nationalism. And
as some’ countries Are recovering
economically from -the convulsion of,
the war, they are indulging in exces
sive nationalism.
"There are three currents in Eur
ope, I might say in the world. Per
haps they. always existed, but they^ ,
are more accentuated to-day. First,
the currant of nationalism.—of auto- .
cracy, of bureaucracy; second, the .
current of revolution, and, third, the
current of world progress, of order.-
The last cf these is best typified in.
England, whero ell parties and fac
tions beXave in progress and order.
• You can place the various countries'
into these three categories without
difficulty.
STRENGTH OF THE LEAGUE.
"The League of Nations is now
recognized. It is an international
f!g,ct. We do net have to explain -any,
longer what it is. It has already
done much for the restoration, of
peace, or of what you Americans call
'normality.
‘The healthiest sign about the
League is that, whatever the policies
of the various nations may be, when
their representatives come together
in the League they undoubtedly mani
fest a grrntae desire for peace, for
eo-opeT,at’i'n. The recent economic
conference an Geneva was another
healthy and hopeful sign in. the direc
tion of better understanding among
nations.
"We have already made some prog
ress along the lines of disarmament,
and with more luck we expect to ac
complish much more in the near fu
ture. . It is fear more than greed that
stands in the way of disarmament.
But we must make a real start, and
such a start will pave the way for
more rapid progress in disarmament,
because it will allay this fear,”
Concerning Bolshevism, Lord Rob
ert said: "In her tenth year/ we find
Soviet Rur-s.’a in a complete economic
collapoe. Her pollteal collapse is- not
quite complete. And yet I would1 wel
come Soviet Russia in the League of
Nations to-day, even after the rupture
of commercial and diplomatic rela
tions between England and' Russia.
If I were a Russian I would consider'
tho entry into the League a-s one of
the wisest and host step® for Russia.
From the viewpoint of Soviet Russia,
- the League would be the most effec
tive medium whore she could express
herself among the -family of nations.
This would also be helpful in restor
ing peace in ths world.
"Briiiata’s recent break with Soviet
Russia will not lead to any serious
complications. It certainly will not
lead to war. There are no signs that
any of the smaller States will be
drawn i-nto a conflict with Russia—
and we want no war with Russia.
“Russia will recover in the same
proportion as she abandons the origi
nal program of communism, and she
will fail in the same proportion as
she adheres to the original commun
istic program. Russia da the only
country in the world today that
wants revolution ih other lands.”
“Do you believe there is danger of
a conflict botween the two civiliza
tions, that of the East and of the
West, in the near future?”
"There is no danger of any such
war,” replied Lord Robert. "The in
terests of China and the interests, of
India, for instance, are not-identical.
China is as unlike India as India is
unlike Europe. There is no unity of
interests in the. East. And there are
no signs of any danger of war.”
EUROPE DOESN’T HATE U.S.
One frequently hears that Europa
"hates” the United States. Lord
Robert C'ecil denies that such is the
ease.
“Do you believe any of the stories
about Europe’s hate for the United
States,” he said. "There is no truth
In them. I remember I was told by
many people some time ago that Eng
land Was most hated in the United
States. I doubted it andTsaid frankly
that I didn’t believe it. Later, I con
vinced myself that I was right and
my informants were wrong. It was
tfaahipnable for a time to attack Eng
land an paragraphs in the0 American
press, but it Was a short-lived f ad,
Now it is fashionable to write ih Am-
erica about Europe’s hatred for the
United States, That is also a pass
ing fad.’ It is unwise to take it seri
ously. For thebe as nd truth in these
stories. At any rate, I can assure
you that there la not the slightest
basis of fact te any statement that
'tho United State* is disliked Im Eng
land.” • -
Soviet Russia,, the
s, aha atiiitude of
Rogarding Germany, Lord Robert
s-aidi:
“Tho prenont German GoYornment ‘
is sinwrely oo-opex’at'gig with au$ for 1
peace- It is puiviuirg c. correct policy;
and is very helpful, I fit-el ccrtaiun;
that there will be no cpmplicatior? as’
result of Germany's attltij.'.o to i
Soviet Rueria.” 1
Lord Reading, the former Viceroy;
of India., answering a quiiptton as to 4
How he viewed tho world thirteen
years after tho outbreak of war, said:
"The longer the League of Nations
exists the better are the op'poi’tvni-
ties for mutual understanding among
the nations, and the slimmer the
chances for war. I a> not mean par-
bicularly this league, I mean any
league in which nations discuss their
disputes in conference, I believe that
considerable progress has already
b'Mjn m-adte toward such better under
standing since the end of the World
War. It has been slow progress, it
is true, but perhaps this slow pro
gress ds more useful than more ener
getic activities would have been,
“I can readily un:der3ta*nd. France.
There are some ^people in America and
here who are inclined to criticize the
French ipolicy. But we should realize
that the position of Franca is quite
different from ours’. She cannot feel
-at case unless she is absolutely con
vinced that no danger is threatening
her. And sha must be convinced by
actualities, not merely by treaties.
And then she has to accustom herself
to her new conditions.”
Lord Reading was asked whether
he regarded* Fascism as a menace to
peace.
“I will not criticize any other Govr
emments,” he replied, "But I can
assure you that here Fascism 13 im
possible, Tho British aro a politically
minded people, law-abiding, orderly.
They have a sense of respect for the
law, which has been developed as a
result of centuries of orderly govern
ment. The general strike here show
ed conclusively tho temper of the
people cf England. I venture to think
that in no other country could ' such
an event have ended as peacefully as
it has in England. Not even in tho
United States. Men and women v/ero
Working for orderliness, and union
leaders also exerted a tremendous in
fluence, so that the situation did! not
become uncontrollable at any time.
EAST VS. WEST.
Regarding the prospects of a clash
between the civilization of the East
and of the West, Lord Reading said!:
"I do not agree with those who be
lieve that a clash between the East
and the West is coming. First of all,
it is impossible to -speak of the East
as a unit. There aro so many factions
there, so many conflicting interests,
that the East could not unite for war
against the West, Take India, for
instance. The factions thero are numr-
erous, the. differences ‘between the
Hindus and the Moslems aro serious.
In China, too, thero are various fac-
, tionis that could hardly be unified.
Certainly, I foresas no such wa-r in
the near future. v Again, I say, the
. longer the League of Nations: accus
toms people to settling international
disputes in conference, the more
mote the danger of new wars.”
Lord Reading then outlined
views concerning the severance of
lations with Soviet Russaa. "
"I believe that the Government of
Great Britain was fully justified by-
the facts to have taken the'step with
regard to Soviet Russia, The Gov
ernment found enough in the Arcos
raid to justify the break.oBut it was
not wise to go to the full extent of
breaking completely with Russia. It
is true that the documen stought by
the Government was not found in the
Arcos B'Uiilding. It was as if a police
man, believing that a stolen article
was in a certain house, broke into
tho house and did not find it there,
but instead found a murdered woman.
"The question is, Should he disre
gard the murdered woman because he,
didn’t find the stolen article for which
he was searching? The British Gov
ernment found in the Aroce raid
something worse than the stolen docu
ment. And yet I believe, that it was
unwise to sever diplomatic relations
with Russia. We have known all
along that Soviet Russia had. been,
violating her -agreement with us. We
have known it for years. We should
have abrogated the Commercial treaty
under which Soviet Russia enjoyed
hero special privileges, but we should
have continued diplomatic relations,
"Nothing is gained by breaking
with Soviet Russia completely, and it
may prove very dangerous because it
hard to foretell the consequences
the step.
of India, answering a question as to 4
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Plans Survey Flight Over South Pole
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Of the old Modal T, 'Mr. Ford
spoke fondly.
"It was the old Mode], T that gave,
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COMMANDER BYRD TO
Th® igap above shows the vast Ant-1
arctic continent which Commander
Richard.Byrd plans to explore, start-’
Ing Ln September. The map also in,di-,
cates the routes followed by the only
Small SaJimon Pack Expect*
ed in West
Victoria, B.C.—British Columbia’s
annual ealmon pack, which broke all
records last year, will show a big
drop in volume this season, canners
believe. They base their expectation
onthe small catohi of fish so far at
pointe all along the .coast of the pro
vince Unless the run of fall fish
NEARLY NINE MONTHS IM ICE-GIRT ANTARCTIC> SPEND
two expeditions ‘which have thus far
reached, the South Pole—those of
Capt. Robert ’ Scott and Capt. Roald
Amundsen. At the UPPER LEFT Is
a photograph of Byrd; UPPER
shows a decided gain over the summer
run, operators at many points will lose,
money, \
Reports received here, from* Alaska
Indicate that the same light run is af
fecting fisheries there, with the results
that the entire north Pacific coast
may produce one of the smallest sal
mon packs in recent years, ’It Is be
lieved the late season ‘delayed the
usual -arrival of the fish, but the light
Bottomlcy Out After Five
Years in Prison; Villagers
Welcome Home Form
er Editor
Louden—-The gate of Maidstone
Prloon swung wide for Horatio Bot
tom-ley, founder and former editor of
tbe London waeWy, John Bull, rorraor
Member of Parliament and violent - - ’ *
critir of the United States, who has
just completed five years of his seven.
years’ sentence- for the theft of the
funds of a Victory Loan bond club.
To avoid a demonstration planned
by many friends of the 67-year-old
prisoner on his release, the prison
authorities let him out some weeks
earlier than anticipated. He appear-1
ed in excellent hoalth and eager to try
to come back. According to hU
friends, his plans have been laid on
the scale of his old magnificence.
When Mr. Bottomley arrived atkhls]
home fit Dickor, near Eastbourne, by t
motor, he was greeted affectionately j
by his'wife, awd their, servants. Anj
ox-laborer on his farm who r.’as near-]
by \vhen he alighted from the auto-mo-j
bile, spread the news of the' return of}
Mr,* Bottoniley, who was' the Squire ■
of the vLUago, r"
Birthday Interview Giveo Data
of Wonderful History o£
Old Model T
NO ’'DOPE” ON NSW CAR
Interviewed w ihijq recent birthday,
' Mr. Ford refucod to dt’ucusa 'details
-. . .. . „ . . „ . ; a
, complete dfes^riptton of the machine
would ba onwunced,. in a. few wacks.
He said, however:
"It is one thing to build experi*
mental models in a laboratory a,wd
appther very different thing to retool
the biggest manufacturing plants in
ths world for production of the new
models-.
"We have taken ovir time to design
and bwiid this naw Ford car eq that
it will be just what agtad automobile
rhould -be in ihlis' day. We built 15,-
000,090 Model T cars in Isos than
nineteen years and we 'cocpoct to build.;
mute than 15,000,000 of the new cate
in- much less time. That may, /sound
ptr-ange, but' you must realize that
Chore are still parts of the w-orid^ '
where thero ape many families with-
io was' tne squire ■ automobiles, and there aya some.
The villagers lm-J parts of thia world where whole fa'rii’-
mediately 7«spended work*,-hung'flags have never aeon an automobile.”
from {.heir, houses and stood In groups,
about ’ the Bottomley' mansion. As.
the news spread, neighborhood “rub- _
berneck” wagons full of the curlouta us the plants ih which to build the.
began' to converge bn the ex-prisoner’s j new oars,” he said. "The old car built,
home ” j ihe oxperiepoe and earned the money'
Mr.' Bottoniley however, received! that made pho car possible. We
only a few callers. To one he said: v"111’ '"-j-* m -•
“It has been a terrible experience,
but I am so- certain pt my rehabilita
tion that I would not haye missed it.
-It has taught me much of life, I
never felt fitter."
The ex-editor has writen a book en
titled, “My Life as Convict Thirteen."
It Is ■understood' that he intends tak-}
ing up the publishing business again.!
Ho has received hundreds of invlta- j
lions to lecturo on his prison experi
ences as well as many offers to go on
the stage.
built '15.0(h),O&O Model T cars in much
loss than nineteen years.”
RECORD OF THE MODEL T. "
During the nineteen years of manu
facture, the’ Model T. paid salari?®
and wages to the total of $1,970,414#.
172.29, or an average of $10'0,CAO,900.
each year, ho estimated, jn addition, •
Ford dealers during that period ha vs
■paid salaries for service .employes
totaling $1,333,80-0,000 'and the same
dealers have paid to other employes,
ouch as salesmen and office workers,
a total of -$380,0&0,C'CO,
Authorized Ford repair shops and
service stations had paid snlaricc and
wages totaling $1,778,400,000.
This gave a total of $5,462,614,-
172,29 paid Ford employ. -7, Ford
dealer employes of authorized Ford
repair nnd service stations during the t -nr 1 1 m f<. •
L In addition, Ford officials have
within the thirty- estimated that the purchase of ma-
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ex-.RIGHT Capt. Scott, who died of
posure‘ soon after reaching the pole;
LOWER LEFT, Capt, Amundsen, andf
LOWER RIGHT, Sir Ernest Shackle
ton, who also died on an Antarctic
voyage. ■
catches at this- late date makes can-
ners fear that the entire run will be
extraordinarily small.
•—-----~o-------—■A new play is to be called
Hedgehog." It is said to bo
with good points.
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Stranger—“How does the
out this way?" Villager—“It
land that lies; It’s the estate
"The
bristling
land lie
ain’t the
agents."
Canada’s Farm Growth
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The Canadian authorities have
made.a comparison of figures on the
crops which gives'an impressive pic
ture of the. development of tho Do
minion. The Government Bureau of, psried' of the Modal T. ear.
Information, in a recently issued cir- ’ - -• - -
cular, . | ........... ... ...... J.... ......
seven years between 1899 and 1927 , tonkils ‘by tho Ford Motor Cl.
the acreage in wheat In Canada has ; U.S., Canadlx, and abroad, in the laot
quadrupled. L. 1C7C tkc ■■’kent '
a,mounted to 20,000,000 bushels,
1900 to 55,50'0,00'0, and now tho aver
age annual crop amounts to more than
400,000,000 bushels. The growth in
the production of oats has been in the
same proportion as that of wheat, and
the annual barley crop la now about
100,000,tiOO bushels.
In 1925 the value of the dairy pro
ducts of Canada amounted to $250,-
000,000, an amount which constitutes
a substantial proportion of the coun
try's annual income', important items
accounting for.' part of this total were
the, 169,000,000 pounds, of butter And
the 177,000,000* pounds of cheese , pro
duced' in that year: . Ontario and 'Que
bec are .the.“most important 'dairying
provinces, but there has been' a re
markable increase in dairy products
in the three prairie provinces. Eu-. m-e music iot a uxirco uu ukj
twoon 1922 and 1924’ butter produc- born Country Club.
tion in Alberta,’ Manitoba and Sas-1 Mr. Ford mail'd he thought the •danc-
katchewan increasod from 20,000,000 'j jn.g which he had been doing recently
pounds t,0 27,000,000 pounds. ! had contributed greatly to hie physl-
'L**1'cal fitnesa.
Before 8 o’clock Mir. Ford wae at
his Dearborn laboratorioz talking to
Ins engineers. s
RocaUjirg that hrs etoter, hens on «a
vitot, had reminded him of tho two
doll cradles which uccd to stand' in
her room when s-ho was a littl^ girl,
ha hastened away to look at hi® col
lection of antique fuxrijbu'ro, seketod
two doll cradles and fitacod thorn in
the rcom his sistai' ceeup-ied in, tho
old Ford homestead. 4
Between trips to the various plants •
to inspect the preparations being <
mada for tho manufacture of the new
car, ha found time to read- the con- '
gratuCatory telegrams from- old.
friends, particularly his two cronies,'
Thonnas A. Edison and Harvey S.
Firestone.
Busy with tho present, he spoke of
the 'future but briefly.
“I am going to do one tiling only—-
the thing I know ’best bow to do.”
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nlr.etocui yours ‘involved) a total
pasture cf $4,868,427,012.22. . 1
The company has paid $547/300,0'01)
in taxa.7 d'nirirg the period efrits manu-
factairo of tihe Model T car.
PRETTY GOOD FOR SMALL CAl(.'^'“'
Before the last of the Mcd&l T Ford
cars shall have ‘gone to.the junk-heap
the enti'ro fleet of 15,90'0,00'0 will have
consumed GO,'000,'C‘90f'0-00 gallons of
gasoline and 1,800,'0007000 gallon's' of
oil and will .have traveled! more than
1,185,'0'00,00’0,0'0'0 miles, according to
the same officials. •
"Pi’otty good for one small car,”
remarked Mr. Ford.
Mr/ Ford’ colebratod his birthday ’
by riiring as _ usual before 7 o’cloek,
I meeting h’s chauffeur and the leader^
| of his orchestra at 7.30 and selecting
Bo-. the music for a dance at tho D<a.r-
This year the total area estimated
as sown to wheat in Canada for tho
season of 1927 is ’21,350,300 acres, as
compared with 22,987,048 acres finally
departed In 1926. Tho decrease of
1,636,748 acres, or 7 ,per cent., is at
tributable to the difficulties of the late
seeding' season In the prairie pro
vinces, say<3 the official crop report..
For oats the area sown is estimated .
at 12,755,000 acres, as compared with ;
12,741,05J arr«3 in 41926, a flight in
crease of 13,943 acres.- Barley sown
is estimated at 8,641,500 acres as com
pared with 3,636,663 acres In 1926, an
increase of 4,837 acres. The total
urea sown to all field crops,'exclusive
ot grain hay, In Canada for 1927 Is es
timated at 53,461,600 acres ,as com
pared with 55,017,271 acres tor 1926.
A yield of 325,075,000 bushels of
wheat is ostimated from the 1927 crop
in Canada, which Is about 85,000,000
bushels less than tho total yield last
year, but it Is, of course too early to
attempt to figure occurately the final
result of the crop.
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ADAMSON’S ADVENTURES—By O, Jacobsson.
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Hand one to the tonnfo player; ho
trios to as good as ho received
and takes things do they coin*.
"Wo could no. mor a dispense with
our military Xsvcos than We could dis
pense with our police force3."--Prc-s!-
dGrit Coolidge,
Keep movihgi
1 HAVE AN’ •
APPOINTMENT
WITH THE LADY! ,
Khcw It Weeks Before,
“His store burned last night. I
know it was doomed as soon as I saw
ft.”
"I knew It was doomed weeks be
fore I saw it***
Mother—"! don’t believe that young
mail knows a thing about the water.;
You can’t go sailing on the lake’with
him,"
Daughter—"But, mother, he has tho
reputation of being an expert sales*
man, ynu know*"
Inspection of Immigrants
Manitoba Free Press (Lib.): As a
matter of fact, as at least all of tho
four western provinces on testify,wtha
need of greater thoroughness of
medical inspection, especially in Eur
ope, (“in all the countries from which
Canada Is receiving immigrants") is
vastly greater than it is in Great
Brittan. ' It is an ..open secret that -
peoples from these countries anxious
to get to the Land of .Promise aro
drilled and ccad'otl that they may
pass tho medical examination, which
examination is conducted cn masse,
It is small wonder that Canada,
especially during the past two years,
Has been receiving immigrants who,
quota law considerations onllraly to
one side, could not even get a xlcok
into the United States.
When uiie reads* of China hiding
an “Ahtl-narcoUo- WceX,” it should
give some of the othqr nations pause
for thought,
Flout la said to have advanced
per coht. in twelve years. And Efft
all of it was the self-raising kmd
either. s '“V
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