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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-07-18, Page 6THE WORLD AT LARGE 1 in. 1926'I met him at the in hrs whether he himsej/^/ver he did it, or-rathe^Wd to CANADA .. ■ T ' 't , CANADA ^'POLICE RADIO EQUIPMENT The equipment of Canadian police with, radio broadcasting: sets is inter esting in view of. the, . fact that through the work of the radio patrols ■ hr Old. London, tire number of auto- .mobile thefts has been reduced-from- 100 per month in 1932 to about 10 j In 1935; A car is no sooner reported stolen'than It'S' number and descript tion.are broadcast over the entire . metropolitan, area- .— St. Thomas Tlmes-Journal. n ■ ■ ■ It should -be added by way of post- cript that the Red agitators have had, unfortunately, too much encourage ment from such men as Maybr Gerry McGreer of Vancouver and. Attorney- General RQebuck of Ontario, it was the latter who told a .crowd of hun ger marchers some months ago to go back “home and organizer"untn~’tbey got strong enough,!. , to ° return .. and force their views upon any Govern ment in Quqen’s Park. If the trekkers at Regina are'well advised they will continue to accept the Government’s generous hospitality until work can be provided for them.—Toronto Mail and Empire.• Roaring iFire Destroys Derailed Train that he was—^Lawrence of Arabia.” We do riot easily credit our friends with’ anything- surprising or, inver sely, extraordinary things surprise us in those we think we know. • “■ylt^was-Jn^T-OSO,- when; I was at Ballipl and he wak ’-4t AH Souls, that I came to. know Kim. He was accessible and - , communicative, and there must be “Hundreds of people .who have known him as well as I, or better. lie was retiring and yet ,. craved to be seen; he was sincerely • ' •shy and naively exhibitionist. - . He had to rise' above others,, and then humble himself, and in his inflicted humiliation demonstrate his superior ity. ’ ’• - It was a mysterious game which amused or puzzled some, annoyed or off others.- A. deep cleavage in his own life-iay at,the root,;of it. - I wonder knew why -do-.it; -• TREATMENT GIVEN TREKKERS IS PRAISED Editorial 'comment, on. the' visit of th© relief camp strikers to Ottawa,- appearing;.in newspapers throughout the , country, is , practically unanim ous in approving of th© mariner in which, th© Federal premier and his. colleagues received them, and of the answer the Prime Minister gave them. The .Woodstock Sentinel-Re- . view feels that Canadian farmers and other industrious citiens are rather tired of the demands of single, men who ar© - being comfortably housed WOULD ESTABLISH COMMUNISM Arthur Evans, leoder of the Van couver relief camp strikers, has never been in a relief’Pcamp in his life. He is in the argument, not because he is anxious about the wel fare of camp workers, but because he is interested in establishing Com munism in Canada and he thinks this is his chance to help along the idea. —Chatham News. —and fed-^pdUdingri their ' reabsorption" into gainful occupations. The St. Thohias Times-Journal declares..that, the’" striker^’ claims are altogether | . preposterous,, that, they were quite aware that’these claiihs could riot be granted, and that what they really wanted was the refusal which they got. “ '■ 7' • /’ 7 The Brantford Expositor says:. «‘The people of Canada witho.ut_r.e-_ gard to political affiliations will be constrained by good judgment yanft: their interest jn. the; welfare~'of the country to support. Premieri’Bennett in his attitude toward then relief’ Strikers . < . The whole tenor of this ’ interview at Ottawa showed that the strikers were endeavoring to insti gate trouble and Premier Bennett-is- to be sincerely commeiided’ for the flrm_mahner“in“which he dealt with ^J^me^Eorith^mJoJ^axeJAejampsL under the conditions which prevail at a_time when the country is burd ened with the problems.of unemploy- . ment, and when it -ls....-endeavoring to4o its utmost for those who, through no fault of their own, are but of work is a perversion of loyal citizen ship.” The Kingston Whig-]standard Observes r - . “It will be generally agreed that ■_ ME* Bennett adopted _ the_ only.__posr_ sffile attitude in refusing to enter tain the demands of the deputation.-_61earlyr--the-flrst”of-'these7-for“'wages- ~bf“flfty"Cent8 an houiTancUan'abbrev^ ^da^iWorMrig’day :yid-week, ;ig~<piite7 =^uiribfLreason^s-a-whele-t-h'e--demandri- were ohly partly related to, camp 1 problems .specially; for themost^partr they represent am-extreiirely'soclal- . Lzed programmh that would _eff.ect._the_ • whois population pf the country. The_ deputation can hardly_ have''*expected ' any obh^_reception fhan,,they4-recelv- ed and there is .little to show in^-the report^ of ths interview that they were prepared to d^cuss °r offer suggestions as to how the work and Ilf© of the camps could be made more satisfying and productive of greater benefit to the-men in them.” » The Chath^n News asserts that it would be' impossible for any Ottawa Government to , grant the strikers’ vHshes, I that the. strikers' are clearly led by Red agitators,, who are seek ing to sow Seeds of strife throughout the c&untry, and that their real ob ject ig to -overthrow Canadian InstL tutiomr and “substitute Therefor Im possible1 Communistic practices. Not one ofThfe newspapers thus quoted is Conservative in stripe, Every one of" them is an ’ independent publica- ' tion. In dealing with the subject un der discussion they all have the wel fare of . the whole Canadian -people in mind. ’ ’ ' ■ | ■ , KING GEORGE: | King George has" tyerin the recipl- pliments during his. Jubiftf^ year, ..but non© mor© aptly phrased than -an^appreciatiop^ybiceri^Tlufing course of an address by Rev. Jchn Gardner, in the Cathedral of the In carnation, Long Island, N.Y. His ref erence was as follows: “King George V. of England is a masa-of rich {and rar© sanity and a great deal of his power comes^througTi his sagacity in ^ndjwheri"fiot^to. say anything.’ This ^summarizes an ideal which it would pro.fit all to follow^—Brantford Ex positor^ _ J ,........J \. REMEMBER YOUR PETS. With the arrival a month late of _ieal-ysummer w.eathpr, people are moving out rapidly to their summer homes in the countryr The Tihie “is' therefore appropriate for ■{making an appeal to those who possess pets not t0 forget them when leaving city residences. It is difficult to believe,' but each., year the- number of cats, dogs ’ and birds left locked up in houses or apartments, where they, slowly starve to death, is painfully large. The number of complaints, received from neighbors by the S. P.C.A. would amaze the public, and these are but a tithe of the actual/ caBesTTt is safe to assume. . */• It is inconceivable that anybody who cares for- a cat or a dog or a .bird_ .sufficlently_to_.look. after ft all; Through the-wintgr and_Spring would met comes. Only r thoughtlessness j_ is to urge them to keep their pets in mind and to arrange for. their care or for'thei"merciful destuction pare or for their merciful destruction the S.P.C.A. has issued its annual appeal, which we heartily endorse. —Montreal Star. This locomotive, and seventeen box cars burst int'd’^flames after being derailed at Little Rock, Ark. Unidentified man was killed and three were injured. Picture shows ;blaze at its height. official efforts to remove? them else-' whet© proves that the surroundings* are well adapted to them.—-Brockville Recorder. ?:• THE NEWSPAPER AND SALES; Modern life is much different to-j "day“Tr OriT^lfat T t" '’wMTTTrec^ ’ Today, a great deal of buying is done over the telephone. - ' This, in turn, nieans that oppor tunities- for. purchases advantageous, to the buyers are now almost 4 com pletely .centred in newspaper ~adver- t is Ing, , 1. ; _—JL. ^“The“J'm'd'd©rrf“"housewife ’ knows" what she wants, knows by brand name, and orders in. that. manner— because advertising has taught her how she should do it arid why it is profitable for her to do so. . . Imagine ordering from an unknown grocer “some breakfast, food,” .“spine. bacon,” “sopie coffee,” “some bread” -Jand so on, as in the olden days be- fore -advertising—became—the power-” ~ ful force it is today!—Kingston Whig. 'Stand'ar'd7“'" 1 ' THE EMPIRE A NEW WIND BLOWS 7 India has many villages and few towns, but in these days of science and system the village receives much lesa. direct attention than_of-.old._The- motor car and cycle, the importance ,of secretariats and the growth of secretariat correspondence are am- “ong~the_7^*caiiKes';—th~g^~big~~offlcial~ rushes by in_his car; touring .on horsebackVwith_beric.il _canexplain why so many forget; it I f®w n°wadays move about leisurely with tents, , Officials have not the time to spare.—The Statesman, Cal- .cuttaf a Ottawa—In the twilight of the final session of the present Parlia ment, the Commoners heard Prime “Minister Bennett on Thursday even ing tell Mackenzie' King . that the gpvbrnment was ready for an election ^t. the soonest possible date. The, -Qppositnrir^leader; -uoadb^.^biuef-.-.-r-'Ke-7 ference .to the'Liberal victory in New Brunswick, but thrire was , grim de termination in the face, of the govr.. ©rnment leader when he said he was, ready for the federal, battle.' '•*.Then both leaders went into a’ half-liour ,huddle. What they said was nq^made known;”but they”spoke not' of union, government, according to-Mr, King. Th.eJb.i]L„tn_s.e.t. up_a.. ..grain . _board for government supervision of wheat -iriarketingis-the-major-issue-yet^be-~ fore the House. Of course, there- will be votes on supply and suppiemem tarly estimates, but these are not ex pected to Take up much time. Back in January,, the . speech from the BEAVER COLONY Both by. the introduction of new stock and a further strengthening of regulations ■ governing trapping, the Ontario Government, it is said, in tends to make a determined effort to restore the beaver to its position of eminence among the forest ani mals of ’ the province. . In the forwarding of this program it is to be hoped that the colony es tablished "for. some years in -the- im mediate neighborhood of «Brockvilld will not be overlooked. ■"it would mean something from both conservation and attraction standpoints to have a well-regulated- colony of bealvers almost at the back door of the community, and t.he manner in which the mejnbeTs of the existing colony have resisted all ! CUPS THAT CHEER. Australia afs declining. Until a few years ago it had the reputation of being the greatest tea-drinking coun try In the world. Now we arp. fourth on the list So says a representative of tlj© tea-trading Interests of Cey lon. This gentleman, Mr. R. B. Wil liams, attributes the decline party to the popularity of “soda fountains” and inilk bars, and partly , to the poor quality of the tea served in houses of refreshment. No doubt he is cor rect ...... There seems to be little to commend in the America^ vogue’of iced tea, which' it is'; proposed to, in troduce into Australia Moreover, the fad would not last. Suoh fadsjuever dp. The sour-mllk drinking "which was .fashionable some 20 years ago endured over two summers. There fore, a trade in iced tea is’ not like ly to be of permanent value to the rrierchants’ of Ceylon. — Melbourne Australasian. BRIGHTER CAIRO. Tourists and long-absent visitors returning to Cairo._aft.er_m—lapse-of- many years call attention to the great advance made in the illumina tion of the city. The various types uoflflashing-!5igns_and_ai±ifkdal_lnmin.-_ bus" advertisements—which adormour rio.cal4gstreetxreGteners and road .cross-, of th© city’s business people. Time was when people looked askance at the appeal of the ljterate advertise- 'ment iriJsuch an illiterate country.’ Times .have changed,, but we who are bound to trie. soil of Egypt scarcely seem to realize the progress that is -undoubtedly being made, which ac counts in some measure for the harshness of a few of our cynical judgments. A notable (rend of popu larity is'the brilliance of illumination Of the up-to-date quick-snack count ers. Enquiry eTicits that the main reason for favor of such food estab lishments is not the very good value for money that is given, .but the fact that the city worker is a dweller in suburbs that are extending further and further from the centre of the town and its evening attractions. Thus, between . late office olr shop > •hoilre and the beginning of some en- tertalninent program, there is time only for a hasty meal at the coun ter. The speed of ' the service, the quality of the food, the price and , brightness—'all are factors which count with„the discerning proletariat. —The Sphinx; Cairo. • Tyrone, forecast imen^mehts ”to" strengthen the powers of the Natur- !. al Products Marketing Act of 1934. ■ ’ Last week Hon. Robert Weir, Min- * ister* of Agriculture, introduced these amendments to ' the House, ... bringing pulp and paper and other .. -forest-products.. w.ithin.the—scope of: the measure. Should, another amend ment, go through, Ideal boards sqt' up under the provisions of. the act will be enabled to carry on until funds have' accumulated in- the natural course. One miniorfTdollars have’ been ( set aside in supplementary estimates "for this purpose. - ' While some opposition members stag-ed-another—attack on the- Market ing .Act, the Minister of Agriculture “Ttyrietrafstna- for ’the dairying industry. Details .of this scherrie have not been worked out,, but .the - general idjeF would be to place levies, against one section pf the” industry ;for the purpose - of Jiutter prices were~above the world market, producers shipping to creameries might be taxed and the proceeds uried to bonus' farmers who “sKippe3""tireir milk to cheese factors ies with prices considerably lower. The government’s $10,000,000 hous ing1 bill "hit a few bad curves on its road through the House; buf there was no division on tjhird reading.- One day gate of the British-Museum private’s. uniform.' ‘fHullq, Lawrence.” “Do you. recognize, rpe?’’ .' “Of course.” ' ’ ■ " Then- he: said*: “The - whole after, - . . noon I have been, walking about the museum wriere every attendant used to know 'me, and not a single one recognized me.- till I inquired about someone I 'missed. , Then rhe man [knew me,” ,Yes, what;was the good I of disguising if no, one recognized hifri ? ■ /As ai'private he would^irig at the door of a-field, marshal arid ask .the butler whether! .fiis Lordship was in. He- was not. Would he lunch'at home? Yes. “Then tell. his Lordship • that Ajrcraftman Shaw will lunch with ..him.” ; • . '.■■'* * ." This game he had started long be- . , fore he became a private. . ' It was , "cTHdrsK’"~”T"sup.rii7hHar’n people took too Seriously, ’or not seri ously enough. He himself enjoyed it/ ■ in a quairit, whimsical manner. It is distressing to think how such ■- ' stories . will fill books about .him.1 He was_a-_man—©f—g-en-ius^a-n—im—------ {: mense.ly rich personality./a _.gr-eat_ ,1 _ artist, and a man who ha's'suffered: as few ever suffer. Had he been born on the fringe o'f^a d'esert he would have 'become a prophet. (“Go into, the desert a few years and you wil-f return "a- prophet. ff -you 'stay/ --.-'- there too lorig you " will never, speak ’again.'”) ’■ - - Had he lived i.n the Christian .Midle .Ag.es. he .would. / hav.e__becom.e..._.__., 'a saint, , ~r" ■ —He—had—the“-Jnst4nct-3-~----and—ndga^--~---~ tions of both, without thejr faith, . and .tender modern conditions had, to ” • ; . turn it all into an incomprehensible joke. When ( I saw" him last, in 1930, ’I showed him a passage in my forth coming Book arid asked whether Tie objected. He did not. Here it is:' ; There are men who-'crave for mortification, “la mia, allegrez e . la maninconia-”' .. But unless ' . . this desire assumes- a standard ized religious form — hair-shirt “ , or hermit’s hut and can be —represen-ted—as—a—profitable—ter-----------— ;' gain for 7 another-ri wooEld -^ doubt itHs described7 as rnady -- ness. Educated men, may be- _, ■come monks, riuF" must no ten-'. list ae-privates in the army.. ♦ ♦ ♦ There was a deep negation of life in him — “It Were better There was nought?’ I$ut he wished to believe that his mode of life was the result of his philosophy, and not the other wayi round. “Trees’ greyf down by the -river, till they grew above its bank and saw the ruins of Troy, and they withered away,” It was this deep negation of life ‘ which drew him to th© desert, and next to the sterility of garrison lif4. ", , I Besides, there was thb infinite ca pacity for (suffering, and even the downright desire for ’’’ ' bear any painr outride the a camel, do without sleep and food'; at times it would almost seem as if Jie.JwL-no physical 7 existence. He....... was small, but not so_JBijir propor tioned that, except by cofnparison, •one barley “realized how undersized he was.. He had "sad, piercing, eyes; his greatness ., was in. them. He, spoke in a low, soft 'Voice. When he talked seriously people would listen spellbound. He had style in talking ...^ and style in every lirie he wrote. . ' Xhe- think which was wholjy absent . from Lawrence’s mental makeup was a legal 'conception' of fact or a mathematical idea of accuracy. He ,;'i was fond of f’ubist ; paintings, and _ his statements sometimes' partook of m ; a Cubist character... It was easy, to arraign them on formal grounds, but if pfohed they would often be.found ’to express th© truth. bet±jji7'than < would a formally correct 'accbunt.' ■ lie "never bothered or con deseeded' to rn;p<e his. statements “foolproof.” . . On one orcasion he accused some-' one of having “packed a delegation.” nod rifle ■!.When Afterwards I repeated to hiiq J . passionate dondunciation of what rcmpr/.Ucr how. I ( hri had said,'ho replied.' . “The man , asked the delegation whether he' • C’.. 7'>r-^f"l< ,rnf: !• have, some of his own frierida ' T.T.'iX have been . present/ ’ He fiHed1 the rd’Oni with to. ’he rans<^ With . them.;’ There people do not undbr- . ha*] l^e. bceh stand these nice distinctions. It was 1 like a ..football game on iari -Irish viL for. sevr-rab .years I .Iago green;, soon* the entire .,vi 1’1 age .- is playing. The room. was packed,' and that sufficed. In fact, the'main clever hq' ’shots,'.hoWver, did little damage and on the suggestion of some op- ’position '-members ~Sir George Perley amended the bill so municipalities could deal direct with the govern ment and not through a loan or in surance. company. As it finally pass ed, the bill provided a fund of 10,000,000 under the control of the Minister of Finance. From this, ad vances eould be made to a limit of 20 jper cpnt. of the,cost of the house; providing loan or insurance com panies or municipalities put tip 60 per cent. and the’owner the remain ing 20. The interest to be charged by loan companies, will be 5% per cent., with the government rate 3% per cent. . In the parlance of the pugilistic ring, .unscrupulous directors arid pro- moterg got" ofie “right on-the button” when the Commons passed a bill re casting the" law goveniing'”"€pmpariy“‘ incorporations and’, management alon£ the lines suggested by the price spreads commission. In effect, the blow would cause qopnpany dir ectors to ■ pass . a resolution that mon'ey received for par yalue stock was just and, equitable. The’n, if a -court found , otherwise, the directors would .be liable to the company for the balance. [, He could Arabs on . / Headquarters Call \ / U<ah. highway, patrol ...v “sri&tion house’’ which -contains a r_adio set,officers dom’t drop into headquarters -to report, but wait for headquarters to roll around. Pictured i-contains a radio set, a telephone which can be . plugged in anywhere, first aid , equipment, files ■and a stove. OF T. E J By L. B. Narnior, in The , i Manche'sfor Guardian r I had a slight acquaintance with Lawrence “ in . our Undergraduate days,' but kr.cW ■ T.uthir.g aonut him, A day or "two After v/ar ha'i.hceri de-i dared he Lo'dk m<-*vo a ’ range' in North Oxford to. practise] ^hooting; 1 do not-i .......... . ral in .with lam' '.hat day, r.or.v/herc] he got the /.fl", ara) y y y - yj- j -pr-jij -f -i - I r'renc'fi in [ realize a i- boasted how