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Also best quality Metal Hinged See- Post eePost Binders and 'Index. 0 drop illino••••41.1.11 THE U.S. DABT TO 'BRITAhN That the United States should take her place'beside Great Britain in a de- termination 'to force 'peace upon a harassed and muddle-headed world, is the contention of Beverley Batdter, Canadianeborn MJF., in his London Letter which appears in the .March .16 nuniber of. Maclean's Magazine. "The •issue of peace or war in the world depends whether America—be- fore it is too late—pays something of her debt to Britain," he states; and continues: I am not referring to mere trades- men's rade's- men s .de'b'ts on either side 'but to a debt so vast that it could not be com- puted in terms of money. The ordinary (American is not a world citizen. flee is sen'timen'tal; kited- ly, ideaiistic,'but clothed in a vast and self-satisfied ignorance abouut the 'his- bory of •,every ootin'bry, including his own. He would Ibe hurt and s incerely as- toni'shed (to learn that his beloved ,countryl owes Great 'Britain that which could not be estimated' in terms of all the wealth inthe world. I believe that if he were told of it, he would be ready and anxious to repay. I would endeavor to 'aehieve a mir- acle at Washilvg:ton. 'It would prob- ably the madness ,even to think of such a 'thing, ;but supposing the in- eredib•le happened and the impossible occurred. Supposing. as a result of our conversation, 'President 'Roo'sevelt went to the microphone and made a speech somewhat along these lines: 'My friends. 'before I start my ad- dress tonight I want to tell you a little story, 'Many years ago this country was at war with Spain in the Pacific. "In 'pursuance of our 'belligerent rights, we had announced a 'blockade of Manila Harbor by our Fleet. Now, it .happened that Admiral Chichester, of the British Navy, was in the •neigh- iboehood with a number of ships, "Then a strong section of the Ger- man Fleet turned up, (Germany 'had her own 'ideas about the ,Pacific ,being taken out of ;European hands, and the German admiral sent word to the •Bri- tish admiral asking wliat he would do if the 'Germans decided to force the ,blockade. "He expected --or, at any rate, hop- ed that the British would xemain neu- tral. Admiral Chichester's reply was: America's admiral 'knows what my ships will do.' "Whereupon the British took up a position between the 'Germans and ourselves. Their bluff having been called, • the German ships went back home. "Many of you have been taught to Look sopor Britain as our enemy: It is true we fought her for our existence as a Rep'ub'lic. '"Yet 3 say to you that, next to the character and the strength of our people, the greatest contribution to the happiness and prosperity of the U. S. 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HARMONY Recently I ,have been ,party to a number of murderous assaults on the blameless Mozart, I had nothing against the composer, On the con- trary, he was murdered with the greatest respect and in a spirit of high idealism. The original idea was to encourage children with musical tal- ent to lout their music lessons to some use; to this end, small neigh- borhood ensembles were to be organ- ized ehroughout our city, in which parents would play with their child= ren. I still think that it was a 'grand idea, even if it hasn't worked out as intended, 'Our own en.seinble chose to attack Eine Kleine INachtmusik, though :that "We have traded and 'stil'l trade in every B secure y rrttsh port, se ire m the hon- or of British commeeciat standards and in the protection of the British Fleet. "When China ceded part of a swamp called Shanghai to. Britain and 4 was transformed by British genius and British capital into the great commercial and financial metro- polis of the !Far (East, it was the be- ginning of ,cur own immense expan- sion of trade with China. "Today, with half her investments, we do twice the trade that Britain does with China. "In the Great War, the forces of militant autocracy ,challenged the forces of .clemocracy and demanded that they stand aside. For many rea- sons, some noble and others ignoble, we refused to .play our part, while the young men. of 'France and Britain held the last outposts of civilization. "Once more the British Fleet kept intact the world that was necessary to American ,prosperity and American happiness, We ,came in eventually, but thnttgh we ,could not repay Britain's dead, we demanded that she should guarantee the repayment of our dollars loaned to the Allies. The dol- lar had become more sacred than hu- man life." Continuing, Ms, Baxter states: America and Britain face a ..dread- ful menace in the Far East. Japan goes on from outrage to outrage in the belief that America will not take her stand with Britain. So does Mus- solini. .So, to a lesser extent, doers Hitler. 'Yet tAn.erica and Britain could re- store ,peace to the Far East without firing a .gun. Britain and France to- gether could clear the Mediterranean of every Italian ship in twenty-four hours, and lock the German Navy in the Baltic. Does America. in spite of Roose- velt's warnings, still ;believe that she can live on her own 'flesh and 'keep the veils of the world outside hag borders? The 4nost half-witted Babbitt in the smallest town in Illinois ,knows that such a ,policy is impossible. Then is America still willing to live and trade and prosper because Britain makes it possible for her so to do? Or, •conversely, is 'she willing to see all that go rather .than support Brit- ain? I believe that the Americarie would :like to know those truths. I wish President Roosevelt would 1 make some such speech as I have in- dicated. %melte my idea.: My vote was for The Sunshine of Your Smile, 'because that opus offers a number of opportunities for languishing, dying -duck effects, whereas Mdcart's swift, -.bright, sin- ewy music ruthlessly demands amen - tion to 'business. However, •I was overruled. .Our ensemble '(organized originally, you remember, for children) .consists et present of a psychoanalyst. an M. D., a dentist. a kindergarten teacher, a housewife, a newspaper man, and three little 'girls whose main function is to demonstrate to the others hew one's part may be ,played .demurely and •dutifetlly, just as it was written. There is also a 'professional violinist who was to act as director, ,but that was :before our group's strength of character was demonstrated. We will not be put upon. Lf the flutes, for ex- ample, 'finish three measures ahead of anyone else, that only goes to show their superior speed and endurance. Thus the professional .has been al- most entirely occupied in biting off her words, 'for she is :determined to retnaitt a lady. Of all her original aspirations for the ensemble, our professional retains only one: that ,in the ,second move- ment of 'Eine ;Kleine Nachtntusik, at the repeat sign in the seventh meas- ure, every instrument without excep- tion will revert to the 'begiun•ing in- stead of playing through the rest of that measure before it can he stop- ped. It may never happen, (but it is something to look forward to. From the foregoing you ,may won- der why .our ensemble plays at all. Love of music is not the explanation. 'For every house in tlte•,block is filled with better music every time one twists the radio dial. Personal vanity is not the motive, since we play in strict privacy. Moreover, ensemble playing is work. Why elo we, who 'have all dope a clay's work, ,spend life evening working harder 'than ever? Well. con- sider this: I am a newspaper man, Just ahead of ane lies a staccato run that is certain to get the test of me. Nevertheless, so long as the hapele es struggle to master it rages, I shall. never trouble my head about the Far Eastern situation, nor 'Fascism and Communism.'Over there the dentist and the M. D. will give no heed to caries or appendectomies. Mozart will drive Montessori out of the .kinder- gartner's head, ,and soap and servants out of the housewife's. I ,know beyond doubt that when we have :played from eight to ten, we shall •conte Back to our ordinary dives as if to say, ":Now, where were we?" For two hours we shall have divested ourselves of all anxieties and perplex- ities. Om very lack of 'skill insures this. It takes .every last brain cell to grapple with 'the problem of just when our professional is going to shout "Repeat." This is reward enc i h, but by no means all. For not an evening do we play together without getting a Few measures correct. This instant of de- lighted surprise, denied real music- ians, :,gives something infinitely great- er than perfect music. 'For a moment the thiel: Veit of our own ineptitude has !been whisked aside and we have tad a glimpse of the splendor that might be. is there a kick in it! But the hest inducement for our en - EL 1 McJcucS chiropractor Office — Commercial Hotel. Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after Electro Therapist — Massage noon and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat- ment Phone 2 P. semble to •continue is that .laboring at some masterwork enormously en riches the amateur's experience in hearing it. The man who never 'sat ,behind the wheel of a motorcar may think he knows what good driving ds, but he doesn't; and he who never sat under a conductors baton has no bet- ter •comprehension of what really fate ensemble playing is. When, before joining our ensemble, I 'heard Kous'sevitz'ky .conduct Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,.I went along as a mere ,hitchhiker, botany .ignorant of the road, of its hairpin turns, its long ,climbs toward a shining slay, and breath=taking swoops. But when. I again recently,, ' g 'did I ride! The semi- circle of shining instruments and white shirt -fronts, !punctuated by the conductors straight ,blank back like an exclamation point; the pause with baton raised, motionless; its swift downward swoop, and the sudden realization that they had hit it by George, all together and on the key- what a moment!, And then to ride with an expert driver handling a splendid machine along 'a way that one has traveled laboriously --knowing intimately and inwardly applauding every danger skillfully avoided, every curve dextrously rounded—that is well worth all our evenings' labor. For once 'I understood a musician's joy in a concert, although it is still true, I ain aware, that he hears things far beyond my duller ears. But where- as formerly the music sounded to me like Chinese, 'today it is like French, the point being that I understand French well enough to envy anyone who understands it all. You may infer that this is maddening, and you will be right. .But isn't it the things that madden us that fill us with aware- ness? We amateurs will 'continue ,unshak- en in our devotion to our own music because our :motive is low—nothing more than the desire to have a grand time. But this is the most durable of all motives.' And if our group•'is slight- ly insane, we have plenty of company. I believe that within the ,past five years the remnants of the population to whom making music is infinitely more fun ,than listening to the radio are beginning to draw together. At least, I know that the number or neighborhood ensembles in our town today is greater than it has been at any time since the advent of mechan- ized music, (Old Colored Mattfmy-1 wants a ticket for Magnolia. Ticket Agent .(alter ten minutes of weary thumbing over railroad guides) —Where is Magnolia?' Old Colored Mammy --She'; settin' over dor on ele :bench. Shark Fishing New West Coast Sport he spunky trout of the'Lan- arentians and the' Canadian Rockies, the scrappy bass of Northern. •Ontario, the huge mas- kinonge at French River have all been put on their mettle by a fighting fish new to Canadian sportsmen—the shark, killer of the deep. - Basking sharks have been found in large numbers on the east coast of Vancouver Island. While they seem harmless as far as swimmers are concenned, they are a terror on 'the end of 500 yards of 50 -pound test line. Many fishermen have tried shark fishing with great success. A. Victoria man, McClinty Maatter- son, caught the first shark. It weighed 596 pounds. The record. so far is a 987 -pounder landed by Commander May, of. California. Equipment is simple and not too expensive and the sport is thrilling b e y o n d imagination. When the shark first takes the bait, a sailnon from six to eight pounds, the fisherman thinks he has hooked the bottom. Then the fun starts. With mad rushes and plunges he churns the water into foam. He has a nasty habit of turning on the boat and snapping at the line or rolling on it and severing it with his file -like skin. You neper know what he will do next. About the time you think your back will break or your arms torn out, you work the fish closer to the boat. It is sui- cidal to try to land such a large fish and it is customary to give hint a coup de gr£tce with a 30-30 rifle. It is a grand sport and a new one for Canadians but interest le so keen, judging by inquiries re- ceived by the Canadian Pacific' tourist department at Montreal, that many Canadian and Ameri- can sportsmen are expected to unite forces in a war On sharks from July to September, the time of year they appear in greatest numbers.