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The Seaforth News, 1929-12-05, Page 3Dewar Asks War Be Delayed Till Debts Are Paid British Peer From Scotland Hurls Barrage of With• cisnls at ;Chemists` Dinner Takes Fling at Football Also. Declares Any Speaker Can "Gas" His Audi. ence London,—Lord DeWer, who to evea more celebrated for his epigrams than for his whiskey, and who is said to have put' out mono wise cracks than 'George Bernard Shaw; revealed his Panacea for war in a speech meetly at the annual clteVal'dinner here, "within ten years' limo,!" he said, "chemistry anti airehips.should make war imposeible, Present-daydefences .on both land. and sea may become ob- solete before nations can agree on disarmament Naval disarmaments are good, but when you get rid of one trouble another always appears The way to outlaw war is to eliminate the cause of war. One way to abolish wars for all time would be to agree to post- pone the next conflict until World War debts are all paid. Chemistry. .and the ,Gospel' have done more for civilization and the well being of man- kind than any other phase of human activity," Crop of Epigrams The following are among the latest •crop o4 Dewarislns of thisepigram- matical Scotchman: ' "Sumo electrify their audiences and others ouly gas them." "Chsniiate can gas an audience." "I should like to be a chemist now," "A combined saxophone -bagpipe has been invented—chemists . also discov- ;sired Nu -lethal gas :recently." "There, seems to be no finality in the discoveries, in chemistry. You. have been able to make two hairs grow where only one grow before," "No man can tell the number: of blondes the Imperial Chemical Indus- tries have made for the benefit of man- kind. Was it Shakespeare wltose'gen- tlemen 'preferred' blondes? But we must no't forget that. the black sheep •ot the -family isn't always a blond." "Football and eltemistry run infami- lies." "Whether genius is transmissible or -. not in the world is chemistry's ques- tion but all authorities agree as to ,gout" "The goal of every man is to make money faster than his family can spend it—there aro no idle rich to ,day so many :are chasing them to get their worldly goods." Inventions Still Lacking "Man to -day can fly like a bird, but main will never be able to sit comfort - ,ably on a barbed wire fence," "Man is the noblest work of God, but nobody ever said so but man him- self." "Stili you have yet to invent a fer- tilizer which will make lawn seed grow half an inch and then stop." Lord Dewar said that the distiller's company' to , which he belonged itad gone in for the production of bodies • containing alcoholas required in"cer- tain industries. "You must not elope with the idea," he said, "that we only •cater to the inner man.: Consumption 'of alcohol in that direction is decreas- ing so rapidly that we are casting our broad upon other waters. Cast your bread .upon the . waters and You will realize' how many people are after it" H .; rd to Explain Dead Woman's White 1Lilies Turn to Crimson as Relict Expires - Swansea, England.—Tice weird blos- soming of a dead woman's flowers has furnished the town of Swansea, with a mystery which seems destined never to be solved. The story is told as fol- lows: Several years' ago, Mrs. Alfred Jeffs, a prominent resident, died sud- denly: the had been fond of flowers,, especially lilies. Immediately after her death several white lilies in her gardensuddenly stopped blooming. Her husband gave them to a, gardener, who ,tended them carefully; •but they remained barren and fidworless. A few' days ago the plants bloomed .-again, as suddenly hs they had ceased flowering. The flowers, however, •iu- stead of being white, wore a deep crimson. The gardener, amazed bz, the sudden change, hurried to tell lofts, When Ito arrived at the house, he found.that Jeffs had died the same day. Great Waterspout Seen in Channel` London --A Waterspout iu tile Chan- nel was visible from Deal" for about five minutes recently. Looking like a glganlic hour,glass,• a mass of cloud descended, and ai large, conical -strap= ed mass of water was drawn from the sea to meet it Travelling .first sea Wards, thejl shorewards,' and evou- tually disappearing its the south, it WWI accompanied. by a loud' hissing tlolse. "Dick' 10 till right 11 you .know how' /to take him" el hate those people who'have t0 be labelled like a bottle ot Medicine," London Has Moved Back to the Ocean Transatlantic Passengers in Biggest Ships Can Land at Tilbury Docks London—Londo}t bas moved itself batik to the ocean'" where it used to be in the Jaye of Drake. By spring, when the next rush of transatlantic tourists' begins, travelers will find that they can sail up to London's very doorstep in the biggest and fastest ships.. Instead of disembarking ab South- ampton or Liverpool and going 78 to 200 miles by train, they will be able to land at Tilbury docks, a half !tours' ride from the big London hotels, The new Tilbury eutrauce lock, capable of handling any passenger ship afloat,, was evened recently. By spring the uew landing stage and railwwty station aro scheduled to be ready. World competition in the building of bigger and faster liners began to have its effect on London more than a quarter of a century ago, The -growing number of passengers ships "too big" for the port of London be - gen, in effect, to push London far - Char from tate sea. London' answer to the threat which this involved has been the pouring of millions of pounds sterling, into harbor improve - Monts. The new entrance lock is 1,000 feet long, 110 feet wide and 451 Leet deep, or roomy enough to handle the 915 -foot length of the 5.9. Majestic with plenty of spaoe .to spare. The now landing stage, which floats in the river, is 1;142 feet long and lies 170 feet from the concrete "shore" which has been built upon what. used to be mud' flats. Poised on 60 steep pon- toons, the floating stage is connected with the customs hall and railway sta- tion by five bridges for foot and motor traffic, A 750 -foot drydock, capable 01 be- ing •lengthened to 1,000 feet without interference with operation, is also under construction, and will be ready by spring. Australian Premier For Empire 'Trading Inter Empire Trading Creating Interest in all Parts of Huge Organization Sydney, N.S,W.—T. R. Bavin, Pre- mier of New South Wales, who re- cently returned from a trip to Eng- land and Canada, has delivered sev- eral speeches strongly urglug the necessityfor closer trading relations of the Dominions of the Empire with the mother country and with each other. "The sooner the Dominions reghrd the British Empire as an ecot@bmic unit in relation • to the rest of the world,. the better it will be for all members of the British' Common- wealth of Nations,' he declared when addressing members of the Legacy Club. "The Imperial Government believ- ed, with a certain amount of justifica- tion," continued Mr. Bavin, "that this problem was au Empire matter. It is one of the adjustments we must make, not only in regard to unem- ployment but to trade as well. This, too, is .an Empire problem, rather than a British problem. The avenues for trade. outside the Empire are grad- ually being. closed.. The United. States is actally discouraging trade with the Dominions. The interchange of goods and preclude ,within the Em- pire should be encouraged In every way possible. I do not refer to'Dm- pire free trade: that is a dream, But that does. not necessarily mean we cannot do more than we ars doing. "Existing inter -Empire- machinery is unsatisfactory, If we have a seal policy by peoples who sincerely de- mand something more than mere formality, this machinery ilifficttlty, will pass. But let us have a real im- perial policy on all natters of vital interest to the Empire. It es only by co-operation that socialand indus- trial progress can be made. The fact that I have come back with a deeper love for and • pride in England and the Empire docs not make me any the less a good Australian." Theatre Audience pplauds Realer His Majesty "Steals Show" From Actors at Drury Lane London.—ifing George went to a theatre recently for the first time since his illnees, and "`stole the show" from the actors themselves. Accompanied by Queen Mary and the Duke and Dtiohess 01 York, he went to the Drury Lane theatre to see the American production, "Rose Marie," His eittranoe brought the audience to its foot in a prolonged tumultuous cheer. The monarch, looking tit and bronzed, waved his baud and smiled' happily, The cheering continued, de- laying tete raisins ,1 the curtain. After the performance the audience sang "God Save the King," while the King bowed his acknowledgment. Ile was cheered again by a large crowd 00 leaving the theatre, HIS MAJESTY'S MAiL Top—Six-dog team leaving Churchill for the far north with mail for Hud- son Bey Points, Right—Tate Year's mail for Chesterfield Inlet, Baker Lake and other northern points .piled 'up ou the snow at Churchill waiting for dog team express, . FAILURE There could hardly be a more die. mal confession of moral and intellect- ual failure .than• to admit that our leisure hours haus so heavy ou our hands that we must needs escape from our own empty-headedness by betting on a football match oil a horse race.— Dean Inge. South Australia to Meet Water Need Greatest Drawback to Austra- lia is Lack of Adequate Water Supply Adelaide, Australia.—The annual rainfall average having been more than seven inches short, the Govern- ment here is discussing water restrict tions for the touting summer, and gar- dens in the metroolitan area may either have to be abandoned or their demands severely limited. To guard against serious shortage in future, preliminary steps are now being taken. It is proposed to build a reservoir twice the size of the present largest scheme, situated in the Ade- laide Hills ab Millbrook, which, when full, resembles a miniature harbor. But the capacity of Millbrook is only 3,050,00),000 gallons. At Myponga, situated 30 miles south of Adelaide. it is intended to erect an embankment 9,400,000,000 gallons. The building of the reservoir will submerge one of the prettiest land- scapes in South Australia. Fares houses, roads, schools and extensive red gum flats will form the bed of the new lake. This year the water in the Millbrook reservoir got so low that the chimney of the old mill showed up for the first time since the area was flood- ed many years ago, With the completion of the Myponga reservoir, the five water schemes serv- ing the metropolitan area will have an aggregate capacity of nearly 15,000,- 000,000 gallons. That is, assuming the smaller reservoir will be built, but if the larger catchment is carried out, the figures will be more than 17,000,- 000,000 gallons. The catchment area o f the Myponga reservoir will be about 50 square'miles, and that of the other four reservoirs is 175 square miles. The next largest reservoir to that pro- posed at Myponga is Millbrook, 3,650,- 000,000 gallons. Up to the present South Australia has spent nearly $50,000,000 on water schemes. • Postage Rates Jamaica 'Times: The reason for keeping up the foreign postage rates, recently given by the authorities, is that the public revenue would suffer by tee large an' amount 11 they were materially reduced. That is what Is seen—it is the unseen which is lost sight of: Even 11 only what is on the surface be considered it is clear that the Post Office should never be used for protlt-taking, For aa this column has continually pointed out, the mail is but a road between you and me and the next man. And just as an enlightened policy long ago took down tide ' toll -gates oa the turnpike roads, so should overt' block be taken out of the way to give the cheapest pos-. Bible intercommunication be mall. REVERENCE • The •more a naturalist httdtes Na- tttra Abe more mysterious she be- comes to him. "So God grows more sublime and awful as we tabor for Rim in tate tasks which He :las set` ue," says Phillips Brooks. "Would you grow rich in 'reverence?' bo asks.' "Go work, wort; work with all year strength; so let life deepen around you and disptay Its great. nes8 " • MAKING FRIENDS Bleated are they wlto have the gilt of making friends, for it()newer . is ()ne God's beet gifts. it Involves many things, but, above all,, the' power of going out of one's self and seetrtg and appreciating whatever 15 noble and loving la another. ' ncouver ort Will Establish New High Record Western Harbor Anticipates Huge Increase in Ship- ping Business Vancouver, B.G.—Nothing can pre- vent Vancouver from breaking all her records as an exporting Port following telegrams received here by relatives from seamen and officers of ships now en route here for grain.. The ships have not been posted, be- ing freighters, but they are coating for grain cargoes. They will prove to the world that, Canada is not an ice -bound country dependent on movement over the Great Lakes or through eastern chan- nels. These ships will take grain to Eu- rope when Europe requires grain most. The demonstration will be convincing. Vancouver has elevators lining the water -front full of grain and in the interior there nee more elevators. As the coast elevators are emptied they will be filled with more grain and the movement can proceed until all orders are filled. Recent flurries in price did not af- fect Vancouver grain. But the Port is arranging to handle a record arrival of ships in the near future. "The statistician who avers that somebody flies every time you breathe should be an anti -septic mouth -wash salesman.? Tolls of i Leath in Eur pean Stogy' Five Members of Crew of Finnish Schooner Are Drowned London.—Man's efforts to conquer the seas brought additional' tales of death and rosette from various parts of storm -ravaged Europe during the past week is England and Europe. Five members of the crew were drowned and six rescued from the Fin- ninsh schooner' Draken near Tito, Fin- land. The Draken was smashed on the rocks clueing a gale on Sunday night, and more titan 24 attempts at rescue failed because of high seas. Thousands of nets were Iost by Bri- tish fishing fleets which set out be- fore storm warnings reached them on Monday. A Lowestoft report said 200 Scot- tish drifters lost 6,000 nets and that the fishermen might be forced to aban- don their work. Two drifters sank with the foss of three lives. Four hundred Yarmouth drifters lost 20,000 nets, valued at $750,000. A violent tempest swept numerous sections of France Tuesday, ravaging shipping and destroying nets and small boats. The Italian steamer Arborea lauded at Clvlta Vecchia with the pilot and wireless operator of a Marseilles -to - Algiers plane, the third forced down on the Mediterranean in two weeks without loss of life. The two French- men of the plane's crew were at the point 01 exhaustion from starvation and exposure when rescued. The Garthpool, last survivor of Brl-t tlsh four -masted ships oe the last cen- tury, ran ashore at East Sandhead, 011 the west coast of Africa, and was believed likely to be a total wreck. Its crew were saved. Empire Preference,'-' Melbourne Herald: Trade relations between Great 'Britain and Australia are lop -sided. The value of the pre- ferences granted by Britain to Aus- tralia does not exceed $5,000,000 a year, while on more than $300,000,000 worth of goods Australia gives Britain a •preference of 840,000,000 annually, Should the British Labr Ministry insist on wiping oat all trade prefer- ences to the Dominions, Australia will most certainlyha - ve t0 consider where she stands in regard to the generous trade preference now grant- ed to Great Britain, What makes the average oldster so mad is that the impertinence of youth is frequently so darn pertinent. Strange Member of Cactus Family 11 the five powers tau moot on the TO BLOOM BUT FOR A SINGLE NIGHT five points when they conte togetherNlgltt-bloc ming Cereus, owned by Mei. McCartney ot Grimsby, blooms for naval redaction, there will be no at, uigitt for only' one night each Year, the flowers lasting but a Lew hours, question as to the outcome. It 18 a member of tate cactus family, MacDonald Talks Holland,Observes Oh American Trip Third Century of Premier Says People of U.S. Now Understand British SON SUPPORTS JAPAN London.—Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the • National Labor Club that "The American people are understanding us," The audience, which crowded the Friends' Meeting House, cheered his variolic references to the new Anglo- American friendship, The Prime Minister stater that "in my whole life I never stet eople who can be more en- thusiastic in the welcome they give a stranger than the people of Canada and the United States have shown themselves to be. It was great. "We went out to the States and a number of people gave us solemn warning not to take the risk, But if there is a doctrine that I have been preaching insistently for a great num- ber of years, it is the doctrine that you have to take risks in order to get peace. I took them, and I think I was wholly justified in doing so." Son in Japan Tokio. — Malcolm B. MacDonald,. Labor member of the British Parlia- ment and son of Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonaId, cietlared himself very much impressed with the presen- tation of Japan's case with regard to Manchuria as placed before the In- stituto of Pacific Relations, now in session at IKioto, by Yosuke Matsuoka, former' vice-president of the South Manchuria Railway. Although he recognizes China's dis- content with the present situation in Manchuria, Mr. MacDonald Said there was a great deal of merit in the Jap- anese viewpoint, He believes that the difficulties between China and Japan could be settled if a mixed commission would get together and discuss frank- ly the two countries' mutual roblems. China was selected to be host to the next` conference of the Institute, two years hence, but the Chinese city in which the session will be held was not ehusen. Dr, David Yui, leader of the 1 Chinese delegation, was elected chair- man of .the next conference. The con- ference also accepted the resignation of J. Merle Davis, as secretary, al- though he will continue to serve un- til his successor is appointed. Lord Ilaiisham, former Lord Chan- cellor of the United Kingdom and chairman of the British delegation at the conference, declared that arbitrary abolition of extra territoriality in China by decree of the Nanking Gov- ernment on January 1, 1930, would be condemned by the whale world as an extreme breach of international law and as the greatest ossibie proof that China was not ready for such rights, Patience, he said, is all China needs to gain her end in this matter. Canada Scouts Plan F f Ocean Plane Service Dominion Officers Unaware of Negotiations With Imperial Airways Ottawa, Ont.—Reports of a trans- Atlantic air service betweec Great Britain and Canada are considered as highly premature by officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Caua- dien Air Board, the Air Mail Service and the Ministry of National Defense. The passage of the Atlantic by plane will some clay be a daily rou- tine but that day is considered as far distant. The crossing so far has been purely in the experimental stage. Government officials have heard no- thing of any Canadian company en- tering into negotiations with the Im- perial Airways for such a service. Canac`"I'a has built at St. Hubert's, Moutroal, a mooring mast which is to accommodate the 11-101 when it stakes its transatlantic flights, but even this initial flight will not take place until next year. The opinion is expressed that transatlantic voy- ages will be made first by the lighter - than -air craft and later by multiple - engined giant planes. So sure are government officials that trans-Atlantic plane crossings are not yet feasible that they dis- courage any trans-Atlantic flying, warniug people who attempt it that the. Government cannot be expected to send searchers out after planes that conte clown ill Cattadian terri- tory. As, a matter ,sof fact suck searches are always made with gov- ernment overnntent planes, but no flyer is en- couraged to attempt it, Canada's attention at present Is directed to traatsCauada air service, to bridge the thousand miles of rocks and trees lying between eastern. and, evesteru Canada, and the grew bar - vier to the expedition of business, Air -stall service now exists to and front tho liners in the St. Lawreuoe 1 passing Father Point; from. Montreal to Ottawa ,and Toronto, and thence to Windsor and Detroit, Connec- tions onnextions are made with trans -American air linos from Detroit,=Christlan Sclenee Monitor. SUCCESS. It Is uo success to build up a for- tune without a character; but It is the highest success to build up a char- acter, arid the fortune naturally goon with it, Dutch East Indies Territory is Equal to Half Area of Empire, With Expection, of Russia Tet'ceutenaty celebrations for the founding of the Dutch government in the Netherlands, East Indian Ar'chl- pelago, with Jan Platers, eon Coen es Governor General, were recently held in Amsterdam, says "The Christian Science Monitor." • . Dutch enterprise leas established In the Indles—a territory equal to halt. the area of Europe, excluding Russia —a close network ot agriculturales- tates factories and mines, which pee - vide ample work for the natives t.:4 in many parts have considerably raised their standard of living. For the milling of the Sugar crops In Java alone there are 180 factories, European estates in Netherlands Indies are of considerable importance. Generally speaking, the cultivations consist of crops, the produce of which can only be harvested after many years, or the raw material which re quires a lengthy and exponeive pre. paration before it 1s ready for the mare lcet. The agriculture carried" on by the native populatiou, on the other hand, consists chiefly of annual crepe which for the greater part, poesess a market value without being subjected to a complicated preparation, and which eau often be mortgaged ti' sold while still standing in the field. Yet thenative population has taken, especially during the last few years, e more or less effective share in the ex- port xport of most of the above produce. The standard of quality of this native produce stands, however, considerably below that of European estates. For instance, the sugar factories in Java produce exclusively crystal sugar, while the native manufacturers only very primitive and practically unre- fined sugar cakes. As far as rubber is concerned, the native population produces a poorly prepared product, which is mixed with a large quantity of water and which has to undergo further preparation be- fore it is ready forthe market. Politically, the 'Netherlands Indies form part of the kingdom of the Netherlands coming under Dutch l:.w. Practically speaking, however, its in- terference .is limited to the legisla- tion, which affects the economic situa- tion Wlth this exception the Nether- lands Indies enjoys administrative self government on large scale The su- preme power is executed by the over - nor -general in the name et the Queen. Since 1918 a representative body has existed, known as the "Volksraad" (People's council), the members of which are partly elected and partly ap- pointed by the governor-general. Powerful ties have been set up be- tween, the mother country and the Dutch East Indies and a continuous stream of commerce flows between the Indies and the Netherlands. One of the latest developments hal been the recent Inauguration of a regular postal air service by the Royal Dutch Anr Lines, between Amsterdam and Batavia. On November 1, 1928, a start was made with. Dutch East In- diau Inland air communication, thhe Koninklijke Nederiandche - Indisce Luchtvaart Maatsehappij (IC. N. I. L. M. -Boal Dutch. East Indies Air Lines) beglttuing Ito activities on that (late. Scots Sabbath is Passing, Says Laird Loudon,—Presiding at the annual meetlug of the Scottish Sabbath Protection Association In Glasgow re- cently, Sir Archibald Campbell, of Succoth, Bart., stated that there was a tremendous tide. setting in against the observance of the Lord's Day. Tae chief offenders, he said, were those who could get their pleasure on al- most every day of the week. • The Rev. David Watson, moving a resolution to the effect that that meet, ing opposed everything that would destroy the sacredness and rest ot the Sabbath Day, said (bat the rail- way companies, by of1eriug cheaper fares than on ordinary days, incited the people to travel and secularize the Sabbath. There also existed a municipal menace. Why did their civic fathers seeks to lure the poo- pie to golf and bowls? To reference to execursions he stated that he could give many incidents whore, at the In- stigation ostigation et the Roman Catholie Church special exercusion trains had been run on the Sabbath Day. Stolen Gems are Found By Police Parts—A burglar who during the summer season broke into a dozen villas at Deauville, Lo Touquet and :Biarritz, and collected altogdtihcr about $280,000 worth 01 jewels, has been arrested in Paris, A. M. Jacob, a cutter of precious atones, who frequently journeys be - Wen Paris and Amsterdam, was ar- t -oiled at the Garo du Nord recently, On hint was found .a diamond of 18 cru'ata, valued at $40,000. Ho declar- ed time ltc was cutting for a certain Citroen Daho, The latter, when an, rested, admitted that Ito had carried out a tlozeu burglaries at select Nor - needy resorts. A ,small Valise which Calm hod en..trtusted to a cafe'keeper, and which was seized by the police, was found to contain $80,000 worth of jewels.