The Seaforth News, 1927-08-04, Page 3British Wish
to Get.• Away
From Disputes
Cabinet 'Minister ,Points Out
Discussions Are With
Friendly Nations
London—The growing desire to get,
,away from the contentioug atmosphere
:hithekto ei rrounding the ciuisar con
troversy is evidenced by the Attorney
General. `Sir D. M. G. Hogg, who re-
ferring to Great Britain's negotiations',
with the United States and +-°span
said: "With neither of those powers
are we discussing the problems as
nation's who are one day going to fight
but as nations . who share Ithe same
ideals, the lame determination to
preserve the peace of^the world and to
work for that end."'
The/Pima, in a...editorial, says, in
part: "The he British Government has
.acted very wisely' in imposing a most
necessary interlude by summoning the
delegates to London for consultation.'
The consultations .-were to continuo
and they constitute a unique - op-
portunity for paving the conference
from the disasters that threatened it.
ee What is necessary., above all, is to
clear' the air. The present state of
confusion is unworthy of great na-
tions.' who ,are' essentially . friendly
and wlio..:cannot .allow their friend-
ship and growing 'opportunities fon•
'peaceful cc -operation to be jeopardized.
zty fantastic misuuderstandinge.
No Needfor "Fierce Words"
'As between the British Empire' the
'TJuiterde States and Japan,':the tonnage:
-or guiir,ower of cruisers that may seal
the intervesing,seas, is certainly not
am adequate oceasion for fierce words
or for an outbreak of mutual sus-
picion, that might have very serious
consequences 1f the _ponferenoe were,
after all, to break down, through lack
of resouce or goodwill. , .. The British
case, iu the opinion of most people.
la this country, is. very good indeed,
and • it lies, beth well presented at
Geneva. -Soma further efforts are
.clearly needed to lift it above the
.accidents of narrow controversy. The
'opportunity is novr given to' present
It to the world in all Its sitiiplicity. and
•cogency and withfullauthority of the
British Government. It -would be a
great relief if this could be dad; be-
fore the British delegation goes back
to Geneva.
Maxima of Cruisers
The Daily. Mail says: "No doubt re-
mains that the stumbling block
throughout the Geneva discuseious has
been the persistence of the United"
States to denim the 'maxima of cruisers
without laying down the numbers it is
proposed to build 'in each class. The
British Governinent insists that parity
'between the 'Suited States and Groat
Britain must not''bo fixed In sucfi
way as to prevent the maintenance by
Great Brittiin of defensive 5000 -ton
cruisers in a number sufficient to safe-
.guurd the Empire's trade routes.
"Tins, should the Milted States per-
sts in its desire to utilize the whole
of its tonnage quota for the construe
tion of 10,000 -ton cruisers, Great
irltain would lie prepared to accept
Partly ou tlue,principle of that level,
though it has nointention of building
offeusive cruisers up to that number,
bat in this event it would; need to be
recognized by tho-L'nited'Statea upurt
from these that Great Britain .would
require a further -number;of smelled
defensive vessels."
All Agree
Politica): writers here represent tete
Government as extremely anxious for
a harmonious agreement, and as be
lteving that Lord Cecil and Mr.
1'3ridgeman will return with hope for a
settlement. Failure of the conference
'would certainly be regretted here, but
there Is readiness1n some quarters,
should failure came, to lay the blame.
fe it on the United States.
The Daily Mail, for instance, says:
"If the conference fails, it will he clear
to the world, it was broken down, not
• owing to British intransigence, but
00 account of the ambitions: of the
United States to build a greater navy."
The. Times deplores the "baffling
confusion." which it says Is the present
state of the conference. It regrets'
the discuse:ons at Geneva have "had
the effect of not. Blearing tip, but ob-
scuring, the real issues and raised
the epecter. of new rivalries. Tho'
paper cornett -tine that the "violent
American press campaign completely
disfigures the British caro in the eyes
Sir American readers and obscures, the
•essential vital 1nLorests of elm people
ot the United States in this grave
naval mattes,"
Geoeva--For various .reasons, the
possibility or even unofficial informal
talks' among the delegates of the three-
4iower naval conference are`proelinied
-until the ret:ui'n from LoiYcion of W.• C.
Bridgeman, Fleet Lord or the British
Admiralty. and Viscount Cecil.
This, however, has not prevented
thecirculation of gossip in those cir-
cles which have been following the
discussions. In American quarters
there appears a disposition to be less
satisfied now oyer the Anglo -Japanese
suggestion that in addition to, the total
tonnage oe cruisers and destroyers
stipulated In the projected treaty,
_Great Britain and the United States
be permitted to maintain another 100,-
000
00;000 or 125,000 tons or so-called obso-
lete vessels, and that Japan have a
propon•ttoiiate number of tons.
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The Proposed Ontario 3400 -Mile Flight Across A tiantic Ocean
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COAL SEAM.`.. FO' ND
IN NEWFOUNDLAND,
Promises to Be Great Boon -to
Ancient Colony
St, John's,`':Nfld.—Tho St. George
coal fields, siitueted on the west coast
of the island 'Promises to be a groat
boon to the Ancient Colony.
A,roem of coal- sevenfeet egad inch
thlele has been cul at a depth a•451
feet. The site of the d411- hole.w+as
eelected'by'Dr Balker, D.S.C.`, of -Lon-
don, during his - recent visit. Dr.•
Baker made the following report on
.the :find': r
"The Middle: Barachois 'River'
affords 'a very fine section through
what is very clearly the southern ex-
tremity of'a large and valuable-obst1-
field which extend& frons this area -to
the north and weet for an unknown
distance. Coal is known to occur from
Crabbes River to -Flat Bay Brook. The
clue to the structure of this'field lay
In • the initial diseovoty. The coal
seams that outcrop at various places
along the banks of .the Middle Bara-
chois-River, are all parts of'one and
the- same great seam.. A little- pa-
tience. expended in . careful and sys-
tematic observation of the strike and
dip of the rock's, as well as the order
of succession ofthe strata). clearly
establishes this point at the outset.
Afterthis it is a simple matter to
gain clear ideas as to the trend of
the other seams in the field.
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DECLARES. FLIERS
IN QUEBEC WOODS
New' York Screen News Man
Expresses Views at
Chicoutimi
Chteoutinti, Que.— Declaring him-
eblf be be still convinced that traces
of Nungesser end Coli, the French
aviators who, attempted on May 9 last
to fly westward across the Atlantic,
will yet be found in Northern Quebec,
H W. Smith, New York screen -news
pian, returned to Chicoutimi recently
following a week's search of the dis-
trict. He` was accompanied by a con-
frere, L. O'Reilly and tem Indians,
Gagnon and Bacon.
It wad'Gagnon and Bacon who, sev-
eral days ago, were credited with say-
ing,that they /had riot pnly seen but
had actually touched a white airplane
which was lying in the bush about a
week's journey distant from Chicou-
timi. Smith and O'Reilly set out with
the Indians to reach this place on
July 12, but apparently they had not
found it, for yesterday none of them'
made any mention: of this feature of
their trip:
The expedition was hampered by in-
tensely warm weather, by black flies,
by intermittent rains, winds and
thunderstorms._
"I persist in believing that Nun-
gesser and Coil fell in the woods hero
and that they will be found some
day;" saki Mr. 'Snsith.t
Wins University, Medat
Seventeen year ,eld Joan Macdon-
ald, slaughter of, Ramsay MacDonald.
Two men were s•oated jis a crowd-
ed•tratncar. One noticing that the
other had 1115 eyes closed,. said: "Bill,
ain't ;yer well? "I'm all right,', said
pm, '.'but .I &o 'ato to see laches
standin ."
TO PILOT PLANE IN LONDON -TO
- The map ABOVE shows the route which Captains W. Il, Maxwell and
B. Tally, of . the Ontario government air service, will follow
when: they essay a trans -atlantic flight from London, 'Ontario,to London,
England. Inset In the lower half of the map' are photographs of Capts Max
Rell,.•LEFT, and Tully, RIGHT, and also et the Stinson monoplane which
1R.ey'w:iel fly. At the LOWER LEFT is Cant. D. A. Harding, of Camp Borden,
-LONDON VENTURE -
and at the LOWER RIGHT, Lt. James D. Vance, who wore the second choice'
of the committee in charge of flight arrangements, tis pii•ois for the venture.
In the CENTREis Charles Burns of Lon,Jon, Ontario, donor of the 525,000
purse for the flight: Maxwell and Tiilly have now to await the On_arlo
rGovernment's permission to leave their I'at'nst Patrol.Posts while making the
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I-IIGH.aUTY ASKED
ON.. MAPLE SUGAR
Vermont Farmers Say Imports
From Canada Are Curb -
'ng Their Business
Washington — Vermont wants a
higher tariff rats en maple sugar. An
investigation ewes instituted by the
United States Tariff Commission
upon appllcatkin of the Cary Maple
Syrup Comptiny of, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
George' C. Cary of tills firnr teettfed
that six cents a pound on sugar and
•four cents on syrup would be agree-
able to him. 'This Is an increase of
two cents a pound ou ,sugar, but Mr.
Cary said that the ultimate consumer
would not have to bear the burden. ,
A group of farmers, including,
George M. Jones and Mrs. M. C.
Monaham. both of Vermont, and Q. R.
Ogg, of the Vermont Farm Federation
Bureau, urged the higher duty. Both
Mr. Jones and Mrs. Monahan took is-
sue with the comtissioner's account-
ing methods. Hrs. Monahan said that
the Vermont maple growing industry
was facing extinction. _This could be
avoided only by giving them protec-•
tion against, iinported sugars and
syrups.
Mr. Jones, who eaid that labor condi-
tions are -better -in the United States
than in Canada, discussed the need
for higher duties. The industry that
he represented,he said, had an Out-
put of .540,000,000 annually and .em-
ployed 15,000 persons in 2,500 farm
homes. His industry, so far as labor
was concerned, is as large as the Gen-
eral Electric Company in Schenectady,
N.Y., he asserted. •
PRINCE GEORGE
MAY BE RANCI-IER
Move on Vancouver Island to
Present King's ,Son With
B.C. Home;
Vancouver, B.C.—Prince George
may be the recipient of a ranch at
Cobble Hill, Vancouver Island, B.C.,
when he and the Prince of Wales visit
here tlrts summer. The proposed pre-
sentation leas been sponsored by. the.
. Aenociated Boards of Trade of Van-
couver Island, and the Government
will bo asked to vote $25;000 for the
pierpoeeethe city of Victoria $10,000,
and other municipalities on the island
$115,000. The remaining $40,000 of
the $85,000 would be raised by publtc
subscrtptIon. `
Although tho ranch, including ma-
chinery ' and equipment, may be pur-
chased for $85;0001 it ie statea that
$265,000 hoe been expended on it. The
project will go before the Government'
almost immediately.
"And whet is your father, Lotta
deaf," "Fattier is tho 'beat•deai :lady'
iu Runtmel'e •cierctts."
J. Nugent Harris
Of London, England, jjlstrumental in
foundiug the Women's Instituto in
Great Britain, who Is vieiting Toronto.
It was in 1915 that Mr. Harris helped
to introduce the movement in Eng -
laud, where it has since attained a
membership of 300,000 with 4,000
branches,
German Officers in Britain
Berlin Vorwaerts: (The German
Sociaist paper is suspicious because
German officers attended the British
air manoeuvres). Meanwhile Italian
military authorities are preparing all
sorts of projects relative to aviation.
M. Baibo itas visited Berlin. . It is
therefore correct to say that British,
German and Italian military authori-
ties are working together, This fact
has no immediate significance, but it
nevertheless should command' the at-
tehtlon of responsible publtce hien.
Our statesmet should ou no account
tolerate that these initial efforts at
collaboration between the armies of
three Powers should end by dragging
these sante Powers into stricter solid-
arity. This move should neither end
in a united front against the Soviets
nor in an aggravation of France -Ger-
man relations.
'Naval Disarmament
La Petite Gironde: Great Britain
and Japan are island nations drawing
on other countries for a considerable
part of their 'normal needs. The
security of their sea 'routes and. their
convoys is one of the first conditions
of their independence, and, in case of.
armed conflict, of their resistance to
the enemy. More than half of their
cruiser fleet would be used to guard
these routes. The United States, on
the other hand, can be sbsolutely,selt-
supiiorting with -the resources of their
'own country. And, from this point of
view, 'the fleet of cruisers and light
units which they claim to need ap-
pears to be, more than that of any
other power, a plaininstrument of im-
perialism. _
BRITAIN NAMES
ACTING PREMIER
CANADA'S GOODS
LOSE IDENTITY
Sir Austen Chamberlain to Shipments to South America
Act in Stanley Baldwin's Via U.S.A. Arrive
Absence in Canada "American
London—Sin Austen Chamberlain. 1t A common complaint among mer
is now authoritatively announced, will chants and consular agents in Canada
act as Prime Minister during Stanley is that goods destined Tor South Am-
Baldwin's ebsenee
mBaldwiu's•.absence in Canada with the erican countries other than Brazil and
Prince of Wakes the Argentine lose their identity
This means the temporary eclipse through being shipped vias New York
ot Winston Churchill, whose apeeohes and other Unsted States ports.
since he joined the Conservatives have Colmtibia, Ecnad'nr and Venezuela
brought him into the running es a are especially affected, it declared
pbtential successor for the Premier- by authorities in le ontreaL
shipand now account for, the solatium The .explanation offered is that
he is tp receive afleading the IIouse goods, though duly tagged and record -
of Commons during the remaining fete ed as Canadian when they leave Can
flays session before vacation, oda, lose their tags and acquire
The fact is that Air. Churchill's United State earntarlcs on their way
Political past is regarded as too through that country's ports to South
kaleidoscopic to justify his election' and Central America. There are some
as head' of the government so soon. ! direct routes to a few South American
He bn his career as a Conserve countries, authorities say, such as
the, it is recalled, seceded to the frote Halifax and from Vancouver to
Liberals, and only reverted to his the Argentine and other republics.
orfginalpolltical falth.twp years ago. I Apart from these Encs, with limit -
So considerable is the position Mr. ed ports of call, goodsmustat present
Churchill has attained, however, that 1 be shipped through the United States
it was until recently expected that and be, as in most cases, either not
the veteran Earl of Balfour would recorded at all as exports, or else eon -
have to be brought in :as Prime Min- fused with American shipments.
ister during Mr .Baldwin's absence to I In an effort to offset this disadvan-
avoid passing the Chancellor of the
Exchequer over.
The Bolshevist'Menacei
Lausanne Gazette: .(Bo1sh8'vist pro-
paganda has made it very clear that
the Soviet hope to attain' their ends
by civil war). Never has society been
more exactly warned than ours of the
danger which threatens it and ot the
means which are going to be used to
bring about its destruction. Alter
this, it seems strange that intelligent
people should go to such lengths to
help the Bolshevists in their designs.
The League of Nations wants to see
them seated at .their conferences and
is sending thein appeals couched in
enticing • terms; governments open
their torritories to them; and the
pacifists of Lho entire world obstinate•
ly continuo Lo believe in their ap-
proaching conversion which' is c to be
the prelude to universal reconcilia-
tion..-
Sir Thomas Lipton
Is Still Hopeful
Liverpool.—Sir Thomas Licpten,
the famous yachtsman, arriving on
the Adriatic here yesterday denied
that hie had abandoned hope of win-
ning the American cup.'
"As coon as Willie Fife can design
me a yacht having a ,chance of win-
ing, I shall issue a challenge.!'
(William Fife, yacht designer, has
for many years been associated with:
Sir Thomas Lipton en the interna-
tional rapes). _see
tage, foreign aaeaaeies and Canedian.
shipping firms are endeavoring to
establish direct ratites. They are
anxious to have et made ler-own that
Montreal shippers and those in other
Canadian centers -will in, future find:
greater all-Canadianfacilitees for
carrying cargoes southwar. d.
Recently the S.S. Wilston batt Man
treal with Canadian cement and mer-
ehandieie bound for the Latin-Amer-
ican countries. Anther beet le now
being loaded -here with grain flour,
machinery and rubber goods bound
for Goltunfiia.
NEW FORCES FOR
EMPIRE FIGHTING
.Barracks and Drill Grounds
for Destroyers of- In-
sect Parasites
London. Barracks and drill
groundu hate ,teen erected at Farn-
ham Royal, Buckinghamshire, Eng-
land, for the latest additions to the
fighting forces and d'efendeiw of the
Empire
An expeditionary force is Lein;
sent to Canada to do battle watt the
carmee,, and codling moth.
Entomology has, with the cid' of a
grant from the Empire Marketing
Board' established a eco for parasites
and expert entomologists are •going to
seek out the natural enemies of the
various pests which infest the live-
stock and crops of the Empire. In
roma eases it may be necsroary bo
breed a new stock, or evolve a differ-
ent type 01 parasite, anal completely
equipped research laboraterles have
bean installed.
In the extensive gardens at Farn-
ham Royal there are as many differ-
ent plants and trees as it is compat-
ible with the climate to groin, ane d'
amid theme, which act an a breeding
gerund far the insects, aro two levees
insectaniee. One is for et general fire-•
serve stock or insects,and tba other,
which has walls of fine gauze and a/
roof of vitaglass to transmit the
ultra -violet rays of the sun, is for
the use of insects which are being
specially studied.
Nothing ie left to chance, and every
insect is put through its paces, to to,
speak, before it is decided to lend it
to thio fighting front ,In a rem lit
with an ultra -violet' ray lamp, there
are several vitaglass cases in which
aro specimens of the various pests.
When it is thought that a jearasite
has been found for a certain )lest, it
is put into tha same case, and its
fighting tactics San be watc at
close quartere. There- is little. c,
therefOre, that parasites- will be ex --
parted that are unfit for their jobk
This is the only institution of Eas.
kind in the Nmplr , and it is claimed
that this method of tackling the pests
Is more efficient than spraying them,
for mice the right kind of parasites
are introduced they will wage a con-
tinual warfare, until the destructive
insects are annihilated.
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GERMANS SIGN
JAPANESE PACT
Treaty Removes Barriers
Against Reich Exports—
Silk Trade Benefits
Berlin.—The srigreiny of the meek
favored nation treaty between Japan
i ud . Germany by Baron Tanaka and
Dr. Soli,. German Ambassador to
Tokyo, wh:elt has taken three years
of arduous labor %o draw up, caused ,
unqualified •gratifeat!on here. While
the text of the treaty will be published
only in some weeks' time,:it to already
known theet n:ony advantages accrue. ,
The barriers against the majority
of German exports, including the
much opxozod dyes, against emigra-
tion and.. German consular restric-
tions, aro removed. The treaty Imo
sji :al importance for the G•etrnant
textile, automobile, and glass initis
tries, also for soaps and' perftenee.
Japan, on the other hand, owing
to the great reduction in duties, will,
profit especially by -its -silk export to
Germany, where Hitherto.: owing to
the high duty, tho market was intone
side;sblo.
The treaty signifies a full resum -
H tea . g � p
ttcn o -f l)re--war cordial relations bo -
'°Long Liva the King" twpan. the two. countries, which 15 ccn-
1 liael ofsucceeds
Michael Rumania, rube, sitlered here of paramount import-,
King Ferdinand anco qt
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