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 L the-â€" â€" ft : *Ãœ NEWS INTERPRETI A Commentary On the More Important Events of the Week. :D V By ELIZABETH EEDY .. - â€" === y UNEXPLORED MARKET: Be- lieving Canada to be a land rich â- jvith possibilities beyond dreaming às a market for his wares, a gas- mask salesman has arrived here from the British Isles. Delirious with delight, we imagine he is, ât the opportunity of working in à field so fertile, hitherto unex- plored. 11,000,000 potential 'cus- tomers . . . . oh boy! “There is a growing feeling among a lot of people that they’d like to own a good gas mask, and that is why we are selling them," he declared on disembarking at Montreal. You don’t think his sales cam- paign will go over big? Wait a while and see. Gas-mask manu- facturers, you know, have ways of creating a demand for their goods. HUNGARY’S POSITION: Hun- gary’» new “strong man” prem- ier, Bela Imredi, has announced |hat Hungary is drawing closer to the Rome-Berlin axis of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. “Our relations with Germany," he says, “are growing- more intimate.” Bordered on the west of Aus- tria, vakia positi were go c part slova on, the north by Czechoslo- Hungary is in a strategic on, indeed. If the country to fall in with Hitler’s plans, ompletely Nazi and become of Greater Germany, Czecho- Icia would be still further islanded in the middle of Europe. Inside Hungary’s Fascist Gov- ernment there is an active element demanding return of territory lost in the post-war treaties. Should Germany agree to satisfy that demand, Hungary would be deaf forever to any pleas the democracies might advance. STAY AT HOME, YOUNG MAN: In the old days when Can- ada’s prairie country was a land of promise, “Go west, young man” was the cry. And west he went, in a covered wagon, or a “harvest- ers’ excursion” train. And success was his, till the drought years came. The mining boom in Northern Ontario following the War sent hundreds of young- men north in search of gold, or work. Many of them found both. But today, al- by the industry as seasonal fluctu- ation in employment occurs. But to other young men thinking of going north, we would say “better stay home”. JAPAN AND THE OLYMPICS: The official plans of the Japanese Government concerning the Olym- pic Games (Xllth Olympiad) scheduled to he held in Tokyo in 1940 are revealed by the Minister of Welfare: “China has taken the attitude of prolonging hostilities toward Japan, but we are putting- forth every effort to end this current conflict:. There are still two years left before the opening of the Xllth Olympic Games and we be- lieve that fay that time the con- flict will be ended. With this fact in mind we are preparing for the Xllth Olympic Games in order to assure a successful celebration in 1940, which coincides with the 2600th anniversary of the Japan- ese nation. It is a wonderful op- portunity to reveal the true as- pect of our nation to the youth of the world and it is altogether proper that ample support should be given for the preparation of the Xllth Olympic Games Tokyo, 1940.” BLAME THE OTHER FELLOW: The Home correspondent of the New York Times in a despatch dated May 18 said of Mussolini's part in the Spanish war: “En- gaged as he is to the British, the Duce cannot openly begin sending reinforcements and more materials to Franco unless he can get sym- pathy on his side by accusing the French of sending more help to the Loyalists' than he is to Franco.” Two days later, Mussolini be- gan those very accusations pre- dicted in the despatch. Of the same color now are his claims that loyalist, not insurgent, planes made bombing expeditions over France last week. The machinery of propaganda appears to be working effectively. Machine That Weighs Words though the mines are going ahead full blast, the number of men they can employ is necessarily limited; their choice of employees is gov- erned by a need for trained, effi- cient workers. It is a mistake then for young men from Southern Ontario to flock north in search of jobs in the mines when there is so little employment available, in particu- lar for untrained workers. The hundreds of unemployed lining the streets of Timmins and Kirk-, land Lake are testimony enough to the futility of a young chap going up there without a definite job in view. Under the Dominion-Provincial youth training scheme, a number of young men are being specially fitted for work in the mines, who doubtless will be absorbed It is now possible to weigh the human breathâ€"thanks to the stud- ies and experiments of scientists at Rochester University. Each time we breathe, say these scientists, our bodies lose an infinitesimal drop of moisture, which is our breath. By means of miraculously deli- cate scales, this loss of weight can now be recorded. The information can be used to throw light on child metabolismâ€"that is, the amount of energy used by children in the act of breathing. This, in turn, helps doctors in their treatment of child diseases. “I suppose the thing a man dreads most about being dead is not seeing the end of what’s hap- pening-.”â€"Maxwell Anderson. Grain Continues Rush Overseas EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. A million bushel!3 °* 8Ta*n a day â€"31 million in 31 daysâ€"went out: of the st. Lawretice during the month just past. This is believed to come close to a record, being ex- ceeded only by the sensational sea- son of 1928. Most of this grain is American corn, and while the month of May is over, the rush still continues. It is believed it will last through June, but whether it can keep up till thé end of July is a question many shipping men would like answered. Wheat and Barley Some American wheat has come through the four St. Lawrence ports, but corn has been the big item. Barley also has moved in substantial amounts. That June will start with a rush is indicated by the fact that there are now about 20 tramps in port, to take grain. This means that 5,- 000,000 more bushels will go out of the St. Lawrence within a week. Many more cargoes are in imme- diate prospect. Canadian and American Grain By September the first of the new Canadian crop is expected at Mon- treal, and a conservative estimate is that 50,000,000 bushels will pass through before snow falls. Added to 50,000,000 bushels of new 1938 American grain, and plus the 100,- 000,000 bushels of 1937 grain, both Canadian and American, that will have gone by then, and one ar- rives at a total of 200,000,000 bush- els for 1938 out of the St. Lawrence. Grain and shipping men admit it is not at all improbable such an ex- port figure could be reached. CANADA Technique of Borrowing A bank is a place where you can borrow money if you can prove you don't need it,â€"Brandon Sun. Let’s Have British Tourists Let’s all boost for the British tourists. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Britain who like to get off the tight little isle to spend their holidays and have the necessary money to do so. They go practically all over the world, and there is no reason why more of them should not come to Canada. We would like to have them. Archaic Electoral System Saskatchewan, now in the throes of a general election cam- paign, is perhaps the world's “horrible example” of the results of an archaic electoral system. At the general election of 1934 the Liberals polled 206,191 votes, the Conservatives 114,973, and Far- mer-Labour 103,582. The Liberals elected 50 members, Farmer-Lab- our the balance of five in a House of 55â€"and the Conservatives no members at all. And if ever there was an argument for some sort of proportional representation, it is to be found in those amazing lop- sided results. With considerably less than half the popular vote, the Liberal party elected 50 mem- bers in a House of 55. â€" Halifax Herald. Our Signature Dishonored Canada’s signature stands upon the Covenant of the League of Nations. Mr. King in effect de- clares that that signature is now dishonored. If he replies that, in the present state of the world, no other course is practicable, he inig-ht with usefulness study the present position of the Dominion, of New Zealand which has had the courage to stick to its pledged word and has refused to play the conscienceless game into which Mr. King and his Government have fallen. Mr. King points out that each Dominion stands upon its own feet. True. But let him consider what might have been the course of world affairs since 1935 at least had Canada had courage similar to that Msplayed by New Zealand. Had two of the Domin- ions together taken the stand which one of them did, it is not fanciful to imagine that the course of British foreign policy might have been very different.â€"Winni- peg Free Press. The ^EMPIRE ♦*« <•*•«£* **♦ **• *** ♦** «2» *2» *2* *2* â-  *;« *:* *:* *2* I NAMES Z NEWS V VVvVVWVV GENERAL DOIHARA In command of the Japanese forces attempting to break through to China’s Hankow this week is Lieutenant-General Ken- ji Doihara, known perhaps better as the “Lawrence of Manchuria”. One of the most famous figures of Japan’s militant role in Man- churia and China, General Doi- hara has been super-spy, agent provocateur, military strategist in turn. He is a man of mystery. For many years he worked “under- ground” as agent of the most militant sector of Japanese opin- ion and chief of the armed forces’ secret service. He has been head of the Imperial Kwantung- army’s special service branchâ€"a planning bureau for Japanese economic and military Ventures into the interior of Asiaâ€"and has again and again brought pressure from the mili- tarists to bear for settlement of the Sino-Jap issues. À Charmed Head Towards the end of May of this year, General Doihara’s fourteenth division was subjected to furious Chinese counter-attacks from the direction of Lanfeng. Reports were frequently heard that the division had been wiped out. True, he suffered many thousands of casualties before reinforcements arrived from the east along the Lunghai railroad. But the General himself escaped unharmed al- though Chinese raiding parties sallied forth into Japanese-held territory in an attempt to capture him, dead or alive (100,000 Chin- ese dollars were offered for his head ). As long ago as 1932, General Doihara was quoted as saying that he “saw no special need for spe- cial alarm in North China,” al- though he conceded that possible “misunderstandings” could lead to “dashes.” And so it has turned out. In ' General Doihara you have your key to the whole Sino-Jap puzzle. Much To Be Thankful For There are other things which make the British system of life worth any sacrifice. This week the principle of holidays with pay has been granted to every worker in the country. And the House of Commons has passed a Bill for- bidding a man to leave his wife and family unsupported if he has anything to leave them. When you feel inclined to praise foreign systems of government, compare your own. We have much that needs improving. Even so, we are a long way ahead of any other country in the world. â€" London Sunday Chronicle. Dangerous Race Prejudice The outcry against Jews as Jews is one of those things which flare up among the unthinking, and add fresh fuel to racial strife in a world already sadly torn by rac- ial antagonisms. Emotions of hatred, contempt, and suspicion poured out against any race, class, or nation are a direct generating cause of wars and, in their local manifestations, of civil commo- tions. Pogroms against Jews and campaigns of extermination di- rected by a powerful nation against a weaker can be traced to the same fundamentally wrong attitudes. World opinion is only a conglomerate of the thoughts of the plain citizens in each com- munity; and Trinidad has a con- tribution to make, not only to its own self-respect, but to world or- der, by keeping away from racial prejudices in the discussion of the pressing problem of immigration, â€"The Guardian (Trinidad, B. W. I.) Bâ€"D THE WONDERLAND OF OZ Dorothy was delighted that her request had been granted, but she was not a,together surprised, for she had clung to the hope that Oz- ma would be kind enough to do her this favour. When, indeed, had her powerful and faithful friend refus- ed her anything? “But you must not call me princess,” she said, “for af- ter this I shall live oil the little farm with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, and Princesses ought not live on farms." “Princess Dorothy will not,” re- plied Ozrnr, with her sweet smile. “You are going to live in your own rooms in this palace and be my constant companion.” “But Uncle Henry,” â€" began Dorothy, â€"“He is old and hag worked enough in his lifetime," interrupted Ozma. “We must find a place for your Uncle and Aunt where they will be comfortable and happy and will not need to work more than they care to. When shall we transport them here, Dorothy?" Copyrighted I&S2. Reilly & Lee Co:. “Next Saturday,” suggested the girl. ‘‘But why wait so long?” ask- ed Ozma, and why should you go back to Kansas. Lét us surprise them and bring them here without any warning.” “I’m not sure that they believe in Ox," said Dorothy. ‘‘They’ll believe in it when they see it,” said Ozma, and if they are told they are to make, a magic trip, it may make them nervous. 1 think it wisest to use the Magic Beit without warning them.” “Perhaps that’s best,” decided Dorothy. “Then tomorrow morning they shall come,” said Ozma. . “I will order Jellia Jamb, the palace housekeeper, to have rooms ready for them and after breakfast' we will get the Magic Belt and by its friend, gratefully. “And now,” Ozma to the Emerald City.” “Thank you, Ozma,” cried Dorothy, kissing her friend, gratefully. “And now, Ozma proposed, “let us take a walk in the garden. Come Dorothy, dear."