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Voice of the Press "7 CANADA, s he New Year Honours List ' The premonition of Sir George 'Perley in the Order of 3t. Michael and St. George follows naturally upon the high esteem he won in Lon- don as High Commissioner, whers he gained hosts of friends and did yeo- man service for his country. He is still a persona grata in the Capital of the Empire, and it is entirely logical that the fountain of h hould de- sire to mark its pleasure at his con- tinued services since he left its im- mediate vicinity. Sir George has al- ways worn his honors with dignity and modesty, admirably assisted by Lady Perley.--Monties! Dairy Star, Sign of the Times It is rather surprising to note in an official report that the leading cause of death in the United States army for sixteen out of twenty years ----excluding the war period--was sui- cide. In the other four years tuber- culosis held first place. Last year both gave place to automobile acci- dents which is, perhaps, a sign of the times, --Kingston Whig Standard. Canadian Lumber in Britain. The conquest of this desirable mar- ket cannot be achieved without an energetic and determined effort, as in- deed must be made in every important expansion in the field of international commerce. Most important of all, our producers must pay scrupulous attention to the demands of British importers, even when the only justi- fication of those demands is an an- cient tradition. We cannot stand aside with out arms folded and wait for the orders to come in: we must go after them in an aggressive man- ner. British Columbia did not wait for Ottawa agreements to start work- ing wth this end in view, and ha efforts have not been destitute of re- sults, as the great popularity of Douglas fir in England for the last ton years proves.--La Patrie, Mont- real, Need Organized Effort. One would think that if it is gov- ernment policy to encourage pur- chases from British sources some plan ought to be carried out to edu- cate Canadians to the new sources of supply. The Sarnia paper says that it has never seen an advertisement in Canadian newspapers indicating a British source of oranges. If it were a matter of private business some effort would be made to show how the people could secure their surplus from the desired origin. As a con- trast there is the success of the Cali- fornia citrus fruit interest who through' newspaper advertising have 60 educated a clientele in Canada that they demand a certain brand of Cali- fornia orange and are unwilling to accept any other, regardless of its origin. It is an outstanding example of advertising that ought to be fol- lowed in other quarters where there is 'a worthwhile market to be won.-- Brockville Recorder and Times. Cause of Gray Hair Grey hair, according to the British scientist, is caused by a germ. We prefer to stick to the theory of high taxes.--From the Calgary Daily Her- ald. Liberty Some of our eorrespondents who at- tack laws of the land, because they do not suit their mentalities, forget the true meaning of liberty. As Mon- tesquieu wrote: "Liberty is the right to do what the laws allow; and if a citizen could do what they forbid, it would be no longer liberty, because others would have the same powers.--- From the Victoria Colonist. THE EMPIRE. Aerial Bombing. In an ordinary international quarrel there must always be some doubts as to which state was the aggressor, and from which state the real provocation originally came, There would be no such difficulty of definition about the use of aerial bombs. A nation em. ploying them, if they had been con- Canada, The Empire and The World at Large -> prices have only fallen because the noney is not being turned over. If we could get an agreement on disarm- ament and on war debts, and real peace between France and Germany, and a general lowering of tariffs, we should have the right kind of Refla- tion, through a stream of monay com- ing out of hoards into markets and quickly absorbing surplus stocks of goods --Hartley Withers in Every- man (London). Devil's Island and Trinidad. Fled convicts from French Guiana who have succeeded in reaching Trini- dad within recent history, now total 100 or more. The position here is an unsatisfactory one, We cannot send back the men fo whence they came, unless formalities are strictly com- plied with, and since the recent deci- sion of the Privy Council the posi- tion seems to be that the French Government do not trouble to waste further effort to claim back escaped men. It is sufficient for the Cayenna authorities that they should not re- turn to France. Trinidad is, there- fore, faced with the problem of either harbouring them or allowing them to continue théir journey. -- Trinidad Guardian, The Anglo-Persian Dispute The whole situation has changed since the concession was made. No one in those days imagined & situa- tion in which the Company would be- come part of a world oil combine de- hberately restricting oil production. There is point in the Shah's conten- tion that the oilfield is not being fully exploited. In any case, if all the Shah wants js a revision of the terms of the concession, he is entitled to state his case, and it is well for us to &dmit this right at a time when al- wost every nation, including Great Britain, is discussing in terms of varying propriety the desirability of repudiating or revising old contracts. --New Statesman and Nation (Lon- don). Indian Trade Improvement, That the increase in India's Cus- toms revenue for the first seven months of the current financial year should be nearly three times the in- crease that the Finance Department estimated for the whole year is a very welcomé announcement in these days of trade depression. The cotton crop is bigger, and already bookings for- ward for shipment are encouraging. Some trade authorities think that there will be at least 40 per cent, in- crease in the export of cotton this season, The short cotton crop last season had a serious effect of rail- way revenues and upon those of the Port of Bombay; the providence of nature this year will therefore, be very welcome.--Bombay Times of In- dia. The Purchasing Power of the Masses Under our present system, produc- tion is proportionate in the main to! consuinption, and consumption de- pends upon the volume of purchasing power received by the public. The working classes at present provide the chief market for the sale of goods. By reducing the volume of wages we reduce the demand for goods and therefore the opportunities for em- ployment. Even during prosperous times in Great Britain the amount of morey distributed in the form of wages, salaries and dividends is suf- ficient to purchase the goods produced during the same period, even if of- fered at cost prices. Hence the neces~ sity for foreign markets. But since this cordition is becoming common to all industrial nations, and since the world's markets are being contracted by restricted supplies of currency, it is not difficult to foretell the debacle which must ensue if the present mad policy of scarce-dear-money is pur- sued. --Arthur Kitson in the National Review (London). AMERICAN The Way Out of the Morass, Simple charity is obviously not Remembra denined by inter ag to _ rank with the bomb of the anarchist a8 a dastardiy aad Tlegal weapon, : ipso' facto constitute inself an sity in sharing is not enough, These are all indispensable. But they are not enough. : The greater need is for wisdom in government and in public life, a wis- dom which is attainable only by a will to listen, a will to abate preju- dice ,a will to find common grounds of | understanding, an objective and dis- interested view of affairs, We live in a world which is suffer- After receiving the plaudits of London crowds, Amy Johnson, England's outstanding aviatrix, back home from Cape Town, decided to rest. Here we see the two air birds, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison as thdy take it slow and easy at St. Moritz, Switzerland, emaveB------ A S----------E E C----Emer atpmeA------------------------ Canada Likely to Enter ; Team in Davis Cup Tennis Toronto.--Garnett Meldrum, presi- dent of the Canadian Lawn Tennis As- sociation, has declared Canada will enter a team in the North American zone of Davis Cup tennis competition if satisfactory players can be found. Meldrum said he understood the four players who represented Canada last year--Dr. Jack Wright, Marcell Rainville, Gilbert Nunns cid Walter Martin--all would be available again and in that case Canada surely would challenge, The United States and Cuba-pre- viously had entered in the North Am- erican zone, Mexico and Australia al- so played in that division last year. ----------e---- Prince of Wales Likens Unemployment to War London.--The Prince of Wales in a recent speech asserted that the un- employment crisis was "like the World War," and constituted a na- tional emergency requiring the volun- tary service of every ci The Prince's address was the first of a series of so-called "S.0.S. speech- es," to be broadcast every Friday evening in an effort to interest people of Great Britain in cooperating with the unemployed by helping organize and equip recreational and, instruc- tional physical training centres. In this manner, the heir to the British throne said, "we may wrest something positive and good out of this great evil." He stressed the urg- ent necessity of protecting the unem- ployed from physical and mental de- terioration. ---- Smoke of Soft Coal Partly Cause of Flu? Delaware, O.--Aggravating sniff- ing, suggests Dr. illiam A. Mahuel, may not be due entirely to the wea- ther--perhaps it's simply coal smoke. Fu ies from the burning of soft coal, the Ohio Wesleyan University chemistry professor said, may be re- sponsilbe in part for widespread out- breaks of colds and influenza. These maladies, he explained, "are aided by sulphuric acid and other ir- ritating vapors in the atmosphere." -- ------ Mussolini Orders "War" On Paris Dressmakers Rome. --Premier Benito Mussolini has given orders for a dressmakers' Italy to Raise U-Boats Reich Sank at War's End Pola, Italy.--Fifteen submarines sunk by the Germans when the armis- tice was announced will be raised by the Artiglio salvage crew as soon as they finish recovering millions in geld from the hold of the Egypt, off Brest. The underwater craft lie between Punta Cristo and Punta Penedo. They were brought overland from Germany in sections and assembled here when this port belonged to Austria-Hun- gary. They sank dozens of Italian and other 'allied merchant ships before their own time came. Their whole- sale sinking followed immediately after the "suicide" of the German battle fleet at Scapa Flow. New Plant Opened at Falls by Canadian Carborundum Niagara Falls, Ont.--Canadian Car- borundum officials last week formally opened the new quarter-million-dollar plant which has been completed here. In an address at the opening, Frank J. Tone, president of the pany, expressed the view that construction at this time is eloquent testimony to the faith of the company in the indus- trial future of Canada. The newest machinery and equipment have been installed, most of it manufactured in Canada. With the new addition here, the investment of the company in Canada has reached: $1,250,000. ---- net. London Philharmonic 'To Play in Copenhagen Negotiations are proceeing with a view to the appearance of the orches- tra recently organized by Sir Thomas Beecham, the London Philharmonic, to give two or thre concerts in Cop- enhagen, : It is many years since an English orchestra was heard on the Continent. It will be recalled that an all-British bellet was p ted in Copenhagen a few weeks ago, and the King and Queen of Denmark attended two of its performances. PES Earthquake Registered At Dominion Observatory Ottawe.--An earthquake of moder- ate intensity was registered at the Dominion Obsarvatory on Jan. 8rd. Preliminary tremors arrived at 11.07.86 E. 8. T. The distance to the epicentre was 2,930 miles. The time at the origin was approximately 10.59.30 p.m. The record continued for 1% hours. . Italy Reduces Cost of Services $9,000,000 Slashed From Army, Navy and Air Appropriations Rome.--Ttwenty-nine million dollars are slashed from Italy's war, navy and air service expenses in a provisional budget for the fiscal year beginning July, now being studied by the Coun- cil of ministers. Increases over the present year's the department of education, agricul ture and public works. The press points to this fact as proof that the cuts in war-costs are not a forced eco- nomy move, The principal reduction applies Lo the navy, which, if the council ap- proves, will be forced to get along with approximately 12 per cent. less than the amount available for this year. Cuts in the army allowance total 113% per cent. of the present budget. 'The air service would be cut least of all, a reduction of a little less than expenditures are contemplated for R 'This is one of the questions on which doctors differ. In the first place nobody knows exactly what the tonsils are for. Some authorities be- lieve they protect the body against disease. Others think they may have been useful to our ancestors, but can- not be useful now, and may be dan- Ugly-looking tonsils can sometimes be cured by attending to the diet and general health. It ds equally '| clear that a clean surgical removal of these masses of infected tissue of- ten works a miracle on an ailing child, or even adult. . : A large proportion of the operations are now done with the object of pre- venting ill-health, but it is becoming increasingly doubtful whether this hope has any justification. The best medical opinion is at pre- sent in favor of reserving the opera tion for cases in which the tonsils can be shown to be doing harr: to th rest of tbe body. ' ein Doctor Mends Heart St. Christopher, B.W.I.--The case of a 17-year-old boy, lying pulseless from a knife wound that punctured the lining of his heart, and who nev- ertheless was saved by Dr. J. S. Cras mar, of Cunningham Hospital here, was revealed in a trial beioce Justice The surgeon was forced to bind the patient's body to retain what | blood was left. He then hastily oper- ated, without anaesthetic and mended the heart. The case appesred hope- lexs, but the doctor subsequently pro- nounced the patient well, "though likely to suffer from the wound in later life." St. Christopher is a small i'd better known as St. Kitts, BS SRNR Ambassador Rides to Ceylon With Annual Maldive Tribute Colombo, Jan. 7.--One of the oddest eight per cent. being proposed For all three divisions the total expenditures would be $233,800,000. at Tons of Salmon and Crab Sent England from Russia London.~--Seven thousand tons of salmon and crab, canned in Kamchat- ka, Siberia, are being unloaded by lighters from a British ship now ly- ing in the Thames off Greenwich, ac- cording to the Daily Express. The Express announces there is an- other 20,000-ton shipment of the same produce on the way over. The wooden boxes in which the cans of fish are packed indicate Russia as the country of origin, but the plain, brown painted cans themselves are stated to bear no labels. BL a Strawberries in January Is Reported by Ottawa Ottawa.--Continued extraordinary instances of Ottawa's mild winter were reported last week by a resident of a neastern suburb, who declarcd that he had picked ripe strawberries growing in his garden. Near the strawberry patch, the same citizen re- ported, he noticed a number of dande- lion blossoms. The weather has been exceptionally mild and sunny. monarchies in the world--the Maldive | Islands--has just paid its annual tribute of fish, sweetmeats, carpets and mas to the Governor of Ceylon. The tribute usually is carried in pic- turesque procession, but this year the Maldivian Ambassador motored to the official residence. Legends say that the thirteen Mal- dive Islands are mountain peaks of a continent that once linked India and Ceylon. eee AQ ee Maritimer Gives View Of 'Way to Prosperity Halifax. -- Here's Dr. Richard Hamer's recipe for better times in Eastern Canada: Take Canadian shoes (any gquan- tity) and exchange them for Russian crude oil. ' 4 Refine the oil at Montreal and send the gasoline to the Maritime Provinces in exchange for fish. By such 8 plan, says Dr. Hamer, the. Dominion Government could as- sist the fishermen and fish dealers of the Maritime Provinces, the shoe fac- tory workers and employes of oil re- fineries, ' He says the Russians need the shoes, the fishermen need the gaso- line and the industrial workers need both the work and Maritime fish, Dr. Hamer formerly was secretary- treasurer of the United Maritime] Fishermen. ----p---- - London - Brigh | and state travelled over 62 miles of new tracking of the Southern Rail way to Brighton and Worthing, on December 30th, thus. inaugurating the | longest electric powered stretch in tain : : ~The work has been two years in of London than Of Wounded Youth : ' New Railway Open: |. London. -- The Lord Mayor of London and other dignitaries of city | letion and now makes Brighton|tu south valley, cut in weak sh: sandstone, and takes up a course through a narrow valle in resistant crystalline stone. Dr. Johyson believes the only logical explanation is that the Connecticut wes flowing there, in a southeastward direction, before the wall of hard keep pace. » Other 'major rivers of the Appala- chians also show "signs of gradual changes in the level of the land, and , Dr. Johnson finds plenty of geological evidence to support the theory taat the Appalachians, which are among the world's ol mountains, have been planed off repeatedly Ly i and successively uplifted by presss from below. At one of these times when the mountains had been work off there occurred a slight lowering of the whole surface for a time, and it was this movement which permitted the ocean to cover the land as far as what is now western. Pennsylvania, REARS . Leisurely Life Proposed To Check Heart Disease Springfield, Mo.--Heart disease, al ready one of the leading causes of death in the world today, may becoma even more frequent unless the terrific pace of modern life is slowed, Dr, 7, A. Willius, associate professor of medicine at the University of Minne- sota and Majo clinic staff member, \#aid here. : $ Diseased conditions of the heart a few years ago were confined almost entirely to older people, he continued. Now, due to the emphasis placed by the American people upon "speed, speed, and more speed," it has become frequent g younger persons. What is needed, said Dr. Willius, is something of the leisurely attitude taken by Europeans, who daily find time for relaxation, who move more slowly, and who are less likely to be excited by delays of one sort or am- other, ; The diet fad among women also has been harmful, the physician said. Nor- mal food taken in normal amounts is needed. ; ------ = Dealers Bid For Prince's Drum Belfast. --Curio dealers in London and New York are reported to have offered up to $20,000 forthe huge drum which the Prince of Wales ern Ireland, The Prince got the drum sticks as a memento, but the drum is not for sale, ' re pri Divorce an Index to Business Berlin--From looking at divorce statistics it would appear that busi ness is improving again. The num- ber of divorces increased greatly in thumped on his recent visit to North- LS |