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Cbe Ontario Reformey duns, oe jas tov seas, ana TTT (Established fn 1871) An independent newspaper pubs into millions, Thursday and Sarma : Sheriogns) as at Oshawa, Canada, by The Reformer |. Printing and Publishing Company [Panies, the good of Managing Director and Treas. A. R, Alloway, Assigtant Man- dent, nrer; Lzer, (ROA, MARTIN Editor' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: elivered hy Carrier in Oshawa or y .mall anywhere in Canada $3.00 year, United States subscriptions 1.50 dxtra to cover postage. Single «opies bh cents, JSHAWA, SATURDAY, FEB, 4TH. THE SITUATION IN INDIA Despite the fragmentary nature of the news which has reached this country from India, it is being real- ized more and more that a political crisis is near in that country, Brit- ain, the weary titan, ho sooner breathes more freely from the re- action which follows the settlement of one centuries-old problem than she turns to India and finds its peo- ple in a turmoil of discontentmens. The movement, headed by Ghapdi, if one can believe the reports print- ed in British and American news- papers, gathers " adherents daily. Whatever the precise character of this manifestation of India's bid for political power may be, it is plain that it is taxing the resources and the ingenuity of the crown's repre- sentatives in India to the utmost. Lord Northcliffe, the British pub- lisher, in an interview publisged yesterday, said that the Moslem sit- uation in India is uglier than the neople at home realized. The ac- tive protagonists of Ghandi's doe- trines may be small, but there ge- meins little doubt that the Indian lemand for home rule is growing : has been sald, Ghandi's leader- ship attracts followers in increasing sumbers. Indian papers for October tell stories of bonfires of foreign cioth, the organization of national! chools and the withdrawal of sol diers and policemen from the Brit ish forces. The modus operandi o: this Indian nationalist leader is on. which puzzies the official mind be cause it is stated to be void of al! (nat cam be interpreted as incite ment to violence and leaves little iovphole for indictable offence mun der British law. His revolutionar) policies are carried on under the cloak of "'mon-co-operation." Tha! 18. refusal to join with the British tion of the Government. sueh a law, : Fh A writer from Paris says their ninth life at this hour. Re! blue frocks embroidered in silver the smart dancing places. Twelve young women in course of journalism at versity of Wisconsin, at Madison i ALL MILK ISNT. IPS Instances--Ome Dealer Liable to Prosecution In a report to the Board of Health read at the inaugural meeting Wednesday evening, dealing ocal milk vendors, Dr. T.W.G. Mc 'or the local milk supply. cxzpressed by the M.O.H. that sample taken from a vendor pastuerizes his milk, is far standard, due, he says, to negligence, Act. The report is as follows: "It is my pleasure to present sou the report of an analysis of milk amples submitted by us, rincial Board of Health, Toronto aster, Director of Laboratories. The the amount of money lost is sald to run While such a law may impose re- lished every other day (Tuesday, strictions that may' be looked upon unnecessary by reputable com- the investing Limited, Charles M, Mundy, Presi- public must be of prime considera- It 1s to he hoped that the Governemnt will not allow the measure to be sidetracked in the House, or withdrawn as the result of pressure brought to bear by interested individuals opposed to EDITORIAL COMMENT that black clothes are like cats with nine lives, hard to kill, but dressmakers over there believe they are finishing gowns embroidered in gold, bright frequently make their appearance at the the Uni. have established a journalism house where women interested In newspa- .per work may live together and en-|it Is the intention of the Board, [ joy the inspiration of friends with | ANDARD Bacteria Cowst Too High in Two on with the result of samples taken recently {rom the delivery wagons of four ay, M.O.H., says that greater need is necessary in handling and caring Regret is a who below ind who has left himelf liable to]able. wmosecation under the Food and Drug we Janmar; %7th, to the laboratories of the Pro- This report is signed by H. M. Lan- Inspector Says (Continued from page 1) year, Is it teo much to expect that all chidlren should complete this work in 1% years? "The Junior Third class is, per- haps, the most difficult in the pub- lie school course of study, The arithmetic in the lower grades is chiefly mechanical, The pupil spends his time chiefly in the mastery of the four rules. He 18 not expected to apply them 'excepting in a very [simple way. In the Junior Third class he starts the application of these rules, It is here that he starts the study of world geography, His. tory is a new study and even the reader is much more difficult than tuat used in the lower grades. It is not much wonder then, that this should he a stage that some children fail to complete in one year and con- sequently have to spend an extra time In the grade." } Auxiliary Classes The inspector 'has the following to L1usy regarding the decision of the Board of Education to establish aux- iliary classes for backward children: "During December a survey was made of the subnormal children in the Town eof Oshawa. The teachers {selected about B38 children whom they considered to he of that elass. | From this number the examiners se- {lected about 16 who were clearly be- low 756% of normal intelligence, and understand, to form an auxiliary class of these children. The interest in this class of children is undoubt- edly a very important matter. Cer- tainly these children should be taught in a separate class-room, This should he done not only for their own benefit, but for the bene- fit of all normal children in the | school. {I suppose that thi {these backward childre, rapk with the establisfment of our hospitals, hospitals for the insane, children's aid societies, etc., as a step forward in our eivilization. It makes ope know that the world is giadually growing better. But if rite interest In these people is to stop when we have prepared them to mike a precarious living for them- selves, and if they are then to be per- mitted to marry and reproduce their kind, then this work is a doubtful kindness to the country generally. Lady Byng, speaking at a ladies' meeting in the King Edward Hotel, a short time ago, sald that the sun- normal condition in the Old Coun~ try had been permitted to fester un- til it had become chromic and incur- She predicted that, if proper steps were taken, the subnormal question in Canada might be a thing of the past im a period of 25 years. _1it would seem reasopable to suppose that one of the most important steps should be to make a normal amount of brains and mot $50 cash the "Open Sesame" to our country." interest in might well RIF (3 » OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, F at he BIG WORLD EVENTS: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. 4 ty "William Banks. For the first time Canada is called upon to cast a vote in a Papal elee- tion, Cardinal Begin of Quebec, at eighty-two years of age, and the sec- ond oldest member in years of the Bacred College, makes the journey to Rome for 'the purpose. In Rome it 18 generally thought that the next Pope will be an Italian, though there are some observers, elsewhere who claim to see indications that a fore eigner will be selected, There wus something of tragedy In the death of Pope Benedict XV,, whose demise necessitates the. election of a new Pope. Among those of his faith the very first announcement that he was suffering from bronchitis caused ap- prehension, This was due chiefly to the recent reports that the "Flu" wave had crossed the channel from Britain and was making headway on the continent, His Holiness died as befits a man of his position, cons- cious on the night before his pass- ing that the end was near and meet- ing it with ealm serenity. Whatever the religious beliefs of those who follow the news of the day, there is always more or less of n sentimental interegt in the daily life of the titu- lar head of a great church body. The simplicity of the late Pope had ap appeal for many who did not fol- low his religious beliefs nor had amy faith in the right of the head of any church to take part In the see- ular affairs of the nations, There are curious occurrences recorded in conneetion with the demise of Beno dict. ¥o the first time in recent history at any rate, an Italian Cabh- inet Minister called at the Vatican. He presented condolences on behalf of the Government. There was a significanee in the visit that may portend more than appears on the surface at this moment if some des- patches have any credence. At this distance one may be content to as- sume that it was the aetion merely of the Government of the country paying tribute to a citizen who was also a world figure. It is also re- called that for the first time since the early Middle Ages a suecessor to a Pope will be elected without any secular influence being claimed by any monarch or ruler. The after- math of the war seems to have al- together eliminated the Emperor of Austria, who as "King of the Holy Roman Empire," claimed the right of veto of the choice of the Consist- ory of Cardinals. While in his own church the Pope workad for the re- concilliation of branches---especi- ally that in Russia---whdre there had been less cordial relations than the Vatican desired, he will be held EBRUARY 4, 1921 In esteem by many non-Catholies, also because of his protestations agalnst many of the methods employ - ed by the Germans during the war, He telegraphed hissgbhorrence of such deeds as the sinking of the Lus- itania and the deportation of Bel- glan citizens, He made several pro- posals looking toward peace, jand one may be sure that his motives were of the best, even If many ques- tioned his methods. Noted as a friend of the poor and not physically strong Bonediet XV, was g man of many parts, He was 68 years of age and came to the Pontifical throne in September, 1014, just after the World War had commenced, The death of another noted man, and especially in the English-speak ing world, is to he recorded, Vis- count Bryce, statesman, ambassador and author, whose works have been translated into many languages, has departed. He was born in Belfast, in 1838, He died somewhat sud denly, but was energetic to the very last, It is a strange coincidence that dying within a short time &f the Pope, the first published work o! Lord Bryce should have been the "Holy Roman Empire." He was only 24 years of age when this was pub- | lished in the year of his graduation | from Oxford. But his book live: and is still used in colleges and uni- | versities the world over. Like his | greatest contribution to literature, the "American Commonwealth" shows remarkable research and in-| sight. When he first 2ntered the British House of Commons as al Liberal he created avery poor im-| | pression. But he gradually became | {one of the outstanding figures there, | Subesquently as a member of the | Gladstone Cabinet and in other cap- | acities he served his country with | amazing ability. As Ambassador to the United States he w } with delight in that count wrote another book about it Joument- al work for a man of age, pub- lished last year under the title of "Democracy." He wes at work on other material at his home in Eng- land where he had been residing for some years, when death ovégrtook him. He travelled extensively in many capacities for Britain and ful- filled many missions. These exper- | iences resulted in numerous other books and articleg besides those mentioned, all of them illuminating | and most authorative. Lord Bryce had much of the personal charm magnetisin that characterizes truly great An unassuming ing even among those who desired to pay tribute to his great talents was not the least of his attractive | | | ang th Take the Safer Course THEN you cannot spate the time to go to the bank the moment you re- ceive money, don't risk leaving it - in the house, Forward the money by regis tered mail to our nearest branch, he amount will be duly credited to your ace count, and y8u will receive immediate acknowledgment. Banking by mail is safe, simple and convenient, DOMINION BANK . DSHAWA BRANCH, C. N. HENRY, 3 CEDAR DALE BRANCH, J. 4, ALLEN, y BROOKLIN BRANCH, E, (, CROSS, Manager. | that | 4 : | posed and hoped it was. As a policy | 01d land in {and Taw | Collin | | « hurchill on matters connected with § {the assumption of government -- to this country by reviving the Lib | somewhat enlarge the scope of aid eral party." But in his criticisme | provided for by its predecesgors. of Lloyd George he advanced at least | Instead of paying one-third of the one strange plea for a change of gov-| excess of municipalal works now ernment. It was that the new dip-| undertaken, above the cost that lomacy--the "open door" dipjom- | would be chargeable to them nor- acy as our United States friends | mally, the Dominion Government call it, was a mistake, This plan of | will pay one-half, the Province is to trying to settle international affairs pay one-third and the municips?ity hy conferences had, he held, des-| one-sixth of the excess cost. royed confidence between France | municipality also pays the normal and Britain. He advocated a return | cost which it would have to pay in to the usual, more quieter and | any event. The idea at the back steadier methods That is to say | of the move ig to get as many muni- he prefers secret diplomacy. | cipalities as is possiblé to begin work Perhaps the world is not nearly so| now, or much earlier than usual, on far away from that as it had sup-| projects that are usually reserved for a later season. In respect to re- | lief measures pure and simple, that {| is, where employment plans could not possibly be carried out, the Do- minion Government makes no change minion Government makes no ebange. It will pay one-third the cost of such measures providing that the Province. and the municipality | pay one-third each. (Copyrighted British and Colonial Press Limited) it doesn't seem to be partieulariv in- spiriting We live in an age of surprises The most astonishing news from the m y a day is that of the agreement reached hetween Pre- mier Sir James Craig of the Ulster Governinent. and Michael Collins, head of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State. At a meet- | ing held in London, and lasting only | Sr----tp------ a short time, they reached an under | A TRUE DIPLOMAT 1 | i standing by which they hope to Toronto Telegram: Late Lord arrive mutaally satisfachpry | Bryce is affectionately referred to in agreement on the boundary question, { the I". 8. He always tolg the people to cease forthwith the boycotts the |of the Great Republic' what they North and South are carrying on! wanted to hear. against one another. and to devise | a -- a better system than the Council of Knew His Way Ireland (provided in the recent acts) . " 7? to deal with problems affecting Ire- | North--Why is your wife land as a whole. The British press |°%Y8 of your stenographer? fairly gasps with surprise at the) West--My wife used to rapidity displayed by the two men | Stenographer--Judge. in coming to an understanding on} _ such important points. YARTIRD'S SINGING LIKE renef their conferences in Ireland.| * the comment in that country, | THRUSH OR while recognizing some of the dif-] NIGHTINGALE, liad not previously met latter was in consultation at the Col- | onial Office with Hon. Winston | at a 80 jeal- be my They are to fienlties, is quite hopeful. Craig and Y The | 08 One of the finest tributes to the vo- , | cul prowess of Miss Josephine Marti in the government, or development, of India. preaches a gospel of strict non-wio! ence. in the Allahabad Independent econ taing the following phrases: -- "Nom-co-operation means eithe that the government mend iis way or that the mon-co-operators safle: tines, imprisonment and the gallow: f the people are real nom-co-opera tore, if they are brave and in ni, my arrest, should it come, wil t umnerve them or provoke thc: ) violence. It would come 'em As 4 matter of course, and le ly 2a matter for rejoicing. i would mean only a step further to- ward the goal. Anypne committing violence would insult me, distress me, and be a trai the country His act would be a e breach of discipline, if he claims to be a mon o-operator." It is this policy which has resul ed in Ghandi being elected by th. "all-India @ongress" to the positio of supreme executive authority. Canadians, being far away ane not conversant with the conditions. can only wiew the crisis in fAndic with deep comcern, brightemed with he hope that some satisfactory sol- ution may soom be reached, aided] materially by the visit of the Princ of Wales. SEEMS CERTAIN Thee is reason to helieve that the Drury Government will at the ap- proaching session have enacted "blue sky" legislation. Such 2 meas- ure has been under contemplation by the Queen's Park anthefities for the last year or more. While 2 cam-| palgn on the part of Boards ef if i THN iH : i i i i administration Ie A statement by him printec iliuminating :mples n Oshawa under the Sy-law--4two samples ud two unpasteurized. Model acilli which All samples are above the legal eported bacteria per cubic centi meter, Hart's being the Lest sample ! might state here that Hart's milk pasteurized supply. has the bes M1 round report. Two supplies show n altogether too Wwgh baeteric wnt. vas been takem from healthy cattle moperly strained or clarified, aerat a he comsumer should mot show a igh bacteria count per cubic cemti- eter. "The regulations of the Food and rug Act of the Dominion Depart- ent of Health, Ottawa. do not place my standard of bacteria coumt per wbic cemtimelflr in unpasteurized vilk. It is, however. commonly re: ognized that in the winter season .[ proper care has been taken fin stor- ge of the milk, this meed met be more than 2 maximum of 100.000 'acteria per cubic centimeter. The ame Act specifically states that at my season of the year .summer or vinter, pasteurized milk must met ontzin move than 100.000 bacteria ar cubic centimeter "Hinkson's supply has the high- wt showing of batter fat of all the amples, but has toe high a bacteria ronuat per CA. "Greater meed for cave in hand ling and caring of this supply is nec- msary. This comment will apply still more pentinently ia the summer season. "I very much regret Lo say, being. as I am, a firm believer in the mee- | osmity for a pastennized milk supply "or domestic consumption, that Land- | a A cpntieter of three times that which it 1s allowed hy faw te contain. With- ont hesitation, 11 must he stated that ibis condition 1s due absolatels to angligence the Fors Ti EEER ro Teor A Iolonies, Lie ATTENDANCE REPORT our licensed dealers retailing milk Milk pasteurized WE Y "All samples are free from colon is quite satisfactory. re- (airement of minimum buiter fat-- 3.25 por cemt. Two samples, that of lart pasteurized and Horme unpast- wurized, are quite satisfactory in the "In the winter season milk whicl: chilled, and kept below 50 de | rees Fahrenheit until delivered to £ ¢1 wy. which ds a pasteurized] one, hacteria count per Sylic/ of the Oshawa Public Schools alities. . : . 5 0 . a {the Irish Free State, when Sir] James Craig was announced. Church- | $5 re 3 A | ill promptly introduced the two and | While negotiations beiween the North and South of Ireland are pro- " " " ase Torarse plied | 1, sida NM i" " 3 1 1 : T | CRETE CREE DERE EE i U J J J J a ---- ITE. G.W.V. A. (Continued oom page 1) intimated that the mewbers of the band were only too willing to assist the GW.V.A. and alse that they would attempt tc raise money in some way to wipe off their debt. Legal Advice Suggested Comrade Wilcox ammade another suggestion, that the new officers and executive secure legal advice as well as advice of other prominent mei in the towm and together zo ower the minutes of every meeting for the last pear. fin this way, he pointed out, they would be able to fing out wuo'h ar any anthonization for even a por- tion of these accounts had been giv- en. This jdea was somewhat dis- vouraged when Secretary Hubble an- nounced that there sas no trace of 1 any" minutes havinz been kept dur- ing the past year. If these had been they weve net entered in the book. {No definite action was taken to car- or out the proposal but it is quite likely the suggestion may be carried out later. » A Bit O THE BEAUTY OF WINDER. The beauty of the Summer is the beauty of a queen, Whe decks with bicom and yellow gems her shimmering gowa of Verse green: She yeils herself in loveliness and gives us a look From a tangle of the sweetbrier, from the minor of a boook. We fore her for the mystery we seek in vain te scan-- But the beauty of the Winter is the beauty of man. He stands in stalwart mystery that wants ne robe to hind, Calm in the strength of manliness g " | left them together They came to k in such a way that there may | (heir arrangement without any other be agreement on many tangied | j,iermediaries or attendants points, the South is experiencing a Sa "erime wave." It jis, perhaps. in-| separable from a tramsition of gow-| , : 4 r . ernment. The authorities are tak-| the famine in paris of Russia are | ing steps to cope with it. Bat it | that children fed by foreign relief will possibly be some time before | COMES IONS are actually being eaten bands of armed men. who have been | bY their elders The work of relief | doing pretty much as they pleased | is handicapped by. many obstacles, ! of late. are made to realize that rea! | and the Russian Government is re- freedom lies in aiding in the peace- | ported to be ready to aid at the | ful development of a country, and the { Point of the bayonet if the condition observance of its laws 4 mentioned is not remedied Russia --- with all its claims to be of the peo he 1 Comment was made in these coi | and for the people, Sowins he ri suas a little while ago on the com. { Melpless when it comes 10 paratively few men owt of work im | Sih starvation France as comvared with Britain | - and this country. Since then, M. | President Harding Casonave. financial adviser to the | States. in an address to the Agri- French delegation at Washington, | "Witwral Conference Washington has confirmed the statement in ad- {ave unqualified support to the lakes- dresses in this country. Me says | 10-the-son waterway project, the that there are only 14.000 men out'! undertal i hich it is proposed : of work in Frame. [It is just a little | shouid be carried out jointly by the | bit dificult to expect Canadians, for! United and Canada. It is | stance. to sympathize a great deal | 'hough that at an early date he may with France's imsistence on the mec | elaborate his views on the matter ip essity for large maval forces and al? special me ssage 10 ( ongress where | big army---although the latter has | the battle ou the proposition has be- | been cut down some --in the face of |Sun. Observers in Washinzton ave | these figures. of opinion that it will be at least one | vear before the matter is disposed | of in Congress and they rather re- | present the opposition as f not being | powerful enough if Reports indicating the terror of} wither | coping ; 10 of the United at State Can Lord Goey--Niscount Grey of Fallodon, famed as Britain's Min- ister of Foreign Affairs in the oru- cial years preceding and for a time after the war-- come back? That is as a weighty factor in British peli- ties? He is making a bold bid for it, having linked forces with MH. H. Asquith and the Independent Liberal wing in the British House of Com- mons. It may be doubted if he is the man to lead the British Liberal party back to power. There is a human certainty that many Liberals actnaiiy to defeat the plan than to hold it up| for another indefinite period by i amendments and changes. The mid- | west is strongly for the project. It | is probable that its ultimate fate | will be decided by neutral states-- | the states that will not receive aar | direct benefit. Those who follow i politics know that there is a good deal of bargaining in questions like | this. Mt is not a question of bribery, of course, but of the "you vote my scheme and I'll vote for your bill" idea. : will remain in the coalition despite the Asquith-Grey alliance, which is definitely on record as opposed to the Government of Premier Lioyd George. Grey's reason for pe-enter- ing public life is that he feels it ab- solutely essential "to restore whole some and straightforward polities According to figures gathered at Ottawa, there are 200.000 able-bod- ied persons in Canada out of work. That has led the Government wd | if a real live thrush or a0, appeared in the Portland Ovego- ian some time ago from the pen of Joseph MacQuentin, one of the best | snown critics of the west. Here is what he said: "It seemed as nightingale vis- last night when ited the amditoriuma | Josephine Martino, soprano, lifted her fresh, delicious, young voloe in Song. Miss Martino is just a iittle beyond : van ready a bigh- By nature she high se! ly gif: was intended to be 3 singer, and Ww | ¥ocal training has polished and ma finer a voice that is naturally sv and of birdlike purity. 3 Miss Ma ne sings a year or two more and gets little more concert experience, she be of the Tetrazzini order of queens." . The foregoing is a sample of the ish press commendation which been accorded Miss Mariine inher public work during the past few abs Her voice has attracted 1he ant of 00 less a personage than Har ruse, whe has predicied a gre sical future for Ler ago and complimented her She ig a distinguished arti forging to the (rent. " » . (a) ==