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" "THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH: 23, 1929 Fe Jews and Pictures of the British Is Tos L i i oy . # yoo: TH i coment Must oming General feated Fd Larger Gains Than i 3 London--Three strikin facts stand put from the maze of political uncer- lainties on the eve of England's gen- Hel election which is to be held on a A 30th. A 7 5 The first is that if the election was "held at this moment Labor might 'Zsweep from power the dominant Con Sjervative party with its huge ma- tlority 'of some 200 in' the house of 'ytommons. x % The second is that in any event the ! Conservatives must wage a bitter patruggle to keep from being ousted "by Labor. \ The third is that women voters are' for the first time in the majority and «will decide the election. Added to this .is the fact that between five and sev: pn million of these feminine voters are "newly enfranchised flappers and no- "body knows how they will vote. : Conservatives At Odds . The great strength of the Labor party at the moment is due in no small measyre t6 the fact that the Ww i.Conservatives are more or less at!) sixes' and sevens because the gov wernment has announced no inspiring for definite program although the "election is 'only ten weeks away. An- other week, however, may alter this citcumstance since Prime Minister Stanley. Baldwin's announcement of policy is expected in the commons next, Thursday. Pending that an- notincement the position of the Con- . servatives is not a. happy one. During their five years in office the Conservatives have . not solved the two paramount problems of the country -- unemployment and indus- trial depression. Further, the only concrete plan they have advanced as: a solution is what is known as the derating scheme, the purpose of which is to improve industrial condi- . tions and consequently the Labor sit- uation by relieving industry of some taxation, Political observers say, however sound this scheme may be, economically, it is woefully weak for ' campaign purposes because it is a . ey statistical plan, incom® prehensible to the average person and too prosaic to stir the imagination. "Of the two issues, unemployment is the greater from the standpoint of the man in the street. A million and a quarter workers have Jon, been unemployed. Grim hunger an cold has betn 3tgliing in many sec- ions, especi in the great mining tricts, The rank and file of the conseyvatives admit they are dis- ®buraged and few deny the party is afflicted witli apathy and that unless the prime ister comes forward with proposals which will grip the fancy of his followers, things will not look so rosy at election time. Meanwhile the labor: and liberal platforms are known. Labor has long been advocating the nationalization of fhe key industries like coal. David loyd-Gedrge, perhaps the most pic- turesque personality in all England, has flung: the liberal banner over.a sensational scheme of using all the . unemployed on public works which will be useful if not essential. ~~ © The feminine aspect of the situa- tion is interesting, over half of the country's 27,000,000 voters 'are women. Many of them have voted before and how they stand is quite well known but the army of new girl voters is puzzling. Figuring on general aver- ages the laborites claim a majority belong to the working class. How- ever that may be, there is uneasiness in all pr 5: Bo and one sees the unusual spectacle of a grey-haired statesman flirting 'with 'flappers on every street corner. Y In Kidderminster coal area it has been found necessary to bring in 134 men from other districts to make up , a shortage. gest Threat toLife Conservative Gov't TI: + | pital towards the cost of a new op- oa er Struggle in the Forth ae Avett Bim De. oloymett Policy, May Are FOLLOWS FATHER 1 MISS ISHBEL MacDONALD Daughter of Ramsay MacDonata, British Labor leader, is follow- ing in her father's footsteps by seeking election to parliament. IRELAND MAY HAVE EARLY ELECTIONS Fate of Government Hangs on Result of Dublin By-Election Dublin. The fate of the Government probably depends on the Rail election to be held nua. Thursday by the north City of Dublin constituency. The election is a straight fig. between the Free State candidate, Dr. Thomas O'Higgins, a brother of Kevin O'Higgins, and the Me publican candidate Oscar Traynus. The Government" is seeking a mandate, through the election of Dr. 'O'Higgins, for drastic 'powers' to curb the menace of gunmen and end 'the intimidation of jurors. 2 the Government candidate is de feated a general election is likely soon, The Government has revived its "cat and mouse' tactics reminiscent of British suffragette days, arres- ting suspects without charges, hold- ing them a while and then releasing them. Of- 136 persons arrested last week, including threé women, 100 were released, and the cat and mouse tactics are continuing. ¢ During the week-end, a score of" speeches were made for the Govern- ment, attacking the Hamonn de Valera Republicans, * Who deny kaowisdze of any gunman conspir- aces. $25,000 FOR HOSPITAL Myr. Bernhard Baron's Latest Gift Mr. Berghard Baron has given $25, 000 to the Royal Sussex County Hos- erating theatre, The gift is in addi- tion to. the $50,000 he recently gave, which will be used in the building of the new "Bernhard Baron" casualty department. The gift follows a recent visit of the millionaire to the hospital, when he asked to see the Ape theatre. 'Beauty of Lake District © Has a Wonderful Appeal Carlisle, Eng--A real beauty spot {is one that is not dependent upon summer greenery to afford it attrac- tiveness. Both the Trossachs and the English Lake District, for instance, retain their appeal throughout the year, and especially dces the latter BACK IN ENGLAND COL. T.'B; LAWRENCE man of the war, has just returned toe England after serve in the air force on the In- frontier as Private Shaw. | until after almost half a century. that restored. . place attract visitors even when the land lies under a mantle of snow, ice and mist. Lake Windermere, Words- worth's "perfect entrance" to the Lake District, is at the present time the mecca of the winter sportsman, who, while enjoying his sport, has an cye for the beauty of his sure roundings. Lake Windermere, tl h perhaps not the most beautiful, is the biggest of the lakes, being 10 miles long with a maximum width of a mile, and it is on account of its pro- tected situation that it is so popular with tourists all the year round. - Lost Beauties Among the most charming and at- tractive. of its beauties is the River Leven, which flows into the lake at Newby Bridge, its southern extrem- ity. During the time of Wordsworth rowing barges were taken down the river to the landing at Newby Bridge, opposite the famous Swan Hotel; but when the steamers which now: ply on the lake were launched these barges had to be done away with. This prac- tical closing of the Leven was a dis- tinct loss, because only an occasional glimpse of the scenery behind the mouth of the Leven could be had from a passing steamer. It was not traffi¢ on the Leven was res! The lake can be viewed from many points of Fiage, but in order to ob- tain the bEst view it is necessary to climb one of the surrounding heights. From a spot a little to the south of Belle Isle a most impressive and en- chanting' scene meets the eye.. The tranquil beauty of the lake and the majestic grandeur of the surrounding mountains combine to, maki sight '| shares of 5s. each and 1 NATIONAL FLYING | "FIELDS CONPAY. - 1S ORGANZED pr ey London~A contpany called Nation- ng Services (Ltd.), has been formed for the Jutvose of establish- ing civil flying clubs, It will receive Government help, The m g di- rector of new unde ng is Colonel 1. A: E, Edwards, who was for six years chief technical adviser on civil aviation at the Air Ministry, from which position he retired in De- cember 'to take up his present ap- pointment, » A network will +4 established, each upped with aircraft,' hangars, workshops, a comfortable club-house, and' service facilities for owner-pilots, together with an adequate staff of pilots, en- giinerg ind club-house personuel. The capital of the 000; divided into 1, 000 ordinary. 50,000 de- bentures: of £1 each. Under its agreement with the Soverhment, the Company may be paid a maximum of £97,500 in annual grants spread over 10 years; but it is the policy of the company to make itself entirely self- supporting at the earliest moment, he 230-acre Hanworth Park estate at Feltham, eleven miles from Hyde Park Corner, is being purchased for the purpose of converting it into a central air park for London. At the beginning 12 light aeroplanes will be stationed at this centre. . FAMOUS BRIDGE IN LEITH IS WIDENED Edinburgh--Work is -to be com- menced immediately on the widening of the bridge over the Water of Leith and the railway at Great 'Junction Leith. The proposal to ex- tend the bridge has been before Edin- burgh Town Council for some years, and power to widen the bridge was framed under a Provisional Order 1926. The cost of the retonstruc- tion will amount to about $40,000, a as the operations will be proceeded with in sections traffic will not be much interfered with. The bridge will be widened at each si* and between the Jarapels when tr, work is completed the distance will be 60 feet. It is to be constructed of concrete, and the demolition of property in Coburg Street will "be necessary. The contfactors are Messrs. Gray Ferro Concrete Com- GIFT OF RADIN WORTH 120.000 Stree London, -- Two anonymous donors who three . years ago gave $250,000 to medical 'research funds, have presented a gramme of radium each to the London Hos ial. One gramme is worth $60, The donors made it a condition that their names should be kept secret, Ih addition to the gramme of ra- dium one of the benefactors has given $60,000 to be invested on the understanding that the income shall be used to run a radium la~- boratory for the production of ra- don and radon needles. This endowment and the radium will' be managed by three govern. ors of the hospital, and it will be known as the Freedom Radium Trust. The goyernors are now cone sidering the question of acéommo- dation for the apparatus. Scotland Encourages Adult Education Edinburgh--Professor Kemp Smith presided at a meeting of the Joint Advisory Committee on adult educa- tion for South-East Scotland, held in the Senate Hall of Edinburgh Uni- versity, when a statement arding adult classes being held in the area susing «the current session was sub mitted. A provisional panel of lec- turers or tutors locally available was considered. The hon. secretary gave an. account of visits paid to various parts of the area with & view to en- couraging the formation of adult classes by voluntary bodies or others. Future activities of the Committee were considered, and the formation ol k committees in each area was suggested. Reference was made to the helpful part Edinburgh University had played in the movement, and to the extent to which success in the | depend upon its co-operation. Industrial Research 'Station is Planned Aberdeen--Abetdeen Town Council has agreed to grant a lease of 3516 square 'yards of ground forming' a rtion of the shipbuilding yard in bbey Street, Torry, Aberdeen, to the epariment 'of Scientific and In. dustri . , for the establishy ment of a research station, where re- search may be conducted in connec- tion with the conserving of the raw material of industry whether for hu. man consumption or the manufacture of by-products, as also for - mental in ions. The lease is to run for 14 years from Martinmas, with a break at the end of seven e a never-to-be-forgotten one. bat in favor of the lessee, at a rate of 10 cents. per square ie A Jap of 23 national air parks ¥ y is £500,- not producing men of learning. Ad- 'ist of those Fellows who had been higher forms of adult education must *, RULERS OF TROUBLED COUNTRY KING AMANULLAH AND QUEEN SOURIYA Back on throne of Af hanistan after a period of civil war, photo- graphed while on a visit to London, England, about a year ago. The western ideas which the King acquired while on this visit were largely responsible for the recent revolt in Afghanistan. KING FINDS NANY PETS AT BOGNOR HOUSE IN SUSSEX Detail of Crsigwell House, Where His Majesty is for T Was R Ended the Strike 'Bognor, Sussex~The King, wh favourite ' pet, after his dog, is his parrot, has found a collection of birds at Craigw) . out an Evening Standard writer), There are several white cockatoos, and a number of parrots in a special house next to the garag ch takes a fleet of twelve cars, usually run there are 'twenty servants in" the house, and the leitch- ens are particularly well arranged, having been modernized in every way only a year or two ago. All the rooms are connected with a house telephone. Most of the furniture at Craigwell dern stuff, but there is a very beau- tiful set of Chippendale chairs in the dining-room, a whole suite furnished with Chinese lacquer, and one room completely furnished in the early Victorian manner. The floors are all of parquet, with very lovely rugs strewn about, and the finest collection of' glass pictures in the kingdom hangs in the billiards- room, The sun room is a circular one, and has been used for the convalescence of more than one invalid. Last year Lady Swaytiiling went down with her three-week-old baby, and spent some time there, and the house has been lent to one or two people recovering from pleurisy, as it is set among pine trees. Each of the eight bedrooms in the front of the house has its own bath- room and dressingroom as well as a balcony, and from all there is a mag- nificent sea view. COL. LAWRENCE IS AGAIN IN ENGLAND L = Col Lawrence, Opinion Th Learning Prof. E. 1. Whittaker Claims Youth is Being Thrust In. fo.the Background, and That the Present Rigor. ously 'Organized System of Education Places a Ser. ious Handicap on ' the Clever Boy. Bdinburgh,- Scotland.--In the opinion of Professor E. I. Whitak- er, of the Chair of Mathematics in Edinburgh University, Scotland is dressing the annual Congress of the Association of Education Authori- ties at Stirling, he explained that by men of learning he meant men who had risen to distinction as dis- coverers and authorities in their respective subjects. Fortunately, it was not necessary to introduce any element of private judgment intothe matter, at any rate go long as they confined themselves to dis- tinguished men of science, for the Royal Society elected ti its Fellow- ship every year, after careful con- sideration, the men who were, in the collective judgment of the Council, the ablest scientific dis- coverers not already Fellows. In going over the lists. he had been struck by ong feature which geem- ed to rocur again and again-- namely, that the Scottish element was very strong among the older Fellows. There appeared to be in all 86 Fellows who this year were 71 years of age or upwards, and of those 17 were Scottish, practically 20 'per cent., and nearly twice as great' a percentage as was found among Fellows of all ages combin- tu, Not only was the quantity great, but the quality also. An extraomdinary Phenomenon The other side of the picture was that if there was an excess of Scot- tish Fellows among the older men, and 'a right average of Scottish Fellows in all ages combined, there 'must necessarily be a deficiency of Scoltish Fellows among the youly- er men. e had decided to cone sidor specially those whose Univer- sity edueation hgd taken place in this century, and for that purpose, assuming that University education began at 17 or 18, he had made a born in 1883 or subsequent years. There were certainly 40, and proo- ably fewer than 50, F.R.S.s who had been born in 1888 or later. To hig extreme surprise, he had been unable to find a single Fellow of Scottish birth or education who came' under that category. What was the cause of that most extraordinary phenomenon? He thought they could dismiss at once the idea that there had been any falling-oft in the intellectual pow= er of the Scottish race; certainly hig own experience of 17 years as an Edinburgh Professor would lead him to dismiss it instantly. But there must be a cause, and that cause he was inclined to find in the unsatisfactory nature of the edu- cation which was available in Scots tish schools for boys of great na- tural gifts. He thought it might fairly be sald that the leading principle in Scottish education was to produce a high average all round, without making much provision for indivi- br < Edinburgh Professor off | at Scottish is Declining dual cages. In accordance with that principle, Scottish education was +e. highly 'organized, and had a notably uniform character throngh= out, in marked distinction to edu- cation in England, which was much less rigorously organized, and pre- sented a great number of different varieties of school and training. Clever Boy Handicapped It must always be remembered that in a rigorously organized scheme of education it was the clever hoy who suffered, because he was compelled to keep in step with the average boy. In the older Scottish system, the organization had been much less rigorous, and indeed might scarcely be sald to exist. In the higher forms of the great English schools the boys were left pretty much to themselves, and allowed to specialize in their cho- gen subjects. The consequence was that the English boy, coming up as a freshman to Cambridge af 18, would .often know .as much of his subject as an honours graduate of a Scottish University; and the ad- vantage gained in early years was rr n= lost, The next campaign of reformers in Scottish education do. ght, be essentially a for greater individual campaig freedom, AT ROYAL WEDDING THE DUCHESS OF YORK Who accompanied her husba the Duke of York, at the yal wedding in Sweden a few uuys ago, ) fussence of 'the Gignpte, "which are identic travelling as * Aircraftsman Shaw, maintained his reputation as a mys- tery man when he arrived at Ply- mouth this morning on the P. and O, liner Rajputana. Owing to the fog the liner did mot anchor until 9. A motor launch was sent out as a blind, and the mystery man disembarked n a naval launch and disappeared into the mist. He eventually landed near the offices of the King's Harbourmaster. His passport was stamped in the purs- er's office and his baggage went through the Customs on board be- fore it was thrown into the naval boat. No information could be obtained as to his future plans, ror when questioned by an interviewer, he smiled, but remained taciturn. ARMS MEETING IN JUNE IS OPPOSED Coo! Reception in London Proposal London, = Reports from Paris that Sir Austin Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Aristide Briand, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, have reached an understanding that a na val disarmament conference should be held next June, met with a very cool reception here, persons likely to be well informed on such matters not looking upon them seriously. Com- ment by the diplomatic correspondent of The Morning Post, which may be regarded 'as the mouthpiece of the right wing of the Conservative Party, says: "There are many factors against the immediate calling of such a con- ference. The former : conference broke down mainly only to in- adequate preparation. It is therefore hardly likely that any mew meeting [ will take place unt] the ground has been fully prepared, as mone powers watits another eit 1 The coStouly Informed is ter rded as close to info! in bit" 44 rsations mation in the Baldwin resen ; a ato s will be post oa of a preparatory na sible, either on the f the tish Government, 3 tion, in Washing- etting into paring for the gener the next 34» nists ion wi is the saddle, and which still lacks the tary of State: on. a oreover, in the preparatory disarma Committee 15 to. meot again, and it is hardly likely that any Jor a full dress naval conference will be made until it is: seen what happens next month, « rp ---------- ' SCOTTISH BIRTH RATE New Low Record in 'Statistics for 'Edinburgh.--~The: Registrar-General for Scotland recently issued a report giving a short preliminary statement of the vital statistics for the year 1928. 'The most outstanding feature of the statistics is a marked simi- larity between them and those of the previous year (1927). The birth-rate of the year was 19.8 per 1000, and the marriage rate 6.7 J 1000, both of with what they were in that year. The death-rate of. the year is 13.3, as against 13.5 in 1927. * This is the fourth consecutive ear in which the death-rate has var ied between 13 and 14 per 1000. The birth-rate of the year, almg with that of 1927, is the lowest yet ree corded, the previous lowest being that is really good, unostentatious, mo-| i {case you are unhaj House (points |: Sse BARON BYNG OF VIMY Former Commander of the Cana- SCOTS URGED T0 EAT PORRIDGE Shh TL Glasgow, Scotland--Treasurer Har- vey, Edinburgh, speaking at the an- nual meeting of the Scottish National Milk and Health Association in Glas- gow, referred fo the experiments re- cently made with regard to the feed- ing of school children, and said that the results obtained had proved up to the hilt the great value of milk as a food for children of all school ages. The experiments were one of the most valuable pieces of public health work that had been done for the last quarter of a century, He pleaded for a return to porridge and milk as the stable article of diet, and said it was time that housewives knew that it was not necessary to hurry and scur- ry in the morning to make porridge for a family. Porridge could be quite well made -the night before, and if they got back to the greater use of the national food of this country it would do much to increase the ener- gy and reduce the fatigue of the workers. Faith in Ice Cream Dr. Gerald Leighton, of the Scot- tish Board of Health, said it was up to the public to take advantage of the results of these experiments. It had been proved that school children needed 2 much greater daily diet of milk. The experiments had been made upon 1,400 children, but the re- sults, he thought, would have, been the same if they had experimented upon 14,000, Mr. Charles Ross made a plea for the greater use of ice cream, whic! he described as one of the finest products in 'the world. Ice cream, he said, was only in its infancy in this country. In America there had been a tremendous increase in the con- sumption of ice cream, and what was done in America today might be done in Scotland a year or two hence. 1 Byng Reveals True Story Of Mutiny of Soldiers at Calais in January, 1919 Famous Wartime Commander ys Strike of Labor Corps Was Settled--Great Soldier London--~Lord Byng has at last ree vealed the true story of the strike and mutiny of British troops at Calais in January, 1919, . Winston Churchill gave a narrative jn his record book Wiicli Contained itter animus against Labor, He puts the blame for the mutiny on the Labor. Corps, which he describes as: "the least disciplined part of the army, which had seen the least of the fighting, and was most closely ass sociated with political Trade Unione sig . m. Mr. Churchill goes on to speak of Byng bringing two fighting divisions against the mutineers, and "the sold- iers of these divisions were roused to indignation at news that demoboli tiop was being obstructed by come rades of theirs who had in no wise borne the brunt of the fighting." Bubble Pricked . This account sounds plausible and it fits in with class prejudice agaist political trade unionism and the roe mantic glorification of fighting troops, But Lord Byng, pricks the bubble of Churchillian rhetoric. Byng says there were -two- distinct elements of trouble. The first was the strike based on grievances; the second was a mutiny against discipline, The strike was by the Labor Corps, The mutiny was by fighting troops who had returned from leave. Lord Byng met and "talked with the leaders of the strikers and he was convinced they had legitimate grieve ances, Byng says: "These men were reas sonable, They were all of the artizan type, sound knowledgeable fellows able to face facts." Byng had no difficulty in fixing as agreement and getting the men to their duties. The mutiny among rettirned leave men 'collapsed when the strike was settled and when Byng showed he held the big stick. 1 ois Bed troops under Byng were roused to indignation, as p Mics: says, against non-fighting units, they had been gravely misled and misine formed, and if the situation had been handled by a general more impulsive than Byng then there would no doubt have been a collision. Churchill regards political trade unionists as prone to faction and agi- tation, Byng found the men of artizan pe Sours, reasonable; and able to acts. PRINCE LIKES TO TRAVEL INCOGNITO London--"Admiral Andrews," the name under which the Prince of Wales had a sleeping-compartment reserved for him for his journey to the North, is not the only incognito from the Services which he has ted. It is a little curious, by the way, that this rank should have been chds- en, for His Royal Highness is not as yet an Admiral. He is, of course, a colonel, and on one of his recent trips social ine spection in the East End, he bei for the nonce "Colonel bell ® The preference for Caledonian psenye h | donyms is significant. The particular disguise, however, was founded on a real pers the "Colonel Campbell" in question bei that figure, Colonel' Ronald Bruce Campbell, treasurer of the London Working Boys' Club and formerly Ine spector of Physical Training at Ale dershot, ; London--David Lloyd George made a bitter reply to Lord Melchett in a 8 seh i delivered at Llanfairfechan, ales. Ty ; ; He said "The attack by Lord Mel- { chett excelléd 'at least' in vulgarity. 'Why he should quarrel with me I do not understand, for I'was the first man to 'give him office. 'He had been lin the Commons under three admin- ions and none had offered him a post, not even that of doorkeeper. And I can assure my friefids that it was hot for any lack of push on his part, I promoted him despite the seri- ous 'protests: of my: supporters.' Quite frankly he was loathed by' the Con- servatives 'and the 'Liberals, knowing him better, liked him 'even less, B I promoted him to even' high: and when he 'was out of: I took special steps to a seat, in fact I pulled tail from one office to another till the tail came off in my hand. But in py about it fet me tell you that the Conservatives Lelapped another tail on, not the one he expected, but it wag a glittering one. ear the Conse: $ cars ried fihancial proposals whith are leaving the shop-keepers, house keepers and cottages without 000 a year to the concerns over which Melchett presides." Lloyd George claimed that he ine augurated most of the great schemes now backed by Lord Melchett and continued: "In his recommendations he proposes a loan for settling peo- ple across the seas and helping the Dominions. He would borrow to de- 'velop the Dominions, but he will yo borrow to develop the resources © his 'own country. That is the only difference between us that I see. I propose upon the basis of the road of the year 1917, which was 20.3. 2 {fund to raise considerable sums of Lloyd George Makes Bitter ~ Answer to Lord Melchett money for the reconstruction of the whole road system of the country. I believe that charity Jegine at homes Let me say to Lord Melchett and friends that they ought to judge these schemes on their merits, and if there are difficulties point them out and suggest Something, beter and not merely criticize. If drowned me tomorrow in one of Melchett's ical vats, unemployment would still remain, and the duty of suggesting ® remedy would 'still exist." lodging | anything but which have given £600,- {