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Lossiemouth Is Proud of Premier L I before set foot on the island. But they all claime<J it aa their home'and, they were all enthusiastic, and Mr. L.acaulay actually beliaves that ha - I will be abie to convert tha peat bogs of Scene of Meeting With Dawes ^^'^ ^^*''« '"** s***^ ^^^'" '^"''' ^^ Figures in Shakespeare Play Glasgow. â€" No. matter what othsr politiciaan may say about the dangers pi a Socialist Government, there is ono thing: they can't say. They can't ellei{e that the Labor Prime Minister was slow in getting a move on once be got into hia job. Last Sunday (the that more nativeit may not have to emigrate. He is evidently a man of great faith. NEW SUGGESTION. So is His Grace the Duke of Mont- rose. He has been making two im- portant suggestions since the Labor Government came into office. Th:j first was that as taxes especially death duties, were such a heavy burden on better the day the better the deed, as landowners, the Government should we say in Scotland) before he was in office a week had the new American Ambassador away up at Forres and was talking with him about how Bri- tain ind the United States might set about keeping the world in peace and quietness. That was hustle enough to satisfy the nwst 1 ustling of Ameri- cans, and Mr. Hoover, who is also new to his job, should be pleased. What with all the new brooms on both sides of ihs Atlantic there should be some sweeping; up done, and in the process Scotland should have a big share. For tbe Prime Minister is Scottish, he is m. Ramsay and a MacDonaid (both good old Scottish names) his home is in the little fishing village of Lossie- mouth, away up on the Moray Firth; •ome of the best men in his Cabinet are Scots, and it was in Scotland â€" in that friend's house near Forres â€" that he met the American Ambassador, and be^an "conversations" which may arrange to take land instead of money. He himself would have been glad, when he succeeded to his title and eg^tcs, to have made a bargain of this kind, instead of having to pay big sums. He thougiit Mr. Ramsay Mac- Donald might think of this idea when he was sunning himself at Lossie- mouth. Mr. Mac Donald may think oft it, but it is not at all likely that any government, least jf all a Labor Gov- ernment, will lighten tha burdenj of landlordism in this particular way â€" or in any way. It would be a beauti- ful arrangement for the landlords, but would leave the government with the land on their hands. The Duke's other suggestion was that some pe.jple might buy the islands in Loch Lomond, which happen to be, in a legal sort of way, his property. It is doubtful if Social- ists will admit th: t they are his pro- perty at all. At any rate, the Gov- ernment won't rise to this bait. Some A "Colorful" Scene in Old London mean an enormous lot to the future of ' P*"P^* thought the Corporation of the world. i Glasgow would, and they raised the It A-as not the first time that an'"?"*^''"" ^'^ » Town Council meeting. Lord Balfour Retires to His Scottish Home TROOPINO THE COLORS ON KING'S BIRTHDAY Duke of Connaught, Prince of Wales, Duke oi Y )rk aaj Lord Lasceiles inspecting troops at color-trooping. Impdrt.int, informal meeting of na- tional importance ha."? been held at soma little place in the north. There was one in Inverness, and there was one in the Far West of Rossshire, both when Mr. Lloyd George was Primo Minister, but they had to do only with affairs peculiar to the Un- Iteil Kinffdom. Last Sunday America and Great Britain met in a country house near Forres, very near the "blii.sted heath" where Shakespeare's Mac'joth met the witches; and where, in tlw same play, King Duncan was murJrjred. ' SABBATH PROTEST. Ar.J all on a Sabbath afternoon too, after the Prime Minister had been tojhave taken any off his hands. a forenoon service in his own little QUIET RETREV church at Lossiemouth. No wonder I r, , â- , â-  '^ " • i. ., 4 i • t *u~ tut It any private person wishes a thsre were some protests against the ^ '^ ^ But the Council turned it down at once, without discussion. They have quite enough of unprofit- able Highland estates, given to them for nothing, and costing more than they are worth ; and they are rot hav- 1 ing any more. Least of all the Dukej of Montrose, whose forebears took Plan to Make Australia Wet Rain Makers Propose To Get Moisture by Driving Long Canal in Australia great big sums from Glasgow as com- pensation. When the level of Loch Katrine was raised for the city water- works, and at every subsequert time when more land was required up that .Adelaide, S. Aus. â€" The "rain mak-- lers," who hope to irrigate a vast area I in South -Australia from the sky, have I just joined forces here and ended the prospect of duplication of their field e.xpeditions. .\t the same time it be- came known that the scope of the re- or the same purpose. If the u â-  i u -i i ^ j i r, , u J • iu r- ..- â-  ..search is to be widely extended Duke had given the Corporation al i gift it would not have been much. But even then the Corporation might not 3re were some protests against breaking of the Sabbatli Day and the wonder is that there wore not a great ([uiet retreat, where he i.nd his family would not be disturbed by the sereech- jing.of raiUvay trains, the hooting of mi>tor cars, the jostling of crowds many more. That there were very i few, and these feeble and apologetic, jj't?"' »u i- j j , ., , ., 1 ; 4U letters two or three times a dav and shws that even the people of the * â-  Highlands are moving towards broad- er views of things, are becoming niori tolerant, and a'e realizing that if work is gooti the doing of it on the Sunday docs not make that day any les.^ the Sabbath. The really secular parts of the Prime Minister's week's soourn at his old home, in the inter- val Iwtween hia acceptance of office and the full beginning of his work nil , ,•- , • j? T , â-  J t I of life; always assuming of course, LonLlon, were carried out on weeki., ... j ,• , / that the- presons concerned did not I Two expeditions have been expected to penetrate into the region of Lake Eyre, the great stretch of salt water in central .\ustralia which, though dis- covered 90 years ago, i; "still sur- rounded with mud and mystery." Into this region where the mirage sets up a "wall of glass" through which it is impossible to see, engineers would drive a long ca.nal, to connect the lake with the sea. This project, they declare, would give an annual papers every other hour, he might dol rainfall of. about one inch to an arid worse than take over one of the Loch j region which for successive years has Lomond islands. With a good house, | little or no precipitation. a big garden, and an island large TWO E.XPEDITtOXS JOIN. enough for strolling in and keeping a -, .... , , ., , -â-  II One e.xpedition has been or' reasonable number of beasts and , A . n ^ r i. , , 1 .1. 1. 1 1 ^ . bv Saciuel Upton, a fellow ot fowls, and with a motorboat for going' â-  ^^ , to Balloch, or Luss, or Balmaha when he felt so disposed, it would be an ideal life for one who liked that kind unized tlie pedition was to be sponsored by the South Australian branch of the coun- cil of the Royal Geographic Society, On the eve of the departure of the Up- require to work for a living. But some- 1 °" ^^^Pei't'on- >t was announced that __ ^ _ _ one shou.d suggest that another island "}« geographic sac.ety would defer itsjp^pose, affording an outlet from the l-St. Kilda, to wit-shouid be taken' Pp'^.^"'' I'^i'^^ °^^'''^^ '""P"^"' *'' lakes to Spencer's Gulf. days, when the people of Lossiemouth wciiome*! him to the place in crowds, with processions and pipers and huge boiiiires, when the women of the vil- , . . â-  , ^- m<. , • lu • 1- I I 1 J V into consideration. There is a pro- lage in their working garb, hauled his > i, ,. ,, i. «-> â-  i . • ^ - „% f .u -I , .- t iposal that all the 3S inhabitants ot motor car from the raiKvav station to ; ;, . , , , r c. ..i.- l â-  i j .• , 1. .1. 1.-1 1 L I J V . ! that most lovelv ot Scottish islands â€" his house, when the children held high ,. .,•»,. ,. . ^i 4- u u . ,., 1 u .,, . lawav out m the West At antic â€" should holidav; and when everyone, without i, ; , a, . .i, j . J, ,. .. r .,â- .. .. , -..v I be taken oft and settled down as a distinction of irblitics, united with ,.,., ... , iu • , , , , . ; little township soniewhcve on the main- evorvone else to make days greater i, , ,,,â- ,, •,, , ' I, .u ,. I â-  1 -It 1. 1 : land and otherwise, there will soon be;,^ , ,. i.- • ^ j than,anv that I ossie and its loons had i ,; ^v i <•- ..i. i • i L^ouglas Mawson upon his projected . .„ , . ,.„ ,. .none of them left, they are decreasing ",... , ., .'^. i- m â-  ever known m the past. ... x- .. i ».i_ * expedition to the Antarctic this year, I, . â-  , ii_ ' so rapidly. Not long ago there were 1 ,/, â-  , <• -^ , â- ,. c- It was a great change from the, , ^ ,,â- ,,: »• .: *? .fj . i., although definite plans await Sir .- 1 1 , ,1 about 100. Now of the 3t<, onlv 13 are ; r^ i . ^ fj i - . u l time when he was an unknown labor ] .. .u i ^ Douglas return to Adelaiae where he I 1 /. uf 1 1 r t • grown men, and ot these onlv four or,, ,, .,,•.. , .. ,, leailer, lighting obscurely for a seat in'2 . - u r i. j i holds the chair ot geolog\- at the uni- Tt I- .. " J 11 1 u I. five are strong enough for hard work. ;. ». Parliament, and called, by manv who',, .. -.. n t . ^ • iversitv. J.,, ,. , ... I But It will not be easv to convince, _,, did know hini, a dangerous revolution- 1 . »r,L . nry. It was also a great change from the time, during the war, when he was expelled from the membership of Full Rehearsal of King's Drive Through London Carried Out London. â€" With clockwork precision a full rehearsal of matters connected with the King's drive through Loudon on his return from Windsor Casila was carried out by troops and per- sonnel of the Royal stables. The state Withdrawing From Active Life Which He Began 55 Years Ago It is a dramatic thing whea a maa' leaves the hou.se he has lis'ed in near- ly liO years, and when it id one of tfa« greatest men in a nation it is pa- thetic, too. Tha news that the Earl of Balfour new in his eighty-first year, is sallinj; his London house and retiring to hid Scotciah home, and thus withdrawing from the active life which he bogan •5.5 years ago, when he entered Par- liament, has been received by ever."- well-informed British citizen with deep regret, for Britain has n.j finer statesman so rich in exf>erience as He. TRUST AMD ADMIR.VTION. Many years have passed sinca .\rthur Balfour lived amid the petty bittern»ss of keen party strife, and when he did they left him unscathed. He has long had the trust and admira- tion of men of all shades of politics. In whatever great office he has repre- sented his country all his countrymen have known that they would be served by him with a dignity, and ability, a personal charm and an intellectual power that would add lustre to our statesm.anship. He has' at command vast experience^ breadth of judgment, the gift of fina speech, and he is a great gentleman. His withdrawal from the political arena, even at the age of eighty, is a national loss only modified by th fact the cavalry the men saluted with dowu swoi-ds. The door of the car 'that he may still .sorve History with was opened and then shut, and the i bis pen, car drove away. Close beUiud the car. Lord Balfour was born into states- came the Royal laadap and the motion | laanshipâ€" his mother was a Cecil. Th« of opening the door and the handing â-  only thing said against him as a in of the King and Queen, following} youn^t nvdn in parliament was that he landan with full eqiiippeage travelled | which the drive to Buckingham Pal-, took life in a leisurely way and was a from the Royal stables in Kensington I ace was started. The change from oael philosopher rather than a man of where thev were met by a sciuadroa â-  vehicle to the other took less than, action. He became a Minister of the of life guards. At the point selected j three mimites. Then the cavalry dl-j Crown when he was 37; ne.xt year ha for the King and Queen to change vided Into escort and cavalcade and i ^'^s in the Cabinet, and the following from the motor car to the carriage! centered to Hyde Park. tbroiifih Ve^r he was Chief Secretary for Ii>J- the troops formed aline. j Queen's gate aud the procedure was j ^^"^- , •'^^^'^^ *^^' "° °^^ *^"^ i'"^ Then a motor car stopped at the gone through again and again uatil ,«'â- "'»'« 'hat he was not a man of action. curb and at a sharp word of com- 1 every movement was carried out with ^ .!'» '•''^^ '"*'**^ ''"^'^"'' °' °^^*-'^,^ "^ *'^" i his spurs. He won m Ireland the I hearts of many who were his sternest I I opponents, and he came back to tho ' Menace to Fishery Is Conservative Leader in the House of J Commons. mand from the office commanding I exactitude. concentrating the fresh-water fl'Oods of the Diament'ne, Cooper and more easterly creeks into one of the lakes which is above seH-level as a means of conserving bood waters now uncon- trolled, WILL STUrV MINERALS. E.xtensive jtudy of the mineral wealth of the region will also be under- taken. The natural or artificial use of the drained areas of some of the lakes for grooving such enps as rice and millet will be investigated. The possibility of utilizing this sec- tion of South and Central Australia brings up the problem of transporta- tion and Mr, Upto.'-'s expedition will consider the use of tho canal for this Turned to Profit "When he was 54 he became Prima Minister and found the leadership of his party the most difficult of all hia life's tasks, involving more than usual ingratitude. The war brought him back into office (after an interregnum of eleven years> as First Lord of the Admiralty and later of Foreign Min- ister in succession to Sir Edward Mr. Upton's efforts. One reason for the action of the geographic society was that t'ne leader of its proposed expcd tion vi'as l^ecil JIadigan, acting profe«sor of geology at .Adelaide University. Professor Madi^ian may now accompany Sir Mr. Upton points out that Lake Eyre is unique among the lakes of the world, for man has not yet suc- ceeded in reaching the main body of its waters, or in sounding its depths. The waters of the Great .\rtesiaii Ba- sin are believed to flow naturally into the lake, and from time to time, enor- mous floods reach it, yet rarely are its waters seen from the shore, 9 Joseph Lizotte of Riviere Ouelle caught 190 p-jrpoise from May 21 to 25. His process is to skin the fat off and then to skin the hide and cook thff fat in vats. It is then re-cooked and the oil is put into barrels and the balance which is dry meat is used as I Grey. feed for farm animals. The oil is bar-l " MISSIONS TO U.S.A. relied and sold in the United States jj„^J. Conservative Governments and Montreal and fetch-s from 4-5 tOj,^^^ recentlv he has held the dignified 00 cents a gallon. He expects to ob- j^;^^ of " Lord President of the tam an income or at least a profit on q^^^cW. Among the most successful this season's work of apt^roximatelyj^j ^j^ j^^^ j.^..^ ^^^^ ^^,.^ Missions 56,000. He employs about 20 men m this operation during the season which | I lasts some six weeks with inlermittant I j intervals. ] The porpoise como in shoals, the i to the United States, one during- the process of catching them is in a large weir built into a bay comprising 72 acres. When the "tide corn's in and any porpoise come into the weir they cannot get out and on tha tide reced- most enthusiastic appreciation of his personal and intellectual qualities. These political services, continut?d for 55 years, have been abundantly supplemented by high distinction as a philosophical writer, and lecturer, and, a varied essayist. The Order of. . ,., .-,,.. J J f^" Merit, the Fellowship of the Royal- mg the porpoise IS left stranded on the '^^igj^._ ^^^ chancellorships of Cam- Mora;.* Golf Club because he was not an enthusiast for the war. That ex- pul.'iion still holds good, although those who engineered it would gladly 1 have wiped it out and welcomed himj back. The story is that he wouldn't • come back even if they asked him. and i even likely Winnipeg.Man. â€" The search for oil in the western provinces is extending into Manitoba, and announcement is made oi the formation of a syndicate of eastern capitalists to drill in the Ochre River field. The new organiza- tion, which is called the Carter Oil and Edinburgh Universities, shore, n â- â-  in- -T-ie skins are cured with s»lt and j ^^^l^^^^^^^.^,.,, j conferred by sell for 14 cent., a pound for leather' in Montreal and Quebec, weight of the w'litt whal 1,500 pounds. A _ The average 1 " ;,, ^1 t .u u 1 1 ...1 1 i The I'ptoti expedition will seek to Ithem that thev should settle down on! ' i â- . e â-  . , •> ., • 1 r n-u -11 ; end the thousand miles of Ignorance the mainland. Ihey are islanders ,, ., , , ,, > . V v.- u !„ ^ , , , ijt.it- J 1 1 ot the Lake Evrc region, which in- hrst, last and a4! the time, and would: , , _ i i ' t- r i .. i . ,, . ,.,, . , .- ., eludes Torrens I.ako, !• rome Lake and prooably pine away stil faster if the , , ,-,â- , rp, ii.i„„„ ' .11 J u n-L. u .Lake Gairdner. These lakes have a sea was not all around thorn. The best . - j r i j , i i» ti,„ , III I â-  f A r h 1 combined surface nearly d(.>ubl? the plan \\ouui DO to i a.se a tuna lor Duy- , ^^^^ ^^ ^.^j^^ .j-j^^ expedition, it now 1 Syndicate, has taken over the holdings j same evening) : "Please, ma'am, my ' retirement earned, will study the feasibility of lot 1,300 acres south of Ochre River. ing the islands of Loch Lomond and, settle them on these. They would j '* have all the solitude of islands â€" it ; = tripers in motor boats could be kept ., ,, 1 • , 1 »u ^ • away â€" and thev would also bo in It thev apologized, ami that is:. ; ..> â-  -,- .â-  „ ., , l. J ,. 1 â- â€¢ 'touch with Civili3:dticn all the vear round. Some one should speak to tho Puke of Montrose alK>at it. Lady (instructing new maid): "When a visitor comes, you must an- nounce him to ma first." Maid (the 1 sweetheart has come.' ixteen British, .American, and for- ieign universities show how this great 3 runs about statesman is regarded by tho world at large. Too often men who serve their gen- eration in the highest positions di« before the world's .ippreciation has been adenuately expressed. In tho of the Earl of Balfour ! from th public work in which he has I virtually spent al hi.s life till now, Green Flash Crashes On Attempted Take-Otf why they don't ask him. EXILES FRO.M LEWIS. T!ie exilt-s from Lewis are home. and are spreading themselves all over their native islr.nds. The Canadian Pacific liner Minnedosa brought over n hundred of them from Montreal to Stornway last week-end. among them boir.g, as the chief personage, Mr. T. B. Macaulay. president of tha Sun Life Assurance Co. of Caiiaua, who has given about £50,000 for Lewis schemes within the past two years, ( including £12,000 for a library in Slornoway, £17,000 for a hospital. £."',i)l>0 to help in building a town hall , ^ , * ' ,, ^, , " ,. , ,„ I summary yesterdav to take the place of ono which was; .â-  ' • . . destroyed by fire, .nd other sums for ;"[';â- " J'^^sterous effects m other pur,>oses. It was ariange.1 thatr""-; "^ Kyauktem and Myobaiing, one .. . , 11 .. :,:_„i „ffi,„:of tho most thicklv populated aud the new town hall, municipal offices i â-  r ..... . I prosperous areas iu this district, and i iu the Ar.ikan hill di.-;triot. T'ne flooded area covers Burma Suffers Serious Floods ! Dam.ige Rstiniated at $1 .000,- 000 â€" Whole Villages j Washed .Away ( Akyab, Burma, Indki â€" Total dama- j .Ece estimated at nearly 11,000,00 has { beeif done by floods resulting from j said there had tho town- library should all be opened when' 10,000 i families have lost everything, iiidud- ill food and seed grain. The 1 flood reached Taieuva in Northern i and only a few anc Mr. Macaulay and the other exiles were in the place, and so Stornoway ,„„„„ , ,-,,aa and tho Uwis have had a remarkable ' '^'^''^^ »"'' between 10.000 and l^.OOO wivk. i . The Provost and magistrates went ""â- '• out in a tender to meet tho Minnedosa '[ "^'"" '«'^'"=« ^ ^*Ki«a ... .>o>a.eru , and give those on board an official! A'«'"»" "»<' °»'-^- =» f"* Kovernment wek-omc there was a big bonfire on an' '""'''"'S» '" the "isbest part escaped, island in the bay, the s' loots of the I '" t*^* **"ase of Mahammi, north- town wel'O decorated, th- liner was east Kyauktam. only four of 120 .urrounded bv all kinds of small craft, | ho"""* «e'« left standing. Loss ot rwkots were "fired from th.> shore and , human Ife was fortunately small. The the liner shrieked in reply-in fact. '"hole Kniadau Valley from Parstwa Stornowav could not have done more ; 'o M.vchsiiiig was affecteil only a if it had been like Lossiemouthâ€" wel- 1 «Wi»» "' «'^ "»"«*â-  The government coining a native as Prime Minister, ; '•» t^^inK relief m-asures. And, all the time, many of the 100 j * were not reallv natives. Some of them ! The rhaiice.H seem good for Lloy.l w;'r« det-end'ints to the third, and GoorRe'.^ IviUling tbe baUuice ot pow- cveT fnirth, !tfr--ntion of peonle who'ei' I" t'-'o new Hou.se rf Commons, h-l ,r,,.H. f-o- th" Tewis to CMn,<»da. ' Ana h,,w that man cau balance! â€" Even Mr. Ma au'.aM""8elf had never New York Tiiuca. and whil yet he can make us his debt- ors through his still active pen, it is a fitting opportunity to recall bow faithful and how vast have been tho labors of this servant of his country, a man whom all admire for the lofti- ness of his characted, the sincerity of his aims, the wealth of his mental powers, and the grace of his i)er.<on- ality. AMERICAN TRANSATLANTIC PLANES CRACKS UP Green Flash, transatlantic aeroplane ot Capt. Yancey aniX Rosor Williams, being dragged ashore after crashe<l taking off from Old Orchard. Me., recently. Neither pilots wero hurt. Fioods in India Worst in History Thirty Thousand Homeless- Hundreds Believed to Have Perished London. â€" Tho floods in India wera the worst in the country's history, ac- cording to an exchange telegraph dis- patch from Calcultta quoting officials' in the affected territories. The con'.missioner of .\ssnm Valley estimated that 30,0O<3 persons wero driven from their homes in his district alone, while tha flood in the Surma Valley inundated a region of L^OO" 3qir!Ti ; iiMos. The ent'o ^, tif Salcher wa* underwater. "--. ._ ___^ No accurate death figures wcre-"h:* ported, but it was beli»ve«l hundreds had perished, and starvation and suf- fering were widespread. Tha supply j of rice was said to be low. and relief j operations were hampered. 41 I Seaside I.oiljprio â€" "What Is ther« I can do to prove I love you?" Hero " Worshipper â€" "How alK>ut swimming : the Atlantic ?•