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. Sir Arthur Currie Asks Improvement \ In Pension System Almost Impossible to Prove -v Disability Due to War ^ Service MANY DISSATISFIED Ottawa. With Sir Arthur Currie a large delegation of tho Can- pdian Legion present at the first busi- ess meeting of the Pension Commit- last week, an overcrowded attcnd- fcnce necessitated a move to the largest loom in the House. A senatorial committee was present Jo watch the proceeding and avoid duplicate of effort when the bill goes to the Upper House. Col. Lefleche. head of the Canadian Legion, asked a tearing for Sir Arthur Currie. Chair- jnan Power invited the commander of the Canadian Corps in the war to ghe hi 3 views on the legislation. Sir Arthur expressed his apprecia- Jion of his consideration of tlu pre- sent and past committees on pensions. was largely one of "interpreting" the act and providing it with the neces- sary machinery. Sir Arthur thought the. personnel cf the Pension Board ought to be increas- ed and it should be made an itinerant body. To Chairman Power, Sir Arthur re- iterated that he did not believe in hav- ing the act "wide open" so that every- one could be a potential pensioner. He will return for examination after the Legions' views have been presented. Col. Lafleche of the Canadian Le- gion stated that for the first time all the soldiers' organizations appeared as one body. He spoke of the desir- ability of speedy action by Parliament in the final disposition of the case. Reearding the onus of proof, Col. Lafleche stated that without actually putting it in the law and perhaps paving the way to the payment of "two or three billion dollars," the returned men demand "tho substance of the benefit of doubt," in all applications for pensions on the ground of their attributability to war service. The committee was also addressed briefly by <Tol. Wood, president of The Canadian Army and Navy Vet- erans, and Capt. Rev. Sydney Lambert of the Amputation Association, who He regretted that after 11 year* there j both expressed appreciation of the Vras still an urgency for the further work of the present and previous <.om- tonsideration of soldiers' problems. Lrr.ittees. 'Chubby" Power, the chair- (The feeling was widespread that the j cun. ami Co>l. Laflccbo, who "knows jbbligaitons of the country toward the! his business." \vsre praised. Returned men had not been fulfilled' ,j fcs they should be. : INTERESTED IN VETERANS " He was profoundly interested in the fcnen, whom he knew and with v.-hoip he served. He knew their strength And their weakness, knew how they bore themselves in battle; knew their pride in themselves and their faith in cao!i other. How.-v-.jr, he did not Appear solely as a representative of the men who served at the fron 1 -. The Returned men were as much concern- fed in the welfare of the country as fcny other group. They did not wish to add one unnecessary cent *o the burden of the country. It was only a uestion of setting up the machinery fulfil the intentions of the peoplo f the country. The returned soldiers thought onff "(13 the public thought. It was now almost impossible. Sir j Arthur said, for the applicant in many j 9ases to prove hat his disability was due to war service. Sir Arthur did not speak Tor any Ex-Soldkr Finds Nurse After Ten Years New British Ambassador Calls On Hoover Brighton After a ten year's search :i Brighton man has found the pre'ty war-time nurse whose careful and de- voted nursing probably saved his life when he was wounded during the war. The other day he was admitted into a private nursing home for an operation for appendicitis. The nurse who attended him was the girl who sowed In the war hospital. The an- nouucpmen; of their marriage has just been made. Mr. .lames Spei^htuii. a London business man living in Brighton, told me the romantic story of the happy tinish tn his lung quest. Her Devotion "I was pretty badly wounded with a piece of sh*ll in the bark and was in- SIR RONALD LINDSAY PRESENTS LETTERS OF CREDENCE AT WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON The photograph here shows a scene at the White House, Washington, D.C., recently when Sir Ronald Lindsay new British ambassador to the Unit*! States, called to present his letters of credence to President Hoover. Left to Risht: Capt. Allen Buchanan, Sir Ronald Lindsay and Francis White of the state department. tnalingerers in the war, but only for valided home to KiiRland In a serious the deserving. He did not app.'ar to condition." he stated. ' .My night make any destructive criticism, but | "nrse was a pretty girl and we soon showed a desire to help out th; com- j became firm friends, ttittco in it* problems. " "" "i^Ut I rwlied a crisis ami it He went on to outline broadly the | was touch and go whether I would British pension system based on a con- I"'" throHRh. It was only her de- tract. It helped their morale to know that their dependents would be looked after and a pension would g.> with a-.y dis- ability. NO FAULT WITH SCALE "We can find no fault with th? Can- adian scale of pensions; it is higher t*:an that of any country I know," de- clared Sir Arthur, who said the Pen- sion Hoard, in applying the aot, was a court iff law and equity. Many voted nursing tliat saved my life. "I sot better aud was removed to another hospital. Wj corresponded for a time aud then I was passed fit for duty aj;ain and r-joined my regi- ment." VV'hnu h came out of the Army Mr. Sp.'ixliiou attempted ID find the nurse ami advertised in several newspapers for news of her. Finally he learned tiiat she had Rfme abroad in the capa- city of nurse lo an invalid. "I had sivHii up all hope ot ever her again when I was admit thought the machinery was not func- tioning properly and it was for the j , eil iu " to tb Boning home at Hrlgh- Comrnittiv to lind out why. One dis- satisfaction arose from th-.- fact thai the Pension Act is a legal document. Many applying for a pension were not aware of this, while people wh > were not entitled to it often applied. It would be better if, when a pension is rejccied. the applicant should be toKI why. Kailnre to do so bred dissatU- faction. Dissatisfaction also arose over the| award of disability, for example, 10' per cent, lieinx; allowed. When a high- er award is claimed, it was often physically impossible t<> prepare the ci.se as the forms called for. A man I ton." lie said. "Vnu can imagine my surprise when the nurse came In aud 1 discovered il was she. '\\'e were not Ions in making up iiur minds to Ret married and a* soon as I am Hi again br.r.e the wadding we intend In cele- The Civilian and The Next War "\Ve sol- his ca-t. "I am not convinced that the did < advisers do their work in theyi should. I think the services of thsj t'ana linn Legion sh; uld be utili/.ed." i IMrTlCL'LTY IX MAC HINKKY ^ir Arthur asserted tbe difficulty dues not arise in the act itself but in hav- 1 seen thai military opinion :s urninu the point that modern wea- . pons are most i>ffuc'ive when diver, -.1, should huve assistance in preparing, m , t H , ainst , ,.,>.. anll , mily . but auains: th<> heart of bis nation." Writes Mr. ('. P. Strawy In thu Queen's Quarterly. "And If war is allowed to break out once more the coutendiiiK nations may certainly be expected to in their weapons in the most piYPcllvn manner possible. 'Tliosn who expect the civilian to tho machinery for the administration i no scut-free In R possible encounter of the act. It needs revision and re- ' between LJreat rower* in the future ne\vJ, be said, pointing out the diffi-' would do well .o consider an oh.Hci va- cuity of the board at times in 'liter- ; lion ma.le a year or two so l>y a piViing such things as attribulahilily. > most di -.liiR.iislH-d r.ritish general of- Sir Arthur described the case of a Ili-tr, in the course of ;i leciiiro on man who was really ill but i-isi -t^cl ' modern leiuU-ncles in miliury tui'ory on >t:iying in service neverih:-' --. 'delivered lo a croup of English under- Aft-.-rwi.rds he developed *-i:i'k-a.i Rniiliiatest: "\V>:i. Rentier.!.-:!, in wars and got a ?ti pension. Finally, v.-h.-n! "P >" "'* li'"*'nt lime the civilian has the ess,- wa* diagnosed a< arlhrit M. : >" nB ollf " tlle l >livt>1 '"' ur aml > il "" r - the pension was cut off. II- I IAS to "I <" t! ' e lml >l )s maivhed away, and dra- himself about t<> look after the 1 ' 1 "" 1 b<> K ' ls """* '" :l1111 llroU> '" l1 " 1 cl ick'Mis that provide him wi'li the '"I 1 " K ilU '" ; - :; i "" i vo:1(1 aU " b -"" means of i\ living. Not a man i-i this' '" "' n"-'. -pa',)'i- Well. War Secrets Revealed by U-Boat King 198 German Submarines that Did not Come Back Yost by Mines, Gunfire Lost in Nets Every Oerman submarine wliii-H put to sea in the war years of 1H15-18 owed its equipment and a large part of its li.li'iiu efficiency to a Krey- haired. broad-slmulii'M-ed man wlio sat the other night in the lounge of a Lon- don hotel. He was Captain Oustave I.uppe. formerly Senior Staff Officer in the Departmeni of Submarine Operations, In charge of personnel and replace- ment*. Captain Ijuiipe. is no longer a (!er- man naval ottU-er with a high com- mand: be is now n commercial man ciiKJKei! in negotiations with a group of KiiRlish fiieuds. hut he carries in hi.s memory more sevivts of die inten- sive siibmarim* warfare against Hng land -li in any othm- German living. Six Months' Training "No one in your country- or in Germany for that matter.' be said to a representative, "has any real idea of the difficulties un<lr which we la- bored to keep our submarine warfare in force. We lost in all m U-boats. What happened to many of them we never knew. Th^y did not come back, that was all. They were lost by miut*8. by sunllre. In nets- in a variety ( differ- ent ways. "Aud a best we could wo built to replace our looses, but from ]91"i on wards we were building with indiffer- ent material material which was of- ten makeshift. As the material fell away from the first class, so did our men. "Towards th< end of the war we were training crews in .six mouths altogether too short a time. Our sub- marines then were nf such a class that after a month at sa they needed two months fur rent aud repairs. "Thus, altogether at one time we had a total of 300, we never bad more than 100 in readiness. W.4 were short of torpedoes, short of everything. Our requirements in torpedoes at one period were 180 a week. We could not lind that num- ber. I remember I had to go to Aus- tria to try to borrojv torpedoes. "TUe Austrian Navy used only fifty- seven torpedoes during the whole course nf tha war. but e*eu so tiiy were never able to provide u* wi'li any for our submarines. "Why. when we sent four small sub- marines to I'o'ijr-.d in aectious for the use of (lie Austrian Navy wa bail to send our own workmen to put them MKetlier! We had to send footl from (!"rm;>ny i'nr our (ierniiin workm-n in the Austrian dockyards. The Ans- triatis wnnld never provide them with rations. Kveu when the submarines were built, the Austrian Navy never took them out against tin enemy. Th*"y lacked th* nerve. Canada's Lumber Industry DTu* $170,090,000 invested in the lumber industry in Canada, S.Vi.O'iit.- OtlO is in British. Columbia. 545.000,000 In Ontario, aud J:!7,000.000 in yneiiec. Insect Control nTTects ara costly, their control one of the greatest problems with which any country Is confronted. Western Notes Winnipeg Wallace W. Robinson formerly employed in the local brand of S;.'bie, Furlong and Matthews, was released on two years suspended sen teuce after pleading guilty In polici court to theft of several thousam dollars worth of mining stock from the company. Full restitution had been made. Winnipeg Unemployment has swelled by one-third during the pas week, according to records at the Un employment Service of Canada. Abou l.r.oo men are now registered as seek Ins work in the city. Return o workers from lumber camp in the north and east is given as reason to the Increased Idfeness. Winnipeg. Convicted of a serious charge against a girl. Charles Galsky was siven a 10-year term in penitent! ary by Mr. Justice Dysart. A prevt ous sentence of 10 yenra anl I' 1 lashes when Calsky was found guilty las fa-1 had be-n set asid* by th* ('our of Appeal. Winnipeg.- -Jam** Crnut. preslden of th Manitoba Association of Un. employed Kx-Servire M-ti. lias resign ^il from tin? position. J. Feenuy. act iiiK-prenidiMit during Grant's abseno at Ottawa recently with a.n unemploy input, delegation, is the new head Gr;iiit was ivinundtMl for om week on a i-harR<" of converting funds of tha or sanitation to Ills own use. Water-Fowl Suffer from Drought Owing io drought conditions iu Cat! ad<i .s 1'raine Provinces during l many pDiicl'j. prairie Rloughx. and slia! low lakes used for breeding purpose by water-fowl were dried up. country will say that this was was fairly dealt with. Th? Soldiers' Allowance Bill, i't lii-i Opinion, \V:is .siu'ial lejri>latio;i \\iii'-lt ought not lo bo adniinist-jivd oy tin- Pensicn Hoard. If it, \\ent there, nuuiy a person enlilli-d to a pension wouiii be put ofl' by it. TI.e H;;.- sh'>'ji<l l-e l!(l not d">. Whi'.i n iran. with sjeh :in aliuwance ilu-d it should lis '; -nt up for his \viiiow and children tor ati least u year. He also express. d tli opinion lhat in the committee a'lniin- isterinif tha allowances there shou'd | be one or two experienced men :<nil a representative of tha leg'u>n. K A S I K R A P P K A I ,S U RC, K l> Tn ali cases an appeal to the appeal b ,trd from the Pension Board "houKI be possible. In conclusion. Sir Arthur | reiterated that he did not wish to make everyone a potential pension > he's never Roing to ilo it u:im." "In tlif event of the statesmen ol HIM wos-l.I failing to avert aiiothr il is prohablK that that o( .', iniiHer will prove ' '''' '' '' '' Shamrock V Will Make the Fnal Effort of the Sporting Knight "\Vh:M |. ymir Imy A New Menace To Canadian Wheat Farmer Australian Growers Ar Now Asking for a Bounty on Export Wheat Ottawa. A newr menac* to the' Canadian wheat grower looms, Australian farmers are asking their government to pay a bounty on the export of wheat, or guarantee tlia price at flve shillings ($1.21%) per bushel, or botli. They have already; persuaded the government to appoint a Board to market their wheat and to make pooling compulsory. But they ara not content. They want to be in the position of tha German farmers who have been paid bounties to export wheat to the British market. TUe Australian farmers will not be escorting much wheat this year, but if they have their way, they may be sending bounty-fed wheat to Britain In competition with Canadian wheat. It would not be the first time Australia paid export bounties with the Idea of encouraging primary production. Some years ago it paid bounty on the export of butter. Canada regarded the en- trance of bounty butter Into her mar- kets as dumping and imposed a coun- tervailing duty. The Australian farmers have tuelr claim for an export bounty on wheat or a guaranteed price, or both, on the uncertainty of the results from wheat production. Some years, after allow- ing for interest on investment, the re- turns from the wheat crop leave no- thing for the farmer's own, or hired labor. The average farmer producing wheat has to rely for one-third of his income on side lines, wool, lambs, eggs, cream, etc.. it is claimed. The average cost of growing wheat, on the basis ot the experiments of the Australian Government Demonstration I'arm at Turret field over a period of seven years (1922-1923 inclusive), IB 4s. lid., while the cost of teaming to the elevators is 2.5 pence. The inclu- sive cost of growing and delivery to the market as represented by the elevator, jg thus as. I'.j d., or $1.244. The estimate is for a 300 acre farm yielding 19.84 bushels ot wheat per acre. The yield per acre on the Tur- retfleld Demonstration Farm varied during seven consecutive years from 9.93 bushels per acre to 23.91 bushels' per acre, but the average yield was 19.64 bushels per acre, with a range of 21.7 per cent, above and 49.4 per cent!, below. The cost of production per acre at, the Experimental Farm was ditrlbn* i-d as follows: t. d. Labor 1. 4. <i Use at Morses 18. 7. Use of implements ..; 6. i Seed 9. Kssential Materials IS. 9. 1 Incidentals 4. Inf. on Working Capital 7. 3 R-:i IS months 1. 1 Tutals .. 4. 18. Divided by 19. S4 liusii.-lj per acre this makes the cost per bushel on the' farm 4s. lid. or $1.21 'a cen:s. On that basis the farmer lias to receive : price of over $1.21 to make any net profit. Another division of the average costs per acre on the Australian De- monstration Farm over the period l!-'2-2S is given a< follows: r d. Preparation of fallows to March SI . .. l. n. Seeding Operation-; 1. 3. 11 Harvesting Operations 17. Incidental Kxpenses 11. 10 Int. in Working Capital 7. 2 Kent for IS numbs ... IU. 1 Tula I . 4. 1. Or 4s. lid. per bushel on a yield of r.i.i!! busli!s per acre. Last year's production costs, the AAiistralian farimvs claim <!> high- er than the average for 1922-2S, aud that to meet rising; costs greater ef- forts must be made to increase the yield per acre. If a crop is badly put In. the chances am that the return* will not cover the cos: nf production, they say. Australia's none inn satisfactory financial position m.ikes it imperative that her s"vi>rnnu'iit uso every feas- ible means nf 'ncoiiragfiig iiu-reasei in export". WIT AND WISDOM He nil her wi-se than witty: for much uii hatli commonly miicli frotli. ami 'ti.s hard to je-t, and nni sometiniRS li-er. ton; whicli many times sink d'-''iiei- ih.it was intended or expected; and (hat was de-.jgn.-d for mirth ends in sanest..- C,. Trciichil. or t a.ld unnecessarily to the hu'-d.-n | "1 don't kii-w. I r;ui only tell you of taxation. He said that the problem what he h studying." ALL THE SKILL OF BRITISH BOAT BUILDERS BROUGHT INTO PLAY W.H'kuu'.i a! work on d >ck and keel m Slinmnick V. Sir Thomas Lip!oii's rhalleiijjH ITM'I fur (''. '.! ii':i",i (.'up, at Shipyards at Grosport, K.is. This is r. "'l UritlsU sport man's fil'Mi altompt to wrest A. ay i^ity. Js'<velist "I'm lunkiim for an lu-n- c.<t lawyer." Anisi -"Tlieu kf-p nu travelling to Wie Nf\i'i' Never Land."