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Slashing Aitack On Churchill English-speaking minds and French minds. The English-speaker* believe that saving common sense were the , Pact affronted, would bring about con- _____ | Biiltatlon, even if, as now, there were By J. L. GARVIN no formal compact to consult. But \Vhile the Naval Conference is still' ln th ' 8 - as ln a thousand other con- Ittlng In London, and while there are! tra8tl " ways-social and literary tta things of supreme Importance to be wel1 Political French logic demands the rule, the regulation, and tho pro- tocol.. The Japanese are equally Important, and have one of the greatest opportun- ities of wise statesmanship. In t!ic course of tholr marvellous develop- ment they have brought a unique kind of fresh and continuous study to the Kngllsh-speaklng world. They understand it better than the French ever will with the exception of a few brilliant and beloved French friends, such :i . 'iir known to all of us, who have a genuine thought amused affec- tion for Britain or America, or both. Japan, like Italy, does not, and can- not, want to force up naval expenses. HeHr deepest students of America and Britain know that in the English- speaking world as a whole there Is more respect and liking for them than ever there was before. Why should a nation so progressive and discern- ing, force the United States to build more than the American people at present desire? For Japan any agree- ment in thfl general spirit of the Washington Conference Is far better than no agreement. The greatest thing aved, with it or without It, a fore- most British statesman has allowed himself to make a speech which is of the deepest public disservice iu every way, but especially mischievous in the tone of its references to Anglo- American relations. It Is an unavoid- able necessity to repudiate that speech In the name of at least five- Bixths of the British people. We write these words, antj what follows ,wlth the greatest possible re- luctance and regret. Few public men are personally so attractive to us as Mr. Churchill. We have often given him generous support, and most staunchly at times when bis friends were hard to seek. He Is In his fifty- aixtu year, and will be sixty within those few years more which will pass like a breath. We had hoped that in present public circumstances he would play, both In Parliament and the country, a still greater part as an eloquent and Intellectual statesman. Those hopes have so far been disap- pointed. Just now something Is go- ing wrong with his splendid powers. The Prime Minister la conducting the naval negotiation* in the name of the country and th Empire. What- ever else happens at St. James's, Mr. Kamsay MacDonald will win golden opinions for his memorable services to the all-important cause of enduring Anglo-American settlement. Yet at this delicate and critical moment, Mr. I-rmltted himself to attack the Gov- ernment and to challenge the whole Bpirlt on whih Anglo-American friend-' ship and co-operation depend. Firstly, the orator suggested that amongst all the delegations, British Ministers were notably exhibiting themselves as nqiiceable and shuffling persons; feebly biiri-'-mlerlng British Interests at every :i-[i and to everyone. In this state- ment there Is not a particle of resem- li'anre to the facts, whether as re- Kanls the Prime Minister himself, or Mr. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty, or any one of their col- leagues. It was Mr. MacUonald -aid "The Navy Is us." Let us work this out. ''The Simpli; !-. <le-irable," said Pascal, "but the Dimple is so hard." Like others, we have desired the simplicity of a com- !,: Five-Power agreement. We have iivr been over-sanguine that this particular Idea would be realized In any honest and elTeftiual manner. An- Hi ip.-itlng the position taken up- by FL i nre, wo have shown how tlm logi- cal pursuit of armed Security by one nation Involves all neighboring na- tet-armaments and increasing ln<eciir- ti-iiM In the cholt 3 between full coun- |ty. The twentieth century Is get- mi. In the end France must ii. .urn or Germany imiit rearm. The present contrast lii-iw.'.-ii them Is i a unnatural than anything ever ''ii before in the world Tin.- nival 1 'ii race, bound to bocoine nearly twice as numerous as tln-ir Western j .-lilior--, while second to mute In brains and fibre, cannot for ever ac fcpt a Gallic suzerainty In anus which li.inco by herself never < ould have < slablished. She owes h-T jua'-tical B- "inlency to the ex-Allies and the ex-Allies and the ex-A-nncla'i> who now ask her to conced" vim, -thing to thftn. Though every year that pai n < will sti-i-ngthen the p!"a, a* Versailles re- and French diplomatic conncc- to be secured, whether in the Conference or out of A Family Canada Can Well be Proud of H. W. PHELAN OF TORONTO AND FAMILY WINTER IN HOLLYWOOD, FLA. Happy group here shows (left to right): Donny Phelan. H. W. Phelan, Mrs. D'Arcy Coulson, Ottawa; Lorraine clan. Marion Coulson. Dolly Regan. Ottawa, and Adele Phelan Figures of Neighboring Coun- tries Provide Striking Comparison Paris The race between the stork and the ' reaper again monopolizes front page space in the Parisian press. Th ne.wly-publlKhed census figures | for 1929 reveal that France is iu the It, is the Anglo-American HCttlement. j dilemma of a constantly falling birth- In all constructive hopes and plans "'" *"'-" - ' for tho world's peace, that Is the key- France Alarmed Western Canada ByBirthRatej Tightens Liquor Control Policy stone of the arch, the rest collapses. Pull It out and Kvery thorough student of International affairs is well aware that amongst many minds In at least three continents not exclud- ing South America speculation on eventual Anglo-America discord Is an uuconfessed but most obstinate and pernicious Influence against disarma- ment. Talk like Mr. Churchill's nourishes that evil thought. Until it Is eradicated and extirpated until the lingering conjecture that the two English-speaking Powers may yet be divided Is absolutely given up the best atmosphere required for the pro- gress of a new world-spirit under President Hoover's leadership will not exiHt. The Conference, whatever else bap- pens, will have done much to create that atmosphere. The sequel must be made to ensure it even If the rigidity of the French program should compel this country to build more cruisers and destroyers than we had hitherto Imagined. Kven In that event, which would release us from all diplomatic entanglements in Kur- ope, full moans of friendly adjust- ment between the American Govern- Labor Government At the Morayshlro ment and the would be found. dinner Mr. Stimson paid a generous tribute to the Prime Minister, whoso patience, courtesy, and dignity have. never failed. If the Conference roiucs, In spite of all, to ;i Five-Power Agreement, which will be a real service Is Disarmament and to confidence in Peace, very well and very good. For our part we would rather have an honest break- up than a falso MUVSH. If nominal failure should be lit- end of it, we shall show at once bow the main cause on which the whole world's hope depends can bo and will be saved on linos equally bold and praticnl. Meanwhile, it has been our business to tell America why Mr. Churchill's attack on the British Government at this juncture Is condemned by five- siTtln of the. British people. It was this spirit that helped largely to damn the lato Conservative, regime at the rate a decrease of marriage and increasing death rate while surround- ed by neighboring countries Ger- many, Italy, Spain-all of whom re- gistered tremendous Increases of pop- ulation in the past twelve months. France Is becoming alarmed at these figures. According to the offi- cial figures of the National Alliance for the Increase of Franch Population, deaths exceeded births In 1929 by 12,- 564, and it is estimated that unless something is done to check the ac- centuating tendency of recent years France iu a few years time will be subjected to an annual loss of popu- lation of 2,000,000 or more. The situation thus has become so serious as to make thinking Fivnch men open a cry for a "birthrate pol- icy" on tho part of the government. One reason for Ibis lies in the Franco- Italian rivalry. Mussolini has al- ready Inaugurated a birthrate policy ami the census returns show that it Is working to the extent of hund- reds of thousands additional births per year. The reads: National Alliance report "In 1929 Italy increased Its British Columbia's 3-Man Board Has Power to Fix Price of Wet Purchases Montreal. P.Q. Drastic changes in the oueratlon and enforcement of British Columbia's liquor policy was revealed by Attorney General R. H. Pooley in the British Columbia Legls- Def ective Cars Cause Accidents Owners Should be Punished A.O.A. Suggests in Re- view of Subject Expressing the belief that defective cars are the cause of a large number of accidents a suggestion Is made by the A.O.A., in the current Issue their bulletin, that a law should be passed penalizing those who are found driv- ing cars in this category. lature. The new amendments pro- 1 "The United States at times furnish ':<!' fill* H t llroa-mfln lfr,.,rtt> Ik ... i , learned It will be revealed with addi- tions. Montreal Stand aril. tions weaken, this argument by itself] polls. if the lesson has not been is not likely to be of much present ai.ill ai St. James's. What then? It 1, .ingested that if the "Never. Never I'.ict" agaliut war were supplement- ed by agreement aiiionu-i tbo slKua- loriee to consult under American aus- pices In case of violation or serious iii'-nacc, Giance would face some re- duction of her present bristling pro- gram. "If Ifs and and* . . ." What kind of agreement to eon Mill? How much French reduction in return? These questions ought to t>* frankly pul and answered t,j clear up the psychological situation and complete, the efforts of the de'ejratfoiu to un- derstand each other's positions wheth- er the positions prove reconcilable or Dot, Roads on the Brain London Daily Telegraph: (Cons.): Mr. Lloyd George still has roads on the brain. He sees road t rattle de- veloping until every by-road becomes a secondary road and every second- ary road a broad and spacious high- way. The railways ho treats as a back number, their development al- ready stationary. He still abides by his election panacea, - unlimited mil- lions for endless roads. It Is time that he also mentioned afforestation which for half a century has been tho refuge of the gravelled statesman population by 375,000. Germany grew by 350,000 in habitants, .Spain increas- ed to the extent of 200.000. We aiv being overwhelmed by our neighbors. France Is really faced wltli a profound- ly serious problem. It is about time that those In. power Inaugurated a real policy of births with the Idea of increasing the size of the average family by making ! easier to earn a living. Anglo-French Co-operation "Auuur" In tin 1 Fortnightly i Lon- don i: The experience of uses past and of our own time down to the present day shows that liritish Intervention In Kiirniicaii nfl'airn never has been M> profitable to the cause of peace and HO productive of positive results ,as wlu-n exercised in agreement with our geo- graphical neighbor, France. On the whole, we prefer the Germans, but un- til now Anglo-German co-operation llU neither been stable nor effective; gen- erally speaking, we like the. Krem Ii much less than Ihn Germans, but Klo Frcnrb ententes (for there have >een several) have always had excel- ent results for this country, and the M..I. no doubt, saved us from falling mder the economic, If not the physl- al, hegemony of a Prussianized Km- lire in Berlin. t f Ilrllaln Is roady of, course, for any - canals and the likn; but first and fxi-nt of consultation when peace., last on the Liberal program Is roads, l-i threatened or even locally niplure.1. Tho United States seem to us to have * great moral opportunity .Involving Ho practical embarrasmin-nn or on- imiglemenU. This has benn shown with hla usual sagacity and luclillty >y Chief Justice Hughes. For the Pact la the basis. H Implies every kind of mediation b.ut prohibits re- ort to violence. Consultation would ensure the largest possible number of neutrals, and compel delayjust the conditions that were lacking when tho wild, blind sweep to doom surged on- wards in tho lant wenlc of July, 1914. Can President Hoover contemplate the entry of the United States Into iidi a guarded agreement to consult without any Increased obligation to cl? It la the Idea of "co-operation without entanglement" that we Imvo urged often during the last seven ynars. It would be wondnrfully worth while to moot the Mea and to ask I what France would jrlve In th way of , rodueed tonnage were such an ar- ] rangement possible. In business, ninrommltl.il discussions b*nlnnliiK wltto "It and If" are frequent, ml us- ually clear the air. | The method moderates Icrnp-; 1 . There 1, of course, a profound din at "\ strong breath after a nlRht on has ruined ninny a home." A , H kii.i-., i actor sny* lin I . teach vide for a three-man liquor board and tightening up of the present liquor act as follows: The board will do all Its own liquor purchasing. Up to the present all purchasing has gone through the gov- ernment's purchasing department. The board alslo is given power to Hi liquor prices, which are fixed now by the government. Specified soldiers' clubs will be al- lowed to sell beer to their members under strict regulations designed to IM \ent others frn^ obtaining beer in these establishment!). This will logal- Ize beer sales now proceeding un- checked in many soldiers' clubs. Proprietary clubs, considered a lead- ing source of illicit liquor sales, will bo wiped out. The Manitoba system of padlock- ing bootlegging establishments is adopted to be enforced after a second conviction for liquor sale within a year of Hie first conviction. Such establishments may be completely closed for twelve months, whether they are il-.vellinys or otherwise. Liquor advertising on billboards dodgers, leaflets. and by similar means will be prohibited after January 1, 1931. \Viue makers on a small scale, \vl;<> cannot afford to hold their wine long enough to mature It poprorly, will be allowed to sell It to the larger win- eries, which have adequate maturing facilities. This is designed to main- tain the standard of British Columbia wlnei. New regulations are provided to pro- vent any persons from using another pei'Min's liquor permit tJ obtain liquor at government stores. I'mler the new rgii|ntlons. any per- son under twenty one years who make* application for a. liquor permit, or is found without lawful excuse In a li- ceiMi'd club or beer parlor will ba guilty of an ofTonse against the act. Another clause provides that when liquor U transported Illegally the automobile, boat or other conveyance will be forfeited to the Crown. The now act goes Into force at once. "Voil must spend money money." John N. Willys. 4 "Thfl man knows he !n to make who gives In when lie right Is weak," says a novelist. Or. i.f course, married! with some fairly good examples which we might do well to follow," the artlle reads. "As an instance, last year a number of the States adopted a measure stipulating that all automo- biles in operation must be kept In good running order. Severe penalties were attached to this law and with a view to rigidly enforcing it a special force of police were organized recruited from men who were thoroughly fami- liar with cars and their inner work- ings. Punish Offenders "Kvery offender found operating a car which was In some way defective was taken before the courts and sum- marily punished. Particular atten- tion was paid to motorists using cars with a steering wheel exhibiting too much play; a defective axle; a steer- ing rod in bad order; bad brakes or brakes poorly adjusted; a defective speedometer, etc. In short, any fault In the car which might be the cause of an accident was considered as an infraction of this new law and the owner was punished. "The ultimate result of this law was that eventually the highways were purged of the rickety specimens of gas wagons, a familiar sight on all roads, and which are the cause of a good percentage of the accidents which occur. The inevitable protests with which the law was greeted in some quarters at the start were rapid- ly changed to songs of praise as the public came to realize the wisdom of the measure. "\Ve ourselves might well emulate our neighbors in drafting legislation all ng this line. The number of acci- dents registered last year for which defects in cars were the cause would undoubtedly represent a substantial Canadian News Briefs Winnipeg. Rev. P. Oleksiw, rector of St. Vlademir'a and St. Olga's Uk- rainian Catholic Pro-Cathedral here, has accepted the pastorate of the Holy Ghost Church, Hamilton, Ont. He will leave for the East on April 29. Winnipeg. Police are searching for a bandit with a sore head who at- tempted to rob St. James' Grocery store. The proprietor struck the gun- man with a two-pound can of tobacco as he fled from a fuailade of merchan- dise. The bandit replied with two shots from a revolver Just missing Mrs. Jamas Wyllie, wife of the store owner. The Pas, Man. Geological survey of the non-metallic deposits of North- ern Manitoba will be undertaken by the new mining branch of the Mani- toba Government when the provinces assume control of its natural re- sources. I Meadow Lake. Sask. James Ed- ward Eveans, veteran of the Nile Ex- pedition in. '1*83, and first settler of this far Northern Saskatchewan dis- trict. Is dead here. Crotherview, Sask. Beside a di charged shotgun, the body of John Ed- lund. 45, lumber yard manager, was found recently. He had been 111 for some time. Maiiiwaki. Que. Twenty-five room- ers at the Central Hotel were driven outdoors in scanty night attire when fire was discovered in the attic of the structure. None were injured and the flames were subdued after $500 dam- age had been done. A defective chim- ney is believed responsible. Hull, Que. Leaving a note saying he was tired of life, didn't hava enough money to pay his room rent, and was going to jump in the river, Romeo Paquin disappeared from a local boarding house. The man had shown deep despondency of late and acquaintances believe he has carried out his threat of suicide. Police are investigating. Ottawa. Serious injuries were suf- fered by Mrs. Catherine Rigby, 70, and her sister. Miss Mary McCarthy, 7.'. when they were knocked down by an automobile at a street intersection here. Scalp wounds necessitated re- moval of both to hospital, where their conditions are reported os just fair. Edgar Dufold. tlie car driver, was not held by police. Stratford. Ont. Bricks crashing through a blazing roof from a crump- led chimney into the kitchen where he lay sleeping, awakened Tom Park- er In his West Zorra home just in time to allow him to escape. He had bare ly reached the outside when the en- tire roof collapsed. Fortunately Mrs. Parker and her four children were at a neighboring house at the time. The total cut of lumber on the crown lands of New Brunswick during the current season is estimated at ths equivalent of 212,000,000 feet. figure-. How many take the trouble to motorists over have the'r ma- DARING Of FAITH The eaRlets that attempt to fly when flight seems hopelessly impossible .i.ui Mini themselves lords of the blue. Tho man who, in the daring of faith, undertakes what he cannot perform, will soon astonish the world by per- forming II. Dr. Boreham. ILLUSION One of the most Important thin:; , In life i the Illusion of the Import- ance of things which are not import- ant. Hobert Lyiyl. chines looked over by competent me- chanics? Suggestion for Ontario "When can we expert our own gov- ernment to emulate the example set by our neighbors and draft n law con- trolling the use of automobiles which are not In good rinnln? order. Such a measure is undoubtedly on the pub- lic. lu'erc-st and would be welcomed by all sane motorists. Surely we can nevir go too far in ti>o matter of legis- lation delegated to make our high- ways safer plac.-s to drive on and anv measure in this ceive popular accla'm." mint re- "Kdnration to-dav Is not designed to teach the truth, but to spread pro- paganda." Bert rand Russell. Canada's Remarkable Advance in Mineral Production MILLION* Of DOIUM , >oo VM tl Of < AN ADAS MINERAL OUTPUT I9OO 1929 THE ftOUD BARt <>l NOU ml ftUCttfttlON Of *fM ilu.M lEVtlft IN lilt ANNUAL VAIUI OF MINERAL PRODUCT IOM too ISO 100 1900 Prohibition Frank H. Shaw In the English Re- view: The greatest tragedy of Prohi- bition In America is its effect on the immediate generation of adolescence, the potential fathers and mothers of to-day and to-morrow. To them intoxi- cation is no vice whatsoever; and one trembles to think what the children if any are born will be like! Unless the young men see visions the nation dies! How can a brain muddled by synthetic alcohol see constructive visions when its principal focus is to- ward the destruction of established law? The grotesque feature of it all is that in the wine-drinking and non- prohibition countries drunkenness is everywhere on the wane. Only in "dry" America, is it increasing by leaps and bounds, and, side by side with it, the terrible crimes of violence of which we in Europe seldom hear. no* <* ' mental approach between to them'. The St. Lawrence Waterway R. C. Hawkin In the Contemporary (London): Who will pay for this mighty enterprise? Mr. Hoover's financial v.oposal was that the United States and Canada should constitute an International Hoard, with authority to issue waterway bonds guaranteed jointly by the United States and Can- ada. This would obviously place the whole project under the control ot American financiers, and experience elsewhere Indicates that under those conditions Canada would play a very secondary part. The alternative plan would bo to recognize frankly that not only Canada, but Great Britain, is deeply Interested in the scheme. Eng- land and Canada, acting together, need not usk assistance from New York bankers. They can find 60 per cent, ot the money required, so that tho project would be on flfty-flfty basis. Security and Sanctions , Slsley Huddleston. in the New I Statesman (London): In practice, nj During the thirty years embraced by the period 1900-29 Inclusive, the annual value of Canada's mineral produO- ], at | ou believes tu this rubbish of rau-' lion has on no fewer than sixteen different occasions aurpnssod all previous marks. While the effect of the up- tual assistance, ot security and sano- ward trend of prices must be taken Into account, especially as regards the war period, this record la nevertheless tlous; It Is quite Impossible for any a remarkable Illustration of sustained growth. It stamp* the mining history as a toremost force In th march of' country to place Its faith In the proa*, Canadian development during the twentieth century. j I>ect of disinterested h.Mp. to he ao The sheer Increase In value- from loss than $65,000.00-0 In 1900 to well over $300.000.000 In 1929 ii amply Ini-, rted ly other countries, or rather prcaslve In Itsolf. Hut the manner in which it lias been attained Is no les notable. There haa been a great uy n OMOrttap of countries; and II ndvance In variety of output. At the opening of the century gold and coal were the only two large Kama of Canada's mineral production, whereas th Dominion's prjseiit-day mining Industry owee Its magnitude not onl y j arme d cltlins o the discretion ot a* .n ;; hi* chlMrcn to dance. A stepfather | t co ">' d gold, but to copper, nickel, lend, silver, nine, asbestos, and In short, to perhape a wide diversity of | international body which will employ I resources as any country affords to mining enterprise. Uicm ln ql , srrell not lholl . OWB>