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it â- >•â-  ri- fV ff VOICE CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS Tissues Outlive Organism Growth Animal And Plant Tissues Both Can Live On, Celebrated Botanist Announce* CANADA Curl In the Pig'* TaU Ijj8t year Canada sold to Great Britain 193 million pounds ol bacon, equlTalent to 1.600,000 hoRa. The curl In the pig's tall appears to be assum- ing the shape of the I sign.â€" Kitch- ener Record. A Stream of Talk The average man talks two hours out of every twenty-four at the rate of lOO woj-da a minute. He utters soma 4,500,000 v.ords a year. The authority doesn't say bo, but we presume he Is talking of single men. â€" Chatham Mew«, Wliat Chance Has It? The latest sclentillc aid to safa driving is a red light on the dash- board which '.varus motorists when they approach grade crossings. But If they won't heed tooting whistles, rlngiikg bells and wigwagging sig- nals, what chance has a llllle red light?â€" Windsor Daily SUr. Help to Farmers Agricultura is at last to receive greater recognition. The prosperity of the province depends so much up- on the well-being of the farmer that It would be nothing short of crim- inal, now that the money Is available, not to recognize the demands of the farming community for greater assist- ance in placing agriculture in a bet- ter position to play Us full part In the development and progress of the coun- try.â€" St. Thomas Times-Journal. Wants Less Provincial Power We may not always agree with Denton Mas.sey, M.P., but we can see some validity in his claim that Cau- ada is in danger of becoming "Balkan- Ized." Ho. like most of us, sees prov- inces seeking lo assert too much auth- ority with a consequent danger to fed- eralism. There is such a danger. There is far too much emphasis laid on "provincial rights," which usually means a reachinR out for federal pow- ers. Probably what is needed is less provincial power. There is a growing hndy of j) ;lilie opinion, which even be- lieves it might not be a bad Idea to abolish the provincial governments al- tOKcther, with consequent saving In taxes and trouble. â€" Niagara Falls Ile- Tlew. A Changing Ontario in Middlesex and Lanibion coun- ties rapid changes are taking place. The sons of the old pioneer families are not staying on the farms. They are selling out in many cases to the New t;anadians of alien origins. In I.,anibton County, particularly near Alvinston, there is a large settlement of Czechoslovaklans who have bought out old farms. They are making ex- cellent settlors. They are happy Just now (hat they are living in Canada and not in Czechoslovakia. The ma- jority of new settlers are anxious to tuku out citizenship papers and to be- come good Canadians. They are ready to adopt our ways and our customs. Possibly in the end it is not such a bad (hint; to have an Infusion of new blood. In any case, whether wa like It or not, the Western Ontario of a tew decades from now may be an en- tirely different Western Ontario from that of our day and generation. â€" Lon- don Free Press. New Process Makes Pictures On Metal Photographs Produced In Way Are Much iVIore Accurate Thu THE EMPIRE Rising (?) Sun The core of the Chinese armies is still Intact; the Ctntral Government, with the wholehearted support of a united nation, has never been strong- er; and Japan has been forced to en- list the good offices of a European Power in order to make peace over- tures which have been rejected with the contempt they deserved. Turn back the calendar, may be the wish of most Japanese. Too late, their awakening. Japan is caught In the tolls ot a war, the outcome of which Is perfectly clearâ€" all too clear to the Japanese. She has antagonized the Powers of the world by h brutality. Her troubles at home are Increasing daily. News of Insurrections in the territories she has torn from the main- land In previous "raids" leaks out to the world. The Land of the "Rising" Sun. We wonder! â€" Hong Kong Press. The Aluminum Company of Amer- ica disclosed last week at Pitlsburg ttiat it has perfected a method of InakinK pictures on metal which was expected to be more enduring and more accurate than those taken on paper. It presented the first portrait made \fy the new process to Dr. Paul D. Merica, whose research work on the precipitation hardening of alloys led to a more diversified use of metals. Do Not R«act To Chanfos The pictures are made on a paten- ted metal about onc-sixtccnth of an (nch thick, which contains an oxide Coating, with the sensitive silver salts niat react to light. When exposed ip light sent through a negative an Unage is produced on the metal. A spokesman said the metal pic- tures have proved more valuable for ••rial surveys, where a surface, ab- solutely a('( urate, was needed. He explained that a sllifht change Jl temperature causes contraction or Kpansion of paper pictures, and that Lich slight distortion would bring Bout a grave miscalculation of dit- inces. The metal pictures do not teact to such changes, he said. Irish Living Costs For a time Ministers were disposed to deny that there was any increase in the cost of living, but when they could no longer persist In that atti- tude they proceeded to make the case that the Increase In the cost of living was a sign of greater prosperity. The housekeeper in town and country has to pay higher prices for all her re- qi'irements. The citizens, as taxpay- ers, are, tor the same reason, called upon to provide the funds needed by the Exchequer to defray the addition- al cost of living bonus. The citizens, as ratepayers, are similarly affected .... While the costs and charges to which we have i-eferred have been mounting, the Income -t the chief pro- ducing class in the countryâ€" the agri- cultural community â€" has been rela- tively diniinlshlng. For everything he has to purchase the farmer has to pay more, and as his Income is much less than It had been, obviously he Is com- pelled to limit his purchases to a bare minimum. This decline In his pur- chasing power Is detrimental to the manufactarar and trader. â€" Irish In- dependent, Dublin. Indented Road Reflects Light New Type Surface â€" Engineer Offers Scheme to Aid Night Driver* A-C Living tissues have the power to survive long beyond the life of the growing organism. This was demon- strated in the case of animal tissues by Dr. Alexis Carrel, who kept tis- sues from an embryo chicken heart alive longer than the greatest life span of a chicken. The culture is still alive at the liockefeller In.sli- tutc after more than a (|uarter of a centuiy. Bloatomt Alive For Month* Dr. Carl L. I^aUue, of the depart- ment of botany, University of Michi- gan, has demonstrated that it is pos- sible to keep plant ti.ssucs alive 305 times as long as they would survive in the plant. He took portions of the blossoms of plants which have but a shoit span of existence under natural conditions and placed them in a nutrient culture medium, simi- lar to that in "which germs and other micro-organisms are cultivated. After a given structure has fulfill- ed its function in the plant, its nour- ishment is withdrawn and it disin- tegrates. The nourishment available is then diverted to the newly devel- oping structures. When the blossom has finished its task it makes way for the fru't. Scenes Recall Klondike Days YeUowknife, N.W.T., Now Pack- ed With Seekers After Cold A new type of road surface that will "Increase visibility very greatly" was reported at the 17th annual Mass- achusetts Safety Conference at Bos- ton last week. Need for some suc)\ surface was em- phasized by a group of engineers dis- cussing "highway lighting In relation to night accidents." Thoy pointed to mounting automo- bile fatalities after dark, restrictions on headlights, and experience "prov- ing" the Impracticability of enforcing speeds within the limits set by head- light visibility. The Only Safe Speed L. A. S. Wood, lighting engineer, said that "10 to 15 miles an hour Is the only speed safe with present light- ing equlr/Dient." The problem, therefore, these en- gineers agreed, was one of getting enough light of the right kind In the right place on the highway. C. A. B. Halvorson, of Lynn, Mass., announced that the new type of road surface was developed during an at- tempt by the research experts to de- sign a surface that would allow driv- ers to see farther without glare. Crux of the problem, he said, was to get hold of a design that would do its Job as well in wet weather as in dry. Pitted At Intervals The design he finally settled on makes his miniature test road look like one of those pans you put in the oven for hot biscuits. Little ''cups" pit the road at intervals of an Inch In diameter. Mixed with this Indented surface is a substance, such as qiiartz- ite, whl<li gives a high reflectivity. Spaghetti Shooting "I went crazy because I was offer- ed spaghetti instead of steak for my supper." A man offered this explana- tion recently to Chicago police after shooting his 17-year-old daughter and Wounding his 21 yeai-old son. He mi.s.'^ed his wife. Walking For Ten Yew* The most energetic man in the world has been walking for 10 years. He started in 1927 to wallc round the world. Now he has completed 80,000 miles â€" more than three times the earth's circumference. EDMONTON. â€" â-  Scenes reminiscent of Uawsou City during the Klondike rush, are being enacted at Yellow- knife, N.W.T., centre of the gold field on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, Leonard E. Drummondf secre- tary and manager of the Alberta and Northwest Chamber of Mlnea, said. He Just returned from a 10-day aerial ' Inspection trip of far north mineral ureas. Airplanes Bring Men In 'Airplanes are bringing men In dally who are seeking work and the work hasn't started yet," he said. "The re- sult is there Is no hotel accommoda- tion for the new arrivals. Men are forced to undress and dress almost in public. It's almost like the Dawson says." Mine managers in Vellowkuife, Gor- don Lake and GoldQelds, whom he vis Ited during his tour, asked him to issue a public warning to work-seek- ers not to consider going into these areas yet as It will only add to the dlfllculties and work will not start un- til the summer, Mr. Drummond said. Commenting on the activity In the north, Mr. Drummond said "there's no question it will be a big year." Longevity Of Canadians Is Steadily Increasing 88- Life Expectation In the Dominion Is Shown By Latest Figures To Be Higher Than In Either The United States Or Great Britain. Investigations into longevity tend to reinforce the Biblical dictum that the span of life Is three score and 10, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics an- nounced this month as official life fab- les for the general population of Can- ada wore Issued for the first time. "It seems that today, In Canada particularly, there are far more peo- ple attaining the allotted span than ever before in history but there are not appreciably more centenarians than there were 100 years ago," the burenu said. "The de-jreasing mortal- ity at younger ages ia a token of the vastly smaller amount of illness among young people today." IVIore Years In Prospect Based on the 1931 census, which was the first to compare deaths with liv- ing population In order that prob- abilities of dying could be reckoned, the survey showed that the Canadian boy of five can look forward to 62.30 years of life. An English boy has only GO. 00 years, and the Aniei-lcan boy 59,38 years. As a person grows older the expec- tation of life steadily decreases. When a Canadian youth re.iches his majority he has in prospect 4S years to live on the average. When he gets to 40 he may anticipate living 32 years more. When ho retired at about C5, he may expect to have a comfortable 13 years ot retirement and die at 78. If he reaches 80 he should live six years more and even when he arrives at the century murk his PxpeciHtlon of life is two years. Study of mortality in 15 countries, show that only two have a lower male mortality from ages 2,") to 4.5 than Canada, these being Denmark and Hollar. I. Chance of an Italian boy of five dylns is 39 per cent, greater than ibat for a Canadian, ot a Japanese boy 189 per cent., and an East Indian 637 per cent. Healthy and Vigorous Elements "In addition to our healthy climate, advanced facilities In medicine and public health and our standard of liv- ing, ail of which undoubtedly con- tribute to our remarkably superior longevity, there Is the factor of selec- tion through immigration." the report continued. ''When large movements of popula- tion take place there is a tendency for the more healthy and energetic ele- ments to move while the less healthy stay at home. Hence It is that West- ern Canada has the lightest mortality as the three provlnceo have received much of their population very recent- ly." ! News In Review To Control High-Power Stations OTTAWA. â€" It was the ultimate policy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to take control of all high- power broadcasting In Canada, L. W. Ilrockington, chairman of the Board of Governors, told the Parliamentary Committee on Radio. Some permits had been granted for private stations with power up to a maximum of 1,000 watts, but no in- iroase.H would lie permitted above that ina.\imuni, to private stations, Mr. BrockiuKiiiii said. Eventually it was the intention to restrict private stations to "purely local functions." The Heart of Europe ViK.VNA. -The political heart of Europe no longer beats in Paris, but In Berlin," Propaganda Minister Goeb- bels of Germany declared this week in an AiTuchluss plebiscite campaign speech. "In ten years' time, it will be un- derstood what that signifies." he said. Appealing for a 100 per cent, vote by Austrians In favor of union with Germany in the April 10 plebiscite, â-  â€" ~-^-»-w I I Commentary on the HighlighU of the Week'* New* By Elizabeth Eedy INSIDE PRESSURE â€" By taking over Austria, Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's chief gain has been the increase of his own prestige with the German people at a time when their faith in him badly needed bolstering. His Austrian coup has served for the mo- ment to distract German minds from the army purge, mounting unem- ployment, shortage of food essen- tials, loss of personal freedom. Observer.s say that the move is ac- complishing little in the way of bet- tering the desperate economic con- dition.'! of the Reich. Austria, too, is deficient in foodstu.ts and raw ma- terials, has to import between 700,- 000 and 900,000 tons of grain a year to feed her people. Sole resources present there in any sort of abund- ance are iron ore and timber, which Hitler and his financial advisers plan immediately to exploit. By selling the iron ore and limber outside the country, they will be able to hoard more foreign capital and stave off economic collapse for the present. The seizure of Austria is then only a stop-gap, a temporary measure, to be followed by moves much more drastic, infinitely more brutal. In- side pressure drives Germany outside herself, forcing the country on and on to further and still further ag- gression. There is no foundation for the hope that Hitler will stop where he is. DOG EAT DOG â€" It won't be long "now before Poland, having won the first round of a bloodless fight with Lithuania, by forcing that country to accept Polish terms in settlement of a border dispute, will be making new demands of her neighbor. The truth is that Poland would like to annex Lithuania, thereby gaining more outlets on the Baltic. It is pretty generally agreed that Poland, sup- posedly an ally of France, has been hacked up in the Lithuanian dispute by Germany in return lor a promise of Polish support for some other moves Hitler has in mind . . . one of which might be a boycott of Czecho- Elovakia. Professor Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard, dean of American histori- ans, however, is of the belief that Germany is actually planning to an- nex Poland. Case of dog eat dog, we opine. â€" o â€" HOLDING IT UPâ€" It was admitted bv Prime Jlinister Mackenzie King in the House last week that the rea- son the present session has not dealt with the proposed amendments to the British North America Act (empow- ering the Federal Government to en- act unemployment insurance legisla- tion) is that three of the nine F'ro- vinces have failed to communicate with hint, giving their views on th« ^ matter. The draft of the proposed amend- •• mcnt was submitted to all Provin- , cial Governments, January 20. New Brunswick and Quebec had not up to ^ this weelc acknowledged receipt of the draft. â€" â€" NORMAL CROPâ€" From the drought ' ureas of southwestern Saskatchewan are coming reports of water flowing * in creek beds, rivulets and lakes, storing -up greatly-needed water. At* Regina it is said the country has re- ^ ceived the largest amount of moisture in many year.s. Further, it has been , an open spring with a rapid thaw of heavy snow in many parts. A "normal" crop is looked for by the farmers of Saskatchewan. Pros- pects long seen hopeless are bright- ' ening again. It will be a wonderful thing for Canada if the West really is beginning to "come back." SCAPEGOAT â€" In primitive times, high priests of religion were wont to • place all the blame for plagues, de- feats in war, sins of the people, on ^ some innocent animal, for instance a goat, which they put to death with • great ceremony. When the goat had been killed, the cause of the evil was • supposed to have been removed and expiation made. Hence the origin ' of "scapegoat." Though we are far from primitive times today, we still have our scape- goats. It looks as though Ex-Chan- ' cellor. Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg of Austria is going to be one of them. Branded now as a traitor by Adolf Hitler, he will be tried for treason against the German Reich, in Leipzig ' this summer. The court proceedings, it is reported, will be public and ' widely publicized on purpose to prove to the world that all the blame for ' Austria's plight rests on Schusch- nigg's shoulders. Germany hopes ♦ that the death of Schuschnigg on the chopping: block will silence all criti- cism of the Nazi annexation. â€" â€" CHINESE HIT BACK â€" Counter- thrusts by Chinese armies are result- ing in victories over the Japanese i throughout the entire Central China front. Reports last week had it that ' Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek him- self was at the central battle front • in personal charge of the drive. Cer- tainly it is definite that the Chinese have met with striking military suc- cess in Shantung, Shansi and Anhwei , Provinces. It is still too early, however, to predict that the tide is turning , against Japan. Ooobbels said that grave decisions taken by Chancellor Hitler â€" leaving the League of Nations, remilitarizing the Rhlneland and absorbing Austria â€"were all full of risks. Warns of Depression OTTAWA.--Right Hon. R. B. Ben- nett sounded a warning In the House ot Commons this week that Canada was on the verge of a depression sim- ilar to that of 1930. The Opposition Leader charged that ''the danger signals are already flying," and that the upward trend ot the past three years had suddenly stopped. The signals to which he re- ferred, h? said, were that exports had fallen oft drastically, that unemploy- ment was "growing hy IpaDs and bounds, 25.000 Jn one month," that business men were refusing to Invest incney because they lacked confidence. Trafalgar Square Sees Another Demonstration Whales have been known to break their Jawt on the ocean bottom, after • mile deep dire. Twenty thousand jammed l.on Ion's Tiafalgar Square recently to protest against the Ceiman aPne::non r Austria. Here are mounted an<l foot polic? ticMine: a deputation seeking to take a letter of prote.st. to t!i» C man Embassy. Eventually a few â- â-  c -• •>'\ ed to pass and dclixer the letter. The crowd was sliouting ' ll:.n off CxechoslovaVia T' The Arctic Tern Flies Very Far Long-Distance Champion â€" In Three Months One GIobe-Trol- ting Bird Flew From Labrador to Nigeria. Now that the northern bird migra- tion is getting under way, the vast distances which these travellers cover In flying to and from their nesting grounds Is a topic of current interest. The powers of endurance displayed by large numbers of North American birds on their lengthy migratory jou^ neys is amazing, but there is one spe- the Arctic tern, aptly referred to as "the champion globe trotter and long- distance flyer of the bird world." Clrcumpolar Range The species Is well named, as its range is clrcumpolar and it nests over the Arctic laud as far north as suit- able conditions can be found. When the young are well-grown the Cana- dian and Creenland terns disappear from their breeding grounds and a few months later may be found even as far away as Africa. In fact the long- est flight on record for an individual bird was achieved by an Arctic tern that In three months flew from the coast ot Labrador to the Niger River in Southeast Africa. Traverses Atlantic The journey ot the terms is be- lieved tc follow a route touching upon the west coasts of Spain and Africa, and on the return trip northwards In- dividrals are known to fly along the ea.st coast of South America. The route Indicated for this bird ii altogether unique, as no other species is known to breed abuudantly in North America and to traverse the Atlantic Ocean to or from the Old World. These globe-trotting birds travel many thousands of miles and touch on four continents In the course of a year. Don't Skate On Ice When ice skaters skim along orei a smooth stretch they are not actu- ally sliding on ice but on water. Th< ice melts under the skates, due to th4 friction, and the skates move aloni on a thin film of water, increased " pressure, as all physicists know, «Is< ' melts ice, and the weight of the per ' son on skates provides pressure whiel ' o:-ii>:np» with the friction to changi he ice to water.