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The Papers EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. CANADA Food Fit For A Man It is the considered opinion of many a he-man that some strange fads and fancies have been flourishing flourishing in our kitchens in recent years. Our forefathers waxed great and strong on solid fodder that would back up against a fellow's chest bones and stay there, letting him know that he had had a meal. But we, their unworthy descendants:, are facing a world in which the kitchen has become an experimental laboratory laboratory for a ladies' bridge-club, so that a plateful of cream-colored stuff on a wilted lettuce leaf is actually held to be suitable nourishment for a hardworking hardworking adult human being. The he-man, of course, probably knows little about the modern discovery discovery of vitamins. So he cannot be expected to enter into the spirit of cookery of the "chiffon school"--as one iconoclast has aptly described it. The he-man may be all wrong, but being a he-man he likes to know when a meal is over by the feeling of fulness fulness inside him rather than by the emptiness of his plate. Dietary ideas of the past could not have been wholly wrong. We might try re-discovering some of the : old- fashioned recipes for old-fashioned foods, and gave the can-opening wrist a chance to relax.--Winnipeg Tribune. i Canadians in The War The total Canadian enlistments in the Great War numbered 59(1,572. There were 317,7ti6"\»lariadian-|)orn, 221,495 natives of the' British Isles, 7,256 born in other British possessions possessions and 37,391 born in the United States among the enlisted members. The division of non-native British was as follows: English, 150.46.3; Scottish, 46,850; Irish, 19,452; Wjdsh, 4,780. The Canadian-born rjacial division was: English-speaking, 259,- 872; French-speaking, 57,833; Ü. S. horn, 37,391; other nations, 6,725} By Ontario. 245,677; Quebec, 82,793; Mew Brunswick, 25,864; Nova Scotia (includes P.E.I.) 33, 342.; Manitoba, . 66,319; Saskatchewan, 37,666; Alberta, Alberta, 45,146; British Columbia, 51,- 438; Yukon, 3,327. According to racial origin the decennial census of Canada computes the poulation of British origin at 56.40 per cent : of the total, and that of French origin at 27.91.--St. John Telegraph-Journal. Telegraph-Journal. Horn Blowers The Toronto Telegram carries an editorial on the motorist horn-blower. In Hong Kong in the past year there have been 60 foreign drivers and 1,035 Chinese drivers penalized for blowing the old horn when they should not have. And .69 "chronics" had their licenses cancelled. Our contemporary suggests that Toronto authorities take some energetic steps to stop this nuisance. And what a nuisance it is? There B--4 is the taxi-driver who never gets out of his car, but honks for his charge. There is the worst pest of all, the woman driver who commands right of way, and scares the daylight out of the- average pedestrian. Why should anyone get this way at ■ the wheel ? And what about the pest who honks and honks because the green light does not come on after the red speedily enough to suit him? There is a whole lot of bad manners manners in traffic, but try and tell some of them, about it?--St. Catharines Standard. THE EMPIRE New Zealand's Befen.ce Observers were uneasy two years ago when the British naVal personnel personnel fell below the 100,000 mark. The Japanese has been rising and now stands at 90,000, while that of the United States is 127,000. The First Lord has made provision in his estimates estimates to increase the British personnel personnel by 11,000 from its present figure of 101,000. Whether that is sufficient, in view of the long, specialized training training required to supply efficient naval ratings, may be considered an open question. At least it represents a substantial increase. Viewing all these defensive preparations, New Zealand would do well to consider whether she is doing her part. She is as dependent on naval protection ■ as Britain. Her Government is providing providing for the maintenance of two large cruisers on the New Zealand station, but that increased contribution contribution is far from being proportionate with Britain's mighty expansion. -- Auckland News. Relief ■ From Relief Loan money is spent every year on so-called unemployment relief. Taxation Taxation is imposed also' and this double burden is a serious handicap on economic economic recovery. Money which remains remains in private enterprises is available available for the expansion of industry and for the real relief of unemployment. unemployment. Apart from its debiliating influence influence on individuals, taxation for unemployment relief militates against the relief of unemployment. It aggravates aggravates that which it is imposed to cure. Farmers cannot obtain seasonal seasonal labour, but they are taxed to maintain men who will not work. Besides Besides having become a huge department department of State in which more than £400,000 has been spent on administration, administration, it has developed into a branch of high finance. -The funds have been debited with loan flotation expenses ( £94,000) and with interest and sinking fund ( £400,000). These items cover the whole period over which loans have been floated for unemployment unemployment relief ; but it is a scandal that taxation for benevolent purposes should be charged with the interest, sinking fund and flotation expenses on loans floated for purposes of benevolence benevolence so-called. What is sorely needed is relief from this kind of relief.--Melbourne relief.--Melbourne Argus. - - ' flFbg News pâüabI Commentary on the i HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKS NEWS... jf] By Peter Bandai ; ! Control of tike Press I New's In Brief | Office of tB e Department of Highways Highways here cdflfi rme( * building of the road and bridge. Estimate of the cost of the project which will get under way shortly could not be obtained. obtained. P. Goldie, head of the construction firm which received the contract, visited visited the island during the week end and made an examination of the proposed proposed road. The work, it is expected, will require three months. The project will reduce the ferry crossing from three-quarters of a mile to 500 yards. At present traffic congestion has been experienced, motorists motorists often waiting two hours to cross from the mainland to Manitou- Big Lake Trout WLARTON.--What is likely to be the champion fish for Bruce Peninsula Peninsula this year was caught this week by Arnott Smith, Willard, Ohio, at Barrow Bay. The fish, a lake trout, weighed 27 pounds and measured 44 inches. He was caught on a 700-ft. copper line, with an Otter Trail troll. Considerable difficulty was experienced experienced in landing the trout, as Mr. Smith had no gaff in the boat. He had to bring the fish close to the boat and grab him by the gills. $27,000 Saved ST- THOMAS.--St. Thomas Hydro users will benefit in the amount of approximately 27,000 a year with the now rates reductions that the Public Utilities Commission has sent to the Ontario Power Commission for approval. approval. The latest reduction in domestic, commercial and industrial power rates are made possible by the $2 per horsepower decrease in the cost of power to municipalities, announced announced by the Ontario Commission to take effect on August 1. The new reductions' will be the second cut this year, as the present rates were only put into effect on Jan. 1 last, being made possible by the $2.50 per horseoower reduction of last fall. General Manager P. W. Peart, of the local commission, stated that the reductions on Jan. 1 represented a saving of $13,500 to local power users while the proposed new rates will mean an equal amount. The local commission is also seeking permission permission to reduce the cost to local consumers of flat rate water heaters by 10 per cent, from Aug. 12. New Economic Accord LONDON, Eng.--Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons thL week that Premier Paul Van Zeeland, of Belgium, fresh from talks with President Roosevelt, is further pursuing the possibility of a broad international economic agreement. The prime minister tartly refused, however, to disclose any details of negotiations thus far. Van Zeeland, he said, is proceeding with inquiries "to endeavor to ascertain ascertain how far it is possible to obtain j agreements on certain general prin- : .ciples of ecopomic policy among a j number of states, including the sig- \ natorics of the tripartite currency agreement." France, Great Britain and the United States, using huge gold-purchase gold-purchase funds, have co-operated under the tripartite agreement in working î toward currency stabilization. i Chamberlain returned an abrupt t- ' no" to Laborite Emanuel Shinwell's I 'question whether Van Zeeland is è Twenty years ago a great war swept away the hampering bonds of tradition. Men dreamed of a golden age in which peace and good will were to take the place of the old phrase concerning might and right. Thosë men are either dead or gone from the seats of the mighty. Freedom Freedom has given place to a new slav- ery. One of the traditions to go in the war ruins was the world conception conception of democracy. Today democracy is facing an unequal struggle against the forces of dictatorship as vested in Fascism and Bolshevism. By dictatorship is not not meant the placing of political power alone in the hands of one man, but the very lives and thoughts of his people. In many sections of the world civilized people no longer possess the right to think or to speak other than as they are commanded so to do. Their right to self government has gone, and gone with it the right to a free press. That something of the same order may well come to pass in our own world is not beyond the powers of imagination. Last week, eleven large newspaper associations met in Chicago to protest the attempts of the American Newspaper- Guild to obtajn closed shop conditions for editorial workers. Such attempts, if successful, would mean a virtual control of the voice of the people. Of particular significance is the fact that the American Newspaper Guild is an affiliation of the C.I.O. and thus bound in many respects to support support its cause and its dictates in opposition opposition to all others, hi other words, America is entering upon the first stages of a dictatorship. C. 1. O. Ei&tlis At the present time, no one is . able to predict the future of the C.I.O. A recent straw vote taken, by the magazine, "Fortune" would seem to indicate a growing sympathy for the American Federation of Labor among" a great many people .who are beginning to look upon it as a bulwark in time of dire need. The threat of press control is only one indication of just how severe the battle is likely to be. John L. Lewis has determined to take his organization organization beyond the ranks of industrial workers into the realm of the white collar people. Only Lie other day, we received a copy of a handbill being distributed to workers in American American publishing houses. The handbill handbill clearly stated the affiliation of its sponsors with the C.I.O. Workers' Dictatorship There is more than one way to the powers of dictatorship, Lewis has, stated his jntention of gnlisjjng 5,000,000 workers m his organiz'd- ' tion. The power that such an organization organization would be able to give if his plans arc ever completed, holds possibilities above and beyond any government. Government to "Marnage" Last week, we commented on the change of governments in France. Ex-Premier Blum is again in the headlines though for quite a different different cause than the downfall of a government. Back in the days before before he thought of governments, the ex-premier wrote a book on marriage. marriage. The book is to be published in New York soon and is predicted as one of the coming best sellers. Canada In The News Canada made world news last Week in several connections. For the hungry and the speculator, there was the news that Canada's huge wheat surplus has finally been liquidated. liquidated. For the hungry, the news meant higher wheat prices when coupled with rumours of light crops. For the speculator, it meant business, business, better Canadian, business all round. Canada's wheat carry over amounted to 211 million bushels in 1934, so the task accomplished by the Wheat Board may be considered as • something of an achievement especially in view of the fact that it was done, with no loss to the government. government. Then there was the story of Prime Minister Mackenzie King's visit to the Chancellor of Germany. Officially Officially it was designated as a purely personal affair but men in a position to know of Mr, King's influence in Empire affairs are wondering if the seemingly innocent visit may not have decided effect on British policy. As the most influential of the Dominions, Dominions, Canada's statesmen are taking an increasingly important part in Empire decisions. "the only vehicle of t.t.» .to-uwi i -to.»' aw Ten;- on --.i *<- ^nderland of oz Is! The 1 S-M-crow dashed in to rescue the Saw-Horse and had his - left foot smashed by the hammer. They then found that the Saw-Horse had been dazed by the blow. Although the hard wood of which his head was made could not be crushed, both of the ears of the creature were broken off and h§ wQ)ty. be unable to hear a sound until new ones were made for him. The animal's left knee was also cracked, an dhad to be bound up with string. Billina, having fluttered under the hammer, it now remained to rescue rescue the private who was still riding on the Iron giant's mallet, high in the air, so the Scarecrow lay flat upon the ground and called to the man to jump down upon his body, which was Sgft because it was stuffed with straw. This the private, waiting until he v g'roun dan dthen le upon the Scarecrow.' out breaking any Scarecrow declared' injured in the leaf Tin Woodman, hav} fitted ney ears to tl entire 1 party procède leaving the giant b path behind them.