*Pâfl8ftA c>OJJ EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. CANADA Wealth-Producing Purpose Construction of large water stor- age reservoirs in Alberta for use in irrigation schemes and as a source of supply for rivers which course through Saskatchewan, will be recom- mended to the Dominion Department of Agriculture by the advisory com- mittee on water development for Al- berta. The principle of’ establishing such reservoirs was discussed at a meeting at Medicine Hat recently which was attended by Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act officials from Re- gina. The decision reached vvas to recommend the idea to Ottawa. Here we see an opportunity for the Federal authority to develop the great rivers of Western Canada for a wealth-producing purpose other than navigation and. to assist the West in a way that will correspond to the hundreds of millions spent on river improvements and canals in Eastern Canada.â€"Moose Jaw Times- Herald. Their Names in The Paper Hot again is little Johnny or Sis- ter Susie to see their names in the honor list of their school class in the paper. The department of education has decided against publication, thereby destroying by one stroke of the pen a practice that has been fol- lowed since the days of Dr. Ryerson. The thought behind the new order of things is to remove competition from amongst the scholars. Why? Is it not good to have a competitive spir- it? Competition is said to be the life of trade, a stimulant to achieve greater things. If the child has no such motive will there not be a ten- dency to drift, to simply get through the tests, examinations being wiped out, and let it go at that ? With com- petition taken away and names with- held from the papers children and parents will miss much that hereto- fore has been a great joy. It looks like a mistake, unless something else is to take its place, say for example, reward, for effort. â€" Ambeirstburg Echo. The First ’Phone Mayor R. J. Waterous deserves to be heartily thanked for his prompt and vigorous effort to have Brant- ford, as the home of the telephone, suitably represented in a forth-com- ing movie. That the solution was reached here in 1874 is indisputable on the basis of Graham Bell’s own testimony, again most emphatically repeated when he attended the un- veiling of a memorial here in tribute to himself and the great invention. Meanwhile our neighbors have always stuck to Boston as the place of or- igin, and they hate to let go of that hallucination. At any rate the Mayor has made a commendable .effort.â€"- Brantford Expositor. Farmer’s Right-Hand Mam From his own standpoint, it is greatly to the farmer’s interest to have a permanent employee, who is . intelligent enough to understand his employer’s aims and plans, and is wil- ling to co-operate with him in carry- ing them out. The best man, of course, for the farmer to hire is one with a family of Ms own, because lie is least likely to throw up his place for some trifling cause.â€"â€"Guelph Mercury. Drugstore Aids to Beauty Any aid to beauty in this world makes it a better world; any delicate use of simple little artifices in the way of cosmetics to. reform an un- natural pallor or actually ugly fea- tures will always be welcome. But men will welcome with three hearty cheers, as a trend toward real beau- ty, any show of restraint in applica- tion of the top layers of drugstore allure,â€"Edmonton Journal. Bonds and Deficits Fifty million dollars worth of gov- ernment guaranteed Canadian Nati- onal Railway bonds were sold in a little over an hour. It is too bad that; a surplus cannot be negotiated just as easily instead of the continual de- ficits.â€"Brantford Expositor. A Subtle Hint? The beaver, emblem of Canada, has been chosen to hold a place of honor on an arch on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, It’s a good idea, as the beaver decidedly works a great deal more than he talks.â€"Hamilton Spectator. THE EMPIRE The Irish Constitution Not one jot or tittle of additional liberty is secured to any citizen (by the new Constitution). In fact, it is all the other way about; for the new Constitution contains clauses which may possibly be used to interfere with freedom of speech,1 freedom of the press, with freedom of associa- tions, and the rights of women. The Constitution has imposed upon the public the new and costly office of president with powers which the titu- lar head of a democratic state should not be given. It, has established a new Seanad which is at least as un- satisfactory in the method of election as its predecessor was.â€"Irish Inde- pendent. Chinese War Enters New Phase The Chinese managed successfully to delay the Japanese advance for three months, and now, with long lines of communication to be guarded by the Japanese, comes the much- awaited opportunity of guerilla war- fare on the part of the Chineseâ€" sudden, sharp attacks and withdraw- als, by an enterprising force, never leaving the enemy in peace, keeping . him guessing where the next attack will be launched. It, is clear that China will be able to get arms, de- spite the repeated bombings of the railways. Madame Chiang Kai-shek recently spoke of 500 of the latest type of fighter planes and bombers which could outfight. and outdistance any that Japan can send, and it is a well known fact that in the interior provinces there are arsenals which are working day and night to supply small arm ammunition. These depots can never be reached by the Japanese and they know it is useless for them to even attempt to do so. Japan can never stop a-hese supplies from reach- ing the Chinese armies, and there is little doubt that much is coming through other avenues, both south and west.â€"Hong Kong News. Pkmft Is Rushing Toward TEe Ear là But No Danger of Collision Says.' Toronto Astronomer A, planet, 20 miles in diameter, is rushing towards the earth at 20 miles per second. A collision might easily wipe out a city the size of Toronto. Let no one be afraid. The end of the world is not at hand. Prof. C. A. Chant of Dunlap observatory, who made these observations, is equally sure there will be no collision. The planet Eros, he said, will be within 20,000,000 miles of the earth this week, but there is no danger of it getting any nearer. Stiil 20,000,000 Miles Away Prof. Chant speaks of 20,000,000 miles as being “close’’. According to astronomical records, Eros has been as near as 14,000,000 miles. ‘Even it it did collide with this planet, it would not mean the end of the world,†Prof.. Chant stated. “It would he a major catastrophe, -on can Imagine the effect of a chunk of rock that size travelling at 20 miles a second. But the mass is bo small in comparison, there isn’t any danger of the earth being knocked off ils course †The earth had a much closer shelve last October when another small planet got within 400,000 mile professor Indl rated. -Aâ€"THE NEWS INTERPRETED A Commentary On the More Important Events of the Week. By ELIZABETH EEDY 1 ii UMANi’f AitiANikM t Speaking to a capacity audience in Toronto’s Ma- sonic Temple last week, Aldous Hux- ley, brilliant English novelist, essay- ist and philosopher remarked that the present-day “humanitarian†movement is so widespread that few dogs, horses,, cats are allowed to suffer pain or un- dergo cruel treatment. Yet at the same time, he declared, we sit back and let terrible things happen to our fellow human beings In other coun- tries of the world. the I'l'in» .Hill*iftiMMiiiMi'isi Ml.â€" ITori'i iiir-Miirm r J News In Brief To Rescue Scientists â- MOSCOW.â€"'Tire- four1 Russian Ice campers who started eight months ago from the North Pole on an expedition to study Polar weather, this week ap- parently were nearing the end of their voyage on an ice-floe at the will of Arctic winds and currents. Tass, official Russian news agency, announced Dr. Otto Schmidt, chief of the North Sea Route, a Government agency, had been permitted to head an expedition to remove the scientists he deposited at the North Pole by air- plane last May. Germany’s capital goods Industries are operating practically at capacity. •" jcteaevaient Burials SHANGHAI. â€" Death lias set a swift pace for the Shanghai Benevo- lent Burial Association’s seven morgue wagons. Disease, starvation and exposure, the association says, has cost tile lives of 51,000 ' Chinee refugees and poor since Shanghai fighting started last. An gust. Each day at dawn the seven wag- ons cruise Shanghai’s streets to pick up the dead. Bodies are found in refugee camps and throughout the impoverished areas, Tim association provides cheap wooden coffins and burial in the fields on Shanghai’s out- skirts. Control War . Industries HENDAYE, French-Spanisli Fron- tier.--The, Loyalist Government has .gained - control, of the wa.r iiuhvsi.i les of Catalonia, richest industrial region of Spain, under a decree abolishing the Commission of War Industries of Catalonia, it was announced this week. “It is not well enough known,†the statement said, “that the installation ol’ Germany in lands she is asking for, by providing her wih military, naval and air bases, would create a new menace to peace, far from facilitating the maintenance of peace.†. High Court" Justices OTTAWA. â€" Premier Mackenzie King announced last week selection of two prominent Toronto lawyers for Ontario Supreme Court vacancies caused by deaths of Mr. Justice J. H. MeEvoy and Mr. Justice A. C. King- stone. The appointments follow: George A. Ãœrquhart, K.C., and J. M. Godfrey, Ontario Securities Com- missioner, to he judges of the High Court of Ontario. . Explosives Explode PARISâ€"Fourteen men were killed iu an explosion which wrecked the municipal laboratory buildings at Villejuif, where authorities were re- moving large quantities of grenades seized in the CSAR investigation. “New Menace to" Peace†PARIS.â€"Threats to peace would increase, not diminish, If Germany were given the colonial territories claimed by Chancellor Hitler, a group of French military and political leaders declared this week Iu an. ap- peal to “all the living forces of the nation,†issued through the Colonial Institute, Charged With Murder LONDON* Ont.â€"A true bill was re- turned by a grand jury against Dr. Charles A. Cline, Sr., charged with murder ill the death of Mary Wilkin- son, London school teacher. True bills were also returned againstMIT"HM WTSTtSaychttn-J. Rob- ertson and Mrs. Rachel Stock, all of London, charged, with performing ill- egal operations. No bill were returned against Dr. Charles A, Cline, Jr;, and Dr. J. E. McGiilicuddy, of London, on indictments charging illegal opera- tions. His Eleventh Session. OTTAWA.-...-Prime Minister Macken- zie King, who entered Parliament In 1908 and has been three times called upon to form a Government, has en- tered his eleventh session as a leader hi the House of Commons, DIRECTORS OF THE CANADIAN CORPS RE-UNION, 1938. U8FT TO BIGHT; Mr. A. J. Bwhell, It.-CoL G. B. ïlüîp, M.B., .Colonel C. R. MiH, H.S.O - â€" ---------- â€"... â€"â€"„------------------ -«A ~r-.~ M. .Metikwfl, ctaft. ,W. W. Party, K.C., A. B, M. Dingle, Major Hugh Ferguson, D.S.0., Major Btemk Barber. Major 100,000 Expected At Corps Reunion To Be Held In Toronto This Mid- summer New. presidents of the United States do not provide their own china when entering the White House. The Government provides it. The Canadian Corps Reunion for 1938 is under way. Slated to be held in Toronto on July 30th, 81st, and August 1st of this year, preliminary organization work has resulted in the selection by the Canadian Corps As- sociation Council of a Board of Di- rectors to handle the affairs of the function. The “candid camera†caught the directors at a recent meet- ing while they discussed some of the problems which arise from the con- centration of considerably over a hundred thousand men in one spot for three days. Well-Known Military Men Seen in the picture, from left to right, are Art Bushell, Dominion Pre- sident of the Canadian Pensioners’ Association, and erstwhile sergeant of the Original Third Battalion, C.E.F. Next in line is Lt.-Col. George R. Phily, M.D., now Associate Coroner for the City of Toronto, and one of the first medical men in the Domin- ion of Canada to volunteer for war service. A “Westerner†sits on Colonel Philp’s left in the person of Colonel Charles R. Hill, who commenced his military service as a private, and finished up as Colonel, D.S.O. Wielding the “big steikâ€â€"-in this case a pencilâ€"sits Major Gordon Dingle, President of the board and of the Canadian Corps Association, and Comptroller of the Massey Har- ris Company. Enlisting originally with the Queen’s Own Rifles at the age of sixteen, he was a sergeant at nineteen. Number five is Major Hugh C. Fer- guson, D.S.O. Joining the 6th Bat- talion in 1914 he served in France with the 10th Battalion, of which he was second in command at the end of til© W£LF In Characteristic Attitude Major T. M. Medland, secretary of the Corps Association and the board of directors, is third from the right. Puffing the ever-present pipeâ€" he is acknowledged Canada’s cham- pion smoke ring pufferâ€"is Captain W. W. Parry, K.C., legal adviser to the Corps, and a prominent Toronto lawyer. Telling the President how the Sap- pers used to it is Frank Barber, a member of the Corps Council, for three years President of the Sappers Association, and entertainment-ar- ranger de luxe. Twould seem, he inferred, that our sympathies are sadly misplaced.. * »â- * VIKINGS' IN ONTARIO?: A fascin- ating story of past ages is reconstruct- ed by Mi-.. Philip- GodselT; noted author and Arctic traveller, who is sure that sopie time during tile eleventh- cen- tury, four hundred years before- the - advent of Christopher Columbus, the- Viking followers of Eric the- Red pene- trated into Northern Ontario by way of Hudson; Straits- and the- Albany River.. Substantiating his belief is I ho recent discovery near Beardmore, Ont., (125 miles northeast of Port Arthur) of a Norse axe, sword and shield handle- which; are pronounced by experts to: be genuine Viking weap- ons of the eleventh century. The find is: of great historical sig- nificance. It may upset all our previ-^ ous conceptions of how America came to be discovered and change our his- tory books. Says Mr. God-sell: “Beardmore, On- tario, may have been the scene of some woodland fight between these hardy Viking's and the Redmen who for the first time gazed upon the pale- faces who were eventually to bring about, their downfall. The Indians may have looked upon them as Weeti- goes, cannibal spirits or visitors from another world.†Some of the Vikings may hove stayed there, too, and become the an- cestors of our present-day Indians. ' * * » $1,000,000 A WEEK: Canada’s ex- ports to Japan of war materials and other commodities each week reach total of one million dollars (?1,K_ 000), So when Canadian people talk of in- stituting a boycott against Japan they have a hard time gaining a sympa- thetic ear in many quarters. * * * SPIRITUAL EXISTENCE: Rev. Israel Harding Noe, of Memphis, Tenn,, who was suspended last week -by his BMiap for- refusing to break a year-long fast in the course of which he lost onë hundred pounds, â€" / agreed to let himself be fed orange juice. His diet to. the tv/o weeks previous had consisted of a commun- ion wafer and a few ounces of water. Rey. Noe has every Intention of re- turning to the self-imposed fast just as soon as he recovers from his pres- „ ent setback in health brought on by the flu. x The eccentric Mr. Noe is attempting to prove to the world that man can live by spirit alone, without benefit of material sustenance. EYE FOR AN EYE: When Spanish rebel airplanes bombed and machine- gunned the innocent populace of Bar- celona last week, hundreds of helpless civilians went, down to a horrible death, others found themselves alive at the end of the bombardment, but with an arm or a leg missing. Next day, the Loyalist army planes hit back at the rebels by subjecting one of their cities to the same treat- ment, the same kind of death. From now on, apparently, it’s go- ing to be an “eye for ah eye, a tooth for a toothâ€, until there are no people left on Spanish earth to he wiped out. * * * ENVIABLE RECORD: The Repub- lic of Argentina achieved in 1937 the goal sought but missed by most na- tions throughout the world. It prac- tically eliminated unemployment, re-, duced taxes, strengthened its financial- position to allay inflation fears, and produced bumper crops that brought higher prices in expanding world mar- kets. * * * CENTRAL EUROPEAN HAVEN: After the Communist revolution iq Russia several thousand white Rusj slans took shelter in the democratic] Central European country of Czeehoj Slovakia and founded permanent homes there; after the suppression of the Soviet Republic in Hungary, fugitives sought sanctuary in Czechoi Slovakia; 10,000 liberal-minded Qori mans and Jews have fled to Czeeife'J Slovakia to escape the power of the; Nazis since 1933. Now the anti-Sem- itic drive begun by the Rumanian Gov- ernment is threatening to send thons-, ands of Jews across the border Into] Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia, in a precarious sit-1 uation in Europe, counts Rumania, I her ally in the Little Entente, as her best friend. If she now willing! shelters refugees from Rumania she will be harboring the state enemies of her ally.