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EDITORIAL CÃ"HMENT FROM HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. CANADA COSTLY PROPAGANDA It is estimated that the Nazi Gov- ernment Spends one hundred million dollars annually for propaganda at home and abroad.â€"Brantford Expo- rter. COMPULSORY HEADWORK The suggestion was made at Otta- wa that Canada adopt a compulsory voting scheme similar to that used by Australia. There would be much to commend the proposal if provision could he made for compulsory think- ing on the part of "the electorate as well.â€"London Free Press. SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT Employees over 40 are found hap- pier on their Jobs than those under 40, some great United States intelli- gence has discovered. Of course, it doesn’t mean anything to him that those over 40 have survived a war, a couple of depressions and are still at work, does it?â€"Hamilton Spec- tator. $60,000,000 APIECE With Britain and the United States both engaged in rearmament pro- grams, one of the features of naval construction is the return of the bat- tleship. For a time it was argued that the advent of the airplane and the development of the submarine had made battleships too vulnerable and that they were a thing of the past. But the battleship is backâ€" at a cost of $60,000,000 apiece.â€" Sault Daily Star. BROADENING THEM OUT As we have remarked on other oc- casions, we should like to see our public men, members of the Com- mons and Senate and the Legisla- tures, do more travelling. Many of them, unfortunately, seldom stir from their own districts and an® therefore unfamiliar with the atmos- phere of other areas. We believe it should be part of their duty to thor- oughly familiarize themselves with all sections and thus be in a better position to intelligently consider na- tional and inter-provincial problems, and, in the long run, to promote that cause for which every good citizen should be strivingâ€"national unity.â€" Windsor Star. NEWSPAPERS WIDELY READ Statistics reveal that there are .2,- 262,729 households in Canada. The circulation of newspapers all told in Canada is 2,246,861. So one isn’t far out in saying that practically ev- ery home subscribes to a newspaper. Over the same geographic area there are 1,059,101 radios. All of which goes to show that more than half the homes do not hear broad- casts. There are 418,990 radios in Onta- rio homes and 274,812 in Quebec. The fact that practically everyone reads the newspapers puts them at the head of the list of the various publicity media. That is why shrewd advertisers favor the newspapers to get their message across to the greatest number of people.â€"Kitch- ener Record. B -D THE EMPIRE WHAT PRICE NEWS? Think of the juice of news. Two journalists are blown to bits at Ter- uel by a shell hitting their ear, and, in the last few months, two journal- ists have been killed, six wounded, getting the news for you in China, Do not forget, as you read your news- papers, that all over the world news- paper men are taking chances to fill these columns for you.â€"Sunday Ex- press, London. POOR LITTLE TURKS 1 The schoolgirls of Turkey are in for a dull time if the Association of Head Masters and Head Mistresses has its way. According to its recom- mendations no girl may go to the cinema except with at adult relative ; she may not talk to any young man in the street except her brother, and if any swain attempts to talk to her the affront should be reported to parents or the head master forth- with. One might be tempted to think that Pasha Grundy or his wife had combed the Statutes of Oxford Uni- versity for their list of prohibitions. In Oxford still, no doubt, the proctors ask politely to be introduced to any damsel with whom an undergraduate is seen in public converse. All this, of course, is done to protect the male from the predations of the intrigu- ing sex, and it would be little wonder if Turks, with their queer inversions, had simply reversed the rules in a mistaken effort to shield scheming girls from innocent men. â€" Cape Argus. Diet of VegetaMes World Peace Hope Presented by Vegetarian as Solu- tion to Present-Day Prob- lems of War A diminutive citizen from India, swarthy-faced, wearing a pert blue overseas cap, stirred the assemblage of women to the Conference on the Cause and Cure of War in Washing- ton last week with a plea for univer- sal vegetarianism as a program for world peace. At. the conclusion of an address by Pierre de Lanux, director of the Paris Bureau of the League of Nations, call- ing for a program of collective secur- ity among nations as a war cure, the Indian, Nand Kavi of Bombay, assert- ed that “only a vegetable diet is the solution to world problems.” “The Fault of Food” Taking his stand at, the door as the women filed out of the assembly hall, Mr. Kavi held aloft posters which de- clared : “It is the fault of food that involves men in war. Only vegetable diet is the solution to it, “Can a man think in a human way whose civilization allows him to use birds, beasts, fish for food? Can the food have âhy influence on thought?” Mr. Kavi said that he was a fol- lower of Mahatma Gandhi. Desert travellers actually hope for mirages, which enable them to see be- yond the horizon. Mirages have led many desert travellers on to death, but they have saved the lives of countless others. , News In Brief Anarchy In Conquered Area SHANGHAIâ€"A grave state ol' an- archy and lawlessness this week was reported straining authority Of Jap- anese In North China while their arm- ies struggled to conquer a vast area of neutral China along the Lunghai Railrosd. Despatches from Tientsin se’d that or'-o,. ffig Japanese evicted Chinese officials in caotvred North China Provinces, these areas rein,used into banditry and civic disorder. Loval'rt Offensive S«ceee<*s rFREE!i For Premium List of Wm. Roger» & Son Siiyerplate write to Thos. J. Lipton Ltd., i 43 Front E„ , Ek Toronto. Æ Red Label 33c H lb.' Orange Label 35c H lb. Yellow Label *Oc H lb, H END AYE. France. â€" A sudden northward drive last, week-end carried 'Spanish Government troops through foothills southwest of Tercel toward tl'p insurgent, stronghold of Alhsrra- cih, Tim Offensive, launched against a long-quiet, insurgent pocket west of the strategic feeder highway between Teruel and Zaragoza, forced a tem- porary cessation of fighting in the area east of the road where insurg- ents fra- four â-  days . drove back their foe. i n_T Tnews interpreted A Commentary On the More Important Events of the Week. By ELIZABETH EEDY Thames la Flood CHATHAM, Ont. â€" Families were marooned, thousands of acres of land inundated and livestock injured as the turbulent Thames River spilled flood waters over Raleigh, Dover and Til- bury East townships last week. Plans For New Bridge NIAGARA FALLS, Ont,â€"Prelimin- ary sketches are being prepared for a new span a cross the Niagara River, and work will start as soon as poss- ible, according to Walter McCaus- lanfi, Public Relations Counsel of the International Railway Company, own- erg of the wrecked Falls View Bridge. Eight In Airliner Crash MARSEILLES, France.â€"The bodies of eight victims were removed from the wreckage of a trans-Mediterran- ean airliner which rammed the Mar- seilles breakwater while taking off and exploded, in one of France’s most serious civilian air accidents. Pleased Over Visit PARIS.â€"In a mounting chorus of praise for Great Britain, its Royal Family and the bonds of friendship that extend across the English Chan- nel, the French press last week heralded the forthcoming visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as an omen of peace and strength. Palestine’s Tale.of Horrors LONDON.â€"Between January 31 and February 7 there were two murders, two serious woimdings, eight strikes, one bombing and six cases of sabo- tage in Palestine, Rt. Hon. William Ormsby-Gore, Colonial Secretary, told questioners in the House of Commons last week. He said there had been no further military encounters with armed bands. Membership Cut Down REGINA.â€"Reduction of the Sas- katchewan Legislature from 55 to 43 members will be provided in a-Gov- ernment bill to redistribute provin- cial electoral divisions, Attorney-Gen- eral Davis told the Legislature after G. H. Williams, Co-Operative • Com- monwealth Federation leader, attempt- ed to introduce a redistribution bill. Further French Rearmament PARIS.â€"France’s already vast ar- maments budget has been revised to provide for 1,000 new planes this year, Strengthened. French African naval bases, and the start of a military highway across Algeria to Italian Libya’s frontier, sources close to the fighting services said this week. NOT FOR CHILDREN; In New York the critics raved about “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, hailing this first feature-length animated car- toon as the movie of a decade. Aha! we all thought, the perfect picture for children at last! But no, over in Brit- ain it was given a certificate declar- ing it suitable “for adults only.” Rea- son for the action: some of the scenes might frighten children, * * * BRITAIN BLAMED: A Japanese naval spokesman declared last, week that the British and United States by their heavy rearmament programs “incite other countries to take up the naval-building race,” There may be something in that too if we examine the problem more close- ly. When the “have" nations seem to find it necessary to build tremendous battleships, what does one expect the “have-nots” to do? * * * NEXT BATTLEFRONT: A world war is raging right now between democracy and fascism, in Spain, and in China. At any moment the conflict may spread to involve each of us di- rectly. (We are involved indirectly honor India after bis Coronation. Only if the Indian visit were postponed might Their Majesties come to Can- ada. * * * BROADCAST RUMPUS: The pro- posed $1,00 increase in Canadian radio license fees started it. The rumpus raised over that, suggestion cut the proposed increase to 50c, but once be- gun, the attacks , on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation continued, and are continuing. Basis of the general denunciation of the Corporation’s doings: We are paying good money for programs thaï our American cousins get for nothing; the Corporation, pledged to preserve the radio as a national agency for the benefit of Canadians, has sold its facil- ities wholesale, to American advertis- ers; programs originating in Canada have not improved, canned music Is still used to a great extent. An approach to the ideal British system is what we all thought we were going t.o get. Now everybody’s up in arms. It will take a while to calm the country down again. already.) International experts predict that the conflagration will flare up next In democratic Czechoslovakia which country Adolf Hitler aims to march through on his push east to capture the grainfields of the Ukraine. With the purge last week in Ger- many of all the moderates and con- servatives and pro-British from the Government and the Army, an import- ant check to Hitler’s plan for an early coup in the east has been removed. Watch Czechoslovakia, Something’s going to happen. * * » NO ROYAL VISIT: Hopes raised by the rumor that the King, and Queen might visit Canada this year were dashed by the declaration in London this week that there was no founda- tion to the report. It is a precedent that the King first He that doth a base thing in zea! for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.â€"Je- remy Taylor. Itmm~\m IMPERIAL TOBACCO'S PH INSPIRING PROGRAM EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT On a National Coast to Coast Network tfteâe If p/jEwe ggAgjjjjj» iry the. fast, wide trails at Gray Rocks- - 125 miles of them.â€"tho Kandahar, the Taschereau, the Mt. Tremblant Sectorâ€"all "Wk fuiI'V mapped and marked. 35 metre jump. ' V, 1 Jz£ fastâ„¢01â„¢ in attendance, Equipment maybe rented. /â-  J. , '-U'Vçrti-.,-, , steam-heated roomsâ€"excellent meats. Plenty - ÆS A- Ot other sports. Send for folderâ€"and réserva ~~ - Mlly' a /fct TERRAIN IN EASTERN CANADA. Ï -“No,” said Dorothy finally, “1 shall keep the belt.” “But how can you escape without my consent," asked the King. “Easily,” answered the girl. “All we need to do is to walk out the way we came in.” “Oh, that’s all, is it?” sneered the King. “Well, where is the passage through which you entered this room?” AMD OF OZ They all looked ar'o..nd but coal i not discover the place for it had long since been closed, Dorothy, however, was not displayed. She waved her hand towards the wall of the cavern and .said: “I command the passage to open,” Instantly the order was obeyed and the passage lay plainly before them. Copyrighted 1982, Reilly à Lee Co. ..The bang was amazed and all the others’ wore overjoyed. “Why, then, if the belt obeys you, were we un- able to discover the Tin Woodman?” asked Ozma. “I can’t imagine,” said Dorothy, .“See here,” proposed the Ring, “give.mo the belt and I will toil ; ou in ’..Tat ohm v â-  ' o ’ i Y.-'ood- tv.an is. ' 'Then joa can.-.nd him.” Dorothy hesitated, but Billina cried out : “Don’t you do it. If the Gnome gats his belt he will make us all pris- oners.” “True,” said the Scarecrow, “hut 1 have-'a better idea. Let Doro- thy transform the King into a goose egg unless he brings the Tin Wood- man cut of the palace.” “A goose egg!” echoed the King, horrified.