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THE- NEWS INTERPRETED A Commentary Oa the More Important Events of the Week. By ELIZABETH BED Y MOMENTOUS is happening in DAYS: So much the world..today events are moving so quickly on all fronts, that situations of momentous importance in this quarter or that go practically unnoticed. Our atten- tion can be focussed only on so many points at once. Watching what Hitler is doing in Central Europe, what Mussolini is planning in the Mediter- ranean, it is physically impossible also to keep our eyes on what is happening in India, in Palestine, in Iraq, in Syria, in Morocco, in South America and Mexico (for world- stirring events are brewing in each one of these corners of the earth). We do well if we are. able to watch the progress of the war in China and in Spain. And in our own dear Canada, there’s plenty going on. Whether we read the newspapers or not, to find out. * * * * TEN-POWER PACT: Urged by Winston Churchill last week in Lon- don is a wide European alliance of ten powers calculated to encircle the German Reich and: block further aggression on the part of the Nazis. If such a front were formed of the smaller nations of Europe and Rus- sia behind France and Great Britain, using League of Nations machinery, Mr. Churchill declared, the United States would undoubtedly “signal her encouragement and sympathy.” Said Mr. Churchill: “If we can rally even ten well-armed States in Europe, all banded together to attack an aggressor, we would be so strong that immediate danger might be warded off and a breathing space would be gained for building later still a broader structure of peace.” * * * * MIXED BLESSING: With the soil of the Prairies moistened by the best rainfall in 17 years, and crop pros- pects the most favorable since 1983, Western farmers of the drought- stricken areas are nevertheless rot half as happy as we imagine them to be. For two reasons: a good crop means a much lower price will be offered for wheat; a good crop means also that the mortgage companies, who for so long have neglected to foreclose on farms that were seem- ingly worth nothing, now are likely to clamp down on the debt-ridden farmers. ’Twixt the devil and the deep, our Western neighbors are. AN ELECTION IN 1938 7: Ot- tawa insists that there is no valid reason for an appeal to the country in 1938, no excuse for a Dominion election this fall. It is talking plaus- ibly, because a trip to the polls is not really due for another two years. Just the same the opinion is pre- valent in some quarters that Parlia- ment will be dissolved next yearâ€" the fourth year since the electionâ€" but not this fall, or anywhere near it. Should, however, ructions occur between the provinces and the Féd- éral Government that can’t be patched up in the usual way, or should a national “emergency” arise, the government might decide to call an election this year. * * * * CHINESE CHANCES: A special cable to the Toronto Telegram from John Gunther, internationally known journalist, now in Hankow, outlines the main advantages weighing on the #â€"-----------â€"------â€"-------------- Chinese side in favorâ€"vf, "their & mate victory over the Japanese in- vaders: First, the country is united politically as never before, drawn together by a genuine will to resist Japan and to fight to the finish; sec ond, the facility of the Japanese in guerrilla warfare; third, help from German technical advisers and Rus- sian pilots; fourth, the stupendously difficult job the Japanese have set themselves; fifth, the fact that Ja- pan’s standard of living is bound to fall as the war goes on. Mr. Gunther points to the reverse side of the canvas, citing China’s disadvantages: first, the Japanese have virtual command of the air; second, the Chinese army is woeful- ly deficient in artillery; third, the Japanese are better provisioned, bet- ter armed; fourth, provincial feeling is still strong among the Chinese, and unification of the armies- is yet far from perfect. * * * * EARLIER VEGETABLES: The spring season in Ontario, advancing apace, is now .two weeks ahead of previous years. Vegetables are com- ing on the market away ahead of schedule, and one dealer predicts that we’ll “have strawberries by the first of June.” All very lovely, unless frosts come along and nip our Ontario fruits in the bud. Newer insulin Proven Better Smaller Daily Dose Needed and Good Control of Diabetes Obtained The BOOK SHELF By ELIZABETH EEDY “LITTLE LAMB” By Dahris Martin Dr. Richard F. Friedlander re- ported last week at Boston that in- vestigations with the new, long-act- ing insulin now available for the treatment of diabetes, showed that patients needed less of it per day than the older type of insulin. Dr. Friedlander is instructor in medicine at University of California Medical School. Experimented With 52 The advantages of the newer in- sulin, Dr. Friedlander said, include “a more constant, hence better phy- siologic control of diabetes, a re- duction in the number of daily in- jections of insulin and frequently a considerable reduction in the total daily insulin requirement.” His report was based on experi- ments with a group of 52 patients previously treated with regular in- sulin and “chosen at random”. EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM HERE, EVERYWHERE. THERE AND CANADA Not To Ee Sneezed At Ontario is planning a drive against hay (ever and that is a movement that is not to be sneezed at.â€"Peter- borough Examiner. â€"oâ€" Or Go- To Grandma's Funeral The provincial comptroller of fin- ance reveals that every citizen of On- tario works 54 days a year to support the government, If we knew which days of the year they were, we might be tempted to stay home on some of them.â€"E, J. P., in Stratford Beacon- Herald. ews In Review «ft*-*®»--< The Good Old Days Someone suggests that when we be- % for the “good old days” we m the automobile into the gm pinin should r lake, throw the radio into the garbage can, tear and thro Lost Division Carries On * HENDAYE, France.â€"The Spanish Government’s “lost division” sailed forth from its hidden Pyrenees Mountain stronghold over the week- end in we raids on the insurgents’ northern lines. Military despatches said thî divi- sion, which has become a symbol of heroism to the Barcelona Govern- ment and a thorn to the insurgents, was hampering General Franco’s the telephone off the wall w the electric light switch I out of the window. Yes, and take the preparations for a drive French frontier. near the In large and winsome pictures and with one of those chiming little stories that repeat, the plight of a small lamb whose woolly coat came off in patches is unfolded here for very small people. Baba did not like the idea at all; he had been all white, all over. He was now begin- ning to show pink spots where the skin had no wool at all. It did not look right to him, and he did not think it looked right to anybody. So he went to the merchant for a new coat, and this worthy sent him to the tailor, and he to the weaver, until at last the shepherd, melted by the tears of Babaâ€"and anything more moving than this picture of Baba in tears it would be hard for a baby to findâ€"sent him. to Black Sheep. That wise animal laughed and laugh- ed. Baba’s new coat was coming in; this was why the old one was coming out in spots, and the story ends with a skipping lamb singing about his brand-new coat white as milk, soft as silk and warm as a quilt. Although the story is for very lit- tle listeners, the pictures will be ap- pealing to almost any child up to and including the age when first teeth begin to work loose. “Little Lamb,” by Dahris Martin. Pictures in color by Lilly Somppi. 36 pp, Toronto: Musson Book Co. .75. House Collapses ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands. Nine persons were crushed to death this week when an ancient house on the Hoogstraat collapse d, A woman, her baby and seven men were killed. The Hoogstraat is the city’s busiest street and it was jam- med by rush-hour crowds Fascist Revolt Crushei RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil. Iâ€" A spectacular, well-planned, though weakly carried out uprising staged last week by the Integralistas (Bra- zilian Fascists), who planned to kid- nap or kill President Getulio Vargas and seize the Administration, failed after sharp fighting between th|a reb els and Government forces. Many were killed and woiinded. among the latter being the Minister of War, Enrico Caspar Dutra, and the Prince of Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian Imperial Thrc ne. ar i aging in com- Greatest Bailie of the W TOKIO.â€"The battle now on the Lunghai Railway lin Shantung Province, China, is parable to the greatest recorded in Japan’s military history, according to correspondents at the front, who for the first time in months are re- porting the fighting in detail. down out of the sky while up the ox team.â€"Lethbridge Goldrush to Lakehead PORT ARTHUR. â€" Sensational gold values, found in diamond drill- ing to shallow depth have been fol- lowed by a rush of gold miners and prospectors into the Township of Gorham, nine miles north of Port Arthur. BERLIN. â€" The Government has purchased the house in Leon ding, near Linz, in which Chancellor Adolf Hitler lived as a boy. It will be a airplane we hitch Herald. Canadians Ate Less Meat The Canadian people consumed more pork in 1937 than beef and veal. This was the experience in 1936, but in 1935 and 1934 they consumed more beef than pork. In 1937 the consump- tion of perk was 62.35 pounds per cap- ita as against 58.89 pounds of beef and veal. The consumption of pork in 1936 was 67.08 pounds per capita and of beef ar d veal 60.48 pounds. On the whole, therefore, the Canadian people ate less neat last year than they did in the previous year.â€"St. Catharines Standard. The Hitch-Hiking Nuisance As Spr:.ng opens up and motoring for pleasure or business becomes more intensive, the hitch-hiking nuisance increases. Few people object to giv- ing a “lift” to some needy person, but the galling part (with emphasis on the gall) is that most of the would-be riders are people who can well afford to pay their way. They use simply this means of transportation that they may be spared the purchase of a ticket on recognized carriers.â€"St. Thomas Times-Journal. â€"oâ€" Arms and the Nations In Washington, where there is more talk than usual about armaments, they have been compiling data on the naval strengths of various nations. The re- sult is interesting. Soviet Russia, it appears, has the most submarines, with something like 150 of them. Italy comes second, with 84 ships built and 14 building. France has 92, Britain 70, Germany 61 and Japan 60. Altogether there are more, under-sea craft in the world today than during the height of subi, trine warfare in 1917.â€"Ottawa Journal. â€"oâ€" Pull for the Prairies Faith in the prairies is not confined to those who dwell on these once fer- tile grain lands, for Senator Iva G. Fallis, who knows the prairies from former residence until 1920 in the West, voices the opinion that, given rain in June and July, the prairies can raise the finest wheat in the world. In that opinion she is simply ex- pressing the general view held by far- mers in the West. . They know that, given reasonable weather conditions during the growing season, the land will yield an abundant crop, but they also are aware, froir bitter experi- ence, that under drought conditions little or nothing can be expected from the land.â€"Moose Jaw Times-Journal. THE EMPIRE â€"0â€"• Australia’s Warning In every democracy the public must now address itself to the realities of the menace thus disclosed. Whether another great war may yet be averted is problematical; but this much may be proclaimed as certain, that unless the opponentsâ€"wherever they may be foundâ€"of br-irâ€" ’-ge in international danger, the chances of averting ulti- mate war must be counted negligible. We must face the vital fact that Ger- many, Italy, and Japan are today mo- bilized for war. In the Mediterranean (Spain), in China, in Austria, without declaration of hostilities, defying trea- ties and careless in excuses, they are simply ravaging defenceless neighbors for their own gain. In each of these ventures no limit is set to the objec- tives; and no spectator can propound a formula for diplomatic bargaining, in check to this process, which Will not leave the marauder .-. ith at least a part of his loot. This we regard as the gravest aspect of the world situ- ation in its challengeâ€"now unmistak- ableâ€"to every people that possesses anything worth coveting. The moral to us here in Australia is inescapable. â€" Sydney Herald, national monument, sold it in 1905. Hitler’s mother World Voyage Isi 7d-Foot Schooner Boat Is at San Juan, Porto Rico, Miter 30,000 Miles in 13 Months After having sailed almost 30,000 miles in the last thirteen months, A. Thornton Baker of Princeton N.J., took steps to have his fifty-ton schoon- er yacht Ev Fong, built at Hongkong, brought 1 manently under United States registry. San Juan, Porto Ri- co, is the first United States por* he has touched since he sailed out of Hongkong larch 16, 1937. Registration became a legal for- mality on his entering a United States port. The So Fong, seventy feet over- all, was designed by Olin Stephens of New York. She is rigged with a 100-horsepow- • Diesel auxiliary. She has a .beam of sixteen, feet and draws ten feet. Her best .day’s sail was 215 miles, said Mr. Baker, who has skippered the vessel throughout the trip around the world. The engines, masts, sails and fit- tings, were sent to Hongkong in 1936 when Mr. Baker decided he wanted to sail round the w, Id with his two sons, A. Thornton Baker 3d, who is listed as pilot on the ship’s papers, and Hobart, who has been the navi- gator. Twenty years ago somebody in- vented a make of car in a story, it had a dashboard device which flash- ed a white light at 15 m.p.h,, a green light at 25 m.p.h., a red light at 40 m.p.h., and played “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” at 60 miles an hour. THE WONDERLAND OF OZ tihur SPo V5S? Very sorrowfully our friends de- cided to return to the upper world without their friend, the Tin Wood- man. So Ozma gave the order to begin the march through the passage. The army went first, then the Royal family of Ev, and afterward came Dorothy, Ozma, Billina, the Scare- crow and Tiktok, They left the Gnome King scowl- ing at them from his throne and had no thought of danger until Ozma chanced to look back and see a large number of warriors following them in full chase, with their swords and spears and axes raised to strike down the fugitives as soon as they drew near enough. Evidently the Gnome King had made this last attempt to prevent their escaping him, but it did him no good, for when Dorothy saw the dan- ger they were in, she stopped and waved her hand toward the chaig ng soldiers and, at the same time, she whispered a command to the magic belt. Instantly, the foremost warrlons became eggs which rolled upon the floor of the cavern in such numbers that those behind could not advance without stepping Upon* them. W t en they saw the eggs, all desire l< ad- vance departed from the warriors and they turned and fled madly back into the cavern.