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VOICE CANADA THE EMPIRE • THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS CANADA The Powerful Public Whatever timid governments may think of it, the general public in several lands is quite ready to apply sanctions to Japan. And the public makes and unmakes governments.-- Toronto Globe and Mail. Worst Is Yet To Come Mr. Justice McFarland says the slaughter on the highways is becoming appalling. With a 50-mile speed limit and markers that cannot be read It is to be feared that the worst has not yet been seen.--Peterborough Ex-Thanksgiving In Oxford An old hymn for harvest thanksgiving runs: "The valleys stand so thick with corn that even they are singing." The current report of the department, of agriculture says that in Oxford "a great many will have corn left over after silos are filled." -- Woodstock Sentinel-Review. Cruelties of Boycott A boycott against Japan because her military leaders are bombing China might work terrible hardships on the wage-slaves of Japanese industry, who, with business as It Is, earn scarcely enough to keep body and soul together. Pressure on their country scarcely could drive them to revolt, while they are in the grip of military autocracy.--Hamilton Spectator. Hitting the Wrong Man Perhaps municipalities are helpless because they have to shoulder their portion of the burden of relief, but that the small property owner should have to pay four or five extra mills on the tax rate after a life of effort and sacrifice indicates something wrong. He is being penalized because of the Ills of others and through no fault of his own. That is where the system of social legislation is at fault. It is conceived on false premises and has a tendency to keep on the process of making peonle poorer. If there is any new found system in civilization which needs a thorough overhauling, it is the ways and means devised for the taxation for and the distribution of State charity.--Victoria Colonist- Sinned Against and Sinning One may spend an instructive five minutes in any busy thoroughfare in the city watching the human hens crossing the road. They will step into a stream of fast-moving traffic with all the confidence of the children of Israel passing through Jordan. If there are traffic lights they ignore them. If there are pedestrian crossings they go out of their way to avoid them. There is scarcely a human folly that can be committed in face of such a weapon of des'ruction as a bus that they fail to commit. And motorists, if they are sinned against, are themselves sinners, although the rigours of the law exact from them a higher sense of responsibility than pedestrians usually reveal. But if pedestrians are afraid to use Belisha crossings in Glasgow-- and there is no doubt that many are-it is motorists who have made them so. One may see, too, without looking very carefully, many instances of selfish and heedless driving by motorists who allow themselves to relax from the ceaseless vigilance and caut'on that is due from them as road users. --Glasgow Herald. Use Human Hair In Making Rugs Germany is Collecting Barbers' Sweepings for the Manufacture of Carpets Germany is leaving no mouth unopened nor head of hair uncut in her efforts to save valuable metals and to utilize waste matters in the production of synthetic materials. Gold as a stopping or crown for teeth is strongly discouraged by the German Government, and its place is being taken by an alloy of palladium, a metal of the platinum family, which is cheaper, lighter and stronger than gold. The new alloy for dental use contains only five per cent of gold. 300 Tons Hair cut from customers' heads is being swept up from the floor, and after treatment used in the manufacture of carpets and felt. Hair of not less than one-third of an., inch has long been used in the making of certain fabrics, but recent research has shown that still shorter hair. Lord TwetilfBHuu S^notable and venturous trip to the Far worth of Canada, resulting in a great confidence ln the importance of the development that lies ahead of it, will remain one of the experiences by which his term as Governor-General will always be remembered. He has certainly quickened the interest of the Canadian people in their north country, in the transformation that will inevitably take place and in the benefit to come from the development of northern resources. With Russia making great progress in the development of its northern regions, and with the richness of the resources in parts of the Canadian North already known, why should we not look to a great future for that part of Canada, long regarded as a permanent wilderness?--Winnipeg Free Press. Absent-Minded Drivers A news note recently reported the fact that in a survey of the American Automobile Association garages it was disclosed that 1,500,000 motorists ran out of gas on the roads in the United States last year, in spite of the fact that there is a service station at frequent intervals on all the highways. The significance of this is that it shows that there must be a considerable amount of carelessness and absent-mindedness on the part of motor drivers. The picture of 1,500,000 drivers on the roads making frantic effort to obtain gas is a striking comment on their mentality. Perhaps this neglect may seem innocent enough In itself, but the question that arises Is as to its relation to serious disregard of the rules of traffic. The inference is inescapable that such inattention as failure to observe the gasoline gauges in their cars is almost certain to reflect itself ln more serious directions. Absent-mindedness at any time or place is something to be strenuously counteracted, and especially ln the driving of automobiles. At any rate the fact is worth pondering by those who are concerned about the increasing number of accident on the highways.--Brantford Expositor. THE EMPIRE China Unconquerable China is an awkward dish to swallow. Like a string of macaroni, she is too long to swallow whole, but also too tough to bite off short. If anyone is rash enough to take one end between his teeth, he finds himself forced to go on swallowing till he chokes.--London Economist. cellecPand use about 300 totfs of the men's hair every year. Women's long tresses, regularly used for making of wigs, plaits and hair-nets, will be used for more important commercial purposes in the future. Huge Property Lacks Owner Valuable Land in Hungary Has Not Seen Possessor For 20 Years Somewhere in Britain may be an elderly retired sea captain named Bruce for whom the Hungarian authorities are searching. He is the owner of valuable land on the outskirts of Budapest and if he -- or his heirs -- do not lodge a claim within a few weeks the land will be sold and the money will go to the Hungarian Revenue Office. The land, 850 square yards, lies just above valuable mineral springs, the water from which contains remarkable medicinal powers. Not Since the War When the authorities were re-assessing that part of the city for taxation purposes, they discovered that the owner was missing. They sent out demand notices which were not answered and eventually officials went along to investigate. They found a small cotaage in the centre of the property, occupied by a caretaker named Josef Posch, who had been given the job in 1903, and who helped his master, Captain Bruce, to dig wells and bottle the waters. Then came the war, and Captain Thomas Andrew Bruce returned to England. The Hungarian authorities have not heard of him since. Retired Sea Captain "The owner told mo he was an Englishman," Posch told the authorities. "He was a retired sea captain and had some money which he intended to invest In exporting the mineral water. "I last saw Captain Bruce in June, 1914. I know that when the war broke out he left Hungary and went back to England. He has never been here at all since." British F^dpkS Says World Fating Disaslei r George Paish Sees Self-Sufficing Policy Ruining All Nations -Rearmament "Must Eventually Lead to War" The whole world is following a policy which, if continued, means disaster for all countries without exception, Sir George Paish, British economist, says in an article in the current issue of International Conciliation, published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The political and economic situations, he says, each becomes more difficult as the other becomes more difficult. Rearmament "must eventually lead to war" unless there is a change of outlook and action. Internal difficulties may also lead to war or revolu-" tion. Government credit, he says, is really the final reserve of a nation, and "the world's recovery has come in large measure because the world has been using its ultimate reserves. The world's buying power has been greatly increased by the use of these ultimate reserves, and it will be reduced correspondingly if and when those reserves come to an end and are no longer available." Depending on Foreign Trade Because of fear that this may happen, and the fear of each nation that it will not be able to support its people, each nation has been attempting to become self-sufficient. And if Government credit is exhausted, this policy of self-sufficiency may bo accentuated, and the result, Sir George says, will be "privation and starvation in every country, for all nations today depend for the maintenance of their people, upon the foreign trade which has grown to be so important." Free Exchange Urged Nations, he says, after pursuing a policy of increasing, interdependence for over a centry, are now endeavouring to be self-contained, "and the consequence must be inevitable disaster, unless the policy can be changed." Free exchange of natural wealth and of capital for development of the wealth is the solution Sir George suggests. Doctor Advertises To Stop Suicide' Is Thanked By Unknown Voice Over Telephone "Many thanks doctor for your vice, it was kind of you to take I trouble of trying to stop a distress^ woman from committing suicidi Desert Murderer Hunted on Camels Bushman Who Shot Police Guide With P<vsoiied Arrow Wanted A police patrol mounted on camels, are searching the great Kalahari Desert, South Africa, in search of a murderer who killed with a poisoned ar- The wanted man is one of the few remaining members of the primitive race of Bushmen. A police patrol of eight men manded by Sergeant J. Upton, w native guide, raided a camp of Bushmen 150 miles northeast of Gohabis. The camp was seemingly deserted, but suddenly three arrows came from ambush. One of these poisoned a rows hit the guide. A native police sergeant shot one of the attackers dead, and the other fled. The wounded guide lived for two and a half days while Sergeant Upton, who had slung the victim across his camel saddle, raced for the nearest medical assistance. But the guide died before a doctor could be reached. Now the same patrol has taken up the hunt for the killer. | News In Review Chinese Deliver Blow SHANGHAI. -- Chinese military sources report that China's northern armies, spearheaded by China's famed "Red Napoleon," Chu Teh, have delivered a stunning setback to the Japanese along a broken 500-mile front from Shansi to the sea. The reports said Chu Teh's veteran Eighth Routers, hard-bitten remnants of China's old "Red Army," had cut through the Shansi border into Ho-pei Province, and were attacking the Japanese from the rear. Secretary Hull Visits Canada OTTADA.--United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull, arrived at Ottawa on a visit to Governor-General Lord Tweesmuir, was given the usual colorful reception accorded distinguished guests. Prime Minister Mackenzie King d Arthur Redfern, private secre- Commentary on the Highlights of the Week's News . by Peter Randal Babes In Gas Masks The British Home Office last week practised with babies in a nursing home at Hawkshurst, Kent, as models for fitting gas masks that will serve the rest of Great Britain's baby population in the event of an air raid. A very wise move on the part of the Home Office, we think, since should another war break out, is it not the babes ln arms who will get the worst of it? Stock Market Toboggans Weakened by a steady retreat since mid-August, the New York, Montreal and Toronto stock markets went down before a selling whirlwind last week into the worst crash in more than four years. Losses in some leading industrial Issues mounted as high as 510 a share, and sixty-five per cent, of the gains of the past two years were wiped out. Though the cause of the crash largely remains a mystery, some authorities blamed the undue optimism at the beginning of 1937, and the excessively giowing reports on business that were made at that time. President Roosevelt refused to intervene, would not close the New York exchange nor lift trading restrictions. The day following the crash, however, saw a revival of the market when huge international investment trusts with billions of dollars in resources stepped in and bought from speculators who were frantic to sell. It was feared in some quarters that a major depression would follow close upon the crash, but it is now pretty generally felt that the set-back is only temporary. Asks Improved Banking System President Roosevelt speaking at ceremonies dedicating the new Federal Reserve Building at Washington declared that the Government of the United States must improve and coordinate credit machinery if it is to "achieve and maintain an enduring prosperity, free from the disastrous extremes of booms and depressions." The banking system will have to be further improved, he said. May Solve Our Biggest Problem Canada's "greatest problem," finding a satisfactory basis for relations between the Dominion and the Provinces--in other words, "keeping Canada united"--may be solved by the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, headed by Chief Justice Rowell, in the opinion of Federal Revenue Minister, Isley, just returned from a conference at Geneva, Switzerland. "At the present time," he said, "we have an outbreak of sectionalism in Alberta that is formidable." Campaign Against Czechoslovakia Germany this week intimated that it will not cease its "aggressive menacing press campaign" against the Czechoslovakian Government as long as the Czech police continue to down pro-Nazi demonstrations in that country. The German Government alleges that the German minority in Czechoslovakia are receiving brutal treatment at the hands of the police. The pro-Nazi agitation in Czechoslovakia has, of course, the approval of the German Government which hopes to gain independence for the region in which most of the Czech-German minority live. Italy Capitulates Finding that he could no longer stall on the Spanish war participation issue, Mussolini, after giving all the countries of the world a bad scare last week, dropped his defiant attitude and agreed to co-operate in clearing Spain of "volunteer" foreign troops. Faced up against a formidable British-French front, he discovered that withdrawal from his belligerent attitude --'J the only way out. Thus another crisis crammed with possibilities of war was averted. • Kellogg Brands Japan Declaring that he could reconcile Japan's present policy in China "neither with the letter nor spirit of the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact," Frank B. Kellogg, co-author of the pact and former U. S. Secretary of State, said at St. Paul, Minnesota, last week, that the hope of the world for peace depends upon the faithful adherence of nations to their plighted word. The society of nations can exist, only upon a foundation of mutual confidence, he Although the giant whistles of the Queen Mary, English liner, can be heard five miles away, they are pitched so low that they cause no distress to the ears of passengers. Needles were first made in the year 1545, when the making of ten was a good day's work. Great Britain's coastline is approximately 4,650 miles long. Quebec mecnco-lagal expei from an unknown w telephone. The doctor tried in vain to check-the telephone number but he learned that the call had come over an automatic telephone.. The call leaves the criminologist perplexed because he does not know whether the mysterious woman on the telephone was the woman who sent him the letter threatening suicide on Friday, or whether it was just a citizen who was pleased with the manner in which he had brought the matter to public attention. Unidentified Woman Dr. Fontaine has been the recipient of hundreds of letters and telephone calls at his home and at the medicolegal laboratory offering him cash contributions, ranging from $25 to $50, if he could identify the unknown woman. In addition, there have been scores of letters offering positions. The doctor offered his thanks to the senders of all these messages of goodwill, and he had decided to take a hand himself in securing a position for the unknown, besides giving her the benefit of all the other aid offered, should he succeed in finding her. At the present time the doctor is wondering if the woman is dead, or whether his appeal was made in time to save her from self-destruction. Monday and for the first part of Tuesday's trading. It was generally agreed on the floors of the exchanges, in the brokerage houses and in banking quarters that trading later in the week was healthy and confident in marked contrast to the "jitters". More attention was being paid to party^of officials' who greeted iretary Hull when he stepped from his private car shortly after noon. Mussolini Backs Down LONDON. -- Premier Mussolini, running up against a dangei'ous British-French front, suddenly dropped his defiant attitude and agreed this week to collaborate in a plan to withdraw his Fascist Blackuhirts and other foreign "volunteers" from II Duce's conciliatory gesture, which came as a surprise even to Italian diplomats in Rome, held out hopes of solving a three-way deadlock with the Non-intervention Committee and averting a crisis crammed with possibilities of war. The Non-intervention delegates, quick to seize upon Italy's consent to sending a neutral "volunteers" commission to Spain at once, agreed that it constituted "a substantial degree of progress" and asked that immediate steps be taken to put the proposals into operation. The Market Recovers Stock markets in Canada and the United States this week continued the vigorous rebound which started at the low levels of the security price avalanche which threw the investment world into a panic last prospects of companies. Arab Attacks Continue JERUSALEM. -- Elusive snipers kept alive the wave of terrorism in the Holy Land this week-end by a series of attacks in hallowed Biblical settings. The new attacks were a continuation of the outbreaks which have resulted in thirty-nine deaths -- six Jews and thirty-three Arabs -- since Great Britain, as mandatory power, proposed the partition of Palestine July 7. Autonomous Mongolian Gov't. Formation of an "autonomous" Mongolian Government in North China was announced by a Japanese spokesman this week. The Government's capital will be Kweihua, in Suiyuan province, and Prince Teh, heredity ruler of the Sunnet tribes, presumably will be its head. Italian Capital Taxed ROME.--A 10 per cent, levy on corporate capital to provide funds for imperial development in armaments was decreed by the Italian Council of Ministers this week. It is expected to raise between five and six billion lire. Turnover taxes were raised from 2Vz to 3 per cent, with minor stamp Take Precautions to Halt Invasion of Japanese Fleet One of the large steamers that have 1 hai, China, to prevent the progress of Jaj ers hope to make comparatively safe lane in the Whangpoo Kiver, opposite the Bund in 3 p ship 3 upstream. By blocking the river, the c % panese troops an impossibility. duties added. At the same time a move to attract foreign investors was made by fiscal concessions and freedom from debt duties for 20 years, on capital coming to Italy before Decem- ber 31, 1939, together tion that such capital questrated declara- Brazilian Unrest RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil--Faced with growing political unrest in Rio Grande do Sul state as a consequence of the resignation of Governor J. A. Flores da Cunha, President Getulio Vargas this week decreed Federal intervention in that southern state. Gen. Eurico Daltro Filho, commander of all military forces there, was named intervener for one year. Famous Scientist Dead CAMBRIDGE. -- Lord Rutherford, one of the world's leading physicists and director of Cambridge University's famous Cavendish Laboratory for the past 18 years, died this week, aged 66. Lord Rutherford was Mac-donald Professor of Physics at McGill University, Montreal, from 1893 to 1907. The eminent scientist, winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1908, failed to rally from an abdominal operation. Sairaut Appointed PARIS.--The French Government has announced that appointment of former Premier Albert Sarraut as director of French North African affairs resulted from a loss of power by local authorities because of "too much interference and outside influence." The Cabinet named him to the new post and gave him powers of '-'control and co-ordination" of general policy in North Africa. Trinidad Buys More Horses in Canada Canadian horses of the saddle type are proving eminently satisfactory for constabulary work in the British West Indies. A shipment of 12 horses, 15.3 hands high, weighing approximately 1,150 pounds each and from < to 5 years old left Montreal on September 30th for the Trinidad constabulary, being the fifth consecutive annual shipment from Canada that has been made to that island and Barbadoes. The horses that made up the recent shipment, like the other four shipments, were all bays and chestnuts, untrained for saddle purposes. They were purchased in the Brampton and Ailsa Craig, Ontario, breeding station districts, and were personally selected by Staff Sergeant Farrier Dingley, of the Trinidad Constabulary. So satisfactory have Canadian horses proved for constabulary work In Trinidad and Barbadoes that it is understood that all future supplies of mounts for the Islands will be bought in Canada,