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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927. 3 BRITISH COMMUNITY IN CHINA ANNOUNCES ITS COLONIAL POLICY Planting of Maple Trees Will Mark the Canadian Jubilee Ceremonies on Dominion Day--Maple to be Sent to to Australia. WEEKLY SUMMARY OF WORLD'S EVENTS. the air. The Commission has decided that from to-day women may pilot passenger aeroplanes. Autoists Punished at Home for Offences While Touring Shanghai.--Desiring to lay before the people of the United States what, it believes to be the British colonial home town policy in China, in view of numerous conflicting reports, the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has made the following statement to The Associated Press in behalf of the British community in China: "British opinion in China, as represented by the British Chamber of Commerce, accords a conciliatory policy to the British Government, which, Toronto.--Motorists of Ontario touring in other provinces and in t United States, and visitors touring Ontario will henceforth feel the "long arm of the law" extended to their own they commit offences while on their trips, according to statement by Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of Public Works and Hi • repeatedly strated that it i affirmed, had demon- jby "At the quarterly meeting of the Eastern Conference of Motor Vehicle Administrators, comprising fifteen states and provinces, just concluded in Philadelphia," he stated, "Ontario entered into an arrangement where-states agree to suspend .ntagonistic to.( revoke the license of a resident the legitimate aspirations of China; jwho committed an offence in another but in view of the events leading to state or province which, if committed the evacuation of foreigners from the at home, would result in suspension f angtse Valley, the deplorable out-1 °r revocation of license. rages at Nanking and other places, icted .iolation of foreign women and! Ontario for any offence against <jr the absence of protection of the life law wi!1 now be reported to their horM and property of foreigners, notwith- {state m°tor vehicle department an! - the same will apply to Ontario motorists in the United States. "This arrangement should act as a deterrent to motorists who are inclined to take liberties with the rules of the road when they are away from their own particular jurisdiction and will, I think, be productive of good results." standing the repeated assurances of the spokesmen and leaders of all parties, it emphasies that no negotiations of any kind should be considered until some stable government, free from communistic influence, and capable of j carrying out its obligations, has em- j erged from the welter of the contend- j ing factions. "It is convinced that but for the| of "Water Report" in Marine Circles Two West twenty, leaving Southani de-r the Empire Settlement scheme. es and the Medlands, totaling Ascania, to farm in Canada, un- the Azore Islands, Canary Islands, The World's Poultry Congress Newfoundland, the Islands of St. | jQ Daje# Pierre and Miquelon ar.d the State of _ " California are prohibited under an! , . . , x. ,I7 .,, Washington.--Had mariners known' Order-in-Council made public in this1 The organizing of the World s of such a thing as a "water report" week's issue of the Canada Gazette. Poultry Congress, to be held in Ot-back in tjie spring days of 1912, the The new regulations, deemed neces- tawa, July 27--Aug. 4, 1927, began Titanic" might now be plying her sary by the Minister of Agriculture, shortly after the close of the Con- Press Comment the World Over Anglo-Chinese Relations. London Observer (Ind.) : There must be no sort of pretext for the charge the Britain is the special enemy of the national movement in China. The very contrary is the truth. We have as little to lose and as much to gain as any country trading with China in meeting Chinese endeavors for unity, independence, and self-respect jvith practical sympathy at every turn. In fact, trade, on terms mutually beneficial, *ls the main basis of Anglo-Chinese rela- The Northern Grain Route. Manitoba Free Press (Ind. Lib.) : As the people of Canada spent nearly two hundred million dollars for the express purpose of ensuring the carriage of Western wheat to the sea by the northern route, it is a breach of faith that the flow of wheat over this railway should be blocked by the deliberate imposition of rates which make impossible its economic movement. The hope held out when the consent of the people to the building of the road was being sought by the Canadian Government in 1904 was for a rate of six cents a bushel from Armstrong to Quebec; and the contrast between this rate and the actual rate of 20.7 cents a bushel is nothing less than a crime against the public France Recovers. Paris Homme Libre: Less than ten years after the Armistice, factories Shanghai there would have been currences here similar to, but exaeed-ing in violence, those at Nanking. It considers immediate firm action by the powers necessary in order to secure justice and the protection of foreigners, and that unless such action is taken promptly the chaotic state of affairs existing will be greatly intensified to the detriment and danger of Chinese and foreigners alike. "It holds that when a stable gov-___ - established, but nrf be- befo«J the Oceanography Action of that such potatoes were grown out- ^'"ton&M'&rnmHtes were! has been done by us alone, without furnished out of their ora * ummtd^ a'ea 1Uarantmed f°r the, formed. The Federal Minister of' assistance, in the default of Germany; ue3 for the amortisation of our summed up the value of what even yet wart disease. \ Agriculture is Honorary Chairman of and the indifference of our former majestic w_ay across the seas and provide that shipments of potatt 1,500 lives might have been saved, j from the States of Pennsylvania, Thus, Dr. A. G. Huntsman of the West Virginia and Maryland shall be Biological Board of Canada^ speaking accompanied by a certificate stating erely been rebuilt,but multiplied, renovated, enlarged and equipped as they have never been equipped before, pehaps even in such a manner that .our shortage of labor will not allow us to use them, at least all of them or entirely. Town and villages have been rebuilt; railways, roads and canals restored to their former aid, i 3 the daily novelty, but _ become as common ther forecast. The "water report," he explained, "is based on tests of temperature and salinity. In the case of the Titanic," he said, "it would have warned of the proximity of icebergs. It will benefit Canada from the Hawaiian Islands, fishermen, too, in locating schools of fish and will aid meteorologists in making weather forecasts." Cheque in Mails When Mother Murdered 4 Children negotiations for a revi; the treaties to meet the developments of the past 25 years should be initiated, as it recognizes that without endangering the safety of or justice toward foreigners such modification might be made with advantage. "It is convinced that firm action by the, powers would be welcomed by the great mass of law-abiding citizens in China, who would see in such action hope of release from the burdens, of autocracies, both military and communistic, which, between them, have divided and have nearly ruined the country, terrorizing the inhabitants, destroying their homes and looting their belongings. "The British Chamber of Commerce understands that the present revolution is represented abroad as a spontaneous rising of the people against oppression; whereas it has been carefully engineered by a propaganda bureau, trained, financed and directed by Moscow, which has stimulated the uneducated masses by means of specious promises, fallacious arguments and incitement of racial animosity, and has not hesitated to resort to campaigns of intimidation and murder in order to further its aims. Mothers' Allowances Commission "The Chamber recognizes that Sandwich, adds one touch more of I there are enlightened and progressive j pathos to the tragedy by revealing! Chinese who desire to attain stability that the tenth birthday of her oldest1 by revolutionary process, but sees in girl was only three days past at the ictton of those responsible for the time of the tragedy. Mrs. Thomas' tion of her affairs. Nobody can guarantee surpluses on which such attractive expectations can be based. To convert a surplus into a deficit it only , needs an accident of the kind which is gress held in Spain in 1924. i dition. On every side is the evidence only too common in the history of all Early in 1925 the Congress Exe-0f French optimism and French en- peoples. ... It is our firm opinion cutive, and the Canadian Congress ergy, triumphant. Yet more trimph- that the Government should devote Committee were appointed, and Pro-1 ant than all this is the fact that it each year a fixed sum in advance Scots Guards, photographed on the at Southampton before his regi-sailed for China on the City of 511168. qua; The Order-in-Council makes addi- the Canadian Committee and the Motional amendments to the Destructive jster of Agriculture in each Province Insect and Pest Act prohibiting or .g chairman of the Provincial Com-regulatmg other importations as fol- m;ttee. lows: Prohibiting the importation of all plants excepting the fruits of All: standing monument to the lidarity of the nation. pineapple, banana and cacoanut into t • Train and Automobile. The invitations were sent out in *"* January, 1926. At the present time! Detroit News: Great Britain 30 countries have signified their in-1 demonstrated that such accidents tention of sending delegates, and \' preventable. While American ' umber of them exhibits. I roaQi Thr of ±k« p ., be held in the Auditorium, and out- \ senger mileage and tram frequency side of official and public Congress' numbered their fatal accidents at lit-Orleans.-Gentle cataracts ™eting there will be five different sec-, tie more than a score. The average tional debt. Levee DynamlleJ to S«w« New Orleans from Floods Penny Wise, Pound Foolish. London Free Press (Cons.) : If the iS ' King Government could vote a half-re million dollars to erect an embassy at i_ i Washington surely it could find the 8 w^rTkMinglh^ to encourage the development •oads with their enormous pas- of Canadian resources through scien- lieve the Crescent City from the flood Windsor.--The day that Mrs. Hum-a Thomas was planning the murdei of her four children, because she believed there was nothing left in the world for herself and the children, aj Successive explosions of dynamite, 'cheque for $45 from the Mothers' Al- buried deep in the huge walls of lowance Commission was in the mail earth thrown up to hold the surging at Toronto--first grant of a regular! river to its course, caused only three income which the mother would have ] simall trenches, through which the received had she stayed her hand a' waters of the mighty stream seemed day longer. j at first reluctant to run. Mrs. Thomas's application for assis- -#- tance, as contained in the files of the^,, KiUed> Three mjured in tions operating simultaneously from I of fatalities at grade crossings of New Orleans after dramatic pre- ed^n lorenoun. parations by State authorities to re- Th« exhibits will be staged Exhibition Buildings at Lansdowne, Reduce National Debt. Park, which will be open from one, p.m. to eleven p.m. The display of ex-1 0ttawa Dr°rt Af^ L '} ! (J * hibits will be the finest and most com-| Government should take proper steps prehensive that has ever been given' to amortise the national debt) in Canada, and although the chief, thing feature will be poultry, the exhibits present state of chaos selfish motives rather than patriotic ideals." will be of such a varied natu: be of interest to every person, Membership is by registration and the payment of the fee, which is' five dollars for regular members and three When Train Strikes Auto for associate members. The regular __ I members receive a copy of the printed Guelph.--Passenger train 187, run-'report of proceedings, and all are en-ng between Hespeler and Guelph, titled to attend meetings, exhibits i the C.N.R., cut through an auto- and functions. One d that is that Canada cannot entrust the amortisation of her national debt to the off chance of an annual surplus in the administra- ' greatness. Maritime Rights. Halifax Herald (Cons.) : It would be simply repetition to express again the satisfaction of the people of this Province at the events at Ottawa during the session just closed. All who have contributed to the success of the Maritime Rights Movement realize that these events have given renewed expression to the ideals of the men who were the architects of Canadian Markets ieu from the inji l attempt to take her o prove in the Hotel j mobile on the Silver Creek Road she inflicted in j crossing here Friday evening, hurled ' All Communities Asked to Join in Planting Ceremony Ottawa.--The National Committee for the Celebration of the Jubilee of Confederation throws out the suggestion that included among the ceremonies on July 1 shall be the planting of a Canadian maple in some central spot in every place where celebrations are held Already certain parts of the Dominion have decided to do this,] and it is the opinion of the National1 Committee that the ceremony should j be universal. It has further been decided that a young and lusty Canadian maple be sent, carefully packed, to Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Minister of Justice, who is now visiting Australia, and that on July 1 Mr. Lapointe plant the tree at Canberra, where the new Commonwealth Parliament Buildings stand. For Canadian planting it is suggested that seeds be now placed in pots, and that on the day of Jubilee, when the young plant has grown a few inches the pot be broken and the contents placed in the earth. Equal Rights in Air Given to Women Pilots London.'--"At the moment when the British Government is engaged in giving equal right to the women on the ground, I am naturally sympathetic to giving them equal rights in the air," Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare declared in a speech at a Government banquet to members of the Canada Prohibits Importation Potatoes from Disease Areas Ottawa, Ont.--The importation of potatoes into Canada from Europe, TORONTO. Man. wheat--No. 1 North., $1.51 % ping for motorists. Accom- No. 2 North., $1.48%; No. 3 North. is being arranged at reas- $1.40%. ites for all. Information can Man. oats, No. 2 CW, Noah Eby, aged 68, to instant death, and inflicted such injuries on modati her 2-year-old grandchild, Donald onable Scott, that the lad died within the be secured from your Provincial Com- d,,not quoted; No. 1 feed, hour mittee or from the Executive at Noah Eby, aged 70, husband of Ottawa.--F. C. Elford, General Di- the dead woman, and driver of the rector of the Congress, car, and two other .ged 11, and Irene Scott, j aged 4, are in the General Hospital i here, whither they were rushed fol-\ lowing the accident. The children !are in serious condition. Mr. Eby's j injuries are not of so grave a nature. Inte mal Cor i London, le was referring to the proposal to > equal rights to women pilots in Sir Gordon Hewart Lord chief justice of England, who speak before the Canadian Bar sedation meeting In Toronto August 24 next. He was attori general in the Lloyd George cabin The Broad St. Lawrence. Detroit Free Press:" Americans and Canadians along the Detroit River always feel their sympathies go out, in springtime, to the dwellers along the Mississippi. Here we have a river that is broad-minded and capable of absorbing its own expansion, a river that is smart enough never to stray off the home grounds. Spare the Wild Flowers. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Now go out in the country and ex-nate all the wild flowers. Let rrow and look pretty for every- Japan and China. Tokyo Chugai Shogyo: Undue consideration for China may cost Japan dear. Nevertheless she is an Asiatic Power and must remember her solidarity with China. Japan is not required to pull the chestnuts from the fire for the Western countries. The highest weather observatory ji in the United States is the Mount s Rose Observatory, Nevada, 10,800 w feet above sea level. ts 2 feed, nominal; western grain quotations in c.i.f. ports. Am. corn, Toronto freights--No. 2 yellow, kiln dried, 85c; No. 3 yellow, kilt, dried. 82c. Millfeed--Del. Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $32.2;';; shorts, per ten, $34.25; middlings $40.25. Ont. oats, 50c f.o.b. shipping points. Ont. good milling wheat--$123 to $1.24, f.o b. shipping points, accor J- Barliy Malting, 70c. Buckwheat--73c, nominal. j 32c; cooked hams, 43c; smoked rolls, 25c; breakfast bacon, 28 to 33c; backs, boneless, 32 to 42c. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $21; 70 to 90 lbs., $19; 90 to 100 lbs. and up, $18; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $11.50; heavyweight rolls, $38.50 per bbl. | Lard--Pure tierces, 14 to 14%c; j tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 16c; prints, 16% to 17c; shortening tierce3, 13%c; tub , 13%c; pails, 14%c; blocks and tins, 16%c. Heavv beef steers, $8.25 to $8.75; do, fair, $7.50 to $8; butchsr steers, choice, $8.25 to $8.75; do, fair to good, $7.50 to $8; butcher heif-ers, choice. $8.25 to $8.50; do, com., , $6T75 to $7.25; butcher cows, good to | choice, $6.25 to $7; do, fair to good, $5.25 to $5.60; do, com. to med., $4.50 [to $5;.do, canners and cutters, $2.50 to To- $4; butcher bulls, good to choice, ?8 to $6.50; do, med.. $5.25 to $5.75; do, Out. flour--Toronto, 90 per cent., bolognas, $4.50 to $5; baby beef, $8.50 patent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto to $11.00; feeders, choice, $7.00 to $5.20; seaboard, in bulk, $5.30. • $7.50; do, fair, $6,25 to $6.75; stock-Cheese--New. large, 18%c; twins, «s, choice, $6.50 to $7; do, fair to 18% to 19c; triplets, 18% to 19c. Stil- >»ed., $5.C0 to $6; springers, $80 to tons, 21 to 22c. Old, large, 21 to 22c; $110; milch cows, $75 to $90; plain twins, 21% to 22c. Old Stiltons, 23 to med. cows, $45 to $65; calves, to 24c. I choice, $10 to $11; do, med., $7 to Butter--Finest creamery prints, $8; do, com., $5 to $7; lambs, choice, ,47c; No. 2, 46c. Dairy prints, 35 $13.50 to $14; bucks,-$10 to $11.25; to 37c. i sheep, choice, $8 to $9; do, heavies, Eggs--Fresh exlr.v, in cartoas, $6 to $7.50; do, culls, $4 to $5; hogs, 35 to 36c; fresh extras, loose, 35c; thick smooths, fed and watered, fresh firsts, 33c; fresh seconds, 28c. $9.75 to $10; do, f.o.b., $9.25 to $9.50; Poultry, dressed--Spring chickens, do, country points, $9 to $9.25; do, off 60c; chickens, 5 lbs. up, 40c; do, 4 to cars. $10.15 to $10.40; select premium, 5 lbs., 38c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 35c; do, 2% per hog, $1.90 to $1.96. to 3%c, 34e; br„ilers, 1% to 2% lbs., i MONTREAL. 38c; hens, over 5 lbs., 32c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 30c; do, 3 tc 4 lbs., 28c; roosters,' 25c; turkeys, 46 to 47c; ducklings, Oats, CW, No. 2, 74c; do, No. 3, 65c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, $8.20; do, seconds, $7.70; do, Beans-Can. hand-picked, $3.60 to ' ^rong bakers.;. $7 50; winter patents 13.90 bushe;; primes, $3.45 to $8.60. Maple products--Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.25 to $2.30; per 5 gal., *~ ' £ |lf Per ga:': ™ar'Ie g°**P' lb" "l Cheese, finest wests, 16% to 16%c. Hon-iy-60-lb. tins, 13 to 13%c; 10- Butter No. 1 pasteurized, 43 to 48He. lb. tins. 1314 to 13%c: 5,1b. tins, 14 to \'*%*< „fresh extras, 36c; do, fresh 14%f 2'i-lb tins 16c firsts, 34c. Comb honey--$4 to $5 per dozen.' _Hogs, $10.75 to $H; calves, com., Smoked meats--Hams, med., choice, $6.90 to $6. Rolled oats, I 1 of 90 lbs., $3.40 to $3.50: Bran, $32.25. • Shorts, $34.25. Middlings, $40.25. '25 Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $14.50. , $5.50; do, med., $6.26.