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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE, ONT. JAN. 8, 1959 Britain's Imperial Diehards LONDON - (NEA) - If Prime Minister Harold Macmillan looks unhappy these days it is not because of unemployment, inflation, or next year's election prospects. Britain has never been more prosperous, nor Macmillan more popular. No, what gives the prime minister that harassed look is the League of Empire Loyalists, a small band of "Empire First" cranks dedicated to making Macmillan miserable. The marvel is that Macmillan takes the persecution as calmly as he does. For example, the prime minister was entertaining Dag Ham-marskjold at a banquet not long ago, when a bearded loyalist sprang from underneath the table and begai shouting, "Down with the United Nations!" The startled U.N. secretary general nearly choked, but Macmillan went right on eating his soup A few weeks later Empire Loyalists invaded a gardei party where Macmillan was speaking to Tory ladies. "Macmillan is ambassador of the dollar area," his tormentors shouted. Did the League, founded in 1955, has Fascist leanings. Its secretary, A. K. Chesterton, for example, is an ex-follower of Sir Oswald Mosley, the British Fascist, but he has managed to window-dress his national council with such respectable ancients as the Earl of Buchan, 78, and Field Marshal Lord Ironside, 80. But if the League has borrowed some of its ideology from Hitler's brown shirts, its antics are typically British in their wackiness. Take the Buganin-Khrushchev visit to England in 1956. The League, as well as Sir Anthony Eden, was on hand to greet the Soviet leaders when they arrived at Victoria Station; and as Sir Anthony stretched out his hand, a loyalist voice boomed over a microphone, "Eden is shaking hands with murder." Eden looked as though he had been stung by a Moray eel. The League's greatest triumph to date, however, was the hoax it pulled on the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Lambeth Conference in July. None of the 351 Anglican prelates assembled from all parts of the world as guests of the Archbishop found anything unusual NOT A BIT SPORTING: A member of the League of Empire Loyalists is shown above, being asked to leave the Conservative Party Conference. prime minister blow up? No, he waited while the ladies, brandishing their parasols, drove off the intruders; then went on with his speech. But the last straw for Mac-millan's supporters came in October when loyalists gatecrashed the Conservative Party's annual conference in Blackpool and tried to drown his closing speech with blasts from a bugle. This time the hecklers got as good as they gave, a couple of them being taken out to the cloakroom and beaten up by attendants. But did this stop the league? It only made matters worse. "Fascist beasts dripping with blood," the League screamed, and currently the Conservative Party is in hot water for having used "excessive violence, amounting to brutality," in expelling the intruders. No one knows for certain what the League stands for, as its members seldom get beyond shouting "Don't scuttle the Empire!" before being thrown out of meetings. A list of what they are against would include the United Nations, Archbishop Makarios, NATO, American air bases in Britain, European Free Trade, Egypt's Nasser and Danish butter (this last because it is "unfair to New Zealand butter). In the view of many, the about the two bearded "bishops." One wore a high hat with a full-length, black cassock and imitation gold chain and cross, while the other wore a round-brimmed parson's hat. Both were Empire Loyalists in theatrical costumes. At the appropriate moment, they commanded silence. Then the horrified assembly heard their plea, "The Empire Loyalists ask you to protest against the invitation to the arch-terrorist Makarios to visit this country" The London Daily Mirror has a suggestion for dealing with the loyalists. "In the old days rural England had a fine remedy for such boors," the Daily Mirror says editorially. "They were taken gently and firmly to the duck pond and thrown in." But newsmen opine that without the League British politics would be a lot duller. "Pull over, buster," said the cop. "You haven't got any tail light." The driver got out and after examining the situation looked so positively horrified that the cop was actually moved to sympathy. "It's bad, mister," said the cop, "but not that bad." Recovering his voice the motorist stammered, "It's not the tail light that bothers me. What hapened to my trailer?" CROSSWORD PUZZLE 51 Pop's hird B3 Enliven M. Catkin RS' Flower plot 87. Applies^ 2 4 4 8 10 12 ; - 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 : 27 28 29 31 32 33 j4 35 !6 37 :3 40 41 42 44 45 46 : 49 54 52 51 54 55 56 ,25 57 Answer elsewhere on this page READY-MADE FAMILY - Norman Burgess, 36, is placing the ring on the hand of his bride, Mrs. Evelyn Teskey, 33, during their wedding in Toronto. The widowed Mrs. Teskey is the mother of eight children, ranging in age from three to thirteen and they've all been in an orphanage since theii father's death earlier this year. Burgess is a $3,900-a year customs officer. THEFABM FRONT |Jolm12iJ£seli. Efforts in the cheese industry to produce the purest possible products are paying off. During the first ten months this year, about 98 per cent of all cheese graded fulfilled the requirements of Canada First Grade from the standpoint of extraneous matter. This achievement follows on the heels of a 1957 amendment to the Canada Dairy Products Act, under which extraneous matter analysis of cheese became a factor in determining grade. Canada was the first country to undertake this analytical A sample of cheese is taken from each vat graded and forwarded to a central laboratory at Ottawa where analysis of the samples is carried out. Samples are referred to as having Disc 1, Rise 2, 3, or 4. The first two discs qualify the cheese for inclusion in Canada First Grade, Disc 3 Canada Second Grade, and Disc 4 Canada Third Grade, or below -- depending on the nature of the sediment. Tests were started on an educational basis as the upshot of a wartime incident in which two carloads of cheese were turned back from their United States destination. At first, results of the analysis were relayed to the milk producer and cheese manufacturer for their information only. In 1954, though, the Federal Government ruled that every vat must be tested for extraneous matter and that a premium would not be paid unless they (Premiums have been paid, were Discs 1 or 2. on top quality Canadian cheese since 1939.) The latest amendment establishes a direct link between grading and extraneous matter analysis. In 1953, when the program over half of the 85,909 samples submitted were Discs 3 and 4. Two years later, the figure had been whittled down to 37 per cent. Pointing up the giant strides that have been made to date is the fact that this year, out' of 93,709 samples tested, only 0.18 per cent were Disc 4 and 1.93 per cent Disc 3. When a sample is received at the unique Ottawa laboratory, an amoupnt of 15 grams is measured and dissolved in a solution of sodium citrate. It is filtered through standard discs which retain the sediment and classified under microscope. F. D. Murphy heads a surprisingly small staff that handles operations at the lab. As many as 1,600 samples have been processed by six people in one day. Equipment used in the laboratory was designed by leaders in the Canadian cheese industry, since Canada pioneered in the work. Number of factories submitting samples of cheese this year are 277. Last year there were 349, and the year before 339. The reudction, officials explain, is due to a number of small factories closing and amalgamation of others.' Two tests that seem to prove "Your new secretary looks very efficient." "Yes, that's har specialty." "Efficiency?" "No, leckirg efficient." the superior egg-laying ability of range-reared over confinement-reared pullets were conducted at the Experimental Farm Brandon. Each test involved a separate group of 1800 birds and showed little to choose between the two rearing methods as regards livability, ■ body weight gains or feed requirements during the growing period. In the laying house too their body weights were about the same and, contrary to common belief, the range-reared birds consumed as much feed as their opposite numbers. The incidence of feather picking and can- CHRISTMAS CROP - Carefully stored by a worker in a factory in Vienna, Austria, are these Christmas tree balls ready for painting. nibalism was slightly higher in the confinement-reared birds but was never a serious problem. Mortality rate was less than three per cent in each group. No difference was noted either in age at first egg, egg weight or feed needed to produce one doz- In both experiments however egg production was three per cent higher in the range-reared birds and these birds were approximately four ounces heavier at the end of the test than the pullets reared in confinement. Who Says They're The Weaker Sex? When a masked man entered the bakery, the 23-year-old girl assistant gave a cry of apparent terror. But flinging up her arm* she grasped an open bag of flour that lay on the shelf above her head and showered the contents into the gangster's face Then, before he could recover, she thrust the sack over his head and, jerking her knee into his stomach, twisted the mouth of the sack tightly around his neck. Hearing her cries, the manager of the shop, in Essen, Germany, rushed in. But, by now, she hardly needed his help. The would-be raider was reduced to a state of shocked helplessness. From time to time, greatly to the surprise and discomfiture of thugs, peeping Toms, bag-snatchers and other scoundrels who prey on the supposedly weaker sex, their cowardly assaults meet with determined opposition. In some cases the re-sctions are so swift, spirited and resourceful that the tables are curned completely. A husky, six-foot gunman imagined that he had an easy catch when he decided to raid a Chicago grocery store kept by two elderly sisters, Miss Ar-menta Vest, aged 65, and her 62-year-old sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Heber. "Stick 'em up!" he ordered harshly as he confronted Miss Vest across the counter. But, far from being cowed, Miss Vest reacted with lightning speed. She snatched at the gui.1 in his hand and, although he instinctively pulled the trigger, the managed to wrench it from his grasp. The shot roused her sister. She dashed from the store room, sized up the situation in a second and tore the handkerchief from the gunman's face. Then the two asters sat on the man. Each of the women was nearly six feet tall and in remarkably good physical condition. They wrested with the 150-pound raider, and through sheer tenacity and determination, threw him to the floor. Seconds later, he was gasping for mercy. In less serious crimes, too, the resourcefulness of girls and women of all ages is sometimes remarkable. A peeping Tom who, for several weeks, pestered nurses at a South of England hostel got a thoroughly well-deserved shock when he tried to peer into one of the dormitories one night. The sash window was raised and there was not a sound from within, so the man thrust his head over the sill. It was a fatal move; the nurses were expecting him> Down came the window and the peeping Tom was trapped. A strong young nurse, wielding a cricket bat two - handed, brought it down smartly on his head. The nurses released the man" from the window and found out that he was unconscious. Ht was indeed caught and out! When the police arrived, they found the nurses working hard to bring him round tPDififSOIOOl LESSON Memory Selection: The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Luke 18: 27. Jesus' conversation with the rich young ruler well illustrates the difference between moralitv and discipleship. Having kert the law from his youth was tint enough, either in the sight of God or of the young man himself. He realized that something else was involved in inhentm" eternal life. We must make a complete surrender of ourselves to God. God never asks am -thing less of us than our alt. Frances Ridley Havergal expressed it well in the words: "Take my love, my Lord 1 pout At Thy feet its treasure stoic: Take myself and 1 will be Ever, only, all for The.-' C. H. Zahniser, wr.ttng i»i Arnold's Commentai y, tells '>f what discipleship cost C. i' Studd. He gave away ms fortune and became a missionary to China, -India, and Africa. A le:-ter, written to Mr. Booth of the Salvation Army, containing nis last fourteen hundred pound,, had this1 note accompanying it, "Henceforth our Dank is in heaven. You see, we are rather afraid, notwithstanding the great earthly safety of Messrs Coutis and Co., and the Bank of Ens-iand, we are, I say, rather afraid that they may both break or, the judgment day. And this ste;> has not been taken without definite reference to God's Wort, and the command of the Loid Jesus, who said, 'Sell that ye have and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which wax not old.' " At the close of the letter he wrote, "Please also to enter the subscription as coming from 'Go and do thou likewise.' " We are not all called to turn over ail our money but this is certain, it must be completely dedicated to Christ's cause, for nothing that we are or have can be withheld. When the British government sought to reward General v Charles Gordon for his brilliant services in China, he declined a.U money and titles but finally accepted a gold medal inscribed with the record of his 33 engagements. After his death it was found that he had sent it to Manchester during a severe stringency to be melted down and used to buy bread for th« poor. Under the date of its sending this words were found in nil diary. "The last and only thing I had in this world that I valued 1 have given over to the Lord Jesus Christ." The rich young ruler of the lesson kept all and lost his soul. "Does a giraffe get a sora throat if he gets wet feet'" asked a zoo visitor. "Yes," replied the keeper, "but not until a week afterwards." ISSUE 2 -- 1959 Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking dgjJMJV SIX DIED HERE - Flames from a burning gas soak buildings near the demolished Mountai The gas explosions killed at least six perscn nain soar skyward in Allentown, Pa., cs firemen ville Hotsl to prevent the blaze from spreading, and some 20 others were injured.