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FOOTE WA Capen es ov STFU EE SSE gg CE * Hi Png 4 i es ay a i Anticipation Pa Looking Before Leaping Irish There will be a tendency through-' In the December number of The out Canada to give more than a second Survey Graphic, Mr George W Russell 1 thought to the opnion in reference to the Washington embassy advanced by Sir George Parkin. There has been a sort of diffused hesitancy in the coun ("AE"). forecasts the future in Tre- | land after she gets her own govern- | ment.© Being himself a poet, philoso- : On The Threshold of Real Liberty, Farmers' Conven- tion Informed Seek to Stop Cigarettes Calgary, Alta, --an. 17.--"We try about the appontment of a Can- adian ambassador at Washington, the fear of doing something ineffective and of producing an anomalous situ- ation contributing neither to our ad- vantage nor our dignity. This has not been confined to any particular school of political thought. It might be called rather, a reaction of the facts of the case upon the public consciousness in the nearer view of immediate action. When Sir George Parkin says, "the prespect of having a number of minor - embassies there (in Washington) each working for its own ends in great dip- lomatic negotiations which need be- hind them the force of a United Em- pire is not altogether a pleasent or satisfying prospect," he gives point and definiteness to this hesitancy. What he indicates as possible, nay probable, is not by any means a pleas- and prospect, and his way of putting it brings out what is behind the doubts so many have felt, without definng or even being able to define them. The question is whether the Empire, in driving at the complete freedom and independence of its component parts,: has not here trespassed upon the equally paramount necessity of the 'law of its evolution,its absolute solidarity in relation to the outside world. We would not want to see the Dominions, certainly not this Dom- inion, used as pawns in the inter- national game of chess against our king piece which is the Imperial con- ception itself. : As to our right to appoint an am- bassador ther, is no question. what- ever, but the usefulness of doing £0 just now gives food for thought. The "thing has an appearance of doubful and hurried construction in an edifice that is designed to last for ages. 'A better ultimate solution it would seem to many would be for the king "to accept the advice of the Imperial conference instead of that of his British government in diplomatic ap- pointments. This would make little difference as to individuals, but it gradually introduce a wider sense of responsibility, and a new orientation of British diplomacy. : {One thing is positive. We must pre- gerve our identity and solidarity unim- paired to the outside world, and avoid anything that would lessen this, If "the British Empire is not a living pol- jtical organism possessed of person- ality and will power, it is nothing but a dream, from which we are to awake to. the old story of racial and territorial feuds developing into incessant wars, but little effected by powerless con- vocations. START BUILDING DEEP CANAL 1927 DENNIS PREDICTS Ex-Mayor A. H. Dennis, who repre- sented the city of Fort William at 'the recent convention of the Canadian deep waterway and power associa- tion in Hamilton, predicted this morn- ing that work would be commenced upon the building of an international deep waterway to allow ocean steam- ors access to the upper lakes, inside five years. In another five years he predicted that the huge project would be completed and that Liverpool lin- ers would be discharging cargoes upon Fort William Wars. In connection with the Washington despatch printed yesterday to the ef- fect that President Harding had trans- Redistribution bill should be passed '.; eo until farm prices were normal. mitted the report of the international pher, and also a man of affairs, Mr Russell makes of his anticipations a strange but attractive blend of fancy and realities. He expects a great outburst of Irish literary and artistic genius, though he does not go so far as some of the enthusiasts of Young Ireland. To listen to them you would think that all Ireland was speedily to be filled with bards chanting the noblest. Gaelic. i think that english will superseded" in Ireland. "will be bilingual. Much of beauty may be drawn from the "Gaelic tra- dition," but Mr Russell evidently be- lieves that the youthful Irish poets and 'scholars and scientists will have to go to world literature and to the new thought of other natons in order to bring back ideas to be grafted up- on the native stock. Socially, Mr Russell holds that the new Ireland will see a great expan- sion of co-operation, both in pro- duction and in the life of villages and towns. This is doubtless a direct out- growth of his own experience with the Irish Agricultural Organization Society. It is a pretty picture which he draws of a harmonious folk in rural Ireland, "all buying together, manufacturing together and market- ing together, using their organization for. social and educational as well as for business purposes." On the poli- tical side Mr Russell is not so con- fident. "No people," he says, "ave more fitted for free speech." Nobody will dispute this. Mr. Russell quotes an example of '"devasting frank- ness" from an orator in. the ancient Trish parliamenn, "from the gap- toothed hag now grinning in the gal- lery to the white-livered cur now shivvering on the: floor," and hopes that Ireland will never go back to that style of political oratory. Still he has no doubt that Ireland will al- ways have "aristocratic characters" in her 'public life to "offste stagna- tion." - This can easily be believed whatever happens in the new Irish parliament, it «certainly will not stagnate. 5 Mr Ruscell is aware of a sort of temporarily suppressed radical labor movement in Ireland. He admits that it, probably is only biding its tirce to put forth its revolutionary demands. These include, of course, the nation alization of land as well as of iA: dustry. How it thay fare with the city proletariat, Mr Russell does not venture to predict; but in the matler of land ownership he is convinced and emphatic. "There are," he writes, "over 5000,000 peasant proprietors in Ireland, men who would pour boiling lead on anybody who tried to naticn- alize their land". Thus we get an- other aspect of the Ireland that is io! be 'which does not exactly suggest stagnation. REDISTRIBUTION AND P.R. The pasing of a Redistribution bill 'based on the new census, which the } outgoing government ; refused to do "before the election, will now become the duty of the new government. The last Redistribution bill, following the 1911 census, was not passed till 1914, but such a delay would not be advis- _able or right under the present cir- cumstances. The Western Provinces ' are now suffering the injustice of be- ing greatly under-represented. The , as soon as possible so that th Mr Russell does not "ever be, The Irish | stond on the eve of the most vital . change of the ages. We are approach- ing the end of false civilation and the beginning of a new one," said H. 'W. Wood, in addressing 'this morning ithe annual convention of the United : Farmers of Alberta on the completion of his sixth term as president of thal { organization. The people, he aid, must be liberated, from servitude to "the giants of autocrary and plutocrary," just beginning and the people must stand "as a solid wall of citizenship ir defence of their rights and liberties. Mr Wood gave credit for the politi- cal victories of the United Farmers of Alberta to systematic organization. "Democracy," he said, "cannot func- tion except through organization that reaches down to and embraces the peo- ple." The people must have leaders, he agreed, but they would be "leaders of their own choosing, not to control but to advise, guide and direc." Politically speaking, he declared, Alberta had undergone. complete re- construction. Upwards of fifteen hundred dele- gates, representing 28,000 members were present this morning when the convention opened in the First Bap tist church. Addresses of = welcome were delivered, the presidential ad- dress was heard, and various reports were presented. Request Legal Birth Control A resolution on the subject of birth control is to come before the conven- tion of the United Farm Women of Al berta, opening tomorrow. A resolutior passed by the Alix local asks the con- vention "to urge the speedy removal of all barriers due to legal restrictions tradation, prejudice , ignorance which now prevents parents from access to such scientific knowledge on the sub- ject as is possessed by the medical profession." Another resolution asked that "mar- ried mothers" be cared for at the gov- ernment's expense at any hospital dur- ing confinement, the government also to make a grant which would "provide help at home" during the mother's absence. The women's convention will be ask- 2d to express the opinion that cigar- ette papers are "detrimental to hu- manity." and that their manufacture should be prohibited. Another resolution seeks to prohibit the manufacture, sale of cigarettes. There are 18 resolutions on the orinted lists for the women's conven- tion, and 144 for the consideration of the United Farmers. A good many thers are expected to arise as the ronvention proceeds. The range will be all the way from a demand for cheap- cr coffins to a demand for abolition of the appointive offices of governor-gen- eral of Canada and lieutenant-gov- ernor of the provinces. © The convention unanimously adopt- ed by 2 standing vote a resclution of symuathy with Premier Greenfield and his family in the death of Mrs Green- field. Mrs M. L. Scars, presented her an- nua! address as president of the Unit- ed Farm Women ef Alberta. Mrs Sears emphasized the importance of gond will in settling questions, national and international. "No real barrier," she said, "need exist between east and west if each wish the other well." Mrs Sears said a revival of business and increased employment could not € West wyyign the purchasing power of the . 2 . . 3 ! 3 3 7 joint commission recommending the; will be ready for the nex election ; farmers and other workers restored negotiation of a treaty between Can- ada and the United States with the construction of the deep waterway as | whenever it comes. Political life is i likely to remain so. i there will be no lack of markets for I more tense now than formerly and is: : the products they grow." Events may not} ne address reviewed the work of the end in view, to ne Ex- | follow their even Spun 2 of YOT® | the women's organization in ecen! Mayor Dennis stated that in his opin-, and the political pendulum MaY: 45iitica] campaigns, and in its general {on the report would pass the house | swing with shorter strokes. No one : work among women and children of and an agreement or treaty would be can tell what may happen in the next' piperta, entered into by the two countries within a comparitively short time. The report submitted to congress al- so contained a recommendation that the cost of the entire improvement of | the Welland Canal, estimated to ap- proximately $60,000,000, be apportion-! United | tional representatives in the cities at, States on the basis of benefits derived least, where large mutl-million con- | by each country. UPon this subject] Mr Dennis was not prepared to make' a statement. The question had been} discussed at the Hamilton Convention edbut nothing definite han been ad between Canada and the ,vecorded. Hon. Dr Manion, M.P, morning that it was probable the deep waterway question would be brought . before the federal legislature at its 'mext session, but he did not expect to + gee any action taken in regard to it, 'at least, until many national questions ore pressing importance were dis- , of .-----Times-Journal. stated this | year or two, -ed of the present injustice | opportunity. With the taking up of the subject {of redistribution will also come the ! question of the adoption of proper- stituencies could be formed, and also the question of evening up the popu- lation of urban and rural constituen- cies. Such evening up, of course, if it is adopted, will mean a substantial loss of rural representation and would have. considerable effect in the West. Any system that is fair how- ever, is likely to suit the West, and if the evening up of urban and rural representation is accomplished by P.R. in the cities, and the use of the trans- ferable vote in the single-member vuval seats, there may mot be much complaint. : and in any event the | | Western Provinces want to be reliev- at the first | | reco ited "The need of the times," she said { "ia better preparation of our children for young manhood and womanhood." h PR ICANADA-USA TREATY FOR DEEP H WATERWAY LOOKED FOR SHORTLY ' Washington, Jan. 17.--Negotiation of a treaty between the United States and Great Britain looking towards im- 'provement of St Lawrence river be- | tween Montreal and Lake Ontario so 'as to provide a deey waterway from ! the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean may be expected scon, it was said te- day at the White House. ter } ional joint commission transmit gross. 'tion would be the first step toward A Forward Immigration Pelicy | A vigorous policy of selective im- migration is expected to form a part of the programme of the new govein- ment at Ottawa. aelp the general business of the coun- try, to aid in the solution of the rail- way problem and to lighten the bur- den of the war debt. The demand for an active immigration policy is general. The Mail and Empire urges a stronger policy and so does the Montreal Gazette. The former says that if economic conditions improve next year there should be a move- ment of population to Canada that 'will put an entirely different aspect on many of our internal problems." .t referes to the circumstances that have prevented immigration since 1914, and says: "Unemployment in 'he cities and towns of Canada made the raising of immigration bars un- avoidable. A cash sum of $250 with ticket to destination, has been requir- 2d of newcomers. Immigration prop- aganda in Britain was virtually sus- pended this autumn. But the early approach of better times led recently to a tour of inspection and consulta- 'ion in Europe by the Deputy Minister >f immigration, and to discussion of 2 plan for the settling of Britishers n large colonies in the west, on --reat tracts acquired and managed by "he British government. if land settlement is to be vigor- ously pressed, the matter of land srices must be properly handled. The experience of the Soldier Set- ;lemment board and the Western Jolonization association shows that irm control must be exhibited by ome authority over land prices, once he tide of settlement begins to flow, The prospects of an active demand "or farming land at once leads specu- 'ators into the field, and the exactions of the parasites kill the movement at the outset. The King Government It is meeded to Hockey Gloves, per pair EERE VY McCormick INTERNATIONAL prom. 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Ho moved as rapidly as conditions permit. Southern Ireland will commence im- ; making possible the long discussed lakes-to-ccean waterway. 1 xernosene | FT. BRIGNALL, TRACTORS Oxdrift, Ont President Harding, it was also said! at the White House, is much interest- ed in *he project and intends to lend his iniiuence toward early diplomatic efforts. LUPIN IN REAL LIFE, DANDY THIEF OF PARIF Menaces New York Toronto, Ont., Jan. 17.--A Specia New York, Jan, 17..--Announcement cable to the Globe from Paris says of the report of the international With the arrest early today of a wel joint commission on the proposed dressed monocled young man in the Great Lakes-St Lawrence waterway of leaving an apartment with « was fu.lowed this morning by the is- suitcase full of silver which he ha suing of a statement in opposition to just stolen, the police have found ther the prnject by the Union League club selves the capture of a veritable Ar of New York. This was in the form of sence Lupin, who, during the last year the report of the club's committee on ha committed a series of baffling rob political veform, submitted at its last beries. meeting but not made public until ~The solution of this series of crimi today. ' nal mysteries, however, has confronte The argument advanced against the the police with another socialogica projec' is that it will divert traffic character. The theif, Serge De Lanz from tre port of New York. i is the son of a distinguished and well- "Tt ,s no exaggeration to say that to-do family of noble origin and is the New 1 ark has reached a crisis in its recipient of a monthly allowance comm sree and its commercial prosper which permits him to live in luxurious ity and development are gravely men- style. Moreover, he is interested ir aced," 'he report declares. i an automobile concern, which provides Alte; outlining the St. Lawrence an additional income. A handsome proposal and declaring that "eighteen and debonnair young man, he has ha states have combined to secure the an excellent social standing. His liff | passage of this legislation by the con- has apparently been a joyous oper 'grass of the United States," the re- book. After the arrest, however, Dr = acu Lanz freely confessed those of his rob The arrangement of such a treaty is least $i ended in the report of the in- | sterday by the president of con- Conclusion of such a conven- ning into half a billion, possi bly a bil- port declares the scheme will entail | {foo its initial stages expenditures of at ,000,000, of which the United | Stores will be asked to contribute one- ¢ haf, and adds: "The completion of the plan will involve appropiations run- bries which he could remember off: hand. Among the homes he had robb- ed are those of the Viscountess de Barbot, the Viscountess Du Perthuis the Count de Chevigne, the Marquii { lion dollars." eral Kirkpatrick THE CALENDAR (From the Montreal Gazette) The Vatican has announced that a onference of astronomers will take Jace in Rome next April, under the 'residency of Cardinal Mercier, with he object of reforming the calendar nd fixing Easter, Whatever may be aid for the reform of the ecclesiasti- al calendar, changes in the civil cal- ndar are to be avoided, unless the dvantages are very clear. = After uch trouble we have got a calendar, vhich, with: the assistance of the Leap Year, nearly corresponds to the :olar year. Before the reforms of fulius Caesar it was three months stray, and by the introduction of Gregory's calendar, in the sixteenth sentury, it was ten days out. . It was 10t until 1751 (nearly 200 years later,) hat the Gregorian calendar was »dopted, though Russia never accept- dit. ' The suggestion that the move- ible ecclesiastical feasts should . be ixed. would cause, if adopted, no great inconvience and be a simpli- feation of the calendar They all de- send on the date of Easter, which, in its turn depend on the date of the full moon. It is the intrusion of the moon 'nto the ecclesiastical calendar which 's chiefly responsible for the com- de Croix, Countess de Saint and Gen Slgxity of the tables for the fixing of the date of Easter in the Prayer Book.