The Ontario Lone Scout Depart- ment has now been in existence for three years and du.ing that time 3 large ncmber of boys in all parts of the province, who otherwise would not, have had the chance, have availed | greater than they ever before had. The opportunity to manufacture a séll Canadian merchandise and to use Canadian raw "materials and re- svurces. Therafore Lone Scouts should keep themselves of the opportunity to take a smile on their faces and talk not an active interest in the Boy Scout about the hard times, but rather about Movement. the great OPPORTUNITY and the In additien, the Lone Scouts have, good season that we are about to paved the way for some thirteen regu- lar 'troops which have sprung into. WHY IS SCOUTING SO POPULAR? being as the direct result of the hard work and tenacity of individual ooys or grit ps. With an active membership of over) three hundred Lonies, we look forward tc our fourth year with optimism and hope for the opportunities to bring' Scouting into the livis of a greater: 1 umber of rural boys than ever before, A CALL TO SCOUTS. A call to Scouts for 'increased sor- vice during the national crisis was made by Lord Baden-Powell at the' enter, This question is easily answered und the two following paragraphs will illustrate the reason. Boy Scouts own no superiority of Race or Creed, Color or T:ngue, Scouting is just as much designed for the humble boy from town or country as iv is for the «on of influential parents. Some vneople quibble about our uniform, but it is designed especially go that all boys, of whatever rank, shall look alike, and therefore all meet on equal 'oot ing. annual meeting of the council of 'he' WESTERN INDIAN BOY SCOUTS. PD Von Hindenburg. Evidently the ex-Kaiser's son has a following in Germany as he has thrown his hat in the ring for the German presidency and may He wil be first groomed as a Councillor in preparation for the running. He is shown with his children, group that was not present in either one of his parents. Thus, if the moth-| Tsuneo Matsudaira and Naotake Sa- child's may be either or both. On the |tened while European and South and other hand, if the parents' blood is Central American speakers denounced AB, the child fay inherit either A or armed intervention by a strong State B independently. in the territory of a weaker State and The stability of blood-groups Is re.| While they called for the early with- markable, and lasts through life. drawal of Japanese troops from Chin- ar's blood is A, and the father's B, the | t0; the Japanese representatives, lis-| a' sociation in London. The Scouts, he said, were first in the field on the occasion of the Great War to render help behind the scenes, and the pres- ent move to service, as the Prince of | Wales had said, was not meant to be a mere flash in the pun, but an under- taking "for the durslion" of the na- tion's trouble, The Duke of Connaught, president oi thé association, sent a message in| which he referred to the fact that the! world total of Boy Scouts was now; more than 2,070,000, The above paragraph was taken from an English newspaper published {n February and would seem to indi- cate that there are greater difficuities i the Old Coantry taan we in Canada appreciate, However, we know that' the Scouts will do tneir best to help lighten the burden, and in this matter the Lone Scouts can help considerably right here in Ontario, "Lone EF" was visited a few days Bago by a business mani from Vienna, | Austria, who ia the course of conver-| sation, stated that after a tour of the United States and Canada he found that the most advertised word on this side of the Atlantic is "Depression." As far as Canada is concerned, at any rate, this should not be as at this .ime Canadian business people have an op- portunity at their singer tips which is | Indian Affairs has b Authority from the Department of n granted for the organization of a Scout Troop at the Sarcee Indian School in Alberta. The Group Commictee includes Chief Jim Starlight and Chief Big Plume. LATEST ROYAL 30Y SCOUT. The latest addition to "royal Boy Scouts" is H.R.H. Prince Gustav Adolf, eldest son of the Crown Prince of Sweden. NEW BISHOP A SCOUTMASTER. 'The recently elected Anglican Bishop of Ontario, Rt. Rev. John Ly- ons, is a Scout leader of some years' experience, He organized and for sev- eral years was Scoutmaster of a troup at Belleville, He participated in games and hikes and took the boys to camp. CAMP. Do you intend to come to the Lone Scout Cam» which will be held this summer? 1 so, start caving those nickels now, ard let your Scont- master know that you wish to be on- rolled as a Camp Prospect. For information regarding the Lone Scouts, which branch of Scouting is open to all boys between 12 and 18 years of age who cannot joint regular Scout Troops, write 0 the Lone Scout Department, Boy Scouts Association, 320 Bay St., Toronto 2. "LONE E." Dominion of Canada! New World Power By W. W. McLaren, Professor of Economics at Williams College, in Collaboration with J. J. Gibson. Though still nominally a constitu- tional dependency, the Dominion of Canada during the past decace has achieved political and economic inde- pendence, She has taken her place among the select few of the money- lending nations of the world. Between 1921 and 1928, Canada produced weaith ab a rate which permitted the net export of approximately $800,000, 000, Esp significant is the fact that her s.¢ wry production, which consists laigely of manufactures; has more than kept pace with her primary production, which is divided between agriculture, forestry and mining. Can- ada has been for many years one of the important primary producers of the world; the recent temendous in- crease in the value of her manufac- tures has raised her from obscurity in 1914 to fifth place, in 1928, among the manufacturing nations. To the war, despite its cost in men and money may be attributed the cre- ation of the Canadian nation as we know it today. Each ef the five years of war cost the Dominion an average of $300,000,000 and 30,000 men, yet we are justified in declaring that Canada found herself, spiritually and econ- comically, during those years, She emerged from the conflict with her population welded by common sacri- fice into a compact and loyal people, essentially Canadian in spirit. i Ths United States and Great Bri. tain poured into Canada in that half decade more than two billion dollars! and built up a skelecon economic struc- ture (for the production of necessities of war) whose potential output was many times the requirements of her eight millions of people. When the war ended the Eurorean market was once more supplied by its own pro- ducers, and Canada was left with this great potential production of manu- factures, for which it could find no consumers, Ee ically the Domini the parting of the ways, was at She might "abandon an enormous capital inves*- ment, cut down her production and . resign herself to mediocrity as an inferior power; or she might maintain that economic structure and compete for the export marke's of the world. The Dominion chose the second people, He Sretger, ots progress of recent years tive tariff i a Bish woolons The natural resources of the Domin- ion fall into five major categories: fisheries, mines, forests, water power, and farm lands. Of all the countries of the world Canada stands first in production of nickel and asbestos, se:- ond in cobalt, third in gold and silver, fourth in lead and copper, and sixth in zinc. Canadian forests are becom ing of more importance. rapidly, and the .ver-increasing fe- mund for wood pulp and newsprint should bring forestry to the very fore- front of Dominion industry. Canada's enormous potential production of hydro-electric energy is important also, and is attracting to the Domin- ion certain industries, such as the Aluminum Corporation, which require great quantities of cheap power. The second of the basic causes for the development of the Dominion is the sturdy pioneer spirit of her people, which has shown itself in the perse- vering opening up of the west and north country, and in the gallant past- war struggle to extricate the nation from a precarious economic position. The careful restriction of immigration can be counted on to preserve the Nor- dic character of 'he people, the in- fluence of which is of vast importance. As to technological progress, th.vd basic cause of development, one ex- ample is the introduction of the :i.ir- plane in exploring the northland. Among others is the perfection of the Available | American lumber has been dwindling profit and still another class of work- ers to add to the domestic market for Canadian goods without increasing' the products for which a market has to be found. The Dominion government is also experimenting with the British Pref- erence in the hope of making it profit- able for the American manufacturer | to produce in Canada for export to the' British Empire. one of the forces which fortify Eug- land's importance in world affairs. But there appears to exist a striking sim-! 1910, and the Canada of 1930. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870, in which England was a spectator sup- plying the needs of the combatants, established the British Empire as the great creditor nation of the world; the World War, in which England par- ticipated to the full, and in which the United States played (for the most of that period, at least) the profiting by- stander, dragged down England and established the United States as the world's great creditor. Why should not another great war, instead of de- stroying civilization entirely, cause the final break-up of the British Empire, drag down the United States toward England's present plight, and elevate Canada to a minor pinnacle? Canada has sufficient natural wealth to bring such an outcome within the realms of possibility, even though its small size in relation to the natural wealth of the United States would cause her never to reuch the postwar credit pin- nacle of our country. Such an event- uality, concentrating as it would the credit and most of the natural wealth of the world in the western hemi- sphere (for other semi-developed neu- trals like Argentina and Brazil might be expected to profit, alsv), might bring about the transfer of the finan- cial, cultural and diplomatic centres' from one side of the Atlantic to the | other, And who can tell but what in| that readustment Canada, with her] vast natural resources, might not em- erge as one of the great nations of the world? -- Condensed from World's Work by The Reader's Digest, -------- Fort Anne National Park Impressed by the great historical | Human Bloodstream Classified by Science By Dr. Henri Szollos, in Le Mols, Paris (November, 1931) Centuries ago, scientists and medi cal men believed that the blood lust from a wound or in a severe hemorrh- The experiments, however, were rare- ly successful. In almost every case dent have the slightest effect on them. The introduction of medicines, serums or drugs fail to change their stfucture. Some have claimed that variations have followed the use of narcotics and X-rays but their claims have not been substantiated. During the last few years there haa !been some attempt to establish pa- ternity or maternity oh the blood- ! classification, but it can give no exact 4 : lage could conceivably be replaced by result. Naturally, if the child's blood At present Canada's strength is but tng plood of freshly-killed animals, 'is unlike that of either of his d tckn or accl-| ese soil. | The smaller States -- Spain, coun tries of Latin America, Estonia and | others--were in the saddle, and they made the most of their opportunity. Foreign Minister Luis Zulueta of Spain reproached Japan for attempt ing to settle the dispute by armed force instead of bringing her com- | plaints to the League. a ! Dress manufacturers approve agree. ment to end strike affecting 30,000 workers. Massachusetts Institute of Technol ray tube, the largest in the world, Henry Ford reveals plan to bulld has Yeen 'started employing nearly quarter million hands. Easter is less than a month away. "Neither the probl of Shanghai nor the problem of Manchuria can be fully discussed until the Japanese sol- diers ev te China," he sald. "Evac- parents, one or the other is not thus related to him, but since A and B the patient, instead of the practice by law. But science was not satisfied to let the question rest. On the face of it, an organ that is not diseased, but has been merely weakened by loss of blood should be restored to health, as naturally as hunger is appeased by food. Clearly, the fault must lie in the blood used. In the course of their investigations the doctors discovered that when the blood of a rabbit was mingled with that of a dog, the red corpuscles of the latter dissolved the plasma of the former, and both suffered serious re- sults, Other experiments established the curious fact that animals of the same species, or even of the same family had blood that mingled without any harmful results. This led to the belief that when human life was at stake, human blood should be used. Curiously enough, the transfusion of kuman blood, although at times suc- cessful, often gave the same results as had followed the use of animal blood. Once again, the doctors seemed to have been brought face to face with a blank wall, At the beginning of this century, Dr. Landsteiner of Vienna began the &x- periments that have brought to the ald of medicine' one of the most powerful methods the science has known. In a lecture he gave in 1910 at the opening of the International Congress of Phy- siology at Vienna, he stated that, while no two men were alike either mentally or chemically, yet it was possible to classify them in a general and perfect- ly satisfactory way. He demonstrated that there are three classes of blood. Later, Jansky ard Moss discovered the existence of a fourth, which is, how- ever, extremely rare. The classification of the blood fis importance of the ruins of Fort Anne based on the theory that two factors at Annapclis Royal, Nova Scotia, not j which we may call A and B exist in only to Canadians but to the descend- the bloodstream of human beings. ants of the early colonists along the Clearly, there are four possible ar Atlantic coast of North America, the rangements of these factors. A person Dominion Government set aside the may have the factor A only, he may military works and about twenty acres have the factor B only, he may have a surrounding them as a national park under the Department of the Interior. Many of the features have been re- sulphite method of vroducing wood | Stored while others have been added | pulp. The fourth factor, very different from the first 'hree, is the principle of a high tariff which fosters industry at the expense of agriculture; and we must confess that the results seem to have justified the :nethods. Many Canadian ec>nomists find it Lard to believe that Canada will cling much longer to the system of high tariffs, in view of its heavy burden upon the already irsolvent farmer. Yet the government is apparently itted to the protection of the manufacturer. The creation of an Ad visory Tariff Board in 1926 to aid in fixing the duties on a scientific basis, as low as possible for the protecti i of home manufacturers, was one boon to the agricultural and other groups. One trade possibility which appeals to the Canadian's thrifty eye lies in the loophole in the American tariff allowing the returning American to bring in $100 worth of foreign goods duty-free, The differential between Canada's British Empire Preference rates and the American duties creates a margin on such Empire products as Australian wool, English woolens, and Irish linens, which" is large enough to afford American purchasers in a substantial saving and the Canadian middlercan a tidy profit, If Australian wool is man so that the park fs one of the most' combination of both A and B, or he may have neither, It has been fully demonstrated that those belonging to Group A have blood which dissolves the constituents of interesting 'storic spots in the East. Group B. Those whose blood is both | Thousands visit it each season and A and B have no ill effects on either | Group B is more clearly cancerous. the numbers are growing every year. taken separately, while those of the These are, of course, merely theories a all i ¢ » I nese New into the finished peu i Cauads, hh ore Mite an additional carried in the march. Ev] Lis Han Meng and Wen Ling, art students, k city, resently, » are extremely common, the ilarity in the situation of the British! trongth, weakened, and succumbed. child might quite easily have allied Empire in 1850, the United States of | mnig led to most countries forbiding blood without it proving. either pater- nal or maternal relationship. The examination of blood-stains in {the investigation of a murder is be- 'coming of more and more value. Na- turally, if the stains belong to the vic- tim they are of 'little assistance if {found at the scene of the crime. If, however, théy are discovered on wea- "| pons or clothes belonging to the sus- pect, they are looked ,upon as prima facia evidence, but must be corrobor- ated by other evidence. There is al- ways the possibility that the blood may have 'come from some other source { nthe same group. 'When the stains reveal a group that does not correspond to that of the victim, the search for the murdered is narrowed down to those in the same group that come within the list of suspects. An interesting side of the classifi- cation of blood is its apparent connec- tion with the various races of the earth. Among the civilized nations of the earth, O, the fourth group, is be- tween 36 and 45 per cent. with a few variations, There is a notable pre- dominance of A over B among the peo- ples of western Europe, and thelr des- cendants all overdlie world. This pre- dominance may be as high as from 40 to 60 per cent, Generally speaking, the proportion of A to B decreases in inverse ratio going east, until in Asia B is in places as high as 49 per cent. AB, never common, is, of course, mere- ly a secondary group of A and B. The fourth group, O, reaches its greatest height among the North American In- dians, the Eskimos, the aborigines of the South Sea Islands and related priniitive peoples, where it is found in as high a proportion as 91 per cent. The results thus reached give some colour to the theory that the people of the earth have all descended fromthree principal races. It is quite probable that the group O covers the primitive characteristics, but it i, doubtful if | nation must precede negotiations." He asserted that the Assembly ought not to recognize any agreement resulting from the Japanese military activities. "The League must be the bulwark of the weak against the strong," he sald. "Spain desires the League to use all the powers it possesses to set- tle the dispute. "For the League this problem js a question of to be or not to be." We want it to be." Urge Full Force of League Peter Munch, Foreign Minister of Denmark, asserted that the failure to declare war did not absolve a nation from its engagements under the Kel- logg-Briand pact. The League, he said, must apply all the means at its disposal to enforce its covenant. The spokesman for HEstonia con- demned armed inter.ention by strong State in the territory of a weaker nation. Dr. Eduard Benes, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia, insisted that all nations must have re- tling disputes. Nicholas Zolitis of Greece proposed that the assembly continue to consider the problem until a settlement has been completed. He suggested that a special Assembly commission be named to follow the negotiations and to te. the A bly's program "for re-establishing peace and justice." Enrique Buero of Uruguay sald he was unable to accept the Japanese ex- planation that China was an unor- ganized State. He cited the reception of China into the League and its elec- tion to the League Council as evidence of its sovereign s' tehood. Portugal Also Urges Move Portugal's cordial co-operation in re- establishi g peace was offered by Fer- nando Augusto Branco. "By the application of the covenant," he sald, "the Lea:ue will assure that Justice be done betweer two peoples and will re-estoblish its prestige." Delegate Braadland of Norway sald there 1s a single pure-blooded race on earth to-day, since thers has been so much intermingling through marriage, wars, and great national upheavals. The medical profession has begun to interest itself in the possible con- nection of the various blood-groups with certain diseases. One eminent | doetor affirms that Group A is more tible to tub losis, and that ee New York Chinese Protest Japanese Invasion | the A bly sheuld r d mea- sures designed to end the hostilities and settle "the whole of the problem," but that it should not confine itself to T dati only, but p d al- 80, if neces.ary, to employ all the re- sources of the League covenant to re- store peace. * Senor Restrepo, Colombian delegate, said the Assembly must hold itself ready to name the aggressor and to declare at the apropriate time that one of the parties violated th: covenant. The occuparts of the Assembly Hall applauded Senor Restrepo when he sal dhis country stood ready to sup- port all decisions, whatever they might be, to insure peace and main- tain intact the authority of the League. °* Isle of Man Becomes . = Protectionist Country Douglas, Isle of Man.--The Isle of Man, with a population of 50,000, has now joined Great Britain as a protec- tionist country, The Tynwald Court, its Legislature, imposed a 10 per cent. tariff all goods except those on the free list of 'with the addition of sugar, table waters, and dried fruits. ¥ : - : The only way to have a friend is to be one.--Emerson. ops o suitor for my "Yes, but 1idn't." "Suit her!" "Is it true you gre ; He course solely to pacific means in set~ the United Kingdom's tariff act and | men show broadening smiles. 13,000 boys are entered in Napoleon- ic model coaches fostered by Fisher Body Craftsmen's Guild for prizes totalling $75,000. National Motor Show to be held im ~ Automotive Building at Exhibition Grounds from March 5th to 12th. Sir Malcolm Campbell set a new world automobile record of 263 miles per hour. id Ottawa Power Co. shows profit of $85,052 for the last year, an increase over 1930 period. C.P.R. stock has been strong and active during the last week. A gold discovery is reported in Gul bord Township, Ontario. Vancouver, Feb. 20, 1932. -- Vam- couver store offers free bread to all {who enter. Rival goes one better-- will butter the bread. Better times are peeping through the gloom, according to an editorial in "Agricultural and Industrial Pro- gress in Canada." Here are some of the features: A gas and coke plant for Fort Wil. liam. Auditorium and bridge at Winnipeg. Ten miles of water mains at Regina. New bridge across South Saskatche- wan River at Saskatoon. Completion of new water supply for Calgary. Traffic bridge over the Fraser River, at New Westminster, Beauharnois Power Plant to open im the Fall. Asb ~The factures of as- bestos products in Canada last year, were valued at $2,301,924, which was the seventh consecutive year in which an advance has been made by the in- dustry. Asbestos in Canada comes from five townships in che southera part of the Province of Quebec and supplies approximately 70% of the world's asbestos requirements. -- Gt. Britain to Preserve Old Elizabethan Cottages London.--The disposal of two beau- tiful Elizabethan cottages at Drayton Street, Leonard, Oxfordshire, was dis- cussed in the Chancery Division. These, together with $3,600, had been given to the Royal Society of Arts by the late James Cranstoun, K.C,, in or der that they might be preserved in their present condition. 'The Court was now asked to'decide whether the bequest was valid. : Mr. Justice Farwell decided that it was, He sald the Royal Soclety of Arts had a fund for the preservation of old cottages, and it must be for the advantage of the public to be able to see beautiful cottages with historic in. terest. It might help to teach people |of the present day how to build good cottages. It was open to question, he added, whether the way in which the society was proposing'to deal with , them was in accordance with the trust, and the soclety should consider wheth- er It ought to preserve to the public the right to inspect them. tae i Love's Sweet Song It was Sunday evening. A young ni t x ih keys. ogy decide to build 15,000,000 volt X- 1,500,000 cars this year. Work now # < ca his fingers merely to Tun over the