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Voice of CANADA. ! _ British Resorts Ready. "The people of the Old Country con- tinue to set the world an admirable example of cheerfulness under diffi- éulties, They have evidently resolved to holiday at their seaside resorts this season in greater'numbers than ever. This much may be gathered from a survey made by The Times. Around the coast of England new concert halls and movie theatres have been built, and new swimmihg pools, prom- enades, solariums and gardens have been constructed. It is notable that though so many of these resorts are on the seashore and have good bathing beaches, yet the artificial pool is growing in popular- ity. At Hastings a new bathing pool for high diving and other aquatic sports will be opened next month, The scheme, which includes terraces, a sun-parlor and cafes, has cost £65, 000. At Clacton the swimming pool has been enlarged and 8,000 seats have been provided for spectators at international swimming events during July, August and September, Brid- lington has in hand a scheme for the demolition of old buildings, the con- struction of a concert hall, bathing pool, ete., all to cost £150,000. Black- pool, the Brighton.of the north, is building new in-door baths at a cost of £130,000, with accommodation for sun-bathing.--Toro.ato Mail and Em- pire, Sure Cure. Some people recommend brandy for seasickness, but the surest cure is port.--Regina Leader-Post. Further Proof. Attributing much of the company's sales gain in 1932 to newspaper ad- vertising, Mr. B. I. Graves, general sales manager of the Asociated Oil Company of San Francisco, has an- nounced that his firm © will spend three-quarters of a million dollars for publicity in 1933." When a business is able to show a 10 per cent. gain in sales in a year like, 1982, other businessmen are nat- urally interested in reasons. Mr. Graves has given the answer, Many a business that went back in 1932 could have turned in the other direction by intelligent use of news- paper space. It is hard enough to sell goods in the face of competition in good times, without advertising; it is next to impossible to dispose of them advantageously in days of de- pression unless one has an attractive message to put before 'the people through the greatest medium of them allie newspapers. -- Border Cities tar, "It Is 1" A convention of Memphis school teachers has resolved that the ex- ~pression "It is me," is to be pre- ferred to "It is I," and is good col- loquial usage. For our part, on the grounds of both grammar and eu- phony, we prefer not to change "me" into a first personal pronoun. The Scriptures do not err grammatically, and there the expression is assigned to the Lord--*"It is I, be not afraid."-- Victoria Colonist, Advance in British Films, British films are developing fast. ollywood's proud dominance over screens of the world is not only ng rivalled, but recent develop- nts in the English film industry ap- r likely to threaten the leadership of the United States films, Within the Empire British films are fast taking precedence over the Hol- lywood product and, perhaps grudg- ly, recognition is being "extended United States theatres. Recently me Express," a picture produced the Gaumont-British Company, was played in Radio City and acclaimed by the New York critics + as being equal to the finest of Hollywood films. That English financial inter- ests regard the prospects of British films in a high light in revealed by the fact that when the Gaumont Com- pany recently issued debentures to- talling £55,000,000 the issue was sub- scribed in less than six hours.--Otta- wa Journal. 4 # Talking AboutBirds. 'A London bird fancier paid $1,000 y. for a canary. We heard of a ire who once spent $5,000 for lark.--Ottawa Journal, ---- "This In Girls, country girl prefers to flower rather Canada, The Empire and The World at Large the oe that the Tocal authority had shown its sympathy by voting a sum to cover their eral expenses--but on Wed- nesday they were dug out and not 'oo badly hurt; in fact, they left hospital yesterday. Has the local authority put the funeral grant pack in the municipal coffers? Not a bit of it! "The credit has been voted,' said the mayor when he heard of the rescuer] "so we will spend the money oa a feast and reception for the two quer- rymen."- -Manchester Guardian, Sticking To. His Job. It is fortunate that the farmer is too busy trying to rehabilitate himself --and, incidentally, the country--to have any time for idle babblings. While he is engaged in a life-and- death struggle he has little time for talk. To carry on at all he must pay low wages, and even them his em- ployees are usually more prosperyug than he is, for there 'are few farms nowadays returning their owners £100 a year. he does export his wheat, and he does help the country to meet its obliga- tions.--Melbourne Argus. Better Times For British Guiana. To say that for British Guiana 1982 has been a year of prosperity would be absurd there is the evidence before us of the uninterrupted fall of com- modity prices. But it canot be denied that during 1982 there appeared cer- tain possible indications that the businessmen of British Guiana face 1933 with something more than mere pious hope. There is generally a quiet confidence strengthened by the knowl- edge that at the height of the storm the extra effort needed was not be- yond them and that, now there are signs of lightening clouds, they are if a reasonably satisfactory position to take advantage of the better weather. --British Guiana Commercial Re- view. Education In China, Two independent reports have been made recently upon the Chinese edu- cational system, one by a layman's commission from the United States sent to survey all phases of mission ary work, and another by a com- mission of European educational ex- perts appointed by the Council of the League of Nations in Tesponse to a request from the Chinese Govern- ment. The American commission con- fined its studies largely to missionary schools, while the European experts surveyed only Chinese schools. But both that "American- ization" of Chinese schools, mission- ary and public, has gone too far, As a result, schools have been gradually separated from the indigenous life of the people. Reforms are urged which will connect the schools more closely with the needs of the Chinese masses. --Hong Kong Press, Modern War. The sword, the bayonet, the rifle, the cannon are all anarchronisms and will soon only survive in a military tattoo. The destruction they caused was local, and so the sentiments con- nected with them are out of date. In the war of the future destruction will be universal, Bacterial bombs as well as poison gas will fall from the sky, the distinction between combatants and non-combatants will disappear, women end children will be as suit- able a target as men, and it is not this orythat king and country which will go down in the general catastro- phe, but all kings and all countries. War has moved from chivalry to chemicals, and unless we can get this into our heads we are doomed, kings included. --E. M. Forster in The Spec- tator (London). War Debts. Everything points to the wisdom of a settlement for a capital sum rather than for an annual payment. The ob- ligation will then cease to be an obli- gation from one government to anoth- er, and will become an obligation from a government to the'private investor, Not until the debt is removed from the category of political into that of commercial problems can the world have any security that the shadow of this controvebsy will not fall across the path of international relations, darkening counsel with monotonous perversity. By a final capital pay- ment, Great Britain, will recognize once more the contractual validity of her. present obligations, and by accept- ing such a settlement the United States will save the world from the consequences, no less unpleasant to -| herself than to the debtor, of the only alternative--defanit. -- Round Table (London). THE UNITED STATES {One Small Letter. But he does carry on,| Here is a man who won a shooting championship in mid-ocean. Purser R. M. Winn is Shown here in working form practicing the latest deck sport. Students Trade Eggs For Lunches at School A system of barter is in operation at Caroline High School, Denton, Maryland, where students trade eggs brought from their homes on the farms for lunch and candy, receiving the equivalent of the market price for them: At the close of each day Caro- line Redden, manager of the cafeteria, takes her eggs to market, in the old- fashioned way, to be exchanged for provisions for th next cafeteria meal, or for money, if that medium of ex- change is available. Eggs from certified and * blood: tested flocks, which are in demand at local hatcheries at prices considerably above the normal market-value, are eligible for barter at the cafeteria only on terms of equality with their more plebian contemporaries, no dis- tinction being made in the grade of the product. Since the purpose. of the barter is to produce healthy children, rather than healthy chicks, the scientifically hygienic eggs are usually le't to ful- fill their true missiorn in the scheme of existence, while the small, unassum- ing eggs, uncandled and unsung, are a. lagt coming in for their belated share of glory at the hands of the younger generation. eens Evening Paper Proves Big Success in China Shanghal.--At the end of its first year, Shanghai's first Chinese even- ing newspaper reports a phenomenal success, Starting during the Sino- Japanese conflict at Shanghai as a two-sheet bulletin With a circulation of a few thousands, it now claims a circulation of 53,477 copies daily, and an average edition of 20 pages. The Ta Wan Pao, or China Even ing News, owes its rapid success to a number of unusual characteristics. In the first place, it uses "pai Hua," the language of the ordinary man on the street, instead of the "wen Ii," or more formal language employed by most newspapers. Persons of meager education, who read with difficulty the long-established papers, read the newpaper with ease. . The Ta Wan Pao has introduced the American style of makeup into the Chinese newspaper field, where the British style predominates. The most important news is printed on the front page, headings try to give the gist of each story, and the essen- tial facts are included in the first paragraph. The managing editors have been educated in the American journalistic school. World Meet May Be Held Late in May London.--The World Economic Con- ference which has been under diseus- sion for several months may be held late in May if the preliminary work begun by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, and Norman H. Davis, American ambasador-at-large, can be carried to a successful conclusion. Mr. Davis expressed this view after two long conferences with the prime minister. He said that he knew nothing about reports that the conferemec may be held at Washington, He and Mr. MacDonald did not even discuss such a possibility. There is a great deal of preliminary work to be done, Mr. Davis explained, and those concerned with doing it are going about their task earnestly. It is no longer thought necessary to give three months' notice before holding the world conference. Six weeks prob- ably will be long enough. reteset sieaeem U.S. Finds Plant Lice Spread Mosaic Disease Among Beans Washington, --Plant lice carry mos- aic disease of-beans from one plant | beige to another, Dr. W. J. Zaumeyer, of the United States Department of Agriculture; has found. Among the disease-carrying insects are the bean, peach, pea, cucumber, cabbage, Dig weed aphis. No other insets so far have been found capable of carrying the dis- ease. Dr. Zaumeyer convicted the plant ice by feeding them on mosaic- infested beans for a day and then transferring them to heathy bean plants, which they infected. - ts ni. From Junk to Grand Tour London.--A 80-year-old single cylin: der automobile, rescued from a scrap heap and bought for 8s. 6d., left Eng- land recently on a trip to France, Italy, Tunis, Morocco, Tangiers and Spain, Mr. Will and Mr. Frank Cozzle, the brother drivers, stated that they were undertaking the tour to demonstrate the reliability of Brit- ish motorcars. en fi: Shakeup in Fascist Schools Rome -- Fascist headquarters has ordered a weeding out of university black shirt leaders who are not up in their studies, saying that only students of "marked intellectual and moral superiorffy" may hereafter lead school military groups. '| place 'carbon 'monoxide forms a very compound with the hemoglobin blood. This hemoglobin cannot th to the tissue through the body. Methylene blue is an indicator of oxidation reduction. As such it has 'the ability to fakoRy or give off oxy- gen readily, It is able to take the of hemoglobin theoretically. 'Experiments on animals have demon- strated that it could perform this function if injected into the blood stream, Only recently a serious case | ot carbon monoxide poisoning oceur-| 'Injection of| = red in San Franeisco. fitty cublc centimetérs of 1 per' ent methylene blue in aqueous solution saved the patient. The dye carried oxygen throughout tie body for a sufficient length of time to allow the hemoglobin-carbon monoxide molecule to be broken up. The secret of the treatment lies in prompt adminis tration of the antidote and a liberal supply of oxygen for the victim. ----r irae South Australia Forms League to Censor Films Adelaide, 8. Aust.--Among the ob- jects of the /Good Films League, which the Council of Churches has decided to form, are unofficial cen- sorship, the commendation of good films, their classification into those suitable for children, families and adults, and the advocacy of jan ade- quate censorship of films and film posters. The council is representa- tive of practically all the churches | in the State. The council is conducting an ac: tive propaganda against gambling and has just drawn up a pledge which will be circulated throughout the State. This pledge asserts that "gambling is subversive to the moral, social and economic interests of the community" and calls upon all to Te main and to use the utmost influ- ence against it, machine Comfort in New Shoes As Well as Lightness Paris.--Lower hezls, more rounded toes, fitted insteps and narrow lasts mark the shoes for wear with the new Easter ensembles" features in style shows here. Dark blue, grey and beige kid and to match navy, grey and beige costumes shown by many de- signers are the favorite materials, Oxblood red is shown for the wo- man who wants something different, while black and brown are ready for the more conservative. "Comfort and lightness are the rule," says one shoe designer. er eee pee Son of Gandhi in Jail Calcutta, India.--M. S. Aney, act- ing president of the Nationalist Con- gresspand 50 other con; the organization, which had been banned. Ram Das Gandhi, like his father and mother, has been frequently jail- ed for Nationalist activities including the disobedience campaigr. against government ordinances, He was sen- tenced to 18 months imprisonment at hard labor in 1982. ------ iio * Daily Dip in Ocean Part of Prison Life Halifax.--A daily dip in the ocean is part of the routine of prisoners housed in the Inverness county jail during the summer months, the legis- lature learned with the tabling of an annual report of Dr. T. Ives Byrne, inspector of penal and humane insti- tutions, 2 sss cess Liner Capsizes in Port pick up the oxygen and transfer it : week in connection with a session of jou on te, Jack Medica of Washington Athletic club swimming team, is Seattle's latest aquatic star. He recently broke the 400 metre, 400- yard and 300-metre world's marks, Paris Plans Offensive Against African Rebels Marrakesh, Morocco.--~Stung by the most serious military. defeat in Africa since. 1926, the French command is making doubly efficient preparations for the spring offensive against the native rebels. The defeat, which for a time threat- ened to undo the work of long months, occurred in February. Al though the Ministry of War officially has denied that French troops suffer- ed a defeat, other sources have con firmed details of the catastrophic bat- tle. Eleven officers were killed, six were seriously wounded, about thirty non-commissjoned officers were kill- ed, or gravely injured, and scores of men were wiped out by the .na- tive attack, The engagement occur- red in the Djebel Sarro Range, According to the French plan, south ern natives must be conquered be- fore the "big push" can be staged against the main rebel army in the High Atlas Mountains, This cam- paign, which is expected to last throughout the summer, Will be a miniature Alpine war in character, The Djebel Sarro defeat was the most -gerious since July 14, 1926, when the rebel ocounter-offensive In the North cost the French twenty-six offiders in one day. 3 . The battle represents the most serious 'loss of man power since the talion at Aityakub in 1929, . rr e---- Fall of Persian Dynas Attributed to Polygamy Teherann, Persia, -- Polygamy was responsible for the decline and fall of the Kadjar dynasty which for more than 150 years, until its dis- placement by Riza Khan Pahlevi in 1925, ruled over Persia. This is the opinion of a momen of the fallen dynasty, Prince Amir Esmail Malek Mansour Kadjar, The last of the shahs of his family was young Ahmad Sultan, his first cou- sin, and*the last of the great Kadjar rulers was his grandfather, Muzza- far ud Din Shah. "Polygamy sapped the wealth and the strength of my family," Prince Eemail said. "The immense num- ber of children kept dividing our property and crumbling our power. 120 sons, I think, and several hunderd daughters." ; --r------ Rome Soon to Start In a short time 'work will be start. new prisons in Rome to the British market in F\ wiping out of a French native bat-| My great-great-grandfather had about. Work on New Prisons ly i same two months of 1932 and 1931 respect The increase ; so far compared with two years ago is 158 per cent, 2 ageins nl i the seme period ask SS Cadion catined salmon sales in 'ebruary am- ounted to only 7,280 ewt., as compared with 23,964 from Russia and 80,4560. from United States. In February last year the: figures were: Canada 22, go. Wh Ruscia 18, 490, United States There was a sharp advance in the requirements of the British market for Canadian lobsters in the first twe months of 1933, the amo:nt being 1, 247 cwt. compared with 821 cwt, in the same two months of 1932. The value was £14,830 as against £4,084 Canada dominates this market: The increase is 288 per cent. FIRST WITH APPLES, Canada in the first two months of 1933 took an emphatic first place with raw apples in the British market, a pluce held formerly by ths United States, These are the cnly two coun tries seriously in this trade. The Canadian quantity this year so far is . 598,688 cwt., compured with 265,508 a year ago. The Canadian increase is 125 per cent. PERG ar, New. Legend About Late Czar of Russia I heard a new legend, writes a Lon- don reported, to add to the many al- ready existing about the ex-Imperial family of Russia. The late Czar's ashes, together with those of his family, have, it seems, been kept all these years by a faith- ful emigre who has just died. Wlea his belongings came to be shared. out by his heirs, the precious was found, v some, No- body was anxious to have it at home, So it was decided to put it in the vaults of one of the Paris banks. I £nd it ironical, if the story be true, that the one-time Emperor of All the Russias should finish his earth~ ly career in a safe-deposit. ---- Modern Words Dates Back to 1567 To some "Americanisms," the edi- tors of a new English dictionary at- tribute astonishingly long lineages. One Teads, "Whoopee, orig. U.S., 1846. An exclam. accompanying or inviting to hilarious enjoyment. ...to have a good time, go on the razzledazzle." Speakeasy has the rather odd defind~ tion of "an illicit liquer-shop." Racket, meaning "a dodge, schen game, line of business of action," carried back to 1812, Cocktail is trac- ed to 1809, highball to 1899; profiteer to 1797; "half-seas-over" to 1561, and "tight" to 18563; skedaddle t. 1862; rodeo to 1834; the verb. "cotton" to The market use of the word or is carried back te ------ London Fira Colles Cash With Bible Text tori oem Eogland, dress Sry as ible useful for its business / A short time ago. this firm received a chaque for an account, One of the Ee <i "the old ones which for 'many | : --n have stood in the thickly pop- The new. "buildings, writes the Rome correspondent uf "The Lon-