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THE DUNCAN REPORT

It l» not surnrhlna that the Mac- kenzie King Government ignored the 11114111515 o! its own Commission “ on Maritime Claims. appointed in

. 1996. when we find the local Liberal ' Drone today apparently ignorant of I the moat important recommenda- ‘ tion which that commission made,

namely, for a detailed determination

i and assessment of Maritime sub- “ Bldy claims_ Only complete ignor-

f ance of the Duncan Report would such misstatement as ap- peared in yesterday's issue of our contemporary, when it confused the

‘ purpose oi the White Commission

y with that of the Duncar Commis-

~ sion. The Duncan Commissioners

explicitly stated that it was not pouible for them to make a final recommendation as to the increase and form oi Dominion aid which was required to satisfy the just claims of the Maritime situation. They recommend that machinery should immediately be established by the King Government for this purpose. The King Government. notwithstanding the repeated in- sistence oi Conservative representa- _ tives. neglected to do its duty in , this respect. The Bennett Govern- . merit, with the concurrence of the Maritime Premiers, established this machinery in the appointment of the White Commission. We confess that we cannot understand ~what political purpose the Liberal press seeks to achieve by proving, as it has done conclusively from the Hansarcl reports, that the Conserva-

~ tivel in 1926 were suspicious of the

‘ King Governments good faith, and

"op, -‘ the establishment of any

the purpose of

1 shelving the question of our subsidy settlement claims indefinitely.

Had the Conservatives born wrong

in their surmise; had the Duncan

f‘ Commission recommendatiom with

regard to final subsidy settlement

been implemented by Mr. King, then

- were unfounded. But the contrary d "" was the case. It is creditable to the

. on this point, wilien is the crux of

- support of Premier Macdcnald, oi

I their own terms of reference Mr.

g not immediately established which ‘. would accomplish this purpose, we

q worst depression in world history, to

. it could be said that their misgivings

' Conservative Opposition at that time t/hat this difficulty was antic- ipated so clearly. Why the commis- sion was not empowered to make ‘final settlement, or the machinery

do not profess to know. But. we do know that it was left for the Ben- nett Government, after fighting the

itndertake this task. The Liberal press. apparently, has nothing to say

the whole mwtteg

‘Nor does our contemporary seem anxious to answer the question, why, a few months ago, it came out in

s -'Novn. lcotla in contending that the Duncan Cornmlaolcne u had ignored

. Macdonaldk reason was obvious - enough; he wanted some excuse for appointing I. political commis- sim of his own. and it was on the ground that the Duncan Com- mission had fallen down on its job that he made the appointment. But why should the Liberal press of this Province support him? What a. slur on the character and ability of the Hon. Cyrus Macmillan, not to speak of Sir Andrew Duncan and Judge Wallacel Evidently our contempor- ary was hauled severely over the coals for its missiep on that oc- casion, for a few days later it came out in fulsome eulogy of the Duncan Commission, protesting that the “Commission had done its duty in every respect. with that statement no Conservative has "taken excep- tion. It was not the fault, of the Duncan Commission that tho King Government neglected their re-

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groups in over eleven hundred cent- res. Nor has this great movement stopped with Canadian girls; ideas know no national boundaries, and there are now Girls In Training in Newfoundland. ‘Trinidad, Japan. Africa, and India. In fact, the move- ment is becoming popular wherever Christianity has penetrated. for lt is based on the fourfold life oi the Master Himself, as described in the \T!I‘5e in Luke: "And Jesus increas- ed in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and man." This is interpreted as meaning: Cherish health; seek truth; know God; serve others-a truly magnificent program, universal in its appeal, practical in its application, and in- spiring iii its idealism.

Camp is the highlight for most

Canadian Girls in Training. Ten days are spent annually in the out-oi-dcors with girls of the same age, where the activities incluCi‘. hiking, swimming, and other spcrts. Bible study and worship are not forgotten. Last summer 3.000 girls attended registered C.G.I.T. camps. Wherever posslbfl". an organized sundfly School c1355 is the C.G.I.T. unit. singing is a favourite group activity, and an appreciation of good music and training in singing is one of the finest things which a girl can acquire in her teens. Pro- jects of various kinds. finding scope in the home, the school, the church and the community are encour- aged. such as carol singing at Christmas time, presentation of baskets and toys to poor families, holiday parties. handicraft, poster and scrapbook making, gardening, etc. One of the year's projects is usually related to world friendship and missions and the girls try to perform one service for their local church; many a. dilapidated hymn book or choir gown is mended, or chairs painted for the Primary De- partment. "One group," say The Canadian Girl, official organ of the movement, “in the ‘Anne of Green Gables’ district on ‘The Island,’ with the help oi the minister's wife, cut out and sewed their own middies a 3138i‘ ago." The far-reaching possibilities of a movement such as The Canadian Girls In Training are now gener- ally realized. The present occasion is fitting on which to congratulate all associated with the work, and to wish them still greater success in the future.

A SLY DIG

The story of Rev. Mr. Sinclair's efforts to revive the Gaelic tongue at Valleyfield seems to have oc- casioned general interest. The Tor- onto Globe facetiously remarks:

"In Prince Edward Island Gaelic is being taken up as a consistent study. This is significant. If the Socts undertake to make this a tri- lingual country, what can be done about it? Very little that will be effective. And when the Gaelic is broadcast by rlvdio the unilingual- lsts are going to suffer more than they do now with two omclal lang- uages shatmrlng the atmosphere.

But the Globe is edited by a sturdy Boot. and when it profes- ses to deplore the danger of a Gaelic invasion it is obviously speaking with its tongue in its cheek. Isn't it an old Scottish cus- tom to decry what one secretly takes pride in? At any rate, with or without the approval of the Tor- onto Globe, the Gaelic movement at Valieyfleld appears to be mak- ing satisfactory progress.

EDITORIAL NOTES

commendation for final untold; 52-‘- tlement. Icr can it be said that the Opposition of i006 was in any way responsible. The fault lay with the King Government; and it is to dis- tract atlnnllon from this all-too- pllpable hot flan our local contem- porary is a present so much con- nomad.

TIE C. G. I. T.

Twenty years is but a abort time ‘in ti‘ life of a movement or insti- loachos that it

, 10m the White lhfltllllaOomlnb

potato prices are now the rule.

Do not be surprised if the Fod- eral ocvernrneni. goes to the country in June.

The mass mind knows more about f-huptmann than it does about re‘- oovery or inform.

Our big income tax payments for 10M have sent a host of org-an- intiona and individuals to leek to share our noaperlty.

The Liberal organ is dreadfully afraid Premier Macmillan and Ir. Machine will succeed in their de- mand for uicreaabd subsidy.

it will problbly be a month u-

aion submits its report lo the Gov- ernment, which will conside it, have it printed and present it to

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No longer in a left-handed boy or Blrl compelled to use the right hand 1n most Canadian schools. and it has beta found that the left-hand- era are not behind their contain; poi-axles who use the more normal fund. m the Caledonia Public School, it has been found that the eighteen left-handed pupils all are among the leaders in their clams. Fortunately, nowadays, no effort is made to force children to use the hand found least natural and the results are all to the gout-Niagara Falls Review. '

The Indiana Supreme Court up- holds the freedom of the American press. Don M. Nixon, editor of the Wabash Plain-Dealer. was cited for contempt and sentenced to iodays in jail and a fine oi $100 by Cir- cuit Judge Frank O. Switzer when he criticized the judge for appoint- ing a certain man a bank receiver. The Supreme Court reverses Judge Swltzer on tlie ground that the court matter had been fully adjudi- cated and that n. publisher could not he summary punished unless oh- structlng justloe-“Courts and judg- gas," says the decision. "are not and should not be above criticism." —8teele in Monitor.

The more closely I study the fal- clnating pages oi his diary, ilie more firmly I persuade myself that tire late Lord Riddell may some day rank with Pepys. This epggh of Ebiglish history is at least as im- portant as the Restoration period, and people in 2235 will turn to 10rd Rlddell for intimate revela- tion about people and events in our time just as we turn to Pepys for gossip about his. One piquant entry in Lord Riddcll’: diary delights me greatly. During the Cabinet crisis Just before the war, when Winston's naval estimates were mistakenly re- garded as excessive, feeling ran high. Mr. McKenna told Inrd Rid- dell how one night, when they were alone in the ladies’ gallery at the House of Commons, “a great lady" put out her tongue at Mrs. Mc- Kenna. He did not say how his wife responded to thatgnaughty gesture. and Lord Rlddeli does not tell us who the great lady was, but ob- viously she ought to have been smacked.-Ex.

Lithuania is afraid that German Nazis, heartened by trn result of the Saar plebiscite, may cross the border and attempt to capture the city of Memel, once part of the old Germany. A similar fear and dis- turbances in Belgian cantons, form- eriy German caused the govern- ment at Brussels to send troops to the troubled areas. ‘There is no dis- position on the part oi the rest of the world to eavil or dispute the result of the Scar valley plebiscite; but it would be something differ- ent if any attempt were made to seine either Lithuanian or Belgian territory-Niagara Flalls Review.

In its annual summary nurpber, which has just appeared, the Pub- lishers Weekly declares that "An- thony Adverse," with a 1934 sale of 176,100 copies, was the best seller of that year. “While Home Burns," heads this publication's non-fiction list with irsale oi 83.545 copies. It wps found that the title output had increased slightly, with 8,193 dif- ferent books produced in 1934 as against 8,092 in 1933. But twenty- five fewer new books were publish- ed last year than in 1033, and a severe drop of 32 per cent. was not- ed in the classification of law. There were 2B percent. fewer books on music. i6 per cent. fewer books on fine arts and the classifications. games and sports. biography and technical books, also showed de- creases-New York Times.

Writing in the latest isllle ol Es- qulm about how queer a people the English are a contributor says that the singing of the nightingale takes precedence over all else. The bird is shy and seldom heard. but a Miss Harrison, livirg in surrey iplays the ‘cello in her garden and attracts the nightingale. The_B.B.C. installed a microphone in the gar- den and whenever Miss Harrison attracts a nightingale and it sings the microphone gets it and no matter who ls on the air. even Ml‘- Lloyd George, ls cut off while the .__.__._.__________ ____ __

has come out flatfooted against

Bennett's policies.

‘in view of the introduction of "begging" here it is interesting and heartening to read what Mr. Henry Wise Wood, Progressive, chairman of the Alberta Wheat Pool Board has to say about the of the Iiznnett governments policy in the Prairie Provinces. "It is fortunate than. in the hour of the great crisis through which the wheel: induct?!’ of the world is passing, the Canad- ian Government was awake to the gravity of the situation and had the courage and resourcefulness to adopt measures calculated to pre- vent a complete industrial collapse. ‘Then is evidence that throughout the length and breadth of Canada. and I fear even aiming-dormers who have been great beneficiaries. there is not aumefem appreciation of what the Canadian qovernnient has accomplished durlnl the put three years by the Itabillntlon opera- timsoarriodonundortheabledk- oetlcn of Mr. John I. thins-land. general monitor of the central mllllll “W!!! of the fillldllfl Wheltreokltiafniethepleeof wheat has been low. but no one knows how much lower the prion would have gone had the Canadian Government not put ill resources rehind these atomization opera- tions. Oompetuit authorities have estimated the inereucd amount re- ceived by our runners and out into circulation in Canada through the policy pursued in the pact three man. to be between one and two

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WATER. AND SALT OFTEN CAUSE EXCESS WEIGHT

When an overweight individual has always been fat-was a fat baby. or put on the excess fat in his or her i.eeris,—-it is not always because oi eating so much food that the fat continues to accumulate. In a number of these cases the excess weight is due to lack of thyroid Juice; the thyroid gland doesn't sup. ply enough juice to use or burn up the fat.

In these eases the use oi thyroid extract under a physician's super- vision will gradually bring the weight down to the point consid- ered best by the physician.

However whether the excess iveiglit is due to lack of thyroid juice, lack of pituitary juice ijuice of gland at base of \tl‘_ie skull) or to simply eating more food than is nec- essary, cutting down on the amount of food eaten is necessary in every case of overweight. 1n other words even when gland extracts are used, the food intake must be reduced.

Now all oveiweights know that the ideal way to reduce is to con- tinue to use the usual amount of meat and eggs but to cut down by one-half or one-quarter on fats- iiutter, cream, fat meats-and also on starches-potatoes, bread, sugar, pastry.

However, what overwelghts do not seem to know is that to get the best results they must. also cut down on all liquids and also out down on sort. .'I‘liat liquids must be reduced to lose weight is known to all box- ers, jockeys, and others to whom at- taining a certain weight at a de- finite time is a matter of their live- lihood.

Fat tinue holds more water-will allow more water to enter into its composltion-than will other tissues. Further, salt holds seventy times its weight oi water in the tissues. You can thus see that liquids must be reduced, and salt in the cooking and on the food after it is ready to eat. must also be reduced or the body will be somewhat "water- logged." This water of course adds to the weight.

Now for those of normal weight with no kidney or heart ailments, water and salt should not be re- duced in any way as they are both necessary to the health of the body.

But as salt holds ‘i0 times its weight of water, and each pound of fat holds three aud a half pounds of water. water and salt slrv‘ c, out down by those who are over- weight.

bird sings. It is orders. The bird, singing in response to the ’cello,i little knows that it is singing to all England and the world at. large. This would be important if true. Still the English would do it if they saw fit. Their scheme of living is that what they choose to do is fit- tlng.—'1‘oronfo Star.

Many people believe ‘that a room 1s cooled by an electric fan run- ning in it and often leave fans running in rooms not. in use so that the rooms will be kept cool until used. A fan rrerely sets in circula- tion the air that is in a room and has nothing whatever to do with the temperature of a room. as can be told by any thermometer. If a fan changed the temperature at all. it would raise it. lcncause of the heat given off ‘by the electric iriotar. The cooling effect of the fan on a per- son is due to the increased ova-por- ation of perspiration and not to tempcratum changes in the air.

Some interesting remarks were recently made by Viscount Lee. to kmp English slang pure and unde- filed from Americanisms. He said: Hardly any British schoolboy does not know the difference between “okay” and “oh yeah," or does not understand “stepping on the gas." being ‘bumped off," or ‘taken for a ride." We have been end-savoring to vulgarize and doll up the Eng- lish dialect in our British films to make them more popular in the American market. 1 profoundly dis- belfnve in that theory. If oncc you take away the national tang and individuality from a picture, you have made a profound mistake. You are not going to salt the savour of the English tongue by giving

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A Reply To Mr. John Denny‘

Bin-Addressing students of Inu- don University the other day, B11‘ John Simon, Foreign Secretary. de- clared “thls thrust and rush of life iiow experienced is something that has never been known before." Matthew Arnold speaks of the days. which he regarded as already past. When life ran gaiiy as the sparkling

Thames; this strange disease of modern life With its sick hurry. its divided aims, It's o‘ertax'cl treads, its palsied hearts, was rife.

We are living in a time of high pressure. much worry. and grave uncertainty; a time when elderly statesmen. businem men, experien- ced leaders in thought and action, as well as young men and young women are wondering what the im- mediate future holds for them. It is gratifying and reassuring at this particular junctum to find the young people of this province, rep- resentative of student life and bus- iness turning their thoughts to the eternal verlties, even if in ques- tioning frames of mind. It has stirred, the hearts and minds of pardits and clergy alike-not t0 speak of youth.

The Great War wiped out practi- cally a generation of prospective leaders in church and State. Those who were not killed outright were in innumerable instances rendered lneffectlw: by wounds, nervous, men- tal, or physical defects. Hence for the most part leadership has been retained in the hands of older men, waiting for the post-war gen- eration to relieve them. The future, to this extent, lies in the hands of the young people of today.

On behalf of some of these future leaders Mr. John Denny has asked certain definite pertinent questions relating to Christian life and wor- ship. The first of these concerns the House of God-the chureh-as-the place of the soul's nurture. Why, be asks, are Protestant churches as a rule closed on week days, except at the hour of an appointed service. It does seem odd to the uninitiat- ed. But the Protestant churches do not consider a church building otherwise than for congregational worship. Protestants do not believe God to be any more accessible in a church building than ln a. closet at home, or in an open field. If any one wishes to commune,indiv- iduaily with God he can do so, nay. is commanded to do so, by entering "into his closet, and when he has shut the door to pray to his Father which is in secret; and his Farther, which seetn in secret, shall reward him openly.“