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candelabra... F, ._ in 1929

The, session at Ottawa nnd several long debates and a variety of subjects

Dﬂrleut legislation was not large, A ‘4005000-000 ‘b11485?- Was introduced but aroused little discussion. Tex and tariff alterations were not important though relief was given through do. crease o! the sales tax and abolition of some stamp duties. There was lome talk of a general ;eiectlon but the rumors came to nothing and Mr. 2R. B. Bennett and Premier Mackenzie ‘Kins nude speaking tours of the west and Pacific coast in the summer and fall. The Government and the noun. try suffered a severe loss through the death of Hon.» James Robb, Minister of Finance on Armistice-Thanksgiving Day. Hts place was filled by ths 1p. Peintment to the pest he had fi-lied so ebb» or Hon. chlflEs Dunning, Mini-s-

r of Railways. Certain other Cabi- net changes were freely rumored to. wards’ the close of the year. The question of divorce occupied a large amount of the time of the islators. What amounted to a bloc ado took DISCS when divorce bills occuplcdthe

The fliﬂlilstcr was halted when Pre- mier King promised that legislation ‘lwould he brought down in 1950, pro- viding a more satisfactory way of ihandling divorce cases. A-propossl to ibold on Inter-Empire Economic con- ference to discuss thapromotion of Inter-Empire trade was brought up. It, is understood that all units of the Empire save Australia approved the lﬂlolding of such a conference at Ot- tawa next year. Efforts to secure federal aid for three fields of activity now provided exclusively by the pro- vinces were msde during the session- public health, technical education and public highways. The proposals were rejected but the matter will come up again in 1080.

The largest individual vote was the granting of S-"i0,000.00l) to enable the

Montreal. Loans of $20. .000 were also passed for harbor improvements ten millions for Vancouver and Mont- real. five millions for Halifax and two {rlllllions each for Quebec and Chlcou-

m .

There were long discussions Jngard- Ing the Civil Service and charges were made that subterfugcg urere being re- sorted to destroy the rules governing ‘The department regarding promotion. ' Repeated attacks were made on the Postmaster General throughout the session for alleged favoritism towards political friends. An effort to pass retaliatory legislntion to offset the cx- poctcd discrimination of the new Am- eblcan tariff was frustrated by Pre- mier King who said that the Govern- ment would wait and sce what action it would take until ihc tariff legisla- tion was passed in the United States. After sitting until into in November the Unitcd States Congress adjourned without taking any action on the tariff, due to differences developing between the Senate nd the Lower House). A Conservat vc motion cen- suring the Immigration Department Mos defeated. A nclv scheme of tax-

sharee brought about much lobbying and raised long discussion, the ques- tion rnlaed being whcthcr power pass such lcgislntlon rested with the provincial or the federal authorities. Important charters for ihilway exten- sions in Saskatchewan nnd Alberta were granted thcrcby opening up new nrcus for mont in the North. Thc Government agreed to pay in full all reparation claims by Canadian civilians for dom- agcs suffered during the war which had been approved by the Royal Com- mission. The amount involved was ,»‘.'4-0,868 and _tho number of claims was 1.321. Tifhc Bmrd of'Grain Com- missioners cnmeundcr fire. All the Commissioners resigned and new ones ‘were appointed. Four deputy coni- missioncrs were also added. Parlia- ment ciosed a question that had nuns fire for several years when it voted

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postal workers who stnick in Winni- peg in 1910. Tho slfiklllff of the rum runner I'm Alono in waters that the skipper of the vcssei claimed were outside the jurisdiction of the United Slates raised a tickiish problem. Pre- mier King promised to name assessors to sit with similar appointees of ihc United States to settle the matter and tho storm subsided. The Commission ihns been appointed but has not yct 11nd lul first hearing. A treaty niiwt- ‘lug the aft-we salmon fisheries of

rltlsh Columbia was» discussed, but final action was postponed until next scallion. A resolution regordingtitlo or honor and distinction which have been in abcymice in Canada since soon after the wol- was brought up. but the maitcr was dropped when an adverse vote along non-party lines prevented its being brought up in committee. 'A convention covering the preservation and beautification of Niagara Fails was approved by both Houses. Petitions signed by over 100,000 prayed that the Government would take action to prevent the tr- portlition of liquor to thc United States, The Cabinet was generally admitted to be dividedon this point. but in the ond no action was taken. the Government iniimoting thnt ihe United States authorities had not shown any particular zeal in enforcing its own regulations. The return of the natural resources to hlanitobn was advanced a step when n Commit‘- ston brought down if reiwfl Whiﬂl I! to be implemented with legislation this year ' '

..__.._-4-a->———-—- OTHER EVENTS IN 1929

1n Spain an unsuccessful military revolt was quelicd on January 29 and five days later three generals were arrostcd. Representative government Qction was taken against Spanish students on March 1E. Prince Olaf of Norway was married to a niece of the King of Sweden en March 21. On April l8 lrfladical Socialist Cabinet was named.

bomb outrage occurred in the Jndion Legislature on April 3. A Greek Sen- oto was coilcd by Premier Venizelos to meet for the first time for 07 years. The Austrian parliament ia- aued en ultimatum to the Govern- Jneot calling upon it to resign on September 18. Ono week later the Government resigned and Herr Johan Sehobcr was called upon t form a inlstry. On September z nearly 3 .000 Fascists made a peaceful de- monstration in the streets of Vienna. A general election was held on Oet. '12 in Australia when labor swept the country and l':emier Bruce him- -self was defeated in his seats Mr. Sculiin was called upon to form a 0e r 2Q

were discussed, but the volume of im-

entire time of private bills legislation.-

Cnnadian National Railways to em- M bark upon a huge terminal project for,

ltion on low priced mining and other July

exploitation and dovclop- _

8100.000 to pay tho time lost by the 0°

F realm. 1m

Jan. 0-H“. George H. Murray, Pre- mier of Nova Scotia for I‘! years.

Jan. 8—Ben,la.min Duke, American tobacco magnate, philanthropist.

Jan. 8—Grand Duke Nicholas, Rus- sian Commander.

Jan 8—-Tex Richard. sports promoter.

Jen. 10—Hon. William B. Boss, Con- servative leederln Senate.

Jan. 11—A. Skoda, inventor of Aus- trian Howitzer. ‘ -

Jan. 18—Major Graham Bell, deputy Minister of Railways.

Jan. IJZHon. Theo. A. Burrows, former LL-Gov. of Manitoba.

Jan. IS-‘Oscar Underwood, U. S. Po-

‘ iitlcsi leader.

Jan. $'i—"Fiora Shaw," British wo- man novelist.

Jan. 20-81: Charles Peers Davidson, ex-Chief Justice of Quebec.

Jan. 20-1-1012. John H. Bell, ex-pre- mler of PJIJ.

Feb. O-Tha Queen llother of Spain.

Feb. 11- do Bathe (Lily Long- try) Shlgi aetrus.

Feb. lh-Sir Bertram Wlndle, Scien- tist and author.

Feb. _1f—-Admiral Sir Francis Bridge- ms-n. First Sea Lord. ,

James Patterson, fonner L -Gov. Manitoba.

Feb. lﬂ-Blr Vincent Meredith, bank-

er.

Mar. 1—Sir James Atkins, first presi- dent Oenadian Bar Association. Mar. ii—Manlius Bell, Winnipeg pi-

oneer. ' Mar. 6—David Buick, auto manufac-

turer. Mar. 8—Rev. Studdert Kennedy, "Woodﬁine Willie." 18—Lord Phlillmore, British

udge. Mar. zit-Field Marshal Foch. Mar. 23-—Ganer i Sarrail, leader in Gr t War.

Mar. 28—-Sir Lomer Gouln, former Premier of Quebec and LL-Gov. Mar. 29~Sir Hugh John MacDonald

of Winnipeg.

ar. 81—Bra.nder Matthews,‘ Ameri-

can essayist,

April 14—Flora Annie Steel, British authoress.

April 10—J. Havelock Wilson, men's leader. in Britain.

April 1‘!—-Sir Clifford Sifton, former Canadian Minister.

April l8--Dr. G. S. Creeiman, former head Agricultural College, Guelph. April 10—-Lord Revclstoke, British

financier. . , April 10—Sir Hildebrand Harlnsworth, British newspaper owner. April zit-Prince Henry of Prussia. April 20-—Charlcs Archibald, ex-Pres. of Bank of Nova. Scotia. May 6—Sir William Otter, Canadian

general.

May 17-—Lilli Lehmann, singer and composer.

May 2l.——-Earl of Rosehery, former Prime Minister of Britain.

June 5—Admira.i Sir Cecil Barney, British Navy.

June 8—Bliss Carmen, Canadian poet.

June 1l,—Count Andrasey, Hungarian statesman. _

June 1d—-Bramwoil Salvation Army.

June 23-15mm Thorneycroft Fowler, British nutborcss.

l'i‘--Cornmander Booth Tucker, Salvation Army.

Aug. 3-En.ile Berliner, inventor of

gramophonc.

Au . 5—l\liliicent Fawcett, lender in Britain.

Aug. ‘l-Victor Berger, American So- clailst.

Aug. IS-Sir Edward Kemp. Canadian Minister.

Aug. 14-—Lord Horne, British general.

Aug. l5—Sir Edwin Play Lankcstsr, British scientist.

Aug. 2li-Limon van Sanders, German

French

Sca-

Booth, ' head of

feminist

f0 HTIOI’

general. , Sept. lib-Hon. It. 0'. Brett, former Ln-Gov. of Alberta. ~ ‘

Sept. z0—-Sir Hedworth Mcux, admiral. Sept. 28-—Sir George Fsnwick. Zeaiand statesman. . . 2—-l-lcrr etrescmann. German Foreign Minister. - t- 5—W- J- (Finn) Connors, Buf- falo politician. Oct. 6—-Earl of Harewood, father-in- iaw of Princess Mary. Oct. 8-Haroid Begblc, British au-

thor.

Oct. 22—Sir Valentine Chirol, British journalist.

Oct. zlk-Archbshop Malhisu, Catho- lio divine.

Oct. 28—Prlnce Bueiow, War Chan- cellor of Gemlany. Dr. Joee Almeidn, former president

of Portugal, Oct. 31.

Nov. tl-l-"ﬂnce Maximilian of Baden, last German Chancelio .

Nov. 11—l-lon. James Robb, Minister of Finance for Canada.

Nov. 18-41‘. P. O'Connor, '!Fethcr" of Briﬂsh House of Commons.

Nov. zl-Georges Clemenceau, states- man of France. -

Nov. 2f-—Rs.ymond Hitchcock, U. S. actor. I

Dec. b-J. Murray Clark, lawyer.

TH! STOGK MARKET

The most disastrous year in tilc history of speculation is closing soon. There was a. preliminary brook in prices on March 22, and four days later tho New York stock exchange brokc all previous records by trading in 8.246.740 shares. The rcai crush which developed into n panic begun on October 24 and for some days over 13,000,000 shares were traded in while it is estimated that between 28,000,000 and 30,000,000 shares were on the markets of the world on Oct. 20,- Warnings had been issued by the hunks and the Federal Reserve had done something to stabilize conditions by raising the interest rate. When the crash came there was some bank support and President Hoover, Mor- gen and Company and Charles hilt- cbell of the First National Bank issued encouraging stalemen whllc Mr. Rockefeller n ’ t at he was buying heavily in the market on October 20. Following the col- lapse of October 2| and 28-29 came the unprecedented reduction in brok- ers loans. The stook Exchange clos- ed its doors for several days lo stab- ilize the market and gradually ihc panic ceased. What offoct the loss of so many paper profits will have on the general mrosplrity of this coun- try and of the United Slates is n matter of specuiaiergbut early in De- cembe President Hoover celled upon the leaders of industry throughout the country to consider what stops could be taken to avert a panic in future and to offset the expected loss in buying power. '

British

New

Toronto

grant Dominion status to India. The proclamation aroused much political discussion in Britain. , IUngFuad on November 4 ucce ed tile lesirnotien of Mahmoud Pas a and eaiic-l upon . IIIQJDI‘!!! r/Prcmiu Adly Pasha lo form a _ inlrtna. 4A

1,. i I on n a a llllefll jr in thJdoIfIIIllII géeclllecof India denying ' the rumors that the Government ha changed lt|_ policy and _wollld not l" nan onsasr Month. "$7- Jenuary .. .. .. {ggzzprgifiig 1.500.275. ‘l 630N1- ‘fl0,01g:010

“P "IE"???

itos was‘ me.- ' ‘ recs.

steamer;

CANADA.

ln spite of a greatly reduced wheat crop in the West, and the ‘ ' r fall of stocks in the last weak in October. Canada faces the coming year with optimism and confide s.

Two provincial elections ere held during the year in Saskatchewan and Ontario, and a ‘plebiscite of the people on the Llquor qestion was taken in Nova Scuziu. 1n Saskatchewan the voting tool: place on June ‘I, and re- sulteu in the defeat of Premier Gar- diner and lhe Libcrai Pony. The Liberals had held office since the creation of the province and Mr. Gar- diner had succetded Charles Dunning as premier on February 26, 1020, when the latter went to Ottawa. to join the King Cabinet. As s. result of the polling of n, full house of (l3 there were elected Z4 Ooirservatlvcs, 6 in- dependents, 0 Progromlvce. Slving a majority for Dr. Anderson of 35 to 27. Mr. Gardiner refused to resign, and held to office until Septtmbcr 6, when he was defeated on a vote of confid- ence in the, House.

lu Oniurio the election was held on October 30, and resulted as follows: Conservatives, 01; Liberals, J2; Pro- gressives, *1; independent Progres- sives, 2; Independent Conservatives. 1; United warmers-of Ontario, ‘l. and Labor, 1. Premier Ferguson malls no changes in his Cohinct and continued in power.

The Prohibition plebiscite held is:

trial of the control of tho sole or liquor by ihe Government and 01,000 against a malorlty of 24,000.

Regret was generally expressed by the announcement that Hon. William Phillips who had been United States Minister to Canada since Feb. *1, 1027,- wouid resign. The a nccnien was made on November 13.

The Ambassador Bridge, the long- est suspension bridge in the world connecting Canada with the United States was opened for traffic on Arm- istice Duy.

In Quebec Cainillicii Honda, Mayor 0f Montreal. was elected lcudcr of the Opposition in place of’ Mr. Sauve.

The, "I'm Alone," carrying contra- band liquor which it was attempting to smuggle into the Unitcd Stntcs mised an issue which was hcnrd in Parliament. On lllurcil ,2! tho rum runner was fired on, Capt. Randall, tlio skipper, was taken into custody nnd later rclcascd. Ho swore that ho had first been nttucksll between ‘i4 and 15 miles from shore, and that the chase had becnﬂakcn up by another boat, nnd that this vessel had fired hctwecn 6O and 70 shots at him about 200' miles ouLfo sea. Premier Kins; promised ‘to appoint on assessor to sit with the representative of the Unitcd States to deliberate on the matter, and ilc nrnlcli the Canadian rcprcscnt-

ntivo. Tho court has not yet held a hcnrlng. Ssskutchcrvan. Albert-i and Mani-

toba. mndo lhrril‘ annual pilgrimage to Ottawa on Dcccmhcr S to plocc the question of the return of their Nri- tural Resources, and the subsidy to be paid to ihcm. Progrrss; in ultimate sciticl..cnt was rcporled nnd lcqisin- tion regarding Manitoba will hc brought down at tho coming session.

GREAT BRITAIN. _

The rclll- 102i) has been u. momen- tous nno for (irctlt Britain. A gon- cral eieciion was hold on May {i0 nnd ihe Labor candidates were returned

hold previously. ihc. standing 1s '

micr Stanley Baldwin lmlncdiatcl

tho Gcrnlnn and tho visit of Premier MacDonald t

ihe Unemployment problem whlc yet wreck the administration. Unemployment insurance benefits an

to fifteen.

try by n frce use of

‘icmcs are also mooted.

illness on Jan. 20th. A few days late

proved there but on May (l0

inkcn iil again.

at hand wilt-u Parliament opened. H

and was sufficiently" recovered to in duigo in partridge shooting.

covery will be made.

Baldwin nrsomblcd on January

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Neva Scotia gave 85,000 votcs for a-

ilie United Sintcs.

_THE ‘HERALD OF PEACE

v with President Hoover.

Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald with ills son lliuicolm and his daughter lshhcl. For the first time in history a British Primo Minister paid a visit to lie came to further World Pence by direct conversation

The Government which bod taken over certain ships after the war sold the Leviathan and 1O other vessels for over $16,000,000 and retired from the

“ ' business on February 7. Both Houses met In joint session to receive theregistered letters from the 48 states saying that President Hoover had been elected Chief Magistrate. The House passed a vote of 824.000,- 000 for stricter enforcement of the Voisicad Act but refused to raise the penalties for non-observance February 10. On March 4 ‘resident Hoover was inaugurated in a downpour of rain. On March 7 he called a session of Congress to pass legislation for farm relief and for the consideration of a limited tariff reform. Elihu Root introduced a. measure for the adhesion of the United States to the World Court, which was favorably rc- ccived. On March 5 Col. Stewart was ousted from the Standard Oil Company of Indiana by J. D. Rockefeller Snr., on an issue of business ethics. Com- mandcr Byrd on o, voyage to the South Pole announces the discovery of new land which he named after his wife. Though personally opposing the law President Hoover signed a. measure making national origins the basis of immigration quotas. The measure had been twice rejected by former n ' Coolidge. 0n April 9 Charles Dawes became Ambassador to Britain. Serious floods took place in Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. On March 21 an explosion took place at Pittsburgh which killed 40 men and "Iiured 274. On_ March 7 the 71st Congress met in special session and the Tariff Bill was introduced on May 7. inter Harry F. Sinclair, an oil

for contempt. On May ‘.57 the House adopts the Hawley tariff bill on a strictly party vote. _ After refusing-to eliminate the debenture clause from the Farm Relief Bill in spite of thc protests of the President, the Senate on June 14 reconsidered its decision and. passed the blii without this clause. An explosion in the X-Ray room of o. Cleveland hospital cost the llvcs of 124 per-sons on his)’ I5 and the injury of more than 150. On May 27 wheat fell below a dollar on thormarltet for ihc first time slnco 191d. On Juno 3 the grain market v-as stimulated by the announcement that the Government would purchase $200,000,000 in the immediate future.

FIELD CROPS IN

Wheat bushels total .. . Oats, bushels .

‘Hey and clover, cwt. l-Ioy and clover, valuc

CANADA -

A COMPARISON —_ 1928-1929

, 1028 WhestAcres .... .. .. .. ........, 23,158,505 Wheat bushels per ncre_..... . 23.5

544.50S,000 297,076,000

Barley, bushels . , l12,(‘>84,0tii) ftymbushcls ..... ................... ... 13,158,000 Poiniocs, cwt. ........ ........... ...... MIJILEOOO Potatoes, value .. .. ..... $40,874,000 Fodder corn, clvt. ... ... 3,010,400 Sugar beets, value .... $3,140,000

10,515,000 $171,285.00)

Last year Saskatchewan produced 56.7 pcr centuf thc total wheat crop of Canada. This year this province produced 52.6 pcr_ cent.

1020

24,297,110

11.6

211,601,000 131514.000 73,428,000 11,688,000 44,003,000

g $01,451,000 2,359,000 2.000 15,551,000 $182,301,010

On September G Hoover announced that he would take action against a. man named Shearer who was sold to have been engaged by armament firms lo spread w propaganda at tho Gon- cva Laval Conference. A Senate Com- mltteo was appointed on Bcpicmbcr i0. The Unitcd States vessel Son Juan collided with on oil tanker and u: lives were lost. Premier MacDon- ald arrived in New York on October 4 and conferred with President Hoover on October b at his summer homo and a Joint statement was issued on the IMIQWIIIS dBY- On October O the Son- .ate refused to concur in a resolution rrvaniing autonomy to the, Phiilipllles. On October l]. n treaty between the llnlled States and Turkey was signed. ilicrc ‘was serious rioting nnd many gun‘ lxltties in many pcnitcntiarlcs ilurlng October and November. On Armistice Doy President Hoover madc fl Nilﬂivll pleading that vessels carry- ing foodstuffs in time of war should b9 f-‘Xﬁmllt from attack whatever na- tional flng they wcrc flying, 0n Nov. ""5" 5 Tﬂﬂlmally Hail candidates

in 137'mnrc divisions than they had Before tho election

‘iltl Conservatives, it'll) labor. ~iil Liberals fllltl scvcn In- dependents. Aflor May Ill.‘ iile aloud- lng of the parlics was 28S labor, ‘.180 Conservatives and 1'29 Liberals. Prc-

iizindcd in ills resignation and Premier hincdonnld formed his second Labour liilnistry on ‘Juno 5, The settlement of Reparations question

ltrncricll. in lilo cause of world pence have enhanced tho reputation of the Government bllt there are signs that

grows rather umrsc than better may Thc Government announced increase in thc

the granting of more pensions to wi- dows and ihc raising of the school age Plans lo stimulate indus- (lovdrnmcnt monies to provide capital for various The illness of the King continued lo cause Rl-nvc anxiety. The first reassuring bulletin was issued on ihc 02nd day of his

it was announced flint the King would go to tho-South (foust and on Fcb, ilih he journcyrli to Bognor. He im- wns lla rccnvcrcd nnd after n slow convalcsccnce ho went to Buckingham Palace so ns to be‘ near

nttorlllcll n Thanksgiving Service at Wcstminstcr Abbey on Jilly 7 but on July 15$ ho was again operated on. Since then his progress to complete recovery lxos been slow but sure. In tho into Fail ho wcnt to Sandrlnghrtm

He has again taken up ills official duties and it is cxpcc-tod ihnt. his complete re-

Tho lust parliament under Slang? On Jan. (ll ihc Prince of Wales Dal-d a ihrcc-dny visit to a distressed min-

Winston Ohurchll. Chancellor ot the Exchequer In Ihl QIIIWIII Admllllb plrstlon wile paid a visit to Calorie this

ing- dreta in the North Easfof Eng- land; On Jan. 10 (Jcncral llrumlvcli Booth was removed froln control of ihc Salvation Army by order of tho High Council and on Fob.‘ 13 General l-iig- gins was appointed in ills placc. On March 11 Major Segruvc broke nil cxfsting records for speed on land by dr vlng the Golden Arrow nt n rate of 231.31 miles pcr hour along Daylona Beach, On March 3O the Budget was introduced showing n. silrplus of $75,000,000. The feature of the bud- get was the abolition of ihc tcn duties which .-avcd the consumer eight pence in every pound but lost to llle rcvcnuc about $150,000,0i.itl pcr nnnum. After six weeks conference in London eigh- teen marltime nations signed a con- vention to attempt to secure greater safety at scu. Tho General Assembly of the Church of Scotland agreed to unite on Moy.2‘.5 nnd the first (ion- cral assembly of the united church was‘ held on October 2. Tho new lint‘- lialncnt begun ltl (lutlcs on July 2 nnd on Jilly 2-! Britain announced n reduction in its cruiser building pro- gram and an i mcdlnto rcllul-iion of ihe work then n hand. 0i] Jilly ‘.28. 700.000 Tisncaslilro cotton opcvativr-s struck and they rr-muined out uulll August 10. A great mcciing of llny Scouts from nli pnris of tile world began rli: Blrkcnilcad Pork on July Tl. Sir Robcrt l3nlicii-Po\vcll'u-ng cf-oulcd il. poor in connection with ihc “ am- horcc." Lord Lloyd announced his rc- signdtlon from ihc post of High Com- missioner uf Elfyfltowlng to (iiffor- cncc of oplnioli with regard lo British policy in Egypt with Premier lllnc- Donald nnd Arthur Henderson. the Foreign Secretary. On August 1 Bri- lain began negotiations with Russia looking towards rcnclvai of diploma- tic relations but ihcso lvera broken off. Pressure through the Labor conference at Brighton in September induced the Government to reconsider its decision and negotiations were re- sumed and anhgrccmcnt cffccttd on Sept. 10 ivlilch -nwaits sanction by PnrllllmenL- On September ‘.20 Pre- micr MacDonald sailed for Now York (Sco Unitcd States). On October 7 llritoinwsent invitations to lilo Five Powers for o. Conference on naval dlsar t in January in London. Scandals ln which s. specuinior nllmcli Hairy was the principal figure which involved the loss of .$'J0.0ilil,tlil0 caused a sensation in tho tfiiy in October. 0n Nov. 1S the Prince of “Inks announced that ht! trip to Af- rica which had been curtailed owing

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on January 15.

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HOLIDAY

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(‘oI, Amery, former Secretary" of Sinlc

for the Dnniinions, \\'|l0 lock n well deserved iloiirlny in tho llul-ilies.

in ihc iilncss of the king would br rencwcd in Jnnun y.

ping brukc over England/on Dcc.

run UNITED STATES.

Pcnco pact known in lilo ifulicli Suites as the Kellogg pact was approved Senate with only ono lllsscnticnt vntc It was signed hy tho president two days later aiui finally proclaimed by President Hoover On Jon. 2'3. Capt. Fried. who had linen the hero of a gallant "'l ill 1020, performed en-

lncrcy nnd heroism by

2:11. - of the passengers and

rlrlopir-l-llil- l-rulncl- IJIII for lilo holid- Illl! of l-"i light cruisers lit-fore July. 'l‘llo House roncurlrll nnd (‘oo- lillgo signed tho bill on February 131.

Violcnt storms llllmilgo lo, slllP-

hy the

Oll

won in the N?! York City election. i Ondtiovembcr ...] (ongrdss adjonrngd

liming come to no drcislon with rc- I glirli to lnrlff changes. On December

3i President Hoover railed his first conference of tlio leadinglndustriui. lsis and financiers of the country lo dcvisc some plan in prcvcnt financial panics and to kccp output at a genrrnl lovci so as to ensure a coniiiluous prosperity.

FRANCE.

France had two questions tn scllio during 1020 and shc tackled both \\'illi energy. Tho year closcs with ihc 1030 conference on nnvoi disarmament only .1 few wccks distant and with France determined to uphold iicr claims for a superiority of defence ships nvcr Italy. On March 1 by a majority of 5B2 to 12 Franﬂllliiiilrovcd tho Kellogg pact and 0n Jilly 21 after one of ihe longest aind most bitterly fought debates in the ltrcnch Chamber the debt sctilcmcnl with America was approved by 300 voice to 202. Onc wcek nflcr thc vote hnd been token Premier Pnincnre who had been fighting against ihc inroluili lif "ISOIISG resigned officc llilfl Brlnnrl again took the helm. His Ministry lnsicri ilntli October 22 when on un- cxpccicd rllivorsc volc in tllc Chamber t-liuscd him to hnnli in his resignation. iii. lhiiaciier and-lnicr Iii. Clcmrnici mndo unsuccessful attempts to for-n Ministries nnd finally ill. Andre Tar- dlcu was successful with Brlnnd rc- inlniug his post ns Foreign Minister and many of the old Ministers romain- ing in tile Cabinet. Tardicu had sonic anxious days but rel-rived s. rote of confidence on Novcmbcr 2G \\'IlI('Il was rcpcntcil on Dcccmher 2. Franc:- suf- fered severely through the dculh of four of her most famous sons during the year-Marshal Foch, Gcncrni Sar-' mil, Former Premier (flcmcnccnu "The Tiger of Franco" and Curdinlll Dubois of Paris.

GERMANY

Both at home and abroad tile main interest of Germany during 1020 was tho renewal of the Reparations negotiations (Reparations) and thc signing the Young plan replacing lhclklwcs plan, The evacuation of the second zone of the Rhineiand was effected on November 30, nnd ihnt of the ihird is due on June 30, 10210.

n u

,,,. . , ,._._._,.(,| a, “ma, rm, Germany ratified the Kellogg pool m I , -|_ i, mu", “TM of Hm nnd exchanged rotlflcalions on the can“ ‘n, H __ 0“|,-,,h_[;nw Sena". nrbilroiiotl treaty with the United

States. ' The scronli zonc of the llhinoinnd was evacuuicd ivy Novem- ilcr Ill) and ihe third zone is lo ho evacuated according to arrangement by Juno I10 next. Professor Einstein astonished the world by propounding

For the 12 months ending

* wen-in. am calm

IMMIGRATION IN I 1929

mic: also;

1n the total number of ncw arrivals and in ihc number of im- migrants from Britainglnll from lilo Unilcd Slates the figures for the yelir ending October ill. 1020 show nn increase. of arrivals from fol-cign countries sholvs n slight dccrcusc from the two preceding ypnrs. Tho figures for ihc last ‘three years arc as

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follows: p Other Total Unitcd Foreign New British. States. Countries. Arrivals. For the 12 months ending - October 31, 1020 .... 58,880 30,560 783$ 107,722 For the 12 months ending Octebeoji, 1028 55,000 20.457 80,370 104.803

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rndlo activity on January 24. ‘Twenty persons were lrllicd nnll more tilau ‘J00 wounded in violent

riots which occurred in Berlin on iliny 1 and ihe two following days in connection with Communist demonstrations, Thcy were thc worst riots slncc ihc revolution. On hloy i7 the (lraf Zeppelin began its second visit lo America but had to mnko a forced landing. The trip was subsequently mode successfully (Aviation) Tho Bremen crested n now record for liners crossing the »Aiinniic on July 23 doing the jour- ucy in 4 days, 17 hours and 42 min-

uicll. Dr. Slrcscmonn. Germany's famous Foreign Minister died on Ociobcr 3. A convention of news-

papermcn in which Canadians took part wns helll in Berlin in August and a party a! Canadian newspaper- men‘ vtsiied crmony in June and were officially received by the Clor- mau Government and vorious civic authorities. Dr. Julius Curiius is

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ollerntor. began a sentence of 00 days .

named the ncw Foreign Alinister.

tlhlnzi rcfuscd.

ITALY.

0n» March f4 Italy held her first election under the new system where- by only known Fascists are allowed to vote. When 8,650,000 approved of the policies of ‘the Grand Council of Frac- ism and 136,000 disapproved.

, The first parliament composing only Fascists was opened by King Em- manuel on April 20. .

The Lateran treaty with the Vati-'

porol power and sovereignty he had v IIy abandoned in 1810 was signed on May 27. The original draft has been approved by Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri on Feb. 11.

The Papal State come into being on June 7. Bctwccn these rlaics there was sharp criticism by the Pope of o spcccli delivered by Mussolini.

On Sept. 1:: m “ ‘ appointed ‘i new Cabinet Ministers to fill offices he himself bod previously hclri.

Announcement of the betrothal of the Crown Prince was coincident with an unsuccessful attempt on his life n! Brussels on Oct 24.

CHINA, RUSSIA AND JAPAN

The year 1029 has been a year of anxiety and of dangerous outbreaks with clashes and the ever present menace of actual war in the For East. The years opened well with the be- ginning of negotiations at Nunking hcirvcen China. nnd Japan on thc question of tariff discriminntlons nnd preferences and thc withdrawal of Japanese troops from Silantung province. When thla was satisfactor- ily disposed of discussion of the Tainan Fu incident of May 1028 was taken up and the troubles arising ollt of the clash botwccn Chinese and Japanese troops was mot by the im-

TALKING UNEMPLOYMENT

RI, Hon. J. ll. Thomas, Lord Privy Sea! and unofficial Minister of Unem- pioymcntwvlio was in Canada during the summer to devise pllms for Call- ndian co-operniion in measures look- ing to the employment of Britain's idle workers.

mediate wiihdralvrll of all Japanese troops from (Jinozl. on Iliurcll 24. Meanwhile tilorc was internal trouble. After scvcral months of quiet fighting again llroilo out ncnr Chcfoo in Shunlung tho icadcr of tho rcvolt hcing Chang Tsun Chang. The first fight occurred on February ‘.11 IIliI four days latcr it ilud sprczlli i9 tlic liunan prbvlncc. Ily April 6 lire Na- tionalist Government had the sillin- lion wcll in hand and Chlnng Kai Shck lilo Nationalist prvsidcnt cntcrcd tho headquarters of tho in- sllrgcnis nt llnnkmv. On illny lit tho Nationalist Llovrrnlm-ilt was strong rnuugh lo nrdct“ the nrrrst of iiic icndcr illlirsllnll l-‘cilg Yuhsiung ﬂIltI for .1 tllnc pcacc sciiicli on ihc Ens-t. it was not for lung for activities of Sovlrt sympzltlilzcrs on the (lhincso l" stcrn llailway icd to their <il:=- ciiorgo by tjiiilm nnd Russia pro- icstcd wiili incro sing rmpllnsis. hlllticrs Kl‘i'i\V,Ih(‘|‘t‘f1SII‘igIy serious CIfllI om July 14 ltllssln scnl a tllrcc day ultimatum to China demanding ihc rciurn to ihc status nun along ihe Cliinrse Eusicrn Ilnilrvay which Diplomatic l-clntions \\'CI‘O ihcrcfol-c lirukcn off on July 17 and on the following day troops were massed on tiic liordcr nnd on Jilly l0 Harbin u-ns piclccli undcr martial law. Negotiations were begun again on August 14 but no agrccmcnt was reached and ihcrc was sporadic clashes of troops. TIICSO grew in cx- tcnt nnd n serious clash took plrlrc un Novcmilcr 25 nnd thc fighting was rcncwcd on ihc iwo following (lays.

On Dcl-r-nlllor 1 llllssin sent a largo fcrcc of troops to lnlrc possession of ihc Chinese Ear-icrn italhvlijv nnll lic- gnu scpllrziic negotiations with i\i:m-. chllrin which ihc Nationalist (lov- cl-nmcnt rcscnicd. vhlnn. hm\"c\ '1'

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I Aviation Achievements a

I la I929 It

Aviation made tremendous strides in 1929 and many records wsro brok- en for spccd and endurance. While these naturally occupied the spotlight at the time of their occurrence those ﬂucaged in the manufacture of air- craft and those interested iii civil aviation generally have endeavored t9 divert the interest of the public from the spectacular and. to emphasize the commercial side of flying as wcil as A number of original models hnvc ll- l built during the year, some of IIiClll considerably larg- er than any previously constructed, the whole tendon , of ’ ‘goers be- ing lo increase the carrying capacity and hence the size of the machines.

Tlicrc have been the usuol crop of casualties In spite of the precautions‘ that are daily taken. The majority of the accidents have been due to “stunt" flying or to the daring of in- experienced pilots. So far as the reg- ular passenger services arb conccrncd there has been a remarkably fine rcc- crd made. One or the tragedies of the year was the serious accident that oc- , occurred at the New York airport when 14 persons were killed when the machine “'21s beginning to risc. Tile pilot was the only survivor of the the' accident was the most disastrous that hns happened at an American airport.

Women have token to flying and the number of certificated women pil- ots is innreasing every month. The Women's Air Derby over the course from Los Angelcs to Cleveland was won by Mrs. Louise McPbetridge Thndcn on August 26. A ncw solo flight record for women was hung up at Roosevelt Field on April M when a IT-ycnr-oid girl, Miss E. Smith, remained in the air for Z7 hours, 2‘! mlnuics. In Ilrllain the records of the Duchess of Bodford ond Lady Heath have established them as pilots of international fame.

The most spectacular event of the year in aviation was the race for the Schneider Cup, an international trophy for which only (lrcnt Britain and Italy sent rcprcscntatives this your. Tile course was over ihe Isio of \Vi:;lit off tho south coast of England and Flying Officer Henry R. D. Wnghorn of Great Britain, in n. seaplane fltlcd with a Rolls-Royce engine, won the trophy, setting a speed record for the world of 328 miles per hour u-hich was later broken by Flying Offic-rr Richard L. l". Aicherly with a SDCFII of 331 miles per hour on September T. Three days lntcr this newly cslnblish-i cd record was itself broken by Squad- ron Lczidcr Augustus H. Orlchlir of Great Britain who flew in n sr-l plane at a. role of 355 miics per hour.

A successful non-stop flight was made from London to Karachi. indie, in 50 hours on April 26. On April S0 a new night mail airlservicc extend- ing ln tho Unitcd States from cuusi: to coast was inaugurated with a. .'~lf'I'|(‘(IllI0 of 3i hours elapsed time. An. item in the newspapers of lliuy l re- vrnleri that reporters from an oili- iudc of 2.500 feet liad been nhic to telephone to their offices by llidlo toll-phone with the same case nnd cicarness ns if thcy had been on ‘ihcir "beats" on land.

On May 8 iilcut. Apollo Suucrk lnlncli a. height n! 80,140 fcct, til x establishing a new altitude record.

Scvcini attempts to break tile coll- tinuous flight record were lllllil“ in ihe summer. First of all ul i‘u.'i: \Vortii on May ‘.56 two oirmr-n re- nl.'linoli 1772-5 hours in tho M", l-cfllol. ling 1? times during iinlt period. This was iiollicn by an onfurunto flight of 247 hours lllrce weeks L-ltor zlnll on July 30 Jackson nnll Ullrjllo broke all existing records by remain- ln: 4'30 hours ill the air at St. Louis.

Tile Grnf Zeppelin which hzzri made :1 trip to the llnllcd States from Gcr- lnaily during 1018 mndc a. set-ond voy- alzc. ’.l‘iic big aircraft mct with dif- ficuily nt the start nnd aflcr grtting lo 'l‘ouiouso xvas forccll to turn home nflcr encountering violent siorms. This was on May 17. 1t remained in ihc hangar for a. considcrlihlo period and finally started out undcr favor- ifblc conditions, arriving at Lnkcliurst N. J., on August i. Aftcr waiting for four llaysto refuel and lake on stores tile hlg airship continued on its voy- ngo and on August 29 It completed the circllnlnavigutlon of tho globe in ihc slioricst period on record, a illllo uvcr 21 days.

‘In Canada the number cf mndci ocropillno clubs inaugurated in create rm air consciousness incrcascrl at an nlnnzin: rote. in Ontario the Pro- vincial Air Scrvivc cslailllshcd ‘a row rccol-li wilh il,602 hours of flying

thought it irlsor i0 nvcmlc llTllIDi‘ ill prclzsllrc to lliissinn liclllnliils null ngrccll tn rcluril lo lilo stains 1x- igling IlPrOlT‘. lilo d“ .‘ of llle Russian l'ﬂIIl\‘.'l_\‘ 01'. . Tlic Ynlicli Stairs formally prntrslrll ngninsl l iilsslzfs action as oppnsrll in tlir‘ Reliving ircaiy llllt Russia rcpiicd lli_ a curt note illzit Sllf‘ rcinlriicrl illr- in- IOYrPPPIliTC 0f Ill!‘ llnlirri Slnlvs nr. distinctly uufricn<ll_ . Tim your rins- oll with ihe prospects of pcllcc brighter.

Otlicr events in Russia during ihc year included ihc nrrcst of 150 sym- patillzcra of Trotsky on Jlinlli y 23. tho issuc oi’ llrrnll cards n11 loll. 20 llocnusc llrczlri was lloing lcti lo uni- tlc owing to thc folillcr shortage. The reported ngrrcmcni on l-‘oilrunlgv 2S llciwcon Sir. Henry llcicrliing nnd British nil intcrcsts nnll Sovici [Ills- sin. Thc nticmpi to VP-CSIIIIHISII tr do rclniinns with England which was iirollcn on AIIIIIISI 1 but brollzlli i0 n l sllccossful conclusion on (lcinhcr 1‘ nnd the visit of ill) l-llslnrss mcn all Alncricn to Soviet lilissln in August. '

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Switzerland cnjnycli n quiet nnll prnspcroils ycnr. Tho nnnunl Swiss l-‘nlr nt llrslo was n hllt'l‘(‘i>l.< nnll III‘ qillilqilcliliilli S\vi.ss National l-‘csiitull "lilo Shooting hlnoliiu: at ilcllutznluil ~~niirnvicll illnro cliirms iiillI \isii IIliiil r-vci‘. l‘|"r\fc‘:nl' Jinx iluliol u chnucn to hrzld tho, lntrrllnilonni i‘. ii (‘rruql in sllcccssillit lu All". (iiislmrl Adm", lllullo, ivns (IIOSCII ns tllc soul‘, of lilc ncw llitornallionni illmk in ll - ucl-iion wilh the Young llcpzllwillovzl soillclncni. A morllls \‘I\‘f‘lliII \\ iil Spain rcplnccti ihc nid irrniy \\Ili('II was licnotlnccli, nnll lrcllllos of l-luu- mcrcc were couciullcli wilh iloly-lllru nnll Franco, The monopoly oi‘ ,- in “as nholisllcd nnll a lliw pa. ' . gilllifing ihc importation llisirl nnll culiivnilnn of grain wiillll . opoiy. A hill was prrscnicd ill i ulcnt for Old Ago Pensions.

SOUTH AFRICA

On Mart-h 1 the Arscml-l" l-llllficrl ihc treaty wilh (jcl-lilnny l ' l ilecn the suhjrrt of great p0 l; frrcnccs. in thc. gcnrrnl eicrlion that followed ihe‘ Nationalists. unllcl- (len- rmi Hl-rtzog guinea] a mnlorily willl 77 members ngnlnst ﬁi of ihc Soutil African party, lcd by Ucncral Smuta anll 0 others.

in the Senate 17 Nationalists and i5 South Africans worn rciurncd on Slptcnlber ti, ihoflnvl-rillucnt nomtn-

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ln tiucbcc IllliI'IIi‘ iﬂllumllill lilo iiillilflllﬁ was Illvl 1 lncly popuinl- for inrcst survey and for [null-oi war‘- lly ilic Forcst Firn Pro- vcnlloli SP1 we, wllllo many out of lilo. way plru r= in Western Cannlln me uo\v_ regularly rcnchcd by all all‘ SFFVIVL‘.

The ﬂight of lilo two ‘Frcucll nvin- iors. I-nl-nsic ilfltl llcllonir. from Paris to lllnncllurin. set a new rrloi-rl for sirlllgilt lino flight and tho i" iii: up of Paris with Madagascar ly plnnc, a distance of ovrr 6,000 miics, lvns a slcp forward in commercial flying.

At lite close of the year Germany announced the launching of the ncw slilp. the Junkers G-IIS, which is of novol construction and carries more lllflil 150 passengers.

The launching of the R-100, ihe Rriiisli airship which was built large- i_\' ns on experiment. _sllcnc:d tho llmuy rumors ihnt ihc ship would nr-vcl- lake the iilr nnd that the enor- mous expenditure upon hor was wast- cd. She was easily ille largest craft oi‘ hcr kind that has ever taken the nil- and she is expected to make. the trip to St. Hubert. airport, hinntrcnl; noxi spring. Tile 11-101 which was lnllncllml two zlwcirs inter, also un- drrlvrlit SUCCPHSIIII icsts nnd will also ir_\' llcl- wings on a long flight curly in 1030.

The first flight of an ncroplrlile prnnclicll lry rocket was made by Fritz von Op nt Frankfort. on‘ Scpiclu- ivrr Kill. in ihc air for 75 sccnntis he rovorrll n mile nlul n qliartcr nl nn nvoraar rlllillldc of 40 foot. The piano was wrr-l-kcll on landing tilrough strong winds.

Tito (lcrmnln plane the DO-X mode it ncw record by carrying 1G0 persons.

PALLSTINE

Tho pcnccful progress which i‘:ll- csiillr- had mride under thr- mnndnio grnnicll lo Great Britain by the lrcnly of Vcrsnillcs was rudely distill-hell in August by inter-racial nuihrcuiis rvilirh CLIISCI‘ binmishcrl and lows of lifo nnll irft tho rnulliry in s. very li'l- scitlrd stain. There were :|lnr:‘d‘d outbreaks throughout August inimi- noting in a violent riistllrlmnl-c tn August f’: when nine Jews and lrrce Arabs were killed and 110 people vorO w unrlcd. The British govor. ‘nt immediately rushed a strong for l.- to Palestine and ihc disturbances uerO

native population,

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