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WEDNESDAY FQIUABY N, I988

4

‘Confederation ‘In Danger

__, Hon. ERNEST LAPOINTE, Minister of Justice has announced a full meeting of the Dominion- Provincial Committee on constitutional reform ' “ to take place at Ottawa on March 2nd. Accord- ; ing to the Canadian Press it is proposed either‘ 1 I ' ~ (I) that a clause be added to the present consti- , w tution taking the power to amend the British - "North America Act away from the British Par- ' f liament and lodging it in the Dominion Parlia- ment, or (2) that the British North 'Ainerica Act "be repealed and re-enacted by the Dominion

__ ' Parliament- .‘ “From these statements," says the Il/Iail and ~ Empire in a striking editorial, f‘it may be judged that the h/IACKENZIE KING Government purposes to destroy the charter of Confederation and to dc- , prive the provinces of the treaty rights, the coli- cession of which led them to enter Confederation. There is ample evidence in.the Confederation de-

jolm A. hlACDUNJUJ), Hon. GPIORGIE BROWN and Sir ETIENNE CARTIER that the British North America Act simply confirmed the treaties which the provinces signed amongst themselves as governing the terms upon which the national constitution should be set up.

“The effect of such changes as are thus proposed would be to break up the Empjre and to put the provinces in the power of the Ottawa politicians. Some of the conspirators may not be wholly conscious of the ultimate implications

' ' - of the revolution which they are trying to bring about. Others of the conspirators are acting with full consciousness of whither they are trying to car this Dominion. They are merely the dis- ciples of the late GOLDWIN Siuirii, the late joniv S. EWART and of the political descendants of these two anti-British publicists. If the present plot succeeds the provinces will be at the mercy of Ottawa politicians, and it may be taken for granted that they will sooner or later be deprived of their rights guaranteed to them under the constitution.

“The danger is that, being controlled by Liberal Governments, most of the provinces will fail to defend their status and privileges under the solemn compact of Confederation. It is an outrage upon Canada that a Federal administra- tion which represents only 35 per cent. of the popular vote should be permitted to work this

, grave injury upon a great nation."

A Cheerful Governor-General

Lord TWEEDSMUIR has just been down to Montreal and made a. speech before the Canadian Authors’ Association in which he has made con- fession of some of his own literary prejudices. He said that he thought that Mr. GEORGE Blzrtnann SHAW had been rather over-praised,

i and that a very little of D. H, LAWRENCE went l, long way with him. ' It is rather delightful, comments the Van- icuver Province, to have a new Governor-Gen- ; I fill among us who feels like talking in this vein.

Perhaps Lord TWEEDSMUIR preferred tell- Hg Clan in Montreal how little he thought of the Definition dramatists to telling them in Ottawa how little he thought of the general range of ideal ind literary style in the first Speech from In Throne that was put in his mouth- There- is

. I) plrticular divinity, of course, that doth hedge " ' In man who brings the word of the King to Canada, but it is refreshing to have this very " Minna viceroy revealing the humanity of his 3 early in his regime. . ‘dently it is going to mean something in tone and range of our public discussion in y“ .j ‘Canada for the next few years that Joim , 5*». BUCEAN the writer and humanist is not to be loot in Lord TWEEDS-MUIR the pro-consul and .. ‘diplomat. There is wisdom and understanding i: his saying, as he said at Montreal, that our ‘ ‘times were emerging from the “bad patch” in "i." . f art and literature we had struck after the Great y . War. He characterized this‘ as “the tendency to i ' be contemptuous about everything that had gone before." _

This was the tragedy of the “lost genera-

57’ Hon," the tragedy of the youth that was robbed by the agony of war of its rightful heritage of careless laughter, the generation whose imme- morial quest of the Grail ended on the parapets

, of the line that ran through. Europe from the

,_ .. .. mountains to thc sea.

' It is something that we ma salute in the new Governor-General of Cana a, a man who

~ brings the philosophy of a historian to fnlctify the memories of a soldier» and who can bid us

"if not to make any sort of covenant with despair, reminding us that “all our idols wantfrequent

_ spring-cleaning, to see if they are worth keeping, ..'. g ii their sanctity has departed."

_...-. Editorial Notes lAsh Wednesday, first dayuof Lent. I . . ‘I fi R

, i, _ Now forfive or six weeks of more or less ' IIIIIII‘ recreation and pastimcc. a i " i - l‘ i l?‘ 5, J eg s in Jofluary was 10-103 Hi5 dozen went to New- ‘to Bermuda; 1,0 to St. Pierre

i — ' .. ~ i‘ . . g Bligh In es 10f Illttterjn Ilriuary ivas 25,706

$6, fwhich was somewhat

g _ , . ' major portion of the W West Indies and New-

ifiiiiilsharp advance,,tbe pounds ct $391113, com- .3mm# # nave»

bates and in the statements of such men as Sir "

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Empire

Britain, under National Government is re- turning to the good, old policy of maintaining its defences, so that it may make its views ef- fective on the continent and elsewhere. In inter- national politics, as in virtue. innocence or un-

The Department Of Indian Affairs at Ottawa is supplying the children of the Indian reserves with cod liver oil, which is being admin- istered twice daily. This, remarks a COIIIEIIIpOr- My. may make every small paleface brother

Tammany is reported to have turned thumbs down on the proposal to include former Mavor l/VALKER in the delegation to the Democratic National Convention in the summer. 'l‘alnmany seems to have a certain sense of thc fitness of

There were _I,ll7 dozen of eggs imported in January, of which 626 dozen came from the United States and 49f from Hong Kong. A year ago the importation was 802 dozen? In addition there were 5,225 pounds of frozen eggs. of Wllidl 5.025 came from the United States and 200 from China. This was about the salnc quan-

The least that can be said of Premier CasivtiiaLl/s bull to the electors of Fourth Prince l5 that it is unusual in a democratic country to enforce party discipline by threltening excom- muuication, and all the dire penalties of politi- cal ostracism. But under this Dictatorship a man evidently dare not call his soul, far lcss his vote,

Although acampaign has been started in the British press and by several British leaders for the fortification of Cyprus as a reply to Italy's arming in "the Dodecanese Island, the British Government has shown little inclination to make use of Cyprus’s natural advantages. The Island's broad central plains arc well adapted for use as an air base. On its southern shores there are several high bluffs that could easily be used for artillery concentrations such as Italy has placed on the islands of Karpathos and Rhodes. Because Cyprus’s harbors are little more than open roadsteads, it is held in some quarters that Britain wishes to exchange them for the shell.- ered ports of the Cyclades Islands, which during the Great \¢Var she found to he most suitable for

I

The people of Quebec are greatly agitated over the provincialfpolitical crisis. If, as has been reported, the Ministry is to undergo some sort of reorganization, thc matter is one upon which, obviously, Mr. TASCIIEREAU can make no com- ment pending completion of his plans, sagely re- marks the Montreal Gazette, more in sorrow than in anger, and if there is to bc no reorgani- zation there is,'of course, nothing to be said. Behind this natural reticencc Mr. TASCIIEREAH. no doubt, has given constant and earnest attcn-i tion to what is undoubtedly a serious political and legislative crisis. The Government, with a ma- jority of only six members, may be able to main- tain its position, but it is admittedly a position of extreme difficulty and one from which the province can scarcely hope to obtain the results which appear to he requisite if its problems, eco- nomic, social and legislative, are to be solved. 9E ilk 9k

The Winnipeg Evening Tribune prints, with evident delight, the picture of a prairie horned lark, three specimens of which reached the city on St. Valentine's Day, two days before their regular appearance in that quarter, and despite the fact that the temperature was away below zero. This, says the Tribune, should mean some- thing to those citizens who have been doubting whether Western Canada. would “ever emerge from the present unparalleled ice age." It is ex- plained that prairie horned larks spend much ‘of the winter in the midwestern United States- but about the middle of Februarythey start for the North, usually arriving in the Manitoba capital at a. date ranging from the 16th to the 22nd of this month. Their arrival two days ahead of. time is regarded as a hopeful sign that winter is about to relent a bit and prepare the way for spring. The birds do not usually make mistakes. ' It fi 9K

In England the House of Commons is oc- cupied discussing another education bill, this time providing for compulsory education up to the age of 14 years and nine months, instead 6f 14 years and three months as at present. Al- though it means longer at school, boys are not caring, as the House of Commons has unani- mously gone on record without division of being opposed to home lessons. “It is undesirable," so the motion solemnly reads, “that school children should have evenings occupied with home work to the exclusion of rest and recreation." Mr. G. A. MORRISON, a_ former headmaster, of GOR- and a colleague of Rams/n’ Macoouaco representing the Scottish Universities, argued that ‘parental aid in home , work was ineffective.

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A big increase initherange and destructive power of the 75-mm., or three-inch gun, the chief artillery weapon in modern warfare, which is assigned to the artillery of the infantry divis- ion is announced. Through development of new tinder-carriage and sighting equipment, follow- mg the "high speeding" of the carriages since the World War, it is explained, the gun may now be fired at elevations up to 45 degrees, in- stead of the fg-degree elevation, obtainable with the old French carriage. "In terms. of range this means an increase from a little over five- miles to over seven and one-half miles'—an increase in range of approximately 5o per cent," oflicers ex- plain. “It permits a change of direction of thc gun through 85 degrees without moving the car- riage; that is to any: at its nlaximuimrnnge thh

. a. tln dlme for world opinion; and with them the whole German gov- -

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Notes By The yWayi

Ono n mum mlnlltcrl ofatntc 881d the other day in a public m. dress: “We do not cltndwhnt m; world says about our Jewish 1cm. lotion." No one can really take um. brage at. this. German gbltgmgn are wholly wlthln their rights not to glve a. flg or a bras faithlng or

eminent and the German pqople, But lt really woufa be c p“; 1151p l.’ the authors of such a rkfl would consent to put lt llI wrltlng and swear to It before a notary public, so that ft can be filed for future reference. Five, ten or twenty years heme. when German statesmen and Gemian spokesmen ' ln bitterly of a. world that lnslsts on misunderstanding them and being unfalr to them, the world might Dull out this afflduvlt of German Independence from the files. Flve or ten or twenty years hence, when German spokesm denounce Brit- ish propaganda or l-‘rench, prop- agenda for creating b, world-wide anti-German sentlmenlg. it wDl be useful to consult the record. .. We could then see who ls the reel author of the statement thntsger. many does not. give a snap of the fingers for world opinion. British propagnndlsts or somebody ln Ger- muny-New York Times.

Stalin spends £6,000,000 for a Bu. viet "Hollywood." Russia, he says, must come first ln all the arts. .In Mlscow Shakespeare's plays are drawing crowds. Ilow army oiffcens are to be distinguished by gay uniforms and badges. Day by day the Russian leaders are turning more towards the arts and social distinctions. It ls a. slgn of the stab- Ylty of their regime. That ls a good sign. For the Russlan Gov- ernment, a good Government, de- sires pB8C9.—L0l1d0Il Sunday Ex- press. .

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There eanont be many people now alive who wltnessrd a striking lncldent at a mulcul party at which, as a young man, l was pres- ent ln 1894. Clara. Butt was the "staf of the evenlng. The concert was over and the great singer was descending the staircase on the arm of our host. Suddenly news was brought and spread rapidly that a son had been born tra the Duchess or York; and Clara Butt sang “God Save the Queen" as only she could sing. The Duchess of York ls now, of course, He: Majesty Queen Mary and the in- fant Hts Majcxty King Edward VIII.—Lord Tcynham h: the Lon- don Times.

It ls loo much the fashlon $0 blame Japan for r.ll disturbed con- dltlons ln the Far East. Long be- fore Japan emerged from seclusion Russia. dreamed of empire from the Paclflc to the Mediterranean.

...THE cumulus.

Bu Julia ll). la-lon. IILD

KEEPING OUR. TEETH UNTIL WE ARE ‘OLD

As we grow older it seems only natural that we will keep loelng our teeth one by one, or even two by two, and yet. Dr. Guy B. Mllbsrry, Dean of the College of Dentistry, University of California. believes that teeth can be kept ln a sound. healthy condition, working normally ‘and with comfort as long as we llve.

You and 1 have seen old people past seventy and even eighty, with every tooth present and all ln good condition. Sometimes good care had been taken in regard to brushing and sometlmevllttle or no attention had been given to the care of the teeth. '

Dr; Mlllberry tells us ln South- western Medicine that. food- ls the most important factor ln growing strong teeth‘ and preventing decay. Even when there ls decay and cavi- tles present ln the teeth, proper food can prevent further decay and pre- vent cavities from enlarglng. He refers to a number of cases record- ed by Drs. Boyd and Drain ln Iowa City who kept decayed teeth and teeth with cavities from getting any worse for a period of flve years by glvlng proper food. 1

Experiments on animals have shown that decay of the teeth can be i. oduced or prevented at will by glvlng improper or proper food.

It ls not. that there ls anything wrong with our usual or ordinary dlet but it would seem that some of us need inorellme, phosphorus or vltumln D 1n our diet. than others. As you ‘know some foods will cause hives and sometimes plmpies in some and no dLsturbance whatever in the majority of individuals. These foodsare handled dlflerently by the working processes ln the body.

Thus In these cases of dental decay or to prevent dental decay an extra. supply of foods containing llrne, phosphorous andvltnmln D must be eaten.

The foods rlch ln llme are milk, cheese, leafy vegetables and egg

yolk.

The foods rlch ln phosphorus are mllk. cheese. egg yolk, meat, and whole grains.

Foods rlch ln vltamtn D are but- ter, egg yolk, whole milk, liver, green vegetables and cod llver oll. In uddttlon to the foods contain- ing llrne, phosphorus and vltamln D, foods that. require chewlng help the circulation of blood in the gums and promote growth of the tooth structure.

Japan was urged to excuse her"e‘.f economically. Having become ln- dustrlaliztd, Japan naturally need- ed raw material and markets. The Chinese Empire stood ln _the way. so Japan dealt with that, ‘raking Korea. and obtaining a, sphere of lnluence in blrlnchurls. Russia blocked this, so Japan dealt with Ruirlu. The Chlnesafimplre lapsed lnto confusion, and the Russian Empire into Communism. But Com- munism inherits the Tsars dreams. Communism spreads in confu ed places and se'k.s '.u penetrate China. Meanwhlle Japan's 'necd of raw matsrlnl and markets grows, and still her opponent ln the Far East Ls Russia. ‘The whole trouble ls Russia's opposltlcn to Japan's reas- onable desires that llas forced Japan to acts often crlilclzed. What Japan does l: seen; what Russia does ls done quietly. Few recall that. Russia. invaded Mencliurla ln 1929. Now the tussle has moved to Mongolia. what zlght has Russia 1n Mongolia? Outer Mongolia. which has never rormaPy severed lts connection with Chins, but. whlch permits no Chinese olflclal or representative to cross its bor- der, Ls a classical type of the theo- retically independent, actually cle- pendent, state.-Ex.

Sea. walln melt. bdflre the torn?‘ estuous waves; rlvers overbrlm their banks and inundate the countryside; ships tum turtle, drowning their crew; wells, bridges, houses are smashed to ruln. Man- kind’; ordered pace falters before the fury of the storm. Each temp- est brliigs us this lesson, a lesson old as time, for ever new. Intimate ly, our greatest. plans etlll stand or fall by Nature's caprlce. Com- merce, industry, communications, research, must. march as the winds decree. Even warfare takes lts time from the tempest. Even Mussolini cannot stop the ruln.-Manchester Sunday Ohmnlde.

Compare Lord Reading with Prof. Fritz Haber, the German scientist who served his country by perfect- lng the synthetic production of nitrates, whlch made ft possible for Germany to carry on the war, and was later driven to suicide by the persecutions of the Nut lovem- ment. Which government, do you think, wlll outlast the other-Mint of the Nazis, who drlvc Jaws of great ability. like Professor Eln- steln or Professor Haber, to for- ‘elgn countries or to. suicide’; or lmgland, free from racial or rolli- lous pcjudlce, rvwnrdlnq ability

proportion to its deserts’!- Times. An rplpomlilo alvntlcn cnlcla. Wlifle rceoglllotnl that tlicjtc- vlnccn of tbgflflrndlm Went need aulltoncc‘ tbehdcrnl Ow- crnincat, that conic oftbcm and ft libclllblc to "procure fund: clciyhdrc tltcn- In ottan upon til-ml ft cannot be Id-

uca" ancuic lend 1on1 mummy cc thc role "of Dunbar for the and Irltllb‘ Oclumbll. at lcacl vntbcutocmauclng pnclac minim gucrnntacc for thc ‘ ml!-

lcttc. which ft lc advancing tlicmzrttlc nothing more‘ llnanclcl

1n Dctrclt

ioucnablc . mam that inc antral admlnhtra- "

ASH WEDNESDAY

(From "The Christian Year")

When thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face that. thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which ls 1n secret.- St. Matthew VI, 17, 18. '

"Yes-deep wlthln and deeper yet The rsnkllng shaft of conscience hide,

Quick let the swelling eye forget The tears that ln the heart oblde. Calm be the yolce, the aspect bold, No shuddering pass o'er llp or brow, Flor why should Innocence be told The pangs that gullty spirits bowl

"The loving eye that watches thine Close as the nlr that wraps thee round- Why ln thy cor-low should lo pine. Since never of thy sln lt. found? And wherefore should the heathen

see

What chains of darkness thee en- slave,

And mocking any, Lo, this ls be

Who own’? a. God that could not save "

Thus oft the mourners wayward heart

Tcmpts him to hlde his grlcf and d1

B. Too feeble for Confession’: smart, To proud to bear a. pltylng eye; How ‘sweet, ln that dark hour, to.

On bccoma waiting to rccelve Our slghs, and gently whisper r.ll! Theylove ua-wlll not God fcrzlvcl

Else lct us keep our flat. wltbln, Tlll Heaven and we arc qultc alone. ‘Illen let the grlef, the shame, the