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holdings.

Mornln] Dill] (Founded In H81)

President 1.1m. Col. w. Chester “s. Mclmrc Vice-President: J. B. Brunet!» F-J-l- Becre‘ ;. Llelli. Col. D. A. MseKinnon. 0.8.0.

ldltor smi Managing Director: J. B. Burnett, FJJ. Frank Walker and Llelt. Isl

Associate Editors: A. Burnett, R.C.N.V.R. (On Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink."

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1915

Noi Very "Handsome" “Most of the Provinces Under the DUlllllllUil Offer." This i8 31¢ W lssuring heading of an 1rticle_ on the mien

Dominion-Provincial confk-retice opening. The article, by Mr. Wilfrid liccicsttir, appears ill the Toronto Snturdtzy Night and it takes the ‘@356 of two provinces in particular to show

how fortunate they will he zinder the new set up. The lluniiuion I.1'<"ll~ capita in exchange, tor

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succession duties.

First lllflliltlllfid l5 New Brunswick. That johns, it is claimed, will receive as an ir-

reducible nfiniznuni iron". the DOmIlIOH, IOU? million dnllin-s a \"‘.'l2' more than it has ever Qblilinetl front its own collection of these dir~ ect taxes. lf the prnspcrlw of the Dominion rises afit-r the \\':1i', n; the population of New

Brunswick grows up, this suir. will be increas-

ed proportiuiiatcl). Saskatchewan is 'au irreducible mininnittv based 0n I94!

proposals “very ltattdsontcly."

But there are l\\'<; exceptions. "Prince Ed- ward Island and British Columbia, curiously, are the two province. which do not appear tn Dominion tax-agreement offers based on a straight per capita payment," says Mr. liccleston. He does not attempt to give an explanation, which is still more

be

come out very ll.'lll(‘l§Oll‘.€i_\' 1n the

also curious. He goes on to say, curiously, that “the financial offers will most attractive to those provinces which have either little taxable wealth within their borders or have failed to tap much ivealth effectively.”

The Toronto writer is the second com- metitatnr to note that Prince Edward Island is being lei: pretty much out in the cold in the King Government's fical proposals. What docs it mean? According t.) Premier Jones’ calculations. it tncans that we shall have "on the credit Side Suzrgocn and or the debit side $t.325.<>rin_ .1 rlct loss to ‘he province of $110, o00"—-\vhich_ if correct, can hardly be said It) constitute a fair bargain from anv standpoint. ‘It is to be llnpfd that vslwen the conference re- assemhlcs. the position 11f Pdnre Edward Is- land will he recnnsltlercd. AI Premier Jones maintained. “it is quite obvious that the financial disadvantace to mv province calls, for p, new proposal, or a ntndified propazal."

Another

Ottawa

EIarly' next month another aP-Canadian par- ley will be held in Ottawa. 'l'his time those sit~ ting across the confcretice-ialde from Dominion Government officials will not represent the Pro- vinces, but the original owners of Canada. Ac- cording to the OI/ntm lvurmrl, they will be dele- gates of Indian bands from Prime lldward Is- land on the lrlast to the Queen Charlotte Islands in the Pacific.

They come in peace, these chiefs and sub- chiefs of tribes whose history in this country long antedates the arrivals of Iicf Ericson 0r Jacques Cartier. .\ud their liricls bear no small resettiblzince to llause of the Crnmdian prov- inces early this month, 'l‘ltc_v, toc, seek more ample social services and greater security than have been theirs in the past. lf tradition holds good, the llorniuirtn trill lllCCl its wards the Indians at lcztst h.'tlf\\:t_v.

There arc some 123000 Indians in Canada, ranging front tho-t- who iive it: tepces like their

Pa rley

ancestors in 1hr llt'.'ll'l of the forests. t0 the (W00 nivuilit-rs in‘ flit- Six Nations tribe near Ilrantfortl. lfntztrio, who in cdttcctinn, intelli-

gence and ability, arc almost indistinguishable the white man.

Are the Indians dying cut in Canada? No, answers R. .-\. lloev, Director of the Indian Affairs lfrinrt-h. flu the contrary their num- bcrs are incrcztsitig at the rate of 1,500 a year, and a still larger tipwartl trend is anticipated, when tlic llcliartmvnfs post-war medical and nutritional ltrtigritm svilcrs its full stride. Far front being :1 nicrc l'\‘lllll€'Zll of a conquered race, the Canadian Indians form a (llwllllCllVfi and valuable element in (Iauatlas growth and pro- gress.

Mr. llucy finds no parallel in Canada to the conditirut of Indians in the Unitctl States whose lenders claim 1hc.r people are unduly segregated, downtrodden, exploited and cold- shotildered out of citizenship. The 125.000 red men tinder his Jurisdichoii while not always 100 per ccut satisfied with thr-lr lnt, are not agitating for anv major change.

.-\s prmf that Indians in Canada are not faring badly, the Director metitions a few high- lights of their status and rights under the Ind- ian .\ct. _

Indians form the largest single group of laud owners in ("anarlm Thcy possess outright 5570-051 acres, some of it the best land in Western Catiarla, and it cannot be taken from them. The lfc-‘crvcs lzzive been scrupulously re- fltfclcrl and kept ititari over the years, with no

tare very well

-.| t.- to pay $12 per . tuivilege of collect- ing persgnlll gllltl CQIYJUFLPIOII lIICOITIE iElX and

ufifirttd $1o.80o,ooo as na- tional income, which would n-ean $14,600,000 at the lt-vcl of the 1944 nzvirzual income. The effect lltll’. according to the bhlttrdav Nfghf writer, is to guarantee Saskzucheivan Over eight millions a year more than it ever succeeded in deriving from the stirrenderel tare.- on its own.

liven (lntario and Quebec, he adds, if the matter be con-Etlt-ixt-d strictly in terms of the butlgetary position, appear to come out of the

nually. Most important of all. Indians earning the

- Federal personal income tax. War or no wa

them.

-E DITORIAL NOTE S-

; . Paris liberated this date I844. u s u e

essarily confined to Norway. a n- s u

pation force in Japan and Japanese waters aftc all.

awhile.

e a n- n: So meat rationing is to go intn force afte all.

there would be no need to curtail supplies f0 civilians.

the starved in former occupied countries. a e a v

ing they had never been defeated in open war

combat has occurred between personnel, bu

rather that Jove has provided the decisive ele

ment by raining hell from lteaven. u e a u

als. washed, as soap dissolved "Aigin". In the tex

process was developed by means of

ible, resistant and completely fire-proof

of fireproof clothing. a e a e

to bank on the defeat of British Governments

ance of Europe." Lord Rosehery saw the folly of this, and when he succccded Lord Salisbury, he announced that the change of government meant no change in foreign policy which must be continuous. Ever since then every successive British Government has followed suit, the best guarantee possible that the British lion is ever alert and 0n guard.

i III it r Canadian girls in air force blue are tak- ing one last look at the green loveliness of Eug- land from the repatriation depot here before starting on their trip home to Canada. Several hundred have returned already, but the many hundreds still in Britain have two things to do-finish their job and see as tnuch of the British Isles as they can. Occasionally it is necessary for drafts of W. D.'s to wait sev- eral weeks at the depot until shipping space is available. Many have made use of the last- mmute opportunity to see London, Oxford, Cam- bridge, the Isle of Wig-ht, lixeter and Land's End, all from one to five hnurs' travelling time from the Depot.

i it Ill Ill The first cable between the Old Country and the New was officially opened this date I858 when Queen Victoria transmitted the following message to U. S. President Buchanan: “The Queen desires to congratulate the Presi- dent upon the successful completion of the great international work. in which the Queen has taken the greatest interest The Queen is cou- vinced that the President will join with her in fervently hoping that the electric cable, which now connects Great Britain with the United States, will prove an additional link between the two nations whose friendship is founded upon their common interest and reciprocal es- teem. The Queen has tmtclt plea-tire in thus dir- ectly communicating with the President, and thus renewing to him her best wishes for the prosperity of the United States." The Presi- dent replied in s suitable strain.

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The Saskatchewan Government shoe fac- tory has swung into shoe production. Approx» imately I00 pairs of general utility shoes, slated for Indian reserve schools, were the result of the first day's operations. At present the plant is producing only footwear for use on farms and in factories, but when the necessary equip- ment arrives the factory will manufacture leath- eixjackets, felt shoes and slippers. Govern- ment policy in operating the shoe factory will be to hire Saskatchewan help ivhere possible. It is expected that production, at first, will m;

exacted workers in the province. As it takes sev- era months to train a shoe factory worker, it is expected that after five months of operation, and a slow process of expansion, the plant will produce 350 pairs s day. It is expected that in a year's time about 700 pairs will be manu- factured daily. Machinery for the shoe factory was purchased by the Saskzachewan government from the lilid-West Shoe Co. Ltd, Winnipeg. Total cost ol the project. l'lClll(llfl,t{ initial pur» chase price, and cost of installation, was ap- proximately $100,000. Western Footwear l.t'.l.. Regina wholesale distributing firm. has been

They receive u s legal right free educa- tion st the Reserve schools; free medical care at the hands of competent physicians, and re- lief from destitution when necessary. ‘A new benefit‘ is added this year insofar as Indians now qualify for Family Allowances and will receive about $3,500,000 front this source an-

living on the Reserves or trapping on adjacent territory are free from all land ta>zes and frotn

Receiver-General Ilslev receives nothing from

\ Quislings and collaborators are not nec

Evidently there is to be s Canadian occu-

This will mean that manv of those ivho volunteered for Pacific service will be held t0 their decision and will not be demobilized yet

Many were of opinir-n that as the army requirements were being slashed and cut down,

But what is saved on army reduc- tion will be required, and much more, to feed

Japanese militarists now are no different from their German predecessors in 1918, claim-

fare. They forget that circumstances alter cases, and that defeat no longer implies that active

The sea-weed around the coasts of Britain contains about 40 per cent "Algin". which was formerly used for mixing explosive materials and for the manufacture of water-proof materi- Originally such materials could not be

tile chemistry laboratory of Leeds University, a which "Algin" could be woven into a washable, flex- ma- terial, which could be used in the manufacture

A: was expected, the Attlce Government is continuing the foreign policy of its prede- cessor. In old days continental politicians tised

in order t0 upset what was known as “the bai-

be on s large scale due to the lack of experi- ,

The conceit gt high heels, ft is said

or. tiered shoes made that added. sev- 11 l in hes to his . . j, 2.5%....“ through h#rli>l>e,mt°r.§l.f§ 1 loumeyed to the Dead Sear. women, rather than men, adopted mzmlgh Bl eggafigfltgfl Ithéaggl‘ s; n’ wldelyp-mmhmge‘ the walls of Jerlco,‘ across the r Two n“. “at” - "an" m.” plains over which the Israelites 7

rinse. The bit. their hithlelrto

fl 1 started a u c“

bed

ed the

Divorce Court an cree nlsl.-Australfan Newsletter.

find a every so ool. the curriculum lamination. but. unless it finds r piacttzr,‘ large or small, in the though o e

hardly ecnsidered to be doing it

—Chatham News.

l"

shalled its synthetic

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deposits of coal and

immediately be et by

t oil-Imperial Oil Review.

and Antony.

even if unmotrorlzed kernels wheat can sprout for today's hun- gry populations only in the same slow, green way r." at the time of the Battle of Phllippl. — New York Herald Tribune.

A portrait of Wlnslon Churchill when he was Prime Minister. dressed in A11" Commodore's uni- form, dominates the flve-roomed London flat into which Winston Churchill, now plain M.P., has 1nov_ ed from No. 10 Downing Street. Mr. and Mrs. Churchill are taking it over from their son-in-law and daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Duncan Sandys, temporarily. It is eight floors up and near the House of Commons. The entrance. hall is small - dwarfed by the port-gilt. The lounge 1s medium sized, fawn carpeted. with tomatocolored bra- cade curtains. The dining room adjoins the lounge. Small bed- rooms, furnished in fawn and cream are across a narrow assage. A bath- room and a tiny tchenette corn. plete the layout of the flan-Lan- don Daily Mall.

Among all the secret weapons listed as "now it. can be told", none enllvens the imagination more than hard-headed John Bull's use of as- trology. The story ls that. aware of Hitler's faith in such readings, the British had the Fuehrefs horo. scope cast every day, just as he aid. Thus they knew as soon as he what hints he would get from the stars and regularly stole his famous ln- tuition. The plan worked, too, ac- cording to the report. They were able to forestall several of his moves. Watching for a boxer to telegraph his punches ls routine ln the prize ring. Catching your op. patient/s signals is sound strategy 1n baseball. If Hitler thinks he ls in communication with the stars. the British reasoned, we'll listen m on the line. In the clrmustances. it was the sane procedure. The way to deal with an antagonist is to tap his source of ideas, follow his methods of thought and beat him to his next wallop. Many of the most useful weapons of this war have seemed fantastic, such as radar and buzz bombs. But. none has been more bizarre than this strictly practical use of a. madmans faith in the occult-Chicago News.

British Columbia farmers are pressing fol- more scientific re. senrdh into the problems of agri- culture ln British, Columbia. More than any other province, British Columbia needs such research be- cause our agriculture here ls more specialized than in the other pro. vlnces. Fanning with us ls no mere matter of growing crops of grass and wheat and coarse grains and of feeding livestock. We do these things, but. we do them more as specialists than as general pram tltloners. S0. we have special rather than general problems. We have the grain and livestock phases of farming. We also grow flower seeds, vegetable seeds, mushrooms, bulbs. timothy seed, clover seed, honey, rabbits. foxes. mlnk, musk- rats. timber and fruits of a dozen different kinds. All these speclnL ties have their problems which csll for the a pllcation of scientific re- search. ere are problems of nu- trition, of fertfllzalon, of fungus and insect pests. A branch which is coming more and more to the front Ls roll research. ‘The fnrrn capital of British Columbia, u of 0t er provinces and states. has been depleted b leaching and by erosion. The mner would like the help of the scientist in con- servatlon and replenishing. It fr notable that the scientist; of the Big ‘rhree nations are s11, at. the moment, sctlvel engaged ln soil research. Amer can farmers are mlng conscious that tn produc- ing heavy crops during the past four years they have exploited their lands. They must reverse the process. At Moscow. last month, aoll research chemists occupied s prominent place at. the 220th 1m- nfversary meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Among those present and exchan lng views were soll experts from t e Russian In.

NotesBy n3 Way

Ill Inllll XIV I B81100 l8 responsible for the rlge

b he K1118 was dlstresredy over the

the niuband lira . e hlmt with s candle. He some hot grease on his Sumbeflnl; sprouse, and this start- first serious quarrel in 20 A series followed. and led d a de.

Whsiever views one may hold on education nowadays it must be admitted by all that sport should lace on the program of It may not be on u a subject for ex-

: tlon.

school directors, and pro- visions made for lt, that school ls

full duty to the youth in attendance.

h" b" u, h 1 db Supper was held. In the afternoon mum, thatwtehe $3M.’ 53:01:11,.“ I visited a beautiful new building,

resources are in danger of exhaus. tlon. the industry will have mar- reserves. There are vast accumulations of natural gas, and pressures for their utilization are long past the ex- perimental stage; there are colossal shale from which the extraction of oil ls not merely a laboratory demonstration, but. a commercial aocompllshm it. Any appreciable increase in crude prices, such as would be occasion. ed by an impending shortage would

1h evelap- . merit of such synthetic processes. which would at first augment and could, ft the necessity arose. even- tually replace the natural flow of

- A prlmnry and sensible step io_ ward Europe's bread supply is to be taken this Autumn, with Am- erica's plows and tractors at work in many of the countries where American tanks rolled not long ago in deadly harvest. It ls interest- ing to consider that by this alt-l fields may be fun-owed ln parts of Italy which a wartime Virgil knew in 4-1 B.C., when his father was driven from the family farm as a result of confiscation of lands for the successful soldiers of Octavius But one can know that: such furrows will turn fast-er than in the days of the placid, plowing oxen of the Eclogues -! 0

Wartime Visit To Holy Land

By Warrant Officer Edward l. Bslmer, RAF.

e , and not far from here is the River Jordan where John the Baptist, s boyhood hero of mine, worked with our Lord. The Dead Sea ls 1,300 feet below sen level and need have no terror for nomrwimmers, as here ft is 1m-

osslble to sink. Tourists like to

ave their hotograph taken sitting in the wnfjer smoking a cigarette and reading a newspaper. The density of the sail; 1n the water 2s 35 per cent caused by the fact that whilst the Jordan and other small rivers flow into the Dead Sea, there is no outlet, only condensa-

On my third day In Jerusalem I visited the Bazaars 1n the Old s Clty, and the Walling Wall where

Jews to this clay confess their sins and weep in anguish. I also saw the site of the room where the Last

the Rockefeller Archeological Mus- eum where there are specimens of bronze dating from 12,000 B. C. Having as a boy at; school read the story of King Solomon's Mines it was a step into reality when I went below 1,500 ft. into the rook where the ancient treasures were believed buried. Frmn Jersualem I journeyed by bus to Haifa. A fine clean clty with modern buildings. the most gromlnent of which I thought was

arclayw Bank. Overlooking Haifa. ls Mount Carmel and ll: ls a lovely trip up the mountain side ln the c001 of the evening, if only to see the lights of the city below and the reflection in the harbour water. From Haifa I visited Tiberius and the Sea of Galilee, by way of Na- zareth. where Christ. worked as a boy ln a carpenter's shop; and even today in this old town can be seen carpenter's ships with primitive tools and lt ls not hard to picture the scene as lt must, have been ln the early days of our Lord. From Haifa I crossed by boat to the island of Cyprus. that lovely old world isle so oft referred to in the classics and under British do- mination since the days of the

de Lion. As one enters the harbour of Famngusta one can see, not fur away the ruins of Salamls. once the must beautiful city in the world. Even today the marble colonades and old Roman baths still stand and are likely to remain for many centuries still to come. From Nicosia, the ‘principal town of Cyprus, I travelle up the steep narrow mountain road by bus; this was indeed a rural bus service. The bus resembled a large wooden box on wheels and on this occasion cur cargo included the household effects of a lady who was moving house, family.- groceries for days to eome and hens, goats and sheep. However, it was a trip I was glad not to have missed, and after I had finished expoundlng to my friends how we had stopped in the narrow streets of the villages and ate peaches and apples amongst the lo- cal inhabitants, who were very friendly, they were sorry they had chosen to make the journey by

At the top of tlils stiff mountain climb is Mount Olmpus and it was from here that the Crusaders watched the surrounding coast for sign of an invading enemy. On s clear day the coast of Turkey can be easily recognized. I stayed ln the mountains for a short time, amidst the smell of the plnewood. and had the good fortune to be in- vlted to a barbecue, a feast be. side a cool mountain stream. Here young oxen were roasted on a re- volving spit over a wood fire. while the refreshments were kept fce cool in the icy waters cf the stream. Fingers were the order of the day. and to see a hungry air- man struggling ‘into a half pound of steak between his lips made ra- tioning a far cry off.