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‘runsnsv, novrnmnn u, ms The Quebec Elections

' At the time of writing, returns from Que- bec point either to a deadlock in ‘yesterday's gen- eral election contest or to the return of the Tas- chereau Government by an exceedingly narrow majority—in which case it is more than likely that an early appeal will again have to be made to the electors.

The result is a surprising demonstrationof

i the strength of Opposition sentiment in a. prov-

ince which has. had Liberal government for forty years. The Liberals themselves were con- fident of easy victory. as in the past. It is evid- ent that they were fighting against the tide of popular opinion, and that only the resources ‘of’ their electoral machinery~ saved them from crushing defeat. '

The Opposition forces were composed of the Conservatives led by Mr. MAURICE Duruzs- SIS and the Action Liberale Nationale party, headed by Mr. Pant. Goum, son of the late Sir LOMER Goum, for many years Liberal Prem- ier of the province and for some years Minister of Justice in the King Government, Mr. Goum and a group of young Liberals broke with the Tascherean Government and fought in alliance with the Conservativesagainst an administration which they denounced as having outlived its use- fulness. . "

i A major issue injected into the campaign was these-called achievement of the King Gov- ernment in the trade treaty signed at Washing- ton. Fcrlcral cabinet ministers stumped the country on this issue. Hon. Enruasr Lsronvrc, Ministerbf Justice in the King Government, took a leading part. The result, therefore. was a. body blow to Liberal expectations federally as well as provincially.

‘It is ’ seldom that the political tide has turned with such dramatic suddenness. Liberal- ism rcachcd its apex in the Dominion contest. That two months later it should barely escape defeatin the strongest Liberal province of Can- ada needs no comment other than what the fig- ures so eloquently supply.

Lots Of Irritation

“The extension by Canada to the United States ofthe intermediate tariff," says the Win- nipeg Frce Pro-Yr, “has removed a source of pos- sible irritation between the two countries.”

This is precisely what it has not done in the

case of United States potato imports, which under the terms of the treaty will flood Canada free of duty unless the intermediate tariff is jacked up at the next parliamentary session. _ lf this happens, United States will be “irri- tatcd" and if it doesn't our potato growers might as well say good-bye to the home market in the Tentral Provinces.

That's always the way with jug-handled treaties. You can't balance them by adding an- other handle on the other side. The fellow who gets the best of the deal when the bargain is made will insist on retaining his advantage,

Obviously, the time for Mr. KING to have thought about our potato growers was when he was signing the treaty. He could then have rc- moved “a possible source of irritation," and also of misunderstanding, by making it clear that the Maritime potato industry was too important to be sacrificed under any pretext.

Who ls Responsible‘?

After three serious auto accidents on the highway at or near Summerside, the Summer- side Liberal press is demanding that “the prac- tise of trying to set records for ‘a run from Summerside to Charlottetown over the new high- way must cease." It calls upon the Mounted Police to take action, and on the public to ex- ercise greater responsibility. ‘

It neglects to mention the most important factor of all. No less an authority than Attorney General Tuxm: A. CAMPBELL declared in the Legislature last March: "Law" enforcement can only be obtained from a Government which ha: a sincerity that is born of cont/fellow’-

The Canadian Home

The six room house is more common in Canada lllZln homes’ of any other size, but it is not typical in all parts of the country, says a re- port of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Nearly 6o percent of Canadian households oc- ctipy from four to seven rooms and almost 2o per cent live in throe rooms or fewer. Only 3% per cent live in homes of more than ten rooms.

Clear cut regional differences exist. In the

Maritimes, urban homes, such as in Halifax and I

St. John, centre around six rooms, while the rural homes" are larger on the average than in any other part of Canada.- Five room houses are the most numerous in urban Quebec but in rural Quebec there is no definite favor for any special size. i

Both rural and urban Ontario homes char- acteristically include six rooms, the outstanding exception being " Ottawa, where seven-room houses are most numerous. a

Over 6o per cent of Prairie rural homes contain four rooms or fewer, while the number of such homes in Ontario is less than V23 per cent. In Alberta and Saskatchewan there are more rural households occupying homes of two rooms than any other. Prairie urban areas also coptain proportionately more small homes and r ower percentage of large homes than is found inEastern Canada. although the typical size is

"five rooms. Ruruland urban home distribution "-1st~Brlt1sh;;Col|ndb1a srs- more nearly similar w snyother province. room! P":

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Editorol - Notes

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Some people are to be disappolnted regard- ing their winter supplies, due to the seizure of 930 gallons of rum 15y tie I,{“.C.M.P.

It appears President Roosaveur is holiday- ing at Warm Springs, eorgia as well as Prime Minister KING. Birds of a feather flock together.

It If i Make haste slowly is one of Britain's un- failing rules, hence the postponing of the Inert- ing of the League_of Nations. Better be sure than sorry. ¥ It fi It was fitting on the eve of St. Andrew's celebrations Mayor Hounr: should eulogize the Scots. . wh e n welcoming Governor-General TWEEDSMUIR on his first ofiicial visit to Montreal. >> Saturday. is Saint Andrew's Day. but the CaledoniarrClub. are to celebrate On Monday when one of. the speakers will be Mr. Jot-tn A.- DEJIVAR. wbowill give a ten minutes address on DiClRlDTSlJlP V. Dcmacraflcéy. i‘

_ _ Qur contemporary adds insult to injury when it suggests that Mr. BOULTER was respon- siblefotrgarbling his own Canadian Press in- terview on the potato situation as it appeared in mutilated form in the Liberal organ.

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No doubt Canadian prohibitionists will re- joice to know that more whiskey will be shipped out of the country, than for many years previ- ously. American prohibitionists will, naturally, take a different view. " 3R _ _i(

It is unfortunate the Rotary and Gyro Club should be appealing for charitable funds at the same time—-the former for crippled children, the latter for tuberculosis. Both are highly de- serving organizations, and both objects praise- worthy. The public should rally to the support- of both.

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There is going to be a Conference of Mayors at Ottawa the same time as the Intcr-Provin- cial Conference. The subjects for discussion are reduced interest rates for civic indebtedness; relief from unemployment costs, assistance in financing education, and other subjects con- nected with city government.

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The executive of the Ontario Liberal- Cotiservativc Association will meet in Toronto tomorrow to fix a date for a party Convention to select a provincial leader. The Convention is likely to be held in January or February, and so far the only namementioncd is that of Form- er Premier GEORGE S. HENRY,

Montreal is rejoicing that because of the Reciprocity importers will no longer have a preference on goods landed at Canadian ports. This is another blow at the Maritimcs. The BENNETT Government made that intpcrative, now American ports. will enjoy the privilege. de- priving Saint John and Halifax of the right of being‘Canada’s winter ports. "

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At the Inter-Provincial Conference Alberta will be represented by the Premier accompanied by Hon. Ctranuzs COCKROFT, Provincial Tras- urer and Minister of Municipal Affairs; Hon. W. A. FALLOW, Minister of Public Works. Rail- ways and Telephones; Hon. J. W. HUGILL, At- torneyi-General; Hon. C. C. "Ross, Minister of Lands and Mines, and J. C. Thompson, provin- cial auditor.

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Dr. J. J. TALMAN, Ontario _ Provincial Archivist, no doubt having in mind Prime Minister Kinds grandfather, told the Central Ontario Women's Institute: “You don't hurt people's feelings any more by digging up dis- reputable ancestors. Most of us have ancestors who wefe hanged for horse-thieving, anyway. Of course this cuts both ways. If it be no conse- quence to us what characters our ancestors bore, it will be a matter of indifference to posterity what sort of lives we live.

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The proposed new treaty between the U. S. A. and Panama was held up largely 0n a question of gold standard. Negotiations for the pact to supersede the 1903 treaty, which em- powered the United States to huild and operate the Panama Canal, have been in progress‘ for eighteen months. Final solution has been reached concerning the problems of payment ~in gold to Panama 0f the $250,000 annual rental for the Canal Zone. An impasse’ was created in Febru- ary, I934, when the Panama Government's New York fiscal agents returned a Treasury check for $250,000 payment, and demanded re- mittance in gold, as stipulated inthe r903 treaty. The same formality was followed this year, Panama contending the United States owed it gold to the amount of $500,000 and refusing payment in devaluated dollars. And she has won out, i

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When Premier TASCHEREAU attempted to address a rally at St. James Market, Montreal, a week ago, what was described as a “bloodless revolt"' took place, preventing the Premier being heard. The police were blamed for inact- ivity on the occasion, and four of them suspen- ded. The resultwas that on Friday night lots of’

anticipation of trouble at a rally for Mr, WILLIAM ‘Fnastnnsv, oppositioi candidate. in Maisonueuvie, but all the met; in blue. ' to do was.to s lence a.“rooster" t a": clocked" I hen. Preliminary speakers were werruihg-‘up when from one spot in the jammed "come a "series of so no clucks that sent fitters through the crowd. gift one man got mld Ind called the captain of lietie. “Thfire he is-ltléhcock." 11¢

‘d, point: , nto t e tlJ _ .' e captain isritived ovetyntfncovered a small mill with I grwl ha. "You, llreeoék." menu captlm severely: Ill‘? §‘.1i'.'f.’,"l‘,‘.i§$'3“°i.1"°.'§.?3l.3§§ ill.‘ i and that. owed the meeting to

chicken coop, proceed uproar!

fire-eaters declare,

police were on hand at Maisonncuve market, in has

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Notes By The Way

. Thfllfifihllllpfllslljoylnqgg- plate eelf-ownlng, or self-stteln. merit. Unless them. 1s a sharing the great 10y 1s lost. How happy we should b; that our frlend has a 111w home. or business, or has attained unusual success and use- fulness even though he ha; 5m- passed us. If the latter, then he should be the more valuable as a. -fr1end tiecnuse of the inspiration of hts example. -Why should we be envlous or the other fellow slmply because he has been more success- ful or more greatly favored by c1r- cumstnnw? There 1s no poison quite so deadly as sen-pouch, lnsplr ed by hatred, envy, jealousy, or selfishness. Thls 1s a blg world and the possibilities behind every llfe are vast. We are a1! seeklng for happiness above everything else. Many tbtnk that. 1n material pos- sessions 1s to be found thls true happlnees, but thls 1s not true un- less the posesslons galned, 1n tum, brlng happiness to others.

A Montreal motorist who was recently fined 1n a law court of the metropolis for a. traffic infrac- tlon, asked 1f the court would watt. until the end of the week to allow him l0 Day 111s rlne. Enquiry by the magistrate revealed the fact. that the offender was on direct re- llef but would be able to pay 111s

have received his relief cheque from the clty. Such a situation probably appeared most annoying at first. B6 lhB-t 8a 1t may, 1t also showed that Montreal d1d not stand to lose oompleetly 1n the blzarre sltu- ation as, 1n thls particular case, the city would take back 1n a fine the money which 1t had pald out to this man 1n direct. rel!ef.-—Three Rlvers Novelllste.

Sons-ln-law, brolhers-ln-law, un- cles, and cousins of Mr. Mussolini are reported sewing valiantly 1n the fmnt-llne trenches 1n Ethio- pia. Which ‘reminds us of what Artemus Ward sald during the civil Wllr on this subject, “I'm fer Ole 510m." Sflld Artemus, "and I won't stand fer no surrender er no back- down. By gum, I want this crewel war to go on if 1t, takes the last relative my wife's golf-Chicago Trlbune.

They (the Government) are hampered 1n thelr efforts by our ardent. paclflsts who are advocat- 1ng a pollcy of pln-prtcks agalnst Italy, One only need be mentioned. It. 1s. demanded that. we close the Suez“ Canal to Japanese transports and munitions. Now we have de- clared the perpetual neutrallty of the canal. In 1905 a part of the Russian fleet (after what looked Very like a. hostlle act against our flshlng-boats) passed peacefully through the Canal to take part 1n the war against Japan. And furth- er, the right or Ita'y and all other states to_u.se the canal ls secured by treaty. These claims, to set. up s super-state are s. menace to world peace. Prudent diplomacy has pro- duced a compromise which, the merely gives Italy tlme tostrlke as soon as con- dlttons- become favourable. But no 58-116 WW1’; believes that the dan- gerous artlcles or the Covenant wlll be employed 1n the way o1’ any act of war. against that country-W. A. Hlrst 1n The Emplre Review (Lon- don.) v

The oldest colony of the Empire, Newioundland, recently had to seek the helpof-thls country 1n bear- lug her financial burdens. She has one trade which 1s o1’ value to her hard-hlt people, the fish export. 1W1? WB-s her thlrd best customer. .011:- eoonomlc and political gen- 1uses at Geneva. have applied sanc- tions so successfully to Newfound- land that this thlrd best. customer cannot. be supplied. Italy bought more from Br-ltsht 1n normal years than Brltaln bought from Italy. With her our trade balance was on the right alder-London Sunday Dispatch.

We have altogether 1m many ready-nude tdras and oplnlons handed to us-pnd the unfortun- ate thing ls that we accept most 0f them! Thls Ls the trouble wllh so many o1’ our schools. .'I‘he great- est lemon 1n thls lire ls to learn to thlnk. If a college or a farm or a 50b in business w!!! do this, 1t 1s well worth whlle. Ones most val- uable asset Ls ones braln. A think- er doesn't, need cspltal. His brains make oapltal.

ed as o unlt, the Empllc came through the strain of the War magnificently. As a untt. 1t. has come through the strain of the pence better than the rest of the world. It has been u real League o1’ Notlons between whom the pol- slblllty of war was genuinely ruled out and all of whom accorded general support to one common. and hfgbly paelflc, forelgn pollcy. But. even 1n foreign pollcy largo changes with dlslntekratlng possib- llltles have been made. Canada has its own dlplomstlc representative 1n Washington, Ireland 1n several oountfles, Indie. bu her own trade . presentatlves 1n f‘ ny. Ind wlthln the linllln her own polltl- col representative in South Afrlce. But above Ill there has been no common economlc Lallcy. Ottawa 1e the first. eertous attempt to devlsu one, and 1n the attempt ‘the serious weak ofthe whole sltustlon and the urg- ent need for permanent machlner; for Iinplre consultation, the s4- Justmont of dlrferences, and the 911111111. of common slmn-Oslcutts Statesman

A "parachute kite?’ capable ‘of lfftlngfourtonsofcergohssbeen lucoaufully tested at. Moscow, Rus- slo. The "kite". a vast fsbrlo dome 1o memo diameter, rum four tanstosbelgbtoflllwfosttns 11nd of 28 feet. per second-veloc- 11y. The tolls are belng oontlnucd sud Sovlet suthorltles predlct that 1t wlll be possible to devise ‘there- ohuto trains" able to esslly 11ft.

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YOUR CHILD'S EYESIGHT

There are three lmportsnt condi- tlons which materially atd 1n pre- serving good eyealght-good llght, good print, and good health.

The light should be wlthout shad- ows, wlthout glare, and wlthout flicker. The proper amount. of llght 1s that obtained from a GO-watt frosted bulg 10 to 80 fnehes away from the prlnted page. A loo-watt lamp ls requlred when the lamp bulb 1s 2% to 3 feet away.

an light should tall on the imm- ed page and not. directly 1n the eyes. The llght should fall from above or slightly behind and over the left shoulder. Light that falls directly 1n the eye exhausts the nerve of the eye causing eyestraln. The second important condition- good print-ls avallable 1n all school books whlch are usually well prlnt- ed 1n clear black type. Some books read by school children out of school are badly printed and parents must see to 1t that thelr children read well-prlnted books with fa1rly large

pe. t ' The thlrd important condltlon- good health-refers to 300d bodily health as well as to good eye health. And the one depends to a very large extent upon the other. Thus all body defects should be corrected and the body bullt; up by play or exer- clse to ensure good health. _ The eyes 1s a. marvellously dell- cate and most complex organ, able to take twelve to fourteen perfect pictures every second and send .on the complete picture for the brnln to understand or interpret. Thls requires a. perfectly working mach- lne or organism.

Now 1f a perfect eye needs good light, good print and good health you can readily see that. where there Ls defectlve vision or eyesight 1t 1s even more necessary to have these three important condttlona The above lnformatlon and advtce 1s from Dr. A. C. Snell, Rochester, N. Y., 1n the Sight. Savtng Revtew, published by the Natlona! Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

Canada In London

(Vancouver Provlnce)

Hon. Vlncent Massey, who reached England on Tuesday, 1s the seventh 1n quite a dlstlngulsh- ed line of Canadian hlgh commis- sioners. The first to hold the of- fioe was Sir Alexander Gals. Slr Alexander was one of the Fathers of Confederation, and was some- what ahead o1’ most of his col- leagues 1n his constltullonal thlnk- lng. He saw much earlier than most of the men who worked wtth him that the granting of auto- nomy to the North American col- onies 1n the B. N- A. Act would lead to demands for further auto- nomy nnd that Canada wou1d,_ be- fore long, be asking for the right to negotiate commercial treaties wlth foreign countrles.

As early as 1870, Gait. was talk- ing ln this veln, but neither Ot- tawa nor Westminster was ready for so long a step. By 1878, how- ever, Gall: was himself engaged on behalf of Canada 1n an attempt. to negotiate commercial agreements with France and Spain, and when he went to London 1n 1880, 1t was understood that some of his duties were to be of s. diplomatic nature. He was to be the channel of com- munl tton between the T‘ 1n1on Government and the Colonial Of- floe and was to work wfth the Brltlsh Foreign Offlee 1n an at- tempt to further Canadlsn ulter- ests abroad. He had flnanclal tasks too. and lmmlgratlon work, and 1t was hoped he would be able to do somethlng toward the re- vlva! or imperial preference. Galt, however, found many dlfflcultles in his way. He was not mode s. member of the dlplomntlc corps as he thought he should have been: he grew lmpatlent at the delays 1n carrying on his negou- atlons through the Colonlsl Offloe and Foreign Offloe and mlnfsters abroad; he chafed at. the fallure of the Canadian Government to provide Droperly for his expenses; he couldn't get very for with his plans for extensive lmmlgntdoll; and hls ldeas wlth respect to re- clproca! trade were coldly recelved by the Llbera! govcmment 1n poi- er 1n the Old IA-nd.

In 1888. GaJtJ-oslgned and re- turned to Canada. Ba was suc- ceeded by Slr Charles "Puppet, who, except for ‘ months 1n 1881-88, when he was mlnlstrer of flnanoe, held the post until 1800.

whtls Slr Alexander paused to untle 1t. He made r. forceful rep- resentstlve of Canada, and proved hlghly useful 1n solving some of the flnancls! problems brought up by the bulldlng of the flrst. trans- continental.

When Slr Charles returned to Canada. to succeed Slr Mlekenzte Howell as Prlme Mlnlster, sir Donald Smlth. who was to become Baron Stratheons, the followlng 1w bwlmv hlxh eommlssloner. Strathcona held the office roi- elibteen years, and was durlng n11 that. time a plc uresque and very busy representat ve of Canada. He had prestlge 1n business and metal clrcles, he had gnlt. wealth, Ind he placed both st the servtceof the Domlnlon. Ills charm‘ , his exertlons end hls lsvtsh hoopl . 11y gave the offlce o1’ 111311 oom- mlsslmler s new dlgnlty and 1m. portsnec, and sucoeedlng lngh eommlssloners have been expect- ed to llve up to thls- "Compared wlth Stat-noon" retfgsblo rmrflm." n11 wlule w mm, Unftcd States ambassador. "my own omoe 1s s. stncoiuv." Smtboons‘: immediate success- or wu Slr George Parley, whole esrlhr dutles were concerned 11th the wsr u mlnlster of overseas