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P!‘ GE FOUR

The Charlottetown Guardian

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THURSDAY, 1111.11, 22, m1 M. c.-. ,, Public Statistics

The indoor game of vieuiiig with alarm.

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W11111t111g 111111 .-.'t1i~11tct11111 111, ur otlicrivise coni- 111-111111; 1111. 1111i‘ iiitiiiivipall1al:1i1c<--sl11-1 .tht‘c.-t~ {lh l1) 1M1‘ =11111t- 111' its iiiccrtiiiiitics it the tibjcc- 1111- 111 1111- 111111111111111-1‘roviiicial conference on .\l11t1i1‘11>1'11 Stati-Iit-s, 111111‘ sitting at (lttawa, is fully I'('§lll7('\l. '1 111' p1irp11~1~ 111 this conference. tcrordiug 111 1111- 1 111111111 louriial. i< 111 l11_v 111111-11 i. plan 111' 11101111111 11111-1'1-l1_v [l11-re c1111 he =t-1'11r1-1l 1111111111111 all 1111-1- 1111- lloiiiiiiitin a 1111(1)‘ of 11111111111111 ~t:1t1~ti1".~ that will he 11l1~1111.111-; 111111 11111 11.11111; 11141-1111-1"; that will 111111-11‘ 1'1-It1]1.'11'i-1111- 111 111- llilttlt‘ 11t'l\\'i’\‘ll 11111111- ."111'111.i1~- 111111 l1t'l\\i't'll |ti‘t1\|ll\‘t'\§ 111111 111111 can 11- 1111111-11 1111 111111 1111111 111111 1111- general lilClilfC .>f l’-.il1l11- l-'.1|.1111‘1~_ 111111-11 11f course iiicliiilt-s 1‘1--1c1':11.1i111 1'l'11\ll1t'l£tl 11- 111-ll 11s Xluiiicipal lfllllllivt‘. 11111 is 1111-11111» 1111- 11111-1 |)i't‘\.~lllg 11'11l11 11: 11111 111111 111' t':i11111l.1 11111 111 1111- 11~11rl1l .111l:1>\. 1.111 .'1\1-1':1,;1- iii-111, .tl1~11rl11-1l 111 ills 11\\'i1 111-111111-111» 11111} 11111 11111111-1‘ niitvli 111111111 a c1111- frr1-11v1- 1111 ~t.11i-11c~. lii this, 11s 111111111 most r11111-r 111111-4- 111‘ Q11\1‘l'lillit'lll. 111- is wrong. S1111- i>t'-:~1'11111’--1'11 111111 \!I:111_\"; t111-_1' affect \\'11:11 gm" ‘l'lllil\'lii< 1111 111111111 111- 1111-1111“. 111111111 his taxes. 11111111 111111-1‘ i1'1llQ~ lll lii- life.

111-111111- l'I'11\llI1’|1l1 Sevrt-iziri‘ liit-ltliiig 111111 C111‘ 111-r]. .\'i1‘1i1-l~1111 ari- 1111111 iii zittt-iirlziiicc at tl11- t-11i1f1-1'1-111"1-_ 111111 i1i:1_v 111- 1-\p1-ct1-11 to liriitgi back ~111i11- 111-1111111 11111111111111111. l'1-rl1aps 111111 is all 111.11 111- 11111- a right :11 expect of 1111-111. Stall-tics .'1r1- 11111 t-zt-v things l11 51111111111111121‘.111-ll 'll1'll' 11111-1-1-1-1-111111-11 111 14-111-1-1111111-111111 r1.-|111r1s will continui- lt) 111111-1111 largely upon 11111-'s attitude t1-1\.111l tl11~ g11\1-r111111-i11—l11- 1| c1111". provincial

111' li1'1lt'l'1t1-—.'1ll1l 1111t7s l1'll11\\1t‘1lg€ of i116 facts that lie 1111111111 1111- statistics.

'l*11r1-\:1i1i;111 1111-r1- i< that it-xed question of a b:11:i11."1-1l liiiilget. \\ 11:11 dot-s it mean? The for- 1111-1‘ 1.0.1 111111-1111111-111 1‘1.1i|1i1-1l three “surpluses” iii its 1111111‘ _v1-:1r- 111' :111ii11i1i-1ra11oi1. _v1-t it left a Hlllllttll 1l11l111r< 1111-1-1111111 and $I.I7;‘.I)O(‘P clebt iiirrt-me 11111-11 it 111-111 11111 tlliitllilltt‘. The pres- riit (1111111111-11 tiovt-riiiiit-iit. elected 111 balance the budget :111i11i:1ll_1.‘, 11111v claims that 1t is pledg- Ptl 11i1l_v to pr111luc1- :1 balance n11 11r111t11ir_v ac- count at ~11i111- 111111-1111111- time. The l_’i'1-ii111-r. in hi.- 111-1 111111-41-1 ~111~1-ch in 111111-11 111- estimated for a dt-ticii 111‘ $113,188, said 111- could "easily have 311111111-1-11 111 this llouse a liiitlgt-t shmviiig a 111:1- Eiiirt- 11f l'\‘1't'l]1l< 111111 t-xpt-tirlitiirt-s for the pres- 1-111 \1-.'1r". .\ll that 11a- i11-1"1-~'<;1r_v. he argued. 1v1111ld l1e 111 1-1-1l1ic1- the siultiiig ftuitl provision. r1111ita1izt- r1-1i1-f pa1i111-i1ts 11r 11tl11-r\vi.-"1- manipu- .111- the acc111i11t< and “adopt an easy, optiiuistir tttitutlqf’ .\ {111-titer l.1l11-1'al l‘i'1-i11i<-i', 1111 11111- oc-

511511111. 11111-1111 \tt|tlttJl'lt‘t' 11f 1111- lit-ll t iovcriiiiit-nt. wroduci-il three different a11al_v~1-s 11f the Public \cc111u11.~. 1-111-11 >l11'1\vi11g a "stirplits" for a dif- iert-iit amount, \\'e forget ivliat 1111- real deficit

1111s that vent‘. hut it was 1-1111si1l1-ral1l1: .\iid so -t goes. Cp at 1111111111. Fiiiztiici: .\liii1st1-r Dun- ning. with a surplus 1111 111-1111111111- acc111i11t. 1111111115 to being i11-.'1i'1_v a hiiiidrt-tl 11111111111 dollars 5110f! of tarotlut-ing a l111l111ic1-d budget. .\'11t11-i1l1.<111111lii1g. 1111-1-1-{111-1; the hopes enter- tained 11v the (ittzuva lournal as to the outcome bf the tin-sent Conft-rti-ttrv. we fear that t0 “i119 511-1-1151- 1111111” Public 17111111111’ \\1l1 remain, what

l1, 1111s before, a more 11r less irritating mystery.

Who's T0 Day’!

Canadians generally. and the business and financial interests of Canada particularly. sa_vs the Alonetarv Tiiiues. ivoiild lilte to know what part the Dominion is to play in bringing abotit a closer accord betiveen Great l-lritain and the United States. From the way matters stand no1v it appears Canada must m:1ke. within limits. certain concessions that are vital tn the con- clusion of a llritisli-Kniericait trade agreement. In the light of present world conditions, stich an accord between these two grt-Ilt 11111111115 “T111111 seem to he desirable. l1iit 111111‘ far is Canada prepared tn go in lending aid to the plan? That matter will have to be thrashed out in the leg- islative councils. federal and provincial. lt 15 etitirt-lv a 111111-111 obligation; Citiifltlit 1F W‘! mm- mitted-to anvtliing. .~'\t the recent Imperial Con- ference mutual tiiiderstaiirliiigs ivere not em- bodied in any agreements or commitments call- ing for legislative approval. The broad lines

laid down at (lttawa in I032 INTI-ll" llleliilil‘ of Empire trade. Th1- priiu-iplt- then affirmed was that of mutual preference, and as conditions change that governing principle will find dif- ferent applications. _

Tait‘. of a gfftlillg down in the duties under the flttaiva agreements iii the interests of 1393i’ er trade l1et1v1-1-n Hritaiu and thi- l'nited States will. it is t1redict1-d. nit-vi will) "'l‘l""111'"_‘- Tim-re is the case of liritidi Columbia. ‘for 1115181109- Ttmt province during the last live years has mimw] a mmmm‘ of p,,1<p1-1"1t‘_\~ tttidt-r the 0t- 11111.1 agreeiiit-tits. 'l‘h1-se |1r1‘l¢‘l‘t'l1ff‘ "iarkelli- particularly the Hlilflvtldtll‘ lumber 11nd lumber

rodticis iu tireat Rfllfllli eanie at a time ivheri ndngn‘. “m. m a wry loiv c1111. Therefore it ls reasonable tn expect that llritislrColttmltlitifi will fight 11111111 and nail to 1111111 1111-‘ i"1"3"'-"Q9 ._t11 prevent thi- hllSliiPss 11111112 ‘1"""'l"(1 hack m 11,,- mills of Oregon and \\'asl1ington. _

11]"...- ;._ "t... 111p ease of the Klaritimes. which 1m"- hpnt-iittt-tl materiallv l1_v the sale of Rilrlull" tural products in the (7111 Country tinder ‘hi’ UmPhT ‘\,_,,.,.,.,,,,.,n_g4 The Xfonetary Times does w, gm. W‘ 1,111 the King Govertinietit canIbe ‘unrmr 11m “m. 9mm tn tamper with these 11n- wrmnt ,,,11.|’.~r1-n.~r~; will he strongly resented in t-Is 111-111111 of (‘a11.-11l:1.

Women, In Parliament

“l11-n the 11-11me11 1v1-re given the flTlIiCliW; in "aiiada pictures \\'f‘i't" p111iite1l of :1 lfwlfffll 1"‘ ianu-ut doiuiiiated 11v 11-111111-11 and it ivas ever)

'ing a National Government-“National Gov-

gredictetl that we would have some day 8 111d)’

Prime Minister. says the London‘ Free Press. That day may Quote. but it is still far in the distance. (‘tiriuiisly- we are much more con- servative in Canada and in the United States than in (ireat Britain or Europe;

\\'11nieu have had the franchise in Canada for nearly 2o years and in every province they have the right to vote, except Quebec, and yet the number of women who have been elected to Parliament or to the Legislatures is compara-

tively small. .\liss Agnes Macphail, of course. leads the way. She has sat continuously sinct 1921. Lntii the last election she was the only

woman member of the House when she was joined by .\lrs. George Black who succeeded l11-r llllillfilifl as member for the Yukon.

So far not a ivoinan has ever been elected from Prince Edward Island. Nova Scotia or .\'ew Brunswick to the Legislature. The great and progressive Province of Ontario has never elected a woman to its Legislature and few have even dared to enter the lists as candidates. The electors apparently do not want women to rc- |)l’f‘.~‘9|ll them.

Even the radical Western Provinces do not enthuse over women candidates. Manitoba to- dav has oi1l_v one woman member. .\Iiss Salome llztlldorson. of Icelandic descent. She is a graduate of the Ifniversity of Manitoba and is .-1 teacher of languages in a Lutheran Academy. She ivas elected as a Social Credit candida". Saskatche\v:in has no \'\‘()ll1(‘n members and to oiti recollection has never returnedalady to the Leg i-"lature. .\lberta has two women in the .\.~ <1-n1l1l_\'. both supporters of Premier Aherhart .\lrs. E, ll.‘ Costick. who was born in Wale“ and .\lrs. Edith Rogers. a school teacher a‘ Ponoka, who had tlie distinction of defeating ex Premier Brow-nice British Columbia has tltt distinction of liavng the first woman Cabinet .\linister, .\lrs. .\l.ry Ellen Smith. In the last llouse there was 11m interesting vt-oman, .\lr< Dorothy- Gretchen Ste-eves. She was born in

‘- llolland and graduated from LeAvden I'i1iversit_\'

with a doctor's degree. She met and married l11-r husband when as a returned prisoner of ivar 11c was exchanged nto Holland after 1018. S111- was then employe in the Dutch Governtnent

_ as ‘legal adviser in he department charged with

the distribution of food and other necessities during the war. S 1- is a C.C.F. in her politics.

So in the whole of Canada there are not more than a half-dozen in the seats of the mighty and not one today occuping a Cabinet position.

l 1 Editoral Notes r

Sir William Rantay died this date r916. l l Ii i July weather so far has suited both farmer and holiday-maker alike. 1t- : a 1c Prince Edward Island is being held up to (“ape Rretoners as an example 11f the benefits to be derived from a rural free library system. a o 111 111

The ears are telling against summer cottages for citvv people; so many find it more convenient to sleep at home and go to the shore during the day by auto.

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A report issued by the Department of Finance at Ottawa shows that loans made under the lloiiiiiiioti Housing Acil up to June 30 totalled 351.799.2116. These financed housing accommo- dation for 2,000 families. the average loan per family being approximately $4.400. In junt- tlie average loan per unit was $4,000. Numer- ous loans were made for amounts below $3,000, the minimum being $1,700.

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One almost thought one was listening to Mr. Chamberlain was listening in to 1\Ir. King the other night. The voice was the voice of King all right. but the sentiments those of Mr Chamberlain. It i5 easy to see that Mr. Cham- berlain was not far astray in congratulating D0- minion Secretary Malcol Macdonald in en- listing the support of Mr. King to the British Empire policy.

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Dr. Alice Salomon, noted Christian sociologist. has been exiled from Germany because her ntim- erous friendships and acquaintances abroad rc- sulting from her international activities in the \\'omen‘e Movements “make it desirable that she leave Germany permanently." Dr. Salomcn closed a six month lecture tour in the United States in November. She also is well known in England where she has many influential friends. She is now in London. According to private information Dr. Salomon adopted the Protestant faith long before the present re- gime came into power.

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Prime Minister King practically invited a coalition the other night. He did not do so in so many words, but he deprecated criticism and invited co-operation; where there are loaves and fishes and patronage at stake you cannot stip- press criticism or obtain co-operation unless at the price of 50-50 government control. Some of the big guns in the industrial world have been advertising this, and it would appear as though the Prime Minister is not averse to it. In this he has changed since his Opposition days when lie declared in reply to a suggestion of enter-

ernment, yes there will be National Government after the election!" n1 1a a a

At a World Conference on Church. Com- munity and State being held this week in Ox- ford; and taken part in by Viscount Cecil of (‘hetu-ood. the Marquiss of Lothian, the Arch- bishop of York. Sir Alfred Zimmern, noted his- torian of Oxford, Rev. Justin \\'roe Nixon. Rochester, N. j., Prof. Reinhold Niebur and Dr. john juster Dallas, New York. as well as other noted religious authorities in Europe and Asia. it was advocated that active work to create Christian fellowship that would allay national- istic feeling was the surest road to peace. A projected crusade will be directed along lines calculated to bring back into Church Associa- tions many millions of Christians who have ceased active participation largely for reasons which some of the conference spokesmen ascrib- eil to an excessive doctrinaire attitude by the

Church.

TI-IE__ CHARLOTPETOWN__ GUARDIAN

tlotes By Tho Way

It il not noon to minister! who serie a. high ideal to employ weap- ons used by others to exact n ilv n; wage Since they have to live, re- quire opportunity for study and the means to provide for their familter Mid l0 6111011 the * pleasure: of life. the responsibility for their welfare lies upon the churches in which they work. I1 the Church fails to give its ministres the sec- urity and social Justice to which they are entitled it. means that the salt has lost. its savor. And it can- I not. be salted by the organization of

a ministers‘ union-Toronto Tele- gram.

--_._. ' There ll n charm and resifulnem about driving on the back roads that. it is impossible to get on the main highways, where one spends moat. of his or her time keeping clear of other cars. There is no time for sight-seeing, no time for relax- ation. Our advice for those who en- joy motoring for the sake of motoring is to shun the busy aven- ues of traffic and get out onto the back roads.-—-EX.

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley has Just publicly paid a tribute to the fine Judgment. of his wife. When he had been in Parliament seven years,

1 feeling that his service was of no 1 use. he declared that he was going to “throw this game up and live in ' the country where I can be of some use." whereupon Mrs. Baldwin re- lmlndfll her husband that he had ‘said he would stick to tt for ten 1 Yeats and added: “Do this. and if 1 you still think 1t is no good. then I will agree to your gdng.” Who shall sav that the country has not pro- fited from the intuition, observation and encouragement of a sincere and sensible woman? And it is chame- teriatic of the man whom we all like to think of as "piain Stanley Baldwin“ that he should openly confess his readiness to listen when wisdom spoke-Montreal Gazette.

A motorist who drove his car into a M C R train at Welland had to pay the company's counter claim for damages. his ovm claim being dis- missed. That. man learned two 1135-. sons-one that you can't push i; railway train out of the way with a motor car and the other. it's a] poor rule that doesn't work both ways-St. Thomas Times Joumnl.

An item in going the rounds of the press to the effect that. bache- lors and spinsters form half Great Britain's population. They do if babes in arms are bachelors and spinsters. 1n Engend and Wales Just over half the population, of all ages. is unmarried. But that. is true of Canada as well-Toronto Star.

The Provincial Minister of Mince has decided to take the necessary measures to establish a mining school in Quebec. It is a very happy idea. Dur rig the last several years the mining industry of Quebec has‘ made great. progress. Unfortunately for one reason or another. very few of our people have profited from the advance. There can be no ques- tion of throwing the blame on any- one else outside of ourselves. Un- prepared for this work. we have had to cede the places to experts from other provinces. — UIIIIOTIIIEIJOD, Montreal.

"In this Germany." growls Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Minister of , Propaganda and Number Three Man in the Nazi group, "it is we who govern. and every German must obey our Yaws." People who talk as Goebbels talks are usually riding to a fall. Notice the words "we" and "must." Surely 60 mllrona of people are not. going to stand for this sort of thing foreven-Windsor Star.

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We must admit that democratic forms of government have their weakness as well as their advantag- es. When important Acts of the Government of a country have to be approved in advance by a major- ity in a democratically-elected Leg- islature. it. ls clear that, quick decis- ions are difficult 11o make. A dicta- tor out. of his wisdom, or perhaps after a hasty conference with his departmental chiefs. puts fort-h a decree affecting the lives of the people in the closest manner. If ho makes a mistake he can correct it by another decree Issued with the same rapidity and ease. It must. be admitted that in cases of sudden emergency a dictator can rise to the occasion more rapidly and ef- fectively than the Government of a country where democracy rules.- Belfaat Telegraph.

“The United States,’ declare! Alexandre Carrillo. Mexican dele- gate to the- International Feder- ation of Trades Union Congress in Warsaw. “are the Germany of the Amerlcrgi continent." Will Mr. Car- rillo please go a strep further and advise us who is playing the rote of Adolf Hitler on this continent? Is it. Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Lewis? No Germany. we need hardly men- tion, is complete without, a Hitler.- Windsor Star.

The Russians have been at‘ the North Pole for some time ndW. PW‘- ting the territory to their own use, and as yet no one has charged them with trespassing. There are the United States. which could claim discovery through Dr. Cook or Cap- “in Perry, or both; Canada. which claims everything north of the for- ty-ninth parallel-would that mean the Poettt-Itailaris who flew 0V0!‘ tn n. dlrlgibie, and others-Port Arthur News-Chronicle.

Ne‘ York city's police depart- ment includes. among other police- woman, Detective Mary Shaniey. who certainly knows the tricks of her trade. The other night. in n. subway station, one spotted two crooks (with 81 arrests and 48 con- victions betw them) acting sua- pjglougly. may fled on a train when they noticed her, but she overtook them. One submitted meekly to arrest. the other scooted. He halted when bullet: from h_er Iii-calibre service revolver whiatied by his cor. Once before sh used her weapon in arresting t men who Wire afterwards convicted of attempted bufglgry. Detective Shunley looks more like e weli-to-do housewife than "one of the fineotfi-Toronw

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THE EYES 0F CHlLUI-Q zil-{OULD BE EXAMINED BE- FORE Til-E SCHOOL AGE

Boy; and girls tn our cities and towns now have the advantages of the 5011001 medical and dental in- spection. A youngster going to school for the first. tutti brings back a report on his hen t, lungs: spine, feet, eyes, nose. throat, and teeth.

Naturally we think that. for youngsters tn get this complete ex- irmlnatlon when they first attend school is a great step forward in education, and when we compare this with conditions when we were children it certainly is a great step forward. -

However 1t comes as a shock. that, insofar as the eyes and the eyesight. is concerned, waiting un- ttl a youngster is five or six years old (school age) may be too late to repair or correct certain eye de- tects; that an eye examination should be given long before the ch'ld peaches school age.

Dr. Albert Frost, Chairman of the Department of Opthalmology- Ohio State University. in an ad- dress to the Oh‘o State Nurses’

th Pl Association at Columbus. Ohio, last 1:! 053m 5mg; schgfl (“Lg

vear stated:

“I want to speak particularly about what can be done to pre- serve and conserve (save) vision from birth up to school 1136 b9- cause this is a very important period. It. seems to me that there shOUld be some effort made to have periodic eye examinations, or, at least. one examination before a child tea/shes age. Fortunately most children have normal eye-S and need no treatment. An ex- amination of the‘r eyes will happily Show this; but many may show a degree of blindness in one or both eyes of which the parents have no knowledge. In many of these cases the parents are surpris- ed to dkscover on examination that the children have defective vision. which, if given early attention. may be improved." _

"sometimes. of sourse. nothing can be done. but it ls- a source of satisfaction to know that. every opportunity has been provided for their care. It. is surprising that. parents will say, "Well. I never knew you could examine a child's eyes before he could read the letters." Without any outward appearance of defect we may dis- cover such defects asJarsuzhted- rues; where no matter how hard the chi‘d tries he is unable to get. a clear picture."

Similarly when there is a squint or cross-eyes. 'I‘he eye which is straight is the eye which is used.

These chtlth-en. if the condition is discovered early. will be enab- led by the use of glasses to get a clear image and thus develop more normal vision. The family doctor. a nurse. or even a parent can make simple tests w'th bbiects or illus- trations ‘orig before the youngster learns his letters. i

Japan And China

(Halifax Chronicle)

It is forty -t.hree years since Japan first began her inroads on China. In 1894-95 Japan won the Sine-Japanese war. Formosa was ceded to her, she received an tn- demriity. and China renounced her suzeralrity over Korea. which Japan annexed later in 1910. In 1900 was the Boxer uprising. which Japan along with other powers put. down and certain foreign troops were allowed to remain in the country to protect their nationals. Under this Boxer agreement. Jap- an maintains a garrison at. or near P01111118. but a bigger one than all other powers put together. ,

In 1904-5 Japan fought. Russia on Chinese soil and China granted Japan railway concessions which Russia had formerly held and con- firmed Japan lri possession of the leased territory of Kwantung. In I914, when the great. war broke out. Japan sent an army into Shantung province and captured Tstngtiio from Germany. remain- tng in possession of ti. and other territory until 1922. D1 1915. when the attention o1 the rest. of the world wag taken up with the greet. war. Japan made her "21 de- mands" on China, to which China yielded tn the face of superior, force.