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TUESDAY, PPRIL l, 1938

More Liberal “Economy"

Attention was called the other day to tbt marked increase under the Campbell Govern- ment in those items of expenditure listed as “general government," including ministerial salaries, departmental offices. etc. The total of

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I A i» One of this year's books, “Dunant: The Story of the Red Cross," by MartifGumpert, should

go for to remedy this neglect. Henry Dunant wasabom in 1828 in Geneva, the Christian name

Jacques and Marie Antoinette. He grew up in

III-and had his “image set up in hibition as a symbol of humanity." Later he lived and died in obscure poverty.

Cross were meant to achieve much more than healing and helping the wounded and injured in war. They were to be pioneering activities look- ing towards the abolition of war. The ultimate object was, in a word, good will between nations. It is well to have his memory revived

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both parents being the well known Jan huo"'wun'num p” ' h“, n12: during the lo depression on

a IISUIIQLUCL-COL ILCheItuKIoI-nn . . . . y“ "aid", ;_ |,_ an“; p44, a middle class environment during a period of w m‘ um‘ bom_ o“ i; Iowans-Jolt- “: a 51:41:11.1!- Ill-tau industrial and commercial progress. Scion of a who 1x10“! nhin business at homo ‘g. _ _ “n” . . . w, "hni Wu“, 5 banking family. he was by no means a rich man whim‘ “m! “m5, w w," BUBSERIPTION u when spending the years criisading lforrthe crfea- the w dmvwcsgm and Wéflrml-dffll“! ' P?‘ ‘1- tion_ of a military institution of ea ing_a ter VWJ“ “who _ sbvlkh’ and "' Y l ‘w’ w“ h t a a t th health bodies of III per year tin advance) mulled toCouulaa-ud U-l. afmlef‘ “I a" F5 '0)’ e Y 6" 31- h" £19 WENT-h? 0' 31° Audit Bureau Circulation fighting men. Indeed, he was a poor man for gglfw-rele": glgltzxguufi ‘ ' k . D t ' w- s----= 3,32%» - ::::"3:::r:".:.:°,:;:::;.:::.::i.: $232!, m“? “w- v 1 u“ ~ e“ whom kings invited," also an emperor—Napoleon Tfimfifipfafiflggugfififl

the City Hall and on the Champs do Mars yesterday must have as- tonished even his intimate friends.

certainly did astound the Eng- lish ulation of Mont- real. That a man occupying the of chief magistrate of the Metropolis of this Dominion should

the Paris ex-

To him the Geneva Convention and the Red

so, is surely one of the most

in this lamentable exhibitions ever given

., such expenditures incrensetl from $96-$92 i“ year, 1939. ggulfg gfialhawaggttrax 13° “i” l 1934 t“ $"8-387 l" 1938- rlhls ‘5 “he” a good The present biographer tells how Dunant was Monty"; 51315 , '

money goes, and still an- ’: other share goes to paying the increasing costs for similar expenditures under the lllaclfflflllfl King Goveriiu-ieut. Government expenditures has been mounting at Ottawa since I935 at l)“ rate of 5 per cent a year. In I935, total salaries and wages of the Dominion Government amounted to $76,i11,o84. Restoration of salary

deal of the taxpayers‘

reputed as being a drove him more and more into obscurity al- though now and then he would be summoned before such important bodies as the National Society for the Progress of Social Science to give his view lated to the greatest healing society except that humane one of prevention.

revciutionist; and how that la-ngu/age of the craft: would simply say: “Hove an orange. But when the transaction is lritrusted to a lawyer to be put

s on certain aspects of themes re- and singular. my ate and lniter- estn. right. title, claim and advan- tages of and in said orange, toge- ther with all its rind. Juice,

A hwyer thus illustrates tho "If a man were to rive mother an orange, he

in writing he adopts this form: 1 hereby give and cggvey to you, all

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business. Parliament nous

to $84.4o1.4<>5-

was an increase of 5.76 per c

$39-=53.43.1- Both the

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irrational state events of last authority for t

with expansion facing frankly

cuts that year boosted tli 998.104. The next ye

ecutives in Eng _ deliberately with their every

everything possibl Qingency, London is describ

For

‘bell Government xvcre pledge administrative expenditures. Liberal pledges, these have "gone

of

mind,

stampeded into an the serious week. The Financial Post cites he statement that business land are going ahead qu -day business and

even by

e i936 figure t0 $32." ar there was another jump the fiscal year 1938 theft ent, bringing it to

King Government and the Camp- d to economy in Like manv other with the

A Lesson For Canada

Characteristic of the people in the Old Coun- try is their refusal to be

plans and programmes.

for

such con- ed as s. place where

ietly and

While the possibility of war and doing e to prepare

life line of the British Commonwealth." don to Ottawa. e c

A Conference is to_ _ Protestant and Catholic Committees 0f Council of Education of

°*‘ Vince. heard." n child. said ‘Thoreau. . ‘,,,,.. lovestostrikecrnatinponwith

_ n stick because its ears, being

Mr. Hemming's timely letter on the Harbour m and iaizteniévle. detest music

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Improvements deserves the attention of the 1“ d, “d "can hearwléhg" Wlgggst

powers-that-be.

able to sell it to the Old Country as “the refs;

other words, to transfer the Capital from Lon-

' vantages therein. with full er I Ednonal Notes I to bite. cut. suck and othcrw e to . —-—-i—- ‘ m ma‘?! ail"; ti"; "n"

_ . . - way or cu e Oliver Goldsmith died this date. 1774- 131,, .,,,,,»_ pulp ,,, ,,,,,,_ Wm“, * " " herein more or herefgfaftgh o‘; in

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A“ lamp)" Moveniient investigator is nob: nsty-ureo OfirlllfgeqwilélltfiOevfil‘ iio ‘iii-e riding six months in Canada in order to contrary tn any wise nothwith- standing.’ "And then another

take place between the the

Quebec in May _t0 consider a resolution recommending the in- troduction of compulsory education in that pro-

In order to have the work in- volved in the $150,000 expenditure completed

Pulp and pips and all rights and ad-

lawyer comes along and takes it s/way from yoriiW-lhichange.

Thoreau maintained that the couimonest and cheapest sounds, such" as the barking of a d08- Pro- duce the same effect on fresh and healthy ears that the rarest music does. "I have lain wwake at night many s. time," he wrote, "to think of the barking of a dog. which I heard long before. as a frequmter of the opera might llc awake re- membering the music he had

melody in tiriklimt cowbeils. ‘Ilhe enjoyment of such slmpfe sounds is denied to most adults because

he remains in office, is responsible for Canadian policy. Mr. Maclnen Z1; Kim! has continued his course o statement of policy and official] , uesti

mand for an answer from the head

made natements from time to time

Mirror Of The Nation BY

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throu ou coim . While some feranoee of oping are bound to prevails; tic-what Caruda‘: position should be,‘ the femonse to Dr. Monica's s ant. indicates that it comes close to ac- wmollshina it! purpose, which was that of making for unity 9g cum.

dian ‘opinion and sentiment on the _To the unemployed the work o! queston of Canada's position. Dr. ’;‘ the harbour and building Maniori had previously stated st an “on to the railway pier

he regpfded such uni as the irst ne in the situs on in order that Canada might make the strongest possible contribution to the efforts of the British Bnpire. and the other democracies, for the preservation of peace and adoinst aggression.

The declaration by the Conserva- tive Ieader that Canada should take a definite stand with the British Empire and the other demo- cratic nations, and that, event of war in Europe involving Great Britain, there could beno questaon of neutrality by this country. but that Canada's par- ticipation should be on a voluntary basis, seems to have met the in- sistent public demand for a clear- cut statement on the subject. This demand was directed, of course. to the Prime Minister. who, as long u

carefully avoiding any definite

therefore. the "What Canada p to dot", unanswered. In reply to tihe of the Government, Mr. King has

in the House. of Commons, but up

to the present he has succeeded in s

avoiding my c-ammltment as to his attitude.

While tho Leader of the Opposi- tion cannot speak officially for, the country, it is stated in Conserva- tive quarters in tho Capital that the reaction to Dr. Monica's pro- iiouncemeutdndileates that he has spoken for the whole of the people of Canada. It seems to be felt that Dr- Mnnion by his statement has performed an important national service in helping to clarify the situation and promote notimel unity. In and around Parliament the i n is increasing that the position of national leadership is rapidly passing out of the hands of the Prime Minister into those of the Lender of the Opposition.

lit is a matter of widespread com-

1'3 be

to the square inch

there is "more optimism _ _ m any other mayor

than to the square yard capital." _ _

Something of the same ipirit, says the Post, i evident in the United States. The threat of war has brought no paralysis of capitalistic in-

all its time to take care of the additional $200,- ooo or so vote.

front" to

cry to a _ w an one." -Wllllam Fe Magazine.

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Nothing could be accepted more as an "af- Western Canada than passage of the

It berlairib trilsbful this latost. deve ent

- f ' 1 a; work must their ears are dull and debauched, before the eiid of ti“: finaricia ye -“ re “i” “Just as a crust is sweeter to a start forthwith. The o owing year wi q hum“ appetite m?“ a comecuom

d diseased Feather ln Santa

In evidence of Neville Cham- nature that. he should have been so shocked over of Nazi

itiative as it did in l9i4_

The confidence perva In Great Britain and United States is of con- siderable importance to Canada, dependent as we are on business sentiment and activity in both

those countries.

ding business sentiment

Ottawa Government's legislation fixing s

Eastern Canada Conference on Farm Products at a banquet in the

cent minimum wheat price guarantee Mr. J. Wesson of Regina, president of the Canadian Chamber offiigriculture, told delegates to the Marketing

Windsor becomes law it will

Mainland Opinion

“Premier Thane Campbell of Prince Edward Island," says the Sackville Post, has had the rather disagreeable task of announcing in the Legislature a deficit on current account last year of slightly under $80,000. It is larger than he had budgeted for last year though there was l considerable increase in revenue. Along with the deficit there is also an increase in the prov- incial debt of $1,249,857, bringing the total debt of the province to the near vicinity of $9,000,- 000. This may not seem large when compared with the debts of the other provinces, but it has to be kept in mind that Prince Edward Island has a population of less than 90,000 people and that though the province is rich in agricultural resources and in the type of her citizenship, something more than this is needed to the easy carrying of such a load. An agricultural popu- latiori has sufficient difficulties of its own to contend against without governments conduct- ing their financing in a way to add to their dif- ficulties."

. "On The Eve Of An Election"

The words being Mr. Dunning's one of the most responsible members of the Ministry, what _they tell, we must suppose, says the Ottawa Journal, is that tlicre will be an election this Summer or at latest next Fall.

“Last year," the Journal recalls, "Mr. King said he could see no need of an election until I940, added that none would he held until then unless the Government became doubtful over whether it retained the confidence of the coun- try. Mr, Dunning's announcement would seem to say that some such doubt has now come to the Government.

“The doubt, if it exists, is understandable. From all corners of the country come evidence ‘of. discontent, of urirest, of protest. Mr. King tried-to say that third-party movements always enmewhsn» Tory~ Governments were in office; that ‘they were the direct consequence of Con-

“rvatlve maiadministration. Mr_ King has been .t-‘office for the past three years, and though he

‘ had s [commandinginajcrity behind him in filament; ei-iabiinghim to do as he pleases, f haveinow more third-party iruwements than

before in our history. Indeed. there are so

. ‘- ‘th, a fresh one‘ coining

Hotel_ “If the present bill receive 37 cents a bushel into elevator and freight charges."

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ber for further consideration.

going too far in the direction of offering to help

for his wheat, taking

consideration deductions for grading,

It is surely clear that they are

The U. S. _A_ Senate has not only approved of Mlllimwrg 65%;; (Jamaal; the Army Bill passed by the House of R: firm aw ‘gut-aging: 0800,13,,“ presentatives but has increased the amount y ‘mu ‘Y, “f "M "W a: $13,330,938 than the amount the House voted, mgwmmo Zwfinfimau. “wfgpfm so it will have to be returned to the lower cham- bnriznmulxlx/g us’ lggrywuindustrlal

As the Senate adopted it, approving without debate its own appropriations committeds amendments, the bill would provide $513,188,172 for the Wai- De-

Fascist rule. MUS-SO Spain how far they are prepared

t0 80. It almost any cost in human life. to obtain a strategic objective.

wu Citizen

and Fascist expans on. Less trust- ful people have long anticipated that the openly declared policy of the militant states in Central Eur- ope would go on beyond Czecho- BIWI-Klu. It should be no surprise to see the some tactics employed to bring Poland within the Nazi orbit and to bring Albania under Messrs. Hitler and

linl have demonstrated in

in such respects, and

partment to spend during the fiscal year be- ginning on July l. The sum would enable the army to buy 784 planes, in addition to 558 on order and 348 to be ordered under existing au- thorizations making a total possible increase of 1,690 in the air coips’ strength of planes. s is

It is now’ pretty well assured that Parliament in Ottawa will sit until July even though the Easter recess is to be cut down to five days, April 4 to It. The uproar in Quebec over con- seription and Premier Hepburn? renewed st- tack on the King Administration over last week's statement by‘ the Priiiie Minister have caused concern in Government circles here. In Quebec the federal leader has been scored for

Britain in case of invasion, while in Queen's Park the criticism is that the King Government has not gone far enough. There, was a strong pre-election tinge discernible in some of the measures listed by the Prime Minister as likely, to be introduced later in the session. In some of‘ them even the New Deal gospel may be de- tected, such as the messureto create s mortgage rediseount bank, and that to encourage co-opera- tive marketing of glorious‘ agricultural products.

iii South Arno they still tunic iii Empire solidarity and defence. Vice-PremierGenei-al Jan Christiaan Smuts‘ has pledged South Africa's

far as-our finances allow and as far as we eanfivbe assisted by Great Britain with

‘defence that we cannot prepare in this country as things are today and will be for _years,",‘he.

determination to prepare against aggression “as m!

be under no mis- apprehension as to the intention of the Germans to swallow them up culturaPy as well as geographical- ly. ._ Montreal Star

The NllII-rt Falls Review, work- ina laudably 0n the stitch in time theory urges that Ontario cities and municipalities get .ther this year on daylisht saving time. Justwhytherohastobesuchan annual chum in

0th transportation operating on day- light schedule and another ignor- ing it-rio one has yet made clear. And it would take a Phfadelrohia lawyer to figure out some of the gale; that it throws up. —Haanll- Spectator.

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The people of nations who have money invested in China Gioaovn lost approximately $800,000,-

imd .000.000 by . loss not only involved in busin- osses. but in mill and other proper-

ths terrific cost in and lives is brought home. The

hum enough to avoid this -mohsnge. -

We in: thnt:tt

i-fiafii-Jé’ fir“‘“‘tifi"‘ii“ "‘i" n on rugg e Ind treasure d m"

race has never grown smart kind of

think we are correct In say- is on in America ll % A.’ given for pro-

ment in Ottawa. that the Conerva- tive Lieadersdeclarntion thotCa- European

lrc should

and not on s. con- exactly

The icy of and the attitude of the Cou- servativs Party p; Canada sic based on the umption that neither Great Britain nor Canada will send large eaiipeditionory forces to the continent in the event of Ma making his

h?!’

been advised by did

13h mill authority that Great Britain not contemplate that Canada

uld send large cxtpeditfonsry and it has

and

Britain herself on th would be largely throng: highly mechanized units re r than through vast armies.

lln his two hour statement to the Commons last. week. Mr. thicken o King did not depart from- h course of refining to define. the position of Canada or tho attitude o1 his governmentflrho affect of his stolen-int was to make that nt- titiide more indefinite stiii. ~ . King's tatement on Thursday dif- fered from his previous state- ments only in that he adopted the position taken b Dr. Manion on Monday and that should Canada be involved in a war nlonl with the rest of the Empire ici-

seythst firefly areinnretirsn _ tibsDoininion

hudecidedtiracoedeto pasted

with up-to-dnte for ocean in: vessels. as

will moon's neat deal. while to the iongshosemen the Puticnol ate-ve- dote service when large

uiflto teguhr calls in Charlotte- town will be moi»; than welcome. matters, however, are in this. for the

These Hieimelves but incldcri

real obiects at the back oi’ the un-

in thoto

could be

direct transports on would be forthcoming be

l?! I Riven date. it would

re o indccdmof part 1 influx of tourist? r m twins

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sistence that at least one bisilt, he hos evidently “D011 his fellow cabinet to vii-tam our

it not mean simply that niinion Government is

in: the hill romonslbillty lay upon the shoulders of we may lhmke if we fail ourselves of the harbour in the spring of 1941.

whoa will have to elapse before

The ox moves?‘ Bwllhm a load ‘b! birch;

all DICK d His siioiii n, briefs-n Chalk-whim the load

T0 389D the frost away,

Ilia-it would, I believe, be ut- tlng the uisttor mildly indeed to Prince Edward Islanders

request that the supplied with a harbour equi accouimoda ion

I" pounced in your Saturdays edition.

express hi lvl t

the wisdom oi’ Qllblglighgn“ u o a sum of money on improving It was not that he did