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THURSDAY. OCT. 28, 1937 Gllfr HJtmtiprg Srilumr A SOUTHAM NEWSPAPER Tb Winnipeg Evening Tribune li printed and Dubilshea every evening except Bunay by Trlbunt Newspaper inmpany, Limited, printing and publishing company incorporated the lawi of the Province of Manitoba, at ita head oftlce, chief place of bustnesa and place of aDoae in 'ine irmune Building at the northeast corner of Smith Street and Graham Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg. IB the eald Province. F.

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TELEPHONE 24 831 Private branch exchange connecting all departments. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1937 Mr. King On Confederation SPEAKING at Ottawa on Tuesday, Mr. King; warned the people of Canada, that the ugly Issue of democracy versus dictatorship might have to be fought out here, as In Europe and Asia, unless the people are careful to preserve hard won liberties. lie referred to subversive movements, tending to destroy national unity.

He remarked that in some parts of the Dominion people seemed to think that their only loyalty Is to the province. This followed aptly upon Mr. Bennett's dictum at Halifax: "It is clear that if we are to have a Dominion of Canada we cannot have nine sovereign states," With an unmistakable reference to the Bennett government, Mr. King spoke of dictatorial tendencies seen in the Ottawa parliament. In fairness to Mr.

Bennett It should be pointed out that he has fully accepted the verdict of the ballot boxes on his record and of the courts upon his legislation. And that is the way of democracy, not dictatorship. By his sheer ability and versatility, Mr. Bennett dominated bis followers. He assumed vast burdens and responsibilities himself, and (ailed to develop lieutenants.

Again, the crisis called for strong leadership and strong measures, and Mr. Bennett can fairly ask to be Judged In relation to the times he was In office during the darkest years of our economic history. And Canada came through "bloody but unbowed." Since Mr. King assumed office, we have bad a different temper of government in Canada, with different strengths and different weaknesses. Mr.

King's first purpose appears to be to preserve the unity of Canada, and therefore to avoid as far as possible action of any sort that might bring the Dominion Into conflict with sectional Interests. But, as in the case of the Alberta banking legislation, which his government disallowed, he has shown that he can take resolute action when sufficiently pressed. One criticism of democracy Is that the leaders follow rather than guide the majority. The story is told of a French politician who, seeing the mob rush up the street headed In cne direction, exclaimed: "I must go with them, I must follow them; after all I am their leader." Mr. King has proceeded on the theory of keeping the country upon an even keel.

The virtues of such government are often negative, though the present prime minister has placed able men around him. Mr. King's critics complain of too little action at Ottawa; Mr. Bennett's of too much. But the challenge to Canada as a nation coming from certain provinces cannot be met negatively.

There Is a difficult temper abroad in Quebec, at times In Ontario, and above all in Alberta. There can be no Indifference to this, no merely negative approach. Nor Is there at present any real issue, on Alberta Jor example, between Mr. King and Mr. Bennett.

Preserving national unity is Mr. King's major preoccupation: Mr. Bennett has poken up for it In ringing terms. This sjiay well show the emergence of a national pinion in support of Confederation. Scientist says there la an electrical fence round the world.

Well, the rest of the uni verse Is entitled to some protection. Something Accomplished IF half the advantages claimed for the demonstration home built on Ashburn street by the City of Winnipeg Housing Com pany are realized It will still remain a marve! of design and construction. The house has been built to show what lean be done In the way of providing homes at a cost within the reach of people of moderate means. Further building Is now being Undertaken by the company, an organization formed by a number of public spirited citizens whose financial Interest Is limited to Ave percent, non cumulative, on the preferred stock. All the common stock will be held by the city and will represent not cash but building lots turned over to the company for the con traction of low cost homes.

Should the company succeed in making a large profit, which is quite unlikely, the whole of it be yond five percent on the preferred stock will find its way Into the city treasury. The demonstration home is a square build ing In which space has been utilized In an astonishing way. Corner windows, for example, one of several modern features, are designed to afford a maximum wall space. The sponsors are satisfied that the house stands Bolld foundations and thaf, It. can be ade uately heated at an avernge annual cost of 75.

The cost of the building and lot Is $3,600. By making a cash payment of $400 and using the facilities of the Dominion Housing Kct a purchaser can obtain clear title to the 'nome In twenty years for a monthly payment of $30.65, which included taxes on the oasis of the 1937 rate. Of course, there is no pretense that the ntire housing problem la going; to he solved Jong these lines. However, there is ample room today for any sound building scheme. We have years of neglect to overcome.

The company proposes to offer prospec tive purchasers a variety of designs at prices In some cases under the figure of $3,600, the price of the Ashburn street demonstration home. Its efforts will be followed with great interest. Such an experiment well deserves the goodwill and support of the citizens. There's one thing about that Russian elec tion It's In the bag. Memorial to War THE great cathedral of Rhelins, France, riddled by German shells during the war and since rebuilt, was recently re con secrated In a magnificent and Impressive ceremony.

Its famous altar, before which the kings of France have knelt to receive their crowns, was rededicated, Its ancient walls still bearing the scars of war were blessed, and the cathedral's sacred relics returned. As age old chants re echoed in its mediaeval vaulted arches it must have seemed to those present that here was the triumph of peace over war. Memory of the Great War Is fading; Its scars are rapidly being erased. Few of the younger generation can remember the terrors of the conflict There remains, of course, an army of broken men as living proof of war's havoc; but to those who escaped unscathed the years have softened the horrors of the war into a memory of heroic adventure. The restored cathedral at Rheims will be regarded as a memorial to peace.

But does the world need to be reminded of peace? More effective in curbing growing battle spirit would be memorials to war. Gaunt spectacle of a shell torn cathedral, once so stately and magnificent, might have been more effective as a future deterrent of war than the edifice that has been so lovingly restored. Margaret Sanger has abandoned her visit to China in behalf of birth control. The Japs got in ahead of ber and are making It retroactive. Italy's Casualty List MOST of the reports and rumors that are circulated about countries where nresa censorship prevails should be treated with reserve.

It appears, however, that the re ports of a recent slaughter of Italians at Makale In Ethiopia had a strong base of truth behind them. It Is now officially an nounced from Rome that 102 Italian troops Including 44 officers were killed In September by native attacks in the highlands of Ethiopia. Other official figures from Rome now give the Italian dead In Ethiopia as some 4,000 soldiers, and add more than 1,400 laborers. From what we know of Mussolini we may assume that these figures are well on the conservative side; and, of course, they do not include many thousands of wounded men nor men whose health has been undermined by sickness. Probably they do not even include those soldiers who died from sickness and wounds.

In any case, when the expected raw materials and metals start moving from Ethiopia to Italy, there will be a little Item on the debit side of the ledger: 5,400 Italian young men dead. How much cotton and gold and fruit will It take to make the ledger balance? Some day Mussolini may be required to furnish the answer. PRESS DIGEST ID 1 TEN HORSEMEN OF DEATH From the New Tore: World Telegram Of the ten big killers among the diseases that cause three out of every four American deaths seven do their deadliest work among the poor. Miss Josephine Roche, assistant secretary of the treasury, told the American Public Health Association meeting in New York. The "ten horsemen of death" are, In order of their annual kill: Heart disease, cancer, pneumonia and Influenza, cerebral hemorrhage, nephritis, tuberculosis, diabetes, diarrhea and enteritis, appendicitis and syphilis.

"From seven of these ten all but cerebral hemorrhage, diabetes and appendicitis the death rates mount steadily as Income goes down," Miss Roche said. "The death rate from respiratory tuberculosis is seven times as great among unskilled workers as among professional workers. It Is three times as great among the skilled as the pro fessional. These seven diseases kill twice as many of the poor as of all other classes In this country." These startling figures Indicate that disease, although a scourge of all humanity, is a social problem, cutting down Its victims most cruelly from among "that one third of our people ill fed, ill housed and Ill clothed." They should spur our common efforts to re duce poverty, abolish city and rural slums and outlaw sweatshops, child labor and other industrial evils. And they should cause us to begin thinking about more effective local, state and federal public measures to safeguard the health of those whose incomes do not allow for adequate hospitalization, medical service and preventive care.

SPONGES FROM SPRUCE It Is hard for the average person to Imagine a soft and long wearing sponge made from a spruce tree, and yet that is the very thing that the industrial chemist has accomplished. From wood cellulose has come sponge which is softer than chamois leather and, unlike the natural sea sponge, when uned to remove dirt and grease, oils or acids, it can be boiled and cleaned and thoroughly sterilized, says a wriler In the October lssus of I Oval. THE WINNIPEG EVENING TRIBUNE PAGE 17 EXPLAINED nd that's why the Rajah gave (Reproduced by The Winnipeg Tribune by By V.V.M. IN investigator of fads thinks the next one will be a craze for mind reading. If It works look out for the abrupt ending of many beautiful friendships.

OVERHEARD ON THE AVENUE "No one can tell me there Isn't an art In getting your man." J.M.D. AS AN AUTOIST SEES THEM A balky mule has four wheel brakes, The billy goat has bumpers; The firefly has a bright stop light, Rabbits are puddle jumpers; Camels have balloon tired feet, And carry spares of what they eat; But still I think that nothing beats The kangaroos with rumble seats! O.J. TOM AND HIS WIFE Testerday evening after leaving the office I dropped into the nearest beer parlor for a couple of quick ones before going home. Tom was sitting alone at a table near the door and pulled out a chair for me. I have known Tom for some time.

He Is an insurance man and seems to make a fairly good living. But there is tragedy, real tragedy, In Tom's life. At the time Tom got married, about 20 years ago, neither he nor his wife touched liquor. About five years ago Tom discovered that a couple or three drinks was just what he needed to soothe his nerves and revive his spirits after a long and tough day's battle with reluctant prospects. As soon as his wife found out he had "taken to drink" as she put It she gave him proper hell.

And she continued to give him hell with the intention of making him give "the vile stuff" up. But Tom didn't give the stuff up. He didn't see why he should. And the more his wife nagged and scolded the more solace he found in the odd noggin of ale. The more unpleasant his home life became, the longer he lingered In beer parlors to enjoy the warming company of friends who looked on htm as a good egg, and not a dissolute wastrel such as his wife made htm out to be.

Early in the dispute Tom told his wife he would never go near a beer parlor if she would let him have a nightly bottle or two at home. But she bitterly resented this suggestion and turned it down flat. So now Tom stays later and later In the parlor at night after quitting work. "I know I'm going to get hell when I get home, so I might as well fortify myself for it," he once said to me. I have met one of Tom's sons.

He Is a fine looking young man with an open admiration for his father. But I have never met Tom's wife. Last night I wished I could. It was when I had finished my evening's rations and got up to go. "Well," I said, cheerily, "I must be trot ting along home." Tom looked at me a moment.

"You're lucky," was all he It was then that I wished I could meet Tom's wife. I wanted to give her a good swift kick right where it would do most good. OBSOLETE LOCOMOTIVES Front the Milwaukee Journal Astonishing things occasionally come to light in the railroad business. Writing in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, George H. Houston, president of the Baldwin Locomotive works, tells us that of the 44,000 locomotives In use by American railroads fewer than 3,000 were built within the last en years.

More than 90 percent of all railroad are more than 10 years old. Mr. Houston tells us another thing: One railroad recently replaced 10 old freight loco motives with 22 modern hauling machines. The saving in operation In one year was 3S percent of the total Investment in new equipment. It may be supposed, then, that In three years these locomotives will pay for themselves In savings, and the saving will then go right on at a diminishing rate.

Railroading Is still one of the biggest businesses of the country. Supporting the railroads still takes a goodly slice of every dollar of American Income. That being the case, It Is well nigh impossible to believe that In 1937 the railroads will be replacing less than one percent of their locomotives that replacement should be going on at a rate which would eventually leave some Of the hauling equipment 100 years old. Obviously replacement must be undertaken at a faster rate within a few years. Cinder tea, made by dipping a red hot cinder In hot water, still is given children as a remedy for stomachache In some English villages.

me the jade elephant" Special Arrangement with Publiahera ef Punch Hermit Empire? By DEWITT MACKENZIE (Associated Press Foreign Affair Writer EW YORK Frowns of western powers over Jrfpan's military program In China have Inspired a Jap anese movement toward Isolation. This revolutionary project is restricted thus far mainly to a section of the powerful military group which Is responsible for Japan's adventures at arms on the continent The idea would be for Japan once she has completed her campaign In Northern China to her satisfaction to retire with her new dependencies into a magnificent seclusion. In theory she would be able to carry out this in large degree, having obtained from her newly acquired territory most of the essential raw materials she now lacks. This Is merely following in the footsteps of Hitler and Mussolini, among others. The isolationist idea, however, is Japanese.

The closed door policy Is created out of fear and anger. There is fear that Japan might be starved out by some sort of economic blockade, applied by the western powers to stop the warfare in China. There is anger because such a blockade has been suggested. The Isolationists claim Japan can get along without the west If she takes Northern China under her suzerainty along with Man choukuo. They point out that their ancestors enjoyed Isolation for some two and a halt centuries.

This time it won't be an isolated Japanese archipelago, but an empire enlarged by the new hinterland of the continent. It is noted that the Japanese people are frugal and subsist largely on fish and rice. No starvation there. China's Hopeh would provide the essential Iron ore. From Shansl and Manchoukuo would come coal, and shale from which can be extracted oil.

The project provides that Japan should cease Importing her wool from Australia and depend on synthetic wool, made at home. Japan must have cotton. She has been getting most of ber supply from India and the United States. Now, say the modern shoguns, the huge cotton crop of Northern China will go far toward filling the bill. The liberal minded Japanese don't for a moment believe that Japan will adopt any Isolationist policy.

What patently is happening, however, Is that she is headed toward a greater degree of independence in the matter of supplies. This Day One Hundred Years Ago Saturday, October 28, 1837. Price Sd. LORD JOHN RUSSELL proclaims to his hearers that "in no very long period of years the Tories increased the debt of this country from 250,000,000 to 800,000,000.." England is at this moment better able to bear the annual interest of 800 millions than she was to bear the interest of 250 millions in 1793. But had she truckled to the French tyrant, and given up to his denunciations the sovereignty of the seas, what would she have been able to bear at this moment? What would have been the amount of her revenue what of her capital what the nature of her government where her Reform Bill now had she bought a nominal peace with Bonaparte first by one submlslson, next by another first by the tame endurance of one outrage, next of another, until we had nothing left to give away? For Napoleon, too, was a wholesale dealer in "Instalments." He understood like subsequent and minor swindlers, how to make one encroachment a stepping stone to another how to drive the wedge, the small end foremost.

A ROYAL FAMILY LIKENESS "Peterborough" In the London Dally Telegraph In his Introduction to the correspondence between the Tsar Nicholas II and his mother, Sir Bernard Pares referred to the striking likeness between the Tsar and King George V. This was so great that even the Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna said that she had almost mistaken the one for the other. The resemblance Is illustrated by a story of which I was reminded during the weekend, and which has not, I believe, been published before. In 1920 King George placed Frogmore Cottage at the disposal of the Grand Duchess Xenla, the Tsar's elder sister. When the Grand Duchess went to live there she took with her one or two Russian servants.

Soon after her arrival King George went over from Windsor Castle to visit his cousin. It was a cold day, and he wore a heavy overcoat. The door was opened by one of the Russian servants, who had never seen King George before. As soon as he saw the visitor the man fell down on his knees and kissed the hem of the King's overcoat. He was convinced that It was the Tsar who stood before 1 him.

Wells and The Bishops By A. C. CUMMINGS ONDON H. G. Wells, author, sociologist, forecaster of the shape of things to come, and protagonist of the "world state" as the ultimate achievement of the human race, has gone to the United States, leaving behind him an unfinished controversy with the bishops.

He may visit Canada In the course of his lecture tour. Mr. Wells, who has Incomparable capacity for stirring up controversy by ridiculing cherished British beliefs, once wrote a book about 'The Soul of a Bishop." But he must have forgotten about It when he spoke on education at the British Association recently and declared that the Bible was full of "wild exaggerations" of the importance of Palestine. The bishops have objected. "Nothing began there," he asserted, "nothing was worked out there.

All the historical part of the Bible abounds in wild exaggeration of the Importance of this little strip of land. We were atl brought up to believe in the magnificence of Solomon's temple, and It is a startling thing for most of us to read the account of its decorations over again and turn Its cubits Into feet. It was smaller than most barns. Is It not time that we recognized the extreme insignificance of the events recorded in Kings and Chronicles, and ceased to throw the historical Imagination of our young people out of perspective by an over emphasized magnification of the history of Judaea?" "Even if we think It desirable to perplex another generation with the myths of the Creation, the Flood, the Chosen and so forth, we haven't got the time for it. "So far as the school timetable goes we are faced with a plain alternative great history or hole and corner history.

The story of mankind or the narrow, self righteous, blinkered stories of the British and the Jews." Germany's New Aircraft TILL determined to be first In civilian I I aircraft as well as Immensely power ful in the air In a military way, the Germans are pushing steadily ahead with their reconstructed Zeppelin LZ 130, as well as with a giant plane, the JU 90, so big that the Germans simply call It the Big Dessauer because it Is being constructed at the Junker works in Dessau. The LZ 130 was far on the road to completion when the destruction by explosion and fire of the Hindenburg in New Jersey some time ago led the Germans to pause, writes Milton Bronner In the New York Herald Tribune. It had been disastrously proved that airships lifted by hydrogen gas were far too dangerous. But soon the word came to Frledrlchshafen to go full speed ahead. Tho reason was that the U.S.

government announced that for the first time In history it would permit the sale of helium gas to foreign countries, provided it was used strictly for civilian aircraft. As Germany is the. only foreign country engaged In building big airships Germany was naturally the country which benefited. But the use of helium rather than hydrogen necessitated Immediate and Important changes In the LZ 130. Helium is so much heavier than hydrogen that it was necessary to lighten the ship when loaded by seventeen tons.

The framework and fittings of the ship had already been made of the lightest material possible consistent with strength and safety. So the builders had to sacrifice the pay load the ship could carry In the shape of passengers, malls and freight. It had been planned to carry 72 passengers In the LZ 130. This sum has now been cut to forty, the passengers being accommodated In 20 two bed cabins. The main dining room and lounges for passengers are "Do Nothing Dominions THE United States is spending more hard cash for the defense of the English speaking world, Including Canada and the West Indies, than all the British dominions ten times over, says The Commentator, calling upon the "Do Nothing Dominions" to do their share In maintaining democracy.

For the self governing dominions of the British Empire all of us have the greatest respect, continues The Commentator. They an "nations." "democracies," and all that. Also, they run their own little consulates and even at times a legation or two. But we happen to be living at a time when words have to be backed by deeds, and the question now Is whether the dominions are ready to quit pretensions and come to realities. In 1776, the United States frankly declared her Independence of the British Empire.

The dominions are still supposed to be within the fold. Anyway, they like front seats at a Coronation free of charge. The British Empire la up against It No one can say for certain what will be its future and it does not look as if the dominions very much cared. They prefer Coronations. In Britain, every person on the average Is paying $45.00 a year for the defense of the Empire.

In the dominions, each white person pays less than a tenth of that sum. In their own Interests, the dominions are short sighted. Suppose Britain Is overwhelmed, where will they be? What "navies" have New Zealand and Australia to se against the Japaneso navy? In 1914, the dominions had to join In, and if there were another world war, that would again be the position. Why should the United States and Britain have to defend a number of quasl natlons that can well afford to pay a share of the cost, asks The Commentator, observing that If democracy Is to be safe, democracy mus' share and share alike. At one time, the orange was a pear sluip ed fruit about the size of a cherry.

Mr. Wells also denounce! current English history as largely "the criminal history of royalty." However, he did not "get away with it" easily. A bishop hit back the Bishop of Exeter, the Rt. Rev. Charles E.

Curzon. "Surely it was the very fact that Palestine lay between two empires which gave to the nation dwelling there its importance in the history of human thought," he wrote to The Times. "Its situation compelled it to work out, as no other nation attempted to do, a philosophy of history. Earlier than any other people Israel and Judah came to grips with the problem of evil and under their 'seers' worked out a solution and became a nation ready to gamble with its whole existence on the justice and goodness of God. "Mr.

Wells may not accept the validity of the solution which was worked out in Palestine, but as a historian, be knows that that solution has had a profound effect upon all subsequent history. It is destined to have still more as the post war world finds Itself again with the old problem on its bands. "Mr. Wells referred also to the Insignificance of Solomon's Temple. No doubt It was much smaller and far less magnificent than any suburban cinema where men worship today.

But something began there, something was worked out there a worship and a faith which In the long run put an end to polytheism and paved the way for Intellectual sanity. Mr. Wells and the British Association owe a great debt to the little region of Palestine and Solomon's "The triumphs of modern science, Professor Whitehead has told us, were made possible by the theology of the Western church, with Its superb and unshaken confidence in the ultimate rationality of the universe. But the prophets of Israel were the first pioneers of ethical monotheism, without the prior establishment of which science would have been Impossible." From The Tribune'! London Bureau. Copyright the 8outhara Publishing Co.

built now In the shape of a horseshoe. The bend of the horseshoe is the dining saloon. The sides are the lounges, equipped with big windows from which the guests can have an unobstructed view as they sail along. Near this is a smoking room for tbe guests. The electric machinery has now been placed more forward in the ship.

The kitchen was originally to have used electricity for heating food. To save weight the cooking will now be done through a clever use of the hot exhaust gases from the Diesel motor engines. As the ship will carry fewer passengers than originally planned and as helium costs a good deal more than hydrogen, the fares will have to be raised accordingly. Another Item of cost is the transport of the helium. It will have to be shipped by rail from Amarlllo, Texas, to Houston, where a number of small ships will have to take their precious load to Germany.

It is now expected that the LZ 130 will be ready for its test flights next spring. 'The Big Dessauer" aeroplane is the largest ever constructed in Germany for passenger service by the Lufthansa. It has a wing span of 115 feet, Is 82 feet long and 21.50 feet high. Its weight, loaded, will be twenty tons. It has four engines of from 800 to 1,100 horsepower each and Its top speed is 250 miles per hour.

Its ceiling is 21,000 feet In the fore part of the ship, back of the compartment In which the control officers are housed, is a kitchen. Then come accommodations for passengers.) The exact number has not yet been fixed. The space for passengers will be divided into cabins containing four passengers each, the cabins being bigger than those on the well known Zug trains of Germany. There will be an arrangement of air conditioning and also a reading lamp for each passenger. In the rear there will be two big wash rooms and storage for valises and freight.

I A BIBLE MESSAGE XX Proa the Authorised Veraiotil SSS9SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS8Saii AND It came to pass, that, as he was praying In a certain place, when he ceased one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art In heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as In heaven, so in earth. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that Is Indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. (Luke 11: 1, 2, 4.) And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto hlra a woman taken In adultery; and when they' had set her In the midst, they say unto blm.

Master, this woman was taken in adultery, In the very act Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned; but what say'st thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them. He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing In the midst.

When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, ha said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man. Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more. (John 8: 3 11.) CAVE DWELLERS STILL IN FRANCE In an unusual French village, called Bourre, many still live In houses hewn out of the limestone of the Touratne hills more than 1,000 years ago. These caves are often most comfortable and fitted with modern 88S8888888S9.