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t British Banker rfLr"aLTmSuo°n!hat"ariureadif' Motor Show Answers Coolidge'jl\el'/fl::ranr'i.olr':er:p.ari! shows Advances I while at the end of 1932 the army will France's Strong Man It is Made Not in Disparage- >« '•» posaeasiou of i.soo 'pianci lu . r \ • D ». r^ proper proportioa as to types." ment Ot America, tSut UW- , ,. .p^,. ^^^^ly three years before we ing to the Necesity of Put- began to flght wUU the Allies the ting Right Statements Open • â- ^'"''^•1 states, proQted tremendously >. . In a commercial : nd liidu: to (Question. OF INTEREST TO ALL Toronto' First Post- War In- door Motor Show Indicates More Beauty and Faster Cars For New Season The motor car ot 1920â€" a bit more The famous Budget Speech which President Coolidge made over a month ago in which he criticized ' Europe and England is still fresh in ! our minds. It Is ot interest to read , what a leading British financial auth-! ority thinlcs of Mr. Codlidge's state-' ments. The Hon. R. H. Brand, the Man Who Replies to Mr. Coolidge "Mr. Robert Heury Brand i3 • the second Viscount Hampden. •'Mr. Brand is unusually qualified | to discover the fallacies of interna- 1 tional finance. He is a dhectjr of Lloyds Bank, of Messrs. Lazards. the, Merchant Bankers, and of many other great commercial concerns. i 'In 1917 he was Deputy Chairman i ^ '"'"' of the British M!.--sion in Washington. ; He was financial adviser to Lord j Robert Cecil when Chairman ot the Supreme Economic Council commercial : nd industrial sense by the European V.'ar. Immense for- tunes wete made, prosperity pervaded ! beautiful, a trifle fa.ster ami a shade our land. more dependable than any previous â- "Our domestic t^'^^'j" ^^^'^ J^'™°f^[ desceudents of the horseless carriage has just made its bow to tht past computation, our foreign trade in many Ilne.s epochtfl. It reached the immense proportion of $23,4'V?.000,000 of exports, against Jll,851,uo0,000 of imports. We imported more than $1,000,000,000 in gold from debtor nations.' Gold Reserve 70% Increaso "Two indications ot wealth in the Unlt-d States may be 'â-  Ontario public. From the laboratory and the prov- ing ground, the factory and the test highway, have como the year's devel- opmeut.s which serve to raise the auto- mobile of the moment to a peak increasing '^^'s'^^'y higher than it has attained _ before. In past years the automobile given. Between 1914 "and lOlil' the ' ^^°'''' o^''^" '>"« ''â- ''^â- n i'^ curtain upon gold reserve of the United States of j ''"'e^P'"? •â- '"'J 'ir'-i^tic changes. This America-a sum equivalent to 150 per ' ^^'^^ '^ °^^^^ ^ K^oup of refinements cent, ot the present KoKi reserve of''° motor cars already engineered to a the Bank of England. I higher degree ot excellence. "Again, the average excess of mer- On of the most unu.iual mechanical I ohaadise exports over imports by the i changes disclosed this year is that of States between the years , a manufacturer who offers the pur- lSlO-14 was £95,000,000, and between! chaser his choice of either a sii- the years 1915-22 £5.!0,000,000. The j cylinder or eight-cylinaer in the same total net exports during the War : (-'liassls. It is not a case of having two at the P^''''"' ^'^'^ £4.237.000,000. | different models. It is the same car. Paris Peac^ Conference in 1919. Later Before the War the United States, • 'urnished with either motor the buyer fans t-eace (.uuit-icuijc lu ±ji^j. jjuici , ,, , <,,,,, . t^ .1 nrofovu he was Vice-President ot the Interna- '•^ "^^ y^'-.'^^ "^ M'- ^''^"y^^ Depart- Prefeis Halifax Seeks Air Mail Route As Link to U.S. tional Financial Conference ot the ' "^"^^ °f Commerce, held the record Bodies, following the most recent League of Nations o£ Brussels and | °' ^^'^''^ ^^^ greatest debtor nation , note of the leading custom designers,! was financial representative of South 1 '° ^story Africa at the Genoa Conference."-^ FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER AT LEAGUE COUNCIL Aristides lirianil, at Li-igauo, departiug fvoiii is )'."i>'i 'i< :iti--Ti'.i Now she Is the greatest show a marked increase in symmetry, i "^ "'*^ council ot the League of Nations New Corporation Wants Gov- ernment to Sanction Pur- chase of Fokker Planes Montreal â€" Tfc« rapid growth ot miUtary and civil aviation In Canada during 1928 has resulted in a project . to link Halifax by air mall with Mont- j real, and thus to conueLt with tha ; air lines of the United States. i Maritime Airways, Ltd.. a corpora- i tlon formed by a group iu Halifax, has ; applied to the Department of Marina I and Fisheries fur the purchase of five ' Fokker planes used in the recent Hud- son Bay expedition and now stored at ; the dockyards in Halifax. If these I ships can be obtained at a reasonable ! figure, the Halifax group will open ' negotiations with postal officials for tbe Halifax air mall Una. ! They propose to suggest to the city I ot Halifax that it provide an airport which the company will leave for ten years and then buy from the city. If ' the plan is carried through it will pro- ; vide aa air route to Upper Canada which will connect with nearly all im- â-  portant air mall lines in North ' America. I New planes that will be put into I service in the Royal Canadian Alr» j Force this year include thirty-four light Moth airplanes. Twenty-eight of these are land planes for re-equip- =^^ ', ping the Camp Borden station, and the :s:on creditor nation. It Is officially esti-'This is mainly procured through the I " mated than in 1914 she owed other [ introduction ot the airplane "airfoil" j in valve and cam-shaft designs havfr' laborer, of merchant and mechanic â€" 'remainder are seaplanes for the gov nations £500,000,000 more than they curve ot the fenders and the rinsing added to the power of standard makes ' all classes pronounced by their lnt*r- ' emment's living station at Vancouver owed her, but that now her net assets of the hood.s to give more unity of line of motors. abroad, including Allied War debts, ; between bonnet and top. London Daily Xews. * • • * • "Mr. Brand's good faith, fairness and competence caunot be challenged by anyone; and his figures will be accepted as final. Great Britain has no objection to i)aying her debts, hut she is a little restive at being told at the same time that her rich creditor is far more impoverished," says the Daily Xews, in its leader on the re- markable letter to The Times contrib- uted to Mr. Brand iu reply to Mr. Coolidge. It will be read with interest on both sides of the Atlatnlo, for there are plenty ot people In America ^vho | ;r;™„-;;;7 Tud 'had\n^pponunUy i '°'P''.°''*^'"'^"'f '"'^^'^^ '"^'^ 'e°S"» "^ prefer the publication ot facts and ^^ ^^^ ^^ g^^, ^^^^j ^^^ American War i '•^'â- "*-''^' '""^f"" ^'^'^ dependability to figures rather than their suppression, j ^^^^^ , ^^^^^ ^.^^ President Cool- amount to, say £4,000,000,000 "It seems Indisputable, therefore, that during the War and as a result of the conditions arising out of the War, and despise any losses, destruc- tion, or waste due to the War, the I Ignition, apparently, has also drawn ' est a. good motor year for 1929. Colors, which were gay last year, attention of the engineers during the have not lessened in number, but It P'*-'^' -""'â- â€¢ "^''^^ '''*""' discloses that i is apparent that improvements in the { ^^^'^^ 'â- â- * » tendency to use larger bat- \ handling of lacquer finishes have i '®'''*^''- There is a noticeable trend to- ] given a new softness and richness to ' ^'^'''' ^^^ "^^ °^ smaller spark plugs the exteriors, la even the less expen- 1 ' ..^ ^^^^ ^__^ because they are more efflcient and wealth an dincome ot the American ^ gi^.g makes, the" combinations" of' nv"o ^ """''" *''''^">' <^oo'ed. One maker has people increased very considerably. | j^^^g ^^ ^^.^ different colors indicate ' adopted metric thread phigs for this •â- This is said by no means by way : artistic as well as technical Improve- ! '"ea.-^on while another has placed two of disparagement. I was in Washing- ; meat. plugs in each cylinder of the motor ton for nearly a year during 1917-18, | looking after munitions for the British ' Here is the concluding section of Mr. . agree Idge iu thinkins It unique. â€" « Brand's letter to The Times: â€" "Mr. Coolidge appears to believe that he can refute the assertion, ^^hich, he says, is sometimes made, that the United Slates made a profit out of the War by showing how much the United States Government spent, j ..^g ^ prophet and thinker on social But the two things are in no -"ay , ^a^jy^jj jj,. xiebuhr's interest and comparable. Payment ot Interest onij^^pg ^^e wider than those ot religion ^^Does Civilization Need Religion?" debt or ot pensions does not represent .ji^^g ^nd as a religious man his ex a loss of national wealth, but a trans- ; pectations include more than what is ter from one pocket to another. K; merely Christian and Western, the £350,000,000 of interest we pay! every year on the National Debt rep- j resented a direct loss ot national 'â-  wealtii. we should Indeed be In a par- lous way. Richer During the War. "It is, in fact. Impossible to say whether the United States made a profit or loss out of the War. What The host of secondary mechanical ; '° 'â- """''^ ^^'^"^ firing of the mixture. Many New Accessories I Accessory exhibits disclose nuiner- ' the newest motor cars include com- ous devices to add to the comfort and ' bined air and fluid hydraulic shock ; convenience of motoring, together â-  absorbers, vacuum controlled chassis j ^'ith a wide variety ot "gadgets" and! lubrication, and new types of air "dingbats" to delight the mechanically j cleaners and gasoline filters. inclined automobile owner. j Rubber mountings for motors and Radiator caps that look and are al- ^ ball-bearing spring shackles are found . '"*""• "* ^'^^ ^** ^^"^ engine hood, iuter- in use on an increasing range ot "'^^ fittings, such as vanity cases, rear- ' motorcars. Superchargers, designed ; ^â- ''^^^' '""Turs and clocks, et cetra. are; to Increase the Intake ot gasoline be- 1 ''"'"'^ finished In non-tarnishing ; yond the normal vacuum ot the motor, •^liromiura. Windshield cleaners, which ; are found on some ot the medium!*'^ *°°"^ "^^^^^ '='"^*'" '^'"* ^liole shield: and others electrically heated so a.s to , be effective iu sleet: jacks for lifiin.g ; the lieaviest cars with a fingertip touch: heaters operated by hot air' from the engine or by steam gener priced jobs. Driving Control Made Easier a Church Times (Loudon) reviewer. ] The constant tendency to make "It is clear that the world needs ^ driving •mistake proof" is exemplitied more than religion if society is to he ^ ir. two new devices which confront the put right. It needs hard thinking â€" 'driver of the new models. One is a the examination ot facts and the test- finger-tip control system which in- Ing of principles; all this means the genlously places the control of the separate existence and autonomy of , starter, hurn and light in the same the sciences. i button atop the steering post. The "On the one hand, religion must be other is an Inter-controlled choke, la certain Is that the American nation: content and. Indeed, eager to leave! which when pulled out tor starting au- became much richer during the War, , the scloncea to be developed for their â-  tomatically sets the throttle at the while all other belligerent nations be- own sake, believing that they have | right position. came much poorer. Mr. Carter Glass, I their own contribution to make to the \ Increased power is cffered both in the then Secretary ot the Treasury, ; fulfilment ot God's purpose, while re- ' new models and in many ot the im- said In April. 1919: â€" | ligion itself provides an Inspiration proved designs. In some instances | seats in two-door coaches '•The expenditure ot money by the i and a morale attitude. On the other ^ this increase has been attained by the United States Government on their 'hand, we must face thu real risk im- simple expedient ot reducing the size War preparations, when once they got plied in the clash and conflict be- of combustion chambers to provide a started, was Immense, and nothing tween the intellectual and critical higher compression ratio. Thl.^s devel could have been more formidable than the intense vigor thrown Into the task. But a full recognition of these \ 1st attitude, proper to religion. facts does not mean that one should , do not easily form a team." accept without some criticism figures i '•' and statements so open to question as ' Cinemas Urged in Persia those of President Coolidge." temper, the scientific point ot view, opmeut has been made possible by the and the temper of devotion, the Ideal- ' chemists who have developed non- ated by exhaust heat and by vapor, are among the new things shown. Vacuum cleaners^ that remove the last vestige of dust from tufted up- holstery; radiator protecthig shutters In which the vanes are vertical. In j keeping with the moderu style, are j also among the new offerings. There , are such novelties and freeze testers • that remove doubt regardin.^ the pro- 1 teotion afforded by antifreeze mix- j tures; shock absorbers for -he front' and ea.sily j applied eauipraent that permits quick I adjustment of the seats, forward and i ^°'"' supply of complete dependence "A. woniau wiio has swept up a ;:!a;i's ashes daily Cor years naturally obj'Cts to creamatlon when she's a widow." Help the Farmer London Daily Mall (Ind. Cons.1: We are the last to suggest subsidies, but !n the present state of plough- land fanning, with the risk of land going more and more out ot arable cultivation and coming down to grass, there is a strong case for a bonus for land under wheat or other cereals. Such a bonus formed part ot the legislation introduced after the war, when the risk to the nation's backward. All the leading makes sentod and the interest motor transportation wa; They detonating fuels. Numerous changes 1 by the rubbing of ellio To Depict Western Life ' President Coolidge. In his Budget •message to the Senate, refei ring to national defence, said: â€" "Ample provision Is made in these estimates for national defence, the es- timates tor 1930 calling for $64S.5U,- 300 for the army and the navy. This amount is reached after excluding from the army and navy estimates all non-military items, so that the figure j j^,j(jjj given is the amount provided for purely military purposes. "The actual expenditure for 1927 was $558,004,447; for 192S it was J596, 500,896; the estimated expendi- ture for 1929 is $672,844,288, while the were repre- in modern '• evidenced of laiiy and on foreign Imports was still fresh In the minds of all The cure for prohibition Is more temperance. ! All will have metal fuselages .and will be equipped with the HandleyPage automatic slot safety device. They will he delivered by March 31 and will cost approximately $200,000. An Important change In flying reg- ulations In Canada la the revision of the airplane letter code, according to the Department of National Defense. The Dominion, In common witb other countries, has registered its aircraft in conformity with the alphabetical group set aside for exclusive use iu Canada according to the international convention to â- .vhich Canada is a signatory. Formerly. Canadian planes have been designated by fire letters, the first two of which, 'OC." were an in- dication of nationality, "Great Britain- Canada." The remaining letters in- dicated the identity of the plane and were allotted by the defense depart- ment. The practice in Canada, how- 1 ever, was largely to employ numerals. The code "GC" has been changed to ; "F" for Canadian planes. Those ships already bearing "GC" markings will retain them, but new registrations win he according to the rnvlsed code. There were 333 planes In operation in Canada on January 1. 1929. accord- 'â-  ing to the Department of National De- ! fense as compared to 101 a year bo- j fore. Of these, 248 are used In com- I merclal operations and eighty-sever are in the government 'service Licenses are !ie!d by 190 commercial pilots, whereas thera were only forty such pilots at the beginning of last year. Alrpanes are used In Canada foi , prospecting and exploration In the un- developed regions In the North .as well as for air mall and passenger service. They were found helpful in the work of constructing the Hudson Ba.v Railway and in weather obaerva- I lion work in the Hudson Straits, and i also have been employed for forestry ' patrol and grain dusting. A Ship That Tried to Go Overland Religious Opposition Forecast If Cities Adopt Plan Jerusalem -To familiarize the pop- ulatiou with European customs and habits, the diea has been put forward In Persia that the municipal author- ities should open cinemas throughout | the country to show tllnis depicting ' the sociological conditions in Western i There are few cinemas in j Persia and these apparently do not conform to a high level, nor are they; very successful. In the mahi. Russian films are j shown, and It can hardly be said that thev show cuuditions in the outer estimated expenditure as distinguish- . ^^.,,;,^, ^^ ^^ey really are. In ,V.l prob ed from the appropriation estimates Is *68S,277,712 for 1930. "In submitting the annual Budget for 1926 the Chief Executive stated that the amount carried in that budget for national defent'o was $549,000,000. an dthat In his opinion the United States could have adequate national defence with a more uiodost outlay. "Nevertheless," he continues, "our defence estimates have steadily climb- ed until the cash requirements have advanced for IS'JO by approximately $100,000,000 more than was estimated lor 1926. This increase, however, is more apparent than, real, tor in these prior days the defence establishments have btd use of surplus supplies left over-from the War. As the.se reserves have become ilcpleted it has become nece.ssary to lucrase tho cash provi- sion to take their place. 2,800 Aeroplanes by 1932 ".Air Interests ability, tho use of the cl!icm:i for the i purpose now urged will meet with the; opposition of tho mullahs, the meu| learned in the religious teachings of i the Islamic faith and my whom liie: lihcnograph no less than tlie ci.iomaj Is regarded as an instrument ot Satan i Incidentally, one ot the effects - and | by no means the least of tho vigor-] ous measures which the Shah Is In-j troducing is the lessening of tho in- fluence exercised by these religious authorities. Farmers in Congo Train Elephants for Plowing Work of Pachylerms Called Equal to That of Three Horses | Uelle Province, Belgian Congo--' Domesticated elephants for use on farms have been developed here after twenty years ot patient research and of the Ciciveruineiit practical experience. I are developing In a most satlfifnclory manner. Th" demands ot this service, ' whll(» large, have been adequately mot. The flve-yenr progriinim* for the nvmy and navy U approaching completion. I'rovUlon In made In thiv^ OB tUii «.'«<» fill' Ilia Ihlrd-yaap In- croibwut ol Uio Arm/ HUii lbs tnwih- Special training sclniols have been established lu the Uo'.Io Province of Belgian Congo, and the animals are hired out to ranchers and hiniber mer- chuuts. The work of n trained ele- phant Is eqtial to that of eight to twelve oxen or three teams of the best Kuiopeau farm horsea. Reform of the Lords London Kveuing Standard (Ind. Cons.): We have been lucky so long to avoid the ill consequences of hav- ing virtually to Second Chamber at all, but there Is no serious thinker In the country who will claim that we can expeot to do so forever. The barrier opposed by the House ot Lords to precipitous legislation Is so feeble as to be almost worthless, ^nd it is not difficult to Imagine what might result from a labor Government almost entirely unrepresented in the Upper House. ^Jm%t ISniCAN 3T£AM3HIP AGROUND OFF IRELAND Being .laltered to ,Mf.r.-'., .,(.. ij ihe s.S Ireland n ithiu a stone's ihrovt,' truin ashore. West Tolant wlilch went around on rocks in B.ill:ho!>i.- H.iy !t:ingor. "Now-adays the pirates who fill th« empty coTcrs operate in drugstores not on the high seas." Work on the construction of a new $5,000,000 hotel which Is being erect. ed by the Canadian National Rail- ways has begun at Vancouver. B.C. The new structure when completed lu l!i.'»l win be 13 store.-.-. In Ue.jM and will have SCO rooms.