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Voice of the Press Canada. The Empire and The World at Large CANADA City Vandals An outragt'd Sumnu;r cottager draws mention to the iiulecent liberties whiili many city motorists tako with ollior people's property in tlio country. Too many urban Uwollers, devoid of good manners and common sense, de- vote tlie Sabbath to excursions Into tlio snrroundinK countryside and to de- vastatinK raids npon the wooda and Iflds and lake shores wherotliey picnic and carry on their frolics. In the In- itance complained of a group of men, women and children tore up .shrubs and flowers, liroke tlie branches of trees, and no doubt littered the neigh- borhood with empty cans, waste paper and other refu.se. Such vandals are beyond the law and surely al.so beyond the pale, â€" Toronto Mail and Knipire. Burning $10,000,000 a Year Figures compiled by the Forest Ser- tice of the Department of the Interior Bhow that the annual forest-fire loss In Canada for the ten year period 1922- 81 was $10,000,000. It Is Boraething that appals. Canada's forests are among tho richest of her heritages, and the fact that we. the trustees of that heritage, should be sending it up In .'•moke at tha rate of U0,000,000 a year. Is a blot upon our capacity as a people. The melancholy aspect of It all Is that most of this fire-loss Is the result of indifference, of a carelessness that will not heed warnings or educa- Uonal propaganda. â€" Ottiiwa Journal. THE EMPIRE Australia and the Ottawa Agreementt Up to the present the Ottawa agree- ment has brought Australia no disad- vantage. Tho building of new fac- tories and tho general improvement in manufacturing proiluctlon are amongst the best signs of re(urning pro.sperity. Industrial stocks on tho share market are stronger and more buoyant than they, have been since adversity swept over us. â€" Melbourne Herald. Explosion Injures Twenty The Difference Women, according to a trade .survey, tuy twice as many shoes as men. But, ySu see, a man can wear a pair of blue â- ockg without finding it necessary to viear blue shoes. â€" Border Cities .Star. An Explorer Honored A distinguished Canadian, Mr. J. B. Tyrrell, received honor at Kingston In the award of the Flavelle Medal at the blinds of the Royal Society of Canada. The Flavelle Medal Is given annually to the Canadian whose achievements the society con.sidera have been the ni'ost Important and significant. One Df the previous awards was to Mr. C. B. Saunders, the discoverer of Marquis wheat, which revolutionized the date oi harvest and the volume of the we"8tern crop. Mr. Tyrrell has won high tributes the American Geological Society, and from the Geological Society of r,ondou, the University of Toronto. His early academic career was interrupted by an illness which compelled him to live In the open air, and which changed the ifcurse of his life. From 1881 he spent seventeen years iu exploration work in AlhertTi, Manitoba, and the Northwest territories, his work taking him into the Yukon at the time of the famous fold rush. Since his return to Toronto, in 1906, be has spent many years as a consult-" Ing engineer, In which capacity he was A forc'emul advocate of the investment of British capital In the natural re- acurces of Canada. As President of the Kjikland Lake Gold Mines he is an im- portant executive In the development (ft tiie Northland, but in scientlllc and Ijlerary circles ho is revered for his l^udies and elucidation of the early Explorations In Canada by David Thompson, Samuel Hearne, and other l^thflrfders wliose services to Canada liru all too little known.â€" Toronto Globe. Lord Willlngdon and India No ono can doubt that the present Viceroy is a real friend to true Indian nationalism. It is not that he regards it as a movement to which conjessions must bo made, because it is there and is growing, but which Is regrettable in itself. On the contrary, like many other Englishmen, he evidently re- gards it as a line thing in itself, which Britain can be proud that she has had a share in producing. It U the weak- ness, not tho strength, of Indian na- tionalism, which such Knglishmen de- plore. To love a common Motherland, to wish It to be great and pro.-^perous, united internally, at peace with oilier countries, admired and respecled abroad,, and adminifitering its own af- fairs, these are surely true thougiits for every Indian, and these are thoughts which selfrespecline I'-ng- lishmen would wish to see grow hi the youth of a country for which history has given them such a strange re- sponsibility. Given a recognition of that spirit on both sides, even the poorest constitution would work. â€" Cal ciitta Statesman. A Surprise An East Williams farmer called ns Bp the other day and asked us if wo were not surprised to hear that one of his Black Minorca pullets had just laid an egg measuring 3',i inches from t^p (o tip and 6% Inches with chest ex- panded. Wo certainly ere. We were under the impression that tha Black Wiiiorcas were a group of islands.â€" Allsa Craig Banner. No More Jails No more julU are to be built in Aus- *'^a. They are to have prison honor camps Instead, where convicts, who bjve been graded according to Intelll- jme. wjll be given useful work and aTnple food. Thl.s U a far cry from tho old convict settlement at Botany Bay and is heartening evldeiiie of ihe pro- gres.i being made in the work of re- claiming for human society those who have offended against the law. -Char- fotti'lown CJuardtan. "British Settlers For Canada" It the British people are to find a way in this new time, they must seek a much closer relationship with the Continent of North America. Such a relationship to Canada as we hero sug- gest win add the strongest physical bonds to those already formed by a common language and a peculiar cul- ture. The distance across the Atlantic becomes ever less important. 1 be- lieve it possible, and necessary, to ce- ment this union by the strongest sort of econynilc union. Behind Britain Is the Kuropean Continent. Beforo her is North America. With her working class and her iutelloctuals constantly merging with those of North America, llie future relation.sliip would .seem to be very natural. Discussions of tills tendency need not long bel'og the un- derstanding. North America is not going to overwhelm Britain as a whale swallows a small fish; yet Britain and North America are likely to evolve a new sort of international relationship. The strongest bond of that connection will be the British settlement of Can- ada. â€" Dr. Frank Bohii In The National Review (London). Fooliih Flying Australia has the right attitude to- wards fmilhardy and vaingio'rious fly- ers. They became sucli a iniiHance. getting lo8.t In the Australian desert and having to be rescued at great trou- ble and expense, that flying over the Interior of the island continent with- out permls.«lon has been prohibited. Before issuing such permission, the aiiihoritiea must have i guarantee afcat the plane is In good condition and costs of any rescue will he borne by tho flyers themselvea.â€"l^ndon Kree Press. Tht Drunken Driver Conditions muil be made so unc om fortahle for the drunken driver that be Hill be banished from the road. He li » menace not only to his own life and limb, but to the llv.js and proper. ti»>« of his neighbours. â€" Saint .lohn Teleftraph-Journal. THE UNITED STATES Roosevelt's Year Kach new occupant of the White H(nise knows very well that he is never likely to be so strong politically as during the first twelve months of liis term of ollice. The nation is ex- pectant; there is a universal feeling lliat wIsIk's him well; he has enough political favours to grant and appoint- ments lo distribute to keep his follow- ers coinpliant and to make It worth while for Congressmen to stand well with tho White House; and, above all, I he hope never dies down in tlie eter- nally resilient Amarican breast that a new President means a new era and bettor times. In Mr. Roosevelt's case nil these favouring factors are magni- lied and niulliplied, first, by the fact llint both iloHses of Congress are im- l)re,^nably held by his own party; secondly, by the ever-widening range and severity of the crisis that hair biouglil him to power; and thirdly, by the iiniires.slon already made upon the public mind by his personality and his acts.â€".Mfied Bossom In The National Review i London). Branch Banks Ther must be branch banking on a wide scale, as In Kngland and Canada. There inust be a single natiinial bank- ing system, rigorously supervised. Only after such a reforniHtion has been aciomplished can there be seri- ous discussion of a guarantee of de- posits- and thou it would be nniiecet, sary. for failures would bn negligible. -New Vork Merald-Trilmno. Agreement Reached On Silver issue All explosion of illuminating gas did this to a teueineul iu Pitts- burg. More than 20 people were injured, while one is missing. Fire- mi; 1 attributed it to escaping gas from a main. Britain Signs Two More Agreements Pacts With Norway and Swed- en Widen Market for British Coal I,ondon. â€" On May l.'i the United Kingdom signed trade agreements with Norway and Sweden, bringing tha total of such new pacts to five within a few weeks. The two new- est treaties, like tliose with Den- mark and Germany, provided for in- creased exports of British coal which, officials estimate, will roach 4,000,- 000 toils annually to tlie four signa- tory countries. The agreement specifies that Nor- way and Sweden take 1,500,000 tons of British coal annually in return for certain â- concessions thought to involve reduction of duties on some Scandinavian prnuucis imported in- to the United Kingdcun. (Jiiarantee of a 2,500,000-ton market for British coal In Denmark and Germany was the United Kingdom's ciiief gain in treaties with those countries. In its other new trade pact, that with the ArgeiiCne, tho United King- dom undertook to give the South American republic concessions in chilled and frozen meats, her chief exports, in return tor a guarantee tliat Britain's frozen peso credits would be liquidated gradually by changes iu Argentine exchange re- gulations. The United Kingdom also got a promise that duties on her exiKirts to tlie Argentine would he lowered as far as possible to the level prevailing in 1930. Lighter Light Bllls> 1'lie cost of illiiininaiing a liallroom in Philadelphia wilti candles for tin! <elcbrnlion of VS'asliiin;ton':! Birllida.v in LSI" was $15ii. while now the sami- amount of light would cost 60 cents. I';iei:iri( ity si'cms lo have considerably liglilened the light bill. â€" Christian Science Monitor. Futures of Skyscrapers Population and iiidii.Hti iai trends iii- di<aled in tho census reports are now recognized by one professor particu- larly affected. William Orr Ludlow, of the American Institute of Architects, sees the skyscraper era at an end and tho lime of smaller iltles, widespread suburban commnnlties and decentral- ized industry at hand. â€" .New York iKvenlng Post. Moscow's May Day. The statue flt Lenin In the Soviet capital Is decorated for tl e huge celebra- tion staged by Russian Workmen. Hones of 2,0i)« hip|><>priiami kill .-d by prehistoric hunters were found in a single cave In Sicily. Back Seat Drivers Beware Fairmont. W. Va. - Hack seal drivers may now alt a Utile farther hack lo make room for John Poling, who is suing his wife for $25,000. < laiming he was tnjureil in an Alabama auto acci- dent while Mrs. Poling wns driving. Former Rhodes Scholars Plan June Reunion I 50 American and Canadian Winners to Attend Gath- ering at Swarshmore Swarthmore, Pa.â€" The first United State.? reunion of Canadian and Amer- ican Rhodes scholars will 1>& held at Swarthmore College on June 4 to 8, beginning the day before college commencement. Newton D. Baker and Sir Francis Wylie will be the feature speakers at the activities at which 150 former Rhodes si^hoiara and their wives are expected to be present. Sira Francis Wylie, in addition to delivering the commencement ad- dress on June 5, will bo tendered a dinnr tho same evening in the col- lege dining hall. He will givg the impressions he has received from his wide contacts with Rhodes scholars, especially on his recent world tour. Until July, 1931, he was Oxford secre- tary to the Rhodes trustees. Two of the visiting Rhodes s(;Jiol- ars, now distinguished in their fields, will be contributors to the graduat- ing exercises of the college, in addi- tion to Sir B'ranci.1. Willard Sperry, the first Uliodes scholar from Michi- gan, will deliver 'he baccalaureate sermon on June 4. Mr. Sperry waa formerly Hibberl lecturer at Oxford, and is now dean of the Tlieological School at Hanard. Another mem- ber of the first group of Rhodes men, C. F. Tucker Brooke, of West Vir- ginia, will deliver the Phi Peta Kappa address. Mr. Brooke is now a pro- fessor of English at Yale. The two conferences have been arranged for Juno G. At the first of those, tlie methods of selection of Itliodes scholars will be discussed. The now inotliod which rtas been In r'orco for .several years anJ was origin- ally worked out through the efforts of Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president of ; Swarthmore. provides for selections I overlaiiping state boundaries. I The other conference will be con- cerned with tho International prob-' iems arising out of the present eco- , noniip crisis. Mr. Haker will be the j principal speaker at this conference. Six Points Decided on by II Leading Countries Con- suhed â€" Must Be Stabilized Was,hingtou. â€" Detinito agree- ment between Canada and other nution.i interested in improving tho price of silver on a six-point pro- gram to be worked out at the World Economic Conference in London was made known Friday by Senator Pit- man, who has been appointed to the American delegation. The announce nient was made as preliminary White House conversa- tions with spokesmen of 11 leading nations entered their final stage.? and the monetary policy being pre- pared for agreement at L,ondon took On greater clarity. The six points to which Pittman said all the nations consulted had agreed were: 1. That the price of silver should b(3 reasonably raised and ~ substan- tially stabilized. 2. That the sliver que&tion Is a part of the general problem of cur- rency stabilization. 3. That governments should agree to abandon the policy and practice of debasing and melting up silver. 4. That the fineness of debased coins s-hould be restored as rapidly as practicable. 5. That so far as possible there should be a large use of silver ag a base for currency issue.?^. S. That tariffs and other obstruc- tions to a free movement of silver should be lowered or eliminated. Silver May Solve Problem Alter Prime Minister R. B. Ben- nett had attended President Roese- velt's economic conversations Hon. Charles McCrea, Ontario's Minister of Mines, on behalf of the Canadian Government, conferred with United States and Mexican officials on the silver question. State department ofiicials who have been working with Pittman on the problem pointed in asserting that it the status of sliver can be definitely improved, many of the other problems of the conference will be automatically solved and Us success assured. Bacon, Ham Largest Exports of Meat Ottawa. â€" Bacon and ham consti- tuted the larger part of the n.eat ex- ports of Canada in April last, accord^ ing to a report issued by the Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics. Out of a total export value of $461,760, bacon and hams accounted for $398,326, against $199,191 for the correspond- ing month last year. The volume of that commodity ex- ported last month was 3,817,400 pounds, compared with 1,846,000 for the same month in 1932. Canned meat exported last month amounted to 67,271 pounds valued at $9,820, compared with 12,576 pounds with a value of $2,473 in April last year. Roosevelt In Ofhce Eleven Weeks Enacts Eight Major Laws Washington. - - The Tennessee Valley Developmnt Act, just signed by President Hoover, was the eighth major law put Into effect In the eleven weeks he has been hi of- fice. The major accomplishments of the adniinistratiou in the domestic field to date: Emergency bank legislation. Re- forestation Act, legalization of beer, government economy, farm relief, currency control, Wngner direct un- employment relief, and Tennessee valley-Mu:->cle Shoals development. Ends Air Tour More Advertising Way to Prosperity New York Club Hears Talk On Advertising Media New York. â€" Use of advertising media on a more general and exten< sive scale is the surest way to end th<' current economic situation and to pr*' -vent thetii in the future, according t« Mr. Erward A. Filenc, of Boston, speakin,? before the New York Ad- vertising Club. Declaring that good advertising, with all that it implies, will show tin way and lead toward a height of pros- perity such as the world has nevet known, Mr. Filene held thai a "(?ood advertisement is just as productive of social and economic values as a good .potato patch or a good clothing factory." Advertising i.s not a distinct step which is separable from the re.st oi the economic machinery, but is mereJ ly a cog in the wheel and a neces^ sary part of the whole, he continued. Advertising, linked with mass producJ tion and distribution, he said, "ail help to get bread and butter and othei* things, the necessities of life and th« luxuries of life, which should be avail'] able to every one, from those who pro- duce them to those who need thenu Advertising of the right sort is aa essential element in this process." I He urged that manufacturers and sellers make every effort to allow the consumer to get tha most for everj dollar he spends and suggested that the best way to do this would b« through low unit costs and low unil profits. |, "The problem of the advertiser in these days is not to make people want, to buy," he continued. "Who doubta that the consumer wants to buy betJ ter clothing, better housing, better food, a higher standard of living all around? The problem is to enable people to buy. I maintain deliberately and with no sense of paradox that this is precisely what advertising ought to do and what advertising can do." i Mr. Filene envisaged the future in most optimistic terms. | "Looking ahead," he said, "I se« a possible future which is incomparably brighter. I see mass distribution linked with mass production â€" an en-^ richment of individual life, a gain in leisure, in enjoyment, in freedom of choice, in liberation from anxiety,' The machine is not enslaving man.<' kind. Man is enslaving the machine,' and in so doing setting himself free," _ .;. Working in Field Finds Coin of 160(1 Guelph, Ont. â€" Working in a field which had not been plowed for nin< years, George Boreham of Guelpl( Township discovered a five-shilling piece struck around 1600. Despit* an offer by an expert on numismatics,' Boreham intends to keep the ancient coin. British Columbia Taxes Meals Above 50 Centa Victoria, B.C. â€" The British Colum- bia Government has Imposed its new tax on all- public meals costing 50 cents and more, according to the following schedule, just issued: 3 cents on meals from 65 to 80 cents; 5 cents between 85 cents and $1; 6 cents between $1.05 and $1.20; 7 cents between $1.25 and $1.40; 8 cents between $1.45 and $1.60; 9 cents be- tween $1,155 and $1.80; and 10 cent* between $1.85 and $2. * The revenue from this tax will bo used for hospit^ purposes, to replace grants which the Government form- erly gave these institutions. Less Marriages â€" More Divorces in France Fewer murriiiges, more divorce^, and fewer births, are recorded In the povisional vital statistics issued by the French authorities for 1932. To offset the decline in tho num- ber of birtiK, there is a decrease in the number of deaths, although the decline in the deaths of babies un der 12 months Is negligible, there being only 267 fewer deaths of child reii within that age limit as com- nared with 1931. Tho provisional statistics, based on returns from 90 departmenti are as follows: l».n 1932 .Marriages 326,3r,S 314,87s Divorces 21,212 21^848 Births 7.10.1M9 722,246 Deaths (under 12 months! 5,'i.444 55,177 Total deatha 680.710 660,882 Still Births 28,0.-.8 27,537 The ercess of births over deaths was 49.539 in 1931. and 61.384 In 1932. Out of every 10.000 of population, marriages were 156 in 1931. and l.'>0 in 1932. ninhs were 174 in 1931 and 173 in 1932. Deaths were 183 and 158 respectively. . Prospects of Agriailture Brighter, Says Swanson Regina. â€" Wheat is now well on tha road to recovery and prospects for im proved agricultural prices are much brighter. Prof. \V. W. Swanson, pro- fessor of economics, University of Sas- katchewan. tc!d the Social Service Council here. Ultimate restoration of prosperity in the West depended upon much bet- ter prices for farm products, he de- clared, but the improved situation in regard to wheat was a hopeful sign. Mo suggested the council might con sider crop Insurance and the devising of a new scUieme of co-operation simi- lar to that now in vogue in Denmark. Herds Shrink in Norfolk j Due to Tobacco Acreage Siir.cce. â€" Nowhere is the gvi).\th of the tobacco industry reflected mora than in the general trend o2 farming in this district. F. C. Paterson, D.R.A.. points out that Norfolk's cat- tle population is decreasing at a rata of l.OOO per an uiii, while there are obout 1,600 less brood sows than th-ero were five years ago, when tho tobacco . industry was just getting establishcl, Mr.5. LindbiM,i;li aud th-. Colonel arrived at Washington for the trial of Oasfon Means, alle^;ed *«- lortlonlst. Former King of Spain Observes 47th Birthday Madrid, Spain.â€" The former King of Spain. Don Alfonso of Bourbon and Hapsburgll.orialne, on May 18th cele- brated his 47th birthday in exHa abroail. It was the third birthday celebrated in exile. Alfonzo has established hl» residence at Fontalnebleau, outside Paris. Tho day passed wiihoul notice bf Reimbliians in Spain.