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:i • I i VOICE CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS CANADA Forgotten Hero Amniig till' fi)ii?ottiii herooH la the •lork in tho Millar will derby. â€" Ham- ilton Spj'clatdr. Or Grapefruit! An i^xvliuugB points out that the trouble with too niauy ambltlouB uibii In Ibn public nyo is that tliey are In tha <>iiblic eye â€" like a cludor. -Cal- gary ll'Tillcl. Undisturbed CrtiiiidiiH KolU, iiickol. copper and load mliioB are yiebliiiK more than ever before In our hih,(()ry. Kvidenlly havdu't Jii'ard the tales of the ticker- tapes -Ottawa Journal. Absolutely Ettential t'nli'MH a iiuKur Bplrit of KOodwiU li liuilt up betweon the provinces of Canada, this Dominion ia certain to faro troubled times. It should not be diniiult foi- any provinoi ' Rovorn- moni to atlili'vc a' it^ast a iiiea;^ure of uudci.slii'.idiiK; of Ibe viewpoints an.l pr lib ins nf otii.r provincos. Af- ter fill, it iti very doubtful if the poo- pi,-, cf .ir.y iiKivinco, as Individuals, harbor ii:«ill Inward thoir fellow Canadi iiiH wlin huppfn to llvo in other pails of ilie ftomiiiioii. â€" Kdnionloti .1o:u ii:il. Nc Holiday For Death 'Ilic si.,..i.iw of Oiilario'.s traffic toll ov"r f 'bii.^iiiias bad been dciaioiiina in rcpc.ili'.i Nuiiiiln;; ibat it would bo an al.niniiiK one. Tt was an alarming oiii', More people were killed in tho provi.i. â- â€¢ iliiii in the slate of New Yor;;. an nppalllni; number injured. Thai i. one of the nio.st sinister ile- niiiii.< 111 this iievercndinB tragedy of the loadq. It is worked out like a husiii .-3 cha:i. Tho .shatlered lives and s n row that follow in il.s wake are down now to a numerical propi siiion. Itl:i a (liillinK coinnieiilary on <:iie- lesBies.^ iiiid neKlineiiro. â€" lliiniil'.on Sped. 1 1 or Rights of the People It is Well li.r the people to renum- ber always ili.it 'h-- freedom of the press is not a piivile'RO enjoyed by owners, publishers and editors of newHp;ipers for their own exclusive uso and advantace. As a mailer of fact. I he pr.'KK ha.s no .ipeclal privilege before ttip law. Freedom of the press was maiiiefl not lo newspapers but to the p(-oi(lr\ Without II, demociiiey cannot funeiioii. iNewspapers may be Irked at .suppression of news but 11 Is tho peol>l<- who are injured when a right j.s enjoined. 'I'he people who are Bhul I'ff from facts about their t'ev- ernnieiUs or news of nations or peo- ples .ire the principal siiflerers. â€" Branduii Sun. Canada's Talk In 1938 Mai." (iiiiiirta one iiiimn: that Is Cannd.i s J.>li of the year. II is a job to wliiib i.very citizen niiisl put bis hand. To :.-.ivc li 10 s.dflHh. liarrowiniiul- ed pnnloiliil poiiiiclans of the type that Jiav.. Iieeii particularly vocal in recent weeks i.^ lo ji.opardize our fu- ture in ii nation. Tlir ji>l» will re(|Uii" a luodi-riii/ed coiislii III 1(1)1. It \. ill iei|iiire the best wl.-idoin and judKni'iit the Rowell CouiinlRslon can bring I.J b"ar on oui complex llnanclal and l:ivatioii Iiii7./les It will r<.(|iiirc pliniiiialion of over- lappini; services and of the vexatious confut ':on and wast.' that have crept Into iiiir Koverninenli'l system since 18fi7. It will r. (lulre eiicoii,ngeinent of every unifvinK force sii'h as our na- tional pubilcntlon..<. Abov.; iill. it will reiiuire the active co-operation of all Can-vllang who be- lieve Oan.ida should go ' jrward as one nation and who are prepan^d to make â- acriflces. if necessary, lo achieve this end. Thin is Canoda'ii job for 19:is To- ronto KliKinclul Post. War Diet Kills Madrid Elephant Pancho. the Retiro I'aik Zoo oie- phaot, who thrilled Keneralionfl of Madrid children, db-d last week, a war casually. Pancho. ill for months from under nourlshnieiii. died in hin anuw filled p«n without liaTlOK lasted a peantit or any tidbit except ooarM black bread for 17 monuis. What ia left of the (at of hia body Will be «oiiTarted Into treaae tor war parpoaea. THE EMPIRE Love'* Autopsy The HPllnfc chairuiau of the Aus- tralian Wine Hoard haa aasertod that lack of knowledge of cooking is per- haps tha mOBt prolific cause of divorce. The Btalement is provocative In this compressed form, but when It is ex- panded It sounds quite feasible. Bad cooking means bad indigestion; bad indigestion means bad temper; bad temper loads to tho death of love. So the autopsy reveals that love died of wounds inflicted by (a) a blunt in- strument such us a frying-pan, and (b> a sbarl Instrument such as a can- opener, nut bad cooking does not al- ways lead to divorce. Many a husband proves long-suffering in more souses than one. Although he speedily learns that his lass with a delicate air" Is also a lass with a delicatessen flair, be forgives her. â€" Melbourne Argus. "The bunclloc, oT*r-«eDtlni<>ntal or Wilful tiandliM of tb« parol* problem lull remain* one of the ireatest Ula- raoM Amertoa ba« trtr kikirMi.' â€" iMtar Hoartr. A-0 Stimulating Migration Kor Boiiie years British niiriralion to Australia was in llu' lioldruins; In fact the flow of migration ran back- ward. Willi a loss lo AuF'iiilla of near- ly :iO,n«0 people of llrlliili .stock dur- ing the period iy:jO-,!G. Now the lido lias turned at last, and the flow Is In the normal direction, outwards ironi nrltalu to this country. In tlie nine months ended in Koplember of last year our population gained 117 peo- ple by mlt-'ialion. For the same peiiod tbi.s year the gain was I'.l.'JS, a rapid and gralifyliig lncrea.>*e which is also a natural iii'lication of the cliaiu^' from dejiression to economic r<-cov( ly. With belter conditions, loo, there has been a recent psychological change in the atlilude to migriiiion, both bore nnd In (ir"at Britain. It is feltâ€" ami felt rlglillyâ€" that the time has c<mt.i when pr:ulcal plans for stimuIatlMg British migration slinuld be worked out and put Into actlen. â€" Sydney (Aiistialia) Herald. Lawyers Offer Services Free Four Young Winnipeg Lawyers Have Been Appointed to Hear Inquiries From Those Unable to Pay. I'er.soiis iiii!ilp|i; to pay for legal art- vice will be assisted by a social ser- vice lo b(! set up in Winnipeg and to be known as the N'.edy Persons' Ad- vising Centre. H. 1!. Maclunes of Ibe Law Society of .Manitoba, announced the new ser- vice, beiiiK sponsored by the society. It will be carried on for a year in the Winnipeg Judicial an-a after which decision will be niailc ns lo whether the service should braiuh into nil judicial districts of .Manitoba. Meet For Consultation Mr. Maclnnca Bald a comniittre of four young lawyers has been appoint- ed by Ibe society to hear Inquiries from those unable lo pay for legal advice. This committee will meet regularly In tho law coiiils where consultations will take place without fee payments. After hearing the ra.^is and making necossary Imiuiries. the eoinmltleo will make recomnii'iidatlons lo a cei- tlflcateisstiing coiiimilte,. and a gen- eral rliiilinian for llnal decision. The general chairman is .lolin Kelly and the certilicateisHUlng romniiltee in- cludes It. M. Maclnnes. E. f). I'hlpps Baker nnd VV. V. Fillmore. No Criminal Cases If the cnrtlllcute-issuing comniilleo cnnsidere the cases within their juris- diction and they point to a possible successful verdict, their recommiMida- llon is passed on to the general cIkiIi- man who supervises the operations of tho agency. Mr. Maclnnes said the I,aw Sociely would stress the duly of every prac- tising lawyer in giving his services free. Cases outside the scope of the service would Inidude slander, libel, small debts, cascB against the debt ad- justment board or any other hucIi boards, and appeals to the Court of Appeal, unless the committee decided there had been a miscarriage of jus- tice nnd considered an appeal jusll- (lod. The agency will not touch (^'Iniinul cases as Ilia government supplied a lawyer when the plaint Iff or accused was wllhout means. Await New Japanese Moves l-ONtX)N - With the Hesnions of the .TapanesQ Imperial Conference, the Far-East situation Is believed here to be entering a new and more danger- ous phaBO. It Is recognized that Jap- anese stralagy continues to he direct- ed against the Westarn powers, tho decision of the Tokio Conference re gardlng the actual war In (;hlna being relattrely meaningless. It is lenrncd Ibat Hrilish Cahiaet Ministers have been notiflod to hold themselves in readiness for an emer- gency session If Tokio developments follow the expected course and Japan fornalijr diiMfM WM on Transportation Increases In Northwest Territories K- Ottawa Reports Important Addi- tions Made to Facilities up North During 1937 â€" Land and Water Traffic at New High. Transportation activity in the N'orthwost Territories reached a new high In 1!».S7 when the four principal transportation companies, using steam nnd dicsel- powered boats, carr'ed 23,- OOO tons of freight from and to Wa- terways, .Mta., at the end of steel, the Federal Department of Mines and Resources reported last week. In addition, two main airway com- panies handled COO tons of freiffht and supplies and due to increa.sed mining activity the tran.sportation compan'cs are looking forward to an even heavier movement in 1938. New Boats Launched The report stated that an import- ant addition to tran.sportation facil- ities of the northwest durinj,' the past year wa.=i launching of the dicsel- powcrcd steel boats, Itadium Queen and Iladiuni King, on the Mackenzie U.'ver route. The tug's were built at Sorcl, Que., and moved to the north in sections by rail. Another noteworthy development, the report .said, was construction of an eiKht-and-a-half mile pipeline with .storage tanl<s lo overcome navigation <lifficulties at St. Charles Kapids on Great Bear River. Ths is believed to be the world's farthest north pipe-line. A fleet of tanker barues was con- .«;tructe(l at Fort .Smith to aid move- ment of oil between wells 50 miles lielow Fort Xorman and the consum- intr point.s. Oil during summer n-.onths now moves on a reg-ular schedule in the northwest. Tractor Road Built The r<'poit said that cempletion of a winter tractor road from Yellow- Knife Hay to the Gordon Lake area speeded up movement of heavy freight. Hrouuht to Yollowknife Ray during the water navi.'ation season. frelR-ht and supplies are re-shipped 75 miles by tractor at much cheaper rates than the former method of aer- ial transiiortation. The airline continued to play an ir.;,ortant role in nortiiern develop- ment, the report sad, with the num- lier of planes in service in tho north- west last year varying from 10 to 20 operating from Kdmonton, Prince Al- bert and Fort McMurray. Indications are that this niitnber will increase this year. Hitler to Visit Duce In Siring Conunittee Starts Work on Plans For Colorful Reception Plans to welcome Chancellor Hitler of Germany with fanfare rivalling the greeting of Premier Mussolini in Ger- many last September, were discus.sed this week by an Italian Government reception committee. H'tler will visit Italy next spring, returning Mu."!.solini's trip through tjormany. The exact date has not been fixed but he is expected to ar- rive in Rome on May 9, secord anni- versary of the proclamation of the Italian Empire. The committee sought to arrange for Hitler the most spectacular en- trance po.=!siblo into Rome. Newspa- pers already have urged that he leave his tra'n outside the city and ride ceremoniou.sly past the Coliseum, the Arch of Conslanline, the Basilica of Masenzio, the Roman Forum and oth- er vestiges of the glory of Ancient Rome. j News In Review \ - a * & * « 4 New Jap Conscription Law TOKHJ.- Tho Japanese War Office has called for a new conscription law to nioiiili/.e additional man power for the war in China, while Emperor HIrochllo pnsidcB over an Imperial conference on the conflict. Tho .Mini.stry of War annoiMicod that the conscription bill to bo sub- mlttud lo Parliament would swell tho ranks of the armies by restoring the old 21-montli term of sorvico Instead of tho present term of IS months. The former term was in (>ffect until 1927. when the conscription law was revised. Unemployment Insurance Proceeds OTTAW.\.- -Although faced by an opposition blockade of three Provin- cial Governments, the Federal Admin- istration will proceed with plans to provide for an unemployment Insur- ance measure. Prime Minister Macken- zie King Inllraated last week follow- ing a meeting of his Cabinet. Canada Imports More U. S. Coal 2,000,000 Tons For Year Is Ex- pectation Voiced by Anth- racite Institute K'xports of Pennsylvania anthracite lo Canaiia In l!).t7 may exceed 2,001),- 01)0 Ions for tho tlrst time since 1931, the Anthracite Institute said this w<«k. During November, 1937, the export total was 232,517 net tons, according lo Dominion Bureau of Statistics flg- iires, the highest tonnage for any iii'intli since February, 1931. The total for the llrst 11 months of 1937 was l.S25,109 Ions, and compilation of IVcembnr llgures was expected to push tliu tonnage above 2,000,000. A ysar ago Pennsylvania supplied Canada with 47.5 per cent, of Its anth- lucite, hut the percentage now has in- creased to 55.2, the Institute said. The Unili'il Kingdom's anthracite ship- ments to the Dominion bave dropped 12 per cent. Younger Men Appointed I.,ONDO.\.~ Further high army ap- pointments were announced last week end as additional proof the policy In- itiated by Leslie Horo-Belisha, Secre- tary for War, of bringing youth and ability to tho fore. Is being aggress- ively pursued. The new appointments are a direct consequence of the sweeping shake- up of the Army Council, Dec. 2, when the Minister passed over fifty senior Generals to make Maj.-(ion. Viscount Qort Chief of tho Imperial General Staff, and, by wholesale rollreraenls, reduced the average of tho Council from 63 lo 52. Supreme Soviet Foregathers MOSCOW. â€" Newly-elected Soviet deputies gathered In colorful array In Moscow this week ready for the first session of tho Supreme Soviet. Many of the deputies, coming from distant regions, had to Btart their journey In sleds drawn by reindeer or dogB. In some cases it took 15 days to reach a railway. Several had never soen a train before. Pope Warns Hitler BPJRLIN.â€" A dramatic warning by the envoy of Hope Plus to (Jhancellor Hitler that mankind calls for peace, .ind a reply In which Hitler pledged They Threw a "Madman" lo the Shark* Robcil Homo, left, and George Spernak, tho sailors who admitted throwing "Mad Jack" Morgan to the sharks, wait to tell llit-ir v/tiril story to the court, ia Loa Angele.ii. Commentary on the HichKRhU of the Week's New* by Peter Randal UNCONQUKRABI.i:? -- An Inter- esting article by Fi-ank Illiugworth In an English magazine discuss^ the ex- ceedingly timely topic, "Can China Ever lie (.'onciucred?" Drawing les- sons from Chinese history, the writer comes to tho conclusion that tho Jap- anese will detach moro and more of China; that the Chinese will fight des- perately, and probably lose. But ;â-  ; soon as the conqueror set- tles dov, II, tho Chinese will go back to his fields, back to his books of wis- dom, back lo the cities and villages where life has not altered one bit for centuries. 'â- .\nd tho Japs? They'll be- colme Chinese!" China has already been conquered successively In the past two thousand years by the Tartars, the Kitans, the Juchens, by Jenghlz Khan and his Mongol hordes, by the Manchus. But all these invaders have settled down and been absorbed amongst the Chin- ese. Two thousand years of history have by now accustomed China to the thoufiht that any conquest of her 400,- 000,000 people can only be a tempor- ary affair. * • • WE'KIO At.L CRAZY: Scientists and psychologists are telling us now, and apparonlly no one is daring to say thorn nay, that insanity or a tendency towards it exists in a largo number of people who look to be perfec'ly normal. Two specialisis speaking be- fore the .\merieaii Association for the .Advancement of Science, went so far as to ueclere that a great many sup- posedly normals should trade places with insane patients In mental hos- pitals. They based their remarks on tests made of forty three patients in an (Jhio mental hospital and of another group of forty three colIe,:;e students. Which shows you never can tell. As the old say ins goes, ".\tl the world's a little queer but thee and me, and semeteues I tf;ink thee's a little qu'-er". • • • TIll.NK OF THE CHILDREN: If loving parent.s bent on giving Iheir firstborn a beautiful name would pause a moment and reflect on how that name is going to sound to the bearer of it twenty years hence, there would he far fev.er foolish monickers disguised under variegated initials in tho world today, and the number of sheepish, lioiipccked-lonkiiic; Individu- als sll'il.lng about their daily rounds would bo considerably less. Think of tho effect the precious name Is going to have on your sonsistlvo child be- fore you make the decision irrovoc- able! Best rule to follow: steer away from the exotic; stick to commoB sense. It takes all a man has, to rise above a name like "Cyril" or "Elmer". • « * HEAVIER POLICING: "Motorists of Ontario were given a chance to be- have themselves on the roads at Christmas time, and look what a mess they made of it â€" the blackest holi- day toll ever! A wave of protest has swept the country and indignant let- ters have been appearing In the press. Now the Attorney-General of Ontario is doing something about the situa- tion, ordering an immediate and sub- stantial Increase of the motorcycle patrol force of the Provincial Police, instructing them how to prevent vio- lations of tho traffic laws. We motorists have failed to act like .idult human beings on the streets and highways of Ontario. If for n change we are tre;ited like th.; children we evidently are, bettor ro«d behavior may result. • * * BALANCE OF POWER: When Ital- ian Fascism In the person of Musso- lini's son-in-law. Count Ciano, crossed into Hungary la--:! week on a diplo- matic mission, it met with a sharp disappointment. Hungary and Aus- tria refused to say "yes" to the Ital-' ian suggestion that they quit thd League of Nalion.s and recognize the regime of Franro in Spain. Neither would they Join tho anti-Communism pact recently signed by Germany," Italy and .Japan. Tlie democratic powers had reasoo lo breathe easier following this re- buff. Nevertheless the new Kumanian setup with Oclavian Goga a.; virtual . dictator under King Carol's wing is . viewed as threatening to reveise the balance of power in south-eastern Eur- ope, and the democratic govornments tremble. Keason why: Rumania, as ally up to now of Czechoslovakia, haa been helping to block Hitler's pro- posed march east through Czechoslo- vakia to seize the oil and .grain fields of the Ukraine. It is our fervent hope t<uit Rumania will continue v,ith her former allies in spite of governmental changes and not line up with tho Fa.scist powers. • « • BIRTH KATE PALLS: In the (Irat halt of 1937. births docro.-iscd in the Dominion of Canada, 0.7 per thousand. At the same time deaths increased O.G, the fi;;ures raised by a higher dis- ease toll and a larger iiumbor of auto- mobile fatalities. Looks as if the population of this fair country may shrink to nothing before wo know what it's all about. himself 'â- honorably and confidently" to cooperate with all nations marked a Now Year reception to the diplo- matic corps this week wlion brilliant- ly uniformed foreign envoys and a little group of high Nazi Government ofUdals were grouped In the Fueh- rer's Chancellory in the historic Wll- helnistrasse. Tide Has Turned MADRID.â€" President Manuel Azana declared In a decree fhls week the victory of Government forces over Spanish insurgent troops at the pro- vincial capital of Teruel, ICO miles east of Madrid, changed the face of tho Spanish war. Ozaua awarded tho Laureate Insig- nia of Madrid to General Vicente Uo- jo. Chief of Staff of the Government's central army and commander of the Teruel offensive. Rioting In Austria VIENNA. - Disorder raged through- out Austria this woek-ond as Monar- chists and Nazis clashed with clubs, stones and stlnk-bombs at sixty mass meetings, called to open a campaign to restore tho 25-ypar-ol(l Archduke Otto to the Hapsburg Throne. The worst disorders occurred In Vienna, where eleven meetings wore hold In tributo to the handsome and exiled youth, who is hailed as "Aus- tria's savior." Fifty anti-Monarchists were arrest- ' d In Vienna and at least 280 In oth- er parts of Austria. Numerous sus- p rt.s w('re rcleasoil after they wore I ''.en Into custody for investigation. Refuse to Recognize Him WASHINGTON. -- Tho United states' refusal to recoguizo King Vic- tor Emmanuel of Italy as Emperor of Ethiopia has resulted in suspen- sion of the Italo-Amcrleun negotia- tions for a commercial treaty. Inforniod sources said Mussolini re- iinired the new treaty to bo made In ilh) name of Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy and Hmperor of Ethiopia and that State Secretary Hull re- fused. Arrested On Fraud Charge CHATHAM. â€" Ball was set at |6,000 each last week-end for two London, Out., men who allegedly obtained )300 from a Raleigh township resident br claiming they were raember« of a syn- dicate which had sold a patented chemical formula to Lawrence Du Pont for J4,0OI).0OO. The two are Sam- uel Willis, CD, and Thomas Agiiow. 67. Flying Classrooms Four Big Planes Will Carry Six to Eight Student Flyers And Instructors In the R. C. A. F. "Flying c!a.-5srooms" will lighten the tedium of learning for Royal Canadian .Air Force student lliers. Construction of four big planes will be started soon in a Montreal air- craft factory at a cost of nearly ;5!('0,CO0. Kach of the four sturdy Noorduyn "Xorseincn" will have ecco'imoilafon for si>; to eiffht instructors snd stu- dents and will be used to teach em- bryo I'itrs such sciences as bombing, map reading, navigation, scctching, radio communication and "i-potting" for artillery. Supplement Ground Iciching Thj aerial da.s.sos will s piilement the usual theoretical r-aching of grcind school. Under (.-tual flight conditions. Canada's yo:.r,j:> airmen will learn the .science of aciial war- fare under the tirst-tiand guidance of expeilenced instructors. The big Canad an-dcs'gned trans- port plunes will have att-^i hii ents for bomb .oights, ground-to-t.'ane radio, removable port.s and mounts for aer- ial cameras, and gun mounts. Monoplane Trantports Used To aid teaching navigation, especi- ally under adverse weather condi- tions, latest navigation instruments will be installed. The "classroom planes^' will be built by Noorduyn Aircraft, Ltd., at suburban Cartierville, Quebec. They will be monoplane transports of metal construction and powdered with a Wasp engine of 525 horsepower, giv- ing them a high .speed of nearly 170 miles an hour. In keeping with Canad an flying conditions, the new planes will be adaptable to skis for Winter Hying and to cither wheels or seaplane floats in tho Summer. "There can be no real prosperity In state or nation for either the Indus-' trial city or the agricultural country without tho other being prosperous." -â€" Herbert H. Lehman. A year ago a discarded cutting from a pineapple plant vyas thrown oa a rubbish heap at Torquay. It is now bearing fruit and growing rapidly. So, although it refused to thrive whaa pampered with care and attention, it manages to enjoy life when left to its own devices on tha rubbish haa^k 1 I 1 . \ \