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Commentary on the n ri I I f I Hishiights of the Week's Newt . . . By Llizabeth Ccdy DF.ATH DEFERREDâ€" Wild rejoic- ing rHurked the Austrian Nazis' re- ccptiuii of Hitler's triumphal inarch into Vienna, but while these vocifer- ous celebrations were ^oini; on in the streets of the capital, the country's 800,000 Jews sought frantically to eiicape over the border, or cowered in their homj-s. A. few of the fuifilives succeeded in making s getaway, but it was not long before Naz'. soldiers stationed Id border points were stopping all Jews from leaving the country. Next news to come out of Austria was that several prominent Jews had committed 'suicide rather than face the prospect of Nazi rule. Prof. V'olfxang Denk, internationally known head of the University of Vi- enna's second .suigirai clinic and Jonas l!(irnk. X-ray specialist shot Uiemaeives as the Nazification of Au- stria conti:-.ucd under a new slogan: ' On-> ^lood, one folk, one reich, one futTjTfir." The suiiide toll already has pass- ed the hundred nark, and will likely ){o hiKhi r as Nas'-is contmuo throwing hundreds into pvjon, depriving the Jew.'j of »li civil rights. PAUSE FOR THOUGHTâ€" The Eu- ropean crisis has eased off for the moment leaving us with a short breathing-space before the next cri- 3ii. For a next crisis there will be without a doubt, within the next month, perhaps, because all the in- gredients are ready mixed. The pot has only to come to a boil. Mean- tune we are provided with a chance to think, to act before it is too late. Rea,son for the pause: Hitler has to have time to digest Austria, con- solidate his new position in Central Europe before going-after Czecho- slovakia. To take on Czechoslovakia ce would have to throw a major part Ol his army into the field against the enemy's compact, highly-efficient de- fense forces; ho would have to be prepared to fight Russia, too, and berhaps France (both allies of Cze- choslovakia;. DRAMA FESTIVAL â€" Greater inter- est than ever is being taken this year in getting ready for the Dominion Drama Festival to be held at Winni- peg in May. After the regional arama competitions have all been run off, three full-length plays in Eng- lish and one in French will be se- lected from the Dominion at large, and numeidus one-act plnys will be admitted as well. A minimum stand- ard of excellence has to be met be- fore contesting groups may compete at Winnipeg. It is indeed encouraging to note that Canadian interest in the drama is increa-sing. We hope the Festival competitions will briiifj a crop of ris- ing young actors to the fore and get them started on the road. â€" 0â€" FLOOD CONTROLâ€" Within the next two years, ,?2,OO0,00O will be spent on a largo scale water conservation and flood control project for the Crand Hiver Valley. The cost of the -undertaking is to be borno in a three-way split by the Federal and Ontario Governments and the inter- ested municipalities. Commissioners will be appointed â€" two from Kitchener, three from Brantford, two from Calt and one each from the other benefiting mu- nicipalitie.s along the Grand Kivcr and its ui)per tributariesâ€" who will choose a chief engineer to superin- I tend the carrying out of the project. It ia hoped to get engineering work under way by the middle of June. Major operations involve the erec- tion of two dams, one at Waldemar on the upper Grand Hiver, west of Orangeville, and one at Mollen, on the C'unontoga Uiver near Drayton. Those will hold back the watei in sprin<{ and keep it from flooding the regrion; in summer they will release it into an area that for the past few years has been drought-ridden. â€" o â€" TURN IT DOWNâ€" The United States Governmoiit has flatly turned down th* proposal made by Premier Mit- chell Hepburn of Ontario that we ex- port sujplus power for the use of American \consumers. Washington l)Iaihly^4^.i not want Ontario's pow- er, esperfaily on a sl.ort-lorin basis, suBject to withdrawal. If, however, the Province of On- tario and the Dominion of Canada should be willing to develop the St. I.awron<e waterway for p»wc.r, the Washington Government would agi-ce to the diversion of the KenovTami River waters via Long I.ac into the Great Lakes system. Note: It is unlikely that events will find the IVovince of Ontario pre- pared to spend milli6ns of dollars on s SW I>av^ience waterway project. 0-- PRESS IN PERILâ€" Freedom of th» I'rcsB itf in' 'very real peril." accord- irig: to J. A. Spender. (listingui>hed .Hviti*fcOiigiwfc ff n>s tfH >ft; Mh^ last week told the ltisl>#ule of Joui nal- iita in London that "a very few false steps may seriously preju<lice the li- berties which are the common cause A-C of the whole profession." Freedom of the press "is totally extinguished in one-half of the world, and in the other half there are enough enemies of liberty who will gladly seize any handle that wo may give them," said Mr. Spender, Highlights Of Hitler's Career The Past Five Years of Hi» Life Have Been Eventful Ones For Germany And For the World. 1933 January 30. â€" Appointed chancellor of (lermany. October 11. â€" G'lmany leaves ihe League of Nations and the L>isarma- meut Conference. 1934 June 14. â€" Meets Premier Mussolini of Italy at Venice. June 30.â€" The "blood purge"; incip- ient revolt by Storm Troop Leader Ernst Uoehm quflied by gunfiru. July 26. â€" Franz von Papen appoint- ed as his special ambassador in Aus- tria, which mourned the Nazi ussass- Ination of Chancellor Engelbert Doll- fuss. August 2. â€" President von Hinuen- burg dies; Hitler assumes functions of the prosidf-nt under the title ol Reichs-chancellor and Fuehrer. November 2S. â€" Nazi named to head Dunzlg State. 1935 March 16.â€" Reintroduction of uni- versal military service in Germany. June 18. â€" Gorman-BrltlsU naval agreement concluded. 1936 March 7.â€" Remilitarization of the Rhiuoland. Hitler's peace offer. July 11. â€" Restoration of friendly ro- lations between Germany and Austria. August 28. â€" German compulsory mil- itary service extended to two years. October 21. â€" Germany recognizes Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. November 14. â€" Germany discards limitations of the Versailles Treaty concerning rivers and streams. 1937 January 13. â€" Hermann Wilhelm Goering goes to Rome for conversa- tions with 11 Duce. 1938 February 12. â€" Hitler summons Chan- cellor Kurt von Schuschnigg of Aus- tria to Berchtesgaden; demands an in- crease in Nazi influence In the Aus- trian Government. February 15. â€" Hitler accepts new Austrian cabinet, reorganized to In- clude Ave Nazi-friendly members. March 11.â€" Hitler Nazifles Austria. The t BOOK SHELF By ELIZABETH EEDY THE BOOK OF BIRDS Tile first compnlinnsivo work ever published wilh all major species ot birds ot Ciiiiada and I he United States shown in full color has been issued by the National Geograpliic Society, Washington, IXC. As well as vivid portraits of 950 birds, tills handsome work in two volumes eontnins bio- graphies settlns fiirtli the clr.narlciis- tics of each species of bird, lis range, breeding habits anil other fealuren of behaviour. Clever mii^rallon maps, too, disclose new developments In the study ot bird miKratlon (hrouRli l)ird- bandiuK. The "HooU of lilrils" liiings Into the home the many aspotls of beauty, mystery and I'nlertalnini! fact from the fiirllunj; kitiKiloni ot l)irds, Is of interest to all nalurt- lovors us well as to the trained .siiciililie observer. ThIrtyseviMi faaeinaliiiR arllclps by outslandinK lii'd antliorlliea make a veritable encyclopedia of bird-lore. A thing of bi'iiiily. -Tli.' liook of Birds' is also cniiMciilly useful. National {Jcograiihic Society, uf Wiishinglon, D.C, pulilisln i •'The Hook of Ulrds" at cost ($5). Kd. by (illl)frt Grosvonor and Alexander Wei more, T.'SS piigoa, two volumes. Ontario Mines Topped Record TOltO.N'ltt. â€" Tlie Canadian Insti- tute f)f .Mining and .MelaKurgy in ron- veiillon here heard reports of record mineral production in Ontario and Quebec during the last yea|-. Ontario mineral production, from all sourcen, reached $229,!t;!8,noO, an Increase of 24 per cent. In value over 1936, itself a record year. Quebec's bureau of mines In a Htaiement said a now hlRli, $r.G,<i8!),000. was reached In that prov- ince in lii:!7, an Increase of nearly .11 per cent. The Onlniiii repoi t said the sia sojihI decline In slrndnri^l materials •im*- rlay prn'clurtg wan norttiafT" a'nd prospects for 1938 Indicate that last year's record tiiight even be exceedeil, III Quebec the low ebb tn minoral production was reni'lied In 1932. when the total fell to )2r>.r,:!8.nt)0. .StartliiK In U3l thj ain'Tfly look an upward turn whir'h has since been malutainod. ^ Says Science Is Changing Our Attitude To World ti- PsychoIoRist Declares That The Past Few Decades Have Seen Our Conceptions of Life on This Universe Turned Upside Down â€" New Adjustments Now To Be Made Scientific advance In the last few decades Is turning our world upside down and It would be well for Its lea- ders to think about the environmental readjustments necessary to happiness. Dr. Gerald Wendt. ot New York, told the .Association of Commerce at New York last week. Dr. Wendt, director of the Ameri- can Institute of New York, was draft- nC January 1st to the director of science for the New York World's Fair, 1039. He spoke on "What Sci- ence Is Doing To Us." After recalling the various basic raw materials necessary to the things we use today and some ot the inven- tions they have made possible the Dr. said: Improve Conditions "My detinltiion ot science Is the best uso ot the human iuteiiigence for improving the conditions under which we live â€" that Is modifying our environment to our purposes. "Wo have accomplished this to such an e.xtent that our environment has receded as a problem and so the next generation will have to devote its en- ergies to modifying the social euvjron- meut. No Longer Combat Nature "My grandfather, for instance, went out to Iowa In 1853 and, like thous- ands ot other pioneers, came face to face with nature. Today I work in a skyscraper and I live In a skyscraper and I go underground betv/een them. Halt the lime I do not oven know what the weather is. And the only time I come face to face wiili nature is when I go to a hospital. Otherwise â€" and that hasn't happened yet â€" 1 sel- dom encounter nature. ''Our contacts, therefore, are slow- ly being reduced to those with other Individuals, and the energy we once gave to combating nature we now ex- pend on people. That is where our next task lies â€" to adjust ourselves to each other while adjusting science and ourselves." Didn't Need to Write It was revealed recently that a self-made man who had 29 banking accounts was illiterate and could not write his own cheques. Engineer Forecasts Speed of 60O M.P.H. AchicveiKent Anticipated In The Stratoiphere WASHINGTON. â€" Airiilanes which will fly at speeds approaching the speed of sound are "Just around the corner," an aeronautical engineer told the Society of Automotive Engineers here last week. G. T. Lanipton, of Vviiiiamsport, Pa., declared that 500-miIe-an-hour air- planes operating at high altitudes soon will be built and that planes capable of flying COO miles an hour are con- ceivable. The speed of sound is approximately 800 miles an hour. Previous estimates of the ultimate speed of human flight have fixed the figure at somewhere between -IT.'j and .WO miles per hour. In a special high-speed wind tunnel ot the national advisory committee for aeronautics at Langley Field, Va., »l>ecda of 700 Uiiles pur hOut Cali be demonstrated. Tests of model airplanes in this tun- nel have indicated that at speeds In excess ot 400 miles an hour a "shock wave" develops on the wings or nose of an airplane and creates a tremen- dous resistance, thus deflullely lltult- ing its speed. Lanipton pointed out, however, that his estimates ot speed were based on the assumption high speed airplanes of the future will fly mostly in the stratosphere where, under rarefied air conditions, the "shock wave" will not appear until very high speeds are reached. Such airplanes would not only im- prove long-range commercial flying, particularly over the oceans, aviation exports pointed out, but would have considerable military advantage in time of war. It would be possible to reach and attack an objective before a defending force could organize Its anti-aircraft batteries. VOICE CANADA THE EMPIRB^ ', THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS CANADA Watch Out! French bombing planes now fly at altitudes ot gti.OOO teet. In the next war one will not even have the doubt- ful satisfaction of seeing where the bomb comes from before being killed by It. â€" London Free Press. Stockings And War It ladies' chiffon stockings drop In prIcQ within the next few months, we are informed by an enquiring writer, Neal O'Hara. ii'll be bocai'se Japan is dumping raw silk stocks on the mar- ket at panic prices to raise war funds that it so desperately needs. â€" St. Thomas Times-Journal, Fossils for Company A scientist recently told a crowd- ed court that he spent nights among the fossils in the British Museum rather than go home and face hia wife. Brazil expects to grow more cot- ton per acre this year than ever be- fore because of more rigorous seed selection. Female of the Species Tho fact has boon noted in Montreal that the women m.otorisrM there very seldom appear on charges of infring- ing the traffic laws. One explanation is that they are more careful and bet- ter drivers and the other that the female ot the species is usually much more charming than the mala variety. â€" Brantford Expositor. Pepping Them Up A Toronto pastor where the congre- gational singing had been half-heart- ed, painfully so, is reported to have secured great results when, prior to the singing ot the Doxology at the close of the service, he remarked to his parishioners: "'Just Imagine you are singing 'Hail, hall, the gang's all here'." The response was vociferous. â€" St. Catharines Standard. Tightening Up On Paroles It will be reassuring to the people of Ontario to know that Attorney-Gou- eral Couant has given his assurance that he will go carefully into any ap- peals for remission of jail sentences, and that only in exceptional cases will appeals be granted. This assur- ance was given in reply to a request of the Police Association ot Ontario and the Chief Constables' Association of Canada. The police know better than anybody else the great dangers that lurk in the too-free granting of appeals for parole. With their records to guide them, they are unable to es- cape the conclusion that some paroled prisoners persist In living the life ot a criminal. â€" Stratford Beacon-Herald. Refugees From Nazi Austria Flock to Borders, Seeking Safety Anti-.\azi Austriaii.s ficemg before the development of German ideas in the peaceful conquest of Austria arc (locking to various borders in ([uest of safe ha\ ens. This IJadiophoto shows a Nazi border patrol at l.iiidau, on tho Austro .Swiss line turning hack a ear ot refugees, while a priest at right is allowed to pass unmolested. Must Surrender Eskimo Relics To Ottawa â€" Canadian Scientists, Archaeologists and Explorers No Longer Able to Take Away Specimens Without Report. OTTAWA.â€" No longer will scien- lists, archaeologists and explorers he ahle to excavate Ksklmo ruins in Can- adii's Nort Invest Territories and carry off what they find. New rcKUlatlons, now effective, re- quire nil nrihaeologlcal specimens to bfl subniittod to the Dominion Govern- ment. Anything required by the Na- tional Museum of Canada will bn re- tained and the remainder will be re- luMied to tho lliulor only on the con- dition that they be permanently de- floslied In.Ronn' piiblLu yistltullon, '" Causda or ulmtwberor i^lilt?* tfrpy-wlll be available for study. One time the rule In archaeoh-Rlcal research was ''finders kiM-pers." How- ever, the I,ensue of Nations set to work and finally recommended I.) ill countries In which excavation v. iir!i was likely, a standard set nf n ' chief aim being to ensure to each country the retention of anything dug up in Its own domain if so desired. Permits Needed In 1!»30, the Council nf the North West Territories adopted an ordinance for protection of Rskinio ruins. This required permits from the Commis- sioner ot the Territories for examin- ation and e.\(.ivatlon of archaeological sites and laid down various other reg- ulations which have now been supple- mented by the League ol Nations. Alligator in Bed A Prague chambermaid found a live alligator in a bed. She was go scared she lost all power of speech for some hours. It was an Ameri- can's pet. Sunburn Meter ATl.A.NTll' CI'l'Y.â€" .-Vn ultra vio- Ii t rry meter may be instiiMcd on the I n;h lei-e nc.\t summer so that bath- ' • I ty l:nn\v when they've had .1 ^unburn for safety. Livestock Shows Definite Increase Higher Egg Prices May Cause Farmers to Raise IV^cre Chick* ens This Spring Product ion ot livestock was definite- ly on the increase In the past year, ac- cording to a report of the Ontario Department of Agrlcultu.-" 'ast week, which said that cattle, sheep and lambs were considerably higher now than a year ago. Swine, hens and chickens, however, showed a decrease. The department listed 2.619.200 head ot cattle, all classes, in Ilecember. 1037, compared with 2.r.0;5.(»OO a year previously. The report added that low prices for eggs in the spring ot 1037 combined with high grain prices caused farmers to reduce poultry flocks to the lowest level In some years, particularly in northern and, eastern Ontario, but with e^ig prices on the uptrend It was expected far- mers would raise more chickens this spring. THE EMPIRE News In Review | Jap Lines Badly Shaken' SHANtjHAI. â€" Chinese Communist armies In guerrilla bands are cheking Japanese communication lines in hit- and-run attacks throughout the vast North China war area. Reports from the North China grov- inees invaded by Japanese troops in- dicated this week tVat swift Chinese thrusts behind the lines had stalled movement ot Japanese reinforcem^ts to the central front. Based in mountainous areas aijray from railway lines which Japanese have conquered, the Chinese Commwn- ists have struck time and again at iso- lated Japanese detachments. Uberal Returned -<; SARNIAâ€" Kast Lambton this wjek remained in the Government column, with Charles 0. Fairbauk, Reeve* of Petrolia. retaining the seat made va- cant by the death of Milton D. aiivi- car. Witii ten polls out ot 123 uhre- ported in the Provincial by-elecrton, the l-iberal-Progressive had a nirtjor- ily of 2.4S2 over James .-V. Currie, Son- sc>rvative. ' British-Jap Agreement Elxpected SIIA.NCUI.M, â€" XTnotlicial Japan*se s;\y that a Hritish-Japaneao agreement with regard lo China may be reaclwd within a week or so. According to tho sources, it may be based on Japan's luulcrtakiiii; to recognize Britain's ilominant interests iu Central g-nd South Chiii:i and Britain's recognition ot Jitpan's dt niinance in North Chftia. « Nazis In Brazil RIO OK J.ANKMRD.-Efforts by the Cerman govcrunient to regain free Nazi cultural activity for Germans 'in lirazil ran into a blind alley this wefk. It was Hscfrlained at the Fore_ign Otllee that Korelgn Minister Osw;sklo Ari.nha has rejected flatly the latest series of representations against fera- zil's ban on Nazi activities. , Czechoslovak'a's Hitlerites PIIAHA. C^echoslovakiii -The ^zl Sudeten Cermans under Konrad Hon- leln. who is called tho "CzeehoslorSkta Hitler." became the largest party In Parliament last week-end when* the C.ermau Agrarian League tdistmct from the Czech Agrarian Party) with- drew from the Oovcrnment. The .\grarians. one ot the smaller German minority p.irties which ^ad stipported President Edouard BiWics in his efforts to resist Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's â- â€¢Nazificatlou" of Czechoslo- vakia, withdrew from the Cabinet and merged with Henletn's Sudeten Ger- man party. ' The surjirise move, hailed by sNzIs as bringing near** a Geinwn fillll ment of Hisniiirck's 50 year-old tl4<)ry that "the ma;t;'r of Boh.-mia i^tht m.ister <f Europe." gave II 'uleln fo ly-nlne d?p'i!ip-i in the lower Chsm b.i- of Parliament. 1 What Chance For The Jews? What has happened since 193( to the SOCOOO Jews of Germany Is drv matic; it attracted at first the atten- tion of the world, and called fortk the solidarity ot the Jewish comjsn- itles for a planned overseas emlgn^ tlon. What is happening to the i^l& ions of Jews in Poland, Austria, Qiuh> gary and Roumaula Is less Iramatlo, but more terrible; It has so far''not attracted the serious attention ot the general public, nor has >t evoket la equal measure the solidarity of outsids Jewry. The problem is that of 'bveir 5,000,000 men, women and children, full of energy and the will to UtI, In- telligent and talented, who are not only denied the possibility ot develop- ing their capacities In their own cotsatry, but also increasingly d^ p rived of the means ot existence* and, in a narrowing world, denied the'~poss- Ibility of emigration. Of tho 10,000,- 000 Jews in Europe, only 3,W0,0OO, who are citizens of the Soviet/ Union, enjoy equality of opportunity, but without Individual or rellgiotis free- dom; and 1,000,000 In the Western democratic countries, who enjoy both that opportunity and individual and religious freedom, have a fair;^chanoe in life. Ot the rest, over 3,000,000 ars In Poland, nearly 1,000,000 ip the kingdom of Greater Roumanla, an- other 1,000,000 divided between, a re- duced Austria and a reduced Hungary, some 400,000 in Czechoslovakia â€" ^who are relatively well offâ€" 350,000 ik Ger- many, and 250,000 between Iv_^tTla,^ Lithuania and Yugoslavia. They con-' stitute an international social problem which cannot be solved by philanthro- py alone, or by any efforts ot thetJew- ish community alone; but requires the united efforts of the nations, su«h as was made by tlie States members of, the League when 2,000,000 Greets In 1922 were uprooted from the Ottoman Empire.â€" Nineteenth Century Anil Af- ter (LondonK