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%^$ %^^B commentary on the HighlighU of the Week's Ne%va , HIDE AND SEEK: His Holiness Pope Pius XI hasn't much liking for Adolf Hitler in view of the persecu- tion that priests of the Catholic Church have underKone in Germany. But when der Fuehrer refused to seek an audience with the Pope on his recent visit to Home, the dis- pleasure of the Vatican dropped to a new low. To show Adolf Hitler that his latest discourtesy had not gone unnoticed, His Holiness closed the Vatican museums during the whole period of Hitler's stay. The instant Hitler said good-bye to Home, the museums were thrown upon again to the public. • • • • MEDALS OF MERIT: This week at Toronto the Royal Society of Canada is presenting medals of merit to three distinguished Canadians The awards this year go to Colonel William Wood, of Quebec City, auth' or of many historical volumes, for outstanding work in connection with the history of Canada; Mazo dc la Roche, Toronto-born author of the "Jalna" novels, "for accomplishing in imaginative or critical literature some achievement of significance or conspicuous merit"; Dr. W. Lash Miller, Professor of Physical Chem- istry at the University of Toronto, for his pioneer work in several new fields of scientific interest. • • * * "WE'RE SELFISH UP HERE": The former Australian Trade Minis- ter, Sir Henry Gullett, is criticising Canada's "grave injustice to Aus- tralian manufacturers and British exporters." Under the present Aus- tralian-Canada tariff agreement, he says, movement of goods between the two Dominions "is amazingly one- sided" and the Australian market and the Australian secondary indus- tries are being thrown open to pref- erential competition from Canadian manufacturers as well as from the United ICingdom. The Australian Trade Minister re- signed last year because preferential treatment extended to Canada under the Australian - Canada agreement was a "very bad one-sided bargain". • • * * FORGOTTEN MEN: Names not in the news these days are legion. The daily papers are too busy tell- ing us about the latest war develop ments, too crowded with stories of munitions contracts being let, to fea- ture Mahatma Ghandi (for instance) ; the Duke of Windsor (except to mention that his bathtub isn't of 20- carat gold); the Queen of Egypt; Kemal Ataturk (who is doing so much to make a modern country out of Turkey); the Pankhursts; Rev. . . By Elizabeth Ecdy Israel Noe (who starved himself within an inch of the grave) ; Aimee Semple Macpherson Hutton. And there are many, many others. About some of them, however, we might cheerfully say, "Good riddance!" • * • * TWENTY MONTHS TOO LATE: "People who talk of preventing an- other great war," says Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, one of the world's three of four greatest military ex- perts, "are already twenty months out of date. The second Great War of the twentieth century began in July, 1936, in Spain, following the encouragement and experience which had been gained by Japan in Man- churia ".nd Italy in Abyssinia in defy- ing the League of Nations and de- veloping the new technique of camou- flaged war." Grave words, those, yet they ap- pear to be the truth, nevertheless. It is too late for us to stop what has already been set in motion. We have only the power to check the progn^eas of events which are now in the offing Continuing, Liddell Hart declares: "that we have failed to see tlii« war in progress is due to the fact that we are still thinking politically, whereas the dictator states are think- ing militarily." • • • • FARMS IN THE NORTH: Thous- ands of fertile acres in Northern Al- berta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are lying idle, according to Mr, Rene Pelletier, M.P. for Peace River, while thousands of farmers are living in the drought areas of the West at heavy government expense. Following this statement, Mr. Pelletier makes the sensible sugges- tion that a scientific survey of the northern sections of the Prairie Provinces be made with a view to settling people from the dried-out areas on suitable farming land far- ther north. There are also vast portions of Northern Ontario that could ba util- ized for a similar purpose, sections where there is rich, fertile agricul- tural soil not now in production. • « * * WHY THE DELAY: Trans-Can- ada Airlines are having difficulty get- ting started on its first year, a com- plete ail service across the coun- try. They are encountering trouble particularly in establishing the Win- nipeg-Montreal run. Reason for the delay: Planes which the company hoped soon to secure from the manu- facturers are reportedly being sold to the Japanese Government who are offering a higher price for the ma- chines. Canada's Grain Acreage Down Decline of Over 1,000,000 Sown Bushek Ii Indicated A decrease of nearly 1,400,000 acres In the area s wu to Spring grains lu Canada In 1938 was indicated by far- mers' Intentions as of May 1, the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics llrst crop report of the present season states. The Intended area of spring wheat is 24,105,900 acres, compared with 24,- 851,400 acres sown in 1937 and 2C,G4«, 100 acres In tie peak year, 1932. The indicated decrease In the spring wheat area from that of last year is 745,000 acres, or three per cent. The princi- pal decrease will cocur in Saskatche- wan, while increases are Indicated In Manitoba and Alkerta. Less Wheat In Manitoba Durum wheat acreage will be de- creased considerably from 2,322,000 acres sown In 1937 to 1,693,000 acres Intended for 1938. This decrease will take place mainly in Manitoba w^ere it will be more than offset b> an in- crease in the sowing of rust-resiatant bread wheats. Oats and barley are also expected to show decreases of three and five per ^ent. respectively, with the principal reductions occur- ring In Saskatchewan. Barley acreage in Ontario will be moderately reduced. Spring rye will show a decrease of 16,600 acres, or nine per cent, and flax-seed a reduc- tion of 48,600 acres or 20 per cent. The area sown to mixed grains will remain normal in Eastern Canada, while showing a moderate reduction in the Western Provinces. Potato acreage will be reduced in nearly every province to a total level 20,200 acres or four per cent, less than that of a year ago, if farmers' present intentions are realized. Italy's Propaganda Expense $6,522,400 Teaching Youth in Foreign Lands Fascist Culture Costi. That Much Annially Italy spends 124,000,000 lire (|6,522,- 400) annually on propaganda of vari- ous kinds In foreign countries in an effort to make new converts for fas- cism and to keep Italians living aboard in closer conlact with their homeland, a study of the current financial bud- get reveals. Almost half ot^thls money, most of which romes from the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Is spent on Italian schools aboard. The Italian Government maintains 138 schools In foreign lauds and gives financial as- sistance to an additional 654. Schools On This Continent This alone costs the government $3,- 000,000 yearly. These schools, which are chiefly established in the United States, South America and Prance, have a total attendance of 65,000. The pupils are almost exclusively sons and daughters of Italians living abroad and the main aim of these schools' Is to teach them Italian and get them In- terested in the new Fascist Italy. The Fascist party boasts that more than 80,000 Italian boys and girls liv- ing in foreign countries are now regu- larly Inscribed in the Bllilla organiza- tion, recently renamed the ''Gioventu del Llttorlo." VOICE CANADA S^He EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE o/ the PRESS CANADA "The deepest need of our gener- ation is a redefinition of success. We ure obsessed by the economic as- pect of life. It is good to have the things money will buy, but the most important things are those that money will not buy." â€" Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. Drastic Expedient The Primitive tribes of Africa are reported to be scaring their children with stories of civilization.â€" Hamilton Spectator. In Time for the Next The first volume of Canada's oflScial war history has at last appeared. When the final volume reaches the public, most of the survivors of the war will probably be In their graves.â€" BrockvIUe Recorder and Times. Plenty of Old Crocks Of 359 cars tested by expert mech- anics In Port Hope this week only 49 were found In proper mechanical con- dition. Either the cars In Port Hope are exceptionally bad or there's a lot of old "crocks" in the province.â€" Owen Sound Sun-Times. Radium in Canada The discovery of radium in a remote reslon of Canada was a veritable god- send since this rarest of minerals was previously found in only one part of the world, the Belgian Congo •mines in Africa. Up to a few years ago radium cost ?70,000 a gram before the Belgian monopoly was broken by Canadian competition. Thus radium was made Pipers of the Private Army of AthoU Precede Wedding Party Seven Climbing Mount Everest Expedition Arrives at Base Camp On Tallest Mountain in the World â€" Pray For Late Mon- soon The leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition has reported its arrival at the base camp, 12 miles away from the tallest mountain in the world. There have been two jour- neys of reconnaissance. This will be the fifth British attempt to scale, says the New York Times. The seven members of the party have been trained In one of the hardest schools. They know the mountain sickness, "the altitude" sore throat, and • the double vision, the sudden temporrary blindness, the wastage of muscle, the fainting fits, the breathlessness, the dilated heart, the lassitude and the physical decline at heights of 21,000 feet or so. U*ed To Great Heighta Those men are " acclimatized ", They are used to great heights, roar- ing blizzards, avalanches; but with what oxygen apparatus can they be sure of being able to move save at a snail's pace, even to breathe, to see, in the last 1,000 feet, if they reach it? The North Col is more than terrible enough. The top of fjverest is a mile higher. The Seven against Thebes seem like mere crazy braggarts compared with the Seven against Everest. They arc prepared for all the dangers in store for them. They know that the monsoon and its enormous snows,that will end the short timcin which alone their adventure has an opportunity, are capricious visitors. In 1!>21 the monsoon broke on Ev- erest on July 7; in 1!)22 ip the first week of .lune; in 1924 on Jupe 16; in 11)3."} on May 30; in 1035 oh June 6; in 1!)36 on May 25. Let us hope for a late monsoon. It is with hope and not gloomy forebodings that we think of the Seven. Among well-remem- bered names in their number we note Ortell, who at the height of 26,000 feet was tholast man to see Mallory and Irvine. To Fight Leprosy On World Scale Plan Includes Drastic Measures â€" Half the PatienU Can Do Normal Day's Work A plan for eradication of leprosy throughout the world "In a very few generations" by means of segregation and sterilization was outlined recent- ly by Percy Burgess, president of the Leonard Wood Memorial tor the Era- dication of Leprosy, who has complet- ed a tour of leprosaria In all parts of the world. The plan, approved by the World Conference on Leprosy, calls for the segregation of lepers In colonies that would be self-supporting by an in- terchange of goods on a world-wide basis. The lepers would lead a normal life except that those married would be sterilized. Mr. Burgess estimated that 50 per cent of lepers could do a normal day's work. Of the world's 3,000,000 lepers, two- thirds, he said, were in India and In China. Viscount Fincastle and his bride, the former Pamela Hermon-Hodge, leave St. Margaret's Church, London, following their wedding. Pipers of the private army of the Duke of Atholl, to which family the Viscount is related, precede the wedding party. more available to combat the dread scourge of "'â-  ''e â- . â€" Kitchener Record. A Costly Privilege Comparison of the income tax sched- ules of Canada and Britain show the latter to be enormously more drastic, and so is the gas tax over there, three times as much as it is in Ontario. It coats the people a lot to live close to Europe. â€" St. Catharines Standard. What A Picture! The picture of nine provincial sweepstakes each occurring several times a year is not one to contemplata with easy complacency. Once eaoll prorince was well set up in the swee^ stake business, the element nf compe- tition would, no doubt, come into piV, and i' Prince Edward Island gave more in prizes than any other, as It^ could well afford to do, it would prob-; ably get the largest share of the nai'| tion's sweepstake dollars. â€" ^Financial- Times, Montreal. Mounties on Display People away from the U.S. border do not understand the ^merican di^ sire to see a Mountle. It wSiild P0^ Windsor and the Soo to stand the ex- pense of getting members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stationed at each place. As both cities already have members of the force stationed on their borders, and as tourists want to see them why, can't a sensible ar- rangement be made? U. S. fathers have told this column that the reason they came to town was to let their children see our famous R.C.M.P.'8. Can't the force recruit a few more men, or use those whose age justifies a soft job? â€" Sault Ste. Marie Star. He Can't Gel Away With It Walter Winchell gets away with his keyhole reporting in a big city, and is well paid for It. The same stuff In a small town would bring him to fist fights very quickly. We nick-named an ardent fisherman "The grasshopper king", and he came around and gave us his opinion, which wasn't compli- mentary. Other little references of a humorous nature have caused a near fight at times, simply because we are so convenient to be got at that almost before the ink on the paper is dry someone comes around with revenge gleaming in his eye and threatens to clean up the whole gang in the print shop. We usually keep the type mal- let within range so that If the callers become too threatening we can take up arms in defence of the liberty of the press. â€" Coleman, Alta., Journal. THE EMPIRE Substitute For Radium Found Firemen Arrive Six Months Late Enpland has a movement for abolishing dog licenses and taxing bicycles instead. Aâ€" C LAHORE, India. â€" A house caught alight in a Punjab State. The owner sent an urgent letter to the State fire brigade, as there was no telephone. The chief fire brigade officer "acknowledged" the letter and left it over for his successor, as he was shortly going on leave. The successor arrived five months later, found it was a case for "im- mediate" attention and forwarded it to the Dewan (minister) "for favor of necessary action". The Dewan in turn submitted the request to the Ruler for "favor of immediate sanction." The Ruler ordered that the State fire brigade "proceed forthwith to the scene of the occurrence to avoid further damage to the building." When the fire brigade arrived at the scene of the fire a new building had sprung up in place of the one destroyed six months earlier. About 60 per cent of the fatal highway accidents in England and 76 per cent of the non-fatal occur on roads having^ a speed limit of 80 miles an hour. Boy of 16 Discovers It â€" New Product Believed Better Since It Is Less Dangerous Dr. E. A. Smith, of N..W York, who said he was associated with the late Mme. Curie In her Isolation of radi- um, declared last week 16-year-old Wallace L. MInto of Jersey City "has something" in his claim of a safer, more economical artificial radium. Dr. Smitli, who has laboratories at Norlh Bergen and Newark, N.J., wit- nessed a demonstration of the youth's finding at the annual meeting of the Eastern Eloct- nic Researr'i Associa- tion. Mlnto, a 'ilgh school student, show- ed, with the aid of a Gelger tube, what he described as the greater strength of his product as compared with the genuine raJlum. "Young Mlnto definitely has made great strides," Dr. Smith said. "I pre- dict a great future for him." Made For $250 A Gram Mlnto suld his artificial radium was less dangerous than the genuine ar- ticle due to tewr- alpha rays and more beta and gan:ma rays. It also ts more economical, he said, because t was made from ore found near his home town, whereas genuine radium comes fi< " t'lo Canadiiv "orth and sevaral other distant points. Mlnto, who also claims to have found and named four new elements In the last two years â€" since he was 14 years old â€" said his artificial radium could be manufactured for about $250 a gram in small quantities, more econo- mically in increased output. Genuine radium sells for about $25,000 a. gram. The high school scientist has named his newly discovered elements. Noa. 9S to 96, Inclusive, ekarhenliim. ekair Idtum, ponderosmlum and ekaplntin um. "Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul." â€" Thoi-- •an. \ News In Review Two Missionaries Shot PEIPINO. â€" Death of two British missionaries because Chinese guerilla bands failed to recognize the British flag and took them for Japanese spies occurred here last week. The victims were Dr. H. G. Wyatt, a physician, and Miss Beulah Glashy. The story was brought back by a fel- Itfw missionary who was travelling with them north of Taiyuanfu, Shansi Province Capital, where the incident occurred. Won't Sell Anticosti OTTAWA. â€" The Island of Anticosti, situated on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which from a military point of view la of strategic importance, will not be sold to any foreign nation, according to an Intimation made in the House of Commons last week by Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King. â€" o â€" Germany Speeds Danube Project BERLIN. â€" The Government decreed this week that the Rhine-Danube Can- al via the River Main be completed by 1915. Simultaneously the Danube will be developed as a ''Reich waterway" up to the new German border below Vienna. The decree represents considerable speeding up of one of Europe's most important waterway projects because the original plan envisaged 1950 as the completion date. But the decree says: 'Austria's reunion with the Gorman Reich and the execution of the four- year plan demand speedier completion of the project." only twenty-five carcases per week are being shipped. Half A City Sold CARDIFF, WALES. â€" Practically half a city changed hands this week when the Immensely wealthy Mar- quess of Bute sold part of this world port of 200,000 population for a price understood to be about £20,000,000 ($100,000,000). The real estate deal was believed to be the largest ever recorded in Great Britain. Death Penalty for Treason RIO DE JANEIRO. â€" The death penalty for crimes against the nation aiming at its disintegration or against the regime was decreed last week by President Getulio Vargas in a law amending Article 122 of the Nov. 10 Constitution. The law is not retro- active,- thus it win not reach those Implicated In the May 11 Putsch. â€" o â€" Refugees Face Desperate Plight SHANGHAI.â€" The International Red Cross issued an urgent appeal this week for financial aid, declaring Its funds were exhausted and 170,000 Chi- nese refugees here faced a 'desperate plight." Officials said food reserves were adequate for only one more month. New Besf Marketing Policy OTTAWA.â€" A new marketing policy for Canadian beef, through which It is hoped ultimately to send liOO.OOO head of o.ittle a year to Great Britain and •200,000 to the United States was out- lined to the llouso of Commons this Wt'ok by lion. James O. Gardiner. Minister of Agriculture. The policy Is only In its experlment- .-il sla.';e, the Minister admitted, and Claims Birds Learn Faster Than Dogs An intelligent canary i.s easier to train and learns faster than a dog, Tcressa Switzer asserted last . week al Buffalo. Miss Switzer has trained more than 200 canaries to sing the scale, recognize colors, shake hands and wink. If you want to train your canary she advised: (I) .start when the canary is young; (2) teach the biid to eat from your hand instead of letting its mother feed it; (3) teach it in the evening after an af- ternoon of rest. Where the Japanese Erred Had (the Japanese militarists') am- bitions been less grandiose, had they attempted to make Nationalist China an equal ally instead of an anti-Com- munist pawn, they might without seri- ous sacrifices have enormously strengthened the political and econ- omic position of their island emphre, and established a powerful barrier against the further advance of Rus- sian bayonets and ideas In Eastern Asia. So far from affecting this, they have first spurred the Soviet Union to improve its own military position in the Far East and they have now given It the chance of playing the role of tertius gaudens. They have made China their enemy for many a year; they have alarmed their German as- sociates in the anti-Comintern Pact, whose efforts at mediation wer^ dash- ed by the Japanese Government's manifesto refusing to deal with the Chinese Central Governmjnt; and their conduct of the military campaign â€" including above all the undisciplined excesses thrt 'illowed the capture of Nanking and have been reported In ( etail by trust orthy eye-witnesses â€" 1 s not contributed to Improve their country's reputation in the En~!'sh- -peaking woild. In fact, they appear to liave achieved the opposite of what they set out to do.â€" The Times, Lon- don. "Refrain from covetoi'sncss, i»nc1 thy estate shall prosper." â€" Pleto. Falls Is Assuming Shape of Horseshoe Officials reported this week that >nagara Falls once more changed its shape slightly during the past win- ter, and the United States falls is taking on a hor.seshoe shape similar to that of the famous Canadian Horseshoe falls. The Niagara Fa. .?, N.Y., publicity department announced that a survey bad revealed that the crest of the I'nited States falls had developed a more decided saw-tooth appearance than in former years. Two V-shaped Inicntations have appeared in the ciest. each about 20 to 30 feet deep. "It is clearly evident that erosion is procresainp: at a rapid rate and that the heretofore fairly even and straight American falls is takinpr on a horreshoo shane. similar to that on t^'c Cnnndian .side of the river," the ' u'eau reported.