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Bari-ie E ijlflllll V CIU1 . Murchison EON l8yI`1! am. Ilculsllu D a nun: nu-yuan we---up Watchman, what of Ireland? The fratricidal strife that` is tearing a beautiful and beloved country asund- er continues with a virulence that makes all friends of Ireland despair. The country has occupied the pages of the world s press and the minds of people for a long time. To such a point, in fact, that many have come to regard news of events from Erin. no matter how astounding they would be if they came from any other part of the Empire. as to be expected. Even to these there would be a dis- tinct shock in the news of the slaying of Michael Collins, Commander, in Chief of the Irish National army and Finance Minister of the Irish Free State. Coming within ten days of the death of President Griffith of "the Provisional Government, the killing of Collins, who was the recognised leader since the demise of his former chief, was a sore blow to an Ireland` that must long for peace. He was only thirty-two years- of age,-the idol! of the Sinn Fein, and a man of con- siderable military genius. Whatever may be the opinions held of him else- where in the Empire owing to his part in the Easter rebellion of 1916 and his constant warfare against the- British until the agreement for the Irish Free State was made, the fact remains that he held stoutly to that agreement. Hegsturdily maintained that Southern Ireland must keep to the terms of the arrangement with Britain, andehe made insistent and persistent efforts to reach an amic- able understanding with the Repub- lican die-hards. Collins Was shot and killed by a partyof Republicans who ambushed" him at Bandon, _ which has far more significance than Presages Prosperity There have been more spectacular .- eventsein the last few days, butone appears on the surface is the increase in wages for day laborers made by the United States Steel Corporation. Some 156,000 men are affected. The action of the big corporation has been followed by other concerns en- gaged in similar business. Since May. 1920 when this class of labor was re- ceiving forty cents per hour there have been a number of cuts untilthel men were on a thirty cents per hour basis. The new rate is thirty-six cents. The importance of the move, is the belief that it presarres the` ar-| rival beyond question of the prosper-I ity which has been slowly retracing its steps to this continent; Wall, street opinion indeed is that one reas-' on for the boost is to protect the U.` S. Steel Corporation against a pos- sible shortage of labor. The further opinion is expressed that this pro-. spective is not merely temporary--as for instance due to the rush of bar- vesting- but that it marks a per- manent ancldefinite renewal of the" demand for workers in all the `indust- rial centres. Such indications in the face of the rail and coal strikes which have .infected a large part of the continent for some time are most encouraging. They may not constit- ute the right to make their mark as a big world event. But from the point of view of countries like Can- ada and the United States where in- dustrial and economic "problems have enough. . There are dark days ahead of usyet; it would be foolish to close our eyes to some signs of them. But there are bright days, too, and these seem to be nearer than we thought a littleiwhile ago. ` much in `common, they are significant` I I Tiger` Tires'Lead Them All Fabric Guaranfee. 8,000 miles .Cord Guardntee, '10,000_ miles tc -vuwj j I Pllppolfd St.. Barrio, Ontqrlo % wuu|.u|:'.v|snu THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. _~!sKEE&;fMsi>Y?N1P. Thursday August 31. 1922 lo 9 p.1p. Ireland : Fratricidal Strife Dominion of Canadawar Loan % % 1922 T % Conversion 11151 _ HE Bank of Toronto offers to holders of 1922 War Loan Bonds every facility `for the exchange of their Bonds for those of the new issue. V Holders ofiBonds who do not wish to take the new Bonds issued in exchange, can de- posit their holdings at any of our Branches either for immediate sale or redemption at maturity. ' Bank Serv Ice `BANIGFTORONTOM No chargefor this service. BRANCHES ; `BARRIE .. ALLANDALE O.Box 138 I ncotpotated 1855 vnvnpvv u-vunuulnun Vulcan: 550 uvuv J It is officially announced that New Zealand sheep-owners are setting aside the sum` of two hundred thou- sand pounds sterling for. the relief of distress among families of men who have been connected with the British Mercantile Marine.. This they have done on the ground that their prots were possible only because the sea was kept open for them. Their anxiety in regard to the Pac- ic, especiallyduring the world war, emphasized the meaning of "the, com- mand of.the sea, according to New Zealand s spokesman in London who made the announcement. This is a `unique, testimonial to a brave body of men who` suffered much during the war and whose chief anxiety then was not for their own safety. but for the welfareof the nation, the Em- Premier Lloyd George and his sup- porters in the Commons are probably doing some hard thinking at times over the vote in the South Hackney (London) by-election. Though the Coalitionist or government candidate was returned victorious the vote.was so close as to justify the-demand for a recount which gave the gures as Captain Erskine Holst, Coalition- Unionist, 9,118: HolfordAKnight, La-3 borite, 9.046. This seat was formerly held by Horatio. Bottomley who had a majority of 8,315'in the last gener- al election. Bottomley, who was an independent and the former owner of the weekly paper. John Bull, was recently convicted of fraud, sentenc- [ ed to a term of penal servitude,. and expelled from the Commons. His op- ponent at the general election was a Coalition-Liberal. While the Gov- ernment may be said to have gained in a sense-though Bottomley s sup- port was frequently accorded its n_1easures-the point for its consider- ation is the greatstrength shown by the Labor vote. r This was almost tri- umphant in Hackney, as it has been in some recent by-elections. In a general election it would probably go over the top in many more constit- uencies than are now represented by Labor in Parliament. Unless all signs fail. British Labor will make a great showing in the next House of `Com- mons. . . by the army under Collins in the dis- Fight Over U. S. Contributions It is not improbable` that the plans to slay Collins, which.had been an open secret for some time but had previously been frustrated, were has- gtened by a judgment of the New. York Supreme Court. This body: granted "a temporary injunction ty-` `ing up the funds collected in the. I United States by de Valera, original-, lv for the purpose of financing the Irish Republic `in its battle against `Britain. Subsequently [these funds were wanted `by de Valera and the [die-hards to nance the campaign {against those of their own country- ; men who had been their friends prior to the peace treaty with Britain. The sum of over two and a halfmillion .- dollars is said to -be involved. The Provisional Irish Free State Govern- ment is responsible for the action ktaken in the New York courts. This,; with the rapidprogress made of late nersing of the Republicans, has no; doubt been responsible for intensify-! ing the Republican plans to do awayl with-Free State leaders. A number.{ of ambushes partaking more of the ` [nature of murder. than military op- A erations have be'en,pulled off of late, l and Free State men of note have suf- - Fered. It is feared that reprisals will j follow in spite of the efforts of the _ calmer heads to prevent them. So ` ' far as the action_in New York is con- cerned it is difficult to- see what other view could be taken than that_it would be illegal to allow money col- lected in the United States to be-used in financing rebellion and disorder in a friendly country. Both national and international law would be violat- ed should the moneybe handed over to those who are clearly intending to. use it for campaigns of violence. There may be many stiff legalen- counters over the matter. but the chances are that in the end the Free State will be upheldu CcV>unty:.Cork,T a few hdurs after he! had `been accorded a tremendous ov-"I j-ation by the people of Cork. ` ~New Zealnnd Values Its Navy TL 1. _&.'__-I1,, -..- -_,___.! L'L,L `Y. Britisli Labor Stronger .--_-_- Y1,__.I IV____.._ _.._I L. ,,-, A I Some interesting statistics were] '!brought out at an internationalm-2 . surance convention recently held in Toronto. Some of these are worth pondering over. A signicant item was that residents on this continent l ` endure double the hazard of death dents of Brit_ain. The practical elim- ination` of railway grade crossings. gand the relatively limited number of ;motor cars in Britain, have much to `do with the discrepancy. `fSaf.ety l by accident that hangs over the "resi- . First will need.to be a slogan` on lthis continent until these removable - [causes of danger are under proper control. It was also shown that the aggregate of insurance premiums paid in the United States and Canada -' approximates three million dollars: annually, and that claims of all kinds! paid out in the two countries last! I year totalled one billion seventy-two million and seven hundred and twentv ' two thousand. dollars. This is big business in truth. Another interest- ing item was the presentation. of 1 % gures compiled by the United States. government showing that the total ' of insurance policies in force is in- ' creasing eight times more rapidly ` `than the population. One- does not . ineed to advance anv a1-gument here {as to insurance. This phase of our life has long since passed the stage when every time insurance is men- ' tioned some people regard the men- ` tioner as a propagandist. Insurance l has come to stay and to grow as one ' ` {brought _...._.`l_._2.- Remarkable. claims are made for? German aviators who are taking part in elimination testsfor a competition! of motorless planes. One of them; is said to have kept his machine in| `the air'at a good height for more. than two hours and to have repeat-` edly crossed the testingeld during; thatvperiod. As against this show-i ;ing. German_ press despatches exult- antly say that French experiments; have been unable to produce such ag machine to stay in the air for more than ten minutes. Remarkable re- sults have also been attained by the British admiralty in the control of warships by wireless. - One vessel, a battleship, -without a man on board, was operated at sea; by experts on shore, for a whole day. She was kept_ under perfect control while making; an average of fteen knots an hour.E lThe control was so perfect that thef feeding of her oil burners was the? least difficult of the tasks. Washing-l { ton is in the field with an announce-E Iment that exhaustive tests of a -new, engine for dirigibles have established : world's records for fuel economy and} general performances. There is at tremendous concentration of the en-E `ergies of man upon instruments of} war in thesedays. The Washington; disarmament conference was a step` ;toward reducing the size of destruc-5 I tixie forces in a bulk sense. It looks; as if the nations were going to try to? make up for the paring down in thatl way by greater `efficiency in other: ` 1 war agencies. lpire, and=their own dependent ones. New ._Zealand- also seems to be op- posed to any radical. reduction or cuttingdown of its navy and person- nel, though realizing that economies must be practised. There is, on the other hand, some prospective plan- ning_ for increasing the force as soon as the nances will permit. Immense Growth of lrisurance Motorleu Airplanes rm: HRARRIE -EXAMINER Recently issued official gures show Ithat the British people are;recover- ing -their life-power. In -other. words that the ravages of war on the! population is being made good. In! the last year for which the gures} are now available, 1920, the marriage rate was the highest recorded, being slightly over twenty per 1.000. The birthrate 25.5 per thousand was the highest since`1909. The death rate was the lowest since gures have been kept. namely 12.4 per thousand. The unsatisfactory side was present- of the essentials of.,a civilization that :>f itself must grow or wither. There; a1'eVno half way measures for either.` ARDSON British Birthrate Increa'singA _,4`I,_ ' _, I N" 0 1 n 1 . ed in the gures showing that women ?outnumber the men by one million seven hundred and eighty-fou1' thou- sand in a total population of about thirty-eight million; illegitimate births shows an increase,` and the number of divorces in 1920 was near- jly double that of the previous year. jlieturning travellers of observant ;habits are telling Canadians that de- `spite all her burdens and much un- employment, Britain is distinctly on the upgrade in respect to industry. An old riddle on a ring asks: What unites two people together and touches only one? Here is a similar; A- RIDDLE- riddle in verse:- Though small the body, it contains, The extremes of pleasure and of pain; has no beginning, nor no end; More hollow than the falsest friend. If it entraps. some headless zany, Or, in its magic circle, any Have entered, from, its sorcery No power on earth can set them free - `At least all human force is vain, ,Or less than many hundred 111817.; Though endless, yet not short, not` lnno" .Luuugu cuuncss, ycb HUI. SIIUIL, 110'!" long; And what though it's so wondrous cfvnnrr `gnu vvuuv uuuusu IUD BU VYUHUIUUS strong`, The veriest child that pleased to` try I Might carry fifty such as I. Read The Examiner Adlet Column. `Jul-IUL I`JC .S., D.D.Qg