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Dominions High Comrnissionersi In the past few months there has? been a good deal of discussion as to ` the status of the Dominions. and also the High Commissioners representing - them in London. It is obvious to "all who read intelligently that changes of importance in Empire relationships are in the making . These will be unfolded with the passing months but their tendency is toward still closer co- operation of Empire units. The_ Com- missioners have just scored a._point which has` some doing bearing on their status in a diplomatic sense. It has been officially announced by nu u vv-via uuu IIIVIVUUV Spain continues to narrow her zone of occupation in Morocco. Reports of "her intended evacuation of that coun- try probably have a basisin fact. It will be fortunate if the retreat from various points is found to have been accomplished without losses much heavier than `those admitted. The sit- uation has deep interest for France and Britain, especially the former. which is reported to be sounding Spain] with a view to eventual occupation of the territory Spain may_ abandon. v There are rumors of German intrigues in Madrid looking to concessions in Morocco. But Germany will have little ' chance for gains there. France will take care of that. The Allies and Britain The blunt intimation that Britain would resent any arrangement where- by France would begin to pay off her debt to the United States on easier terms than those granted to Britain. and. before making any arrangement with Britain, has apparently been worth_ while. Though it brought from a pro-German and anti-British sec- tion of United States politicians and Colonial Secretary Amery, that here2 after these officials will be exempt! from British taxation. This puts them on a parity with foreign ambassadors. It does not require much imagination to conceive of their being granted ambassadorial rank in other than fin- ancial matters in the course of the re- adjustmeent now in progress, and which may be considerably acceler- ated with a new government in office ' in London. ._ vw-wuvn-s- vi-\IIII- I l'\lI'I r'\lVlEl"| I Who announces that High Oommis-I sioners from the Overseas Dominions will be exempt from British taxation, as Ambassadors are. I COLONIALWSVECRETARY AMERY |.1|__ _____,____,, Al I The Powers'and Morocco. .I._ ......A.:......_ 4.- ----4----~ `- y, Decenlibor 25, -1924. -.1: v -vIwJ Piracy and smuggling do not belong to the ancient past. They are as ac- Ativetoday as at any time in history. The smuggling of manufactured goods into this country, United States, has reached at point where it is seriously affecting trade and the customs revenue.` With about four thousand miles of frontier to guard against unscrupulous and clever evaders of the law the task of putting` down smuggling is a.n.a.m`azingly, dif- ficult one. Unceasing vigilance and stem entorce'1_nent- of the `law is the only answer to the smugglers on land and lake, and the pirates. on` the high seas who are.cs,using `almost as much mostly from ,the.. I of affairs . --av-u vs III uuuuulu There has been more or less discord in Russia since the 'first revolution against the monarchy. . It has taken a new shape of late with Trotsky, who was Lenin's right-hand-man, leaving for the Crimea ostensibly in search of health, but if despatches are true be- cause he dared to criticize the trium- virate which is supposed to rule; As minister bfwar Trotsky has immense- ly. improved the military efficiency of the country since the trouble with Poland. This is said_to have revealed Soviet Russia` to be so weak in a mil- itary `sense as to alarm the heads of the nation. If Lenin were still alive he and Trotsky would no doubt occupy an unchallenged position at the head But Trotsky, while a man of manyqabilities, seems to be lacking in Lenin's political sagacity and strat- egy. The Russians as a mass have not attained any of the glittering pin- nacles Which Bolshevism was to have led them to. The murmuring in the country may be the sign of a healthy reaction. ~ V Qllll I rduv While` there isat present a decrease in foreign trade, Canada will have another year of advancement to re- cord. For the` eight months` ending Nqvembea 30. imports were $531,592,565 and the exports $704,348,952, the bal- ance in favor of the Dominion being over one hundred. and seventy-two million dollars. Shipments of natural products` may slacken for awhile just now and more, or less effect the` totals. But it is pleasant to record trade bal- ances in our favor. . - V u--up --up--so nun--9 install The Baldwin" government has made it quite clear to the League of Nations that the.re1ations between Britain and the Domlnions are not matters for in- terference by the-League. This at- titude results from action taken by the Irish Free State in May last in regis- tering with the League`a' copy of the [Anglo-Irish Treaty. The MacDonald government seems to have been con- ` tent to admit acceptance of the regis- ' tration without comment, an action which would have inferentially admit- ted that the Freeystate hasfull power in treaty making with other powers.` This is not the accepted British view. There may be some very lively discus- sions a_nd incidents in` respect to the matter. - ` cu` - uuutuug VI &IIIIl[lVlB ' Sam Gompers, the beloved "head of the American Federation of Labor for thirty years, steadfastly opposed the creation of a. Labor Party as a polit-I ical factor in his own country. He occasionally sought to throw the weight of the American Federation to one or the other of the political parties at election_ times,` but the results were nothing to brag about.` His effort -always was to k ep the Trade Union- ' ists strong nume ically and financial- ly, so that they might advance their own particular interests. He did not consider that the American Federation was called upon to battle for` all who had to earn-aiiiving regardless of whe- ther they belonged to the unions or not. It is probable that had he re- mained in London, England, `where. he was born, he would have taken the wider viewpoint of the British Labor Party. His successor in office and` his colleagues may model themselves upon the British Labor Party .in its activity in politics, but.o_f this there is an vat nn ainm GULIVILJ Ill LJULILJI as yet no sign. . newspapers. some of the lion-tail- . twisting performances which, have long ceased to be worthy of serious atten- tion. it also brought evidences of strong opinion that Britain'.was in the right in takingthis stand. Official VVash- ington _thinks the `British course a na- tural,and a proper one, but it also de- velops that there has been no actual negotiations between France and the United States toward an immediate re- funding ot the debt. In the interim Britain has paid another semi-annual instalment` on its `funding arrangement with the U.vS. This totalled $91,655.- 000 of which twenty-three million dol- lars was for principal and the balance for interest. T `The Empire Runs `Its"elf 'I'IA1,I---1.. .....-.-._.-_._ -_A_ 1.. _. Thq Passing of Gompers . rlnvn-u~...n `I...-. \....1..-....: 4.- Smugglers Are Busy` I! nmol ~u~.uu.-.n.`ll-..-.. A- ....A. Disord >in Russia Canada's _Tr-ade .. _ ..n.- vr vI.u IJUDDIN Figures furnished. to the Ontario County Council by S. L. Squires, .de.puty-minister of public highways, show that last year the provincial roads in this province were used 91 per cent. 7 by automobile ownersand only'9`per cent. by horse` drawn vehicles. .~The figures go. to show the trendof modern civilization with unfortunately the passing into almost complete oblivion of the method of travel used by the pioneers who came to this and other counties and blazed the trail for their successors of today who enjoy con- A veniences never thought of forty or fifty years ago. Uta rive Pun BARR|E S WATER SUFPLY OLD RIVER BED. SAYS COL t _ , u.nraaoI-'3 Boundaries I The attempt on the part of Quebec and Newfoundland to settle the dis- jpute as to the boundaries of Labrador in preference to allowing the case to go to the Privy Council ought to meet .with success. There has never been an exact delimination of these boun- daries and as a consequence both~Que- bee and Newfoundland have been granting concessions to various con- cerns for the operation of timber limits and the vast water powers near them. British capital in particular is in- vested in these enterprises. As La- brador is only four days sailing from Britain by reasonably fast steamers, a good trade in pulp and paper could be built upto the advantage of the British as well as Newfoundland and Quebec. the parties interested directly in La- brador. A ' _uuvuavo ul Ole!!! ` i In Britain one of the great domestic problems is that._.of housing. The present government has been so im- pressed `with a. proposition to erect houses of steel and a. combination ma- terial made of wood-pulp and asbestos, that` it will try` it out in, a` somewhat considerable scale. It is-contended that these houses. can be erected much mgre cheaply than those of brick or: st ne, and in_ less than one-half of! the time. During the past two years the housing policy of successive British governments has varied from time to time. but the demand, for house ac- commodation is a. very long way from being met. :11-vuuiwl --vvv Ill ruuaula ` i There is another revolution in Al- bania with prospective entanglements between that country and Jugo-Slavia and other countries. Britain has con- sidered `it necessary to warn Jugo- Slavia of the dangers of the situation. the Albanians claiming that large num- bers of men from that country are tak- ing part in the uprising. In any event the "Albanians are a warlike people and it would not take much in the way of propaganda or practical acts of revolution `to start many of them fight- ing against their own or any other government. There is trouble also on the borders of Russia and Poland. It needs all `the efforts of old world statesmen to prevent a new conflagra- - tion in Europe. UR8Ei no` 751W trouble- Any indifference on the part of the authorities and their subordin- ates wl oniy increase the difficulties. THE E557 OF`OLD DOBBINI Fionv-no n.....'.n.....a 4- A- ATER SUFPLY FROM: COLEMAN Anothr Row in Albania ...-. a.. ..._...I_ . _ _ . _ . . I . . A :- Labrador : Boundaries (in flat: norf n0 1 Houges of Stelel __ ___ -p 1'm:/nanma axmnnzn .-rcuce, empt1ec1' between New-V I have. __.____ ..7..-.. ... .=vu=g L-4cu\3~v/L-.I\-Juxv/Q \7E!3 L'FAE ...{ghildren, ad................ Please sendme details of how I can best provide for their start in life. ..year: old. neareat birthday. apd insurance. |VG.....'... Read The Examiiler adlet columns for *#I### . Yesmladay, it rests entirely with you. Think the matter over seriously. 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