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ÉDITORIAL COMMENT FROM HERE, EVERYWHERE. THERE AND CANADA Taken For Granted Japan no longer publishes casualty lists. The official viewpoint no doubt Is that as soon as a soldier moves to the front his relatives can take it for granted, that he is dead. -- Toronto Star. The Only Safe Way Dying from a wound inflicted when a rifle went off hi his hands, a Calgary Calgary war veteran exclaimed, "I don't know how it went off." The only safe gun is one that is unloaded. Before putting rifle, shotgun, pistol, .22, or any other firearm away, make sure no cartridges are in it. -- Calgary Herald. . An Opportunity Lost Many observers feel that the golden opportunity--If one can speak thus of disastrous times--was passed in the pit of the recent depression when Canadians were sufficiently humbled and frightened so that they might have stood for a drastic re-organization re-organization of the nation's financial structure. Australia at least got a thorough re- vamping of her finances out of the depression. depression. Canada got a financial hangover, hangover, and now a Commission,--Winnipeg Commission,--Winnipeg Tribune. Army to the Egyptian Police. This little ceremony was a means of demonstrating demonstrating and emphasizing, In . the very heart of the "Second Capital, the new independent status of Egypt. For fifty-five years, ever since the Occupation Occupation in 1882, this station of Brit-, isli troops had been in existence. Though it was at first in Mohamed Aly Square, it had been in its present central location for so long that the sight of the Union Jack flying and British soldiers, at work In the main streets of the city had become so familiar familiar that it was no longer noticeable. Its absence will he the more remarkable remarkable on that account, and the changeover changeover will impress upon Alexandrians that the new regime lias begun, better, better, perhaps, than more important events,--Cairo Sphinx. iPrecick) Severe Winter Heavy Fur °» Fc»:es Is One of Signs Tf uste ^ "Y " e ° man Other weather prophets may think otherwise, but Ged David Simcoe, full- blooded Indian of the Rama reserve near Orillia, stoutly maintained last week that a long, cold winter is in prospect, Simcoe said the fox has a heavy coat of fur this fall, always, he argued, conclusive proof of a severe winter ahead. The muskrat hag built his home in deep water, the squirrel has stored up a big supply of food. "Unless old Mother Nature herself has been fooled," Simcoe added, "l think we will have a cold winter all right." One weather-wise Peterborough resident resident recently announced that after close study of existing water levels the coming winter would he mild. The Peterborough prophet insisted that low water in lakes and rivers would mean a prolonged spell of cold weather. ights of the sews # by jane fortune ♦ a commentary: on outstanding events riS A FACT By KEN EDWARDS This week as promised, we are continuing- continuing- the "official boxing rules." I trust they will be interesting to you. Stock Market Antics Passing comment by the Boston Globe: "The scramble to get aboard in the stock market was almost as desperate as the rush to jump overboard overboard 24 hours earlier. We're queer people." Yes; and pretty childish at times. We : play the market in the hope of "easy money"--worry all the time our "piker's bets" are there -- and then run around in circles when they are endangered, . . Really, if children acted like grown-ups they would be sent to bed without their supper,--Halifax Herald. No Censorship Wanted It does seem a little out of place for a judge to suggest that the newspapers newspapers of Ontario are In need of some censorship. There might have been some point In it twenty years ago when the Province contained innumerable innumerable party organs that discussed public affairs in a rabid partisan manner, manner, having little regard for the amenities amenities of public life. In recent years, however, the whole trend in the publication publication of newspapers has been towards towards accuracy and impartiality in the publication of news, and towards fair editorial comment. -- Brantford Expositor. Lights For Pedestrians Pedestrians travelling along the highways these dark fall nights should carry some form of light for their own safety. With the return of the season of dark and frequently rain-glazed roads unlighted wagons and buggies and persons walking along the right side of the highways again become the nightmare of drivers. Dusk falls early and darkness Is very thick, rendering visibility very poor these evenings. Yet farmers will persist in driving after dusk without a light on their vehicles, despite the great danger they are placing themselves in and the fact that they are breaking the law.--Owen Sound Sun-Times. 1. Fouls . . . there are many "fouls" in boxing; here are just a few: (a) Hitting below below the belt; (b) Wrestling or roughing; (c) Purposely going going down to t h e canvas without being being hit; (d) Butting with the head or shoulder or using the knee ; (e) Holding your opponent with one hand and hitting with the other; (f) Deliberately clinching or holding holding the opponent; (g) Hitting an opponent who is down; or who is getting up from being being down; (h) The use of abusive of profane language; - (■) . Hitting with the inside or butt of the hand, the wrist or elbow; (j) Hitting or flicking with the open glove; (k) The use of the pivot blow or rabbit punch; (l) The failure to obey the referee, or any physical actions- which may injure a contestant except by fair sportsmanlike boxing. More Rulings A boxer holding; a championship title must defend the same within a period of six months after winning or defending the title in a bona fide bout to a decision. Should such a boxer fail to so defend defend his title he must accept any challenge endorsed by the Commission Commission within thirty days after receipt thereof under penalty of the forfeiture forfeiture of his title. A championship can Ibe lost by default, forfeit or inability to pass the scale, but a championship can only be won in a contest. Thoughtful People Usually Disliked Former College Head Sees Barrier Barrier to Thinking CHILD FATALITIES CUT: -- Not one child has been killed In traffic accidents in Kansas City tor 13 months, it was reported this week. Death of tiny toddlers in the streets has been entirely eliminated. "How did you do it?" other cities ask. The answer lies in an intensive campaign of safety education carried on among the children. Each child hears about being careful from Ills parents, his teachers, policemen at corners, and from "voice of safety" cars with loudspeakers loudspeakers which patrol the streets. Any citizen involved in an accident endangering endangering school children is given a $100 fine and 15 days in jail. Were methods such as these tried out in Ontario, the result would surely he a lowered child death toll in motor accidents. And isn't that something worth working working for? I News lii Brief George E. Vincent, former president president of the University of Minnesota and of the Rockefeller Foundation, said last week that college students were getting into a "difficult business" business" when they are urged to think. Vincent, addressing the annual meeting of the Amherst, Mass., College College alumni council on "The Pain of Thinking," said: "When we urge college students to think, we are getting them into a difficult business. Not only will they find the self-discipline arduous; they arc only too likely to get themselves themselves thoroughly disliked. People resent resent differences of opinion. Wants Elite Of Brains "If we are-to preserve the essentials essentials of a unified society and of popular popular government we shall depend increasingly increasingly on an elite not of- economic economic and 'society' status but of brains and character, who by their qualities can command the respect and confidence Of their fellows, in neighborhood and state." THE EMPIRE The Dividing Line In the Far East there are militarists militarists and war-makers who praise peace. Japan fights for peace, says its Prime Minister. Mussolini pats him on the back for "defending" Japan so bravely. Birds of a feather flock together. But how do you classify these birds? Beware Beware of the "haves" versus the "have- nots" classification, because many of the "have-nots" are peaceful. Beware ot the "democracies" versus the "dictatorships" "dictatorships" classification, because there are peaceful "dictatorships." The dividing line today, as Roosevelt Bees and says, is that some believe in the rule of international law, in the rightness of' peaceful settlement arid the wrongness of aggression, and some do not believe in any of these things, It is not a nice fact, but it is a- mistake to run away from it--which is what is, in fact, done by somë of those who warn us of the dangers of thinking in terms of "rival blocs." -- London Daily Herald. War in Quebec MONTREAL.--Quebec Provincial Police delivered three more blows in . Premier Duplessis's war on communism communism this week, raiding and padlocking padlocking establishments on the same grounds as they closed the French language Communist weekly paper La Clarté, They acted under direct orders of the Premier himself • British Trees Are Employers Every year the forest land of Great Britain grows bigger and bigger. During the war the country felled 450.000 acres of British woods, and to make up for this ravage and to provide employment the Forestry Commissioners have been busy planting planting trees ever since. They have now under their control 109 forest units of 375.000 plantable acres in England and Scotland, and eighty-eight units of 215,000 acres in Scotland. Today their normal programme is the planting of 30,000 additional acres each year. To aid the Distressed Areas the Commissioners have acquired acquired and are laying out some 200,- 000 acres in or near these areas. This will give over 2,000 extra persons direct direct work each year for a period of not less than ten years. At present the Commission empoys 8,000 persons in summer, and over 4,000 persons in winter. A further 100,000 acres has, with the aid . of the Commissioners, been afforested by private owners and local authorities. Grants of $10 an acre are paid for planting pine, spruce and larch; $15 an acre for beech, sycamore sycamore and chestnut; $20 an acre for oak and ash. Objects tea Russia BRUSSELS. -- Japan may reject any proposal by the nine power conference conference to mediate the Chinese-Jap- anese war, diplomatic sources reported reported this week-end, because of Russia s insistence on taking part in the negotiations negotiations . Many delegates felt that the Japanese Japanese reply would offer little of concrete concrete value to settle the Far Eastern conflict so long as Russia is represented represented at the conference. According to reports from Tokio, Japan objects to Russia's presence here on the ground that Russia never adhered to the nine power treaty. Endorse Insurance Scheme OTTAWA.--Informal endorsation of Prime Minister Mackenzie King s proposal for a national unemployment unemployment insurance system came this week from three Provinces, while Governments of others said they were preparing replies. Dictatorship in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO. -- President Getuiio Vargas this week-end assumed assumed dictatorial powers to rule Brazil for an indefinite period by a coup m which he dissolved all legislative bodies and proclaimed a new Constitution Constitution with corporative features. The new Constitution was put into into effect immediately by a Presidential Presidential decree. At the same time, Vargas issued a manifesto declaring the new regime would suspend payment payment on all Government debts abroad. BETTER ROADS FOR THE NORTH : The promise has been made by Hon. T. B. McQuesten, Minister of Highways, that Northern Ontario roads already in existence are to he improved, and new highways constructed constructed to equal those in the southern southern part of the province. The road situation in the north has for long been a very sore point.- Since the highway up through Cohalt to Cochrane Cochrane was first built, certain sections of the road have been left untouched through the years, and consequently are very, very had. It is an unhappy exp!.;lienee to drive over them, even a dangerous undertaking. The north can be made truly accessible accessible only if the Minister's promise is carried out. .. _ Forgetting the serious for the moment, moment, we have always enjoyed hearing the story of a family who ran into difficulties on the road in the early days of the "Ferguson Highway." They approached a big puddle, proceeded proceeded to slosh through it, discovered too late that the "puddle" was muskeg. muskeg. The occupants of the car jumped out In time, grabbed their suitcases out of the car through the windows just as it sank from sight. There they were left standing aimlessly by the side of the road, all dressed up with places to go and no way to get there. LINE-UP: Germany and Italy last week signed an ' anti-Communism, or anti-Russian pact with Japan. Russia and France have an agreement; France and Britain have an agreement. agreement. Russia's sympathies are with China. There you have the picture. Towards Martial Law JERUSALEM. -- The Palestine Government has empowered military courts to exact the death penalty from gunmen and bombers in the Holy Land in what was considered the first step toward martial law- The action was taken under an Order-in-Council to deal with the long reign of terror. Five Jews were murdered and. three new shootings followed the court announcement this week-end. Missionaries in Ethiopia ROME. -- Mussolini's engineers have built, or are completing, eight Catholic churches with dozens of auxiliary schools, dispensaries and clinics in Ethiopia. Further, U Duce has stimulated the idea of Catholic mission education. He estimates 800 priest missionaries missionaries and 1,200 nuns are needed to aid FALL OF SHANGHAI: After 88 days of battle during which the Chinese Chinese "lost battalion" kept their stand in vain, the great city and port of Shanghai fell last week into Japanese hands. The withdrawal of General'--- Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese troops took place amid the explosion of bombs dropped from Japanese planes and the hurling of merciless artillery shells. The Chinese took up lines south and west of the city, and prepared to defend defend the capital, Nanking. Shanghai was completely cut off from the rest of China. Cost to the Japanese of completing the capture included : dead and wounded, 125,000 ; army expenditures, expenditures, . $600,000,000 ; trade loss, fjgjSi- 006,000, Japan cannot pause now to consider whether or not the expense was worth it--the country is committed irrevoc- y ably to go on and on and on in China. If the tide should turn against Japan, as many believe it shortly will now that a new united China has risen in defence under General Chiang, it w.il mean disaster for the Land of the Rinsing Rinsing Sun whose conditions at home are at the moment economically intolerable, intolerable, A 1 NEW FLAG: Canada, hasn't a flag of her own. For years perfunctory perfunctory agitation has been stirred up tu secure for the Dominion "a distino tive Canadian, flag." But the onl) definite proposals made have been, urged by single voices. Mr. Hugh Savage, of Duncan, B.Ç., is one, and Mr. Cameron McIntosh, M.P. for North Battleford, Sask., Is another. Now a motion is actually before the House asking that a new flag he created. Time something is done about it. Fascism in the work of "Italianizing" "Italianizing" the conquered territory. The Salesman Brotherhood -- famous for its work in South Africa--has been authorized to lead the mission work. WONDERLAND OF OZ. British Soldiers Leave Ani event of great importance was tjje official handing over of the "Main 0uàrd" at Alexandria by the British B--4 The Scarecrow was so glad to see Dorothy come out of the palace in safety that he welcomed her with a close embrace. He would have embraced embraced Evering too, in his delight, but the little prince was shy and shrank from the painted Scarecrow, But there was little time for the friends to talk, for the Scarecrow must now enter the palace. However ho proved as unfortunate as the rest and although he took a good deal of time to selèct his objects, not one did he guess right, as he, too, became an ornament, "It's all over," said the King, ."and it has. been very amusing. Except for the ono good guess tile Kansas g rj made, I am richer by many prêt : y ornaments." "It is my turn now." said Ijillina, briskly. "Oh, I'd forgotten you," said the King. "You needn't go, in if you don't wish to. I will let you off." "No, you won't," replied the hen. "I insist upon having my guesses as you promised.' Then go ahead,, you absurd feathered fool!," grumbled the King, opening thé door of the palace. i "Don't go, Billina," said Dorothy. "It isn't easy to gueàs those ornaments. ornaments. Stay with me and. we'll go back to the Land of Ev. I am sure this little prince will give us a'home." But Billina gave several loud clucks which seemed to make the Clnome King 1 more nervous than ever and marched' through the entrance te tl pnchanted palace.